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On the occasion of the 3rd National Day, 1973

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

Oman continues in its efforts and heroic activities in the world community and contributes its share in resolving international problems and issues to prove its presence as a member of the United Nations and to expand its strong desire for maintaining peace and stability.

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

A film-maker’s love for Oman

MOBIN MATHEW BLESSONmobinmathew@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Oman’s diverse natu-ral beauty contributes to it being a destination for film production and cultural tourism, says Sudha Sha, a film-maker in Oman.

Sudha is planning to shoot a film to promote the natural beauty of Oman for international audiences.

“I know this place, the same as my native home,” Sudha told Times of Oman. Sudha is an Indi-an expat who has lived in Oman for the last 18 years.

“The cultural and political his-tory of this land is quite interest-ing, and the landscape of Oman is

encouraging to any film-maker to find inspiration,” she added.

“It is my privilege to use this op-portunity to promote the unique characteristics of the Sultanate through my film,” Sudha continued.

According to Sudha, mov-ies are life that has been retold

through a media.“We have to tell our stories, the

life around us, and movies are a universal language to tell these stories to the world,” Sudha said.

“Being a film-maker from Oman, I am trying to explore the possibilities of indigenous films to tell stories from the region to international audiences,” she explained.

Speaking about the themes of the movie, Sudha said, “The life and culture of Arabic regions are mostly interpreted through western movies, and they por-tray it according to their con-ception and imagination. Those movies are less artistically motivated.”>A7

P R O M O T I N G S U L T A N A T E ’ S B E A U T Y

REJIMON Kreji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Five months preg-nant, a loving husband and good job caring for others. Life for Chik-ku Robert held so much promise, but that future has been robbed by a shocking and violent end.

“She used to send money every month, asking us to buy gifts for her expecting baby and the entire family was excited. Sophia Issac (Chikku Robert’s mother) had bought some too. We were wait-ing for her arrival in September for the delivery. But fate is against us and now we are waiting for her mortal remains.”

These are the words of Shaji Issac, Chikku Robert’s uncle,

who said he is still in shock after hearing the news that his niece was found dead in Oman follow-ing a stabbing incident.

Robert, a nurse from the south Indian state of Kerala, was found dead in her apartment in Salalah with stab marks on her body, late at night on Wednesday.

She was supposed to be on duty by 10pm on Wednesday, but as she did not turn up for work, Lin-son Thomas, her husband, who is also working in the same hospi-tal, went to the apartment to look for her, where she was found her lying dead.

Robert and Thomas had mar-ried in October and she was five months pregnant.

“She used to call Sophia daily.

That day, she didn’t. Sophia was a bit worried then itself. However, later on, we told her that Chikku had met with some accident and had been admitted to hospital. That itself had devastated her. She had fainted and was rushed to hospital,” Shaji, who flew to Kerala from Kuwait following Chikku’s tragic death, told the Times of Oman over phone from Chikku’s home in Kerala.

“Chikku was a state-level bas-ketball player. She had won sev-eral trophies and medals. I have put them all in a cupboard and locked them. Seeing them again and again is worrisome,” Chik-ku’s uncle said, adding that the entire village was still not out of the shock.>A6

While relatives in

India were buying

gifts and preparing

for Chikku’s arrival

in September for

delivery, now in a

state of shock, they

are waiting to collect

her body A4Thousands throng Times quiz finals

OMANNew regulations for stores selling nuts

2Most dry fruit sellers in Muscat have been found violating international

standards for displaying their products. Muscat Municipality has asked shops selling nuts in the governorate to store their stock in glass jars. >A3

MARKETPlan for one gigawatt mega solar project

3A group of investors from Germany is planning to build a mega solar power

project with a generation capacity of one gigawatt, a senior official from a Germany company told the Times of Oman. >B1

OMANNeed to develop skills of youth

1Oman has a large demographic window of opportunity in the youth

population but it needs to accelerate its efforts for the socio-economic development of the young people to expand their leadership skills. >A2

T O P T H R E E I N S I D E S T O R I E S

A PROMISING LIFE CUT SHORT

Staff Reporter

MUSCAT: A child who went missing at the Saham beach was found dead, the Public Author-ity for Civil Defence and Ambu-lances (PACDA) tweeted.

In a tweet posted on its official Twitter handle at around 11pm on Friday, PACDA said the miss-ing child’s body has been found.

Earlier in February, two young Omani siblings had set off on a fishing trip and had gone miss-ing and their bodies were found later on.

Last December, an 18-year-old Jordanian girl had drowned in the Al Mughsayl waters, some 40 km from Salalah and in Sep-tember, two girls had drowned in a wadi in the Sohar province

while out for an afternoon swim, which was left unsupervised during a sightseeing trip.

Both children, who drowned in September, were not more than nine-year-old, PACDA had said at the time. The children were holi-daying with their family in Wadi Jizzi, where a number of small pools had sprung up after the area received heavy rainfall last week.

The family pulled out one of the children from the water, but couldn’t revive her. Civil defence personnel retrieved the other child’s body later.

According to reports, nine children have drowned in Oman between 2014 and in 2015, with seven expatriates drowning in Yiti in Muscat and the Mughsayl beaches.

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OMAN Maryam bint Essa bin Mohammed Al Zedjali handed over the coveted Essa bin Mohammed Al Zedjali Rolling trophy to the principals of the winning team. She also handed over the prizes to the champions of the nightISM, ISWK lift Times quiz titles >A4

Oman has a large demographic window of op-portunity in the youth popula-

tion but the Sultanate needs to accelerate its efforts for the socio-economic development of the young people to expand their leadership skills.

Enough has been said about Omanising jobs but more is needed to develop the skills of youth to prepare them for globalisation. There are no youth development centres in Oman to allow them express themselves and widen the scope of their talents. The existing arrangements are rudimentary. A recent report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) urged Oman to strengthen the national poli-cies and integrate the youth with international agendas.

Currently, Omani youths are largely isolated from global issues. Their only window to the world affairs is the social media. In education, both basic and advanced, there are very few exchange programmes that allows our youth to travel abroad to broaden their critical thinking. The effort also needs to go beyond the four walls of the academia.

They need to see their aspi-rations fulfilled by giving them the opportunities to expand their horizons and test their skills. Oman has the National Youth Committee (NYC), but it needs to work with them in

providing technical assistance for development of an internal strategy. NYC also needs to work with international youth networks, to expose local young people with other youth around the world. Sharing ideas at a global level does not need big investment. It needs good management, which NYC already has in place.

PotentialWhen we talk about the eco-nomic diversification plans, the youth can play a big part towards that end. But our youth needs help to develop their creative and independ-ent thinking. The honest truth is that their problem solving skills and soft skills are not up to the required standards. Not enough emphasis is invested to improve their technical, functional, vocational and management abilities to suit specific economic sectors. It is not just the job vacancies that are required to be created. Much more is needed to be done before this stage. With the changing world, a more global and holistic approach is needed to fill up the vacancy in the youth development.

Youth skill development can establish Oman as emerging hub for tourism, retail, hospital-ity and Information Technology (IT). These are the strategic

roles to pull in investments from overseas. However, efforts in youth empowerment need to change the current mindset, not only from the part of the legisla-tors but from the young people themselves for the idea to roll over. The new generation has been groomed to believe that ‘doing very little’ is enough to get you a job of your dream. To achieve good grades at school is not enough. To engage in extra curriculum activities that challenge their mental faculties after classes plays a pivotal and supporting role.

ImperativeSuch activities cultivate new interests, create a new genera-tion of open-minded youth who want to make contributions that extend beyond the current mindset. To nurture all-round skills in youth is important to fulfil the demands of the com-petitive job market employers need. The taste of success is sampled by a good degree of innovation which is the driving factor for a successful career or entrepreneurship. For a youth to be original, they need to be one step ahead of progress. They do not always teach you that at schools but it is learned with the interaction of other youth when they are together to exchange views on how to improve their situations.

The paradigm needs to change, too, not just the mind-set. There should be a large peer to peer group that in-volves other youth from other countries, especially in the age group between 14 and 25. Life skills, not just academic, will enable young people of Oman to make solid decisions and solve problems in a more efficient manner.

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New regulations for stores selling nuts announcedSTAFF REPORTER

MUSCAT: Most dry fruit sell-ers in Muscat have been found violating international standards for displaying their products, a recent study showed.

Reacting to the issue, the Mus-cat Municipality has asked shops selling nuts in the governorate to store their stock in glass jars, so that a consumer is not able to di-rectly touch the nuts.

Furthermore, the municipality has imposed a set of health and technical regulations, including the usage of clean and proper cut-lery when tasting the nuts.

According to the new laws, a clear and visible expiry date should be kept on all jars, and mixing old nuts with new ones is illegal. Most shops do not own a health certificate for the dis-played items, which is illegal and violates international laws.

A research team of five profes-

sional lab experts conducted the study involving 27 nut stores in the wilayats of Muttrah, Bausher and Al Seeb. The team took 43 samples of raw nuts to check for Aflatoxin, a family of toxins pro-duced by certain fungi that are found in some crops, such as nuts.

The Central Laboratory of Muscat Municipality tests found

this toxin in many samples. However, the amount of Afla-

toxin did not exceed or violate the international or Gulf Coopera-tion Council standards.

An official at the municipality stressed the importance of having a good cooling and airing system in such shops to preventing the nuts from becoming rotten.

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NEW NORMS: Muscat Municipality has asked shops selling nuts in the governorate to store their stalk in glass jars. -File photo

Envoy releases Omani’s poem on Indian PM

Times News Service

MUSCAT: India’s Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Indra Mani Pandey, released a poem written by Sultan Ahmed Al Mahmodi about India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, at a function held at the Embassy of India auditorium.

The ambassador appreciated the young poet for his initia-tive to create awareness about PM Modi and his development initiatives among the people of Oman through his poem written in Arabic. The young poet from Oman highlighted in his poem, Modi’s dedication and his ef-forts aimed at the development and progress of India.

He said he had been inspired by Modi’s recent initiatives and the success of his visits to foreign countries and his in-viting people from across the world to India. The poem has been videographed as a part of the film Swach Bharath directed by Vijeesh Mani and produced by Soumit Jena, both of whom have been inspired by the Prime Minister’s “Mann ki baat” ra-dio programme in support of his Swach Bharath Mission to make India clean.

The ceremony to release the video was attended by around 150 persons, including me-dia persons. It is hoped that the poem by Al Mahmodi will make the people of Oman bet-ter informed about the initia-tives taken by PM Modi that are aimed at inclusive development of India and expanding its part-nership with friendly countries, such as Oman.

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Young Omani poet Sultan Ahmed Al Mahmodi with India’s Ambassador to Oman Indra Mani Pandey at a func-tion held at the Embassy of India auditorium to release the poem. - Supplied photo

51 Asians deported MUSCAT: Royal Oman Police (ROP) deported 51 infiltrators of Asian nationalities who il-legally entered the Sultanate. The action was taken following court verdict.

Coordination is made with their respective embassies in Muscat for their deportation in accordance with the laws appli-cable in the Sultanate and inter-national standards and agree-ments to this end. -ONA

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MUSCAT: Indian School Mus-cat and Indian School Wadi Kabir lifted the Essa bin Mohammed Al Zedjali Rolling Trophy in the sen-ior and junior categories of the Times of Oman Inter School Quiz Contest (TOOISQC) final.

It was a spectacular night, which saw students from across the country tackling the challenging posers put up by the quizmaster.

As predicted by the quizmaster, Giri ‘Pickbrain’ Balasubramaniam, the juniors’ quiz was more enter-taining than the seniors’. The jun-ior section also witnessed a close a fight between the Indian schools from Wadi Kabir, Muscat and Ghu-bra and the winners were selected through a tie breaker question be-tween Wadi Kabir and Muscat.

According to Chethan Sethu, champion in the junior category, the answer to the tiebreaker ques-tion just popped up in his mind.

“I can’t believe it; it was really a miracle, I really don’t know how that answer came to my mind, it suddenly popped into my mind,” he said with happiness.

“I am really happy because I have been on the winning side for the second consecutive time,” Sethu added.

According to him, questions

were not that tough and his team-mate Adithya B Nair was a great support like his partner last year, Rahul R, who participated in the senior category this year.

“We are really happy to have won the trophy for our school,” Nair said. While acknowledging the enormous support from par-ents, the principal, vice-principal and all the teachers at school,” Nair said, “The support group that cheered for our team was amazing and kept us going till the end.”

“Special thanks to Hala Jamal for his guidance. Thanks to the Times of Oman for having this awesome quiz and Giri Sir and his team for this amazing night,” Sethu said.

The teams appreciated the for-mat introduced by Balasubrama-niam in the junior category this year. “We really enjoyed the new format, which gave everyone an equal chance to attempt all the questions,” a finalist said.

The quizmaster also appreciat-ed the junior champions for their outstanding performance.

Quizzing in the senior category was not easy and many teams as-serted that the questions were really tough. Even so, champions from the Indian School Muscat easily clinched the trophy from the other teams.

According to the champions in the senior category, Krithivaas Vijay and Aliva Das, the questions were easy and the format for the senior session was exciting.

“I am really happy and I don’t have any words express my happi-ness. Finally we won the prestig-ious Times of Oman trophy for our school after many years; feeling really proud,” Vijay said.

“I am really happy to receive this trophy at this stage and I can’t express my feeling in words,” Das said.

“I really want to thank my teachers, my principal, vice prin-cipal for giving us this opportu-nity,” she added.

Maryam bint Essa bin Moham-med Al Zedjali handed over the coveted Essa bin Mohammed Al Zedjali Rolling trophy to the prin-cipals of the winning teams.

She also handed over the prizes to the champions of the night.

The Indian School Muscat was the runners-up and Indian school Ghubra achieved the third posi-tion in the junior category.

In the senior category, Indian school Ghubra obtained the third position and the Wadi Kabir School was the runners-up.

TOOISQC 2016 was powered by Creme 21. The major sponsors were R&B, Muscat Pharmary, Pocari Sweat, Denim, Indomie, Al Mudhish and Suroor. The co-sponsors were Kwality Ice Creams and Chiko.

The official host was the Radis-son Blu Hotel, Sohar and the offi-cial rent-a-car was Sixt rent-a-car while Travel City-Travel Point was the travel partner.

Venue sponsors were Relaxo, School Mate, Malabar Gold and Al Rawabi. The gift sponsor was Oman Phone.

Other sponsors were Lakhoos Exchange, Al Nahda, Oasis, Sapil, Hoshan Pan Gulf, Parker Pens, and Nabil.

Maryam bint Essa bin Mohammed Al

Zedjali handed over the coveted Essa bin

Mohammed Al Zedjali Rolling trophy to the

principals of the winning teams. She also

handed over the prizes to the champions

of the night

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Biking is like meditating. It brings you

face-to-face with challenges and forces

you to overcome them.

Jithin Reji, biker

Early intervention key to autism treatment, says expert in Oman

DEEBA HASANdeeba@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: More than 50 people, including children, parents and staff of the Rochester Wellness Centre, took part in the Autism awareness event organised by the wellness centre and Al Noor Med-ical Specialities centre recently.

The wellness centre, which of-fers a wide range of paediatric re-hab services including those for autism, and cerebral palsy, organ-ised a special day for parents and

children as part of the Autism ac-ceptance month.

Services offered“During this month, we wish to promote acceptance and cel-ebrate autistic people as our family members, friends, class-mates, co-workers and commu-nity members who make valuable contributions to our world,” said Alique Jamal, Clinic Manager at Rochester Wellness.

The event kicked off with a short talk attended by the parents and children regarding services of-fered by the clinic.

Later, all the participants walked until the Madinat Al Illam park near the centre where they spent the rest of the day, sharing happy moments, playing games, having candy and popcorn in the company of their friends.

“The most important goal of Autism acceptance initiative is to

ensure that communities under-stand that individuals who have autism can, with proper care and attention, lead full and productive lives and even change the way we see the world,” Jamal added.

The wellness centre normally receives children aged between three and 12, with varying issues, including autism.

Most of the patients visit on a daily basis, but those with a more serious condition and requiring

full attention are asked to stay in the rehab centre, also housed in the centre, for one, two or some-times even three months.

Important factorOne of the most important factors that can lead to a positive outcome in case of autism is to start early intervention, according to Jamal.

“Early intervention is needed for best results, even before the first signs of autism appear. Par-

ents and therapists should work together to implement strategies at home during daily activities to help achieve successful outcomes in their child’s progress.”

Rochester Wellness (Oper-ated by Al Noor Hospitals Group, owned by Mediclinic Internation-al) is a specialised rehabilitation facility in Muscat. In 2013, it was reported that the rate of autism in the Sultanate was 1.4 among 10,000 children.

People, including

children, parents and

staff of the Rochester

Wellness Centre,

took part in the

Autism awareness

event organised by

the wellness centre

and Al Noor Medical

Specialties centre

REHAB CENTRE: Rochester Wellness is a specialised rehabilitation facility in Muscat. – Supplied photo

Call for greater acceptance of people with hearing disabilityERIK PRINS erik@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: People with hearing disabilities in Oman should be ac-cepted more in society and they themselves should also be aware of the ways in which they can im-prove their lives.

This message was disseminated by the organisers of an exhibition dedicated to the deaf or people with hearing disabilities in Oman, which was organised at the Mus-cat Grand Mall from April 21 to 23.

At the exhibition, several servic-es offered for the deaf in Oman are being showcased, including by the Al Amal School for the Deaf, the Al Amal Club, the Oman Associa-tion for the Hearing Impaired, the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Manpower and The Research Council.

Salima Al Shuaibi, an English teacher at the Al Amal School for the Deaf, told the Times of Oman (TOO) that the exhibition, organ-ised as part of the Arab Week for the Deaf held from April 20 to 27, is an annual event which fo-cuses on imparting awareness to the public on the situation of the deaf, as well as making a presen-tation of services for deaf people in Oman.

“Deaf people are part of society and they can do things well, but they just need your support. They are part of you,” she said.

Al Shuaibi said the exhibition also aims to make deaf people aware of their possibilities.

“To the deaf we want to say: do not make your life too difficult, you

can do it, you can be a successful person. If you have the desire, you can do everything,” she said.

Al Shuaibi said deaf people in Oman need more support. “When students leave our school, they can’t find a place to continue their studies. There is only one college in Oman that accepts these types of student. They have to go to this college even if they don’t want to,” she said.

She added that there is also a lack of specialised staff in Oman, who can deaf students how to use sign language and that their train-ing should be improved.

Another problem deaf people in Oman are facing is the lack of em-ployment. “They are not trusted that much. So this is what we want to say to the society: just place some trust in them and they will be able to excel,” she said.

Mohammed Amin, who trains a basketball team at the Al Amal Club, said in addition to showing

the public that deaf people can be successful; he hoped they would find more work. “If you don’t have a good life, it will affect your sport-ing life as well,” he said.

Humaid Al Aamri, a board member of the Oman Association for the Hearing Impaired, told TOO that deaf people in Oman are facing issues because sign lan-guage is not being used enough. “The society has to learn sign lan-guage, in order to communicate with them,” she said. He added that there are around 5,000 deaf people in Oman. “But probably, this number is higher,” he said.

A couple of films shown at the exhibition portray the success of deaf people, like one about the first basketball team for the deaf in the Gulf, trained by the Al Amal Club, and another about a deaf Omani who got a scholarship with other Omani students to study in Jordan to become a teacher for deaf students in Oman.

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SHOWCASING SERVICES: An exhibition dedicated to people with

hearing disabilities in the Sultanate was organised at the Muscat

Grand Mall. – Erik Prins

Muscat-based biker set for journey to IstanbulNISHAD PADIYARATHnishad@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: As a young boy, Jith-in Reji dreamt of riding a bike around the world exploring dif-ferent places and cultures.

At 30, Reji’s dream will soon become a reality as he is set to ride on a bike from Muscat to Is-tanbul.

“Biking is like meditating. It brings you face-to-face with chal-lenges and forces you to overcome them. You get to know your real strength and weakness. That’s the reason why I am exploring this,” said Reji while speaking to the Times of Oman.

On April 25, Reji will set out on a one-month journey to Istanbul on his Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX1200 on which he is expected to cross Bandar Abbas, Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia before reaching Istan-bul. “My initial plan was to ride to London from Muscat but that will take me at least two months. I do not have the luxury of time on my side so I have planned my trips in two legs,” he said.

Reji, who is running a business in Muscat, has personally funded the trip.

Funding“I want this trip to have meaning for me and that will come only if I make it happen with my own hard-earned money,” he noted.

“However, I am a bit nervous about what I am going to do as I am going on a long journey like this for the first time,” he stated.

The plan for the trip took shape when Reji met his close friend Atul Warrier who had come to Muscat as part of a gigantic trans-continental expedition that would take him to 40 countries. “I hosted Atul when he came here. I was inspired after hearing his travel stories and experiences riding a bike. That’s when I de-cided I should do something like that,” he stated.

Speaking about the challenges of riding a bike all alone, Reji said: “I had previously travelled from

Bangalore to Coorg in a group. This is my first lone trip and that is why it is going to be challenging. My friends have warned me about some places I am planning to ride through because I do not know what is in store for me. But my wife Toral who is the biggest sup-porter of this trip has really moti-vated me for this. I would love to take her along but due to her busy commitments, I am not able to. But she will join me from Georgia to Istanbul. I am looking forward to an exciting trip,” Reji added.

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EXPEDITION: The plan for the trip took shape when Reji met his

friend Atul Warrier who had come to Muscat as part of a trans-

continental trip of 40 countries. –Midhun Mukund

Efforts on to repatriate body home“It’s a small village in Kerala. She was an inspiring character for others here as she grew up on the basis of her own skills at all lev-els,” the uncle added.

Robert had joined Badr Al Sa-maa some three years back and married Thomas, who was work-ing in the same hospital as a cus-tomer care official.

“Both of them were a loving couple. She was good with every-one. Her pleasing nurture made patients love her a lot,” Susamma Chacko, the head nurse at the hospital, said.

Renu Joseph, marketing offi-cial at the hospital, said the staff is still struggling to adjust with the reality.

Devassy Ko, the group gen-eral manager of the hospital, said Thomas is still with police offi-cials as part of the investigation.

“He may be released today. We are doing other things to repatri-ate the mortal remains to Kerala,” Ko added.

Thomas’s brother Lijju said he may be released in the evening

yesterday.“I met him a few hours ago at

the police station. He has been kept there as part of an investiga-tion. We are being allowed to meet him. We gave him clothes and

food. We all are tense and wor-ried,” Liju, said.

Meanwhile, Manpreet Singh, the Indian consular agent in Sala-lah, said Robert’s mortal remains are still kept in Salalah’s Sultan Qaboos Hospital.

“We are trying our best to speed up the proceedings and repatriate the body to her hometown,” the Indian consular agent added.

On Thursday, External Af-fairs Minister of India, Sushma Swaraj had expressed her con-dolences on the death of Indian nurse Robert in a tweet on her official Twitter handle.

“I have asked the Indian ambas-sador to ascertain all the facts and report. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family,” the Indian minister’s tweet read. The police investigation continues into her death.

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AL MUDHAIBI: Al Fat’h vil-lage in the Wilayat of Al Mud-haibi in the Governorate of North A’Sharqiyah is a beautiful tourist village, which is characterised by its picturesque nature and vari-ous agricultural crops, in addition to archaeological landmarks.

The Al Fat’h village is located near the Al Mudhaibi—Muscat—Sur main road. It is eight kilome-tres away from the Al Mudhaibi centre. It is bordered on the east by the Al Malah valley and the Al Qabil village, in the north by the Al Mihlah village, in the west by some Bedouin commu-nities and in the south by the Al Ainain village.

The nature of life in the village combines the modern with the old. The mobility of people is ac-tive throughout the year.

Some Bedouins come to the vil-lage in summer and live in houses built with date palm fronds, lo-cally called “Areesh.”

The name of the village, accord-ing to some accounts, comes as it is located at the beginning of the city of Al Mudhaibi and adjoining it on the north side.

Agriculture has been one of the most important professions in the past and present among the village’s citizens. Various types of date palms show their interest in the profession, which is an impor-tant source of livelihood for them.

Many other crops are also grown in the village, such as ani-mal fodder and citrus trees, and lemon, mango and some types of vegetables and fruits.

For irrigation of these crops, farmers entirely depend on the ancient “Falaj” irrigation system or water channels, which has decreased in its flow of water over time forcing some to turn to

some wells to help them with ir-rigation. Some of them depend on wells, particularly farms, which are located far from the course of the falaj.

The Bedouins, who come to the village during the summer, practice certain professions and trades, including camels, sheep, and goat breeding, in addition to taking part in dates collection, and dates boiling, locally known as “Tabseel,” which is made an-nually due to the large number of “Mabsali,” a type of date palms.

The Al Malah valley, which is located east of the village, is an appropriate place to enjoy the soft sands in the evening. It is also a popular destination and an outlet for the villagers when it floods during periods of continu-ous rain. -ONA

The Al Fat’h village

is located near the Al

Mudhaibi—Muscat—

Sur main road and

is eight kilometres

from the Al Mudhaibi

centre

EFFECTIVE SYSTEM: For irrigation of crops, farmers entirely depend on the ancient “Falaj”

irrigation system. -ONA

TOURIST VILLAGE: Many crops like animal fodder, citrus fruits

and some types of vegetables are also grown in the village. -ONA

Al Fat’h tourist village combines modern with old

Health Ministry set to open renal dialysis unit todayTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Ministry of Health (MOH) will celebrate on Sunday the opening of a Renal Dialysis Centre in the A’seeb Polyclinic.

The opening ceremony will be held under the auspices of Dr.

Ahmed Mohammed Al Saidi, min-ister of Health, with the attend-ance of a number of officials.

The overall cost of the new Re-nal Dialysis Centre is estimated to be more than OMR1,800,000, paid with the help of a generous contribution made by the Saud

Bahwan Charitable Foundation. It comprises 28 beds equipped with the modern techniques. The Cen-tre will deliver dialysis services to patients suffering from kidney fail-ure by taking care of 74 employees. Thus, it will reduce the load of the Bausher Renal Dialysis Centre.

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Directors and actors in movie

are Omanis, says film-maker

“Now, the time demands for true and realistic versions to be told by them. So, this film attempts to communicate the original feel-ings and real lives of a very genu-ine land and people,” she asserted.

While describing her movie, she said, “This is the first anthol-ogy from the region, and each story in the movie is from differ-ent countries and told in different languages.”

“The main theme of the movie is the R factor, such as race and religion, the factor that makes one human different from the other. We are making four short films and two of them are from the Sul-tanate,” she added.

According to Sudha, the direc-tors and actors in these two films will be Omanis.

“Maitham Al Musawi and Ab-dulla Khamis are the directors of the Omani films, who are re-nowned film makers from Oman. Maitham received three awards at this year’s Muscat Interna-tional Film Festival and Abdulla Khamis was named best director at the 2012 festival,” she said.

“Technicians include famous masters from India and selected crews from Oman. All the actors

are from Oman, from a 90 year-old man to a 5 year-old child,” she noted.

Shooting locations for these movies are from different parts of Oman, and these localesare also blended into characters for the movies.

“The old village of Al Hamra Al Abrein to Cornish, and many other locations, are included in our movie,” Sudha said.

“The locations are not mere backdrops to scenes, but play a characteristic role in the film. One story is about a film maker who visits Oman to make a documen-tary about the beautiful moun-tains of Oman,” she explained.

“We plan to start shootingthis month and to complete the film-

ing before June. We also plan the marketing of it during a premier release at the Toronto Interna-tional Film Festival (TIFF), and the local release during Eid,” she continued.

According to Sudha, they also are targeting film festivals and film markets to reach interna-tional audiences and to be seen on TV channels throughoutthe 36 Arabic speaking countries.

Sudha is a script writer and movie director and is also in-volved in the Oman Film Society as international film coordinator.

She also was in charge of mar-keting and communications for the Muscat International Film Festival in 2010 and 2012.

“I have done many projects for Oman TV as an executive produc-er, and have been credited as crea-tive director of Aseel, the second Omani feature film, and one more feature length film is in produc-tion now,” she said.

Speaking about her future projects, Sudha Sha said, “I am planning a 3D feature length Omani film for next year and I am working on an Indo Oman project, “The Imaam”, which is my dream concept.”

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ROHM to take part in Arabian Travel MarketTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM), Oman’s lead-ing arts and culture organisa-tion, has announced its par-ticipation in Arabian Travel Market 2016 (ATM), the Mid-dle East’s leading international travel and tourism event for inbound and outbound tourism professionals from across the globe, for the second consecu-tive year.

The event, which will take place from April 25 to 28, at the Dubai International Conven-tion and Exhibition Centre will offer a strategic platform for ROHM to promote itself as a premier venue for musical arts and culture, as well as highlight the Sultanate’s cultural heritage and artistic engagement with a global audience.

ROHM will be located at stand ME2110, which it will share with the Oman Ministry of Tourism.

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23 killed as Syria regime hits two rebel-held areas

BEIRUT: Syrian warplanes bombed the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus and parts of Aleppo in the north on Saturday, killing 23 people, with the death toll likely to rise, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Mediators have struggled to get combatants in Syria’s five-year-old war to honour a February 27 cessation of hostilities deal to en-able peace talks in Geneva to pro-ceed. Each side accuses the other of violating the truce.

Fighting has escalated around Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Damascus and other areas over the past week and the main opposition group walked out of Geneva peace talks this week in protest at govern-ment attacks.

The Geneva talks aim to end a war that has killed more than

250,000 people, created the world’s worst refugee crisis, al-lowed for the rise of the IS extrem-ist group and drawn in regional and major powers.

Russia’s intervention in the conflict beginning late last year has swayed the war in President Bashar Al Assad’s favour.

The Britain-based Observatory, which monitors the Syrian war through a network of contacts,

said the death toll in Douma, northeast of the capital, was ex-pected to rise from 13 because more than 22 others were injured, some critically.

In a government-controlled camp near Douma, shelling killed a woman and child, and injured others, the Observatory said.

There was also fighting near Bala in the southeast of Damascus between rebel groups and govern-

ment forces with deaths occur-ring on both sides.

In Aleppo, at least ten people were killed, including a child, by bombs dropped from planes in an insurgent-controlled eastern neighbourhood of what was Syr-ia’s commercial hub before the civil war began in 2011.

This is the second day of heavy bombardment on Aleppo.

Nineteen people were killed on

Friday in similar air attacks.In a government-held area of

northwest Aleppo, Syrian state television said six people were in-jured in rebel shelling.

On Friday a Syrian warplane crashed southeast of Damascus.

The Syrian military said it crashed because of a technical fault, but Islamic State said it shot the plane down and had taken its pilot captive. — Reuters

Fighting has

escalated around

Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia,

Damascus and other

areas over the past

week and the main

opposition group

walked out of Geneva

peace talks this

week in protest at

government attacks

MAYHEM: Residents and civil defence members inspect a damaged building after an airstrike on the rebel-held Tariq al-Bab neighbour-

hood of Aleppo, Syria on Saturday. — Reuters

Darfur votes not to reunite multiple statesKHARTOUM: The people of Su-dan’s Darfur have voted not to reu-nite the multiple states of its con-flict-torn western region into one entity, the option favoured by the central Khartoum government, the Darfur referendum commis-sion said on Saturday.

The vote was boycotted by ma-jor rebel and opposition groups who believe the Sudanese gov-ernment’s splitting of Darfur into three states in 1994, and later into a further five states, led to heavier Khartoum control and helped trigger fighting in 2003.

Turn outThe state referendum commission said 97 per cent of voters chose to keep the multi-state administra-tive system and that 3.08 million people of a total 3.21 million eligi-ble voters turned out.

The Darfur conflict began when mainly non-Arab tribes took up arms against the Arab-led government based in the capi-tal Khartoum, accusing it of dis-crimination.

According to the United Na-tions, some 300,000 people have since been killed in Darfur, 4.4 mil-lion people need aid and more than 2.5 million have been displaced.

Major concessionThe government presented the April 11-13 referendum as a major concession.

But rebel and opposition groups have cried foul at what they said was a rigged election in favour of a “divide-and-rule” multi-state system.

Analysts and diplomats say the government opposes a unified Dar-fur as this would give the rebels a platform to push for independence just as South Sudan successfully did in 2011, taking with it most of the country’s oil reserves. — Reuters

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Al Qaeda loyalists killed in clashes with Hadi forces ADEN/KUWAIT: Dozens of fighters loyal to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were killed in clashes in southern Yemen on Saturday, residents and a military source said, while a drone strike killed two others further north.

The clashes at Al Koud near Zinjibar in the southern Abyan Province were between AQAP and army forces of Yemen’s in-ternationally recognised govern-ment backed by local militias, referred to locally as the Popular Resistance.

Since Yemen’s civil war began last year, AQAP has gained con-trol over swathes of southern and eastern Yemen, creating a local government there and introduc-ing services.

Tentative truceThe war is between the Houthi movement and forces loyal to a former president on one side, against forces such as the Popu-lar Resistance, backed by Presi-dent Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and supported by a Saudi-led Arab coalition, on the other.

Both sides in Yemen’s civil war, in which a tentative truce has been in place for weeks pending the result of peace talks under way in Kuwait, say they regard AQAP as a threat.

The group has previously at-tacked both Hadi’s government and the Houthis.

In recent weeks Hadi’s forces, backed by coalition air strikes, have pushed towards Zinjibar along the beach road from Aden.

Al Koud lies on that road only 5km from Zinjibar, long consid-ered an AQAP stronghold along with the town of Jaar about 15km to the north.

A group of around 15 AQAP fighters escaped, the military source said, adding that two army soldiers were also killed.

Drone strikeAlso on Saturday, an air strike from a drone killed two men south of the Yemeni city of Marib suspected of belonging to Al Qae-da, local residents said by phone.

“A drone fired two missiles at a car that had two men in it in al-Manain district south of Marib city, and the car was totally de-stroyed and the men were killed instantly,” one of them said.

The United States has used drone strikes in Yemen to tar-get AQAP leaders, the global jihadist group’s local wing, which has plotted to place bombs on international airlin-ers and has encouraged attacks in Western countries.

Since March, air strikes tar-geting extremist militants have increased in Yemen, including a March 27 attack that killed 14 suspected AQAP members in Abyan province in the country’s south. — Reuters

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IS militants attack Libya’s Brega portBENGHAZI: IS militants clashed with a Libyan force guarding oil ports near Brega terminal on Saturday, killing one guard and wounding four includ-ing Ibrahim Jathran, leader of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG), security and medical sources said.

IS has a base in the Libyan city

of Sirte and has launched fre-quent attacks against oil facili-ties and ports, including major export terminals that are closed but controlled by Jathran’s PFG brigades. Fighting between PFG and a convoy of IS militants broke out 52 kilometres south of the Brega oil terminal early on Saturday, a PFG source. — Reuters

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Two dead in fresh landslides in Arunachal, toll rises to 19ITANAGAR: At least two persons were killed and several dwellings damaged in fresh landslides trig-gered by rains in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, raising the toll to 19.

The fresh landslips occurred at Thongleng Village, 20km from Tawang town in between Tawang-Lumla road, ADC Lod Gambo said.

While 30 houses were badly damaged, one house where the victims were staying was washed away, the ADC said.

The district administration has pressed men and machinery for re-lief and rescue operations, he said.

The death toll has now ris-en to 19 due to heavy rains and floods. While a person drowned at Jengthu River in Namsai district

on April 17 last, 16 labourers in-cluding one supervisor were killed in a massive landslide triggered by incessant rains at Phamla village in Tawang on Friday.

The victims were mainly la-bourers from Assam and Nepal who had come in search of liveli-hood. Incessant rain in the past couple of days triggered massive landslides in various places of the Buddhist town bordering China.

Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Saturday took stock of the situation at Ta-wang. Later Rijiju had to under-take road journey from Tawang to Itanagar as the chopper could not fly due to inclement weather.

Chief Minister Kalikho Pul who is personally monitoring the

situation all over the state had telephonic interactions with 18 deputy commissioners on Friday and enquired about the prevailing flood situation in their districts.

There are landslides and flood-like situation in almost all the dis-tricts. While major damage and casualties have been reported in Tawang, other districts like An-jaw, Changlang, Lower Subansiri and East Siang districts were re-ported to be badly affected by pre-monsoon rains.

The chief minister instructed the District Collectors to remain alert, keep the District Disaster Task Force ready, see that medi-cines and ration items are ad-equately stocked and to maintain drinking water facilities. - PTI

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NATURES’ FURY Relief works in progress after landslide at village Phamla in Tawang district

of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. - PTI

‘Will unite anti-BJP forces, PM post depends on destiny’

PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said he was trying to play a “catalyst” to unite anti-BJP forces to defeat the saffron party and was not a claim-ant to any post but added that “if a person is destined to become the prime minister, he would become the PM one day”.

“I am not a claimant to any post. All I am saying is that we all should unite (against BJP). Is it a crime to appeal the people to unite,” Kumar said while address-ing Janata Dal(United)’s national council meeting which formally approved his election as the new national president of the party.

He said that “time will decide the issue of leadership” and if a person is destined to become PM, he will become one “whether you name him or not”.

“First of all, we should unite (against BJP). Everybody needs to make sacrifice. Grand Secular Alliance would not have taken shape if I and Lalu Prasad had not sacrificed for a particular cause,” he said.

Triggering speculationJust days earlier, Kumar had called on parties to unite for a “Sangh-free” country and repeat the Bihar experiment at the na-tional level to oust the BJP in the

2019 general election, triggering speculation that he could lead such a front.

“If a person is destined to be-come the PM, he would become the PM one day, whether you name him or not.... “And the per-son’s dream never fructifies if he declares himself as the PM candi-date,” Kumar said on Saturday.

Kumar’s name was proposed by outgoing party president Sharad Yadav as his successor and around 1,000 party delegates from across the country ratified his election.

The national council was con-vened to ratify Kumar’s nomina-tion as president by the party’s national executive committee on April 10 in New Delhi.

Kumar replaced party veteran Sharad Yadav, who held the post for a decade.

Coming down heavily on BJP government at the Centre for its “failure” to fulfil its promises and “dividing the society on religious lines”, Kumar said that if there is unity among anti-BJP forces at the Centre, BJP will not be suc-

cessful in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.Assuming his role as a “cata-

lyst”, Kumar prescribed a ‘Grand Secular Alliance’ model on the lines of Bihar to defeat BJP.

Grand Secular Alliance“We defeated the BJP in Bihar As-sembly polls by forming a Grand Secular Alliance and we will be defeating BJP with this model in Lok Sabha elections too,” he said.

“Be it merger, alliance, under-standing whatever it may be, I want the largest possible unity of anti BJP forces. That I will contin-ue to do. We do not have any per-sonal interest in doing so,” he said.

Warning that the country is fac-ing the challenge of BJP/Rashtri-ya Swayamsevak Sangh ideology, he said that BJP has forgotten all the promises made by it in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

“Where is black money which it has promised to bring back”, he questioned while reminding that BJP president Amit Shah had termed it a ‘jumla’.

Ridiculing Narendra Modi

government’s schemes like Start up India, Kumar said that “every day we hear a new slogan. Today we hear Stand Up India, tomor-row it will be sit down India, lay down India and sleep for ever In-dia.... Slogans must be translated into reality.”

Kumar said that he would par-ticipate in the movement for im-plementing prohibition across the nation as in Bihar and he would start his campaign from neighbouring Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Nitish Kumar also warned lead-ers not to compete with each oth-ers in a manner that may end up pulling down their colleagues in the party. In order to drive home his point, Kumar cited socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia who asked the opposition to unite against the Congress.

“Till Lohia entered Parliament, not a single no trust motion could be moved against the central government. It was Lohia whose efforts fructified in bringing no trust motion after he brought op-

position together for the purpose,” Kumar said.

He also took a jibe at a section of media for publishing stories by asking for reaction and comments of leaders of other parties on his remarks.

“This is not right. And please do not try to give a different direc-tion to the debate (on having unity among anti- BJP forces),” JD(U) president said.

Attacking BJP, he said the party not only forgot to provide employ-ment opportunities to youths but also forgot giving 50 per cent plus cost of production as Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers.

“The central government has promised to make the farmers’ in-come double by 2022 but it should also tell about the current income level of farmers. At present, the farmers’ income is around Rs 3,000-3,500 per month,” he said.

The economy too is in bad con-dition with banks facing prob-lems, he added.

ProhibitionWhile talking about prohibition, which his government imple-mented on April 5 in the state, Kumar made it clear that prohi-bition has not been brought for some days rather it is a perma-nent measure.

“We will not let anybody feel relaxed on the issue of prohibi-tion. We have made a stringent law in this regard,” Kumar said while making it clear that there is a clamour for prohibition in other states too.

People are asking if prohibition can be implemented in Bihar, then why not in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand.

In Tamil Nadu, there is an agreement for prohibition, he added. Kumar said that he would participate in the movement for implementing prohibition across the nation. The national council meeting of JD(U) was attended by Sharad Yadav, K. C. Tyagi, Bashishtha Narayan Singh and a host of party MLAs and MPs be-sides people from socialist or JP movement. - PTI

Assuming his role

as a ‘catalyst’, Bihar

Chief Minister Nitish

Kumar prescribed

a ‘Grand Secular

Alliance’ model on

the lines of Bihar to

defeat BJP in 2019

Lok Sabha polls

ELATED: Bihar Chief Minister and newly elected Janata Dal(United) President Nitish Kumar is

garlanded with senior party leader Sharad Yadav and other leaders at the party’s National Council

Meeting in Patna on Saturday. - PTI

Action plan should focus on ensuring climate justice to poor: Javadekar

NEW YORK: India, which signed the landmark Paris climate change agreement along with 170 other nations, said the world commu-nity’s action plan to implement the agreement should focus on ensur-ing climate justice to the world’s poor and bringing sustainability in consumption.

“On this Earth Day, we have made history. As many as 171 countries have signed the Paris agreement. It is the triumph of collective wisdom,” Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said in his statement to the world body on the high-level signing ceremo-ny here on Friday.

Javadekar said the agreement explicitly highlights the benefits of sustainable lifestyle and con-sumption and warned that the extravagant lifestyle of some coun-tries would render the planet un-sustainable.

“If we continue with an extrava-gant lifestyle in the same way what we experience in many countries, earth will become unsustainable.So we must bring sustainability

in consumption as our priority goals,” he said, adding that the in-ternational community has to take care of the only planet the human race has.

“If we continue with unsustain-able consumption, we would re-quire three planets, and we don’t have them. We have only one planet. There is only one Mother earth and we must take care of it,” he said.

Javadekar stressed that there is an impetus for operationalising the vision of ‘Climate Justice’ as enshrined in the Preamble of the Paris Agreement.

“Climate justice is justice to the poorer sections, the four billion poor of the world and justice for the developing world. We have to chalk out our action plan to im-plement the Paris agreement,” he said, focusing on climate justice and sustainability.

As many as 175 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement at UN Headquarters, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon describing the day as an “historic” one since

this was by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an inter-national agreement on a single day.

Adopted in Paris by the 196 Par-ties to the UN Framework Con-vention on Climate Change at a conference known as (COP21) last

December, the agreement’s objec-tive is to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Cel-sius, and to strive for 1.5 degrees Celsius. It will enter into force 30 days after at least 55 countries, ac-counting for 55 per cent of global

greenhouse gas emissions, deposit their instruments of ratification.

Javadekar asserted that apart from the ratification of the Paris agreement, the ratification of the second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol is also urgent and needs to be done immediately.

“Developed world must take en-hanced targets and declare them as soon as possible for 2016-2020. There cannot be ‘action holiday’ of five years,” he said.

He pointed out that countries have to cooperate on clean actions, saying “competitiveness concerns should not over-shadow our com-mon resolve to build a sustainable future.”

Highlighting the steps India has taken towards its commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions, he said India will reduce its emission intensity by 35 per cent by 2030 and build 40 per cent capacity for power generation from non-fossil fuels. It is also creating additional carbon sink of 2.5 billion tonnes through various modes of affores-tation and heavily invest in reduc-

ing its vulnerability and enhancing adaptation to Climate Change.

“This is part of our Intended Nationally Determined Contribu-tions (INDCs) and we take this very seriously,” he said.

Javadekar informed the world body that India has already “start-ed on the road” to achieve its com-mitments, including taxing coal at the rate of $6 per tonne and using the money in investments in clean environment.

“If the world follows India’s ex-ample” by taxing coal “it will gen-erate the elusive $100 billion much early, and more easily,” that is re-quired for the climate fund. India has also undertaken a huge renew-able energy program of 175 GW and has already achieved 40 GW.

The country has also distributed 100 million LED bulbs and made them cheaper by 80 per cent from $4.7 to $0.8.

“We will save 80 million tonnes of Carbon equivalent per annum, when we will complete LED pro-gramme of one billion lights in next 3 years,” he said. - PTI

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AGENDA: US Secretary of State John Kerry, with Power Minister

Piyush Goyal, left, and Minister of State (Independent charge) for

Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar in a

meeting on the sidelines of signing ceremony for the Paris Agree-

ment on climate change, in New York on Friday. - PTI

Salman to be India’s goodwill ambassador at Rio OlympicsNEW DELHI: Bollywood super-star Salman Khan was on Saturday unveiled as the goodwill ambassa-dor of the Indian contingent for the Rio Olympics to be held later this year.

The Indian Olympic Associa-tion (IOA), which made the an-nouncement at its headquarters here, chose Salman from a list of two to three candidates which also included Shah Rukh Khan and vet-eran actor Amitabh Bachchan.

However, the IOA reportedly chose Salman as he is considered to be more connected with the youth and is known to be a sports enthusiast. The 50-year-old is a youth icon and an inspiration for bodybuilding fans across the country. His latest film Sultan is a sports-drama which sees Salman in the role of a wrestler who rises from small town origins to achieve international success.

This is the first time that a Bolly-wood superstar will be a goodwill ambassador for the Indian contin-gent at the Olympics.

Praising the sportspersons for their hardwork and dedica-tion, Salman hoped that they will be able to win medals at the Olympics.

The 2016 Olympics will be held at the Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro from August 5-21.

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YOUTH ICON: Bollywood

actor Salman Khan speaks

during a function where he

was announced as Goodwill

Ambassador of Indian

contingent for Rio Olympics

2016, in New Delhi on Saturday. - PTI

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If US and Iran can join hands, I see no reason why India and

Pakistan cannot come together to restore stability and begin

a new era of peace and prosperity in the region

Mehbooba Mufti, Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir

NO RESPITE FROM HEATWAVETourists splash water on their faces to get relief from heat at Mehtab Bagh behind Taj Mahal during a hot summer day in Agra on

Friday. Mercury continued to soar on Saturday in central and east India with Titalgarh in Odisha recording the country’s highest

temperature of 48.5 degrees Celsius as the weatherman attributed the extreme hot conditions to a clear sky and lack of weather

activity. “Minimum temperatures are appreciably above normal (3.1 degree Celsius to 5 degree Celsius) at many places over

East Madhya Pradesh and Rayalaseema and at a few places over Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Madhya

Pradesh and Gangetic West Bengal. Above normal (1.6 degree Celsius to 3 degree Celsius) was recorded at most places over East

Uttar Pradesh,” the India Meteorological Department said. - PTI

‘If US, Iran can end hostilities, why not India, Pakistan’JAMMU: Pitching strongly for In-do-Pak reconciliation, Indian-ad-ministered-Kashmir Chief Minis-ter Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said India and Pakistan should be-gin a new era of peace and prosper-ity in the region on similar lines as US and Iran have recently ended hostilities and stitched a new phase of engagement.

“If US and Iran can join hands, I see no reason why India and Pakistan cannot come together to restore stability and begin a new era of peace and prosperity in the region,” Mehbooba said while interacting with media-persons on the sidelines of her marathon tour here on Satur-day. The chief minister invoked the legacy of former chief min-ister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, by sending a strong message of peace and reconciliation to both India and Pakistan.

EngagementShe cited the example of US and Iran, who have recently ended hostilities and stitched a new phase of engagement.

Giving wings to her father’s dream of making Suchetgarh JK’s Wagah, the chief minister said she will be delighted if the border town is promoted as a

people-to-people meeting point with Sialkot, in Pakistan, across the International Border (IB). She urged media to highlight the cultural camaraderie that exists between the people of India and Pakistan.

“I wonder if hostilities can become news between the two neighbours, why can’t cultural bonhomie,” she asked, while touring border areas of Suchet-garh and shrine of Baba Cham-liyal, revered by people on both sides of the International Border.

Mehbooba described as most unfortunate the recent incident at Handwara, but hoped that peace will be firmly entrenched in the valley, where years of tur-bulence has brought untold mis-eries upon the people.

Favouring more transit points for people-to-people contact, the chief minister said cultural affin-ity across the two regions is too strong to resist.

“I hope our good intentions are reciprocated by our neighbour,” she added.

The chief minister, who also holds the charge of the Tourism Department, said Jammu has all the makings of an ideal tourist destination, provided the right strategy is framed. - PTI

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Campaigning ends for fourth phase of West Bengal polls

KOLKATA: Campaigning for the fourth phase of assembly polls in West Bengal which will decide the fate of 345 candidates in 49 seats spread across North 24 Parganas and Howrah district ended on Saturday.

A total of 10.7 million elector-ate will exercise their franchise in about 12,500 polling stations from 7 am to 6 pm on Monday.

State Finance Minister Amit Mitra and jailed ex-minister Madan Mitra are among the high-profile candidates contesting in this phase. Amit Mitra, who was secretary-general of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) before join-

ing politics in the 2011 assembly polls, is once again in the race from Khardaha seat in North 24 Parganas in the northern out-skirts of the city.

Despite his claims to the con-trary, Mitra has been under at-tack for lack of industrialisation during the Trinamool Congress regime in the state.

Saradha chit fund scamAll eyes will be on former trans-port and sports minister Madan Mitra, who is contesting from Kamarhati seat in North 24 Par-

ganas district. Madan Mitra was arrested by CBI in December 2014 in the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam and is currently lodged in Alipore jail.

This is the first time that a high-profile candidate is fighting elec-tions in West Bengal from jail.

Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Ba-nerjee campaigned for Mitra in his consistency saying he has been a victim of a conspiracy by the Centre. Mitra’s name had also figured in Narada sting operation, an issue which has been haunting

Trinamool Congress (TMC)ever since the video was released.

Also in the fray this phase are TMC ministers Purnendu Basu, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Bratya Basu, Jyotipriyo Mullick and Aroop Roy.

Greenhorns in the ring this phase include former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya’s daughter Vaishali and former Bengal cricket cap-tain Laxmi Ratan Shukla — both of whom are fighting on TMC tickets. Shukla is pitted against

actress-turned-politician Rupa Ganguly of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) from north Howrah seat.

Footballer Dipendu Biswas has been fielded by TMC from south Basirhat seat which is being de-fended by BJP’s only sitting MLA Shamik Bhattacharya.

Bidhannagar Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta is fighting for his seat from Rajarhat New Town.

In his campaign trail Prime Minister Narendra Modi had claimed that Mamata Banerjee had “virtually accepted defeat”, which, he said, was evident in the manner in which the first three phases of elections were held in the state.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on the other hand has ac-cused both Modi and Mamata of “resorting to falsehood and bluff-ing people”.Under pressure due to the Narada sting, Banerjee said she would have “given a thought” before choosing her party candi-dates for the ongoing assembly elections had the video tapes been telecast earlier.

Amidst complaints of violence by opposition parties during elec-tions, Election Commission has transferred North 24 Parganas Superintendent of Police Tanmay Roy Chowdhury and a number of other officers.

The issue of ‘Syndicate Raj’ or milking builders in the name of supplying inferior building ma-terials at a premium by persons backed by political parties has popped up many times in this election. - PTI

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WOOING VOTERS: BJP candidate Rupa Ganguly exchange greetings with the people during her

election campaign at Howrah district in West Bengal on Saturday. - PTI

Rawat, BJP spar in Uttarakhand, Congress leader claims MLAs threatened

DEHRADUN: Former Uttara-khand chief minister Harish Raw-at on Saturday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of threatening Congress and Progressive Demo-cratic Front (PDF) Members of Legislative Assembly and urged the governor to provide security to them while BJP lashed out at the Congress leader, demanding legal action against him for his “uncon-stitutional” step of taking charge as chief minister without a written order from the high court.

“BJP leaders are building an at-mosphere of animosity and bitter-ness in the state. They are even is-suing threats to Congress and PDF MLAs. I have urged the governor to make security arrangements for them,” Rawat told reporters at Bi-japur State Guest House.

The six-member Progressive Democratic Front (PDF), a combi-nation of BSP, UKD and Independ-ent MLAs, was a part of Rawat

government and has stood by him during the current political crisis in the state.

Countering BJP leaders’ claims that they had the numbers re-quired for government formation, Rawat said MLAs supporting them should come out openly.

“They should openly state whether they are poaching MLAs or engineering another defection in Congress with money power,” Rawat said.

BJP, however, attacked Rawat for “hurriedly” taking charge as chief minister and convening two cabinet meetings to take policy decisions even before a written order of the Uttarakhand High Court quashing President’s rule in the state could reach the Centre and the governor. A BJP delegation led by its state unit president Ajay Bhatt met Governor K. K.Paul and demanded appropriate legal ac-tion against Rawat, claiming his

actions were“unconstitutional”. The delegation also demanded an-nulment of policy decisions taken by Rawat after his brief “reinstate-ment” as chief minister which came to an end with the Supreme Court putting a stay on the high court’s verdict on Friday.

The party’s main contention was that Rawat went against par-liamentary norms by assuming charge even before getting a signed copy of the high court’s order.

Rawat, however, dismissed the charge saying if the Centre can go to the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the high court’s order without having a written copy of it why can’t he assume charge as CM without the same document.

Meanwhile, upping the ante on the Uttarakhand political crisis, Congress leaders have given notices for suspension of the question hour and adoption of a resolution con-demning the imposition of Presi-

dent’s rule there when the Budget Session resumes after the recess.

The notices given by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and Deputy Leader of Congress in the House, Anand Shar-ma, seek to corner the government on the issue accusing it of “desta-bilising” a democratically-elected government in Uttarakhand.

In his notice given under Rule 267, Sharma has also sought from Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari the passage of a resolution condemning the Modi government for “destabilistion” of the Uttara-khand government and imposition of President’s Rule in the state.

The resolution reads “this House deplores the destabilisa-tion of the democratically elect-ed government in Uttarakhand and disapproves the unjustified imposition of President’s Rule there under Article 356 of the Constitution.” - PTI

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BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) will flight test RLV-TD, a new genera-tion reusable launch vehicle that can re-enter the atmosphere, next month end, the agency Chairman A. S. Kiran Kumar said on Saturday.

“We will flight test in next month end Reusable Launch Ve-hicle-Technology Demonstration Program (RLV-TD), which can re-enter the atmosphere,” Kumar said. The vehicle is on its way to Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sr-iharikota after completing various tests,  including the final acoustics test at the National Aerospace Lab-oratories (NAL), he said.

It has been configured to act as a flying test bed to evaluate vari-ous technologies, including hyper-sonic flight, autonomous landing, powered cruise flight and hyper-sonic flight using air-breathing propulsion.

“The vehicle will be taken to a height of over 70km and released for its re-entry into the atmos-phere,” he said, delivering the annual Air Chief Marshal L. M. Khatre lecture, organised by Hin-dustan Aeronautics Limited, Air Force Association and the Aero-nautical Society of India, here.

The programme was approved in January 2012 and the launch was  tentatively scheduled be-tween July and August last year.

Talking about the second launch of LVM 3, Kumar said the  space agency is working towards realisa-tion of the vehicle.

“Realisation of this vehicle will help ISRO place heavier satellites into orbit,” he said. - PTI

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Government gives conditional nod to CPEC western routeISLAMABAD: The government on Friday conditionally approved the 285-kilometre long western route of the China-Pakistan Eco-nomic Corridor (CPEC) after Khy-ber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) objected over its alignment and claimed that it is in violation of the agree-ment reached at an all parties con-ference (APC). The APC held in May last year was instrumental in developing national consensus on routes of the CPEC.

It recommended that the gov-ernment give priority to the west-ern route which passes through some of the country’s hinterlands and can help address poverty in these areas.

The government initially pre-ferred the eastern route and al-located more than 90 per cent of CPEC funding for its early com-pletion. On Friday, the communi-

cation ministry tabled the project for construction of a motorway from Burhan/Hakla on M-1 to Dera Ismail Khan at the rational-ised cost of Rs124.2 billion for the consideration of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec).

However, K-P Finance Minis-ter Muzaffar Sayyed objected to the proposed alignment, officials told The Express Tribune after the meeting. They said he claimed that the alignment was not final yet and that the route was in violation of the APC agreement.

The communication ministry informed the meeting that the route for the motorway was as per the joint declaration issued after the APC, a handout issued by the finance ministry said.

Ecnec was also informed that the proposed alignment of the

project along the western route of CPEC has been taken up as agreed during the 5th Joint Coordina-tion Committee meeting between China and Pakistan

The finance ministry said Ecnec approved the project, subject to formal confirmation of the route being in accordance with the un-derstanding contained in the joint declaration of the APC.

Ecnec Chairman Finance Min-

ister Ishaq Dar said the K-P should not change the goalposts as the matter has already been resolved at the highest political level.

Ecnec also conditionally ap-proved a Rs11.98 billion project for acquisition of land for west-ern route, compensation for af-fected properties and relocation of utilities for construction of the Burhan/Hakla to Dera Ismail Khan motorway.

According to the project docu-ments, the Hakla-DI Khan road will be completed by June 2018 and work on it is expected to begin by the middle of this year.

However, the last-minute ob-jections may create difficulties in timely completion of this project.

Another issue that can affect timely completion is the avail-ability of the requisite funds as the project requires huge funds for its

completion by June 2018.The proposed motorway will be

built as a controlled access facility and includes provision of 11 inter-changes, 19 flyovers, 15 bridges, 74 underpasses, 259 culverts and three major bridges.

The land acquisition project envisages acquisition of 7,575 acres of land for construction of the expressway.

The average unit cost of the project is Rs1.8 million per acre, which is slightly on the lower side when compared with the unit cost of the Rs1.97 million per acre of Sukkur-Multan section of the eastern route. Ecnec approved the project for construction of bridge across River Indus connecting Larkana and Khairpur districts with approach roads and river training works at a revised cost of Rs13.4 billion. - Express Tribune

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The proposed motorway will be built as a controlled

access facility and includes provision of 11 interchanges,

19 flyovers, 15 bridges, 74 underpasses, 259 culverts and

three major bridges

‘Open-ended’ inquiry to find wrongdoings of all Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD: Amid the contro-versy surrounding the offshore assets owned by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ’s family, the gov-ernment has instead announced a broad-based, open-ended in-quiry to determine wrongdoings of all Pakistanis.

The ruling party has been under immense pressure since the Pana-ma Papers leak, which mentioned three of the premier’s children as owners of undeclared offshore companies.

With the opposition piling on more pressure, the prime minis-ter has addressed the nation twice over the issue, promising an im-partial, judicial investigation.

Soon after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ’s address on Friday, the government notified the terms of references (ToRs) for the pro-posed commission, the composi-tion of which will be decided by the top judge of the country.

According to the law ministry, the inquiry panel will ascertain if any Pakistani citizen, including current and former public office holders, has ever been involved in financial corruption within Pakistan or abroad.

The move comes despite vocif-erous calls for starting the probe from the family of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The judicial commission will be set up under the Pakistan Com-mission of Inquiry Act, 1956.

It will examine if any Pakistani or a Pakistani-origin individual has been involved with offshore businesses in Panama or any other country.

It will also establish if any serv-ing or former public office holders or their families got their loans written off from banks or trans-ferred money abroad by violating Pakistani laws.

The panel will have powers un-der the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 to summon and enforce the presence of any person, including

tax experts or accountants, and question them on oath.

It can ask for producing any document, receive evidence on affidavits, examine witnesses and requisition any record or copy from any court or office.

The commission will have the authority to require any person to furnish information on mat-ters considered important by the panel for the inquiry.

Any officer, but not below the rank of a gazetted officer, could be authorised by the commission president to enter any premises to check or seize any document related to the investigation.

The panel will be assisted by all the authorities concerned of the federal and provincial govern-ments while its proceedings shall be deemed to be judicial proceed-ings, within the meaning of sec-tions 193 and 228 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860. The cabinet di-vision will provide secretarial as-sistance to the commission.

The massive trove of docu-ments from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca has so far named around 220 Pakistanis, including several politicians and businessmen, for amassing assets and accounts in international tax havens. - Express Tribune

According to the law

ministry, the inquiry

panel will ascertain if

any Pakistani citizen,

including current

and former public

office holders, has

ever been involved in

financial corruption

within Pakistan or

abroad

Blind man defies all odds for the last 35 years to return loansKARACHI: Sitting cross-legged on the main gate of Empress Mar-ket, a blind man has been shelling peas for the last 35 years.

Eighty-year-old Muhammad Hassan, also known as Taya (un-cle), has been working day and night to return the loan he took for the wedding of his children (three sons and four daughters).

He does not think that he is disabled and wants to continue working till his last breath. “It is better to work than beg,” he keeps on repeating.

“My elder son drops me here in morning and I go to home with my neighbour, who also works at the Empress Market. This has been

my routine for years now,” he said.The people refer to him as ‘Cho-

ta Bhai’ because of his jovial per-sona. He is famous in the entire Empress Market for shelling the peas of vendors selling vegetables.

Taya spends the entire day shell-ing peas and selling match boxes and earns Rs300 per day for his en-deavour. A kilogramme of raw peas is sold for Rs60, but after shelling, the retailers sell it for Rs80 and pay Taya only Rs5 for his hard work. “I shell around 10 to 15 kilogrammes of peas daily,” he said.

However, he earns Rs100 to Rs200 while selling matchboxes.

When asked if people in Em-press Market or other people have

ever helped him, he became emo-tional. “I can still earn. If not, I will prefer to sit at my home. However, the irony is that I become sick whenever I don’t work.”

Speaking about his disability, he said that he was not always blind.

“I can still view things partially. I lost my eye sight suddenly and despite three operations the vision could not be restored.”

His family belonged to Mo-radabad, India but migrated to Sindh during Partition. “At first, we were settled in Hyderabad but moved to Karachi during General Ziaul Haq’s tenure in 1980.”

Taya’s father was an employee of railways department. He wanted

me to complete my education but Taya failed middle school while studying at Noor Muhammad School in Hyderabad.

He is the only surviving member among his seven siblings. Accord-ing to him, before he dies he wants to fulfil his two dreams. First is to return the loan and other is to be able to perform Umrah. Reminisc-ing the old days, he remarked that Empress Market was not always this crowded and many foreigners used to visit it. “Now, the situation has changed completely. We hard-ly see any foreigners and owing to the piles of garbage and overflow-ing gutters, we cannot event sit here,” he said. -Express Tribune

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DETERMINED: Eighty-year-old Muhammad Hassan, who cannot see, has been sitting at the main gate of Empress Market for the last 35 years. He shells the peas of vegetable vendors and sells matchboxes, earning Rs300 per day. - Express Tribune

IN THE EYE OF STORM: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said he would resign if any wrongdoing is proved against him before the commission formed to investigate offshore wealth in the wake of Panama Papers revelations. - AFP file photo

ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties on Friday counted as their first victory Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ’s act of writing a letter to the apex court chief justice on forming a body to probe the Panama leaks.

They, however, expressed their discomfort over the terms of references (ToRs) of the proposed commis-sion that would investigate the Panama Papers scandal, lamenting they were not consulted before these were

finalised. “It’s the first vic-tory of the opposition but we reject the ToRs as opposition parties were not taken on board,” PTI,vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi said. Qureshi said the prime minister announced his intention of writing a letter in the wake of opposition pressure, but we (opposition parties) need to see the text of the letter as the govern-ment has made its own ToRs, which is not acceptable to the opposition. - Express Tribune

Opposition sees ‘victory’ in PM’s move, rejects ToRs

Assets of top MNCs reach Rs8 trillionLAHORE: Despite facing obsta-cles and uneven policies in Paki-stan, the total assets of the coun-try’s top multinational companies have approached the Rs8-trillion mark, claimed the Overseas Inves-tors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI).

OICCI is the prime representa-tive body for multinationals with 195 members.

“It is simply not a viable strategy for any multinational to ignore the sixth most populous country, espe-cially when looking to expand its operations globally,” said OICCI President Shahab Rizvi while talk-ing to a group of journalists.

“However, multinationals need consistent policies from govern-ment, it doesn’t matter whether the investment is short or long-term,” he added.

The representatives said Paki-stan has had quite a few hiccups with army-led governments and that a sustained democracy is needed for additional investors to venture into the country.

Currently, the flow of invest-ment in Pakistan from multina-tionals is not significant.

“Pakistan has more or less busi-ness-friendly policies, however, their flawed implementation is a key impediment. If resolved, this would change Pakistan’s percep-tion and bring in large chunk of foreign direct investment (FDI),” remarked Rizvi.

In the past few years, the flow of investments from MNCs has been a little over $1 billion annually.

According to the OICCI, the member companies have invested $3.5 billion in Pakistan from 2012 to 2014. - Express Tribune

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Price UK would pay for divorcing Europe Clive Crook

The UK Treasury’s paper on the economic costs of Brexit seems competent and thor-ough, as you would expect -- and says those

costs would be high, as you’d also expect. That said, it would be a mistake to regard this analysis as set-tling much.

Judging the likely economic costs is an una-voidably uncertain exercise. The range of possible outcomes is wide -- a lot wider than the three vari-ants that the study concentrates on. Also, the study doesn’t consider the main reason why exit cam-paigners want Britain to leave, which is to restore the country’s ability to govern itself. For some Brexiteers, though few are this honest, a moderate price in diminished trade and lower gross domes-tic product might be worth paying for a divorce from Brussels. The paper looks at three alternative trading futures for the UK outside the union: mem-bership of the European Economic Area, other-wise known as the Norway model, and the closest thing to staying in the EU; a less comprehensive bilateral agreement with the European Union, like the one Canada has; and what the paper calls the default alternative of trading on terms laid down by the World Trade Organisation. In each case, the paper judges the likely reduction in trade and investment, then adds the related effects of slower growth in productivity.

After 15 years, according to this reckoning, the annual loss of British GDP (relative to what it would otherwise have been) is roughly 4 per cent for the EEA model, 6 per cent for the Cana-da variant, and 8 per cent for the WTO approach. These estimates are broadly consistent with other studies.

All this work, it’s worth mentioning, is unam-biguously pro-trade. Economists and commen-tators in the US have recently been preoccupied with the costs of adjusting to foreign competi-tion -- costs which, some say, undermine the traditional case for free trade. That sentiment is refreshingly absent from the main analyses of Brexit. In Europe, apparently, you just can’t have too much economic integration.

Nonetheless, the range of plausible outcomes is a lot wider than the Treasury study allows. For instance, what makes the Norway model the up-per limit of British economic integration with Europe? At the moment, the U.K. is more closely integrated with Europe than Norway is. What

would prevent it from staying that way, while sep-arating itself from the union’s larger political and constitutional ambitions?

There are two possible answers to this. One is that close economic integration necessarily re-quires some degree of political union. This is de-batable. The EU certainly has more far more po-litical union than it needs for the single market to work: You don’t need a European parliament, supreme court, charter of rights and all the other trappings of nationhood to have free movement of goods, services, capital and workers.

The EU has those trappings not because the sin-gle market requires them but because movement toward political union, until the crash at least, has been an additional EU purpose in its own right. Even now, the aspiration dignifies the project and offers justification for egregious unforced errors such as the euro.

In principle, Britain could opt for economic in-tegration without political integration. And to a considerable extent, it’s been allowed to do so: no euro, no Schengen (the agreement on borderless travel), opt-outs from security and justice initia-tives, a clearer exemption from the treaty commit-ment to “ever closer union.” But there’s a limit to these exceptions. The EU isn’t offering a mode of association that grants full economic integration while allowing definitive, permanent, explicit de-tachment from its political quest.

The Treasury study and its covering note from George Osborne, U.K. chancellor of the excheq-uer, both make this limit clear, but they’re a little oblique on its cause. “No country has been able to negotiate any other sort of deal [other than EEA, Canada-style bilateral, or WTO],” Osborne says, “and it would not be in the EU’s interest to agree one.” Neither document says why, exactly, this would not be in the EU’s interest. The sug-gestion seems to be that other countries might want a similar dispensation -- a point that ought to weigh in its favor.

Yet once you assume that the EU isn’t going to help Britain find a comfortable, mutually advan-tageous post-Brexit relationship with the EU, you next have to ask how far Europe might go to actu-ally punish a British defection. — Bloomberg View

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The pedestrian crossing on the busy stretch between Ruwi and Ham-riya roundabouts is quite alarming, especially in the early morning hours. Since the traffic movement on this small stretch of the road

are fully occupied during the busy hours, motorists and public need to be more observant to avoid any possible mishaps. As there are no proper pedestrian crossing on this road, people wait for an opportunity to cross the road from one side to the other at a convenient point of their choice. Such practices often confuses the motorists, as they have to be more cautious while pass-ing through the way since groups of people are seen waiting their turn to reach other side of the road. If the drivers use mobile phone while on the wheel, especially in this stretch of the road, there might be chances of losing their attention or slow down and pay exceptional care when people are waiting in either side of the road. As far as road safety is concerned, both motorists and general public must be adhere to traffic guidelines and use only those marked pe-

destrian crossings at all the times. Meanwhile, side barriers similar to that in the Wadi Adai stretch closer to the roundabout may be erected to avoid incidents. — Ramachandran Nair, Ruwi

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Submarine-launched ballistic missile fired by North Korea

SEOUL: North Korea fired a sub-marine-launched ballistic mis-sile on Saturday off its east coast, South Korea said, amid concerns that the isolated state might con-duct a nuclear test or a missile launch ahead of a ruling party meeting in May.

The North fired the missile to the northeast from an area off its east coast at about 6:30pm(0930 GMT), the South’s office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

North Korea will hold a con-gress of its ruling Workers’ Party

in early May for the first time in 36 years, at which its leader Kim Jong Un is expected to say the country is a strong military power and a nuclear state.

The missile flew for about 30km (18 miles), a South Korean Defence Ministry official said by telephone, adding its military was trying to determine whether the launch may have been a failure for unspecified reasons.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the missile flew “for

a few minutes”, citing a govern-ment source.

The US State Department in Washington said it was aware of reports the North had launched what appeared to be a ballistic missile.

“Launches using ballistic mis-sile technology are a clear vio-lation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions,” said State Department spokesman John Kirby. The North first attempted a launch of the submarine-based

missile last year and was seen to be in the early stages of develop-ing such a weapons system, which could pose a new threat to its neighbours and the United States if it is perfected.

However, follow-up test launches were believed to have fallen short of the North’s expec-tations as its state media footage appeared to have been edited to fake success, according experts who have seen the visuals.

South Korea’s military has said

it is on high alert over the possibil-ity that the isolated North could conduct its fifth nuclear test “at any time” in defiance of UN sanc-tions after setting off what it said was a hydrogen device in January.

Satellite images show that North Korea may have resumed tunnel excavation at its main nu-clear test site, similar to activity seen before the January test, a US North Korea monitoring website reported on Wednesday.

South Korea and the United States, as well as experts, believe the North is working to develop a submarine-launched ballistic missile system and an intercon-tinental ballistic missile (ICBM) putting the mainland United States within range.

North Korea is banned from nu-clear tests and activities that use ballistic missile technology un-der UN sanctions dating back to 2006 and most recently adopted in March but it has pushed ahead with work to miniaturise a nucle-ar warhead and develop an ICBM.

A senior US official said this week that North Korea should take a lesson from Iran which has agreed to roll back its nuclear programme in an agreement with Western powers in return for lift-ing of major sanctions but the North has shown no sign of enter-ing into such a pact. - Reuters

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‘Australian police to probe submarine tender leak’SYDNEY: Australian police are investigating how confidential information about the outcome of a tender process for Austral-ia’s next submarine fleet was leaked to the media, the Austral-ian Broadcasting Corporation re-ported on Saturday.

It is the second leak from with-in the military acquisition project which has come down to a race between bids from French, Ger-man and Japanese companies for an A$50 billion contract to build 12 submarines.

Australia’s Federal Police con-firmed in a statement to the ABC that they had been asked to inves-tigate, the broadcaster said.

Police spokesmen were not available for comment.

The investigation follows an ABC report earlier in the week that said the Japanese bid had been “all but eliminated” from the tender process.

No official announcement on the outcome of the tender has been made.

A final decision had been ex-pected at the end of the year but Prime Minister Malcolm Turn-bull’s recent gamble on a July 2 election has sped up the process and a winner is now expected to be announced by the end of the month. The contract is politically sensitive as it will likely have an impact on thousands of jobs in the shipbuilding industry in South Australia state.

Retaining votes in key elector-ates in that state will be critical

for the government.Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

and Kawasaki Heavy Industries are offering to build a variant of Japan’s Soryu submarine.

Germany’s ThyssenKrupp AG’s is proposing to scale up its 2,000-tonne Type 214 class sub-marine.

France’s state-controlled naval contractor DCNS has proposed a diesel-electric version of its 5,000-tonne Barracuda nuclear-powered submarine. - Reuters

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DEFIANT: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Paektusan Hero Youth Power Station No. 3 in

this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on

Saturday. - Reuters/KCNA

Professor hacked to death by militants in Bangladesh

DHAKA: A university professor was hacked to death on Saturday in northwestern Bangladesh, po-lice said, with IS claiming respon-sibility for the latest in a series of attacks on liberal activists.

Two assailants on a motorcy-cle attacked Rezaul Karim Sid-diquee, 58, an English professor at Rajshahi University, slitting his throat and hacking him to death, Rajshahi city police chief Moham-mad Shamsuddin told reporters, quoting witnesses.

He was found lying in a pool of blood near his home, where he was apparently waiting for a bus to the university campus about 200km northwest of Dhaka when he was attacked. IS claimed responsibility for the killing of the professor for “calling to atheism”, the US-based SITE monitoring service said quoting the militant group’s Amaq Agency. Police said the murder was similar to other recent attacks on secular bloggers by militants. But fellow university teachers said Siddiquee, while active in cultural events, never spoke or wrote any-thing about religion.

“Professor Rezaul was killed in a similar fashion as the killings of bloggers,” Shamsuddin said, add-ing he was a peaceful person and had no enemies. - Reuters

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15 publishers reprimanded for false reportsSHANGHAI: China’s media regulator has said it has uncov-ered false reports at 15 domestic news organizations, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

The business magazine Cai-jing, Shanghai’s The Paper and the Jinan Times were among the publications that published false news, the State Adminis-tration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) said on Friday.

The regulator said a report by Caijing in February on the social decline of a village con-tained false information and it had retracted the certification of the journalist responsible, Xinhua said. Online websites that circulated the article with-out confirming its authenticity would be penalised, it said.

The Paper had circulated false reports about an earth-quake while the Jinan Times had misrepresented photo-graphs, Xinhua reported the regulator as saying.

A regulator official told Xin-hua the false reports were seri-ously misleading and had an ad-verse social impact. President Xi Jinping’s government has tightened Internet and media controls as part of a campaign to prevent false news. - Reuters

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MILITARY ACQUISITION: The Soryu class stealth submarine

Hakuryu seen docked in Sydney’s Naval base. - AFP file photo

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Uganda picks Tanzania for oil pipeline route

KAMPALA: Uganda will build a pipeline for its oil through Tanza-nia rather than Kenya, which had wanted to secure the export route, a summit of East African leaders said on Saturday.

Picking a route is vital for oil firms to make final investment decisions on developing reserves found in Uganda and Kenya, which are among a string of hydrocarbon finds on Africa’s eastern seaboard.

Tanzania has found gas offshore.Land-locked Uganda, which

found oil in a western region around Hoima, said last year it would build a pipeline through

Kenya, linking its fields to Kenyan discoveries in Lokichar and on to Lamu on Kenya’s north coast.

Last-minute pushBut in March this year Uganda changed tack, saying it was now planning a pipeline from Hoima to Tanga on Tanzania’s coast, prompting a last-minute push by Kenya for another switch.

Saturday’s summit of the East African Community bloc - which groups Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi - in Kampala confirmed Uganda would take the Tanzanian option.

Regarding the crude pipeline, “the summit agreed that two crude oil pipelines, one from Lokichar to Lamu and another from Hoima to Tanga, will be developed by Kenya

and Uganda respectively,” the final communique said.

“There is no more paralysis on that matter, we are moving,” Ugan-dan President Yoweri Museveni said after the summit meeting.

Kenyan Lands Minister Jacob Kaimenyi said the Uganda and Kenya pipelines would be devel-oped independently.

Security concernsFrance’s Total, one of the oil firms developing Uganda’s fields, had raised security concerns about the Kenyan route.

A Kenyan pipeline could at points run near Somalia, from where militants have launched at-tacks on Kenya.

Britain’s Tullow Oil, with stakes in both countries, had backed the

Kenyan route, saying it would be cheaper if oil from both pipelines followed the same route.

“While we have always believed that a joint Uganda-Kenya export pipeline was the most cost-effec-tive option, we are clear that both Uganda and Kenya’s oil resources can be developed separately,” Tullow said in a statement.

The firm said it would now work with both governments on the two pipeline projects.

Chinese roleChina’s CNOOC is also involved in the Ugandan oil finds.

Projected production start dates from both countries have repeat-edly been postponed, particularly because no decision had been tak-en over the pipeline route. — Reuters

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vital for oil firms

to make final

investment decisions

on developing

reserves found in

Uganda and Kenya

Saturday’s summit of the East African Community bloc

- which groups Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and

Burundi - in Kampala confirmed Uganda would take the

Tanzanian option

Ecuador quake toll rises to 646QUITO: The death toll from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 mag-nitude earthquake last week has risen to 646 people, President Rafael Correa said during a TV broadcast on Saturday.

Last Saturday’s quake, the worst in nearly seven decades, injured around 12,500 people and left 130 missing along the coun-try’s ravaged Pacific coast.

“These have been sad days for the homeland,” a visibly moved Correa said during his regular Saturday television broadcast. “The country is in crisis.”

Several strong tremors and more than 700 aftershocks have continued to shake the country since the major quake, sparking momentary panic but little ad-ditional damage. Tremors are expected to continue for sev-eral weeks. With close to 7,000 buildings destroyed, more than 26,000 people were living in shelters. Some 14,000 security personnel were keeping order in quake-hit areas, with only spo-radic looting reported.

Survivors in the quake zone

were receiving food, water and medicine from the government and scores of foreign aid workers, though Correa has acknowledged that bad roads delayed aid reach-ing some communities.

Reduced revenuesCorrea’s leftist government, fac-ing mammoth rebuilding at a time of greatly reduced oil rev-enues for the OPEC country, has said it would temporarily increase some taxes, offer assets for sale and possibly issue bonds abroad to fund reconstruction. Congress will begin debate on the tax proposal on Tuesday.

Correa has estimated damage at $2 billion to $3 billion. Lower oil revenue has already left the country of 16 million people fac-ing near-zero growth and lower investment.

The country’s private banking association said on Saturday its member banks would defer pay-ments on credit cards, loans and mortgages for clients in the quake zone for three months, to help re-construction efforts. — Reuters

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AMUSEMENT: Children watch as people performs under a tent

at the Reales Tamarindos airport which is used as a shelter, after

being evacuated from their homes in Portoviejo, after an earth-

quake struck off Ecuador’s Pacific coast, on Friday. — Reuters

Close to 50 starving

monkeys rescued

MULDERSDRIFT (SOUTH AFRICA): Close to 50 starved and sick monkeys were rescued from filthy living conditions in a South African private zoo on Saturday, and were whisked away to a care facility, an international animal rights group said.

International Primates Rescue (IPR) founder Sue Mousley said after failed attempts by the own-er of Little Falls garden centre to improve the living conditions of the monkeys, the rescue team

finally managed to get a court or-der allowing them to relocate the primates to IPR’s care facility.

Filthy enclosuresThe monkeys were given little to no food and water while living inside filthy enclosures, Mous-ley said. “They are still terribly under weight, some of them look a bit dehydrated... the condi-tion of most of those primates is just simply not acceptable,” said Mousley. — Reuters

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Obama urges British youth to reject cynicism and xenophobia

LONDON: US President Barack Obama implored young British people on Saturday not to pull back from the world, a day after spark-ing a row by bluntly telling Britain it should remain in the European Union to preserve its remaining global clout.

Obama angered critics of the EU on Friday by warning that Britain would be at “the back of the queue” for a trade deal if it left the club - one of the strongest US interven-tions in the affairs of a western European democracy since the Cold War.

Speaking to about 550 invited British young people at a “town hall” event on Saturday, Obama sought to pitch a more optimistic message to young Britons, who are considered to be more pro-Eu-ropean, if less active, voters than their parents.

Obama said he wanted young people to reject the cynicism piped towards them by TV and Twitter,

and he lauded both the European Union and NATO for sustaining peace and prosperity in Europe af-ter centuries of war and strife.

Darkened by war“Think about how extraordinary that is: For more than 1,000 years this continent was darkened by war and violence. It was taken for granted.

It was assumed that was the fate of man,” Obama said at Lindley Hall in London.

“We see new calls for iso-lationism, for xenophobia,”

Obama said.”When I speak to young people, I implore them, and I implore you, to reject those calls to pull back.”

Joking about Britain’s colo-nial past, Obama cited a “tea in-cident” and said that the British had burned down his house - ref-erences to the 1773 Boston Tea Party protest and to the burning of the White House in 1814 by British troops.

But he stressed that the two na-tions had put their quarrels behind them to ensure a more stable and freer world.

Obama’s intervention over EU membership was welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron but it was not immediately clear how far British voters will hear or heed Obama’s caution over the consequences of leaving the EU in a June 23 referendum.

A YouGov poll showed that while British voters think Obama has done a good job as U.S. president, 53 per cent felt it was inappropriate for Obama to express a preference on how Britain should vote, while 35 per cent said it was appropriate.

After a visit to the Globe theatre to mark 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare, Obama answered 10 questions from the youth audience on issues ranging from the peace in Northern Ire-land to the rights of non-binary gender individuals.

While Obama’s warning about the prospects of a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States led television news broadcasts in Britain, EU membership was not raised during the question-and-answer session that lasted over an hour.

Obama’s warning over trade was especially sensitive in Britain be-cause opponents of the EU have argued that the world’s fifth largest economy could prosper by strik-ing bilateral deals if it cut itself free from what they cast as a failed German-dominated experiment in European integration.

American interests“His meddling stems not from his concerns for Britain or, indeed Eu-rope, but from his own - America’s - interests,” former British finance minister Norman Lamont, a sup-porter of a British exit, wrote in the eurosceptic Daily Mail newspaper.

But some of the participants in Obama’s youth meeting were posi-tive about Obama’s intervention.

“It was fair, it was true, it is something that needs to be talked about for some of us that haven’t decided where to go,” said Abdirashid Fidow, a 25-year-old charity worker.

“How are we going to be special if you’re going to put us at the back of the queue?

“I have seen a lot of friends of mine change their minds after Obama spoke yesterday.”

Selected partly by a lottery run by the US Embassy and partly by school and university groups that were given blocks of tickets, the Britons gave Obama a standing ovation as he closed the session to the punk rock song “London Call-ing” by the Clash.

“I recognise that a US leader has gone further than ever before in intervening in another demo-cratic process outside of their own jurisdiction,” said James Langford, a 25-year-old strategy consultant.”That is extraordinary in itself.”

“I don’t believe that anyone should change their mind on the sole basis of that decision.

It doesn’t annoy me,” Langford said.”He hasn’t told us how to vote, he’s advised us what he thinks the US’ perspective is.” — Reuters

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over EU membership

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Prime Minister David

Cameron but it was

not immediately clear

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the consequences of

leaving the EU in a

June 23 referendum

TOUGH WORDS: US President Barack Obama answers questions from members of the audience at an event in central London on Saturday.— AFP

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Merkel visits Turkey to ease tensions of deal on migrants

GAZIANTEP (TURKEY): Ger-man Chancellor Angela Mer-kel arrived in a Turkish border province on Saturday to meet Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as she works to ease tensions in the deal to tackle the migrant crisis.

Prior to its enforcement almost three weeks ago, Merkel lobbied European leaders to back the deal to return thousands of migrants from the Greek islands to Turkey.

But as questions over its effec-tiveness, long-term viability and legality mount, so does the pres-sure on the German leader.

The agreement, coupled with border closures in Europe that meant smugglers could not secure passage to northern European states, initially slowed the num-bers of new arrivals to Greece sharply. But boats have been ar-riving with about 150 people a day, indicating the “hermetic sealing” of the route appears to be over, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.

Merkel, EU Council President Donald Tusk and European Com-mission Vice-President Frans Timmermans were due to dis-cuss the migration crisis with Davutoglu after a visit to a refugee

camp in the town of Nizip, amid a ramped up security presence.

Uniformed and plain-clothed police officers patrolled Gaziant-ep city, capital of the province that borders on IS-controlled Syrian territory and has been hit repeat-edly in recent weeks by rocket fire from the other side of the frontier.

Live footage showed Davuto-glu and local officials, as well as children holding flowers, greeting

Merkel in the airport.Separately, footage showed

Tusk disembarking from his of-ficial plane and being greeted by dignitaries.

A poster depicting Merkel’s face and the words “Solidarity with the migrants. We are proud of our Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Ahmet Da-vutoglu,” in German was put up in the town. Another welcomed Da-

vutoglu to Gaziantep.At home Merkel faces criticism

for allowing a German comedian to be prosecuted for insulting Turkish President Tayyip Erdog-an. The issue is likely to come up in the meetings, but a senior Turk-ish government official said the main focus of the visit by Merkel, Tusk and Timmermans would be on relations with the EU and im-plementing the migrant deal, in-cluding how to spend a promised 3 billion euros in funding.

On Wednesday, Turkey’s For-eign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the European Union needed to be more pragmatic in releasing the cash meant to help manage the migrant crisis, saying there were problems with the delivery of the money. Another side of the bar-gain, used to sell the migrant deal to the Turkish public, was Turks winning quicker visa-free travel

to Europe, a pledge that now could go unfulfilled, at least by the June deadline he had wanted.

While presenting an opportu-nity for the political leaders who made it, the deal has been fiercely criticized by United Nations refu-gee and rights groups, as immoral and a violation of international humanitarian law against blanket returns. Calling for an immediate halt to the implementation of the deal, Turkey has been blasted over detention of asylum-seekers, seri-ous shortcomings in procedures amid chaos on the ground.

“While Turkey and Europe hag-gle over long standing political battles like visa free travel, refu-gees continue to suffer with little chance of protection in Europe and serious violations against them in Turkey,” said Gauri van Gulik, deputy Europe director at Amnesty International. — Reuters

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Nizip, amid a ramped

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Italy judge warns of political corruptionROME: A warning by one of Italy’s most prominent judges over what he said were unprec-edented levels of corruption among politicians has angered Matteo Renzi’s government and unleashed a political storm over the role of the judiciary.

Piercamillo Davigo, a Su-preme Court judge, made his name 24 years ago as one of the pool of Milan prosecutors that led the “Clean Hands” corrup-tion investigation that swept away an entire political class.

In an interview in Corriere della Sera daily on Friday Davi-go, who heads Italy’s national association of magistrates, said political corruption is now worse than it was in 1992 and criticised Renzi’s government for failing to tackle it.

“The politicians haven’t stopped stealing, they’ve stopped being ashamed of it,” he said.”Now they blatantly claim a right to do what they used to do secretly.”

Italy came 61st in Trans-parency International’s 2015 corruption perceptions index, second to last among the 28 Eu-ropean Union countries above only Bulgaria. It slipped below Greece and Romania compared with the year before.

Davigo said magistrates’ powers to tackle corruption and tax evasion had been weak-ened by lenient legislation brought in by former centre-right Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and also by centre-left leaders, including Renzi.

Minister’s resignationRenzi made no comment, but on Saturday Davigo was at-tacked by the premier’s allies in his Democratic Party (PD) and other parties in the ruling coalition. He was applauded by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and right-wing Northern League.

The furore comes at an awk-ward time for Renzi, whose in-dustry minister resigned last month over an influence-ped-dling scandal.

Renzi says he has taken im-portant steps to fight corrup-tion, including raising prison sentences. — Reuters

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CONCERNED: EU Council President Donald Tusk, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s wife

Sare and European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans visit a group of children in the kindergarten in Nizip refugee camp

near Gaziantep, Turkey, on Saturday. — Bundesregierung/Steffen Kugler/Handout via Reuters

A poster depicting Merkel’s face and the words ‘Solidarity with the migrants. We are proud of our Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’, in German was put up in the town

Burundi rebel group hands back army officerNAIROBI: A Burundian army officer who had been captured by a rebel group last month was handed back to his unit on Sat-urday, the International Com-mittee of the Red Cross said.

At least three armed rebel groups have emerged since a po-litical crisis erupted in Burundi a year ago, when President Pierre Nkurunziza launched his bid for a third term in office and then won a disputed elec-tion in July. More than 400 peo-ple have been killed in violence since April last year, worrying Western powers and regional states who fear a slide back into the kind of ethnically charged fighting witnessed during Bu-rundi’s 1993 to 2005 civil war.

Handover in CongoAlexis Irambona was captured by a rebel group calling itself FNL, the same name as a polit-ical party in Burundi, although the party denies any links. FNL party leader Agathon Rwasa, a former rebel com-mander, has said he would not take up arms again.

“He was handed over from FNL to my colleagues in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” Georgios Georgantas, the ICRC head of delegation in Burundi, told Reuters by telephone.

He said the handover oper-ation began on Friday and was completed on Saturday, after he was given to the Congolese armed forces and then to his Burundi unit, in the ICRC’s presence.

It was not immediately clear why the handover took place in neighbouring Congo. — Reuters

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German investors plan to build 1GW solar project in Sultanate

A E JAMESbusinesseditor@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: A group of investors from Germany is planning to build a mega solar power project with a generation capacity of one gigawatt (equivalent to 1,000 megawatt), a senior official from a Germany company told the Times of Oman.

“We are planning to build a one gigawatt (GW) solar power pro-ject in Duqm. As many as eight

companies have joined hands with the main promoter to develop the project,” said Dr. Wais Ahmadu-din, chief executive officer of Mit-telpunkt Personal GmbH.

Investment trustsHe said the Germany-based in-vestment trusts will provide the required finance, technology, tech-nically qualified professionals and training for local people to develop the project.

The Scholl Wais Beteiligungsge-

sellschaft mbH Investment Trust is the main promoter and the com-pany will arrange investment from other investment trusts in Germa-ny. Grune Planet Energie Ineter-

nazional LLC is the local partner for developing the project.

“Both the governments of Oman and Germany are interested.”

Dr. Ahmadudin said an expert

team would submit a detailed pro-ject proposal to the Oman govern-ment during their next visit within three to four weeks. “It takes five years to complete the project, once

the project proposal is approved by the Oman government. We are also looking for local investors.”

He added that the proposed so-lar project will need 1,000 people, mainly locals. Training will be given to Omani youth in different batches of 10 to 15 in Germany for one to three months.

He also noted that the required investment for the renewable en-ergy project is not yet estimated.

The solar panels required for the project will be mainly sourced from German manufacturers to maintain better quality.

In fact, Oman has several com-petitive advantages for developing the entire value chain in solar in-dustry, mainly due to the availabil-ity of sunlight and sand.

Oman’s Rural Areas Electricity Company (Raeco) plans to raise the contribution of renewable en-ergy (especially solar energy) to to-tal power generation to 25 per cent within the next five years.

Germany-based investment trusts will

provide the required finance, technology,

technically qualified professionals and

training for local people to develop the project

Nominal gross domestic product in Oman declinesMUSCAT: Reflecting the persis-tent low crude oil prices in the global markets, economic ac-tivities in the Sultanate of Oman have registered a slowdown with an overall contraction in nomi-nal GDP (gross domestic prod-uct) by 14.2 per cent during the January to September 2015 peri-od, mainly due to a sizeable drop of 38.5 per cent in the petroleum sector’s GDP.

However, the non-oil sector witnessed a growth of 4.7 per cent during the period, notably from the services sector activi-ties. The decline in oil prices has also pushed the Sultanate’s fiscal and external account bal-ance to a deficit in 2015. Re-forms in place limiting current spending and increased non-hy-drocarbon revenue would help ease fiscal deficits.

Despite the easy monetary conditions, inflation has re-mained very low, with the annual average CPI (consumer product index) for the Sultanate pegged at 0.26 per cent during the January-

February 2016 period, compared with the same period in the pre-vious year. The banking system is well capitalised and is resilient to the drop in oil prices support-ed by a relatively comfortable li-quidity situation.

Total assetsThe total assets of conventional commercial banks increased by 10 per cent to OMR28.4 billion in February 2016 from OMR25.8 bil-lion a year ago. Of the total assets, credit disbursement accounted for 65.9 per cent and increased by 9.1 per cent as of the end of Febru-ary 2016 to OMR18.7 billion.

Credit extended to the private sector increased by 11.5 per cent to reach OMR16.5 billion at the end of February 2016.

Conventional banks’ overall investments in securities stood at OMR2.9 billion at the end of February 2016. Investment in Government Development Bonds rose by 29 per cent over the year to OMR863.9 million at the end of February 2016. Banks also in-

vested OMR395.5 million in the government. Commercial banks’ investments in foreign securi-ties stood at OMR829.2 million in February 2016, reflecting an increase of 36.9 per cent over the year. Aggregate deposits held with conventional banks regis-tered a modest increase of 1.4 per cent to OMR17.8 billion in Febru-ary 2016 from OMR17.6 billion a year ago. Government deposits with conventional banks margin-ally declined by 6.9 per cent to OMR4.6 billion.

Deposits of public enterprises increased by 4.8 per cent to OMR1 billion during the same period.

Private sector deposits, which constituted 67 per cent of the to-tal deposits with conventional banks, increased by 4.6 per cent to OMR11.9 billion in February 2016 from OMR11.4 billion a year ago.

The core capital and reserves of conventional banks stood at OMR3.8 billion as of the end of the February 2016, registering a rise by 15.6 per cent over the pre-vious year. — ONA

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gigawatt (GW) solar power project in

Duqm. As many as eight companies

have joined hands with the main

promoter to develop the project

Dr. Wais AhmadudinChief executive officer of Mittelpunkt Personal GmbH

SLOWDOWN: The decline in oil prices has also pushed the Sultanate’s fiscal and external account

balance to a deficit in 2015. - Times file picture

GE SALES SOFTENGeneral Electric (GE) reported sales declines in oil and transportation as its transformation around industrial manufacturing ran into a sluggish global economy. — Bloomberg News

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Yahoo to narrow field of bidders from ten offers

CALIFORNIA: First-round bid-ders for Yahoo! could find out as early as next week whether they’ve made it through to the next stage.

Yahoo’s advisers will spend the weekend narrowing down the field of bidders after receiving more than 10 initial offers for the Internet company ranging from about $4 billion to $8 billion, ac-cording to people with knowledge of the matter.

Several first-round bidders will be eliminated to slim down the group, the people said, asking not to be identified because the pro-cess is private.

After culling the list to a hand-ful of the most plausible buyers, Yahoo will give them increased access to internal documents and management, one of the people said. A decision on a winner is probably at least a month away, the people said.

Yahoo chief executive officer Marisa Mayer said on an earnings

call with analysts on Tuesday that the company is moving swiftly to consider offers for its Web op-erations and that efforts “reflect clear, decisive action to move for-ward quickly and in a way that we believe will yield enhanced value.”

Higher bidsYahoo and its advisers are al-ready speaking with bidders to glean more information about the structure of the various offers, and to get a sense for how much analysis they’ve already done on the deal.

Some of the higher bids —to-wards the $8 billion end of the range — came from companies or private equity firms that haven’t spent as much time with Yahoo, one of the people said.

Bidders include Verizon Com-munications, YP Holdings, TPG, and a consortium led by Bain Capital and Vista Equity Part-ners, people familiar with the matter said earlier this week. At

least one or two other strategic firms, as opposed to private equity funds, also bid, one of the people said on Friday.

SoftBankSoftBank doesn’t have interest in buying Yahoo’s core Internet business but will have discus-sions with any buyer that wants to also acquire the Yahoo Japan stake, according to people famil-iar with the matter.

SoftBank and Verizon have already had preliminary discus-sions about Yahoo Japan, two of the people said.

The conversations have ad-dressed two scenarios — SoftBank buying back the stake and Verizon keeping it, the people said. Verizon is attempting to get a waiver from Yahoo to restart conversations over Yahoo Japan with SoftBank, the people said.

Representatives for Yahoo, Ve-rizon and SoftBank did not com-ment. Companies that bid on Ya-hoo haven’t been allowed to speak to other potential buyers given the terms of the non-disclosure agree-ments they signed. – Bloomberg News

Bidders for the Internet firm include Verizon,

YP Holdings, TPG, and a consortium led by

Bain Capital and Vista Equity Partners

India ratifies WTO’s trade facilitation dealGENEVA: India said it has for-mally ratified the World Trade organisation’s (WTO) trade fa-cilitation agreement, which aims at easing customs procedures to boost commerce.

India’s Commerce and Indus-try Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the move would supple-ment country’s ongoing reforms to bring in simplification and enhanced transparency in cross border trade in goods.

India’s WTO ambassador An-jali Prasad has handed over the instrument of acceptance to WTO director-general Roberto Azevêdo. “I am very pleased to re-ceive India’s instrument of ratifi-cation,” Azevêdo said.

He said that India is one of the most dynamic economies in the world on Friday and has become a top recipient of foreign invest-ment. “Ratifying the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) will help India further boost economic growth by reduc-

ing trade costs and supporting its integration into the global econo-my,” he added.

Clearance of goodsConcluded at the WTO’s 2013 Bali Ministerial Conference, the TFA contains provisions for ex-pediting the movement, release and clearance of goods, including goods in transit. It also sets out measures for effective coopera-tion between customs and other appropriate authorities on trade facilitation and customs compli-ance issues.

It further contains provisions for technical assistance and ca-pacity building in this area. he TFA will come into force once two-thirds of WTO members formally accept the Agreement. India is the 76th WTO member to accept the TFA.

The WTO said that on March 18, India submitted its ‘Category A notification’ to the World Trade organisation. - PTI

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MARKETOmani businessmen praise ministryefforts to open new African markets

MUSCAT: Omani businessmen praised the efforts of the govern-ment to set up investment part-nerships and open new markets for Omani products in Tanzania in particular and the African conti-nent in general.

Eng. Sultan bin Saud Al Shitha-ni, chief executive officer of Sultan Al Shithani Company said that the Tanzania visit organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Indus-try this month, is an opportunity to

strengthen trade and investment relations between the two coun-tries. He also said that the visit will help meet investors and traders in Tanzania that have a promising market as its population is more than 40 million.

Salim Abdullah Al Rowas, chair-man of Oman Oil Marketing Com-pany said that the visit, which in-cluded the promotional meeting for investment opportunities in the Sultanate, meetings with Tanzanian

businessmen and visits to various Tanzanian cities, was an excellent one that provided the Omani busi-nessmen with an opportunity to learn about the possibilities in Tan-zania and its official institutions.

Qais bin Mohammed Al Yousef, chief executive officer of Al Yousef Group said the visit witnessed the participation of the largest trade

delegation from the Sultanate, which included more than 100 rep-resentatives from various sectors.

He further affirmed that the choice of Tanzania was a strate-gic one because the African mar-ket is a huge market that includes countries, which have emerging economies, in addition to some African countries having large

population and the growth rate is high, reaching 6.7 per cent.

He added that investment agree-ments were signed during the visit, in addition to the investment of the State General Reserve Fund (SGRF) in the harbour, which was important for Omanis who wish to invest in Tanzania.

Various projectsSaleh bin Mohammed Al Shanfri, chief executive officer of Oman Investment Holding stressed the importance of the meetings that took place during the visit to Tan-zania, which will open broader prospects for the Sultanate in gen-eral and the Omani businessmen in particular.

He added that the meetings were associated with field visits to many different Tanzanian regions to get acquainted with the eco-nomic sectors, such as nutrition, logistics, mining, tourism, as well

as exploring investment opportu-nities in Zanzibar.

Al Shanfri pointed out that the Sultanate’s investment in Baga-moyo Port project, in partnership with the Chinese company and the Tanzanian government, will pave the way for Omani and non-Omani investors to take advantage of the large project.

He explained that there is a sig-nificant presence of the Sultanate in Tanzania through the invest-ments of Omani businessmen that go beyond $500 million, praising trust, reputation, good handling and hard work enjoyed by the Om-anis in Tanzania.

Adel bin Salem Al Fairuz, chair-man of Al Fairuz companies said that the visit has provided an op-portunity to exchange ideas re-garding investment projects in both countries, adding that he has investment projects in the Tanza-nian city of Doma. — ONA

They commended government efforts to set

up investment partnerships and identify new

markets for Omani products in Tanzania in

particular and African continent in general

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Omantel presents excellence award to Ibri businessmanTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Omantel, the Sultan-ate’s telecom operator pioneered the concept of business excellence awards for small and medium en-terprises (SMEs) as a celebration of the nation’s top performing SMEs and to increase awareness on the importance of SME devel-opment throughout Oman.

In the fourth edition of the Busi-ness Excellence SME Awards, Om-antel is proud to present Ibri-based Younis Al Majrafi Trading Company with the recognition for ‘Best Com-munity Contribution’ in Oman.

Younis’ enterprise journey be-gan with an unlikely start, follow-ing an unfortunate accident that left him physically disabled and facing many challenges for his life ahead. Taking a leap of faith, he de-cided to establish his own private manufacturing company in 2007 registered under his own name, in the Wilayat of Ibri.

In just nine years from the concep-tion of his firm, Younis was acknowl-edged for his company’s contribu-tions to the community in which it

operated. Receiving this honor was a result of hard work and dedica-tion towards supporting social work within the local community.

Expressing his joy at being rec-ognised with a prestigious award from Omantel, he noted, “To be-gin with, I would like to extend by sincere gratitude to Omantel for organising this competition and providing SME business owners like myself with a platform to share our voice. It is indeed praisewor-thy that the Business Excellence Awards scout the country for the best contributions to the SME sec-tor and bring them to light. Every-one at Younis Al Majrafi Trading Company is very pleased to have received the award and we hope that it will encourage other small entrepreneurs to start their own business.”

He added, “The idea of starting my own firm was born after the tragedy that I had been through. Thus, I created a private manu-facturing and welding workshop which offered construction and contracting. Initially, it started with just a dream, but today I am

proud to say that I employ six workers in the workshop and are often inundated with orders. Giv-en this pace of business, I am even considering expansion!”

Younis Al Majrafi mentioned that to him, disability is only a mi-nor hurdle.

He commented, “It is the belief of some that a physical disability

might stand in the way of on an indi-vidual career and personal life, but I am testament to the fact that with sheer will, one can overcome all ob-stacles and achieve success. My dis-ability has made me more sensitive to the needs of the community and has motivated me to be even more involved with charity work — some-thing that has earned me this excel-lence award from Omantel.”

Discussing the future, he stated, “My vision for expansion within Ibriwill always be a priority, then we can create a larger facility and provide services to more governo-rates in the Sultanate through dif-ferent branches.”

Younis Al Majrafi also com-mended the government’s efforts towards aiding small and medium businesses across Oman.

He also highlighted the impor-tant role that small businesses play in the nation’s economic growth.

Sharing his thoughts on the Om-antel Business Excellence SME Awards, he said, “Omantel has been one of the companies who have taken it upon themselves to support the SME sector; they are

often seen launching new products and services for businesses and doing their best to assist small or-ganisations.” He went on to thank Omantel for their consideration of his company’s efforts towards community development and was confident that it would encourage more people to understand the true meaning and significance of social work.

Al Majrafi continued, “We are committed to delivering the high-est quality of work and service to our customers, and as a business owner I am personally committed to ensuring the best working en-vironment and conditions for my loyal team. Their dedication is evi-dent in the high quality standard we achieve in our work.”

Concluding his conversation, Younis Al Majrifi shared that ini-tially there was very low customer confidence in his blacksmithing workshop as not many Omani entrepreneurs venture into this domain. However, with time, his company was seen as trustworthy and quality-focused which ensured that he has his own customers.

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Oman’s non-oil sector grew 4.7% in 2015 third quarter

MUSCAT: The non-oil sector’s contribution to the economy grew by 4.7 per cent to reach OMR14.1 billion at the end of the three-month period ended September 2015, compared with OMR13.5 billion during the same period of 2014, according to a report on the Sultanate’s economy for the third quarter released by the National Centre for Statistics and Informa-tion (NCSI).

The growth was driven mainly by a 6.4 per cent increase in high value-added industrial activities, along with a 4.3 per cent rise in ag-riculture and fisheries and a 4 per cent upswing in services.

Industrial activities registered

better results, owing to a marked growth in the construction, elec-tricity and water and mining and quarrying sectors of 17.1 per cent, 13.6 per cent and 8.5 per cent re-spectively. In contrast, value addi-tion by the manufacturing indus-tries fell by 1.6 per cent in the third quarter, compared with the same quarter of 2014.

The services sector grew to OMR9.5 billion in the third quar-ter, from OMR9.1 billion in the prior year period, propped up by strong real estate, renting and business activities, which grew at 5.8 per cent and also a 5.3 per cent increase in financial intermedia-tion activities. Transport, storage

and communications rose 4 per cent, while public administration and defence reflected a growth of 3.9 per cent.

Other servicesOther services, including health and education posted a growth of 3.6 per cent even as the growth rate in the hotels and restaurants sector stood at 3.2 per cent.

Meanwhile, wholesale and re-tail trade picked up by 3 per cent in the third quarter of 2015, com-pared with the corresponding pe-riod of 2014.

On the other hand, the petrole-um sector’s activities declined by 38.5 per cent to OMR6.9 billion,

compared with OMR11.3 billion in the same period of 2014, while natural gas logged a growth of 20 per cent.

Domestic liquidity increased 13.8 per cent in the third quarter, compared with the corresponding period of 2014 to reach OMR14.7 billion.

Total deposits were up 6 per cent to OMR18.1 billion as against OMR17.1 billion in the same pe-riod of 2014. Private sector depos-its increased by 8 per cent, while public sector deposits rose by 2.9 per cent.

The report also indicated that the total credit (loans) increased by 10 per cent as of the end of Sep-

tember 2015 to reach OMR18.2 billion, up from OMR16.5 billion in 2014. This was due to a 10.2 per cent growth in credit extended to the private sector, which reached OMR15.9 billion, together with an 8.8 per cent growth in credit ex-tended to the government sector (ministries, government bodies and public institutions).

Personal loansPersonal loans accounted for 39.4 per cent of the total bank credit in the third quarter of 2015 at OMR7.2 billion, up by 9.6 per cent, compared with the same quarter of 2014.

Significantly, the average in-terest rate on total loans in the third quarter of 2015 fell by 5.9 per cent, while real interest rate (average interest rate minus in-flation rate) rose to 4.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2015, com-pared with 3.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2014.

Tourism sectorIn the tourism sector, revenues at five-star hotels slipped 18.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2015 to OMR14.4 million, compared with OMR17.8 million during the same quarter of 2014. In contrast, four-star hotels revenue jumped by 30.5 per cent during that period.

In terms of the overall price index for producers, prices fell 25.8 per cent in the third quarter of 2015, compared to the same quarter of the previous year due to lower oil and gas product prices, which increased by 29.4 per cent and non-oil product prices that were up by 4.8 per cent. — ONA

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Halliburton reports $2.1b charge on job cuts, assetsHOUSTON: Halliburton booked a $2.1 billion expense in the first quarter for cutting jobs and writ-ing off assets, giving some results early and delaying the full earnings release as it strives to wrap up a takeover of rival Baker Hughes.

The world’s largest provider of fracking services eliminated 6,000 more jobs in the quarter to reduce costs, according to a statement on Friday. The release of its full earn-ings report is being postponed to May 3 from April 25 because of the deadline to complete the deal with Baker Hughes by the end of this month, Halliburton said.

“It makes sense to delay this un-til after April 30, but the timing is just a little odd, doing it the Friday before the report,” Luke Lemoine, an analyst at Capital One South-coast in New Orleans, said Fri-day in a phone interview. “It does probably show that they’re trying to work on this deal really hard for the April 30 deadline, and they just don’t need any distractions right now.”

Halliburton, which announced the takeover in November 2014 in a deal now worth about $25 billion to better compete against indus-try leader Schlumberger, is facing a Justice Department lawsuit to stop the merger on concern it will harm competition. The deal, which would unite the No. 2 and No. 3 oil-services providers, threatens to eliminate head-to-head competi-tion in 23 products and services used in oil exploration and cre-ate a duopoly with market leader Schlumberger, the Justice Depart-ment said. — Bloomberg News

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TORISM SECTOR: In the tourism sector, revenues at five-star hotels slipped 18.1 per cent in the third

quarter of 2015 to OMR14.4 million, compared with OMR17.8 million during the same quarter of 2014.

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Ford Ranger promises enhanced performance

MUSCAT: The Ford Ranger has been one of Ford’s most successful workhorses.

Its ever-willing attitude to get the job done has earned it a huge distinction among its fans the world over. Now in an even more modern and powerful form the all-new Ranger is set to carve its mark with enhanced capability and re-finement that truly sets it apart, says a press release.

The new 2016 Ford Ranger es-tablishes new benchmarks in the pickup segment with an uncom-

promising blend of robust capabil-ity, craftsmanship and advanced technology. The Ranger is one of the toughest, most capable pick-ups out there. Its impressive pow-er and capabilities are made possi-ble thanks to the latest generation of powerful and fuel-efficient die-sel engines, as well as a petrol unit.

One look at the Ranger and you’ll notice a bold, more modern look that lends the new Ranger a powerful presence on the road, and immediately conveys a sense of capability. The updated exterior has been combined with a stylish new interior that creates an even more comfortable, contemporary and car-like environment for the driver and passengers. Behind the steering wheel, a new 8” TFT screen cluster provides drivers with vehicle information, as well as entertainment and cell-phone features at a glance.

The new Ford Ranger remains one of the most capable pickups in its class. With an exceptional 800mm water wading depth and 230mm ground clearance, it is engineered to handle the most ex-treme terrains with ease. Thanks to a 28-degree approach angle and 25-degree departure angle, drivers in the new Ranger can feel confident when taking on steep obstacles.

A robust electronically con-trolled transfer case allows driv-ers in 4x4 models to shift on the fly from 4x2 to 4x4 high via a knob on the centre console. For low-speed torque or additional downhill control, drivers can also engage low-range 4x4 gearing, while an electronic locking rear differential (Available from January 2016 pro-duction) helps to improve traction in difficult conditions. These off-road strengths are matched to a towing capability of up to 3,500kg

and impressive payload capacity.The new Ranger achieves all

this with a level of refinement not usually seen in the pickup seg-ment. While the current Ranger already sets the standard for ride and handling, Ford engineers fine-tuned the suspension of the new version for additional comfort and even better handling.

The driving experience is fur-ther enhanced by an electric pow-er-assisted steering (EPAS) sys-tem (Available in Wildtrak only), which provides precise steering with a natural and confident feel. Furthermore, by eliminating the power steering pump used in a tra-ditional power-steering system, EPAS also results in a quieter ve-hicle and improves fuel efficiency by about three per cent.

Engineers fitted the new Rang-er with advanced sound-deaden-ing materials and improved insu-lation for one of the quietest and most comfortable cabin interiors in its class.

A host of cutting-edge technolo-gies are available on the new Ford Ranger to help drivers stay con-nected and in control. SYNC2, the latest generation of Ford’s in-car connectivity system, gives driv-ers smarter and safer ways to stay connected and is standard on the new Ranger Wildtrak.

In Oman, Ford vehicles are brought to you by Arabian Car Marketing Co.

The new 2016 Ford

Ranger establishes

new benchmarks

in the pickup

segment with an

uncompromising

blend of robust

capability,

craftsmanship and

advanced technology

P. M. Jabir honoured

at NRI of the Year

awards in Mumbai

MUSCAT: Muscat based social activist, P. M. Jabir was honoured at the third edition of Times Now- ICICI Bank NRI of the Year awards in Mumbai.

In a glittering function held at Grand Hyatt Hotel, the award to Jabir was presented by Piyush Goyal, Union Minister - India and Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank MD and CEO, says a press release.

“While you (NRIs) make our mark felt strong and clear across the continents, we in India are doing our bit, in putting our shoul-ders to the wheels of this gigan-tic chariot called India pushing it faster and farther,” said M. K. Anand, Times Network MD and CEO. The NRI of the Year Awards is an important component of our engagement with a critical con-stituency, not just for us as a me-

dia group, but also for the country and its global agenda.”

The third edition of the award recognised 14 others under dif-ferent categories - entrepreneur, professional, academics, philan-thropy and culture from Ameri-cas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle East. Jabir was the only person to be awarded in the phi-lanthropy category.

The award is constituted by Times Now, India’s leading Eng-lish news channel from Times Group, India’s largest media con-glomerate and leading bank IC-ICI Bank and powered by Global Indian International school.

Jabir was chosen for this most prestigious award by an eminent jury for his selfless service to the migrants in distress spanning over a period of almost three decades.

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Muscat Finance opens customer service kiosk at MCCMUSCAT: Taking its products and services closer to its custom-ers, Muscat Finance – the Sul-tanate’s first non-banking finan-cial company (NBFC) – formally launched last week its signature customer service kiosk at one of the capital region’s most prestig-ious leisure destinations, Muscat City Centre - Seeb.

Growing presenceThe launch, coming just months af-ter it rolled out its first customer ser-vice centre at Muscat Grand Mall,

affirms the company’s commitment to growing its retail presence across Muscat, says a press release.

Installed in a high-traffic area of the mall, the kiosk emblazoned in the brand colours of Muscat Fi-nance, was inaugurated by Faisal Mohammed Al Yousef, chairman of the company, in the presence of the company’s Board of Direc-tors, CEO and senior manage-ment of the company, who were all delighted to be part of an event that is truly path-breaking in the non-banking financial services

industry in Oman. Significantly, a customer service

kiosk in Muscat City Centre ef-fectively gives Muscat Finance a presence at the nerve centre of the capital region’s most populous dis-trict, commented Bikram S. Rishi, chief executive officer.

“Seeb is not only the largest wilayat in terms of size and popu-lation, but it is also home to a large number of citizens and residents who fit the customer profile that Muscat Finance has its sights on. By positioning ourselves in the

centre of this promising market, we see great potential to dramati-cally ramp up our customer port-folio by leveraging our strengths as a service-driven company."

Open 7 days“Manned by a warm and courteous team of professionals, the Muscat City Centre kiosk is open all seven days of the week (10am to 10pm on weekdays and up to 12 midnight on weekends) for the convenience of our valued dealers and customers,” he stated.

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Panasonic launches VRF system in Oman

MUSCAT: At the annual Air Con-ditioner Seminar 2016 in Oman; Panasonic, a global leader in tech-nology, launched VRF system delivering energy-saving perfor-mance, powerful operation, reli-ability and comfort surpassing anything previously possible.

This represents a true paradigm shift in air conditioning solutions. With the Panasonic VRF system, single outdoor units combine to expand capacity up to 80HP, up to 64 indoor units can be connected and it has advanced control solu-tions to meet different applica-tions, says a press release.

Speaking on this occasion Kei Taniguchi, director - Marketing for Panasonic Middle East & Af-rica said: “By the introduction of new VRF FSV EX models having industry best EER levels of 5.3 and further strengthening the room air conditioner line-up with UC mod-els having ‘super dyma’ outdoors

giving advanced rust protection, we now have a complete line-up to target individual as well as corpo-rate segment.”

Panasonic room air condition-ers have been known for their per-formance and technologies such as the Inverter 55 series which offers excellent energy savings, Econavi smart sensors and Nanoe G air pu-rification system which are unique to brand. Panasonic has come clos-er to the Middle East consumer by meeting the expectation of custom-ers seeking quick and instantane-ous cooling with the i-Auto feature which delivers increased air vol-

ume and 15 % faster cooling with 1 touch of a button. The V & PV series of room air-conditioners offer high levels of EER (Energy Efficiency Ratio) and operate on environment friendly R-410 a refrigerant.

George Alexander, general man-ager for Omasco, an ISO 9001-2008 certified company and local partner of Panasonic in Oman, said: “Like every year, we show-case Panasonic ACs across Oman with the focus on new range, cus-tomer awareness and complying with the quality regulations of Oman. This year we bring back the popular and durable window AC

for Oman market.” He stated that, “Panasonic AC

seminar is conducted in Muscat, Salalah, Sohar, Nizwa and Sur which reflects our desire and com-mitment to reach maximum cus-tomers in Oman.”

Additionally, this year Omasco has also launched an awareness component among its partners on the effectiveness of AC installa-tion to maximise customer experi-ence with Panasonic. In addition, AC launch is followed up with a technical seminar to enhance and upgrade the capabilities of local partners and installers.

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Microsoft Imagine Cup winners set to represent Oman at Pan-Arab semisStaff Reporter

MUSCAT: The winners of Mi-crosoft Imagine Cup 2016 were declared recently. 'Team Mind Code’ in the Innovation catego-ry, ‘Team YOLO’ in the World Citizenship category and ‘Team WeOm’ in the Games category were announced as the winners.

Microsoft Imagine Cup is the world’s premier technology compe-tition for students from all academic background, aims to inspire student around the world to create innova-tive solutions that change the way we live, work and play while also grow-ing the skills they need to pursue a future in technology.

The winners will be travel-ling to Cairo between May 27 and 29 to represent the Sultan-ate of Oman in the Pan-Arab Semifinals 2016.

Seventh local round of Micro-soft Imagine Cup Oman was or-ganised in a strategic partnership between Microsoft and Omantel, with the support of Information Technology Authority (ITA).

The awarding ceremony of Imagine Cup 2016 was attended by representatives from Om-antel, ITA and Microsoft, the judging panel and participating teams; in addition to esteemed guests, and students.

During the final round of Mi-crosoft Imagine Cup Oman 2016, the six shortlisted teams pre-

sented their projects in front of a live audience and a judging panel consisting of an array of industry experts representing Microsoft Imagine Cup’s local partners and supporters, as well as a rep-resentative of Microsoft Oman, Omantel, Riyada and ITA.

“We congratulate the winners and commend the enthusiasm of all participants who spared no efforts during the different rounds of the competition lead-ing to the semi-final and final rounds,” Sherif Tawfik, country general manager for Microsoft Oman and Bahrain.

Talal bin Saeed bin Marhoon Al Mamari, Omantel’s chief ex-ecutive officer, congratulated the winners and encouraged them to continue their hard work to-wards finalising their projects and enhance their presentation and communication skills in preparation for Pan Arab Semi-Finals in Cairo. “Throughout the past editions, Microsoft Imagine Cup helped to identify a number of innovative and creative young Omanis who shone, competed against other teams and raised the Sultanate’s flag in the Arab World and beyond,” he said.

“Ideas and projects presented in this year’s Imagine Cup Oman highlighted on the skills and po-tentials of our Omani youth,” said Dr Salim bin Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, CEO of ITA said.

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TECHNOLOGY CONTEST: 'Team Mind Code’ in the Innovation cat-

egory, ‘Team YOLO’ in the World Citizenship category and ‘Team

WeOm’ in the Games category were the winners. – O. K. Mohammed Ali/

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Chopard celebrates 40th anniversary of Happy Diamonds

MUSCAT: The iconic Chopard collection Happy Diamonds is turning 40 this year. In tune with its multiple transformations, Hap-py Diamonds is a unique concept in the jewellery and watchmaking field and has provided fascinat-ing expressions through the years, forging an authentic legend in the process, says a press release.

Madhursinh Jesrani, general manager, Khimji’s Watches, the sole representatives of Chopard in Oman, commented: “Since 1976 when Happy Diamonds danced their very first steps at Chopard, they have become true icons, an instantly recognisable signature. The joyful light-hearted charm of perpetually twirling diamonds in the Happy Diamonds collection is very fascinating. Unique and con-

nected, ever moving yet timeless, precious and bold: they embody a distinctively Chopard lifestyle.”

In 2016, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of this concept, Chopard presents new moving elements featuring an unprecedented innovation in the history of Happy Diamonds: prong setting. The gems are larger than before and feature a variety of siz-

es, thus exquisitely accentuating their whirling dance and the spirit of profusion. Jewellery thus wel-comes a supremely romantic new collection named Happy Dreams, while watchmaking sees the ar-rival of a new ladies’ watch that pays tribute to the past by picking up the cushion shape of the very first model.

While Happy Diamonds initially

graced the world of watchmaking, debuting first as an award-win-ning gentlemen’s timepiece, they soon gave an incredible boost to jewellery. It all began with a mag-nificently daring masterstroke by Caroline Scheufele, who was fas-cinated by the circus and gave free rein to her imagination in drawing a precious clown with a tummy full of moving diamonds and col-ourful stones.

The success of this jewellery creation, initially produced as a one-off model for her personal collection, led to the launch of the Happy Diamonds jewellery line and also marked the start of jewel-lery at Chopard in 1985.

The clown was followed by the elephant, the ladybird, the teddy bear and the heart.

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ROUND-UPToyota Yaris becomes even more affordable

MUSCAT: A worthy choice, the Toyota Yaris hatchback represents a remarkably clever transporta-tion solution. Its bold and youthful looks set it apart in a crowd.

Now the Toyota Yaris hatch-back is more affordable and is available with the benefits of Summer Surprises campaign, says a press release.

“It is a bit like the best becoming even better,” says an enthusiast, “Toyota Yaris hatchback is a styl-ish and very dependable car, eve-ryone knows that …and now with the new price point, it will delight customers that much more.”

The buzz around Yaris hatchback

is confirmed by a Saud Bahwan Au-tomotive spokesperson, “Yes it is true that the two new variants of Yaris hatchback are even more af-fordable and are available with the benefits of Summer Surprises cam-paign!” However, the spokesper-son reminds that there is a need to hurry as the offer ends on April 30, “Now is the time to make the most of the opportunity.”

The definitive fog lamps ac-centuate Yaris’ air-piercing, styl-ish frontal face. Completing its bold stance are the colour-keyed front and rear bumpers, outside

door handles and side protection moulding. Adding to its appeal are stylish alloy wheels that lead up to power doors, windows and outer mirrors. It is all here in the Yaris hatchback.

According to an automotive site, “The Yaris hatchback radiates a stylish and dynamic sporty design with a sharp impressive look. It has a high quality attractive inte-rior, which guarantees excitement every time you climb aboard. The superior space and the multiple seat adjustments allow the driver to find the best driving position

and visibility. Additionally, the top class rear comfort ensures a pleas-ant ride for all passengers even on long drives.”

Step-up to the Yaris hatchback and the keyless entry system un-locks the door to welcome you. Step in and you immediately no-tice that the Yaris is unexpectedly roomy, and packed with an aston-ishing array of features.

These include a sporty stylish dashboard adorned with an audio system with 4-speakers, and ECO meter that indicates how econom-ical is the driving, a sporty leather power steering wheel with red stitching & audio controls, sporty front seats, leather + silver shift lever knob and a multi information display. Also available is a USB & AUX port,a multi-information dis-play, power outer mirrors and driv-er’s seat height adjusters. The rear flat floor (increasing rear legroom) and the large luggage area – all add to the appeal of the vehicle.

In Oman, the nationwide parts and service network of Saud Bahwan Automotive supports Toy-ota’s outstanding product quality.

The Summer

Surprises campaign

on Yaris hatchback

ends on April 30

A’Saffa chicken burger a favourite among familiesMUSCAT: A’Saffa Foods prod-ucts are all about providing sim-ple, convenient and pleasurable eating options, with high-quality ingredients for families in Oman and the GCC. A’Saffa chicken burgers (non-breaded and bread-ed) are increasingly popular with children and the young alike.

Quick, tasty and filling, A’Saffa’s tender, juicy and crispy chicken burgers are crafted from chicken breasts and are best enjoyed on a fresh toasted burger bun, with a slice of tomato, lettuce and cheese, says a press release.

“We are known for our healthy and pure food products principle; and our obsession with quality in procurement, manufacturing and distribution of foods has helped establish us as a leader in the Omani food industry. As a market leader, it is our mission to provide consumers with food products that are wholesome and processed hygienically from pure, tasty, premium, natural, ha-lal and healthy ingredients,” said Sidhartha Lenka, head of Mar-

keting and Sales, A’Saffa Foods. He elaborated: “We are de-

lighted that the chicken burgers and our other products are be-ing savoured by one and all in the Sultanate; and believe that our innovative, flavourful food products range can stir the chef in anyone. Consumers can enjoy A’Saffa products in a variety of options - all you have to do is put them on the frying pan or grill and within minutes, a delicious A’Saffa dish is ready to enjoy. Always fresh, A’Saffa processed products are healthy, tasty and a preferred brand in Oman, as well as other parts of the GCC.”

A’Saffa Foods is an acknowl-edged leader in the poultry and processed value-added poultry market in Oman.

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alizz Islamic bank focuses on boosting intellectual capitalTimes News Service

MUSCAT: alizz Islamic bank be-lieves in strengthening its intel-lectual capital through specific development programs, creating a lasting performance culture and in-troducing best practices to enhance the level of employee’s productivity. This was stated by Mohammed Al Balushi, head of Human Resources at alizz Islamic bank in an inter-view to Times of Oman.

Excerpts from the interview:

alizz Islamic bank is the new-est bank in Oman, please let us first know more about alizz.alizz Islamic bank was founded in November 2012 following the Royal Decree No. 69/2012 and started operations in September 2013. The bank provides retail and corporate finance through branch-es, online, and mobile devices. We are here to deliver exceptional and sustainable results to our stake-holders by providing superior Sha-ria compliant financial solutions.

Would you share with us your experience as a chief of human resources and describe your professional development? I have, in general, a length of more than 22 years of experience in the banking sector. I think it is impor-tant for human resources leaders to have a good knowledge about the industry they work in because understanding business require-ment is a key success factor in this area. My role includes acting as an internal consultant and business partner to support the business counting on my previous experi-ence. I started working in retail, then customer compliance, in-vestment, credit and I spent some good time in audit; but more than two thirds of my work experience is in HR.

As an Islamic bank, how are you improving the capability of your human resources in a new banking industry? Well; first-comes-first: Planning. We identify our goals of talent development; for instance, the domain of Islamic banking and compliance to Sharia law. We prioritise our target group based on business need and strategise

awareness campaigns and knowl-edge partaking plans. We also ensure utilising the available tech-nology in offering the knowledge based content in an attractive and effective manner. We optimise the use of resources through internal workshops and knowledge sharing session conducted by our internal expertise in Sharia and Islamic finance. The continuous monitor-ing and assessment of training outcome is also a key element for counteractive actions.

What are the challenges of hu-man resources management in Islamic banking in terms of recruitment, retention and qualification? The domain of Islamic banking is new to the Sultanate. The main challenge is to build solid knowl-edge and experience among bank-ers about Islamic finance while keeping pace with the demand in the market. Recruiting potential front-runners in this area and pro-viding the right knowledge dosage at the right time is key success el-ement. Retention is always a chal-lenge in the banking sector and it’s rather more intense towards per-sons who already started working within sharia-compliant products and practiced Islamic banking.

Would you draw the light on female talent in your organi-sation and their contribution in the journey of alizz Islamic bank? In numbers we have females repre-senting 30% of our workforce and some of them are heading key roles in their division/departments and, in fact females are present equally in all levels of the organisation from senior management and below. It is worth mentioning that some of the significant decisions in the incep-tion of our bank were taken by our female colleagues.

To what extent the human re-sources in alizz Islamic bank are using the technology to carry out operations? The use of information technol-ogy in the human resources man-agement has largely changed the way business is conducted. For sure human intervention and judgment remains the most important element in manag-ing HR, but the use of technol-ogy has helped a lot in reducing workload from HR staff when we speak about data management, payroll & benefit, workflow pro-cesses …etc.

In alizz we use Oracle HRMS for personnel management, recruit-ment, and payroll and benefits. We use self-services and manager self-service modules to swift our communication and work flow. We are also in process of introduc-ing (e-learning) to leverage our staff training activity. We keep our eyes open to the development in this regard and will always try to utilise technology as far as it pro-vide value addition to the quality of our services.

What are the main features of your performance manage-ment system? One of the success factors for any organisation is to create perfor-mance culture; of course, man-agement has to put in place the main outline and objective for it. We currently apply the balance scorecard to identify objectives at the divisional level for the four dimensions: financial, customer service, process & procedures, and people. These objectives descends to the lower levels of the organisa-tion where everyone is aware of her/his deliverables. We have a systematic assessment to measure achievement of the said goals.

Do you have any collaboration with universities and educa-tion institutions to provide training to students? As you may be aware, many degree programmes embrace training-on-the-job that requires students to get practical training in a bank or a company for a duration. In al-izz Islamic bank we have an organ-ised in-take of trainees covered by policy and procedures.

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TSC to give away seven carsMUSCAT: The Sultan Centre (TSC) is celebrating its 19th anni-versary by giving away seven cars for the next seven weeks.

Lucky shoppers at any of TSC’s outlets in Oman can enter its ‘Win 7 Cars in 7 Weeks’ promo-tion, which will put them in the

running for a brand new Chevro-let Cruze, says a press release.

Any customer who spends OMR10 or more has an opportu-nity to enter the draw, the more you spend the more chances you have of winning your dream car.

The promotion has been

launched in all TSC stores across Oman and the weekly draw will be held at TSC Wholesale Centre in Al Khoud.

The Sultan Centre customers can participate till June 8 in the promotion for a chance to win Chevrolet Cruze.

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Bank Muscat deploys three more mobile ATM/CDM vansMUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flag-ship financial services provider in the Sultanate, as part of its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and commitment to partnership in facilitating banking services in remote areas, has deployed three more state-of-the-art mobile ATM/CDM vans.

Responding to the increas-ing demand for mobile banking services across the Sultanate, the bank presently has the larg-est network of five full function ATM/CDM vans in Oman, says a press release.

Ensuring doorstep banking to customers across all regions, the services available at the mobile ATM/CDM vans include cash withdrawal, cash deposit, cheque deposit, balance enquiry and mini statement. Fund transfer facility is also available to any Bank Mus-cat account as well as other bank accounts. Customers can also use the mobile ATM/CDM for speed transfer to India; utility bill and school fee payments; credit card payments; mobile top-ups; cheque book request and PIN change.

Amjad Al Lawati, AGM – Cards

& eBanking, said: “Moving along with the times, Bank Muscat en-sures world class banking servic-es for citizens and residents in all regions, especially remote areas where development activities are taking place. Product innovation and improved level of service by Bank Muscat is the key to mak-ing a difference in banking excel-lence. Marked by convenience and security, the mobile ATM/CDM facilitates essential banking transactions, serving as a boon for people in far-flung areas.”

In 2009, Bank Muscat launched the first mobile ATM truck in Oman to provide banking servic-es in remote parts of the country. Government and private organi-sations in far flung areas utilise the mobile ATM services to fa-cilitate cash withdrawal by em-ployees on salary days. During na-tional celebrations and festivals like Muscat Festival and Salalah Festival, the mobile ATM truck is conspicuous with its presence, serving the banking requirements of citizens and visitors. Notably, the mobile ATM rendered valu-

able services during cyclone Phet.Ensuring accessibility across

the country, the largest network of ATM/CDMs form a pillar of cus-tomer service. Being a member of OmanSwitch and GCCNet, cus-tomers from any bank in Oman, the GCC countries and from around the world can use Bank Muscat ATMs for their cash requirements.

Reinforcing customer service and enhancing convenience, the bank has introduced state-of-the-art integrated ATM/CDM ma-chines in select branches and off-site locations across the Sultanate. Equipped with cutting edge tech-nology, the integrated machines have higher capacity and en-hanced capability of cash deposit, withdrawal and bank transactions integrated in one unit, thus adding to customer convenience.

Amjad Al Lawati added: “In step with the dynamic ‘Let’s Do More’ vision, the focus of Bank Muscat is clear – create a sus-tainable financial platform for society and business and thereby contribute to the Sultanate’s eco-nomic growth.”

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Lulu offers stylish range of ethnics and denims

MUSCAT: Lulu Hypermarket launched the Ethnic Celebrations offering an eclectic range of eth-nic womenswear and materials.

Slated to run till April 30, the fes-tival offerings include a wide array of classic ethnic ensembles with a distinct touch and contemporary designs, says a press release.

The promotion line features sarees, churidars, churidar mate-rials, kurtis, anarkalis, and salwar suits in vibrant shades from In-

dia and Pakistan. The event was inaugurated by Naheed Naveed Atif, charge d’affaires, Embassy of Pakistan, and Sushma Pandey, wife of Indian Ambassador , Mah-fuja Akhter of Bangladesh and Uthayarani Pathmanaathan from Sri Lanka at Lulu Hypermarket, Bausher, says a press release.

While speaking about the fes-tival, Shabeer K. A., Regional director - Oman, said, “The idea to come up with a wide range of designer, colourful and engaging

collection of ethnic wear emerged because we wanted to showcase the colours of life from the Asian continent. For those who are fash-ionable and value conscious this festival has plenty to offer with a wide variety to choose from.

“We are quite optimistic that the Ethnic Celebrations will leave a definite impression. Ethnic wear is always associated with el-egance, grace and poise. Keeping pace with the sentiments, Lulu has put together a wide of range

of ethnic apparels to suit every woman’s taste and choice. To make the celebrations even more interesting, there is a fabulous flat 30 per cent offer on all eth-nic and denim collections dur-ing the period of the promotion,” he added.

There is also some great news for all denim lovers out there! Denim is looking hotter than ever with trends changing the way. From high street slim-fit flares to retro-wash to mid-wash styles, there’s just so much on offer this season. The denim receives a style overhaul this season in every in-carnation possible - think dresses, dungarees, jackets, and skirts. The Denim Fest at Lulu is designed for everyone, not just for the jeans-loving folks.

Dress in the most royal and at-tractive traditional dresses this festive season. Add to your collec-tion some of the most stylish and vibrant ethnic sarees and dresses in cotton, linen and silk with em-broidery and textured work.

Through this offer, Lulu hy-permarket has aimed to include enticing hues, interesting styles and vivacious range to make sure that customers can shop for their favourite outfits and look as rav-ishing as ever.

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Tropical Juices launches

‘Gulkand’, its refreshing

new ice cream flavour

MUSCAT: Tropical Juices and Ice Creams, the pioneer in the manu-facture and retail of fresh home-made ice creams and an integral part of the Golden Spoon Group, has launched a new, tasty and re-freshing ice cream flavour – Gul-kand – an ideal treat to beat the summer heat.

Gulkand ice cream is naturally churned with wholesome ingredi-ents and the freshness of rose pet-als, says a press release.

Najeeb Ahmed Al Balushi, chairman, Golden Spoon Group of Restaurants said: “In Persian, gul means flower and kand means sweet. Gulkand is a sweet preserve of rose petals and is a natural body coolant and overall stress reliev-er. Thanks to its natural cooling properties, gulkand is excellent for combating acidity, aids diges-tion, strengthens gums and teeth and is a natural rejuvenator as it is a powerful anti-oxidant. With so many benefits and in keeping with our theme that tradition is the new blend, it was only logical for us to blend this fine age-old delicacy with milk and cream and create the magical gulkand ice cream. It is the 14th flavour that will now be available at all the Tropical ice cream parlors and we are sure it

will receive an overwhelming re-sponse too.”

Happy with the indigenous suc-cess of the Tropical, Al Balushi said: “We had launched Tropical at a time when well-known interna-tional brands backed by multina-tional support and infrastructures were dominating the market. We thought it will be a good idea to start a local company that would use the fresh natural ingredients to produce wholesome and pure products. Today, the main area where Tropical has a leading edge is the freshness quotient of our products with no additives or pre-servatives. Our production team consists of hard core profession-als committed to the highest global standards and this is evident with the immense popularity of our ice creams, juices and in-house spe-cialities. We hope our customers will enjoy our new offerings.”

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Home Centre’s Room Makeover contest infuses colour into lives of 15 winners

MUSCAT: Living in an aestheti-cally appealing and energising space can certainly enhance one’s happiness and sense of well-being. Over the years Home Centre, the largest home retailer in the Middle East, has transformed the personal living spaces of several deserving customers with its popular Room Makeover competition.

In its fourth edition in 2016, the Room Makeover competition suc-cessfully refurbished the homes of 15 people across the region and infused new energy into their lives. Winners were identified from six countries in the region – the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Ku-wait, Oman and Lebanon - based on their unique stories of why they believed their rooms needed a makeover, says a press release.

Home Centre received an

overwhelming response of close to 60,000 entries and worked to shortlist a final 14 while carefully factoring in the personality traits of the contestants. The 15th win-ner was picked via an online vot-ing system created on Home Cen-tre’s Facebook page.

Médéric Payne, CEO of Home Centre, said: “The unprecedent-ed response to this year’s Room Makeover contest is a testament to the close relationship we share with our customers. The contest reiterates our keenness to give back to the community through this all-inclusive initiative. At Home Centre, we welcome the chance to touch the lives of our valued customers and help them achieve their dream homes with the help of our expert team of vis-ual merchandisers and designers.”

An aggregate amount of OMR1,500 was used to reinvent the living spaces of four winners each in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, as well as of two winners each in Oman, Qatar and Kuwait, and one winner in Lebanon.

Home Centre’s expert stylists ensured that every winner’s room was transformed as per their per-sonal preferences and needs to reflect their distinctive person-alities. Each of the makeovers was completed within a single day and accomplished using Home Cen-tre’s vibrant new collection.

Speaking of the room makeo-vers, Nancy Ajram, celebrated Arabic singer, diva and Home Centre’s brand ambassador in the region, said: “This is a great exercise that Home Centre con-ducts annually that makes a real

difference to the lives of custom-ers. Looking at the final outcomes of this year’s room makeovers, I commend Home Centre’s stylists for their exceptional efforts in im-proving the aesthetic appeal of so many living spaces.

“This competition is truly one-of-a-kind and I am confident it will continue to garner positive reactions year-on-year.”

In Oman, one winning story was of a couple that moved homes three times in three years and lived with damaged furniture due to their repeated transits from one place to the next.

The other winning story was of a young boy who lived with a family of seven and reached out to Home Centre requesting a much-needed change of their living room.

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alizz wins Best Islamic Bank in Oman award

MUSCAT: In recognition of its commitment to its customers, alizz Islamic bank won ‘Best Is-lamic Bank’ in Oman from World Finance, thus continuing to con-tribute to the bank’s success story since business operation roll out.

The award was subject to com-petition among major banks

across the country.The best Islamic bank country

award is presented to financial institutions which stand out for their dynamic profile and which distinguish themselves from their competitors, says a press release.

World Finance Awards are known throughout the financial

and mainstream press as the pin-nacle of recognition. World Fi-nance awards panel uses a wide range of criteria to inform its de-cision over its awards, lending the critical eye of experienced busi-ness journalists to the exhaustive information gathered by the re-search team.

In addition to the World Finance awards, alizz Islamic bank recently won ‘Best Customer Service Award 2015’ at Banker Middle East Award. The two awards reflect the bank’s commitment to implement world-class services and products for its customers. Winning this award is a significant recognition of bank’s

commitment to continuous qual-ity and service delivery to all of the valued customers.

Speaking on this occasion, Ai-sha Abdullah Al-Kharusi, chief marketing officer at alizz Islamic bank, said: “These awards honour and recognise the extraordinary efforts of the wider management team as well as the talented em-ployees of alizz Islamic bank, in growing Oman’s newest Islamic bank. These awards recognise the progress we are making towards excellence as well as our ongoing commitment to delivering world class products and services to our customers,” she added.

The award was subject to competition among

major banks across the country

QUARTERFINALISTS OF 2016 OOREDOO CRICKET TOURNAMENTThe 2016 Ooredoo cricket tournament moved to the quarterfinal stage after 24 exciting league matches. The tournament which

commenced recently has seen some exciting games and great support. The teams to progress to the quarterfinals are Manga-

lore United, Oman Friends, Towel Engineering, Fire Blasters, Tuskers, Rockers, Middle East Engineering & SBG-11. The last eight

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Attractive pricing

on pre-owned

Volkswagen Passat

MUSCAT: Offering quality, reli-ability and German engineering for everyone at very affordable prices, Wattayah Motors ‘Das WeltAuto’ approved pre-owned Volkswagen car division, now has a range of 2014 model year Passat sedans on sale with prices start-ing from just OMR5,799, says a press release.

The Wattayah Motors ‘Das WeltAuto’ approved pre-owned car division ensures that cus-tomers who wish to purchase a used Volkswagen can do so with confidence.

All pre-owned models sold at the dealership, including the new fleet of Volkswagen Passat mod-els, are put through a rigorous testing programme by Volkswa-gen trained and certified tech-nicians. Only after passing the comprehensive, 132 point check programme does the car make the grade as a Volkswagen approved pre-owned vehicle. As part of the ‘Das WeltAuto’ pre-owned car programme, customers also ben-efit from a trade in facility, hassle free finance and up to 12 month unlimited mileage warranty

when making a purchase.Andrew Squires, general man-

ager of Wattayah Motors said, “Das WeltAuto is the worldwide used car brand for Volkswagen and was introduced in Oman last year. It is designed to offer our customers absolute peace of mind by offering only approved used cars that have been quality checked and sold with full service histories, mileage checks and war-ranties; offering an experience not unlike that of purchasing a new car. Furthermore, purchasing any car through our approved pre-owned car division, ensures its cost of ownership is lowered even further; making it more accessible to a broader spectrum of custom-ers who want to experience the pleasure of driving and owning a Volkswagen.”

“The previous generation Volkswagen Passat was amongst our best-selling models that of-fers German Engineering and innovation at an affordable price. It was succeeded by the new 2016 Volkswagen Passat, launched in January this year,” Andrew added.

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Bank Muscat extends support to Teacher’s Day celebrationsMUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flag-ship financial services provider in the Sultanate, as part of its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and commitment to partnership in sustainable de-velopment, co-hosted the Teach-er’s Day celebrations organised by the Directorate-General of Edu-cation in the Governorate of Mus-cat under the auspices of Sheikh Saif bin Mohammed Al Shabibi, Minister of Housing.

In appreciation of the support extended to the education sector, the bank was honoured on the oc-casion, says a press release.

Aimed at promoting education

and supporting the future genera-tions, Bank Muscat and the Minis-try of Education has a framework of partnership complementing the learning experience of school students and motivating the teacher community. The partner-ship comes within the framework of joint cooperation between the public and private sectors in or-der to contribute and support the development of the community. Aimed at achieving common goals in sustainable development, the initiative stems from the bank’s commitment to the country’s fu-ture generations.

Bank Muscat has adopted a se-ries of measures to support vari-ous community activities comple-menting the progressive march of the nation. The bank remains committed to shouldering its de-velopmental and social respon-sibilities within the framework of cooperation and coordination with all segments of society, es-pecially youth who represent the country’s future. The bank seizes every opportunity to contribute to Oman’s future by investing in sec-tors such as education, nurturing talent which is the real wealth of the nation.

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Clinical Daredevils get the better of MI

NEW DELHI: Delhi Daredevils produced a fine all-round show to beat defending champions Mumbai Indians by 10 runs and extend their winning run in the ninth Indian Premier League, here on Saturday.

Young Sanju Samson (60) struck a fine half century while JP Duminy made a brisk unbeaten 49 to help Daredevils post 164 for five after being asked to bat at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

Defending the total, Daredevils dished out a disciplined bowling and fielding display to restrict Mumbai Indians to 154 for seven and register their third win on the trot. Veteran Amit Mishra proved why he is re-garded as the best leg-spinner of the country at present by returning with figures of two for 24, which included the important wickets of Ambati Rayudu and Jos Buttler.

Chasing 165, Mumbai lost Par-thiv Patel early but skipper Ro-hit Sharma (64 off 47 balls) and Ambati Rayudu (25 off 23) added 53 runs for the second wicket to steady the innings.

While Rayudu played an aggres-sive knock, Rohit’s was an unchar-acteristic innings as he preferred to play the second fiddle. Rayudu cracked four boundaries before he was cleaned up by a flighted googly from Mishra in the ninth over.

After Rayudu’s fall, Krunal Pan-dya came to bat and the youngster used his long handle to great effect to make a quickfire 36 off just 17 balls before he was caught short off the crease at the non-strikers end by a direct hit from Daredev-

ils skipper Zaheer Khan off his own bowling. Krunal struck four boundaries and two huge sixes and together with Rohit shared 41 runs for the third wicket.

The way Krunal was going at one stage it looked Mumbai would fin-ish off the match in quick time but his run out and Mishra’s brilliant spell in the middle overs turned the things in Daredevils favour. Mishra then foxed Butler with an-other googly to trap the batsman plumb in front of the wicket.

With Mumbai Indians needing 47 off the last four overs for a win, all hopes of the visitors were on the shoulders of their skipper Rohit and Kieron Pollard.

Rohit and Pollard then brought down the equation to 32 off the last two overs and the big-hitting West Indian raised the hopes of Mumbai Indians when he clobbered Zaheer over long-on boundary for a six.

But it was not to be Mumbai’s day as Pollard departed in the next ball when he miscued a shot only to give a simple catch to Chris Morris at sweeper cover.

Needing 21 off the last over, Rohit brought down the equa-tion with a six off the second ball of Morris but he fell victim of an unnecessary mix up with Hardik Pandya in the very next ball while

going for a double. Thereafter, vic-tory was a mere formality for Delhi and they wrapped up the match in style without any further fuss.

Earlier, Samson top-scored with 60 off 48 balls during which he struck four boundaries and two sixes, Duminy’s runs came off just 31 balls with the help of three fours and two hits over the fence.

Vital partnershipHowever, the start was far from rosy for the Daredevils as they lost IPL 9’s maiden centurion and in-form Quinton de Kock (9) early.

De Kock started off Derdevils innings in great fashion by hitting Tim Southee to the fence in the first two balls of the innings. But the South African departed in the next over, caught by Hardik Pan-dya at backward point off Mitchell McClenaghan while the batsman went for an expansive shot.

The other Daredevils opener Shreyas Iyer made 19 off 20 balls before perishing in the seventh over, caught by Ambati Rayudu of Hardik Pandya.

To make matters worse for the hosts, Karun Nair too did not last long as he top-edged a Harbhajan Singh delivery to Southee a fine leg as Daredevils slumped to 54 for three by the end of the eighth over.

Then Duminy and Sanson joined hands and played sensibly to stitch vital 71 runs off just 51 balls for the fourth wicket to take Daredevils forward.

The duo mixed caution with ag-gression to keep Daredevils score-board ticking and set the platform for the total. Samson reached his fifth of 40 balls in the 15th over but departed soon in search of quick runs. He clobbered McClenaghan over the long-on boundary in the second ball of the 17th over but de-parted a delivery later in search of one too many, hitting a low full toss Souhtee at long-off.

After Samson’s dismissal Duminy took the onus on him-self to take Daredevils to a decent score and in the company of Pawan Negi (10 not out) put on 39 runs for fifth wicket to take the hosts past the 160-run mark.

For Mumbai Indians McClena-ghan (2/31) picked up two wickets, while Hardik Pandya (1/7) and Harbhajan Singh (1/24) accounted for one wicket each.

Brief scores: Delhi Dare-devils 164/4 (Sanju Samson 60, J.P. Duminy 49 n.o.; Mitchell Mc-Clenaghan 2/31) bt Mumbai In-dians 154/7 (Rohit Sharma 65, Krunal Pandya 36; Amit Mishra 2/24). - PTI

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THIRD WIN IN A ROW: Delhi Daredevils players celebrate after their win over Mumbai Indians in their IPL match in New Delhi on Saturday. – PTI

Chris Gayle welcome in Big Bash League: CAMELBOURNE: Cricket Aus-tralia (CA) says it will not take any steps to prevent West In-dian batsman Chris Gayle play-ing in its Big Bash T20 league next season. In what appears to be a reversal of position, chief executive James Sutherland told News Corp. on Saturday that Cricket Australia would not involve itself in a recruitment issue unless it involved a player implicated in match-fixing.

Gayle’s tenure with the Mel-bourne Renegades in last year’s BBL was tainted when he made what was interpreted as a sexist comment to a female television reporter. During a sideline in-terview he invited reporter Mel McLaughlin for a drink, then said “don’t blush baby”.

Gayle was fined $10,000 for the comments which Suther-land described as “completely inappropriate” and “bordering on harassment.”

On Saturday, Sutherland said it was not Cricket Australia’s role to exclude players from the Big Bash League. “No matter what anyone at Cricket Aus-tralia thought, I think you’re on a slippery slope if you start mak-ing judgments on players who could or shouldn’t be playing in the Big Bash League or in our domestic competitions.” - PTI

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Inzamam not happy with Pakistan pitchesKARACHI: Pakistan’s new chief selector Inzamam-ul Haq is not happy with the state of pitches being used for a top ongoing do-mestic one-day tournament and also with the quality of cricket on display in the event.

Inzamam, who was recently appointed Pakistan’s new chief selector, said he would like to see more sporting pitches in the Pakistan Cup one-day tourna-ment underway in Faisalabad in which the country’s top players are participating.

“I don’t think the pitches pres-ently in use generally in domestic cricket or in the Pakistan Cup

will help produce quality cricket-ers. It is not my domain to speak on pitches but they play an im-portant role in producing quality players in every format,” the for-mer Pakistan captain said.

The Pakistan Cup, into its fifth day, has so far failed to produce high scoring matches and bowl-ers and batsmen have both strug-gled on slow, low bounced and sluggish pitches.

Inzamam said pitches for one-day cricket should encour-age players to not only play their strokes and teams to get big totals but also some encouragement to bowlers. - PTI

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Hyderabad thrash Kings XI PunjabHYDERABAD: Riding on a su-perb bowling performance and skipper David Warner’s quick-fire 59, Sunrisers Hyderabad out-classed a spiritless Kings XI Pun-jab by five wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Saturday.

Warner continued his sub-lime form in the tournament as he struck seven boundaries and three sixes in his 31-ball innings to help team chase down Pun-jab’s meagre total of 143 for six by posting 146 for five with 13 balls to spare. Warner was well sup-ported by Shikhar Dhawan (45).

Mustafizur Rahman (two for nine runs) and Moises Henriques (two for 33) were the pick of the bowlers for Hyderabad. Chasing a target of 144, the hosts got off to a flying start scoring 65 for no loss in the powerplay. Leading the way was skipper Warner who smashed the Punjab bowlers to all parts off the park to being up his half century in just 23 balls.

The Australian kept his good form in the tournament going as he returned back to the top of the leading run scorer list with 294 runs from five games.

But the 90-run partnership for the first wicket came to an end in the 10th over when Warner trying to up the scoring rate was caught by David Miller at long-on off the bowling off Sandeep Sharma.

Hyderabad received a double blow when incoming batsman Aditya Tare (0) trying to sneak an impossible single off his first ball finally ran himself to have his team at 90/2 in the tenth over.

Next up, Eion Morgan (25) stayed calm to help team close in on the target after Dhawan was dismissed in 14th over.

Earlier put into bat, Punjab got off to a disappointing start losing opener Murali Vijay (2) in the third over itself to have the visi-tors in the backfoot.

But his opening partner Manan Vohra (25), who looked good right from the start, sneaking in with ones and twos and striking three fours and one six, ran himself out in the final ball of the powerplay to leave the team at 35 for two.

Incoming batsman Marsh used his experience to best effect to hold on to the wicket. But Punjab from there on received two quick blows in one over with Henriques dismissing hard-hitters David Miller (9) followed by Glenn Maxwell (1) in the 10th over.

Axar Patel (36 not out) and Nikhil Naik (22) played a handy knock in the end to help team cross the 140-run mark.

Brief Scores: Kings XI Pun-jab 143/6 in 20 overs (Shaun Marsh 40; Muztafizur Rahman 2/9, Moises Henriques 2/33) lost to Sunrisers Hyderebad 146/5 in 17.5 overs (David Warner 59, Sandeep Sharma 1/30). - IANS

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TELY BOYS WIN FIGHTERS XI CRICKET TITLETely Boys defeated Rajasthan Royals to emerge the champions of Fighters XI Cricket tour-

nament. In the final played at Al Saada ground in Salalah, Rajasthan Royals, batting first,

were bowled out for 66 in 14.2 overs. Bilal top scored 22. Ramshad claimed three wickets

and Rayees, Hamras and Raniz took two apiece. In reply, Tely Boys chased the target in the

11th over. Shabeer (13), Jammu (18) and Rayees (17) were the main contributors. Musafar

and Abid took two wickets each. Player o f the final award went to Rayees (Tely Boys), best

batsman and man of the series prize was won by Musafar (Rajasthan Royals), best bowler

was Sanal (Blue Star). Shabeer Kader of Fighters XI handed over the prizes. — Supplied photo

Dhoni’s Pune eye revival in home tie against KKR

PUNE: Skipper Mahendra Sin-gh Dhoni will be eager to break the sequence of reverses and get Rising Pune Supergiants’ cam-paign back on track when they lock horns with in-form Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the In-dian Premier League (IPL) here on Sunday.

Having moved to Pune this year from the banned Chennai Super Kings, where he enjoyed great success, Dhoni will be keen to rep-licate that in his new jersey with a bit of help from his teammates.

So far, it hasn’t been a smooth campaign for India’s twin World Cup winning captain, barring the tournament opener against de-fending champions against Mum-bai Indians, which his side won comprehensively by nine wickets at the Wankhede Stadium.

The next three outings, includ-ing last night’s against Royal Chal-lengers Bangalore in front of the home crowd, ended in defeats for Supergiants. Not the result a team comprising Kevin Pietersen, Steve Smith, Faf du Plessis and Ajinkya Rahane, besides Dhoni, deserves.

The overseas trio of Pietersen, Smith and Du Plessis failed mis-erably in the last game, and the Supergiants would hope for a much-improved performance from the batting heavyweights.

Thissara Perera and Rajat Bha-tia, who almost guided RPS to a win yesterday with their brilliant hitting, will look to continue in similar fashion.

While Perera was the pick of

the bowlers the other day, the likes of Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin and Murugan Ashwin will have to be among the wickets for Pune to harbour hopes of a victory at the Maharashtra Cricket Associ-ation Stadium. On the other hand, led by discarded India opener Gautam Gambhir, Kolkata Knight Riders have been on a roll, winning three of their four matches.

Such has been their form that the two-time former champions continue to top the standings in the eight-team league. Barring the defeat against Mumbai Indians, the Knight Riders had been con-vincing in their wins.

Gambhir has been leading the team from the front and has held the orange cap for long. The left-handed batsman would be too happy to continue in same vein.

His opening partner Robin

Uthappa blazed away to the third fastest half century of the season against Kings XI Punjab. If the two gets going, the task can diffi-cult for the opponents.

Thanks to the opening pair’s good run in the league so far, the middle-order hasn’t had the opportunity to be tested. How the batsmen, follow-ing Gambhir and Uthappa, perform when confronted with pressure, re-mains to be seen.

Should they get an opportunity tomorrow, the likes of Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Suryaku-mar Yadav, Andre Russell and Yu-suf Pathan could be tested for sure.

In bowling, Morne Morkel has led the pace department well, with support from Umesh Yadav. Left-arm spinner Shakib has been steady, and so was Piyush Chawla. Then there is Sunil Narine and all-rounders Russell and Yusuf.

Kolkata Knight Riders (from): Gautham Gambhir (capt), Piyush Chawla, John Hastings, Brad Hogg, Ja-son Holder, Sheldon Jackson, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Manan Sharma, Morne Morkel, Colin Munro, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusaf Pathan, Ankit Rajput, Andre Russell, Rajgopal Satish, Shakib Al Hasan, Jaydev Un-adkat, Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav and Umesh Yadav.

Rising Pune Supergiants (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Kevin Pieters-en, Faf du Plessis, Steve Smith, Mitch-ell Marsh, Jaskaran Singh, Ravichan-dran Ashwin, Ankit Sharma, Albie Morkel, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Thisara Perera, Sau-rabh Tiwary, RP Singh, Rajat Bhatia, Ankush Bains, Baba Aparajith, Mu-rugan Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Deepak Chahar, Scott Boland, Peter Hands-comb, Adam Zampa. - PTI

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RAJKOT: Their three-match unbeaten march halted in the previous game, Gujarat Lions would be looking to get back to winning ways when they lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who are without the services of their hard-hitting batsman Chris Gayle, in the Indian Pre-mier League (IPL) encounter here on Sunday.

Suresh Raina-led Gujarat Lions, one of the two debu-tant teams in IPL this season, started their maiden cam-paign with impressive perfor-mance in first three games, winning against Kings XI Pun-jab, Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians.

However, the Lions suffered a humiliating 10-wicket loss at home against Sunrisers Hy-derabad in their last match.

Come Sunday, they would like to bring their campaign back on track by capitalising on RCB’s weak bowling and the absence of destructive opener Gayle, who has gone back to the West Indies to be with his partner Natasha Ber-ridge and new-born son.

The Lions batting would revolve around openers Aaron Finch and Brendon McCul-lum, followed by the likes of Raina, Dwayne Bravo and Dinesh Karthik.

McCullum is yet to show his full potential, even as Finch had struck three back-to-back half centuries in first three games, failing only against Sunrisers Hyderabad when he could not open his account.

The Lions opening pair had clicked just once in four matches so far, which was against Rising Pune Super-giants, where they notched up 85 runs for the first wicket in less than nine overs.

The Lions would want Finch and McCullum to give them a solid platform against a formidable RCB batting line-up. Raina looked in good touch in the last game with a 51-ball 75, although it came in a losing cause, and he would like to continue like that.

On the other hand, Virat Kohli-led RCB have had mixed fortunes so far in the tourna-ment, winning two and losing two. But they would take the

heart from their victory over Rising Pune Supergiants at Pune last night. Kohli and AB De Villiers are in terrific form and RCB’s batting would rely heavily on these two.

Gujarat Lions (from): Suresh Raina (Capt), Sarabjit Ladda, Akshdeep Nath, Amit Mishra, Dwayne Bravo, Paras Dogra, Eklavya Dwivedi, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Ishan Kishan, Ravin-dra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati, Dinesh Karthik, Shivil Kaushik, Dhaval Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Bran-don McCullum, Pradeep Sangwan, Jaydev Shah, Umang Sharma, Dwayne Smith, Dale Styne, Pravin Tambe and Andrew Tye.

Royal Challengers Banga-lore (from): Virat Kohli (Capt), Varun Aaron, Abu Nechi, S Arvind, Samuel Badree, Stuart Binny, Yuzuvendra Chahal, AB De Villiers, Praveen Dubey, Chris Gayle, Travis head, Iqbal Abdulla, Kedar Jadhav, Akshay Karnewar, Sarfraz Khan, Vikramjeet Malik, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Harshal Patel, Lokesh Rahul, Parveez Rasool, Kane Richard-son, Sachin Baby, Mitchell Starc, Vikas Tokas, Shane Watson, David Wiese and Tabraiz Shamsi. - PTI

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Conlan and Ng’eno win opening race of MRR’s Summer SeriesMUSCAT: Nick Conlan and Irene Ng’eno won the men’s and wom-en’s titles respectively in the first race of the Muscat Road Runners (MRR) Summer Series organised near Sultan Qaboos Sports Com-plex in Bausher here recently.

In the first of the six off-road races, a six-km event, Nick Conlan clocked 22:29 to take the top place in the men’s category.

Edward Black in a time of 23:20 won the second place and he was closely followed in the third place by Hamed Al Mahrooqi in 24:35.

In the women’s category, Irene Ng’eno completed the race in 27:49 to take the top honours while Sally Hart settled for the second place in 28:08.

Anne Menard took the third place in 29:45.

In the 3km junior race, James emerged the winner in a time of 15:09 and he was followed by Syke in 23:04.

The participants need to com-pete in four races to qualify for the series T-Shirt and overall points. The second of the Summer Series will take place at 6 p.m. on May 4.

Results: Men’s open: 1. Nick Conlan - 22:29; 2. Edward Black

- 23:20; 3. Hamed Almahrooqi - 24:35. Women’s open: 1. Irene Ng’eno - 27:49; 2. Sally Hart - 28:08; 3. Anne Menard - 29:45.

Veteran men: 1. Salah Al Wa-haibi - 27:43; 2. Derek Solecki - 28:28; 3. James Shorter - 28:49.

Veteran women: 1. Francesca Aub-Robinson - 32:20.

Super veteran: 1. Cesare Porta - 33:48.

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Rising Pune Supergiants skipper MS Dhoni is, unlike Rudyard Kipling,

no dealer in words, but if words are, of course or just sometimes, the most powerful drug used by mankind, Kevin Pietersen may now be feeling a little more “urgh” than he did while hobbling off the field in the game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday.

Pietersen had tweeted about his urgh sitting in a wheel-chair in the dugout with his right calf in bandage before Dhoni’s 38-ball struggle ended in the cool hands of AB de Villiers at long-off in the 16th over and Pune’s hopes van-ished as Thisara Perera per-ished in the 19th over, but the skipper’s post-match observa-tion that KP’s injury could be a blessing in disguise leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

Dhoni may be right that KP’s injury offers him the opportu-nity to bring more all-rounders into the playing eleven, but his choice of words to describe the unfortunate situation was poor.

Dhoni spoke of his difficulty in taking a decision “to drop someone with the kind of players we have got”, but there could have been a better way

to put injury into context or context into difficulty than letting the man in the wheel-chair know that your pain was a thing of joy for others.

Pune started off with an impressive win against the Mumbai Indians, but their for-tunes suffered three setbacks in a row, and the reason for the Pune un-rising is actually a lack of resources — not really the problem of plenty Dhoni is hinting at.

On paper, they have the bats-men to chase a target or post a total in excess of 200, but the reality we witnessed in the last three games was quite differ-ent. Steve Smith and Ajinkya Rahane are not the best in the Twenty20 business, Dhoni is a shadow of his former, dominat-ing self and the long tail of the Supergiants hangs limply right from the top order.

Rahane is a good player but an unlikely match-winner. He gives the team a reliable start, as in the case of the recent World T20 semifinal against the West Indies or the Friday’s game against the RCB, but often fails to convert the starts into match-winning accelerations.

His gritty 60 off 46 balls laid the foundation for the chase on Friday, but for a guy who has been in the thick of things right from ball one, his failure to get going in the late overs and his inability to get himself to face more balls is not exciting from a team or crowd point of view.

On Friday, Dhoni found himself at the crease earlier than he would normally like, and losing three wickets — Du Plessis, Pietersen and Smith — for what the skipper later described as “nothing” wasn’t the sort of setting that allowed

him to go on the offensive.Of course, Dhoni tried to be

aggressive in the beginning, but like an ageing lion that lost its teeth and claws his attempted roars ended up as shrill cries.

He sought to unsettle Shane Watson as early as the sixth over, which was a complete disaster, and when he was caught on the boundary off the penultimate ball of the 16th over there were just three boundaries in his account.

Not even a single six for a man famed for hitting the biggest ones. Cricket is about taking risk and responsibility in the right mix—not about running madly all the time for singles and twos. We aren’t watching a cricket match to spot Usain Bolt.

With just one win in four matches, and placed seventh on the points table, Pune need to do better to ensure a berth for them in the playoff.

They have 10 more matches left in the league, and that’s plenty of time to catch up with the table toppers.

A win against the Kolkata Knight Riders, the leaders at the moment, tonight could get Pune rising into the mood.

When “urgh” transforms into sunshine, KP, MS and the crowds will savour the blessings.

The writer is a freelance con-tributor based in India. All the views and opinions expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not reflect those of Times of Oman

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Dhoni may be right that KP’s injury offers him the opportunity to bring more all-rounders into the playing eleven, but his choice of words to describe the unfortunate situation was poor. Dhoni spoke of his difficulty in taking a decision “to drop someone with the kind of players we have got”, but there could have been a better way to put injury into context

Rossi beats Spanish

rivals to pole in Jerez

JEREZ: Italian veteran Valentino Rossi stunned his Spanish rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez by seizing pole position for their home MotoGP race in Jerez on Saturday. Rossi’s fastest time of one minute and 38.736 seconds pushed Yamaha teammate and reigning world champion Lor-enzo back to second place, 0.122 slower, with Honda’s champion-ship leader Marquez third.

The pole was Rossi’s first since last year’s Dutch round in Assen and his 52nd in the top category.

It was also the 37-year-old’s first pole in Jerez since 2005. The Ital-ian has won six times in 16 starts

at the southern circuit in the top flight. The nine-time world cham-pion, who is 33 points behind Mar-quez and 12 adrift of Lorenzo, has now qualified on the front row for three successive races .

Italian Andrea Dovizioso will line up fourth for Ducati in Sunday’s race, round four of the season, fol-lowed by five Spanish riders. Brit-ain’s Cal Crutchlow, 10th for LCR Honda, was the only non-Spanish or Italian rider in the top 10.

The session started late af-ter final free practice was de-layed because five out of the 10 Michelin tyre fitters were laid low by sickness. - Reuters

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Liverpool drop Sakho after failed dope test

LONDON: Liverpool sidelined France international defender Mamadou Sakho on Saturday pending the result of a doping investigation that could rule him out of the European Cham-pionship in June.

France’s RMC radio reported that Sakho, 26, had failed a dope test following the use of a fat-burning drug as an aid to weight loss. Liverpool, who played rel-egation-threatened Newcastle United in the Premier League at Anfield on Saturday, did not provide details of the substance but said they had received a formal communication from UEFA on Friday.

A club statement said UEFA was “investigating a possible anti-doping rule violation by Mamadou Sakho” and the play-er would respond to European soccer’s ruling body.

“The player is currently not subject to any playing suspen-sion,” Liverpool added. “How-ever, the club, in consultation with the player, has decided that while this process is followed the player will not be available for selection for matches.”

Manager Juergen Klopp, questioned by Sky Sports televi-sion, had nothing to add.

UEFA said separately that the “adverse finding” had been registered in a test carried out at the Europa League round of 16 game against Manchester United on March 17.

The ruling body said the play-er and club had until Tuesday to request analysis of the B sam-ple and provide explanations for the presence of a prohibited substance.

“There are no disciplinary proceedings opened at this stage,” UEFA added.- Reuters

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Man City go third, Newcastle rally boosts survival hopes

LONDON: Manchester City moved up to third in the Premier League on Saturday while Newcas-tle United boosted their hopes of survival by coming back from two goals down at Liverpool to draw 2-2 and secure a precious point.

On an afternoon that reaped 19 goals from four matches, last season’s Player of the Year Eden Hazard finally opened his league account for the season with two in Chelsea’s 4-1 win at Bournemouth.

Manchester City’s bid for a top-three finish picked up extra momen-tum, a 4-0 demolition of Stoke City

at the Etihad Stadium lifting them a point clear of fourth-placed Arsenal with 64 points from 35 matches.

Nigerian striker Kelechi Ihea-nacho, 19, scored in the 64th and 74th minutes and was brought down for the penalty in the 43rd from which Sergio Aguero netted

his 16th goal in as many games in all competitions this year.

Fernando headed City’s opener from Jesus Navas’ 35th minute corner. Leaders Leicester City, who have 73 points from 34 games, host Swansea City on Sunday while Ar-senal travel to third from bottom

Sunderland. Second-placed Tot-tenham Hotspur, on 68, entertain West Bromwich Albion on Monday.

Liverpool stayed seventh in the table after their 2-2 draw at An-field which marked the return of former manager Rafa Benitez with a combative Newcastle side.

Rollercoaster afternoonThe match was overshadowed by the news that Liverpool’s French defender Mamadou Sakho had failed a dope test.

Benitez, who managed Liver-pool for six years and won the Champions League with them in 2005 when they came back from 3-0 down against AC Milan to draw 3-3 and win on penalties, had another rollercoaster afternoon.

Daniel Sturridge put Liverpool ahead after 76 seconds and it was 2-0 on the half-hour when Adam Lallana scored the second but Newcastle rallied after the break through Papiss Cisse and Jack Colback to clinch their first away point of 2016.

Second from bottom Newcastle are level on 30 points with Sunder-land, who have two games in hand, and one behind Norwich City.

Aston Villa, who have already been relegated, lost 4-2 to visiting Southampton as they slumped to a 10th defeat in a row.

On the south coast, Chelsea took their revenge for a 1-0 home defeat in December by defeating Bourne-mouth in a closer contest than the scoreline suggested. Hazard, who had not scored in the league for 29 games and 356 days, was on target in the 34th and 91st minutes.

Cesc Fabregas set up three of the goals, with Spain forward Pedro opening Chelsea’s account in the fifth minute and Brazil midfielder Willian notching their third. - Reuters

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FINE GOAL: Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho goes around Stoke City’s Danish goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard to score their fourth goal during the English Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Saturday. – AFP

Bale lifts Real to comeback win at Rayo VallecanoMADRID: Gareth Bale made up for the absence of Cristiano Ronal-do by scoring twice to inspire Real Madrid to come from two goals down and win 3-2 at Rayo Valle-cano on Saturday.

Real managed to edge to the top of the table despite Ronaldo miss-ing his first league game of the sea-son with a muscle strain although they also suffered another scare before their Champions League semi-final next week with a sus-pected injury to Karim Benzema.

Real had found themselves two behind within 14 minutes as Adri-an Embarba scored from close

range in the seventh minute before Rayo’s Venezuelan striker Miku pounced on more poor defending from the visitors.

RevivalBale started the revival, heading in from a 35th minute corner be-fore Zinedine Zidane’s side drew level six minutes after the break through substitute Lucas Vazquez.

Welshman Bale then complet-ed the comeback nine minutes from time, collecting a misplaced pass from a Rayo defender before powering the ball past goalkeeper Juan Carlos.

The victory put Real on top of La Liga on 81 points.

Real, who had not lost to Rayo Vallecano since 1997 and had thrashed their city neighbours 10-2 earlier this season, missed Ronaldo, who strained a muscle in the 3-0 win over Villarreal on Wednesday.

Still, the visitors nearly got off to a dream start as Bale hit the post in just the second minute, but Rayo soon imposed themselves with former Manchester United player Bebe setting up their first goal.

He took on Danilo and Pepe be-fore rolling the ball across for Em-

barba to score from six yards out. Then a weak header from Raphael Varane allowed Miku to pounce.

Bale’s header lifted them before the break but Benzema had to be substituted in the 42nd minute with a suspected injury, putting in doubt his chances of facing Manchester City on Tuesday in the Champions League semifinal first leg.

The Frenchman was replaced by Vazquez, who headed home Danilo’s cross at the far post and it was Bale who had the final say, in-tercepting the ball and racing into the box down the left flank to strike the winner. - Reuters

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Lasik, commonly referred to as laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive

surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.

What is Laser Eye Surgery?While laser eye surgery is the term most people use, I personally prefer to call it ‘refractive surgery’ because that includes so many more possibilities for different types of patients. Laser eye surgeries include the initial method where the cornea is not cut to make a flap but instead the surface of the cornea is scraped (PRK), or a small blade being used to cut a flap (LASIK), or the latest femtosecond methods where a laser is used to create a flap (Z LASIK). All these procedures have the same aim: to expose and re-shape your cornea (the clear, outermost part of your eye) and help you get rid of your glasses. If we use the term ‘refractive surgery’ however, we can also include other ways to help you get rid of glasses (near and distance) with the options of KAMRA presbyopia inlay — it is a safe, proven and lasting solution to correct presbyopia and restore your everyday near vision, ICL (implantable contact lens) and Toric ICL, multifocal IOL, trifocal IOL, and Crystalens accommodating IOL can be used for patients for whom the traditional laser methods are unsuitable or who are reaching the presbyopic age and cataract surgery may be looming — my other surgical passion. Finland Eye Centre offer all these solutions and more.

Who is a Good Candidate?Basically, almost anyone over the age of 18 with healthy eyes wishing to get rid of their glasses is likely to be eligible for some type of refractive surgery. The tough part is making sure of patient selection, trust and rapport between patient and surgeon, careful examination and planning, and patient awareness. Matching the right patient to the right method is essential. At least I can speak on behalf of myself and my surgeons that patients should rest assured that their surgeon will plan each patient’s treatment as an individual, customised decision, keeping in mind not only the medical facts but also taking into account the patient’s lifestyle, personality, finances, and expectations. It should be noted that even eyes with certain conditions (such as keratoconus, retinal degenerations, glaucoma, and diabetes) may be eligible for refractive surgery once their other conditions are under control. In fact, keratoconus patients (or those with otherwise suspicious or irregular corneas) have a full range of options especially for them.

What are the Benefits?Whatever your reason is to get rid of glasses — sportive lifestyle, dreams of joining the army or police, chef’s with foggy glasses, having to change between near, distance, and computer glasses, or simply hating to wake up and first put on your glasses or contact lenses — you can enjoy life without the need to wear glasses or lenses all the time. And if you are the fashion-conscious type, there is no reason you cannot continue to wear statement glasses or coloured contact lenses for the fun of it.

What are the Risks?As with any surgery, risks and complications are possible. With careful planning, uneventful surgery, meticulous post-operative care (by the surgeon and the patient), most patients are extremely happy basically from the moment they get up from the operating bed. In some cases, at times even due to reasons unknown, complications can arise. As long as the patient is aware that there is no such thing as a 100% guarantee or risk-free surgery, complications can be managed with time, treatment or re-operation (enhancement or another type of procedure) if needed. Most importantly, patients need to trust that their surgeon will take care of them as well as possible and that the advice given needs to be taken seriously, from the recommended surgery to post-operative drops to follow-up visits. —lifestyle@timesofoman.com

— Dr Liisa Laakso is medical director and consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Finland Eye Centre. Contact +968 2456 4488.

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A banana a day may keep blindness away

If you love apples, so also love the humble banana. Eating a banana daily is likely to boost eye health and prevent vision-related diseases, a study has found. Researchers have found that bananas have carotenoid — a compound that turn fruits and vegeta-bles red, orange or yellow and are converted into vitamin A, important precursors for eye

health — in the liver. According to previous research, foods con-taining high levels of carotenoids also protect against chronic disease, including certain cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The study showed that banana rich in provitamin A ca-rotenoids may offer a potential food source for alleviating vita-min A deficiency — important for sight. To combat vitamin A de-ficiency, researchers have been investigating methods to boost carotenoids in bananas. Cara L. Mortimer and other researchers from Queensland University of Technology in Australia studied two banana varieties to find out why they make very different amounts of carotenoids. They found that the pale yellow, low-carotenoid cavendish variety produces more of an enzyme that breaks down carotenoids. In addition, another variety stashes its carotenoids in microscopic sacs during ripening, shifting the chemical equilibrium in the fruit so it can make even higher levels of these substances. Bananas are ideal food for young chil-dren and families for many regions of the world, because of their sweetness, texture, portion size, familiarity, availability, conven-ience, versatility, and cost.

Living around green spaces checks diabetes, BPA five-10 minute walk in your neighbourhood park can elevate your oxygen levels but if you aim for overall health, try living amid greenery as it can reduce chronic illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and lipid disorders among the elderly. The find-ings revealed that higher levels of greenness around homes is associated with a significantly lower risk of chronic diseases — a 14-per cent risk reduction for diabetes, a 13-per cent reduction for hypertension and a 10-per cent reduction for lipid disor-ders. “This study builds on our research group’s earlier analyses showing block-level impacts of mixed-use and supportive build-ing features on adults and children,” said lead study author Scott Brown from the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine in the US. The research adds to the evidence that higher levels of greenness is associated with better health outcomes.

One week of sleep loss can hamper ‘good’ cholesterolLack of sleep will not only alter your mood and make your days drowsy, sleep loss can also influence cholesterol metabolism (good cholesterol), affecting blood vessels in your body. Accord-ing to University of Helsinki researchers, genes which partici-pate in the regulation of cholesterol transport are less active in persons suffering from sleep loss than with those getting suffi-cient sleep. This was found both in the laboratory-induced sleep loss experiment and on the population level. The experimental study proved that just one week of insufficient sleep begins to change the body’s immune response and metabolism. “We ex-amined what changes sleep loss caused to the functions of the body and which of these changes could be partially responsible for the elevated risk for illness,” explained Vilma Aho, researcher from the “Sleep Team Helsinki” research group, in a university statement. The study examined the impact of cumulative sleep deprivation on cholesterol metabolism in terms of both gene ex-pression and blood lipoprotein levels.—IANS

H E A L T H N O T E S

Summer is upon us and the moment you step out of the confines of your homes and the air condi-

tioners you feel the intensity of the soaring temperature. While there are plenty of ways to beat the heat why not eat some of the fresh sum-mer fruits to beat the heat. These seasonal fruits and vegetables help us to lower our body temperature, keep us hydrated for long owing to its high water content.

Health experts say that since summer fruits like grapes, peach-es, berries, watermelon, canta-loupe, and citrus fruits like orang-es have high water content and are also packed with essential nutri-ents and antioxidants to boost our health especially during the sum-mer months. Time to incorporate these fruits into your diet.

WatermelonYou can call it a summer staple fruit. Laden with vitamins A and C,

and packed with lycopene, an anti-oxidant that helps in prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease, and also potassium, watermelon is the best fruit to have during the summer months as it keeps our body well hydrated. So sink your teeth into this refreshing, juicy fruit.

CucumberWe all know how important it is to be ‘cool as a cucumber’ in life, the idiom that actually gets its name from the cooling properties of cu-cumber. There are myriad benefits of eating cucumber. While its high water content makes it an ideal summer vegetable, it is known to be very low in calories, carbohy-drates, and fat. It also contains sig-nificant amounts of vitamin B and other minerals, and helps to flush the toxins out of our body.

Citrus FruitsCitrus fruits, including oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and limes,

are among the most cooling of all fruits. They aren’t just refresh-ing but also functions as antioxi-dants and are full of vitamin C. A chilled glass of lemon water helps to cleanse the system.

Cantaloupe Cantaloupe is low in calories and high in potassium. The soft, juicy pulp of cantaloupe is low in calo-ries and since it is 89 per cent wa-ter, it’s ideal fruit for the hot and sticky summer months. Ward off dehydration during summers by having cantaloupe in plenty.

RadishesThe cheap and best way to stay hydrated through food is to eat enough radish. They have a very high water content and are a great source of vitamin C, which has an-tioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. They are also a rich source of potassium, which can help lower your risk of kidney

stones and stroke, and minerals like sulphur, iron and iodine.

MintThe cooling properties of mint and its refreshing aroma makes it suita-ble for summer. Mint is rejuvenating and hence it helps one to feel fresh especially during summer and the ability to chase away sluggishness when the heat soars. They have long been used by herbalists to create herbal teas, balms, ointments and other products, which can soothe your mind and body. Additionally, mint helps relieve both indigestion and inflammation, which can plague us during summer.

PomegranateWhen the sun is wrecking havoc, it is easy not only to lose your cool, but also your energy.

The heat can drain you more than you think, especially if you have a job that keeps you outdoors. — lifestyle@timesofoman.com

Chill Out with Summer Food

Regular Eye Check Up is Must It is important to go for regular eye exam-ination. Eye specialists say that children should have their first eye exam between the ages of 6 and 12 months as early de-tection is vital. Many children face learn-ing problems owing to their visual de-fects which remain undiagnosed if not checked early.

Adults, especially those who are 40 and above should have yearly eye ex-amination. Conditions like macular de-generation in which a part of the retina deteriorates, cataract, and glaucoma are commonly found. If you have a family history of eye related problems, or dia-betic, then it’s all the more important to check your eye sight. Also while going for check up it is essential to keep the op-tometrist or ophthalmologist updated on your medical history. If you have hyper-tension, diabetes or any other conditions do alert your doctor.

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Take a Break from the ComputerNowadays most of us spend almost 6-8 hours in front of our computer screens. So if you working all day on a computer, it is important that you take ample breaks in between. Eye specialists say that every 20 minutes, it is important to look 20 feet away or more for at least 20 seconds which relieves the eye strains. Constantly working on computer causes problems of dry eyes as we tend to blink less when focusing our eyes on the screen.

There are plenty

of simple things you

can do each day to keep

your sight in shape.

Here are a few easy ways.

Be Proactive About Your

EYESProtect Your Eyes from UV RaysWhile we use sunscreen creams to protect our skin from the harmful effects of the UV rays we often forget the fact that UV light exposure can have severe harmful effect to our eyes. So while you are out in the sun make sure to wear sunglasses that has 100 per cent UVA and UVB protection. Choose sunglasses that block 99 per cent to 100 per cent of both UVA and UVB rays. While driving use polarised lenses to reduce glare. Children who play out frequently should also be told to stay away from the direct rays of the sun.

Eating for Good Eye HealthWhile eating a balanced diet is important for our health, the food on our plates also play an important role in protecting our eyes. Food rich in omega-3 fatty acids, lutein, zinc, and vitamins C and E, are essential for good eye health. Green leafy vegetables like spinach and kale, carrots, fish like salmon and tuna, citrus fruits, eggs, nuts, and beans all are essential for good vision.

Quit SmokingSmoking not only affects our lungs, it affects our eyes too. Cataracts, optic nerve damage, and macular degenera-tion can occur if you are a chain smoker. Apart from this, smoking also causes dry eyes, and othet eye inflammation. So stop smoking now and if you had been a smoker so far make sure you go for an annual comprehensive eye examination.

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Masjid. Contact – 97007934 /

92609232

Office space small in Azaiba.

Contact: 99428143

7 B/R en-suite villa for rent/lease

with ac, 1100 OMR per month, loca-

tion: al khuwair opp. safeer plaza

hotel. Contact : 93389107

2BHK at Mawaleh near

Sadiq Al Amin Mosque.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297

Brand new double bed room flats

with two and three toilets, split ac,

elevators available at Al Khoudh

next to Al koudh health center.

Contact 99022675

Available for Rent one Room

with Bathroom and Kitchen in Al

Khuwair (near Sagar Polyclinic),

suitable for Executive Bachelors or

Couples. Contact 99225008

Flat for rent in Ruwi, Mumtaz area

2 bedrooms. Contact: 24291500 /

91409667

Villa for rent in Al Mawaleh be-

hind Al Tawfeer Super market nr

Al Mawaleh facilities - 7 spacious

bedrooms, 7 toilets, 1 big hall, 1

family hall, 1 kitchen & parking,

rent 800/-negotiable.

Contact: 92885889 / 95031133

Office for rent. Contact: 99355330

1000 sqmtrs industrial land for

rent in Ghala suitable for

warehouse workshop etc.

Contact 24700120 / 92584715

1000 sqm Industrial space with

office and accommodation, near

Grand Mosque, Ghala.

Contact: 99364938

2 bed rooms flat with hall,

2 bathrooms in Darsait near

Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 92584715/ 24700120

1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat

Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh

near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297

1 BHK in Azaiba. Contact:

99385835 / 99428143

Flats in Qurum. Contact 94051789

/ 97201688

Quality Warehouses

for rent at Mizfa 550 sqm to 3400 sqm.

Contact 99332291 / 96046951

FOR RENTIN RUWI

1 BHK – SPILT A/C,

BUILT IN WARDROBE

&CENTRALIZED GAS.

SPACIOUS 2 BHK.

Contact :990 49 722

Flat in Wadi Al Kabir 2 bedrooms,

1 living room, 1 family hall, kitchen

& 3 bathrooms. Contact: 99277787

Room for rent in Al Khuwair near

Ibis hotel, very big. R.O 180/-.

Contact: 95724975

DAILY GUIDES U N D AY, A P R I L 2 4 , 2 0 1 6 D3

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

FOR RENT

1100.00 m2 com. & Res. plot at heart

of Ruwi. Contact: 93666944

Excavator Volvo 240 & Hydraulic

Hammers. Contact: 99209427

Fork lift Caterpillar (tool carrier cat

it 28 f) oxy / PDO certified with

excellent condition for sale.

Contact details: gsm: 99332937,

land ph: 24446535

Shop for sale in Mabela Sanayya-3

suitable for any business.

Contact : 96653000

2012 S350L AMG Mercedes special

order 62500 KM asking 21800 Tel:

99423189

Pharmacy in prime location in

Muttrah Souq. Contact: 95803883

20 x40 containers. Contact:

99354909

Dental chair, mobile dental X ray,

instruments, 5 year old, sale for

1000 Rials only in Al Buraimi.

Contact: 92737149

Single colorful Bed and Sofa

for Sale at Al Khuwair.

Contact 92881849 /What`s up No

97290565

Dental Clinic for sale in Seeb.

Contact: 96373097 / 92882209

Coffee shop for sale in Al Khuwair

33. Contact: 92994415

Villas in Al Khoud. Contact 95056808 / 97201688

Luxury Apartments in Boucher

(35). Contact 95056808 /

97201688

Furniture and other treatment

items for Ayurvedic clinic.

Contact 97986525

Steel Scrap materials for im-

mediate sale. Contact 99273774/

99202278

Almost new beach/ garden lounge

chairs /bar stools/ counter. Photos

can be sent 95865457

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rent-

als. Full line, from Tables, Linen

& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,

Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware,

Chafing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to

Large Sound Systems and spec-

tacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606

2222 for Catering and Croyden

9623 5555 for Sound & Light.

ww.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

1 BHK flat for rent in Darsait

Rent - R.O.250/-. Contact no.

99357586,99785068

Fully furnished single room

with sharing dining room (fully

furnished) available for Executive

bachelor in CBD area.

Contact: 99239409

Room for rent at Al Khuwair for

bachelor 115 RO with A/C bed,

Elect + water. Contact: 95190627

Studio type furnished room with

small kitchen, bathroom and big

balcony behind KIMS hospital

Cont 95405033

Rooms available with Kitchen

facility at Ruwi. Contact: 91214897

Sharing accommodation

near ISD. Contact: 99657340

Sharing bachelors accommoda-

tion available in Rex Road, Ruwi.

Contact 94442157

Sharing accommodation one

attached hall, small kitchen, A/C,

Internet R.O 140/- E& W at Al Khu-

wair. Contact: 99382008

Furnished flat near ABA American

School near Madinat Qaboos Rent

R.O 650/- P.M. Contact : 99335100

Furnished single room available

for Executive bachelor or small

family in Walja near Honda Road

Ruwi. Contact 99016546

Big room available with AC,

toilet, Kitchen at Al Hail Highway

roadside preferred south Indians.

Contact: 92968292

Furnish bedroom with attach

bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794

FOR HIRE

Crane trailer, hiab. Contact:

99354909

FH Volvo 40 feet flat trailor avail-

able for rent. Contact: 95120774

For rent Backhoe Loader Volvo BL71

long term. Contact: 99257975

Quality concept trading LLC Crane

rental daily monthly cranes

available for rent at attractive prizes

Contact: 92870992

Flat for rent in Wadi Kabeer near

India Primary School 2B & 1K.

Contact: 92222922

Villa for rent Al Zahiya Muttrah, 5

rooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen & big

compound. Contact: 91163611

New flat at Al Wadi Al Kabir.

Contact: 96130797 / 92130703

Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

2 B, 1Bathroom & 1K in Al

Azaiba (Behind Zubair Showroom).

RO340/- Call: 98989054

Ware houses in Hay Aseem Barka,

11000 m2 near round about new

Beach road at Al Khoud location

open store with office.

Contact 92959129

Flats in Darsait. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Fully Furnished apartments in

Boucher (35) Contact 94051789 /

97201688

Flats in Muttrah. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Offices in Ghala. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Shops / flats available in Honda

Road, Ruwi & Mabellah Indus-

trial area. Contact 24833972/

24833974/ 99367448

Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM

muscat Indian Scoole Dar sate

Tel : 00 968 95158570

Brand new villas in Al Ansab.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Offices & Showrooms in Mutrah.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Duplex villa in QURUM 29.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Offices & Showrooms in Al Khoud.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall

4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3

floor 400. Contact 99420346

2BHK available Mumtaz area

Ruwi. Contact: 99269751

Flats, shops and store for rent in

Ruwi, MBD & Mumtaz. Contact:

97293708 / 92433127

Wanted one room. Contact 98026234

Looking for a villa in Amerat area.

Contact : 95405033

ACC WANTED

WANTED

IELTS Coaching (academic)

required nearby wadi Kabir

area. Please call on mobile or

msg on Whats up. Mobile no:

92927880/99012165

BUYING

Buying cars for cash.

Contact 90202090

Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299

Furnished apartment for rent,

two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.

Near Carrefour al-mawalah.

Contact 99336776

Single room available near Darsait

Lulu. Contact: 92120626

Separate entrance furnished bed-

room with attached bath and kitchen

for Executive bachelor in a villa opp.

Star Cinema. Contact: 99314807

Sharing Accommodation avail-

able for working ladies opposite

Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably

Indians. Room with seperate toilet

and sharing kitchen.RO.90.

Contact 96524717

Small old house for rent in Al

Ghoubra. Contact : 97165972

Single room B/K sharing Mumtaz

area. Contact: 95212017

ROOM for RENT for Filipino, spa-

cious, new building in Al Khuwair

near City Seasons. Water, Wifi,

Electric Included. Call 97728418.

Room for rent with furniture.

Al Bustan village. #93687466

Room available for Executive

bachelor at Al Hail.

Contact 96234708

Furnished room attached bath

for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj

Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near

Mars hypermarket. CONTACT

96202458/96761960

Room with attached bathroom for

a family in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 97167857

Room with attached bathroom and

sharing kitchen available for

Executive bachelor or small family

at wadikabir Contact 93049849

Room available in Mumtaz area

1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1

room, common bathroom. Interested

pleasecontact 92680041 Mr. Altaf

Two modern fully furnished &

Space for printing press available

at wadikabir with or without

machinery. Contact 99328430

A well running pharmacy for

sale at prime location. contact

99627621, 93240949

Urgent sale of steel scrap only

serious buyers kindly contact +968

96725423 for viewing the items.

HD Scaffoldings, Shuttering

Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering

wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift),

Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine,

Steel Fabrication Machinery

(Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding)

including tools for immediate sale:

Contact 99273774/ 99202278

Shop for sale near Oman House,

Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

400 sq mtrs Commercial/Resi-

dential land in Mabela Phase 5

Block 2. OMR 165 Thousand.

Contact 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955

New building Wattayah main road,

showroom & office space.

Contact 94300909

2BHK flat shops / ware house

space available for rent behind

new ROP building at Honda road.

Contact 91165807

2 BHK / 1BHK near Machi Market

Ruwi. R.O 200/- & 225/-.

Contact: 99354771

Furnished office (61M2) for sale

/ rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi

Mosque. Contact: 95611569

2BHK Wadi Kabir R.O 300/-.

Contact: 92144045

Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah

3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen

rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580

2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly

& 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly

new building good location Barka

Market. contact 99342661

2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank

Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK.

97826454, 24815012.

New Rent house in Mabela.

Contact: 99880841/96053220

1 BHK near Medical Darsait R.O

170/-. Contact: 95076261

2,200 sq mtr factory area & 800

sq mtr store with 8 accommoda-

tion rooms and 10 office cabins

available for rent in Barka indus-

trial area. Contact 91398381 / 80 /

78, email - agsan2005@gmail.com

02 BHK residential flat opposite

to Al Nahdha hospital.

Contact: 99342733 /99795241

1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100, 2

bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O 200/-

in AL Khuwair. Contact 95154331

Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C, 2

toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti

Masjid. Contact 97007934 /

92629232

Warehouse at Wadikabir - total

area 3500 sqm - covered ware-

house (500sqm), office, ac-

commodation (1000sqm), open

area (2000sqm) please contact:

99273774 - 99202278

Four bedroom two floors luxurious

and spacious residential villa in

Al Hail North, near to the sea and

Oman oil. Each room has its own

bathroom. It has splits A/C’s and

shaded car park. OMR 750 month-

ly. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955

For rent and investment Land

industrial shops in Rusayl.

Contact: 99323957 / 95490842

Mst Juthi has lost Bangladesh

Marriage Contract Passport No

BE 0011631. Finder please hando-

ver to ROP.

Two bedrooms flat in Al Ghobrah

near Oman Oil of 18 November

Street. OMR 330 Monthly.

Contact 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955.

New flats for rent at Darsait near

to Ministry of Sports, Mumtaz area

the flats includes, 1 living room, 2

bedroom, kitchen, 3 toilets, every

rooms with split A/C high quality

finishing rent per flat is R.O 340/- .

Interested candidates please

Contact 00968 92225523

MV SALE

Prado 2007, Mazda 2000,

lancer 93, 3 ton truck double

cabin. Contact: 99454425

Skip loader Hino 1999 model.

Contact: 99441640

Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2012, expat

owned, company maintained,

125000 KMS, warranty up to 2018,

expected price E 8500.

Contact: 99330509

Honda CRV, 2015, white, expat lady

driven, 9000 kms, No.2 expected

price 10500. Contact: 99330509

Nissan Pathfinder 2012 model.

Contact: 99467005 / 92552328

Forklift caterpillar 5 ton, 2006

model. Contact: 99467005 /

92552328

Hyundai Veracruz 2011 model

for sale, 4 WD color black 7 seater

with engine capacity 3775CC,

automatic – Steptronic with GPS.

Contact 97203784

Nissan sunny, year 2000, km

190k, expat lady driven in good

condition, RO 700 negotiable.

Suzuki alto, year 2008, km 127k,

expat driven in good condition RO

600 negotiable. Call or whatsapp

immediately 968-98898273

LOST

FOR LADIES

Offer!! Treading Gold Facial &

Pedicure just for 10 RO, Al Doom

Parlour Ruwi: # 99619409

DAILY GUIDED4 S U N D AY, A P R I L 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

DRIVER

DOMESTIC HELP

DESIGNER

MEDICAL

MISCELLANEOUS

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ARCHITECT

ADMIN

We are looking for Public Relations

Officer. Contact: 99855604

Urgently requires Hiab Driver & JCB Operator with valid Omani /

GCC driving license,

Mason having 5 years experience.

Contact: 24594868/ Fax: 24593880

Mobile 93210740

Email: info@sajgloballlc.com

Urgently required a Driver.

Contact: 99291154

Wanted driver. Contact: 91025698

Wanted female Muslim cook for fam-

ily at Qurum, visa available.

93387962

Looking for a female fashion

designer to work at Al Bawwab

Textiles in Shatti Al Qurum.

Contact : 94029940

Urgently required Gynecologist& and General Practitioner with MOH

license for polyclinic in Saham.

Contact: 91311990

Urgently required Nurses for Al

Hayat International Hospital : Omani

Female Nursing Assistants, Female

Nurses (Filipino preferred) with

or without MOH license. Contact:

00968 94267068 / 97049520,

Email: pradeep.ratnagiri@

alhayathospital.com

Urgently placement for female Staff Nurse & Pharmacist clinic at Samail. Send CV :

Email: saemomar@gmail.com,

Contact 95498105

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately

for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact 95081010

Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com

Wanted Staff Nurse for

a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC.

Attractive salary offered. Email:

clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com

GP doctor needed for reputed

clinic. Preferably with MOH license

or with Dataflow & Paramatics

pass Contact: 95388934

ENGINEER/MECHANIC.

CATERING

A leading company in the field of

construction Contracting excellent

grade required buildings Engi-neer with min 6 years experience in

Oman. Should have valid Omani driv-

ing license. Candidate should send

C.V to eng08vacancies@gmail.com

Urgently required subcontractor in construction for big projects.

Contact : 99416162

Maintenance Foreman with D/L

electrician cum plumber, CCTV

technician building material sales-

man. Contact: 99383044

Engine cylinder head technician

required immediately for guide

changing, seat changing, seat cut-

ting & valve lapping. call or what-

sapp immediately 968-98898273

Required Hydraulic Mechanic.

Contact 95251213

Pakistani male MBA finance 8

years experience in Accounting

& Finance GCC , D/L on visit visa.

Contact: 95035011

Email: mibm_af@yahoo.com

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in com-

merce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/

finance field. On visit visa. Immedi-

ately available. Contact 92836216 /

muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com -

Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/

India experience looking for a suit-

able placement.#90187483

shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

Accountant 8Years Experience

with D/L and NOC.

Contact 97712084

Senior / Chief Accountant, having 12 years Oman experience

in reputed firms seeks suitable job.

Immediate available.

Contact: 99513082

Part time Accountant up to

finalization audit & assignments.

Contact: 91126314

Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria

University Graduate bachelor of

commerce Diploma of Marketing

professional photographer worked

in PR and social media for 2 years

looking for a job in public relations

media, social media or marketing.

Contact: 99602608

Part-time Accounting up to finali-

zation, Auditing, Taxation and Pro-

ject Finance assistance - 91044655

Qualified and experienced MBA

post graduate with proven work

exposure in Middle East & India,

having more than 5.5 years of rich

experience in accounts , project

coordination and administration in

(3.5 years UAE experience) oil and

gas projects is currently looking

for suitable job. #93953613 , Email

allen.mathew83@gmail.com

Senior Accountant-M. Com,

Finance-Indian with 7 years experi-

ence in Finance & Accounts upto

finalization. Having D/L & NOC. Mob:

94122464, cammk13@gmail.com

Indian male 24 yrs B.Com, Tally-

ERP 9 with one year exp seeking

for suitable placement. #93502127

Accountant Indian male with 7

years up to finalization Tally &

accounts receivable SAP R/3, good

knowledge of payroll having Oman

D/L, NOC. # 00968-93733996

Email: thmsb182@gmail.com

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

B. Tech Mechanical Engineer hav-

ing 3 years experience in mainte-

nance & commissioning experi-

ence in an engineering services

company on visit visa looking for

suitable. Contact 91106765 Email:

tamooraslam123@yahoo.com

Indian male 22, Chemical Engi-

neer residing in Oman looking for

suitable placement.

Contact: 92379181

Engineer I have driving license of

Oman I need job of driving.

Contact: 95980506

D.A.E (civil) Engineer + safety

course (OSHA & IOSH), 5 years

experience in infrastructure work

looking for suitable placemen.

Contact 97658602

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Salesman required for electrical

equipments with driving license

& 5/7 years working experience.

Fax your C.V 24833043 (Jinan

Enterprises)

Urgently Required: Construc-

tion Company Purchaser- with

experience in Oman and with

NOC for immediately join. In-

terested candidates may call us

to our office telephone: 00968-

24696584/24696585 or fax:

00968-24605955 or email us to

sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com

Looking for Salesman with experi-

ence in vegetable and fruits sales,

good conduct, fluent in English.

Should have driving license. Email

CV on: info@eigllcoman.com

Contact - 96339339

Salesman for a printing press.

Contact: 99498949

SITUATION WANT-SIT.WANTED

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Indian male 25yrs, 3+ years

experience in tax & financial

consultancy, Masters in Interna-

tional business, B.Sc (Hons.) in

accountancy & finance, looking

for suitable placement in finance

/ consultancy, posses driving

license can join immediately.

Contact: 95980549

Jordanian Senior Accountant 15

yrs experience in Oman finance &

accounts. Contact : 92881223

Accountant 8 Years experience

with D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084

Chief Accountant well experi-

enced with reputed group availa-

ble for immediate joining. Contact

: 98803439 / 97413784.

Accountant 8Years Experience

with D/L and NOC. # 97712084

Indian male, 24 yrs, Graduated

with specialization in Accounting

2 years experienced C.A.CPT com-

pleted. #94628086 / 97315091

Indian male well experienced in

Accounts ERP, TALLY 9 & Admin

NOC available looking for a suitable

job. Contact: 92650835

A young CA (ACA & ACCA quali-

fied) with 4 years experience in

one of top audit firms in UK & KSA

seeks suitable placement in Oman.

Contact: Kamran: hkamran112@

gmail.com. +44 7480 1196 74.

+968 93595050.

Audit and accounts 5 years

experienced male/25 with SAP,

Tally and peachtree knowledge

available for suitable placement.

97190575.

Male, 33 yrs, 14 yrs experience

in Marketing, finance & accounts

financial services, transaction

processing, investment banking

seeking suitable openings.

Contact: 94697386

Sudanese female Accountant ex-

cellent knowledge, MS Office, can

work under pressure.

Contact: 97200130

Young ACCA finalist with Hons.

degree in applied Accounting from

Oxford Brooks with three years

experience with valid Oman driv-

ing license looking for immediate

placemen. Release NOC Available.

Contact: 92851056

M.Com Accountant three years

experience three star hotel Tamil

Nadu India, immediately available.

Contact: 92831400/96051737

Accountant available with NOC,

7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394

Indian male , 29 B.com ICWA

(pursuing) 7 years experience in

accountant / audit with valid Omani

D/L seeking for suitable placement,

NOC available. Contact: 94706954

Email: ajurn33@gmail.com

Indian CA, Male, 34 yrs, having14+

Yrs exp. in A/Cs, finance, auditing,

consultancy and knows SAPB1,Tally

ERP. Valid Oman D/L .Currently

working in Oman. NOC available.

Contact: 94704800,

Email: omanjobca@gmail.com.

Male Accountant M.Com (finance

& accounts) having 3 years experi-

ence in accounts looking for avail-

able job on visit visa.

Contact: 94648575

Male CA finalist B.Com having 5

years experience with big four

audit firms looking for suitable job

on visit. Contact: 92230543 Email:

m.naveednaseer@gmail.com

CMA & CIA qualified finance

professional with 13 years of me

experience in FMCG industries as

well as various other industries

available for immediate permanent

job openings. Contact: 94543660

ACCA finalist with 2 years of experi-

ence in a Construction Company as

an Accountant in United Kingdom

here on visit visa for 3 weeks from 12

April - 3 May. Contact: 99171627

Part time accountant, up to fina-

lization, looking for job after 5 pm

(location prefer - MSQ to Al Hail).

Contact: 95694737

Filipino Male, 24 Years Old..

looking for job, have experience

in Cargo & Logistics/ Rent a Car/

Real Estate/ Finance & Accounts/

customer service and as Travel

Agent. Hard working and with

good computer and communica-

tion skills having Omani driving

license. GSM: 95370052

ADMIN

Indian looking for customer service, purchase front office

Admin 5 years experience in UAE.

Contact: 91744032

Indian female 26 years MBA (BBA,

BIRLA Institute, Oman) seeking for

full / part time job in Secretary /

Admin / Customer Support / Office

Assistant / HR. Contact: 93241466 /

92767450 Email:

sujasunny2003@hotmail.com

Indian male, 26 yrs experience

(1.5 yr in Oman) in HR/Admin/

Office / Sales seeking suitable

placement, local release available.

Contact 93112346

or sibyambadan70@gmail.com

Indian, 20 years experience in

Oman as personal assistant /

office manager / administrator

seeks change of job with release -

Contact: 99168054,

mbkishore@hotmail.com

Indian male – MBA (HR) & Engi-

neering graduation with total 10

years of experience in HR & Admin

( 3 yrs of Oman Exp.) along with

hands on experience in technical

bid submission for all Government

& PDO tenders ready to join immedi-

ately with NOC. Contact: 91240251/

Email; kvaradhan@hotmail.com

Indian male, 28 MSW, 5 yrs exp

Office Operations, Administration,

Public relation & counseling on

visit visa. Contact: 90652428 /

smbinil@gmail.com

Indian male 25 yrs, MBA HR,BBA.

One Year Administrative/Accounts

experience, looking for suitable

placement, on visit visa

Contact: 90653362

Indian / female, 26 yrs, MBA with

3 yrs experience in HR / Admin

marketing customer relations

currently in Muscat on visit visa.

Contact: 97205038

Email: chandpriya89@gmail.com

Indian Male 19 years (8 Years in

Oman) well experienced in HR

/ Admin in Oil & Gas, Construc-

tion fields with Oman D/L seeks

suitable position. Release / NOC

available call: 92854993.

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+

experience in Administration/HR,

Customer Support, Office Coordina-

tor with good Computer skill, Now

on Visit Visa,looking for suitable

position. Contact: 90196235

Young Omani male have experi-

ence 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK

Helper Supervisor Admin Supervi-

sor, H.R Manager have diploma in

H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking

for H.R position or P.R.O part time

or full time. Contact: 95933288

Indian female with nearly 10 years

experience in administration & HR,

seeking for a suitable placement.

NOC available. Contact: 99242841

B.Com 3 years business process

outsourcing. Contact: 94657273

Teacher female 27 yrs, MCA

5 yrs experience in teaching in In-

dia currently on visit visa seeking

for a suitable placement.

Contact: 96709509

Email: viyannifd@gmail.com

Filipino HRD especialist / material

controller supervisor with 18 yrs

experience looking for suitable job

in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142

/ (+968) 92659817

DRIVER

Architect Interior designers 3d

Visualizer, 8 yrs exp, Indian male,

have Omani D/L available. NOC &

local release. Contact: 92710047

Architectural Draftsmen diploma

in construction technology with 6

years experience in drafting and

detailing as per British standard

in Oman with valid Omani license

looking for suitable opportunity

Noc available. Call 94375897.

Free lance /part time autocad

works (ARCH/ MEP) 2D/3D

PH: 97103168

Piping designer with 14 years

experience working with PDO, OXY

for 10 years NOC available.Contact:

92582356

Revit, Autocad D/man, expected

salary 200 OMR PH :92279784

Supervisor / Cad Draftsman with

Oman light driving license 10

years experience in carpentry

field. Contact: 95962384

Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD

Draftsman with 20 years profes-

sional experience is looking for suit-

able job in Oman. Please Contact:

96489798, (+974) 66653780.

LOOKING FOR SALESMEN

- Required urgently young &

dynamic

- Junior Sales Persons with a

valid

- Oman Driving license for a

reputed printing and graphics

company.

Contact: 96260078 / 96532284

Email: info.alsaj@gmail.com

Looking for Accountant

for Cosmetics Industry

having experience in

retail and inventory.

Contact – 24704636

Email : saadest@omantel.net.om

CANADIAN CO.- FREE CONSULTANCYFOR LEGAL JOB

- For Hotel Staff, Construction Staff, Medical, Gas

& Oil Staff.

- Free recruitment - free tickets, accommodation,

work visa, contract for 2 (two) years.

Contact : 93392630 Send CV on

muslimatservices@gmail.com

Urgent required Outdoor sales 3-5 years of experience in spare part,

Store Keeper 2 years experience,

Accountant 2-3 years experience.

Tel: 24504726 Fax: 24504723

Email: Muscat.supply@gmail.com

Required candidates for following

posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driv-

ing license preferred. Contact

99273774/99202278

Looking for driving job

experience 3 years Pakistani.

Contact: 93804176

8 years experience in driving heavy

D/L (PDO) H2S. Contact: 92091528

Pakistani male seeks job, have

Oman driving license, 6 years expe-

rience in driving. Contact: 96915494

Light Duty Driver looking for job.

Contact: 96250185

Light Duty Driver looking for job.

Contact: 96780325

Light driver looking for job.

Contact: 96798075

Heavy driver available.

Contact: +968 96449233

Temporary light driver.

Contact: 99053510

Light Duty Driver, 3 years 6 months

experience. Contact: 95768440

L/Driver, having 11 years experi-

ence in Oman looking for suitable

job. Contact 96373904

Light driver 9 years experience

looking for job. Contact: 95827886

Looking for a job as driver experi-

ence 9 years in Oman, Language

Arabic / Hindi / English.

Contact: 92517532

Need job for Driving. Contact:

94375896

Light duty driver 4 years Oman

exp seeks placement.

Contact: 98726383

Driver, exp 1.5 years, Language

English, Arabic & Urdu, license

light. Contact: : 96011572 /

94484181

Experience driver looking for job.

Contact: 95113612

Bangladeshi male light driver

exp 16 years need job. Contact:

99165961

Driver 3/6 years experience,

I have 2 years experience out door

sales man in led light, Pakistani,

Oman experience 6 years.

Contact: 94565993 / 92627855

Family driver available.

Contact 92943094

One of a Leading Excellent grade group of Companies is looking for a “Junior Accountant” ( Omani Na-

tionals only ) for their Duqum office.

Interested candidates may send

their CV by email to

mkh.almajali@gmail.com

Required Accountant with

minimum 4 years experience.

Email: telljobs@gmail.com

Indian female MBA in finance

currently on visit visa seeking

suitable placement in Accounts.

Contact: 92896110

Email: anoopodiyan@gmail.com

ACCA member with 6 yrs of

experience in Oman looking for a

suitable job in finance.

Contact: 99284193

Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA

Finance and marketing with IT

skills, 7+ yrs of experience,

Looking for suitable placement.

contact 94879615,Email-

sajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

MBA finance from Pakistan with

4 years experience in Accounts &

finance department currently in

Muscat on family visit visa, 27 yrs.

Contact: 90590037 Email:

numanaslamcfo@gmail.com,

nouman_aslam2006@yahoo.com

10 yrs of Oman experience ca-

pable of handling large accounts,

looking for suitable placement in

senior sales / business develop-

ment position. Contact : 98987654

Cook exp Australia Japanese, Indian, Arabic all kinds of foods

Mediterranean foods & also seek

job with visa. Contact: 96136615 /

91139936

Wanted Male/female Indian cook

with experience in Omani & Indian

food for Omani Family. Visa avail-

able. Contact : Antony 99889459

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

Required Architect Minimum

3 years experience for a reputed

Engineering Consultancy in Mus-

cat. Preference for Arabic speakers.

Contact: 92838840 OR

email- abdul2390@gmail.com

Need salesman with driving

license, having two years experi-

ence. Contact: 92891888

Required marketing / PR manager

for a modern restaurant group in

Oman , proficient in illustrator &

Photoshop charismatic , proactive ,

creative & flexible excellent writing

/ Editing skills degree in relevant

area fluent in English. Send CV to

marketingpr2016@gmail.com

Urgently required Sales Execu-

tives, Operations Executive import

& export, for a reputed freight

forwarding company in Muscat

candidates with Oman D/L and

minimum 2 yrs experience in

similar field preferred. Interested

candidates may send C.V to

recruitment.oman@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

A well known private school is in need of Laboratory Assistant, English, Maths, Science & Kinder-garten teachers. Contact: 96910649

Email: staffing.oman@gmail.com

Parameters required in the fol-

lowing disciplines mathematics

science neighborhoods physics.

Send CV at the following

Email: aleithar@hotmail.com

DAILY GUIDES U N D AY, A P R I L 2 4 , 2 0 1 6 D5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordi-

nator 12 years experience in Oman

in reputed companies, seek imme-

diate Employment. Call: 95244761

Sales & Marketing specialist

with 16 yrs experience in Oman in

MNC retails telecom lubes

construction related industry

handled various projects, holding

valid Oman driving license,

release available.

Contact 96960991

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7

yrs exp seeking suitable placement.

Contact : 99739415 / 92091528

Indian Lecturer M.Phil, M.Com,

MBA DMM , 3+ years of exp in

college & 2+ years exp in corporate

seeks a suitable position.

Contact: 90369540

Email: abilashraji@gmail.com

B.Tech & Diploma in Mechanical

having 3 years exp. in India looking

for suitable job. Contact : 90542737

Electrical B.E.C Engineer Paki-

stani male 24 years looking for a

job. Contact: 94049812 / 92958112

Civil Engineer having 7 years, 8

months experience with driving li-

cense immediately joining having

NOC. Contact : 99294954

Purchaser (construction) with 4

years experience & driving license.

NOC available looking for similar

job. Contact: 98956725

Civil Engineer 8 years experience.

Contact: 90183630

Indian male BE (ECE) having 1 year

experience in Engineering and 8 years

experience in medical transcription

seeking suitable placement currently

on visit visa. Contact: 90658764

Email: princekjohn555@yahoo.com

Diploma of Associate Engineer-

ing in Civil technology 14 years

experience in project of construc-

tion works like buildings, roads, oil

& gas field on visit visa expiry date

11/06/2016 looking for good job in

Oman. Contact: 00968 92161978

Email: qazijahangeer@gmail.com

Civil Eng exp 15 years NOC

available looking job change

Gulf experience over 12 years in

Oman, 8 years experience handled

MOH – project, MOS projects, MOS

– projects. Contact: 98036290,

cmsarasu@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer having 5

years experience in the field of

managing supervising testing &

commissioning of electrical

distribution, transmission &

substation projects.

Contact 92322906 / 90377916

Email: mshameerbm@gmail.com

Indian male 26 B.Tech Civil Engi-

neer 3 year’s 8 months Experience

at building construction. In Oman

2 year’s experience N.O.C available

seeking suitable placement

Contact : 97396269

Email : usmanshaik42@gmail.com

Indian male 23 years, young

dynamic looking for draughtsman

in civil. Contact: 94553406 Email:

choudharyibrahim93@gmail.com

Indian female 23 years Mechani-

cal Engineer with 1.5 years experi-

ence looking for suitable jobs.

Also interested in sale & and mar-

keting. Contact : 94743992

E mail : selveena054@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, 6 yrs experience

with Omani driving license, local

release available. #91693008

An Iraqi civil with more than

30 years experience in (Iraq and

G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C)

available. Contact: 96561306

Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com

Indian male, Mechanical

Engineer having 1year experi-

ence, on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact:97416564,

Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

Building Site Supervisor since

2010 in Oman with Omani D/L

looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 91507828

Indian male, Technical Sales Man-

ager, B.E Mech, with 11 years exp

in Automotive Eng & Industrial

Maintenance with Oman D/L seeks

suitable job. On release to join

immediately – 92880593

An electrical & electronics engineer

awarded from Sunderland University

with an experience in access central

eyewear & rebranding of petard ela-

tions facilities have a valid visa up to

year & half. Contact: 91347567

B.E Mechanical Engineer, 24, one

year experience as Production Shift

Engineer, achieved training on

HVAC Engineering design and has

good hands on software like Auto-

CAD and HAP, presently in Oman

on visit visa, looking for a suitable

placement. Contact:95065955

Email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com

Indian male, 25 yrs,

Accountant, 2.5 yrs in

Finance & Accounts, MBA

Finance & HR, exposure in

SAP, Tally, ERP 9 on visit visa.

Contact 96715420 / 91265020, Email : jijosrgo@gmail.com, simonjosephjc@gmail.com

Egyptian lady have BA in Electri-

cal power & machines & did some

training looking for job in any com-

pany. # 95935181 / 91112193

Graduate Civil Engineer having

19 years Gulf experience seeks

immediate employment in reputed

firms in Muscat NOC available.

Contact: 99446786 / 93251306

Female Electrical Engineer, excel-

lent knowledge, Graduated with

distinction, can work under pres-

sure. Contact: 98133281

Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in

designing, assembling, commis-

sioning execution etc having valid

GCC license too looking for a suit-

able. Contact: 00968-98052942

Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com

HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma

Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over

10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter

(NOC) available), seeking suit-

able placement, Mob:97061817,

Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com

Road Engineer 10 years experi-

ence in Oman. Contact: 91274706

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp

seeks suitable position ina reputed

company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

Structural buildings marine. Avail-

able NOC release.

Contact: 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com

Mechanical Engineer (UK), 4 yrs

exp in technical, Sales Engineer

in Oman having valid GCC license

looking suitable placement. NOC

available. Contact: 97612297

Email: ymirzall@caledonian.ac.uk

Electrical Engineer having 8years

experience with valid driving license

(NOC available) Ph#91293519

Email: nomee987@gmail.com

Indian female M.Tech in VLSI

Design B.Tech in electronics with

valid IELTS score 6.5 now in family

visa experience in teaching & and

admin. Contact: 90195131 Email:

chinj.89@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer M.Tech 2

yrs, experience HAVC firefighting

CAD. Contact: 90150913 Email:

mahmanmechengg@yahoo.in

Mechanical Engineer is looking

for a job vacancy Graduate of Ma-

laysia, 7 years of work experience

in oil & Gas fluent in both Arabic &

English. Contact: 95569430

Electrical Engineer 6 years experi-

ence in Oman experience in MEDC /

projects valid D/L.

Contact: 91249329

Structural Engineer, ME, with 2

yrs exp proficient in ETABS, STAD,

SAFE & Prokon, seeks job.

Contact:050-9984535

Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil

Engg (cert attested) knows auto-

cad revit, salary exp: 250

Ph : 92279784

Sudanese Civil Structure Engineer

3 years looking for job in reputable

company AutoCAD, Etabs, Staad

Pro Omani driving license avail-

able. Contact: 97906770

Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian

male 24 years with 1+years Indian

experience,(Certified in Staad

Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).

Looking for a Suitable position.

Available In Sultanate of Oman

(Muscat) on Visit Visa.

Contact 92835952. E-mail:

mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer (B Tech)

Indian male with 1 year experience

on visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact : 90510800, Email :

muhammedjaseem07@gmail.com

Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+

yrs of exceptional exp in spear

heading strategic planning and

project management initiatives &

executing various high rise resi-

dential & commercial building as

well as roads and highway project

with proficiency in installation,

seeking a challenging position in a

dynamic organization.

Contact 96570891

SKILLED/ UNSKILLED LABOUR

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

S.T.P Operator 20 years experi-

ence in Oman. Contact: 93089468

Indian female master degree one

year experience seeking suitable

placement in any field. #97792820

Email: pnjli.1991@gmail.com

Indian male, 28, post graduate,

6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back

office) & credit control with valid

Oman D/L looking for suitable place-

ments. NOC available.

Contact: 920 66 523

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

Contact: 92475206 Email:

zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

MANAGER

Procurement and Projects Man-ager having 10 years UAE experi-

ence, MBA Graduate with 6 sigma

& CPPM seeking suitable position.

Contact: 90772927

Finance manager 22 years Oman

experience available with NO.

Contact: 91335205/91302906

Purchase/Planning & Logistics

Manager, MBA (Finance), 14yrs.

Oman Exp. with D/L, NOC avail-

able, looking for suitable position.

Contact : 93826090,

jskanchan01@gmail.com

Egyptian male 36 years

Warehouse Manager, 7 years in

Sultanate of Oman, 1 year in UAE,

and 3 years in Egypt.

Contact: +968 97200468 Email:

ayman_mano1979@yahoo.com

MEDICAL

Indian male BE (ECE) having nine

years experience in medical tran-

scription / health care & documenta-

tion seeking suitable placement as

Medical Transcriptionist Insurance

Coordinator or Medical Secretary,

currently on visit visa.

Contact: 90658764

Email: princekjohn555@yahoo.com

Indian female staff nurse with

parametric passed 10 years expe-

rience looking job Muscat regain.

Contact: 95851590 / 91510137

Indian female (MSC – Microbiolo-

gist) seeking suitable job.

Contact 96791162 / 90618567

Indian Bsc Female Nurse with

6.5 years exp, 4 years in KSA.

Passed Oman Pro Metric with 69%,

completed data flow. Presently in

Muscat in visit visa looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact: 94744900, 94742834,

jincyalphonese@gmail.com

Qualified Certified Management Accountant (CMA-USA) and cost and

management accountant (ACMA-

India) with over 25 years experience in

Sultanate of Oman in finance, banking

and administration is seeking a suitable

placement. NOC available.

Contact -95986767

Oman experienced Lawyer

Indian male, BA, Arabic, LLB, MBA

Knows English, Arabic with over 9 yrs in

legal field, now working as a legal

advisor in Muscat, seeks suitable

placement. NOC available.

Contact 97351649, advocatesharaf@gmail.com

INDIAN FEMALE, 23 years, BSC-

CS Diploma in IAD graphics, well

knowledge in computer applica-

tions 6 months experience pres-

ently in Sohar seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 96670907.

Email: ammuch.4@gmail.com

ICSI & B.Com qualified Corporate

Secretary (female) with 2 years

experience handling compliance

of 200 companies in Indian seeks

placement in compliance field or

company incorporation & allied

fields. Contact: 94863182

Email: meghnasunil6@gmail.com

Indian Electronic Technician 5 years exp CCTV, Telephone,

video door phone, NOC available.

Contact: 99803912

Indian female M.Sc Computer

Science seeking suitable placement

in Muscat area. Contact: 98660672

9 years of Software Test Consult-ing and business analysis experi-

ence in various CBS (Core Banking

Solutions) and other Banking

related solution implementa-

tions with deep understanding of

Islamic Banking. Completed CDIF -

CIMA Diploma in Islamic Finance

and ADIF - Advanced Diploma

in Islamic Finance conducted by

CIMA, UK. NOC available. Contact:

manivannanbalaji@gmail.com

GSM: 9393 8086

IT

IT

SALES / MARKETING

PROJECTS

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male (25) MBA / MMS

(Marketing) on visit visa valid UAE

driving license exp 2 yrs sales /

marketing. Contact: 98089262

Indian male, 29 years BSc, Gradu-

ate, with Omani driving license

and 7 years of sales experience in

home appliances, IT products, mo-

bile and traffic safety equipments

currently working on employment

visa, NOC available seeking for

suitable placement immediately.

Contact 97890607

Email: ashrafambar@gmail.com

Indian female, BSc, B.Ed, MBA, Mar-

keting having 3 years experience,

seeks suitable placement in market-

ing field. Contact: 95041134

Email: divya.vini@gmail.com

35 years male, Lebanese holding

British passport, 10 years of experi-

ence in procurement, Omani Govern-

ment tenders, setup marketing plans

& strategies, importing, Organizing

events, management, have car,

NOC available. #94123939

Email: 002015r@gmail.com

Graduate Diploma, 5+ years in logis-

tics operation and marketing / event

management with driving license.

Contact: 92107006

Email: nasir_k4@yahoo.com

Indian male 31, BBA Muscat born,

fluent in English above average

Arabic, experience in Sales, Mar-

keting , customer service sectors

ranging from FMCG to real estate,

with NOC, seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact: +968 93870938

Experience Sales Executive

Muscat 13 years, KSA 9 years, with

Oman driving license & KSA.

Contact : 93508287 / 90701036

Sales experience of 2 years driv-

ing license diploma holding in

wireless networking. Interested in

Marketing, Accounts and

Salesman. Contact: 98668151

Wants a suitable job as Salesman

& have driving license. Wants a job

with good salary & have 6 years of

experience & can speak in English,

Arabic and Hindi.

Contact 94162434

24 years experience Sr. Manage-

ment professional as Profit centre

head. Industry electrical trade

looking for a suitable position in

Oman / UAE. Contact: 91195418

Email: ab_9616@rediffmail.com

Indian male 29, BHM, 3 yrs exp

in Oman in sales with D/L NOC.

Contact: 92594055

Indian male 23 years BSc Com-

puter Science on visit visa seeking

job opportunities for suitable

placement. Contact: 92740543

Email: aneep93@hotmail.com

Indian male B.com 10 years expe-

rience in Oman stores & ware-

house, immediate job with NOC.

Contact: 95192733, email:

sammathew2004@yahoo.co.in

26 yrs Indian male MBA Market-

ing Sales / Marketing Executive,

3 yrs experience now available

in Muscat on visit visa seeking

placement for immediate joining.

Contact: 95978874

Email: ansariafsar550@gmail.com

MBA (Marketing) Sales & Mar-

keting Executive with 4 years of

experience in Sales & Business De-

velopment in FMCG sector is look-

ing for best opportunity in Muscat

at present available in Muscat on

visit visa. GSM:95840153.

Mail: akbarshareef786@gmail.com

Indian male 37 years MBA

graduate in marketing with 9yrs of

experience in UAE in field of brand

promotions & marketing with UAE

D/L on a visit seeking suitable

position. Conatct 95792820

Indian B-Com Graduate 1 year

Experience in market survey, Valid

Driving License, looking for any

suitable post. Contact: 92567020

/ 96930392, shwayanad@gmail.

com

Indian male, M. Com, 11 years

experience in the field of account-

ancy and Stores. Good knowledge

in SAP, Tally, oracle, MS office and

Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733

Senior Accountant, NOC avail-

able, more than 5 years exp., born

& bought up in Oman, Account-

ing upto finalization, computer

skills tally9, Sage ERP ACCPAC

500(6.0A), Vcams, Audit ,valid

Oman driving license, lan-

guages known English, Arabic,

Hindi. Can join immediately.

Tel: (+968) 96339599, E-mail-

(ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com)

23 years male experienced in trav-

el & admin immediately available

for appointment. NOC available.

Contact : 93253759

Indian male, M.Com, 7 years

Oman experience in the field of

accounts and valid oman driving

license & NOC . Good knowledge

in SAP, Tally, oracle, MS office and

Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733

Indian male 42, BE-Civil 13 years

experience in Road construction.

looking for suitable placement.

having valid Oman driving license.

Contact: 95225214, Email:

Sudheerrokkala73@gmail.com

Safety Officer 3 years of expe-

rience in safety certifications:

BE (Electrical and Electronics

Engineering),NEBOSH, IOSH, DHSE,

first aid. Contact +97474018995,

email:midhunmich@gmail.com

skype:midhunmike

HSE Engineer, Indian male, 4

Plus years experience in Oil & Gas,

Working in Shclumberger,

NEBOSH,IOSH, & NDT Certified,

M Tech in HSE.

CONTACT-krish.569@gmail.com

Mobile- +91 9867016808

Indian female 27 yrs, Diploma in

Aviation & Hospitality manage-

ment, seeking suitable placement.

Curnetly in Oman, NOC Available.

Contact 94880684

Indian Male 28 years, Mechanical

Engineer (Diploma) with 2 years’

experience, Automobile ITI NCVT,

CSWI-BGAS Painting QC Grade-2,

NDT Level-2, ISO Lead Auditor QA

(IRCA), Piping QC & Isometric Draw-

ings, WPS & WPQR, available on

Visit Visa, looking for a suitable job.

Contact: 90653733,

libinthomaslt@gmail.com

The Business Development Man-ager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years

Inside and outside Oman following

activities: construction(Very strong

and qualified to bringing business

for civil work Or any type of the

construction work for many million

per year with a good experience in

pricing and collect payment and

cash flow & marketing projects &

investments & tenders & real estate.

Contact :- 92385033

Bachelor in Hotel Management

Having 13 years experience in

Catering Industry in all aspects of

Operations with D/L looking out for

a suitable placement. #90654826

Email: mailingsaikiran@gmail.com

Indian Female on a visit visa hav-

ing master degree seeking suitable

placement in any field, 1 ,5 year ex-

perience in HR .#+968 91467576.

Indian Female, M.Sc Computer

Science, Seeking suitable place-

ment in Muscat Area.

Contact : 98660672

Indian male network cabling tech-

nician (19-years Gulf experience)

seeking for suitable placement.

Contact 0091-8089909265 (India),

E mail: mohithavp@gmail.com

Indian female, MBA, Diploma in

Aviation & Hospitality mgt (IATA),

having 4 yrs of exp, on family visa

seeks job in Oman.

Contact-9910 4529, 95679557,

e-mail-jkramya91@gmail.com

Pakistani male having 7 years ex-

perience in General Salesman hav-

ing valid D/L Looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 97216830

Email: asim-samb5@yahoo.com

9 yrs exp Site Engineer in Civil &

Shade Structure. 2d, 3d draughts-

man (HOLDING OMANI DRIVING

LICENSE) seeking job.

Contact: 93790601

Civil Engineer (B.Tech) Indian

male 24 yrs having 1+ year experi-

ence in Industrial construction

with good communication skills

and software knowledge, look-

ing for suitable position available

on visit visa. # 968 - 99779538 /

98694939

Email: arunsathyan92@gmail.com

Engineer with 4 years experience

in Oman in telecom operations

looking for a suitable opportunity

have valid driving license inter-

ested in marketing also.

Contact: 98513495

Pakistani male Diploma Civil En-

gineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling &

mega projects, valid license Oman.

contact:98921022

NDT / QA / QC Supervisor / Radi-

ographer DAE Mechanical piping-

vessel LPG Bozer Storage tank

inspection experience 10 years.

Contact 96954202

Email: nasirarain86@yahoo.com

Electrical Engineer Indian male

30 years, having 5 years of experi-

ence in industrial automation

& utility maintenance in Indian

(MRF Tyres) holding valid Oman

D/L. Contact: 92789995 Email:

akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

Male QC inspector Mechanical,

NDT 20 years experience valid

Oman D/L , release available.

Contact: 91001104

B. Sc Civil Engineer 27 yrs, Oman

experience as Project Manager,

Structural Engineer looking for suit-

able placement. NOC / local transfer

available. Contact : 99349578

Email: farooqatm@hotmail.com

Indian male B-tech 8 years expe-

rience as senior electrical project

engineer / QC engineer on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94094543

Email: anwar425@gmail.com

An Electrical engineer with 4+

yrs of experience in Electrical

network (MT, LT) with professional

computer skills seeking for work.

Contact: 99841736 / 93955381/

+149922698343 Email:

e.kmmh@hotmail.com

Electrical & Electronics Engr, knows

autocad & revit. PH:93837973

HSE OFFICER, having 9 years

experience in construction.

GSM 97035591

Email - ajeeshvr.ajeesh@gmail.com

Indian female MCA & BSc Physics

Graduate, holder of valid driving li-

cense, seeking suitable placement

in IT or Administration.

Contact: 99466062

B.Tech (IT) experience in Network-

ing server & desktop management

in corporate environment looking

for suitable placement.

Contact: 92954613

Omani 26 (M) Seeks placement

6 yrs experience IT specialist.

Contact 99025044

IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years

in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact 94672759

Female 24 yrs, 3 years in IT pro-

grammer now in Oman looking for

suitable job. Contact: 96350234

Indian Female, 24 Years - MSc

Biotechnology. Worked in Inter-

national Crops Research Institute

For The Semi Arid Tropics for pro-

ject work as trainee. Looking for

suitable job. Mobile: 92619048,

Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

Tea boy looking for job Name: Man

Bahadar Contact No. 97859837

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

LAND SURVEYOR: Male, more

than 12 years’ experience in land/

pipe line surveying in Oman and

UAE. Looking for suitable place-

ment. NOC available. #91215843

ELECTRONICS ENGINEER Indian/

male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics &

Communications,ITI,1.7 Years

experience as Service Technician

in India, on visit Visa, looking

For a Suitable Placement.

Contact :92794176 ,

E-mail: prathyushkp9@gmail.com

Marketing Communications Coordinator Indian, 25 years GCC

experience in Media, Advertising

& Marketing ATL + BTL

branding. Contact: 93031168

Email: arn14256@gmail.com

Indian male physiotherapist with

3 years of experience, with (moh

license and NOC available. seeking

suitable placement.

Contact 99767528, 91317863

Indian, 32 years, passed M.A.

English M.Sc Psychology, DHM &

B.Ed in English with 4 years ex-

perience seeking for part time or

full time job. Contact: 99869535

Email: sahadkeyi33@gmail.com 27 years old Indian male looking

hospitality jobs in Hotel. Experience

in customer service, front desk,

housekeeping supervisor, captain,

cashier,guest relation manager.

Contact. +968-90351742Email.

samubaid6@gmail.com

27 yearsold Indianmale looking

Jobs in documents Collection ex-

ecutive.Experience in collection ex-

ecutive. Contact. +968-90358068

Email wasimsaif04@gmail.com

Indian female, M.Sc Computer

Science, Seeking suitable place-

ment in Muscat Area.

GSM : 98660672

Indian male, 26 years old BA

Graduate having 1 year experience

in accounts finance field. Looking

for suitable Job On visit visa

immediately available.

Contact 9565 9415

Anishkhan991867@gmail. Com

ELECTRONICS ENGINEER Indian/

male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics &

Communications,ITI,1.7 Years

experience as Service Technician

in India. On visit Visa, Looking For

a Suitable Placement.

Contact :92794176,

E-mail:prathyushkp9@gmail.com

B.Tech, MBA currently work-

ing in India in Bank. Contact:

+918939857146

Email: sebimathew87@gmail.com

Pakistani male 23 years old ex-

perience in travel agency - ticket-

ing looking for a suitable job, NOC

available. Contact: 93253759

Accountant cum cashier available.

Contact: 98002428

Indian with 3 years for experience

in sales and marketing fluency in

English, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil and

Malayalam looking for suitable job.

Also hold valid Driving License,

currently in oman Mob : 93451439

HSE Engineer, Indian male, 4 Plus

years exp. in Oil & Gas, Working

in Shclumberger, NEBOSH, IOSH,

& NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE.

#krish.569@gmail.com,

Mobile- +91 9867016808

Indian male Physiotherapist with

MOH license and NOC looking for

suitable job. Contact: 92617235

Indian Male, 40 Years, B. Com,

having 10 years experience in

Oman, Tally &ERP- looking for

suitable placement ( Local release

and Oman driving license

available. Tel- 92469789

Indian Male 42 year’s, MBA, Sr.

Material controller having 12 years

experience in Oman with reputed

companies. Having Oman driving

License, Seeks suitable replace-

ment immediately. Available NOC.

Cont. 00968-92944026, Email –

charanjeet35@yahoo.co.in

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN Indian/male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics

& Comm,1.7 Years experience as

Service Engineer in India. On visit

Visa, Looking For a suitable place-

ment. Contact : 92794176

E-mail:prathyushkp9@gmail.com

Indian male Executive Secretary

having vast experience in admin,

logistics & procurement well versed

with computer seeks suitable

placement. Contact 99514286

Indian male Kerala, B.com & B.PE.

Currently on visit visa, looking for

a suitable job in Accounts, Store

keeper etc. Ready to join as early as

possible. Contact:-93301023,

email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

Female Dentist with MOH license

and NOC, 7 years experience 2 yrs

out of them in Oman looking for a

job. Contact 97401243

Electrical diploma Engineer

Indian male 22 years, 2 years

experience in control panel contact

93047707 adilm89@gmail.com

IT System Administrator 6 yrs

experience, male, Filipino Desk-

top, Laptop and printer Support,

Backup administrator, Router and

switch Network, Server Adminis-

trator. +968 94134295

Female dentist with MOH license

and NOC ready to join 7 years

experience 2 of them in Oman.

Contact 97401243

Indian male 28 years B.com, MBA

4 yrs experience in accounts /

finance currently in Oman on visit

visa looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact: 93460277

Email: shineraj786@gmail.com

Having 10 years exp. in Admin &

HR in reputed companies. Pres-

ently working in Muscat and seek-

ing for suitable placement.

Contact No.: 97693456. email :

muralimahdav77@gmail.com

Indian Male 42 year’s, MBA, Sr.

Material controller having 12 years

experience in Oman with reputed

companies. Having Oman driving

License, Seeks suitable replace-

ment immediately. Available NOC.

Cont. 00968-92944026,

Email – charanjeet35@yahoo.co.in

Pharmacist M. Pharm working in

Oman for 2 years with MOH license

Data flow completed. #98399415

NOC available, Indian Male - MBA

(HR) and B.E (E.I.E) with total 9

years of experience in HR & Admin

and Business Development (3 yrs

of Gulf exp.) can join immediately -

91240251 / kvaradhan@hotmail.com

M. Sc Computer Science – 2 year

Experience – in India, looking suit-

able Placement. Email:-elvisgt6@

gmail.com, Mob:-+91 9497482305

(INDIA), Oman:-98291626.

Indian, 30 years, B. Com with 2

years Oman experience in Tally

ERP-9 available in Muscat seeking

suitable positions. # on 95186652

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN Indian/male/24Yrs,Bsc.Electronics

& Comm, 1.7 Years experience as

Service Engineer in India, On visit

Visa, looking for a suitable place-

ment. Contact : 92794176,

E-mail:prathyushkp9@gmail.com

Sudanese male, 5 years experi-

ence in warehouse management

and logistics services#90644186

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

B-tech Civil with honours, Civil En-

gineer (structures) Experience more

than six years. #91431483. Email

mohsinyousuf86@rediffmail.com

HSE Engineer,Indian male, 4 Plus

years experience in Oil & Gas .Work-

ing in Shclumberger NEBOSH, IOSH,

& NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE.

CONTACT-krish.569@gmail.com

contact +91 9867016808

PART TIME ACCOUNTANT avail-

able, well experienced in account-

ing up to finalization. knowledge in

tally also. contact. 92643875

Chief Accountant 25 years

experienced looking for part/full

time accountant job.

Contact: 95598477 / 98803439

Indian Pediatric consultant, md

with 20 years experience and wife

gynecologist md with 15 years plus

experience seeking opportunities

with reputed hospitals in Muscat.

deemaild@gmail.com

14 years experienced light driver

with valid Oman license looking for

suitable job. Contact 99442481

Indian male: 24 years, diploma

in computer science and B.E(CSE)

having experience in hardware and

networking seeking for the suitable

job. Contact: 91170912, Email id:

sales2@witoman.com

Indian male auto cad draughts-

man (civil) 8 years experience,

seeking for part time job. mobile

no: 0096899070584. email:

remluvp@gmail.com

Civil Engineer (roads and struc-

tures) Education B. Tech Civil

Engineering with honours

experience more than six years.

Contact no 91431483 ,Email

mohsinyousuf86@rediffmail.com

Indian male 6 years exp in differ-

ent field, with valid Oman driving

license. Languages known Hindi,

English, looking for any job(Driver

for executives). Contact 98696795

HSE Engineer,Indian male, 4

Plus years Experience in Oil &

Gas .Working in Shclumberger.

NEBOSH,IOSH, & NDT Certified,

M Tech in HSE,

contact krish.569@gmail.com

Mobile- +91 9867016808

Indian male Network cabling tech-

nician ( 19-years gulf experience)

seeking for suitable placement.

Contact : 0091-8089909265 (In-

dia), Email: mohithavp@gmail.com

Experienced B.Com graduate +

IATA Diploma holder looking for

Accounts/Admin/Travels related

job. Mob. 91142997. NOC available

.

Indian male B.A degree & diploma

in hotel management with 16 years

experience as restaurant & catering

manager in Oman & Saudi with V/L

Oman D/L seeks suitable placement.

Contact : 92100141

MBA Graduate (Indian male 26

years) having 2 years experience

in Qatar as admin assistant looking

for suitable placement.

Contact 93041141 Email:

mahinmehboob@gmail.com

Indian female, MBA with 9 yrs of

experience in finance & procure-

ment currently on family visa

looking for suitable position in

finance & supply chain.

Contact 95622568

Draughtsman, 15 years’ experi-

ence, Indian male currently in

Oman looking for suitable position.

Gsm – 95358115, 96977289,

Email : pillairp41@gmail.com

Indian Female living in Ghubra -

Muscat near Emirates Shopping

Center. 20 years of experience in

Teaching. Able to handle all sub-

jects till grade 6. Need suitable job.

Contact- 94406552

Indian male,16 years Oil & Gas

experience ( Down Hole Tools ),

3 years in Oman, Dip. Mechanical

Engineer, Having D/L and NOC.

Email – jajisuni@yahoo.com,

Mob : 965 956 18.

PROCUREMENT OFFICER, Indian-

Male 34yrs,M.Com with 14 yrs

work Exp.(8 yrs in Oman) work-

ing in Construction Co LLC( for

ROAD,CIVIL,ELECTRO-MECHANI-

CAL & Others Projects ) and having

valid LT D/L, NOC available & ready

to join within a month-

M:94064650,

Email: nagauae@gmail.com

Bangladeshi Male, Univer-

sity MA, Working as Store

In-charge cum Logistic Manager

in Muscat; searching better job.

Phone:91997605. email:

mohamednazrulislam2@gmail.com

8 plus years of experience in

Events /Marketing Communica-

tion /conferences / Trainings /

Media representation. Having UAE

D/L. seeking Suitable Placement:

Contact: 95792820.

suheal.ma@outlook.com

Indian Female, 24 MA Eng. Litr

with 2 yrs experience in teach-

ing & 14 months in Administra-

tion cum Secretary, Currently

on visit visa, seeks suitable job.

Contact: 92613704/99260702,

Email:rohinis2010@gmail.com

Female Junior Architect Gradu-

ated from School of Planning & Ar-

chitecture, Vijayawada. Excellence

in Autocad, Sketching & Model-

ling. Internship - KHAM Designs,

Bangalore. Presently with Atulya

Architects & Associates. Email

saatvika.frozenmusic@gmail.com

#00968-94057427.

Indian Male,Kerala,B.COM & B.PE

having 13Years of Physical Educa-

tion Teacher experience. Currently

on visit visa Looking for a suitable

job. Contact:- 968 94106834.

email:-akhilrajkj@gmail.com.

14 years experience in 5 star hotel

as sales manager in UAE & INDIA

on tourist visa looking for suit-

able opportunity please contact

91305978

Indian male with 1 yr exp looking

for job in I.T as Web developer,

presently in Muscat on visit visa.

#92312978

Admin Assistant. Having 5 years

experience in admin department

in reputed companies, presently

working in Muscat (NOC Avail-

able). GSM. 00968-98404122,

Email - panduru.jeevankumar@

gmail.com

Indian Female on a visit visa hav-

ing master degree seeking suitable

placement in any field, 1 and half

year experience in HR .

Contact : +968 91467576

.

Indian male, 8.5 yrs experience,

B.Com Graduate with GCC exp &

valid driving license looking for

better job opening in Muscat.

Contact: 92609935 / 94771365

2 years experienced male seek-

ing job related to safety. M. Tech

in HSE, MSc in Environmental

Science and IOSH certified.

#94653264

Sri Lankan Male 34 BSc. (Physics)

5 years experience as a site man-

ager and administration supervi-

sor in Oman with valid D/L looking

for a suitable position. contact

99153061 or

v.chandramohan@yahoo.co.uk

Indian male 37 YEARS, BSC

COMPUTER SCIENCE having More

than 8yrs of experience with well

exposure in PDO, DALEEL & OXY as

IT SUPPORT /

DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER.

Seeking suitable placement.

Contact rangaraj_vck@yahoo.co.in

/ 968-99758320

B.Com Graduate with 4 year expe-

rience as an Accountant in Oman.

Also have Oman Driving License.

Best fluency in English, Arabic,

Hindi& Malayalam. Looking for

Job. Currently in Oman. #+968

93943448, murshid4u@gmail.com

Diploma(Electrical Engineering)

From Government polytechnic.Age

27years, 6 years Experiance in Main-

tenance, troubleshooting and man-

aging and Technical in substation as

a Electrical Engineer. Seek suitable

placement. GSM- 92995899,

(a.abbas31@gmail.com)

MBA Indian male 2 years experi-

ence in firefighting & security sys-

tems sales & marketing. Seeking

suitable job. Contact – 90634050

Mechanical Engineering 6 years

experience. contact 00968-

998907110091 - 9841867534

Email:sayed.fortuner88@gmail.con

Sr Material controller, having

13 years experience in material

controlling in reputed companies.

Presently working in Muscat (NOC

Available). # 00968-92944026,

Email charanjeet35@yahoo.co.in

DRIVING

NRI

INDIAN RAILWAYS

Ticket Reservation

Hotel & Bus Tickets

Star Travel92820665 / 24711734

1 B/R - 890 S.FT fully furnished

flat at Best Western Quepem.

Contact: 97094797

MANPOWER

Indian/male (25)/ MBA/2 years

experience in channel sales and

distribution management. on visit

visa. available for immediate join-

ing. Contact: 96914068, E mail:

mailanasap@gmail.com

32year Indian Male MSC,MBA-HR

having 8yrs Exp(HR / Payroll /

Admin) with Oman valid DL. Seek-

ing suitable opening in Human Re-

source, Payroll & Admin/ backend

jobs. Contact: 99322978

6 YEARS EXPERIENCE HR/Fi-

nance Indian female[29Years]

MBA. On family visa, Seeking

suitable placement-93908191,

email:aswathi.wnd@gmail.com

Indian Female Electronics System

Eng. UK Graduate. Programmer

Micro Controller Robot, Eng. Analy-

sis, Instrumentation & Control,

Eng. Projects, Integrated Circuit

Eng., Electrical and Fluid Drives,

Analogue Electronics, Wireless

Systems. Seeking suitable post.

Contact: 97848075,

s.dinesh1508@gmail.com

Indian, BE Mechanical Engi-

neering with 1 yr exp as service

Engineer, looking for suitable posi-

tions. Contact-90637918,

E mail: aquasharath@gmail.com

Senior Accountant, 5 yrs Oman,

10 yrs UAE experience in manu-

facturing & construction valid

D/L immediately available. Email:

irfan_syed2000@hotmail.com,

call: 95389018

Commercial or Operation Manager

18 yrs in Oman – finance, purchase,

sales, HR & Admin exp. #99044724.

E mail: srjobsinoman@yahoo.com

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TOURS

TOURS

RENT A CAR

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP

specification for monthly rent &

small car with driver.

Contact: 99839898

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours contact 98029602,

92808636

We arrange tours & accommoda-

tion at all the beautiful places in

Oman. Contact 99839898

Moon Travel L.L.CSaudi Arabian Government approved agent

Contact: Tariq Al Balushi - 99218069 Ahmed Maseehuddin - 99353611, O ce: 24790746/24706217

Umrah Package by Road & AirBus Departures- Apr 19, May 03, 17 & 31.2016

Ramadan Schedule - Jun 06, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26 & 30.2016

RENT A CARBest Rates for Saloon

Contact: 97869042 / 95730550

sales@modernreem.com

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation available on rent

10 ton Hiap Trailers.

Contact 94207475 / 95649231/

97982842

Transportation. Contact: 95190627

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact 92015894

Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Transportation. Contact

94087276

Transportation required from

Qurum to WadiKabir at afternoon

only 1 PM. Contact - 99012165

SITUATION WANTEDBUSINESS

Investment RequiredMinimum OMR 500,000 to transfer

5 Excavators big + 5 Tippers 2015

Astra, working on good profitable

Excavation projects. Assured

income 36 %.

98867530 / 99120532engrfaheem@hotmail.com

A well developing, beautifully designed, villa project in Kerala

needs an investor as partner. original

land. clear documents. high returns

guaranteed. please call 0091-

9447433853/8086793717

Investment opportunity for

lucrative building and decorative

product. Contact: 99421513

Email: borderlineomn@gmail.com We are looking for training license

training business to buy.

Contact: 97100419

Email: trainingsmuscat@gmail.comMATRIMONIAL

MATRIMONIALTamil Hindu Brahmin Iyer/boy, parents invite proposal for their

only son 25 yrs / 6.1 ht / B.Tech

(NIT), MBA (IIM), EX- ISM student,

employed MNC Bangalore star Ut-

tira Thdhi seeks suitable alliance

fom Iyer/Iyebger families.

Parents in Oman

Contact: 98288925 / 92264915

30 yrs, Kottayam working in Saud

Bahwan Automotive L.L.C Oman.

Contact: 93049433 / 99613914

Nair boy Alleppy dist, 25 Revathy

175 Cm, B.E Mech 3 yrs in Oman as

planning Engineer seeks alliance.

Contact: 94232342

Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in

Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites

parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact 968 98267338, 0091

9287215726

Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from

widow/ divorcee/ single.

Contact 96059801.

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pain, backache, paralysis, mas-

sage, steambath, obesity, Spondy-

litis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic,

18 November Street, Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320

Ayurvedic treatment for back-

ache, paralysis, arthritis etc

& massage, All Season (Vaid-

yaratnam).Contact:24475280 /

95371664 / 92504980

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FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to

know more about Islam, please

call: 99425598, 99250777,

99353988, 99253818, 99341395,

and 99379133. For ladies:

99415818, 99321360, 99730723

Orvisit:www.islamfact.com

CATERING SERVICES We do industrial catering

service, Canteen / mess,

3 times packed meals and

all types of catering events.

Contact: 92188777 / 99249899 SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SITUATION WANT-SERVICES

SITUATION WANT-SERVICES

We do building maintenance all

kind of works. Contact 99247663

A/C maintenance & servicing,

fridge, washing machine & dish

washer repairing, painting & clean-

ing services, electrical & plumbing.

#99447257 / 97014234 / 24504281

Water proofing ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

PEST CONTROLAL TABA SERVICE LLC

Ants, Rodent, & cleaning On monthly,

Harmless & Odourless

100% Professional A ordable Rate !!!

CALL - 91464586

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Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC

Contact 99344723

House shifting. Contact 99708138

Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.

Ocean center LLC.

Contact 99344723

Muscat Driving School established

for over 15 years drive safe with

MDS. Meet our professional friendly

Instructor. Contact: 99773651 /

95840670 Sohar 26844412 Ruwi /

Darsait 24781123 MGM 24399951

AL Khudh 24536348

CAD drawings Archi/ MEP CAD –

comply BIM. Contact: 91233975

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services electric,

plumbing and A/C. Contact:

96524904 /94285064

Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC

Contact: 99344723

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QA-

BAS- 99320217 /24788722

Cleaning Services, Sofa, carpet

shampoo old house or new house.

Contact: 92179395

All MEP & Civil shop drawings.

Contact : 93070771 Email :

designjob2014@gmail.com

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-ter-

mite treatment, general cleaning

painting,Plumbing, Electrical,

shifting. Contact Mundhir

Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.

Contact: 24810137, 99450130

Window & split unit A.C servicing &

repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split & window unit A.C servicing

& maintenance. Contact 96236476

Split & widow unit A.C servicing &

maintenance. Contact 93769089 /

95323517

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. contact 24793614/

99314807

Split & window A/c servicing &

maintenance. Contact 93769089 /

95323517

Split & window A/c installation &

maintenance specialist package &

ducted units. Contact 98667326

House Shifting Packing. Contact:

99657644 / 98518013

Split A/C servicing R.O 10 only.

Contact: 94217681 /99210141

SITUATION WANTEDEDUCATION/CLASSES/COMP./WEB.

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English

class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi

earn in two monthstion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

Karate and self defense classes at

Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per month

twice a week Monday and Tuesday 6.

30 TO 7. 30. PM. # 98294551

WEB, ERP and Business Intel-

ligence (BI) creation and man-

agement at rock bottom price.

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