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BEATING THE HEAT: Many people are taking their children for swimming to cool off. – Supplied photo

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sarah@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: In Salalah people may be enjoying mild temperature and drizzles outside, but in the north the soaring temperature and intense humidity are chasing people indoors. With temperatures in the mid to high 40s and humidity above 80 per cent, most people are spending their time under the air conditioners and ﬁnding ways to entertain themselves without venturing out. “The weather is very bad, actually. It’s too hot, worse than other years,” said Sanu Thomas Philip, who was at the cinema with his friends on Monday afternoon. He added that most of the time when he’s not working, he passes the time on social media. The forecast for the north of Oman throughout the week is sunshine and temperatures in the 40s, with a chance of thunderstorms in the Hajar Mountains, and dust storms later in the week. The amusement centres, playrooms, food courts and cinemas were all attracting people who were looking for something to do on Monday, the last day of

the Eid holiday. “It’s way hotter than normal and we’re expecting it to get worse. We’re usually at home under the A/C, and a bit bored, looking for things to do,” said Amna Al Balushi, passing her time at Qurum City Centre with her sister Amina and their children. Al Balushi said sometimes they take the children for swimming to cool off and once in a while brave the heat to go to the park so that they can play. “They don’t mind the heat as much as we do,” she said. Heather Burt, a resident of Muscat who has a baby and a 4-year-old, says the “horrible” weather has forced them to spend a lot of time inside doing arts and crafts, online study programmes, reading books and baking. Burt said some of the ways children can pass their time in Muscat during these hot days is to join summer camps, though her children aren’t old enough for them, and visit the malls. “There are a lot of great summer camps specialising in arts and cooking and more which are for older children, and also indoor playrooms are a life saver, like the new one at Muscat Grand Mall,” she said. >A3

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to King Philippe of the Kingdom of Belgium on his country’s National Day. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere greetings and wishes of good health and happiness to the King and his country’s people further progress and prosperity. —ONA

MUSCAT: A cross section of people, particularly academicians, have welcomed the Sultan Qaboos University’s (SQU) move to curb smoking on its campus. “It might be an opportunity for other institutions to consider smoking ban at work or study complexes as well,” said Ali Abdullah, a teacher at a private college in Muscat. He noted that there is a designated zone in his college for smoking. However, Ali still feels that the college should take serious note and completely ban smoking on the campus. “The number of student smok-

ers is on the rise,” said Ali. Many students sit with their teachers in the smoking zone and love to discuss something of common interest, he pointed out. “While some try to imitate their peers, others enter the zone to see what it takes to be a smoker,” he said.

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“I spoke to many student smokers and asked them how they started and why. Most of them said they were trying out an occasional cigarette and soon found they have become regular smokers,” said Ali. The Student Counselling Centre at the SQU had recently conducted a study on the spread of smoking among varsity students and its causes. The study reﬂected the university’s interest in providing a suitable academic environment for students, by creating awareness on the negative impacts of smoking on health and how it reﬂected directly on a student’s ability to achieve their academic and career goals. >A3

MUSCAT: More than 57,000 expatriate workers have absconded from their employers since the beginning of this year, according to the figures from the Ministry of Manpower. To be exact, some 57,420 workers fled their employers in the first six months of 2015, representing around three per cent of the 1.8 million expats registered in the country. And, according to employers, the problem only gets worse during public holidays such as Eid. There are just 10 days left of an immigration amnesty for runaway workers, a grace period which has so far attracted much fewer than expected. A Majlis Al Shura member said, “These are alarming figures. Ministry of Manpower needs to study and find out the reason why so many employees abscond. “Maybe a new rule such as finding and deporting them after three months from the date they are reported absconding may be a good idea to curb the worsening problem.” He called on employees not to be tempted to abscond from their

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employers. “If they have issues with their bosses they should approach the Ministry of Manpower to help them sort it out instead of running away. The Ministry of Manpower ensures the rights of every resident who is on a work visa in Oman,” he said. The Shura member said that they should be made aware that it is illegal to work for an employer other than the one who hired them legally under the Omani labour law.

“People should be aware that employing absconded workers is not legal,” he said. Some employers said that most of the workers abscond during a holiday break such as Eid. “They just do not show up after the holidays. They get together with friends who sometimes encourage them to run away,” said the employer. Rashid Khalfan, owner of a construction company, said three of his employees have run away during the last Eid holidays. “While we give them a break to enjoy their holidays, the workers prefer to abscond. This is despite paying them their dues as per their contract. What I think is that some of their friends convince them that if they abscond they can earn more and work less elsewhere,” he said. Unfair treatment While Rashid is justiﬁed in being disappointed, in some cases employees abscond because of unfair treatment. Hussein Ali, an HR manager at a construction company, believes that if employers looked after the rights of workers and owed them their dues, they would not be tempted to leave. “When employees feel they have been treated well and have received what is rightfully owed to them, they will refuse any other offer to leave,” said Hussein, and added that his company makes sure before the holidays that all dues of the employee are settled. “The company sometimes provides extra support to employees if required,” said Hussein. >A3

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House, taxi rents rise ahead of Khareef Festival PANKAJ KUMAR SHARMA

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SALALAH: With the Eid holidays and the Khareef Festival nearly overlapping, house rents and taxi fares in Salalah, the Sultanate’s tourism capital, show a steep rise. This happens every year with the inﬂux of tourists, say Salalah hoteliers. A two-bedroom apartment in the new Salalah area, which was available for between OMR40 and OMR50 before Eid, has risen to OMR70 during the Eid holidays, and is expected to reach OMR100 at the start of Khareef festival. This amounts to a nearly 100 per cent rise in a fortnight. The inﬂux of tourists was low during Eid as most of the arrivals were from across the country and very few people from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) could be seen in this picturesque destination. However, with the advent

MOVING UPWARDS: The rent of a double-bed apartment is expected to reach OMR100 at the start of Khareef festival.

of the Khareef Festival, tourists from GCC and Arab countries are expected to ﬂood this destination further pushing up the rents. Even taxis, which normally cost between OMR30 and OMR50 for the tour of Nabi Ayub, Gravity Point and Al Mughsayl in the Dhofar governorate, can charge

anything between OMR70 and OMR80 during Khareef. When asked about this rise in fares, a person connected to the hospitality sector, said on condition of anonymity that it had to do with the demand-supply gap. “Barring the Khareef Festival, the flow of visitors to Salalah is low. Everybody wants to come to Salalah at this time to enjoy the green cover, rain and the amazing beauty of fog-covered mountains and its surroundings. The entire hospitality sector waits for these two months with eager anticipation. This is the reason for the rise in rents,” he said. “If you come here during the other months, you will find neither the drizzle nor the green cover, and, therefore, lower rents,” he added. “Chartered fights do come from European countries during the other months, but they prefer high-end hotels and cater to the niche market not the other seg-

ment which eye Khareef for the handsome earnings,” added the resident. Even a real estate broker in Salalah said, “People here prefer rent agreements for just 10 months to make the most of tourist visits. For the remaining two months they prefer renting out their apartments to visitors to maximise their income.” “If one wants a two-bedroom apartment in Salalah on a 10-month lease the rent will be OMR150 per month, but for a 12-month agreement the rent will rise to OMR200 per month. The premium of a Khareef visit is added to the rent,” said a resident. Similar is the case with taxis, added a private taxi driver. Given the government’s move to attract more tourists to the Sultanate, the need of the hour is to create the infrastructure to meet the rising demand of visitors. Construction is on in Salalah but it’s time to expedite the schemes.

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National Centre Information, 618,000 tourists visited Oman until the end of April

Times News Service MUSCAT: Students exhibited their products and services at the student company competition, Sharikati 2015, on Sunday, to a vibrant crowd at the Muscat Grand Mall. The opening of the exhibition was under the patronage of Khalifa Al Abri, CEO of Riyada (Public Authority for SME Development). A number of teams of the 70 participating student companies showcased their unique and creative company ideas to visitors and potentials customers. Nasser Al Akhzami, operations manager at Injaz Oman, said, “This is one of the most exciting stages of the Sharikati competition, as we get to see students planning and ideas come to life. Not only will students be able to interact with their audience to offer their products and services, but they will also be able to engage in a dialogue with them and receive direct feedback.” Among the student companies showcasing their products was ‘Beehave’ from Mazoon College, where a team of students is creat-

ing a pressure vest to serve children with autism in Oman. This is one of the unique ideas brought to life through the Sharikati programme not only in the commercial sense but also in support of a humanitarian cause. In addition, ‘Somu’, a student company from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), developed a helmet that utilises solar energy to power a fan ﬁxed within the helmet to cool workers working in Oman’s hot conditions. Also exhibiting at the Mall was the company ‘Let’s Go’ from Higher College of Technology in Muscat that created Go Adventure, a multipurpose beach chair that also uses solar energy to allow the chair to behave as a mobile phone charger, and also retracts a shade and a vacuum ﬂask. The next student exhibition will take place from August 4 to 6, at the Higher Education, Training and Career Expo (EduTraC Oman) at the Oman National Exhibition Centre. Sharikati competition this year has the support of 20 colleges and universities across the Sultanate, and over 750 students making up 70 student companies.

TARIQ AL HAREMI tariqh@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Tourism is booming in the Sultanate over the past few years with the country becoming one of the “go-to destinations” in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Khareef season, which has started in Salalah, has already seen a large number of visitors heading to the south. According to the tourism indicators issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), 618,000 tourists visited Oman until the end of April 2015. Visitors coming in by land, air and sea praised the warmth, culture and hospitality of the Omani people and the positive environment that greeted the tourists. “My friends visited Oman last year and told me how wonderful the people are and about the natural beauty of the country, as well as the warm weather for 365 days of the year. They suggested that if I ever have the opportunity to visit,

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TRADITIONAL HOSPITALITY: The Khareef season, which has started in Salalah, has already seen a large number of visitors heading to the south.– File photo

I plan on returning again next year maybe during winter, to escape the winter in Germany. I will definitely advise my friends to visit this country Marianne German tourist

I should. So, here I am,” said Marianne, a German tourist. “I was able to take time off work during Ramadan and have really been able to experience the warmth and hospitality of the people living here, especially during iftar. I plan on returning again next

year maybe during winter, to escape the winter in Germany. I will deﬁnitely advise my friends and family to visit this stunning country when I go back,” she added. GCC visitors topped the list with 71,923 tourists followed by 24,452 Indians, 14,230 British nationals,

and 8,051 Germans arriving in the Sultanate. Of the 88,000 tourists who visited the Sultanate on ocean liners, a majority were Europeans with 27,651 German tourists leading the way, followed by 11,305 Italians. There were also 8,125 tourists from the British Virgin Islands, 3,371 from the United Kingdom and 3,233 from Spain. Meanwhile, hotel revenues of 3 star and 4 star hotels touched OMR73,887,000 until the end of April, having accommodated 414,030 guests. In related news, according to NCSI, between June 6 and July 13, 2015, 29,025 people visited Salalah, which is a 5.2 per cent increase as compared to 27,586 during the same period last year. Among the GCC nationals, Omanis made up 50.9 per cent of visitors, Emiratis made up 8.3 per cent and the rest of the GCC nationals made up 5.2 per cent.

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Dar Al Atta’a distributes Eid Zakat worth OMR26,250 Times News Service MUSCAT: In the spirit of Eid celebrations, Dar Al Atta’a association distributed 1,000 Eid clothes coupons worth OMR10 each to 1,000 children from the needy families, sponsored by the association. These coupons would grant the children the opportunity to purchase their favourite outﬁt from one of the reputed clothes stores in Muscat at an overall cost of OMR10,000. HSBC Bank provided 250 coupons, each worth OMR25, to shop in Lulu Hypermarket for Eid grocery, at an overall cost of OMR6,250. Dar Al Atta’a also distributed the zakat money worth OMR10,000 to 262 families sponsored by Dar Al S U M M E R H E AT

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Midhat and Maha Nazzal, an American couple who live in Muscat, said they don’t really mind the heat because everywhere they go there is air conditioning. They were enjoying a break at the Mall. “They are making places that are really nice; look at this mall. We don’t feel the heat that much,” said Midhat. Meanwhile in Dhofar the forecast was for cloudy skies along the coastal areas and adjoining mountains with intermittent drizzle, with a high of 27°C. The khareef season is attracting more people than usual who want to enjoy cooler weather. According to the National Centre for Statistic and Information 54,700 had visited Salalah by July 18, compared to 37,100 by the same time last year. Mohammed Al Rahbi, a college student from Muscat who was visiting Salalah this week, said he had been looking forward to lower temperatures. “This is a welcome change from Muscat. We like seeing the rain and feeling it our skin. It will be hard to leave,” he said.

Atta’a during the Holy Month and on the day ﬁrst day of Eid. NAPCO aids Dar Al Atta’a National Aluminium Products Company SAOG (NAPCO) observed the Holy Month by providing support to one of Dar Al Atta’a’s key charity programmes. NAPCO’s iftar sponsorship was deployed across a total of 10 mosques in Oman, providing a generous spread of food and drinks that catered to more than 1,100 people. The beneﬁciary mosques were situated in the areas of Athaiba, Wadi Adai, Ansab, Baushar, and Bidbid, in addition to Al Mudhaibi, and Amerat. Robert Holtkamp, CEO, NAPCO, said, “We have partnered with Dar Al Atta’a in the spirit of Ramadan and in line with our efforts to

strengthen our ongoing support to Omanis across all sectors. We hold the organisation’s positive contributions to the community in high regard, and we believe that it is an exceptional ally in our efforts to implement our CSR initiatives.” Maryam Al Zadjali, chairperson of Dar Al Atta’a, said, “This was an integral component of our Islamic values programmes and we were delighted with the liberal support that we have received from NAPCO. In recognition of the success of this recent partnership, we look forward to a long-term relationship with the company in cultivating support for Dar Al Atta’a Association’s programmes and assistance in reaching out to the less fortunate and putting a smile on their faces.”

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Treatment and counselling Dr Zakiya Al Busaidi, senior consultant, Family Medicine and Public Health and supervisor of the student clinic at the SQU said that the SQU Hospital has introduced a service to offer treatment and counselling for students and processes are underway to conduct awareness campaigns against smoking. A ban on smoking in public places such as beaches, parks, bus stations, etc. may become a

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This study is expected to contribute towards formulating some form of treatment and therapy for students who are addicted to smoking and help them rid themselves of it. The research was carried out by a team led by Dr Saeed bin Sulaiman Al Dhafri. The other members of the team were Prof Dr Samir Ibrahim Hassan, Dr Zakiya bint Qahtan Al Busaidi, Dr Manal bint Khasib Al Fazari, and Dr Maha Abdul Majeed Al Ani, along with Al Mur bin Mohammed Al Hashmai and Marawa bint Nasser Al Rajhi.

GLOBAL IMPACT: During the six-month initiative, the Ministry of Tourism has scheduled a full calendar of events, exhibitions, shows and events to entertain visitors at the pavilion.–Supplied photo

reality with the Municipal Council members pushing for its enforcement. Speaking to the Times of Oman, the Municipal Council official said elected members belonging to the Muscat Governorate are pushing hard to put in place a ban on smoking in public places. “We need to take necessary steps to reduce tobacco use. Studies have shown that laws banning smoking in public places have had a positive impact on health,” said the member. An order issued locally which bans smoking in enclosed public places such as shopping malls, cafes and enclosed restaurants, is already in place. It was issued on October 31, 2009, and came into effect in April 2010. The Municipal Council member said that a report from the Ministry of Health revealed that almost 70 per cent of the Sultanate’s residents suffer from some kind of curable disease related to smoking. If the government does not take strong action, these curable diseases might end up becoming terminal ones, he added.

MUSCAT: Oman’s pavilion at the Expo Milan Exhibition 2015 launched the Tourism Week on Saturday, which includes many events and activities aimed at introducing the Sultanate as a unique tourist destination. The Sultanate has chosen the prestigious international show to present its ancient traditions of the country and its future plans. As a strategic meeting point between Asia and Africa, Oman is among the richest countries when it comes to its historical, and environmental background. During the week dedicated to tourism, writers, photographers,

journalists and VIPs will be involved in an Omani travel story. Each day is being dedicated to a speciﬁc topic, which is linked to the desert, the sea or the traditions. The Oman Lounge Pavilion will host the public, media and tour operators to create a travel experience in Oman. The week will culminate with the celebrations for the National Day of July 25. The government delegation to take part in the ceremony will be led by Dr Fu’ad bin Ja’afar Al Sajwani, minister of agriculture and ﬁsheries, and member of the ministerial committee tasked with supervising and preparing for the Sultanate’s participation in the expo.

The delegation comprises Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Meherzi, minister of tourism, Mohsen bin Khamis Al Balushi, advisor of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Commissioner General of the Sultanate’s Pavilion in the expo, Dr Hamad bin Said Al Ouﬁ, undersecretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. During the six-month initiative, the Ministry of Tourism has scheduled a full calendar of events, exhibitions, shows and events to entertain visitors of the pavilion and also giving away trips in collaboration with industry partners. (With inputs from ONA)

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Meanwhile, an official from the Ministry of Manpower urged absconding expatriate workers to make use of the opportunity to legalise their stay in Oman under the three-month Immigration amnesty or ﬂy back home without any legal dues. Rashid felt that the ministry’s move to grant amnesty for undocumented workers might encourage them to abscond more. “Since they have the chance to

correct their situation now and then, labourers believe it is alright to abscond,” said Rashid. “I would call for some sort of new rules to tackle with absconding workers,” he added. The amnesty opportunity provided to undocumented and overstaying workers to return home without facing legal action for violating their residency status and Oman’s labour laws is coming to an end in 10 days, of which there

are only seven working days left. “It is the last chance for undocumented workers to attain legal status,” said a reliable source at the ministry. The ministry’s ﬁgures showed that of the 14,254 illegal expatriate workers who had reported to the ministry, 7,382 have already been deported, and another 6,872 have been referred to the competent authorities for completion of their deportation procedures.

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German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, making the ﬁrst top level German government visit to Tehran in 13 years, indicated that a ministerial-level meeting of a long dormant German-Iran economic commission would take place early next year in Tehran.

UNSC endorses Iran deal, paves way to lift sanctions Obama hailed the passage of the UN resolution, saying he hoped domestic foes would take note

Conditional lifting of curbs Provided Iran respects the agreement to the letter, seven UN resolutions passed since 2006 to sanction Iran will be gradually terminated, the text of the resolution says. The agreement with Tehran was reached last Tuesday in Vienna by the UN council’s ﬁve permanent members Britain, China, France, Russia and the

Germany, Iran vow to revive economic ties TEHRAN: Germany and Iran moved tentatively on Monday towards reviving a once close trade relationship, anticipating the lifting of western economic sanctions against Tehran following a landmark nuclear deal. German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, making the ﬁrst top level German government visit to Tehran in 13 years, indicated that a ministerial-level meeting of a long dormant German-Iran economic commission would take place early next year in Tehran. Gabriel signalled the move at a meeting with Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh during the visit, which is also the ﬁrst to the country by a senior member of a Western government since the nuclear agreement last week. Gabriel is travelling with a delegation of German industry representatives, who are keen to move back into the Iranian market, particularly the lucrative energy sector.

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UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the historic deal on Iran’s nuclear programme and cleared a path to lift sanctions crippling its economy. US President Barack Obama hailed the passage of the UNSC resolution backing his nuclear deal with Iran, saying he hoped domestic foes would take note. Obama said he hoped the passage would “send a clear message that the overwhelming number of countries” recognise that diplomacy is “by far our strongest approach to ensuring that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon.” The passing of the resolution marks formal UN approval for the hard-won, groundbreaking agreement reached between Iran and the so-called P5+1 group after 18 straight days of talks that capped almost two years of momentous negotiations.

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CLEAR MESSAGE: European Union representative to the United Nations Thomas Mayr-Harting, left, speaks as Iranian UN envoy, Gholamali Khoshroo, right, looks on during a United Nations Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York, on Monday. – Reuters

United States plus Germany. The text launches a progressive and conditional lifting of sanctions, in exchange for guarantees that the Islamic republic will not develop a nuclear bomb. UN ambassadors welcomed the resolution and said the years of hard-work on Iran should become a blueprint for how the world deals with other crises such as those in Syria and Yemen. US envoy Samantha Power called on Iran to abide by the agreement in order to end its isolation, make “the world more secure” and to “fully empower the Iranian people.” “When our nations truly unite to confront global crises, our inﬂuence grows exponentially,” she said. “It should motivate us to do far more.” “We turn not simply a page but a whole chapter in the work of the

Council by creating a new reality,” said Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin. “We expect that all countries will quickly adapt to the new conditions and will contribute to a successful implementation of the agreement,” he added. The nuclear deal has been touted as an opening for greater contact between Iran and the leading nations over common interests, particularly on tackling the IS militant group in Iraq and Syria. British ambassador Matthew Rycroft called on Iran to play a “transparent and constructive role in regional affairs”. The council charges the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to “undertake the necessary veriﬁcation and monitoring of Iran’s nuclear commitments.” Those commitments include limiting the number of centrifuges for its ﬁssile material.

The resolution demands that Iran “cooperate fully” with the IAEA. As soon as the council receives IAEA confirmation that the nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, the seven UN sanctions resolutions against Tehran will be terminated and replaced by the terms of Monday’s resolution. Sanctions to be lifted include a ban on the trade of goods or services linked to Iranian nuclear activities, and the freezing of financial assets of designated Iranian officials and companies. But embargoes on the sales and exports of conventional weapons and ballistic missile technology will remain in place -- for five years for conventional weapons and for eight years for missile technology. If Tehran violates any of its commitments, the council can initiate proceedings to reinstate its panoply of sanctions.

The so-called “snapback” mechanism can put old sanctions back in place if world powers feel Iran has not met its commitments under the Vienna deal. If a protest is made via a joint commission, the UN Security Council would have to vote on whether to continue the sanctions lifting. It leaves Iran under the threat of renewed sanctions for 15 years — 10 years under the Vienna agreement endorsed by the UN, and the P5+1 committing to another ﬁve years of tight monitoring. In the United States, a hostile and Republican-majority Congress has 60 days to review the deal. The Congress can pass a motion of disapproval, but President Barack Obama can then veto that. An override of the veto requires two-thirds approval in both the House and Senate. — AFP

Export graph German exports to Iran hit 4.4 billion euros in 2005 but then slumped to 1.8 billion by 2013 as the West tightened the sanctions imposed over Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the agreement between Iran and six world powers including Germany has opened the prospect that the sanctions will be removed. Iran once produced more oil than Saudi Arabia and was able to extract more than 6 million barrels per day in the 1970s, but its output has fallen below 4 million bpd over the past decade due to the sanctions and under-investment. “There is no country in the world where petrochemicals are so easy to access and so inexpensive,” Zangeneh said. “I hope that German and Iranian ﬁrms can ﬁnd each other.” The trip is a delicate one for Gabriel, in part because of Germany’s close ties to Israel.Gabriel said in Tehran on Sunday that closer economic ties with Iran depended on it improving relations with Israel. — Reuters

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Yemen’s loyalists battle Houthi holdouts in Aden ADEN: Yemeni loyalist forces said they advanced on Monday into the last district of the southern port city of Aden still held by Houthi rebels, seeking to flush out the remaining insurgents. Fighters from the pro-government Popular Resistance “have regained control of most of Al Tawahi district”, including the presidential residence, said spokesman Ali Al Ahmadi. The southern fighters also pushed the Houthi rebels and allied forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh out of the region’s military headquarters and the naval base, he told AFP. “A wide combing operation is under way to flush out” rebel holdouts, he said, adding that remaining insurgents had taken positions on several rooftops. At least 17 rebels and 11 progovernment fighters have been killed in clashes since Sunday, military sources said. Ahmadi said 40 other rebels have been taken prisoner, but Al-Maashiq presidential palace in the downtown district of Crater remains in rebel hands. Loyalist forces backed by Saudi-led warplanes have regained control of most of Aden since an assault dubbed “Operation Golden Arrow” be-

gan last Tuesday. Clashes have rumbled on, however, despite the government’s declaration on Friday of the city’s “liberation” after four months of ferocious ﬁghting. Rebel bombardment on Sunday killed 57 civilians in the Dar Saad neighbourhood in the north of the port city, according to local health chief Al Khader Laswar. Two ministers from the government in exile in Saudi Arabia returned to Aden at the weekend, touring the devastated city. Transport Minister Badr Basalmeh told journalists in the city that a technical team had arrived from the United Arab Emirates to repair the control tower and passenger terminal at Aden international airport, which was heavily damaged in clashes before rebel forces were driven out. Elsewhere in southern Yemen, Saudi-led coalition warplanes on Monday carried out several raids on rebel positions, especially Al Anad air base in Lahj and the neighbouring province of Dhaleh, military sources said. The Arab coalition launched an air campaign against the rebels in March after President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi was forced to ﬂee to Riyadh. — AFP

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French woman challenges government’s decision to extradite her for Chile senator’s murder under 118-year-old treaty signed by UK NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Monday sought the government’s response on a plea by a French woman challenging the government’s decision to extradite her after ratifying a 118-yearold treaty on charges that she had participated in a Chilean senator’s killing in 1991. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath issued notice to the External Affairs Ministry (MEA) seeking its reply on the plea of the woman, who has sought an interim stay of the extradition order as well as the notification by which the 118-year-old treaty has been given effect to. “We are on the question whether detention of the petitioner was done in accordance with law or not. These (challenge to notification and treaty) are major questions and require consideration. Necessary counter affidavits be filed. Same be filed on or before July 31,” the bench said.

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In a change of tack, Modi seeks labour union support NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi began work with unions and employers on Monday to build support for the biggest shake-up of labour laws in decades, in an attempt to revive a reform agenda that has suffered setbacks ahead of a key parliamentary session. It is a change of tack for Modi, who is smarting from widespread opposition to businessfriendly land purchase rules he has tried, and so far failed, to push through parliament following an executive decree. “I am conﬁdent that we will be able to address the challenges ahead and proceed with reforms with everyone’s consensus,” Modi said at the start of a two-day labour conference on Monday. Thumbs up for GST Modi has had to scale-back his ambitions for the short session of parliament that starts on Tuesday, with government ofﬁcials privately saying the main focus will be on passing a law to enable a goods and services tax (GST). The GST law got the backing of a parliamentary panel on Monday. Passing it would in itself be a victory and go someway to reassuring investors who are growing jittery that economic modernisation is happening more slowly than they hoped under Modi. “Unless there is clarity on reform proposals investors are not keen to pump in new money,” said Deven Choksey, managing director at KR Choksey Securities. Listening now Over tea at the weekend, Modi reportedly told union leaders that they would be included in discussions along with companies in the build up to the labour law shake-up. “The government is talking in a positive manner,” said Baij Nath Rai, president of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, which is India’s largest union and affiliated to Modi’s party. Rai said the unions now felt the government was listening to their concerns, such as a demand for a higher minimum wage. -Reuters

The woman, Marie Emmanuelle Verhoeven, has also challenged her detention and sought that she be produced before the court. Meanwhile, another bench of the high court has agreed to hear her bail plea on July 27. 56-year-old Verhoeven, a French national, was arrested on February 16 in Uttar Pradesh while she was entering India from Nepal and has been in judicial custody ever since. She is alleged to have participated in the assassination of Chilean senator Jaime Guzman Errazuriz on April 1, 1991. On April 28, MEA, through a notiﬁcation, had validated a 118-year-old extradition treaty between the United Kingdom and Chile, which when signed in 1897, was applicable to all British colonies including India. Seeking interim relief for Verhoeven, senior advocate A S Chandhiok, who appeared for her, contended that the MEA’s decision

56-year-old Verhoeven, a French national, was arrested on February 16 in Uttar Pradesh while she was entering India from Nepal and has been in judicial custody ever since to give retrospective effect to the treaty was “illegal, arbitrary, mala ﬁde and discriminatory”. He said the extradition treaty between Britain and Chile was signed under the Extradition Acts of 1870 to 1895, which was repealed by the extradition Acts of 1989 and 2003. In 1918, the applicability of the Extradition Act of 1870 on India was revoked and Fugitive Offenders Act of 1881 was made applicable, he said and added that in 1955, the Supreme Court had held that latter legislation cannot be kept alive as a consequence of Article 372 of the Constitution. “Consequently, it is most re-

spectfully submitted that the Extradition Treaty dated April 28, 2015 between India and Chile is unconstitutional, arbitrary, illegal and mala ﬁde and must be struck down,” the application ﬁled though advocate Ramni Taneja has said. Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain told the court that Verhoeven was detained on the basis of a red corner notice which is issued in the case of fugitive criminals. He also said that the Acts that Verhoeven claims would not apply, are applicable in her case. Verhoeven has also contended in her application that the March 24 ‘note verbale’, by which her extradition has been sought, has not

Monsoon session set to be stormy Seeking the cooperation of the opposition, the prime minister expressed his willingness to discuss any issue as he said that running Parliament is a ‘shared responsibility’

NEW DELHI: On the eve of the Monsoon session, the government and main opposition Congress on Monday locked horns over the controversies surrounding Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, setting the stage for confrontation in Parliament. While Congress made it clear that it will not allow Parliament to function unless the BJP leaders facing allegations quit, the government asserted that there will be no resignations and that it will not give in to any ultimatum. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while seeking the cooperation of opposition, expressed willingness to discuss any issue as he said that running Parliament is a “shared responsibility”. Two all-party meetings were held -- one convened by Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and the other by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan -- but both ended in deadlocks, with the government and the main opposition sticking to their positions on the controversies, particularly over Lalit Modi and Vyapam scam. Congress is demanding resignation of Swaraj, the External Affairs Minister, and Raje, the Rajasthan Chief Minister, over their links with former IPL chief Lalit Modi. HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s ouster is being demanded in a case of alleged false claim over education. Chouhan, the Madhya

LONG ROAD AHEAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ministers of state Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Rajeev Pratap Rudy arrive at Parliament House for an all-party meeting on Monday. -PTI

Pradesh Chief Minister, is under ﬁre over Vyapam scam while Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh is being targeted over rice scam. At the meeting convened by Naidu, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad insisted that resignations are necessary for the smooth functioning of Parliament. Rejecting this, Naidu said, “There is no question of accepting ultimatum by anybody. From where did the question of resignation arise? Nobody can dictate terms to the government. From the government side, no Union Minister has done anything illegal or immoral.” Modi appealed to all the parties to utilise Parliament time for discussing issues and said running both the Houses is a “shared responsibility of all”. He also exhorted them to move forward collectively on the contentious Land bill, which has got stuck because of stiff opposition by various parties. Congress, however, appeared to

be alone on its stance of “no resignation, no House” as most other parties said in the meeting that a washout of Parliament is not a solution. Naidu, said that 29 opposition parties did not back Congress stand on not allowing the House to function. However, NCP’s Tariq Anwar and CPI-M’s Sitaram Yechury felt that the government needs to take action. K C Venugopal, Congress whip in the Lok Sabha said, “we are ready for cooperation with the government in passage of bills on merit provided there is elaborate cooperation and meaningful action on the recent important issues like Vyapam, ‘Lalitgate’ and Indo-Pakistan ties. “Government should be ready for detailed discussions and strong action against those who are involved. We are for running of Parliament. But the duty of the government is to settle the issue and address concerns of the Opposition and people’s sentiments all over the country. The ball is in the government’s court.” -PTI

been drafted as per Extradition Guidelines of India and thus, it “entitles her to be discharged and to be set at liberty forthwith as she has been incarcerated for nearly ﬁve months since the date of her arrest on February 16, 2015”. Referring to two orders of February and March 2015 of the Chilean courts, the application has contended that even “the Chilean Courts accept and recognize the fact that there is no Extradition Treaty between India and Chile”. Earlier on July 1, a single-judge bench of the high court had observed that not granting bail to Verhoeven was “harassment” and the government should look into it. Extradition proceedings were initiated against Verhoeven on the request of the Chilean government which had alleged that she had participated in a conspiracy to commit a terror attack which had led to the death of senator Errazuriz. In her plea opposing the extradi-

tion proceedings, she has contended that the treaty was ultra vires to the Constitution. She has opposed the allegations of the Chilean government, saying she was falsely implicated in the case due to political vendetta as she was a “member of the Latin American Economic and Social Committee and had participated in special human rights missions”. She also claimed that she was an “officer of the prison administration in Chile as an assistant to the National Directorate” when she was staying there from 1985 to 1995. In her plea, she has said that pursuant to the red-corner notice, she was apprehended in Germany on January 25 last year and kept in pre-trial detention. The German court had rejected the extradition request of Chile after which she came here on a valid Indian visa, but was arrested in Uttar Pradesh on the basis of the redcorner notice, her plea said. -PTI

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People gather around models of a dinosaur at a zoo in Islamabad on Monday, during the Eid Al Fitr holiday. — AFP

ISLAMABAD: Aiming to import liqueﬁed natural gas (LNG) from China, Pakistan has started construction of its seven hundredkilometre pipeline, Radio Pakistan reported. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi while addressing the media, stated that the project will be jointly funded by Pakistan and China. Chinese funds “Chinese funds will beneﬁt Pakistan and allow it to complete its Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline project,” Abbasi added. According to Abbasi, Pakistan has been trying to overcome its energy crisis by importing gas from Iran however, sanctions on Iran had hampered the work on the project. Access to warm waters Further stating that Gwadar port being the central hub for China Pakistan Economic Corridor, will allow western China to gain access to warm waters. — Express Tribune

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Narcotics worth Rs4.77b seized ISLAMABAD: A special team of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan on Monday, resulting in the seizure of heroine worth billions of rupees. With the seizure of 746kg heroin worth Rs4.77 billion in the international market, the force has now seized ‘approximately 12,365 tonnes of narcotics in the past 17 years,’ said official details available with The Express Tribune. They, however, admitted that the special teams could not apprehend the drug peddlers believed to be involved in this latest bid as they were hiding in farﬂung areas of the province. Action plan required The material was packed in 225 packets and was being taken in a Toyota Surf vehicle on QuettaChaman Road in district Qilla Abdullah. To thwart the transportation of the drugs, ANF had to deploy personnel on ﬁve routes simultaneously. Meanwhile, Chairman Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior and Anti-Narcotics, Senator Rehman Malik observed in

a recent meeting of the committee, “An action plan is required to curb the use of illegal drugs in the country.” The country is critically placed in international drug trade as it shares an over 2,400km-long and porous border with Iran and Afghanistan, he added. Non-arrest of ‘big names’ Expressing concern on the nonarrest of ‘big names’ transporting illegal drugs to various parts of the country, Malik directed ANF officials to apprehend them and assured them of support. Official documents of the ANF had also revealed that Pakistan spent Rs4 a year on each drug addict in the country while approximately 8.9 million people were substance abusers. “Pakistan has allocated Rs27 million for drug addicts (in the budget),” ANF Director-General Major-General Khawar Hanif told the committee earlier this month. “Unfortunately, there is no proper policy for maintaining rehabilitation centres in the country,” he pointed out. — Express Tribune

Altaf plans to sit on fast outside Cameron’s house In a statement issued by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain had alleged that the federal and provincial governments, army, rangers and police are involved in ‘genocide of Muhajirs, both economically and physically’

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LONDON: The official residence of the British prime minister, also commonly referred to as 10 Downing Street, has been chosen as the venue for Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s hunger strike. “We have chosen 10 Downing

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Street as the hunger strike venue,” Wasay Jalil, party’s spokesperson in London told The Express Tribune on Monday. The 10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as ‘Number 10’, is the official residence of the UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Permission According to the MQM leader, his party would release more details about the protest as soon as it got permission from British authori-

ties to carry out the hunger strike. “Party leaders will also go on hunger strike if Altaf Hussain carries it out,” he added. On Sunday, the MQM leader had announced that he would go on hunger strike till death against the ‘exploitation of Muhajirs (migrants).’ Announcing his decision to go on hunger strike, MQM chief said he had promised to the nation that he would rather die than go back on his promise to safeguard the rights of not only Muhajirs

but of all the oppressed people of this country. In a statement issued by the party, Altaf Hussain had alleged that federal and provincial governments, army, rangers and police are involved in “genocide of Muhajirs, both economically and physically.” Altaf had also announced that after his death Rabita Committee will look after all the party matters. “It would be up to the Rabita Committee whether they continue the movement or end it.” — Express Tribune

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UN monitors visit areas The act of giving without love affected by Indian ﬁring NAVEEN MANGI

ISLAMABAD: A team of the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) visited Sialkot Working Boundary on the Line of Control on Monday and inspected the sites affected by recent ﬁring by Indian Border Security Force (BSF). “The UNMOGIP visited areas most affected by recent Indian ﬁring and were shown evidence

of ceasefire violations, as Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said, according to Express News. “Members of the UN team also inquired about the health of those wounded during firing in Sulehpor, Chaprar and Milanay sectors of the LoC,” the statement added. The visit comes after five people were killed and dozens others injured as Indian Border Security

Force resorted to unprovoked ﬁring along the Working Boundary near Sialkot last week. The Pakistan army on Friday registered India’s violations with the UNMOGIP. According to the military’s media wing, the ISPR, Pakistan Army highlighted the Indian use of heavy mortars and machine guns on civil population living along the Working Boundary and the LoC. — Express Tribune

ne scorching afternoon towards the end of Ramazan, while visiting a village in Sindh, I was intrigued by a large crowd of people, several dozen rickshaws and scores of bicycles and motorbikes in a narrow street. I stopped by to find out what the attraction was. Turns out a wellmeaning charitable institution was distributing Eid gifts to the ‘under-privileged.’ The privileges being handed out in a sack included five kilogrammes of sugar, five kilogrammes of cooking oil, 20 kilogrammes of rice, one women’s unstitched suit of polyester, six bars of hand-soap and six of clothes washing soap. A content and price list was also in the sack. Total cost: Rs2,780 (approximately10OMR). This is what the gift-giving arena looked like: A gruff looking man seated comfortably in a shaded spot, list in hand, was reading out names much in the style of a court bailiff, demanding the accused appear immediately. The beneficiary of the gift was meant to present a token bearing his name, his father’s name and national identity card number, provide evidence by also showing his original identity card and then receive this bag of provisions. He

was then ordered to move along swiftly. Those whose paperwork didn’t satisfy the bailiff ’s assistant were turned out without a hearing. All these receivers of gifts were made to stand in line from late morning through the afternoon with temperatures rising into the mid-forties. There was no shade provided in the distribution area, nor any arrangement for water. Men, women and children, had gathered in the hundreds, were jostling for space in the line and as the jungle rule goes, the biggest and strongest were the ones who found their way through. Dense crowd So dense was the crowd and so intense the heat that even strong young men were dizzy and faint and some approached us asking for a glass of water. A small group of women helplessly lay down under a tree outside the distribution area, waiting for the crowds to thin so they may get a chance to get in line. They carried bundles of hay that they spread out and sat down upon. Some nursed wailing babies, others chased after toddlers to make sure they wouldn’t be crushed in the crowd. The recipients were mostly impoverished even though brief conversations revealed most of them had enough rice, sugar and soap

at home. Nevertheless, the hunger for provisions was clearly understandable. And the willingness to suffer? This, unfortunately, is the product of centuries of subjugation that has created minds desperate to receive handouts without effort or dignity. One recipient told me it’s human nature to want to get something for free if it’s just being handed out, so what’s a little shoving to endure? Seeing all this made me pause to think about the giving of gifts. What a lovely and precious privilege it is to present a gift, even more so on the blessed occasion of Eid. There is so much involved. The excitement of deciding what to give, the thinking and re-thinking about whether the recipient needs and would enjoy this particular gift, and the making of recipient lists. On occasions such as Eid, when we as individuals or charitable institutions choose to give out gifts as a means of sharing blessings with those we think can’t afford them ﬁnancially, why do we deny ourselves the pleasure of all the frills that come with gift-giving? Why do we choose to dispose of a burden by handing out things we ourselves attach little value to or indeed wouldn’t use at all and that too without any love? The act of giving without warmth and love isn’t gifting at all. — Express Tribune

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US ‘friendly fire’ kills 10 Afghan soldiers in Logar PUL-E-ALAM (AFGHANISTAN): A US airstrike killed up to 10 Afghan soldiers on Monday at an army checkpoint in a Talibaninfested province south of Kabul, one of the deadliest episodes of “friendly fire” from foreign forces in recent years. The early morning raid in Baraki Barak district of Logar province comes as coalition forces increase air strikes on potential militant targets despite a drawdown of NATO forces after 13 years of war. The bombing marked the second such incident in the area since last December when a NATO air strike killed five civilians and wounded six others. “At 6:00 am (0130 GMT) today, two US helicopters attacked a checkpoint in Baraki Barak,” district governor Mohammad Rahim Amin told AFP. “The checkpoint caught fire... and 10 Afghan army soldiers were killed,” he added, revising down his earlier toll of 14. Civilian and military deaths in coalition airstrikes have been one of the most emotive and high-profile issues of the war, often provoking fury from the government. An American military official said he was “aware of an incident involving US forces in Logar province this morning”. “This incident is under investigation,” he added. Logar’s deputy police chief, Mohammad Wara, also said 10 Afghan soldiers were killed and four others were wounded but provincial

army commander, Abdul Razid Safi, said the attack resulted in eight fatalities. Amin said the targeted outpost was “not a suspicious area”. “The Afghan flag was waving at the checkpoint in Baraki Barak when the Americans launched their attack,” he said. But the Afghan defence ministry said “armed insurgents had opened fire on the coalition forces’ helicopters”, though it did not say if that had prompted the friendly fire. Following the attack, an Afghan army convoy dispatched to the site was ambushed several times on its way by Taliban militants, but they managed to retrieve the dead bodies without any further casualties, Amin said. Combat mission US-led NATO forces ended their combat mission in Afghanistan in December, leaving local forces to battle the Taliban alone, but a residual force remains for training and counter-terrorism operations. Despite the drawdown, the US carried out 106 military air strikes in June, a sharp jump compared to the previous month when it carried out 41 strikes. But that figure is still significantly lower than previous years. Last year it carried out 2,363 air strikes compared to a total of 305 raids in the first six months of this year, according to military statistics. — AFP

based at the cultural centre in Suruc was preparing to announce a solidarity mission to Kobane in Syria CARNAGE: The scene after an explosion in the town of Suruc in Sanliurfa, on Monday, not far from the

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ANKARA: Thirty people were killed on Monday in a suicide attack in a Turkish town on the Syrian border, with officials pointing the finger of blame at the IS militant group. The blast ripped through a cultural centre in Suruc, a town opposite the Syrian flashpoint of Kobane -- which was hit itself shortly afterwards by a suicide car bombing. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a visit to the Turkish breakaway state in northern Cyprus, condemned the Suruc suicide attack as an “act of terror”. “On behalf of my people, I curse and condemn the perpetrators of this brutality,” he said. The force of the explosion blew out the windows of the building in the centre of the town and set off a blaze, witnesses said. Television footage showed several people lying on the ground covered in blood and ambulances rushing to the scene. “The Turkish authorities have strong reason to believe that the terrorist attack was perpetrated by ISIS,” a government official told AFP, using another name for IS. If confirmed, it would be the first such attack by the IS group against Turkey, a regional military power and NATO member. An official in the prime minister’s office said 28 people were killed and nearly 100 injured in Suruc, which is home to a large number of Syrian refugees.

Officials fiercely dismiss the criticism that Ankara is not doing enough to halt the flow of militants across the volatile 911 kilometre and say Turkey has deported more than 1,500 IS suspects and banned nearly 15,000 people from 98 countries from entering

The blast took place as a Turkish anti-IS activist group based at the cultural centre was preparing to announce a solidarity mission to Kobane. EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn said in a Twitter message: “Tragic consequences of Syrian conﬂict felt in a neighbouring country.” Country’s unity Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is sending three ministers to the southeastern region following the bombing, his office announced. “We are calling on everyone to show common sense in the face of this terrorist attack targeting our country’s unity,” the interior ministry said. In Kobane, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint, killing two members of Kurdish security forces, according to Rami Abdel Rahman, direc-

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Demanding rise in milk and meat prices, angry French farmers block town access CAEN (FRANCE): Hundreds of angry French farmers blocked access to the northern town of Caen on Monday, demanding a hike in milk and meat prices. Dairy and beef farmers arrived on the outskirts of the Normandy town on Sunday aboard some 330 tractors and other farm vehicles, according to local officials. Many were armed with buckets full of earth and manure, some of which they dumped in front of businesses — including an abattoir, a distribution company and a meat-processing plant — which they accuse of being part of the problem. “Angry farmers” and “You are

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letting us die” were among the banners on display, as the tractors organised a go-slow on one of the main roads through the Normandy and Calvados regions. “It’s one of the biggest mobilisations for several years,” said Sebastien Debieu, secretary general of farmers’ union FDSEA. “We will continue the blockage until (Minister of Agriculture Stephane) Le Foll comes to Caen,”

he said. Retailers and food industry heads promised to raise prices on meat and dairy after a meeting with farmers last month. But farmers say they have yet to beneﬁt from the price hikes in supermarkets, triggering a wave of strikes across the country. Samuel Bidert, of the Young Farmers group taking part in the protest, said he was currently paid 300 euros ($325) per tonne of milk, but that he needed 370 euros “to live in dignity without depending on my wife, and 340-350 to pay my costs without receiving a salary”. President Francois Hollande called over the weekend for

France’s distributors “to offer consumers quality and farmers a good price”. Le Foll said he would meet the farmers in Paris on Thursday after speaking with pricing experts, but the unions are calling for a sitdown with all the food industry bosses. “Meetings in Paris that don’t lead to anything do not interest us,” said Jean-Yves Heurtin, regional head of the FDSEA. — AFP

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tor of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Kobane has been a symbol of resistance against the jihadists since IS militants were driven out in January. Turkey has recently stepped up its role in the ﬁght against the IS group, which has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq over the past year. In recent weeks, security forces have arrested dozens of IS militants and sympathisers in the most signiﬁcant action by Ankara against the militants. “It’s now obvious that the Turkish government has upgraded the threat posed by ISIS to among the top ones it is facing,” a Western diplomat told AFP last week. Turkey boosted its military defences on the border earlier this month, stationing tanks and antiaircraft missiles there as well as bolstering troop numbers. The build-up has fed specula-

tion that the government is planning to intervene in Syria to push IS militants back from the border and halt the advance of Kurdish forces who have made gains against the extremists. Davutoglu has however ruled out any immediate action in Syria. Turkey has been accused of tolerating IS in the early stages of its existence. Ankara has categorised IS as a terrorist group since October 2013. But Turkey has been a reluctant member of the anti-IS coalition led by the United States and refused to give its NATO ally the green-light for the use of Incirlik air base in the south for bombings against militant targets. In January, Kurdish forces backed by rebel groups and USled air strikes had pushed IS out of Kobane after four months of fierce fighting in a hugely symbolic defeat for the militants. The hardliners made a surprise raid on Kobane last month but the fighters were driven back by Kurdish forces who took full control of the town. Suruc, once a centre of silkmaking, is home to one of the biggest refugee camps in Turkey housing Syrians who have fled the bloody four-year conflict at home. The camp, which opened in January, shelters about 35,000 refugees who crossed the border after IS militants first seized Kobane. — AFP

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Cuban flag ﬂies in US; Kerry to visit Havana on August 14 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez demanded lifting of trade embargo and return of the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay

WASHINGTON: The Cuban flag on Monday was proudly hoisted over Havana’s newly restored embassy in Washington for the first time in 54 years as the two nations resumed diplomatic ties, ending decades of hostility. Also on Monday, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the historic restoration of US-Cuba relations will only make sense if the United States lifts its comprehensive trade embargo and returns to Cuba the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay in eastern Cuba. In a historic ceremony attended by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, a large crowd cheered and shouted “Fidel, Fidel” and “Viva Raul” as the flag was raised by an honour guard. They were referring to Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro, who is now the president of the communist-run Caribbean island. After the US and Cuba officially resumed relations at one minute after midnight, an American official confirmed to AFP that US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Havana on August 14. Foreign policy legacy He will be the first US secretary of state to visit Cuba since 1945, sealing what will be a major foreign policy legacy of President Barack Obama’s eight-year tenure. The historic turnaround between two bitter adversaries has come at breakneck pace after Obama and Raul Castro in December agreed to normalize ties. The shift came after Washington acknowledged its policy of trying to affect change in tightly controlled communist

HISTORIC CEREMONY: Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, right, stands and faces the Cuban ﬂag after raising it over their new embassy in Washington, DC, on Monday. – Reuters

Cuba through isolation and trade restrictions had failed. At about 4:00 am (0800 GMT), the Cuban banner first took its place in the columned marble entrance hall to the State Department, hoisted between the flags of Croatia to the left and Cyprus to the right. It was then raised at the embassy in Washington, which until Monday had been operating as an interests section. At the US embassy in Havana however, where some 360 people including 30 Americans are employed, there were few outward signs Monday of its new status. No US flag will fly over the building on Havana’s waterfront Malecon until Kerry arrives. US charge d’affaires Jeffrey DeLaurentis will stay in post in Havana until a new ambassador is confirmed, with his Cuban counterpart Jose Cabanas also staying in place in Washington. The move has been hailed by Cubans, hoping to see an easing of

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tough economic conditions. “It’s a day to be celebrated, it’s an important day that will bring new opportunities,” said 18-yearold Cuban Adriel Gonzales, who had the honour of raising the Cuban ﬂag outside the US embassy in Havana. But both nations have cautioned that this is only a beginning, warning that overcoming decades of enmity is not easy. “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,” analyst Ted Piccone from the Brookings Institution told AFP. “Building conﬁdence and trust will be critical to the ability to move forward,” he added.

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. Some Republicans have been sharply critical of what they see as US haste to cozy up with Cuba. Senator and 2016 presidential hopeful Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, vowed on Sunday to end diplomatic ties with an “antiAmerican communist tyranny.” “This recognition somehow sends a message to dissidents and others around the world that the United States accepts the Cuban form of government today as a legitimate form of government,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union.” 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 seeking an estimated $7 billion to $8 billion.

On Havana’s side, Raul Castro has urged Obama to use his executive powers to “dismantle” the economic embargo in place for more than 50 years, calling it the main stumbling block toward normalisation. Washington also wants to ensure the return of several American fugitives wanted in the United States. Tough negotiations eased one stumbling block with the Cuban security presence outside the US embassy in Havana already reduced. And while American diplomats would still have to provide notiﬁcation of their travel, they will no longer have to seek permission. Rodriguez said: “The historic events we are living today will only make sense with the removal of the economic, commercial and ﬁnancial blockade, which causes so much deprivation and damage to our people, the return of occupied territory in Guantanamo, and respect for the sovereignty of Cuba.” — AFP

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EU weighs curbs on Libya factions not agreeing to peace deal BRUSSELS/TRIPOLI: The European Union is considering sanctions against Libya’s warring factions who fail to agree to a UNsponsored peace deal after one group controlling the capital Tripoli refused to sign up this month. Also on Monday in Benghazi, Libyan war planes sank one ship and attacked a second vessel on Sunday, military spokesmen for the country’s internationally recognised government said. Meanwhile, the European Union says a UN-backed deal is the only way to end the war between rival governments vying for power in the oil producer four years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. EU diplomats did not spell out which group would be targeted. But they said plans to impose asset freezes and travel bans on individuals were in advanced stages and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini had raised the issue with EU foreign ministers and UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon in Brussels. “We can’t just sit here while tragedies are happening. If dialogue is not bringing progress, it seems to me to be logical to impose sanctions,” Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told reporters. The EU is particularly keen on seeing a national unity government set up so it can seek Libya’s formal approval for a naval mission to combat people-smugglers operating off the Libyan coast. A confidential discussion paper drawn up by the EU’s diplomatic service and seen by Reuters sets out a range of options for sanctions, including imposing a full oil embargo, but diplomats say the most likely option is a blacklist of individuals. “We need to be ready to implement sanctions... to put pressure on those who will not come to the table,” Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said. Meanwhile, in Benghazi there was no independent confirmation for the strike near the town of Mareesa, the latest attack on ships in Libya. “The vessel was sunk because it had loaded fighters, weapons and ammunition to support terrorism in the eastern region,” air force spokesman Nasser Al Hassi said early on Monday.— Agencies

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Biggest-ever search for alien life launched LONDON: British cosmologist Stephen Hawking launched on Monday the biggest-ever search for intelligent extraterrestrial life in a 10-year, $100-million (92-million-euro) project to scan the heavens. Russian Silicon Valley entrepreneur Yuri Milner, who is funding the Breakthrough Listen initiative, said it would be the most intensive scientific search ever undertaken for signs of extra-terrestrial intelligent life. “In an infinite universe, there must be other occurrences of life. Somewhere in the cosmos, perhaps, intelligent life may be watching,” Hawking said at the launch event at the Royal Society science academy in London. “Either way, there is no bigger question. It’s time to commit to finding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. We must know.” The project will use some of the biggest telescopes on Earth, searching far deeper into the universe than before for radio spectrum and laser signals. “We are launching the most comprehensive search programme ever,”

THE BIG QUEST: British scientist Stephen Hawking attends a press conference in London on Monday, where he and Russian entrepreneur and co-founder of the Breakthrough Prize, Yuri Milner, announced the launch of Breakthrough Initiative, a new project to attempt to detect life in the Cosmos. – AFP

said Milner. “Breakthrough Listen takes the search for intelligent life in the universe to a completely new level.” He said the scan would collect more data in one day than a year of any previous search, tracking the

million closest stars, the centre of the Milky Way and the 100 closest galaxies. “We should not read too much into the lack of conﬁrmed signals,” said the former physics student, who is named after Yuri Gagarin, the ﬁrst man in outer

space. Earth’s telescopes would be able to detect a signal from similarly-advanced technology sent from the centre of the Milky Way. A signal from Andromeda, the nearest major galaxy, would need only the power of two times the Three Gorges Dam in China to reach Earth. “We don’t need to assume that civilisation is way more developed than we are,” Milner said. Martin Rees, Britain’s astronomer royal and one of the project leaders, said modern technology allowed much more sensitive searches than ever before, though he cautioned against expectations of finding intelligent alien life. “It’s a huge gamble, of course, but the pay-off would be so colossal... even if the chance of success is small,” the astrophysicist said. However, the possibility of finding life had effectively risen a billionfold through the identification of billions of Earth-like planets in the Milky Way, he said. “Is there life out there? We may not answer it but this gives a bigger chance that it may be answered in our lifetime,” he said. — AFP

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One last chance for Oman to book spot in World Cup 2016 Oman has been the most impressive side in the ongoing ICC World T20 qualiﬁers in IrelandScotland and now awaits the loser of NetherlandsNamibia match for the crucial decider on July 23

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Platini ‘to decide’ in two weeks on Fifa run ZURICH: UEFA chief Michel Platini will decide in the next two weeks whether to run in an election to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, a source close to the UEFA leadership said Monday. The French football great, now 60, is considered the favourite to win the election if he stands. FIFA’s executive committee met on Monday to decide the date of a special congress as a corruption scandal grows. Platini is seriously considering a bid after getting verbal support from four of the six regional confederations that make up football’s world body, the source told AFP. Only the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Oceania confederation is not backing Platini. The UEFA leader has made increasing calls for reform of the world body in recent months. These have been heightened since US authorities charged 14 people — including seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich — with corruption.- AFP

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MOMENT OF JOY: File photo of Oman players celebrating after the win against Afghanistan in the group phase. – Supplied photo

MUSCAT: All eyes will be on Tuesday’s match between the Netherlands and Namibia in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers as Oman, who were placed fourth in Group B awaits the loser for a knock-out match on July 23 to cement their place in the ICC World Twenty20 2016 in India. Oman has been the most impressive side during the Scotland phase and with a bit of luck could have booked the ticket to India without much fuss, but now the situation is such that they need to play the waiting game. During the first phase, where they played in tough Group B, Oman had stunned the cricket world with two impressive wins against top teams like Afghanistan and the Netherlands (their third win was against Canada), but just fumbled against Group topper Scotland. The most crucial setback for Oman was their seven-run loss to Kenya and the washed out game against the United Arab Emirates. Both Kenya and the UAE along with Canada are out of the qualifiers. Apart from the NetherlandsNamibia match, Tuesday will also see Afghanistan take on Hong Kong, who too like Oman and Papua New Guinea were one of the surprise packages. The winners of those two games will join group toppers Ireland and Scotland in qualifying for India while the losers will play off against the fourth-placed teams from the group stage, Papua New

Guinea and Oman, for the final two qualification spots. According to the team base in Dublin, Oman is in no mood to relax and the team was busy training at the historical Phoenix Cricket Club, which was established in 1830. After the training session the team think-tank was confident that Oman will fight it out against whichever opponent will be thrown upon them after the Tuesday match. Be it Netherlands, Oman has the confidence of subduing them in the group match or be it Namibia, Oman has all-round ability to get past them. “We are battle ready,” said Oman national coach Duleep Mendis from Dublin. “We have played extremely well so far, but for the match against Scotland. Now we know that we are in a must-win situation and the team is preparing well,” said the legendary Sri Lankan. “We have three days in our hand to prepare and we are making maximum use of the time to be in prime condition for the all-important match,” added Mendis.

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Meanwhile, Oman Cricket general secretary Madhu Jesrani was all praise for the players. “We all know that Group B was very tough and our boys played really well to make this grade. Barring the match against Scotland, we have had a dream run by beating favourites Afghanistan and Netherlands and we were unfortunate to have lost to the weather or else the situation would have been different,” said Jesrani, who is with the team in Dublin. “But we will win the next match and go to India and I hope weather is in our favour,” said a conﬁdent Jesrani. Renaissance gift Team manager Jameel Zaidi went a step ahead and said Oman must qualify for the World Cup. “We are playing on Oman’s Renaissance day and a victory will be the best gift for the nation,” said a

AT TRAINING: Oman cricketers practicing at the Phoenix Cricket Club in Dublin on Monday. – Supplied photo

smiling Zaidi, who is keeping his boys in good mood. “The boys are hungry and eager to win the crucial match and bring joy to all cricket enthusiasts in Oman,” said Zaidi. Assistant coach Mazher Saleem Khan also provided some news to cheer. Skipper Sultan Ahmed, who had left for his home after his mother’s demise, is expected to join the team soon. “Sultan will join the team soon,” said Mazher. “Our team is ready for the crucial match and we are preparing hard.” Meanwhile, Oman physio Premnath said the boys are ﬁt and there are no injury worries. “All of them are ready to play to their best abil-

ity and give Oman their ﬁrst appearance on world stage.” Oman has impressed everyone with their all-round abilities and skilful leadership of Sultan. It is difficult to pin point who performed the best as each and everyone including the bench strength have played an important role in Oman’s performance. Team’s technical advisor Derek Pringle said: “We have been better than the best and I believe they can make the World Cup.” One more good show will take them to further heights. As best wishes pour for the national cricket team from all quarters, hope is that history is made on the blessed Renaissance Day.

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FIFA election for Blatter’s successor on February 26 ZURICH: FIFA will hold a special election on February 26 to replace president Sepp Blatter, football’s scandal-tainted world body said Monday as French football great Michel Platini moved closer to launching a campaign. The FIFA executive, including rivals Blatter and Platini, agreed the date at a meeting in Zurich where the “exraordinary elective FIFA congress” will be held. Blatter announced on June 2, four days after winning a ﬁfth term as president, that he would stand down as a major corruption storm hit world football’s ruling body.

The decision was a victory for Blatter who had wanted the vote pushed back until 2016. UEFA and some other regional bodies had sought a December election. Blatter was to announce at a later press conference whether the executive committee agreed to ﬁrst reform measures for the multi-billion dollar body. FIFA is still reeling from the arrest of seven officials at a Zurich congress two days before Blatter won reelection on May 29. The seven are among 14 people — soccer officials and sports business executives — accused by US

authorities over more than $150 million in bribes paid to secure television and marketing contracts for football tournaments. Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb appeared in a New York court on Saturday after being extradited from Switzerland last week. He denied bribery charges but was only released on $10 million bail. Swiss authorities are in parallel investigating the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively. Candidates for the FIFA presidency have until October 26 to put their names forward. — AFP

FIFA MEETING: UEFA president Michel Platini (R) stands with the group of officials in the FIFA headquarters in Zurich. – Reuters

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SPORTS Tigers target Tests after ODI success Now faced with the daunting prospect of tackling top-ranked South Africa, Bangladesh see a draw as a realistic target. “I think a batting-friendly pitch would be best for us,” said opening batsman Imrul Kayes. “If we can score over 400 runs the game will head towards a draw. “Against the number one Test team in the world, a draw would be a big achievement. “The team is in a good rhythm. We won the last four ODI series at home. I think that if we can replicate our ODI form in the Tests, there will be something good for Bangladesh.”

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh will look to carry their recent success in One-day Internationals to the traditional Test format when they begin a two-match series against South Africa in Chittagong on Tuesday.

SEEKS TO IMPROVE: Bangladesh captain Mushﬁqur Rahim addresses the media after a practice session at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. – AFP

Bangladesh’s Test record remains dismal despite a stellar improvement in ODI cricket which saw the Tigers posted series wins against Pakistan, India and South Africa following their first-ever appearance in the quarterfinals of the World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand. The Asian minnows have won just seven of their previous 91 Tests, with five of them against fellow strugglers Zimbabwe and the remaining two against an understrength West Indies side.

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But just like in the shorter format, an upward trend is also visible in Tests since January 2013, when Bangladesh played 16 Tests, lost just six, won four and drew the rest.

During the period, they swept Zimbabwe 3-0 and managed creditable draws against Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Pakistan and India, mainly at home.

Fresh energy South Africa will look to bounce back from their embarrassing 1-2 defeat in the preceding ODI series, where they were drubbed by heavy margins of seven wickets and nine wickets in the last two matches. Fearsome fast bowler Dale Styen heads a group of eight players back in the fray after missing the ODI series, who coach Russell Domingo said will add fresh energy to the team. “We have to move on,” Domingo told the Cricket South Africa website. “It was a disappointing ﬁnish to our one-day series after starting well in the T20’s,” Domingo said, referring to their 2-0 win in Twen-

ty20 international series before the ODIs. “We have eight new players here which is always great; there is new energy, new ideas and some experience with guys like Dale (Steyn) joining the side.” The Proteas, who are in a rebuilding process following the retirement of Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis and Alviro Petersen in recent years, will miss the services of batting mainstay AB de Villiers. De Villiers, who flew back home after Twenty20s, was given a break from the ODI and Test series for personal reasons, snapping an unbroken run of 98 consecutive Tests. The second and final Test will be played in Dhaka from July 30 to August 3. Bangladesh (from): Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Litton Das, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Soumya Sarkar, Nasir Hossain, Taijul Islam, Jubair Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Mohammad Shahid, Mustafizur Rahman. South Africa (from): Hashim Amla (capt), Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Stiaan van Zyl, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Simon Harmer, Temba Bavuma, Dane Vilas. - AFP

ASHES

Thomas survives Buoyant Aussies still face selection issues crash as Plaza wins GAP: Britain’s Geraint Thomas survived a terrifying crash on a hair-raising descent as Ruben Plaza won Monday’s 16th stage of the Tour de France. Chris Froome ﬁnished in an elite group of favourites to maintain his 3min 10sec lead over Nairo Quintana but his teammate Thomas came close to disaster on the 201km ride from Bourgde-Peage to Gap. Young Frenchman Warren Barguil lost control on a dangerous corner and bumped into Thomas who was knocked over a sheer drop, hitting his head on a lamppost as he went over the edge. Incredibly, the tough Welshman climbed back onto the road and after a swift change of bikes, he carried on, losing less then 40 seconds by the ﬁnish. “I’m OK, I just hit my head on a lamppost but I’m alright,” said the chirpy 29-year-old, who reacted with typical dry humour. “It was a hard right and I was just following the wheel and then all of a sudden Barguil went into me. “I feel alright for now -- I guess the doctor will ask me my number and date of birth soon.

“A nice Frenchman pulled me out — but I lost my glasses as well. They don’t even make them any more.” Barguil blamed the crash on American Tejay Van Garderen, claiming the BMC man had bumped into him before he lost control. But Van Garderen saw things differently. “Warren was trying to come over the top of me. I was trying to keep my position and stay safe,” said the 26-year-old. “It was a matter of who breaks the latest, he (Barguil) was willing to take great risks, he took out Geraint Thomas and almost took out himself.” A French TV commentator following on a motorbike said Thomas looked “groggy” but ﬁne as he remounted. That drama happened almost 20 minutes back from Spaniard Plaza’s stage victory as the Skyled peloton had shown no interest in chasing a 23-man breakaway. Lampre’s Plaza attacked with 18km left on the ﬁnal climb —- an 8.9km-long second category ascension with an average gradient of 5.6 percent. — AFP

LONDON: Australia may have thrashed England by 405 runs at Lord’s on Sunday to level the fivematch Ashes series at 1-1, but they still have to make some selection decisions ahead of the third Test in Birmingham. The sight of opener Chris Rogers, who made a Test-best 173 in Australia’s first innings at Lord’s, suffering a dizzy spell early on Sunday morning when batting second time around sparked fears the 37-year-old left-hander was suffering from delayed concussion after being hit on the helmet by James Anderson on Friday. Rogers, who plans to retire after the Ashes, missed Australia’s recent Test series win in the Caribbean after being concussed while batting in the nets. Australia also have a tricky dilemma to solve when it comes to the question of their wicket-keeper at Edgbaston, where the third Test begins on July 29. Peter Nevill impressed on debut at Lord’s with seven catches and a breezy 45 in his only innings. But he only got his chance behind the stumps after the experienced Brad Haddin, his mentor at New South Wales, withdrew because of unspecified “family reasons”. Haddin is still with the tour par-

TERRIFIC COMEBACK: Australians celebrate after winning the second Ashes Test. – Reuters

ty, however, and Australia could use their upcoming three-day tour match with Derbyshire starting on Thursday as a way of testing his readiness to return to the international arena. Far more straightforward was the performance at Lord’s of allrounder Mitchell Marsh, called into the side after Shane Watson was dropped following Australia’s 169-run defeat in the ﬁrst Test in Cardiff. Marsh weighed in with handy wickets, looking a far more threatening bowler than fellow seamer Watson, and some useful runs. “It’s always tough to have those decisions to make, one forced and one unforced,” said Australia

coach Darren Lehmann of his side’s changes at Lord’s. “We were really pleased with both performances, from Mitchell and Peter. “I thought they did a really good job for us and injected some enthusiasm in the group, played really well and did their job.” Australia are still waiting on the latest medical update regarding Rogers’s condition but Lehmann said: “He’s all right. We’ll just have to wait and see what the medical staff come up with.” With Rogers’s participation in the third Test set to be a matter of medical clearance alone, the issue of who keeps wicket in that match promises to be the most taxing is-

sue for Australia. However, it is one they are particularly well-qualified to answer this trip as panel chief Rodney Marsh, one of Australia’s greatest wicket-keepers, is the ontour selector. “Selection’s always difficult, so Rodney and I will have to sit down and work out which way we go,” said former Australia batsman Lehmann. “We have to get Brad back playing cricket before we cross that bridge. It’s just trying to work out what happens moving forward, and we hope he’ll be available for the Derby game.” Australia left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson was mocked by some spectators while going wicketless in the first innings at Cardiff. But there were no such jeers at Lord’s where a six-wicket haul left him one shy of taking 300 wickets in Test cricket. “He’s had some difficult times in England in the past, but he’s a different Mitchell Johnson you see playing for Australia now,” said Lehmann. But just as Australia recovered after losing the first Test, Lehmann warned that England could bounce back as well. “We will have to play with the same intensity we had in this game,” Lehmann said. — AFP

HOCKEY

I am fired as Indian hockey coach, claims Paul van Ass NEW DELHI: Indian men’s hockey team chief coach Paul van Ass on Monday claimed that he has been fired by Hockey India following his alleged public altercation with federation president Narinder Batra. “As far I know I was fired one week after the Hockey World League Semi-finals in Antwerp, Belgium. Roelant Oltmans (High Performance Director) was asked to replace me,” Van Ass told PTI from The Netherlands. “I have been told on January 13 that Dr. Batra doesn’t want me to be the coach any more. Roelant called me and informed me about this,” he said. “I am yet to get official confirmation but I expect it to get it by the end of this week. That is precisely the reason why I didn’t turn up for the camp,” the Dutchman said. Van Ass’s future with the Indian team was in serious doubt after he failed to report on time for the national team’s camp that negan at the scenic Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Shilaroo, Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. The theory that the Dutchman won’t be continuing as the coach gathered further steam when he failed to submit his report on India’s performance at the recently concluded World Hockey League semi-finals in Antwerp, Belgium. According to media reports, Van Ass had a public spat with HI

SACKED? Paul van Ass

president Narinder Batra after the quarterfinal match against Malaysia at the World League semifinals. Asked Van Ass about the possible reason behind his unceremonious ouster, he said: “There is no reason, they will find a reason now.” Van Ass confirmed that the public spat with Batra during the World League Semi-finals was the main reason for his ouster. “After our win over Malaysia Dr. Batra came on the pitch and spoke to players in Hindi. I though he was commending the players but instead it turned out he was criticising the players,” he said. “Then I jumped and because pitch is my area and I need to protect my players. Also I felt we played quite well in that match and won it.” Meanwhile an AFP report, said India’s preparations for next year’s Olympic field hockey were thrown into turmoil Monday after chief coach Paul van Ass failed to report for a national training camp. The Dutchman has also not

submitted his report on the team’s performance in the recent World Hockey League in Antwerp, Belgium where India ﬁnished fourth, a top official said, “He was supposed to join the team on July 17, but he is not back yet,” Hockey India chief Narinder Batra said. “We have no idea where he is.” A high-powered committee of Hockey India will meet on July 24 to decide on the action to be taken against van Ass, amid speculation he is poised to be sacked. Batra has denied media reports that he had an heated argument with van Ass in Antwerp over team tactics. The Dutchman was appointed Indian coach in February, the sixth foreigner to hold the post over the last decade. Van Ass, who coached the Netherlands to a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, replaced Australian Terry Walsh who resigned over a pay dispute in October last year. Walsh left three weeks after guiding the men’s team to the Asian Games title that earned India a direct entry to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. In the absence of van Ass, the training camp for the national team in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh is being supervised by another Dutchman Roelant Oltmans, who is employed by Hockey India as its high-performance manager. — PTI, AFP

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FUND RAISING: Central Bank of Oman in February this year mopped up OMR200 million from local institutions. — Times ﬁle picture

New bond issue set to absorb excess liquidity Development bonds in two separate issues worth OMR500 million, aimed at raising funds from investors residing in Oman, will help plug a projected OMR2.5 billion deﬁcit in the nation’s budget for 2015 A. E. JAMES

businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Oman’s second development bond issue for raising OMR300 million from the domestic market is expected to absorb excess liquidity within the financial system and will take the total size of bond issues so far this year to OMR500 million. The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) in February this year mopped up OMR200 million from local investors. First sovereign sukuk Also, the Sultanate’s government is in an advanced stage to float the country’s first sovereign sukuk or Islamic bond worth OMR200 million, which will take the total debt issue to OMR700 million. However, the government has to repay OMR100 million to holders of earlier development bonds, which are maturing this year. The development bonds in two separate issues worth OMR500 million, aimed at raising funds from investors residing in Oman, will help plug a projected OMR2.5 billion deficit in the nation’s budget for 2015. Such government development bonds in Oman are generally subscribed to by institutional investors, especially pension funds and banks, and high net worth individuals. The bonds are direct and unconditional obligations of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman. The proposed issue will also allow investors to park their excess funds in highly secure avenues that offer attractive returns. The OMR300 million bond issue, which has a coupon rate of 3 per cent, will have a maturity period of five years and will open for subscription from July 26 to August 2, 2015. The auction will be held on August 4 and the bond will be listed on the Muscat bourse. The minimum bid accepted for the competitive auction will be OMR10,000 and thereafter in multiples of OMR100. The whole objective of the Oman government is to encourage local financial institutions as well as high net worth individuals to participate in the country’s development process, especially in building major infrastructure projects. The bond issue Febru-

The proposed OMR300 million bond issue will allow investors to park their excess funds in highly secure avenues that offer attractive returns. The bond issue, with a maturity of five years, offers a coupon rate of 3 per cent and will be traded on the Muscat bourse

ary, which was with a maturity period of 10 years and an attractive coupon rate of 4.5 per cent per annum, was subscribed to the tune of OMR275 million. Market analysts said that the interest rate of bonds is attractive considering the fact that the bank deposit rates are around 1.5 per cent, inﬂation is low in Oman and institutions prefer to hold this kind of investment, rather than selling it in the secondary market. The proposed sukuk issue is for domestic investors. Of late, Bank Muscat’s Meetaq Sharia Supervisory board has approved the structure of sovereign sukuk. Since sukuk is backed by assets, the government has to select assets to back the sukuk issue, according to Islamic laws and regulations. Oman projected a record budget deﬁcit of OMR2.5 billion as crude oil prices plunged by almost 44 per cent to touch $57.38 per barrel last week, from an average price of Oman Crude at $103.23 per barrel in 2014.

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LONDON: Gold prices slumped on Monday to the lowest point in nearly ﬁve and a half years, weighed down by reports of massive selling in China, dealers said. The precious metal tumbled to $1,072.35 in Asian deals, striking the lowest point since February 11, 2010, and breaching the key psychological barrier of $1,100. “The price slide was triggered by high selling volumes on the gold exchange in Shanghai,” said Commerzbank analysts in a research note to clients. Dealer Nick Rose, at trading ﬁrm TradeNext, agreed that the latest price slump was sparked by Chinese sellers offloading large quantities of the metal. Gold had already slid on Friday

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on the back of the strong dollar, which soared last week after US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen reaffirmed expectations of an interest rate hike by year-end. A stronger greenback makes dollar-denominated commodities more expensive for buyers using weaker currencies.

That tends to dent demand and, in turn, pull prices lower. Prices were hit Friday by news that China’s official gold reserves rose almost 60 per cent over the past six years, according to the first official data on the subject since 2009. The central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said bullion holdings rose 57 per cent to 1,658 tonnes as of the end of June, from 1,054 tonnes in April 2009, the last time a figure was released. “Markets have commenced the week with an unexpected start following a spectacular drop in gold during the Asian session that sent the yellow metal to a new milestone five-year low,” added analyst Jameel Ahmad at traders FXTM on Monday.

Selling pressure “Gold dropping so sharply is a surprise and while the reports that China gold reserves were half the expected level might have inspired additional selling pressure, it is the repeated comments of commitment from the Federal Reserve that they will begin raising US interest rates at some point this year that have continuously pressured gold in recent months.” Other precious metals also forged multi-year lows on Monday. Silver dived to $14.54 per ounce, the lowest level in nearly six years. Platinum sank to a six-year trough at $946.25 an ounce, while sister metal palladium slid to $603.95 per ounce — last witnessed on November 11, 2012. — AFP

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Foreign investors try to tap Iran History indicates Iran can surprise the crude oil market

Nuclear agreement has made some seek a foothold in Tehran’s $100 billion stock market even before sanctions are lifted, although others are taking a more cautious approach

WARM WELCOME: German Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel (centre right) is escorted by Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (centre left) ahead of a meeting in Tehran on Monday. - AFP

LONDON/NEW YORK: A few investors are racing to establish funds for Iran following last week’s nuclear deal with world powers, and many others are tapping into multinationals already present in the $400 billion economy. The agreement has made some seek a foothold in Tehran’s $100 billion stock market even before sanctions are lifted, although others are taking a more cautious approach. Classified as an uppermiddle income country, with a population of 78 million and annual output higher than that of Thailand or the United Arab Emirates, Iran is set to be the biggest economy to rejoin the global trading and financial system since the break-up of the Soviet Union over 20 years ago. Brokerage Renaissance Capital predicts $1 billion will flow into Iran in the first year after sanctions end, although that is not likely to

happen for months and may not occur in one go. London-based boutique First Frontier Capital is in the process of setting up a sanctions-compliant fund dedicated to Iran, hoping to allow investors to take a position in Tehran’s bourse before sanctions are lifted. “This is a market where everyone is totally underweight and there will obviously be a lot of money going in, hot money at ﬁrst but then also others,” said First Frontier’s co-CEO, Richard Adley, who plans to launch the fund in the next couple of months and aims to have 100 million euros invested by year-end. “And then there is a big valuation gap there, Iran has a lot of catching up to do when you look at other frontier or emerging markets,” said Adley, who estimates valuations at a very cheap ﬁve to six times earnings. First Capital are not alone. In

April, British-based Charlemagne announced it had teamed up with a Tehran-based firm, Turquoise Partners, to establish funds that will invest in Iranian securities. Others, like MENA Capital CIO Khaled Abdel Majeed, are also getting ready to invest, but worry that a dedicated country fund carries too many risks at this point. Instead, Majeed is aiming to invest part of his firm’s funds under management in Iranian shares once the sanctions are lifted. “At the moment it may be very marketable, but at some point it will become too expensive,” he said, adding that the firm was starting its search for suitable local partners in Tehran. “And there is also a lot of risk in the deal that has been agreed, and the regime itself is not stable enough to last another 50 years.” Both Renaissance Capital and the investment consultancy Ec-

strat have reported a sharp pickup in demand for Iran-related research from asset managers preparing to make the leap. Cheap valuations Some 780 million shares traded on the exchange on July 12, the latest data available on its website, representing about $64.2 million. Iran mirrors Saudi Arabia in that both are diverse, geopolitically important markets with attractive demographics and stable populations, said Asha Mehta, portfolio manager at Acadian Asset Management in Boston who runs $500 million in frontier market assets for institutional investors. - Reuters

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LONDON: Iran could restore oil production halted by sanctions faster than anyone anticipates if the history of previous shutdowns is any guide. The consensus among analysts and traders is that Tehran needs at least a year after sanctions are lifted to raise output to the level prevailing before restrictions were imposed in 2012. Similar pessimistic assessments for supply disruptions at Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) members Libya and Venezuela were confounded by quicker-than-expected recoveries, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Here’s Venezuelan oil production before and after a strike at state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela that started in late 2002: Even after equipment was damaged during the shutdown and the company ﬁred thousands of workers, the Latin American nation was able to lift output by two million barrels a day in just four months. The recovery was “sharper than expected,” the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) had said in April 2003. Case study two is Libya’s recovery after the civil war that ousted Muammar

Qaddafi in 2011. The conflict all but halted production and analysts, traders and the Libyan rebels themselves said it would take 18 months to increase output to about one million barrels a day. In reality, production surpassed that level in just six months. “There really isn’t any compelling reason to doubt that Iran could ramp up quite quickly in terms of technical capacity,” said Antoine Halff, head of oil markets at the International Energy Agency . The agency doesn’t agree with the “skeptical” view that Iran’s oil fields have been degraded or damaged by the sanctions, he said. The consensus among most analysts including Wood Mackenzie and Standard Chartered is that Iran will need at least a year to return to its pre-sanctions level of production of 3.8 million barrels a day from 2.8 million barrels today. Here’s the recent history of Iranian production: Wrongfooting the pessimists and delivering an additional one million barrels a day by the middle of next year, as promised by Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, could add to the oil glut, depressing prices further. - Bloomberg News

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Banks reopen, taxes rise as Greece starts debt repayment ATHENS: Greece’s government hiked taxes and began paying billions of dollars to its creditors on Monday, as banks reopened following a three-week shutdown imposed to prevent a disastrous run on cash machines. Greeks woke up to widespread tax rises -- on everything from sugar and cocoa to condoms, taxis and funerals -- as part of a tough reform package agreed last week in exchange for a three-year bailout of up to 86 billion euros ($93 billion) that the government hopes will stop it from crashing out of the eurozone. The nation’s banks were thronging with customers after a shutdown estimated to have cost the crisis-hit economy 3.0 billion euros. The banks were ordered to close on June 29 after anxious citizens emptied cash machines in a dramatic escalation of the country’s debt crisis. Limited services Banks are continuing to offer only limited services — with a ban on most transfers to foreign banks among the capital control measures that are still in place — but a daily cash withdrawal limit of 60 euros ($65) has been relaxed. Bank tellers were dealing with a hectic stream of customers who had been unable to visit for the last three weeks, and many clients expressed frustration over continuing restrictions on ﬁnancial services.

“I came today to collect my pension but unfortunately I could only get a small percentage of it,” said Spyros Papasotiriou as he left his bank in the northern Athens suburb of Neo Psychiko.”It’s a big hassle,” he added. The European Union meanwhile confirmed that it had paid out a 7.16 billion euro emergency loan to Greece so it can meet debts of 4.2 billion euros due to the European Central Bank on Monday as well as outstanding sums owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A source close to the Greek finance ministry told AFP the payment had begun. Taxes have gone up from 13 per cent to 23 per cent on a wide range of goods and services, although the tax on medicines, books and newspapers eased from 6.5 per cent to 6.0 per cent. Tryphon Alexiadis, the new finance vice minister in charge of tax, vowed that “not a single euro from the tax rise will escape state coffers”, adding that “a wave of inspections will be launched” to prevent tax evasion in a country where the problem is notoriously rife. Along with the tax hikes, the Greek government — led by a radical-left party that came to power in January promising to end austerity — is also set to overhaul its ailing pension system as part of the reforms agreement, and launch privatisations it had previously opposed. — AFP

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PayPal beats eBay in terms of market value SAN FRANCISCO: PayPal Holdings will make its stock debut with a market value almost 1.4 times that of eBay as investors bet on bigger returns from the digital payments business than its former parent company struggling with slow growth. PayPal starts trading on Monday with a market capitalisation of about $46.6 billion, data compiled by Bloomberg show. After the spinoff, eBay’s shrinks to roughly $34 billion. Investors are viewing PayPal as a new growth option, while eBay’s expansion decelerates amid increasing competition in e-commerce. “Investors have been waiting to invest in PayPal for a long time, even before the split was announced,” said Gil Luria, analyst at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles.”We’re ﬁnally at a point where you can only own PayPal with its market-leading position and growth rate.” PayPal had 169 million users and processed $1.1 billion in payments in the second quarter, with transaction volume up 27 percent from a year earlier, the company said last week. The company’s value is in its growth rate as online shopping booms and people’s spending habits change. - Bloomberg News

Barclays mulls cutting up to quarter of jobs in austerity Aviva earned him the nickname “Mack the Knife,” he has signaled he will focus on boosting revenue. During a townhall-style presentation this month, he told employees that he aims to double the share price over the next three or four years, according to people who attended the meeting.

Those efforts, if extended, could eventually leave it with fewer than 100,000 employees, said a source

LONDON: Barclays is considering deeper job cuts that could see its workforce shrink by about a quarter over the coming years, said a person with knowledge of the matter. The bank, which employed about 132,000 people at the end of December, is reducing staff numbers under a cost-cutting programme announced by former chief executive officer Antony Jenkins. Those efforts, if extended, could eventually leave it with fewer than 100,000 employees, the person said. There’s currently no formal plan in place, the person said, asking not to be identiﬁed because talks are private.

John McFarlane, chairman of Barclays. — Bloomberg ﬁle picture

Barclays shares up John McFarlane, 68, who took over as chairman in April, earlier this month ousted Jenkins and pledged to tackle a “cumbersome and bureaucratic” bank, in a move that has sent Barclays shares up about 12 per cent. The ﬁrm last year announced plans to eliminate some 19,000 jobs by 2016. “Investors will be pleased to see a focus on cost,” said Edward

Firth, head of European bank research at Macquarie Group in London. “Barclays isn’t the most efﬁcient bank and there has been poor delivery of cost control so far, particularly in the investment bank.” Barclays rose 0.4 per cent to 281.25 pence at 9:49am in London. They are up about 16 per cent this year. While McFarlane’s reputation for deep cost cuts at UK insurer

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RBS, Lloyds “Cost is important,” McFarlane told Bloomberg Television on July 8.”But it’s actually about revenue and increasing revenue growth way over the cost of capital growth.” The Times of London reported late on Sunday that Barclays has a plan to cut more than 30,000 people within two years, leaving fewer than 100,000 staff by the end of 2017. Barclays said in May 2014 it will cut 7,000 jobs at its securities division, about a quarter of the total, adding to some 12,000 reductions announced earlier that year. Private meetings In private meetings, Jenkins had raised the possibility that jobcutting programmes and existing efforts to automate back- office functions may eventually leave the London-based bank with

fewer than 100,000 employees, though probably not until the medium- or long-term, the person said here. Further job reductions would help bring Barclays in-line with British banks including Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Lloyds Banking Group, which have eliminated thousands of jobs, with some reductions through sales of business units. RBS cut headcount from 184,500 in 2008 to 89,700 at the end of December, while Lloyds reduced staff numbers from 132,000 to 95,088 over the same period. “There is signiﬁcant scope for cost cutting on the retail banking side,” said Sandy Chen, an analyst at Cenkos Securities Plc in London. “As we bank more on mobile than in branches, the bulk of headcount reductions would fall on the retail side. However, there is also a signiﬁcant opportunity for cost reductions in the investment bank.” - Bloomberg News

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Saudi Arabia’s crude exports slump Toshiba’s top bosses blamed for scandal

KUWAIT: Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports slumped to a fivemonth low in May as local refineries used more supplies and some plants in China closed for maintenance. The world’s biggest oil exporter shipped 6.94 million barrels a day in May, down from 7.74 million in April and the lowest since December, according to data published Sunday on the website of the Joint Organisations Data Initiative, or JODI. The drop in exports is more than Qatar produces in one month. New refineries in Saudi Arabia are leaving less crude available for overseas at a time when the market is in surplus. Chinese refineries Chinese refineries had almost one million barrels a day of capacity offline in May, almost twice the total in April, according to London-based Energy Aspects. Brent crude futures declined for the past two months as US drillers added more rigs and Opec production exceeded its monthly output target for more than a year. “It’s very clear that if China sneezes, Saudi oil exports will get a cold,” Mohammed Ramady, professor of economics at King Fahad University for Petroleum and Minerals at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, said by phone on Sunday.“The fall in Saudi crude exports in May illustrates the tight rope of opportunities facing major oil exporters

WEAK DEMAND: Crude oil imports in China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, declined 11 per cent in May from a year earlier. - Bloomberg ﬁle picture

with their dependence on a single market like China for sustaining their growth.” Brent crude for September settlement dropped 0.1 per cent to $57.04 a barrel by 10:06am in Dubai on the ICE Futures Europe exchange. Prices are down 0.5 per cent this year. Burning Crude Saudi reﬁneries used 2.4 million barrels a day for their own operations in May, up from 2.2 million in April and the most since at least January 2002, according to JODI data. The amount of crude burned for power rose 89 per cent.

The nation is building reﬁneries to diversify its economy and add more jobs. Reﬁneries usually boost output in hotter summer months in the Middle East when air conditioning demand peaks. “The numbers are alarming knowing that we are still in May and the summer demand will keep rising until August,” Ramady said.“This means that less crude will be available for exportation.” Exports fell for a second month even with output at 10.33 million barrels a day, the most since at least 2002, according to JODI,

which compiles data provided by oil-exporting countries. Crude oil imports in China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, declined 11 per cent in May from a year earlier, according to the Beijing-based Customs General Administration. Some of China’s stockpiling probably came to an end that month, according to Energy Aspects. Shipments from Saudi Arabia, China’s biggest supplier in 2014, fell 18 per cent over the same period to the lowest since August 2012. - Bloomberg News

TOKYO: Top executives of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba were systematically involved in overstating more than $1.2 billion in profits, the firm’s independent panel has warned in a report to be released on Monday, according to local media. The firm has hired an outside team of investigators to look into its accounting irregularities, which were unveiled after the nation’s securities watchdog probed its balance sheet earlier this year. Toshiba said last week the thirdparty panel, headed by a former Tokyo prosecutor, would release a summary of the report at around 9:00pm (1200GMT). The accounting irregularities are believed to have affected its mainstay infrastructure-related, semiconductor, television and personal computer businesses. Toshiba, which makes various products from batteries to nuclear reactors, has already admitted that some of its businesses would need to go under the microscope, although the extent of the problems — and who is responsible — remains unclear. But public broadcaster NHK, quoting unnamed sources, said the panel had concluded that the firm had committed “organised wrongdoings” over the scandal with the involvement of its top managers. The panel is expected to warn

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that the firm needs to downgrade its operating profit by more than 150 billion yen ($1.2 billion) over the five years to March because it overstated earnings and postponed reporting necessary costs, NHK said. The Nikkei business daily, which estimates Toshiba’s downward revision at 160 billion yen, said the firm may separately book an additional 70 billion yen in extra losses, which would expand its downgrading by a combined 230 billion yen. The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission is considering asking the government to impose penalties on Toshiba on suspicion of misstatement, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said. Toshiba President Hisao Tanaka is expected to resign over the scandal on Tuesday when the firm plans to hold a news conference, the Nikkei said. — AFP

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Australia’s war on wind farms threatens $2b mega project SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s hostility to “visually awful” wind farms has sent a chill through the industry and could jeopardise the country’s biggest renewable energy project, a $2 billion-plus wind and solar plant in the country’s north. In an early sign that a new Federal policy could curtail major renewable projects, the company planning to build the 1,200-megawatt plant said it may struggle to attract ﬁnancing after the government blocked state support for wind farms.

CLEAN ENERGY: Conservative premier Tony Abbott has been a vocal critic of wind farms, which he has also described as “ugly” and “noisy,” and has campaigned for coal-ﬁred power. - Bloomberg ﬁle picture

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European shares hit fresh six week highs on better sentiment LONDON: European shares edged higher at the open on Monday, lifted by a surge in Dutch firm OCI as it confirmed that it was in merger talks. The STOXX Europe 600 rose 0.4 per cent, hitting a new six week high. Top riser was OCI, up 11 per cent after the Amsterdam-listed chemical company confirmed it is in advanced merger talks with US fertiliser maker CF Industries Holdings. Norwegian peer Yara International rose 2.8 per cent, a top FTSEurofirst 300 riser. M&A activity Yara sold a 50 per cent stake in its British fertiliser manufacturer to CF Industries, its joint venture partner, three weeks ago and traders said there could be further M&A activity in the sector. “CF held talks with Yara last year...and we still see the potential for continual activity in this space,” said Atif Latif, director of trading at Guardian Stockbrokers. The biggest faller on the FTSEurofirst 300 was Julius Baer, down 2.6 per cent after first-half net profit slid. The Swiss asset manager took a $350 million charge towards an expected settlement in a US criminal investigation into how the Swiss

Vocal critic Conservative premier Abbott has been a vocal critic of wind farms, which he has also described as “ugly” and “noisy”, and has campaigned for coal-ﬁred power.

That stance puts him at odds with countries such as the United States and China, as they overhaul their power industries to meet ambitious environmental targets. Anti-wind farm decree After cutting the country’s Renewable Energy Target by a fifth a month ago, Abbott took the green power industry by surprise by ordering the government’s A$10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to stop investing in wind farms, the country’s No. 2 clean energy source behind hydropower. The anti-wind farm decree could stop the CEFC from providing early-stage finance for the 1,200-megawatt Kennedy Energy Park in Queensland, making it less attractive for private financiers, said the head of Canberra-based

Windlab, the company behind the project. “If they’re not there, it doesn’t mean it can’t get done, but I will tell you it’ll be harder,” Windlab Chief Executive Officer Roger Price told Reuters on the sidelines of a clean energy conference in Sydney. “Every deal takes a lot of work.Having them support a project would ultimately make other ﬁnance (easier to secure). People are happy to invest or commit alongside (an existing investor).” Windlab remains optimistic it can secure private ﬁnance for Kennedy, which would be one of the world’s 10 biggest renewable energy plants, providing about 80 per cent of local energy supply as it sends green power from 190 miles inland to the coast of northern Queensland, near Townsville, added Price. — Bloomberg News

Prices of major commodities continue to fall Raw materials are losing favour with investors as the dollar gains amid

ROBUST DEMAND: Pan-European FTSEuroﬁrst 300 was up 0.4 per cent, hitting its highest level since May 29. - Reuters

signals from Federal Reserve Chair

bank helped wealthy Americans dodge taxes. Precious metal miners also came under pressure, with Fresnillo down 2.3 per cent after gold hit a ﬁve year low. The pan-European FTSEuroﬁrst 300 was up 0.4 per cent, hitting its highest level since May 29. The market has rallied in recent weeks as Greece struck a deal with its international lenders to avert bankruptcy. Greek banks were reopening their branches across the coun-

try on Monday after a threeweek shutdown, officials said, although the Athens Stock Exchange remained closed. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for swift aid talks so Athens could also lift withdrawal limits, adding it would be possible to talk about changing the maturities of Greece’s debt or reducing the interest Athens has to pay after the ﬁrst successful review of the new bailout package. Euro zone banks rose 0.8 per cent, a top sectoral gainer. - Reuters

Janet Yellen that the central bank may raise rates this year on the back of an improving US economy

SINGAPORE: Rout in commodities deepened with prices heading for the lowest close since 2002 as the prospect of higher US interest rates sent gold tumbling. Raw materials are losing favour with investors as the dollar gains amid signals from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that the central bank may raise rates this year on the back of an improving US economy. Higher borrowing costs curb the attractiveness of commodities such as gold because the metal doesn’t pay interest or give returns like assets including bonds and equities. The Bloomberg Commodity Index dropped as much as one per cent, falling for a ﬁfth day in the

DEMAND FALLS: With raw materials fetching lower prices, shares of commodity producers are tumbling. — Bloomberg ﬁle picture

longest stretch of declines since March. Gold futures sank to the weakest in more than five years while industrial metals, grains and US natural gas also slid as a measure of the dollar climbed to the highest since April 13. “Any increase in US interest rates should further strengthen the dollar, prompting more fund outflows from commodities, metals and emerging-market assets,” Vattana Vongseenin, the chief executive officer of Phillip Asset Management in Bangkok, said by phone. With raw materials fetching lower prices, shares of commodity producers are tumbling. Shares of energy companies led losses on the MSCI Asia Pacific Index on Monday. Explorer Cairn India fell as much as 2.4 per cent and Australia’s Santos dropped as much as 2.6 per cent. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, which tracks the currency versus 10 major peers, climbed as much as 0.2 per cent. It has gained for four straight weeks, the

longest winning streak since the period through March 13. Gold futures in New York traded 1.6 per cent lower at $1,114.20 an ounce after slumping as much as 4.6 per cent at about 9:30am, losing more than $50. Spot bullion lost as much as 4.2 per cent, before trading 1.7 per cent lower at $1,115.35. The slide, which increases the prospect of a third annual drop, follows a revision on Friday by China to its official gold reserves that showed while the holdings increased, the gain was smaller than had been estimated by analysts. United States natural gas futures for August delivery also dropped by as much as 1.6 per cent to $2.823 per million British thermal unit, after capping the biggest weekly gain since June 12 on Friday. — Bloomberg News

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LIFESTYLE SPAGHETTI WITH BREADCRUMBS, GARLIC, & CHILLI INGREDIENTS • 20g dried porcini • 2tbsp breadcrumbs • 2 cloves of garlic, sliced • 1tsp garlic, minced • 320g dried spaghetti • 150g Parmesan cheese • 1tbsp chilli ﬂakes • 1tbsp parsley, minced • Olive oil • Salt and pepper

PREPARATION • Bring water to a boil; add a pinch of salt and the pasta. Cook 7-10 minutes (check package for exact timing), checking often to ensure the noodles retain their bite. When the pasta is almost done, drain reserving a cup of the pasta water. • Meanwhile, place the porcini

in a bowl and add warm water to cover. Let it bloom until it doubles in size, then drain, reserving the water. • Heat olive oil in a pan; add garlic, sauté till golden. Then add parsley, chilli ﬂakes, and porcini mushrooms. Sauté for a few minutes. • Add the reserved porcini and pasta water and toss in the cooked pasta. Sprinkle in some grated Parmesan cheese, and season to taste with salt and pepper. • Prepare the garlicky bread crumbs: Heat olive oil in a pan; add minced garlic; sauté for one minute. Add breadcrumbs and sauté until golden brown. • Top pasta with garlicky breadcrumbs and serve.

SPINACH— COTTAGE CHEESE STUFFED LUMACONI WITH SUNDRIED TOMATO & PUMPKIN SAUCE INGREDIENTS For the lumaconi • 200g lumaconi (substitute manicotti or giant shell noodles if you cannot ﬁnd lumaconi) • 100g spinach leaves • 2 spring onions, chopped • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped • 1tbsp pine nuts • 100g cottage cheese • 2tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated • 1/2tsp nutmeg • 1tbsp olive oil • Salt and pepper For the Sauce • 1 cup pumpkin pureé • 1 cup of cream • 1tbsp sundried tomato • 2tsp Parmesan cheese • Salt and pepper

PREPARATION • Prepare your pumpkin pureé: Roast the pumpkin at 260deg for 1 hour with some salt and olive oil. The roasting time of course will wary with the size of your pumpkin and the capacity of the oven. After it’s completely roasted, scoop out the ﬂesh and blend it in the blender till smooth. • Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4

• Par cook the pasta until it is halfway done, soft, but still ﬁrm enough to stuff. Remove (retaining water) and place in a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil to prevent sticking. Set aside. • In the same water you boiled the pasta in, blanch the spinach for 2 minutes. Remove and chop. • Toast the pine nuts; set aside. • Heat olive oil in a pan; add the chopped spring onions and garlic. Sauté for 1 minute and add the chopped spinach. Add nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste. Sauté for 1 minute. • Remove from heat and blend the mixture until smooth. • In a bowl, mix the cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and spinach mixture. Season with a little salt and pepper. • Fill the lumaconi with the cheese mixture and place in a baking dish. Set aside. • Heat olive oil in a pan; add the sundried tomatoes, pumpkin pureé, and cream. Season with salt and pepper. • Top the stuffed lumaconi with the cream sauce and bake in a oven pre-heated to 180C/gas 4 for 15 minutes.

CONCHIGLIE WITH PEAS, LAMB SAUSAGE, & RICOTTA CHEESE INGREDIENTS • 100 g conchiglie pasta • 1/2 leek, ﬁnely chopped • 2 garlic cloves, minced • 2 lamb sausages, chopped • 2tbsp peas • 2tbsp cream • 3tbsp ricotta cheese • 1tbsp olive oil • Salt and pepper

PREPARATION: • Bring water to a boil; add a pinch of salt and the pasta. Cook 7-10 minutes (check package for exact timing), checking after 7 minutes, pasta should retain some bite. Drain and reserve 2tbsp of pasta water. • Heat olive oil in a pan. Add garlic and leeks; sauté 3-4 minutes. • Add peas and cream; reduce for two minutes. • Toss in the cooked pasta. Spoon in the ricotta cheese and stir to combine. Adjust the seasoning to taste. • Drizzle over little bit of olive oil. Serve hot.

Pallavi Nigam

Pallavi Nigam completed her culinary education at ICIF in Italy and worked as a chef for Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. She is now based in Muscat where she writes recipes and teaches cooking classes. Contact her: pallavi_nigam@hotmail.com twitter @pallavizzao pallavizza.com

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LIFESTYLE

Potatoes

We often take potatoes for granted, but these spectacular spuds may be one of the most versatile side dishes around. Here are 5 easy ways to add them to your table.

Scalloped Bake thin-sliced potatoes in seasoned milk or heavy cream for one of the richest sides around.

Microwave “Baked” Scrub a medium potato and pierce in several places with a fork. Place the potato in the microwave and cook on medium until soft, about 20 minutes. Or throw them directly in the oven (200C) or in the campﬁre for 30-40 minutes.

Roasted Few things are as comforting as roasted potatoes. They’re great on their own, but even better as part of a mélange of veggies, like with carrots, sweet potatoes and chunks of onion, roasted at 200C for 40-60 minutes.

Mashed Peel, cube, and boil until soft, 15-20 minutes, then add butter, cream, and salt. Smash until you reach the desired consistency, from chunky to silky smooth. Adjust seasonings to taste.

Bake “Fried” Craving fried potatoes? Cut thin wedges, toss with olive oil, salt, and any other desired seasoning, and oven-fry for 45 minutes at 230°C.

FOOD NOTE

Dimsum and mango dishes: Awesome!

One would never have thought that a range of dimsums followed by grilled items and a main course with mango as a key ingredient would result in a satisﬁed burp! But that is what one can experience at Taj group’s The Gateway Hotel IT Expressway Chennai. Executive chef Meril Antony Aricatt says, “An executive chef combines the functions of a mini-CEO (responsible for the restaurants and other spheres of activities relating to food and beverages), a human resources manager, a motivational speaker, a guest relation manager - but he should also be a team player. The ability to cook good food is now taken for granted,” he added. Dimsums are steamed smallsized dumplings and generally come in four avatars - open faced, half moon shaped, bow shaped and pan fried. The stuffing could be vegetarian or non-vegetarian, Aricatt said. “We make our dimsums with a mix of potato and corn starch,” he said.

For vegetarians, broccoli and corn chingkao, golden garlic spinach dumpling, corn and water chestnut dumpling and szechwan vegetable bao are on offer. These can be taken with different dips, but mustard sauce and a spring onion dip are recommended. On the grills side, the vegetarian items are tofu, broccoli and zucchini in spicy hoisin sauce with soft noodles; shitake mushroom, zucchini and eggplant with teriyaki sauce and grilled cottage cheese steak with soya chilli ginger. The non-vegetarians have a choice of tomato egg drop soup or chicken coriander clear soup or chicken sour and pepper soup. The dimsum range consists of chicken and lemon grass dumpling; curried chicken bao; tenderloin chives chingkao and prawn hargao to be gobbled up with or without any dips. Non-vegetarians can opt for various grills - char-grilled chicken skewers with teriyaki sauce

or the Korean barbecue grilled chicken and seafood lovers can opt for grilled prawns with wasabi mayonnaise or snapper fillet served with hint of ginger and mustard dip. It was time to devour the main course - the dishes made with mango. A cold soup - ginger spiced mango and apple soup with olive mango tapenade crostini - preceded the main course. For non-vegans, the karimurgh (though not a very spicy chicken dish giving out a raw mango taste) goes well with a tandoori roti. Similarly, vegans and non-vegans can relish the baked cannelloni with wilted spinach and ripened mango, cherry tomato confit and Parmesan crust. The sweet tooth can go for mango misu (mascarpone cream, cat’s tongue, blueberry compote); fresh mangoes with ice cream (the coconut flavoured ice cream should not be missed out) or the mango rasmalai. — Venkatachari Jagannathan/ IANS

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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

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

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

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE Indian CA with 15 yrs exp working as Finance Head of MNC looking for Job. NOC Available. 94047434

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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

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 Fire and Safety Technician with NIFE or equivalent Diploma holder preference to those having D/L. Send CV to visionansara@gmail.com Required a part time steel Structural Design Engineer for a reputed steel fabrication company in Muscat. Interested person may Contact : 99451158 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 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

SKILLED Urgently required experienced sub-contractors for Marble Flooring / Marble Cladding / Grinding / Carving works. Contact 92884177 / 99485595 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 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 Experience building material Salesman required in Amerat shop. Contact : 99641900 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

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 Male, Diploma in Civil Engineer working as a Project engineer with 7years of experience looking for suitable job. Contact- 92636569

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

BE civil Engineer with a vast experience of 18 years in Oman seeks immediate placement as General Manger /Partner. contact @ joboman2015@gmail.com. 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

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 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.#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

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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

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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

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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

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