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AL HABSI PROUD TO FLY OMAN FLAG IN UK Oman international goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi, who signed a two-year deal with Reading FC , in an interview to getreading.co.uk recently said that he was proud to ﬂy the Oman national ﬂag in England. >A11

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HM sends greetings to Colombia MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Dr. Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Republic of Colombia on his country’s Independence Day anniversary. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere greetings and wishes to the president and his country’s people. —ONA

Despite warnings from the Royal Oman Police, the Eid Al Fitr holiday has again been marred by

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road deaths

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MUSCAT: Holiday horror has again overshadowed Eid Al Fitr celebrations in Oman with more road deaths and injuries over the festivities as the ‘drive safely’ message failed once more to FATAL CRASH: A car with five people crashed into a bus carrying more than 30 passengers on Saturday. All the five in the car died, as hit home. well as two from the bus. – Supplied photos This year’s toll has so far left nine dead and 39 injured in SCAN THIS QR CODE With another accident claiming assigning only company to imthree different accidents - with in the accident, was the daughter TO INSTANTLY VISIT seven lives this year too, Salim Al plement the road then it should fatalities becoming almost an of another LuLu staff. PHOTO GALLERY Mashani, Majlis Al Shura mem- be ready for more loss of lives in “Wrong overtaking by the drivannual event. ber, said that the government future especially as the Khareef Like last year, and previous er of the car was behind the Haima W W W.T I M E S O F O M A N .C O M should speed up its implemen- Festival is approaching and more years, reckless driving habits collision that occurred on Saturtation of the Adam-Thumrait thousands of visitors are expected again were again the cause of an day killing seven and injuring 32 to drive through the same road,” “It’s the car driver’s fault which road project. accident that claimed the lives of people,” said a reliable source at “Since it is almost 700 kilome- said Al Mashani. Public Authority for Civil Defence led to the death to all of the five seven people in Haima. Sources at the Nizwa Hospital people in the car and also two tres and the Ministry of TransOn Saturday, a car with five and Ambulance (PACDA). port should divide the work and told Times of Oman that five in“The accident occurred be- from the bus,” said the source. people crashed into a bus carrying He said also that all of those assign at least five companies to jured were transferred by helicopLuLu staff and their families near tween a bus carrying passengers construct the road as soon as pos- ter to the hospital on Saturday. Haima. All the five occupants of to Salalah and a car carrying five killed were expatriates. The source confirmed that the Incidentally, last year Eid Al sible,” said Al Mashani. the car died, as well as two from people,” said the source. He added that if the work was condition of one among the five He added that the car driver Fitr proved deadly on Oman’s the bus. One of those killed was a LuLu was trying to overtake another roads, too, as 13 people died over assigned to several companies the admitted remains critical. “The others have received mild employee Inshad Kalathiparam- vehicle when he collided with the Eid in 2013, including seven in a ministry could open the road in to medium injuries,” said an offibil Jabbar. Shifa Fathima Vali- bus coming from the opposite di- head-on collision between two just one year. “If the Ministry is insisting in cial at Nizwa Hospital. >A2 cars in Haima. yakath Firos, who also lost her life rection and could not avoid it.

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HH Sayyid Fahd performs Eid prayers

His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers performed Eid Al Fitr Prayer at Al Khour Mosque in Muscat. Sayyid Fahd was accompanied during the Eid prayer by a number of top government officials . >A2

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Investigators were probing the communications of a shooter who killed ﬁve US troops in Chattanooga to determine his possible motive, following reports he allegedly sent a text message declaring “war”. >A7

Oman’s total subsidy bill will touch $7.27 billion or OMR2.82 billion this year, the IMF said in a study. Energy consumption in the country has been growing, which is driving the growth in subsidies. >B1

STRONG WIND: Dust storm reduces visibility and, right, a shed that collapsed under its impact at Honda road. – A R Rajkumar

Dust storm reduces visibility in Muscat Times News Service MUSCAT: Dust storms reduced visibility in different parts of Muscat on Sunday evening. Oman Meteorology department tweeted that visibility in Muscat was reduced to less than 1,000 metres. “It was nearly impossible to drive in Bausher with strong winds throwing up dust,” said a motorist on Sunday evening. Au-

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thorities have warned motorists to exercise caution while driving. Meanwhile, parts of Oman including Rustaq and Wadi Hatat received rainfall. For the next 48 hours, Oman

Meteorology department predicted “cloudy skies along the coastal areas of Dhofar Governorate and adjoining mountains with intermittent drizzle. There are chances of convective cloud formation and rain with occasional thundershowers over Al Hajar mountains and adjoining areas during afternoon. Low level cloud formation and chances of fog are also predicted

along the coastal areas.” Regarding wind directions over the next 24 hours, it said, “Along the coastal areas of Arabian Sea, wind will be southwesterly and along the Sea of Oman coast, it will be easterly to northeasterly, while over the rest of the Sultanate, it will be southerly to southeasterly.” It said the sea will remain rough along the Arabian Sea coast.

OMR1,931.3 MILLION

GRAND MOSQUE ON LIST OF 25 BEST Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque features in UK’s leading newspaper The Telegraph’s list of 25 most beautiful mosques in the world. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, Al Haram Mosque, Saudi, Al-Masjid anNabawi – Medina, Saudi are also on the list. -Ismail Al Farsi

Realty traded value rises 52% by May-end Times News Service MUSCAT: In a boost to the real estate sector, the total traded value of property till the end of May 2015 stood at OMR1,931.3 million, an increase of 52.6 per cent over the ﬁgures for the same period in 2014 when it was OMR1,265.5 million. The fees collected on legal transactions rose to OMR21,200,000, an increase of 10.4 per cent. The traded value of the sales contracts reached OMR540,900,000, an increase of 1.5 per cent. As for the volume, a total of 35,530 sales contracts were clinched by the end of May 2015, compared to 36,902 contracts during the same period in 2014, a fall of 3.7 per cent. Mortgage contracts Meanwhile, the traded value of mortgage contracts totalled OMR1,382.7 million by the end of May 2015, compared to

Real estate market

(end of May 2015 compared with same period in 2014)

Property activities

Mortgage contracts

Barter contracts

Traded value

Volume

Traded value

Volume

Traded value

Volume

in OMR million

Units

in OMR million

Contracts

in OMR million

Contracts

2014

2015

1,265 1,931

36,902 35,530

729 1,382

8,703

3.7

549

9,383

7.7

591

Fees collected (2015) OMR

21,200,000 Traded value (2015) OMR

Change (%)

52.6%

-3.7%

89.7%

7.8%

108.1%

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OMR728,900,000 for the same period in 2014, representing an increase of 89.7 per cent. Similarly, mortgage contracts registered during the same period numbered 9,383, compared to 8,703 contracts registered during the same period in 2014, an increase of 7.8 per cent.

7.7%

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Barter contracts The traded value of barter contracts until May end rose by 108.1 per cent to OMR7,700,000 against OMR3,700,000 during the same period in 2014. The number of registered barter contracts by 2015 May end was 591, against 549 during the same

period in 2014, a 7.7 per cent rise. Title deeds Property title deeds issued by the end of May 2015 numbered 105,891, compared with 100,076 issued during the same period in 2014, reﬂecting an increase of 5.8 per cent. -With inputs from ONA

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Basically it’s just time before a bus makes an accident and it can kill a lot of people. It’s very sad. I think there is more to be done there Hamed Al Wahaibi, Rally car driver and founder of Safety First

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for the return of this At the end of the sermon, the Imam of Al Khour Mosque appealed to Allah to ensure many happy returns of the day for His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said and to grant him good health, happiness and a long life. He also appealed to Allah to safeguard Oman and all Muslim countries and unify the all Muslims for good deeds.

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MUSCAT: Oman celebrated the ﬁrst day of Eid Al Fitr with His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, performing Eid Al Fitr prayer at Al Khour Mosque in Muscat on Saturday. Sayyid Fahd was accompanied during the Eid prayers by a number of Their Highnesses, Their Excellencies, undersecretaries, advisors and prominent ﬁgures. Kahlan bin Hamad Al Shaqsi,

PRAYING TOGETHER: Sayyid Fahd performed the Eid prayer at Al Khour Mosque in Muscat, along with top leaders of the Sultanate.–ONA

Imam of Al Khour Mosque, led the Eid prayer. He began the Eid sermon with Takbir (exclaiming God is Great), glorifying and thanking Allah the Almighty for his many blessings and inviting people for integration, mercy and good deeds. At Eid sermon, he said Eid was

the day of reward, integration, exchanging visits and showing mercy. He also said Zakat Al Fitr is one of the obligations that this day imposes and that it reﬂects the full meaning of brotherhood, social integration and mercy. The family head is required to

pay for himself and all his dependents such as children, wife and parents, if they rely on him. The Imam of Al Khour Mosque also pointed out that Takbeer, Tasbeeh and Tahleel are some of the practices of Eid’s blessed days by all Muslims everywhere on the earth.

Received well-wishers After the prayer, Sayyid Fahd received the well-wishers. They expressed their best wishes to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, praying to Allah the Almighty to grant His Majesty continuous health, happiness and a long life and for further progress and prosperity for Oman under the wise leadership of His Majesty the Sultan.-ONA

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HM receives Eid greetings MUSCAT: On the blessed occasion Eid Al Fitr, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received greetings from the US President Barack Obama; Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, president of Singapore; Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai; Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia. His Majesty the Sultan has also received more cables from members of the Royal Family, Ministers, Advisors; members of the State Council and Majlis Al Shura, undersecretaries, Omani ambassadors abroad and ambassadors accredited to the Sultanate, senior officials at the Arab and Muslim countries, sheikhs, dignitaries and citizens. In their cables, they expressed wishes of good health, happiness and a long life to His Majesty the Sultan.–ONA

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A1 Haima hospital receives five bodies; two dead in Khaboura Meanwhile, Haima Hospital officials said that it received five dead bodies and 27 injured from Haima accident. “The hospital has received five dead bodies and 27 injured,” said an official source at the hospital. He added that all of the injuries were discharged from the hospital. “All of the 27 injured were discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment,” said the hospital official. The source said the bodies until the concerned authority takes the required procedures to transfer the bodies, according to the official. Meanwhile, two other people died in an accident in Khaboura.

In another accident that took place in Nizwa on Saturday, seven people were injured and transferred to Nizwa Hospital. “Seven people from Asian nationalities were transferred to the hospital yesterday,” said the official. He added that the seven injuries resulted from an accident occur in the industrial area in Nizwa. Following tragic accidents on the ﬁrst day of Eid in which nine people were killed, there are more calls for better driver education and road safety awareness. Hamed Al Wahaibi, rally car driver and founder of Safety First, a road safety campaign, said he was deeply saddened by the news

of the accidents. Drivers, especially those from private companies, need better driver education and safety awareness, he said. Licencing system Accidents happen all over the world, not just in Oman, Al Wahaibi said, but added that more steps need to be taken to prevent them. He said there should be more education and knowledge, and he suggested that the drivers licensing system should be looked at again and improved. Al Wahaibi voiced strong concern about bus drivers, too. While in this recent accident the bus driver was not at fault, he said of-

ten bus drivers are guilty of reckless driving. “Their drivers have no respect to the rules of driving at all. They don’t feel the size of the vehicle they’re driving and it’s always been dangerous. Basically it’s just time before a bus makes an accident and it can kill a lot of people. It’s very sad. I think there is more to be done there,” he said. Despite the horriﬁc accidents which continue to plague Oman’s roads, Al Wahaibi is optimistic about the future. The various road safety awareness programs that are taking place in Oman, including his own Safety First campaign, are having a positive effect. The

increased police presence on the roads is helping, too, he said. “Overall, we see a lot of improvements in road safety in the last ﬁve years. I think things are improving. But still there’s a lot more to do,” he said. Prevention Dr Wahid Al Kharusi, former chair of the Oman Road Safety Association, said there are ways to prevent accidents like these, such as making rest spots along the AdamSalalah road, and putting speed limiters in the buses, which are often at fault in accidents. He also suggested penalising the companies who own the buses, not just

the drivers. Al Kharusi also said there should be stricter penalties on drivers who break the law such as revoking their drivers’ licenses, impounding their vehicles, making them take drivers education classes again and making them do public community service, such as cleaning the streets where they may be ashamed to be seen. “If people are not ready to obey the laws, you have to treat them like exotic animals, and therefore bring them to the basic principles of respectability. We don’t want the laws to be punitive. We want the laws to be rehabilitative and to reach to the young people,” said Al Kharusi.

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MONDAY, JULY 2 0, 2 015 The fact is, that in arms control, there is no country anywhere on this planet that has ‘anywhere, anytime’. There is no such standard. There is no such standard within arms control inspections. John Kerry, US Secretary of State

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Obama sends Iran nuclear agreement to US Congress US president has

German economy minister first to arrive in Iran after deal

promised to exercise his veto if Congress rejects the deal

TEHRAN/WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to Congress on Sunday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged US lawmakers to reject a deal. Obama has promised to exercise his veto if Congress rejects the deal, which curbs Iran’s nuclear programme while allowing an easing of economic sanctions. Overriding it would require a two-thirds majority of both the House of Representatives and Senate, so the administration is working to win over enough of Obama’s fellow Democrats to offset strong Republican opposition. “I think the right thing to do is merely not to go ahead with this deal,” Netanyahu said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” as he continued a string of US media interviews denouncing the deal reached on Tuesday between Iran and six major powers. “There are many things to be done to stop Iran’s aggression and this deal is not one of them,” he said. Tehran denies Western and Israeli accusations it has been using a research programme as cover for ambitions to develop atomic weapons. President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday he expected the deal would lead to closer relations with Tehran’s neighbours in the Gulf region, while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran remained at odds with the West. It was on Khamenei’s words that Netanyahu seized, speaking to his cabinet on Sunday. US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter was in occupied Jerusalem in an attempt to assuage Israel’s anger over a deal it says can only

TEHRAN: German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel arrived in Iran with an economic delegation on Sunday, becoming the ﬁrst high-ranking western politician to visit the country after it struck a nuclear deal with world powers. By travelling to Tehran with a delegation of industry group representatives and company officials, Gabriel sends a strong signal that Germany wants to quickly rebuild economic and political ties with Iran after a 12-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Under an agreement struck on Tuesday, sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union and United Nations will be lifted in exchange for Iran agreeing long-term curbs on a nuclear programme that the West thought was intended to make a nuclear bomb. Tehran has always denied seeking nuclear arms. “The agreement reached between the E3+3 and Iran in Vienna has laid the foundations for a normalisation of economic relations with Iran,” Gabriel said before setting off. E3+3 refers to the group of countries that negotiated with Iran. “The precondition for this is that the steps foreseen in the agreement are now implemented,” said Gabriel, who is also Germany’s vice chancellor. Germany’s DIHK chambers

delay Iran becoming a nuclear state. He is also touring Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Germany’s Gabriel, who was to meet President Hassan Rouhani and several ministers, told German newspaper Bild he would use his three-day trip to suggest Germany could serve as a mediator

BOOSTING TIES: German Vice Chancellor, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel in Berlin before he leaves for Iran. – AFP

of trade and commerce has forecast that German exports could double to about 5 billion euros within just two years and companies like Volkswagen and Siemens as well as thousands of smaller family-owned ﬁrms are eager to take back their dominant role in shipments to Iran. Gabriel will hold talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and several ministers during his three-day trip

between Iran and Israel. He said he would insist the Iranian government recognise Israel’s right to exist. “Really stable, good relationships with Germany will only be able to develop if this is accepted in Iranian politics. I will keep making that clear during my trip

to Iran. Gabriel told German newspaper Bild he would use the trip to suggest that Germany could be a mediator between Iran and Israel and said he would insist that the Iranian government recognise Israel’s right to exist. “And really stable, good relationships with Germany will only be able to develop if this is accepted in Iranian politics. I will keep making that clear during my trip to Iran,” Gabriel

to Iran,” Gabriel said in comments due to be published on Monday. Opponents of the deal argue it does not provide enough supervision of Iran’s nuclear programme. Secretary of State John Kerry, who led the US delegation to the talks with Iran, was asked on “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace”

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why the deal did not provide for inspections anywhere anytime. “The fact is, that in arms control, there is no country anywhere on this planet that has ‘anywhere, anytime’,” he said. “There is no such standard. There is no such standard within arms control inspections.” — Reuters

Nine Algerian soldiers killed in attack claimed by Al Qaeda ALGIERS: At least nine Algerian soldiers were killed when militants ambushed their patrol west of the capital Algiers on Friday in one of the deadliest attacks in months, the defence ministry said on Sunday. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed Friday’s attack in the Ain Defla region in a statement posted on a social media account that often releases its communiques. A security source on Saturday had said 11 soldiers were killed. Sunday’s statement from the ministry was the first official confirmation of the attack. “A detachment of the army was targeted by a terrorist group. We deplore the death of nine soldiers as martyrs and two injured,” the ministry statement said. Since Algeria’s conflict with armed hardliners in the 1990s in which more than 200,000 people were killed, it has become one of North Africa’s most stable states and is a key ally in the Western campaign against militancy in the region. But Al Qaeda-allied fighters under veteran commander Abdelmalek Droukdel, and rival fighters who split to declare loyalty to IS militant group, are still active in pockets of the country, mostly in remote mountain areas. One security source said Droukdel may have been involved in the ambush as a way to show Al Qaeda presence on the ground. Gunmen claiming loyalty to IS group, which controls swathes of Iraq and parts of Syria, have been gaining ground in neighbouring Libya, where a conflict between two rival governments has created a security vacuum. IS group has claimed two major attacks on foreign tourists in Tunisia. Authorities say gunmen in the Sousse beach resort attack last month and the March gun assault on the Bardo museum in Tunis were trained in militant camps in Libya. But an Al Qaeda-allied group Okba Ibn Nafaa has been the most active, mostly along the border with Algeria, carrying out attacks on the military and police. It was also blamed by government for the Bardo attack. — Reuters

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Five simultaneous blasts hit Hamas, Islamic Jihad armed wings in Gaza GAZA CITY: Five near-simultaneous explosions in Gaza on Sunday targeted members of the armed branches of Hamas and Islamic Jihad amid growing tensions between the Palestinian territory’s rulers and extremist opponents. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts that rocked an area in the north of Gaza City and destroyed five cars belonging to members of the Ezzedine Al Qassam and Al Quds brigades, the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. There were no reports of serious injuries. Witnesses said the explosions that went off at around 6:30am appeared to have been caused by bombs placed underneath the cars parked in front of their owners’ homes. Three of the cars were said to have belonged to members of Al Qassam and two to members of Al Quds. According to witnesses, the explosions occurred within an interval of 15 minutes. Police working under Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip did not say who they believed was responsible, but vowed action against the culprits. “This morning, saboteurs exploded several cars of (members of ) resistance movements in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, causing material damage,” Hamas police said in a statement. “Security forces have opened an investigation and are searching for those responsible. We assure that the criminals will not escape punishment.” The explosions appeared to be intended as a warning rather than an attempt to inflict casualties given the early hour, as has occurred with previous incidents. A series of such attacks in recent months is suspected to have been carried out by Salafist extremists, some of whom claim links with IS group militants, though experts have ex-

said in comments due to be published on Monday. He said while the nuclear deal was a ﬁrst step towards normalising relations with Iran, further steps needed to follow in terms of Iran’s role in conﬂicts in the region and especially its relationship with Israel. “Germany can and wants to offer itself as a mediator for this,” he was quoted as saying in an advance extract of the interview. — Reuters

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DESTROYED: Palestinians inspect a car after it was blown up in Gaza City on Sunday. The spokesman for Gaza’s interior ministry said that a number of cars belonging to Palestinian factions were blown up by vandals and the security services started to investigate the incident. – Reuters

pressed doubts over whether there are any true ties between them. Sunday however marked the ﬁrst time Islamic Jihad was targeted. The extremists view the group as part of the establishment in Gaza. There have been growing signs of internal unrest in the Gaza Strip, with Hamas engaged in a power struggle with smaller groups in the coastal enclave of 1.8 million people ravaged by three wars with Israel in six years. Gazans who have gone to ﬁght with the IS group in Syria recently released a video calling for Hamas to be toppled in the territory. Al Qassam and Al Quds released a joint statement on Sunday saying “the culprits of the violence are in the camp of traitors” without providing further details. “Guilty hands are attempting to attack the resistance by blowing

up its fighters’ vehicles, which only serves the occupier and its objectives,” the statement said. Occupier refers to Israel. A spate of attacks has targeted public buildings, officials, international organisations and others seen as linked to the establishment in Gaza. In May, mortar rounds were fired at a base for Al Qassam in an incident claimed by a group calling itself Supporters of the IS group in occupied Jerusalem, which has also taken credit for recent rocket fire into Israel. Salafist groups have been angered by a Hamas crackdown and claimed in recent weeks that around 100 of their members or supporters were behind bars. They also criticise Hamas for what they see as its lack of zeal in enforcing law as well as for its

truce with Israel since last year’s war in the Gaza Strip. Experts warn that the appeal of militant groups is growing, particularly among Gaza’s disaffected youth who have been particularly hard hit by conﬂict, grinding poverty and soaring unemployment and feel let down by traditional Palestinian nationalist movements. Dozens of young Palestinians with few prospects have left Gaza to ﬁght in Iraq or Syria, while others have been drawn towards militant groups involved in a deadly insurgency against Egyptian forces in the Sinai Peninsula. Such fears have in part led some to call for an easing of the Israeli blockade against the Gaza Strip in hopes that conditions will improve. Gaza’s border with Egypt also remains strictly controlled. — AFP

43 killed, 173 hurt as Houthi rebels bombard Aden ADEN: A bombardment in Aden by the Houthi militia and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed 43 people and injured 173 on Sunday, the health ministry of Yemen’s exiled government said two days after declaring the city had been liberated. Clashes continued in the city’s northern districts of Dar Al Saad and Sabr, and in Maashiq in Crater district as local fighters backed by the Riyadh-based government and a Saudi-led Arab coalition pushed to seize remaining parts of Aden. Those fighters and Yemeni army forces loyal to exiled President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi seized Aden’s airport and other central areas in a sudden advance last week that broke months of deadlock in the city. Yemeni pro-government forces sought to tighten their control of Aden as Houthi rebels mounted resistance in some districts. Backed by air support from Saudi-led warplanes and troops freshly trained in the kingdom, forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi have managed wrest back control of most of the port city. Two ministers of the exiled government returned to Aden this weekend, shortly after Prime Minister Khaled Bahah heralded its “liberation”, four months after the Houthi rebels entered the city. On Sunday, fighters from the pro-Hadi Popular Resistance advanced towards the rebel-held district of Al Tawahi, a military source said. The neighbourhood is home to Aden’s presidential residence, where Hadi had taken refuge when he escaped house arrest under the rebels in Sanaa in February, before being forced to flee for Saudi Arabia. Swathes of the southern city have been reduced to rubble by

the four months of ferocious fighting. Warplanes from a Saudi-led Arab coalition have kept up the air campaign launched in March in support of Hadi and against the Houthis and renegade troops loyal to Saleh. Around 15 air strikes targeted rebel positions in Al Tawahi and on the northern outskirts of the city where rebels had brought reinforcements, military sources and witnesses said. Fighting also went on in the district of Crater where some rebels remain holed up, according to pro-Hadi fighters. Nine rebels were killed in a raid on Khormaksar neighbourhood, witnesses said. The interior and transportation ministers headed a delegation of the exiled government that landed in Aden on Friday night. They took part in a meeting on Saturday aimed at securing the city. The government-run news agency said the meeting looked into reopening the airport and the port to allow the flow of much-needed aid, as well as the restoration of electricity and water. Loyalist forces had secured Aden airport shortly after they launched an assault on Tuesday against the rebels dubbed “Operation Golden Arrow”. Some displaced residents of Aden returned to assess the damage to their houses and neighbourhoods. “There is no life! No hospitals, no electricity, nor water. If it was not for the two wells of the neighbourhood, people would have died of thirst,” said Crater resident Moatez Al Mayssuri. A rebel spokesman dismissed the government’s claims on Saturday that it had seized control of Aden as “psychological warfare and an attempt to improve the crushed morale” of loyalist fighters. — Agencies

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Land bill put on hold for sake of smooth session With the 19-day monsoon session expected to see an uproar over issues like Vyapam scam and Lalit Modi row, sources said there was a feeling that the land bill will only increase troubles for CHANGING TACK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function in

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New Delhi. -PTI

NEW DELHI: The monsoon session of parliament is expected to be stormy, which is why the government is likely to put off the controversial land bill this time, sources said on Sunday. The joint parliamentary committee -- which was supposed to table its report on the ﬁrst day of the monsoon session on Tuesday -- is set to seek an extension of two more weeks to ﬁnalise the report, the sources said.

“The report will not come immediately... while any ﬁnal decision will depend on when the report is tabled, the bill is unlikely to be taken up in this session,” a Bharatiya Janata Party leader said. With the 19-day session expected to see an uproar over issues ranging from the Vyapam scam to the Lalit Modi controversy, sources said there was a feeling that the land bill will only increase troubles for the government.

With little hope of getting it passed, the government is rather focusing on re-promulgating the ordinance for the fourth time. The opposition Congress sent out a warning on Sunday, saying the government must make “scam-accused” ministers resign if it wants to get bills passed. “Hope Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi announces resignations of scam-accused ministers... Passing bills would become very easy,” Leader of Opposition in the

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Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Sunday. The list of government business, according to sources, has 35 items, including nine bills pending in the Rajya Sabha and four in the Lok Sabha. Besides, 11 new bills are to be introduced, as per the government’s plan. Bills pending in the Lok Sabha include the land bill, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014, the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2015, and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014. Crucial among the nine bills pending in the Rajya Sabha are those related to GST, the Whistle Blower Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015, the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2015. The new bills which the government plans to introduce include the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015, for changes in consumer protection laws; Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015, to settle commercial disputes outside courts; the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Services), which seeks to redress their long-pending demand of high court judges of one rank one pension. -IANS Y E A R LY D ATA

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PANAJI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday hinted that two former ministers might be involved in the alleged bribery case involving a US firm related to a water development scheme in the state. Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar had earlier on Sunday said he will demand a CBI inquiry into the allegations. US firm Louis Berger has been charged with bribing Indian officials for several crores to win two major water developmental projects in Goa and Guwahati. “Since the work was related to JAICA (Japan International funding project), then PWD Minister might be involved, but moreover since it is dealing with the financial approval for the project, there is likelihood that one more minister may be involved,” Parrikar said, addressing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Goa’s Margao town on Sunday. “The incident happened when Digambar Kamat-led government was in power,” Parrikar, former Goa chief minister said while refusing to name any minister. An inquiry by CBI into the entire episode will reveal the truth behind the bribery, he said.

NEW DELHI: At least 15 suicides took place every hour in the country during the last year, which saw over 131,000 people ending their lives, with government data also noting that Maharashtra saw the highest number of such cases while Chennai heads the list among cities. Data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) also said that as many as 69.7 per cent of those who committed suicide had an annual income of less than Rs 100,000 while one out of every six persons who took the extreme step last year was a housewife. Maharashtra saw 16,307 suicide cases in 2014 followed by Tamil Nadu (16,122) and Bengal (14,310), the data said. The percentage break-up of the three states’ share vis-a-vis the suicide tally stood at 12.4, 12.2 and 10.9, respectively. Among cities, with a population of more than 1 million, Chennai reported the highest number of suicides at 2,214 followed by Bengaluru (1,906), Delhi (1,847), Mumbai (1,196) and Bhopal (1,064). The rate of suicide in cities was 12.8 per cent, higher than the coutry average of 10.6 per cent. -PTI

OUTSPOKEN: The bribery of $976,630 for a Goa project by Louis Berger included payments to a minister. – PTI

Meanwhile, CM Parsekar told reporters here on Sunday morning that, “Since it is an international matter, Goa police can’t investigate it. That is why the government has decided to write to Prime Minister and Union Home Minister demanding a CBI inquiry into it. Truth should be revealed to the people.” “When the contracts were awarded, Congress leader Digam-

bar Kamat was the Chief Minister and Churchill Alemao was Public Works Department Minister. Now it should be revealed which minister took the bribe,” Parsekar said. The bribery of $976,630 for a Goa project by Louis Berger included payments to a minister, details of which have not been disclosed by the US Department of Justice. -PTI

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Man held for raping, killing 15 children NEW DELHI: In a replay of the chilling Nithari killings, a man has been arrested from south Delhi for sexually assaulting and killing at least 15 children since 2008, police said on Sunday. His latest victim was a six-year-old girl a few days back. The 24-year-old man, Ravinder Kumar, was arrested on July 16 for raping and murdering the sixyear-old girl in Begumpur area of south Delhi. “On July 14, we received a missing complaint about the minor girl in Begumpur, and arrested Ravinder Kumar after investigation on July 16,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Vikramjeet Singh said at a press conference. “During interrogation, he confessed to the crime and also revealed that he sexually assaulted and killed at least 14 other children since 2008,” the official said. Ravinder Kumar, who hails from Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh, lived in Karala village in Delhi. “Ravinder seems to be a person with a perverted mindset. At the time of arrest, his mental condition was normal. If needed, we will opt for a brain mapping test along with his psychological proﬁling,” the DCP said. The official said police were able to establish Ravinder Kumar’s involvement in seven such cases.

The victims were mostly from Delhi’s outer areas like Begumpur, Kanjhawala, Samaypur Badli, Mundka and Vijay Vihar. “This brings back memories of the Nithari murders of 2005 and 2006 in Noida, where many young girls reported missing were murdered by Surinder Koli,” the police official said. During interrogation, Ravinder Kumar told police that he would lure children, both boys and girls, with toffees or money, take them to isolated spots and rape them before murdering. He then dumped the bodies in drains or buried them in ﬁelds. The DCP said on July 14, a complaint was lodged at Begumpur police station of a minor girl missing. During a search, the girl’s body was found in an abandoned house. Police also found a driving licence issued in the name of a man named Sunny, who at that time was being interrogated in another case in Kanjhawala police station. Sunny revealed that he recently had a scuffle with Ravinder Kumar, who ran away with his motorbike and also snatched his driving licence. “We launched a manhunt and nabbed Ravinder Kumar from Kanjhawala area. On being questioned, Ravinder confessed to having murdered many more children earlier,” the DCP said. -IANS

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Injury forces mountaineer Samina to call off K2 summit bid

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at K2 base camp. — Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: Mountaineer Samina Baig was forced to call of her bid to summit the second highest mountain in the world, K2, after suffering an injury while climbing, Express News reported. Samina, who was the ﬁrst Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, was climbing up K2 on a second rotation to acclimatise to conditions at high altitude ahead of a summit attempt. Having climbed to camp-1 on Friday, she complained of severe pain on the left side of her neck, extending to the shoulder, her brother Mirza Ali wrote in a post on Facebook. Instead of subsiding, the pain increased the next morning, but the group decided to push on towards

Samina Baig, who was the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, was climbing up K2 on a second rotation to acclimatise to conditions at high altitude ahead of a summit attempt

camp-2. Ali said that Samina has complained of the pain in the past as well, with treatment doing little to help. While pushing on from camp1, Samina continued to complain of pain which prevented her from climbing up.

Hence, the group decided to go back down to base camp instead of climbing up to camp-2. Climbing down below camp1, Ali said that a chunk of ice and rock hit her forearm. “Doctor is not sure if it’s fracture or just bruises but it’s swollen.”

The group, however, managed to get back to base camp for doctors to have a better look at the injuries and to treat the arm. “Having sever neck pain for few days and forearm injury, we sadly called off our #Warid k2 expedition 2015. We thank all of you for your prayers and good wishes,” Ali wrote in the conclusion of his post. Earlier on Saturday, Ali had tweeted a picture of the brother and sister duo along with fellow climbers Musa and Jalal, wishing everyone happy Eidal Fitr. Last week, Samina and Ali had climbed to camp-1 with a view to head on to camp-2. But heavy snow on the mountain forced them to go downwards instead of moving up. — Express Tribune

Plan to outsource oil installation security The decision came in the wake of damage caused to heavy power transmission lines in Balochistan by militants, leading to blackouts across the country

DIRE STRAITS: At present, the government owns ﬁve thermal power generation companies, each one of which is in dire ﬁnancial straits. — Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: The government recently has decided, in principle, to outsource the security of energy installations, oil logistics as well as operation and maintenance of state-owned power generation companies. The decision came in the wake of damage caused to heavy power transmission lines in Balochistan by militants, leading to blackouts across the country. The security of oil logistics will be outsourced in a bid to curb the theft of oil valuing millions of rupees. According to estimates, furnace oil worth

$200 million is stolen every year. The previous government of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) had also tried to outsource operations and maintenance of power distribution companies to cope with the mounting losses. However, strong protests by employees of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) forced it to abandon the plan. The PPP government also attempted to outsource operations and maintenance of power generation companies in order to recoup the lost capacity, but could

not push ahead with the plan in this area too. Now, the present government has also come up with a proposal to outsource the operation and maintenance of those state-run power generation companies that have very low efficiency levels. At present, the government owns ﬁve thermal power generation companies, each of which is in dire ﬁnancial straits. These include the 650-megawatt plant in Jamshoro, 800MW Guddu plant, 1,000MW Muzaffargarh plant, 30MW Lakhra plant and a power

plant currently being constructed in Nandipur. The government is also in the process of privatising power distribution companies in an effort to avoid the uncontrollable circular debt caused by power theft and high transmission and distribution losses. Officials are of the view that the power distribution and generation companies should be privatised as soon as possible since there is no other way to rebuild and revive the faltering system. Power distribution companies have come in for a lot of criticism because of a lack of efficiency and swallowing billions of rupees in subsidies as the Ministry of Finance argues that it is not fair for a sector performing below par to take out such a huge amount from government coffers every year. The ministry is of the view that the government has been bearing the burden of circular debt since 2007 and suggests that it is not appropriate at all that an inefficient sector costs the exchequer billions of rupees annually. The previous and present governments have been sending cases of power defaulters to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), but conditions have not improved. — Express Tribune HYDERABAD

Six killed as car hits train HYDERABAD: Six people were killed as a train collided with a car on Sunday near Hyderabad railway station, Express News reported. According to initial details, the train slammed into the car as it was crossing the railway track. Six people belonging to the same family were killed in the collision. — Express Tribune

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US probes killer of 5 troops over ‘war’ message Authorities are considering Thursday’s attack by Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez on two military centres in Tennessee before being killed in a shootout with police

WASHINGTON: Investigators on Sunday were probing the communications of a shooter who killed ﬁve US troops in Chattanooga to determine his possible motive, following reports he allegedly sent a text message declaring “war” hours before the rampage.

Four Marines and a sailor were killed in Thursday’s attack on two military centres in Tennessee -- which authorities are treating as “an act of terrorism” -- before the gunman, Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, died in a shootout with police. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked foreign intelligence agencies to help trace Abdulazeez’s movements and activities abroad, and analysts are monitoring his activity on social media. A law enforcement official told the New York Times on Saturday that investigators were looking into a text message Abdulazeez allegedly sent to a friend before the shooting to probe possible motives. The text reportedly included a verse: “Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, then I have declared war against him,” according to the newspaper. The Times said a friend of Abdulazeez had been interviewed by the FBI and that investigators were trying to verify the text.

Abdulazeez, 24, was a naturalised US citizen born in Kuwait. “Every one of our resources are being devoted to this investigation,” Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke told CNN. But the FBI warned against jumping to conclusions, after Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, branded the assault “an IS-inspired attack.”. “At this time, we have no indication that he was inspired by or directed by anyone other than himself,” FBI special agent Ed Reinhold said, referring to Abdulazeez. Meanwhile, Abdulazeez’s family said he suffered from depression for years, and condemned the “heinous act of violence”. “There are no words to describe our shock, horror and grief,” the family said in a statement cited by an NPR public radio journalist. “The person who committed this horrible crime was not the son we knew and loved,” it added. — AFP

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi invokes father’s legacy ahead of polls YANGON: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi invoked the memory of her assassinated father on Sunday, describing upcoming elections as an opportunity to continue his legacy and bring real change to the former juntaruled nation. The democracy icon’s position as foremost opposition leader stems both from her years of dogged deﬁance under house arrest and her status as daughter of independence hero Aung San. Gunned down Known affectionately as “Bogyoke” (General), Aung San led Myanmar’s battle for independence from Britain. But he was gunned down by local rivals alongside eight other independence leaders in July 1947, just months before his dream was ﬁnally realised. “The NLD believes that we have a responsibility to the martyrs who were killed before they

The November 8 poll will be the first general election in a quarter of a century to be contested by her National League for Democracy, which is expected to make huge gains if the vote is free and fair

ﬁnished their duty to achieve independence. NLD has been formed to fulﬁl that duty,” she said in a speech to supporters at her Yangon party headquarters marking the 68th anniversary of her father’s assassination. “This country will only be developed if it’s really changed,” she added. Languished While Myanmar went on to achieve full independence, it

languished for decades under a brutal, isolationist and paranoid junta which crushed opposition and locked up Suu Kyi for the best part of two decades. Lifting of sanctions The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was released from house arrest in 2010 and a year later the military handed power to a quasi-reformist government, prompting the lifting of most western sanctions and promises of a return to full democracy. — AFP

JOHANNESBURG: An Australian surfing champion fought back against a shark attack on live television during a competition in South Africa on Sunday, escaping from the terrifying scene without injury. Mick Fanning, 34, was competing in the final heat of a world tour event at Jeffrey’s Bay in the country’s Eastern Cape province when a looming black fin appeared in the water behind him. In a churn of water and spray, Fanning could be seen battling to fend off the shark. “It came up and got stuck in my leg rope,” he said in a television interview afterwards. “I was kicking and screaming. I just saw a fin. I didn’t see teeth. I was waiting for the teeth to come at me as I was swimming. I punched it in the back.” Fanning, a triple world champion nicknamed White Lightning, was sitting on his board in the water when the shark lunged at him, tipping him off the board. — AFP

SOUTH KOREAN SPY FOUND DEAD WITH NOTE

‘Did not spy on citizens’ SEOUL: A South Korean intelligence agent found dead in an apparent suicide left a note denying his team had used spyware to tap the mobile phones and computers of private citizens in the latest scandal involving the agency. Police in the suburban district of Yongin south of Seoul said on Sunday that a 46-year-old man found dead in his car of an appar-

ent carbon monoxide poisoning was an employee of the National Intelligence Service (NIS). The note released by police, who conﬁrmed the writing to be the agent’s, said there was no spying whatsoever against domestic citizens or related to elections. “I believe excessive zeal for work has created this situation,” the agent, said in the note. — Reuters

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he international ratings agency Fitch was downplaying concerns on Thursday that Chinese stocks are a systemic risk to global markets. Many investors, however, are far less sanguine. Take hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, who worries Beijing’s debt-fuelled stock mania could do even more damage than the US subprime crisis. Or Bill Ackman, who runs Pershing Square Capital Management. Asked about Greece on Wednesday, he said: “China is a bigger global threat by far. The Chinese stock market is a fairly remarkable phenomenon and I think kind of a frightening one.” Who’s right -- Fitch or market players? The deciding factor could be whether deflation rears its head in China -- falling prices, and the prospect of a slowing national economy, would suggest the hedge funds are right. Let’s consider the data. A common takeaway from China’s better-than-expected data last week is that deflation’s grip is easing. The claimed 7 per cent GDP growth rate, rising middle-class incomes and a pickup in credit would seem to auger well for a stable price outlook in the world’s second-biggest economy. But those numbers are deceiving. For starters, China’s second-quarter performance was pumped up by a stock bubble that’s now losing air. Financial-sector growth combined with government stimulus (and some creative accounting, of course) to boost gross domestic product. Financial services alone surged 17.4 per cent in the first six months of 2015, a dynamic that helped offset a weak real estate market. But, given the recent stock rout that wiped out almost $4 trillion in market value, it should be obvious this isn’t a durable source of growth. Meanwhile, China’s housing slowdown is a major deflationary event. Real estate has been China’s biggest growth engine since the 2008 global crisis. Now, it’s in negativegrowth territory. And that’s having knockon effects for local-government finances and vital sectors like manufacturing. But there’s another deflationary force

confronting President Xi Jinping: the fading of China’s credit super-cycle, in which people and businesses tried to borrow their way out of debt problems. “The world-beating growth in debt of recent years is unlikely to be repeated as worries about financial stability grow,” says Andrew Batson, China research director at consulting firm Gavekal Dragonomics. “This creates another barrier to China’s return to rude inflationary health.” Let’s say China actually did grow 7 per cent between April and June. That’s still markedly slower than the 12 per cent jump in corporate and household borrowing last month. All that borrowing limits the ability of companies to increase employment and consumers to spend. Outstanding loans for companies and households are now a record 207 percent of GDP (and growing fast), compared with 125 per cent in 2008. While the government is sure to do more to stabilise growth, “we are far from certain that China is about to exit the deflationary dynamic of recent years,” Batson says. While China’s consumer prices rose 1.4 per cent in June, producer prices plunged 4.8 per cent. That dynamic explains why commoditycurrency nations Australia and New Zealand are under pressure to slash interest rates. Both the Aussie dollar and the kiwi tumbled to multi-year lows on Thursday after fellow commodity exporter Canada eased monetary policy. Meanwhile, waning Chinese demand has resulted in falling global prices for everything from oil to metals to milk. Those problems will be amplified if China begins exporting deflation to the region. Japan, which still has yet to beat its own multidecade bout with falling prices, is particularly vulnerable, as is South Korea. The People’s Bank of China can always cut interest rates. (Its one-year benchmark rate is still 4.85 per cent.) But amid cratering growth, rate cuts might just exacerbate the debt troubles of Asia’s only engine of economic growth. In other words, it seems safe to say the hedge fund managers have it right: If China doesn’t count as a systemic economic risk, what does? - Bloomberg News

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WASHINGTON: The United States and Cuba abolish one of the last vestiges of the Cold War on Monday when, in a move unimaginable just a few months ago, they restore diplomatic ties frozen for half a century.

For the first time since 1961, the Cuban red, white and blue flag will fly over Havana’s newly upgraded embassy in Washington, just a stone’s throw from the White House. And from the crack of dawn

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Kerry will also formally receive his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez for talks, before holding a joint press conference. Rodriguez will earlier preside over a ceremony to mark the upgrading of the Cuban interests section to a full embassy. The remarkable turnaround in relations between the communist authorities in Cuba and the US administration after ﬁve decades of hostility has happened at break-neck speed. In what will mark a foreign policy legacy for US President Barack Obama, he and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro agreed on December 17 to end their estrangement and put their countries on track towards

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Two civilians, soldier killed in east Ukraine DONETSK (UKRAINE): Two civilians and a soldier have been killed in the latest fighting in eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels and the government said on Sunday, with Kiev warning of a “deteriorating” situation in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. A man was killed during shelling on Saturday night in Donetsk and a female doctor was injured when a shell hit the nearby N23 hospital, rebel authorities said. Another man was injured in the eastern rebelcontrolled suburb of Makiivka. Eduard Basurin, an official with the separatist forces, accused the Ukrainian military of firing on the area from the village of Pisky near Donetsk airport. Basurin accused the government forces of using 152 mm artillery, which falls within the category of heavy weapons that both sides are supposed to have pulled back from the frontline under a February ceasefire. — AFP

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a full normalisation of ties. After a series of negotiations in Havana and Washington, the restoration of diplomatic ties has come about just seven months later. But both nations have cautioned that this is only a beginning, warning overcoming decades of enmity is not easy. There are “issues that we don’t see eye-to-eye on”, State Department spokesman John Kirby admitted on Friday. Go beyond The United States “wants to move beyond a Cold War- era approach to one of constructive engagement as a way to support and empower the Cuban people,” analyst Ted Piccone from the Brookings Institution said. “Cuba needs the United States as an economic engine for its troubled economy and hopes to attract new foreign investment and human capital to update its socialist

model, but without undergoing political reform.” While their approach may be similar, “profound differences” remain and “building conﬁdence and trust will be critical to the ability to move forward.” One of the biggest areas of contention remains human rights, with Washington pressing for an improvement in freedoms of expression, religion and the press in the Caribbean island nation. Another tough issue is compensation for American property seized after the 1959 Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro. Some 5,911 lawsuits have been opened in the United States with an estimated value of $7 billion to $8 billion. On Havana’s side, Castro has urged Obama to use his executive powers to “dismantle” the economic embargo in place since 1962, calling it the main stumbling block towards normalization between the two nations. — AFP

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Reading’s Al Habsi proud to fly Oman’s flag in England Ali Al Habsi has spent nearly 10 years on England’s shores having ﬁrst arrived in January 2006, when he joined Bolton Wanderers from Lyn Oslo

MUSCAT: Oman international goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi, who signed a two-year deal with Reading FC on Tuesday, in an interview to getreading.co.uk recently said that he was proud to fly the Oman national flag in England. According to the website, the 33-year-old is considered a national hero back home following his decade-long stay in this country. Ali Al Habsi has spent nearly 10 years on England’s shores having first arrived in January 2006, when he joined Bolton Wanderers from Lyn Oslo. During that time he has carried the weight and expectation of a nation, of a country whose people see him as a hero, as a sporting superstar. It’s the sort of pressure which would see many a man buckle, but for Al Habsi it’s something he thrives upon. “In Oman, the Gulf and the Middle East, I am the only player who plays in England. That’s why all the fans are really interested in me,” Ali Al Habsi was quoted to have said by the website. “Of course it makes me proud.

In Oman, the Gulf and the Middle East, I am the only player who plays in England. That’s why all the fans are really interested in me Ali Al Habsi Reading FC

To be an ambassador for the country is a lot of hard work. You have to concentrate and do the right things everywhere, outside the field and on the field. “I’m so happy for my 10 years in England and I’m looking forward to the future.” All it takes to see how high a regard Al Habsi is held in back in Oman is a quick glance at social media. Since his move to Reading was confirmed, Twitter has been awash with well wishes from football fans and media in his own

country. And it’s not something that has gone unnoticed by the goalkeeper. He said: “Since I signed all the messages from fans back home are ‘we are all Reading now’.” “And there’s a big Arabic community here with students and everything. I’m sure there will now be a lot of Omani and Arab fans who will come and support the team. You can see it already from Twitter, from Instagram and everywhere. “I’m happy to have that feel-

al, but the 33-year-old insists that was not the case. Al Habsi said: “It’s been in the press as a trial but since the ﬁrst day I came here, but it wasn’t a trial. It was just to see how I felt about everything. And from the ﬁrst day I could see I was going to be happy here. I knew this was going to be my home. “I’m the oldest, most experienced player there and it’s the same here at Reading. So hopefully I can bring my experience in England and with the national team and help this club.

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India come from behind to down New Zealand CHRISTCHURCH: India claimed both reverse singles to snatch a dramatic 3-2 victory over New Zealand in their Davis Cup tie on Sunday. Victory in the AsiaOceania second round tie qualifies India for the World Group playoffs in September. New Zealand went into the final day in Christchurch with a 2-1 lead only to find themselves totally outplayed, with the two reverse singles settled in straight sets. Somdev Devvarman, who lost his first singles game on Friday in five sets, made amends in his second outing when he saw off Marcus Daniell 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 sending the tie into a decisive fifth and final match. Daniell, a doubles specialist who won Saturday with partner Artem Sitak, was a late change for the singles after Kiwi number one Rubin Statham pulled out of the reverse singles with influenza. Yuki Bhambri then closed out the tie, taking just one hour 49 minutes to complete a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over New Zealand hope Michael Venus who had earlier beaten Devvarman. Venus had a break point to go ahead 4-2 in the third set but could not convert and then had two break point chances to equalise at 4-4. “I felt I played well. It was a game which had to be won,” Bhambri

ing from everyone. It’s not really pressure. It’s great to have that support from my own fans from my country. I want to give them something,” said Ali Al Habsi. Meanwhile after signing the contract he also said that he was never on trial at Reading FC The experienced goalkeeper put pen to paper on a two-year deal with Royals on Tuesday, after spending a couple of weeks training with the club. That spell was described as a tri-

the line against the never-say-die Kukushkin in just under three hours on the grass court surface. Australia’s victory sets up a semiﬁnal against either Great Britain or France.

GRAND SHOW: India’s Yuki Bhambri (ﬁle photo) clinched the deciding game for India and get the nation back to World Group.

said. “It’s so rare for India to win a tie after losing a doubles. I can’t remember us doing that. “It was good to have (team captain) Anand Amritraj on the sideline he was so calm and helped me play well today.” India now face a team from the first round of the World Group from earlier in the year, while New Zealand will remain in the AsiaOceania Group One in 2016. Aussies in semis Meanwhile, in Darwin, tennis warhorse Lleyton Hewitt clinched a fighting comeback from 0-2 down to lift Australia into the semifinals of the Davis Cup in Darwin on Sunday.

The 34-year-old, playing in a record 40th Cup tie, sealed a 3-2 victory over Kazakhstan with a gritty 7-6 (7/2), 6-2, 6-3 win in the fifth rubber over Aleksandr Nedovyesov. It was the first time in 76 years that 28-times champions Australia had clawed back from 0-2 down to win a Davis Cup tie. While it was Hewitt, Australia’s most successful player in the Davis Cup, who won the final live rubber for his 42nd singles triumph in the teams competition, it was Sam Groth who kept the tie alive for his country with a hard-fought 6-3, 7-6 (8/6), 4-6, 7-6 (8/6) win over Mikhail Kukushkin. The big-serving Groth thundered down 29 aces to just get over

Russia’s comeback Teenager Andrey Rublev completed a dramatic Russian comeback in their Davis Cup Group One Euro-African Zone second round tie against Spain, his straight sets victory over Pablo Andujar on Sunday handing the hosts an unlikely 3-2 win. The 17-year-old Rublev won 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 in his ﬁrst ever meeting with the Spaniard in two hours to help Russia to battle back from two rubbers down into the Davis Cup World Group play-offs. Earlier on Sunday, Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy beat Tommy Robredo 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) in their ﬁrst ever meeting in two hours 27 minutes to level the score at 2-2. On Friday, Spaniards took a commanding 2-0 lead as their veteran Robredo got off to a perfect start by beating teenager Rublev 6-2, 6-3, 6-3, while Andujar despatched Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. But on Saturday Donskoy and Konstantin Kravchuk put Russia back on track with a hardfought doubles win 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. — AFP

BCCI to form working group on IPL verdict MUMBAI: Under pressure to resolve the crisis triggered by Justice R M Lodha committee’s verdict on the IPL betting scandal, an embattled BCCI on Sunday decided to constitute a working group to study the order and give recommendations within six weeks. The decision to form the group was taken at the crucial IPL Governing Council meeting here where members discussed the implications of the verdict, suspending Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from the IPL for two years. The BCCI said that it will adhere to the verdict in totality. The Board will reveal the names of the working group members on Monday. “BCCI respects the verdict of the Lodha Commission and will abide by their decisions, in toto. The members recognised that there is an urgent need to understand the impact of this decision and the wider ramiﬁcations for BCCI in detail, so as to uphold the paramountcy of the game in our country,” the Board said in a statement after the meeting which lasted little over an hour. “The IPL GC hence authorised the Chairman, Shri Rajeev

Shukla, to constitute a working group which will study this verdict, in consultation with all our key advisors and explore all the possible measures to be adopted, with an objective to protect the interests of all the stakeholders involved,” it added. The Board said the recommendations of the group will be sent to the BCCI’s working committee. “This group will work within a time bound period of 6 weeks and report their recommendations to the IPL GC, which will deliberate and share their views with the working committee of the BCCI, for further action,” it said. IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla said the members of the group would be ﬁnalised by Monday. “House has entrusted me with responsibility to make a small group that will take 6 weeks to submit a report as to how we implement the order and way forward for IPL. How to conduct IPL, how many teams and all stakeholders CAC members, sponsors, broadcasters, state associations, legal experts that report will come to GC and it will go WC which will take decision,” Shukla said. — PTI

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England, set what would have been a new fourth-innings record of 509 for victory, collapsed to 103 all out after tea on the fourth day

LONDON: Mitchell Johnson led Australia’s attack as they thrashed England by 405 runs to win the second Ashes Test at Lord’s on Sunday to level the five-match series at 1-1. England, set what would have been a new fourth-innings record of 509 for victory, collapsed to 103 all out after tea on the fourth day. Left-arm fast bowler Johnson took three for 27 as England were dismissed in a mere 37 overs. It was only the ninth time in the 138-year history of Test cricket a side had won by more than 400 runs. Australia’s fast bowlers are appreciably quicker than their England counterparts and sheer pace was responsible for several wickets as the home side suffered the latest in a long line of top-order slumps. After Australia declared their second innings on 254 for two, it meant England had to top the highest fourth innings total to win a Test — the West Indies’ 418 for seven against Australia at St John’s in 2002/03 — if they were to go 2-0 up. The more realistic if still difficult task for England, 1-0 ahead in the five-match series after their 169-run win in the first Test in Cardiff, was to bat out the remaining 155 overs left in the match to secure a draw. Only eight sides,

TERRIFIC WIN: The Australian team acknowledge the crowd after winning the match on the fourth day of the second Ashes Test. – AFP

however, have survived for more than the equivalent of 150 six-ball overs to draw a Test match. But just seeing out Sunday’s play proved far beyond England. Opener Adam Lyth, out for a duck in the ﬁrst innings, could only manage seven on Sunday before pushing at a lifting ball from Mitchell Starc he was caught behind by debutant wicket-keeper Peter Nevill. England captain Alastair Cook, who batted for nearly six hours in making 96 during the ﬁrst innings, certainly had the temperament required for the tricky situation. But his technique deserted him when he tried to cut Johnson’s fourth ball of the innings without moving his feet and was caught behind for 11.

Dire straits Mitchell Marsh, who replaced the dropped Shane Watson for this match, struck ﬁrst ball Sunday when he had the struggling Gary Ballance caught behind. Ian Bell could have been out twice before, on 11, he gave a bat pad catch to substitute Shaun Marsh at short leg off spinner Nathan Lyon. England were now in

dire straits at 48 for four. The last thing England needed Sunday was a run out but that is what they got when Ben Stokes, who made 87 in the first innings, failed to beat Johnson’s powerful throw from mid-wicket. England, 64 for five at tea, lost their sixth wicket to the first ball after the break when Jos Buttler was caught behind off Johnson.

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Four balls later they were 64 for seven when Moeen Ali fell for a duck when he fended a lifting Johnson ball to short leg. Stuart Broad hit out in an innings top score of 25 before falling to Lyon and the match ended when paceman Josh Hazlewood ripped through James Anderson’s defence to bowl England’s last man for a duck. Earlier, Australia took their overnight 108 without loss to 254 for two before captain Michael Clarke declared shortly before lunch. The only concern for Australia was when opener Chris Rogers, who made a Test-best 173 in the ﬁrst innings, retired hurt following a dizzy spell just two overs into the day’s play. However, he was later seen watching the match from

Australia 1st Innings: 566-8 dec (S Smith 215, C Rogers 173; S Broad 4-83) England 1st Innings: 312 (A Cook 96, B Stokes 87; M Johnson 3-53, J Hazlewood 3-68) Australia 2nd Innings (overnight: 108-0) C. Rogers retired hurt 49 D. Warner c Cook b Ali 83 S. Smith b Ali 58 M. Clarke not out 32 M. Marsh not out 27 Extras (lb-5) 5 Total (2 wkts dec, 49 overs, 203 mins) 254 Did not bat: A Voges, P Nevill, M Johnson, M Starc, J Hazlewood, N Lyon Fall of wickets: 1-165 (Warner), 2-210 (Smith) Bowling: Anderson 7-0-38-0; Broad 8-2-42-0; Ali 16-0-78-2; Wood 10-3-39-0; Stokes 3-0-20-0; Root 5-0-32-0; England 2nd Innings (target: 509) A. Lyth c Nevill b Starc 7 A. Cook c Nevill b Johnson 11 G. Ballance c Nevill b M Marsh 14 I. Bell c sub (S Marsh) b Lyon 11 J. Root b Hazlewood 17 B. Stokes run out (Johnson) 0 J. Buttler c Nevill b Johnson 11 M. Ali c sub (S Marsh) b Johnson 0 S. Broad c Voges b Lyon 25 M. Wood not out 2 J. Anderson b Hazlewood 0 Extras (b-4, lb-1) 5 Total (all out, 37 overs, 174 mins) 103 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Lyth), 2-23 (Cook), 3-42 (Ballance), 4-48 (Bell), 5-52 (Stokes), 6-64 (Buttler), 7-64 (Ali), 8-101 (Broad), 9-101 (Root), 10-103 (Anderson) Bowling: Starc 7-3-16-1; Hazlewood 8-2-20-2; Johnson 10-3-27-3; M Marsh 3-2-8-1; Lyon 9-3-27-2 Result: Australia won by 405 runs Series: Five-match series level at 1-1 Toss: Australia Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI), Marais Erasmus (RSA) TV umpire: Chris Gaffaney (NZL) Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

Australia’s dressing room balcony. Steven Smith was named manof-the-match for his Test-best 215 in Australia’s ﬁrst innings 566 for eight declared. - AFP

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Chibabha inspires Zimbabwe to consolation win over India HARARE: Zimbabwe ended a run of disappointing defeats with a morale-boosting win over India by 10 runs in the second Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club on Sunday to earn a share of the series. After Chamu Chibhabha hit a career-best 67 to steer Zimbabwe to 145 for seven, an improved fielding performance under stand-in captain Sikandar Raza Butt allowed Zimbabwe to limit India to 135 for nine. The victory was a much-needed shot in the arm for the home side, coming less than 24 hours after Prosper Utseya’s letter alleging racism against Zimbabwe Cricket managing director Alistair Campbell was made public. Utseya, though, despite this retained his place in the team. Zimbabwe had lost all three One-day Internationals to India as well as the first Twenty20 game, but looked re-energised under the leadership of Raza, who took the reins in the place of the injured Elton Chigumbura. “We didn’t care what the news was,” Raza said of the Utseya letter. “All we wanted to do was just go out there and prove a point, and that is that we can win a game. “We were just competing for far too long, and it’s time that comes to an end. It’s time we start winning.” With offspinner Harbhajan Singh sitting the game out so that Sanju Samson could make his international debut, Chibhabha enjoyed more time against the seamers and never got bogged down. The right-hander’s attractive innings came from 51 balls and included nine fours, but nobody else in the Zimbabwe side could manage more than fellow opener Hamilton Masakadza’s 19, leaving India with what appeared to be a moderate chase. But driven on by Raza’s energy, Zimbabwe produced their best fielding performance in years, inflicting two sharp run-outs and taking several stunning catches. Robin Uthappa hit nine fours in a 53-run stand for the second wicket with Murali Vijay to give India a runaway start to their chase, but Vijay’s dismissal sparked a collapse in which the tourists lost

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HONOURS SHARED: Zimbabwe captain Raza Butt, left, shares the series trophy with India captain Ajinkya Rahane, right, after the second and ﬁnal game in a series of two T20 cricket matches. – AFP

four wickets for 12 runs in three overs. Legspinner Graeme Cremer claimed three crucial wickets, including two in his first over, before finishing with figures of 3 for 18 in four overs. “We were 57 for one after six overs, but thereafter we lost three or four wickets continuously and from there the pressure built on us,” India captain Ajinkya Rahane said. “We couldn’t build that one partnership to get us through. We

accept that we didn’t bat well.” When allrounder Stuart Binny was brilliantly caught in the outﬁeld by a diving Chibhabha to depart for 24, the responsibility was left to India’s lower order. Samson contributed 19, but then holed out in the deep as the Zimbabweans squeezed their opponents right to the end and secured an inspiring win. Asked what it meant to the team, Raza said: “It’s difficult to put the

ZIMBABWE H. Masakadza c Uthappa b S. Sharma 19 C. Chibhabha b Kumar 67 Sikandar Raza c Samson b Sharma 8 S. Williams c and b Patel 17 C. Coventry lbw b Binny 4 C. Ervine b Kumar 7 M. Waller not out 6 P. Utseya c Patel b Sharma 1 G. Cremer not out 0 Extras (5-b, 1-lb, 9-w, 1-nb) 16 Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 145 Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Masakadza), 2-48 (Sikandar Raza), 3-85 (Williams), 4-113 (Coventry), 5-132 (Chibhabha), 6-139 (Ervine), 7-142 (Utseya). Did not bat: Chris Mpofu, Taurai Muzarabani. Bowling: Kumar 4-0-26-2, Sandeep Sharma 4-0-39-1, Binny 2-0-14-1, Sharma 4-0-28-2, Vijay 2-0-9-0, Patel 4-0-23-1. INDIA A. Rahane run out 4 M. Vijay b Cremer 13 R. Uthappa c and b Williams 42 M. Pandey lbw b Cremer 0 K. Jadhav run out 5 S. Binny c Chibhabha b Cremer 24 S. Samson c Waller b Mpofu 19 A. Patel c Williams b Muzarabani 13 B. Kumar run out 9 M. Sharma not out 3 Sandeep Sharma not out 1 Extras (1-b, 1-w) 2 Total (9 wkts, 20 overs) 135 Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Rahane), 2-57 (Vijay), 3-57 (Pandey), 4-61 (Uthappa), 5-69 (Jadhav), 6-105 (Binny), 7-117 (Samson), 8-124 (Patel), 9-131 (Kumar). Bowling: Utseya 3-0-18-0, Muzarabani 3-0-23-1, Mpofu 3-0-26-1, Chibhabha 1-09-0, Williams 4-0-31-1, Cremer 4-0-18-3, Sikandar Raza 2-0-9-0. Toss: Zimbabwe Umpires: Russell Tiffin, Langton Rusere TV umpire: Jeremiah Matibiri (ZIM) Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI) Result: Zimbabwe won by 10 runs. Series: Two-match series drawn 1-1. Toss: Zimbabwe Umpires: Russell Tiffin (ZIM) and Langton Rusere (ZIM) TV umpire: Jeremiah Matibiri (ZIM) Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)

feelings into words, but the dressing room is jumping with joy. “Now that we’ve tasted this feeling, I’m sure the boys will want to have it again and again.” - AFP

CELEBRATION: Pakistan’s Yasir Shah, right, celebrates with his teammates after claiming a wicket. – Reuters

Sarfraz, Yasir star in Pakistan’s win COLOMBO: Sarfraz Ahmed scored 77 and Yasir Shah grabbed four wickets as Pakistan thrashed Sri Lanka by 135 runs in the violence-hit third One-day International in Colombo on Sunday. All-rounder Mohammed Hafeez made up for a year-long ban on bowling due to a suspect action with a polished 54 as Pakistan piled up 316-4 after electing to bat in the day-night match. Violent crowd Leg-spinner Yasir then shone with the ball as Sri Lanka were bundled out for 181 in 41.1 overs on a slow pitch at the Premadasa stadium. The match was interrupted for 30 minutes in the second session with Sri Lanka on 158-7 when stones thrown apparently from outside the stadium landed on the ﬁeld near a Pakistani ﬁelder.

Match referee Javagal Srinath of India immediately ordered the players off the ﬁeld as anti-riot police squads evacuated spectators from two blocks of stands near the giant scoreboard. The match, which was witnessed by Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas — the current president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) — resumed after the short break, with Pakistan completing a facile win for a 2-1 lead in the ﬁve-match series. Lahiru Thirimanne, who topscored with 56, was the only Sri Lankan batsman to offer resistance as the rest of the batting collapsed. Opener Kusal Perera was the next highest contributor with 20. Hafeez’s fourth score of 50-plus in the last six one-day innings built on a 93-run opening stand between Ahmed Shehzad (44) and skipper Azhar Ali (49). — AFP

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PAKISTAN A. Shehzad c Pathirana b Malinga 44 Azhar Ali run out 49 Mohd Hafeez c K. Perera b Pathirana 54 Sarfraz Ahmed run out 77 Shoaib Malik not out 42 Mohammad Rizwan not out 35 Extras: (b-4, lb-1, w-8, nb-2) 15 Total (for four wickets, 50 overs) 316 Fall of wickets: 1-93, 2-124, 3-196, 4-257. Bowling: Mathews 8-0-52-0, Pradeep 9-0-47-0 (w3), Malinga 10-0-80-1 (nb1), Pathirana 10-0-49-1 (nb1), T. Perera 10-063-0 (w4), Dilshan 3-0-20-0 (w1). SRI LANKA K. Perera c Sarfraz b Anwar 20 T. Dilshan c Azhar b Anwar 14 L. Thirimanne c Sarfraz b Rahat 56 U. Tharanga st Sarfraz b Yasir 16 A. Mathews c Malik b Yasir 4

D. Chandimal b Imad 18 T. Perera c Anwar b Yasir 12 M. Siriwardana run out 2 S. Pathirana c Anwar b Yasir 19 L. Malinga b Imad 6 N. Pradeep not out 3 Extras: (b-4, lb-1, w-5, nb-1) 11 Total (all out, 41.1 overs) 181 Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-42, 3-82, 4-93, 5-130, 6-142, 7-144, 8-170, 9-172, 10-181 Bowling: Irfan 7-1-32-0 (nb1, w1), Anwar 5-0-24-2, Rahat 7-0-35-1 (w2), Malik 5-0-28-0, Yasir 10-1-29-4 (w1), Imad 7.10-28-2 (w1) Result: Pakistan won by 135 runs, lead 2-1 in ﬁve-match series. Umpires: Raveendra Wimalasiri (SRI) and Ian Gould (ENG) TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS) Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)

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Oman’s subsidy to touch $7.27 billion in 2015: IMF Per capita subsidy

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Petroleum products

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billion, in 2014, which indicated a fall of 17.11 per cent over the previous year due to a plunge in oil prices.

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businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman’s total subsidies will touch $7.27 billion or OMR2.82 billion this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a study. Energy consumption in the country has been growing, which is driving the growth in subsidies. This is against a subsidy estimate at $4.64 billion (or OMR1.8

billion) for 2015 in the state budget and an actual subsidy of $4.36 billion, or OMR1.69 billion, in 2014, which indicated a fall of 17.11 per cent over the previous year due to a plunge in oil prices. The Sultanate, which has a population of 4.23 million, will achieve a nominal gross domestic product of $81.64 billion in 2015, the IMF study noted. Far-reaching implications The Oman government has been contemplating withdrawing fuel subsidies for the last few years, but no decision has been yet taken due to its far-reaching implications on the entire society. However, the Central Bank of Oman recently favoured a phased reduction in the government subsidy. Oman’s government grants subsidies to producers of various essential items, including petroleum

VITAL ENERGY SOURCE: Providing details of projected post-tax subsidies for various products and

services, the IMF study said the subsidy on petroleum products, which constitutes 60.11 per cent, has reached $4.37 billion. — Times ﬁle picture

products, housing loan interests, electricity, water and essential food items, including wheat flour. The government offers subsidies to oil firms, housing banks, power producers, flour mills and poultry feed manufacturers, while requesting that they sell their products and services at a government determined price in a move to help the public by controlling prices and inflationary pressures within the country. Providing details of projected

post-tax subsidies for various products and services, the IMF study said the subsidy on petroleum products, which constitutes 60.11 per cent, will reach $4.37 billion, while natural gas and electricity subsidies are estimated at $2.46 billion and $0.43 billion, respectively, for this year. The IMF also noted that the Sultanate’s subsidy, as a per cent of GDP, is estimated at 8.9 per cent – 5.36 per cent in the case of petroleum, 3.02 per cent for natural gas

and 0.53 per cent for electricity. As far as the per capita subsidy is concerned, the IMF reported that the country’s total per capita subsidy is estimated at $1,718.97 - $1,034.52 for petroleum products, $582.32 for natural gas and $102.13 for electricity. Of note, according to state budget estimates, the overall subsidy constitutes almost 13 per cent of budget expenditures, which is a growing concern for the government.

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Global subsidies to top $5.3tr this year reported in a 2013 International Monetary Fund book.

Times News Service MUSCAT: Energy subsidies in 2015 are projected at $5.3 trillion, or 6.5 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), despite sharp declines in international energy prices, according to a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) study. Most of these arise from countries setting energy taxes below levels that fully reﬂect the environmental damage associated with energy consumption. The upward revision is partly due to factoring in new World Health Organisation’s (WHO) estimates of the harm that pollution does to health. “High growth in energy consumption, especially coal, inﬂation and real income growth, and persistent undercharging for environmental costs are all key factors,” the IMF said in its report. Subsidies are pervasive Energy subsidies are sizable in nearly all countries — advanced as well as developing economies. China is the top subsidiser in dollar terms, Ukraine in percentage of GDP and Qatar in per capita

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FUELLING GROWTH: Estimates for global energy subsidies in 2011 have been revised to $4.2 trillion, more than double the $2 trillion previously reported in a 2013 IMF book. — Bloomberg ﬁle picture

subsidies, noted the IMF study report further stated. The bulk of energy subsidies in most countries are due to undercharging for domestic environmental damage, including local air pollution—especially in countries with high coal use and high population exposure to emissions—and broader externalities from vehicle use like traffic congestion and acci-

dents. In many top subsidisers in terms of percentage of GDP and in per capita terms, these also reﬂect the setting of domestic energy prices below their supply cost. Energy subsidies are dramatically higher than previously thought. Estimates for global energy subsidies in 2011 have been revised to $4.2 trillion, more than double the $2 trillion previously

Reforms needed Eliminating global energy subsidies could reduce deaths related to fossil-fuel emissions by over 50 per cent and fossil-fuel related carbon emissions by over 20 per cent. The revenue gain from eliminating energy subsidies is projected to be $2.9 trillion (3.6 per cent of global GDP) in 2015. “This offers huge potential for reducing other taxes or strengthening revenue bases in countries where large informal sector constrains broader ﬁscal instruments,” noted the IMF study. Advanced economies would gain enough revenue to halve corporate income tax or cover one quarter of public health spending. In emerging economies, the revenue is worth double their corporate income tax revenues or public health spending. In low-income countries, it is about one and a half times corporate income tax revenues or public health spending. The net gain from reform, after subtracting the cost of higher energy prices to consumers from the

fiscal and environmental gains, is projected at $1.8 trillion (2.2 per cent of global GDP) and could be much larger if the fiscal gain is used for growth-enhancing tax cuts on labor and capital or badly needed investments in education, health, and infrastructure. It is generally in countries’ own interest to move ahead unilaterally with energy subsidy reform. Top subsidisers in per cent of gross domestic product and in per capita subsidies stand to gain the most. The benefits will mostly accrue at the local level, by reducing local pollution and generating much needed revenues. Taxing fuels to reflect environmental costs is also straightforward administratively, as it can build off road fuel excises which are well established in most countries. Energy subsidy reform can also contribute to carbon emissions reduction and help countries make pledges ahead of the Paris 2015 UN climate conference. To achieve significant carbon emissions cuts at the global level, it would be essential for top subsidisers in dollar terms to play a leading role.

Crisis-hit Greeks Crisis-hit Greeks will also have to endure widespread price hikes with a broad batch of goods and services — from sugar and cocoa to funerals — now taxed at 23 per cent, up from 13 per cent. The measures are part of a tough ﬁscal package Greece had to agree to last week to earn a three-year bailout from its international creditors and avoid crashing out of the eurozone. The austerity package caused a mutiny among lawmakers of the ruling radical Syriza party, forcing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to carry out a limited reshuffle on Friday. Even so, most analysts and even government officials say early elections are now inevitable, and are likely to be held in September. Tsipras — who barely has time to eat or sleep, according to his mother — faces a fresh challenge in parliament on Wednesday to approve a second wave of reforms tied to its economic rescue. Leftist government The leftist government has agreed to raise taxes, overhaul its ailing pension system and commit to privatisations it had previously opposed, in exchange for a bailout of up to 86 billion euros ($94 billion) over the next three years. The draconian agreement — accepted by a party that came to power in January promising to end austerity — came after over 61 per cent of Greeks on July 5 rejected further cuts in a referendum called by Tsipras himself. His critics accuse the prime minister of kowtowing to blackmail by Greece’s creditors, who had threatened to expel the country from the euro. “The commission is prepared for everything...We have a Grexit scenario, prepared in detail,” European Commission head JeanClaude Juncker had warned earlier on July 8. The Kathimerini newspaper had on Sunday also said the “Grexit” plan, which also entailed Greece’s expulsion from the Schengen Treaty, had been secretly prepared in less than a month by a 15-member European Commission team. — AFP

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Asian countries watch the Greek ﬁnancial crisis LEE JONG-WHA*

sian countries have been watching the Greek crisis unfold with a mixture of envy and schadenfreude. When they experienced their own ﬁnancial crisis in 1997, they received far less aid, with far harsher conditions. But they also recovered much more strongly, suggesting that ever-growing bailouts may not be the best prescription for recovery. Since the onset of the crisis, Greece has received massive ﬁnancing from the so-called “troika”: the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. It received bailout packages in 2010 and 2012 totaling €240 billion ($266 billion), including €30 billion from the IMF, more than triple Greece’s cumulative limit for IMF borrowing. Another €86 billion The latest deal promises up to another €86 billion. By contrast, South Korea’s 1997 bailout package — which was larger than those received by Indonesia, Thailand, or the Philippines — totalled $57 billion, with $21 billion coming from the IMF. At the time, South Korea’s annual gross domestic product

(GDP) was $560 billion; in 2014, Greek GDP amounted to less than $240 billion. Political reasons The IMF seems to have lent Greece such a large amount for political reasons. For starters, at the onset of the crisis, then-IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was a leading candidate to become President of France. More generally, major IMF shareholders, the European Union, and the United States have a vital interest in stabilising Greece to safeguard French and German banks and preserve NATO unity. Desmon Lachman, a former deputy director of the IMF’s policy department, has called the institution a slush fund, abused by its political masters during the Greek crisis. Economic mess To be sure, the economic mess created in Greece — the result of government proﬂigacy, official corruption, and widespread tax evasion — merited some international assistance. And the IMF did impose conditions on its loans to Greece — including ﬁscal austerity, privatization, and structural reform of its pension and tax systems — most of which were necessary to address the country’s insolvency.

The requirements of the latest rescue deal are the toughest yet — even tougher than those that Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum earlier this month. But the scale of the aid remains massive, especially when one considers how little progress Greece has made in implementing the reforms it promised in the past. This contrasts sharply with Asia’s experience in 1997. Unlike Greece, Asia’s problem was not an insolvency crisis, but a liquidity crisis, caused by a sudden reversal of capital flows. In South Korea, net private-capital inflows of 4.8 per cent of GDP in 1996 swung to net outflows of 3.4 per cent of GDP in 1997. Short-term debt Though the accumulation of substantial short-term debts in the financial system and corporate sector did amplify the shocks, the primary factors fueling the crisis were the lack of international liquidity, panicked behaviour by investors, and financial contagion. Yet the IMF imposed even tougher conditions on Asia than it has on Greece, including fiscal austerity, monetary tightening, and financial restructuring. Some of these requirements were clearly unnecessary, as evidenced by Malaysia, which

recovered quickly from the crisis without IMF assistance. In any case, the actions were temporary. Once confidence began to recover and market conditions stabilized, the East Asian economies shifted their monetary and fiscal policies toward expansion and embraced large-scale exchange-rate depreciation — efforts that enhanced their export competitiveness. Structural reforms, including the immediate closing of financial institutions and the elimination of nonperforming loans, also helped to bolster recovery. South Korea In South Korea, for example, real GDP growth quickly rebounded from -6.7 per cent in 1998 to 9.5 per cent in 1999. By mid-2003, some 776 of the country’s financial institutions were closed. And the authorities’ strong commitment to reform restored investor confidence, reviving inflows of private capital and reactivating foreign trade. Greece, by contrast, has utterly failed to engineer a recovery. Instead of dropping to 110 per cent as planned, the public debt-to-GDP ratio has increased to 170 per cent. Annual per capita real income contracted 4.8 per cent, on average, over the last six years.

Unemployment stands at 26 per cent, and hovers around 50 per cent among young people. Against this background, it was not shocking that Greece, unable to come up with €1.5 billion at the end of June, became the ﬁrst developed country to miss a payment to the IMF. Belatedly, the Fund acknowledged that its lending and policy advice had failed in Greece. Less stringent conditions Greece’s government then demanded more ﬁnancial support with less stringent conditions. But, as its creditors have now recognised, providing more money will not address Greece’s insolvency. That is why the new deal requires that the government immediately cut pensions, hike taxes (beginning with the value-added tax), liberalise the labour market, and adhere to severe spending constraints. At the same time, a write-down of official debt, like the “haircut” given to private creditors in 2012, will be necessary. Many have questioned whether agonising reforms are entirely necessary; if the country returned to the drachma, they suggest, it could implement interest-rate cuts and devalue its exchange rate, thereby engineering an export-led recovery. But, given Greece’s small export

sector, not to mention the weakness of the global economy, such a recovery may be impossible. Greece’s best bet is reform. So far, Greece has shown itself to be unwilling to implement a painful internal-wage adjustment and reform measures forced by outsiders. Perhaps the latest deal, which was reached with Greece on the brink, will prove to be a turning point, with Greece ﬁnally committing actively to economic and ﬁscal reform. Otherwise, Greece’s exit from the eurozone — with all the concomitant social and economic strife — seems all but inevitable. Asians watch with sympathy the fall from grace of the birthplace of Western civilization. But perhaps Greece should look to Asia for proof that, by taking responsibility for its own destiny, a country can emerge stronger from even the most difficult trials. — Project Syndicate * The author, Professor of Economics and Director of the Asiatic Research Institute at Korea University, served as Chief Economist and Head of the Office of Regional Economic Integration at the Asian Development Bank and was a senior adviser for international economic affairs to former President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea.

Yahoo files documents for separating Alibaba Filing with the SEC, the Internet company warned shareholders that it might cancel the spin-off if federal tax authorities failed to provide written assurance in advance that the transaction will be tax-free to shareholders. Yahoo’s chief executive, Marissa Mayer. — Bloomberg ﬁle picture

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo ﬁled formal documents late on Friday to spin off its 15 per cent stake in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, in the fourth quarter of this year. However, in the ﬁling with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Internet company warned shareholders that it might cancel the spin-off if federal tax authorities failed to provide written assurance in advance that the transaction will be tax-free to shareholders. Yahoo’s 384 million shares of Alibaba are currently worth about $32 billion. The spin-off, announced in January, is intended to transfer the value of that stock

to Yahoo’s shareholders without incurring the capital gains tax of more than $10 billion that would be due if Yahoo simply sold the stock and returned the cash to its shareholders. Key to the plan is Yahoo’s intention to include its smallbusiness services division in the spin-off, which will be called Aabaco Holdings. Under federal law, such spinoffs must include an operating business, not just stock holdings, to qualify for tax-free status. Historically, companies have bundled tiny businesses with huge stock portfolios in their spin-offs to meet the letter of the law. But an Internal Revenue Ser-

vice official warned in May that the government was considering tightening the rules, potentially affecting the Yahoo plan. In its securities ﬁling on Friday, Yahoo also noted that Chinese tax authorities had imposed new rules in February that would potentially subject such transfers to a 10 per cent tax, and there has been little guidance on how to interpret those rules. Yahoo’s chief executive, Marissa Mayer, has sought to reassure shareholders that the deal will proceed as planned, but the company’s stock has fallen as Wall Street worried that the deal might not pass muster with the IRS. Mayer is sure to face questions

about the transaction Tuesday, when she holds a webcast with analysts to discuss the company’s second-quarter ﬁnancial results. In its filing on Friday, Yahoo acknowledged the risks and gave itself the option of canceling the deal. If it does proceed with the spin-off but tax authorities later impose a hefty bill, Yahoo said that Aabaco — and indirectly, its shareholders — will have to pick up the costs. In the ﬁling, Yahoo did not name an executive team or board for Aabaco, nor did it provide details of the small-business unit that it plans to include in the company. — The New York Times News Service

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China tightens grip on online lenders BEIJING: China tightened control of online financing, saying it is looking to develop healthy industry growth amid criticism the platforms contributed to an equities plunge that wiped $3 trillion off the market. All client funds must be parked at established banks and Internet finance firms will need approval from financial as well as cyberspace regulators, the People’s

Bank of China said in a statement on its website on Saturday. They must also provide sufﬁcient disclosure and send risk reminders to customers. China’s online lenders helped fuel an equity roller-coaster that saw the benchmark index rallying more than 150 percent in the 12 months through June 12 before abruptly crashing. The sites offered 3.1 billion

yuan ($499 million) of new loans for stock investment in May, about six times that of January, according to the Yingcan Group, which tracks the nation’s more than 2,000 peer-to-peer ﬁnance platforms. “This is a move by the government to tighten regulation of the industry, particularly for smaller companies,” said Xu Hongwei, chief executive officer at Yingcan. - Bloomberg News

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Galfar’s net profit dips in the first half Times News Service MUSCAT: Galfar Engineering and Contracting Company reported a phenomenal dip in its consolidated net profit at OMR10,000 for the first half of 2015, against OMR2.02 million for the same period last year. The parent company’s net profit also plunged by 91 per cent to OMR212,000 from OMR2.36 million during the period under review, according to a stock mar-

ket filing. The group’s consolidated revenue was down by 12 per cent at OMR171.32 million for the first half of this year, against OMR195.19 million for the same period last year. The parent company’s total revenue was also down by 12 per cent at OMR162.63 million for the first half of 2015, compared to the same period last year. The initial financial results are yet to get approval from the company’s board.

Renaissance prices its $125 million bond issue Muscat Securities Market-listed Omani corporate entity.

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GE profit surges in second quarter NEW YORK: Ever since the financial crisis, General Electric (GE) has been steering back to its industrial roots and retreating from finance. The strategy always looked sound, but the question has been whether GE could deliver profitable growth going down that path. The company’s second-quarter financial performance, reported Friday, provides further evidence that the company’s industrial plan is working. Its industrial business showed encouraging growth in earnings and profit margins, orders are rising briskly, and the company slightly lifted its full-year earnings forecast. GE sounded the note of optimism even as some other industrial corporations have lowered their financial targets for the year. The global market for industrial machinery in general is challenging, especially for companies supplying the exploration and production gear for oil fields, given sharply lower oil prices. GE has a large business in oil and gas equipment, and that unit’s revenue fell 15 per cent in the quarter, to $4.06 billion. But that division has been aggressively cutting costs, and GE has benefited from the strong performance of other divisions that sell and service equipment including jet engines, railway locomotives and power turbines. Overall orders Overall orders for GE equipment rose 11 per cent during the quarter, and were up 19 per cent excluding the foreign exchange impact of a stronger dollar. Most of the company’s business is outside the United States. “GE put up a solid operating quarter, and this isn’t the first one,” said Steven Winoker, an analyst at Bernstein Research. “The high order rates and improving profit margins show that its industrial business is executing well,” he added. In a conference call, Jeffrey R. Immelt, GE’s chief executive, described the financial result as “a strong quarter in a slow growth

mandatory convertible bonds, said the company

Times News Service MUSCAT: Renaissance group has priced a dual-currency subordinated perpetual bond issuance for an aggregate issue size of $125 million, which was raised through a wholly-owned overseas subsidiary of Renaissance Services. The proceeds will be used to ﬁnance the repurchase of Renaissance’s mandatory convertible

Samir J Fancy, chairman of Renaissance Services. — Times ﬁle picture

bonds, the company said in a stock market ﬁling. Private offering basis “The bond was priced with a coupon of 7.90 per cent and the issue was placed on a private offering basis. The bond will be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange,” noted

the statement. The issuance marks many firsts, including the first ever perpetual equity-eligible corporate bond from an Omanheadquartered business group, the first ever dual-currency bond (with US dollar and Omani rial tranches) from the GCC, and the first ever international bond by a

Well received by investors The notes were particularly well received by Omani investors and achieved a balanced investor distribution profile, comprising banks, pension funds, government entities, family offices and private banking demands. “We are extremely pleased with the success of this transaction, which marks an important milestone in Renaissance’s history,” said Samir J Fancy, chairman of Renaissance. Vishal Goenka, group chief financial officer of the company, noted, “The remarkable support provided by Omani investors was a testament to their confidence in our credit and trust in our business model and strategy. In addition, we are happy to have played a role in the development of Oman’s debt capital markets and are honoured to be the first corporate issuer to raise debt in an equityeligible manner.” Standard Chartered Bank acted as the sole structuring advisor, and National Bank of Oman, Bank Sohar, and Standard Chartered Bank acted as joint lead managers. Alpen Capital, Oman was the financial adviser to Renaissance.

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Jeffrey R. Immelt, chief executive, GE — Bloomberg ﬁle picture

and volatile environment” and proof that “we’re gaining momentum toward our long-term goals.” GE is also accelerating its exit from finance, other than financial services linked to its industrial business like lending to customers buying GE equipment. In April, the company announced an aggressive timetable for shedding most of GE Capital, its once-mammoth finance arm. At the time, GE sold off its commercial real estate business as one step in a program the company said would involve selling more than $200 billion in assets from GE Capital by 2018 — a “historic pivot,” as Immelt puts it, so that 90 percent of the company’s profits will come from its industrial business. In some years before the 2008 financial collapse, more than half of GE’s profit came from finance. Yet the financial asset sales are going faster than anticipated. The company is on track to sell off $100 billion in assets this year alone, and the entire program will probably be completed by 2017, a year earlier than planned, said Jeffrey S. Bornstein, GE’s chief financial officer. — Agencies

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International banks, insurers to steer clear of Iran until sanctions finally go LONDON: International banks and most insurers are likely to steer clear of dealing with Iran for some time, fearing they could face more fines from US regulators despite this week’s nuclear deal between world powers and Tehran. With almost 80 million people and annual output of some $400 billion, Iran will be the biggest economy to rejoin the global trading and financial system since Russia emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union over two decades ago. But while Iran is trying to come in from the cold, many of the sanctions imposed over its nuclear programme are likely to stay for months and those that are lifted can be rapidly restored if the deal falters. US and European banking restrictions, for example, will be lifted only when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has verified that Iran is keeping to its side of the bargain. The layers of sanctions also include US antimoney laundering legislation, and any breaches could lead to banks being cut off from the US dollar clearing system. “There’s a real hesitancy for the right reasons,” said Washington lawyer DE Wilson, former acting general counsel at the US Treasury, whose Office of Foreign As-

€9 billion ($9.8 billion) in US and European settlements and ﬁnes in the past three years, and faces more US penalties in the Iran case.

POST SANCTIONS: Germany’s largest bank by assets, Deutsche Bank, said it would consider doing business in Iran only when sanctions disappear. - Bloomberg ﬁle picture

sets Control (OFAC) enforces the legislation. “The banks don’t want to get into trouble.” Tentative signs There are tentative signs of a ﬁnancial thaw. In one of the ﬁrst steps to normalise trade between Britain and Tehran, the UK’s export credit agency told Reuters on Thursday it was planning to review Iran’s creditworthiness. But Germany’s largest bank by assets, Deutsche Bank, said it would consider doing business in

Iran only when sanctions disappear. “Deutsche Bank will continue to adhere to all US and EU sanctions against Iran,” it said in a statement. “The bank closely monitors the implementation of the nuclear agreement and related sanctions and will reconsider its position if sanctions are lifted in areas of relevance to the bank.” Deutsche has yet to reach a settlement with US officials over suspicions that it may have breached sanctions in dealings with Iran. The bank has already paid about

European banks Germany’s second biggest lender Commerzbank declined to comment. In March, Commerzbank agreed to pay US authorities $1.45 billion after it joined the ranks of European banks to acknowledge moving funds through the US ﬁnancial system for countries such as Iran and Sudan. British banks will also be cautious given past experiences, industry sources said. They are generally pulling out of business likely to stir controversy and slimming their international operations in response to recent scandals. HSBC was fined $1.9 billion in 2012 by US regulators for violations including doing business with Iran, while Standard Chartered paid $667 million in 2012 for violating US sanctions and a further $300 million after more compliance shortcomings were uncovered. “Global banks are unlikely to rush in until the ground rules are clearly laid out by the US,” an executive at a major bank based outside the United States. — Reuters

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nly in China can you predict the world’s biggest stockmarket rally and still come out looking like a pessimist. A year ago, analysts who cover the 50 largest companies trading in Shanghai and Shenzhen said equities were set to rally 28 per cent. Turns out they weren’t anywhere near optimistic enough, as monetary easing and a buying frenzy among Chinese retail investors sent shares surging 111 per cent through May. Analysts have been scrambling ever since, updating predictions, then re-updating them and re-re-updating them as stocks blew by their target prices. The rally that outran their forecasts is now making their jobs even more difficult as they try to assess the prospects of companies trading at multi-year highs with the possibility of further government stimulus. “This market has been driven up by capital that’s ﬂooded in, while you need to touch upon company fundamentals in your research notes,” Li Xiaolu, a Shanghai-based equity analyst at Capital Securities, said by phone on May 13. “We can’t write baseless reports, so the current market makes it more difficult for us, and makes me hesitate. If a stock’s gain is beyond reasonable, it may continue to climb even if I cut its rating.” Li is among the best performing analysts on at least 10 companies over the past year, including locomotive manufacturer CSR, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. With the Beijing-based company trading at 5.13 yuan, or 83 cents, in August, she called for a 21 per cent gain, to 6.20 yuan, over the next year. She raised her projection to seven yuan in October, and then 11 yuan in December and 18 yuan in March. The stock reached a record 35.88 yuan last month before ceasing trading as the company completes a merger with Beijing-based China CNR Corp. Surging participation among individual Chinese investors is helping fuel the market's breakneck climb. Individuals comprise about 80 per cent of equity trading and stock accounts with non-zero balances are rising at the fastest pace since at least 2008, according to data from the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corp. “There’s so much money in the market,”

Li said. “It’s a bit embarrassing to re-rate companies at this point.” No major company highlights the difficulties of forecasting in the current market more than China Railway Group. A year ago analysts expected a 12-month gain of 19 per cent. The stock has surged 707 per cent, boosting its market capitalization to 377 billion yuan ($61 billion), in line with some of the biggest US companies such as Hewlett-Packard and MetLife. Collectively, analysts were forecasting gains of 28 per cent for the FTSE China A50 Index in the span, the biggest expected return among 45 of the world’s major benchmark indexes. While regulators have taken steps to weed out speculators, they’ve also sought to expand the role of equity markets in helping companies raise funds as the government reins in credit expansion. Beijing has accelerated reviewing companies’ applications for initial public offerings since April. More than 120 newly listed companies have started trading so far this year, almost matching the total for all of 2014. Chinese authorities also began an exchange link between the Shanghai and Hong Kong bourses in November that has allowed international investors greater access to its domestic equity market.“The presence of a much larger pool of capital, domestic Chinese institutions as well as foreign institutions now that are willing and able to invest creates demand for those securities that wasn’t there before,” David Riedel, president of New York-based Riedel Research Group Inc., said by phone May 13. The People’s Bank of China cut bench-

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Margin lending surged 196% in 2014 to just over 1 trillion yuan ($160 billion). It was up another 9% in the first two weeks of 2015.

mark interest rates for the third time in six months on May 11, and has lowered lenders’ reserve ratios twice this year to revive growth in the world’s second-largest economy. Prospects for further government stimulus continue to draw buyers, sending the Shanghai Composite Index up 8.1 per cent last week. Even so, analysts are beginning to temper expectations for further gains. China’s 50 biggest companies will rise just 2.7 per cent over the next 12 months from their close on May 22, according to forecasts compiled by Bloomberg. While analyst recommendations should be primarily based on elements such as earnings potential and management competency, they should also factor in external market conditions, according to Riedel, who employs four analysts in China to cover the domestic equity market. “Any analysis should be based on the fundamentals, but analysts have to take into consideration the valuation of similar companies as well as the willingness for investors to pay for a certain type of company,” he said.

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21 major Chinese brokerages made a coordinated announcement, pledging to purchase $120 billion yuan worth of Chinese stocks to help stabilize the market.

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MINIONS (Animation, Comedy) (3D)

BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN (Action/Drama )

ALL CREATURES BIG AND SMALL -OOOPS! (2D) (PG) (Animation)

NEENA (2D)

Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Harshaali Malthotra

Voice Overs: Dermot Magennis, Callum Maloney, Tara Flynn

Cast: Deepti Sati, Ann Augustine, Vijay Babu

Voice Overs: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton

4:45 pm Gold Class: 11:00 & 01:00 pm Minions (2D) (Animation, Comady) (PG) 12:30 pm Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2D) ( Action) (PG) Cast: Salman Khan, Kereena Kapoor, Harshaali Malthotra 6:30 & 8:45 pm Gold Class: 2:45 & 5:45 pm Pixies (2D) (Animation, Comady) (PG) Voice Overs: Alexa Penavega, Bill Paxton 10:45 am, 2:30 pm Hayaty mebahdela (2D) (Comedy)(PG) Cast: Mohamed Saad, Nicole Saba, Hassan 11:45 pm Pin Roye (2D) (Drama, Romance) (PG) Cast: Mahira Khan, Humayun Sayeed 6:30 pm All Creatures Big And Small (Oops;) (2D) (Animation, Adventure) (PG) Voice Overs: Dermot Magennis, Callum 10:30 am Max (2D) (Adventure , Family ) (PG12) Cast: Thomas Haden Church , Josh Wiggins 12:15, 4:15 pm

Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Harshaali 12.00, 2.50, 5.45, 8.45, 11.45 PM

Max - 2D (PG12) (Adventure, Family) Cast: Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins, 3:15, 7:15 PM Minions - 2D (PG) (Animation) 1:15, 7:00 PM Minions - 3D (PG) (Animation) 2:00, 4:15 PM Neena - 2D (Malayalam)(PG) Drama Cast : Deepti Sati, Ann Augustine, Vijay Babu 8:45 PM Baahubali - 2D (Telegu)(12+) Action Cast : Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka 11:30 PM Pixies - 2D (PG) (Animation) Cast : Alexa PenaVega, Bill Paxton 11:30 AM, 2:45, 5:30 PM All Creatures Big and Small - 2D(PG) (Comedy); 11:45 AM, 1:30 PM Hayaty Mebahdela - 2D (Arabic)(PG) (Comedy) ; 5:15, 9:30 PM Maari - 2D (Tamil) (PG12) (Comedy, Action) Cast : Dhanush and Kajal Aggarwal 3:00, 11:45 PM

SCREEN 2 Terminator: Genisys (2D) (Action/Adventure) – PG12 Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke 3.00 PM Bin Roye - Urdu - Pakistani (Romance) – PG12 Cast: Mahira Khan, Humayun Saeed, Zeba Bakhtiar; 5.30 PM Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Action/Drama ) – PG 8.30, 11.30 PM SCREEN 3 Bin Roye- Urdu - Pakistani (Romance) – PG12 3.00 PM Terminator: Genisys (2D) (Action) – PG12 6.00, 9.00, 11.30 PM SOHAR Terminator Genisys - 2D (PG12) (Action) Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke 11: 30 AM Terminator Genisys - 3D (PG12) (Action) 6:45, 9:15, 11:55 PM Bajrangi Bhaijaan - 2D (PG) (Drama, Action) Cast : Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor 11:45 AM, 3:45, 6:00, 9:00, 11:30 PM

RUWI SCREEN 1 Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Action/Drama ) – PG

BURAIMI Terminator Genisys - 2D (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi) (PG12) Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke 12:00PM

(PG) (Comedy, Thriller)

Terminator Genisys - 3D (Action) (PG12) 5:00, 7:00, 9:15, 11:30PM Bajrangi Bhaijaan – 2D (Drama, Action) (PG) 12:00, 4:00, 7:45, 10:45, 11:45PM Neena – 2D (Drama) (PG) Cast: Deepti Sati, Ann Augustine, Vijay Babu 2:15, 9:15PM Minions – 2D (Animation) (PG) 12:30PM Minions – 3D (Animation, Comedy) (PG) 2:15, 6:00PM All Creatures Big and Small – 2D (Animation) (PG); 2:45, 4:20PM Hayaty Mebahdela – 2D (Comedy ) (PG) Cast: Mohamed Saad,Nicole Saba, Hassan 7:15PM SUR Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Action / Drama) (PG) 2:10, 08:45, 11:40 PM Terminator Genisys (3D) ( Action/ ) (PG12) 4:15, 09:10, 11:30 PM Neena (Mal) (Drama) (PG) Cast: Deepti Sati, Ann Augustine, Vilay Babu 12:00, 06:30 PM All Creatures Big and Small -Ooops! (Animation) (PG); 2:35 PM Minions (3D) (Animation / Comedy / Family)

12:30, 05:00 PM Hayaty Mabahdela (Arabic) (Comedy) (PG) 6:45 PM SALALAH Terminator (3D)(PG12) (Action) 7:00/9:15/11:50PM Terminator (2D)(PG12); 12:00PM Minions (3D) (PG) (Animation) 12:15/2:15PM Minions (2D) (PG) (Animation); 10:15AM All Creatures Big and Small (2D)(PG) 10:45AM/12:30PM Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2D) (PG) (Drama/Action) 4:00/6:15/8:45/11:30PM Neena (2D) (PG)(Malayalam) (Drama) 9:10PM Maari (2D) (PG12)(Tamil) (Comedy/ Action) 4:15PM Max (2D) (PG12) (Adventure/Family) 2:15/6:45PM Pixies (2D) (PG) (Animation/Comedy) 10:45AM/2:00PM Hayaty Mebahdela (2D) (PG)(Arabic) (Comedy) Cast: Mohamed Saad ,Nicole Saba and Hassan Hosny 11:45PM

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Baahubali (Telugu ) (Act) 11-30 am Cinema Main Cast: Prhabas, Rana Daggubatti, Anshka Maari (Tamil) (Act ) 3-00 pm Cinema Main Cast: Dhanush & Kajal Agarwal Baahubali (Tamil) 6-30 & 10-00 Pm Cinema Main Bahubali (Tamil) 12-30, 3-30 & 9-30 pm Cinema -2 Maari (Tamil ) 6-30 pm Cinema – 2 Premam ( Mal ) 12-45, 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 pm Cinema -3 Maari (Tamil ) 12-45 pm Cinema -4 Neena (Mal ) 3-45 pm Cinem- 4 Baahubali (Telugu) 6-45 & 9-45 pm Cinema-4 (Programmes are subject to change)

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Appolo Medical Centre, Hamriya Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi Salalah Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra Muscat Region Apollo, Al Hamriya Muscat, A Seeb Market Muscat, Al Khuwair Muscat, Al Hail South Dhofar Region Muscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah

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HOSPITALS Al Amal Medical & Health Care Centre 24485052 Atlas Hospital Ruwi 24811743/ Ghubra 24504000 Al Musafir Specialised Medical Clinic 24706453 Hatat Polyclinic LLC, Ruwi 24563641 Azaiba 24499269 Sohar 2683006 Al Raffah Hospital 24618900/1/2 Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory 24566435 Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre 24499434 Apollo Medical Centre,

Hamriya 24787766, 24787780 Capital Polyclinic 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740 Ceregem National Raak 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217 Elixir Health Centre 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274 Hamdan Hospital 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital 24760100 24 Hrs Emergency 24760123 Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128 MBD 24799077 Al Khuwair 24478818 Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital 24568870 Muscat Private Hospital 24583600 Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666 Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC 22004000 AIRLINE OFFICES Muscat Airport Flight information (24 hours) 24519456/24519223 Aeroflot 24704455 Air Arabia 24700828 Air France 24562153 Air India 24799801

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LIFESTYLE

BY THE NUMBERS

iPhone Mania The global phenomenon started at 6:00pm on the 29th of June 2007, when the revolutionary iPhone took the world by storm, breaking records, and setting new benchmarks. Over the 7 years since, Apple has sold over 700 million of the devices. Here’s a few highlights from the iEvolution.

12:00 AM, June 7, 2010 Apple introduces iPhone 4. The new iPhone debuted with FaceTime and retina display, among other improvements

12:00 AM, June 10, 2013 6:00 PM

iOS 7 marked the most signiﬁcant update since the original iPhone, with salient visual upgrades and many improved technologies, such as the Control Centre and multitasking features

12:00 AM, July 8, 2011 First iPhone Goes to Space. The ﬁrst iPhone to enter space took off on Nasa’s Atlantis space shuttle to assist astronauts in tracking their scientiﬁc results

12:00 AM, October 4, 2011 Apple launches iPhone 4s, iOS 5, iCloud and Siri. The iPhone 4s came with over 200 new features, such as the Notiﬁcation Centre, iCloud and Siri, the intelligent assistant

12:00 AM, January 24, 2014 Apple uses iPhone to produce Apple’s Revolutionary iPhone Goes on Sale. It all began when the original iPhone went on sale on a ﬁrst come ﬁrst serve basis, limited to two per customer. They sold out within an hour.

Cut from over 70 hours of iPhone 5s footage, the video celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Mac

12:00 AM, June 2, 2014 Apple announces

12:00 AM, June 9, 2008 Apple introduces

iPhone

12:00 AM, March 5, 2012 App Store downloads Top 25 billion. The 25 billionth download was made for the “Where’s My Water? Free” by China’s Chunli Fu, who won a $10,000 iTunes gift card

12:00 AM, February 2, 2013 25 billionth song downloaded on iTunes Store. The lucky track was “Monkey Drums” (Goksel Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch, bought by Germany’s Phillip Lüpke, who won a

iTunes Gift Card

3G in 21 countries with networking twice as fast as its predecessor

MORE AND more parents are joining Facebook to give and seek emotional, social and parental advice to close friends, a new study has revealed. While 75 per cent of parents log on the social networking site daily, mothers tend to use Facebook more than fathers, said the ﬁndings from a Pew Research Centre study. Nearly 37 per cent of mothers are checking Facebook “frequently” whereas only 20 per cent of fathers are checking new Facebook posts. About 51 per cent parents are using Facebook several times daily. While 81 per cent of parents try to respond to good news their friends have shared, 58 per cent of parents try to respond to bad news as well. Seventy-four per cent have received support from friends on Facebook. Seventy-nine per cent of parents who use social media have found useful information on the social network with more than half ﬁnding useful parenting advice. Parents are also more likely to have their children, neighbours, colleagues and their own parents added on Facebook than non-parents. -IANS

12:00 AM, September 9, 2014 Apple releases iPhone 6 and Apple Watch. At a highly anticipated unveiling, Apple shows off the iPhone 6 and the larger iPhone 6 Plus. They also announced the Apple Watch, set to be released in early 2015

12:00 AM, July 14, 2008

Millionth iPhone 3G sold. Apple reached major milestones with the iPhone 3G sales and App Store downloads — and only in the new products’ ﬁrst weekend

STUDY

More parents on Facebook seeking emotional advice

With a public release this fall, iOS 8 boasts improved photo organisation and the ability to send voice clips via iMessage, among other additions

12:00 AM, September 12, 2014 iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus presale tops 4 million. In the ﬁrst 24 hours, Apple has its best presale in history, with over 4 million orders placed in the ﬁrst 24 hours

I N T E L L I G E N T A S S I S TA N T

SLOW DOWN ENJOY THE RIDE

Who makes Siri happen, man or machine?

DO WE want our phones, tablets and watches to have a personality? Would we like them to be meek and compliant, bold and outspoken or hovering somewhere in between? Siri is a three-stage process. Voice recognition (to work out what we’re saying), natural language processing (to work out what we want), and natural language generation (to formulate a reply). Enabling Siri to politely summarise dull statistical information (e.g. the weather) involves great technological skill, but it’s almost impossible to make computers likeable or witty. Their sense of fun is limited, their jokes are poor, and they require humans to write witty responses for them. In 2013, Apple advertised for someone to “develop and write dialogue to support

new Siri capabilities”, and that’s a clue to how it works — teams of people writing upbeat replies to store in a database in anticipation of certain questions being asked. Siri’s suggestion not to “put Descartes before the horse” is not something a computer could ever have generated by itself. Why? Some psychologists believe that the “rule of reciprocation”, which compels us to mirror the kind of behaviour people dish out to us, also applies to machines. Apple clearly shares that vision; while an intelligent concierge service such as Google now prides itself on efficiency and usefulness, it has no inherent charm. Apple, ever keen on establishing some kind of emotional bond with its customers, wanted Siri to have, as one of the service’s cofounders put it, “a light attitude

— friendly and humble, with an edge.” In other words, there’s a belief that the device’s pseudo-personality is crucial to us liking it — even if we know, deep down, that the responses have been written months or even years beforehand by copywriters in Cupertino. If you persist in asking Siri for a bedtime story, it’ll eventually read one to you about a personal assistant called Siri; some people adore this, but others ﬁnd it to be a loathsome extension of something they already hate about Apple . Apple is looking to increase that “substance” with the release of iOS9, upgrading Siri to become a “proactive assistant” that not only improves speech recognition but handles the information we give it more intelligently. -Rhodri Marsden/The Independent

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3000 sq mtrs Industrial landß, in Barka Sanaiya, with electricity 400KW, shed, staff accommodation and office. Ready to start any kind of factory. Contact 99384255.

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Building In Rusail Industrial ŶĞĂƌ ƚŽ ŵŝĂŶƟƚ KŵĂŶ comprising a store divisible area 266 sq. meters. The building includes Studios ĂŶĚ ƌŽŽŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐŝǌĞ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŽĸĐĞƐ Žƌ residence. Preferably to be leased to one company.

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Mob + 968 96177505 2 BHK Town house at Assarain complex Al Khuwair for rent. Contact 96365824 Rent RO 750

1BHK, 2BHK, 3BHK new ﬂat available at Mabela in front of Modern English School Contact: 96239126

2 BHK near Kuwaiti Masjid Wadi Kabir. Contact: 24816774 / 97608564

Deluxe 1, 2 BHK ﬂats in Darsait, AL Khuwair 1deal for office & residence. Contact 99369081 /99142314

2 BHK, 2 bathrooms behind Abu Nabil, Honda Road R.O 240/-. Contact: 99737562 / 93887852 2BHK, 2 bathroom behind Sana Wadi Kabir R.O 300/-. Contact: 99737562 / 93887852 Luxurious room, fully furnished with free WIFI and gas at Ruwi. Contact : 95586937 Shop for rent/ sale in Ruwi near Dish market good location, behind City Cinema. Contact: 91318111 Flat for rent in Wadi Kabir with 3 rooms. Contact : 98555580 / 92800007 Flat for rent 2 bedrooms, sitting room, store gym in ground ﬂoor in Mumtaz area-Ruwi. Contact 95135445 1BHK ﬂats at Muttrah near Oman house. Contact : 93231403 1BHK Darsait R.O 225/-. Contact: 92144045

Flat at Darsait. Contact 99326879

2 bedrooms apartments for rent in Al Khuwair and Ghubra. Call Yellow Bird property on 24615375 / 97137989 or visit www.muscat-realty.com One & two bedroom apartments available for rent, near avenue mall, close to Atlas hospital next to Diwans office, South Ghobrah. Contact 99833747 250 sq mtrs restaurant for rent in Plaza Hotel, Walja Ruwi. Contact 99326339 3 Bedroom ﬂat in Wadi Kabeer and 2 bedroom villa in Sidab- Muscat. Contact: 95755953

1BHK Wadi Kabeer, RO 225/-. Contact: 92144045

Villa with two ﬂoors in (Hay Al Arjan) in AL Khoud with 4 bedrooms, hall, Majles, kitchen & one room in ground ﬂoor. Contact: 93219597

2BHK Darsait R.O 300/-. Contact: 92144045

For rent office CBD ﬂat in Ruwi. Contact: 92820734 / 95345909

2BHK Ghubra R.O 350/-. Contact: 92144045 1,2,3 BHK. Contact: 97799175

House in Amerat near to Makah hypermarket with three room, 5toilets, kitchen and hall 430/-. Contact: 92747078

Spacious 2- BR ﬂat in MBD. Contact 99713489

Room with A.C AL Khuwair R.O 120/- Contact: 97799175

For rent if require flats for rent in Wadi Kabir please send me messages through Whatsapp. Contact: 99376454 Bath attached room for rent Al Khuwair. Contact 99743569 Flat with A/C in the South Al Mabella close to the Mosque Al Tawab consists of 2 rooms, hall, 2 bathrooms and kitchen. Contact: 99388995 4 BHK single villa in Al Khuwair. Contact: 97616158 1 Villa & 3 big Flats of 2/3 BHK with hall, Kitchen & ACs Al Khoudh 6, Close to express way, from owner. Tel 97600322 alnehang@gmail.com Fabulous AC flat at Al Khoud 3 bedrooms, hall and kitchen RO 270/for rent. Contact: 99334699 2 BHK flat in Al Ansab with split A/C. RO.250/- Contact – 93191111 2BHK near Oman house behind Khimji, H.O. Contact: 95865686 506sqm space with mezzanine available for rent in AL Wadi Al Kabir, Suitable for carpentry / Auto workshop and / or electrical shop interested parties may. Contact: 24703981

Villa for rent in Al Khuwair 33, 8 bedrooms & 5 bathrooms with parking area near Taimur Mosque. Contact: 99366624

BUYING/SELLING All type of car scanner available easy car diagnostic for professional and self use Authorize LAUNCH and Autel dealer. GSM:92393972 www.omancartools.com Used furniture & Electronic items, office & house. Contact: 99834373

2BHK with split AC at Al Khuwair 33. Contact: 94057023

FOR SALE Office space at Alasfoor Plaza Qurum. Contact : 24566217 /24564686 For rent if require ﬂats for rent in Wadi Kabir please send me messages through Whatsapp. Contact: 99376454 Luxury 3 BHK ﬂat in Al Wattaya with split A/C & private parking. RO.500/- Contact – 93191111 Flat for rent in Mabellah 8th. Contact: 97147240

Equipped kitchen showroom company for sale at Ghubrah, Muscat. 6 visa available, Contact owner at 96303747 Computer set up for sale. Contact 94412557 A parlour well settled / well equipped in running position at Ghobrah for sale. Contact immediately on 97498898

Flat in South Al Hail, 2 bedrooms, Majlis, 2 bathrooms, kitchen RO 250/-. Contact 93221474

Darsait near labor card Medical business furnished office for sale, rent R.O 260/- p/m. Contact: 91211117

Flat in Ruwi Mumtaz 2 BHK RO 300 or 1 BHK 250 RO. Contact 98588240

Ladies beauty parlor sale in Muttrah, above Ahla supermarket. Contact: 93231403

2BHK with split AC near PDO Gate no -2 at Qurum. Contact: 94057023

Used Super market Gandola RO 40.000 PER meter, double tube light RO 2.000 per piece. Contact: 96441670

2 bed rooms, kitchen, toilet & car park in Al Khuwair R.O 200/- . Contact 95154331 Deluxe furnished / unfurnished flats Qurum. Contact: 24566217 / 24564686 Commercial 3 BHK flat in Al Ghobra 18 Nov Street. RO 700/Contact 93191111 2 BHK flat in Al Azaiba near sea, with split A/C. RO.340/- Contact 93191111 Villa of 5 BHK in Al Ansab with split A/C. RO.650/- Contact – 93191111 For rent in Qantab European style 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, Guest toilet, fully equipped modern kitchen, covered car park for two cars, approximately 150 meters from the beach. For enquiries, please Contact: Yasser at 92606005

Total Station Survey Instrument S3 2” / Servo/ Trimble access bundle - batch 9101025 – not used. Contact: 94282782 / 95425747 6 bedroom, 6 bath rooms, sitting & dining villa at Qurum. Contact: 99342733 Turkish MDF door with frame for sale, size 210 x 100 Price: RO 75/-. Contact: 95899296 / 92141514 Sale & repair of Tyres 315/80 R 22.5 & 12.00 R 24. Contact: 97477128 Brand new 4 BHK plus Maids room in Barka, 2 Kms from Lulu. Contact: 99347089 Commercial land for sale 3000 m in quriyat road main high way can use as a petrol station license available asking price 350,000 For more information please call on 99070701 with out name

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3 cents plots-(12nos.) at walkable distance from Kovalm Jn.,Trivandrum,Lorry site near to main road-Bus route, for immediate sale. 3 cents- 15 lakhs only. Call 00968-95036240, 0091-9961034763 or email- cfhd1@ yahoo.com

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

ACC. AVAILABLE Fully furnished 1BHK with all household items in Darsait near Lulu on monthly Basis. Contact : 99493500 Self contained furnished room for executive bachelor in a decent Ghubra North villa. Contact 92595830 1BHK sharing in Ruwi. Contact: 91214537 Sharing accommodation available for working lady or couples near Ruwi Church. Contact: 92837206

Centre For Housing DevelopmentTrivandrum: Group of senior and retired Engineers and Architects provides service in the ﬁeld of Design and Supervision of buildings in Kerala.For appointments, E-mail your site location and building requirements to cfhd@ymail.com. or call 00968-95036240, 0091-9961034763. 38 cents plot with 2BHK house by the river bank in Thrissur Dist. near Irinjalakuda (Karavanoor). Contact: 99347089 500 acre agricultural land suitable for rubber plantation for sale in Ratnagiri Maharashtra. price 2 lakh per acre, rubber board approved land, minimum purchase 20 acre. We provide care taking by experienced Malayalee team for your plantation. please call , prasad 95760790

New company seek partnership. Contact: 96996938 General Investors. Gsm-99674870

FOR HIRE Silver Car, car for rent. Contact: 96166155 / 98402662 Volvo 12 Ton Truck for monthly rent. Contact: 98713900

ACC. WANTED Required a room in Darsait / WadiKabir /Ruwi area. Contact: 95405033

ACC. AVAILABLE ACC. AVAILABLE Accommodation available with Keralite family near W.K main school. Contact: 95882866 /96575016

MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SALE

2 Rooms & 2 bathrooms with kitchen near al meera hyper markets, azaiba for executive bachelors / family. Gsm : 942 888 63

Urgent sell KIA CERATO 2012, 63200 KM Run Expat family used,1.6L, Price R.O. 3300/-. Excellent Condition. GSM 92286477 Volvo prime mover model 1998 for inspection Contact: Mr. Mohammed Al Harthy 99427071 Doctor driven, Toyota Corolla 2009, Honda CRV 2009, low mileage available at Bombay Medical, behind Ruwi Police Station. Contact 99326339

Rooms for rent in Seeb for couple / single/ working ladies. Contact: 96996938

Fully furnished room for a decent expatriate. independent kitchen, bathroom in Wadi Adai. Contact 96243086 at 5p.m.

Room attached toilet and kitchen near Indian School Wadi Kabir. Contact: 95345537

Furnished room AL Khuwair for Indian Sri Lankan. Contact: 96536307

Furnished room with attached bathroom in W/K. Contact: 97167857

Toyota Corolla 1.8 ltr GLI excellent condition 28,000 kms. Contact: 97717152

Single furnished room, attached bathroom in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 92155261

Furnished room for Indian couples or family near Honda Road (Walja). Contact 98952904

Sharing for non cooking executive bachelor in CBD area WIFI free, Advance deposit. Contact: 95094504

Touareg 2011 Oman cars, 114000 KM, silver, 8500/-R.O. Contact 92857111

Wall papers, grass carpets sale & ﬁxing. Contact 99834373 / 97102699

Fully furnished room in Ruwi for non cooking ex- bachelor. Contact 94412557

Furnished room attached bath for lady in Wadikabir (Mars Hypermarket) – 95941515

Coffee shop at Liwa main road. Contact : 99515419

Room with bath, kitchen Al Khuwair. Contact: 99743569/ 97004265

Independent rooms in Qurum / Al Hail. Contact 95529970

FOR SALE Well established medium size construction company for sale. Equipments, 30 employees & ongoing projects. Serious buyers only 99412020

2013 NISSAN MAXIMA FOR SALE. Single Owner,10 Months full cover Insurance (UAE & Oman), 15,000 Km only. Intrested buyers can Call/ Whatsapp on 95692099 Prado ,2012. Contact : 99336093 Peugeot 206-2007 Model, expat driven. Contact 99209285 Sportage, 2013. Contact: 99336093 Land Cruiser 2012. Contact: 99336093 2 Prime Movers Man 2008 with 40 ton petrol tank each working at the moment in Al Maha. Price OMR 35 Thousand each. Contact 97000155 or 92688692

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Looking For office support staff with driving license and having good knowledge of all official duty. Contact .. 91624908, 93540898

Urgently required an Electrician for an interiors ﬁtout company with NOC available. Gulf experience is must. Call 95103518 or send your CV : to.shaista@gmail.com

Urgently required Male with 2 years’ experience in Admin Works, ﬂuent in Arabic and English, Computer knowledge, preferably with driving license. Working hours 6am to 2pm or 2pm to 10 pm daily Email: jayan@ra.cc or 99661980 Vacancy for lady Receptionist at Sinaw Hala Medical Center - Fluency in English and Arabic Omani or non Omani. Contact: 25524180 / 91362141 Email: halamedicalgroup@gmail.com Urgently Required: Administration with an experience minimum in 3 years in building construction, required immediately join and MUST have NOC.Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com.

ACCOUNTANT Urgently required Accountant B. Com with 4-6 years Gulf experience in construction ﬁeld and good knowledge in FOCUS accounting software. Send CV : pccllcoman@gmail.com Urgently required a part – time female Accountant ﬂuent in English with 2-3 years experience in Tally. Email: mhca@mhabibgroup.com Fax: 24564459 Urgently required female accountant with an experience minimum 3years Email CV on cv.hrcharity@gmail.com Urgently required Junior Accountant. Please send CV: hr.azatllc@gmail.com

BEAUTY Required Beautician for a parlor in Ghubra. Contact: 94241385 / 97244766 Wanted experienced Beautician for beauty parlor in Al Amerat 3. Contact: 91107337

CATERING Chinese/ Arab/ continental cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970 Required experience Waiter / Supervisor/ Juice maker, Shawarma maker. Contact: 95395378

DESIGNER Grade”A” company in interior Designing looking for: Operations manager Sales executive Qs Interior Designer CVs to be emailed to : alzahi.oman@gmail.com Designer required for wooden joinery company with excellent knowledge of 3D Max, 2D Autocad. Contact: 94249047 Email: mfqazi@gmail.com

DRIVER Wanted driver. Contact: 95112461 Driver heavy duty required urgently for trailer. Oman / GCC experience must. Those ready for immediate joining. Contact: 99310859

ENGINEER Urgently Required: Civil Engineer with an experience minimum in 5 years in building construction, MUST have NOC and immediately join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com Construction Company in Oman urgently requires following candidates: BE Civil Engineer, minimum 3-5 years gulf experience & Civil site foreman, minimum 5 years gulf experience, diploma not required. Email: applyforoman@gmail.com Leading Construction Company requires Quantity Surveyor (QS) with 4-6 yrs Gulf experience. Send your CV : qsmuscat2015@gmail.com (NOC required). Construction Company in Oman urgently requires the following: B.Sc Civil Engineer, minimum 3-5 yrs Gulf experience. Civil Site Foreman, minimum 5 yrs experience with operating knowledge of Tally. Please Email CV ; applyforoman@gmail.com

Urgently required experienced sub-contractors for Marble Flooring / Marble Cladding / Grinding / Carving works. Contact 92884177 / 99485595

ENGINEER Quantity Surveyor for Mechanical, Electrical BOQ preparation and veriﬁcation required for part time assignment on immediate basis. Please Contact-tgi17@omantel.net.om MEP Engineer on urgent basis required for immediate placement. Please contact tgi17@omantel.net.om Urgently required: HSE Engineer with an experience minimum in 5 years in building construction, MUST have NOC and immediately join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955, emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com, sbeoman@yahoo.com Urgently required Project Engineer for a reputed Construction Company in Muscat with Civil Engineering Degree/Diploma, 6 to 10 years experience, holding Oman/GCC Driving License.E.mail: assaud@omantel.net. om or FAX: 24953530

Urgently required a silk Screen printer with good knowledge and release letter or NOC. Contact: 93280288 or send CV to albayanstamps@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE Secretary (Female), Experience: Minimum 1 - 2 years. Forward CV to hr@barikgroup.com Required Office Assistant 160+25+Acc, Contact 99454425

SALES / MARKETING A vending Machine for sale of coffee products and Derivatives Company in Muscat having operations in Oman is on the lookout for quality staff for the below positions: Sales & Marketing Staff, Mechanical maintenance mechanic, General electric maintenance machines with D/L. Send CV to service@arabianvending.com

Fire and Safety Technician with NIFE or equivalent Diploma holder preference to those having D/L. Send CV to visionansara@gmail.com

Urgently required Sales Executive and interior designer for furnishing company with Valid Oman D/L and minimum 3 years experience. Contact: 93231403/ rainbowfurnishing156@gmail.com

Required a part time steel Structural Design Engineer for a reputed steel fabrication company in Muscat. Interested person may Contact : 99451158

Experience building material Salesman required in Amerat shop. Contact : 99641900

Required Civil Engineer (buildings) Oman experience 5+ years, BOQ+ Tendering + site supervision. Contact: 95218004 Email: alhilalint@yahoo.com

IT IND male WEB developer 5 yrs exp B.Tech (comp science) PHP, HTML MYSQL Java script CSS. Contact: 95990529 Email: renjith341@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Mason, C.C.T.V, Technician, Electrician cum Plumber. Contact - 99383044 Required urgently experienced Gardener and building care taker. Contact: 99231676 Well established company in selling chocolate, Arabian sweets and fresh flowers, opening ITS first branch in Muscat seeking: 1- sweets and chocolates Sales man 2- flower arranger (Asian/ Filipino Nationality) Contact: 94490011 Email: labelleoman@gmail.com A company from UAE require 2 merchandisers in retail food supply, store keeper with English and invoicing experience. Email: yesterdaysun@hotmail.com

MANAGER Urgently Required: Male – handles overall store operations of the Supermarket, Prior Experience a MUST, knowledgeable in MSOffice. Send CV to chanda@dolphin-oman.com or fax to 244-92718.

MEDICAL Require Quality Caregiver for an elderly Mother. Contact: 99425200 Required MOH licensed lady G.P Dentist Pharmacist, Asst Pharmacist for Salalah based pharmacy and clinic. Contact: 92732491 Email: clinicrecruitment2015@gmail.com Urgently wanted Lady Ayurveda Therapist. Contact: 91590083 / 92798678 Wanted female doctor GP. Interested candidates can forward your CV to jayakumar.velu@alnabaholding.com Vacancy Lab Technician for inquiry or send CV zmczahara@yahoo.com Contact 24571094 Fax: 24571097 Required Prometric passed nurse to join clinic from end August. Contact: 99352793

Required Sales man - 1 Person Qualiﬁcation. Gulf Experienced - Minimum 5 Years with Oman Driving Licence Language - English Education:- Any Degree Further Contact : Mr. Abdul Hameed Nashabat - Mobile No: 97414307 and -92807399 amn@yaqeeneng.com Urgently required female Sales Promoters individual with pleasant personality, excellent communications & presentation skills & experience in selling perfumes cosmetics and skincare products would be preferred. Send your CV & details with recent photograph to info@mawaridoman.com or fax no 24127484/ Tel: 24127485 Tyre / Spare parts outdoor Sales Executive with experience required driving license and NOC. Send CV to ptf_25@hotmail.com Wanted part time female Sales Executive with D/L for a reputed company. Contact 94688874 A leading marketing company is looking for outdoor Sales Executives on part time or full time basis in Salalah. Contact 92760281 / 96436719 Looking for Outdoor Salesman for heavy equipment spare parts. Contact - 93292015, Email: mail.om@gulfcenter.co Urgently required Sales and Marketing Executive for Graphic designing company. Contact: 96727631 mail: smartgraphic518@gmail.com Minimum 2 years of experience with valid gulf light driving license interested candidates please Contact: 99222086 /98585851 Required male or female candidate with 5 years experience in renting of properties. Interested candidates may please mail to alqurumprop@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ED MISCELLANEOUS Tanzanian male, 25 yrs Accountant successful experience in Tanzania looking for suitable placement in any ﬁeld. Contact : 96710154 Indian Female 2yrs exp. in Accountant 5 yrs exp. in Electronics, seeking suitable Job. Contact: 97162705,93705090 Omani Mechanical Engineer, has 3 years experience ,has HSE, H2S, Riggers/Banks men Permit, Drawing / cad, SCBA, Safety Leadership and Initial Fire Response Courses. good with computer and English language looking for suitable job. Contact 99224319-98454500

ADVERTISING Looking for JOB. I have done BS Hons in Mass communication and media, Specialised in Public Relations and Advertising. I have upto 1 year of experience. Immediate Available. Open for any JOB. Sultan Zafar #97034134

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Indian CA with 15 yrs exp working as Finance Head of MNC looking for Job. NOC Available. 94047434 Indian male, 30 years, CMA(Inter),M.com, 4 out of 7 years experience in Oman in Auditing/ Accounts/ Finance. Having NOC and valid Oman D/L. Contact: 96746420 , Email: sijuthampi@ymail.com Indian male 32 years MBA, 6 out of 14 years experience in Oman in accounts / finance having NOC and Valid Oman driving license last date in Oman 01/AUG/2015. Contact: 94051463 Email: gkvenkatesh83@gmail.com Indian male, B. Com having experience in Accounts or Sales on visit visa. Contact - 98295101 Indian Male B.com, 11 Year (8 Years in Oman as a Senior Accountant) experience in accounts having 5+ year experience in construction industry. Working knowledge with SAP, AS400 & Tally –with valid Oman D/L, presently working in Qatar, will be available in Oman form 17th July-21st July-2015 looking for a suitable position in reputed organization. Contact 00974 77181323 / 98065641, email: bennybaby1982@gmail.com Finance Manager, 10 years Oman experienced MBA-Finance graduate seeking suitable placement. Contact 97745764 Assist Accountant Indian (m) 2 years experience in Oman looking for a job immediate joining, currently working in Oman. Contact Shaheed Shamsadin : 98427810 Accountant, Indian male, 10 years experience in Oman. Can do upto finalization and knowledge of Tally ERP9 can be joined immediately with NOC. Contact: 94134085 Email: muscatoman95@yahoo.com Married lady 25 years, Master Accounts having 5 years experience in Indian looking for full / part time job. Contact: 95140332 /93223050 family visa holder. Contact 95140332 Indian male, well experienced in Accounts and Admin looking for a suitable vacancy. Contact : 98717938 Indian female, M.Com Finance, DCA, 3 years experience in Accounts / finance& knowledge in ERP & Tally seeking suitable position in corporate finance / banking / consulting. Email: prapullasuvarna@gmail.com Contact: 96953705 now in family visa. Indian male with total 5 year experience (2 years experience in Accountant cum sales co ordinator in a FMCG Company in Oman) in accounts field and NOC available. Looking for suitable job Contact 92130188 Indian male, B.Com, Accountant, 10 yrs in Oman experience in Accounts, knowledge of Tally ERP 9, focus RT having NOC & D/L, looking for suitable job. Contact 93086105 Male 26 yrs, MBA in Accounts and Finance, 2 years Experience in Management and Accounts Fields, and 1 year experience in Operations in Oman Looking for a suitable job. Contact 94374745 Indian male 22 yrs B. Com Graduate 1 year exp in Accounts, currently on visit visa. Looking for suitable job. Contact 94341848 / Email – mohdhaji7272@gmail.com MBA Graduate with 6 yrs exp in finance/accounts/ auditing. Specialized in accounts payable dept, Oracle app user, proficient in Sap (fico) end user & tally 9.0. lean &six sigma certified trainer on visit visa. Contact – 91967213 / 99064780 Finance Manager, CPA, with more than 15 yrs. of experience in GCC. Fully knowledgeable in Finance, General & Management Accounting . NOC available. Contact 96209331 Sudanese Accountant seeking job in Nizwa state experience 10 years 3 years in Saudi Arabia, 7 yrs in Sudan. # 97796394 / 94003247

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Accountant 8 yrs experience looking part time job. Contact 99867456

Driver with 8 years experience looking for job. Contact: 98130645 / 94342106

Indian Accountant: Male, M com, 7 Yrs experience in Accounts up to ﬁnalization, having knowledge of ERP, Tally, seeks suitable placment.Contact 93950138 Email: lijinrajan123@gmail.com

Indian (Kerala) light driver seeking for job, 12 years experience Oman. Contact: 98175321

Motivated and energetic male 25 having 4 years of experience in finance with Master’s degree in Economics and CAT Certified seeking opportunity in Accounts/finance/ audit in a reputable organization. Cell no: 00968-94626209 E-Mail: omerjawedshah@gmail.com

ADMIN Indian male 2+yrs oman exp in HR. joing immediatly. release available. Contact :93671437 Indian Female MBA, 3 years experience in Admin MIS, Family Visa. Contact 98234427, jkjsmith01@gmail.com A Lady with 5 years experience in HR/Admin is looking for suitable job and can join immediately. Contact : 94465835 Indian (male) MBA (MHA) with 5+ years of experience in HR. Looking urgently for suitable position. Ph-96395254, 24813065 Email-shm1691@gmail.com Indian female with 1 half years experience in MBA / HR seeks suitable placement. Contact 99257214 Indian female with 10 yrs of experience in HR/Banking/Operations seeks a suitable placement. Can be contacted on 98919015 or sherianne.coelho@gmail.com

AUTO CAD/DRAUGHTSAutoCAD Draughts man seeks Employment. Contact: 91889873 Electrical draftsman AutoCAD switch gear & MEP control panel 7 years experience Qatar. Contact: 92546203/96228100

CATERING Indian male 38 yrs Senior Chef de. De. Party pastry exp 15 yrs in ﬁve star hotels, 10 yrs exp Oman get NOC looking for job in hotel & bakery. Contact: 96460519

DESIGNER Indian female B.Sc- Fashion Designer 21 years, fresher, One month internship in a garment industry 2015 University best designer award holder. Now looking for a creative job, currently on residential visa. Contact: 98297940 / 99741604. Email : zintasabu@gmail.com Architect and Interior designer, 8 years exp capable of managing turn key projects, design, BOQ, Execution. NOC available. Contact : 95273166

Pakistan male (27) light driver seeking job, 4 years experience in Oman. Contact 96346582 Light duty driver with 2 yrs experience looking for job. #96342684 Light driver. Contact: 96961993 Indian (Kerala) light driver seeking for job, 5 yrs experience in Oman. Contact: 98029273 Looking for driving job. Contact: 98219182 Driver: 15 years Driving Experience in Saudi Arabia, Looking for suitable place, Contact.. 91624908, 93540898 Driver available with car and without car Education, B. A exp. 5 years, language Hindi, Arabic, English. Contact: 98522914 Bangladeshi male light driver seeking suitable placement 1 yr experience. Contact: 94158238 Driver available with car driver & without car. #96771598 / 94039796 Driver, 42 yrs seeks for suitable job KSA, 12 years Oman 4 years,. Contact: 95796030 Heavy duty driver with PDO license, 5 yrs Intl. exp. # 95546585 Light driver. Contact:95779594 Driver looking for job. #99507039 Pakistani driving available. Contact : 96913836

EDUCATION Professional Teacher Qualiﬁed M.Com Post Graduate in ﬁnance for teaching Accounting subject. Contact: 91251210 English Teachers wanted immediately locations Muscat, Salalah, Ibri, Nizwa, Buraimi, Khabourah and Khasab. Contact : 91979343 Email: eaglesmuscat@gmail.com

ENGG. / TECHNICAL Mechanical Engineer, Indian 24 with 2 yrs experience in HVAC- MEP Revit – MEP, AutoCAD – MEP Navis solid works Catia PRO-E primavera. Contact: 96975382 Email: bonny491@gmail.com 2 years experienced Electrical Engineer looking for suitable placement. Contact: 98480509 SAP – SCM.MM Consultant B.Tech. (Chemical), from NIT, working with oil industry, seeks employment. Contact: 98049288 Indian female 23, B.Tech (Electrical & Electronics) & Diploma in Electrical CAD on Visit Visa seeks suitable placement. Contact: 99278410 / 94027398, Email: renju.raghavan7@gmail.com

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Indian female, Ph. D in Mech. Engg, B.Sc, B.Ed, M.Sc & M.Phil in Physics having 6 yrs Malaysia University/ College teaching exp +1 yr experience for research fellow seeking good position in Oman. Contact 97793859 / 93621114, sreejayarejil@gmail.com

4 Years experienced (Money exchange services & Hospitality services in Oman & India) - Indian male 27 years, graduate in Hospitality science, ﬂuent in English, Hindi & Arabic seeks suitable placement. Contacts: 91383167

Iraqi Civil Engineer, 12 years experience with Omani driving license. Contact: 94695595 Degree holder Civil Engineer having 10 years experience with driving license looking for better position. Contact 98451844 Email: zahid_ruet@hotmail.com Indian male, 38 years old, DME – Mechanical Maintenance Technician 11 years Oman experience. Ready for NOC, VISA transfer, ready to join immediately, Mob +968 95612870, Email: seeniselvan@gmail.com Indian male, 34 years old, DEE – Electrical Supervisor 10 years Oman experience. Ready for NOC , VISA transfer and valid Oman driving license light, ready to join immediately. Contact +91 9740679094, kulasekar1980@gmail.com MBA having 4years Gulf experience in Coordination with contracting company .NOC Available. Ph: 95405885 Indian female, BE, Civil engineer with 1 year experience looking for suitable vacancy, on visit. Contact 95139583, Email : aisushetty09@gmail.com Indian male Safety Officer, 4+ years experience diploma in ﬁre & safety Eng seeks suitable post. Contact: 98843139 Electrical Engineer, B. Sc degree, Filipino, 15 years experience in oil & gas, power plant, substation, EPC projects, testing & commissioning, O & M with Oman D/L light. Contact: 97090934 Electrical Engineer Indian male 29 years, having 5 years of experience in industrial automation and utility maintenance in India (MRF Tyres) seeking suitable placement. Contact: 92789995 Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com Structural Engineer of 2 years & 7 months experience, specialized in Structural Design and Site Supervision looking for a job. Contact: 94634906 / 94370767 Email: muazomer45@gmail.com Indian Civil Engineer (buildings) available immediately as supply contract. Contact: 93263834 Indian Male, IT Support Engineer, 2 yrs in Oman & 5 yrs Indian experience. Contact 97311847 Btech computer science graduate 2015 passout.. Android application marketing.. Having good communication skills and mindset to work in a team. Contact 91024385 Engineer with 3 yrs experience in Indian in MEP, HVAC& mechanical maintained ﬁeld on visit visa looking for suitable job. Contact 99191535 Email: fareed029@gmail.com

IT Indian male, B.E ( computer science engineer), MBA (finance), OCA certified, having 5 years of experience in oracle Dba/ oracle apps Dba, seeks a suitable position in the field of IT. Contact: 96212062 email: zubairkhan11@gmail.com Indian female MCA, 24 years seeking suitable job. Contact 93439467 IT professional MCA Oracle certified 6 months training of PLSQL data warehousing, PHP, 3 months trained seeking job at good company. Contact: 95694330 Email: monakashyap001@gmail.com B.E Computer Science, Indian male looking for suitable job in the field of software or information technology having good knowledge in Java, ASP. Net, MS Sql, MS Word. Contact: 91986919 Email: dileep2468.a@gmail.com Indian male 25 yrs exp in Administration, Telecom, Optical Fiber Communication, Networking, MS Office. Seeks any job. On visit visa. Contact 91385373 / sridharbsnlma1455@gmail.com Network system Engineer B.E / ECE + CCNA & Ms certified with 4+ yrs exp looking for a job. Currently in Oman on visit visa. Contact: 92589502

MISCELLANEOUS Female Postgraduate searching suitable job. Contact 97792820 Filipino Male looking for a job & have experience in sales, waiter, barista, technical support / customer service with good communication skills. Contact 91789465 Indian Female with over 9 yrs experience with good communication skills seeks jobs in customer service or sales ﬁeld. Contact : 96108289, Email - shijipaul84@gmail.com Part- Time Accountant, well experience senior accountant ,doing all type of accounting works, Finalization, Budgeting available. Contact: :98803439 13 Years UAE experienced in MNC & reputed ﬁrms logistics distribution looking for a suitable placement, on visit visa contact 99838743, gani.dawood@gmail.com Male Indian BBM Graduate 8 years experience in logistics and ware housing in a reputed company valid driving license NOC available looking for suitable position. Contact : 96311786 Email: ubinfs@gmail.com

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B.E in ECE worked as Junior Scientist Trainee in Chennai worked as System Admin in Berik Honda Nagger coil worked at Technical Support in Samsung Service, presently in Bangalore. Contact : 0091 7026267513

Indian male, B.com, diploma in material management, 12+ years exp in international / local purchase, ware housing 4 logistics seeks suitable placement NOC available. Contact: 96477638 / 96477638

Indian female, B.Tech biotechnology with strong computer skills and 2 years experience as associate research analyst (Media Monitoring) in Nasdaq Oman seeking growth oriented jobs. Contact 92044603 /918056169148 or angeline.babithac@gmail.com.

Production Manager 13 years experience in cast Aluminium fab. ﬁeld and good track record seeking for a suitable job. NOC ready in Hand. Contact: 96392319

Electrical Eng. Degree (MEP) need suitable job of construction 12 yrs exp. Email: mohd.ateeq.khan@gmail.com

Indian male, with 8 yrs exp. in Oman (BA- Graduate) working as a project Sales Coordinator, with Oman D/L, looking for suitable job, ready to join immediately with NOC. Contact 95245057

MEDICAL Well experienced MOH Licensed Indian GP Doctor looking for locum / permanent position in the Capital area. Contact 98140024 email:drgpoman@yahoo.com Female Dentist Indian, Prometric passed 63%,4 years of work experience, immediately available to join. Contact 97469553, nazianbaig@gmail.com Indian male GP doctor, 12 years experience parametric passed with 74% seeks suitable post. Email: ppdr2020@gmail.com. Contact 97985325 Indian female Dentist MOH Oman passed seeking a suitable placement in capital region. Contact– 91377681 hashimsarawat@gmail.com Lab Technician, Civil (8yrs Gulf experience) looking for a suitable job (NOC available) Contact-93344378

SALES / MARKETING Indian male MBA 7 years experience in Hospitality industry, operation, sales & marketing looking for suitable vacancy. Contact 92115860 Email vibin.py@gmail.com MBA from UK with 9 yrs experience in London, Dubai & Mumbai. Specialized GCC experience in top real estate co & bank with driving license. NOC available. #968 95168205, dubaihomes1@gmail.com B. Com & MBA Graduate on visit visa seeks suitable placement. Contact : 97372624 ,email : sivaraj.gurukripa@gmail.com Indian male 27yrs , diploma,3yrs exp in oman in sales & supervisor , oman driving license holder, looking for suitable placements. GSM -96489211 B.Tech (MECH) MBA (Marketing) having 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, projects presently working in Oman seek suitable placement N.O.C available and ready to join immediately. Contact: 91257781 email: rajrathsing@yahoo.com Indian male 45+ yrs , 20 yrs exp as sales supervisor in India looking for indoor sales /stores /cashier or any suitable placement can speak Hindi , English, Malayalam, Tamil, kannada can join immediately on visit visa. Contact 93086105/33016546 Young Bangladeshi male 26 knowing coffee shop work as watering sandwich making juice marking etc presently in Bangladesh if any employer need please Contact behalf of candidate with his brother. Contact: 92278538 Indian male 31 visionary business strategist having over 8+ years of global experience seeking a challenging position that utilizes my years of experience currently on visit. Contact: 91902154 Management professional experienced in proﬁtable management with organization skills with over 21+yrs exp. in Bombay, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, UAE & in Oman11 yrs as GM Publications, Printing, Media & Advertising in entire operations, Sales marketing & etc. Looking for a reputed organization for a challenging position any industry, can Join immediately with NOC. Contact : +968 98864706/99574638 Mail : akdas_uae@yahoo.com

SALES / MARKETING Looking for Sales Assistant job (having Oman driving license). Contact: 95872634 Pakistani male 34 yrs Intermediate 2 yrs exp in sales & marketing in Oman. Looking for suitable job. Contact - 92146864 Indian male seeking job, 8 years experience in Qatar in clerical/administration/documents controlling ﬁelds. Willing to work in customer care or sale also. Qatar driving license available. Job preferred in Sohar and surrounding cities. Contact 93285117 Indian male. 27, Post Graduate, 5+ yrs exp in Oman in Sales & Credit Control, with valid Oman driving License, NOC available, looking for suitable placements. Ph: 9199 3376 Indian Male, B.Com Graduate, 23, with experience in Sales looking for suitable placements. . Contact 98371144 Market research / Hospitality Indian male Graduate with nearly 30 yrs experience in Market research & hospitality industry. NOC available. Contact: 99347089

SKILLED / UNSKILLED Looking for job as Mason, pipe ﬁtter, Electrician and Aluminum ﬁxer available. Contact: 93015630

TOURS & TRAVELS 25 Indian female B.S.C. Fashion Technology. 5 years experience in textile industry as a merchandiser and good in fashion marketing. Currently available on visit visa, seeking for a suitable job. Contact : 96990368. Email: simmy.missy@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Indian male Diploma, Civil engineer 4.3 year experience at building construction and consulting company with Oman driving licence and N.O.C available seeking suitable placement Contact 95989500 email cv.shihabedappal@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS Civil Engineer, Diploma, Male 25, 3 years experience in site, CAD, 3d, MS Project, Seeking job in Oman. # 92875345, jubincivileng@gmail.com

12 yrs exp FREELANCE 2d, 3d Draughtsman (holding Omani driving license). Contact : 93790601

Indian male accountants, 12 years experience, tally also. Looking for a part time/ full time job in accounts or purchase. Contact- 98983122

Sudanese male, 31 year, have 3 year Diploma in Electrical Engineer, 6 years experience in construction and electrical plant. Mobile No ; +96894549609

Indian Female 2yrs exp. in Accountant 5 yrs exp. in Electronics, seeking suitable Job. Contact: 97162705,93705090

Freelance Graphic Designer available to assist in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Corel Draw Projects. Contact : 95811820

Indian male, 14 years Experience in maintenance & Supervisor in hotel ﬁeld (Electrical, Ac Mechanical & Plumber). NOC available #95253640 email = hareeshma24@yahoo.com

Indian Female Lawyer 36 Yrs having 11 yrs experience presently working in Oman as Legal Advisor seeks placement in Legal/HR/Admin NOC available Contact-94436960 Email: famidakhan123@gmail.com

Female Candidate: Having experience (ISRO India) in Administration (seeking suitable opportunities &presently in Oman Mob:97239854, Mail:asherlalitha@yahoo.com Diploma civil Engineer seeking jobs(positions suits me: civil engineer ,site engineer,qa/qc engineer,land surveyor ,total station, auto level,draftsman (autocad, microstation) mob:97239854, Mail:asherlalitha@yahoo.com MOH Indian Dentist 10 years experience in Oman. Can speak Arabic, has driving license. Contact 98995321 or ventureoman007@gmail.com BRANCH-HEAD, MBA-BBA, Indian Male having experience in UAE, India, Oman total 5 years (including MNC), looking for similar or same openings.NOC available. Mobile :92700670, E mail:catanalur131@gmail.com Qualiﬁed Native speaking male English Teacher with 18 years experience seeks position. Salary Negotiable. Whatsapp on +968 9334 1047 / +968 93952732 or e-mail me on nadgov@gmail.com

23, Male, ACCA Affiliate, 2 years+ experience in Audit and Finance in audit ﬁrm, Looking for suitable permanent placement, NOC release Available. Contact: #95140445 a.saran891@gmail.com MBA - (F), M.Com, B.COM. Indian female having knowledge of accounts with Tally looking for part time or full time job. Presently on family visa. Contact :- 91892264. Email:- yashicapandya@gmail.com Indian Female 10 years exp as cook in Oman. South Indian & Gujarati special looking for part-time job Contact 96733187. Indian male-28 Years, Diploma in Electrical Egg, having gulf experience. Specialization on Electrical Installation and Maintenance, Operation. 7 years experience seeks for suitable placement. Mob – 968-95334580. E-mail -sunilkumar257.sk23@gmail.com

Indian female, IATA, B. Sc, looking for suitable placement.Contact-95514305, E mail idraveendranmala@gmail.com

Seeking Teaching Position. Qualiﬁed and experienced Native English speaking teacher seeking position in Muscat, I have a Teaching Diploma , two Honours Degrees and a CELTA Certiﬁcate. Position at Language school will be suitable. Will e-mail CV. Whatsapp only +96893952732

ACCOUNTANT, Indian male, 29 years, 8 years experience. Presently working in Oman as a Senior Accountant with Oman Driving license. NOC available seek suitable opportunity. GSM: 98184170

MBA (F), B.COM. Indian female having knowledge of accounts with Tally looking for full or part time job. presently on family visit visa. Contact :- 96259171. Email:- bhumicapandya@gmail.com

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SITUATION WANTED MISCELLANEOUS Indian male auto cad draughtsman (civil) 8 years experience seeking for part time job Mobile 99070584, E mail: remluvp@gmail.com SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Indian male,29 years.8 years experience .Presently working in Oman as a Senior Accountant with oman Driving license. NOC available, seek suitable opportunity. GSM: 97705854 Sudanese male (B.Sc Computer Science) (Diploma Computer Engineering) 6 yrs. experience DBA Oracle PLSQL , MS SQL-server, MS visual studio VBA, network. Contact :91415886 Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support, Networking, Security systems, Server support, IT sales and marketing. Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 91033395 Indian Male, 34 years old, DEE – Electrical Supervisor 10 years Oman experience. Ready for NOC , VISA transfer and valid Oman driving licence light, ready to join immediately, Mob +91 9740679094, kulasekar1980@gmail.com 24 years, Indian Chartered Accountant male with 3 yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat, currently on visit visa & ready to join immediately. Kindly contact him on 98201476 or email at lokeshkaluri@gmail.com Indian Male, 38 years old, DME – Mechanical Maintenance Technician 11 years Oman experience. Ready for NOC , VISA transfer, ready to join immediately, Mob +968 95612870, seeniselvan@gmail.com BSc Graduate, INDIAN male , seeking suitable jobs. GSM: +91-8589820233. MAIL ID: prajinap45@gmail.com Young Indian Chartered Accountant, female, Having 6 years experience in Oman and India. Accounts and Finance Manager, Auditor. Urgently seeking suitable positions. Contact 92530131, jobcareer44@gmail.com Tunisian women looking for a job, khnows english,frensh, italian and arabic. Contact: 91171838 Indian male 25 years B.tech computers (Having 3 years of experience in customer service/Admin/IT Support) looking for suitable position. Visa Transfer/NOC Available immediate to join. Contact: 98402389, Mail: naresh6672@gmail.com Manager, Young Indian Male, MBA, BBA. Having excellent managerial experience (around 5 years) in leading Multi-National-Company. Looking for suitable positions. Contact: 92700670, fardhaan@gmail.com Available for part time accounting job, contact 99196621 Indian Female MA. B.Ed. with One year three months Teaching experience. Subject: EnglishSeeking for a Better placement. Now working in Oman. Contact 93961142, 92184408, Email:-anoopkesavan78@gmail.com Indian Female M.Com with Computer Skills and Four Month Experience as Accountant ,Currently On Family Visa Looking for a Suitable Placement, Available Immediately. Contact : 95846642, Email : dhanyashree91@yahoo.com ACCA Affiliate, Experience in audit/ ﬁnance of 2.5 years in Big 6 Firm and Oil industry, looking for suitable permanent placement, Release NOC available. Contact: #95140445 a.saran891@gmail.com

PART TIME ACCOUNTANT, Indian male, M. Com, 35 years, 12 Years exp. in Accounts, 8 years in Oman. Knowledge upto finalization. Having valid D/L, seeks suitable Placement. GSM: 96249124 Egyptian Civil Engineer, total experience 7 years - 2 years experience in Oman. I am looking for Project Engineer, I have good experience in site & office works. Contact number:91148708 Indian Male 24 years, Looking for a Suitable Job in Telecom / Networking. 1 year sales experience. MSc. Communications Engineering & Valid Driving license. Ph: 91280121. Email: jackrprasad@yahoo.com. Filipino Male looking for a job & have experience in sales, waiter, barista, technical support / customer service with good communication skills. # 91789465 ACCOUNTING – Indian male seeking accounting job with 2 years experience in accounting. Contact: 94263445, E mail – contactantonyxavieranand@gmail. com Sudanese male: 27 yrs, 2 years experience in accounting, other experience (purchasing – HR - Coordinating and Office Management), looking for a job Omani Driving License, NOC. Contact: 94174403 24 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 3yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat, currently on visit visa & ready to join immediately. Contact him on 98201476 or email at lokeshkaluri@gmail.com Sudanese male (B.Sc, computer science) (diploma computer engineering), 6 yrs. experience DBA oracle PL-SQL, MS SQL - Server, MS visual studio vba, network. Contact 91415886 Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support, Networking, Security systems, Server support, IT sales and marketing. Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 91055584 Over 15 years experience in Gulf. Interior Architect, Lebanese Nationality, on visit visa seeking a suitable Placement. 96268005. PRODUCTION OPERATOR – Indian male seeking production operator or related jobs with 4 years of experience in oil & gas field. Contact 94263445. Email: tonyxavier4u@gmail.com Indian Keralite Male 35 looking for Scaffolding supervisor post having 5 years of Supervisor and HSE experience in GCC Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Fluent in English Arabic and Hindi . Contact 96155921, or mail fysal.nellaya@gmail.com Indian Male 28 yrs, having 7 years Gulf + Indian experience in HR and Admin field, looking for suitable placement. Contact: 97914340, Email: rajkv3086@gmail.com Indian Male 28 years MSM, B. Com having 6years experience in Gulf and India as a HR and Admin looking for suitable placement.#97914340. Email: rajkv30@gmail.com B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer Sudanese 3 yrs of exp. In industrial field available in muscat on vist visa seeking suitable job . Contact: 95868922, Email: almouthanaosman@yahoo.com IT system and Printer engineer ME, 5Years bank IT Management exp in India looking for full time job visit visa contact 94462150

Indian male with 8 yrs experience in FMCG in Oman as Sales Supervisor looking for suitable placement. NOC available. Gsm: 96495206 24 year Indian Chartered Accountant male with 3yrs of experience is seeking suitable placement in Muscat, currently on visit visa & ready to join immediately. Contact him on 98201476 or email at lokeshkaluri@gmail.com MCA IT Professional Indian Female seek placement in Teaching/ Non Teaching field. Presently on visit visa. 9588 7051, ashwininakod@gmail.com ACCA Affiliate, Indian, 2.5Years experience in Audit/ Finance in Big 6 Audit Firm and Oil Accounting in PDO, For Permanent Placement for Finance or Accounts or Audit. Release NOC Available on hand. Contact #95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com Finance ACCA Affiliate, Worked as an Auditor with 2.5 Years Experience in reputed firm, Handled independent audit/finance assignments, Looking for permanent placement, NOC available. Contact 95140445. a.saran891@gmail.com Piping Design Engineer, Indian male 27, looking for suitable placement in Piping Design & Engineering. Having 7 years of experience in AutoCAD. Also familiar with PDMS (11.6 Version),CAESAR ll. Contact : 97351786 / 96143708, E-mail : mohammednazeer07@gmail.com Sudanese male (B.Sc Computer science) (diploma computer engineering) 6 yrs. experience DBA Oracle plsql, MS sql-server ,ms visual studio vba, network. Contact :91415886 Indian Male, Graduate, 11 years Sales experience in Lighting / Industrial products, ready to join immediately. GSM: 9710 5356 Indian heavy duty driver with 8 years experience in oman available with NOC. GSM : 93601943 GSM : 94496457 Indian male, 28 yrs MBA (HR/M) 2 years experience in Indian Oman in HR & admin seeks suitable placements. NOC available. Contact 97484159 Email: rameshkapa86@gmail.com M.Sc 3+ years exp from France & India in IT Support Engineer / Hardware & Networking / Server support / scientific system support looking for suitable positions. Indian, male on visit visa, contact 98898781/ anoopys@gmail.com Looking for managerial post (full time ), More than Ten years of experience in Team Development ,Training, planning, Administration, Sales & Marketing, Advertisement and Credit Control and Logistics. Contact 91076608 / 99322748. Release & noc available Indian male, 34years having 10 years of experience in Sales, Sales Coordination and Administration. Experienced in SAP and MS Office. NOC available. Contact # 94686594 Indian Male MBA Marketing/HRM 3 year experience with Omani D/L, seeking suitable jobs. Contact: 97424188 email: dharwesh@gmail.com Indian, Male, 23 years, BE Electrical, having 2 years experience in Electrical Works-H.T. cabling etc, & Construction, looking for a suitable placement. Contact +968 96927880 (Oman), +91 9765376109 (India), Email: rahulrevi6@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTED B.Tech Computer Engineer Wanted job to work on(IT/Banking/Administrator/Technical/Office works) having NOC with the limited time from (04/06/2015 to 13/06/2015). Mobile:98402389 email:naresh6672@gmail.com British Beauty Therapist looking for suitable position. #:97175240 Highly Qualified & Experienced Finance Manager Pakistani with USA , UK & Canadian Degrees , CPA ,ACCA-UK . MBA-USA ,IFA- Financial Consultants Canada , Corporate Analyst USA Professional of Banking , Audits ,ERPs & Profit Maximizations ( NOC available ) call 94 504505 – 94403270 27 year Indian female who has 4 years of experience with logistics function in distribution of spares for both heavy machinery & wind turbine parts. Kindly contact me on +91 9790769104 E-mail: joemohana@yahoo.co.in Indian male Executive Secretary having vast experience in admin, logistics & procurement well versed with computer .seek suitable placement. Contact : 99514286 Indian male MBA (U.K), 10 Years of experience in Admin, Sales, HR, stores and logistics seeks suitable placement. Contact 99271903. Indian Female MCA, 4 plus Years of experience in Web designing, Admin, P.A, seeks suitable placement. Contact 99486374 8 Years successful experience, SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Indian male,29 years. Presently working in Oman as a Senior Accountant with oman Driving license seeks suitable opportunity. GSM: 97705854 7 and half years experience working accounts / inventory manager looking suitable job. Contact: 96991782 Email: srinivasu.sp@gmail.com Indian female , MCA BCA, certification PL SQL , 6months training PHP, date warehouse looking for suitable placement. #95694330 Email: mondkashyapodl@gmail.com B.Com with more than 5 yrs exp. looking for an accounts part tome job work. know with tally. Email-shilpa_62@yahoo.com

Part- time accountant, well experience senior accountant , doing all type of accounting works, ﬁnalization, budgeting available. Contact : 98803439

Sudanese male, 31 year old, have 3 year Diploma in electrical engineer, 5 years experience in different activities . Mobile No ; +96894549609

Indian male, looking for a part time accounting job. Having additional knowledge & experience in HR admin & purchase. Contact 99196621

ACCA affiliate, with 2.5 years experience in Big6 audit ﬁrm and Oil industry, looking for permanent placement in Accounts/Audit. Release available Contact :95140445 a.saran891@gmail.com

Indian Female, 24yrs, M.COM (Accounts) having 3yrs experience in Accounts, HR, Administration, Customer Service. Good Computer Proﬁciency. Seeking Suitable Position. Visa Transfer/NOC Available. Contact: 99654913

Indian Female, Commerce Graduate, Total 9 yrs of experience in India. worked as Accounts Assistant and Business executive seeking for suitable placement. Tel : 96173533/24222457 Email : topranidivya@gmail.com

HSE Advisor, NEBOSH IGC, Indian male, 4 years experience in construction and oil ﬁelds, seeking suitable jobs. Gsm: 97458900, Mail: miroshbabu@gmail.com

Indian Male, 29 years, CCNP, MCITP having Bachelor degree and 6 years of experience in Networking looking for job. 96760618 / varghese.manthara@gmail.com

Highly Experienced Finance Manager, CPA ,ACCA-UK . MBA-USA , Professional of Banking, Audits , ERPs Sap , Management as Team Leader and Problem Solver call 94 504505 / 94403270

Female Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary with 27+ experience, worked with top management/Board in ﬁnancial services with shorthand skills & Omani driving license, seeks suitable placement. call 95941515

Indian male MBA Finance presently OMAN IN visit visa, 26 years, looking for an accountant job. Contact 95240641, email Id mohammadabdulazharuddin@ gmail.com

B.E. Civil Engineer from India with 3 years of experience looking for suitable vacancy in oman now on visit visa. Contact 9571 3441, Email . Khatrialeem@gmail.com

Admin Executive, 31, Indian Male, having 9+ years exp. in reputed companies. Seeking suitable placement in any gulf region. Contact +968 99276601 & 97693456. email : muralimahdav77@gmail.com

Indian male 21 IT Eng. networking & computer hardware diploma, 1 year experience, currently on visit visa looking for a suitable job. Contact 96036273 email: faizanfarooqui23@gmail.com

MEP Quantity Surveyor-EstimationProject, 10 Years Experience (3 years in Oman). Having NOC & Oman D/L, looking for suitable job, Contact - 98291626

Indian, 32 years, completed M.A. English, M.Sc. Psychology and B.Ed in English. Searching for suitable job in the ﬁeld of teaching. To Contact: 00968 99869535 Email: sahadkeyi33@gmail.com

Indian house maid looking full time job. Contact : 98254909 B.E. Civil Engineer age 27, total 3 years of experience in Mumbai looking for placement asap in oman now on visit visa of 1 month ph 9571 3441 Email. Khatrialeem@gmail.com Indian Male, 29 years, CCNP, MCITP having Bachelor degree and 6 years of experience in Networking looking for job. 96760618 / varghese.manthara@gmail.com

Indian Male 24 years, Looking for a Suitable Job in Telecom / Networking. 1 year sales experience. MSc. Communications Engineering & Valid Driving license. Ph: 91280121. Email: jackrprasad@yahoo.com 26 years Indian male with MBA & PGDFM, Total 3.8 years experience in Administration, seeking suitable placement in any gulf region. Holding Oman valid driving license. Contact :94501423

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Finance ACCA Affiliate, 2.5 years experience in audit/ﬁnance and oil company in reputed ﬁrms. Looking for suitable permanent placement. Release available. Contact 95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com

Syrian CSI boy 30/184, working in a Automobile dealership at Muscat, inviting proposals.m4marry ID: 3951195 Ph: 0091- 9656439949 / 94946429292

B.E Biomedical Engineer, having 5 years of experience in Diagnostics division seeking suitable position. 94151658

Indian male Roman Catholic Divorcee 40 yrs working in Muscat seeks suitable alliance from widow/ divorcee/single. Contact: 96059801

ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 having 4years experience in accounting & having well knowledge in tally. Contact:968094535881, 0091 9037622048 Email: vishnuraj889@gmail.com

Muslim boy, 32 years MBA, studied and working in Oman as Sales manager in a reputed organisation, Tableeg Jamath invites proposals from educated girls in Gulf preferably Malayalees. Contact 99357458 and 92656899

ACCA Affiliate, 2.5years experience in Audit/Finance in Global Big6 Firms and Oil company in Oman, Looking for suitable permanent placement. Release NOC Available. Contact: #95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com Electrical Engineer, 29, Indian Male, having 7+ years exp. in reputed companies. Seeking suitable placement in any Oman. Contact - 97693456. Mail ID : venkatbadri23@gmail.com BE. Biomedical Engineer, 5 years experience in the same ﬁeld (Hospital/company)looking for suitable placement. Contact:92084807 Email:bonnygeorge1005@gmail.com

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