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Oman Down’s Syndrome frequency causes concern

SARAH MACDONALDsarah@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Ruiya Al Habsi and Zaid Al Jabry are best friends.

They visit each other’s homes often and like drawing, listening to music, and playing games, often joined by their other brothers and sisters. Ruiya loves the movie Fro-zen and she loves getting dressed up. Zaid loves dancing.

In most ways, they are like any other children in Oman. But life is a little more challenging for these two, as they were both born with Down’s Syndrome.

The global rate of Down’s Syn-drome is approximately one in every 800 live births, but accord-

ing to the Oman Down Syndrome Association (ODSA) the rates in the Sultanate are much higher: 1 in 380.

There are just over 1,400 chil-dren with Down’s Syndrome in Oman, including 13-year-old Rui-ya and 12-year-old Zaid.

Down’s Syndrome (DS) is a genetic condition caused by the presence of an extra chromosome, 47 in total instead of 46.

This causes delays in both phys-ical and intellectual development, but given proper early interven-tion, which both Ruiya and Zaid were lucky enough to have, people with Down’s Syndrome can be-come independent and be active members of society.

“We don’t treat our kids any dif-ferently. Zaid doesn’t seem him-self as any different, and I don’t think Ruiya does either,” said

Fatma Al Barwani, Zaid’s mother and a member of the newly inau-gurated ODSA.

She said that throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) the rates of Down’s Syndrome are much higher than the inter-national average.

For example, estimates for the UAE are 1 in 319 births; in Kuwait estimates range from 1 in 350 to 1 in 581; in Saudia Arabia from 1 in

427 to 1 in 546. Yet little research has been done

on why this is the case. In Western countries Down’s Syndrome is most prevalent among children born to mothers who are over 35, but this isn’t the case in the GCC, where there are very young moth-ers who give birth to children with Down’s Syndrome.

High ratesSome assume that the high rates of Down’s Syndrome in the GCC are because of consanguineous marriages, but Fatma says this hasn’t been proven either.

Ruiya’s mother, Zuwaina Al Barwani, said two studies have been done in Oman but their re-sults were inconclusive.

“It might be something to do with environment but they didn’t come up with anything exactly conclusive,” Zuwaina said.

Zuwaina is also a member of the ODSA, which was launched on March 21 with the aim of pro-viding early intervention and as-sistance to help children with Down’s Syndrome function as independently as possible in so-ciety. She said the local rates of Down’s Syndrome in Oman reveal the need for the association. “As an association we can open up the centre, turn it into a mini school for children with Down’s Syn-drome,” explained Fatma, adding that the ODSA would be able to fundraise, hire specialised teach-ers, and raise more awareness of Down’s Syndrome, too. >A6

Though the global

rate of Down’s

Syndrome is

approximately one

in every 800 live

births, the rates in the

Sultanate are almost

double at nearly

1 in 380

RAISING AWARENESS: There are just over 1,400 children with Down’s Syndrome in Oman, including

13-year-old Ruiya and 12-year-old Zaid. - Photo: Sarah MacDonald

FAHAD AL GHADANIfahad@timesofoman.com

Muscat: On its official twitter ac-count, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has asked the public to report anyone misusing the traditional dress of Oman or the local fashion.

The call came after the ‘Masar’, the traditional turban was seen in the market with a football club logo. The ministry has warned companies against the use of such sartorial practices, saying that it would confiscate such items and take legal action.

Using traditional products such as Omani traditional attire and merchandise, imported or locally produced with a football club logo is a violation of norms, it said. The ministry carried out a number of inspections in the market to moni-tor the situation.

Moreover, a twitter hashtag was created for the public to re-port any such violations to the ministry. The twitter handle is ‘talk to us’, or ‘khidmat hadith-na’, and it was welcomed by the public. Different complaints and reports were made through the hashtag to the ministry for to tak-ing legal action.

Harming the traditional dress

might also take on a different connotation as some companies put external elements on these dresses or mix the designs which are specific to each dress. The ministry had earlier asked the companies not to trade in or im-port such items.

Similar incidents had taken place earlier when companies tended to modify traditional dresses like Kumma, Masar, men’s dresses, and women’s ‘Abayah’ during stitching and put certain emblems or signs of some of inter-national clubs on them.

The ministry has warned shops or individuals against even mar-keting or selling such products in the Sultanate.

Ali Al Jabri, from the private sec-tor, welcomed the action by the min-istry and felt that people committing such mistakes should be punished. “This is our tradition and it is very important to us,” said Al Jabri.

He said that in an open market if companies are given freedom the design of traditional dress might vanish and wondered how such items have entered the Sultanate.

“I suppose the authority in-volved in this issue must be strict with companies providing such dresses into the market,” said Al Jabri.

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VIOLATION OF NORMS: The call came after the ‘Masar’, the tradi-

tional turban was seen in the market with a football club logo.

Oman Avenues Mall expansion next yearELHAM POURMOHAMMADI elham@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Construction of the second phase of the Oman Av-enues Mall, a division of the LuLu Group International, will start ‘early next year’ to provide an ulti-mate family entertainment expe-rience for visitors.

The second phase will see the construction of a cinema and per-haps some small shops around it with an estimated investment of around OMR14.5 million, Ben Watson, general manager, told the Times of Oman.

The second phase will be con-structed on top of the LuLu Hy-permarket, complementing other components of the mall, he said.

Watson said that during the first 30 days of the launch of the new retail-led mixed-use desti-nation, over one million people visited the mall, which was well beyond their expectations.

According to him, the mall is currently over 70 per cent open and is expected to be completely open in a few months with the launch of multiple restaurants and a number of renowned inter-national brands.

The project is on track and over 100 stores are now open, he said, adding that the mall has made a ‘very strong’ contribution to job creation in Oman.

Most of the shops have 100 per cent Omani staff, said Watson.

He said that various sections dedicated to different types of brands and categories as well as

the entertainment elements are some of the distinctive features of the mall.

“Once we are completely open, the amount of family entertain-ment that we will have will out-weigh any other shopping mall in Oman and even parts of the Mid-dle East,” said Watson.

He added that the mall current-ly has one baby feeding room and one more is being built, which will be the best in Oman.

Awareness campaignWatson was speaking on the side-lines of an event at the mall on July 9, which featured an aware-ness campaign on Irlen Syn-drome, a perceptual processing disorder, organised by the White Hands Centre for Assistive Tech-nology and Rehabilitation.

He said that the mall is keen

to provide further support to the centre to raise awareness about this disorder.

Another part of the event fea-tured a group of local Omani students and international stu-dents introducing their own culture, traditions and language to visitors.

Maris Pihle, president of AIESEC Oman, said that peo-ple come to Oman for different social projects such as environ-mental ones, and added that the event at the mall was aimed at familiarising visitors with dif-ferent cultures.

Meruyert Shagmanova, vice president of marketing and PR at AIESEC Oman, said that such events are essential for increas-ing understanding and tolerance among people of different cul-tures and nationalities.

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PROJECT ON TRACK: The second phase of Oman Avenues Mall

will be constructed on top of the LuLu Hypermarket. – A R Rajkumar

HM sends greetingsMUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to President Manuel Pinto da Costa of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe on his country’s Independence Day anniversary.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere greetings and wishes to the presi-dent and his country’s people. —ONA

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OMANROP warns motorists going to Jabal Akhdar

1As Eid Al Fitr holidays approach, ROP has called upon motorists heading to Jabal Al

Akhdar to stay alert. >A3

WORLDIS bombs consulate of Italy in Egypt, one killed

2The IS militant group said it was behind a deadly car bomb attack on Italy’s

consulate in Cairo. >A13

MARKET‘Belgian SMEs have a lot to offer to Oman’

3SMEs in Belgium have a lot to offer to Oman in various sectors. >B1

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

ELHAM POURMOHAMMADI

MUSCAT: Boots UK Limited, a leading pharmacy chain in the United King-dom and Ireland, is expected to open a store in Oman Av-enues Mall in the next two months, marking its first presence in the Sultanate.

“Boots are already confirmed to open a store at Oman Avenues Mall. You can see their hoarding and signage located on the Ground floor near Mother-care,” Ben Watson, general manager, Oman Avenues Mall, told Times of Oman.

“We are excited to bring them to Oman for the first time. They are fitting out now and expected to open in the next one to two months,” Watson said. Oman Avenues Mall is an eclectic ensemble of retail offerings spread across 72,000 sqm. of built-up space.

‘Boots UK to debut in Oman Avenues Mall soon’

Ministry warns against misuse of traditional dress

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OMANThe private sector has been monopolised,

where promotions are insignificant and

annual raises are only 2 to 3 per cent

Salem Al Hadhrami, Al Miladi Global Human Resource Management

OCA GESTURE FOR AILING CHILDRENYuthar AlRawahy, Founder

and President of the

Oman Cancer Association,

(OCA)distributed Eid

gifts to the children at the

Royal Hospital’s pediatric

oncology ward and OCA’s

Dar Al Hanan.—Supplied photo

Better facilities attract Omanis to public sector jobs

TARIQ AL HAREMItariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Leaving a private sec-tor job is common for Omanis with most youths preferring gov-ernment jobs despite the numer-ous opportunities offered by pri-vate sector establishments.

The Omani workforce sets its sights on government jobs due to better benefits such as easy pro-motions, retirement benefits and extra vacations.

“There is no doubt that Oma-nis leave the private sector for the public sector because of en-hanced benefits,” said Salem Al Hadhrami, founder of Al Miladi Global Human Resource Manage-ment company.

“The private sector has been monopolised, where promotions are insignificant and annual rais-es are only 2 to 3 per cent,” he said, and added that low salaries and lack of social benefits are among the main reasons Omanis avoid the private sector.

He believed that the Omani workers should get higher sala-ries and better retirement ben-efits, along with managerial posi-tions, if they have to be retained in private companies.

“Look at the banks. All the posi-tions are filled by Omanis. So why can’t Omanis fill the expatriate positions if they are skilled and qualified?” asked Salem.

According to the statistics from the Ministry of Manpower (MoM), 80.8 per cent of Omanis work in the finance sector and 71.8 per cent in the electricity, gas and water distribution trades, whereas the lowest, 3.7 per cent work in the social and personal service sector. “The banking, tel-ecom or oil and gas sectors are without a doubt the preferred sec-tors for our applicants. Also semi-government organisations are high on their list of prospective

employers,” said Tonia Gray, gen-eral manager of Competence HR.

As of the end of 2014, only 13.1 per cent of Omanis constituted the workforce in the private sec-tor in the Sultanate. The highest number or 27.8 per cent of Oma-nis in the private sector, were in Al Dakhiliya Governorate, where-as the lowest, with just 8.5 per cent Omanisation could be found in the Dhofar Governorate.

Some Omanis were hopeful of getting a job in the public sec-tor for its wide array of benefits which would help their personal lives and the future.

“If there is an opportunity to work in the government sector, I will take it. They have better benefits such as higher salaries and, most importantly, early re-tirement benefits,” said Ahmed Al Noamani, a private sector em-ployee. “Almost everyone I know prefers the government sector for those reasons,” he said.

Omanis can retire after 20 to 25 years of service in the govern-ment sector and receive a hand-some retirement package where-as private sector employees enjoy retirement only at 60 years.

Some experts believe that it is more that than just social benefits and better salaries that attract locals to government jobs. Time seems to be a major factor in their switch, since the public sector has fewer working hours than private establishments.

“Hours of work are really seen as an issue, and are one of the rea-sons why so many people prefer to work in the banking sector, if they choose the private sector,” said Gray. “Many people devote the time after work to their own small businesses or to their stud-ies, and the shorter government hours allow them this liberty,” she explained.

The work environment also seems to be one of the issues

with Omani workers in private establishments.

“The workplace environment is still not stimulating enough for Omani youths to settle down and continue their careers in the pri-vate sector,” said Ahmed Al Hooti, a member of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

“Since expatriates dominate the private establishments, Omanis are aware that they will be evaluated against the expa-triates. Naturally, expatriates spend more working hours, are more committed, and more dedi-cated than Omani employees,” explained Al Hooti.

However, some job seekers pre-fer joining the private sector due to their desire to hone their skills and face the challenges.

Gray said, “The candidates be-lieve they get greater exposure and will face more challenges in a more diverse company that is more financially focussed. They feel that working in the private sector enables them to fully un-derstand how companies operate and gives greater opportunities and experience to stretch their minds and improve their skills.”

Most of the time fresh gradu-ates prefer to join the government sector for better wages, less work-ing hours and better social ben-efits, but in this day and age, they are not concerned with the sector they are employed in.

An official from Ajyal HR Solu-tions and Services said, “There are a few fresh graduates who would not see it as public or pri-vate, but they see the job as an opportunity to utilise their career skills, whether in the government or in the private sector.”

In November 2014, Sheikh Ab-dullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, minis-ter of manpower, had assured that the new labour law would make the private sector more attractive for the national workforce.

Omanis seek a job

in the public sector

for its wide array of

benefits which would

help their personal

lives and the future MATTER OF PREFERENCE: As of the end of 2014, only 13.1 per cent

of Omanis constituted the workforce in the private sector.–File photo

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ROP cautions drivers

Times News Service

MUSCAT: As Eid Al Fitr holi-days approach, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has called upon motorists heading to Jabal Al Akhdar to stay alert while driving on the mountain roads. Motorists should abide by the rules and pay heed to caution messages of the ROP.

Police advised motorists to check their vehicle’s condition before driving in these roads. The ROP also advised motorists to abide by the authorised num-ber of passengers in each vehicle.

Visitors should gather all the information and prepare all emergency equipment required for any incident on the way, like tyres and spare batteries.

J A B A L A L A K H D A R

MUSCAT: Dr Ali bin Masaud bin Ali Al Sunaidy, Minister of Commerce and Industry has issued Ministerial Decision No. 203/2015 on issuance of the regulation on import of used motorbikes and vehicles. The decision takes effect 90 days following its publication in the Official Gazette. Permits for import of used motorbikes and vehicles issued prior to the said decision shall continue to take effect.

“This decision allows each Omani to import a used private vehicle, bus, truck and motor-bike regardless of the numbers, in one year. Any non-Omani is also allowed to import a used private vehicle for his/her per-sonal use, provided that the person importing the same shall not be less than 18-years-old and that the import shall be by using his/her civil number”, said Awadh bin Said Al Alawi, Director of Commercial Affairs Department.–ONA

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Oman hails Yemen truceMUSCAT: The Sultanate has welcomed the statement issued by the UN Security Council on the truce in Yemen effective from Friday.

A statement was issued by the Foreign Ministry welcom-ing the step and international efforts under the patronage of envoy of the United Nations Secretary General to Yemen and urged all parties to fully ad-here to the truce and the inter-national law.

Oman also urged all parties to work with the UN and inter-national organisations on the delivery of humanitarian relief to those affected in all parts of Yemen.–ONA

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Regulations for used vehicles import eased

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TODAY’S DUAA‘O Allah, on this day, multiply for me its blessings,

and ease my path towards its bounties, do not deprive

me of the acceptance of its good deeds, O the Guide

towards the clear truth.’

Though fasting becomes compulsory when a boy or a girl attains pu-berty, the spirit with which these children

fast has to be appreciated. It was common practice among the people of Madinah at the time of Khalifa Umar bin Al Khattab, when Islamic practice was still perhaps at its purest, to encourage children to fast for some days as a means of train-ing. Though Ramadan is in its concluding days yet I thought children should be addressed through this column so that in the next Ramadan parents pre-pare them for the holy month in a more better and meaningful way. Even parents can take note.

When I was based in Oman, we made it a point to organise a full-day Ahlan Ramadan (Wel-come Ramadan) event exclu-sively for the children explaining to them the significance of fast-ing, by conducting quiz and other activities to touch upon different aspects of the holy month. This can be done one week prior to the beginning of Ramadan. Even if children are not fasting, they can utilise Ramadan for a range of Islamic activities making them well-prepared to become a Mus-

lim who follows and practices Sh-ariah in a way as commanded by our Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). The Holy Quran and the authentic traditions of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) speak clearly about the respon-sibility that comes with raising a child. And Ramadan is a beautiful month wherein parents can in-teract with the children and give them important lessons in life.

It is a fundamental duty of the Believers to raise and care for children by bringing them up as moral, righteous human beings. Neglecting this duty could potentially lead a person away from the path of r i g h t e o u s n e s s and God.

P r o p h e t M o h a m m e d (PBUH) said, “Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. The ruler is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. A man is the shepherd of his family and is re-

sponsible for his flock. A woman is the shepherd of her husband’s household and is responsible for her flock”. So, it is our responsi-bility to make our children are trained to experience Ramadan at an early age, though pressure tac-tics should be avoided. Training children in the proper manner is a duty of parents and it comes with many problems. In fact, God re-minds us in the Holy Quran that children may even be a great trial for their parents. The Holy Quran

further says, “Your wealth and your children are only a trial,

whereas God, with Him is a great reward (Par-

adise).” (64:15) The correct Islamic

advice for rais-ing and rear-ing children should focus on all aspects of life. Just like Islam itself, it is holistic ad-

vice. Physi-cal, emotional,

and spiritual wellbeing are all

of equal impor-tance. It is inter-

esting to note that

Islam has always covered the rights of children. Childrens’ hearts must be filled with faith and their minds entertained with proper guidance, knowledge, and wisdom.

Some parents think that by ca-tering to the physical needs of the child their duty stops. They need to give the child an awareness and knowledge, help him gain good characteristics, and develop a virtuous personality. Such train-ing of children has great benefits for the child as well as for the society in which he lives. A child must be guided towards what is right. This includes teaching of beliefs and actions of religion, good manners, and moral and social values. The child should be taught about healthy ways of living, having good relationships with others, living a useful life in terms of helping and serving others. The age and ability of the child must be kept in mind. Par-ents can use the help of teachers, relatives, community members, books, and other useful resources for this aspect of training.

And the foremost lesson: Par-ents should be a good practical example in their behaviour be-cause children like to imitate their parents in their sayings and their deeds.

IN AN AGE where we are bom-barded with dull and non-inter-active print and online Islamic content for children, the recently launched ‘Quest Jr’, a digital in-teractive magazine for children in the age group 7-12 years, comes as a Godsend. Started by a group of dedicated parents who were look-ing for a digital product that would provide appropriate and inter-esting content for young readers, the magazine aims to challenge and broaden the minds of curi-ous Muslim children everywhere. With a contemporary design and enriched content packed with interesting interactive features,

Quest Jr. features a gamut of top-ics across the spectrum of Islamic and general content. It aims to present Islam and its tenets in a balanced and more acceptable way. Using latest technology to engage young readers, this month-ly magazine provides insights into topics such as stories from the Holy Quran, Lives of the Compan-ions and the meaning of Quranic Ayahs in an age-appropriate for-mat. Colourful and highly inter-active, it encourages children to use multiple senses and to touch, scroll and hear as they read. Says one of the promoters, “Our goal is to provide an educational and

entertaining website for Mus-lim children in order to nourish the inquiring minds and broaden their Islamic horizon.

Along with the Islamic topics, other regular features include learning Arabic vocabulary, a rec-ipe, travel, and a science page and a news bulletin. Quest Jr can be read on multiple devices includ-ing I Pads, Android tablets as well as desktops or laptops. To down-load your free DEMO copy , and to get more information, please visit at www.questjr.com. This maga-zine will help parents train their children the Islamic way. (By Aftab H. Kola)

Nourish the inquiring minds

Hadith of the day‘A’ISHA said, “When the last ten days of Ramadan started, the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray during the night,

wake up his family and intensify his efforts.” [Agreed upon]

It is amazing to see kids as young as five years old requesting their parents to make them keep fast.

And in the Sub-Continent keeping fast by kids in the range between 5 years and 10 years is quite common,

writes Aftab H. Kola

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Fish supply is adequate, say officials

TARIQ AL HAREMItariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Amid concerns about the shortage of fish the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has assured citizens and residents that there will be no shortage during or after Ramadan.

According to the ministry, they are providing fish to local mar-kets since the beginning of Ram-adan and will continue to do so until the end of August. Officials are targeting villages, wilayats, and towns with a dense popula-tion such as Muscat, Barka, Mus-

sanah, Sur, and Quriyat, apart from Fanja, Shinas, Liwa, and So-har. They are also ensuring that Samail, Izki, Jaalan Bani bu Ali, Al Kamil, and Nizwa, along with Dank, Thumraiyt and Musandam among many others, do not suffer shortage of fish.

Distribution of fish by the ministry is conducted in co-operation with corporate fish merchants and marketers. They distribute fish twice a day during daylight hours and the evening to cater to public demand, espe-cially on weekends.

The ministry has assured that they are distributing fish to wholesale markets daily.

Retailers commonly rely on the Holy Month to boost sales by offering promotions and special offers to customers since it is well known that during Rama-dan, people buy food in bulk and take advantage of promotions and sales.

According to the ministry, since the beginning of 2015 the quantity of fish in the local markets has been adequate and prices have been at a record low during the first five months of the year despite complaints of rising prices.

Since the beginning

of 2015 the quantity

of fish in the markets

has been adequate

and prices have been

at a record low

READY STOCK: Distribution of fish by the ministry is conducted in co-operation with corporate fish merchants and marketers. – Jun Estrada/TIMES OF OMAN

Children comprise 35% of populationTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Recent statistics pub-lished by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) have revealed that by mid-2014, the number of Omani children up to the age of 14 years stood at 793,907, constituting 35.1 per cent of Oman’s population.

While children up to the age of four represented 42 per cent of the total number of children, those up to the age of 9 represent-ed 32 per cent, and those between 10 and 14 years represented 26 per cent of the child population.

In terms of geographical dis-tribution of children from 0 to 14 years, statistics pointed out that 41 per cent of the total number of children lived in Muscat and North Al Batinah governorates as compared to only 2 per cent in Musandam and Al Wusta gov-ernorates. Children represented almost 35 per cent of the total population in these governorates.Oman’s interest in children is re-flected in the promulgation of the child law as per the Royal Decree No. 22/2014. The law secures dif-ferent health, social, education, and cultural rights.

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They can learn. They might be at a slower pace

but they certainly do learn as any other person

would do. Zaid goes to a mainstream school

Fatma Al Barwani, Zaid’s mother and a

member of the newly inaugurated ODSA

Prior to the ODSA, Fatma and Zuwaina were part of the Down Syndrome Parents’ Support Group, in which just over 200 families were involved. The women hope that more families will be able to use the services provided by the ODSA.

One of the main goals of the ODSA is to equip children with Down’s Syndrome with the abili-ties to function in mainstream schools. The ODSA will provide speech therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy to help the children with their commu-nicative and physical develop-ments and teach them how to button their clothes, hold pencils, and other useful things, enabling them have the basic skills needed to go to school.

“Our goal is early intervention to ensure that these children can get inclusion into mainstream schools. We have to ensure that the government can provide sup-port in the mainstream school while we work on the early inter-vention to bring the children to this standard,” explained Zuwai-na, a mother of three.

Physical therapy is needed from a very early age to help the children hold their heads up on their own, walk, and do other things most people take for granted. Fatma said that Zaid didn’t walk until he was three years old, though when one sees his dance moves now it seems hard to believe.

Children with Down’s Syn-drome have slightly longer tongues, too, so speech therapy from a very young age is impor-tant so they can be understood when they speak.

People with Down’s Syn-drome have lower intellectual development and may not learn as much as their classmates in mainstream schools, but being included with other children gives them more confidence and they can learn some things from

the other children, Zuwaina and Fatma explained.

“They can learn. They might be at a slower pace but they cer-tainly do learn as any other per-son would do. Zaid goes to a main-stream school. He’s the only child with Down’s Syndrome, the only child with special needs in the whole school. The other kids are used to seeing him and they love him,” Fatma said.

Zaid finds school hard but he has someone to help explain things to him when he doesn’t understand, and he likes being around the other children. Ac-cording to Fatma this is beneficial for Omani society since his class-mates grow up accepting people with disabilities.

Greater acceptanceThere have been cases where parents have complained about having children with disabili-ties integrated in mainstream schools, but this is something they want society to overcome. Zuwaina said children are more accepting of people with disabili-ties so having integrated schools will lead to greater acceptance in society as a whole.

“We want more awareness and we want people to understand that these children, they’re just like any other child. They can be slower than others but they can reach somewhere,” Zuwaina said.

Many families in Oman who have children with Down’s Syn-drome keep these children at home, either because they feel ashamed of having a child with a disability, or because they don’t know what services are avail-able. This is something the ODSA hopes to overcome by offering services to give the children more skills and by facilitating more social integration. By providing children with Down’s Syndrome the chance to go to school, they will learn skills that make them more independent and possibly

able to support themselves. “We want them to be able to

work, and be independent,” com-mented Zuwaina.

Ruiya and Zaid are already showing many signs of independ-ence and they have many abilities. Ruiya, who is outgoing and car-ing, is a natural leader, initiating games and activities. She is also very helpful, said Zuwaina. “I want to see Ruiya learn what she can do, whatever she is able to do and to be independent and find a job where she can fit,” Zuwaina said of her hopes for Ruiya’s future.

Zaid is quieter but he loves to play with other children and be included in their games, whether it’s a video game or making a puz-zle. Fatma, who has three other children, wants Zaid to be able to work and lead as regular a life as possible, just like his siblings.

“By the time they reach adult-hood I’d them to have equal rights, whatever anyone else would be able to get, [like] work-ing a place that will accept them and where they will be happy. It’s probably hard to change society’s views but I think we’re heading in the right direction by putting them in mainstream schools for others to know our children are here and they’re here to stay,” Fatma commented.

Zuwaina and Fatma, and their children, benefited greatly from the support group and they hope that the ODSA will be able to help many more families who have children with Down’s Syndrome. Children like Zaid and Ruiya, who talk, joke, run, and play on their own may give hope to other fami-lies and show them that a bright future is possible for people with Down’s Syndrome.

“We have to be passionate about it. It’s not just for Ruiya and Zaid. We want to see this for all of our kids,” Fatma said.

For more information on the Oman Down Syndrome Association please visit http://omandsa.org/.

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MAIN GOALS: People with Down’s Syndrome have lower intellectual development and may not learn

as much as their classmates in mainstream schools. – Sarah Macdonald

ODSA works to integrate children into mainstream

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Shoppers flock to Habta markets

MUSCAT: Shoppers turned up in huge numbers as the first Eid Al Fitr Habta markets opened in the Sultanate on Saturday.

Habta markets are traditional markets that are held on the occa-sion of Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha in the open or under the shade of palm, mango, or Ghaf trees, or near castles and forts. Such markets witness a large turnout of citizens, residents, and tourists.

Although the public markets in the Sultanate are crowded with the advent of Eid Al Fitr, where stock-breeders display their animals, the known Habta markets usually start on the 24th day of the Holy Month of Ramadan and continue for several days. The wilayats of Wadi Bani Khalid and Ibra in the North A’Sharqiyah governorate, Bausher in the Muscat governo-rate, and Fanja in the A’Dakhiliyah governorate are the first to start their markets.

Habta markets will continue in several governorates until the 29th day of Ramadan. The Wadi Bani Khalid wilayat has four Habta markets. These are Al Khalidyah, Umq, Souq Al Masalha and Al Howairyah. They start on the 23th day and close on the 27th day of Ramadan.

Al Thabti village in Ibra wilayat is the first Eid Habta market among

the three wilayats, followed by Habtat Al Yahmadi on the 25th day of Ramadan, and A’Safalah on the 26th day. The markets in Al Hamra wilayat and Habtat Nafa’a in Bidbid wilayat start on the 25th day. On the 26th day of Ramadan, these markets open in the wilay-ats of A’Rustaq, Sumail (Suroor), Sur, Wadi Al Ma’awel, Bidiyah, Al Khabourah and Al Muntarib in Bidiyah wilayat.

The markets in the wilayats of Ja’alan Bani Bu Ali, A’Suwaiq, Bahla, ad Barka, in addition to Ja’alan Bani Bu Hassan, Nakhal, A’Seeb and Al Wasil village in Al Qabil wilayat are held on the 27th day. The markets in the wilayats of Al Kamil Wa Al Wafi and Al Qabil are held on the 28th day.

The Habta market is a legacy that has been handed down to suc-cessive generations and is one of the oldest Omani traditions ob-served to celebrate Eid. They bring in social and economic returns and Omanis visit them in the last days during Ramadan to prepare for Eid and to make their purchases.

Many people move from one Habta market to another in the neighbouring wilayats looking for better goods, especially live meat,

and to enjoy the atmosphere as-sociated with such markets, in-cluding (Al Munadat or “Calling”), which is the auction of sheep, cows and camels.

Great opportunityThese markets are a great oppor-tunity to buy the Omani breed of sheep and cows. They also provide stockbreeders with the oppor-tunity to sell their cattle at good prices. The Habta Al Eid markets witness a large turnout of visitors from early morning. People visit these markets from various vil-lages wearing traditional Omani dress, and carrying daggers and sticks. Some people come from the nearby wilayats as the market is packed with local sheep and cows. Toys and clothes for children are also sold here. There are others selling Omani food and foodstuff that form the basis of many Omani dishes prepared during Eid Al Fitr.

Traditional light weapons, usu-ally used by males of all ages as decorations, such as guns, daggers, and sticks, apart from traditional belts, and swords are also sold in the markets, along with Omani clothing such as Al Massar (tur-ban) and Kumah (Omani Cap). -ONA

Habta markets are

traditional markets

that are held on the

occasion of Eid Al Fitr

and Eid Al Adha in

the open or under the

shade of trees

LIVING TRADITION: The Habta market is a legacy that has been

handed down to successive generations and is one of the oldest

Omani traditions observed to celebrate Eid.– ONA

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Since the attack, the security forces have carried out

more than 700 operations resulting in the arrests

of 127 suspected members of terrorist gangs

Kamel Jendoubi, Tunisian minister

Air strike kills 28 in IS-held Syrian townBEIRUT: A group moni-toring the Syrian war said an army air strike on an IS-controlled town in the north killed at least 28 people in-cluding three children on Saturday, though the mili-tary denied the report.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based organisation that monitors the war via a network of ac-tivists on the ground, said 19 civilians were among the dead in a helicopter attack on Al Bab, 30km (20 miles) northeast of Aleppo. A Syrian military source said the army had not carried out any air strikes in Al Bab on Saturday.

The United States and its allies carried out 34 air strikes against IS militants in Syria and Iraq on Friday, the US military said.

Various IS targets near the city of Hasaka were hit in 12 of the 17 strikes in Syr-ia, a military statement said on Saturday.

The allied forces also car-ried out 17 air strikes near eight cities in Iraq, including four near the northern city of Mosul, it said. — Reuters

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127 suspects in Tunisia massacre held so farTUNIS/WASHINGTON: Tunisian authorities have ar-rested 127 suspected “terror-ists” since last month’s mas-sacre of tourists at a beach resort, the minister heading the crisis group on the inci-dent said on Saturday.

“Since the attack, the se-curity forces have carried out more than 700 operations resulting in the arrests of 127 suspected members of ter-rorist gangs,” Kamel Jendou-bi said. The June 26 shoot-ing rampage by a Tunisian student at Port El Kantaoui killed 30 Britons, three Irish nationals, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and a Russian, and was claimed by the IS militant group.

Jendoubi did not specify how many of the 127 people detained were being held for their suspected involvement in the beach attack.

He had earlier announced the arrest of eight people sus-pected of having direct links to it. The minister stressed the government’s determina-tion to protect “the country, citizens and nationals of foreign countries”.

“Today, more than 100,000 police, national guard and civil protection officers in ad-dition to the army” have been deployed, Jendoubi said.

Tight securityAround 3,000 security guards were protecting beaches, hotels and archaeological sites in the country, he said. Jendoubi also reiterated the government’s “regret” at Britain’s decision to repatriate citizens from the North African country, saying “there is no new evidence suggesting the imminence” of an attack.

On Thursday, Britain urged its nationals to cut short their holidays in Tunisia after Lon-don warned the country was still unsafe after the massa-cre. Denmark followed suit on Friday.

Jendoubi said Prime Min-ister Habib Essid had spoken to his British counterpart Da-vid Cameron on Friday, but did not elaborate.

The Port El Kantaoui at-tack was the second to target foreign tourists in just over three months. On March 18, 21 tourists and a policeman were killed in a gun attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunis.

Both that attack and last month’s rampage were claimed by the IS militant group. - AFP

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Shah appears to be a disturbed, perturbed man

who under stress is making confusing claims.

He is trying to falsify history

Lalu Prasad, Rashtriya Janata Dal party chief

Prime Minister Modi’s bandwagon hits Vyapam roadblockAMULYA GANGULI

The Vyapam controversy has the potential of being as damaging, if not more, as the

scams which sank the Congress.The reason why it may prove to

be worse than, say, the spectrum scam is that Vyapam is unlike any other scandal seen in recent years.

While most of them related to malfeasance, the recruitment for government jobs and admission to educational institutions via the tests conducted by the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal (whose acronym is Vyapam) in Madhya Pradesh have been marked by a seemingly unending series of deaths.

There is patently something eerie and sinister about these de-mises, including the death of the Madhya Pradesh governor’s son, which impart a spooky aura to the scandal. It is this unsettling at-mosphere which has made union minister Uma Bharati say that she fears for her life.

TargetIn spite of being the target of head-lines like “40 deaths and count-ing”, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government made the situation

difficult for itself by resisting the calls for entrusting the probe into the deaths to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) till the mount-ing pressure left him with no alter-native but to request the high court to ask the CBI.

Late retreatBut his retreat came too late. The Supreme Court had by then taken the matter into its own hands and asked the CBI to investigate the scam. As a result, there is lit-tle scope of repairing the damage done to Chouhan’s reputation and also to that of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and even Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi.

Curiously, it is Modi’s refusal to speak on the various scams involv-ing union ministers like Sushma Swaraj and state governments run by the BJP in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh which has drawn comparisons between Narendra Modi and his predecessor, Man-mohan Singh, who was also known for being tight-lipped.

It may not amount to overstat-ing the case to say that the present scene bears more than a passing resemblance to the atmosphere of public despair which prevailed in

the twilight years of the last gov-ernment. The Modi government, too, is currently grappling, some-what ineffectually, with the Sush-ma Swaraj-Vasundhara Raje-Lalit Modi affair and is now expected to face a backlash in parliament and outside from the Vyapam imbroglio.

UncertaintyIt might have been able to shake off some of the mud flung by its opponents if the economy had shown signs of revival. But by the time it does so — perhaps early next year — no one knows how the murky allegations against the

external affairs minister and her family and the two chief minis-ters will pan out.

The reason why such scandals, whether those involving deaths or not, tend to become more and more of a quagmire for those in power is that the initial reaction of the governments is either to ignore them for being small and inconse-quential, or to try and brazen it out later when they become too big.

There are other compulsions, too, like “coalition dharma” which made former prime minister Man-mohan Singh turn a blind eye, probably at the behest of Congress

president Sonia Gandhi, to the telecom spectrum scam because sacking the then telecom minister, Andimuthu Raja, might have per-suaded the latter’s party, the DMK, to bring down the government by withdrawing support.

At present, the question of coali-tion dharma does not arise because Modi runs a one-party — some will say, one-man-government.

But his government seems to believe, like its predecessor, that it will be able to ride out the storm.

DifferencesThere are differences, however, between the two situations. While Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gan-dhi faced little internal opposition when the various controversies were eroding the Congress reputa-tion, Modi is less secure. Already, the BJP’s octogenarian patriarch, L.K. Advani, who is supposed to visualize the right path for the party — Marg Darshak — has hinted that those suspected of wrong-doing should step down, as he did when his name was mentioned in the ha-wala scandal in the early nineties.

Advani’s observation was evi-dently aimed at Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje.

The latter, meanwhile, has in-curred the wrath of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) be-cause of the demolition of several temples in Jaipur for a Metro con-struction project.

It is these multiple anti-gov-ernment voices within the saffron camp which differentiates Modi’s tenure from that of the Congress.

The prime minister will be in greater trouble if the Supreme Court’s monitoring of the Vyapam scam hints at the Chouhan govern-ment’s culpability — already sug-gested by the police report of the su-icide of a medical student when her autopsy referred to strangulation.

When Modi was at the crest of the wave which took him to power, he must have expected a relatively smooth run with the economy slowly picking up and he managing to contain the saffron hotheads.

But the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Modi couldn’t have imagined that so many scandals will afflict his re-gime when it is only just over a year old. Used as he was to ruling with an iron hand in Gujarat, he is seemingly unprepared to deal with a situation when it is threatening to spin out of control.

P O L I T I C S

PROTEST: Aam Aadmi Party volunteers protest against Vyapam

scam in Meerut on Saturday. - PTI

WORLD POPULATION DAYSchool students take part in a walkathon on occasion of World Population Day at Raisina Hill in New Delhi on Saturday. India on

Saturday recorded a population of 127,42,39,769, which is growing at a rate of 1.6 per cent a year, and could make the country

the most populous in the world by 2050. On the occasion of the World Population Day, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan said

India with a population of 1.27 billion people has become the largest consumer entity.-PTI

Lalu, Nitish counter

Shah’s claim on

backward premier

PATNA: BJP President Amit Shah’s claim about the party giv-ing first prime minister from the Other Backward Class caste in Narendra Modi, was on Saturday sharply contradicted by both the JD(U) and RJD.

Prominent OBC leaders — Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD President Lalu Prasad, con-tradicted Shah and reminded him about former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda hailing from the same community.

Kumar took a potshot at BJP for “falsely claiming” Narendra Modi to be the first OBC Prime Minister of the country.

Citing BJP’s victory in Bihar Legislative Council poll, Shah had on Friday said that the Ja-nata Parivar had proved to be a damp squib and claimed his party had given the “first prime minister” and “maximum chief

ministers from the community.” Responding to questions from mediapersons on Shah’s claim, Kumar too cited name of former prime minister H. D. Deve Gow-da to contradict BJP President Amit Shah’s statement.

RJD President Lalu Prasad was harsher on the BJP chief. “It’s a white lie. H.D. Deve Gowda was the first PM from OBC commu-nity whom I had helped to reach to chair of Prime Ministership,” Lalu said. “Shah appears to be a disturbed, perturbed man who under stress is making confusing claims. He is trying to falsify his-tory,” the RJD chief alleged, tak-ing jibe at the saffron party head.

Lalu said Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi’s ‘Modh Ghanchi’ caste was included in the OBC list in 2000 on recommendations of the then Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel. - PTI

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India, Turkmenistan push ahead with pipeline project

ASHGABAT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a visit to Turk-menistan on Saturday backed stronger energy ties with the gas-rich ex-Soviet state.

Meeting Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov for talks in Ashgabat, the Indian premier backed an ambitious pro-ject to build a pipeline from Turk-menistan to deliver its vast energy resources to India.

The long-planned gas pipeline project, named (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) TAPI, would be “a key pillar of eco-nomic engagement between the two countries” and have a “trans-formational impact”, the leaders said in a joint statement released on Modi’s website.

Strategic projectThe leaders “reaffirmed their strong commitment towards timely implementation of this strategic project for the com-mon benefit of peoples of the four countries”.

Berdymukhamedov said after

the talks that the gas pipeline pro-ject “is already entering the final stage and soon we will start the practical implementation.”

“We are standing on the thresh-old of a remarkable event,” the Turkmen leader said.

“Apart from the economic ra-tionale for all the participants in the project, TAPI is aimed at making a large contribution to strengthening stability in the re-gion,” he said, adding it would cre-ate 12,000 new jobs in Turkmeni-stan’s neighbour Afghanistan.

Berdymukhamedov thanked Modi for India’s “steady support

for the TAPI project and its con-structive position at all the pre-paratory stages.”

The two sides signed seven agreements, including for cooper-ation in fertilisers and in defence.

The two leaders welcomed the signing of an MoU between the state-led Turkmenhimiya and Indian PSU Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Limited to provide a framework for long-term sourc-ing of urea from Turkmenistan.

The leaders welcomed the In-dian proposal to set up a urea pro-duction facility in Turkmenistan in collaboration with Turkmen

entities, said the joint statement.In the field of terrorism, both

sides agreed to step up efforts against cross-border threats such as terrorism, organised crime and illegal drug-trafficking.

Shared interestBoth also welcomed the sign-ing of the Defence Cooperation Agreement, which would provide a framework for intensifying bi-lateral defence and security co-operation through exchanges of high and mid-level visits, training and dialogue between the defence ministries.

Modi said the defence agree-ment “is a reflection of our shared interest in closer security coop-eration, including in combating terrorism”.

“As India deepens its relations with Central Asia, Turkmeni-stan will play an essential part,” Modi said.

Traditional medicineLater, Modi inaugurated a tradi-tional medicine and yoga centre in the Turkmenistan capital and un-veiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre.

He praised the local students for a demonstration of yoga they presented.

“I give you 100 on 100 marks for the yoga demonstration. Yoga teaches people to be one with na-ture. Its aim is not just physical exercise, it also touches the mind and soul,” he said.

Modi hoped the yoga centre and the Mahatma Gandhi bust would spread a positive message across Central Asia.

Modi also laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkmenistan’s first president Saparmurat Ni-yazov. He also presented a spe-cially handcrafted horse saddle to Berdimuhamedov, known to be passionate about horses.

Turkmenistan was the fourth stop on Modi’s tour of Central Asian countries.

He has visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. - Agencies

The two sides signed

seven agreements,

including for

cooperation in

fertilisers and in

defence

Around 100kg of explosives seized in Patna

PATNA: Bomb disposal squads from Delhi and Kolkota were sent to the east Indian state of Bihar on Saturday after police seized around 100 kilograms of explo-sives believed to be from left-wing Maoist rebels.

Police made the find on Thurs-day at a residential locality on the outskirts of the state capital Patna.

“In all over 100 kilograms of ex-plosives were recovered,” Sudhir Kumar Podika, Patna city superin-tendent of police, said.

“These bombs, believed to have been brought into the city by the People’s Liberation Front of India, were of moderate to high inten-sity,” he added.

Police said they had to call in teams from the elite National Se-curity Guard in the capital New Delhi and from the eastern city of Kolkota to ensure there were no explosions in the residential area where the devices were recovered.

“In all, we recovered 12 impro-vised explosive devices, 52 timer devices, 10 kilograms of ammo-nium nitrate, two sensors, seven remotes and 100 electric detona-tors from the lodge in a residential area,” the officer added. - PTI

R E C O V E R Y

STRENGTHENING BONDS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly

Berdymukhamedov shake hands while exchanging the documents during the joint Press Statement

at Aguzkhan Palace in Turkmenistan on Saturday. - PTI

HAUL: A bomb squad at the

scene after a huge cache of

explosives was recovered from

a private lodge at Khemnichak

in Patna on Friday. - PTI

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Widespread rains disrupt normal life in north India

NEW DELHI: Heavy rains lashed several parts of north India over the last 24 hours disrupting normal life in many places across the region.

Continuous downpour since early morning left many Delhiites stranded on roads as water-log-ging contributed to heavy traffic snarls. According to the MeT de-partment, 93.8 mm rainfall was recorded till 8.30am in the na-tional capital.

Though the minimum tempera-ture, which settled four notches

below the normal at 23 degrees Celsius, provided some succour to the residents, the humidity re-corded at 100 per cent added to their woes.

Commuters were stuck for a long time in the morning rush hour traffic across the NCR and some of them took to social media to post pictures of water-logged and clogged roads.

The weatherman has predicted that sporadic rains will continue to lash the national capital.

Widespread rains continued

in vast swathes of Punjab and Haryana, bringing the mercury down even as water-logging caused inconvenience.

Union Territory of Chandi-garh at 46.9 mm, Ambala at 11.9 mm, Karnal (10 mm), Amritsar (1.6mm), Ludhiana (60.8 mm), and Patiala (5.5 mm), received heavy rains in the last 24 hours till 08:30 am, a MeT report said.

Continuous showers trig-gered water-logging in low-lying areas, creating traffic snarls in several parts of Punjab,

Haryana, and Chandigarh.Traffic movement was also af-

fected in some areas of Mohali and Chandigarh as also on the Na-tional Highway leading from Kha-rar to Chandigarh.

Good for farmersHowever, experts said, rains would benefit farmers in — ongo-ing Kharif season as plantation of such water-guzzling crop as pad-dy and others are on.

Meanwhile, rains eased power situation as the demand dipped

sharply in the two states with minimum temperature in many parts dropping several notches below normal.

Chandigarh recorded its mini-mum temperature at 22.8 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal.

In Haryana, Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, and Narnaul recorded minimums at 22, 25.3, 23 and 24.8 degrees Celsius, respectively.

In Punjab, the minimum of Am-ritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala set-tled at 24, 23.2 and 23.5 degrees Celsius respectively.

Moderate to very heavy rain and thundershowers were wit-nessed across Uttar Pradesh even as Mathura recorded the highest amount of rainfall at 14 cm.

The MeT Department said Na-rora and Mathura recorded 14 cm rainfall each while Ankinghat re-corded 10 cm and Gunnaur 8 cm.

In Jammu and Kashmir, the Amarnath yatra resumed on Sat-urday from the base camps after a day’s suspension due to inclem-ent weather in south Kashmir Himalayas.

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which remained closed due to landslides triggered by heavy rains, was also reopened for traffic and all stranded vehicles have been cleared. - PTI

Continuous rains

triggered water-

logging in low-lying

areas, creating

traffic snarls in

several parts of

Punjab, Haryana, and

ChandigarhWATERLOGGED: A woman tries to remove water from her house after rains in Gurgaon on Saturday. -PTI

Rajnath favours reduction in central forces in North East

GUWAHATI: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sat-urday favoured reduction in deployment of central forces in the North East in view of the improved security scenario in the region.

“In the wake of improvement in security scenario, there is a need to review deployment of security forces in the region. At present the deployment is more than it was when the insurgency was at its peak,” he told a conference of North East Chief Ministers here.

“I would urge all the Hon’ble Chief Ministers to conduct a real-istic audit of deployment of Cen-tral Armed Police Forces in their states. However, I assure you of our endeavour to help you in the deployment of central forces when actually needed,” he said.

Singh, who was accompanied by his deputy Kiren Rijiju, also said that there had been substan-tial strengthening of state police forces in the past few years.

“Without compromising with security, we must plan to reduce deployment to make the environ-ment easy and also to encourage positive thinking of outsiders about this region,” he said.

Singh congratulated all the chief ministers on their sus-tained efforts in improving the security scenario by focusing on development resulting in an “all-time low” level of insurgency in the region.

“Mizoram, Tripura, large parts of Assam and Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh, except its three eastern districts, are almost free of insurgency. There is a strong popular desire for peace in Naga-land and Manipur too,” he said.

MilitancyTalking about militancy, the home minister said several small residual insurgent groups were operating from their safe havens across the border and are engaged in kidnapping for ransom, which

had almost doubled in Assam and Meghalaya. He said in Garo Hill district of Meghalaya, some new splinter groups were kidnapping people for ransom or looting busi-nessmen at gunpoint.

“I would like to make it absolute-ly clear that the central government would not talk to such criminal el-ements. Such criminal activities must be dealt with firmly... I would like to reiterate and emphasise that we have zero-tolerance policy on insurgency,” Singh said.

He also said most of the youths in insurgent groups were misled and they had now realised their mistakes.”They are welcome to the mainstream.

However, those who have com-mitted heinous crimes and acts of terror will have to face the law and meet the justice,” Singh said.

Referring to the ongoing peace talks with different groups, Singh said it was on the right track and the government hoped to bring them to logical conclusions soon. -PTI

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TAKING STOCK: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh with Ministers of State Kiren Rijiju and Jitendra Singh and Chief Ministers of North Eastern States after chairing a meeting on Security & Development in Guwahati on Saturday. - PTI

Visit of Priyanka’s son to Amethi creates buzzAMETHI: Following the foot-steps of his maternal uncle and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi, Pri-yanka Gandhi’s son Rehan was on a surprise visit here during which he interacted and shared meals with villagers, creating a buzz in the high-profile constituency.

Rehan arrived here along with his friends by car on Tuesday and stayed overnight in the constitu-ency, eyewitnesses and party sources said.

Like his maternal grandmoth-er Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka, the 14-year-old mingled with vil-lagers and sought to know more about their life, they said.

Accompanied by Nilesh Jain and K. S.Yadav of Rajiv Gandhi

Mahila Vikas Project, Rehan and his friends reached the house of Ram Kripal Pandey of Kauhar in Gauriganj area on Tuesday night, taking villagers by surprise.

Rehan left Amethi after a short visit. There was no official word from the Congress or the district administration on the visit.

However, it left many wonder-ing whether this was his baptism in public life.

Priyanka Gandhi is a frequent visitor to the constituency, rep-resented by Congress Vice Presi-dent Rahul Gandhi.

“The visit shows Amethi is important for them and the fam-ily has had an affectionate rela-tion with people here,” said a Congress worker. -PTI

H I G H - P R O F I L E C O N S T I T U E N C Y

LUCKNOW: An IG-rank officer on Saturday filed a complaint with the police against Mulayam Singh Yadav, alleging that the Samajwadi Party chief threatened him with dire consequences if he does not mend his ways.

While Mulayam was not imme-diately available for comments, an SP leader dismissed the charge.

According to the wife of IPS of-ficer Amitabh Thakur, the provo-cation behind the threat could have been the FIR lodged by her against state Mines minister Gay-atri Prajapati. Thakur, who has been assisting his wife and RTI activist Nutan Thakur in raising social issues, released an audio tape on Friday purportedly con-taining the voice of the SP chief. “I felt I should take a stand. There-fore, I gave a complaint against SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav,” Thakur, IG Civil Defence, said.

Assaulted“At around 4.45pm, a phone came from Mulayam Singh’s residence and he talked to me. He told me that whatever had happened in Jasrana, Firozabad, where I had been assaulted by one of his rela-tives and an MLA in 2006, much harsher things will happen to me if I don’t ‘mend my ways’,” Thakur said on Friday. - PTI

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Pakistan, Russia to boost ties

UFA (RUSSIA): In the first ever bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Rus-sian President Vladmir Putin, the two discussed ties, with both sides expressing the desire to enhance bilateral ties.

On the sidelines of the ongo-ing Shanghai Cooperation Or-ganisation (SCO) summit in Ufa, Nawaz said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Russia.

Putin congratulated Paki-stan on its formal ascension to the SCO on which the premier thanked Russia for its support to Pakistan’s entry.

Nawaz told Putin that Pakistan is keen to enhance its relations with the Russian Federation and

wants a multi-dimensional rela-tionship with Russia in the fields of trade, defence, energy, infra-structure, culture and other spheres. Both leaders reviewed the progress in a number of

projects under consideration especially in the energy sector.

They expressed satisfaction on the progress being made in finalising the North-South gas pipeline agreement and decided

to expedite the process Putin stated that Russia too attaches importance to its relations with Pakistan and would like to further enhance them, particularly in the economic domain.

Both delegations have ex-pressed the confidence that Sharif-Putin meeting would help in raising the level of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. — Express Tribune

Russian President

Vladimir Putin

congratulated

Pakistan on its

formal ascension

to the Shanghai

Cooperation

Organisation

DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Ufa, Russia, on Saturday. — Reuters/BRICS/SCO Photohost/RIA Novosti

Detained PTI minister rushed to hospitalPESHAWAR: Minister for Mines and Minerals Ziaullah Afridi was shifted from a lockup on Satur-day as he complained of severe chest pain.

Complaints of ill health came a day after the minister, who is from the ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was remanded into custody for 13 days by the Ehtesab Commission court.

The accused complained of ab-domen pain too. Ziaullah’s lawyer, Mauzzam Butt said “I could not talk to Ziaullah because he was un-der treatment.

“I was told that he was taken to the Hayatabad Medical Com-plex as he was having some heart problem.”

HandcuffedMeanwhile, an official from the Ehtesab Commission requesting anonymity told The Express Trib-une that Ziaullah was shifted to the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) where he was thoroughly examined. “Ziaullah was hand-cuffed during his treatment,” a doctor at HMC said.

Further, after spending five hours at the hospital, the accused was shifted back to the lockup at 5am, only to be taken to another hospital for further tests as the pain failed to subside. — Express Tribune

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Amir’s voice, patched through to the Unit-ed Nations base in Tuzla from the eastern Bosnian enclave in Srebrenica, was faint,

but his fear came through in nauseating clarity. It was July 1995, and the Dutch battalion sent to protect the United Nations-designated safe area around Srebrenica had collapsed after United Nations officials refused to call for concerted NATO air strikes.

“The Dutch are going to pull out - and leave us interpreters behind!” Amir cried, appeal-ing to his United Nations civil affairs boss and me to force the Dutch to rescue him. Preoccu-pied with the withdrawal of their own soldiers and overwhelmed by thousands of traumatised Muslim women and children expelled from Sre-brenica, the Dutch gave us a bureaucratic “no.”

A second phone call with Amir convinced me to draw up a terse letter, dripping with legalese, declaring that, as United Nations staff members, interpreters were the legal responsibility of the Dutch. It worked; Amir was evacuated when the Dutch battalion withdrew from Srebrenica. But our letter meant nothing for the 8,000 Muslim men and boys with no United Nations connec-tion whom the Dutch left behind in Srebrenica.

Twenty years ago this week, nearly all of them were killed by Serb forces under General Ratko Mladic, in the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. In the two decades since, many of the details emerged, but justice is incomplete.

Only a few Serbs have been convicted of geno-cide. Mladic, along with his civilian counterpart Radovan Karadzic, are only now facing trial in The Hague, having escaped accountability for years through the aid of Serbian sympathisers. Their shared goal, ethnic purification of the Ser-bian region of Bosnia, is largely accomplished, albeit confined as an entity, still known as Re-publika Srpska, in divided Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Now that cold peace achieved after the end of the Bosnian war is fraying; new centrifu-gal forces - the twin spectres of extremism and resurgent Russian influence - have com-bined with the unhealed divisions of the war to further test the country’s cohesion. Rec-onciliation among Bosnia’s Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks today, so many years after the war, still seems like a distant proposition. Milo-rad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, recently termed the Srebrenica massacre “the

greatest deception of the 20th century.”After Serbia denounced a UN resolution con-

demning both the genocide at Srebrenica and any denial that it occurred, Russia blocked it in the Security Council. And Dodik has repeatedly expressed his intention to withdraw Repub-lika Srpska from Bosnia. It is an open question whether any of Serbia’s leaders will join Ger-man Chancellor Angela Merkel, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogher-ini, and other officials at the commemoration in Srebrenica on Saturday.

Despite its high-profile attendance, Europe, which shares the blame for the Srebrenica tragedy, long ago lost interest in the country. Today, Brussels wrings its hands at the con-tinuing stalemate and economic stagnation in Bosnia, but offers up only a succession of timid responses. Last month, Dodik flatly rejected the latest European Union “action plan” for the be-leaguered country.

Though remorseful, Brussels still fails to grasp the full meaning of Srebrenica. The ethnic cleansing that became synonymous with Bos-nia was not a byproduct of the fighting, but its purpose. The Serb project of building a compact state free of “Muslim domination” required the demographic obliteration of the Muslim Bosniak population along with uninterrupted contiguity with mother Serbia. Srebrenica and two smaller remnant Muslim enclaves near the eastern border, Zepa and Gorazde, frustrated that goal.

Betting that the feckless United Nations would not call on NATO air power to defend the “safe areas,” Mladic brazenly seized them. Even more brazenly in Srebrenica, he proceed-ed to exterminate the male Muslim population. When I met him in neighbouring Zepa, while the killing and burying of bodies in Srebrenica were still going on, Mladic was brimming with confidence, celebrating his conquest in front of his adoring soldiers and preening before an ever-present camera.

I asked Mladic if he would let us evacuate the Muslim men hiding in the forests above Zepa. “Yes,” he said without any irony, “except for the war criminals.” To allow the likes of Dodik to threaten the secession of Republika Srpska from Bosnia is a step toward vindicating the wartime Serb project. Srebrenica stands - and must always stand - as a red line against maxi-malist Serb aspirations. - The New York Times

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of how we intend to handle this problem. If the NLD wins

in the election, we will amend the constitution.

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IS bomb attack kills one at Italian consulate in Egypt

CAIRO: The IS militant group said it was behind a deadly car bomb attack on Italy’s consulate in the Egyptian capital Saturday, and warned people to stay away from such places.

“Soldiers of the IS in Cairo were able to detonate a parked booby-trapped vehicle laden with 450kg (990 pounds) of explosives at the headquarters of the Italian consu-late,” the SITE Intelligence Group quoted an IS tweet as saying.

“We advise people to stay away from these security dens, because they are legitimate targets for strikes of the mujahedeen,” the statement added.

Nine injuredHealth ministry spokesman Hos-sam Abdel Ghaffar said the blast killed a civilian and wounded nine people, including policemen and passers-by.

It was the first attack on a for-eign mission in Egypt since mili-tants began a campaign against the country’s security forces two years ago following a crackdown on hardliners.

The early morning explo-sion was heard across the city and wrecked the facade of the building, part of a large com-plex that also includes a social club and a school.

The consulate, near the pros-ecutor’s office and supreme court in central Cairo, had been closed for the weekend.

Saturday’s attack comes less than two weeks after suspected militants assassinated Egypt’s top prosecutor in a Cairo car bombing.

The mangled wreck of a vehicle was strewn on the street outside the consulate. Some 50 buildings in the area were damaged.

Intended targetThe Italian consul in Cairo ar-rived at the scene as condemna-tions poured in from Rome.

“Italy will not let itself be in-timidated,” said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in a tweet, add-ing that there had been no Italian casualties.

He later told a news conference that the consulate had been the in-tended target.

“We intend to respond firmly but also soberly... without alarm-ism,” Gentiloni added. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi spoke to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and said the two countries will stand together “in the fight against terrorism and fanaticism”.

Militants have carried out scores of attacks since the army, then led by Sisi, overthrew hard-line president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Militant attacks have killed hundreds of police-men and soldiers, mostly in the Sinai Peninsula.

Warned earlierDiplomats had told AFP they had been warned by police months ago that embassies could be targeted, but it was not clear whether this was based on specific intelligence.

At least one Western embassy had been relocated over security

concerns. The attack was also denounced by EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini and France, as both expressed solidar-ity with Egypt.

“Once again Egypt is under at-tack, once again Europeans have been hit by terrorists,” Mogherini said in a statement.

“We stand by the Egyptian au-thorities in their efforts to fight terrorism and bring the perpetra-tors of this attack to justice.”

In Sinai, militants loyal to IS in Iraq and Syria launched a wave of attacks on July 1 that killed at least 21 soldiers. IS, which con-trols parts of Iraq and Syria, has called on its affiliates elsewhere to attack Western targets.

The latest bombing comes with the government set to approve an anti-terrorism law that has sparked uproar among journalists and rights activists.

The new legislation appears to grant police and soldiers impunity when carrying out “anti-terror-ism” operations, and stipulates death sentences for the found-ers of vaguely defined “terrorist” groups. Five-year jail terms could also be meted out for promoting “terrorism” on social media.

Draft lawThe draft law would ban inde-pendent reporting of militant attacks, stipulating a two-year prison sentence for journalists who contradict death tolls in official statements.

The cabinet has said it would reconsider that provision follow-ing a media outcry.

Rights groups say freedoms have been trampled under Sisi’s administration. Sisi won elections last year, pledging to wipe out the militants and Morsi’s blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood.

He had overseen a crackdown that killed at least 1,400 people, mostly hardline protesters during the dispersal of sometimes violent protests.

Thousands have been jailed, including secular dissidents, and hundreds sentenced to death in mass trials, although most have won retrials.

The crackdown initially brought international pressure on Sisi, especially from the Eu-ropean Union, before giving way to support as he positions him-self as a front line opponent of regional militants.

Sisi is widely popular in Egypt, where many have demanded a strong leader who can restore sta-bility after more than four years of turmoil following the 2011 pro-tests that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak. — AFP

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Suu Kyi’s opposition party to contest pollsNAYPYIDAW (MYANMAR): Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday said her opposition would participate in historic polls set for November 8, vowing the party would amend the constitu-tion that bars her from the presi-dency if it wins.

It will be the first general elec-tion in a quarter of a century to be contested by the National League for Democracy (NLD), which is expected to make huge gains in the ballot box if the vote is free and fair.

“We have decided to take part in the election,” Suu Kyi told a room packed with reporters at her resi-dence in the capital Naypyidaw.

The confirmation comes af-ter months of speculation over whether the party would boycott elections seen as a crucial test of Myanmar’s transition towards de-mocracy after decades of outright military rule ended in 2011.

The NLD had refused to rule out not standing as it battled to amend a junta-era charter that bars those with a foreign spouse or children from the presidency. But after last month losing a key parliamentary vote aimed at ending the military’s effective veto on constitutional change — the first hurdle in chang-ing the provision barring her from the top job — she said she would not back down. Flanked by senior party figures at the press confer-ence, a determined Suu Kyi said her opposition knew she would be “debarred” from the presidency.

She said there was “a plan” in place to get around the fact that the party had yet to name a poten-tial candidate for the leadership if it wins at the polls — though she declined to reveal details. “We are not going to the election without having an idea of how we intend to handle this problem,” she said, add-ing that the party would redouble its constitutional change efforts af-ter the polls. “If the NLD wins in the election, we will amend the consti-tution,” she told journalists. — AFP

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Crowd chases Serbian PM at Srebrenica mass burial

POTOCARI (BOSNIA): A mass burial marking the 20th anniver-sary of the Srebrenica massacre was marred on Saturday when a crowd of mourners chased Ser-bia’s prime minister from the cemetery, underscoring the depth of anger over Belgrade’s denial of the crime as genocide.

Bodyguards whisked Alek-sandar Vucic, a hardline nation-alist during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, through a jostling crowd which shouted and booed. Some, throwing stones and bot-tles, surged up a hill behind his delegation as it ran for cover and left the site. Serbia condemned the incident as an “assassination attempt” and called an emergency cabinet meeting.

Tens of thousands had gathered to commemorate the worst atroc-ity on European soil since World War II, in which some 8,000 men and boys were massacred after the designated UN safe haven of Srebrenica fell to Bosnian Serb forces in the closing months of the 1992-95 war.

Serbia had at the time backed the

Bosnian Serbs with men and money.More than 1,000 victims have

yet to be found. The remains of 136, their coffins draped in green cloth, were interred on Saturday.

Yugoslavia’s collapseVucic’s attendance was intended to be symbolic of how far the re-gion has come since the bloody collapse of Yugoslavia, but it came just days after his govern-ment enlisted ally Russia to veto a British-drafted resolution at the United Nations that would have condemned the denial of Srebren-ica as genocide, as a UN court has ruled it was.

Many Serbs dispute the term, the death toll and the official ac-count of what went on, reflecting conflicting narratives about the

Yugoslav wars that still feed polit-ical divisions and have stifled pro-gress in Bosnia toward integration with western Europe.

Only last month, Milorad Dodik, president of Bosnia’s au-tonomous Serb Republic where Srebrenica is located, called the massacre “the greatest deception of the 20th century”.

Serbia said it would send a pro-test note to Bosnia after Satur-day’s events. “This is a scandalous attack and I can say it can be seen as an assassination attempt,” Ser-bian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Serbian Pink television.

Vucic was formerly a disciple of the “Greater Serbia” ideology be-hind much of the bloodshed that accompanied Yugoslavia’s demise,

in which at least 135,000 people died, 100,000 of them in Bosnia.

For years he lionised Ratko Mladic, who as military com-mander of the Bosnian Serbs led the attack on Srebrenica and who is standing trial at the UN court in The Hague.

European UnionVucic has since rebranded himself as pro-Western, embracing the re-gion’s ambitions of joining the Eu-ropean Union.

“Look at him and look at those thousands of tombstones,” said Hamida Dzanovic, who had come to bury two bones identi-fied by DNA as those of her miss-ing husband.“Is he not ashamed to say that this was not genocide? Is he not ashamed to come here?”

she asked. Recalling the last time she saw her husband, Dzanovic said: “I remember him returning twice to kiss our children, like he knew we would never see each other again.”

Since the massacre, the West has faced questions over how it al-lowed the fall of Srebrenica. Sub-sequent NATO air strikes forced the Serbs to the negotiating table and a US-brokered peace treaty ended the fighting, enshrining in Bosnia a complicated system of ethnic power-sharing that survives today.

Representing the United States, Bill Clinton, US president at the time of the massacre, told those gathered: “I grieve that it took us so long... I never want to see an-other killing field like this.” —Reuters

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had gathered to

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boys were massacred

after the designated

UN safe haven of

Srebrenica fell to

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in the closing months

of the 1992-95 war

ATTACKED: Bodyguards use an umbrella to protect Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic during unrest at a ceremony marking the

20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in Potocari, near Srebenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday. - Reuters

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Storm Chan-hom paralyses transport, devastates farmlands in eastern China SHANGHAI: Typhoon Chan-hom swiped eastern China on Saturday, paralysing transport links and devastating farmland as authori-ties evacuated more than a million people, the government and state media said.

The storm, which killed five people in the Philippines earlier in the week and injured more than 20 people in Japan on Friday, made landfall at around 4:40pm (0840 GMT) on an island near the city of Ningbo, which is south of Shang-hai, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said.

Chan-hom was however expect-ed to skirt the coast before heading back out to sea rather than going further inland.

There were no immediate re-ports of casualties from the storm, which forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and bus and rail services.

Ningbo, in Zhejiang province, has a population of almost six mil-lion people while Zhujiajian town, which took the direct hit from the typhoon, is home to around 36,000.

The NMC maintained its high-est red alert for the storm despite earlier downgrading it from “su-per” to “strong”.

Zhejiang evacuated 1.07 million people and called its entire fishing fleet back to port, state media said. Provincial authorities said ear-lier that nearly 30,000 vessels had moored safely.

Powerful winds blew down trees and street signs across Zhejiang and knocked down an unoccupied building in the city of Cixi, provin-cial television reported.

More than 600 flights at four air-ports in Zhejiang were cancelled, the official Xinhua news agency said.

In Zhejiang’s Sanmen county,

local television showed dozens of melons floating in a flooded field, as a farmer lamented his lost harvest.

“There might be no crop this year,” he said.

Torrential rain in Taizhou city triggered a landslide which briefly blocked a road.

Shanghai forecast the typhoon would “brush” within 100 kilome-tres (62 miles) of the city late Sat-

urday or early Sunday as it veered into the Yellow Sea, according to a local government posting on its official microblog.

The Shanghai government urged residents to stay home and can-celled several public events as rain picked up towards midday.

“We recommend everyone does their best to use ‘squatting at home’ tactics to welcome the ty-phoon,” it said in a statement.

More than 400 flights at the city’s two airports were cancelled, along with 330 long-distance bus journeys and several trains, ac-cording to reports.

Traffic thinned in Shanghai,

though enterprising taxi drivers still cruised the streets looking for fares despite the storm, which blew branches off trees.

Heavy rainChan-hom is forecast to affect a wide swathe of China, also bringing heavy rain to the eastern provinces of Fujian and Jiangsu, the NMC said. Fujian, south of Zhejiang, has evacuated more than 30,000 people and Jiangsu over 46,000.

The typhoon is the second storm to hit China in days after severe tropical storm Linfa made landfall on the coast of Guangdong prov-ince further south. — AFP

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HORRIFYING: People look on as waves, under the influence of Typhoon Chan-hom, hit the shore

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US top psychology

group colluded with

Pentagon, CIA in

‘torture’ programme

WASHINGTON: The US’s top psychology association colluded with the Pentagon and the CIA to devise ethical guidelines to support post-9/11 interrogation techniques that have since been labelled as torture, a report said on Friday.

Some members of the Ameri-can Psychological Association (APA), including senior staff, sought to “curry favour” with de-fence officials, according to the 542-page probe commissioned by APA’s board.

These individuals issued an ethics policy that aligned with government interroga-tion techniques after the Sep-tember 11 2001 terror attacks, such as waterboarding and sleep deprivation.

The association colluded with several government agencies, including the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), to devise ethical guide-lines for the interrogation pro-gramme under former president George W. Bush, according to the review.

Ethical guidelinesThe government agencies “pur-portedly wanted permissive ethical guidelines so that their psychologists could continue to participate in harsh and abu-sive interrogation techniques being used by these agencies after the September 11 attacks”, the report said.

“APA’s principal motive in doing so was to align APA and

curry favour with DoD (De-partment of Defence). There were two other important mo-tives: to create a good public-relations response, and to keep the growth of psychology unre-strained in this area.”

The findings come after Demo-crats on the US Senate Intelli-gence Committee in December released a damning report de-tailing brutal and previously un-known interrogation techniques, including beatings and rectal re-hydration, used by the CIA on Al Qaeda suspects post 9/11.

Pentagon contractAccording to Friday’s report, APA’s ethics director Stephen Behnke worked with a military psychologist to draft the organi-sation’s public policy statements and also received a Pentagon con-tract to train interrogators.

The report said he did not tell the APA board about his in-volvement in training defense department staff.

Responding to the findings, the APA -- the largest professional psychology organisation in the country -- said on Friday it would review its policies and urge a ban on its psychologists from partici-pating directly in interrogations.

“The organisation’s intent was not to enable abusive interroga-tion techniques or contribute to violations of human rights, but that may have been the result,” said Nadine Kaslow, who led an independent review body that commissioned the report. — AFP

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‘No time limit’ to reach gooddeal: Senior Iran officialVIENNA: World powers met again on Saturday behind closed doors with no end in sight to a nail-biting deadlock in arduous nego-tiations striving to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions in return for sanctions relief.

Despite a warning from US Sec-retary of State John Kerry that he would not sit at the negotiating table forever, an Iranian official told AFP the talks, now entering their third week, could stretch on and on.

“We have no time limit in order to reach a good deal,” the senior Iranian official said, asked wheth-er the negotiations could be for-mally extended again in a bid to end the deadlock.

Iran and the so-called P5+1 group -- Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States -- are seeking to curtail Tehran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons in exchange for relief from painful sanctions.

Blame gameAfter a very public blame game over the stalemate, Kerry had on Friday offered a glimmer of hope that some progress was be-ing made. But almost immedi-ately after the top US diplomat emerged from almost 90 minutes of fresh talks on Saturday morn-ing with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, he tweeted that things remained tough.

“Met with @FedericaMog and @JZarif this AM. Still have diffi-cult issues to resolve,” he wrote in his tweet.

Despite almost two years of negotiations, this round of talks in Vienna, touted as the last push for a historic accord to end a 13-year standoff, has moved at a snail’s pace.

Under the parameters of a framework deal reached in Laus-anne in April, Iran is due to slash the number of its centrifuges from more than 19,000 to just over 6,000 and cut its stocks of enriched ura-nium, which can be used to make a bomb, from more than seven tonnes to about 350 kilos.

The aim is to ensure that it would take Iran at least a year -- from an estimated two to three months currently -- to acquire enough fissile material to build a bomb. — AFP

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KABUL: The head of the IS militant group in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has been killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, intel-ligence officials and militant com-manders said on Saturday.

The National Directorate of Se-curity (NDS), the Afghan spy agen-cy, said Hafiz Saeed was among 30 IS-linked cadres killed in the strike in restive Nangarhar prov-ince, close to the Pakistani border, on Friday.

Two IS-affiliated commanders in Afghanistan who said they were present when the strike happened confirmed Saeed’s death to AFP.

At an embryonic stageThe IS presence in Afghanistan is still thought to be at an em-bryonic stage and the killing of Saeed will come as a blow to the group’s efforts to establish itself as a serious force.

“Hafiz Saeed, ISIS leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan was

killed in a drone strike last night,” the NDS said in a state-ment on Saturday. “As a result of drone strike in Achin district on gathering place of IS, 30 people associated with IS including their leader Hafiz Seed were killed.”

The two militant commanders, who used to be with the Taliban, speaking to AFP by phone from an undisclosed location, said they were present when the drone strike happened.

The strike took place while a meeting of the commanders was

going on, they said, adding that Saeed’s badly mutilated body was buried soon afterwards.

It comes less than six months after a drone strike in Afghanistan killed Abdul Rauf Khadim, who was thought to be the IS number two in the country.

On Monday two US drone strikes in Achin targeted suspect-ed IS militants, killing 49 people according to local officials.

Fierce clashes have been re-ported in recent months between fighters newly aligned with IS and

Taliban cadres determined to pre-serve their dominance.

NATO ended its combat mis-sion in Afghanistan in December, leaving local forces to battle the Taliban alone, but a residual force remains for training and counter-terrorism operations.

A spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan confirmed a “preci-sion strike” was carried out in Nangarhar on Friday but did not give details of the target.

Saeed was named head of IS’s “Khorasan province”, which in-cludes Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of neighbouring countries, in January when a group of Paki-stani Taliban switched allegiance to the group.

Since then there have been de-fections from the Afghan Taliban, with some insurgents apparently adopting the IS flag to rebrand themselves as a more lethal force as NATO troops depart.

The extent of their links to the group’s operations in Syria and Iraq, and the extent of the support they receive, is extremely unclear.

IS has grabbed large areas of Syria and Iraq in a brutal campaign but last month the Pentagon said the group’s presence in Afghani-stan was still “in the initial explor-atory phase”.

But their presence has clear-ly rattled the Taliban, who last month wrote to IS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi warning against wag-ing a parallel insurgency in Af-ghanistan. The IS Khorasan chap-ter claimed their first major attack in Pakistan in May, the killing of 43 minority sect Muslims on a bus in Karachi. — AFP

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among 30 IS militant

group-linked cadres

killed in the strike in

restive Nangarhar

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Bali airport reopens

after volcanic ash

clouds drift away

JAKARTA: Holidaymakers stranded for days in Bali when a volcanic ash cloud forced the clo-sure of the island’s main airport began departing on Saturday as flights resumed after Indonesian authorities reopened the terminal.

Ngurah Rai International Air-port had been closed since late Thursday as Mount Raung on Java spewed clouds of ash into the sky, grounding hundreds of flights during peak tourist season on the resort island.

But the airport was reopened by Indonesia’s transport min-istry on Saturday after the ash cloud drifted southwest, clearing the skies for take off. Long lines quickly formed at the airport as passengers queued in the hope of their flights being rescheduled soon, with dozens of planes listed for departure Saturday evening.

Flights to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta were among the first to depart, according to air traffic website flightradar24.com. Trikora Harjo, the airport’s general manager, said things were slowly returning to normal at the terminal, with passengers queuing up to check in and crews preparing planes for departures.

“It’s a bit crowded, because of

the cancellations,” he told AFP.“I think maybe after one day,

or two days, things will become normal again.”

Australian carrier Jetstar an-nounced it would resume its Saturday flights between Bali and Perth, declaring it “safe to operate daylight services”. Na-tional flag carrier Garuda also announced it was resuming do-mestic and international flights to and from the airport.

Virgin Australia said it was able to resume operations Satur-day evening, after earlier cancel-ling all flights from Bali.

The closure of Bali’s airport saw 330 flights cancelled on Fri-day and chaotic scenes at the terminal as hundreds of holiday-makers milled about anxiously awaiting any news.

Large crowds formed both in-side the terminal and outside on the lawns, with passengers sit-ting and sleeping on the floor as the hours dragged on.

The travel chaos came at a busy time in Bali, with many Austral-ians visiting the island during the school break and millions of In-donesians setting off on holiday ahead of the celebration of Eid Al Fitr next week. — AFP

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Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia, had

been closed since late Thursday as Mount Raung on Java

spewed clouds of ash into the sky, grounding hundreds of

flights during peak tourist season on the resort island.

STRICT VIGIL: Afghan Local Police personnel pose with

their weapons during a patrol in Gushta district near the

Afghan-Pakistan border in Nangarhar province. – AFP

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MUSCAT: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Belgium have evolved with time and have a lot to offer to Oman in various sectors, said a Belgian official.

Belgium is a ‘country of SMEs’ and these business units have transformed over time and are offering innovative solutions, said Kris Castelein, counsel-lor – investment and trade, the Embassy of Belgium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

So, there is a great potential for co-operation between the two countries in the SME sector, Castelein told the Times of Oman in an exclusive interview during his recent visit to Muscat.

Belgium currently does not have an embassy in Oman.

Innovative productsThe official said that for example, in the textile industry, Belgian SMEs used to just sell garment and similar goods but now they are manufacturing innovative products such as protective cloth-

ing for oil and gas sector person-nel and parking shelters.

They also have great expertise in other fields such as minerals, software and building materials, said Castelein.

Railway project Asked whether any Belgian com-pany is bidding for Oman’s rail-way project given that Belgium has the longest railway history in Europe, he said, “We know it is not easy with the Omani Tender Board, but of course we keep a close eye.” >B4

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Oman’s inflation in June risesMUSCAT: Oman’s inflation in-creased by 0.18 per cent in June 2015 compared to the figures logged during the same month of 2014. The inflation rate logged a 0.51 per cent increase compared to the figures recorded last May; ac-cording to the latest data released by the National Centre for Statis-tics and Information (NCSI) about

the consumer prices indices (CPI).The increasing price index re-

corded during June 2015 is attrib-uted to rising prices of the main sectors. The prices of accommoda-tion, water, gas and other types of fuel increased 0.68 per cent while the prices of the transportation set increased with 0.02 per cent.

Health sector saw a 2.24 per cent

rise while the prices of household appliances, equipment and cus-tomary maintenance set increased with 0.32 per cent. The prices of the education set increased 4.49 per cent while the restaurants and hotels set increased 0.33 per cent. The prices in the culture and en-tertainment sector also increased with 0.01 per cent. — ONA

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GCC Metrology Forum to focus on industrial measurementsDOHA: Doha will host the first GCC Metrology Forum on De-cember 15, organised Gulf Or-ganisation for Industrial Con-sulting (GOIC), the Ministry of Environment in Qatar, the GCC Standardisation Organisation (GSO) and the Gulf Association for Metrology (Gulfmet).

The two-day forum aims to exchange ideas on best means to increase awareness on the indus-trial level and the overall level of compliance of industrial meas-urements. It also aims to provide an overall assessment of the re-quirements of Gulf industries and institutions for services in the

field of metrology.It will review the means to

raise the national capacity in the field of industrial standards and exchange ideas on latest technol-ogy in metrology and interna-tional practices to enhance the infrastructure of measurement as a component of quality in the de-velopment of member states.

Increasing demand The forum comes in response to the global reports for companies operating in the field of metro-logical services that refer to the increasing demand for metrologi-cal services and in all industrial

sectors, especially the automotive sector, the electronics industry, power generation and others.

The first Gulf Cooperation Council Metrology Forum targets government and private labora-tories, respective institutions and companies, the ministries of commerce and industry and en-vironment, industrial companies that operate in the following ar-eas; oil, gas, energy, petrochemi-cals and metals and their com-position, as well as universities, scientific research institutions and competent international or-ganisations in the field of meas-urement and calibration. - ONA

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Key global bodies sign pact to develop Islamic financeTimes News Service

MUSCAT: General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial In-stitutions (CIBAFI), the global umbrella of Islamic financial in-stitutions, and the World Bank on Saturday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that would help foster the development of Islamic finance globally and expand its use as an effective tool for financing devel-opment worldwide, including in non-Muslim countries.

The agreement serves as the foundation for future cooperation

in the areas of knowledge genera-tion and dissemination, distilling and sharing lessons of experience, encouraging research and pro-moting awareness, and enhancing capacity in the Islamic financial services industry.

World Bank’s commitmentAbayomi Alawode, head of Is-lamic finance, finance and mar-kets global practices, World Bank said, “This signing underscores the World Bank’s commitment to the development of the Islamic financial services industry. As the industry expands, it will inevita-

bly impact the way global finance evolves to support real sector eco-nomic activity and contribute to addressing the challenges of end-ing extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity.”

“We look forward to working closely with CIBAFI to strengthen the institutional foundations of Islamic finance, enhance regula-tory and supervisory frameworks, and share sound practices and lessons of experience in the in-dustry, including sound practices relating to business practices, risk management and market develop-ment,” he added.

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US rate increase expected this year, says Yellen

CLEVELAND: Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on Friday said she expects the Fed to raise inter-est rates at some point this year, but pointed strongly to her con-cerns that United States labour markets remain weak and that more workers could be encour-aged back into the job market with stronger growth.

In her speech, Yellen gave no direct hint about whether she an-ticipates more than one rate hike over the Fed’s four remaining meetings of 2015. But her focus on domestic economic develop-ments looked beyond recent mar-ket turbulence over Greece and China, and keeps the Fed’s plans on track.

She said she expects the econ-omy should grow steadily for the remainder of the year, allowing the Fed to move ahead with its first rate hike in nearly a decade.

“I expect it will be appropri-ate at some point later this year to take the first step to raise the federal funds rate and thus begin

normalising monetary policy,” Yellen said in a speech to the City Club of Cleveland, a civic group that sponsors high-level speakers.

Inflation“But I want to emphasise that the course of the economy and infla-tion remains highly uncertain...We will be watching carefully to see if there is continued improvement in labour market conditions, and we will need to be reasonably con-fident that inflation will move back to 2 per cent in the next few years.”

US Treasury yields rose and the dollar rallied against a basket of currencies after Yellen’s remarks, while stocks modestly pared gains. Despite the improvement of recent years, she said labour markets remain out of line, with high levels of part-time work and weak participation rates.

The low unemployment rate “does not fully capture the extent of slack,” she said. “I think a sig-nificant number of individuals still are not seeking work because

they perceive a lack of good job opportunities and that a stronger economy would draw some of them back into the labour force.”

TurbulentAnalysts saw Yellen’s comments deviating little from the central bank’s recent policy statement. Though global markets have been turbulent in recent weeks since the Fed’s June meeting, Yellen focused on US growth she feels is likely to continue and will push the economy closer to the Fed’s full-employment and 2 per cent inflation goals.

“If the economy continues to improve, the Fed will raise rates this year. It clearly wants to,” said Jim McDonald, chief invest-ment strategist at Chicago-based Northern Trust Asset Manage-ment. Yellen’s remarks come less than a week before she is to ap-pear before Congress for a bian-nual briefing on monetary policy, and as the central bank approach-es a likely rate hike decision.

It is a step that will have global implications, putting the Fed on a path separate from central banks in Europe and Japan that contin-ue fighting economic crises, and potentially drawing capital out of developing economies.

According to the individual eco-nomic projections released by Fed officials, there was a roughly even divide between those who expect only one interest rate increase this year — and might thus be prepared to wait until late in the year to hike — and those who expect two and would want to move sooner. - Reuters

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Salalah Port Services net profit downMUSCAT: Salalah Port Services Company net profit declined by 15.7 per cent at OMR2.68 million for the half year ended June 2015, com-pared to OMR3.18 million for the same perid in 2014. The company’s unaudited results show that total reve-nue for the period decreased to OMR25.16 million as against OMR28.22 million last year, the company said in a stock market filing.

Oman Cement half year net profit slumps 40.12% MUSCAT: Oman Cement net profit slumped 40.12 per cent a OMR 5.44 million for the six-month period ending June 2015 as against OMR9.09 for the same period in 2014, the company said in a filing. As per the unaudited financial results, Oman Cement’s sales also fell marginally at OMR25.53 million for period as against OMR25.68 million for the six months ended June 2014.

Oman Orix Leasing net profit rises 27%MUSCAT: Oman Orix Leas-ing achieved a net profit of OMR2.58 million for the half year ended June 2015, com-pared to OMR2.03 million for the same period in 2014, a rise of 27 per cent, according to a stock market filing. The unaudited financial results show that the revenue for the preiod stood at OMR7.76 million, as against OMR6.61 in June 2014, showing a rise of 17 per cent. Net assets rose 9 per cent at OMR32.67 million from OMR 29.92 million for the six months.

Taageer Finance net profit increases 15%MUSCAT: Taageer Finance net profit for the six months ended June 2015 increased by 15.31 per cent at OMR2.11 million compared to OMR1.83 million in the same period ending June 2014, the company said in a stock market filing. As per the unaudited results, the net investment in finance leas-esamountd to OMR117.31 million as against OMR 106.06 million for the same period last year, an increase of 10.61 per cent.

Oman Refreshmentnet profit dropsMUSCAT: Oman Refresh-ment net profit declined by 24.20 pr cent at OMR 3.56 million for the six months ended June 2015, compared to OMR4.69 million for the same period last year, as per the unaudited results. How-ever, total revenue for the pe-riod showed a marginal rise of 1.6 per cent at OMR35.67 million, as against OMR35.11 million for the same period last year, the company said in Muscat Securities Marmet filing. - Times News Service

B R I E F S Chinese companies riding stock market roller coaster

SHANGHAI: When the Chinese advertising firm Shanghai Long-yun — whose name means dragon rhyme — went public on March 24, the stock market was on fire.

The company was a family af-fair. The chairman, Duan Pei-zhang, and his wife, Fang Xiaoqin, who studied Chinese medicine and worked at a provincial food and drug bureau, held more than half the shares. Other direct and indirect investors included Du-an’s brother, nephew, sister-in-law and some other relatives.

Virtually overnight, they struck it rich. Between its opening trade and May 28, the stock of Shanghai Longyun jumped six-fold. The lit-tle company, which told regula-tors it had about 250 employees, was valued at just under $2 billion. Then the bubble popped.

Since May 28, the stock price of Shanghai Longyun, now headed by Duan’s nephew, has plunged 69 per cent, one of the steepest drops

on the Shanghai stock exchange. Is the trauma over? Not neces-

sarily. China’s stock market is still substantially higher than it was a year ago with the Shanghai index up 86 per cent and Shenzhen up 76 per cent.

Froth in the market Shanghai Longyun is a good ex-ample of what might be froth left in the market. With trading in the stock frozen by regulators, the ad agency is still valued at $620 mil-lion, a steep price for a small firm whose revenues have grown a measly 1.8 per cent over the past year and which is still selling at 36 times earnings, two to three times historic ratios.

A look at a few of the companies that have rocked China from small investors to the walled leadership compound in Beijing gives a sense of where the stock market stands — and how far it might have to go. As deep as the plunge has been,

and despite efforts by the Chinese government to arrest the decline, the stock market in China might still end up falling further before it finds a stable spot.

The companies are also a mix-ture of new ventures and legacy state-owned enterprises, tech-nology firms and heavy industry. Some companies embody both, re-vealing some of the awkwardness of an economy in a long transition from planning to free enterprise.

China Television Media is one example. The company produces television programmes and oper-ates theme parks at its production sites. But with about 1,400 em-ployees, it is essentially a spin-off from the state-run Chinese Cen-tral Television, which owns more than half the shares. The new company offered a way for the old one to cash in.

China Television Media’s stock price soared along with the rest of the market over the past few

months. The company reorgan-ised last year and its revenues were down sharply, but it still jumped threefold from July 2014 through June 3 this year.

Then it collapsed. Now it’s down 64 percent from the June 3 peak. But the slide could continue. The company is still worth about $1 billion and is selling for 120 times its earnings.

One of the catalysts for the broad sell off was Hanergy Thin Film Power Group, a maker of solar cells whose shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange went into free fall on May 20, tumbling 50 per cent in about an hour. The value of the top executive Li He-jun’s stake in the company sank $14 billion.

The reasons for the fall remain mysterious. Li is a member of the Chinese People’s Political Con-sultative Conference, an advisory body that meets annually along with the National People’s Con-

gress and he has used that perch to advocate wider use of renewable energy. But Hanergy’s technology is a bit of a niche market; its flex-ible cells can be put on walls or even clothing. They are not as ef-ficient as other cells in converting sunlight to electricity.

Hunting for valueThe parent company said nothing unusual had happened at the com-pany. “Our group [is] currently op-erating normally, all the business operations are running well and the capital situation is fine,” Han-ergy Holding said.

Amid the stock market wreck-age, however, some investors are hunting for value. Sahm Adrangi, head of New York-based Kerris-dale Capital Management, made much of his early fortune years ago by betting against Chinese companies whose claims seemed out of step with his own research on the firms.

But Adrangi said he has recently been looking for solid companies whose prices have been driven down too far. On Wednesday he purchased shares of Huabao, a supplier of flavours and fragranc-es for food and household prod-ucts whose stock had been ham-mered over the past month.

But unlike many firms, Huabao pays a healthy dividend and has a rapid growth rate. Its price-to-earnings ratio was around 5.

Its biggest shareholders in-clude major American investment banks. - The Washington Post

Despite turmoil,

China’s stock market

is still substantially

higher than it was

a year ago with the

Shanghai index

up 86 per cent and

Shenzhen showing a

rise of up 76 per centWILL IT PLUNGE FURTHER?: As deep as the plunge has been, and despite efforts by the Chinese

government to arrest the decline, the stock market in China might still end up falling further before it

finds a stable spot. – Bloomberg News

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Chance to ensure the progress of developing nationsNEW YORK: Before you head for the beach, remember this: In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, starting July 13, world leaders will have a golden opportunity to reshape how they help developing coun-tries grow and prosper. They must not waste it.

The three-day United Nations Conference on Financing for De-velopment is crucial for the poor-est nations on the planet. These “least-developed countries” have been screwed of late. Their already small share of the global aid pie has shrunk by 6 per cent since 2010.

Yet these are the countries where international aid matters the most. Where it is essential to build decent health and education systems and boost investment in agriculture and infrastructure. Addis Ababa won’t be a success unless it moves the rich world to commit more resources to the very poorest among us.

But this conference is about more than money. It is no less im-

portant for the richer of the poor countries — those approaching middle-income levels. For them, real help would include inter-national reforms to crack down on corruption. That way, the staggering scale of illicit capital flight from the poor world to sun-drenched islands in the Carib-bean or lawyers’ offices in London could be tackled. Resources could be spent on making people’s lives better rather than on villas in the south of France.

You can see the distinct out-comes that different countries

need from Addis Ababa by looking at Tanzania and Nigeria. Both Af-rican countries have seen strong economic growth. But they face different challenges in terms of what that growth means - and what type of external assistance is most crucial.

Nigerian economyFor Nigeria, Africa’s largest econo-my, overseas aid is a relatively small part of the resource mix - just 0.4 per cent of gross domestic product. The country has vast oil reserves, which account for three-quarters

of total government revenues.Yet Nigeria’s tax take is quite

small relative to the size of its economy. Central government revenues are roughly 5 per cent of GDP, down from 12.9 per cent in 2008. Nigeria’s resource wealth has not yet translated into gains for its people. Levels of extreme poverty, for example, have been stuck at 62 per cent of the popula-tion for the past 20 years.

So what does Addis Ababa hold for Nigeria? First, along with other developing countries, it needs to commit at the confer-ence to a new compact with its citizens. The government should capture more domestic resources and spend them on basic services, such as health, education and nutrition. Today, just 64 per cent of primary-aged children are en-rolled in school, and the country accounts for a quarter of all child deaths in Africa.But Nigeria also needs to stamp out corruption. The Addis Ababa conference can

help there by supporting inter-national agreements on tracking down illicit capital flight. It could also ensure that oil, gas and min-ing companies pay the govern-ments what they should — and are open about what they have paid.

TanzaniaTanzania, on the other hand, has a different set of problems. It re-lies heavily on foreign assistance, which accounts for 9 per cent of its GDP. The country manages to raise around 17 per cent of GDP in revenues. Because incomes are so low, however, that only translates into woefully small sums to spend on its people.

Tanzania has made huge strides. It has reduced the propor-tion of its residents living in pov-erty by almost 40 per cent since 1992 and increased school enroll-ment from 51 per cent to 83 per cent over the same time. The chal-lenge at the Addis Ababa meeting is to deliver. - Reuters

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ADDIS ABABA CONFERENCEThe three-day United Nations Conference on Financing

for Development is crucial for the poorest nations on

the planet. These least-developed nations have been

screwed of late. Their already small share of the global

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'Belgium offers opportunities'

“The thing is that Belgium is a country of SMEs, which means that we do not often give the big-gest contractors. So, as the main contractors, this is not often our niche. Our niche is to find the main contractor and then work as a sub-contractor,” he added.

Asked if there were any invest-ment opportunities for Omanis in Belgium, Castelein referred to a huge upcoming investment origi-

nating from a Saudi company. The investment will be made

in the field of green technology in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium, he said, and added that it was a ‘waste to chemical’ project.

‘Waste to energy’ is quite com-mon but ‘waste to chemical’ is something new and the produced products can be used in several industries. “We never thought of having an outside player who

could give us expertise in the do-main we are very strong in, in the green technology,” said Castelein, adding that opportunities may ex-ist for Omani investors as well.

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High valuations weigh on US stocks ahead of second quarter earningsNEW YORK: As companies in the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 begin to release lackluster second quarter results, rich valu-ations threaten to keep the US stock market spinning in place.

At 16.5 times forward estimates, the S&P 500, up less than two per cent for the year to date through midday on Friday, is about 10 per cent more expensive than its his-toric average of 15, according to Thomson Reuters estimates.

While still well below the 24.5 ratio at the height of the dot-com era bubble in 1999, the price to earnings multiple recently hit its highest level since 2004.

Better returnsAt a time when corporate earn-ings are expected to show a de-cline of three per cent in the most recent quarter, this has prompted more fund managers to head for European or Japanese stocks that trade at lower prices and may offer better returns in the year ahead.

“The question isn’t whether valuations are above average but by how much.

Overseas they’ve still got a long runway in terms of earnings potential,” said David Francis, co-manager of the $1.7 billion Thrivent Large Cap Fund.

Francis now has 58 per cent of his portfolio on US stocks, a drop

of nearly 30 percentage points from the 86 per cent of assets he held in the United States in 2012.

Overall, the average interna-tional fund tracked by Lipper has dropped its average holdings of US stocks by slightly more than two per cent over the last year, in favour of less-expensive markets such as Europe and Japan.

Funds that have moved to ei-ther market have been rewarded,

with the Euro Stoxx 600 posting a gain of 11.2 per cent for the year to date and the Nikkei index up 13.3 percent over the same time.

Not clearThe call for moving to overseas markets based on valuation alone is not clear cut, however.

While the Euro Stoxx 600 trades at a less expensive 14.9 times forward earnings, it has

been cheaper than the S&P 500 since mid-2002 and the two are currently closer than has been typical over the last five years, ac-cording to Thomson Reuters data.

Abnormally low interest rates and core inflation in the US are distorting valuation metrics, said Phil Orlando, a senior portfolio manager at Federated Investors who oversees its Global Alloca-tion fund. - Reuters

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Greek lawmakers vote for another bailout to keep its economy afloat

BRUSSELS: Eurozone finance ministers on Saturday were set to give their verdict on Greece’s last-chance bid for another bailout to keep its economy afloat and pre-vent its exit from the single Euro-pean currency.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde said she hoped for “a lot of pro-gress” after the Greek parliament backed leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s new reform plan, aiming at a rescue worth more than 80 billion euros ($89 billion).

But austerity-minded Germany holds the keys to the outcome, and a EU leader and two other sources gave no more than a 50-50 chance

that a make-or-break European summit on Sunday would approve a deal. Hardliners Berlin and the Baltic states are exasperated with Greece’s radical Syriza govern-ment, blaming it for more than five months of bitter negotiations in which trust has been the biggest casualty. Finance ministers from the 19-country eurozone were to meet in Brussels at 1300GMT on Saturday to review Greece’s proposals for market-oriented reforms in exchange for its third bailout since 2010.

EU economic affairs commis-sioner Pierre Moscovici said that “rapidly” putting reforms in action was “key to getting a programme, to be able to tackle the debt.”

Greece has repeatedly called for efforts to ease a crushing debt burden — amounting to nearly 180 percent of the country’s yearly economic output — to be part of any deal. Tsipras’s package was approved by parliament in Ath-ens in the early hours of Satur-day, with the backing of 251 out of 300 deputies.

The terms are similar to those previously offered by creditors, which had been angrily dis-missed by Tsipras as humiliat-ing for Greece and then over-

whelmingly rejected by voters in a snap referendum.

Capital controls Although Greek voters last Sunday roundly voted “No” to accepting tough austerity terms for a bail-out that expired June 30, they are alarmed at capital controls that

have closed banks and rationed cash at ATMs. Queueing Saturday at an ATM in the capital Athens, Vassilis Papoutsoglou, 52, said: “We still don’t know what will happen tomorrow.

Can we expect something better, or is it Armageddon?”

“When I go to the supermarket

they don’t have many foods, even milk for the baby, the pharmacies don’t have any more (medicine),” said Marilena Mouzaki, 35, who was walking with her 11-month old son. The Greek government hoped the vote would give it an emphatic mandate to continue the talks with the creditors.

But it also revealed the depth of opposition to fresh austerity.

Three senior government fig-ures were among 10 deputies who abstained or voted against and sev-eral others from the ruling Syriza party stayed away, prompting commentators to predict a govern-ment shake-up lay ahead.

Tsipras told parliament it was a “national duty to keep our peo-ple alive...we will succeed not only in staying in Europe but in living as equal peers with dignity and pride.” The deal was “marginally better” than proposals put forward by the creditors last month which did not ease Greece’s 320-bil-lion-euro mountain of debt, said Tsipras.

An EU source in Brussels said Athens’ latest proposals were “positive” enough to form the basis of a new support package.

But Athens’s biggest creditor, Berlin, which has opposed paral-

lel appeals for debt relief, has re-mained tight-lipped and said the outcome of Saturday’s talks was “completely open.”

President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania, which joined the euro only six months ago, on Friday put the chances of a deal by Sunday’s summit at 50-50, saying Athens’ proposals are based on “outdated information” and “will have to be seriously corrected.”

Despite the odds, French Presi-dent Francois Hollande called the Greek proposals “serious and credible” while cautioning “noth-ing is decided yet”.Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he was “more optimistic.”

If approved, Greece could re-ceive between 74 billion and 82 billion euros from its EU-IMF creditors, including 16 billion eu-ros from the International Mone-tary Fund that is part of an old pro-gramme due to expire next March, sources close to the negotiations further added. - AFP

Sources gave no

more than a 50-50

chance that a make-

or-break European

summit on Sunday

would approve a deal

UNCERTAIN TIMES: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras delivers a

speech during a parliamentary session at the Greek Parliament in

Athens on Friday. Greece’s international creditors believe its latest

debt proposals are positive enough to be the basis for a new bailout

worth 74 billion euros, an EU source said on Friday. - AFP

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2016 Toyota Camry comes with a host of innovations and incentives

MUSCAT: The recently launched 2016 Toyota Camry gives custom-ers a lot to cheer about. Its aggres-sive front grille and bumper make it stand apart from the crowd. Its new headlamps and elegant day-time running lights exude style like never before. The rear is equally impressive, with new combination lamps and bumper giving it a more sporty appearance.

The distinctive looks are further accentuated by the stylish new de-

sign 17” alloy wheels on the new Camry, says a press release.

And now, the 2016 Camry is available with Insurance for a year (Oman only), 1st year of Registra-tion and 1,000 litres of fuel. In lieu of the above, customers can choose to avail of the cash gift of OMR475

Every Camry customer also gets a gift voucher for OMR25 and a coupon to an exciting raffle in which 9 units of 16YM Camry GL Executive are to be won.

“The earlier one buys and enters the raffle, the higher are the chanc-es of winning,” said a spokesperson.

Weekly raffle draws This exciting campaign started on the June 7 (Sunday) and will last until August 5 (Wednesday). Benefits are applicable for all pur-chases except those made by the government organisations and ministries. Weekly raffle draws that started on June 14 will be in effect until August 9, on all Sun-days except July 19. Customers will be eligible for the raffle only upon taking delivery of the vehicle during the campaign period after completing necessary formalities

and not against booking. The elegant interior of the new

Camry is adorned with new black wood grain finish. The newly de-signed steering wheel is equipped with audio and bluetooth controls. There is a sophisticated new auto light control system and now even the base grade comes equipped with cruise control.

Depending on the model grade, the Camry offers a new 7” SD card type navigation system.

Indeed, drivers will love the Camry interior but so will pas-sengers. Everywhere you look and touch, the Camry presents premi-um materials, an overall roomier

feel and enhanced amenities. The high-quality upholstery is me-ticulously crafted, enhancing the Camry’s upmarket appeal. The centre stack shows off a high-tech, upscale look that more smoothly integrates with the console. The centre console plays a larger role than ever in modern cars, accom-modating all manner of personal items as well as presenting multi-media functions. The Camry’s console tray offers more storage and a convenient power source in the storage box.

The new Camry has a rigid body structure, enhanced aerodynam-ics and offers the quietest ride

ever. The upscale interior, and ad-vanced instrumentation with in-tuitive controls help keep the driv-er safely focused on the road. This may be the best-handling and most comfortable-riding Camry ever. Beneath the bolder body lines the Camry’s body structure has been bolstered with additional spot welds to enhance rigidity. Refined suspension systems in all models put an edge on handling agility while taking the edge off bumps.

In the areas of performance and safety, the Camry delivers out-standing power coupled with su-perb efficiency. The key attributes include a 2.5L Dual VVT-i Engine delivering 181HP and 6-speed multi-mode transmission. Safety enhancements in the Camry in-clude vehicle stability control, traction control, ABS, EBD, en-gine immobiliser, braking assist system, back view monitor with rear parking sensors, which fa-cilitates easy parking and airbags that include the front side and curtain airbags.

Thoughtful featuresThe other thoughtful features

include an ECO meter for fuel ef-ficient, economic driving and aer-odynamic fins to ensure straight-line stability while driving.

According to a renowned auto-motive blogger, the appeal of the Camry is in its quality.

“The Camry builds on the ra-tional values of ‘quality, durability and reliability’ with strong model appeal, superior interior and ex-terior quality and the top level of equipment and safety.” Those who have experienced the Camry may not be surprised to know that it is one of the top-selling cars across the globe for more than a decade.

The new 2016 Camry is on dis-play at Toyota showroom. Cus-tomers are welcome to visit the showrooms to get a first-hand feel.

All specifications listed above are standard Toyota equipment. Safety kit (fire extinguisher, warn-ing triangle, tyre pressure gauge & first aid kit) is a dealer installed non Toyota item provided on Toy-ota models as standard equipment. The vehicle specifications may change without prior notice. The above disclaimer is applicable only to 2016 YM vehicles.

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and intelligent…the

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just that, it is also

laden with a host of

new and exciting

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Stylish MINI Clubman set to arrive in MEDUBAI: For all the big MINI fans, 2016 will dawn with a good news — the elegant new MINI Clubman will be available in the Middle East next year.

In 2007, MINI wrote a new chapter in the brand’s history when it extended the product fam-ily by a vehicle concept that was both innovative and stand-alone — the MINI Clubman. This MINI take on a “shooting brake” was a sports car that combined the style of a coupé with a hatchback for greater functionality and proved a winning formula from the start, says a press release.

In 2015, MINI takes the Club-man’s success story further, trans-porting it – literally – into a new dimension. Arriving in the Middle East in 2016, the commanding, ele-gant and noticeably matured third generation has clearly grown both inside and out while carving out a new vehicle class for MINI. Even in the new premium-compact seg-ment it is consciously designed as the “smallest large car”: true to the maxim of the classic Mini, it offers maximum interior space on a min-imal footprint, says a press release.

Grown-up and cool exteriorJust over 32cm longer and

around 12cm wider than its pre-decessor, the new MINI Clubman provides plenty of space to meet the demands of youthful, urban mobility. Pared down to the es-sentials, the side view exhibits its

qualities at first glance. Classic MINI design cues, such as wheels at the far corners of the car, short overhangs and the incipient wedge shape of the side, signal the dy-namic driving experience before a wheel has even turned, while its familiar compact proportions hold the promise of that genuine go-kart feeling. At the same time the stretched roofline and four fully-fledged side-doors indicate a larg-er interior and enhanced function-ality. Liberal surface areas convey supreme elegance, while taut lines elongate the side view and fine contouring adds classy highlights and extra dynamics.

Two round headlamps with LED daytime running light rings and a large hexagonal grille cre-ate the typical MINI face. These iconic design cues are mounted like jewels in high-quality chrome surroundings, lending an exclu-

sive touch to the front end. Other style-defining details such as the side scuttles with indicators have likewise been redesigned. Hori-zontally aligned as before, the indicator unit no longer emerges from the side scuttle join but now stands alone.

Viewed from behind, the new MINI Clubman comes across as broad and athletic. The body wid-ens as it cascades towards the bot-tom edge, lending the vehicle an emphatically stable stance at the rear along with a muscular wheel alignment, an impression fur-ther accentuated by the tail lights which are, for the first time, ar-ranged horizontally.

The typical split rear doors make the MINI Clubman a six-door model. Above all in tight park-ing spaces they offer the option of a smaller or bigger loading aperture, as required, without the need to

open an expansive tailgate. The typical wrap-around door frame is now represented by an edge in the bodywork that encloses the entire rear like a discreet clasp.

Sophisticated interiorThe interior of the new MINI Clubman has also expanded along with the exterior. The cabin’s new dimensions are made palpable through a generous sweep, clear surfaces and a more “grown-up” sense of space. Here the new MINI Clubman reveals a new level of ex-clusivity and style.

The defining element of the MINI Clubman interior is its broad instrument panel, which adopts the generous surfaces ar-eas of the exterior and brings them inside the car. Enclosed by a new take on the hallmark MINI ellipse – a surrounding bracket as a high-light feature — the upper section of the instrument panel appears to be floating. This strikingly formed, all-encompassing loop is the piv-otal design theme in the interior of the new MINI Clubman and is also taken up in the design of the door and the centre console.

As in the new MINI 3-door and 5-door, the instrument cluster in the new MINI Clubman is posi-tioned on the steering column. The round centre console now com-prises above all entertainment and navigation functions, as well as further infotainment options.

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Khimji’s Mart launches ‘Shop & Drive’ Ramadan promotionMUSCAT: Khimji’s Mart, the largest chain of supermarkets in Oman, launched its annual Rama-dan promotion – ‘Shop & Drive’ across its outlets in Oman. On every OMR5 spent at any Khimji’s Mart this Ramadan, customers get a raffle coupon for the lucky draw.

The ‘Shop & Drive’ promotion will run till August 8. Customers get a chance to win mega prize of two Renault Duster apart from other amazing prizes which in-clude five apple iPhone-6, 10 LG LED TV 42” and 33 Khimji’s git vouchers. The draw date will be on August 12 at Khimji’s Mart, MBD, says a press release.

Devendra Kumar, Sr. Divisional Manager for Khimji’s Retail said, “Every year Khimji’s Mart con-ducts its Ramadan promotion with lot of fervour. The theme ‘Shop & Drive’ was designed keeping in mind our customers’ expectations.

"Our continuous endeavour is to provide our shoppers with a qual-ity shopping experience with great value for their money combined with excellent customer service. ‘Shop & Drive’ merges well with the Ramadan festivities, which enable our shoppers for our cus-tomer to win, making this promo-tion more noteworthy. Customers can call customer care toll free hel-pline 80075000 for more details.”

During this holy month of Ram-adan, Khimji’s Mart is happy to in-troduce new product ranges which include specialities like Karachi Biscuits, UFC Coconut Water, Sanadys Cookies and many other which are exclusively available only at its outlets.

Ramadan basketAs a part of Ramadan celebrations Khimji’s Mart has also launched Ramadan basket in their stores. Each big box contains 20 basic Ramadan items such as salt, oil, lentils, tomato paste, Atta, sugar, instant drink, etc. which will be available in stores.

Khimji’s Mart has always been in the forefront of providing its cus-

tomers with the widest choice of brands and products at fair prices. Through its customer centric ap-proach Khimji’s Mart established itself as a people driven brand of-fering variety and consistent avail-ability of products. While Khimji’s Mart aptly positioned itself to be one of the preferred places for con-venience and friendly shopping, it has also since inception, demon-strated swift responsiveness to-wards seasonal shopping trends.

Promising ‘more for less’, Kh-imji’s Mart, has become Oman’s friendly neighbourhood store offering a wide range of mass-market product lines that are sought by a majority of consumers in the Sultanate.

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GPDC organises Iftar

MUSCAT: Al Ghubra Power and Desalination Company (GPDC), Part of Nama Group, organised a group Iftar for its staff at the InterContinental Hotel Muscat where the board of directors as well as staff and senior manage-ment from GPDC were present.

GPDC’s CEO, Eng. Ali Mo-hammed Al Raisi stated that the company holds Iftar on an an-nual basis to enhance the com-munication between the dif-ferent departments within the company as well as enhance re-lationships between the GPDC employees, says a press release.

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AHLIBANK RAMADAN CAMPAIGNAbdullah Al Dhuhli, branch manager of Al Hilal Islamic

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an official (left) from Al Amal Association as part of the

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Adams Group holds Quran contest

MUSCAT: Adams Group of Com-panies under the patronage of Sheikh Sulaiman bin Mohammed Al Nomani, the wali of Wadi Kabir, conducted the 11th Quran compe-tition at Muscat Tower, Pearl Cel-ebration Hall, Wadi Kabir.

The programme was a huge success attended by prominent personalities. Each year the num-ber of participants are growing with steep increase in all catego-ries of full hifz, partial hifz, and tilawa, says a press release.

The ceremony was initiated by the welcome speech of Ismail Mo-hamed Adam Al Saigh, managing director of the group. During his opening speech Ismail welcomed

Al Nomani and the audience.Sheikh Yousuf Al Balushi and

Mohamed Sayed Al Hub, were among the panel of judges who evaluated the contestants on the basis of mastering, memorisation, pronunciation, and recitation of the Holy Quran.

This year the contest witnessed

a unique display of talent by Hafiz Asadullah Khan and Hafiz Us-ama Feroz popularly known as Quranic Computer Boys; they not only memorise the Quran but also memorise the Verse number.

The prizes and certificates were distributed by Abdul Hamid Adam Ishaq Al Saigh, chairman of group.

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Taageer celebrates annual Iftar with staff

MUSCAT: Taageer celebrated annual Iftar get together with em-ployees at the City Seasons Hotel, Al Khuwair.

The Iftar is part of the compa-ny’s annual tradition that brings together management and em-ployees during the holy month of Ramadan. The event was capped with picture taking sessions that saw management and staff shar-ing enjoyable moments together, says a press release.

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MUSCAT: As part of the ongo-ing ‘Hyundai gives you gold’ promotion, the second lucky winner for half kilo gold was picked up recently.

A total of 12 kilos of gold is being given away as gifts during this sea-son, four customers have a chance to win half kilo gold each through a fortnightly raffle draw. Fahad, a customer from Ibri is the lucky winner of the second raffle draw, says a press release.

Also, as part of the on-going promotion, first 2,500 customers buying any Hyundai car will get 4 grams gold coin as an assured gift. This apart, the promotion also offers a host of other attrac-tive benefits such as zero percent interest for a two-year finance term, cash gift upto OMR1,000, five years/100,000km service, insurance, finance up to six years and LG home theatre as gift with every purchase.

All these are in addition to a very attractive price. Promotion ele-ments may vary for different mod-els, exact details can be checked

out at any of the Hyundai show-rooms closer to you. This promo-tion is generating tremendous interest across cross-section of customers and has resulted in a steady increase of customer walk-ins across all Hyundai showrooms in the Sultanate.

Fahad had recently purchased the popular Hyundai model Elan-tra from the Ibri Hyundai show-room and has started enjoying his new possession. He and his family members were pleasantly delight-ed upon hearing the news of win-ning half kilo gold. He had also got a 4 gram gold coin as an assured gift, at the time of taking deliver of his new Elantra.

Hyundai’s award-winning Elan-tra recently sold its 10 millionth unit globally. Elantra is Hyundai’s first model, and one of the only 10 cars in the history of the auto in-dustry, to reach 10 million sales. Elantra was launched 24 years ago in 1990 and has therefore sold an average of 420,000 per year or ap-proximately 1,100 cars every day for 24 years.

Elantra exemplifies Hyundai’s emotional ‘Fluidic Sculpture’ de-sign principles. ‘Fluidic Sculpture’

considers the interplay of wind with rigid surfaces to create the illusion of constant motion. Along Elantra’s sides are flowing lines, with the addition of a strong un-dercut feature line starting at the front door. These lines, along with muscular wheel arches and a sleek roofline, create a memorable and spacious package. Flowing lines also lead to an aerodynamic body.

Inside the Elantra, one will find Hyundai’s expertise in interior packaging, lighting, leading-edge design and craftsmanship.

The Elantra is offered with 2 engine choices 1.8 L & 2 L and is mated with a six-speed automatic transmission, both delivering smoother acceleration and better fuel economy.

Safety is at the core of Elantra’s design. Elantra was named “2014 Top Safety Pick” by the IIHS and is also the holder of a NHTSA five-star overall crash safety rating.

The current version of Elantra continues its high value propo-sition as a strong choice in the highly-competitive compact car segment. This has been validated by several coveted accolades over the model’s lifecycle, including

ranking the highest in its segment for initial quality in the influential J.D. Power 2014 U.S. Initial Qual-ity Study (IQS).

Elantra is also the three-time recipient (2011, 2012 and 2013) of the ALG Residual Value Awards and remains one of the top-shopped vehicles in the segment, thereby establishing a great resale value in the market place. Not only does it get good resale value for the initial buyer but also has a high de-mand in the used car market.

Hyundai as a brand has made significant strides on the back of sophisticated product design, quality, safety technology and exceptional value. Hyundai has not only become one of the top automotive brands in the world but has also overtaken some re-nowned brands in quality. One has to test drive and discover what millions of satisfied Hyun-dai owners already experience and enjoy – Hyundai stands for un-compromising quality.

Hyundai has a strong presence in the passenger vehicles category in Oman with its wide range of Sedans and SUVs each in vari-ous trim variants. Hyundai sedan range in Oman include: Accent, Elantra, Sonata and Azera, apart from the trendy Veloster and Veloster Turbo. Grand i10, i20, i30, i40 form the cutting edge ‘i’ series range designed to meet global cus-tomer needs. Hyundai SUV range - Tucson, Santa Fe and Grand Santa Fe are definitely the pick of the lot. Centennial and Genesis in the lux-ury car segment have been well re-ceived and are going from strength to strength.

OTE Group is the exclusive deal-er of Hyundai’s range of vehicles in Oman. With a nationwide network of showrooms and service centres, OTE Group ensures that Hyundai customers are never far from get-ting high quality service.

A total of 12 kilos of

gold is being given

away as gifts during

this season, four

customers have

a chance to win

half kilo gold each

through a fortnightly

raffle draw

JLR launches ‘Pothole Alert’ research planMUSCAT: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is researching a new con-nected car technology that will allow a vehicle to identify the lo-cation and severity of potholes, broken drains and manhole cov-ers, and then share this data in real-time via the cloud with other vehicles and with road authorities to help them prioritise repairs.

If a car can receive a warn-ing from another vehicle about severe potholes or broken man-holes ahead, then drivers would be able to slow down and avoid the danger or the car could adjust suspension settings to reduce the impact and smoothen the ride. This could help reduce the po-tential for punctures, wheel and vehicle damage as well as road accidents, says a press release.

Dr Mike Bell, global connected car director, Jaguar Land Rover, said: “Our Magne Ride equipped Range Rover Evoque and Dis-covery Sport vehicles feature so-phisticated sensors that allow the vehicle to profile the road surface under the wheels and identify potholes, raised manholes and broken drain covers. By moni-toring the motion of the vehicle and changes in the height of the suspension, the car is able to con-tinuously adjust the vehicle’s sus-pension characteristics, giving passengers a more comfortable ride over uneven and damaged road surfaces.

“While this gives our custom-ers a more comfortable ride, we think there is a huge opportu-nity to turn the information from these vehicle sensors into ‘big data’ and share it for the benefit of other road users. This could help prevent billions of pounds of vehicle damage and make road repairs more effective.”

Predicting potholes The next stage of the project at Jaguar Land Rover’s Advanced Research Centre in the UK is to instal new road surface sensing technology in the Range Rover Evoque research vehicle, includ-ing an advanced forward-facing stereo digital camera.

“At the moment the most ac-curate data comes from when the car has driven over the pothole or manhole,” added Mike Bell. “So we are also researching how we could improve the measurement and accuracy of pothole detec-tion by scanning the road ahead, so the car could predict how se-vere they are before the vehicle gets near them.

“Ultimately, sensing the road ahead and assessing hazards is a key building block on our journey to the autonomous car. In the future, we are looking to develop systems that could auto-matically guide a car around pot-holes without the car leaving its lane and causing a danger to oth-er drivers. If the pothole hazard was significant enough, safety systems could slow or even stop the car to minimise the impact.

This could all help make future autonomous driving a safe and enjoyable reality.”

Pothole alert, road repairsJaguar Land Rover’s research team will also be working with innovation partner Coventry City Council to understand how road profile information could be shared with road authorities, and exactly what data would be most useful for their roads mainte-nance teams to identify and pri-oritise repairs.

Councillor Rachel Lancaster, Cabinet Member for Public Ser-vices at Coventry City Council said: “As part of our ‘Smart Cit-ies’ strategy, we will be investi-gating how Jaguar Land Rover’s Pothole Alert system could sup-ply us with data in real-time from thousands of connected cars right across our road net-work. This could give us a very accurate, minute-by-minute pic-ture of damage to road surfaces, manholes and drains in real time.

“We already collect lots of data which we monitor very carefully ourselves but having this kind of extra information might allow us to further improve our mainte-nance programmes which would save the taxpayer money.”

The project will also investi-gate whether Jaguar Land Rov-er’s experimental camera could take an image of the pothole or damaged manhole — and share this with the road authorities, to-gether with a GPS location.

“We are just beginning to ex-plore how we could use this tech-nology, but data that includes the severity of the issue, its exact location and an image has huge potential,” added Councillor Lancaster. “This is just the sort of information that could help us identify the cause of the problem, prioritise it and contact the own-er of the manhole or drain to get it fixed more quickly.”

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Avenues Mall celebrates Qaranqasho

MUSCAT: Oman Avenues Mall in association with Dar Al Atta’a celebrated Qaranqasho, a special event for children on the 14th day of Ramadan.

The celebrations held recently at the Avenues Mall witnessed a huge turnout of children. The event brought together kids from all over Muscat for an evening of traditional singing, dancing, games and entertainment, says a press release.

Avenues Mall organised the popular annual occasion to appre-ciate and encourage children who undertake fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.

The fun-filled family event marked the completion of two weeks of fasting, wherein parents were encouraged to bring in their kids for a day of fun and activities as part of a noble cause.

Dressed gorgeously in their best attire, the kids had a gala time at the event. The event was also de-signed to offer a cultural insight

to the kids by introducing them to the rich cultures and traditions of the country. The festivities not only helped capture the real spirit of Ramadan but created the much-needed ambience of a traditional festival. The event also hosted var-ious games, activities, interactive shows and performances to keep children of all ages entertained.

The free event was organised for kids to be a part of the Dar Al Atta’a’s campaign to help the de-serving children during the holy month of Ramadan. For every child participating in the event, Oman Avenues Mall contributed OMR1 to Dar Al Atta’a towards the education of deserving children. The huge turnout thus helped in contributing more to the organisa-tion’s charitable fund.

Children also enjoyed a range of interesting activities like face painting and henna painting. A magic show was also organised as part of the event. The event helped kids interact with each other

through a number of games and other activities and gave them a chance to win numerous spot gifts and other exciting prizes. The cel-ebrations turned out to be a huge success not just for the participat-ing kids but for the whole family as it provided a unique chance for all the family members and friends to get together and encourage kids performing the fast.

Expresses gratitudeSpeaking at the event, Ben Wat-son, general manager, Avenues Mall said, “We are delighted by the enormous response Qaranqasho has received. We express our sin-cere gratitude to all the parents who took genuine efforts to bring in their kids to be a part of these festivities which were intended for a noble cause. We aim to use such events to reflect the season’s true spirit of giving and to make a better future for the deserving kids.

“Oman Avenues Mall aims to launch many more such initiatives

in the coming years as part of our commitment to serve the commu-nity. We thank all our valuable cus-tomers for their support towards all our endeavours. We hope to further innovate our services and become more competent and en-trepreneurial to serve our custom-ers better and to achieve our goal of excellence,” he added.

Oman Avenues Mall, is one of the largest and finest malls in the Sultanate of Oman. Located in the heart of the city, the mall boasts of an impressive lineup of prestig-ious retailing brands, fine dining options, fun and entertainment experiences to the discerning shoppers. It possesses a striking architecture and is the ultimate shopping destination offering a host of unparalleled amenities and services. Providing the most re-freshing all-in-one shopping, din-ing and entertainment experience to locals and international tourists alike, Oman Avenues Mall is defi-nitely - ‘a place for all’.

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Attractive packages add to Ford Fusion’s appealMUSCAT: A car that’s built to suit your trendy lifestyle — the Ford Fusion is a bold and stylish state-ment meant to take your experi-ence to a new level.

Ford’s expressive and fun-to drive Fusion has managed to make an impressive mark with its range of features and technologies. And now with the Ramadan offers owning the Ford Fusion has never been this exciting.

The Ford Fusion will be avail-able with 3 years /60,000km free

service (14&15MY), free insur-ance (14&15MY), gift voucher and raffle coupon, says a press release.

Key contributors to how the Fu-sion feels are the ride and handling components that maximise vehi-cle dynamics. Fusion is even more fun to drive with specially tuned electric power-assisted steering, a McPherson strut front suspen-sion and an all-new premium-level multilink rear suspension.

The Ford Fusion comes stand-ard with antilock disc brakes, trac-

tion and stability control, driver and passenger airbags, front knee airbags and side curtain airbags. Also standard is Ford’s MyKey, which can be used to set and limit certain parameters such as vehicle speed and audio volume for teen-age drivers. Engineers increased its body strength by 10 percent, us-ing more high-strength steels such as boron and added dual first-row knee airbags and adaptive front airbags that vent and tether to con-form to a specific occupant’s size,

position and seatbelt usage.The Ford Fusion is available in

three trim levels to begin with: S, SE and the exclusive SE SporTech. The Fusion comes standard with a naturally aspirated 2.5-litre 4-cyl-inder i-VCT engine and 8 Standard Airbags including driver and pas-senger knee airbags.

Customers can now experience the Ford Fusion at their nearest Ford showroom. In Oman, Ford vehicles are brought to you by Ara-bian Car Marketing Co.

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Stylish all-new Mazda CX-9 offersguaranteed cash gift in Ramadan

MUSCAT: In the holy month of Ramadan, Mazda fans have a huge reason to rejoice!

With the purchase of an all-new Mazda CX-9 7-seater SUV, cus-tomers will get a guaranteed cash gift of OMR750 until July 23. This is in addition to the already amaz-ing pricing of this best-in-class and class-defining luxury model of Mazda, says a press release.

A senior spokesperson of Tow-ell Auto Centre (TAC), the sole distributors of Mazda range of vehicles in Oman, explains: “CX-9 is not just a class-leading but a class-defining model of Mazda. Enhanced with a range of luxury and advanced features, the all-new Mazda CX-9 is an ideal vehicle to drive with your whole family. Ramadan is a time for family and

togetherness, and a perfect time to offer your loved ones all the luxury and comfort that they deserve in your vehicle.

“Keeping this in mind, we have launched the offer of OMR750 cash gift. It is a small gesture from our side to make our customers

feel special and help them to buy their favourite Mazda model with-out any hassle.”

With its strengths such as art-fully crafted spacious interior, KODO: soul of motion design, state-of-the-art features such as Bose audio system, 20’’ inch al-

loy wheels, adaptive front light-ing and daytime running lights, Cruise control, forward obstruc-tion warning system etc., the all-new Mazda CX-9 provides unsur-passed comfort and quality and a driving experience wrapped in sheer luxury.

“To avail the Mazda Ramadan promotion, buy a Mazda during the offer period and also drive home with free 24 hours AAA roadside assistance that will be valid for the first three years from the date of purchase. You can also book a test drive sitting at home or get more details about any of these models, using the Mazda Oman mobile app for Apple, Android and BB10,” the TAC spokesperson adds.

Offering the trendiest of Japa-nese cars, Mazda has brought in a

lot of excitement in Oman’s auto-mobile industry with their ‘stylish, spirited and insightful’ branding. These three unique qualities lie at the core of each Mazda you spot on the streets and form the brand’s DNA and TAC makes owning a Mazda extra pleasant with its effi-cient after sales service and quick response time.

With a network of 13 service outlets and 10 parts outlets spread across Oman, TAC is the only Mazda distributor in the world to win the Mazda Customer Service award five years in a row.

With 98.2 per cent parts deliver-ability, TAC also offers quick, ef-ficient service with genuine parts available for all models and have highly trained staff who pride in their quality of service.

With the purchase of an all-new Mazda CX-9

7-seater SUV, customers will get a guaranteed

cash gift of OMR750 until July 23

Lulu announces 3rd Dream Drive winnersMUSCAT: Lulu Oman conducted the third lucky draw of its most-awaited Ramadan promotion, the ‘Lulu–BMW Dream Drive. The draw took place in the Al Burj out-let in the presence of officials of the Lulu Group, says a press release.

The third draw saw Assam Ahmed Abdul Asiz Al Raisi drive home the grand prize, the third of the 6 brand new luxurious BMW X5 35i car. The other lucky ones to win a range of useful products from Ikon were Noor Nasser Saif who won the Ikon 48” LED TV. Mohammed Khamis Al Hatadi won the Ikon automatic washing machine, Thaib Salim Sulaiman took home the Ikon air cooler, Ai-sha Ijas and Raja Rashid Al Amria won the Ikon halogen air fryer and Ikon tablet, respectively.

With three set of winners al-ready announced, shoppers still have the chance to be a part of three more draws to be held at var-ious Lulu outlets throughout the promotional period.

Lulu’s Dream Drive promotions have always received overwhelm-ing response from customers and ensured greater participation and reach among shoppers. The cam-paign will continue till August 5.

With every purchase of OMR10, customers get a raffle coupon for the lucky draw.

Lulu has three more BMW X5 35i cars to be given away. Along with that, customers can also win 30 Ikon products. With three more lucky draws to go, customers can still shop with hope.

Delighted after winning the grand prize winner said,” I am in-deed excited and overjoyed on be-ing the grand prize winner and the proud owner of a brand new car. I extend my gratitude to Lulu for fulfilling their promise of making shopping a more rewarding expe-rience for customers like us. Now I can convince my friends and family to make use of every single

chance to shop at Lulu.”Commenting on the third draw,

Ananth A. V., Regional Director, Lulu hypermarkets, Oman said, “As with the previous two draws, the third draw also witnessed some of the most exciting and hap-piest moments of shoppers who won prizes. We are committed to continue to surprise and reward our customers while giving them yet another reason to shop at Lulu. I am sure the enthusiasm will car-ry on to the next lucky draws too, he added.”

Lulu launches its ‘Dream Drive’ promotion every year as part of its initiative to make shopping a more rewarding experience to its customers. Each year, Lulu ties

up with the best brands to offer unique and exclusive prizes to the winners as part of the promotion and this time too, Lulu has lined up the best for their customers. The extensive campaign which has be-come the talk of the town further boosts the retail giant’s unrivalled position as the people’s favourite place to shop in Oman.

Along with the Dream Drive campaign, Lulu Oman will also be hosting a variety of promotions on popular Ramadan essentials in addition to an array of other great offers and deals. For every season and occasion, Lulu is committed to give its customers something new and exciting to look forward to every time they shop.

Renowned for its customer-friendly approach and value-add-ed offers, the Lulu group bears the stamp of variety, modernity, quali-ty and friendliness and is heralded as the fastest growing retail chain in the world.

With a group of well-trained staff and a professional manage-ment to oversee the operations, the multi-faceted business con-glomerate has become a name syn-onymous to a seamlessly pleasant shopping experience.

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Sur Plaza Hotel offers

exciting Eid holidays

MUSCAT: With the much an-ticipated Eid holidays being announced, Sur Plaza Hotel is gearing-up to receive many local, regional and international visi-tors to the picturesque city of Sur.

Sur is becoming one of the most sought after destinations this holiday. With its magnificent beaches and a particular tourist interest is the Al Sharqiyah coast, 42km beach which is the nesting ground for green turtles, says a press release.

Thousands of turtles migrate to lay eggs during the period of May to September and prob-ably the most important nesting grounds in the Indian Ocean, where the public can watch the nesting process.Apart from turtle watching, one could visit many other attractions in and around Sur. Tiwi beach, Wadi Arbeen, Wadi Shab, Wadi Bani Khalid are some of the natures creations that can be enjoyed during com-ing holidays. Also, Sur is home to the dhow building yard where one could experience the build-ing of a traditional dhow.

The Sur Plaza Hotel has various attractive accommodation pack-ages on half board basis. One at-traction of the package is designed especially for families with the inclusion of maximum of two kids up to 12 years who can stay free by sharing parents bedding. (Condi-tions apply) Also experience the deluxe room half board packages tailor made for customers.

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Sur is becoming one of

the most sought after

destinations this holiday.

With its magnificent

beaches and a particular

tourist interest is the Al

Sharqiyah coast, 42km

beach which is the nesting

ground for green turtles

Software Systems conducts Iftar

MUSCAT: In keeping with the spirit of sharing during Ramadan, Software Systems organised an If-tar event for the senior executives from leading government institu-tions and ministries at the Hor-muz Grand Hotel, recently.

The event began with a keynote address from Osama Henein, gen-eral manager who briefly spoke about relationship with IBM stretching over 20 years and 30+ customers in the country, with 6,000 users, says a press release.

He mentioned about SSL’s recent successes which include two large projects with Omani government entities with additional 3,000 us-ers. He also spoke about how SSL has always believed in constantly upgrading its offerings to keep in touch with changing customer re-

quirements and dynamics. “ECM has always been a core

offering from SSL and will con-tinue to be a core focus area. We are working on enhancing the current functionality of SSL core CMS, by add more features like Information Rights Manage-

ment, and keep it up to date with latest technology, in addition to achieving compliance to stand-ards recommended by National Records and Archives Authority Oman,” he said.

The event culminated in a tradi-tional Omani dinner.

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Golden Tulip Seeb holds Iftar for staff

MUSCAT: Golden Tulip Seeb held its annual Ramadan Iftar with the participation of the group’s management and staff.

The ceremony took place at Al Hossen Ballroom led by Fady Abi Khalil, general manager, who ex-pressed good wishes to all the staff

and appreciated and thanked them for their dedicated efforts and hard work, says a press release.

“We seek to strengthen the spirit of brotherhood and family through the celebration of the ar-rival of the holy month of Rama-dan with the company’s staff at

the Iftar table. We are also work-ing on enhancing communication between staff and management of the hotel during these events in recognition of their efforts and to encourage them to continue giv-ing that is behind the success of the company,” said Khalil.

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DHL holds donation drives across

ME, North Africa during Ramadan

MUSCAT: Employees of DHL Express, the world’s leading ex-press logistics provider, held donation drives from Morocco to Afghanistan this Ramadan, covering 14 countries across the Middle East and North Africa.

The show of solidarity and sup-port for those without regular access to food supplies saw DHL staff engage in a variety of activi-ties including collecting dona-tions, distributing Iftar meals and delivering thousands of boxes containing several kilos of dry food products to underprivileged workers and poor families, says a press release.

In Oman, DHL staff collected, packed and distributed over 300 food boxes which were distrib-uted by the Al Maddah and Al Rahma charity organisations to needy families in the Dakhiliyah and Muscat regions respectively. As part of their efforts, the com-pany’s staff also distributed 40 boxes to DHL couriers to distrib-ute to poor or needy families in their own communities.

Nour Suliman, CEO Middle East & North Africa, said: “We are incredibly proud of our colleagues in Oman and across the region for their drive and commitment. Giving, compassion and solidar-ity are some of the main virtues

that Ramadan fosters, and I re-ally admire the commitment and dedication shown by the team to lend a hand to those in need. It is important to get involved and give back to the community and people around us in any way pos-sible; this is an integral part of our on-going CSR activities that are carried out through the year. We choose to act; we choose to do what we can to make a differ-ence in the lives of people around us and it’s always great to see our staff getting directly involved.”

Across the region DHL staff distributed the food boxes part-nering with different NGO’s in each country, this guaranteed that the boxes would reached the right people that truly needed them.

In Saudi Arabia, DHL staff in Riyadh, Damam and Jeddah

packed and delivered food box-es containing essential food items totalling over 7,000 kilos to poor families.

In the UAE, DHL staff collabo-rated with Beit Al Khair Society, a charity organisation created to alleviate hardships faced by citi-zens and provide assistance to those in need.

In Qatar, meanwhile, staff there held a donations and donated the cost of 500 food boxes to be de-livered to needy families in Egypt and Jordan.

The recent campaign comes in line with Deutsche Post DHL cor-porate responsibility strategy for each individual to act responsi-bly, and for the company to move to spread positivity in every en-vironment and society in which they operate.

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Shop and spin wheel this Ramadan

to win exciting Panasonic products

MUSCAT: ‘Spin to Win’, a special Ramadan promotion by Omasco and Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa (PMMAF), prom-ises customers a fabulous chance to win an array of electronic prod-ucts this Ramadan. With every purchase of Panasonic products worth OMR20, shoppers get an assured chance to win attractive prizes like Panasonic LED TV, re-frigerator, camera, face steamer, headphone, hair dryer, beard trim-mer, ladies epilator and water filter says a press release.

“Ramadan is a cherished time spent with families and friends and exchange of gifts during this time adds to the celebrations. With our ‘Spin to Win’ Ramadan cam-paign, every customer wins a gift from us. This exciting opportunity is currently on at all our retail out-

lets and shop-in-shops in Oman. Drop in by and see which of your favourite electronic product lady luck showers on you,” says George Alexander, general manager (RED), Omasco. The promotion is offered across various Panasonic retail outlets in Oman including the ones located in Qurum (op-posite Sabco Centre), Ruwi (High Street), Salalah (23rd July Street), Sohar (High Street), Sur (Majan House) and Nizwa (before Family Sh. Centre). And also the Panason-

ic Shop-in-Shop outlets at Jaalan Bani Bu Ali, Ibra Souq; Ibri and Wadi Hatat Souq, Al Amerat, will offer the promotion. Ranjith K. C., senior manager, Middle East Con-sumer Sales Division, added: “We believe in providing innovative and high performance products to be the No. 1 preferred brand in Oman. Our Ramadan offer is a way of say-ing thank you to our customers in Oman for their loyalty and support over the years.”

The offer is valid till August 23.

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Great incentives on Nissan’s LCV range

MUSCAT: In the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan, Nissan Oman from the house of Suhail Bahwan Automobiles (SBA) an-nounced a unique ‘Big Jackpot Offer’ when purchasing any new Nissan vehicle during Ramadan. The offer lasts till July 31, says a press relase.

LCV range benefits

gifts): Customers buying any Nis-san vehicle will receive a ‘Scratch

them to two assured gifts com-prising free service up to lifetime of the car (minimum assured one year/ 10,000km PMS) and free fuel up to OMR1,000 (minimum assured of OMR50)

walk away with assured cash gifts up to OMR1,000 (minimum as-sured of OMR500) on purchasing any vehicle from the Nissan LCV’s

assures customers free registra-

loan term up to eight years and at-tractive interest rates for private registrations only.

-light of 2015: This year Nissan has introduced another exciting line

valued customers. Customers who already own a Nissan model and want to buy a second one will receive additional incentives from SBA where customers enjoy 10,000km additional service, they will receive special interest privi-lege card and also be eligible for

the LCV model The grand raffle draw from

Nissan is being held in associa-

where participants can enter the draw to win a sleek Nissan Altima The lucky winner can walk away with a brand new Nissan Altima.

SBA designed the Ramadan scheme to add to the pleasure and convenience of owning a Nissan model and ensure hassle and worry-free driving at all times.

Nissan customers can also avail

up to eight years with attractive in--

any individual requirement from in-

Customers can also get unlim-ited access to Nissan’s prestigious vehicle line up at the comfort of their homes or offices. Simply visit

http://www.facebook.com/Sban-issanoman or send an SMS to get updated information on any of the vehicles from the house of Nissan.

SBA is largely committed to supporting Nissan’s growth in the Sultanate through major empha-sis on customer satisfaction and by providing world-class after-sales services in Oman.

The unique ‘Big

Jackpot Offer’

lasts till July 31

Allo flags off Ramadan roadshowMUSCAT: Allo, the market lead-ing international calling service from Integrated Telecommunica-tions Oman (TeO), recently kicked off a nation-wide roadshow as their Ramadan initiative towards reaching out the public in Oman.

The new initiative is aimed at keeping up with TeO’s policy of giving back to the community and spreading the joy and happiness of the blessed month with the people of Oman.

The roadshow involves a fleet of Allo cars and an Allo branded truck travelling across the breadth of the country, distributing goody bags and engaging participants

through interactive games and ac-tivities, says a press release.

Ali Al Mamari, Sales Manager at TeO commented, “The road-show is our biggest brand building initiative so far and we intend to take this to all the corners of this country to create brand awareness and get feedback from our custom-ers and the community in general.

but over the next few weeks will be travelling to other regions.”

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Williams holds off Muguruza to complete special ‘Serena Slam’

LONDON: Serena Williams claimed a sixth Wimbledon title and fourth successive grand slam crown by suppressing the spirited at-tacking instincts of 20th-seeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza to win Saturday’s final 6-4, 6-4.

American Williams reinforced her stranglehold on the women’s game by overcoming an early wob-ble and resisting a battling fight-back to claim a 21st grand slam title that leaves her one behind German Steffi Graf’s record haul of professional era majors.

The world number one was sim-ply too powerful and too consistent for surprise 21-year-old finalist Muguruza, who began with a val-iant positive approach but could not maintain her early high level.

After losing a close first set and battling bravely to come back from 5-1 down in the second, the Span-iard was eventually downed after one hour and 23 minutes of com-bat, to leave Williams to receive the acclaim of the Centre Court crowd. Williams now holds all four majors at the same time — the so-called ‘Serena Slam’ — having also won the U.S., Australian and French Open titles.

“I can’t believe I am standing here with another Serena Slam. It is so cool,” Williams said court-side. “It has been a pleasure and an honour to have so many years in this unbelievable place.”

Muguruza, playing in her first grand slam final, began with calm authority and it was Williams who seemed to suffer an attack of the

butterflies, hitting three double faults and facing four break points before losing her serve in the opening game.

But Williams eventually cranked into gear and started to find her range, forcing Muguruza to save two break points in the sixth game before the American got her reward on the Spaniard’s serve to level at 4-4.

Williams increased the pressure and, when Muguruza served a double fault to bring up set point, the top seed smashed a forehand winner before pumping her fist in celebration.

Muguruza was visibly deflated. She managed to hold her first ser-vice game, but was then subjected to a brutal barrage of winners from Williams, who broke twice for a 5-1 lead.

The Spaniard simply would not lie down, however, and broke back twice, going toe-to-toe with Wil-liams from the back of the court and swinging her racket to brutal effect.

Just when it looked like she could force the match into a deci-sive third set, though, her serve col-lapsed and Williams forced three match points before the contest suffered an anti-climactic finish.

A Muguruza shot landed long and Williams stood still, unsure of the call and whether to celebrate or wait for a challenge.

It eventually dawned on her that she had clinched the title and she raised her arms to the sky be-fore embracing the vanquished Muguruza. - Reuters

Serena Williams reinforced her stranglehold

on the women’s game by overcoming an early

wobble and resisting a battling fightback to

claim a 21st grand slam title that leaves her

one behind German Steffi Graf’s record haul

of professional era majors

SLAM QUEEN: US player Serena Williams celebrates with the winner’s trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, after her women’s singles final victory over Spain’s Garbine Muguruza. – AFP

LONDON: Roger Federer can win a record eighth Wimbledon title and become the oldest champion of the modern era Sunday if he can find a way past world number one Novak Djokovic. The 33-year-old Swiss has defied those who dared to write him off when he lost last year’s final to the Serb in five gruelling sets.

His breathtaking demolition of Andy Murray in Friday’s semi-finals was a throwback to his years of Grand Slam domi-nance when he captured 16 of his 17 majors in a seven-year

spell between 2003 and 2010.Now he has reached a 10th

Wimbledon final, the oldest man to do so since 39-year-old Ken Rosewall in 1974, and his 26th Grand Slam final overall.

A win on Sunday would break the tie of seven Wimbledon titles he shares with Pete Sam-pras and which he levelled with his most recent Slam, the 2012 All England Club crown.

Ahead of their 40th career meeting, Federer and defending champion Djokovic are equally-matched. Federer has a 20-19 career edge in their head-to-

heads but they are locked at 6-6 in the Grand Slams.

In finals at the majors they are 1-1 with Djokovic’s Wimble-don triumph of 12 months ago following Federer’s straight sets victory in the 2007 US Open.

“It’s great to play Novak any-where these days because he’s a great player. He’s had unbeliev-able success throughout his career,” said Federer.

“But especially now the last few years, he’s been unbelievably dominant, especially on the hard courts, then he improved on the grass. On the clay, he’s one of the

best, if not the best. He’s become very match-tough. He always shows up. It’s tough to beat him. He’s been good for the game.”

The pair have already met three times in 2015 — Djokovic winning the finals at Indian Wells and Rome after Federer had come out on top in the Dubai final.

That loss in the UAE was just one of three for Djokovic all year with the third coming at the worst possible time at the hands of an inspired Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final, the only Slam still to elude him. - AFP

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All-round Hafeez seals Pakistan win

DAMBULLA: A dominant all-round performance by Moham-med Hafeez steered Pakistan to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first One-day International in Dambulla on Saturday.

The off-spinner shrugged off concerns about his bowling action to grab four wickets as Pakistan, electing to field after winning the toss, kept Sri Lanka down to 255-8 in 50 overs.

Hafeez then hammered a stroke-filled 103 to lead the tour-ists past the target in 45.2 overs, giving them the lead in the five-match series.

Must-win seriesNinth-ranked Pakistan need to win the series to stay in conten-tion for a place in the eight-nation Champions Trophy in England in 2017.

Sri Lanka, currently ranked fifth, are assured of taking part in the tournament.

Hafeez, who was reported for a suspect action during the pre-ceding Test series and underwent tests in Chennai last week, took the field only because he is allowed

to play till the results are declared.The 34-year-old seized the op-

portunity to finish with his best one-day figures of four for 41 and to restrict Sri Lanka in good bat-ting conditions.

Hafeez returned with the bat to strike 10 boundaries and four sixes in his 10th one-day century — the last four all coming against Sri Lanka.

Pakistan lost captain Azhar Ali and opening partner Ahmed Shehzad by the 15th over with the score at 65, before Hafeez settled in to fashion a rescue.

He put on 58 for the third wick-et with Babar Azam (25) and 75 for the fourth with Shoaib Malik, who ended the match with a six off Tillakaratne Dilshan to move to 55 not out.

Hafeez reached his century in the 36th over with a four off This-ara Perera, but fell two balls later when he gave the same bowler a tame return catch.

Earlier, Dinesh Chandimal top-scored with an unbeaten 65 off 68 balls as the Sri Lankans struggled to come to terms with the accurate Pakistani bowling.

Chandimal put on 82 for the fifth wicket with skipper Angelo Mathews (38) and 40 for the sev-enth with debutant Milinda Siri-wardana (22) after the first four batsmen had fallen for 118 by the 27th over.

Dilshan made 38 after being caught off a Mohammad Irfan no-ball when he was on two.

Seamer Rahat Ali took two wickets in the 49th over as Sri Lanka scored 56 runs in the last nine overs.

Pakistan had won the Test series 2-1 with a seven-wicket win in the final Test in Pallekele on Tuesday.

The second one-dayer will be played there on Wednesday. - AFP

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SRI LANKAK. Perera c Rizwan b Hafeez 26T. Dilshan b Hafeez 38L. Thirimanne c Sarfraz b Anwar 23U. Tharanga st Sarfraz b Hafeez 20A. Mathews c Azam b Yasir 38D. Chandimal not out 65T. Perera c Rizwan b Hafeez 1M. Siriwardana c Rizwan b Rahat 22S. Prasanna c Hafeez b Rahat 0L. Malinga not out 4Extras: (b-4, lb-7, w-6, nb-1) 18Total (for eight wickets, 50 overs) 255

Fall of wickets: 1-44 (K. Perera), 2-82 (Thirimanne), 3-111 (Tharanga), 4-118 (Dilshan), 5-200 (Mathews), 6-204 (T. Perera), 7-244 (Siriwardana), 8-245 (Prasanna).Bowling: Irfan 10-0-41-0 (nb1, w1), Rahat 8-0-44-2 (w1), Anwar 7-0-38-1, Hafeez 10-1-41-4 (w1), Yasir 10-0-46-1, Malik 5-0-34-0 (w3).

PAKISTANAzhar Ali c Chandimal b Mathews 21Ahmed Shehzad c Chandimal b Lakmal 29Mohammad Hafeez c and b T. Perera 103Babar Azam lbw b Dilshan 25Shoaib Malik not out 55Mohammed Rizwan not out 20Extras: (lb-1, w-5) 6Total (for four wickets, 45.2 overs) 259

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Azhar), 2-65 (She-hzad), 3-123 (Azam), 4-198 (Hafeez).Bowling: Malinga 8-0-56-0 (w5), Lakmal 5-1-21-1, T. Perera 8-0-32-1, Mathews 5-0-22-1, Prasanna 9-0-72-0, Dilshan 8.2-0-45-1, Siriwardana 2-0-10-0.

Result: Pakistan won by six wicketsToss: Pakistan

Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and Ranmore Martinesz (SRI)TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)

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Kenya hold off Oman challengeEDINBURGH: Kenya held off Oman’s challenge in a closely fought Group B contest in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Edinburgh on Saturday, prevailing by seven runs after putting up 143 for 7.

Despite a shaky batting perfor-mance, Oman came close to the target but eventually finished on 136 for 7, narrowly missing the opportunity to register its first victory. Oman’s openers were looking set to attack after a luke-warm start to the chase, but Shem Ngoche, the left-arm spinner, rattled Oman with the wickets of both Khawar Ali (11) and Zee-shan Maqsood (13) in consecu-tive overs to put the breaks on the scoring rate.

Two overs later, James Ngoche, Shem’s brother, joined the party with a wicket, going past the de-fence of Vaibhav Wategaonkar (7) and reducing Oman to 47 for 3 in the 10th over.

Jatinder Singh (31) and Mehran Khan (13) then took up the respon-sibility of consolidating the in-nings, putting up a fighting 29-ball stand of 30 for the fourth wicket.

But their resistance did not last too long, with Rakep Patel and Shem dismissing both within the space of one run, and Sultan Ahmed, the captain, also following suit soon af-ter to leave Oman struggling at 90 for 6 in the 17th over.

It was now up to Amir Ali, the No. 7 batsman, and Rajeshkumar Ranpura, and they almost suc-ceeded in taking Oman over the line with a seventh-wicket stand of 36 off 20 balls.

Eventually, Oman found itself

needing three sixes to win off the last three balls. That proved a bridge too far though.

Shem (3 for 25) ending with the best figures for Kenya.

Earlier, sent in to bat, Kenya got off to a slow start, with the bats-men managing just 29 runs in 5.2 overs before Ranpura, the right-arm medium pacer, removed the in-form Irfan Karim (19).

Narendra Kalyan, the other opener, was next to go, trapped leg before off the bowling of Maqsood,

the left-arm spinner, with Kenya finding itself 33 for 2 in 7.1 overs.

Nehemiah Odhiambo and Col-lins Obuya then got together with a 39-run partnership off 29 balls, with both batsmen scoring at a good rate to release the pressure created by the early wickets. But Maqsood struck once again in the 12th over to break the partnership between the two, sending Odhia-mbo back for an 18-ball 19.

That brought Obuya and Pa-tel together, who stepped up the run-rate to script a rapid fourth-wicket partnership of 52 off just 35 balls.

Obuya reached his half cen-tury in the 18th over, but was dis-missed immediately after, caught by Aamir Kaleem off Ranpura’s bowling. His 37-ball knock of 50 was studded with three bounda-ries and a six.

A short cameo from Lucas Oluoch (12 off 6) coupled with a few lusty blows from Patel (21 off 17) helped Kenya set Oman a com-petitive target — one that proved just a bit too many for the tourna-ment debutants in the end. — ICC

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Italy closer to quarters with victory over OmanMUSCAT: Italy moved to within touching distance of the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup Portu-gal 2015 quarterfinals after they secured a 4-2 win over Oman to solidify their place at the top of Group B, according to informa-tion posted on Fifa.com.

The pair had never met be-fore and, backed by a vocal local crowd rooting for the underdog, the Gulf side took an early lead through Yahya Al Araimi.

It lasted only four minutes though, as two goals in 25 sec-onds allowed the third-place fin-

ishers in Europe to fight back, as Emmanuele Zurlo and Simone Marinai saw the tide turn.

Gabriele Gori added to his hat-trick in the 6-1 win over Costa Rica to gain control and, despite Khalid Al Oraimi giv-ing Oman hope, Zurlo’s superb overhead kick sealed the points for Italy. Oman’s hopes of mak-ing the next round rely on Costa Rica picking up a win against Switzerland.

Oman fought hard but were not able to topple the European side in their second group match.

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HAPPY COACH: Italy’s head coach Massimiliano Esposito,

centre. shakes hands with players after the Fifa Beach Soccer

World Cup Portugal 2015 match against Oman. – Fifa.com

Vuillermoz earns France first stage victory; Froome leads

MUR DE BRETAGNE: Alexis Vuillermoz earned France its first victory on this year’s Tour de France, his final kick proving too hot to handle for the big guns in the eighth stage on Saturday.

The AG2r-La Mondiale rider attacked twice in the final climb, a brutal two-km ascent at an average gradient of 6.9 percent, and coun-tered overall leader Chris Froome less than one-km from the line.

The 27-year-old Vuillermoz beat Ireland’s Dan Martin (Can-nondale-Garmin) by five seconds as Spain’s Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) led the top names 10 seconds behind to take third place after a 181.5-km ride from Rennes. “I really wanted to go for the stage win today, it was all or nothing,” Vuillermoz, a former mountain biker, told reporters.

Froome still leads Slovakian

Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) by 11 seconds and American Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) by 13.

“That was a tough climb, but my team mates did a great job,” said Froome, who once he real-ised Vuillermoz was gone focused on controlling his rivals. Defend-ing champion Vincenzo Nibali of Astana lost 10 seconds to the other members of the Big Four (Froome, Spain’s Alberto Contador and Co-lombian Nairo Quintana).

Contador is seventh 36 seconds behind Team Sky’s Froome, Nibali is 13th 1:48 off the pace with Quintana in 16th place, 1:56 adrift.

Inside the final km, Froome upped the pace in typical fashion, glued to his saddle with his head bent, but Vuillermoz hit back, suggesting he could be tough to handle in the mountains. — Reuters

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Broad, Moeen lead England to victory

CARDIFF: Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali led England’s charge to a 169-run victory over Australia with a day to spare in the first Test on Saturday to make a flying start in their bid to regain the Ashes.

Broad and Moeen took three wickets apiece as Australia, set an improbable target of 412, were shot out for 242 on the fourth day at Sophia Gardens.

“It’s a start. It’s a long series, it would be nice if it was a one-match series,” joked England captain Alastair Cook. “We are going to have to play well for a long period of time but I am fully confident the guys are up to it.”

England, having drawn their last two series against West Indies and New Zealand and with question marks over Cook’s captaincy, were given little hope by many of trou-bling Australia who thrashed their old rivals 5-0 in 2013-14.

But in new coach Trevor Bayliss’ first match in charge, England pro-duced an energised performance epitomised by their team spirit.

Australia, outplayed for much of the first three days, collapsed from 97 for one in their second innings on Saturday as wickets tumbled after lunch.

Big-hitting Mitchell Johnson bludgeoned 77 to hold Cook’s men up but they sealed victory when Josh Hazlewood holed out to long-off.

Timely boostEngland will head to Lord’s for the second test on Thursday knowing that of the last 17 Ashes series, the team that has eventu-ally lifted the urn has won the

opening Test 15 times. David Warner’s dismissal by Moeen for 52 in the last over before lunch proved the key and gave England a timely momentum boost.

A revved-up Broad removed Steve Smith (33) and Michael Clarke (4) and when Mark Wood sent back Adam Voges (1), a reel-ing Australia had lost four wickets for nine runs in 36 balls.

Brad Haddin (7) also perished, slog-sweeping to mid-wicket, and when Shane Watson went lbw for the 29th time in tests, Australia’s last hope of clinging on disappeared.

With the threat of rain on the final day, England were hungry for wickets and Broad’s fine opening spell in the morning session set the tone.

He removed Chris Rogers (10), after he was dropped on four, and repeatedly troubled Warner who battled to a half-century and threatened to cut loose until he was trapped lbw by Moeen.

Australia were deflated, Eng-land elated and the steady fall of wickets, each departing batsman greeted by huge cheers, left the tourists with plenty to ponder with a short turnaround before the

second Test. “We tried to play our natural game,” said visiting skip-per Clarke. “Some guys played pos-itive, others backed their defence a little more. Whatever we tried didn’t work today.” - Reuters

Broad and Moeen

took three wickets

apiece as Australia,

set an improbable

target of 412, were

shot out for 242 on

the fourth day at

Sophia Gardens

England 1st Innings 430 (J Root 134, M Ali 77, G Ballance 61, B Stokes 52; M Starc 5-114, J Hazlewood 3-83)Australia 1st Innings 308 (C Rogers 95; J Anderson 3-43)England 2nd Innings 289 (I Bell 60, J Root 60; N Lyon 4-75)Australia 2nd Innings (target: 412)C. Rogers c Bell b Broad 10D. Warner lbw b Ali 52S. Smith c Bell b Broad 33M. Clarke c Stokes b Broad 4A. Voges c Buttler b Wood 1S. Watson lbw b Wood 19B. Haddin c Cook b Ali 7M. Johnson c Lyth b Root 77M. Starc c Lyth b Root 17J. Hazlewood c Root b Ali 14

N. Lyon not out 0Extras (b-4, lb-3, nb-1) 8Total (all out, 70.3 overs, 306 mins) 242Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Rogers), 2-97 (Warner), 3-101 (Smith), 4-106 (Clarke), 5-106 (Voges), 6-122 (Haddin), 7-151 (Wat-son), 8-223 (Starc), 9-242 (Johnson), 10-242 (Hazlewood)Bowling: Anderson 12-3-33-0; Broad 14-3-39-3; Ali 16.3-4-59-3; Stokes 8-2-23-0; Wood 14-4-53-2 (1nb); Root 6-1-28-2Result: England won by 169 runsMan of the match: Joe Root (ENG)Series: England lead five-match series 1-0Toss: EnglandUmpires: K. Dharmasena, Marais ErasmusTV umpire: Chris Gaffaney (NZL)Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

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JUBILANT: England players celebrate after winning the game on the fourth day of the opening Ashes

cricket Test match against Australia at The Swalec Stadium in Cardiff. – AFP

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Al Faisal and Al Nafeesa set up final showdownMUSCAT: Al Faisal and Al Na-feesa will square off in the softball final of the Pakistan Social Club organised Omantel Ramadan Cricket Tournament 2015 at the Pakistan School ground.

In the first semifinal, Al Faisal defeated Agha XI by seven wickets.

Batting first Agha XI made 39 for 8 in 8 overs with Abbass of Al Faisal claiming three wickets for just 5 runs and becoming the star of the game.

Bilal of Al Faisal also chipped in with 2 wickets for 10 runs.

In reply Adnan (21 runs) gave Al Faisal an easy victory in 4.3 overs. Abbass was declared the man of the match.

In the second semifinal Al Na-feesa routed Al Khoudh CC by 8 wickets. Al Khoudh CC scored 40 for 7 in 8 overs with Ijaz (15) top scoring and Al Nafeesa’s man of the match Mazhar claiming two wickets for 15 runs and Adnan claiming two wickets for 19 runs.

In reply Al Nafeesa raced to 41 for 2 in 4.1 over’s, thanks to Adnan Ilyas’ 17 runs and Usman’s 13 runs.

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MAN OF THE MATCH: Abbas of Al Faisal receiving the man of the match award from Pakistan Soacial Club officiale. – Supplied photo

Luck must follow hard work to succeed at top level, says Ijaz

SHAHZAD RAZAshahzad@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Fair amount of luck must follow talent and hard work to succeed at international level. Former Pakistan cricketer Ijaz Ahmed’s story testifies the for-mula who believes he could have been much more successful had he got the right opportunities from the beginning of his international career. In an exclusive interview, he spoke candidly to Times Sport about the ups and downs of his life as a player, the greats of his time and his success as Pakistan coach during his third visit to Oman.

Excerpts from the interview:

Success despite challengesI think I tried my best and per-formed reasonably well in 250 ODIs and 60 Test matches, though in the first six years of my career I never got the stability of suit-able batting position. Imran Khan would come at number 6 and I of-ten batted at 7, often giving me just four to five overs to face. In the first 150 ODIs I played under Imran in 75 ODIs I got the opportunity to bat for only 4 overs In the tough pe-riods of my career, like when Javed Miandad was captain, I was in the team solely because of my field-ing which was regarded highly by everyone. Miandad somehow did not like me. However I performed much better in the last 7 years of my career as I got the opportunity to bat at higher positions. All my teammates who loved playing at number 3 in ODIs, were always reluctant to come in at this batting order in Tests. That was one the reasons that I finally got the bat-

ting number I had always wanted. In the end I believe despite all the hiccups I had to face, I am satisfied that I performed reasonably well.

Outstanding record against AustraliaWhat was one of the strongest teams and toughest conditions, Australia became a happy hunting ground for Ijaz. He liked perform-ing against Australia and most often did creditably well Down Under. Six of Ijaz’s 12 Test centu-ries came against Australia despite the Aussie bowling attack com-prising great bowlers like Glenn MacGrath, Shane Warne and oth-ers. What made him stand out in a Pakistani team that had bigger names around him as teammates?

“Yes I enjoyed playing in Aus-tralia because those fast and bouncy pitches suited my style of batting. I had come from Sialkot which had one of the fastest and green pitches in Pakistan. Playing over there led to me becoming a ferocious cutter and puller of the ball, which has not always been the strength of Pakistani teams. I have played four World Cups including the one in 1992 which we won and feel that despite not getting the right opportunities I did reason-ably well in my career. Had I batted higher in the batting order I would have contributed much better to our team’s successes.”

Ideal for T20Being a stroke player with out-standing fielding skills, Ijaz would have been an instant hit in the shortest format of the game.

“Yes I am quite positive I would have been a success because this

format suited my style of batting, specially because of my fielding too. I have adapted my batting style numerous times in my career, so I certainly miss that.”

Better player or coach?Along with his batting exploits with flashes of brilliance, Ijaz has tasted considerable success as a coach as well. As a coach of Paki-stan Under-19 team, Ijaz took Pa-kistan to the final of the World Cup in New Zealand, where his team lost to favourites Australia. Was he a better coach or a player?

“ Since 2009 my coaching stints with PCB have been quite success-ful. I tought the youngsters how to adapt their game according to

different situations, playing con-ditions and pitches. We often see a player doing so well at home but struggling big time in conditions completely different from home. Adaptability is an asset a player can always rely upon to succeed in different countries and conditions. Still I guess I was a better player because playing international cricket comes with its own fun and challenges. I was part of Pakistan national team’s coaching teams and in those 24 months we had been winning for 18 months. We beat England 3-0 in Test matches in UAE when Mohsin Khan and myself were the coaches. Coach-ing is my profession now but I en-joyed playing more than anything.

As a coach I take credit for helping young Pakistan players like Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shahzad and Asad Shafiq to break into Pakistan team and do considerably well.”

Greatest cricketers of his timeHaving played with some of the great-est Pakistan cricketers who does he think were the best five of them?

“Definitely Imran Khan. He was an outstanding cricketer, captain and person as well. He was an hon-est person and treated us all like his younger brothers. If you worked hard you were sure to have his sup-port and I enjoyed playing cricket with him. The other greatest names in my era were Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad and Saeed Anwar.

Miandad was a master strategist. He would always understand a situ-ation better than others and respond. He was so good that he performed equally well outside Pakistan.

Wasim was brilliant in picking out the batsmen’s weaknesses. He would then keep working on those weaknesses until he got them out. You can see that with his pace and swing he had put the fear of God in most batsmen of that era.

Anwar was specially good against seam bowling. he could dominate any top bowler, fast and spin, of his time. He had the gift of effortless timing which belongs to only a rare breed of batsmen.

Where does Younis Khan stand?Younis Khan has been a real as-

set for Pakistan scoring his 30th century in Tests last week. With an average of 54.07 in 101 Tests scor-ing 8814 including 59 sixes, how would he compare him with the leg-

endary Javed Miandad who scored 8832 runs in 124 Test averaging 52.57 including 48 sixes? And who in your view is better of the two?

“Younis Khan is the work horse and his success can easily be at-tributed to his sheer hard work. He is no way as talented as Mian-dad because Javed’s success came against much stronger bowling attacks. Playing well against the likes of Michael Holding, Mal-colm Marshall, Richard Hadlee, Dennis Lilly, Kapil Dev, Jeff Thomson, Muttiah Muralitharan and those great Indian spinners was much more difficult than scoring runs against the best of this era, specially on docile pitch-es. However, Younis Khan proved that hard work in the game too can lead to greatness.

I strongly believe that Miandad was the better batsmen.”

Amazing developmentIjaz is pleasantly surprised to see amazing development in Oman in just 22 years, the time when he first visited the Sultanate.

“I am so glad to see so much de-velopment in Oman. I have come here twice before, the last time was 22 years ago, and it looks a different country now. Obviously, this devel-opment drive, peace and security are the salient features of Modern Oman built under the wise and vi-sionary leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.”

He thanked Pakistan Social Club for inviting him as Special Guest to the closing ceremony today at PSM ground, where Mohammed Hassan Al Lawatia of Omantel will be one of the guests of honour.

In an exclusive interview, Ijaz Ahmed spoke

candidly to Times Sport about the ups and

downs of his life as a player, the greats of

his time and his success as Pakistan coach

during his third visit to Oman

I enjoyed playing in Australia because those fast and bouncy pitches suited my style

Ijaz Ahmed, Former Pakistan cricketer

MUSCAT: Former Pakistan cricketer and coach Ijaz Ahmed has offered his ser-vices to help Oman Cricket nurture its young and upcom-ing young players.

“Oman is the latest name in

the associate nations likely to come up pretty soon.

“I wish Oman Cricket well and offer OC my services in any coaching role,” said the player who is on his third visit to Oman.

Ijaz offers to coach Oman youngsters

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Top six start for Al Harthy at Spa

MUSCAT: Avon Tyres British GT Championship driver Ahmad Al Harthy is relishing the prospect of mounting a consistent front-run-ning challenge during round five of

the season at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium after securing sixth on the grid for the weekend’s two-hour race.

Despite the true competitive-ness of the No.2 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 he shares with Brit-ish racer Daniel Lloyd clearly ham-pered around the 4.3-mile track by the ‘Balance of Performance’ bal-last the pairing has to carry, the team-mates still produced an im-pressive showing in qualifying.

Making a typically consistent

and purposeful start to the week-end during free practice on Friday, the Oman Racing Team duo ended the opening session eighth fastest before posting the 12th quickest time in session two.

With the grid for round five to be determined by the combined best lap times of each team-mate, Ah-mad and Lloyd both had to produce the goods and they did so to secure a third row start for the eagerly-awaited Spa contest.

Lloyd took the opening 15-minute qualifying session and delivered a best time of 2m22.781 seconds to end his run 10th fastest. Importantly, he was also the quick-est of the ‘Silver Cup’ drivers – the class featuring a boosted entry this weekend at Spa.

Ahmad then got strapped into the Oman Air, Oman Ministry of Sports Affairs, Ooredoo, National Bank of Oman and Al Hashar Group-liveried Aston for session

two and lapped fourth quickest with a best of 2m24.713 seconds placing him little more than 0.1 seconds shy of the top two.

“Dan did a really good job in his session to deliver the time he did, the extra weight we have to carry is really hurting us around Spa so it was great to be quickest of the Silver Cup drivers too”, reflected the Aston Martin Middle East and North Africa ambassador, “The track was very hot for qualifying

but everything worked well and we’re confident of a strong run in the race if all goes to plan.

“I really did have much stronger pace than I was able to show dur-ing my qualifying run, with such a big grid and lots of GT4 cars all of my fastest laps were compromised as I had to think about traffic the whole time. So, P6 overall after that is a very respectable position for us and we know we have a great car underneath us for the race.”

Making a typically

consistent and

purposeful start to

the weekend during

free practice on

Friday, the Oman

Racing Team duo

ended the opening

session eighth fastest

before posting the

12th quickest time in

session two

GREAT GOING: Ahmad Al Harthy had an excellent practice and qualifying session at Spa. – Supplied photo

I really did have much

stronger pace than

I was able to show

during my qualifying

Ahmad Al HarthyOman Racing Team

Reading deal ‘imminent’ for Ali but Boro looks to hijackMUSCAT: Oman international goalkeeper could for sure sign with Reading FC with whom he contin-ues to train, according to a report on getreading.co.uk.

According to the website, Read-ing FC manager Steve Clarke hopes to wrap up a deal for former Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi in the coming days.

The experienced goalkeeper is currently on trial with Royals and played the first half of Wednes-day’s 2-2 draw against the Thai All-stars in Bangkok .

SpeculationThere had been speculation that Stoke City are keen on the 33-year-old, but speaking after the stale-mate at the Supachalasai Stadium, Royals’ (Reading FC) boss hinted that a deal could be imminent.

Clarke said: “We’re still negoti-ating. But I think Ali is happy to be

here and we’re very happy to have him. Hopefully the agents and the people who handle the contracts will get the deal done as quickly as possible.”

Ali Al Habsi is currently a free agent having been released by Wigan earlier in the summer.

He was replaced at half-time against the Thai All-stars by Jona-than Bond, who has just arrived from Watford.

Boro interestMeanwhile, Middlesbrough Foot-ball Club are weighing up whether to hijack Reading’s move for Ali Al Habsi, according to HITC Sport, who claimed to have understood from sources close to the club.

The 33-year-old goalkeeper left Wigan Athletic following their relegation to League One in 2014-15 as they needed to shed some of their higher earners.

Oman international Ali Al Habsi has been training with Reading this summer and linked up with them on their pre-season tour of the Far East.

The Reading Football Club have offered him terms, but they are not the only club in talks with his rep-resentatives.

Relegated Queens Park Rangers and Hull City have been strongly linked as they look to bounce back to the English Premier League at the first time of asking, and HITC Sport understands Mid-dlesbrough are also now looking closely at him.

Boro just missed out on veteran shot-stopper Shay Given, who shunned a move to The Riverside to sign with Stoke City.

Now Boro could do the same to Championship rivals Reading and try to out bid them for Ali Al Habsi’s services.

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IN FOCUS: Reading FC says the club wants to strike a deal with

Oman international Ali Al Habsi, but Middlesbrough is also

interested.

Squash coaching at SQSC fromJuly 23MUSCAT: Summer coaching camp for squash will begin at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Com-plex in Bausher, according to information received from the squash organisers in Oman.

The camp is being held under the supervision of the Ministry of Sports Affairs and is open for all — Omanis and expatriates.

The camp is focussed on chil-dren between the age group of 6 years to 18 years and will begin from July 23 till the end of Au-gust. “There will be separate coaches — male for boys and female for girls,” said Tahir Al Barwani, who is piloting the de-velopment programme for the racquet sport.

Further details can be had from Tahir Al Barwani (96339655).

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Marquez on pole for German GPSACHSENRING: Honda’s double world champion Marc Marquez took pole position for the German Grand Prix on an all-Spanish front row on Satur-day. Marquez’s team mate Dani Pedrosa will line up second at the Sachsenring in Sunday’s race, his best qualifying of the season, with Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo completing the front row.

Yamaha’s championship leader Valentino Rossi will start in sixth place. Marquez has now qualified on pole for six years in a row at the Sachsenring circuit near Chemnitz in eastern Ger-many, and won five times.

“We will try for six wins,” he said after securing pole with a track record qualifying lap of one minute 20.336 seconds. Italy’s nine times world cham-pion Rossi is 10 points clear of Lorenzo , with Marquez fourth overall. “It seems the Honda (used by Marquez) has no prob-lems,” said Lorenzo. - Reuters

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Golden oldie Watson to wave fond farewell

LONDON: When Tom Watson walks across the famous Swilcan Bridge at St Andrews for the final time, pausing for photographs to rapturous applause, the Ameri-can’s love affair with the British Open will come to a fitting end.

The 65-year-old has been given an exemption to play at the spir-itual home of golf next week to mark the 40th anniversary of his first appearance and his five victo-ries in the championship.

Watson, an eight-times major winner, dominated the British Open between 1975 and 1983, and the 1977 ‘Duel in the Sun’ triumph over Jack Nicklaus at Turnberry is probably his most revered success.

Under clear skies on the Ailsa Course the two Americans were tied at the top of the leaderboard with three holes to play.

“This is what it’s all about, isn’t it?”, Watson said on the next tee. “You bet it is,” Nicklaus replied.

A birdie at the 17th put Watson in front for the first time and at the last he hit a seven-iron to two feet.

Nicklaus drove into the rough but smashed an eight-iron to the edge of the green and dramatically holed from 35 feet. Now Watson’s putt looked a bit longer but he tapped in for victory.

The pair left the green arm-in-arm. Rarely had two players pro-duced such a high quality of golf amid so much drama.

“This was a watershed moment

in my life, winning the Open at Turnberry early in my career against the best player in the game,” Watson told Today’s Golfer magazine.

“Jack said, ‘Tom, I gave you my best shot but it wasn’t good enough. Congratulations’.

“When he said that it made me realise I could play and compete against the best in the game. I felt I had arrived as a professional.”

Twice U.S. Open champion Andy North is hoping Watson’s farewell ends with the flourish it deserves. “He’s had disappoint-

ments at St Andrews but he’d love to go out walking across the bridge on Sunday rather than Friday,” said North, now an ESPN golf analyst.

“He’s had such a history in Scot-land that he’d love to play well and be able to play four rounds and be somewhere near contention.”

Watson was certainly in con-tention at the age of 59 when he rolled back the years at Turnberry in 2009 and stirred the golf world by going agonisingly close to be-coming the oldest major cham-pion before being pipped by com-patriot Stewart Cink in a playoff.

His return to Scotland as U.S. Ryder Cup captain in 2014 was far from happy as Phil Mickelson launched an attack on his stew-ardship after the U.S. went down 16-1/2 - 11-1/2, saying Watson had not engaged with his players.

Mickelson, though, has put their differences aside ahead of the Open. “He is one of the great-est champions this game has ever had,” he told reporters at the Scot-tish Open this week. “It’s his last Open championship and I’m cer-tainly appreciative of all he has done for the game of golf.” - Reuters

The 65-year-old

has been given an

exemption to play at

the spiritual home

of golf next week

to mark the 40th

anniversary of his

first appearance and

his five victories in

the championship

Boca Juniors resume Argentine championship waiting on TevezBUENOS AIRES: Boca Juniors fans must wait another week to see Carlos Tevez wear their blue and yellow colours again even though the Argentine champion-ship resumes this weekend after a break.

Tevez, who has returned home after a decade in Europe, will not be back from holiday after the Copa America until next weekend’s home match against Quilmes at La Bombonera.

Boca visit Sarmiento in Junin this Sunday (0030 GMT Monday) looking to at least retain second place in the standings behind San Lorenzo, who visit Union in Santa Fe on Saturday (2210).

Coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena has no doubt that Tevez will give Boca an extra edge in quality by returning while still at the peak of his powers after two fine seasons with Juventus.

“Tevez’s presence gives us greater class, we hope to make the most of that,” Arruabarrena told a news conference on Fri-

day. “Physically he’s good, let’s see when he arrives on Tuesday, but he gets in shape quickly.

“Carlos has shown me in these last few years he feels more com-fortable with a number nine in front of him,” added Arruabarrena as he ponders how to get the best out of Tevez. The striker is on hol-iday after helping Argentina reach the Copa America final in Chile, the reason for the five-week break

at the halfway point in the league championship.

San Lorenzo have 32 points after 15 matches, one more than Boca and two in front of Racing Club and River Plate.

River, who are at home to Tem-perley on Saturday (2000), missed the chance to pull level with the Saints at the top when they were held 0-0 at Tigre on Wednesday in their match in hand after it was

postponed in May.Former Argentina internation-

als Javier Saviola and Lucho Gon-zalez made their River comebacks in that match after, like Tevez, se-curing a return to their first club last month.

Argentina under-20 striker Giovanni Simeone has moved from River to Banfield, who are coached by former River favourite Matias Almeyda, looking for more regular action and saying his fa-ther Diego helped him decide.

“He gave me a lot of advice about coming here, he knows Almeyda well, but it was my de-cision,” said the son of Atletico Madrid’s coach Diego, who played alongside Almeyda for Argentina at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.

“I know here I’m going to im-prove and evolve as a player,” said the 20-year-old, having chosen Banfield, who visit Quilmes on Saturday (2210), because of Almeyda’s commitment to at-tacking football.” - Reuters

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RELAXING: Carlos Tevez will join Boca Juniors after the holiday.

Fenerbahce club say

Van Persie deal done

ISTANBUL: Turkish top flight club Fenerbahce said the trans-fer of Manchester United’s Robin van Persie is a done deal and the Dutch striker will arrive in Is-tanbul this weekend, reports said Sunday. Fenerbahce chairman Aziz Yildirim said that nego-tiations had been completed late Friday and the player would be arriving in Istanbul on a private flight late on Sunday.

“We worked very hard, until midnight. We received five faxes, sent six faxes and finally it was finished,” Yildirim was quoted as saying by the Fanatik sports daily and Hurriyet newspaper. “The van Persie transfer is done and one more star has joined the Fener-bahce constellation,” he added.

Yildirim’s comments appeared to set to rest last minute specula-tion that van Persie could stay at United or even join Fenerbahce’s Istanbul rivals Besiktas. After ar-riving Sunday at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport, van Persie will

officially sign his contract at the club’s stadium on Monday, Turk-ish press reports said. According to reports, his transfer fee will be 4.7 million euros (£3.4m, $5.2m).

Fenerbahce — runners up to hated Istanbul rivals Galatasaray last season in the championship — have gone on a spending spree in a bid to dominate the Super Lig and be a real contender in Europe.

This week, Fenerbahce signed Portuguese star Nani also from United for six million euros (£4.26m, $6.7m) and in June bought Danish centre-back Simon Kjaer from French side Lille.

Turkish press reports said van Persie may not represent the end of Fenerbahce’s ambition, with the club eyeing Chelsea’s Brazilian midfielder Ramires and even van Persie’s fellow countryman Arjen Robben of Bayern Munich.

Yildirm acknowledged for the first time that the club had also wanted to sign Spain international goalkeeper Iker Casillas. — AFP

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Tom Watson, an eight-times major

winner, dominated the British Open

between 1975 and 1983, and the

1977 ‘Duel in the Sun’ triumph over

Jack Nicklaus at Turnberry is

probably his most revered success

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On top of that, people tend to consume greater amounts of cold and raw food during summer and spend more time eating out-side. Salads with creamy or mayonnaise-based dressings, or sandwiches with highly perishable toppings may facilitate the growth of bacteria if kept at room temperature for an extended period of time.

Fortunately, here in Oman people seldom get sick from contaminated food because most people have a healthy im-mune system that protects them not only from harmful bacteria on food, but from other harmful organisms in the environment. At the same time, the municipality and other government agencies, and food producers go to great lengths to keep food safe.

When dining out, you have to decide for yourself if you trust the restaurant or food stand preparing your meal since you will likely not be able to watch the kitchen’s methods. In general grains, carbohydrates, and dairy-free sweets are less prone to contamination than foods containing meat or dairy. But at home, when it comes to your own food handling, fol-lowing good food safety practices will protect you and your family against food poisoning.

The three key factors to food safety are temperature, cross-contamination, and cleanliness.

TemperatureWhether indoors or outside, one of the most important fac-tors in preserving food safety is to keep foods out of the “dan-ger zone”. The temperature danger zone is between 5 and 60 degrees Celsius. Food should either be kept below 5 degrees in a fridge or cooler, or nice and hot above 60. As hot foods cool or cold foods rise in temperature, the bacteria that cause food poisoning begin to multiply the fastest and faster, so it is important that food is kept for no more than 2 hours in the danger zone.

Once frozen and defrosted, food should never be frozen for a second time. And defrosting must be done quickly to mini-mise the food’s time in the danger zone.

“Food poisoning is difficult to detect because you can’t see or smell a noticeable change in the food. There is a risk of food poisoning in refreezing meat, poultry or sea food once it is de-frosted. This could spur the growth of bacteria that cause food poisoning,” says Dr Prasant, a practicing physician at Ibri.

Cooking food to the correct temperature is also essential. Meat steaks and chops should be cooked to a minimum in-ternal temperature of 63 degrees Celsius, and allowed to rest for 3 minutes before consuming. Ground meats should be cooked to 71 degrees Celsius. For visual reference, a pink or red interior is find for meat, though the bloody (rare) prepara-tions should be reserved for restaurants who have access to

the highest quality steaks, which are produced in a controlled environment to help ensure their cleanliness and safety.

Poultry needs to reach a temperature of 74 degrees and there should be no blood or pink colour left in the flesh. Eggs should cook to 71 degrees and fish and shellfish need only be cooked to 63 degrees. Shrimp turns pink when they are cooked and fish becomes flaky. You need not dry out your fish. It cooks quickly and should retain moist texture. Many people enjoy eating raw fish in the form of sushi. The high-est quality, most carefully handled fish must be used for this preparation, so it is best left to restaurants that specialise in it rather than attempt at home.

Cross-ContaminationMany harmful bacteria are killed and rendered harmless when foods are cooked to the proper temperature, but cross-contamination can occur when bacteria from one food is transmitted to another, most often when juices from un-cooked meat come in contact with raw or ready-to eat foods that will not be heated again. Though grilled foods are healthy options when compared to deep frying, the chances of foods being cross-contaminated are higher if not handled properly.

“We get a lot of cases of food related infections, diarrhoea, vomiting, amebiases and food poisoning on a daily basis. These are mainly due to unhygienic food,” said Dr Basheer, Internist and Diabetologist, Badr Al Samaa Hospital. It is rec-ommended that raw meat is kept on one side of the barbecue and cooked food is kept and served from the other. This will reduce the risk of you contaminating the cooked meat with bacteria from nearby surfaces and utensils that came in con-tact with blood and germs from the raw meat.

Keep your hands as clean as possible, washing them every time you touch raw meat, before handling other foods. Han-dle raw and cooked foods using separate utensils.

CleanlinessThe easiest and best safeguard against food poisoning is to wash your hands. Unwashed hands are a prime cause of food borne illness. Wash your hands with warm, soapy water be-fore handling food and after using the bathroom, changing diapers, and handling pets.

Be sure to thoroughly wash all raw vegetables before chop-ping or serving, as the soil crops are grown in soil which of-ten contains animal manure that acts as a fertilizer, and may contain the E. coli virus. When barbecuing away from home, find out if there’s a source of potable (safe drinking) water. If not, bring water and soap for preparation and cleaning or pack clean, wet, disposable washcloths or moist antibacterial towels and paper towels for cleaning hands and surfaces.

Wash CorrectlyThe easiest way to avoid food borne illnesses is to wash

your hands for at least 20 seconds in hot water with soap.

Utensils and cutting boards should also be washed with hot

water and soap, especially before and after handling meat or

poultry. Be sure to wash hands after touching egg shells, as

their surface often is contaminated with salmonella.

Pre-ScrupFruits and vegetables with firm surfaces or rinds, such

as, carrots, oranges, melons and potatoes, should be

scrubbed before cutting. Even though the peels and rinds

will be discarded, it is important to wash them so as to

avoid spreading the bacteria that often resides on their

porous surfaces.

Thaw it RightFrozen meat should never be left at room temperature to

defrost. It is best to let frozen meat defrost in the refrigera-

tor overnight, by running cold (not warm) water over the

frozen package, or using your microwave’s defrost option.

All of these methods ensure the meat is not in the danger

zone while defrosting.

THE USUAL SUSPECTSAccording to public health experts, the most

common food borne bacterial offenders are

salmonella, shigella, campylobacter and E.

coli. These troublemakers spread and multiply

as a result of poor food-handling practices,

such as failure to keep hot foods hot and cold

foods cold, or inadequate hand washing by

food preparers and servers.

Staphylococci bacteria The food-borne ill-

ness thrives in dairy products that are not kept

at the proper temperature, making foods like

summer summer salads prepared with mayo-

naise dressings or milky desserts especially

prone to contamination. Staphylococci bacte-

ria, thrives in the heat. The common symp-

toms of watery diarrhea, stomach pain and

intense vomiting strike almost immediately.

E. coli The E. coli virus is caused by faecal

material from cattle, and the bacteria can

contaminate meat during processing and

also spill over into the water supply used to

irrigate crops. It is important to cook meat to

the proper temperature to kill off any E. coli

present, and to thoroughly wash raw vegeta-

bles before consuming. Damage is caused to

the lining of the intestinal wall, causing blood

to leak into the intestinal tract, creating bloody

diarrhoea. This virus is especially dangerous

for those with compromised immune systems,

such as the very young or the very old.

Salmonella Salmonella bacteria are found in

poultry, beef, dairy, and uncooked egg dishes

such as salad dressing and hollandaise sauce.

Untreated, the salmonella infections eventu-

ally bores holes through the intestinal wall. A

fever signals the virus has spread beyond the

GI tract and is invading the bloodstream. Like

E. coli, salmonella can be especially dangerous

for those with compromised immune systems,

the young or the very old.

Keep it Cold

To avoid the danger zone, keep hot foods hot and cold

foods cold, so be sure to store meat, fish, and poultry

in the refrigerator or over ice. To keep foods safe make

sure your fridge is set at 4°C or colder and the freezer

at -18°C (0°F). Refrigerate or freeze prepared food and

leftovers within two hours.

Shop Wisely

Food safety begins at the grocery store. Stop by the refrig-

erated and frozen sections last, so that perishable products

stay cold for as long as possible. Bag raw meat separately

from other foods and bring groceries home immediately to

store them properly. Look at expiration dates and whether

something appears to have been kept at the right temperature.

Use Separate Cutting Boards

Separate cutting boards must be used for meat and

vegetables and overly used boards should be replaced

regularly. Avoid using wooden boards as their porous

surfaces are more prone to contamination. Also use dif-

ferent knives, bowls and tongs when preparing meat and

vegetables.

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LIFESTYLEC9S U N DAY, J U LY 1 2 , 2 0 1 5

RAMADAN PROVIDES the per-fect opportunity to retrain yourself and get back on track with eating healthy. When you fast, you learn to control your cravings. As a result, by the end of Ramadan you’ll have stronger will-power and you will have regained the strength to say ‘no’ to tempting food, says Dr Hussein Al Saadi, Public Health Specialist at Al Hayat International Hospital.

Does reversing one’s eating schedule have an impact on one’s health?While Ramadan is a festive time of year, it has the potential to nega-tively impact one’s health. Eating at night rather than during the day

affects the body’s metabolism, thus increasing the risk of weight gain. Fasting can also lead to cravings for foods that are high in sugar and fat, which can also impact your waistline. The key is eat-ing the right foods at Suhoor and Iftar, the two daily meals during Ramadan, which are taken before dawn and after dusk.

What foods are ideal for Suhoor?Pack in fibre and protein at Suhoor. Suhoor is crucial, as it is the faster’s last meal before facing the day. So it is important to make sure this pre-dawn meal contains protein (found in eggs, cheese, yoghurt, nuts, poul-try, and fish) and fibre (fruit, veg-

etables, and whole grains), both of which help stave off hunger over a long period. Avoid salty foods like cheese or pickles, which make you thirsty during the day.

How should one stay hydrated?It is advisable to stay out of the sun, spend most of the day in cool places and avoid strenuous exercise dur-ing Ramadan. Eating fruit before sunrise is a good idea, as the water it contains helps to hydrate the body during the day. Be careful not to drink too much water at once. Cof-fee and tea are to be avoided, as they can actually lead to increased thirst and dehydration. For additional energy, try drinking smoothies or

fruit juice diluted with water.

Does fasting cause headaches?One study - on fasting patients - re-ported 41 per cent suffered from headaches and the frequency of the headaches increased with the dura-tion of the fast. The type of headache is very similar to the headache you get when you get stressed or take tension. People who suffer from migraine, have to check with their doctors before Ramadan in order to adjust the medications and life style. Between Iftar and Suhoor, you need to take your regular medicines for migraine, and stay hydrated by drinking water and eating the right foods to avoid common headaches.

App to detect eye disease earlyResearchers have developed an application that can de-tect eye diseases like diabetic macular edema. The app, de-veloped by a team from the Medical and Surgical Centre for Retina in Mexico, uses the camera of the phone to detect any abnormality in the thick-ness of the retina. The move is aimed at general physicians who can detect the condition and refer the patient to a spe-cialist. “The idea is to detect and prevent diseases in gener-al practice. We are not replac-ing the specialist. We want to know which patients have a disease and make an early de-tection,” said Dr Juan Carlos Altamirano Vallejo, medical director of the Medical and Surgical Centre for Retina. IANS

Eating citrus fruits may increase melanoma risk

Frequent consumption of citrus fruits — whole grape-fruit and orange juice — may be associated with an in-creased risk of melanoma, a type of skin cancer, says a large study. Analysing dietary patterns among more than 100,000 people in the US, the researchers found that mela-noma risk was 36 per cent higher in people who con-sumed citrus fruit or juice at least 1.6 times daily compared to those who consumed them less than twice per week. Con-sumption of grapefruit and or-anges was not associated with an increased risk for any other non-skin cancers. “While our findings suggest that people who consume large amounts of whole grapefruit or orange juice may be at increased risk for melanoma, we need much more research,” said lead study author Shaowei Wu, postdoctoral research fellow at Brown University. IANS

Ramadan Reboot

Cloves for DigestionCloves are known the world over for their anaesthetic properties used for soothing tooth aches. Chewing on cloves can also cure other oral is-sues including sore throats and bad breath. Recently, cloves were rec-ognised as curatives for gastric issues, such as indigestion, loose stools, and flatulence.

Stretch for a Better WorkoutStretching is important for improving flexibility, but is just as vital for main-taining a wide range of motion in one’s joints. Flexibility will improve one’s performance in physical activities and decrease the risk of injuries since loose joints can move through their full range of motion. This also enables muscles to work at their optimal level of effectiveness. Be sure to warm up your muscles for a few minutes, then have a stretch before beginning your workout.

Onion for Cleansing the EyesOnion can lower cholesterol levels and blood pressure and is said to help clean the blood and protect one against toxic build up. A lesser known use for the wonder bulb, is a natural remedy for removing foreign objects from the eye. Simply chop up an onion quickly while staring at it and let the naturally produced tears flush the eyes clean.

Here are a few simple, time-tested foods, techniques,

and remedies to try, and a bit about why. Have you tried any of these

tricks? How did you like them? Do you have a favourite remedy of

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Pranic healing is a form of what is referred to as “en-ergy medicine” and is per-haps the most non-invasive treatment option out there by Hubert Vaz

This form of alternative ther-apy, developed by Grand Mas-ter Choa Kok Sui, president of the Institute For Inner Studies Inc. and World Pranic Heal-ing Foundation, utilises a ‘life-force’ (called prana in Sanskrit and chi in Chinese medicine) to harmonise and heal the body’s energy processes.

This form of healing requires no drugs, gadgets, not even physi-cal contact with the subject. This is because the practitioner deals with the energy body around a person and not his or her physical body. This energy body, or aura, is what determines good or bad health of an individual and is con-sidered the blueprint of physical and mental wellbeing. The energy

body absorbs life energy and dis-tributes it not only throughout the body but also to internal or-gans and glands. The technique of no-touch energy healing is based on the fundamental principle that the body is a self-repairing, living entity that possesses the ability to heal itself and that the healing process is accelerated by increasing this life force, which is readily available from the sun, air, and ground.

“Life energy or prana is all around us. It is pervasive; we are actually in an ocean of life en-ergy. Based on this principle, a healer can draw in pranic energy or life energy from the surround-ings,” described Choa Kok Sui. The invisible energy field or aura is said to extend to about 4-5 inch-es above the skin’s surface all over the body. It is said that diseased energy first appears in this invis-ible field before being manifest as a physical ailment. Pranic healing is used to scoop out and discard

the diseased energy and replace it with pure energy drawn from the sun by simply extending the hand towards it. Practitioners claim that the technique is an effective way to heal oneself, from common ailments like headaches, toothaches, coughs, sore throat, fevers, stomach aches, diarrhoea, to serious dis-orders like tuberculosis, heart disease, hypertension, hepati-tis, migraine, arthritis, mental conditions like stress, tension, depression, phobias, even para-noia and schizophrenia. Even those who don’t believe that this healing practice is effective, agree that there is no potential harm in it, so it might be worth a try for, even the most sceptical.

What is your favourite alternative medicine?

Tell us about it: hubert@timesofoman.com

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Dr Gerry D’Costa has an MD in psychiatry and a special interest in the areas of anxiety, depression, addiction, and children’s psychiatry. He has practiced as a specialised psychiatrist at Badr Al Samaa hospital in Ruwi for the last 9 years. Starting next week, Dr D’Costa will begin offering his advice and professional insights to the readers of Times of Oman. Send your mental health questions to lifestyle@timesofoman.com.

Dear Dr Gerry,

I’m a 42 year old man, working in a company for the last 20 years. I used to enjoy my work and have worked hard to rise in the organi-sation. I used to be punctual and a hard worker. However, over the last two years everything has changed and it’s getting worse. I am not happy with anything; don’t feel like waking up in the morn-ing and going for work. I feel like resigning and full of fear at home. Don’t want to spend time with my family, I just want to sit alone most of the time. What’s happen-ing to me?

M.

Dear M.,

Something is definitely going on. You clearly seem to be feel-ing a drop in the way you feel and your performance ability over the last couple of years. The ques-tion is why? What has changed? I’m guessing that the problem is not your professional work or interpersonal problems as you haven’t mentioned them in your question. One of the possibili-ties is that you’re suffering from burnout or depression.

Burnout is becoming more com-mon in the modern work place. It results from chronic occupational stress and work overload, where economic values are placed ahead

of human values. It involves doing too much with too few resources. Burnout can be worsened by per-sonality and lifestyle choices. Burnout may include depression which includes exhaustion, hope-lessness, indifference and belief there’s no meaning or future in life.

Both my friend will require you to consult a mental health profes-sional. I have seen so many people, who have worked hard to build their career and then finally resign because they don’t realise that its burnout that’s causing them to give up when they have actually suc-ceeded in their career. This prob-lem will need a deeper assessment. Don’t feel afraid to step forward and seek help.

ASK DR. GERRYBURNOUT

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Stress hormone enhances memory retrievalThe stress hormone cor-tisol strengthens memo-ries of scary experiences in life, researchers report. If a person remembering a terrifying event has a high stress hormone level, the memory of that spe-cific event will be strongly reconsolidated after each retrieval. “The results may explain why certain un-desirable memories don’t fade, for example in anxiety and PTSD sufferers,” said Oliver Wolf from Ruhr University Bochum, Ger-many. Studies have shown that the stress hormone cortisol has a strengthen-ing impact on the consoli-dation of memories. - IANS

Chemotherapy equipment dangerous: StudyThe anti-bacterial silver coating used in chemo-therapy catheters actually breaks down the drugs and thus reduces the efficacy of the treatment, a study says.Chemotherapy usually involves the patient receiv-ing medicine through an intravenous catheter. These catheters, as well as the equipment attached to them, are treated with a silver coating which is antibacterial, preventing bacterial growth and un-wanted infections during a treatment. The study found that the chemotherapy drugs’ reaction with silver not only breaks down the drugs, but it also creates hydrogen fluoride. - IANS

SCA kills 300,000 people each year Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) claims over three lakh lives every year, including those of 7,000 children, health experts said here on Saturday. They stated that SCA takes one life every two minutes, claiming more lives than breast cancer, lung cancer, or AIDS. Over 60 percent of the people are still unaware of the disease. “Ventricular fibrillation is the most com-mon cause of cardiac ar-rest. Not every heart attack is a cardiac arrest,” said Vanita Arora, associate di-rector and head of cardiac electrophysiology lab and arrhythmia services at Max Super Specialty hospital.She said that during SCA the heart stops beating, no blood is pumped to the rest of the body and the heart needs to be revived through electric shock. - IANS

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1BHK, Darsait, walking distance to

ISM , neat and clean building, ground

floor, OMR 260/- per month rent

Call IQRAR on 99076557

Fully furnished 3 BHK accommo-

dation with all spacious rooms in a

villa at Darsait near ISD.

Contact: 9526 5289 / 9604 8422

Furnished room for rent at

Al Khuwair R.O 225/- for family only.

Contact: 99251975

Villa AL Ghobrah, 6 bedroom 1200/-

R.O. Contact: 99340055/97557555

3BHK, 3 bathrooms, 2 balconies,

nr. Al Hassan W/ Kabir R.O 350/-.

Contact: 99384640

Flats shops for rent in

Ruwi MBD area Mumtaz area.

Contact: 97293708 / 92433127

2BHK at Al Khodh, 2BHK at Wadi

Kabir 2 room, 1hall, dining, 2

bathrooms. Contact: 99224748 /

99332297

Store in Wadi Kabir 1900 SQM.

Contact: 99473751 / 91471067

1BHK Darsait R.O 225/-. Contact: 92144045

1BHK Wadi Kabeer, RO 225/-.

Contact: 92144045

2BHK Darsait R.O 300/-.

Contact: 92144045

2BHK Ghubra R.O 250/-. Contact:

92144045

1,2,3 BHK. Contact: 97799175

2 bedrooms apartments for rent in

Al Khuwair and Ghubra. Call Yel-

low Bird property on 24615375 /

97137989 or visit

www.muscat-realty.com

3 Bedroom flat in Wadi Kabeer and

2 bedroom villa in Sidab- Muscat.

Contact: 95755953

Spacious 2- BR flat in MBD.

Contact 99713489

For rent office CBD flat in Ruwi.

Contact: 92820734 / 95345909

Residential /commercial 2 B/R

near Medical College Bausher from

Owner. Contact: 92158031

256 sq mtrs restaurant for rent in

Plaza Hotel, Walja Ruwi.

Contact 99326339

1BHK close to ISWKG Wadi Kabir

Bldg # 1690 R.O 250/-. #99476728

3 BHK Flat in Azaiba.

Contact 99792181

Studio Flat in Ruwi.

Contact 99792181

1 BHK Flat in Honda Road (Ruwi).

Contact 99792181

1 & 2 BHK flat in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99792181

Labour Camp + Store in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99792181

Flat with A/C in the South Al Ma-

bella close to the Mosque Al Tawab

consists of 2 rooms, hall, 2 bathrooms

and kitchen. Contact: 99388995

Good flat villa type at Mobeileah

Senaiya. Contact : 99879872

New building in Wadi Kabir, 2 bed-

room flats. Contact: 99313274

3 bed room flat near ONTC Ruwi.

Contact: 99653336

Six bed room twin villa Al Athaiba.

Contact: 99207840

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4 bed room flat at Al Hail South.

Contact: 99207840

Three new three bedrooms flats

with servants rooms Al Khuwair 39.

Contact: 99207840

4 BHK single villa in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 97616158

1 Villa & 3 big Flats of 2/3 BHK with

hall, Kitchen & ACs Al Khoudh 6,

Close to express way,

from owner. Tel 97600322

alnehang@gmail.com

1BHK with A/C Mumtaz. R.O 250/-.

Contact 97799175

Fabulous AC flat at Al Khoud 3 bed-

rooms, hall and kitchen RO 270/- for

rent. Contact: 99334699

2 BHK flat in Al Ansab with

split A/C. RO.250/- Contact – 93191111

2BHK near Oman house behind

Khimji, H.O. Contact: 95865686

506sqm space with mezzanine

available for rent in AL Wadi Al

Kabir, Suitable for carpentry / Auto

workshop and / or electrical shop

interested parties may.

Contact: 24703981

For rent if require flats for rent in

Wadi Kabir please send me mes-

sages through Whatsapp.

Contact: 99376454

Flat for rent in Mabellah 8th.

Contact: 97147240

2BHK with split AC at Al Khuwair

33. Contact: 94057023

3000 sq mtrs Industrial landß,

in Barka Sanaiya, with electricity

400KW, shed, staff accommodation

and office. Ready to start any kind

of factory. Contact 99384255.

FOR SALE

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

1BHK, 2BHK, 3BHK new flat

available at Mabela in front of Mod-

ern English School

Contact: 96239126

ACC. WANTED

Required a room in Darsait /

WadiKabir /Ruwi area.

Contact: 95405033

Equipped kitchen showroom

company for sale at Ghubrah, Muscat.

6 visa available,

Contact owner at 96303747

House hold items. Contact: 97094797

Darsait near labor card Medical

business furnished office for sale,

rent R.O 260/- p/m. Contact: 91211117

Ladies beauty parlor sale in Mut-

trah, above Ahla supermarket.

Contact: 93231403

Used Super market Gandola RO

40.000 PER meter, double tube light

RO 2.000 per piece.

Contact: 96441670

Turkish MDF door with frame for

sale, size 210 x 100 Price: RO 75/-.

Contact: 95899296 / 92141514

Sale & repair of Tyres 315/80 R 22.5

& 12.00 R 24. Contact: 97477128

2 BHK commercial /

residential flat at Honda Road.

Contact: 99342733/99795241

Small old house for rent Al Ghobrah.

Contact 95112461

Fully furnished 1BHK with all

household items in Darsait near

Lulu on monthly Basis. Contact :

99378397/99493500

Fully furnished room in Ruwi for

non cooking ex- bachelor.

Contact 94412557

Single furnished room, attached

bathroom in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 92155261

Rooms for rent in Seeb for couple /

single/ working ladies.

Contact: 96996938

Independent rooms in Qurum /

Al Hail. Contact 95529970

Full furnished single /sharing room

for Exe. bachelor at Rex Road near

Kamat with WIFI available.

Contact 92873832

Furnished room for Indian couples

or family near Honda Road (Walja).

Contact 98952904

Available sharing accommodation

for non cooking Executive bachelor

near Indian School Al Ghoubra with

Keralite family. Contact 91697955

Furnished room attached bath for

lady in Wadikabir (Mars Hypermar-

ket) – 95941515

Furnished bedroom with separate

bathroom and kitchen on sharing in

Darsait for Ex- bachelors.

Contact : 95376096

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FOR RENTBuilding In Rusail Industrial

comprising a store divisible area 266 sq. meters.

The building includes Studios

residence.Preferably to be leased to

one company.

Mob + 968 96177505

Villa for rent in Al Khuwair 33,

8 bedrooms & 5 bathrooms with

parking area near Taimur Mosque.

Contact: 99366624

Office space at Alasfoor Plaza

Qurum. Contact : 24566217

/24564686

Flat in South Al Hail, 2 bedrooms,

Majlis, 2 bathrooms, kitchen RO

250/-. Contact 93221474

Flat in Ruwi Mumtaz 2 BHK

RO 300 or 1 BHK 250 RO.

Contact 98588240

2BHK with split AC near PDO Gate

no -2 at Qurum. Contact: 94057023

Luxury 3 BHK flat in Al Wattaya

with split A/C & private parking.

RO.500/- Contact – 93191111

2 bed rooms, kitchen, toilet & car

park in Al Khuwair R.O 200/- .

Contact 95154331

Deluxe furnished / unfurnished

flats Qurum. Contact: 24566217 /

24564686

Bath attached room for rent

Al Khuwair. Contact 99743569

Commercial 3 BHK flat in Al Ghobra

18 Nov Street. RO 700/-

Contact 93191111

2 BHK flat in Al Azaiba near sea,

with split A/C. RO.340/- # 93191111

Villa of 5 BHK in Al Ansab with split

A/C. RO.650/- Contact – 93191111

For rent in Qantab European style 4

bedrooms, 4 baths, Guest toilet, fully

equipped modern kitchen, covered

car park for two cars, approximately

150 meters from the beach. For

enquiries, please Contact: Yasser at

92606005

Fully furnished room for a decent

expatriate. independent kitchen,

bathroom in Wadi Adai.

Contact 96243086 at 5p.m.

For sharing accommodation room

with toilet attached, kitchen sharing

near clean building next to main

road near Indian school Wadi Kabir,

Indian couples family or bachelor.

Contact: 95345537 / 94672007

Furnished room with attached bath-

room in W/K. Contact: 97167857

Sharing for non cooking executive

bachelor in CBD area WIFI free,

Advance deposit.

Contact: 95094504

Deluxe 1, 2 BHK flats in Darsait,

AL Khuwair 1deal for office &

residence. Contact 99369081

/99142314

Flat at Darsait. Contact 99326879

Flat for rent in Wadi Kabir with

3 rooms. Contact : 98555580 /

92800007

1BHK flats at Muttrah near Oman

house. Contact : 93231403

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BUYING/SELLING

MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SALE

Toyota Corolla 1.8 ltr GLI excellent

condition 28,000 kms.

Contact: 97717152

Touareg 2011 Oman cars, 114000

KM, silver, 8500/-R.O. #92857111

Toyota Prado 2008, Toyota Corolla

2009, Honda CRV 2009, low mileage

available at Bombay Medical, behind

Ruwi Police Station. #99326339

Prado ,2012. Contact : 99336093

Peugeot 206-2007 Model, expat

driven. Contact 99209285

Sportage, 2013. Contact:99336093

Land Cruiser 2012. Contact:

99336093

2 Prime Movers Man 2008 with 40

ton petrol tank each working at the

moment in Al Maha. Price OMR 35

Thousand each. Contact 97000155

or 92688692

All type of car scanner available

easy car diagnostic for professional

and self use Authorize LAUNCH

and Autel dealer. GSM:92393972

www.omancartools.com

Used furniture & Electronic items,

office & house. Contact: 99834373

SITUATION WANT-MATRIMONIAL

Brand new 4 BHK plus Maids room

in Barka, 2 Kms from Lulu.

Contact: 99347089

6 bedroom, 6 bath rooms, sitting &

dining villa at Qurum.

Contact: 99342733

Well established medium size

construction company for sale.

Equipments, 30 employees & ongo-

ing projects. Serious buyers only

99412020

Salon for sale in Muttrah next to

Muttrah Health Center 2/500 -R.O .

Contact: 99012807

Kerala Christian Orthodox boy 29/185 Staff Nurse MOH Muscat

seeks suitable alliances.

Contact: 99461264

Indian Kerala male 31 years

Hindu Ezhava working in Muscat

looking for life partner.

Contact: 99893119

3 cents plots-(12nos.) at walk-

able distance from Kovalm

Jn.,Trivandrum,Lorry site near to

main road-Bus route, for immediate

sale. 3 cents- 15 lakhs only.

Call 00968-95036240,

0091-9961034763 or

email- cfhd1@ yahoo.com

Centre For Housing Development-Trivandrum: Group of senior and

retired Engineers and Architects

provides service in the field of

Design and Supervision of buildings

in Kerala.For appointments, E-mail

your site location and building

requirements to cfhd@ymail.com. or

call 00968-95036240,

0091-9961034763.

38 cents plot with 2BHK house by

the river bank in Thrissur Dist. near

Irinjalakuda (Karavanoor).

Contact: 99347089

500 acre agricultural land suitable

for rubber plantation for sale in Rat-

nagiri Maharashtra. price 2 lakh per

acre, rubber board approved land,

minimum purchase 20 acre.

We provide care taking by expe-

rienced Malayalee team for your

plantation. please call ,

prasad 95760790

NRI

Coffee shop at Liwa main road.

Contact : 99515419

Wall papers, grass carpets sale &

fixing. # 99834373 / 97102699

Commercial land for sale 3000 m

in quriyat road main high way can

use as a petrol station license

available asking price 350,000

For more information please call on

99070701 with out name

Total Station Survey Instrument

S3 2” / Servo/ Trimble access

bundle - batch 9101025 – not used.

Contact: 94282782 / 95425747

BUSINESS

New company seek partnership.

Contact: 96996938

General Investors. Gsm-99674870

2013 NISSAN MAXIMA FOR SALE.Single Owner,10 Months full cover

Insurance (UAE & Oman), 15,000

Km only. Intrested buyers can Call/

Whatsapp on 95692099

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting,

Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery,

Glassware, Chafing Dishes, Ice Sculp-

tures, to Large Sound Systems and spec-

tacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222

for Catering and Croyden 9623 5555 for

Sound & Light. www.tunesoman.com,

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SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Secretary (Female), Experience:

Minimum 1 - 2 years. Forward CV

to hr@barikgroup.com

Required Office Assistant

160+25+Acc, Contact 99454425

Mechanical Engineer, Indian 24

with 2 yrs experience in HVAC- MEP

Revit – MEP, AutoCAD – MEP Navis

solid works Catia PRO-E primavera.

Contact: 96975382

Email: bonny491@gmail.com

MBA having 4years Gulf experience

in Coordination with contracting

company .NOC Available.

Ph: 95405885

Indian female, BE, Civil engineer

with 1 year experience looking for

suitable vacancy, on visit.

Contact 95139583,

Email : aisushetty09@gmail.com

SAP – SCM.MM Consultant B.Tech.

(Chemical), from NIT, working with

oil industry, seeks employment.

Contact: 98049288

Iraqi Civil Engineer, 12 years expe-

rience with Omani driving license.

Contact: 94695595

Electrical Engineer, B. Sc degree,

Filipino, 15 years experience in oil

& gas, power plant, substation, EPC

projects, testing & commissioning,

O & M with Oman D/L light.

Contact: 97090934

Degree holder Civil Engineer hav-

ing 10 years experience with driving

license looking for better position.

Contact 98451844

Email: zahid_ruet@hotmail.com

Indian male, 38 years old, DME –

Mechanical Maintenance Techni-

cian 11 years Oman experience.

Ready for NOC, VISA transfer, ready

to join immediately, Mob +968

95612870, seeniselvan@gmail.com

Indian male, 34 years old, DEE –

Electrical Supervisor 10 years Oman

experience. Ready for NOC , VISA

transfer and valid Oman driving

license light, ready to join imme-

diately. Contact +91 9740679094,

kulasekar1980@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT

BEAUTY

Indian CA with 15 yrs exp working

as Finance Head of MNC looking for

Job. NOC Available. 94047434

Indian male, 30 years, CMA(Inter),M.com, 4 out of 7 years

experience in Oman in Auditing/

Accounts/ Finance. Having NOC and

valid Oman D/L. Contact: 96746420 ,

Email: sijuthampi@ymail.com

Indian male 32 years MBA, 6 out

of 14 years experience in Oman in

accounts / finance having NOC and

Valid Oman driving license last date

in Oman 01/AUG/2015.

Contact: 94051463

Email: gkvenkatesh83@gmail.com

Assist Accountant Indian (m) 2

years experience in Oman looking

for a job immediate joining, cur-

rently working in Oman. Contact

Shaheed Shamsadin : 98427810

Accountant, Indian male, 10 years

experience in Oman. Can do upto

finalization and knowledge of Tally

ERP9 can be joined immediately

with NOC. Contact: 94134085 Email:

muscatoman95@yahoo.com

Married lady 25 years, Master

Accounts having 5 years experience

in Indian looking for full / part time

job. Contact: 95140332 /93223050

family visa holder.

Contact 95140332

Indian male, well experienced in

Accounts and Admin looking for a

suitable vacancy.

Contact : 98717938

Indian female, M.Com Finance, DCA,

3 years experience in Accounts /

finance& knowledge in ERP & Tally

seeking suitable position in corpo-

rate finance / banking / consulting.

Email: prapullasuvarna@gmail.com

Contact: 96953705

now in family visa.

Indian male with total 5 year

experience (2 years experience in

Accountant cum sales co ordinator

in a FMCG Company in Oman) in

accounts field and NOC available.

Looking for suitable job

Contact 92130188

Indian male, B.Com, Accountant,

10 yrs in Oman experience in

Accounts, knowledge of Tally ERP 9,

focus RT having NOC & D/L,

looking for suitable job.

Contact 93086105

Chinese/ Arab/ continental cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970

Required experience Waiter / Supervisor/ Juice maker, Shawarma maker. Contact: 95395378

Traditional Omani restaurant requires: Waitress for restaurant. Delivery man with bike license

preferred. Interested candidates send

CV to: Email: omanhari@yahoo.com

Contact: 95892831

Urgently required Accountant B. Com with 4-6 years Gulf experience

in construction field and good knowl-

edge in FOCUS accounting software.

Send CV : pccllcoman@gmail.com

Urgently required a part – time female Accountant fluent in English

with 2-3 years experience in Tally.

Email: mhca@mhabibgroup.com

Fax: 24564459

Urgently required female accountant with an experience

minimum 3years Email CV on

cv.hrcharity@gmail.com

Urgently required Junior Account-ant. Please send CV:

hr.azatllc@gmail.com

MEDICAL

SKILLED

IT

Wanted female doctor GP. Interested

candidates can forward your CV to

jayakumar.velu@alnabaholding.com

Required MOH licensed lady G.P Dentist Pharmacist, Asst Pharma-cist for Salalah based pharmacy

and clinic. Contact: 92732491 Email:

clinicrecruitment2015@gmail.com

Vacancy Lab Technician for inquiry

or send CV zmczahara@yahoo.com

Contact 24571094 Fax: 24571097

Required Prometric passed nurse to

join clinic from end August.

Contact: 99352793

DRIVER

Urgently required experienced sub-contractors for Marble Floor-

ing / Marble Cladding / Grinding /

Carving works. Contact 92884177 /

99485595

Urgently required an Electrician for an interiors fitout company with

NOC available. Gulf experience is

must. Call 95103518 or send your CV

: to.shaista@gmail.com

Urgently required a silk Screen printer with good knowledge and

release letter or NOC. Contact:

93280288 or send CV to

albayanstamps@gmail.com

Indian female B.Sc- Fashion De-

signer 21 years, fresher, One month

internship in a garment industry

2015 University best designer award

holder. Now looking for a creative

job, currently on residential visa.

Contact: 98297940 / 99741604.

Email : zintasabu@gmail.com

AutoCAD Draughts man seeks

Employment. Contact: 91889873

Electrical draftsman AutoCAD

switch gear & MEP control panel

7 years experience Qatar. Contact:

92546203/96228100

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANT-ED

SIT. WANTED

Vacancy for lady Receptionist

at Sinaw Hala Medical Center - Flu-

ency in English and Arabic Omani

or non Omani. Contact: 25524180 /

91362141 Email:

halamedicalgroup@gmail.com

Urgently Required: Administration with an experience minimum in

3 years in building construction,

required immediately join and MUST

have NOC.Apply, fax 00968–24605955,

emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com.

MANAGER

Urgently required Sales Executive and interior designer for furnish-

ing company with Valid Oman D/L

and minimum 3 years experience.

Contact: 93231403/

rainbowfurnishing156@gmail.com

Experience building material Salesman required in Amerat shop.

Contact : 99641900

Required Sales man - 1 Person Quali-

fication. Gulf Experienced - Minimum

5 Years with Oman Driving Licence

Language - English Education:- Any

Degree Further Contact :

Mr. Abdul Hameed

Nashabat - Mobile No: 97414307 and

-92807399 amn@yaqeeneng.com

Urgently required female Sales Promoters individual with pleasant

personality, excellent communica-

tions & presentation skills & experi-

ence in selling perfumes cosmetics

and skincare products would be

preferred. Send your CV & details

with recent photograph to

info@mawaridoman.com

or fax no 24127484/ Tel: 24127485

DRIVER

Urgently Required: Male – handles overall store operations of the Su-

permarket, Prior Experience a MUST,

knowledgeable in MSOffice. Send CV

to chanda@dolphin-oman.com or

fax to 244-92718.

Mason, C.C.T.V, Technician, Electrician cum Plumber. Contact - 99383044

Indian Female MBA, 3 years experi-

ence in Admin MIS, Family Visa.

Contact 98234427,

jkjsmith01@gmail.com

A Lady with 5 years experience in

HR/Admin is looking for suitable job

and can join immediately.

Contact : 94465835

Indian female with 1.5 years

experience in MBA / HR seeks

suitable placement.

Contact 99257214

Male with 2 years’ experience in

Admin Works, fluent in Arabic and

English, Computer knowledge,

preferably with driving license.

Working hours 6am to 2pm or 2pm

to 10 pm daily

Email: jayan@ra.cc or 99661980

Indian female with 10 yrs of experi-

ence in HR/Banking/Operations

seeks a suitable placement.

Can be contacted on 98919015 or

sherianne.coelho@gmail.com

Required exp. employee for travel

agency in Saham.

Contact :93655939 / 92900021

Fire and Safety Technician with

NIFE or equivalent Diploma holder

preference to those having D/L. Send

CV to visionansara@gmail.com

Required MEP Diploma Engineer specialized in building maintenance.

Fluent in English and computer

holding valid Omani driving license

& NOC. Send CV to

Email: info@alrabiyahrealestate.com

to arrange interview

Urgently Required: Civil Engineer with an experience minimum in

5 years in building construction,

MUST have NOC and immediately

join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955,

emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com

Construction Company in Oman

urgently requires following candi-

dates: BE Civil Engineer, minimum

3-5 years gulf experience & Civil site foreman, minimum 5 years gulf

experience, diploma not required.

Email: applyforoman@gmail.com

Leading Construction Company requires Quantity Surveyor (QS)

with 4-6 yrs Gulf experience. Send

your CV : qsmuscat2015@gmail.com

(NOC required).

Required a part time steel Struc-tural Design Engineer for a reputed

steel fabrication company in

Muscat. Interested person may

Contact : 99451158

Looking for a Sales Engineer (Me-

chanical) with 2 to 3 year relevant

experience in the Oman market

with driving license .

Please forward your CV to :

mbdeast@gmail.com

Required for Engineering consul-

tancy office a Supervision Staff for road project at Ibri region: Civil Engineer (B.Sc) RE with 12

years experience & Land Surveyor

(Diploma) with 8 years experience.

Please email CV & certificate copy to

alsarh@omantel.net.om

Required Civil Engineer (build-

ings) Oman experience 5+ years,

BOQ+ Tendering + site supervision.

Contact: 95218004

Email: alhilalint@yahoo.com

IND male WEB developer 5 yrs exp

B.Tech (comp science) PHP, HTML

MYSQL Java script CSS.

Contact: 95990529

Email: renjith341@gmail.com

Required Beautician for a parlor

in Ghubra. Contact: 94241385 /

97244766

Wanted experienced Beautician

for beauty parlor in Al Amerat 3.

Contact: 91107337

Male 26 yrs, MBA in Accounts

and Finance, 2 years Experience in

Management and Accounts Fields,

and 1 year experience in Operations

in Oman Looking for a suitable job.

Contact 94374745

Indian male 22 yrs B. Com Gradu-

ate 1 year exp in Accounts, currently

on visit visa. Looking for suitable

job. Contact 94341848 /

Email – mohdhaji7272@gmail.com

Finance Manager, CPA, with more

than 15 yrs. of experience in GCC.

Fully knowledgeable in Finance,

General & Management Accounting .

NOC available. Contact 96209331

MBA Graduate with 6 yrs exp in

finance/accounts/ auditing. Special-

ized in accounts payable dept, Ora-

cle app user, proficient in Sap (fico)

end user & tally 9.0. lean &six sigma

certified trainer on visit visa.

Contact – 91967213 / 99064780

Motivated and energetic male 25

having 4 years of experience in

finance with Master’s degree in Eco-

nomics and CAT Certified seeking

opportunity in Accounts/finance/

audit in a reputable organization.

Cell no: 00968-94626209

E-Mail: omerjawedshah@gmail.com

Sudanese Accountant seeking

job in Nizwa state experience 10

years 3 years in Saudi Arabia, 7

yrs in Sudan. Contact : 97796394 /

94003247

Accountant 8 yrs experience

looking part time job.

Contact 99867456

Indian Accountant: Male, M com,

7 Yrs experience in Accounts up to

finalization, having knowledge

of ERP, Tally, seeks suitable

placment.Contact 93950138

Email: lijinrajan123@gmail.com

Indian male 2+yrs oman exp in HR.

joing immediatly. release available.

Contact :93671437

ADMIN

CATERING

Construction Company in Oman

urgently requires the following:

B.Sc Civil Engineer, minimum 3-5

yrs Gulf experience. Civil Site Fore-man, minimum 5 yrs experience

with operating knowledge of Tally.

Please Email CV ;

applyforoman@gmail.com

ADVERTISING

Looking for JOB. I have done BS

Hons in Mass communication and

media, Specialised in Public Rela-

tions and Advertising. I have upto

1 year of experience. Immediate

Available. Open for any JOB.

Sultan Zafar #97034134

Designer required for wooden

joinery company with excellent

knowledge of 3D Max, 2D Autocad.

Contact: 94249047

Email: mfqazi@gmail.com

English medium private school in

Sinaw urgently required English & Science teachers. Send CV :

saminternationalschoolsinaw@

gmail.com Contact: 98927055

Professional Teacher Qualified

M.Com Post Graduate in finance for

teaching Accounting subject.

Contact: 91251210

Indian male 38 yrs Senior Chef de.

De. Party pastry exp 15 yrs in five

star hotels, 10 yrs exp Oman get NOC

looking for job in hotel & bakery.

Contact: 96460519

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Required urgently experienced Gardener and building care taker. Contact: 99231676

Well established company in

selling chocolate, Arabian sweets

and fresh flowers, opening ITS first

branch in Muscat seeking:

1- sweets and chocolates Sales man 2- flower arranger (Asian/

Filipino Nationality)

Contact: 94490011

Email: labelleoman@gmail.com

Indian female, Ph. D in Mech. Engg,

B.Sc, B.Ed, M.Sc & M.Phil in Physics

having 6 yrs Malaysia University/

College teaching exp +1 yr experi-

ence for research fellow seeking

good position in Oman. Contact

97793859 / 93621114,

sreejayarejil@gmail.com

Tyre / Spare parts outdoor Sales Executive with experience required

driving license and NOC. Send CV to

ptf_25@hotmail.com

Wanted part time female Sales Executive with D/L for a reputed

company. Contact 94688874

A leading marketing company is

looking for outdoor Sales Execu-tives on part time or full time basis

in Salalah. Contact 92760281 /

96436719

Looking for Outdoor Salesman for

heavy equipment spare parts.

Contact - 93292015,

Email: mail.om@gulfcenter.co

Urgently required Sales and Marketing Executive for Graphic de-

signing company. Contact: 96727631

mail: smartgraphic518@gmail.com

Minimum 2 years of experience

with valid gulf light driving license

interested candidates please

Contact: 99222086 /98585851

Required male or female candidate with 5 years experience in renting

of properties. Interested candidates

may please mail to

alqurumprop@gmail.com

Job driver light operator shawl and

excavator. Contact: 91376612

Pakistan male (27) light driver

seeking job, 4 years experience in

Oman. Contact 96346582

Light duty driver with 2 yrs experi-

ence looking for job. #96342684

Light driver. Contact: 96961993

Indian (Kerala) light driver seek-

ing for job, 5 yrs experience in

Oman. Contact: 98029273

Looking for driving job. Contact: 98219182

Driver: 15 years Driving Experience

in Saudi Arabia, Looking for suit-

able place, # 91624908, 93540898

Driver available with car and with-

out car Education, B. A exp. 5 years,

language Hindi, Arabic, English.

Contact: 98522914

Bangladeshi male light driver seeking suitable placement 1 yr

experience. Contact: 94158238

Driver available with car driver &

without car. Contact 96771598 /

94039796

Driver, 42 yrs seeks for suitable

job KSA, 12 years Oman 4 years,.

Contact: 95796030

Heavy duty driver with PDO li-

cense, 5 yrs Intl. exp. # 95546585

Light driver. Contact:95779594

Driver looking for job.

Contact 99507039

Pakistani driving available.

Contact : 96913836

Driver required for a Company, 2

years experience. Visa available.

Contact 24479922

Driver heavy duty required urgent-ly for trailer. Oman / GCC experience

must. Those ready for immediate

joining. Contact: 95637296

A company from UAE require 2 merchandisers in retail food

supply, store keeper with English

and invoicing experience. Email:

yesterdaysun@hotmail.com

Architect and Interior designer, 8

years exp capable of managing turn

key projects, design, BOQ, Execution.

NOC available. Contact : 95273166

DAILY GUIDES U N D AY, J U LY 1 2 , 2 0 1 5 D5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

MEDICAL

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Indian male, B.E ( computer science

engineer), MBA (finance), OCA certi-

fied, having 5 years of experience in

oracle Dba/ oracle apps Dba, seeks

a suitable position in the field of IT.

Contact: 96212062

email: zubairkhan11@gmail.com

Well experienced MOH Licensed

Indian GP Doctor looking for locum /

permanent position in the

Capital area. Contact 98140024

email:drgpoman@yahoo.com

Production Manager 13 years

experience in cast Aluminium fab.

field and good track record seeking

for a suitable job. NOC ready in Hand.

Contact: 96392319

Indian male, with 8 yrs exp. in

Oman (BA- Graduate) working as

a project Sales Coordinator, with

Oman D/L, looking for suitable job,

ready to join immediately with NOC.

Contact 95245057

MISCELLANEOUS

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

HOSPITALITY

Female Dentist Indian, Prometric

passed 63%,4 years of work experi-

ence, immediately available to join.

Contact 97469553,

nazianbaig@gmail.com

Indian male GP doctor, 12 years

experience parametric passed with

74% seeks suitable post. Email:

ppdr2020@gmail.com. # 97985325

Indian female Dentist MOH Oman

passed seeking a suitable place-

ment in capital region.

Contact– 91377681

hashimsarawat@gmail.com

Lab Technician, Civil (8yrs Gulf ex-

perience) looking for a suitable job

(NOC available) Contact-93344378

TOURS & TRAVELS

25 Indian female B.S.C. Fashion

Technology. 5 years experience in

textile industry as a merchandiser

and good in fashion marketing. Cur-

rently available on visit visa, seek-

ing for a suitable job. # 96990368.

Email: simmy.missy@gmail.com

Indian Female 2yrs exp. in Ac-

countant 5 yrs exp. in Electron-

ics, seeking suitable Job. Cont

97162705,93705090

Indian male, 14 years Experience in

maintenance & Supervisor in hotel

field (Electrical, Ac Mechanical &

Plumber). NOC available #95253640

email = hareeshma24@yahoo.com

Female Candidate: Having experi-

ence (ISRO India) in Administration

(seeking suitable opportunities

&presently in Oman Mob:97239854,

Mail:asherlalitha@yahoo.com

Diploma civil Engineer seek-

ing jobs(Positions suits me: CIVIL

ENGINEER ,SITE ENGINEER,QA/QC

ENGINEER,LAND SURVEYOR ,TOTAL

STATION, AUTO LEVEL,DRAFTSMAN

(AUTOCAD, MICROSTATION)

Mob:97239854,

Mail:asherlalitha@yahoo.com

MOH Indian Dentist 10 years experi-

ence in Oman. Can speak Arabic, has

driving license. Contact 98995321

or ventureoman007@gmail.com

BRANCH-HEAD, MBA-BBA, Indian

Male having experience in UAE,

India, Oman total 5 years (including

MNC), looking for similar or same

openings.NOC available.

Mobile :92700670,

E mail:catanalur131@gmail.com

Qualified Native speaking male

English Teacher with 18 years

experience seeks position. Salary

Negotiable. Whatsapp on +968 9334

1047 / +968 93952732 or e-mail me

on nadgov@gmail.com

Indian female, IATA, B. Sc, look-

ing for suitable placement.Con-

tact-95514305, E mail id-

raveendranmala@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT, Indian male, 29

years, 8 years experience. Presently

working in Oman as a Senior Ac-

countant with Oman Driving license.

NOC available seek suitable opportu-

nity. GSM: 98184170

12 yrs exp FREELANCE 2d, 3d

Draughtsman (holding Omani driv-

ing license). Contact : 93790601

Sudanese male, 31 year, have 3 year

Diploma in Electrical Engineer, 6

years experience in construction and

electrical plant.

Mobile No ; +96894549609

Freelance Graphic Designer availa-

ble to assist in Photoshop, Illustrator,

InDesign and Corel Draw Projects.

Contact : 95811820

Indian Female Lawyer 36 Yrs

having 11 yrs experience presently

working in Oman as Legal Advisor

seeks placement in Legal/HR/Admin

NOC available Contact-94436960

Email: famidakhan123@gmail.com

23, Male, ACCA Affiliate, 2 years+

experience in Audit and Finance

in audit firm, Looking for suitable

permanent placement, NOC release

Available. Contact: #95140445

a.saran891@gmail.com

MBA - (F), M.Com, B.COM. Indian fe-

male having knowledge of accounts

with Tally looking for part time or

full time job. Presently on family

visa. Contact :- 91892264.

Email:- yashicapandya@gmail.com

Indian Female 10 years exp as cook

in Oman. South Indian & Gujarati

special looking for part-time job

Contact 96733187.

Indian male Safety Officer, 4+

years experience diploma in fire &

safety Eng seeks suitable post.

Contact: 98843139

Electrical Engineer Indian male 29

years, having 5 years of experience

in industrial automation and utility

maintenance in India (MRF Tyres)

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 92789995

Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

Structural Engineer of 2 years &

7 months experience, specialized

in Structural Design and Site Su-

pervision looking for a job. Contact:

94634906 / 94370767

Email: muazomer45@gmail.com

B.E in ECE worked as Junior Scien-

tist Trainee in Chennai worked as

System Admin in Berik Honda

Nagger coil worked at Technical

Support in Samsung Service, pres-

ently in Bangalore.

Contact : 0091 7026267513

Indian female 23, B.Tech (Electrical

& Electronics) & Diploma in

Electrical CAD on Visit Visa seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 99278410 / 94027398,

Email: renju.raghavan7@gmail.com

Indian Civil Engineer (buildings)

available immediately as supply

contract. Contact: 93263834

Indian Male, IT Support Engineer,

2 yrs in Oman & 5 yrs Indian experi-

ence. Contact 97311847

Btech computer science graduate

2015 passout.. Android application

marketing.. Having good communi-

cation skills and mindset to work in

a team. Contact 91024385

Engineer with 3 yrs experience in

Indian in MEP, HVAC& mechanical

maintained field on visit visa look-

ing for suitable job.

Contact 99191535

Email: fareed029@gmail.com

Indian female, B.Tech biotechnology with strong computer

skills and 2 years experience as

associate research analyst (Media

Monitoring) in Nasdaq Oman seek-

ing growth oriented jobs. Contact

92044603 /918056169148 or

angeline.babithac@gmail.com.

Electrical Eng. Degree (MEP)

need suitable job of construction

12 yrs exp.

Email: mohd.ateeq.khan@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Indian male-28 Years, Diploma in

Electrical Egg, having gulf experi-

ence. Specialization on Electrical

Installation and Maintenance, Opera-

tion. 7 years experience seeks for

suitable placement.

Mob – 968-95334580. E-mail

-sunilkumar257.sk23@gmail.com

Indian male auto cad draughtsman

(civil) 8 years experience seeking for

part time job Mobile no:

00968 99070584,

E mail: remluvp@gmail.com

Seeking Teaching Position. Quali-

fied and experienced Native English

speaking teacher seeking posi-

tion in Muscat, I have a Teaching

Diploma , two Honours Degrees

and a CELTA Certificate. Position

at Language school will be suit-

able. Will e-mail CV. Whatsapp only

+96893952732

MBA (F), B.COM. Indian female

having knowledge of accounts with

Tally looking for full or part time

job. presently on family visit visa.

Contact :- 96259171.

Email:- bhumicapandya@gmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male,29 years.8 years experience

.Presently working in Oman as a

Senior Accountant with oman Driv-

ing license. NOC available, seek suit-

able opportunity. GSM: 97705854

Sudanese male (B.Sc Computer Sci-

ence) (Diploma Computer Engineer-

ing) 6 yrs. experience DBA Oracle PL-

SQL , MS SQL-server, MS visual studio

VBA, network. Contact :91415886

BSc Graduate, INDIAN male ,

seeking suitable jobs.

GSM: +91-8589820233.

MAIL ID: prajinap45@gmail.com

Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support,

Networking, Security systems, Serv-

er support, IT sales and marketing.

Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable

placement. Contact 91033395

Indian Male, 38 years old, DME –

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

11 years Oman experience. Ready for

NOC , VISA transfer, ready to join im-

mediately, Mob +968 95612870,

seeniselvan@gmail.com

Indian Male, 34 years old, DEE –

Electrical Supervisor 10 years Oman

experience. Ready for NOC , VISA

transfer and valid Oman driving

licence light, ready to join immedi-

ately, Mob +91 9740679094,

kulasekar1980@gmail.com

24 years, Indian Chartered Account-

ant male with 3 yrs of experience

is seeking suitable placement in

Muscat, currently on visit visa &

ready to join immediately. Kindly

contact him on 98201476 or email at

lokeshkaluri@gmail.com

Young Indian Chartered Accountant,

female, Having 6 years experience in

Oman and India. Accounts and Finance

Manager, Auditor. Urgently seeking

suitable positions.# 92530131,

jobcareer44@gmail.com

Tunisian women looking for a job,

khnows english,frensh, italian and

arabic. Contact: 91171838

Indian male 25 years B.tech com-

puters (Having 3 years of experience

in customer service/Admin/IT Sup-

port) looking for suitable position.

Visa Transfer/NOC Available

immediate to join.

Contact: 98402389,

Mail: naresh6672@gmail.com

Indian female MCA, 24 years seek-

ing suitable job. Contact 93439467

IT professional MCA Oracle certi-

fied 6 months training of PLSQL

data warehousing, PHP, 3 months

trained seeking job at good com-

pany. Contact: 95694330 Email:

monakashyap001@gmail.com

B.E Computer Science, Indian male

looking for suitable job in the field

of software or information technol-

ogy having good knowledge in Java,

ASP. Net, MS Sql, MS Word.

Contact: 91986919 Email:

dileep2468.a@gmail.com

Indian male 25 yrs exp in Adminis-

tration, Telecom, Optical Fiber Com-

munication, Networking, MS Office.

Seeks any job. On visit visa.

Contact 91385373 /

sridharbsnlma1455@gmail.com

Network system Engineer B.E / ECE

+ CCNA & Ms certified with 4+ yrs exp

looking for a job. Currently in Oman

on visit visa. Contact: 92589502

Email: careersjegan

IT

Tanzanian male, 25 yrs Accountant

successful experience in Tanzania

looking for suitable placement in any

field. Contact : 96710154

Content Executive, freshers with

good communication skills and will-

ingness to learn may apply on

job@socioholics.com

Business development Manager/Executive. Preferably minimum of

2 years experience. Valid driving

licence can apply on

job@socioholics.com

MISCELLANEOUS

Female Postgraduate searching

suitable job. Contact 97792820

Indian male Oman D/L 2 years

Saudi experience in electrical, fire

and safety one year Oman logistic

management experience.

Contact : 91233475

Bangladeshi Post Graduate seeks

a job good command in English and

computer ready to take the chal-

lenge. Contact 93982627

Email: saymun.riyad@gmail.com

Filipino Male looking for a job &

have experience in sales, waiter,

barista, technical support / customer

service with good communication

skills. Contact 91789465

Indian Female with over 9 yrs

experience with good

communication skills seeks jobs in

customer service or sales field.

Contact : 96108289,

Email - shijipaul84@gmail.com

Part- Time Accountant, well experi-

ence senior accountant ,doing all

type of accounting works, Finaliza-

tion, Budgeting available.

Contact: :98803439

13 Years UAE experienced in

MNC & reputed firms logistics

distribution looking for a suitable

placement, on visit visa

contact 99838743,

gani.dawood@gmail.com

Male Indian BBM Graduate 8 years

experience in logistics and ware

housing in a reputed company valid

driving license NOC available

looking for suitable position.

Contact : 96311786

Email: ubinfs@gmail.com

Indian male MBA 7 years experi-

ence in Hospitality industry, opera-

tion, sales & marketing looking for

suitable vacancy. Contact 92115860

Email vibin.py@gmail.com

MBA from UK with 9 yrs experience

in London, Dubai & Mumbai. Special-

ized GCC experience in top real estate

co & bank with driving license. NOC

available. #968 95168205,

dubaihomes1@gmail.com

Indian male seeking job, 8 years

experience in Qatar in clerical/ad-

ministration/documents controlling

fields. Willing to work in customer

care or sale also. Qatar driving

license available. Job preferred in

Sohar and surrounding cities.

Contact 93285117

Management professional experienced in profitable manage-

ment with organization skills with

over 21+yrs exp. in Bombay, Saudi

Arabia, Dubai, UAE & in Oman11 yrs

as GM Publications, Printing, Media

& Advertising in entire operations,

Sales marketing & etc. Looking for a

reputed organization for a challeng-

ing position any industry, can Join

immediately with NOC. Contact :

+968 98864706/99574638 Mail :

akdas_uae@yahoo.com

Looking for Sales Assistant job

(having Oman driving license).

Contact: 95872634

Looking for Sales Assistant job

(having Oman driving license).

Contact : 95872634

Indian male MBA Graduate 10

years experience in Sales and Mar-

keting (Tyre Industry and Electri-

cal Industry) looking for a suitable

position. Contact: 96065164 Email:

pradeesh123in@yahoo.co.in

Indian male 31 visionary business

strategist having over 8+ years of

global experience seeking a chal-

lenging position that utilizes my

years of experience currently on

visit. Contact: 91902154

Indian male. 27, Post Graduate, 5+

yrs exp in Oman in Sales & Credit

Control, with valid Oman driving

License, NOC available, looking for

suitable placements. Ph: 9199 3376

Indian Male, B.Com Graduate,

23, with experience in Sales looking

for suitable placements. .

Contact 98371144

Indian male Graduate with 18 years

experience in Sales and Marketing

currently on visit visa seeks suit-

able placement. Contact : 91996486

/ 99732070

Indian 6 years experience as Sales

Executive with 2 years visa, driving

license seek suitable job.

Contact 92233068

Omani Mechanical Engineer, has

3 years experience ,has HSE, H2S,

Riggers/Banks men Permit, Drawing

/ cad, SCBA, Safety Leadership and

Initial Fire Response Courses. good

with computer and English language

looking for suitable job.

Contact 99224319-98454500

Indian male 22 Mechanical Diploma

holder Engg with HVAC certified,

having 1 year exp. seeking suitable

position. Currently available on visit

visa. Contact - 92835952

Indian male Diploma, Civil engineer

4.3 year experience at building

construction and consulting

company with Oman driving licence

and N.O.C available seeking suitable

placement Contact 95989500

email cv.shihabedappal@gmail.com

4 Years experienced (Money

exchange services & Hospitality

services in Oman & India) - Indian

male 27 years, graduate in Hospital-

ity science, fluent in English, Hindi

& Arabic seeks suitable placement.

Contacts: 91383167

Manager, Young Indian Male, MBA,

BBA. Having excellent manage-

rial experience (around 5 years) in

leading Multi-National-Company.

Looking for suitable positions.

Contact: 92700670,

fardhaan@gmail.com

Available for part time accounting

job, contact 99196621

Indian Female MA. B.Ed. with One

year three months Teaching

experience. Subject: EnglishSeeking

for a Better placement.

Now working in Oman.

Contact 93961142, 92184408,

Email:-anoopkesavan78@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 hav-

ing 4years experience in accounting

& having well knowledge in tally.

Contact:968094535881,

0091 9037622048

Email: vishnuraj889@gmail.com

ACCA Affiliate, 2.5years experi-

ence in Audit/Finance in Global Big6

Firms and Oil company in Oman,

Looking for suitable permanent

placement. Release NOC Available.

Contact: #95140445,

a.saran891@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, 29, Indian Male,

having 7+ years exp. in reputed

companies. Seeking suitable placement

in any Oman. Contact - 97693456.

Mail ID : venkatbadri23@gmail.com

BE. Biomedical Engineer, 5 years

experience in the same field (Hos-

pital/company)looking for suitable

placement. Contact:92084807

Email:bonnygeorge1005@gmail.com

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER – Indian

male seeking Electrical Engineer job

with 2 years’ experience.

Contact: 94263445, E mail –

janardhanan53@gmail.com

32 years, Filipina with experience in

Teleperformance, Manila call centre,

now working as Waitress in Qatar

seeking suitable post.

Contact 99022484

Sudanese/ 26 years/ master of

clinical pharmacy(1st class)/ 1 year

experience/live in India/excellent

communication in English(IELTS

Certificate) and arabic/pharmacist

license/hassan_kassala@hotmail.

com 00919600413966-96387227

24 Years, indian male 2.5 Years ex-

perience in admin & accounts, dubai.

Currently on visit visa. Seeking suit-

able placement in admin & accounts.

M: 93016252 EMAIL:

shahabaskp@gmail.com

Indian male, MBA with 20 years of

experience in back office operation,

risk and operational management,

financial management for Finance

and Trading companies. Presently

available on visit visa.

Contact 91276221

Indian male 45+ yrs , 20 yrs exp as

sales supervisor in India looking for

indoor sales /stores /cashier or any

suitable placement can speak Hindi

, English, Malayalam, Tamil, kan-

nada can join immediately on visit

visa. Contact 93086105/33016546

Pakistani male 34 yrs Intermedi-

ate 2 yrs exp in sales & marketing

in Oman. Looking for suitable job.

Contact - 92146864

6 years experienced male holding

Masters Degree with experience in

customer relationship, real estate,

Sales and IT. Contact: 98823248

Email: sajjadhussain@yahoo.com

Market research / Hospitality

Indian male Graduate with nearly 30

yrs experience in Market research &

hospitality industry. NOC available.

Contact: 99347089

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D6 S U N D AY, J U LY 1 2 , 2 0 1 5

CCNA MCITP network support /

network technician with 2 years expe-

rience indian male having bachelors

degree on visit visa. #93080871

sean.f.peters@outlook.com

Video Editor 29 years Indian male

with 8 years experience on visit

visa looking for a suitable placement

#91275969 leomoorkoth@gmail.com

Omani male , BBA ,with 6 year

experience in HR &Admin looking for

opportunity in HR & Admin in Mus-

cat. Joint date after one month notice

period . Mobile 92223279

Having 9+ years exp. in Admin,

Purchase, Stores & Warehouse in re-

puted companies. Presently working

in Muscat and seeking for suitable

placement. Contact +968 97693456.

email : muralimahdav77@gmail.com

Innovative Indian Male 29, B.E &

M.Tech Web designer / developer

with over 5.5 years of work experi-

ence in HTML 5, CSS 3, SEO, Digital

marketing (DFP & DCM), Magento,

CMS, Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

Can join ASAP.

Contact 00968 9630 3055 /

email: aditya.khandkar@gmail.com

10 YEAR Experienced PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER.

Currently working at Kerala, India.

Seeks placement.

Contact: 95872030 ,

email: - sajith3969@gmail.com

Indian male 48yrs with driving

license looking for a job to work as

driver / salesman. Residing at Al

Khoudh. Contact: 99551310

Indian female Nurse with 5 yrs of

experience, presently working in

Oman, seeking for suitable place-

ment. NOC available can join imme-

diately. Contact: 98329941

Email: ancyanish2011@gmail.com

Looking for part time jobs in Mus-

cat, Auto cad Draughtsman (Civil).

contact:-+968-99070584

email: remluvp@gmail.com

Indian female MA. B.Ed. with one

year three months teaching experi-

ence. Subject: English Seeking for a

Better placement. Now working in

Oman Contact: 93961142, 92184408

Email:anoopkesavan78@gmail.com

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer Suda-

nese 3 yrs of exp. In industrial field

available in Muscat on visit visa seek-

ing suitable job . #95868922, Email:

almouthanaosman@yahoo.com

Indian Male MBA with two year

experience in H.R as a H.R Assis-

tant, Now in India, Seeking for an

urgent suitable position. Con-

tact:-98620260 / 93895992 , Email:-

deepakmb4@gmail.com

Indian male auto cad draughts-

man (civil) 8 years experience,

seeking for part time job mobile no:

0096899070584

email: remluvp@gmail.com

8 years successful experience.

Senior Accountant, Indian male,

29 years, presently working in oman

as a senior accountant with oman

driving license. NOC available. seek

suitable opportunity. gsm: 97705854

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

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MISCELLANEOUS

PART TIME ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male, M. Com, 35 years, 12 Years

exp. in Accounts, 8 years in Oman.

Knowledge upto finalization. Having

valid D/L, seeks suitable Placement.

GSM: 96249124

Egyptian Civil Engineer, total expe-

rience 7 years - 2 years experience

in Oman. I am looking for Project

Engineer, I have good experience in

site & office works.

Contact number:91148708

Indian Male 24 years, Looking for a

Suitable Job in Telecom / Network-

ing. 1 year sales experience. MSc.

Communications Engineering &

Valid Driving license. Ph: 91280121.

Email: jackrprasad@yahoo.com.

Filipino Male looking for a job &

have experience in sales, waiter,

barista, technical support / customer

service with good communication

skills. # 91789465

ACCOUNTING – Indian male seeking

accounting job with 2 years

experience in accounting.

Contact: 94263445, E mail –

contactantonyxavieranand@gmail.

com

Sudanese male: 27 yrs, 2 years ex-

perience in accounting, other experi-

ence (purchasing – HR - Coordinat-

ing and Office Management), looking

for a job Omani Driving License,

NOC. Contact: 94174403

24 year Indian Chartered Account-

ant male with 3yrs of experience is

seeking suitable placement in Mus-

cat, currently on visit visa & ready

to join immediately. Contact him on

98201476 or email at

lokeshkaluri@gmail.com

Sudanese male (B.Sc, computer sci-

ence) (diploma computer engineer-

ing), 6 yrs. experience DBA oracle

PL-SQL, MS SQL - Server, MS visual

studio vba, network.

Contact 91415886

Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support,

Networking, Security systems, Serv-

er support, IT sales and marketing.

Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable

placement. Contact 91055584

Over 15 years experience in Gulf.

Interior Architect, Lebanese Nation-

ality, on visit visa seeking a suitable

Placement. 96268005.

PRODUCTION OPERATOR – Indian

male seeking production operator or

related jobs with 4 years of experi-

ence in oil & gas field.

Contact 94263445.

Email: tonyxavier4u@gmail.com

Indian Keralite Male 35 looking for

Scaffolding supervisor post having 5

years of Supervisor and HSE experi-

ence in GCC Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Fluent in English Arabic and Hindi .

Contact 96155921, or mail

fysal.nellaya@gmail.com

Indian Male 28 yrs, having 7 years

Gulf + Indian experience in HR and

Admin field, looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact: 97914340,

Email: rajkv3086@gmail.com

Indian Male 28 years MSM, B. Com

having 6years experience in Gulf and

India as a HR and Admin looking for

suitable placement.#97914340.

Email: rajkv30@gmail.com

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer Suda-

nese 3 yrs of exp. In industrial field

available in muscat on vist visa

seeking suitable job .

Contact: 95868922, Email:

almouthanaosman@yahoo.com

IT system and Printer engineer ME,

5Years bank IT Management exp in

India looking for full time job visit

visa contact 94462150

Indian male with 8 yrs experience in

FMCG in Oman as Sales Supervisor

looking for suitable placement.

NOC available. Gsm: 96495206

24 year Indian Chartered Account-

ant male with 3yrs of experience is

seeking suitable placement in Mus-

cat, currently on visit visa & ready

to join immediately. Contact him on

98201476 or email at

lokeshkaluri@gmail.com

MCA IT Professional Indian Female

seek placement in Teaching/ Non

Teaching field. Presently on visit

visa. 9588 7051,

ashwininakod@gmail.com

ACCA Affiliate, Indian, 2.5Years

experience in Audit/ Finance in Big

6 Audit Firm and Oil Accounting in

PDO, For Permanent Placement for

Finance or Accounts or Audit. Re-

lease NOC Available on hand.

Contact #95140445,

a.saran891@gmail.com

Finance ACCA Affiliate, Worked as

an Auditor with 2.5 Years Experience

in reputed firm, Handled independ-

ent audit/finance assignments, Look-

ing for permanent placement, NOC

available. Contact 95140445.

a.saran891@gmail.com

Piping Design Engineer, Indian

male 27, looking for suitable place-

ment in Piping Design & Engineer-

ing. Having 7 years of experience in

AutoCAD. Also familiar with PDMS

(11.6 Version),CAESAR ll. Contact :

97351786 / 96143708, E-mail :

mohammednazeer07@gmail.com

Sudanese male (B.Sc Computer sci-

ence) (diploma computer engineer-

ing) 6 yrs. experience DBA Oracle pl-

sql, MS sql-server ,ms visual studio

vba, network. Contact :91415886

Indian Male, Graduate, 11 years

Sales experience in Lighting /

Industrial products, ready to join im-

mediately. GSM: 9710 5356

Indian heavy duty driver with 8

years experience in oman available

with NOC. GSM : 93601943

GSM : 94496457

Indian male, 28 yrs MBA (HR/M) 2

years experience in Indian Oman in

HR & admin seeks suitable place-

ments. NOC available.

Contact 97484159

Email: rameshkapa86@gmail.com

M.Sc 3+ years exp from France &

India in IT Support Engineer / Hard-

ware & Networking / Server support

/ scientific system support looking

for suitable positions. Indian, male

on visit visa, contact 98898781/

anoopys@gmail.com

Looking for managerial post (full

time ), More than Ten years of expe-

rience in Team Development ,Train-

ing, planning, Administration, Sales

& Marketing, Advertisement and

Credit Control and Logistics. Contact

91076608 / 99322748. Release &

noc available

Indian male, 34years having 10

years of experience in Sales, Sales

Coordination and Administration.

Experienced in SAP and

MS Office. NOC available.

Contact # 94686594

Indian Male MBA Marketing/HRM

3 year experience with Omani D/L,

seeking suitable jobs.

Contact: 97424188

email: dharwesh@gmail.com

Indian, Male, 23 years, BE Electri-

cal, having 2 years experience in

Electrical Works-H.T. cabling etc, &

Construction, looking for a suitable

placement. Contact +968 96927880

(Oman), +91 9765376109 (India),

Email: rahulrevi6@gmail.com

Indian Female M.Com with Com-

puter Skills and Four Month Experi-

ence as Accountant ,Currently On

Family Visa Looking for a Suitable

Placement, Available Immediately.

Contact : 95846642,

Email : dhanyashree91@yahoo.com

ACCA Affiliate, Experience in audit/

finance of 2.5 years in Big 6 Firm

and Oil industry, looking for suitable

permanent placement, Release NOC

available. Contact: #95140445

a.saran891@gmail.com

B.Tech Computer Engineer Wanted

job to work on(IT/Banking/Admin-

istrator/Technical/Office works)

having NOC with the limited time

from (04/06/2015 to 13/06/2015).

Mobile:98402389

email:naresh6672@gmail.com

British Beauty Therapist looking

for suitable position. #:97175240

Highly Qualified & Experienced

Finance Manager Pakistani with

USA , UK & Canadian Degrees , CPA

,ACCA-UK . MBA-USA ,IFA- Financial

Consultants Canada , Corporate An-

alyst USA Professional of Banking ,

Audits ,ERPs & Profit Maximizations

( NOC available ) call 94 504505 –

94403270

27 year Indian female who has 4

years of experience with logistics

function in distribution of spares

for both heavy machinery & wind

turbine parts. Kindly contact me on

+91 9790769104

E-mail: joemohana@yahoo.co.in

Indian male Executive Secretary

having vast experience in admin,

logistics & procurement well versed

with computer .seek suitable place-

ment. Contact : 99514286

Indian male MBA (U.K), 10 Years

of experience in Admin, Sales, HR,

stores and logistics seeks suitable

placement. Contact 99271903.

Indian Female MCA, 4 plus Years

of experience in Web designing, Ad-

min, P.A, seeks suitable placement.

Contact 99486374

8 Years successful experience,

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male,29 years. Presently working in

Oman as a Senior Accountant

with oman Driving license seeks suit-

able opportunity. GSM: 97705854

7 and half years experience working

accounts / inventory manager looking

suitable job. Contact: 96991782

Email: srinivasu.sp@gmail.com

Indian female , MCA BCA, certifica-

tion PL SQL , 6months training PHP,

date warehouse looking for suitable

placement. #95694330 Email:

mondkashyapodl@gmail.com

B.Com with more than 5 yrs exp.

looking for an accounts part tome

job work. know with tally.

Email-shilpa_62@yahoo.com

Part- time accountant, well experi-

ence senior accountant , doing all

type of accounting works, finaliza-

tion, budgeting available.

Contact : 98803439

Indian male, looking for a part time

accounting job. Having additional

knowledge & experience in

HR admin & purchase.

Contact 99196621

Indian Female, 24yrs, M.COM (Ac-

counts) having 3yrs experience

in Accounts, HR, Administration,

Customer Service. Good Computer

Proficiency. Seeking Suitable Posi-

tion. Visa Transfer/NOC Available.

Contact: 99654913

HSE Advisor, NEBOSH IGC, Indian

male, 4 years experience in con-

struction and oil fields, seeking suit-

able jobs. Gsm: 97458900,

Mail: miroshbabu@gmail.com

Highly Experienced Finance Man-

ager, CPA ,ACCA-UK . MBA-USA , Pro-

fessional of Banking, Audits , ERPs

Sap , Management as Team Leader

and Problem Solver call 94 504505

/ 94403270

Indian male MBA Finance presently

OMAN IN visit visa, 26 years, look-

ing for an accountant job.

Contact 95240641, email Id

mohammadabdulazharuddin@

gmail.com

Admin Executive, 31, Indian Male,

having 9+ years exp. in reputed

companies. Seeking suitable place-

ment in any gulf region. Contact

+968 99276601 & 97693456. email :

muralimahdav77@gmail.com

MEP Quantity Surveyor-Estimation-

Project, 10 Years Experience

(3 years in Oman). Having NOC &

Oman D/L, looking for suitable job,

Contact - 98291626

Indian house maid looking full time

job. Contact : 98254909

B.E. Civil Engineer age 27, total 3

years of experience in Mumbai look-

ing for placement asap in oman now

on visit visa of 1 month ph 9571 3441

Email. Khatrialeem@gmail.com

Indian Male, 29 years, CCNP, MCITP

having Bachelor degree and 6 years

of experience in Networking looking

for job. 96760618 /

varghese.manthara@gmail.com

Sudanese male, 31 year old, have 3

year Diploma in electrical engineer,

5 years experience in different activ-

ities . Mobile No ; +96894549609

ACCA affiliate, with 2.5 years

experience in Big6 audit firm and

Oil industry, looking for permanent

placement in Accounts/Audit.

Release available Contact :95140445

a.saran891@gmail.com

Indian Female, Commerce Gradu-

ate, Total 9 yrs of experience in

India. worked as Accounts Assistant

and Business executive seeking for

suitable placement.

Tel : 96173533/24222457

Email : topranidivya@gmail.com

Indian Male, 29 years, CCNP, MCITP

having Bachelor degree and 6 years

of experience in Networking looking

for job. 96760618 /

varghese.manthara@gmail.com

Female Executive Assistant/Execu-

tive Secretary with 27+ experience,

worked with top management/Board

in financial services with shorthand

skills & Omani driving license,

seeks suitable placement.

call 95941515

B.E. Civil Engineer from India with

3 years of experience looking for

suitable vacancy in oman now on

visit visa. Contact 9571 3441,

Email . Khatrialeem@gmail.com

Indian male 21 IT Eng. networking &

computer hardware diploma, 1 year

experience, currently on visit visa

looking for a suitable job.

Contact 96036273

email: faizanfarooqui23@gmail.com

Indian, 32 years, completed M.A.

English, M.Sc. Psychology and B.Ed

in English. Searching for suitable job

in the field of teaching. To

Contact: 00968 99869535

Email: sahadkeyi33@gmail.com

Indian Male 24 years, Looking for a

Suitable Job in Telecom / Network-

ing. 1 year sales experience. MSc.

Communications Engineering &

Valid Driving license. Ph: 91280121.

Email: jackrprasad@yahoo.com

26 years Indian male with MBA &

PGDFM, Total 3.8 years experience

in Administration, seeking suit-

able placement in any gulf region.

Holding Oman valid driving license.

Contact :94501423

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SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

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with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours Contact- 98029602,

92808636

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Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain,

backache, paralysis massage, steam

bath, obesity, spondylitis IDEAL ,

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street, Azaiba. Contact 99639695 /

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DRIVING

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TRANSPORTATION

Pick & drop anytime in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99764307

Transportation. Contact: 96538078

Transportation. Contact:98522914

Transportation. Contact 99508282

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FOR HIRE

Volvo 12 Ton Truck for monthly

rent. Contact: 98713900

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com

D8 S U N D AY, J U LY 1 2 , 2 0 1 5

Electronics and instrumentation

Engineer 28 year Indian male, elec-

trical, electronic, industrial, building

& automation exp of 4+ yrs in India.

Contact - 93154156

CCNP Network Professional with 6 years experience having

Bachelors degree on visit visa looking

for suitable job. #96760618 email:

varghese.manthara@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, Diploma, Male 25, 3

years experience in site, CAD, 3d, MS

Project, Seeking job in Oman.

Contact 92875345,

jubincivileng@gmail.com

Indian male, total experience is 5

years in Retail industry. Currently

supervisor in Sun and sand sports

Muscat City centre.

Contact : 96994345.

Email : jsp.jsr85@gmail.com

Indian Male 34 years Mechanical

Engineer 3 years of Experience seek-

ing suitable placement immediately

Contact: 91991435, 93310821

Indian female with MBA (Finance)

on visit visa, seeks immediate place-

ment. Phone: 968-98430089

Indian female B.ED & BCA looking

for a suitable placement in school

or admin office, having 5 yrs exp in

same field. Contact – 97384206 /

rani_sweet786@live.com

CCNP Network Professional with 6

years experience having Bachelors

degree on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact: 96 76 06 18

Indian male, 28 years, 7 years

experience in transporting & heavy

equipment renting company. Having

Omani driving license seeks suitable

positions. Contact 94410485

Indian male, Engineer, BE Mechani-

cal, having with 21 years of experi-

ence in India and 13 years in Oman,

In production, project management,

quality control and assurance and

MR for ISO and API Standards look-

ing out for a suitable placement

in Oman. GSM: 00968 97311616.

E-MAIL: fahazasa@yahoo.com

Indian male, post graduate, currently

in Oman on visit visa. Seeks suitable

placement.Contact 92388346

Sudanese male, 31 year old, have 3

year Diploma in electrical engineer,

5 year experience in different activi-

ties. Contact; +96894549609

Indian female MBA Finance cur-

rently on visit visa. Seeks immediate

placement. Phone: 968-98430089

More than Ten years of experience

in Sales & Marketing, Advertisement

and Credit Control and Logistics&

Administration.

Contact; 91076608 / 99322748

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

House shifting. Contact

99708138

Carpet, curtain, sofa, floor,

cleaning, shampooing, marble &

mosaic tiles grinding, polishing

and painting. Contact : 93630133 /

95821193

House shifting packing.

99657644 / 98518013

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.

# 24810137, 99450130

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WEB, ERP and Business Intelli-

gence (BI) creation and man-

agement at rock bottom price.

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COMPUTER

IELTS preparation course, unlock

your educational and career oppor-

tunities with eagles to achieve your

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Admission Open: CAMBRIDGE /

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admission started in Al Burj Private

School, Azaiba for KG and Grade I to

IV. Please register soonest.

Contact: 93211417 / 92887809.

Learn Cup cakes, exotic cakes, Icing

decorations, handicrafts.

Contact 95941515

Split & window A.C servic-

ing & maintenance. Contact

93769089/95323517

Air condition maintenance split

and window services AC specialist

ducted and package type unites.

Contact: 98667326

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet

& sofa shampooing, Contact

99314807/24792998

Split & widow unit A.C servicing &

repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split & window unit A.C servicing &

maintenance.

Contact: 96236476

Window & split unit A.C servicing &

maintenance. Contact : 93769089 /

95323517

Water proofing ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance.Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

Carpet, Sofa Shampooing. Ocean

Center LLC. Contact: 99884591

AC servicing maintenance fixing.

Contact: 99540621

A/C Maintenance & servicing, fridge,

washing machine & dish washer re-

pairing, painting & cleaning services,

electrical & plumbing.

Contact: 99447257 / 97014234 /

24504281

Pest control Treatments, termites,

cockroaches, bedbugs Ocean Center

LLC. Contact: 99344723

SITUATION WANTED

Hair dressing, facial massage &

other beauty treatment for women.

Contact: 94689448

FOR LADIES

8 yrs exp Site supervisor cum 2d,

3d Draughtsman (holding Omani

driving license) seeking job.

Contact : 93790601

24 year Indian Chartered Account-

ant male with 3yrs of experience is

seeking suitable placement in Mus-

cat, currently on visit visa & ready

to join immediately. Contact him on

98201476 or email at

lokeshkaluri@gmail.com

Finance ACCA Affiliate, 2.5 years

experience in audit/finance and oil

company in reputed firms. Looking

for suitable permanent place-

ment. Release available. Contact

95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com

B.E Biomedical Engineer, having 5

years of experience in Diagnostics

division seeking suitable position.

94151658

MCA IT Professional Indian Female

seek placement in Teaching/ Non

Teaching field. Presently on visit

visa. Contact 9588 7051,

Email: ashwininakod@gmail

Indian female BA graduate. My total

experience is 4 and half year in Call

Center looking for jobs in admin and

HR. Contact : 96089143,

Email: sharanjit_kaur2009@yahoo.

com

Key Account Executive, Indian

male, currently working with a

reputed FMCG company Oman is

looking for a placement asap, NOC

will be given. Valid Omani driving

license. Total experience in Oman is

12yrs and particularly in Sales is 8

1/2 years. Contact 95589765 Email :

agnelfrancis@yahoo.co.in

25 Indian female, B.Sc fashion tech-

nologist, 5 years exp in merchandis-

ing, familiar with fashion marketing

& designing. Currently available on

visit visa, seeking for a visual mer-

chandising job. Contact : 96990368,

email jumshi@gmail.com

Indian male, MBA marketing &

finance with B com & diploma in

IFRS seeks job. Contact 99469726 /

99469729

Sudanese male BSC Telecommuni-

cations Engineer , 4 years experi-

ence in telecom field

Contact 97783092,

Email: Alrsheed88@hotmail.com

Working as Senior Accountant, 4 yrs.exp.in oman, relevant computer

skills, Audit, Accounting upto fina-

lization, valid oman driving license,

languages known Arabic, Hindi.

NOC available can join immediately.

Tel: (+968) 96339599, E-mail-

(ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com)

Indian male 60 years old have 30

years Muscat experience in all office

works with Omani driving license.

Contact: 99024055

Mechanical Engineer, Indian, (B.E.)

on visit visa, seeking suitable post.

Contact :99534733

Email: rajesh92prince@gmail.com

Civil autocad draughtsman part

time work for job mob :96023726

Sudanese male BSC Telecommuni-

cations Engineer, 4 years experience

in telecom field.Contact : 97783092,

Email: alrsheed88@hotmail.com

Indian female, B.Com. knowledge of

MS Office &Tally, 4yrs experience in

Accounts &admin dept. looking for good

placement in any field.

Contact: 98928220

Piping Design Engineer, Indian

male 27, looking for suitable place-

ment in Piping Design & Engineer-

ing. Having 7 years of experience in

AutoCAD. Also familiar with PDMS

(11.6 Version),CAESAR ll. Contact :

97351786 / 96143708, E-mail :

mohammednazeer07@gmail.com

Senior IT Professional, Indian Male,

more than 17 yrs. of experience in

software development(PB, Oracle,

SAP ABAP) and IT Support with valid

Oman DL and NOC available

Contact : 92193867,

Email : cp.prasad@gmail.com

23,Male, ACCA with 2.5 years ex-

perience in Big6 audit firm and Oil/

Gas,looking for permanent place-

ment in Accounts/Audit.

Contact 95140445

a.saran891@gmail.com

Male, 19 years of experience in

Finance and Administration cur-

rently on visit visa seeks suitable

placement. Contact: 99720132/

abidrafi33@hotmail.com