Times of Oman - August 27, 2016

SATURDAY August 27, 2016 23 Dhul Qa’ada 1437 AH

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Plea to ramp up beach facilities for disabled

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HM sends greetings MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Nicolae Timofti, President of Moldova on his country’s independence anniversary. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere greetings and wishes of good health and happiness to the president and his country’s people further progress and prosperity.

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has also received a cable of thanks from President Ilham Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan in reply to His Majesty’s greetings cable on the occasion of his country’s National Day. In his cable, President Aliyev expressed his utmost thanks and appreciation for His Majesty the Sultan’s greetings and best wishes, wishing His Majesty good health and happiness and the Omani people permanent security, stability and welfare. -ONA I TA LY

A citizen group is lobbying with ministries and authorities for the sake of the disabled

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reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: A group of Omanis is working hard to make every beach accessible to the Sultanate’s 60,000 disabled citizens.

The group has lobbied with ministries to help with access issues.

At the moment, Oman’s coastline is far from disabled friendly, according to the campaigners.

“Disabled people deserve the same rights and respect as nondisabled ones. We need ramps on the beaches for our disabled in Oman, so that they can get to the beach without their wheelchair

getting stuck,” Dr Kawthar Hameed Abdullah, chief executive officer at the Creative Centre for Rehabilitation and a member of the Oman Disabled Association, said.

Latest government data reveals that the number of disabled Omanis currently stands at 62,506, or 3 per cent of the total population.

Of these, people with walking difficulties constitute 26.8 per cent. According to Abdullah, his group wants to install ramps that can go down to the shoreline as they have in Long Island, New York and some other beaches around the United States and the world.

“We plan to install these ramps,

starting hopefully with the Qurum beach. We are in the process of meeting with authorities on how we can accomplish our goals,” he added.

Meanwhile, Ahmed Mohammed Al Badi, a board member of the Oman Disabled Association, said all public places in Oman should be made disabled friendly.

“Why should disabled people be denied their right to enjoy the beauty of the country? It should not happen. We will try our best to make this plan happen,” Al Badi, who himself is a quadriplegic, told the Times of Oman.

A quadriplegic is affected with

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paralysis in both arms and legs.

Abdullah said they are planning to approach some government organisations to seek help in setting up ramps.

“Our plan is to firstly approach the government authorities to see how they can start the project as they will need to give permission for it. Afterwards, we will seek funding for the project. We want to start with the Qurum beach as it is one of the most popular and biggest beaches (in Oman). We would like to put a minimum of three to five ramps in this area, and later add more at other beaches in Muscat,” Abdullah explained. >A3

HM sends condolences MUSCAT His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of condolences to President Sergio Mattarella of Italian on victims of the earthquake that struck Lazio region, central Italy.

In his cable, His Majesty expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to President Mattarella, families of victims and friendly Italian people, wishing the injured speedy recovery. -ONA

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Oil slip puts construction on the skids Oman swansong for Irish football legend

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reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman is facing a construction crisis, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an Omani contractors association.

Shahswar G Al Balushi, CEO of the Oman Society of Contractors, said difficult conditions will persist in the construction sector until oil prices — and therefore the economy — recover.

“Due to the oil price dip, there are no new projects coming up in Oman. In addition to that, companies carrying out existing projects are facing big trouble with cash inflows, which will eventually lead to salary delays and other issues.

“I can’t reveal any numbers, but it is sure that there is a crisis and its worsening when compared with the previous years,” Al Balushi stated. The oil price crisis is hurting cash inflows for construction companies leaving their workers stranded for months without salaries in Oman.

A Muscat-based company had to send back 75 workers with oneway tickets without clearing pending salaries and other benefits. At the same company, 125 workers have been stranded without salaries for the last eight months.

“Lack of projects due to the current economic conditions led by

Due to the oil price dip, there are no new projects coming up in Oman. In addition to that, companies carrying out existing projects are facing big trouble with cash inflows

the oil price crisis, bills stuck with clients and banks, disputes over ownership and instances of fund misappropriations have put us neck deep in trouble,” the Human Resource Director of the company said, on condition of anonymity.

“Meeting daily demands is a big problem,” he added. Staff and salaries, including that of the HR boss, have not been paid since January.

When the crisis started, the company had repatriated 75 workers, who were ready to give up pending salaries and take an air ticket home.

However, a few who have stayed

back in the hope of receiving unpaid salaries are now worried about food and accommodation.

The company had an annual turnover of OMR2 million last year. This year, only one project is running and that too will end in the coming months.

“So far, with loans from here and there, we have been able to take care of food for workers. But water and power bills are pending.

Soon, they may be disconnected,” the HR manager added.

Article 51 of the Oman Labour Law states that employees, who receive their salaries on a month-

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Airport working explained to children of staff

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Omani children got the chance to experience the work environment at an airport and how it functions as part of an Oman Airport Management Company initiative called ‘Awladna’.

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ly basis, should be paid once a month at least.

Mohammed Farji, a trade union leader in Oman, also said he had come across a similar case last month in Sohar.

“Around 150 expatriate workers were stranded without salaries for six continuous months.

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DUBLIN: Irish footballer Robbie Keane will bid farewell to international duty with a friendly match against Oman.

The ex-Spurs player announced his retirement on Wednesday after an 18-year career in which he scored 67 goals for his country to put him 15th on the list of all-time international marksmen.

The 36-year-old Los Angeles Galaxy striker said in a statement he will retire from international football following Ireland’s friendly against Oman on August 31.

“It has been a wonderful journey for me to have played with the Irish team for over 18 years since I made my senior international debut back in 1998,” Keane said.

“As a young boy growing up in Dublin playing football on the street, I could never have imaged the path my life would take. It has exceeded my wildest expectations.

Keane made his international debut in the Czech Republic in 1998 at the age of 18. It took him just over six years to overtake Niall Quinn as his country’s record goalscorer.

Keane, who has played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City, Inter Milan, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Celtic, West Ham United and As-

FINAL ACT: Robbie Keane will retire from international football following Ireland’s friendly.

ton Villa, memorably scored a lastminute equaliser against Germany in the 2002 World Cup finals.

With 67 goals from 145 games, Keane is also his country’s most capped player.

“He is undoubtedly one of Ireland’s finest every players and I do not see his international goal record being beaten for a very long time, if ever,” Ireland manager Martin O’Neill said.

“It will take us some time to get over his absence.” -Reuters with inputs

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Readying for school after vacation With school vacations drawing to an end, parents and children are getting ready for the reopening of schools. They are checking everything from books and bags to art and craft material to see everything is in order.

Purushotaman K took these pictures of the last minute purchases by parents

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23 officials take ‘Kaizen’ course MUSCAT: A management skill enhancement course concluded at the Ministry of Information on Thursday.

The training course was titled “Five Steps for Continuous Improvement in Work Environment by Using Japanese Kaizen

Strategy”. The course aimed at mastering the Japanese skills for continuous improvement in management and service and productive works.

The course also aimed at reviewing the best practices in the field of “Kaizen” and training for

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Gulf Poetry Forum held in Salalah SALALAH: A regional poetry forum highlighting the role of poetry in Arab culture concluded on Thursday.

The event, called Gulf Poetry Forum concluded at the theatre of the Directorate General of Heritage and Culture in the Governorate of Dhofar.

The closing ceremony was held under the auspices of Sheikh Salim bin Ufait Al Shanfari, Head of Dhofar Municipality, in the presence of Khalid bin Salim Al

the seven stronger strategies, as well as the latest application of “Kaizen” at the employees’ offices.

The five-day course involved 23 employees from the Ministry of Information and the Public Authority for Radio and Television (PART). -ONA

Ghassani, GCC Assistant Secretary-General for Cultural and Media Affairs. The two-day forum was hosted by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.

It aimed to promote cultural communication among the GCC states, and paying attention to poetry and standard Arabic language, as well as highlighting the role of poetry in the Arab and national culture and identify trends of contemporary poetry in the GCC countries. -ONA

Al Noor takes part in event for the blind MUSCAT: Al Noor Association for the Blind concluded its participation at the General Assembly of the World Union for the Blind, which was hosted by Florida in the USA on Thursday.

Rashid bin Sulaiman Al Farsi, Chairman of Al Noor Association for the Blind, said that heads of the participating delegations attended the opening prosthetic devices for the blind exhibition. -ONA

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Airport day for children a soaraway success Airport Management Company hosted the children of Omani employees giving them an opportunity to experience the work environment of their parents and relatives AIMING HIGH: The Oman Airport Management Company initiative is part of its efforts to become one of the top 20 airports in the world by 2020. – Photo supplied

tariqh@timesofoman.com to travel alone,” said Saud Al Qasabi, one of the parents at the event.

A visit to the fire stations educated the children about the functions of a fire truck and the role of firemen at the airport.

Other sessions included life skills and talents they could use in their everyday life, such as learning a new language where they were taught to speak German, and understanding etiquette and table manners. “Such sessions are essential to help the children explore and develop their skills,” said OAMC.

MUSCAT: Several Omani children got the chance to experience the work environment at an airport and how it functions, along with being taught advanced material, which would help them excel in the future.

The Oman Airport Management Company’s (OAMC’s) initiative called ‘Awladna’ (Our Children) hosted employees’ children, which gave them the opportunity to experience the work environment of their parents and relatives.

OAMC’s initiative is part of its efforts to become one of the top 20 airports in the world by 2020.

Important topics, such as Engineering for Kids and Fire Warden, were presented to the children during the programme to teach them about the basics of these subjects.

tion at summer schools. It’s more advanced and allows our children to think and focus on what they are doing.”

“For example, my daughters drew a picture of a robot and explained how it would work. It was also fun for me as a parent to see my children’s faces light up when they saw my workplace.”

Cockpit tour The children came face to face with aircraft and went into one of the Oman Air planes to learn about the seat structures and cabin devices, as well as enter the cockpit.

“It is very useful for our children to learn about their parents’ jobs and this experience will make them more confident if they have

HELPING HAND The Environment Society of Oman (ESO), which has been spearheading a campaign to clean up the Masirah Island beaches, has received help from diverse groups for the cause.

One of those that helped was a Carillion Alawi LLC team. “Thanks a “ton” to the Carillion Alawi LLC team for the great efforts in the Masirah Island cleanups,” said the ESO in a tweet. -@ESO_Oman

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Meanwhile, workers at the Muscat-based company said they had stayed back hoping that the company will overcome the crisis and pay their salaries.

“We have liabilities to be taken care of back at home. We cannot just give up eight months’ salary and leave the country empty handed. In addition to salary, aren’t we eligible for other benefits too? We are just asking for our basic rights,” the workers said.

The workers had approached the Indian embassy in July and the Labour Dispute Department as directed by the embassy.

“With the embassy letter, we approached the Labour Dispute Department, but the company of-

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Engineering skills Engineering for Kids saw the children learning STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), which inspired some of the children to become engineers in the future.

The session allowed children to build rockets, roller coasters and robots, as well as explain how they will work.

Hawra Al Lawati, a parent said, “You don’t get this kind of educa-

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ficials did not turn up for the settlement hearing.

“Eventually, the case will be forwarded to court. We don’t know how long we will have to wait for the salary,” a worker, who was employed as a foreman in the company, said.

On June 1, the Ministry of Manpower had launched its complaint portal.

In just 27 days, despite it only being accessible in Arabic, 512 people have used it.

On August 23, the ministry said Omani and expat workers all across the country will be able to submit labour complaints against their employers online starting from September.

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All of them have ramps leading up to the water, and have a provision for wheelchairs, railings, and so on.

The Santa Monica and Malibu beaches in California, Virginia beach in the United States, the Pattaya beach in Thailand, the Sirens beach in Greece, Freedom Shores in Mexico, the Hanauma Bay beach in Honolulu, Cancun beach in Mexico, Key Largo beach in Florida, Manly Beach in Australia and Tuscany beach in Italy are rated as the top 10 disabled-friendly beaches in the world.

Great impression “The tour left a great impression on the children as some shared their thoughts on becoming pilots, aircraft engineers, firemen and fire wardens in the future,” added OAMC. Al Lawati said, “One of my daughters was always interested in the aviation industry and wanted to become a pilot. After this tour she said she wants to be an engineer.”

Sauda Al Nabhani’s children were also positively impacted by the tour as it motivated them to take on a new day and see what it offers. “Both my children were motivated to wake up early every day because they are excited to explore a new day with new activities,” said Al Nabhani.

MUSCAT: For the first time, the Thailand Embassy in Oman will showcase its centuries-old national sport, Muay Thai, for Omani audience at the Muscat Grand Mall on Saturday.

Masters and professional boxers from Thailand have been flown in to introduce the art and science of Muay Thai or Thai boxing to martial arts enthusiasts.

“For the past few years, the Royal Thai Embassy has organised many cultural events in Oman to promote various aspects of Thainess. Muay Thai is one of the greatest treasures of Thailand that we are very proud of presenting to you for the first time in Muscat,” Thailand’s Ambassador designate to the Sultanate told the Times of Oman.

The embassy wants to promote Thai boxing in Oman as a sport and a form of exercise to keep people fit and prevents lifestyle diseases, he added.

The event, which starts at 3pm, is being held in association with the Oman Fighting Championship (OFC) and is open to all.

The origin of Muay Thai dates back to hundreds of years as a form of battlefield combat in Thailand. Over the years, it has

COMPETITIVE SPORT: Over the years, Muay Thai has evolved from the battlefield to the ring as a competitive sport popular in many countries.

evolved from the battlefield to the ring as a competitive sport popular in many countries, as well as a form of workout to achieve physical fitness.

Muay Thai has been incorporated as a physical exercise even in military training. It has been refined and developed, blended with modern boxing, but still keeps the features of the ‘art of eight limbs’ which uses the fists, elbows, knees and shins for fighting.

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Deal for prosthetic devices signed MUSCAT: Prosthetic devices worth OMR50,000 will be provided to the Oman Association for the Disabled (OAD), Al Noor Association for the Blind (NAB) and the Omani Society for Hearing Impaired (OSHI).

Three agreements for the purpose were signed by the Oman India Fertiliser Company (OMIFCO) in the Ministry of Social Development on Thursday.

Ahmed bin Said Al Marhobi, Finance Director General at OMIFCO signed the agreements on behalf of the company, while

Sultan bin Nasser Al A’Amri, Board Chairman of OSHI, Sultan bin Ahmed Al Sabahi, Deputy Board Chairman of NAB and Yahya bin Abdullah Al A’amri, Board Chairman of OAD signed the agreements on behalf of their respective associations.

Dr. Yahya bin Badr Al Ma’awali, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Development, a number of officials at the Social Development Ministry and OMIFCO, and representatives and members of the three associations attended the signing ceremony. -ONA

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Turkey signals no quick end to operations in Syria We will continue our

Residents, rebels begin leaving besieged Damascus suburb Daraya

operations (in Syria) until IS and other terrorist elements are taken out, said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan

I S TA N B U L / K A R K A M I S : Turkish forces will remain in Syria for as long as it takes to cleanse the border of IS and other militants, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday, after a truck bombing by Kurdish insurgents killed at least 11 police officers.

The suicide attack at a police headquarters in a province bordering Syria and Iraq came two days after Turkey launched its first major military incursion into Syria, an operation meant to drive IS out of the border area and stop Kurdish militias from seizing ground in their wake.

Turkey, a NATO member and part of the US-led coalition against IS, has seen a series of deadly bombings this year blamed on the radicals. But it also fears Kurdish militias in Syria will seize a swathe of border territory and embolden Kurdish insurgents on its own soil.

President Tayyip Erdogan said the bombing in Sirnak province would increase Turkey’s determination as it fights terrorist groups at home and abroad. Yildirim said there was no doubt the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy, was responsible. “From the beginning we have been defending Turkey’s territorial integrity. We are also defending Syria’s territorial integrity. The aim of these terrorist organisations is... to form a state in these countries... They will never succeed,” Yildirim told a news conference in Istanbul.

“We will continue our operations (in Syria) until we fully guarantee security of life and property for our citizens and the security of our border. We will continue until Daesh (IS) and other terrorist elements are taken out.”

After he spoke, the PKK claimed responsibility for the attack on the police headquarters, according to a website affiliated to the group.

Syria has condemned the Turkish operation, codenamed “Eu-

BEIRUT: Besieged residents and rebels began leaving the Damascus suburb of Daraya on Friday, Reuters witnesses said, as an evacuation to end one of the longest stand-offs in Syria’s five-year war began.

Insurgents and government forces agreed a deal on Thursday to evacuate the town, which the Syrian army has surrounded since 2012. The UN said only one shipment of aid has reached the area since then. A Reuters witness saw six buses leaving the town. Footage on state television showed buses carefully driving past a large group of soldiers through streets lined with rubble.

Peeping from the window of one of the vehicles was a small child no older than four or five, too young to remember life before the siege. A first group was later reported to have arrived at a housing centre in Herjalleh, another suburb west of Damascus, by Syrian state television. A Syrian Army general told reporters in Daraya that around 300 families of fighters would leave the town on Friday, and in total around 700 fighters and 4,000 civilians would be evacuated by Saturday.

Two Free Syria Army rebel groups, the Shuhada Al Islam and Ajnad Al Sham, will travel

EVACUATION: People gather before being evacuated from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya on Friday. – SANA/Handout via Reuters

to Idlib, a rebel stronghold in northwest Syria, on Saturday, said an emailed statement from the rebel factions in the south. The plight of civilians in Daraya and other besieged areas has long been of concern to the United Nations, which has condemned the use of starvation as a weapon by both sides in the conflict.

But the United Nations was not consulted on Daraya’s evacuation plan and UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura and

UN humanitarian coordinator Stephen O’Brien, voiced deep concern about it on Friday.

They said civilians should be evacuated only if their safety could be guaranteed and it was on a voluntary basis.

Daraya’s local council said in an online statement that civilians will be initially taken to the town of Herjalleh in the Western Ghouta suburbs of Damascus and “will move later to places they choose”.

Herjalleh is the site of a

government housing project for displaced people.

The Syrian Army general said rebels who did not want to make peace with the Syrian government would be transferred to Idlib. Those who did would be taken to Herjalleh. A Syrian military source told Reuters all civilians would leave the city and the army would enter it. People would be allowed to return to their homes once the area’s infrastructure had been rebuilt. — Reuters

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Kuwait detains member of IS cyber army DUBAI: Kuwaiti authorities have detained a state employee suspected of belonging to the ISlinked “Cyber Caliphate Army”, and hacking official websites of foreign countries to spread militant ideology, local media reported on Friday.

The Arabic-language Al Watan and Al Qabas reported that the 26-year-old man identified as Othman Zebn Nayef was arrested after months of surveillance.

Al Qabas quoted the interior ministry’s public information department as saying in a statement that Nayef confessed to being “a main member of the so-called Caliphate Cyber Army”, believed to be the electronic arm of IS. The English-language Arab Times, which carried a similar report, did not identify the department where he had worked, but said he was caught using his office computer to “hack official social media sites of some ‘friendly and sister’ countries to spread the extremist thoughts of the so-called IS”. The statement said Nayef’s arrest had helped capture two suspects in Iraq and one in Jordan on Thursday, but provided no further details.

In a separate report, Al Qabas said that around 150 Kuwaiti nationals and residents who hold no citizenship, known as Bidoon, were in Syria fighting within armed groups trying to topple President Bashar Al Assad, and that up to 11 have died in the fighting. The newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying that some of those fighters have been trying to find ways to return home as they face “extortion” and robbery from fellow militants. — Reuters OCCUPIED WEST BANK

phrates Shield”, as a breach of its sovereignty.

Turkish special forces, tanks and jets launched the incursion in support of Syrian rebels, mostly Turkmen and Arab, who quickly took the border town of Jarablus from IS on Wednesday. An alliance of 23 Kurdish parties in Syria also condemned the Turkish operation on Friday. In a joint statement, they called for a complete withdrawal of all Turkish forces from the country and accused Ankara of trying to occupy Syria under the pretence of fighting terrorism.

Turkish military vehicles shuttled in and out of Syria on Friday, Reuters witnesses said, including a construction machine that helped flatten the route for a tank. Controlled explosions rang out around the Karkamis border crossing as Turkish security forces removed mines and booby traps left by IS. Ismail Metin, the com-

mander of Turkey’s second army responsible for the borders with Syria and Iraq, visited Jarablus on Friday, local sources said.

Turkey has shown little sign so far of a quick withdrawal. US Vice President Joe Biden, who met Erdogan in Ankara on Wednesday, said Turkey was ready to stay in Syria for as long as it takes to destroy IS. A Syrian rebel commander in charge of one of the main groups involved in the Turkish-backed operation told Reuters the forces now aimed to move westward after taking Jarablus, an advance that could take weeks or months to complete.

Colonel Ahmad Osman, speaking to Reuters from Jarablus, said the priority was now to advance about 70 km (40 miles) west to Marea, a town where rebels have long had a frontline with IS. “The situation in Syria and Iraq is getting worse,” Yildirim told a joint news conference with the

visiting prime minister of Bulgaria, which has also been struggling to slow migrant flows.

“We’re cleansing IS and other terrorist elements (in northern Syria) so people living there are not forced to leave their homes.

But the problem has to be comprehensively handled at the EU level.

Solutions are needed quickly.”

The suicide bombing in Turkey’s southeastern town of Cizre is another reminder of the risks Ankara faces as its gets drawn ever more deeply into Syria’s conflict, with the threat of reprisals from both IS and Kurdish insurgents. The provincial governor’s office said 11 police officers were killed and 78 people, three of them civilians, wounded.

Large plumes of smoke billowed from the blast site. Photographs showed a large three-storey building reduced to its concrete shell, with no walls or windows, surrounded by rubble. Turkey views

the PKK, listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, as closely linked to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. Washington, however, has backed the YPG in a separate campaign against IS in northern Syria. Turkish troops fired on YPG fighters south of Jarablus on Thursday, highlighting the cross-cutting of interests of two pivotal NATO allies.

The Cizre attack came as Turkey has been weakened by a failed July 15 military coup. More than 1,700 military personnel have been removed for their alleged role in the putsch, including some 40 per cent of admirals and generals, raising concern about the NATO member’s ability to protect itself. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Twitter that IS, the PKK and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were all attacking to take advantage of the failed coup. — Reuters

Israeli troops kill Palestinian OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers on Friday shot and killed an apparently unarmed Palestinian who ran towards their position in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, a military spokeswoman said.

A Palestinian official said the 38-year-old man suffered from mental illness, and several unsourced Israeli news websites reported that no weapons were found on his body. “(Israeli) forces identified a suspect running towards an IDF (Israel Defence Forces) post in Silwad,” the military spokeswoman said. “Upon the suspect’s advance, the forces shot the suspect, resulting in his death. The incident is currently being reviewed.” — Reuters

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Tunisian prime minister warns of economic austerity, job cuts TUNIS: If Tunisia does not overcome its economic difficulties, an austerity programme will be inevitable next year with thousands of public sector job cuts and new taxes, prime minister Youssef Chahed told parliament on Friday.

The North African state is struggling with lower tourism revenues after two militant attacks on foreign tourists last year hit what is one of its key industries. Strikes and protests for jobs have also hurt state phosphate production.

Chahed has promised his new government will take tough decisions to help growth in the economy and create jobs as the country comes under pressure from international lenders to push through reforms and trim public spending.

“If the situation continues like

this then in 2017 we will need a policy of austerity, and dismiss thousands of public sector employees and impose new taxes,” Chahed told lawmakers.

Tough line Chahed, an ally of President Beji Caid Essebsi, promised a tough line on the economy. But critics question whether he has the political clout to overcome the labour union opposition, strikes and party infighting that have dogged past governments.

He said growth this year would not surpass 1.5 per cent, below the official target of 2.5 per cent for the year.

He said state production of phosphate — a major revenue earner — had declined in the past

five years by 60 per cent, while public wage pay-outs had more than doubled from 6.7 billion dinars ($3.06 billion) in 2010 to 13.4 billion dinars in 2016.

He expected the budget deficit to widen by 2.9 billion dinars to reach 6.5 billion dinars by the end of 2016.

Chahed, at 41 the youngest prime minister Tunisia has had, said his government would be tough with illegal strikes.

“We will not allow interruption of production at any factory and we will be firm and severe in dealing with illegal strikes and sit-ins.”

He vowed to press ahead with economic reforms sought by international lenders such as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. — Reuters

PRESSING AHEAD WITH REFORMS: Tunisia’s Prime Minister Youssef Chahed speaks at the Assembly of People’s Representatives in Tunis, Tunisia, on Friday. – Reuters

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Scorpene submarine documents leak not a big worry: Parrikar NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday played down the Scorpene leak saying its a “not big worry”, but there are few pockets of concerns because the ministry is assuming the worst case scenario.

The defence minister said that the leaked documents put on the web of The Australian newspaper does not include any of the weaponry systems of the Scorpene as been reported in the media.

Parrikar said that the navy has assured him that most of the leaked documents are not of concern. The minister also said that Scorpene submarine has not even

fully completed the sea trials, which is important to understand how it will work under water.

The Indian Navy has taken up Scorpene document leak matter with French Directorate General of Armament.

“We are waiting for the report.

Basically, what is on the website is not of big concern. We are assuming, on our own, that this has leaked and we are taking all precautions”, he said.

“What I am given to understand that there are few pockets of concern assuming that what is claimed to have been leaked has leaked actually. We are going by assumption

of the worst case scenario. I think there is not big worry because we will be able out put things in right perspective”, Parrikar added.

Asked by a journalist whether the Rafale deal would be affected because of the leak, the minister shot back questioning whether one can stop using French products just because a leak has happened in another company.

“You stop using all products from France? Obviously, the companies are different, the type of equipment is different and an incident should be punished with whatever the contractual punishment is there. It is not intention-

ally leaked,” Parrikar said. He said the punishment should be based on the conditions in the contract.

More than 22,000 pages of top secret data on the capabilities of six highly advanced submarines being built for the Indian Navy in Mumbai in collaboration with a French company have been leaked, raising alarm bells today in the security establishment. The combat capability of the Scorpene submarines being built at Mazagon dock at a cost of $3.5 billion by French shipbuilder DCNS, went public when an Australian newspaper, The Australian, put the details on the website. - PTI

MAIDEN SEA TRIALS: This file handout photo taken and released

by The Indian Navy on May 1, 2016 shows India’s Scorpene Class Submarine INS Kalvari taking part in its maiden sea trials off the coast of Mumbai. - AFP/Indian Navy

My vision for India is rapid transformation, says Modi Stressing on the need to bring changes through transformation of governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it cannot happen with an administrative system of the 19th century

LECTURE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam at NITI Aayog’s first annual lecture on Transforming India in New Delhi on Friday. - PTI

NEW DELHI: Enunciating his vision to rapidly transform India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there is a need to change laws, eliminate unnecessary procedures and speed up processes to go beyond “mere incremental progress”.

“If India is to meet the challenge of change, mere incremental progress is not enough. A metamorphosis is needed. That is why my vision for India is rapid transformation, not gradual evolution,” he said at the first ‘Transforming India’ Lecture organised by the NITI Aayog here.

Stressing on the need to bring changes through transformation

of governance, Modi said it cannot happen with an administrative system of the 19th century.

“A transformation of governance cannot happen without a transformation in mindset and a transformation in mindset cannot happen without transformative ideas,” he added.

“We have to change laws, eliminate unnecessary procedures, speed up processes and adopt technology. We cannot march through the 21st century with the administrative systems of the 19th century,” he said.

With his entire Cabinet in attendance, Modi said the change has to be for both external and

internal reasons. Each country, he said, has its own experiences, resources and strengths.

“Thirty years ago, a country might have been able to look inward and find its own solutions.

Today, countries are inter-dependent and inter-connected. No country can afford any longer to develop in isolation. Every country has to benchmark its activities to global standards, or else fall behind,” he said.

Stating that change is also necessary for internal reasons, he said the younger generation is thinking and aspiring so differently that the government can no longer afford to remain rooted in the past. The

prime minister further said that fundamental changes in administrative mindsets usually occur through sudden shocks or crisis.

With a stable democratic polity in India, special efforts will have to be made to force transformative changes, he added.

“As individuals, we may absorb new ideas by reading books or articles. Books open the windows of our minds. However, unless we brainstorm collectively, ideas remain confined to individual minds,” he said.

Modi said there was a time when development was believed to depend on the quantity of capital and labour but today it depends

as much on the quality of institutions and ideas. Early last year, a new institution was created, namely, the National Institution for Transforming India or NITI. NITI was created as an evidence-based think tank to guide India’s transformation, the prime minister said. NITI’s functions, he said, include mainstreaming external ideas into government policies through collaboration with national and international experts. It also has to be the government’s link to the world, outside experts and practitioners as well as be the instrument through which ideas from outside are incorporated into policy-making, Modi said.

Stating that often new ideas are heard and understood but not act upon them, because it is beyond individual capacity, he said, “If we sit together, we will have the collective force to convert ideas into action.

What we need is a collective opening of our minds, to let in new, global perspectives. To do this, we have to absorb new ideas collectively rather than individually. It requires a concerted effort,” he said.

The Centre and the state governments have a long administrative tradition that combines indigenous and external ideas from the country’s past, he added.

“This administrative tradition has served India well in many ways. Above all, it has preserved democracy and federalism, unity and integrity, in a country of glorious diversity. These are not small achievements. Yet, we now live in an age where change is constant and we are variables,” he said. - PTI

JUDGEMENT

Bombay High Court allows women’s entry in Haji Ali dargah MUMBAI: In a significant judgement, the Bombay High Court on Friday lifted the ban imposed on women from entering the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali dargah here, saying it contravenes the fundamental rights of a person.

The court has, however, stayed its order for six weeks following a plea by Haji Ali Dargah Trust, which wants to challenge it in the Supreme Court.

“The ban imposed on women from entering the Haji Ali dargah is contrary to Articles 14, 15, 19 and 25 of the Constitution of India. Women should be permitted to enter the dargah on par with men,” a division bench of Justices V. M. Kanade and Revati Mohite Dere said. Under the said Articles, a person is guaranteed equality before law and has the fundamental right to practice any religion he or she wants.

They prohibit discrimination on grounds of religion, gender and so on, and provide freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion. The bench allowed a PIL filed by two women, Zakia Soman and Noorjehan Niaz, challenging the ban on women’s entry in the sanctum sanctorum of the dargah.

“The state government and the Haji Ali Dargah Trust will have to take proper steps to ensure safety and security of women entering the dargah,” the court said.

The high court had in June this year reserved its verdict on the petition. - PTI

BIENNIAL EVENT

No outcome from previous Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conclaves: Sushma NEW DELHI: There was no concrete outcome from the 13 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) India hosted between 2003 and 2015 to connect with the diaspora and government aims to reverse it by making the platform outcome-driven from its next edition, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said.

The PBD was launched by the Atal Behari Vajpayee government in 2003 to step up India’s engagement with its 25 million diaspora and annual congregation of nonresdent Indians(NRIs) and Persons of India origins had continued as an annual event till 2015.

Last year government had decided to make it a biennial event.

The 14th edition of PBD will be held in Bengaluru from January 7 to 9. Addressing a joint press conference along with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Swaraj said Prime Minister Nar-

state every year. The upcoming PBD is being organised by the Ministry of External Affairs along with Karnataka government.

MAKING A POINT: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar at the announcement of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 to be held in Bengaluru, in New Delhi on Friday. - PTI

endra Modi was reaching out to the Indian diaspora across the globe and that the upcoming PBD will be very different from those held earlier.

“People coming from abroad will

not go back only clicking selfies or photographs and having food... For the first time you will see a totally transformed PBD,” she said.

Asked what was achieved in the previous PBDs, she said, “I think

it will become relevant only after this PBD as I said I did not see any outcome out of the other PBDs.” The PBD used to be hosted by Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) along with one host

Improve efficiency Government, earlier this year, had merged MOIA with MEA to avoid duplication of work and to improve efficiency.

Swaraj said no sincere efforts were made earlier to make PBD an outcome-driven event.

“No effort was made. There was no effort to make it outcome-driven. In 2015, we realised that it was just like a festival,” she said.

Asked whether MEA will try to reach out to people from Pakistanadministerd-Kashmir for the conclave as prime minister had called for getting in touch with them, Swaraj, said there was “no decision” on that.

The prime minister will deliver a key note address at the event on

January 8 which will be followed by chief ministers’ session.

“This occasion will also give an opportunity to the state governments to interact with their respective diaspora and showcase the opportunities and progress made by their respective states,” said Swaraj.

On January 9, President Pranab Mukherjee will confer the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (PBSA) on overseas Indians who have contributed in their respective fields. January 9 is the main day of PBD as it was on this day in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi, the “greatest Pravasi”, returned to India from South Africa and led India’s freedom struggle.

Swaraj said chief ministers of various states have been invited for the three-day event which is likely to be attended by around 3,000 delegates from across the globe. - PTI

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PAKISTAN

As per the data compiled by Zameen.com, property prices in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad remained steady for the most part in July, while declining in some cases

FINANCE BILL 2016

Property market befuddled by tax measures after impressive growth LAHORE: The realty markets of Pakistan remained stagnant in the first month of fiscal year 2016-17 after posting an impressive growth in the six months that preceded it.

The increase in property taxes, announced in the budget for 201617, was the source of unease in the real estate sector in Pakistan. But a bigger impact emerged from the Finance Bill 2016, which would alter the criteria to calculate the taxes.

Although the government would significantly retreat from the stance in the bill after extensive negotiations with the real estate stakeholders, its impact lingers. As a result, the property market registered a slow performance in terms

of activity and prices in July.

As per the data compiled by Zameen.com, property prices in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad remained steady for the most part in July, while declining in some cases.

Defence Housing Authority(DHA) continues to be a good bet in the three cities.

Lahore’s real estate sector suffered in July, showing insipid numbers. In DHA Lahore’s Phase VII to IX, a one-kanal plot exhibited a price growth of 1.04 per cent. Other major localities, including DHA Lahore’s Phase I to VI, Bahria Town, Bahria Orchard, Wapda Town and LDA Avenue-I languished.

Only Bahria Town showed a controlled rise of 1.47 per cent in the 10-marla plot category. Bahria Orchard registered a price drop of 2 per cent while DHA Lahore’s Phase I to IX maintained stability during the month.

The real estate sector of the federal capital registered unimpressive numbers in July. While Gulberg Residencia showed some activity, with a growth of 1.94 per cent in prices of one-kanal plots and 1.15 per cent in prices of 10-marla plots, other prime locations registered stagnation or slight price drops.

DHA Islamabad was not exempt from the impact of the new proper-

ty tax regime and registered unimpressive numbers. Even promising housing societies such as Sector B-17, Sector E-11, Sector F-11 and Bahria Town showed a lack of activity and price drops during the month.

Karachi’s property market had performed impressively during the first half of the year, but the tax-related confusion took its toll on the city during the month of July.

Activity was observed to be quite slow and DHA was the only project that saw a controlled rise in the value of 250 square-yard plots. All other localities clung onto stability, including Gulshan-e-Iqbal and

Bahria Town Karachi. Moreover, in DHA, there was a 0.32% drop in the value of 500 square-yard plot category.

Following the announcement of the budget for 2016-17 and the Finance Bill, which proposed increased property taxes and altered criteria to calculate the taxes, sale and purchase activity across the country practically ceased. This alarming situation led to real estate stakeholders protesting against the new tax regime.

After negotiations, property valuation tables for the purpose of tax calculation were released by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

However, it seems that buyers are

MQM offices razed in Karachi SSP Malir Rao Anwar said five MQM unit offices in the Bhains Colony, Quaidabad, Tariq bin Ziyad Society, Ahsanabad and Mosamiyat areas were bulldozed by the police

HYDERABAD / KARACHI: Authorities in Karachi demolished on Thursday a number of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) offices ‘built on encroached lands’, as flags of the party and posters bearing the photograph of its chief vanished from neighbourhoods in both the port city and Hyderabad.

Five MQM unit offices in the Bhains Colony, Quaidabad, Tariq bin Ziyad Society, Ahsanabad and Mosamiyat areas were bulldozed by the police, SSP Malir Rao Anwar told The Express Tribune.

“The action has been taken on orders from the Sindh chief min-

CRACKDOWN: All pictures of Altaf Hussain have been removed from Azizabad’s famous Mukka Chowk, which has been renamed Liaquat Ali Khan Chowk. - Express Tribune

ister (Murad Ali Shah),” he said, adding that there was a crackdown underway across the city against such offices built illegally on amenity plots.

“We have put up a Pakistan flag on each demolished site to give message that the law enforcement agencies will knock down anything that stood against the sovereignty of this country,” he said.

A Chief Minister’s House official confirmed that Murad Ali Shah had ordered authorities ‘a few days ago’ to remove encroachments on parks and demolish political offices built on these places.

He, however, said the order was not linked to action against a particular organisation or party but against all elements who were illegally occupying amenity land.

According to some media reports, similar action will be taken against party offices established in government offices and in educational institutions. This, however, could not be confirmed independently.

Meanwhile, MQM flags and posters featuring the image of party chief Altaf Hussain were removed from the party’s Nine

Zero headquarters in Karachi, its adjoining areas — including Jinnah Ground and Mukka Chowk — and several neighbourhoods in Hyderabad.

An MQM statement said the action was carried out by unidentified individuals.

In Hyderabad, hours after the unidentified persons started the removal, municipal authorities joined in the action under Sindh government directives.

Problems kept piling up for the MQM on Thursday as police arrested party MPA Sheraz Waheed for allegedly distributing CDs of ‘Altaf Hussain’s hate speeches’.

SITE Superhighway SHO Asmatullah Marwat confirmed the arrest, saying TV personality Amir Liaquat Hussain was also nominated in the FIR. According to unconfirmed reports, MQM MNA Asif Hasnain was also reportedly taken into custody by law enforcement agencies as he was trying to board a flight to Islamabad. Neither police nor Rangers confirmed this.

Three other MQM leaders, including MNA Kanwar Navid Jameel, Shahid Pasha and Qamar Mansoor, and more than 30 workers were sent on an additional day of physical remand by the anti-terrorism courts administrative judge in a case pertaining to attacking a media house. - Express Tribune

still confused about the situation and the unimpressive numbers attest to that.

“Even in Dubai, the transfer fee on property transactions was increased from 2 per cent to 4 per cent in 2014. Though it resulted in fewer transactions, the overall result was positive for the market because it discouraged property flipping,” said Zameen.com CEO Zeeshan Ali Khan.

“Similarly, in Pakistan, an increase in transfer costs will curb property flipping and the property valuation tables issued by the FBR will bring transparency and curtail money-laundering through real estate.” - Express Tribune INSURGENCY

Seven killed in ambush with gunmen in Balochistan QUETTA: Gunmen in Pakistan killed six soldiers and a provincial government official in an ambush on their convoy in the insurgency plagued southwest province of Balochistan, a senior official in the region said on Friday.

The attack took place about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Gwadar, a port that will play a vital role in a planned $46 billion China-Pakistan economic corridor stretching from the Arabian sea to China’s far-western Xinjiang district.

The convoy had been returning from dealing with a land dispute late on Thursday when gunmen fired rockets and hurled grenades at the group, Tufail Baloch, a deputy district commissioner for Gwadar, told Reuters.

“It was a sudden attack.They also used AK-47 rifles,” he said.

The dead included a senior local government official.

Separatist groups in Balochistan have launched sporadic attacks on security forces during their decades long struggle for an independent homeland. Pakistan is particularly sensitive to attacks on Chinese workers and interests in Balochistan, and promised them protection. - Reuters

SHIFTING GLOBAL PRIORITIES

US aid to Pakistan shrinks amid mounting frustration over militants WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s continued support for resurgent militant groups hostile to the United States, coupled with warming US military and business relations with India, is sharply diminishing Islamabad’s strategic importance as an ally to Washington, US military, diplomatic, and intelligence officials and outside experts said.

The United States has cut both military and economic aid to Pakistan sharply in recent years, reflecting mounting frustration among a growing number of officials with the nuclear-armed country’s support for the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.

That frustration has dogged US-Pakistan ties for more than a decade, but has spiked anew as the militant group has advanced in parts of Afghanistan that US and allied forces once helped to secure, US officials and analysts say.

“We’re seeing a very definitive and very sharp reorienting of US policy in South Asia away from Afghanistan-Pakistan and more towards India,” said Michael Kugelman, a South Asia expert with the Woodrow Wilson Centre, a Washington think-tank.

The US relationship with Pakistan has long been a transactional one marked by mutual mistrust,

marriages of convenience, and mood swings.

The long-standing US frustration with Pakistan’s refusal to stop supporting the Taliban, especially within the US military and intelligence community, is now overriding President Barack Obama’s administration’s desire to avoid renewed military involvement in Afghanistan, as well as concerns that China could capitalize on fraying ties between Washington and Islamabad, the US officials said.

Obama announced last month he would keep US troop levels in Afghanistan at 8,400 through the end of his administration, shelving plans to cut the force in half by year end. American civilian and military aid to Pakistan, once the third-largest recipient of US foreign assistance, is expected to total less than $1 billion in 2016, down from a recent peak of more than $3.5 billion in 2011, according to US government data.

Budget constraints The United States has not appropriated less than $1 billion to Pakistan since at least 2007. The decrease also comes amid budget constraints and shifting global priorities for the United States, including fighting IS militants, a re-

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE:Pakistani fighters F-16 fly on November 4, 2013 during in the Azm-e-Nau-4” (New Resolve) military exercise in Khairpure Tamay Wali in Bahawalpur distirict. American civilian and military aid to Pakistan, once the third-largest recipient of US foreign assistance, is expected to total less than $1 billion in 2016, down from a recent peak of more than $3.5 billion in 2011, according to US government data. - AFP file photo

surgent Russia and an increasingly assertive China.

In March, Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he would seek to bar $430 million in US funding for Islamabad’s purchase of $700 million of Lockheed Martin Corp. F-16 fighter jets.

Earlier this month, Secretary of Defence Ash Carter refused to authorize $300 million in military reimbursements to Pakistan, citing the limited gains the country has made fighting the militant Haqqani network, which is based in the country’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

The approval of such funding has been mostly routine in the past. The US Congress has yet to authorize hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan for the next fiscal year. The Pentagon is due to authorize $350 million in military aid for the next fiscal year, and is unlikely to approve it under the Obama administration, a US defence official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

“Congress is no longer willing to fund a state that supports the Afghan Taliban, which is killing American soldiers,” said Bruce Riedel, a Brookings Institution expert and former CIA officer who headed Obama’s first Afghanistan policy review.

In a stark illustration of the limits of US-Pakistan cooperation, the United States killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a drone strike in Pakistan’s remote Balochistan region in May, without informing Pakistan. Some US officials still warn of the dangers of allowing relations with Pakistan to deteriorate.

In a July 26 opinion piece in the Financial Times, Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, argued that “the strategic imperative for improved relations between

the US and Pakistan is clear - for the safety of American troops and the success of their mission in Afghanistan, for the stability of the region and for the national security of both Pakistan and the US. “ A senior Pakistani defence official said the United States will continue to need Pakistan in the fight against terrorism. Authorities in Islamabad have long rejected accusations that Pakistan has provided support and sanctuary to militants operating in Afghanistan. “We have lost over a hundred billion dollars in fighting terrorism, which is more than anything they have given us,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

In any event, the official said, Pakistan can turn to other sources of aid, including China. Last year the two countries launched a plan for energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan worth $46 billion.

Nevertheless, the US tilt toward India, is likely to continue.US defence companies including Lockheed Martin and Boeing Co. are entering the Indian market, and the country has become the world’s second-largest arms buyer after Saudi Arabia, according to data compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. - Reuters

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WORLD Italy quake toll rises to 278, hopes fade for survivors Aftershocks continue to rattle earthquakestricken area; 388 people being treated for injuries, 40 of them in critical condition

PESCARA DEL TRONTO (ITALY): Hopes of finding more survivors from Italy’s powerful earthquake faded on Friday, with the death toll rising to 278 and the rescue operation in some of the stricken areas called off.

Three days after the quake struck the mountainous heart of the country, sniffer dogs and emergency crews continued to scour the town of Amatrice, which was levelled in the disaster, but there was no sign of life beneath the debris. “Only a miracle can bring our friends back alive from the rubble, but we are still digging because many are missing,” town mayor Sergio Pirozzi told reporters, saying, around 15 people, including some children, had not been accounted for.

In nearby villages, such as Pescara del Tronto, rescuers pulled out after all the inhabitants had been accounted for.

Italy plans to hold a state funeral for around 40 of the victims on Saturday, which will be held in the nearby city of Ascoli Piceno. A day of national mourning was announced, with flags due to fly at half mast around the country for the dead, who include a number of foreigners. The civil protection department in Rome said nearly 388 people were being treated for

DEVASTATED: Rescuers work at a collapsed house following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, on Friday. – Vigili del Fuoco/Handout via Reuters

injuries in hospitals, and 40 of them were in critical condition.

An estimated 2,500 people were left homeless by the most deadly quake in Italy since 2009.

Promise Survivors with nowhere else to go are sleeping in neat rows of blue tents set up close to their flattened communities. The government has promised to rebuild the region, but some local people feared that would never happen.

“I’m afraid our village and others like it will just die. Most people don’t live here year round anyway.

In the winter time the towns are virtually empty,” said Salvatore Petrucci, 77, who came from the nearby hamlet of Trisunga.

“We may be the last ones to have lived in Trisunga.”

More than 1,050 aftershocks have hit the area since the original 6.2 magnitude quake struck early

on Wednesday, bringing fresh damage to structures still standing. These included a bridge leading to Amatrice, which had to be closed, further complicating the rescue operation.

By Friday, most of the outlying communities were quiet and empty, buildings lying in crumpled mounds, the innards of private homes exposed to the skies and belongings scattered in the debris.

“We have removed the last bodies that we knew about,” said Paolo Cortelli, a member of the Alpine Rescue national service who helped to recover about 30 bodies from Pescara del Tronto.

“We don’t know, and we might never know, if the number of missing that we knew about actually corresponds to the people who were actually under the rubble.”

The foreigners who died in the disaster included six Romanians, a Spanish woman, a Canadian and

an Albanian. Three British holidaymakers, including a 14-yearold boy, also died. The area is popular with vacationers and local authorities were struggling to pin down how many visitors were present when the quake hit.

The Romanian Foreign Ministry said 17 Romanians were still missing. Italy has a large Romanian community, and some of the victims were residents in the country. The first funeral of a victim was held in Rome on Friday, for Marco Santarelli, the 28-yearold son of a senior state official, who died in the family’s holiday home in Amatrice.

“I cannot find the words to describe the grief of a father who outlives his own children. Perhaps there are no words,” Marco’s father, Filippo Santarelli, told Corriere della Sera newspaper.

A funeral service for six other victims, including an 8-year-old

boy and two girls aged 14 and 15, was due to be held in their hometown of Pomezia, south of Rome, later on Friday. Hardly a single building was left unscathed in Amatrice, which was last year voted one of the most beautiful old towns in Italy and is famous for its local cuisine. “Amatrice will have to be razed to the ground,” said mayor Pirozzi, who urged youngsters not to leave the area, saying that would mean the end of their community.

“No night can last so long that the sun never rises again. I am convinced that Amatrice will rise again. We owe it to the 207 people who died here.”

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has declared a state of emergency for the region, allowing the government to release an immediate 50 million euros ($56 million) for the relief work.

He has promised to rebuild the shattered homes and said he would also renew efforts to bolster Italy’s flimsy defences against earthquakes that regularly batter the country.

“We want those communities to have the chance of a future and not just memories,” he told reporters in Rome on Thursday.

Italy has a poor record of rebuilding after quakes. About 8,300 people who were forced to leave their homes after a deadly earthquake in L’Aquila in 2009 are still living in temporary accommodation.

This latest disaster represents a major political challenge for Renzi, who has been in office for two years. Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was widely criticised for what was perceived to be a botched response to the L’Aquila calamity.

Renzi called for national unity and declined to predict when the homeless might be rehoused.

“This is not about setting challenges and making promises. We need the pace of a marathon runner,” he said. — Reuters

SUICIDE SUSPECTED

Lotte group’s vice chairman found dead SEOUL: One of the top executives at South Korea’s Lotte Group was found dead on Friday, a suspected suicide, hours before he was to be questioned by prosecutors conducting a criminal probe into the country’s fifth-largest conglomerate.

Lotte Group confirmed the death of Vice Chairman Lee Inwon, which comes after the group was riven by a family succession feud last year and subjected in June to widespread raids by government prosecutors.

Lee had been with the group for 43 years and was the most senior executive outside the Shin family that controls the conglomerate, or chaebol. He was a longtime CEO of Lotte Shopping, one of the group’s biggest businesses.

The police said Lee’s body was found on Friday morning under a tree along a walking and cycling path near Seoul. They said he had left home around 10pm on Thursday. A four-page note was found in the executive’s car parked nearby.

An autopsy showed Lee’s death appeared to be a “typical case of death by hanging,” which appeared to be suicide, police said. “When I arrived after the call, the deceased was lying down, crouched here,” Hyung Dae-ryong, Seojong precinct police station chief, said.

The deceased, wearing shorts and a black windbreaker, appeared to have hung himself from a tree with a necktie, Hyung told reporters. A maroon umbrella with the Lotte logo was found nearby.

Lee was the top lieutenant of Chairman Shin Dong-bin, who last year saw off a bitter challenge from his older brother for control of the group founded in 1948 in Japan as a maker of chewing gum by their father, Shin Kyuk-ho, who is now 93. “He (Lee) oversaw Lotte Group’s overall housekeeping and core businesses and accurately understood the minds of Chairman-in-Chief Shin Kyuk-ho and Chairman Shin Dong-bin to be carried out well in subsidiary companies,” Lotte Group said in a statement. — Reuters

B R E A C H O F F U N D A M E N TA L F R E E D O M S

Top French court suspends ban on burkini swimsuits PARIS: A top French court on Friday suspended a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits that has angered Muslims, feminists and civil liberties campaigners.

The ruling by the Council of State relates to the Mediterranean resort of Villeneuve-Loubet, one of more than a dozen French towns that have imposed such bans.

The burkini ban has shone a

light on secular France’s longstanding difficulties integrating its Muslim population and dealing with the aftermath of a series of attacks. The court said in a statement the decree to ban burkinis in Villeneuve-Loubet “seriously, and clearly illegally, breached the fundamental freedoms to come and go, the freedom of beliefs and individual freedom.”

The lawyer representing the League of Human Rights campaign group which had challenged the ban in Villeneuve-Loubet told reporters the ruling meant all town halls would need to reverse their bans. The group argued the bans contravened civil liberties.

But one mayor in Corsica said he would not suspend his own ban, showing that the ruling will

not put a quick end to the heated controversy that has already filtered into early campaigning for the 2017 presidential election.

“There’s a lot of tension here and I won’t withdraw my decree,” Sisco mayor Ange-Pierre Vivoni told BFM TV. The issue has also made French cultural identity a hot-button issue along with security in political

EFFORTS TO END CONFLICT

Philippine government, communist rebels sign indefinite ceasefire deal OSLO: The Philippines government and Maoist-led rebels agreed indefinite ceasefires on Friday as part of an accord to accelerate efforts to end a conflict that has lasted almost five decades and killed at least 40,000 people.

The government expressed hopes that a peace agreement could be reached within a year after the Oslo talks, the first formal meeting for five years. The guerrillas, who reiterated demands for “revolutionary change”, stopped short of setting a deadline.

Both sides, at a signing ceremony in a hotel on the outskirts of Oslo, hailed the ceasefire deal and measures to step up negotiations as a breakthrough after 30 years of fitful peace talks.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Boerge Brende, hosting the ceremony, urged both sides to mirror an agreement between Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels to end Latin America’s longest conflict, dating back more than 50 years.

“I hope this has been an inspiration,” he said after the five-day meeting in Oslo. Norway has been a long-standing facilitator for peace deals in Colombia and the Philippines.

Under the Philippines accord, the rebels indefinitely extended a week-long ceasefire that had been due to expire after the Oslo talks. The government reaffirmed

SIGNING CEREMONY: Representative of the Philippine government Jesus Dureza, Norwegian Foreign Minister Boerge Brende, centre, and representative of National Democratic Front Luis Jalandoni, second from right, after signing an indefinite ceasefire agreement, in Oslo, Norway on Friday. – NTB Scanpix/Berit Roald/via Reuters

an open-ended ceasefire since August 21 that could have been called off if the guerrillas failed to match it. “There is a clear plan to accelerate the peace negotiations,” Jose Maria Sison, the exiled founder of the Communist Party who lives in the Netherlands, told Reuters.

He called the Philippines “semi-colonial” and “semi-feudal”. The rebels want sweeping reforms to redistribute land to poor farmers and to nationalise industries. The government and the National Democratic Front (NDF), the political wing of the Communist Party, agreed to meet again in Oslo from October 8.

“There is still a lot of work to be done ahead. Let us all stay the

course together, no matter what,” said Jesus Dureza, Philippines presidential peace adviser.

Both sides urged President Rodrigo Duterte, who helped unblock the negotiations by releasing 16 detainees before the talks, to proclaim an amnesty for all insurgents. Rebels said that such an amnesty, which would also need approval by Congress, could cover about 530 jailed guerrillas.

Duterte says he wants to end guerrilla wars with both communist and other militants that have been hampering economic development. The 3,000-strong New People’s Army, the armed wing of the communist party, operates mainly in the east and south of the Philippines. — Reuters

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debates ahead of next April’s presidential election.

Criticism Prime Minister Manuel Valls robustly defended the burkini ban on Thursday while some ministers criticised it, exposing divisions within the government as campaigning begins. Former president Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday

he would impose a nationwide ban on burkinis if elected as he seeks to position himself as a strong defender of French values and tough on immigration.

“This is a slap for the prime minister and a kick up the backside for Sarkozy,” Abdallah Zekri, secretary general of the French Muslim Council (CFCM) said of the ruling.

“We’re satisfied with this.” — Reuters

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Now that your children have launched lives of their own, you may be considering how to maximise the extra space they left behind.

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aking renovations can be a fun way to turn their now-empty rooms into a useful or relaxing space for your own enjoyment. And your timing could be spot on; a recent survey found half of empty-nesters of pre-retirement age are opting to stay in their family homes instead of downsizing.

“Retirement isn’t all about being practical,” notes Ken Dychtwald of Californiabased consulting firm Age Wage. “More and more people are turning their empty nests into nurturing nests.”

Even better, with today’s easy-to-use construction tools, repurposing rooms can be stress-free and efficient. If you haven’t engaged in DIY projects lately, it’s worthwhile to check out some of the newest market innovations in saws, cordless drills, portable nailers and belt sanders. One of the most consumer-friendly is the RotoSaw+ with Dust Vault attachment from RotoZip that can effectively custom-cut a variety of materials (including drywall) while reducing the dust and debris that is sure to be produced by any great remodel project by 90 per cent.

Here are some DIY ideas for using such tools to repurpose your space: z Private gym: Building a workout space right into your home should eliminate any excuses to avoid exercise. Features might include mirrored walls, storage space for

gear, a sound system, extra ventilation or rubber floor tiles for acoustic control. z Man or woman cave: This room could incorporate an endless array of hobbies specific to your interests including reading, watching movies, creating art, practising music, playing video games or cheering on your favourite sports team. z Guest bedroom: Now that your children have flown the coop, you have more time to entertain friends, whereupon an appealing guest bedroom could be a boom to your social life. Another option is using space-saving furniture to combine a guest bedroom with a room that serves other purposes, such as an office or reading room. z Walk-in closet: Multiple retailers now offer dream closet components like drawers, bars, shelves, mirrors, and containers.

Consider a vanity or benches for relaxing as you apply makeup, try on shoes and accessories and create the perfect outfit. z Meditation room: Create a space to recharge yourself physically and mentally, perhaps with natural light, a sound system and elements of nature like plants, flowers or a water fountain.

To achieve a Zen quality, minimal furniture and accessories are recommended.

Pastels or dark colours are considered the most relaxing colours. Consider building a customised meditation table to work as the centrepiece of your room.-BPT

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FIREWORKS

are highly flammable devices that are designed to burn or explode, resulting in light, noise, and smoke for signalling or entertainment. Fireworks and the art of creating them are also called pyrotechnics. The first fireworks are believed to have been invented in China about 1,000 years ago. The Chinese discovered that when potassium nitrate (also known as saltpeter) was mixed with charcoal and sulphur, it became highly explosive. This black powder is also known as gunpowder and its discovery led to the invention of new weapons, rockets and fireworks.

Stars Stars are small pellets or balls made of tightly packed chemicals that burn with bright colours when lit.

Stars are responsible for the colours and sparks of aerial shell fireworks. It is the chemical composition of a star that makes the colour of fireworks. The size and shape of stars play another role in how the firework will appear when lit.

Chemicals Some of the chemicals used to achieve firework colours: White — Magnesium, aluminium or titanium Yellow — Sodium salts; Red — Strontium nitrate Green — Barium nitrate or chlorate Blue — Copper compounds Orange/amber — Carbon/iron compounds Safety first Fireworks are made with gunpowder, so they are potentially very dangerous. In many places it is illegal for individuals to buy or use fireworks.

• Never play with fireworks. They are explosives and can hurt you.

FACT FILE (Exploring History, Science, and Nature)

• Only adults should light or hold fireworks.

• When you are watching fireworks, stand well back.

• Never go near a lit firework.

• If you are given a sparkler, wear gloves and hold it at arm’s length.

• When your sparkler goes out, don’t touch it. It could still burn you. Put the hot end down in a bucket of water or sand.

• Never give sparklers to a child under five years.

Types of fireworks Sparklers: Sparklers are made by coating a piece of

metal with a mixture of chemicals. When lit, sparklers give off sparks. The chemicals used in sparklers burn at about 1,650°F. Because they burn so hot, it is very important to use them safely and with the supervision of a responsible adult.

Firecrackers: Smoke bombs, firecrackers and flash crackers have been around for hundreds of years. Black powder or flash powder is tightly packed and sealed inside a paper tube with a fuse. When lit, burning black powder blows the container apart with a loud noise. Pinwheels are rockets attached to a frame so that instead of flying off, they spin around.

Smoke bombs are constructed much like firecrackers are, but they give off a cloud of smoke instead of exploding with a big bang.

Roman candles: Roman candles are long tubes designed to shoot balls of fire and stars into the air. The tube or casing is filled with layers of stars and powder.

When the powder explodes, it ignites the stars, which are propelled from the tube or casing. The process is repeated for each layer of powder and stars.

Rockets: Rockets use a fast-burning propellant charge for the launch. Lighting the fuse ignites the gunpowder, which creates an expanding gas that is forced through a choke or nozzle. The escaping gas propels the rocket into the air. While the rocket is in the air, the stars explode.

Shells: Most professional aerial firework displays use shells fired from mortars. The shells are filled with stars and gunpowder in a heavy paper (or papier mâché) casing and launched from a rack of mortars.

When lit, the gunpowder charge in the bottom of the shell explodes, forcing the shell up into the sky. A slow-burning fuse inside the shell is timed so that the shell explodes at peak flight.

Shells can be up to two feet or more in diameter and carry thousands of stars and other displays into the sky. Announcers are shells designed to explode with a great bang, but no light or sparks.

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CINEMA SCHEDULE

Teleword

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

The leftover word spells the Teleword.

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Answer: Nothing

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Red Bull’s Verstappen fastest in Belgian Grax Prix practice Verstappen set a benchmark time of one minute and 48.085 seconds, 0.256 quicker than Ricciardo on a hot and sunny day at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Max Verstappen was fastest on the opening day of practice for the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo as world champions Mercedes chose to focus on race preparation.

Verstappen set a benchmark time of one minute and 48.085 seconds, 0.256 quicker than Ricciardo on a hot and sunny day at the SpaFrancorchamps circuit.

That was faster than Nico Rosberg’s session-topping time in Friday’s morning session which he set while trialling the ‘halo’ cockpit safety device on his Mercedes.

FASTEST: Netherland’s Red Bull driver Max Verstappen sits in his car in the pits during the second practice session at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Spa on Friday. – AFP

The German was only sixthfastest in the afternoon, his best effort 1.076 seconds slower than Verstappen’s. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton, second in the

morning, ended the day 13th and 1.697 seconds off the pace.

The Briton leads Rosberg by 19 points in the standings and heads into Sunday’s race aiming to be-

come only the third driver ever to get 50 career wins.

But he is set to start near the back of the grid after Mercedes fitted two fresh power units to his car

ahead of each of Friday’s sessions.

Like Rosberg, he spent the afternoon focused on long-run race simulations with both Mercedes lapping slower than their morning best.

Nico Hulkenberg ended a strong opening day for Force India, running third-quickest ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. His teammate Sergio Perez, fourth in the morning, ended the day fifth.

Fernando Alonso made up for a lack of mileage in the opening session by going 12th fastest in the afternoon. The Spaniard completed only three laps in the morning and was unable to set a time after the updated Honda engine fitted to his McLaren sprung a water leak.

Like Hamilton, he will start near the back of the grid, after the Woking-based team opted to fit his car with a fresh power-unit.

French teenager Esteban Ocon, making his Grand Prix debut this weekend with backmarkers Manor ended the day 21st.

He was quicker than fellow Mercedes-backed teammate Pascal Wehrlein in the morning but the German, who has been with Manor since the start of the season, regained the initiative in the afternoon. A number of drivers tested the ‘halo’ cockpit protection system in the opening session.

Teams are trying it out ahead of the delayed introduction of some form of cockpit protection in time for the 2018 season. - Reuters

FOOTBALL

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India’s Saketh Myneni closer to US Open main draw

FIFA ethics investigator seeks to ban, fine Qatar official ZURICH: A FIFA ethics investigator has recommended that a senior Qatari official should be banned from the game for at least two-and-a-half years and fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,676) over allegations he failed to cooperate with a inquiry.

The recommendation, announced by the global soccer body’s ethics watchdog on Friday, did not give details on the inquiry.

And the official it named — Saoud Al Mohannadi, vice-president of the Qatar Football Association (QFA) — was not immediately available for comment.

The FIFA watchdog only said the inquiry was not linked to the award-

The recommendation did not give details on the inquiry. And the official it named — Saoud Al Mohannadi, vice-president of the Qatar FA — was not immediately available for comment

ing of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar — one of the cases at the centre of wider investigations and allegations that have rocked the soccer organisation since last year.

Truthful information “The investigation against Mr. Al Mohannadi concerned his failure to properly cooperate and provide truthful information to the inves-

INAUGURAL EVENT

Oman finish second in China beach soccer tournament NEW YORK: India’s Saketh Myneni is one win away from making the singles main draw of the U.S. Open as he advanced to the final Qualifying round with a 7-6 (6), 6-4 win over local lad Mitchell Krueger.

Saketh, ranked 143rd in the ATP chart, now has a chance to play in the singles main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career as he faces Pedja Krstin from Serbia in the third round.

The big-serving Indian had lost in the third Qualifying round at the Australian Open and bowed out in the second round of the French Open early this year.

It was a tight first set in which Myneni recovered from an early break to make it 4-4 and prevailed in the nerve-wracking tie-breaker.

In the second set, it was Myneni, who drew first blood in the seventh game and served out the match in the 10th after battling hard for one hour and 30 minutes.

The Indian now needs to down his Serbian opponent, who is placed 57 places below him at 200 in the ATP rankings.

However, Pedja goes into the contest 1-0 up in Head-to-Head record with a win over the Indian in Turkey in May last year. - PTI

MUSCAT: Oman went down to Iran in a thrilling contest and settled for second place in the inaugural Continental Beach Soccer Tournament organised in Ordos, China on Thursday.

In an exciting and well-contest-

ed final, the Iranians denied the reigning Asian champions Oman and won the match by a 6-3 margin to clinch the top honours.

The Iranians also swept the individual awards with Amir Akhbari winning both the best player

of the tournament and top scorer awards and P. Hosseini taking the best goalkeeper prize.

Meanwhile, former Asian champions Japan settled for third place after defeating Vietnam 8-4 in the third-place playoff match.

tigatory chamber,” the FIFA panel said in a statement.

Spokespeople for the QFA and for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup Organising Committee both declined to comment.

The punishments against Mohannadi, who is also QFA’s former general secretary, were recommended by one of the FIFA ethics panel’s investigators, Djimbaraye Bourngar, the statement added.

Bourngar’s report now goes to the FIFA Ethics Committee’s adjudicatory chamber. Switzerland has opened a criminal investigation into the decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively.

Several indicted Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter was banned from all soccerrelated activity in December along with the then European soccer boss, Michel Platini.

The bans were imposed for ethics violations related to a payment of two million Swiss francs that the world soccer governing body made to Platini with Blatter’s approval in 2011 for work done a decade earlier.

Several dozen football officials, including former FIFA Executive Committee members, and entities were also indicted in the United States on corruption-related charges last year. - Reuters

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SPORTS OMAN EDGE QATAR IN U-23 GCC CUP FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Oman defeated hosts Qatar by a solitary goal to record their second successive victory in the Under-23 GCC Cup football championship in the Qatari capital of Doha on Friday. Ayman Ibrahim Al Haikal scored the all-important goal for the Sultanate squad in the 68th minute. Earlier in the evening, Saudi Arabia defeated the UAE by a similar 1-0 margin. Oman, who opened their campaign with a 3-1 win over Bahrain on Wednesday, are now on the top of the table with six points from two games.

The Sultanate squad will next play Saudi Arabia on Monday and then take on the UAE on Wednesday.

INDIAN CRICKET

Pink ball test: Jury still out on sighting, no reverse or turn

India, West Indies T20 stars look to rock US The two T20 Internationals against West Indies will be the first instance of India being involved in a competitive match in the US

FORT LAUDERDALE: Cricket will seek to reach out to the untapped American market when the sport’s most followed practitioners, India, lock horns with the West Indies in their maiden international game in the US here on Saturday.

The two Twenty20 Internationals over the weekend will be the first instance of India being involved in a competitive match in the U.S. Days after India cruised to victory in the four-match Test series for their third successive triumph on the Caribbean soil, the team’s seasoned campaigner Mahendra Singh Dho-

NEW MARKET: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, left, vicecaptain Virat Kohli, right, and coach Anil Kumble chat during the team’s training session at Fort Lauderdale in Florida on Friday. – PTI

ni will return to lead the side in the two limited overs games at the Central Broward Regional Park, the only purpose-built cricket stadium in the US. It is the only ICC certified ODI standard stadium facility in the USA and hosted six Caribbean Premier League matches last month.

The 14-member Indian team will see the return of as many as 11 regular players who were rested from the tour to Zimbabwe in May earlier this year.

Dhoni, who retired from the longest format of the game in December 2014, is scheduled to play just seven more matches in 2016 --

two T20Is against the West Indies in USA and 5 ODIs against New Zealand in India.

Dhoni’s last assignment was against Zimbabwe where he led a young Indian team, sans the stars, to victory in both the ODIs and T20I series in Harare in June.

The two-match series is going to be the first of what will develop into an annual event in the USA as part of efforts to reach out to new markets and audiences.

Even though India won the Test series 2-0, players from the Test squad are coming with hardly any recent match practice because of the rain-affected fourth Test in Port-of-Spain where the last four days didn’t see any play.

Indian coach Anil Kumble was, however, still optimistic about a good performance in what will be his first assignment with Dhoni.

“This is the first time that I’ll be working with MS, obviously we have played together over a long period of time and we had a chat on Thursday and on Friday as well,” Kumble said.

“I’m really looking forward to working with him and the new set of boys like (Jasprit) Bumrah who’s joined as well. I’ve worked with him in the IPL so it’s nice to be a part of the India dressing room again,” he added. - PTI

GREATER NOIDA: Yuvraj Singh felt “it moved a bit more than SG Test” while Robin Uthappa’s observations varied from “colour change” to “lack of reverse swing” as the first set of inputs on Indian cricket board’s much talked about ‘Pink ball’ day-night experiment came to the fore.

While there is no denying that day-night cricket always brings in more people as one saw at least 800 to 1,000 spectators during peak evening hours on all three days of the inaugural Duleep Trophy match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will still need to figure out a few things before they seriously think of pursuing the idea of a Test match.

For starters, there has been varied opinions on whether an individual batsman has been able to sight the pink kookaburra ball well or not but everyone agreed that not much effort was required to “maintain the ball” unlike the conventional red kookaburra, SG Test or Dukes.

While Yuvraj did not have a great time with the willow but his input will be the most valuable one for the BCCI. “I thought the pink ball moved a bit more than the SG ball. It was pretty exciting, the pink ball doesn’t go old. It was coming onto the bat nicely,” the India Red skipper and a World Cup winner said after the match.

Veteran glovesman Parthiv Patel sees future in Pink ball Test but he conceded that this ball skids a bit more.

“I had no problem in sighting.

During the day, I could see the ball better. Not used to getting the pink ball coming to you. It’s a matter of getting used to it but visibility was not a problem.”

“As far as future is concerned, too early to say. Definitely there is a future. But dew could be a fac-

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Oman claim third place in GCC swimming championships FOOTBALL

Casillas out of Spain team BARCELONA: Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has left former captain and all-time record appearance maker Iker Casillas out of his first squad since taking charge of the national team.

Former Spain Under-21 and Under-19 coach Lopetegui also omitted Pedro and Cesc Fabregas from the squad for Spain’s friendly against Belgium on September 1 and their first World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein four days later.

Striker Diego Costa, midfielder Juan Mata and forward Paco Alcacer, all left out of the Euro 2016 squad, were recalled.

“I have spoken to Iker, he is a huge player for the national team, he is a current Spain icon but in this case we’ve decided that from

now on David de Gea will be our No. 1 goalkeeper,” Lopetegui told reporters on Friday.

“But that does not mean the door is closed to Iker and we will monitor his progress carefully. I felt I had to be sincere with him and he remains very close to us.”

Pepe Reina and Adrian were the other two goalkeepers named in the squad. Costa was the most high profile omission from Vicente del Bosque’s squad for Euro 2016 but the Brazilian-born striker has made a strong start to the season, scoring winning goals for Chelsea in their opening two Premier League games.

“Costa has had a great preseason and we think his presence will be positive,” Lopetegui added. - Reuters

MUSCAT: Oman finished third in the overall open category after clinching eight medals, including four gold, three silver and one bronze, in the 26th GCC Swimming Championships in the Saudi Arabian city of Dammam.

tor. The ball skid and moved more.

Also I don’t think you can have Tests in sub-continent using this much of grass,” said Parthiv.

However both Robin Uthappa and Parthiv feel that reverse swing will be difficult with pink ball as the shine and gloss of the ball doesn’t seem to wear out.

“We tried hard but there was no reverse swing. There is conventional swing but the shine is maintained so well that there is no chance of reverse swing. I also found that colour varied at different times of the day.

“At one point, it looked light pink, followed by orange at one point of time before it looked bright pink under lights. I think we will get used to it as much as we play,” said Uthappa.

If one goes by Abhinav Mukund, who scored the maximum runs from either side, there were “initial difficulties during net sessions” but in the match he “did not have problems sighting the ball”.

“I think a lot of people had issues sighting the ball, but I didn’t have any issues with visibility.

The wicket was damp, that’s perhaps why so many wickets fell on the first day. But I feel the swing was a conventional one and not because of pink ball,” was the gist of what man-of-the-match Mukund said.

Spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who got nine wickets in the match said: “Pink ball was dipping well and the drift was also good but there wasn’t much turn on offer as you don’t require to maintain the ball.”

One of the centurions Sudip Chatterjee spoke about the dew factor. “On the third evening, the ball was getting heavier due to the dew so it was difficult for bowlers to grip the ball. But while batting, I did not face much problem and a good batting pitch also contributed to it,” he concluded. - PTI

The Omani swimmers earlier grabbed three medals on the third day of the competition, including one gold and two bronze.

Oman’s gold came in the 50m freestyle competition where Khalfan Al Wahaibi clocked 30.06 sec-

onds to take the top honours. Ammar Al Wahaibi won the bronze in 30.39 seconds.

The day’s second bronze for Oman came in the 200m backstroke competition with Shihab Aladdin clocking 2:35.53.

Pakistan play first day-night Test in Dubai KARACHI: Pakistan will play their first ever day-night Test match from October 13- to 17 in Dubai against West Indies, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced.

Beginning on September 23, the teams will play three Twenty20 Internationals, three Oneday Internationals and as many Test matches in the United Arab Emirates.

The Dubai Cricket Stadium will play host to the country’s first day-night game with the pink ball from October 13 as the International Cricket Council (ICC) fights to increase dwindling spectator count in the longest format of the game.

Abu Dhabi will host the second Test from October 21 and the third and final Test will be played in Sharjah on October 30.

Pakistan, currently the top ranked Test team, are scheduled to play another day-night Test against Australia in Brisbane from December 15. - Reuters

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Galfar wins major Duqm fishing harbour contract the contract is OMR60.69 million for building marine and road related works at the fishing harbour. The duration of the construction period NEW HUB: The proposed integrated fisheries hub at Duqm will be the largest facility of its kind in the wider Gulf region.

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businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Galfar Engineering and Contracting Company on Thursday said that the company has bagged a major contract to build a major fishing harbour at Duqm.

The value of the contract is OMR60.69 million for building marine and road related works at the fishing harbour.

Disclosure statement The duration of the construction period is 30 months, which excludes a six-month period for mobilisation, the company said in a disclosure statement posted on MSM website.

Galfar shares moved up 1.9 per cent to 107 baisas amid 3.86 million shares changing hands on Thursday.

According to earlier reports, the proposed fishing harbour will accommodate not only Omani fleets but also fleets from other countries passing through the Indian Ocean, and more than 60 processing plants and related facilities will come up in a big area at the back of the Duqm fishing harbour.

The proposed integrated fisheries hub at Duqm will be the largest facility of its kind in the wider Gulf region. Spread over an area of eight square kilometres, the hub will be anchored by a commercial fishery harbour that will be the

biggest of its kind in the Sultanate.

Multi-purpose port The multi-purpose port can accommodate fishing fleets, ferries and coast guards. In the port, there will be facilities like fish market, an auction hall, administrative buildings, workshops, some stores for fishermen, cafeterias and coffee shops.

The fully-fledged fishery industries complex project will have a research centre, a training centre, an international standards and quality assurance centre and

modern handling and cold storage facilities.

The government will invest in the infrastructure and other utilities and will prepare the lands on a lease basis for investors with the aim of creating a fisheries hub in the region.

The proposed areas for private sector investment in the fisheries sector include value addition in fisheries products, certified fish seed breeding facilities to avail quality seed to fish farmers, fish feed industry and fishing gear and equipment industry.

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US second-quarter growth trimmed to 1.1 per cent WASHINGTON: US economic growth was a bit more sluggish than initially thought in the second quarter as businesses aggressively ran down stocks of unsold goods, offsetting a spurt in consumer spending.

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at a 1.1 per cent annual rate, the Commerce Department said on Friday in its second estimate of GDP. That was slightly down from the 1.2 per cent rate reported last month.

The revision also reflected more imports than previously estimated as well as weak spending by state and local governments.

The economy grew at a 0.8 per cent pace in the first quarter.

It grew 1.0 per cent in the first half of 2016.

The revision to second-quarter GDP growth was in line with economists’ expectations.

The economy has struggled to regain momentum since output started slowing in the last six months of 2015, which puts it in danger of stalling.

India’s central bank’s norms on corporate bonds credit positive NEW DELHI: Reserve Bank’s guidelines on corporate bond issuance will enhance liquidity and are credit positive, Moody’s Investors Service said on Friday.

Further, the new guidelines permitting banks to issue Basel-III compliant additional tier 1 (core capital) and tier II (mainly debt) securities by way of rupee-denominated bonds overseas are credit positive because they will help create an alternative funding source for the banks’ capital needs, it said.

“We expect that only wellrated and well-managed banks will be able to tap the international market for such issuance,” Moody’s said.

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MOODY’S REPORT

REVISED UPWARDS: Consumer spending was revised up to show it increased at a 4.4 per cent rate — the fastest since the fourth quarter of 2014. — Bloomberg file picture

While data so far for the third quarter has been mixed, a strong labour market should continue to support consumer spending and underpin growth in the coming quarters.

Output will also likely get a boost as businesses restock warehouses after liquidating inventories in the second quarter.

The government also reported that after-tax corporate profits fell at a 2.4 per cent rate last quarter after increasing at an 8.1 per cent pace in the first quarter. Weak profits could limit an anticipated rebound in business spending.

With profits declining, an alternative measure of growth, gross domestic income, or GDI, in-

creased at only a 0.2 per cent rate in the second quarter, the weakest since the first quarter of 2013.

GDI measures the economy’s performance from the income side. It increased at a 0.8 per cent pace in the first quarter.

Business inventories fell $12.4 billion in the second quarter, the first drop since the third quarter of 2011, instead of the $8.1 billion reported last month.

As a result inventories sliced off 1.26 percentage points from GDP growth, the largest drag in more than two years, and up from the 1.16 percentage points subtraction in last month’s estimate.

It was the fifth straight quarter that inventories weighed on output. Economists say some of the inventory drawdown could partially be attributed to robust consumption.

Consumer spending, which makes up more than two-thirds of US economic activity, was revised up to show it increased at a 4.4 per cent rate — the fastest since the fourth quarter of 2014. Con-

sumer spending, which was previously reported to have advanced at a 4.2 per cent rate, accounted for the bulk of the rise in output last quarter.

With consumption accelerating, imports were revised to show them growing at a 0.3 per cent rate instead of declining at a 0.4 per cent rate. There was also a modest downward revision to export growth. As a result, trade contributed one-tenth of a percentage point to GDP growth in the second quarter instead of 0.23 percentage point as reported last month.

Business spending on equipment fell at a 3.7 per cent rate and not the 3.5 per cent pace reported last month. Business spending on equipment contracted for a third consecutive quarter, the longest stretch since the 2007-2009 recession, though the pace of decline slowed.

Business spending has been hurt by cheap oil, which has squeezed profits in the energy sector, forcing companies to cut capital spending budgets.. — Reuters

Bond market To deepen the corporate bond market, RBI on Thursday announced a slew of changes in fixed income and currency markets such as allowing lenders to issue ‘masala bonds’ and will accept corporate bonds under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF).

“The RBI’s new guidelines on corporate bond issuance will enhance liquidity in the bond market, a credit positive,” Moody’s said.

At present, the corporate bond market accounts for around 31 per cent of total credit to the corporate sector in India. While the measures represent “an important step forward”, other hurdles will have to be overcome to enhance liquidity and increase its size, it said.

Observing that about 95 per cent of corporate debt issued so far have been dominated by private placements through banks, Moody’s said, “There is lack of functional trading systems for corporate bonds, thereby impeding the growth of a secondary market.”

‘Masala bonds’ As regards issuance of masala bonds, Moody’s said banks currently face significant challenges in raising AT1 capital in the domestic market, given the complex nature of these instruments and the shallow domestic bond market.

Furthermore, most domestic AT1 issuance has been privately placed, providing investors with limited liquidity.

“The weaker banks are unlikely to be able to avail themselves of this opportunity and will continue to rely on the Indian government for their capital needs,” it said.

Moody’s further said inclusion of corporate bonds in the RBI liquidity adjustment facility will benefit corporates, particularly those with high credit quality.

“However, there may only be a handful of Indian corporates whose bonds will qualify for inclusion,” it said. — PTI

OIL AND GAS DEALS

Oil merger is back as sector shifts from survival to growth LONDON: Multibillion-dollar oil and gas deals are back on the table.

More than $11 billion of transactions were announced globally in July as crude’s recovery fuelled hopes of a steadier market, Wood Mackenzie said. That’s the highest monthly total this year and brings the amount since May to $32 billion, triple that of the previous three months. Dealmaking will continue to accelerate as oil prices stabilize, according to the consulting firm.

Exxon Mobil and Statoil were among the buyers after crude’s rebound from a 12-year low earlier this year bolstered confidence.

Acquisitions will allow the companies to ensure future growth as the industry has slashed $1 trillion in spending to protect their balance sheets during the downturn.

“The extreme oil price volatility in the first quarter caused a lot of uncertainty,” said Greig Aitken, principal analyst for mergers and acquisitions at Wood Mackenzie.

“Activity picked up as confidence returned and companies started looking towards future growth instead of focusing entirely on

survival.” Exxon, the world’s largest oil producer by market value, agreed last month to acquire natural-gas explorer InterOil for as much as $3.6 billion to add discoveries in Papua New Guinea.

The company also is in advanced negotiations with Eni to buy a stake in gas finds off Mozambique, people with knowledge of the talks said in July.

Statoil, Norway’s biggest oil producer, agreed last month to purchase an oil block off Brazil from Petroleo Brasileiro for $2.5 billion, its biggest acquisition since 2011.

The deals follow a period of relative quiet as buyers and sellers failed to agree on valuations amid oil’s decline. North America, home to many higher-cost shale drillers, saw the fewest transactions last year since 2004, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Benchmark Brent crude averaged $35.21 a barrel in the first quarter of 2016, the lowest in more than a decade.

The grade traded at $49.42 at 2:38 p.m. Singapore time.

“Buyers and sellers were so far apart in terms of price expectations,” said Bijan Mossavar-Rahm-

ENURING GROWTH: Acquisitions will allow the companies to ensure future growth as the industry has slashed $1 trillion in spending to protect their balance sheets during the downturn. — Bloomberg file picture

ani, executive chairman of oil producer DNO ASA, which made a $300 million bid for Gulf Keystone Petroleum in July. “A lot of the sellers still were hopeful that $100 oil or at least $80 oil was around the corner, and it hasn’t happened.”

Those companies that did make

acquisitions had little cash to draw on. Royal Dutch Shell’s debt ballooned when it bought BG Group Plc, a rare mega-deal of the past two years, valued at more than $70 billion in April 2015. The transaction was announced just weeks before crude prices resumed their

slide, prompting some analysts and shareholders to suggest Shell was paying too much.

Such anxiety may ease with Brent crude now trading around $50 a barrel, and acquisitions could pick up as buyers and sellers have more similar price expec-

tations, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.

While crude has recovered, “there seems to be an increasing consensus that oil will not go back to over $100 any time soon,” said Philipp Chladek, a senior industry analyst for BI in London. “So the differing perceptions about the asset values that, next to the volatility, was the main deal-breaker in the past, are gradually converging.”

There’ll be plenty of assets up for grabs. Shell intends to raise $30 billion through divestitures in the three years to 2018, while BP plans as much as $5 billion of disposals this year.

Total and Eni also are putting assets on the block.

The market for oilfield acquisitions has “stabilized in the last three months and the consensus around commodity prices and where prices are going has narrowed,” said Jon Clark, a transaction adviser at Ernst & Young.

“There seems to now be a shift back into M&A-type activity and we’re starting to see potential divestments coming out of the majors,” he added. — Bloomberg News

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MARKET British economy ‘escapes’ Brexit uncertainty, for now a former BoE interest-rate setter, said so far there had been almost no data on important areas of the economy such as investment, inventory levels and construction.

“I think it would be very dangerous to take a position either that it’s all going to be alright and that the fears were massively overdone, or that the fears were justified,” said Goodhart, a professor at the London School of Economics, said. “The answer is, frankly: we don’t know.”

The overwhelming view from economists is that it is too early to know how Britain will cope with years of Brexit uncertainty — but there is a growing belief the country can avoid a recession that only weeks ago was regarded as likely.

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FALLS: Market research firm GfK’s gauge of consumer confidence also fell sharply after the vote. The survey often predicts changes in household spending in the following quarters. — Bloomberg file picture

LONDON: Britain’s high streets are heaving with shoppers despite June’s shock vote to leave the European Union, big companies have reported few signs of distress and some tabloid newspapers are even talking about a post-Brexit economic boom.

The overwhelming view from economists is that it is too early to know how Britain will cope with years of Brexit uncertainty — but there is a growing belief the country can avoid a recession that only weeks ago was regarded as likely.

On the face of it, the early optimism contrasts with the prereferendum warning from former Prime Minister David Cameron that a Brexit vote would put a “bomb under the economy”.

Retail sales in August reversed much of an immediate post-Brexit vote fall, with retailers reporting their strongest sales in six months, industry data showed on

Thursday, partly due to a weaker pound attracting overseas buyers. Official figures out last week showed the number of people claiming unemployment benefit fell unexpectedly in July.

Before the June 23 referendum, the British finance ministry had warned a Brexit vote would mean homeowners facing higher borrowing costs, pushing the economy into a “DIY recession”, and that equity prices were likely to fall.

However, nearly half of mortgage borrowers look set to gain from the Bank of England’s interest rate cut on August 4, while British equity markets have risen.

Some British newspapers which supported the Leave campaign have hailed such news.

“Remainers were WRONG!” the Daily Express declared earlier this month, adding: “Brexit Britain booms”.

But most economists do not

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flation already offer reasons for caution. Price pressures in factories — which feed through into consumer prices — shot higher after the pound’s post-referendum plunge, posing a threat to consumers’ future spending power. Market research firm GfK’s gauge of consumer confidence also fell sharply after the vote. The survey often predicts changes in household spending in the following quarters.

A YouGov/CEBR gauge of consumer morale, published on Friday, showed consumers have regained some of the confidence they lost after the referendum, but researchers warned this positive trend could easily change next year.

The outlook for the housing market, the bedrock of British consumer wealth, is also unclear: a Reuters poll on Thursday suggested the Brexit vote will have a negative impact on both prices and turnover. Charles Goodhart,

Bank of Japan’s impact waning TOKYO: As Bank of Japan officials prepare to review the effectiveness of more than three years of unprecedented stimulus next month, at least one gauge suggests they are losing clout.

The so-called shadow rate, which takes into account sovereign bond yields to measure the impact of unconventional policy tools like quantitative easing, hasn’t fallen as rapidly as that in Europe, according to a model created by Reserve Bank of New Zealand researcher Leo Krippner. While Krippner says the introduction of negative policy rates and Japan’s flat yield curve has made it harder to calculate, the measure suggests Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is falling behind European Central Bank (ECB) peer Mario Draghi in efforts to do whatever it takes to boost growth and stoke inflation. “For Japan, the shadow rate indicates that monetary policy has eased by less and more slowly,” Krippner said in an e-mail interview. “That’s consistent with Japan adopting easing measures, such as quantitative-and-qualitative easing and its subsequent additions, but not yet generating the 2 per cent inflation target announced on the outset of the policy.”

The BOJ acknowledged doubts over its policies when it took the unprecedented step last month of announcing a comprehensive review for its Sept. 20-21 gathering.

The economy has only grown half of the time since Kuroda launched his stimulus in April 2013, and consumer prices have fallen for five straight months to July. While benchmark yields tumbled to a record low of minus 0.3 per cent last month, they have since retraced two thirds of that.

The yen is another headwind, outperforming all its developedmarket peers this year.

Krippner said that shadow rates are estimated from yield curve data, indicating the degree to which medium- and longer-term rates are lower than would otherwise be expected with a near-zero policy setting.

— Bloomberg News

ANNUAL MEETING

German economy set on growth path BERLIN: Germany’s domestic economy is set fair for further growth, with robust household and government spending propelling a self-reinforcing cycle of activity, though Britain’s Brexit vote has unnerved German companies trading abroad.

Data and surveys released this week showed domestic demand cementing its role as the main driver of Europe’s biggest economy, more than compensating for a sluggish export sector that is facing waning demand.

A robust labour market, rising wages and ultra-low borrowing costs suggest the spending power of German consumers will rise further, the GfK sentiment indicator showed on Friday. The survey showed the consumer mood improved unexpectedly heading into September, hitting one of its highest points in the past 15 years.

That reinforced expectations that private consumption, along with state spending, will drive an economic expansion tipped to reach 1.7 per cent in 2016 — a forecast that could well be bumped higher.

The GfK institute said it expected private consumption, which accounts for roughly 50 per cent of GDP, to grow by 2 per cent.

“There are still no signs of consumer fatigue in Germany,” said Sal. Oppenheim economist Ulrike

share this jubilance and caution these positive signals may have little bearing on the long-term outlook for the economy, which must contend with years of uncertainty as Britain extricates itself from the EU. ‘We don’t know’ New British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will not trigger the EU’s Article 50 this year, to begin formal talks with the bloc to negotiate the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU and its future trading relationship with the bloc.

“The fact that the UK avoided an immediate crisis does not tell us much about the future,” said Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, adding he thought Britain would probably avoid a technical recession — defined as two consecutive quarters of falling economic output.

Business surveys and some forward-looking indicators of in-

FTSE rises While the mood among economists remains one of concern, it has brightened across financial markets. Investors were braced for a global economic shock after a vote for Brexit, but the FTSE 100 index of UK blue-chip companies is about 8 per cent higher since the referendum, helped by overseas earnings that will benefit from the fall in the value of the pound. The more domestically focused FTSE 250 index of mid-sized companies is up by about 5 per cent.

Many big companies have reported little immediate impact from the vote in Britain, including retailers John Lewis and Next, the world’s biggest staffing company Adecco and carmaker BMW. Some major employers — carmaker Nissan, for example — say their plans for investment in Britain will hinge on the trade deals it strikes with other countries.

Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the world’s largest advertising group WPP, said there was little clarity on when Britain would even begin negotiating its EU exit and that his company’s clients were increasingly cautious. “Our own position will depend on what gets negotiated,” he told Reuters.

The pound’s fall since the referendum — it was down almost 15 per cent at one point versus the dollar — has benefited some companies; it has boosted manufacturers’ exports, for example. — Reuters

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Kastens. “Private consumption remains an important pillar for the German economy, in addition to construction.”

But an unwillingness to invest on the part of companies — which Kastens termed the economy’s Achilles’ heel — remains a barrier to faster growth. The private sector is holding back investment due to a number of external risks and uncertainties, not least the timing and terms of negotiations between Brussels and London on their future relationship. German exports to Britain — its third biggest market — stagnated in the first half of the year ahead of the 23 June referendum in which Britons voted to leave the European Union.

Brexit-related risks were a major factor in a sharp and unexpected drop in morale among German company executives in August, as measured on Thursday by the benchmark Ifo index.

Even so, Tuesday’s survey among purchasing managers by research firm Markit - also closely watched — showed German private sector growth remained robust overall.Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff Peter Altmaier has hinted Berlin may nudge that forecast higher, saying in June: “We will have economic growth this year that is probably above last year’s level.” — Reuters

Schooled in the short run, central banks struggle with a long-term role JACKSON HOLE, (Wyoming): Schooled in economic thinking that confines monetary policy to the short run, central bankers gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, are grappling with a singular change: whether they can take over as guardians of long-term growth with programmes that may stay in place and influence markets for decades to come.

The debate, being carried out in technical research and policy forums like the annual meeting here, could herald a break with decades of central bank orthodoxy which has relied on short-term interest rates as the main policy lever in favour of a host of unconventional tools — from outright targeting a certain level of growth, to the permanent use of negative interest rates or massive cash infusions to stimulate inflation.

The discussion has already seen some Fed policymakers radically shift their view of monetary policy, and will be more broadly joined on Friday when Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivers the opening address to the Fed’s annual policy conference here.

Though watched for clues to whether the Fed is likely to raise rates in the near future, the announced subject of Yellen’s

Janet Yellen, chair of the US Federal Reserve. — Bloomberg file picture

speech is the Fed’s policy “toolkit,” and may give insight into how deeply she feels policy should be overhauled in light of what has been learned since the 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession.

Policies put in place then have largely remained intact, much to the surprise — and chagrin — of officials including Yellen, who have expected the United States and world economies to return to a pre-crisis “normal” once various “headwinds” diminished.

Instead, the emerging vision is of a changed world where expected growth is lower, deflation

remains more of a risk than rising prices, businesses hesitate to invest and individuals’ views of the future are so fully “anchored” it becomes hard to nudge them toward, for example, higher inflation.

With the impact of monetary policy muted in its short-run effect on growth, and governments globally leaving a vacuum on longer-term issues like better fiscal and productivity policies, central bankers are struggling over whether and how to step into a different, long-term role.

“When I left the Fed at the be-

ginning of 2009 we talked about having interest rates at extraordinarily low levels for some time.

I don’t think anyone thought ‘for some time’ was going to bring us six, seven, eight years later,” said Randy Kroszner, a former Fed governor and now an economics professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

“If central banks are being asked to do some longer-run kinds of things, what is the right framework...what is the balance sheet, what are your targets, what are the tools?” It is a revolutionary question. Disagree as they might, central bankers have a rough consensus on one thing: that monetary policy works in the short run, and does not have an impact on long-term growth and productivity dynamics.

Negative interest rates have become part of crisis policy in Europe and Japan, but mainstream economists are beginning to pave the way for them to become permanent policy options.

Some $8 trillion of sovereign debt has negative yields and central banks across the globe own $25 trillion of financial assets — a sum larger than the economic output of Japan and the United States combined — according to Bank of America research. — Reuters

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MARKET PERFORMANCE

Uber losses mount to at least $1.2b in first half of 2016

MOUNTING LOSSES: Uber’s losses and revenue have generally grown in lockstep as the company’s global ambitions have expanded. — Bloomberg file picture

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include technology called FeliCa, a mobile tap-to-pay

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standard in Japan

Line hunts for acquisitions with $1.3b IPO war chest TOKYO: Line plans to use part of the $1.3 billion it garnered from last month’s initial public offering to bankroll acquisitions of content and technology, transforming its messaging service into a one-stop shop for Asian social media users.

Japan’s most popular messaging service is gunning for companies in areas ranging from artificial intelligence chatbots and advertising to video streaming and games, including those with augmented reality features, CEO Takeshi Idezawa said in an interview.

The company has assembled a dedicated team to scope out and review possible targets across the globe. The idea is to build Line into a “smart portal,” supplementing its mainstay features of chatting, stickers and games with commercial services such as food delivery, job searches and travel reservations in main markets.

“We are very open-minded about the size and geography” of potential acquisitions, Idezawa said. “What’s important is that they are the right fit.” Both the business and the talent that comes with it are important criteria, he said. Messaging services globally have become prime mobile destinations as they incorporate functions beyond simple chatting, such as media streaming and online shopping. Apps like Line and Facebook Inc.’s Messenger will evolve into “virtual agents” that provide services well beyond communication in three to seven years, said Julie Ask, an analyst with Forrester Research. — Bloomberg News

spokesman declined to comment.

“You won’t find too many technology companies that could lose this much money, this quickly,” said Aswath Damodaran, a business professor at New York University who has written sceptically of Uber’s astronomical valuation on his blog. “For a private business to raise as much capital as Uber has been able to is unprecedented.”

Bookings grew tremendously from the first quarter of this year to the second, from above $3.8 billion to more than $5 billion. Net revenue, under generally accepted accounting principles, grew about 18 percent, from about $960 million in the first quarter to about $1.1 billion in the second.

Uber’s losses and revenue have generally grown in lockstep as the company’s global ambitions have expanded. Uber has lost money quarter after quarter. In 2015, Uber lost at least $2 billion before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation. Uber, which is seven years old, has lost at least $4 billion in the history of the company.

It’s hard to find much of a prec-

edent for Uber’s losses. Webvan and Kozmo.com-two now-defunct phantoms of the original dot-com boom-lost just over $1 billion combined in their short lifetimes.

Amazon.com is famous for losing money while increasing its market value, but its biggest loss ever totaled $1.4 billion in 2000. Uber exceeded that number in 2015 and is on pace to do it again this year.

The second quarter of 2016, which ended in June, could represent a nadir for Uber.

The company’s losses will likely fall. In July, it cut a deal with its largest global competitor, Chinese ride-hailing behemoth Didi Chuxing, washing its hands of its massive losses in that country.

Didi gave Uber a 17.5 percent stake in its business and a $1 billion investment in exchange for Uber’s retreat. Uber lost at least $2 billion in two years in China, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg in July.

Uber won’t see any losses from China on its balance sheet after August, the company said on Friday’s investor call. — Bloomberg News

Apple plans iPhone for Japan with new ‘tap-to-pay’ feature A future iPhone will

Takeshi Idezawa.

SAN FRANCISCO: The ridehailing giant Uber Technologies is not a public company, but every three months, dozens of shareholders get on a conference call to hear the latest details on its business performance from its head of finance, Gautam Gupta.

On Friday, Gupta told investors that Uber’s losses mounted in the second quarter. Even in the US, where Uber had turned a profit during its first quarter, the company was once again losing money.

In the first quarter of this year, Uber lost about $520 million before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, according to people familiar with the matter. In the second quarter the losses significantly exceeded $750 million, including a roughly $100 million shortfall in the US, those people said. That means Uber’s losses in the first half of 2016 totalled at least $1.27 billion.

Subsidies for Uber’s drivers are responsible for the majority of the company’s losses globally, Gupta told investors, according to people familiar with the matter. An Uber

developed by Sony, according to people familiar with the matter

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is planning a new iPhone feature for Japan that will enable users to pay for mass-transit rides with their smartphones instead of physical payment cards. A future iPhone will include technology called FeliCa, a mobile tap-to-pay standard in Japan developed by Sony, according to people familiar with the matter.

The FeliCa chip will let customers in Japan store their public bus and train passes on their iPhones.

Users would then be able to tap

their phones against the entrance scanners instead of using physical cards. While the FeliCa chip is the standard technology underlying the service, there are several different providers of transit payment cards based on the type of transit and areas within Japan.

The Near Field Communication technology powering Apple’s mobile-payments service, Apple Pay, is prevalent in North America, Europe and Australia, but the FeliCa standard dominates Japan with a penetration of 1.9 million payment terminals, according to the Bank of Japan. The terminals handled 4.6 trillion yen ($46 billion) in transactions in 2015. Last year, there were 1.3 million NFC terminals in the US and 320,000 in the UK, according to research from Let’s Talk Payments and the UK Cards Association.

Apple intends to work with multiple transit card providers, one person said. The major players there include the Suica and Pasmo networks. Theoretically, virtual representations of the transit passes would be stored in the iPhone’s Wallet application, said the person, who asked not be identified because the planning is private. The card companies sell access to transit services both asneeded and via monthly packages.

Apple’s opportunity in Japan

transaction speeds are critical for adoption in the fast-paced environment of Japan’s transit network, the person said. Each sale over Apple Pay currently goes through a server and requires bank approval — which can slow the process.

In addition to supporting the transit-pass network, the FeliCa chip can also store e-money, an electric form of currency now widely accepted at vending machines, convenience stores and cafes in Japan. Apple is in discussions with at least one major financial institution to support these e-money transactions, according to one of the people.

NEW FEATURE: Apple intends to work with multiple transit card providers, one person said. — Bloomberg file picture

is significant with the country alone representing 8 per cent of the company’s total revenue and almost 11 per cent of operating profit in the most recent quarter. iPhone timing Apple has planned to launch these new features with the next iPhone models, which the company is set to unveil in September, according to people familiar with the matter. However, the company could hold back the transit card feature

to next year’s model if discussions with the Japan-based payment networks fall apart, one person said. Apple is already at work on a major redesign of the iPhone for 2017 that focuses more heavily on the display by removing the Home button, according to a person familiar with the matter.

An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.

The FeliCa chip is able to process a transaction in 0.1 seconds, according to Sony. Super-swift

Revenue opportunity Apple Pay first launched in October 2014 in the US with the iPhone 6 and has since expanded to Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, France, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK Apple Pay contributes to the company’s rapidly growing services business, which grew 19 per cent year-over-year to about $6 billion in the fiscal third quarter.

Earlier this month, Apple struck a deal with Japan-based phone carrier KDDI to allow customers to bill iTunes purchases to their phone service bill instead of directly to their credit card. — Bloomberg News

BOEING’S 787 DREAMLINER CHECKS

Rolls-Royce engine corrosion spurs ANA to check Dreamliners TOKYO: ANA Holdings is canceling flights as the world’s biggest operator of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner checks for corrosion in the jet’s Rolls-Royce Holdings engines.

The Japanese airline cancelled nine flights scheduled for its 50jet Dreamliner fleet for Friday and may scrub more than 300 trips through the end of September as it deals with cracking in the medium-pressure turbines of the Trent 1000 engines, Takeo Kikuchi, a deputy senior vice-president of engineering and maintenance, told reporters on Thursday in Tokyo.

The disruption is the largest 787-related miscue for ANA since

2013, when Boeing and regulators grounded the global Dreamliner fleet after lithium-ion batteries caught fire on two jets. About 38 percent of the 787s in service are powered by the Trent 1000, while the rest are outfitted with General Electric engines.

The latest problem came to the fore as ANA investigated why a 787 engine overheated during a February flight.

That jet returned to Kuala Lumpur airport after receiving a warning that the temperature of the exhaust gas from its right engine had spiked. ANA has encountered corrosion in turbines since then, most recently on August 20.

The difficulty appeared to be specific to ANA, which frequently uses the wide-body, carbon-composite aircraft for short flights.

Rolls-Royce and Boeing said they were working with the Japanese carrier to lessen the impact.

“This issue is limited to a small proportion of the ANA fleet,” a spokesman for London-based Rolls-Royce said, adding that no other airlines were affected.

The European Aviation Safety Agency is considering releasing a service bulletin recommending action from the continent’s carriers, a spokeswoman said by email. There are no US-registered Boeing 787 aircraft with RollsRoyce engines — Bloomberg News

KEEPING AN EYE: Rolls-Royce and Boeing said they were working with the Japanese carrier to lessen the impact. — Bloomberg file picture

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FEATURE

FLYING GETTING RISKIER IN INDIA I

t’s getting increasingly unsafe to fly in the world’s fastestgrowing aviation market.

Air safety incidents that prompted regulatory action reached 280 this year, beating the 275 all of last year, data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation showed. At this pace, the number may rise to more than 400 by the end of 2016, making it the worst in three years for aviation safety, according to New Delhibased DGCA. The DGCA is cracking down on safety violations by airlines in recent months, including a slew

of offenses such as aircraft getting too close to each other, overworked staff and inebriated pilots and crew. In the latest incident, the DGCA ordered Jet Airways India Ltd. and state-owned Air India Ltd. to file police complaints against pilots who were found drunk, seeking legal action for the first time ever in such cases.

The Indian aviation market, which saw air traffic grow 20 percent last year -- double the pace of China’s, according to International Air Transport Association -- is struggling to find enough officials to ensure safety of flights.

In the latest incident, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation ordered two major indian airlines to file police complaints against pilots who were found drunk, seeking legal action for the first time ever in such cases

That was one of the reasons why the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration downgraded India’s aviation safety rating in 2014, before restoring it a year later following some corrective measures.

Drunk Pilots This month, two commanders from Jet Airways and Air India were found drunk minutes after they both piloted international flights, although without any incident. The regulator also asked Air India to initiate police action against a crew member for the same offense. If found guilty by a

court, all three of them face a year in jail, or a fine of 500,000 rupees ($7,480), or both. Their licenses remain suspended for four years.

“Jet Airways has zero tolerance towards any action of its crew that contravenes safety standards mandated in the airline’s operating manual approved by DGCA,” the company said in an e-mail, adding it had fired the employee who had tested positive in a breath analyzer test on Aug. 3. Air India spokesman G.P. Rao didn’t respond to requests for comments.

Incidents at Jet Airways jumped to 55 in the first half of this

year, compared with 78 in 2015, while Air India saw incidents fall to 26 from 62 last year, the data showed. Market leader Indigo had 25 incidents, compared with 51.

Indonesia, an aviation market with one of the world’s worst safety records, said Monday it had its airsafety rating upgraded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration following an assessment in March.

In 2007, the FAA had cut the country’s rating to Category 2, citing serious concerns about the local civil-aviation regulator’s safety oversight and operational control systems. — ANURAG KOTOKY/Bloomberg

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

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

Contact 98575157

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

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

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

Contact 95135465 1 bedroom family / bachelors in Al Khuwair R.O 90/-.

Contact: 95154331 2 workshops for rent in Al-Mabela. Contact: 94758394 Executive single room with A/C bath attached sharing kitchen couple or bachelor from 1st September 2016.

Contact: 92356951 / 99116286.

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

Contact: 2456256 / 99833747 4BR & 6BR villas available for rent at North Al Hail close to Wave roundabout. Contact: 24562526 / 99833747 4 bedroom villa available in Muttrah / Madinat Illam and Mabela.

Contact: 95915154 1BHK at Ghubra RO 240.

Contact: 92144045 / 97799175 2 BHK at Mawaleh North near Dubai Store (souq) Mosque Sadiq Al-Amin. Contact: 99224748 / 99332297 Flats 2 bedroom and1 bedroom in Al Khuwair way No 4114 building No 1135. Contact: 90991079 / 98003444

Contact: 91155779 hrm_gh@live.com 2 BHK B-5145, S- 4470 Azaiba North. Contact: 99224748 / 99332297

Flats for rent at Al Hail, near Dubai Hypermarket, 1BHK- RO180. 2BHK RO 240/-. Contact: 94030761 Flat for rent. Contact : 99353433

Flat for rent 2BHK with split A/c near Oman house in Muttrah. Contact : 97007934 / 92629232

1 bedroom, 1 sitting room, 2 bathrooms in Azaiba.

Contact 96788070

Flats 2 bedrooms in Mumtaz wWay No 3352 building No 3447.

Contact: 90991079 / 98003444

Shop for rent in Al Amerat 46 metres good location.

Contact: 91141097.

Room for rent near Al Daser Rex road Ruwi. Contact: 92099367 / 99797645

Deluxe 1 & 2bedroom flats, ideal for office / residence at Qurum near PDO. Contact: 97721313 / 9507 0421

Flats 1 bedroom/2bedrooms in Ghubra near Indian School building No 4250 way No 4042 building No. Contact: 90991079 / 98003444

For Rent Opp. Sheraton hotel Office/showroom + Mez floor 130 sqm Basement/storage space 190 sqm contact 99046569/99795795

1BHK near Oman house behind Khimji H.O. Contact: 95865686

3 bedroom flat in Wadi Kabeer, 2 bed room villa in Sidab.

Contact : 95755953 / 95555162 Shop for rent at good location on main road behind Wholesale Al Amerat space 11 mt lomg 4 mt wide. Contact: 92877449 Apartment for rent in Mabella first floor 210 square meters 4 rooms, 3 toilets, Kitchen & store RO 400. Contact: 99606884

2 BHK Ghubra RO 300/-.

Contact 92144045

2 bedroom flat near Riyam Park, Corniche. Contact 24714625 / 91173997

1,2 BHK in Mumtaz.

Contact 92144045

Studio flat at MBD Ruwi.

Contact : 95698714.

2 BHK in Darsait RO 260/-.

Contact 92144045

Warehouse with office, water and electricity for rent at Ghala Ind. Area. 800 &2500 sqms approx.

Near Hotel Al Madinah, Ghala.

Container can enter the warehouse. Immediate access to road and highways. Contact 94583320

2,3 BHK at Al Khuwair RO 350/-.

Contact 92144045

Commercial space shop/ Showroom/ Godown at just 1.500 RO /m2 location Seh Al Ahmer 15 minutes from Rusail Industrial Estate.

Contact: 97714433 / 93437982

Flat for rent 2BHK with split A/c near Kuwaiti Mosque in Wadi Kabir. Contact : 97007934 / 92629232.

Shops office space for rent at Barka Highway Souq.

Contact 99530405 2 bedroom, 1 bedroom available for rent at Al Khuwair Madinat Qaboos, 375 & 300. Contact 99530405 30 New Deluxe Flats & Shops in Al Khoud. Contact 99738881

1BHK At Al Ghubra with AC + water R.O 230, 2BHK at Azaiba with AC RO 320. Contact: 92811110

Villa for rent in Amerat 5/1 5 rooms, 7 bathrooms, kitchen, hall & Majlis with air conditioning.

Contact : 99203458

Office or storage Space Available for 200/-, opposite Haffa house.

Contact 96680480

House in Darsait 3 rooms, 1 bathroom with A/C. Contact: 95522405.

2BHK flats for rent @RO 160 per sqm, location Seh Al Ahmer 15minutes from Rusail Industrial Estate.

Contact: 97714433 / 93437982

Flats, shops for rent in Ruwi Mumtaz, MBD area Honda road.

Contact : 97293708 / 92433127 / 96291778

2 B/R flats with split A/cs & free internet. 2 BR flats fully furnished available at Al Khuwair, near KM Hypermarket. Contact 99460330

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

2 bedroom centrally air conditioned flat in CBD near Central Bank.

Contact 24714625 / 91173997

2 houses for rent Al- Mawalah, behind City Centre, 2B/R, 1hall, 2 toilets, 1 kitchen &1room,1majlis,1toilet, 1kitchen. Contact: 93930352

2BHK near Oman house behind Khimji H.O. Contact: 95865686 2 BHK flat Ruwi (Mumtaz) area RO 290. Contact: 99358589 / 97079146 / 95570288 1BHK flat near Star Cinema RO 220. Contact: 99358589 / 97079146 / 95570288 Studio flat in Wadi kabeer RO 160.

Contact: 99358589 / 97079146 / 95570288 A small villa for rent at Azaiba, near Al Meera hypermarket. 2 bedrooms, 2 toilets, kitchen, sitting room and dining room. this will include curtains and air conditioners and parking. bachelors are allowed. Contact 99469203, price RO.350 pm

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

CONTACT PERSON:MR. PRAKASHGSM NO:- 94048497

FOR SALE A reputed Muscat based logistics Company owned and well maintained MAN Prime-mover (2011) & Trailer (40 ton) available for sale. model year 2011, done 760000 kms and in excellent condition. For buying enquiry and inspection of the vehicle,

Call Mr. Antony on 92829020 on or before 3 pm of 31st August 2016

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SITUATION WANTBUSINESS

Shop for sale. Contact: 99037008 / 99348582

MANPOWER

Good Condition Sanyo washing machine, semi automatic, RO 40 for sale in MBD Contact; 99737812 Land for sale in the village of Bimmah on the coastal road Qurayat/ Sur with a space of 604 square meters for an attractive price.

Contact 92905222 3 Nos Pallet Trailer Trolley on SALE- 8 oallet capacity, Maximum load capacity -12000 kgs, Both front & rear Axle turning / Short turning angle, forklift easily connected with towing, made in Belgium, available on as it is condition - Interested buyer may contact +968-92371721 Spacious villa for sale at Qurum.

Contact 99530405 Shop for sale at Honda Road.

Contact 99608165 Shop for sale at Azaiba 45sqm.

Contact : 99789125 / 94460845 Shop near Camelia Cafeteria.

Contact 92868123 / 92841089 Laundry for sale, near Camelia Cafeteria. Contact 92868123 / 92841089 Industrial land in Rusail. 4000 sqm. Contact: 99323957 / 95490842.

Running Restaurant for sale at Ruwi’s heart, 90+ chairs minimal rent 7 visas.Contact : 94909192 Coffee shop for sale at Al Khuwair 33. Contact: 92994415

FOR RENT Spacious 3 bedroom villa with maid room at Azaiba beach.

Contact 24566217 / 24564686 / 99353921 Furnished room in CBD for Executive bachelors WIFI free, advance deposit. #90631572 Spacious 2-&3 bedroom flats available at Qurum Alasfoor Plaza Commercial &Residential Building. Contact : 24566217 / 24564686 / 99353921 .

ACC. AVAILABLE ACC. WANTED Accommodation available in a villa for South Indian family, 1 bedroom, hall, kitchen at North Ghobrah. Contact : 99209160 Big room with attached bathroom available at Honda Road, Ruwi for Executive bachelor.

Contact 95527969 Big room semi furnished had with attached bathroom and separate entrance near ISG for non- cooking Indian Executive bachelor.

Contact: 95146361 / 92657598 Single room with attached bathroom separate entrance.

Contact: 92910874 Single room with attach bathroom available near Indian School Darsait. Contact: 93324458 Single room with A/C and attached bathroom, sharing kitchen for executive bachelor/couple near Saud Bahwan Hill view Tower accommodation and Opp: Shell filling station.# 99024362, 93166353 Furnished rooms with kitchen at Ruwi. Contact: 91214897 / 98049288 Large room furnished sep/ entrance in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99336206 Hall, kitchen & bath in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 99169512 Rooms for rent in Ghubra North.

Contact 96420432 Single room with bath & kitchen for Indian bachelor or small family RO 90/-. Contact 95187974

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

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INVESTOR PARTNER REQUIRED For a successfully Catering Restaurant Investor cum Partner is required.

MV SALE GOOD NEWS Coming Eid appointments special offer on all beauty treatments, Varkey’s Gents Spa. Contact: 92935679

Kia Sportage, 2008 4 CYL, excelent condition. #99378397

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED 5.7 PANORAMA top-ofthe-range 2014 model, 16,500 kms, purchased in March 2015 and financed by Al Omaniya. Interested parties, please Contact 97199108.

Car care - care for your car. Stop worrying about your car. Enjoy your vacation peacefully. Here is a solution for safe parking and cleaning your car when you are away on vacation. Taking very good care of your car, trust us.

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Hyundai Sonata 2011 model registered 2012.

Contact : 95698714

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

Investor with fixed returns also welcome.

Please contact – 95213273

Email: muscatcoffeeshop@gmail.com

2012 Camry GL, 56000 km.

Contact: 98054940

Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain, backache, paralysis, massage, steam bath, obesity, Spondylitis. Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 November Street, Ghubra.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320

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

One single furnished room with attached bathroom required for a Indian decent Executive bachelor non cooking, in MBD, CBD, Rex road, Ruwi, Hamriya Area. #96328687

2015 Chrysler 300 S, Special Edition, Hard to find, 19000 km, single owner.

No Accident, beautiful Red, Full option. Contact 98960915 2015 Toyota Camry SE, single Owner.

No Accident 27000 km, All power. Contact 98960915 2015 Mazda 3i Sport, Single owner. No Accident ,22000 km, 2.0 Engine. Contact 98960915

Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299 Buying cars for cash.#90202090

WANTED Urgently required looking to immediately buy used Grit blasting & airless spray equipment 1 No each. Contact: 968 24810930 / 93203772 / 93203773 / 93203778 IELTS Coaching (academic) required nearby wadi Kabir area. Please call on mobile or msg on Whats up. Contact 92927880/99012165

TRANSPORTATION Picking and drop Al-Khuwair to Rusail. Contact: 98957524 / 91287470 Partner available, if u have an established business & looking for partner for expanding or open new branch. Contact: 92010247 Investment opportunity For business in lighting building materials and decoration. Contact : 99421513

Transport available for Office Drop and Pickup. Contact: 97986787 Transportation. Contact 92126933 / 98518979 Transportation. Contact: 95190627 Transportation. Contact :96538078

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Transportation Engage. #92711421

Genelyn Arroyo Linaja has lost Philipines Passport No. EC1341810.

Finder please handover to ROP.

Transportation. Contact 92015894 Transportation. Contact 94510847

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SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT Required male, female GP, Dentist, Administrator, Nurses, Pharmacist, Lab Technician for a Polyclinic at Ibra.

Contact 71100596, joharaajmal2016@gmail.com

Wanted Electrician & Ele- Technician

SITUATION VACANT A WELL REPUTED LLC COMPANY IN OMAN URGENTLY REQUIRED THE FOLLOWING VACANCIES TO THEIR SPARE PARTS AND TOOLS, DIVISIONS.

01. SALESMAN (AUTO SPARE PARTS) 02. SALESMAN (TOOLS, HARDWARE, BUILDING MAT ETC GRADUATE /DIPLOMA WITH 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN RELEVENT FIELD, GOOD COMMUNICATION AND NEGOTIOATION SKILL COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE. AGE NOT MORETHAN 35 YEARS. ARABIC SPEAKING IS AN ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE. INTERESTED CANDIDATE MAY SEND THEIR CV’S WITH RECENT PHTOGRAPH TO

info@gapmct.com

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

Send CVs : tajallulu.electrical@gmail.com

SITUATION VACANT Civil Eng.Degree, 5 yr exp in Primavera/STAAD.

Procurement Engineer: Civil Eng .Degree, Good communication skills, 8 yrs GCC Exp as same.

Send Your CV to surcivilmep@surunited.com

VACANCIES Interior Designer • Qualified interior designer with minimum 5 years experience • Should have knowledge in quantity survey

Production incharge • 7 to 10 years experience in wood working business related to joinery and machineries involved

Marketing • 5 to 10 years experience in furniture manufacturing industry

Email: snp.hr2012@gmail.com URGENTLY REQUIRED For a new Medical Centre at Thumrait and Salalah (Oman)

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

ACCOUNTS Required female Accountant Graduate in Commerce.

E mail: mailcv7@gmail.com fax: 24784202 Required urgently – A public listed company in Sohar requires Stores & Logistical Supervisor–Candidate Profile- Degree in Accounts / Commerce, 2-5 years experience in similar field, good knowledge of MS Office & ERP, Age below 30 years, NOC is a must. Please apply to mgglass@omantel.net.om within 10 days.

Wanted Accountant experiences with 5 yrs experience in Oman, Indian only. Contact 95337795

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

CATERING Urgently required Gulf experienced Cook in Arabic food for an Omani family. Contact: 93232956 Urgently required a well experienced Manager for a group of vegetarian restaurants in Oman.

Attractive salary offered.

E -mail: md@royalgroupoman.com

DRIVER Sales driver with light driving license. Contact: 99169512 Omani driver required for 3 ton truck. Contact: 99169512

EDUCATION/TRAINING Teachers required with BA. B,Ed, B.Sc, B.Ed Art for private school in Oman North Al Hail.

Contact : 95825772 .

Email : fairozhuded13@gmail.com A bilingual private school in Saham require Teachers for English, Maths, Science & kindergarten. Email : recruitment.saham@gmail.com, mobile : 98258978 / 93477668 Required Teacher for Madinat Qaboos near Pakistan Embassy for 7th Standard CBSE ISM boy all subjects Maths, Science, Social Studies & Hindi.

Contact 98575400

EDUCATION/TRAINING Wanted Teachers with B ED and IELTS or TOEFL. Contact 92827450 Required English & Maths Teacher for a School in Al Hail.

Contact: 95339066 A well known bilingual private school require Teachers for English, Maths, Science, Computer & kindergarten.

Contact 96910649 Email : staffing.oman@gmail.com.

ENG./TECHNICIAN Project Engineer-Mechanical Engineer / BE/B.Tech) having 8+ years in structural steel works -PEB / Hangars /pipe racks.

Contact 99219499 / hrdptss2016@gmail.com Wanted Civil Engineer with minimum 3 years experience with valid GCC / Oman driving license.

Contact: 97991654 / 97991652 Kindly send CV at Email: construction@remasalseeb.com / remaschandran2020@gmail.com Erection Engineer having 8+ years experience in structural steel erection for -PEB / Hangars / pipe racks / heavy equipments.

Contact 99219499 / hrdptss2016@gmail.com

MEDICAL Wanted Dentist with MOH license for a clinic in Sur. Contact 97475816

Strong contacts in Oman with Oil & Gas cos., Main Contractors, Owners of Crushers, Heavy equipment & Cranes for marketing of Hydraulic Spare parts A-Z. alamerllc@gmail.com

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SALES / MARKETING

A well reputed trading company urgently requires experienced Supervisor / Foreman to monitor effectively the cleaning services and manage 10-12 cleaners. Candidates should have at-least 5-7 year of relevant experience with valid NOC. Interested candidates may send CV’s to ffu1999@gmail.com

Required experienced Indoor and Outdoor Sales Executives for a reputed perfume company.

Contact: retails2016@gmail.com

Urgently required for a well reputed company in Sohar Camp supervisor 3 No’s, Canteen Supervisor 2 No’s, Camp foreman 2 No’s, Labour Coordinator 2 No, Marketing specialist 1 No, Receptionist female 1 No . Contract No’s 94532131, 98317698, office no 22092638, Email nitsohar@gmail.com

Contact - 99086888

Earn upto RO 1000 in Sales, expats required in Salalah on commission basis only. Contact 92760281 Required min 2 years marketing experience with ODL. Send CV : info@DoOdleZz.com Require experienced female Insurance Underwriters & Marketing Executives with fluency in English (Oman Expatriates).

Apply to: insure@dotintl.com Urgently required marketing personals for water bottling and distribution company.

Contact 98598099 or email. apsasidharan@yahoo.com Required Marketing Executives with experience in advertising and printing services. Omani driving license is must. Apply : vacancyoman@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTED MISCELLANEOUS

ACCOUNTS

Graduate (C.M.A & B.Com) having 4 yrs experience in U.A.E & Pakistan in accounts/ Audit now in Oman immediate available.

Cell # 94973273 (call & Whatsaap)

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

Finalization and audit works.

Contact : 96247295

4 years experience in IT Executive and also ticketing staff, seeking placement contact 94948622.

Email Jarar.haider@yahoo.com

28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/ India experience looking for a suitable placement. #90187483 shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

INDIAN FEMALE 28 yrs, M.Sc B.ed Science, Experience 2Years In Teaching In India, seeking suitable Job. Contact 0091 9676814123, Email;bbroshini53@gmail.com

Wanted female & Male Nurse with or without license (good salary, food & accommodation with other benefits. Contact 97700963, medicoport@gmail.com

Pakistani Male having 7 years Experience Valid Omani Driving license working as a Transport Manager looking for a suitable position.

Salary is negotiable. Email: mohdnaveed043@gmail.com, Mob: +96893363316 / 94202746

STAFF NURSES ( Female) - With or without MOH License for a medical complex. Excellent Salary and Accommodation.

Phone: 99006915 , Email: alhinaee.clinic@yahoo.com

Indian male 32 years (MBA) Having 7 years experience in Oman, Seeking for Business Development/ Business Support job, having Valid Oman Driving License.

Mobile No : 00968 98403599

GP & Gynecologist for Polyclinic Muscat, with postgraduate diploma degree, prometric & dataflow. Attractive package as per CV, forward on dsm.reqruitment@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, 24 yrs, Indian Male Fresher, Training Undertaken in Electrical Draughtsman, Fire Alarm and Fire Fighting. Salary expected negotiable.

Contact 94989767, Email: Junaiz987@gmail.com

Wanted Nurse for a Dental Centre in capital area. Contact 93431024 or send CV : drasyanaseem@gmail.com

Business Dev Manager

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

Required Work shop Supervisor with good mechanical experience at Naseem auto workshop Ghala.

Contact: 99349311

Indian male 25, Graduate in commerce (B.com) having 2 years of experience in Accounts looking for a suitable placement presently on a visit visa. Contact : 97939084 / 97351786 E-mail : mohammednsr126@gmail.com

ACCOUNTS

Planning Engineer:

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 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.# 90191628 / 96175780 Senior Accountant, M.Com, Indian, 12 yrs experience Accounts upto finalization(5 yrs in Dubai) (5 yrs Oman), NOC available. Contact 95577419, azifinj@gmail.com Accountant available with NOC, 7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394 Accountant B.com Indian male 12 yrs exp seeks suitable job.NOC available . Contact : 91212471 Email: rennyj6@gmail.com Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs experience in MNC’s currently in Muscat seeking suitable placement in Finance / Admin.

Contact :94743790

Indian Accountant with 4 yrs of Oman experience upto finalization looking for job, valid D/L & NOC available. Contact 91119420, Email : ssarfaraz48@yahoo.com

Indian male, B.Com, MBA in Finance, 4 yrs in Larsen & Tourbo, 26 yrs in Oman, English/ Arabic speaking with driving license. NOC available. Contact 95588565

Indian female M.Com.DCA,10 yrs exp in Oman as an Accountant up to finalization having Oman driving license seeking suitable job.

Contact: 91609799

Indian male age 26, Accountant one year experience in accounts looking for suitable job. Contact Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.

Com Mobile: +968 9565 9415

Indian (M), B. Com, MBA in Finance in GCC for 26 years, well experienced in Accounts & Finance, 4 years in L&T, speaks Arabic, having Driving License & NOC. Contact: 95588565 Indian male, 23 yrs, MBA, fresher in Finance/ HR looking for suitable placement joining immediately.

Contact 93971850

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/ finance field. On visit visa. Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 / muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

Indian male 33 yrs having 8 yrs accounts exp in Oman looking for suitable placement. Local release, NOC & valid Oman D/L are available.

Contact: 98093515 / 97494322 Indian female, senior Accountant /ast.Finance manager having 15 years oman experience with d/l and noc looking for a suitable placement.

Contact : 94838231 Accountant Part time up to finalization on monthly basis by 10 plus years Oman experienced Indian CA. Audit works, Backlog accounting, Feasibility Study, Bank loan help, Tax & Internal Audit.98679664 A young CA (ACA & ACCA) with 4 yrs experience currently working as Assistant manager in one of the top firms in UK seeks suitable placement in Oman. Will be available in Oman on August 23rd & 24th. hkamran@gmail.com, Contact 0968 95925739 / 93595050 Male 36 MBA finance 7yrs GCC exp. knowledge of Qbooks + tally+ SAP with D/L & NOC . Contact 96763275 fazee1980@gmail.com Sri Lankan Chartered Accountant (female) Graduate 3 com sp 2 visa work experience in Accounting . banking sectors looking for a satiable position in Muscat.

Contact : 96356974 – 97488363 hansikamail@yahoo.com.

Finance Manager 16 years experienced chartered accountant (Sri Lankan) looking for a suitable post. NOC available.

Contact 92194926 Email: manomuscat@gmail.com SENIOR ACCOUNTANT/Ast. Finance Manager-MCom FinanceIndian with 8 years experience in Finance & Accounts Dpt and Banking & Facilitation. Having D/L & NOC. Mob:94122464, cammk13@gmail.com Indian male 31 yrs, 4 yrs exp in cashier and accounts experience in Money exchange in UAE and Center point in KSA, currently on visit visa in Muscat. Contact: 94988102.

Email: fadaludheenkm@gmail.com Part time Accountant 13 years experience hourly, daily & contract base accounting upto finalization Contact 79002093 Accountant 8Years Experience with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084 Indian male MBA finance more than 6 years of experience in Accounts proficiency in various A/C Software, SAP (F1/ CO) seeking for suitable placement.

Contact : 95920740 email : abdulhameed1527 @gmail.com Bangladeshi 25 yrs, male, BBA/ finance & banking 3 months work exp in bank,1 year work experience as Trainee Merchandiser, on visit visa seeks placement.

Contact: 97678385, E mail: sarwar_stone@yahoo.com ACCA member with 6 yrs of experience in Oman looking for a suitable job in finance.

Contact: 99284193 B.Com Graduate with computer literate and holding D/L seeks job in Accounts / Office Assistant Contact: 95041489 Indian (M), 31 yrs, M Com 9 yrs experience in Oman, looking for Manager or Executive position in Fin & Accounts, NOC Available.

Contact: 968 96166178/ +919768537435: mohammednajeem@yahoo.com Indian female 26 yrs, MBA finance 2 yrs exp with MNC. Email: rilooozmali@gmail.com.

Contact : 90551366.

Indian/MBA/male Chief Accountant 18Yrs Experience, MIS, C.Flow, Budgeting, ERP, Cost accounting &Liasing with auditors. NOC available.

Contact: 92254691/97826674 email: khader2305@gmail.com Qualified and experienced MBA post graduate with proven work exposure in Middle East & India, having more than 5.5 years of rich experience in accounts , project coordination and administration in (3.5 years UAE experience) oil and gas projects is currently looking for suitable job.

Contact 93953613, Emailallen.mathew83@gmail.com Indian female, M.Com, 4 yr’s experience in Accounts looking for Accountant/Asst. Accountant job.

Contact: 98418533 / 99338639 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. #95818892 Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria University Graduate bachelor of commerce Diploma of Marketing professional photographer worked in PR and social media for 2 years looking for a job in public relations media, social media or marketing.Contact: 96976240 Indian 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 Urgently looking for a situation in Banking Male / BBA/ Pakistani /age 30, 8 years Banking experience. mobile 94453122 e-mail-kashif.naqvi86@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, 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

ARCH./ INTERIOR DEC. Architecture Graduate in Urban planning & architecture, 9 months experience in interior design & architecture. CAD skills: AutoCAD, Rhino, Illustrator, Indesign. NOC available. Contact 96926903, Email : nikcherian9@gmail.com Iranian Architecture interior designer AutoCAD 3DS Max, 2 yrs experience. Contact 97309545 Architect Engineer seeking for suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email : haytham_201046@yahoo.com

ADMIN B.Com & Master in Islamic, 6 yrs experience in Administration & management, 6 yrs in Marketing.

Contact 94931105 MBA 6 year Multi fields Experience, Marketing, Strategic planning, Administration skills.

Having Driving Licenses, NOC Available Seeking for Job, fouzang@hotmail.com Contact 97468157, 92521080.

Egyptian woman resident, considerable experience in the Administration and Secretarial Executive for company. Contact : 97221126 Filipino HRD especialist / material controller supervisor with 18 yrs experience looking for suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142 / (+968) 92659817

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DAILY GUIDE SITUATION WANTED Indian female, MBA, Finance, B.Com & PGDM 2 years experience as Financial Analyst looking for suitable position in Accounts Administration or Executive positions, presently available in Oman.

Contact 96126736 / 95629821 Email: ppreethi006@gmail.com

Indian Male MBA (UK),

PROJECT MANAGER,

9 years experience in Dubai/London/ Mumbai in Management Consulting, Sales & Marketing, Business Development for Real Estate/Banking seeks similar placement with D/L.

B.Tech, MBA, PRINCE-2, British Citizen now available with NOC in OMAN. 25 yrs. exp in EPC Project Management of Oil & Gas, Pipelines, Refineries & Power Plants. Seeking job immediately/

Indian male, MBA,

Hotel/Restaurant/ Hospitality

6 yrs experience in Sales & Marketing, Export / Import, logistics (general trading), holding Oman driving license, presently on visit visa, looking for suitable jobs.

Professional with 21 years of rich experience as CEO/General Manager, in managing business operations/ revenue expansions in hospitality/hotel sector with MBA in Hotel Management and possessing strong business acumen with excellence in executing a wide range of strategies for profitability looking for challenging career opportunity as VP/GM/CEO.

Experienced Software Professional over 20 years in Oman. Involved in system analysis, design, testing and implementing new applications, provide training and helpdesk.

Best suited to produce cost centre, consolidated, MIS reports from various applications. Manage Software, Hardware, Network resources, Wi-Fi/Biometric/CCTV Devices. Expertise in SQL, Crystal Reports, MS Office, Foxpro.

Contact - 91544858

Call 9785 5160

Contact # 92839516

ADMIN

SENIOR JOINERY ESTIMATOR

ENGLISH TEACHER

Indian (M), MBA, 29 Yrs, 4+ yrs HR Payroll and Admin Experience in Muscat Oman, NOC Available, Contact - 97862240.

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 Expat lady with 17 years experience in Oman having thorough knowledge in HR policies, ISO procedures, Oman labour law and General Office Administration looking for opening with reputed offices.

Please call 94542525.

Indian male 27 years, Masters in Hospital Administration with 3 years experience in quality assurance and JCI Implementation currently working with Aster group as Asst Manager in Quality Assurance. Contact : 98431213 vishnuvijjay14@gmail.com

ADVOCATE Egyptian legal adviser experience in arbitration and contracts and labor law, looking for a work in a Company.

Contact 99664890

DESIGNER/ DRAUGHTSMAN Free lance / part time autocad works / make boq 2d /3d arch , structural, shop drawings interior drawings. Contact 97103168 M/40/Indian, Senior Draftsman, (Civil) 18 yrs Oman exp in Architectural Consultancy, seeking suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact : 92510920 email: pgrajesh25@gmail.com CAD/GIS Draughtsman with 15 years experience.

Contacts: 94001764 / Email: jaisonckm@gmail.com Revit, Autocad D/man, expected salary 200 OMR. PH :92279784 Architectural Draftsmen diploma in construction technology with 6 years experience in drafting and detailing as per British standard in Oman with valid Omani license looking for suitable opportunity Noc available. Call 94375897.

Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD Draftsman with 20 years professional experience is looking for suitable job in Oman.

Please Contact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

DOMESTIC HELPER Housemaid job required part time or full time in Ruwi, Darsait, Al Khuwair. Contact 98197872

DRIVER Driver looking for job.

Contact 90524610 Light vehicle driver 9 yrs exp in Oman. Knows - Arabic, English & Hindi. Contact: 99505887 Bangladeshi male, light vehicle driver, 5 yrs Gulf experience.

Contact 90209473 Pakistani, light duty driver seeks job. Contact 94356465 / 93782166 Driver available, light duty driver, exp 6 yrs. Contact: 94435912 / 92439315.

Driver with car seeks placement.

Contact 93346085 Light Driver. Contact 92703258 / 99617026

Contact- 00968-94731728/ josececy25@gmail.com

Contact: 95168205

Indian male, 11 yrs experience in Oman looking for suitable placement in joinery/ fitout estimation or marketing.

Local release available.

Contact - 94541830, Email: estimator64319@gmail.com

Indian FM, B.A, B.ED English Lit, 4 yrs Teaching experience in Oman and 2 yrs in India, immediate joining.

DRIVER

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Forklift Operator / Warehouse Assistant: 10 yrs Experience. Immediately Available. Contact: 99297712

Quantity Surveyor, Srilankan, male, 25 yrs, B.Tech, HND QS (Civil & MEP), AutoCAD with 5 yrs experience, looking for a suitable placement. Contact 92032632, haseebmursaleen@gmail.com

Light driver available experience 10 yrs. Contact: 92360040 Light vehicle driver looking for job. Contact: 94291571 Looking for sales outdoor job driver, Indian. Contact 96023492 Looking for driving part time job with car. Contact : 93650209 Driver looking for job.

Contact : 95893044 Driver looking for job.

Contact : 95371235 Exp. Heavy duty driver looking for job. Contact : 97363138 2 yrs experience, light duty driver seeks placement.

Contact 92789805 4 yrs exp D/L driver seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 96251983 Light duty Driver 3yrs experience seeks placement. Knows Hindi, Arabic & Urdu, 10 yrs exp Saudi and 3yrs in Oman.

Contact :97762303 Light driver exp 4 yrs Knows English, Arabic. Hindi, Graduate.

Contact 98522914 Driver looking for job.

Contact 95892363 Bangladeshi male light vehicle driver 3 yrs exp. Contact: 90923748 Looking for job Light driver.

Contact : 98503237.

Indian light driver seeks job.

Contact : 96693613

EDUCATION/TRAINING Masters with two years of teaching experience looking for suitable teaching opportunities in Salalah.

Ph: 90125347 Experienced Maths teacher bilingual AS, A, IB Thanwia Aamaa. Contact: 98016336.

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable placement. Contact 99739415 / 92091528 Mathematics Lecturer , Indian Female, M Sc Mathematics from a Prestigious University, B.Ed qualified, distinction holder with 6 yrs teaching experience in colleges.

Contact: 91360147.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Mechanical/ Piping Engineer (B.Tech.) on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact 94703350 mail: nadeembcoolboy@gmail.com Indian male, Structural Engineer looking for job in structural design field. Having 6 years of experience in design field. Residing in Muscat. Contact: 91176187 Email: syam036@gmail.com Civil Engineer, young Indian having almost 2 years experience looking for a challenging position seeks suitable position in Oman/ GCC. Please contact 92718490, Email ID: uvais.pk82@gmail.com

Contact - 94202122

Electrical Engineer (DEE) having 17 yrs experience (14 yrs in Gulf) experts in estimation, design, planning & construction activities of MEP work, seeks similar placement with D/L & NOC available.

Contact 97007489 BE Civil Engineer, 21 Yrs. Exp in Apartments, Malls, Industrial, Educational, Infrastructure and Fit out Projects. Have DL & NOC Contact: vsssmblr@gmail.com / 97195260 Project - Sales Engineer, B.E. Mech, 24 yrs, having 2 yrs exp in structural glazing, curtain wall, aluminum windows & glass shop fronts, seeks placement D/L & NOC available. Contact : 94951527 Quantity Surveyor 6 yrs exp with D/L. Contact: 95685265 Civil Engineer Indian (B-Tech, M.Tech) 8 yrs experience, having Omani D/L.NOC available. Contact: 94195397 Female, 25 yrs, M.Tech with software & electronics engineering qualifications seeking for suitable placement in Oman.

Contact 94409554 / 94409559 M.Tech Electrical Engineer, female Indian. Now residing in Oman looking for suitable placement in Muscat area. Email Id:neethusprakash@gmail.com, GSM: +968 93733627 B. Sc Civil Engineer, 7 yrs exp. in Oman, total 9 yrs G.C.C D/L & local release available.

Contact: 98628515 Email:sofiq.sohel02@gmail.com Indian Automobile Engineer 25 yrs, with 4 yrs exp on service field, now in Muscat on visit visa seeking suitable job.

Contact: 92077172 B.E. Graduate with 1 year and ten months experience in CCTV, Access control & fire alarm looking for suitable job on visiting visa.

Contact : 93253160 Indian male (25 yrs) - HSE Officer - NEBOSH & IOSH - 5 yrs exp with GCC D/L seeks placement - NOC available - 95860843 / bichubabuhseo@gmail.com Female Chemical Engineer with 1yr exp as a lab technician.

Contact: 90920081 Electrical Engineer, 24 yrs, Indian Male, Fresher, Training Undertaken in Electrical Draughtsman, Fire Alarm, Fire Fighting and Industrial Automation.

Contact: 94989767, Email: Junaiz987@gmail.com Indian male, B. Tech (Electronics & communications) seeking job in the stream of electronics & communication, now at Muscat in a visiting visa for a period of one month. 91973503 Indian Project Manager with 23 yrs experience in Construction of residential & commercial buildings Mosque schools factories warehouses etc approved by authorities available for placement.

Contact 99608299

Senior Accountant

Indian female 25 yrs M.Sc Biotechnology

B.Com, 18 yrs experience abroad, 12 years in Oman with an excellent grade construction company, handling day to day activities upto finalization, proficient in Microsoft GP, knows AX – 2012, valid D/L, looks for suitable placement in Accounts / Admin. Local release available.

With 2 yrs experience in Scientific Analysis looking for suitable placement interested in Quality Control in food processing sector & Medical Sector also.

Contact: 968 97702648

Contact - 98842135, 98030818

IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE WITH NOC HR & ADMINISTRATION PROFESSIONAL With 14 years of Oman experience in Omanization, well familiar with Oman labor laws, employee relations / welfare, Liasion & Coordination, Strategic HR Planning, performance Appraisal & General Administration.

Contact - 96501189 ENGG. / TECH./MECH. Procurement & Proposal Engineer, 7 yrs Projects exp in Oman, from oil & gas sector, with Oman D/L seeks suitable placement.

Contact 99105049 / 97054083, Email:shahabalikhan@hotmail.com Sales Engineer (male), 7 yrs exp in Oman, from Oil & Gas sector, with Oman D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 99105049 / 97054083, E mail: madihanaaz316@gmail.com.

Civil Engineer, B-tech, Indian, 30yrs, Having 8yrs experience in building projects looking for suitable position. Contact: 99819639, email: 999saira@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience Structural buildings marine.

Available NOC release.

Contact 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com Indian male Civil Engineer 1.6 yrs exp, having Omani D/L, looking for suitable position. NOC available.

Contact – 92157694 / mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com Project Manager B.Tech with 24 yrs Oman experience in sewerage network approved by Haya available for placement contract.

Contact 96158934 Indian female 32 yrs PG in Eng having 6 yrs exp in MNCs (Tech.

M IBM TCS) looking for suitable placement on visit visa.

Contact: 91063848.E mail: rumpachatterjee21@yahoo.com B.E Electrical 3 yrs Oman Elect / MEP LV& HV/ oil & gas commission fire fight HVAC telecom projects with NOC. Contact : 96335725 Indian male 24yrs B. Sc Electronics & communication M.B.A (U.K) having 3 yrs exp in sales & operation of banking & financial products with Oman D/L seeking suitable placement NOC available.

Contact: 96428822 B.Tech Electrical Pakistani male 2 yrs exp with D/L looking for suitable post. Contact : 96752080 23 yrs female Biomedical Engineer with 1 year experience looking for any kind of suitable job in Muscat. Contact 94144084 / 92967174, sujimol.m.s@gmail.com 35 yrs, male, B.A, 4 yrs experienced HSE officer advanced Diploma in fire & safety ISOH NEBOSH course completed seeks suitable job (fluency Arabic).

Contact 98973566, Email: saresh10@gmail.com Engg/ Tech/ Mech 24 m, MBA /B. Tech 2 yrs HVAC-fire fighting experience seeking placement.

Contact : 90924711, E mail : prasith.k.aniyan@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

Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication site work with valid Oman driving license. Contact: 94696192 Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrs exp seeks suitable position in a reputed company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711 B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24 with almost 1 year experience as Production Shift Engineer, has achieved training on HVAC Engineering design and has good hands on software like AutoCAD and HAP.Currently in Oman on a visit visa, looking for a suitable placement.Contact: 95065955 email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com 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 Construction Machinery repairs Engineer, 5 years, driving license, Contact - 94001961 Indian male B-tech 8 years experience as senior electrical project engineer / QC engineer on visit visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94094543 Email: anwar425@gmail.com Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil Engg (cert attested) knows autocad revit, salary exp: 250 Ph : 92279784 Mechanical Engineer, Indian, Male, 30yrs. Experienced in Steam turbines and Thermal Power house seek employment.

Contact - +91 8130553668 or mohamedshah7@gmail.com Pakistani male Diploma Civil Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling & mega projects, valid license Oman. Contact: 98921022 Electronics and Communication Engineer with 2 years experience in Telecom Sector as RF Engineer (drive test, RF & LOS survey).

Contact: 93919943 Email: agneljerin@yahoo.com Electrical Engineer having 16 years experience in Switchgear / transformer / over head lines & lines & trading for sales /procurement & project execution, valid Oman D/L. Contact: +968- 95994727, Email : qurm340@gmail.com Electrical Engineer: Indian male 30 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation & utility maintenance in India, holding valid Oman D/L. #92789995 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Civil Engineer (Indian male) 5 years experience in Oman with valid Omani driving license & NOC looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283 Seeking suitable job male 33 yrs Expat over 13 yrs exp with PDO as Project Service Engineer, Omani driving license, NOC available.

Contact: 92734174.

Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER EDI GIS Indian male, 32 yrs, B.Tech, PGDIT, IBM Sterling Integrator, having 9 yrs experience from IBM, Cognizant & Emphasis, Oman driving license looking for suitable placement.

Contact - 93221395 ENGG. / TECH./MECH. 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 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 male, Mechanical Engineer having 1year experience, on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact: 97416564, Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com Civil Engineer 8 years experience in Oman as a project engineer for governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912 Young Indian, Engineering in Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and Chemical, looking for a challenging placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email: sivasankarjayakumar@gmail.com Indian male 28 having 8 years experience in oil & gas with 5 years gulf experience and oman driving license. Contact Ashok kumar Gsm. +968 79097871 Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) graduate with 3 years of experience in the fields of BMS and Low current systems and has good knowledge about Electronic Security Systems, currently working in Oman, NOC Available. Contact:- 94737033/ mohdmuhafez45@gmail.com

HOSPITALITY Housekeeping Supervisor, Hotel Industry seeks placement.

Contact 96152305

IT Indian female, (22)-Science graduate in IT, doing MS IT now seeks a suitable job in Muscat. Exp. less than a year. Contact 94909075 / 99886418 Indian male, 24 yrs, BCA, CCNA,1 yr experience as Software Trainer, looking for job, on visit visa in Salalah. Contact 91757984, email : rayjazzeer@gmail.com IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact: 94672759 Indian / Female (27) married MCA, 2+years of experience in software development in leading MNC – Accenture, Bangalore. IT skills include Dot Net, SQL server 2008, ASP.Net, HTML, CSS, excellent communication skills looking for a suitable job, With Oman Driving License. Mobile: 94057790; Email: geetika.pesit08@gmail.com CFA level 1 cleared (pursuing level 2) MBA operations research, female, 5 yrs experience as Analyst, have a valid Oman driving license, looking for related openings.

Contact 95818892 Indian male 4 years experience in IT as Programmer / Web Support/ CCNA/ Network on visit visa seeking placement. #93069694 Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com IT field 3 years of experience, female seeking suitable job in Oman.

Contact: 96350234 Email: greeshmavkannan@gmail.com Indian female M.Sc Computer Science seeking suitable placement in Muscat area.

Contact: 98660672 Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified, seeking suitable role.NOC Available.

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

MEDICAL Filipino male Medical / Sales representative with 3 yrs experience is looking for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: 92610394

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MEDICAL A Srilankan, B.Sc Graduate, 55 yrs, having 25 yrs of experience as a Chemist & a Technical Director in the field of paint manufacturing, specially trained in European & Asian Countries in the aspects of formulation techniques, R & D and production seeks suitable employment. Contact 00968 99374045, Email : hnimal@yahoo.com Srilankan female qualified in UK with B.Sc (Hons) Pharmacology and M. Sc Pharmaceutical- Science with management studies having 1.5 yrs exp in UK and Srilanka in clinical-research and regulatory, currently on visit, looking for suitable post in Pharmaceutical, clinical research or health care organizations. Contact: 71148320 Lecturer, MSC Nursing(OBG), 2years experience with valid IELTS,ACLS & BLS and Saudi prometric, looking for suitable opportunities in Salalah. Ph: 90125347 Iraqi Dentist female, MOH license seeks suitable job in clinic in Muscat. Contact 97891219 Pharmacist (female) passed Prometric 80% marks and dataflow completed having 3 yrs experience in Retail and Hospital Pharmacy, education Doctor of Pharmacy seeks job in Muscat.

Contact 95575270.

Veterinary Doctor: Indian Female looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 96906534 /99014885, Email: monishmajeed@gmail.com

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR Experienced in Purchase and Finance,8+ years of Gulf Experience, Valid Oman Driving License, looking for suitable job, NOC Available Contact:-90978547 CEO, CEO Assistant looking for senior management position with more than 25 yrs Business developing experience Marketing business planning U.S.A, Africa, Kazakhstan, Saudi & Qatar MBA, TEXAS A &M – USA University.

Contact: 92010247

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

Contact: 92475206 Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com Filipino Male, 28 years Old. Looking for job, Have experience in Rent a Car/ Cargo & Logistics / Real Estate/ Customer Care Executive / Sale Executive & Marketing/ Shop In- Charge. Hard working w/ good computer and communication skill. GSM: 97761075 B.Sc in Geology, fresher, need job training, on visit visa for 3 months, can speak Arabic and English.

Contact :71125541 Indian male, 28, post graduate, 6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back office) & credit control with valid Oman D/L looking for suitable lacements. NOC available.

Contact 92066 523 Filipino Graphic Designer / I.T. looking for a suitable job with 10 years experience. Very good in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photography, Knowledge in CCTV & Access Controls. Pls. Call 79042628.

Sudanese male bachelor geology and mining with 3 years experience in MUD logging and training in soil investigation.

Contact 92956848

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE 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.

Call: 95244761

SALES / MARKETING Indian male with 6 years experience in sales in oman. NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact 95364128 22 yrs, BBA Graduated Indian lady looking for suitable job in a reputed firm. Contact 97228541

SALES / MARKETING Female, bachelor degree in business administration, experience in few promotion jobs, good communication skills with driving license, looking for suitable placement.

Contact:94613788

Indian male Graduate with 18 years of Marketing experience presently in Oman on family visit visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687 Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com

Indian male 12 yrs Oman experience Marketing & Sales excellent knowledge throughout market research.

Arabic fluency with driving license seeking suitable placement, NOC available. Contact: 91437484

Indian male 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

Sales & Marketing Supervisor - 13 yrs exp in FMCG worked in reputed company having driving license, NOC available. Contact : 94131656

Indian female 29 years Post Graduate with computer Knowledge 2 years of Oman experience in coordinator & 5 years of experience in customer service, client relation officer with excellent communication skill seeks suitable placement. Contact: 95337665

Indian female with 8 yrs exp in Oman holding valid D/L looking for part time / freelance work in sales & marketing. Contact: 93228657 Indian male with 15 yrs of rich experience in business development and marketing 7+ yrs in Oman looking for a suitable opportunity.

Contact : 98652962 Indian male, MBA Marketing with 4 yrs exp in marketing and sales, having GCC driving license, looking for suitable job opportunities, now on visiting visa. Contact: 98666324, E mail:ajithvjames@gmail.com Indian male 26 yrs, B.Com 2 yrs exp Sales and Marketing in India and 2 yr Salesman in Oman.

Contact : 90925545 MBA (Marketing & Finance) with 15+ Years of Rich Work Experience in Retail Sales, Life Insurance & Telecom domains. Looking for a right job opportunity in Oman.

Core Competence Area: Sales & Marketing, Business Development, Distribution Channel Development, Strategic Planning, People Management, Revenue Generation, Team Building, Presentation & Communication Skills. Available in Muscat for personal interaction / meeting.

Contact 93985519 or mail on anshuman28@hotmail.com 23 yrs experienced Sales Management (FMCG) all over GCC looking for suitable placement, currently working in MNC, Noc available.

Contact 99025200, Email: rejymb@gmail.com Smart & energetic Sales Manager with over 10 yrs of Technical experience seeks suitable placement.

Contact 79063761 Indian female having 10 yrs experience in logistics & sales coordinator, exp. in SAP, MS Office valid Oman D/L, currently on visit visa looking for suitable placement.

Contact : 95251911 Indian male Engineering Graduate 6 years experience in Sales & Marketing in Oman with D/L & NOC seeking suitable openings.

Contact: 94386894 Email: tonykuravackal@gmail.com Indian male 1 yr exp in sales automotive (TBL) looking for best opportunity , NOC available.

Contact: 97793879 Email: shyampkn@gmail.com Indian male 26 years of experience of sales & marketing in surgical and laboratory equipments.

Looking for good replacement.

Contact – 92015894 /95774854 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 Indian male 42 yrs searching for suitable job, experience in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Saudi D/L holder, fluent in Arabic, English, Hindi Gulf experience 20 yrs manpower co-ordinator, sales & marketing, logistics. Contact: 90518114 Oil & gas experienced Indian lady with 6 years in sales & marketing to PDO and having valid Omani driving license. Contact 96143430 / 99875919

Indian male 14 yrs exp in business development, Sales & Marketing, 4 yrs in building material in Oman Contact: 93956234.

Indian male 35 years, B.com and 9 years GCC experience in Sales & Marketing (Transport & Logistic). Having GCC driving license, looking for suitable placement. Contact: 92634281 email: shinojkk1224@gmail.com 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

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Office boy & watchman 8 yrs exp in Dubai looking for job.

Contact: 97636513

MISCELLANEOUS 23 Male Indian 3 year experience in restaurant manager & accountant job & marketing experience looking for suitable job. Contact:90801420 , WhatsApp no :+917411062397, E-mail: anwaar223969@gmail.com TEKLA & AutoCAD.5 years Oman experience in project execution and detail drawing of Steel structures, site and shop erected tanks. Diploma in mech.Engg. Mob: 98486585 sinoshcs@gmail.com.

4 years experience in IT Executive and also ticketing staff, seeking placement Contact 94948622.

Email Jarar.haider@yahoo.com Indian Male 23 Photographer searching for suitable job.

Contact: 90801420 WhatsApp: +917411062397 for my sample shots, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com 28 years, Indian (Kerala )lady seeking job as a primary teacher . Qualifications : +2 , TTC and Graduation in Sociology. She has 4 years experience in the Teaching field. Contact +968 94743882 B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job. Available to join respective firm.

Contact # 94618504, Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com Indian male, 26 years, 3 years’ experience in projects of tanks, boilers and steel structures, aware of int. standards, b tech in Mech engg. contactrahulkunnath23@gmail.com, mob-00917350860889 B.E Engineer Indian male with total 7+ years experience in the field of telecom projects, operations and sales, 3 years experience in Oman, with license and NOC seeks suitable placement.

GSM- 92961033 E MAIL -joalappa77@gmail.com Female, 25yrs old with 4 yrs experience in admin, HR and Secretary position looking for a job.

Contact neslinmoras@gmail.com 99265759.

Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG sector, looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Contact: 96001877

Indian Female 23 Years, B.Sc Nursing , Seeking for Nursing Jobs , Good Communication Skill Contact 96723359, 97470727 E-mail : anaswara271@gmail.com

Indian Male, 26 M.Com with 4 yrs of Experience in Accounting & Administration in a Financial Company in India, seeks suitable job, Currently in India.

Contact India:-+918907212253 Akhil:-93626288, Email: Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com

Indian male 23 Diploma in Automobile engineering Experienced restaurant manager/supervisor and Marketing knowledge searching for suitable position in your company currently on a visit visa.

Contact: 90801420, Email:anwaar223969@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTED TOURS MISCELLANEOUS Indian male 21 (B.Com 2Years) having experience in Sales looking for suitable entry-level position.

Contact: 94562777, E-mail: Hammadakrami61@gmail.com MECHANICAL ENGINEER ( B.E.,)Indian male, 7 Years of experience in thermal power plant, Pump station and utilities piping Erection & commissioning. Contact: madhavansakthi@gmail.com, Cell No: +968 98208500 Indian male: 24 years, diploma in computer science and B.E (CSE) having experience in hardware and networking seeking for the suitable job. Contact: 91170912, Email id: sales2@witoman.com Pakistani male looking for House boy and cleaning work.

GSM:96710189 Indian male, 25 years, diploma in computer science and B.E(CSE) having experience in hardware and networking seeking for the suitable job. Contact: 93879828, Email id: santoshannathurai@gmail.com Indian male BBA Graduate, looking for any suitable post.

Contact: 97691779 6 years experience in Admin, Accounts & Marketing B.com Qualification NOC & D.L is available. 98895739 Indian/male (26) / MBA/2 years experience in Procurement, Coordination and distribution management, with valid Oman license available for immediate joining.

Contact: 92536194 email:suhailbs@gmail.com Internal Auditor/Accountant : BCOM /CA INTER having 7 years experience under Chartered Accountant in India and 10 years as internal auditor/ Accounts manager in Oman , well versed with Tally and MS office , seeks suitable placement.

Contact : 93214484/91358384 1.5 years experienced, 6 months in Oman, electrical engineer/ project engineer, experience in sub-station, MV, LV systems. power and oil & gas projects. NOC available. Contact : 94669679 mail:prsabarish@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer (B.E), Indian, 21 yrs, Fresher, Looking for suitable job in the field, Contact- 92291955 / vishusav@hotmail.com Electrical Engineer (DEE), Having 17 year Experience (14 year in Gulf), Experts in Estimation, Design, Planning and construction activities of MEP work seek Similar Placement with D/L & NOC Available. Contact: 97007489 4 years experience in IT Executive .i come on a visit visa seeking placement contact 94948622.

Email Jarar.haider@yahoo.com whatapp 00923142195074 Indian male looking for part time job. Preferred time from 8 am to 12.30 pm. Contact: 79062787 Indian male 25, Graduate in Civil Engineering (B.E) having 3 years of experience in Site Execution & Quantity Surveyor looking for a suitable placement having Visa Release & Valid Driving License Contact : 96240153 / 97490311, E-mail : mdmosin33@gmail.com BE Electronic & Telecom Eng. 2yrs Exp in telecom copper and fibre cables, able to do project sales & support. Project installation & Commissioning, Exp in telecom related civil job. Contact 97423932, Email: mzeeshanshaikh89@gmail. com Indian male Post graduate Dentist with 18 plus years experience with MOH Oman. Fluent in Arabic too.

Contact : 96689064/ amal_sam48@hotmail.com Indian female 10 years as cook in Muscat, Oman . South Indian, Gujarati special food ,Looking for part time. Contact 95795971 Fire & Safety Officer, 22 Years old, Indian expatriate seeking for a suitable placement. 2 years of experience. Ready for immediate joining. Contact : +968-97682273, Email: maniavbah555@gmail.com Indian male 23 diploma in automobile engineering have experience in handling accounts and good marketing skill searching for new suitable job. Contact: 90801420, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com

We arrange tours & accommodation at all the beautiful places in Oman.

Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTED B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job.

Available to join respective firm.

Contact # 94618504, Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com Indian Male 30 Yrs with 4 years Oman experience in Mechanical & QA QC and Construction Projects.

Valid Oman Driving License and NOC has available. Looking for suitable placement. Contact: +968 97358342, +968-93992560.

Email : Kuldeepbina@yahoo.com Senior sales/marketing executive.

Experience in trading industries and thorough knowledge of Oman market. Driving license and NOC available, seeks senior position.

Contact: 98487311 Chief Accountant , 7 years experienced ( 25 years experience in accounts) worked with reputed group companies , handling accounts, auditing, tax work, budgeting & banking facilities , seeks openings Contact 98803439 / 97413784 Indian male 37years btech civil engineer,13years oman experiense in buildings and infrastructure(steel) having d/l and noc is now in oman on visit visa,ready to join immediately.

Contact : 93641216 , EMAIL: shalabha02@yahoo.com Mechanical Engineer (B.E), Indian, 21 yrs, Fresher, Looking for suitable job in the field, Contact- 92291955 / vishusav@hotmail.com Civil Engineer with 6 yrs exp. in construction and all related works having Omani license & NOC. looking for job. 94520994 Indian male B.Tech, DCE Civil Engineer 14 years Gulf experience.

Contact 97045409 Male Indian current job : call center job, B.E (ECE) searching for suitable job, email: amirraj11691@gmail.com. mobile: +919677642346 / +918428617572 B.Com Pakistani, 6 years experience of marketing NOC and D.L is available 0096898895739 Indian male, 11 years exp. in accounting, knowledge in tally also. looking for a part time job.

Contact . 98983122 Civil Engineer with 6 yrs exp. In construction and all related works having Omani license & NOC. looking for job. Contact 94520994

Indian/male (25)/ MBA/3 years experience in administration, sales and marketing with driving license. Fluent in English, Hindi, Arabic. Contact 97291114, MAIL: jawadazeez123@gmail.com Senior sales/marketing executive.

Experience in trading industries and thorough knowledge of Oman market. Driving licence and NOC available. Seeks senior position.

Pls contact: 98487311 Indian male 23 yrs, Diploma in Automobile Engineering have experience in handling accounts and good marketing skill searching for new suitable job. Contact 90801420, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com Indian Female, 28 Yrs, M.Sc Comp Science having 3 years experience as a Lecturer/Teacher/IT Support with excellent computer skills, on family visa looking for suitable position. Pls Contact 92857417.

MBA with 18 years of experience in Procurement, 2 years in Sohar, Oman driving license, looking for suitable position.M:92507430, ahmed16071974@gmail.com, NOC available Indian/male(26)/MBA/2 years experience in procurement, coordination and distribution management, with valid oman license available for immediate joining.

Contact 92536194 email:suhailbs@gmail.com Experienced Restaurant Manager/ supervisor, direct sales searching for suitable position Indian male 23 Diploma in Automobile engineering. Contact: 90801420, Email: anwaar223969@gmail.com Sr Project Engineer, 30 Years, Mechanical, 8 Yrs. experience in Oman & Qatar, Qatar Petroleum approved, Experienced in EPIC Projects Tanks, Vessels, Piping, Steel structures Mail; snu057@gmail.com, Ph-00974 66772193 Indian female, M.Com, 4 yr’s experience in Accounts looking for Accountant/Asst. Accountant job.

Contact: 98418533 / 99338639 Indian 30 years, Autocad Draftsman 10 years experience in India.

2 years Oman experience in MEP Drawings and QS Estimation.

Contact: 9353 1192, 9086 4988 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

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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

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NAIR GIRL, B.Tech., 25/163cm Uthradam, working in MNC in India, ISG student, seeks suitable alliances from parents of boys working abroad and having M.S.in Engg. Parent Contact: 98584850 25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP specification for monthly rent & small car with driver.

Contact: 99839898

SIT.WANTED MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Indian Male,26 years, 3 Years’ experience in Projects of Tanks, Boilers and Steel structures, Aware of int.

Standards,B tech in Mech engg.

Contact-rahulkunnath23@gmail. com, Mob-00917350860889 B.E Engineer and also did NEBOSH (IGC), Fire and Safety (HABC) First Aid.3 year of Gulf experience As a Safety Engineer looking for job.

Available to join respective firm.

Contact number# 94618504, Email: shan37yousfani@gmail.com

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SERVICES Water proofing ABUQABASContact 99320217/24788722 Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles polishing, carpet shampooing, maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS- 99320217 /24788722

Split unit & window unit A.C servicing & maintenance.

Contact: 96236476 Cleaning services sofa, carpet shampoo old house or new house.

Contact: 92179395

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile polishing, pest control & anti-termite treatment, general cleaning painting,Plumbing, Electrical, shifting.

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Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control building. Cleaning tiles / Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

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Odourless and harmless Trained and experienced staffs Quality service in reasonable charge we use quality products approved by Oman Govt. we undertake yearly contracts for commercial & residential bldgs

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