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Absconders top 57,000 in 2015 already

FAHAD AL GHADANIfahadnews@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: More than 57,000 ex-patriate workers have absconded from their employers since the beginning of this year, according to the fi gures from the Ministry of Manpower.

To be exact, some 57,420 work-ers fl ed their employers in the fi rst six months of 2015, repre-senting around three per cent of the 1.8 million expats registered in the country.

And, according to employers, the problem only gets worse dur-ing public holidays such as Eid.

There are just 10 days left of an immigration amnesty for runaway workers, a grace period which has so far attracted much fewer than expected.

A Majlis Al Shura member said, “These are alarming fi gures. Min-istry of Manpower needs to study and fi nd out the reason why so many employees abscond.

“Maybe a new rule such as fi nding and deporting them after three months from the date they are reported absconding may be a good idea to curb the worsen-ing problem.”

He called on employees not to be tempted to abscond from their

employers. “If they have issues with their bosses they should ap-proach the Ministry of Manpower to help them sort it out instead of running away. The Ministry of Manpower ensures the rights of every resident who is on a work visa in Oman,” he said.

The Shura member said that they should be made aware that it is illegal to work for an employer other than the one who hired them legally under the Omani la-bour law.

“People should be aware that employing absconded workers is not legal,” he said. Some employ-ers said that most of the workers abscond during a holiday break such as Eid.

“They just do not show up after the holidays. They get together with friends who sometimes en-courage them to run away,” said the employer.

Rashid Khalfan, owner of a construction company, said three of his employees have run away during the last Eid holidays.

“While we give them a break to enjoy their holidays, the work-ers prefer to abscond. This is de-spite paying them their dues as per their contract. What I think is that some of their friends con-vince them that if they abscond they can earn more and work less elsewhere,” he said.

Unfair treatmentWhile Rashid is justifi ed in being disappointed, in some cases em-ployees abscond because of unfair treatment.

Hussein Ali, an HR manager at a construction company, believes that if employers looked after the rights of workers and owed them their dues, they would not be tempted to leave.

“When employees feel they have been treated well and have received what is rightfully owed to them, they will refuse any other off er to leave,” said Hussein, and added that his company makes sure before the holidays that all dues of the employee are settled.

“The company sometimes pro-vides extra support to employees if required,” said Hussein. >A3

According to employers, the problem of

absconding workers in Oman only gets

worse during public holidays such as Eid

HM sends greetings to King Philippe

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to King Philippe of the Kingdom of Belgium on his country’s National Day.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sin-cere greetings and wishes of good health and happiness to the King and his country’s peo-ple further progress and pros-perity. —ONA

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WORSENING PROBLEM: The problem only gets worse during public holidays such as Eid. – Supplied photo

Heat forces people to remain indoorsSARAH MACDONALDsarah@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: In Salalah people may be enjoying mild temperature and drizzles outside, but in the north the soaring temperature and intense humidity are chasing people indoors.

With temperatures in the mid to high 40s and humidity above 80 per cent, most people are spending their time under the air conditioners and fi nding ways to entertain themselves without venturing out.

“The weather is very bad, actu-ally. It’s too hot, worse than other years,” said Sanu Thomas Philip, who was at the cinema with his friends on Monday afternoon. He added that most of the time when he’s not working, he passes the time on social media.

The forecast for the north of Oman throughout the week is sunshine and temperatures in the 40s, with a chance of thun-derstorms in the Hajar Moun-tains, and dust storms later in the week. The amusement centres, playrooms, food courts and cin-emas were all attracting people who were looking for something to do on Monday, the last day of

the Eid holiday. “It’s way hotter than normal and we’re expect-ing it to get worse. We’re usually at home under the A/C, and a bit bored, looking for things to do,” said Amna Al Balushi, passing her time at Qurum City Cen-tre with her sister Amina and their children.

Al Balushi said sometimes they take the children for swimming to cool off and once in a while brave the heat to go to the park so that they can play. “They don’t mind the heat as much as we do,” she said. Heather Burt, a resident of Muscat who has a baby and a 4-year-old, says the “horrible” weather has forced them to spend a lot of time inside doing arts and crafts, online study programmes, reading books and baking.

Burt said some of the ways children can pass their time in Muscat during these hot days is to join summer camps, though her children aren’t old enough for them, and visit the malls.

“There are a lot of great sum-mer camps specialising in arts and cooking and more which are for older children, and also in-door playrooms are a life saver, like the new one at Muscat Grand Mall,” she said. >A3

H I G H T E M P E R A T U R E S

House, taxi rents rise ahead of Khareef Festival

PANKAJ KUMAR SHARMA pankaj@timesofoman.com

SALALAH: With the Eid holidays and the Khareef Festival nearly overlapping, house rents and taxi fares in Salalah, the Sultanate’s tourism capital, show a steep rise.

This happens every year with the infl ux of tourists, say Salalah hoteliers.

A two-bedroom apartment in the new Salalah area, which was available for between OMR40 and OMR50 before Eid, has risen to OMR70 during the Eid holidays, and is expected to reach OMR100 at the start of Khareef festival. This amounts to a nearly 100 per cent rise in a fortnight.

The infl ux of tourists was low during Eid as most of the arriv-als were from across the country and very few people from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) could be seen in this picturesque desti-nation. However, with the advent

of the Khareef Festival, tourists from GCC and Arab countries are expected to fl ood this destination further pushing up the rents.

Even taxis, which normally cost between OMR30 and OMR50 for the tour of Nabi Ayub, Grav-ity Point and Al Mughsayl in the Dhofar governorate, can charge

anything between OMR70 and OMR80 during Khareef.

When asked about this rise in fares, a person connected to the hospitality sector, said on condi-tion of anonymity that it had to do with the demand-supply gap.

“Barring the Khareef Festival, the fl ow of visitors to Salalah is low. Everybody wants to come to Salalah at this time to enjoy the green cover, rain and the amazing beauty of fog-covered mountains and its surroundings. The entire hospitality sector waits for these two months with eager anticipa-tion. This is the reason for the rise in rents,” he said. “If you come here during the other months, you will fi nd neither the drizzle nor the green cover, and, therefore, lower rents,” he added.

“Chartered fi ghts do come from European countries during the other months, but they prefer high-end hotels and cater to the niche market not the other seg-

ment which eye Khareef for the handsome earnings,” added the resident. Even a real estate broker in Salalah said, “People here prefer rent agreements for just 10 months to make the most of tourist visits. For the remaining two months they prefer renting out their apart-ments to visitors to maximise their income.”

“If one wants a two-bed-room apartment in Salalah on a 10-month lease the rent will be OMR150 per month, but for a 12-month agreement the rent will rise to OMR200 per month. The premium of a Khareef visit is add-ed to the rent,” said a resident.

Similar is the case with taxis, added a private taxi driver.

Given the government’s move to attract more tourists to the Sultan-ate, the need of the hour is to create the infrastructure to meet the ris-ing demand of visitors. Construc-tion is on in Salalah but it’s time to expedite the schemes.

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MOVING UPWARDS: The rent of

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start of Khareef festival.

Smoking curb move welcomedFAHAD AL GHADANIfahadnews@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: A cross section of peo-ple, particularly academicians, have welcomed the Sultan Qa-boos University’s (SQU) move to curb smoking on its campus.

“It might be an opportunity for other institutions to consider smoking ban at work or study complexes as well,” said Ali Ab-dullah, a teacher at a private col-lege in Muscat.

He noted that there is a des-ignated zone in his college for smoking. However, Ali still feels that the college should take se-rious note and completely ban smoking on the campus.

“The number of student smok-

ers is on the rise,” said Ali.Many students sit with their

teachers in the smoking zone and love to discuss something of com-mon interest, he pointed out.

“While some try to imitate their peers, others enter the zone to see what it takes to be a smok-er,” he said.

“I spoke to many student smok-ers and asked them how they started and why. Most of them said they were trying out an oc-casional cigarette and soon found they have become regular smok-ers,” said Ali.

The Student Counselling Cen-tre at the SQU had recently con-ducted a study on the spread of smoking among varsity students and its causes.

The study refl ected the univer-sity’s interest in providing a suit-able academic environment for students, by creating awareness on the negative impacts of smok-ing on health and how it refl ected directly on a student’s ability to achieve their academic and ca-reer goals. >A3

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OMANTourism booming in Sultanate

1Tourism has been booming over the last few years as 618,000 tourists visited the

Sultanate of Oman until the end of April 2015. The Khareef season has already seen a large number of visitors. >A3

REGIONUN Security Council endorses Iran deal

2The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the

historic deal on Iran’s nuclear programme and cleared a path to lift sanctions. >A4

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Dar Al Atta’a distributes Eid Zakat worth OMR26,250Times News Service

MUSCAT: In the spirit of Eid celebrations, Dar Al Atta’a as-sociation distributed 1,000 Eid clothes coupons worth OMR10 each to 1,000 children from the needy families, sponsored by the association. These coupons would grant the children the opportunity to purchase their favourite outfi t from one of the reputed clothes stores in Muscat at an overall cost of OMR10,000.

HSBC Bank provided 250 cou-pons, each worth OMR25, to shop in Lulu Hypermarket for Eid grocery, at an overall cost of OMR6,250.

Dar Al Atta’a also distributed the zakat money worth OMR10,000 to 262 families sponsored by Dar Al

Atta’a during the Holy Month and on the day fi rst day of Eid.

NAPCO aids Dar Al Atta’a National Aluminium Products Company SAOG (NAPCO) ob-served the Holy Month by provid-ing support to one of Dar Al Atta’a’s key charity programmes.

NAPCO’s iftar sponsorship was deployed across a total of 10 mosques in Oman, providing a generous spread of food and drinks that ca-tered to more than 1,100 people. The benefi ciary mosques were situated in the areas of Athaiba, Wadi Adai, Ansab, Baushar, and Bidbid, in addi-tion to Al Mudhaibi, and Amerat.

Robert Holtkamp, CEO, NAP-CO, said, “We have partnered with Dar Al Atta’a in the spirit of Rama-dan and in line with our eff orts to

strengthen our ongoing support to Omanis across all sectors. We hold the organisation’s positive contributions to the community in high regard, and we believe that it is an exceptional ally in our eff orts to implement our CSR initiatives.”

Maryam Al Zadjali, chairperson of Dar Al Atta’a, said, “This was an integral component of our Islamic values programmes and we were delighted with the liberal support that we have received from NAP-CO. In recognition of the success of this recent partnership, we look forward to a long-term relation-ship with the company in culti-vating support for Dar Al Atta’a Association’s programmes and as-sistance in reaching out to the less fortunate and putting a smile on their faces.”

H O L Y M O N T H

Smoking leads to major ailments

This study is expected to contrib-ute towards formulating some form of treatment and therapy for students who are addicted to smoking and help them rid them-selves of it.

The research was carried out by a team led by Dr Saeed bin Sulaiman Al Dhafri. The other members of the team were Prof Dr Samir Ibrahim Hassan, Dr Za-kiya bint Qahtan Al Busaidi, Dr Manal bint Khasib Al Fazari, and Dr Maha Abdul Majeed Al Ani, along with Al Mur bin Moham-med Al Hashmai and Marawa bint Nasser Al Rajhi.

Treatment and counselling Dr Zakiya Al Busaidi, senior con-sultant, Family Medicine and Public Health and supervisor of the student clinic at the SQU said that the SQU Hospital has intro-duced a service to off er treatment and counselling for students and processes are underway to conduct awareness campaigns against smoking.

A ban on smoking in public places such as beaches, parks, bus stations, etc. may become a

reality with the Municipal Coun-cil members pushing for its en-forcement. Speaking to the Times of Oman, the Municipal Council offi cial said elected members belonging to the Muscat Gover-norate are pushing hard to put in place a ban on smoking in public places. “We need to take neces-sary steps to reduce tobacco use. Studies have shown that laws banning smoking in public places have had a positive impact on health,” said the member.

An order issued locally which bans smoking in enclosed public places such as shopping malls, cafes and enclosed restaurants, is already in place. It was issued on October 31, 2009, and came into eff ect in April 2010.

The Municipal Council mem-ber said that a report from the Ministry of Health revealed that almost 70 per cent of the Sultan-ate’s residents suff er from some kind of curable disease related to smoking.

If the government does not take strong action, these curable diseases might end up becoming terminal ones, he added.

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Midhat and Maha Nazzal, an American couple who live in Mus-cat, said they don’t really mind the heat because everywhere they go there is air conditioning. They were enjoying a break at the Mall.

“They are making places that are really nice; look at this mall. We don’t feel the heat that much,” said Midhat.

Meanwhile in Dhofar the fore-cast was for cloudy skies along the coastal areas and adjoining moun-tains with intermittent drizzle, with a high of 27°C. The khareef season is attracting more people than usual who want to enjoy cool-er weather.

According to the National Cen-tre for Statistic and Information 54,700 had visited Salalah by July 18, compared to 37,100 by the same time last year.

Mohammed Al Rahbi, a college student from Muscat who was visiting Salalah this week, said he had been looking forward to lower temperatures.

“This is a welcome change from Muscat. We like seeing the rain and feeling it our skin. It will be hard to leave,” he said.

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Sultanate emerges as the ‘go-to destination’

TARIQ AL HAREMItariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Tourism is booming in the Sultanate over the past few years with the country becom-ing one of the “go-to destinations” in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

The Khareef season, which has started in Salalah, has already seen a large number of visitors heading to the south.

According to the tourism indi-cators issued by the National Cen-tre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), 618,000 tourists visited Oman until the end of April 2015.

Visitors coming in by land, air and sea praised the warmth, cul-ture and hospitality of the Omani people and the positive environ-ment that greeted the tourists.

“My friends visited Oman last year and told me how wonderful the people are and about the natu-ral beauty of the country, as well as the warm weather for 365 days of the year. They suggested that if I ever have the opportunity to visit,

I should. So, here I am,” said Mari-anne, a German tourist.

“I was able to take time off work during Ramadan and have re-ally been able to experience the warmth and hospitality of the peo-ple living here, especially during iftar. I plan on returning again next

year maybe during winter, to es-cape the winter in Germany. I will defi nitely advise my friends and family to visit this stunning coun-try when I go back,” she added.

GCC visitors topped the list with 71,923 tourists followed by 24,452 Indians, 14,230 British nationals,

and 8,051 Germans arriving in the Sultanate.

Of the 88,000 tourists who vis-ited the Sultanate on ocean liners, a majority were Europeans with 27,651 German tourists leading the way, followed by 11,305 Italians. There were also 8,125 tourists from the British Virgin Islands, 3,371 from the United Kingdom and 3,233 from Spain.

Meanwhile, hotel revenues of 3 star and 4 star hotels touched OMR73,887,000 until the end of April, having accommodated 414,030 guests.

In related news, according to NCSI, between June 6 and July 13, 2015, 29,025 people visited Sala-lah, which is a 5.2 per cent increase as compared to 27,586 during the same period last year.

Among the GCC nationals, Om-anis made up 50.9 per cent of visi-tors, Emiratis made up 8.3 per cent and the rest of the GCC nationals made up 5.2 per cent.

According to the

tourism indicators

issued by the

National Centre

for Statistics and

Information, 618,000

tourists visited Oman

until the end of April

TRADITIONAL HOSPITALITY: The Khareef season, which has started in Salalah, has already seen a

large number of visitors heading to the south.– File photo

I plan on returning again next year maybe during

winter, to escape the winter in Germany. I will

definitely advise my friends to visit this country

Marianne German tourist

Students showcase products at Sharikati Times News Service

MUSCAT: Students exhibited their products and services at the student company competition, Sharikati 2015, on Sunday, to a vi-brant crowd at the Muscat Grand Mall.

The opening of the exhibi-tion was under the patronage of Khalifa Al Abri, CEO of Riyada (Public Authority for SME De-velopment).

A number of teams of the 70 participating student companies showcased their unique and cre-ative company ideas to visitors and potentials customers.

Nasser Al Akhzami, operations manager at Injaz Oman, said, “This is one of the most exciting stages of the Sharikati competi-tion, as we get to see students planning and ideas come to life. Not only will students be able to interact with their audience to off er their products and services, but they will also be able to en-gage in a dialogue with them and receive direct feedback.”

Among the student companies showcasing their products was ‘Beehave’ from Mazoon College, where a team of students is creat-

ing a pressure vest to serve chil-dren with autism in Oman. This is one of the unique ideas brought to life through the Sharikati pro-gramme not only in the commer-cial sense but also in support of a humanitarian cause.

In addition, ‘Somu’, a student company from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), developed a helmet that utilises solar energy to power a fan fi xed within the helmet to cool workers working in Oman’s hot conditions.

Also exhibiting at the Mall was the company ‘Let’s Go’ from Higher College of Technology in Muscat that created Go Adven-ture, a multipurpose beach chair that also uses solar energy to al-low the chair to behave as a mo-bile phone charger, and also re-tracts a shade and a vacuum fl ask.

The next student exhibition will take place from August 4 to 6, at the Higher Education, Train-ing and Career Expo (EduTraC Oman) at the Oman National Ex-hibition Centre.

Sharikati competition this year has the support of 20 colleges and universities across the Sultanate, and over 750 students making up 70 student companies.

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YOUTH ENTERPRISE: A number of teams of the 70 participating

student companies showcased their unique and creative ideas to

visitors and potential customers.–Supplied photo

Oman showcases heritage, culinary treat at Milan Expo Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman’s pavilion at the Expo Milan Exhibition 2015 launched the Tourism Week on Saturday, which includes many events and activities aimed at introducing the Sultanate as a unique tourist destination.

The Sultanate has chosen the prestigious international show to present its ancient traditions of the country and its future plans. As a strategic meeting point be-tween Asia and Africa, Oman is among the richest countries when it comes to its historical, and environmental background.

During the week dedicated to tourism, writers, photographers,

journalists and VIPs will be in-volved in an Omani travel story. Each day is being dedicated to a specifi c topic, which is linked to the desert, the sea or the tradi-tions. The Oman Lounge Pavilion will host the public, media and tour operators to create a travel experience in Oman.

The week will culminate with the celebrations for the National Day of July 25. The government delegation to take part in the ceremony will be led by Dr Fu’ad bin Ja’afar Al Sajwani, minister of agriculture and fi sheries, and member of the ministerial com-mittee tasked with supervising and preparing for the Sultanate’s participation in the expo.

The delegation comprises Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Me-herzi, minister of tourism, Mohs-en bin Khamis Al Balushi, advisor of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Commissioner General of the Sultanate’s Pavilion in the expo, Dr Hamad bin Said Al Oufi , undersecretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

During the six-month ini-tiative, the Ministry of Tourism has scheduled a full calendar of events, exhibitions, shows and events to entertain visitors of the pavilion and also giving away trips in collaboration with indus-try partners.

(With inputs from ONA)

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GLOBAL IMPACT: During the six-month initiative, the Ministry of Tourism has scheduled a full cal-

endar of events, exhibitions, shows and events to entertain visitors at the pavilion.–Supplied photo

Expat workers under scannerMeanwhile, an offi cial from the Ministry of Manpower urged ab-sconding expatriate workers to make use of the opportunity to legalise their stay in Oman under the three-month Immigration amnesty or fl y back home without any legal dues.

Rashid felt that the ministry’s move to grant amnesty for undoc-umented workers might encour-age them to abscond more.

“Since they have the chance to

correct their situation now and then, labourers believe it is alright to abscond,” said Rashid.

“I would call for some sort of new rules to tackle with abscond-ing workers,” he added.

The amnesty opportunity pro-vided to undocumented and over-staying workers to return home without facing legal action for vi-olating their residency status and Oman’s labour laws is coming to an end in 10 days, of which there

are only seven working days left.“It is the last chance for undoc-

umented workers to attain legal status,” said a reliable source at the ministry.

The ministry’s fi gures showed that of the 14,254 illegal expatri-ate workers who had reported to the ministry, 7,382 have already been deported, and another 6,872 have been referred to the compe-tent authorities for completion of their deportation procedures.

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

UNSC endorses Iran deal, paves way to lift sanctions

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolu-tion endorsing the historic deal on Iran’s nuclear programme and cleared a path to lift sanctions crippling its economy.

US President Barack Obama hailed the passage of the UNSC resolution backing his nuclear deal with Iran, saying he hoped domestic foes would take note.

Obama said he hoped the pas-sage would “send a clear message that the overwhelming number of countries” recognise that diplo-macy is “by far our strongest ap-proach to ensuring that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon.”

The passing of the resolution marks formal UN approval for the hard-won, groundbreaking agree-ment reached between Iran and the so-called P5+1 group after 18 straight days of talks that capped almost two years of momentous negotiations.

Conditional lifting of curbsProvided Iran respects the agree-ment to the letter, seven UN resolutions passed since 2006 to sanction Iran will be gradually terminated, the text of the reso-lution says. The agreement with Tehran was reached last Tuesday in Vienna by the UN council’s fi ve permanent members Britain, China, France, Russia and the

United States plus Germany. The text launches a progressive and conditional lifting of sanctions, in exchange for guarantees that the Islamic republic will not develop a nuclear bomb.

UN ambassadors welcomed the resolution and said the years of hard-work on Iran should become a blueprint for how the world deals with other crises such as those in Syria and Yemen.

US envoy Samantha Power called on Iran to abide by the agreement in order to end its iso-lation, make “the world more se-cure” and to “fully empower the Iranian people.”

“When our nations truly unite to confront global crises, our in-fl uence grows exponentially,” she said. “It should motivate us to do far more.”

“We turn not simply a page but a whole chapter in the work of the

Council by creating a new reality,” said Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin. “We expect that all coun-tries will quickly adapt to the new conditions and will contribute to a successful implementation of the agreement,” he added.

The nuclear deal has been tout-ed as an opening for greater con-tact between Iran and the leading nations over common interests, particularly on tackling the IS militant group in Iraq and Syria.

British ambassador Matthew Rycroft called on Iran to play a “transparent and constructive role in regional aff airs”. The coun-cil charges the UN nuclear watch-dog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to “undertake the necessary verifi cation and monitoring of Iran’s nuclear com-mitments.” Those commitments include limiting the number of centrifuges for its fi ssile material.

The resolution demands that Iran “cooperate fully” with the IAEA.

As soon as the council receives IAEA confi rmation that the nu-clear programme is entirely peaceful, the seven UN sanctions resolutions against Tehran will be terminated and replaced by the terms of Monday’s resolution.

Sanctions to be lifted include a ban on the trade of goods or ser-vices linked to Iranian nuclear ac-tivities, and the freezing of fi nan-cial assets of designated Iranian offi cials and companies.

But embargoes on the sales and exports of conventional weap-ons and ballistic missile technol-ogy will remain in place -- for fi ve years for conventional weapons and for eight years for missile technology. If Tehran violates any of its commitments, the council can initiate proceedings to rein-state its panoply of sanctions.

The so-called “snapback” mechanism can put old sanctions back in place if world powers feel Iran has not met its commitments under the Vienna deal.

If a protest is made via a joint commission, the UN Security Council would have to vote on whether to continue the sanc-tions lifting. It leaves Iran under the threat of renewed sanctions for 15 years — 10 years under the Vienna agreement endorsed by the UN, and the P5+1 commit-ting to another fi ve years of tight monitoring.

In the United States, a hostile and Republican-majority Con-gress has 60 days to review the deal. The Congress can pass a mo-tion of disapproval, but President Barack Obama can then veto that.

An override of the veto requires two-thirds approval in both the House and Senate. — AFP

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hoped domestic foes

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Yemen’s loyalists battle Houthi holdouts in AdenADEN: Yemeni loyalist forces said they advanced on Monday into the last district of the south-ern port city of Aden still held by Houthi rebels, seeking to fl ush out the remaining insurgents.

Fighters from the pro-govern-ment Popular Resistance “have regained control of most of Al Ta-wahi district”, including the presi-dential residence, said spokesman Ali Al Ahmadi. The southern fi ght-ers also pushed the Houthi rebels and allied forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh out of the region’s military headquar-ters and the naval base, he told AFP. “A wide combing operation is under way to fl ush out” rebel holdouts, he said, adding that re-maining insurgents had taken po-sitions on several rooftops.

At least 17 rebels and 11 pro-government fi ghters have been killed in clashes since Sunday, military sources said. Ahmadi said 40 other rebels have been taken prisoner, but Al-Maashiq presidential palace in the down-town district of Crater remains in rebel hands. Loyalist forces backed by Saudi-led warplanes have regained control of most of Aden since an assault dubbed “Operation Golden Arrow” be-

gan last Tuesday. Clashes have rumbled on, however, despite the government’s declaration on Fri-day of the city’s “liberation” after four months of ferocious fi ghting.

Rebel bombardment on Sun-day killed 57 civilians in the Dar Saad neighbourhood in the north of the port city, according to local health chief Al Khader Laswar.

Two ministers from the gov-ernment in exile in Saudi Arabia returned to Aden at the weekend, touring the devastated city.

Transport Minister Badr Ba-salmeh told journalists in the city that a technical team had arrived from the United Arab Emirates to repair the control tower and pas-senger terminal at Aden interna-tional airport, which was heavily damaged in clashes before rebel forces were driven out.

Elsewhere in southern Yemen, Saudi-led coalition warplanes on Monday carried out several raids on rebel positions, especially Al Anad air base in Lahj and the neighbouring province of Dhaleh, military sources said. The Arab coalition launched an air cam-paign against the rebels in March after President Abedrabbo Man-sour Hadi was forced to fl ee to Riyadh. — AFP

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Germany, Iran vow to revive economic ties

TEHRAN: Germany and Iran moved tentatively on Monday to-wards reviving a once close trade relationship, anticipating the lift-ing of western economic sanctions against Tehran following a land-mark nuclear deal.

German Economy Minister Sig-mar Gabriel, making the fi rst top level German government visit to Tehran in 13 years, indicated that a ministerial-level meeting of a long dormant German-Iran economic commission would take place ear-ly next year in Tehran.

Gabriel signalled the move at a meeting with Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh during the visit, which is also the fi rst to the country by a senior member of a Western government since the nuclear agreement last week. Ga-briel is travelling with a delegation of German industry representa-tives, who are keen to move back into the Iranian market, particu-larly the lucrative energy sector.

Export graphGerman exports to Iran hit 4.4 billion euros in 2005 but then slumped to 1.8 billion by 2013 as the West tightened the sanctions imposed over Iran’s nuclear pro-gramme. However, the agreement between Iran and six world powers including Germany has opened the prospect that the sanctions will be removed. Iran once produced more oil than Saudi Arabia and was able to extract more than 6 million bar-rels per day in the 1970s, but its output has fallen below 4 million bpd over the past decade due to the sanctions and under-investment.

“There is no country in the world where petrochemicals are so easy to access and so inexpen-sive,” Zangeneh said. “I hope that German and Iranian fi rms can fi nd each other.” The trip is a delicate one for Gabriel, in part because of Germany’s close ties to Israel.Ga-briel said in Tehran on Sunday that closer economic ties with Iran de-pended on it improving relations with Israel. — Reuters

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CLEAR MESSAGE: European Union representative to the United Nations Thomas Mayr-Harting, left, speaks as Iranian UN envoy, Ghola-

mali Khoshroo, right, looks on during a United Nations Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York, on Monday. – Reuters

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French woman challenges government’s decision to extradite her for Chile senator’s murder under 118-year-old treaty signed by UKNEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Monday sought the govern-ment’s response on a plea by a French woman challenging the government’s decision to extra-dite her after ratifying a 118-year-old treaty on charges that she had participated in a Chilean senator’s killing in 1991.

A bench of Chief Justice G Ro-hini and Justice Jayant Nath is-sued notice to the External Aff airs Ministry (MEA) seeking its reply on the plea of the woman, who has sought an interim stay of the ex-tradition order as well as the noti-fi cation by which the 118-year-old treaty has been given eff ect to.

“We are on the question wheth-er detention of the petitioner was done in accordance with law or not. These (challenge to notifi ca-tion and treaty) are major ques-tions and require consideration. Necessary counter affi davits be fi led. Same be fi led on or before July 31,” the bench said.

The woman, Marie Emmanuelle Verhoeven, has also challenged her detention and sought that she be produced before the court.

Meanwhile, another bench of the high court has agreed to hear her bail plea on July 27.

56-year-old Verhoeven, a French national, was arrested on February 16 in Uttar Pradesh while she was entering India from Nepal and has been in judicial custody ever since. She is alleged to have participated in the assas-sination of Chilean senator Jaime Guzman Errazuriz on April 1, 1991.

On April 28, MEA, through a notifi cation, had validated a 118-year-old extradition treaty between the United Kingdom and Chile, which when signed in 1897, was applicable to all British colo-nies including India.

Seeking interim relief for Ver-hoeven, senior advocate A S Chan-dhiok, who appeared for her, con-tended that the MEA’s decision

to give retrospective eff ect to the treaty was “illegal, arbitrary, mala fi de and discriminatory”.

He said the extradition treaty between Britain and Chile was signed under the Extradition Acts of 1870 to 1895, which was re-pealed by the extradition Acts of 1989 and 2003.

In 1918, the applicability of the Extradition Act of 1870 on India was revoked and Fugitive Off end-ers Act of 1881 was made applica-ble, he said and added that in 1955, the Supreme Court had held that latter legislation cannot be kept alive as a consequence of Article 372 of the Constitution.

“Consequently, it is most re-

spectfully submitted that the Ex-tradition Treaty dated April 28, 2015 between India and Chile is unconstitutional, arbitrary, illegal and mala fi de and must be struck down,” the application fi led though advocate Ramni Taneja has said.

Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain told the court that Verhoeven was detained on the ba-sis of a red corner notice which is issued in the case of fugitive crimi-nals. He also said that the Acts that Verhoeven claims would not apply, are applicable in her case.

Verhoeven has also contended in her application that the March 24 ‘note verbale’, by which her ex-tradition has been sought, has not

been drafted as per Extradition Guidelines of India and thus, it “entitles her to be discharged and to be set at liberty forthwith as she has been incarcerated for nearly fi ve months since the date of her arrest on February 16, 2015”.

Referring to two orders of Feb-ruary and March 2015 of the Chil-ean courts, the application has contended that even “the Chilean Courts accept and recognize the fact that there is no Extradition Treaty between India and Chile”.

Earlier on July 1, a single-judge bench of the high court had ob-served that not granting bail to Verhoeven was “harassment” and the government should look into it.

Extradition proceedings were initiated against Verhoeven on the request of the Chilean government which had alleged that she had par-ticipated in a conspiracy to commit a terror attack which had led to the death of senator Errazuriz.

In her plea opposing the extradi-

tion proceedings, she has contend-ed that the treaty was ultra vires to the Constitution.

She has opposed the allegations of the Chilean government, say-ing she was falsely implicated in the case due to political vendetta as she was a “member of the Latin American Economic and Social Committee and had participated in special human rights missions”.

She also claimed that she was an “offi cer of the prison adminis-tration in Chile as an assistant to the National Directorate” when she was staying there from 1985 to 1995. In her plea, she has said that pursuant to the red-corner notice, she was apprehended in Germany on January 25 last year and kept in pre-trial detention.

The German court had rejected the extradition request of Chile af-ter which she came here on a valid Indian visa, but was arrested in Ut-tar Pradesh on the basis of the red-corner notice, her plea said. -PTI

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56-year-old Verhoeven, a French national, was arrested on

February 16 in Uttar Pradesh while she was entering India

from Nepal and has been in judicial custody ever since

Monsoon session set to be stormy

NEW DELHI: On the eve of the Monsoon session, the govern-ment and main opposition Con-gress on Monday locked horns over the controversies surround-ing Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, setting the stage for confronta-tion in Parliament.

While Congress made it clear that it will not allow Parliament to function unless the BJP lead-ers facing allegations quit, the government asserted that there will be no resignations and that it will not give in to any ultimatum.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while seeking the coopera-tion of opposition, expressed will-ingness to discuss any issue as he said that running Parliament is a “shared responsibility”.

Two all-party meetings were held -- one convened by Parlia-mentary Aff airs Minister M Ven-kaiah Naidu and the other by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan -- but both ended in deadlocks, with the government and the main opposition sticking to their positions on the controversies, particularly over Lalit Modi and Vyapam scam. Congress is de-manding resignation of Swaraj, the External Aff airs Minister, and Raje, the Rajasthan Chief Minis-ter, over their links with former IPL chief Lalit Modi.

HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s ouster is being demanded in a case of alleged false claim over education. Chouhan, the Madhya

Pradesh Chief Minister, is un-der fi re over Vyapam scam while Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ra-man Singh is being targeted over rice scam. At the meeting con-vened by Naidu, Leader of Op-position in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad insisted that resigna-tions are necessary for the smooth functioning of Parliament.

Rejecting this, Naidu said, “There is no question of accept-ing ultimatum by anybody. From where did the question of resig-nation arise? Nobody can dictate terms to the government. From the government side, no Union Minister has done anything ille-gal or immoral.”

Modi appealed to all the parties to utilise Parliament time for dis-cussing issues and said running both the Houses is a “shared re-sponsibility of all”.

He also exhorted them to move forward collectively on the con-tentious Land bill, which has got stuck because of stiff opposition by various parties.

Congress, however, appeared to

be alone on its stance of “no resig-nation, no House” as most other parties said in the meeting that a washout of Parliament is not a so-lution. Naidu, said that 29 opposi-tion parties did not back Congress stand on not allowing the House to function.

However, NCP’s Tariq Anwar and CPI-M’s Sitaram Yechury felt that the government needs to take action. K C Venugopal, Congress whip in the Lok Sabha said, “we are ready for cooperation with the government in passage of bills on merit provided there is elaborate cooperation and meaningful ac-tion on the recent important is-sues like Vyapam, ‘Lalitgate’ and Indo-Pakistan ties.

“Government should be ready for detailed discussions and strong action against those who are involved. We are for running of Parliament. But the duty of the government is to settle the issue and address concerns of the Op-position and people’s sentiments all over the country. The ball is in the government’s court.” -PTI

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of state Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Rajeev Pratap Rudy arrive at

Parliament House for an all-party meeting on Monday. -PTI

In a change of tack, Modi seeks labour union support

NEW DELHI: Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi began work with unions and employers on Monday to build support for the biggest shake-up of labour laws in decades, in an attempt to re-vive a reform agenda that has suff ered setbacks ahead of a key parliamentary session.

It is a change of tack for Modi, who is smarting from wide-spread opposition to business-friendly land purchase rules he has tried, and so far failed, to push through parliament fol-lowing an executive decree.

“I am confi dent that we will be able to address the chal-lenges ahead and proceed with reforms with everyone’s con-sensus,” Modi said at the start of a two-day labour conference on Monday.

Thumbs up for GSTModi has had to scale-back his ambitions for the short session of parliament that starts on Tuesday, with government of-fi cials privately saying the main focus will be on passing a law to enable a goods and services tax (GST). The GST law got the backing of a parliamentary pan-el on Monday.

Passing it would in itself be a victory and go someway to reas-suring investors who are grow-ing jittery that economic mod-ernisation is happening more slowly than they hoped under Modi. “Unless there is clarity on reform proposals investors are not keen to pump in new money,” said Deven Choksey, managing director at KR Chok-sey Securities.

Listening nowOver tea at the weekend, Modi reportedly told union leaders that they would be included in discussions along with compa-nies in the build up to the labour law shake-up. “The government is talking in a positive man-ner,” said Baij Nath Rai, presi-dent of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, which is India’s largest union and affi liated to Modi’s party. Rai said the unions now felt the government was listen-ing to their concerns, such as a demand for a higher minimum wage. -Reuters

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

Work begins on pipeline to import LNG from China

ISLAMABAD: Aiming to import liquefi ed natural gas (LNG) from China, Pakistan has started con-struction of its seven hundred-kilometre pipeline, Radio Pakistan reported. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi while addressing the media, stated that the project will be jointly funded by Pakistan and China.

Chinese funds“Chinese funds will benefi t Paki-stan and allow it to complete its Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline pro-ject,” Abbasi added.

According to Abbasi, Pakistan has been trying to overcome its energy crisis by importing gas from Iran however, sanctions on Iran had hampered the work on the project.

Access to warm watersFurther stating that Gwadar port being the central hub for China Pakistan Economic Corridor, will allow western China to gain access to warm waters. — Express Tribune

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Altaf plans to sit on fast outside Cameron’s house

LONDON: The offi cial residence of the British prime minister, also commonly referred to as 10 Down-ing Street, has been chosen as the venue for Muttahida Qaumi Move-ment (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s hunger strike.

“We have chosen 10 Downing

Street as the hunger strike venue,” Wasay Jalil, party’s spokesperson in London told The Express Trib-une on Monday.

The 10 Downing Street, collo-quially known in the United King-dom as ‘Number 10’, is the offi cial residence of the UK Prime Minis-ter David Cameron.

PermissionAccording to the MQM leader, his party would release more details about the protest as soon as it got permission from British authori-

ties to carry out the hunger strike.“Party leaders will also go on

hunger strike if Altaf Hussain car-ries it out,” he added.

On Sunday, the MQM leader had announced that he would go on hunger strike till death against the ‘exploitation of Muhajirs (mi-grants).’

Announcing his decision to go on hunger strike, MQM chief said he had promised to the nation that he would rather die than go back on his promise to safeguard the rights of not only Muhajirs

but of all the oppressed people of this country.

In a statement issued by the party, Altaf Hussain had alleged that federal and provincial gov-ernments, army, rangers and po-lice are involved in “genocide of Muhajirs, both economically and physically.”

Altaf had also announced that after his death Rabita Committee will look after all the party matters. “It would be up to the Rabita Com-mittee whether they continue the movement or end it.” — Express Tribune

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rangers and police are involved in ‘genocide of

Muhajirs, both economically and physically’Altaf Hussain

UN monitors visit areas aff ected by Indian fi ringISLAMABAD: A team of the United Nations Military Observ-ers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) visited Sialkot Working Boundary on the Line of Control on Monday and inspect-ed the sites aff ected by recent fi ring by Indian Border Security Force (BSF).

“The UNMOGIP visited areas most aff ected by recent Indian fi ring and were shown evidence

of ceasefi re violations, as Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said, according to Ex-press News.

“Members of the UN team also inquired about the health of those wounded during fi ring in Suleh-por, Chaprar and Milanay sectors of the LoC,” the statement added.

The visit comes after fi ve peo-ple were killed and dozens others injured as Indian Border Security

Force resorted to unprovoked fi r-ing along the Working Boundary near Sialkot last week.

The Pakistan army on Friday registered India’s violations with the UNMOGIP. According to the military’s media wing, the ISPR, Pakistan Army highlighted the Indian use of heavy mortars and machine guns on civil population living along the Working Bound-ary and the LoC. — Express Tribune

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Narcotics worth Rs4.77b seizedISLAMABAD: A special team of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan on Mon-day, resulting in the seizure of heroine worth billions of rupees.

With the seizure of 746kg her-oin worth Rs4.77 billion in the in-ternational market, the force has now seized ‘approximately 12,365 tonnes of narcotics in the past 17 years,’ said offi cial details avail-able with The Express Tribune.

They, however, admitted that the special teams could not ap-prehend the drug peddlers be-lieved to be involved in this latest bid as they were hiding in far-fl ung areas of the province.

Action plan requiredThe material was packed in 225 packets and was being taken in a Toyota Surf vehicle on Quetta-Chaman Road in district Qilla Abdullah. To thwart the trans-portation of the drugs, ANF had to deploy personnel on fi ve routes simultaneously.

Meanwhile, Chairman Sen-ate’s Standing Committee on In-terior and Anti-Narcotics, Sena-tor Rehman Malik observed in

a recent meeting of the commit-tee, “An action plan is required to curb the use of illegal drugs in the country.”

The country is critically placed in international drug trade as it shares an over 2,400km-long and porous border with Iran and Af-ghanistan, he added.

Non-arrest of ‘big names’Expressing concern on the non-arrest of ‘big names’ transporting illegal drugs to various parts of the country, Malik directed ANF offi cials to apprehend them and assured them of support.

Offi cial documents of the ANF had also revealed that Pakistan spent Rs4 a year on each drug ad-dict in the country while approxi-mately 8.9 million people were substance abusers.

“Pakistan has allocated Rs27 million for drug addicts (in the budget),” ANF Director-Gen-eral Major-General Khawar Hanif told the committee earlierthis month.

“Unfortunately, there is no proper policy for maintaining re-habilitation centres in the coun-try,” he pointed out. — Express Tribune

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The act of giving without loveNAVEEN MANGI

One scorching afternoon to-wards the end of Ramazan, while visiting a village in

Sindh, I was intrigued by a large crowd of people, several dozen rickshaws and scores of bicycles and motorbikes in a narrow street. I stopped by to fi nd out what the attraction was. Turns out a well-meaning charitable institution was distributing Eid gifts to the ‘under-privileged.’

The privileges being handed out in a sack included fi ve kilogrammes of sugar, fi ve kilogrammes of cook-ing oil, 20 kilogrammes of rice, one women’s unstitched suit of polyes-ter, six bars of hand-soap and six of clothes washing soap. A content and price list was also in the sack. Total cost: Rs2,780 (approximate-ly10OMR).

This is what the gift-giving are-na looked like: A gruff looking man seated comfortably in a shaded spot, list in hand, was reading out names much in the style of a court bailiff , demanding the accused ap-pear immediately.

The benefi ciary of the gift was meant to present a token bearing his name, his father’s name and national identity card number, provide evidence by also showing his original identity card and then receive this bag of provisions. He

was then ordered to move along swiftly. Those whose paperwork didn’t satisfy the bailiff ’s assistant were turned out without a hearing.

All these receivers of gifts were made to stand in line from late morning through the afternoon with temperatures rising into the mid-forties.

There was no shade provided in the distribution area, nor any ar-rangement for water. Men, women and children, had gathered in the hundreds, were jostling for space in the line and as the jungle rule goes, the biggest and strongest were the ones who found their way through.

Dense crowdSo dense was the crowd and so intense the heat that even strong young men were dizzy and faint and some approached us asking for a glass of water.

A small group of women help-lessly lay down under a tree outside the distribution area, waiting for the crowds to thin so they may get a chance to get in line. They carried bundles of hay that they spread out and sat down upon. Some nursed wailing babies, others chased after toddlers to make sure they wouldn’t be crushed in the crowd.

The recipients were mostly im-poverished even though brief con-versations revealed most of them had enough rice, sugar and soap

at home. Nevertheless, the hunger for provisions was clearly under-standable. And the willingness to suff er? This, unfortunately, is the product of centuries of subjuga-tion that has created minds des-perate to receive handouts with-out eff ort or dignity. One recipient told me it’s human nature to want to get something for free if it’s just being handed out, so what’s a little shoving to endure?

Seeing all this made me pause to think about the giving of gifts. What a lovely and precious privi-lege it is to present a gift, even more so on the blessed occasion of Eid. There is so much involved.

The excitement of deciding what to give, the thinking and re-thinking about whether the recipient needs and would enjoy this particular gift, and the making of recipient lists. On occasions such as Eid, when we as individuals or charitable insti-tutions choose to give out gifts as a means of sharing blessings with those we think can’t aff ord them fi nancially, why do we deny our-selves the pleasure of all the frills that come with gift-giving?

Why do we choose to dispose of a burden by handing out things we ourselves attach little value to or indeed wouldn’t use at all and that too without any love? The act of giving without warmth and love isn’t gifting at all. — Express Tribune

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Riots are breaking out in Athens and forest fi res burn around the Greek capital as the anger of the people spills over. The coun-

try’s creditors have confi rmed they will insist on even harsher austerity measures, despite a no vote in a national referendum on exactly that proposal.

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, and Wolfgang Schäuble, her fi nance minister, re-mained fi rm, in spite of a warning from the Inter-national Monetary Fund that, without substantial debt relief, any new bailout would fail. The mes-sage is clear: We don’t care about the wishes of your people, nor do we care about their suff ering. Democratic process means nothing; obey the cred-itors, or we’ll take a wrecking ball to your economy.

Greek upset over the harsh terms attached to Europe’s latest fi nancial deal isn’t merely a ques-tion of a belligerent refusal to pay. Living stand-ards have plummeted in Greece, with alarming results. Heart attacks are rising among young peo-ple, youth unemployment has reaching staggering rates and hospitals and pharmacies struggling to treat and prescribe for life-threatening conditions. Signs in chemists list medicines that are out of stock – not obscure medications, but insulin, heart medication, thyroid tablets.

Just a fortnight ago in Britain, a short video of Ken Livingstone’s speech in the wake of the Lon-don 7/7 bombings circulated on the 10th anniver-sary of the event. The clip from the former mayor, like many famous political speeches, speaks of community, resilience in the face of tragedy, and the importance of sympathy and empathy.

A decade on, empathy is an unfashionable politi-cal emotion, and the eff ects of that cultural change are being felt across Europe.

Last week, the Home Offi ce announced cuts to the subsistence payments given to Britain’s 27,800 destitute asylum-seekers. A single parent with one child seeking asylum in Britain will now receive £73.90 a week, rather than the £96.90 previously paid, because, the Home Offi ce says, that is “signif-icantly more cash than is necessary” to feed, clothe and nurture an adult and child in one of the most expensive countries in Europe.

Meanwhile the Children’s Society warns that an increasing number of vulnerable children are being forced to represent themselves at immi-gration tribunals, due to the removal of legal aid for such cases under the Legal Aid, Sentencing

and Punishment of Off enders Act 2012.If you fall sick in Britain, your luck may run out,

too: David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith are considering forcing workers to “save up” for their own sick pay and periods of unemployment – an idea borrowed from Singapore. Most people save up for a rainy day, if they’re able to. It’s not a sur-prise that a washing machine doesn’t last for ever. But saving up to replace a social safety net stripped away is another matter, and ignores the fact that the people least able to save are the people most likely to be sick – those in menial jobs, with poor working conditions and caring responsibilities, the already disabled.

The policies knocked out by governments at home and in the eurozone share a common approach: They fi t an ideological mission statement and ignore a human cost. The explosion of welfare sanctions in Britain mines the same seam: Pressured jobcentres are expected to meet targets and issue ever more sanctions without considering what happens when people living on subsistence benefi ts suddenly fi nd themselves with no money for food.

In the Mediterranean Sea, desperate people attempting to fl ee confl ict and start a new life in Europe climb into overcrowded boats, and Calais teems with tents holding families seeking asylum. The response is the same: A focus on numbers, cost and a grandstanding refusal to appear politically “soft” on immigration from almost every country in Europe.

Merkel’s meeting with a young Palestinian asylum-seeker who told the Chancellor that she dreamed of studying and settling in Germany was viewed across the world, shared widely on social media because of the unexpected heartlessness of the response. Rather than empathising with the child’s plight, and the suff ering her family had en-dured, Merkel spoke only in terms of numbers and of money: Germany simply could not aff ord to keep her, and there were too many people already in a similar situation. The German leader was derided for the callousness of her rebuke, but the response is symptomatic of the thrust of political feeling in Europe and beyond. Human suff ering, and the ex-tension of empathy, has become an unnecessary distraction in policy making. The crisis rhetoric in modern politics dictates that fi scal responsibili-ties and ideology come fi rst. The catastrophic ef-fect this can have on individual lives is a side eff ect – though easily foreseen, it has found no place in the implementation of policies.— The Independent

PRIVATE VEHICLES REGISTERED IN OMAN

Nov.2014

Commercial

Private new cars average

Total

11,136

Dec. 12,877

Jan.2015

6,604 8,991

Feb. 5,693 8,373

Mar. 6,086 9,054

Apr. 5,544 8,453

7,007

8,283

9,834

Source: NCSI

Road safety requires collective eff ortsThis refers to the online story, Road deaths haunt Eid with spate of ac-cidents in Oman (July 19). In my opinion, taxi drivers should not be singled out as the only reason for the accidents. It’s our collective responsible to help reduce accidents. Drivers should be educated about how to use road and stiff er penalties should be imposed on the violators. — Mohammed Baomar, Gainesville, US

Drivers should remember that someone is waiting at homeThis refers to the online story, Road deaths haunt Eid with spate of accidents in Oman (July 19). It is sad that such incidents oc-cur during festivities. The main reasons behind accidents include people tending to relax and having odd driving habits. In my opinion, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has done enough and the onus is on the drivers to exercise caution during the holidays. The drivers should remember that someone is waiting at home. Please be safe. — Arun Sripathi, Muscat

Need to instal barriersThis refers to the online story, Road deaths haunt Eid with spate of accidents in Oman (July 19). This report made me recollect that two years ago while driving on the highway to Salalah, I faced extremely tough situations, which could have re-

sulted in serious accidents. Such circumstances occur as the two-way traffi c fl ow is without any barrier separating the carriageways. Thus, it is very dangerous to drive such a long distance. I request the con-cerned authorities to erect barriers, which will at least help avoid the direct collision of vehicles. — Remesh Vijayan, Muscat

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Suicide attack strikes Turkey town, 30 dead

ANKARA: Thirty people were killed on Monday in a suicide at-tack in a Turkish town on the Syr-ian border, with offi cials pointing the fi nger of blame at the IS mili-tant group.

The blast ripped through a cultural centre in Suruc, a town opposite the Syrian fl ashpoint of Kobane -- which was hit itself shortly afterwards by a suicide car bombing.

Turkish President Recep Tayy-ip Erdogan, on a visit to the Turk-ish breakaway state in northern Cyprus, condemned the Suruc suicide attack as an “act of terror”.

“On behalf of my people, I curse and condemn the perpetrators of this brutality,” he said.

The force of the explosion blew out the windows of the building in the centre of the town and set off a blaze, witnesses said.

Television footage showed sev-eral people lying on the ground covered in blood and ambulances rushing to the scene.

“The Turkish authorities have strong reason to believe that the terrorist attack was perpetrated by ISIS,” a government offi cial told AFP, using another name for IS.

If confi rmed, it would be the fi rst such attack by the IS group against Turkey, a regional military power and NATO member.

An offi cial in the prime min-ister’s offi ce said 28 people were killed and nearly 100 injured in Suruc, which is home to a large number of Syrian refugees.

The blast took place as a Turk-ish anti-IS activist group based at the cultural centre was preparing to announce a solidarity mission to Kobane.

EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn said in a Twitter message: “Tragic consequences of Syrian confl ict felt in a neighbour-ing country.”

Country’s unityTurkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is sending three min-isters to the southeastern re-gion following the bombing, his offi ce announced.

“We are calling on everyone to show common sense in the face of this terrorist attack targeting our country’s unity,” the interior min-istry said.

In Kobane, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a check-point, killing two members of Kurdish security forces, accord-ing to Rami Abdel Rahman, direc-

tor of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Kobane has been a symbol of resistance against the jihadists since IS militants were driven out in January.

Turkey has recently stepped up its role in the fi ght against the IS group, which has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq over the past year.

In recent weeks, security forces have arrested dozens of IS mili-tants and sympathisers in the most signifi cant action by Ankara against the militants.

“It’s now obvious that the Turk-ish government has upgraded the threat posed by ISIS to among the top ones it is facing,” a Western diplomat told AFP last week.

Turkey boosted its military de-fences on the border earlier this month, stationing tanks and anti-aircraft missiles there as well as bolstering troop numbers.

The build-up has fed specula-

tion that the government is plan-ning to intervene in Syria to push IS militants back from the border and halt the advance of Kurd-ish forces who have made gains against the extremists.

Davutoglu has however ruled out any immediate action in Syria.

Turkey has been accused of tol-erating IS in the early stages of its existence.

Ankara has categorised IS as a terrorist group since October 2013.

But Turkey has been a reluc-tant member of the anti-IS coali-tion led by the United States and refused to give its NATO ally the green-light for the use of Incirlik air base in the south for bombings against militant targets.

In January, Kurdish forces backed by rebel groups and US-led air strikes had pushed IS out of Kobane after four months of fi erce fi ghting in a hugely symbolic de-feat for the militants.

The hardliners made a surprise raid on Kobane last month but the fi ghters were driven back by Kurdish forces who took full con-trol of the town.

Suruc, once a centre of silk-making, is home to one of the biggest refugee camps in Turkey housing Syrians who have fl ed the bloody four-year confl ict at home.

The camp, which opened in January, shelters about 35,000 refugees who crossed the bor-der after IS militants fi rst seized Kobane. — AFP

Offi cials pointed the

fi nger of blame at IS

as an opposing group

based at the cultural

centre in Suruc

was preparing to

announce a solidarity

mission to Kobane

in SyriaCARNAGE: The scene after an explosion in the town of Suruc in Sanliurfa, on Monday, not far from the

Syrian border. - AFP

Officials fiercely dismiss the criticism that Ankara is

not doing enough to halt the flow of militants across

the volatile 911 kilometre and say Turkey has deported

more than 1,500 IS suspects and banned nearly

15,000 people from 98 countries from entering

US ‘friendly fi re’ kills 10 Afghan soldiers in LogarPUL-E-ALAM (AFGHANI-STAN): A US airstrike killed up to 10 Afghan soldiers on Monday at an army checkpoint in a Taliban-infested province south of Kabul, one of the deadliest episodes of “friendly fi re” from foreign forces in recent years.

The early morning raid in Baraki Barak district of Logar province comes as coalition forces increase air strikes on potential militant targets despite a drawdown of NATO forces after 13 years of war.

The bombing marked the second such incident in the area since last December when a NATO air strike killed fi ve civilians and wounded six others.

“At 6:00 am (0130 GMT) today, two US helicopters attacked a checkpoint in Baraki Barak,” dis-trict governor Mohammad Rahim Amin told AFP.

“The checkpoint caught fi re... and 10 Afghan army soldiers were killed,” he added, revising down his earlier toll of 14.

Civilian and military deaths in coalition airstrikes have been one of the most emotive and high-pro-fi le issues of the war, often provok-ing fury from the government.

An American military offi cial said he was “aware of an incident involving US forces in Logar prov-ince this morning”. “This incident is under investigation,” he added.

Logar’s deputy police chief, Mo-hammad Wara, also said 10 Afghan soldiers were killed and four oth-ers were wounded but provincial

army commander, Abdul Razid Safi , said the attack resulted in eight fatalities.

Amin said the targeted outpost was “not a suspicious area”.

“The Afghan fl ag was waving at the checkpoint in Baraki Barak when the Americans launched their attack,” he said.

But the Afghan defence min-istry said “armed insurgents had opened fi re on the coalition forces’ helicopters”, though it did not say if that had prompted the friendly fi re.

Following the attack, an Afghan army convoy dispatched to the site was ambushed several times on its way by Taliban militants, but they managed to retrieve the dead bod-ies without any further casualties, Amin said.

Combat missionUS-led NATO forces ended their combat mission in Afghanistan in December, leaving local forces to battle the Taliban alone, but a re-sidual force remains for training and counter-terrorism operations.

Despite the drawdown, the US carried out 106 military air strikes in June, a sharp jump compared to the previous month when it car-ried out 41 strikes.

But that fi gure is still signifi -cantly lower than previous years.

Last year it carried out 2,363 air strikes compared to a total of 305 raids in the fi rst six months of this year, according to military statistics. — AFP

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FRIENDLY FIRE: A wounded Afghan soldier is treated after an air

strike in Baraki Barak district of Logar province, Afghanistan on

Monday. —Reuters/Stringer

Demanding rise in milk and meat prices, angry French farmers block town accessCAEN (FRANCE): Hundreds of angry French farmers blocked ac-cess to the northern town of Caen on Monday, demanding a hike in milk and meat prices.

Dairy and beef farmers arrived on the outskirts of the Normandy town on Sunday aboard some 330 tractors and other farm vehicles, according to local offi cials.

Many were armed with buckets full of earth and manure, some of which they dumped in front of businesses — including an abat-toir, a distribution company and a meat-processing plant — which they accuse of being part of the problem.

“Angry farmers” and “You are

letting us die” were among the banners on display, as the tractors organised a go-slow on one of the main roads through the Norman-dy and Calvados regions.

“It’s one of the biggest mobilisa-tions for several years,” said Se-bastien Debieu, secretary general of farmers’ union FDSEA.

“We will continue the block-age until (Minister of Agriculture Stephane) Le Foll comes to Caen,”

he said. Retailers and food indus-try heads promised to raise prices on meat and dairy after a meeting with farmers last month.

But farmers say they have yet to benefi t from the price hikes in supermarkets, triggering a wave of strikes across the country.

Samuel Bidert, of the Young Farmers group taking part in the protest, said he was currently paid 300 euros ($325) per tonne of milk, but that he needed 370 eu-ros “to live in dignity without de-pending on my wife, and 340-350 to pay my costs without receiving a salary”.

President Francois Hollande called over the weekend for

France’s distributors “to off er consumers quality and farmers a good price”.

Le Foll said he would meet the farmers in Paris on Thursday af-ter speaking with pricing experts, but the unions are calling for a sit-down with all the food industry bosses. “Meetings in Paris that don’t lead to anything do not in-terest us,” said Jean-Yves Heurtin, regional head of the FDSEA. — AFP

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EU diplomats did not spell out which group would be targeted. But they said plans to impose asset freezes and travel bans on individuals were in advanced stages and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini had raised the issue with EU foreign ministers and UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon in Brussels.

Cuban flag fl ies in US; Kerry to visit Havana on August 14

WASHINGTON: The Cuban fl ag on Monday was proudly hoisted over Havana’s newly restored em-bassy in Washington for the fi rst time in 54 years as the two nations resumed diplomatic ties, ending decades of hostility.

Also on Monday, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the historic restoration of US-Cu-ba relations will only make sense if the United States lifts its com-prehensive trade embargo and re-turns to Cuba the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay in eastern Cuba.

In a historic ceremony attended by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, a large crowd cheered and shouted “Fidel, Fidel” and “Viva Raul” as the fl ag was raised by an honour guard.

They were referring to Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro, who is now the president of the com-munist-run Caribbean island.

After the US and Cuba offi cially resumed relations at one minute after midnight, an American of-fi cial confi rmed to AFP that US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Havana on August 14.

Foreign policy legacyHe will be the fi rst US secretary of state to visit Cuba since 1945, seal-ing what will be a major foreign policy legacy of President Barack Obama’s eight-year tenure. The historic turnaround between two bitter adversaries has come at breakneck pace after Obama and Raul Castro in December agreed to normalize ties. The shift came after Washington acknowledged its policy of trying to aff ect change in tightly controlled communist

Cuba through isolation and trade restrictions had failed. At about 4:00 am (0800 GMT), the Cuban banner fi rst took its place in the columned marble entrance hall to the State Department, hoisted between the fl ags of Croatia to the left and Cyprus to the right.

It was then raised at the em-bassy in Washington, which until Monday had been operating as an interests section. At the US em-bassy in Havana however, where some 360 people including 30 Americans are employed, there were few outward signs Monday of its new status.

No US fl ag will fl y over the building on Havana’s waterfront Malecon until Kerry arrives. US charge d’aff aires Jeff rey DeLau-rentis will stay in post in Havana until a new ambassador is con-fi rmed, with his Cuban counter-part Jose Cabanas also staying in place in Washington.

The move has been hailed by Cubans, hoping to see an easing of

tough economic conditions. “It’s a day to be celebrated, it’s

an important day that will bring new opportunities,” said 18-year-old Cuban Adriel Gonzales, who had the honour of raising the Cu-ban fl ag outside the US embassy in Havana. But both nations have cautioned that this is only a begin-ning, warning that overcoming decades of enmity is not easy.

“Cuba needs the United States as an economic engine for its trou-bled economy and hopes to attract new foreign investment and hu-man capital to update its socialist model, but without undergoing po-litical reform,” analyst Ted Piccone from the Brookings Institution told AFP. “Building confi dence and trust will be critical to the ability to move forward,” he added.

One of the biggest areas of con-tention remains human rights, with Washington pressing for an improvement in freedoms of ex-pression, religion and the press in the Caribbean island nation. Some Republicans have been sharply critical of what they see as US haste to cozy up with Cuba. Sena-tor and 2016 presidential hopeful Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, vowed on Sunday to end diplomatic ties with an “anti-American communist tyranny.”

“This recognition somehow sends a message to dissidents and others around the world that the United States accepts the Cuban form of government today as a le-gitimate form of government,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Another tough issue is com-pensation for American property seized after the 1959 Cuban revo-lution led by Fidel Castro. Some 5,911 lawsuits have been opened in the United States seeking an estimated $7 billion to $8 billion.

On Havana’s side, Raul Cas-tro has urged Obama to use his executive powers to “dismantle” the economic embargo in place for more than 50 years, calling it the main stumbling block toward normalisation. Washington also wants to ensure the return of sev-eral American fugitives wanted in the United States. Tough negotia-tions eased one stumbling block with the Cuban security presence outside the US embassy in Ha-vana already reduced.

And while American diplomats would still have to provide notifi -cation of their travel, they will no longer have to seek permission.

Rodriguez said: “The historic events we are living today will only make sense with the removal of the economic, commercial and fi nancial blockade, which causes so much deprivation and damage to our people, the return of oc-cupied territory in Guantanamo, and respect for the sovereignty of Cuba.” — AFP

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Minister Bruno

Rodriguez demanded

lifting of trade

embargo and return

of the US naval base

at Guantanamo Bay

Biggest-ever search for alien life launchedLONDON: British cosmologist Stephen Hawking launched on Monday the biggest-ever search for intelligent extraterrestrial life in a 10-year, $100-million (92-million-euro) project to scan the heavens.

Russian Silicon Valley entre-preneur Yuri Milner, who is fund-ing the Breakthrough Listen ini-tiative, said it would be the most intensive scientifi c search ever undertaken for signs of extra-ter-restrial intelligent life.

“In an infi nite universe, there must be other occurrences of life. Somewhere in the cosmos, perhaps, intelligent life may be watching,” Hawking said at the launch event at the Royal Society science academy in London.

“Either way, there is no bigger question. It’s time to commit to fi nding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. We must know.”

The project will use some of the biggest telescopes on Earth, searching far deeper into the universe than before for radio spectrum and laser signals. “We are launching the most compre-hensive search programme ever,”

said Milner. “Breakthrough Lis-ten takes the search for intelligent life in the universe to a completely new level.”

He said the scan would collect more data in one day than a year of any previous search, tracking the

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

space. Earth’s telescopes would be able to detect a signal from simi-larly-advanced technology sent from the centre of the Milky Way.

A signal from Andromeda, the nearest major galaxy, would need only the power of two times the Three Gorges Dam in China to reach Earth. “We don’t need to assume that civilisation is way more developed than we are,” Milner said.

Martin Rees, Britain’s astrono-mer royal and one of the project leaders, said modern technol-ogy allowed much more sensitive searches than ever before, though he cautioned against expectations of fi nding intelligent alien life.

“It’s a huge gamble, of course, but the pay-off would be so colos-sal... even if the chance of success is small,” the astrophysicist said.

However, the possibility of fi nd-ing life had eff ectively risen a bil-lionfold through the identifi cation of billions of Earth-like planets in the Milky Way, he said. “Is there life out there? We may not answer it but this gives a bigger chance that it may be answered in our lifetime,” he said. — AFP

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EU weighs curbs on Libya factions not agreeing to peace deal

BRUSSELS/TRIPOLI: The European Union is considering sanctions against Libya’s warring factions who fail to agree to a UN-sponsored peace deal after one group controlling the capital Trip-oli refused to sign up this month.

Also on Monday in Benghazi, Libyan war planes sank one ship and attacked a second vessel on Sunday, military spokesmen for the country’s internationally rec-ognised government said.

Meanwhile, the European Un-ion says a UN-backed deal is the only way to end the war between rival governments vying for power in the oil producer four years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi .

EU diplomats did not spell out which group would be targeted. But they said plans to impose as-set freezes and travel bans on in-dividuals were in advanced stages and EU foreign policy chief Feder-ica Mogherini had raised the issue with EU foreign ministers and UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon in Brussels. “We can’t just sit here while tragedies are happening. If dialogue is not bringing progress, it seems to me to be logical to impose sanctions,” Spain’s Foreign Minis-ter Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told reporters.

The EU is particularly keen on seeing a national unity govern-ment set up so it can seek Libya’s formal approval for a naval mis-sion to combat people-smugglers operating off the Libyan coast. A confi dential discussion paper drawn up by the EU’s diplomatic service and seen by Reuters sets out a range of options for sanc-tions, including imposing a full oil embargo, but diplomats say the most likely option is a blacklist of individuals. “We need to be ready to implement sanctions... to put pressure on those who will not come to the table,” Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said.

Meanwhile, in Benghazi there was no independent confi rma-tion for the strike near the town of Mareesa, the latest attack on ships in Libya. “The vessel was sunk be-cause it had loaded fi ghters, weap-ons and ammunition to support terrorism in the eastern region,” air force spokesman Nasser Al Hassi said early on Monday.— Agencies

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HISTORIC CEREMONY: Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, right, stands and faces the Cuban fl ag after raising it over their new

embassy in Washington, DC, on Monday. – Reuters

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THE BIG QUEST: British scientist Stephen Hawking attends a

press conference in London on Monday, where he and Russian en-

trepreneur and co-founder of the Breakthrough Prize, Yuri Milner,

announced the launch of Breakthrough Initiative, a new project to

attempt to detect life in the Cosmos. – AFP

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One last chance for Oman to book spot in World Cup 2016

T.K. MOHANDOSSsportseditor@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: All eyes will be on Tuesday’s match between the Netherlands and Namibia in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifi ers as Oman, who were placed fourth in Group B awaits the loser for a knock-out match on July 23 to ce-ment their place in the ICC World Twenty20 2016 in India.

Oman has been the most im-pressive side during the Scotland phase and with a bit of luck could have booked the ticket to India without much fuss, but now the situation is such that they need to play the waiting game.

During the fi rst phase, where they played in tough Group B, Oman had stunned the cricket world with two impressive wins against top teams like Afghanistan and the Nether-lands (their third win was against Canada), but just fumbled against Group topper Scotland.

The most crucial setback for Oman was their seven-run loss to Kenya and the washed out game against the United Arab Emirates. Both Kenya and the UAE along with Canada are out of the qualifi ers.

Apart from the Netherlands-Namibia match, Tuesday will also see Afghanistan take on Hong Kong, who too like Oman and Papua New Guinea were one of the surprise packages.

The winners of those two games will join group toppers Ireland and Scotland in qualifying for In-dia while the losers will play off against the fourth-placed teams from the group stage, Papua New

Guinea and Oman, for the fi nal two qualifi cation spots.

According to the team base in Dublin, Oman is in no mood to relax and the team was busy training at the historical Phoenix Cricket Club, which was established in 1830.

After the training session the team think-tank was confi dent that Oman will fi ght it out against whichever opponent will be thrown upon them after the Tues-day match.

Be it Netherlands, Oman has the confi dence of subduing them in the group match or be it Namibia, Oman has all-round ability to get past them. “We are battle ready,” said Oman national coach Duleep Mendis from Dublin.

“We have played extremely well so far, but for the match against Scotland. Now we know that we are in a must-win situation and the team is preparing well,” said the legendary Sri Lankan.

“We have three days in our hand to prepare and we are making maximum use of the time to be in prime condition for the all-impor-tant match,” added Mendis.

Meanwhile, Oman Cricket gen-eral secretary Madhu Jesrani was all praise for the players.

“We all know that Group B was very tough and our boys played re-ally well to make this grade. Bar-ring the match against Scotland, we have had a dream run by beat-ing favourites Afghanistan and Netherlands and we were unfor-tunate to have lost to the weather or else the situation would have been diff erent,” said Jesrani, who is with the team in Dublin. “But we will win the next match and go to India and I hope weather is in our favour,” said a confi dent Jesrani.

Renaissance giftTeam manager Jameel Zaidi went a step ahead and said Oman must qualify for the World Cup.

“We are playing on Oman’s Re-naissance day and a victory will be the best gift for the nation,” said a

smiling Zaidi, who is keeping his boys in good mood.

“The boys are hungry and eager to win the crucial match and bring joy to all cricket enthusiasts in Oman,” said Zaidi.

Assistant coach Mazher Saleem Khan also provided some news to cheer. Skipper Sultan Ahmed, who had left for his home after his mother’s demise, is expected to join the team soon.

“Sultan will join the team soon,” said Mazher. “Our team is ready for the crucial match and we are preparing hard.”

Meanwhile, Oman physio Prem-nath said the boys are fi t and there are no injury worries. “All of them are ready to play to their best abil-

ity and give Oman their fi rst ap-pearance on world stage.”

Oman has impressed everyone with their all-round abilities and skilful leadership of Sultan. It is diffi cult to pin point who per-formed the best as each and every-one including the bench strength have played an important role in Oman’s performance.

Team’s technical advisor Derek Pringle said: “We have been better than the best and I believe they can make the World Cup.”

One more good show will take them to further heights. As best wishes pour for the national crick-et team from all quarters, hope is that history is made on the blessed Renaissance Day.

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most impressive

side in the ongoing

ICC World T20

qualifi ers in Ireland-

Scotland and now

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of Netherlands-

Namibia match for

the crucial decider

on July 23

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

AT TRAINING: Oman cricketers practicing at the Phoenix Cricket

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ZURICH: FIFA will hold a special election on February 26 to replace president Sepp Blatter, football’s scandal-tainted world body said Monday as French football great Michel Platini moved closer to launching a campaign.

The FIFA executive, including rivals Blatter and Platini, agreed the date at a meeting in Zurich where the “exraordinary elective FIFA congress” will be held.

Blatter announced on June 2, four days after winning a fi fth term as president, that he would stand down as a major corruption storm hit world football’s ruling body.

The decision was a victory for Blatter who had wanted the vote pushed back until 2016. UEFA and some other regional bodies had sought a December election.

Blatter was to announce at a later press conference whether the executive committee agreed to fi rst reform measures for the mul-ti-billion dollar body.

FIFA is still reeling from the ar-rest of seven offi cials at a Zurich congress two days before Blatter won reelection on May 29.

The seven are among 14 people — soccer offi cials and sports busi-ness executives — accused by US

authorities over more than $150 million in bribes paid to secure tel-evision and marketing contracts for football tournaments.

Former FIFA vice president Jeff rey Webb appeared in a New York court on Saturday after being extradited from Switzerland last week. He denied bribery charges but was only released on $10 mil-lion bail. Swiss authorities are in parallel investigating the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively.

Candidates for the FIFA presi-dency have until October 26 to put their names forward. — AFP

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FIFA election for Blatter’s successor on February 26

FIFA MEETING: UEFA president Michel Platini (R) stands with the

group of offi cials in the FIFA headquarters in Zurich. – Reuters

Platini ‘to decide’ in two weeks on Fifa run

ZURICH: UEFA chief Michel Platini will decide in the next two weeks whether to run in an election to replace Sepp Blat-ter as FIFA president, a source close to the UEFA leadership said Monday.

The French football great, now 60, is considered the fa-vourite to win the election if he stands. FIFA’s executive com-mittee met on Monday to decide the date of a special congress as a corruption scandal grows.

Platini is seriously consid-ering a bid after getting verbal support from four of the six re-gional confederations that make up football’s world body, the source told AFP.

Only the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Oceania confederation is not backing Platini. The UEFA leader has made increasing calls for reform of the world body in recent months. These have been heightened since US authorities charged 14 people — including seven FIFA offi cials arrested in Zurich — with corruption.- AFP

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Tigers target Tests after ODI success

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

Bangladesh’s Test record re-mains dismal despite a stellar im-provement in ODI cricket which saw the Tigers posted series wins against Pakistan, India and South Africa following their fi rst-ever appearance in the quarterfi nals of the World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand.

The Asian minnows have won just seven of their previous 91 Tests, with fi ve of them against fel-low strugglers Zimbabwe and the remaining two against an under-strength West Indies side.

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

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

Now faced with the daunting prospect of tackling top-ranked South Africa, Bangladesh see a draw as a realistic target.

“I think a batting-friendly pitch would be best for us,” said opening batsman Imrul Kayes.

“If we can score over 400 runs the game will head towards a draw.

“Against the number one Test team in the world, a draw would be a big achievement.

“The team is in a good rhythm. We won the last four ODI series at home. I think that if we can rep-licate our ODI form in the Tests, there will be something good for Bangladesh.”

Fresh energySouth Africa will look to bounce back from their embarrassing 1-2 defeat in the preceding ODI series, where they were drubbed by heavy margins of seven wickets and nine wickets in the last two matches.

Fearsome fast bowler Dale Sty-en heads a group of eight players back in the fray after missing the ODI series, who coach Russell Do-mingo said will add fresh energy to the team.

“We have to move on,” Domingo told the Cricket South Africa web-site. “It was a disappointing fi nish to our one-day series after starting well in the T20’s,” Domingo said, referring to their 2-0 win in Twen-

ty20 international series before the ODIs.

“We have eight new players here which is always great; there is new energy, new ideas and some expe-rience with guys like Dale (Steyn) joining the side.”

The Proteas, who are in a re-building process following the re-tirement of Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis and Alviro Petersen in recent years, will miss the services of bat-ting mainstay AB de Villiers.

De Villiers, who fl ew back home after Twenty20s, was given a break from the ODI and Test series for personal reasons, snapping an unbroken run of 98 consecutive Tests. The second and fi nal Test will be played in Dhaka from July 30 to August 3.

Bangladesh (from): Mush-fi qur Rahim (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Litton Das, Momi-nul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mo-hammad Mahmudullah, Soumya Sarkar, Nasir Hossain, Taijul Is-lam, Jubair Hossain, Rubel Hos-sain, Mohammad Shahid, Mustafi -zur Rahman.

South Africa (from): Hashim Amla (capt), Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hen-dricks, Stiaan van Zyl, Vernon Phi-lander, Dale Steyn, Simon Harmer, Temba Bavuma, Dane Vilas. - AFP

Bangladesh’s Test

record remains

dismal despite a

stellar improvement

in ODI cricket which

saw the Tigers posted

series wins against

Pakistan, India

and South Africa

following their fi rst-

ever appearance in

the quarterfi nals

of the World Cup

SEEKS TO IMPROVE: Bangladesh captain Mushfi qur Rahim addresses the media after a practice ses-

sion at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. – AFP

Buoyant Aussies still face selection issuesLONDON: Australia may have thrashed England by 405 runs at Lord’s on Sunday to level the fi ve-match Ashes series at 1-1, but they still have to make some selection decisions ahead of the third Test in Birmingham.

The sight of opener Chris Rog-ers, who made a Test-best 173 in Australia’s fi rst innings at Lord’s, suff ering a dizzy spell early on Sunday morning when batting second time around sparked fears the 37-year-old left-hander was suff ering from delayed concussion after being hit on the helmet by James Anderson on Friday.

Rogers, who plans to retire after the Ashes, missed Australia’s re-cent Test series win in the Carib-bean after being concussed while batting in the nets.

Australia also have a tricky di-lemma to solve when it comes to the question of their wicket-keep-er at Edgbaston, where the third Test begins on July 29.

Peter Nevill impressed on debut at Lord’s with seven catches and a breezy 45 in his only innings. But he only got his chance behind the stumps after the experienced Brad Haddin, his mentor at New South Wales, withdrew because of un-specifi ed “family reasons”.

Haddin is still with the tour par-

ty, however, and Australia could use their upcoming three-day tour match with Derbyshire starting on Thursday as a way of testing his readiness to return to the interna-tional arena.

Far more straightforward was the performance at Lord’s of all-rounder Mitchell Marsh, called into the side after Shane Watson was dropped following Australia’s 169-run defeat in the fi rst Test in Cardiff . Marsh weighed in with handy wickets, looking a far more threatening bowler than fellow seam-er Watson, and some useful runs.

“It’s always tough to have those decisions to make, one forced and one unforced,” said Australia

coach Darren Lehmann of his side’s changes at Lord’s. “We were really pleased with both perfor-mances, from Mitchell and Peter.

“I thought they did a really good job for us and injected some enthu-siasm in the group, played really well and did their job.”

Australia are still waiting on the latest medical update regarding Rogers’s condition but Lehmann said: “He’s all right. We’ll just have to wait and see what the medical staff come up with.”

With Rogers’s participation in the third Test set to be a matter of medical clearance alone, the issue of who keeps wicket in that match promises to be the most taxing is-

sue for Australia. However, it is one they are particularly well-qualifi ed to answer this trip as panel chief Rodney Marsh, one of Australia’s greatest wicket-keepers, is the on-tour selector.

“Selection’s always diffi cult, so Rodney and I will have to sit down and work out which way we go,” said former Australia batsman Lehmann.

“We have to get Brad back play-ing cricket before we cross that bridge. It’s just trying to work out what happens moving forward, and we hope he’ll be available for the Derby game.”

Australia left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson was mocked by some spectators while going wick-etless in the fi rst innings at Cardiff .

But there were no such jeers at Lord’s where a six-wicket haul left him one shy of taking 300 wickets in Test cricket.

“He’s had some diffi cult times in England in the past, but he’s a dif-ferent Mitchell Johnson you see playing for Australia now,” said Lehmann. But just as Australia re-covered after losing the fi rst Test, Lehmann warned that England could bounce back as well.

“We will have to play with the same intensity we had in this game,” Lehmann said. — AFP

A S H E S

TERRIFIC COMEBACK: Australians celebrate after winning the

second Ashes Test. – Reuters

I am fi red as Indian hockey coach, claims Paul van AssNEW DELHI: Indian men’s hockey team chief coach Paul van Ass on Monday claimed that he has been fi red by Hockey India following his alleged public alter-cation with federation president Narinder Batra.

“As far I know I was fi red one week after the Hockey World League Semi-fi nals in Antwerp, Belgium.

Roelant Oltmans (High Perfor-mance Director) was asked to re-place me,” Van Ass told PTI from The Netherlands.

“I have been told on January 13 that Dr. Batra doesn’t want me to be the coach any more. Roelant called me and informed me about this,” he said. “I am yet to get of-fi cial confi rmation but I expect it to get it by the end of this week. That is precisely the reason why I didn’t turn up for the camp,” the Dutchman said.

Van Ass’s future with the Indi-an team was in serious doubt after he failed to report on time for the national team’s camp that negan at the scenic Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Shilaroo, Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.

The theory that the Dutchman won’t be continuing as the coach gathered further steam when he failed to submit his report on In-dia’s performance at the recently concluded World Hockey League semi-fi nals in Antwerp, Belgium.

According to media reports, Van Ass had a public spat with HI

president Narinder Batra after the quarterfi nal match against Malaysia at the World League semifi nals. Asked Van Ass about the possible reason behind his unceremonious ouster, he said: “There is no reason, they will fi nd a reason now.”

Van Ass confi rmed that the public spat with Batra during the World League Semi-fi nals was the main reason for his ouster.

“After our win over Malaysia Dr. Batra came on the pitch and spoke to players in Hindi. I though he was commending the players but instead it turned out he was criticising the players,” he said.

“Then I jumped and because pitch is my area and I need to protect my players. Also I felt we played quite well in that match and won it.”

Meanwhile an AFP report, said India’s preparations for next year’s Olympic fi eld hockey were thrown into turmoil Monday af-ter chief coach Paul van Ass failed to report for a national training camp. The Dutchman has also not

submitted his report on the team’s performance in the recent World Hockey League in Antwerp, Bel-gium where India fi nished fourth, a top offi cial said, “He was sup-posed to join the team on July 17, but he is not back yet,” Hockey India chief Narinder Batra said. “We have no idea where he is.”

A high-powered committee of Hockey India will meet on July 24 to decide on the action to be taken against van Ass, amid speculation he is poised to be sacked.

Batra has denied media reports that he had an heated argument with van Ass in Antwerp over team tactics.

The Dutchman was appointed Indian coach in February, the sixth foreigner to hold the post over the last decade.

Van Ass, who coached the Netherlands to a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, re-placed Australian Terry Walsh who resigned over a pay dispute in October last year.

Walsh left three weeks after guiding the men’s team to the Asian Games title that earned In-dia a direct entry to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

In the absence of van Ass, the training camp for the national team in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh is being su-pervised by another Dutchman Roelant Oltmans, who is employed by Hockey India as its high-perfor-mance manager. — PTI, AFP

H O C K E Y

SACKED? Paul van Ass

Thomas survives crash as Plaza winsGAP: Britain’s Geraint Thomas survived a terrifying crash on a hair-raising descent as Ruben Plaza won Monday’s 16th stage of the Tour de France.

Chris Froome fi nished in an elite group of favourites to main-tain his 3min 10sec lead over Nai-ro Quintana but his teammate Thomas came close to disaster on the 201km ride from Bourg-de-Peage to Gap.

Young Frenchman Warren Bar-guil lost control on a dangerous corner and bumped into Thomas who was knocked over a sheer drop, hitting his head on a lamp-post as he went over the edge.

Incredibly, the tough Welsh-man climbed back onto the road and after a swift change of bikes, he carried on, losing less then 40 seconds by the fi nish.

“I’m OK, I just hit my head on a lamppost but I’m alright,” said the chirpy 29-year-old, who re-acted with typical dry humour.

“It was a hard right and I was just following the wheel and then all of a sudden Barguil went into me. “I feel alright for now -- I guess the doctor will ask me my number and date of birth soon.

“A nice Frenchman pulled me out — but I lost my glasses as well. They don’t even make them any more.”

Barguil blamed the crash on American Tejay Van Garderen, claiming the BMC man had bumped into him before he lost control.

But Van Garderen saw things diff erently.

“Warren was trying to come over the top of me. I was trying to keep my position and stay safe,” said the 26-year-old.

“It was a matter of who breaks the latest, he (Barguil) was will-ing to take great risks, he took out Geraint Thomas and almost took out himself.”

A French TV commentator following on a motorbike said Thomas looked “groggy” but fi ne as he remounted.

That drama happened almost 20 minutes back from Spaniard Plaza’s stage victory as the Sky-led peloton had shown no interest in chasing a 23-man breakaway.

Lampre’s Plaza attacked with 18km left on the fi nal climb —- an 8.9km-long second category as-cension with an average gradient of 5.6 percent. — AFP

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Gold dips below 5-year low on heavy sellingLONDON: Gold prices slumped on Monday to the lowest point in nearly fi ve and a half years, weighed down by reports of mas-sive selling in China, dealers said.

The precious metal tumbled to $1,072.35 in Asian deals, striking the lowest point since February 11, 2010, and breaching the key psy-chological barrier of $1,100.

“The price slide was triggered by high selling volumes on the gold exchange in Shanghai,” said Com-merzbank analysts in a research note to clients.

Dealer Nick Rose, at trading fi rm TradeNext, agreed that the latest price slump was sparked by Chinese sellers offl oading large quantities of the metal.

Gold had already slid on Friday

on the back of the strong dollar, which soared last week after US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen reaffi rmed expectations of an in-terest rate hike by year-end.

A stronger greenback makes dollar-denominated commodities more expensive for buyers using weaker currencies.

That tends to dent demand and, in turn, pull prices lower.

Prices were hit Friday by news that China’s offi cial gold reserves rose almost 60 per cent over the past six years, according to the fi rst offi cial data on the subject since 2009. The central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said bullion holdings rose 57 per cent to 1,658 tonnes as of the end of June, from 1,054 tonnes in April 2009, the last time a fi gure was released.

“Markets have commenced the week with an unexpected start fol-lowing a spectacular drop in gold during the Asian session that sent the yellow metal to a new mile-stone fi ve-year low,” added analyst Jameel Ahmad at traders FXTM on Monday.

Selling pressure“Gold dropping so sharply is a sur-prise and while the reports that China gold reserves were half the expected level might have inspired additional selling pressure, it is the repeated comments of com-mitment from the Federal Reserve that they will begin raising US in-terest rates at some point this year that have continuously pressured gold in recent months.”

Other precious metals also forged multi-year lows on Monday.

Silver dived to $14.54 per ounce, the lowest level in nearly six years.

Platinum sank to a six-year trough at $946.25 an ounce, while sister metal palladium slid to $603.95 per ounce — last wit-nessed on November 11, 2012. — AFP

P R E C I O U S M E T A L

New bond issue set to absorb excessliquidity

A. E. JAMESbusinesseditor@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Oman’s second de-velopment bond issue for raising OMR300 million from the do-mestic market is expected to ab-sorb excess liquidity within the fi nancial system and will take the total size of bond issues so far this year to OMR500 million.

The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) in February this year mopped up OMR200 million from local investors.

First sovereign sukukAlso, the Sultanate’s government is in an advanced stage to fl oat the country’s fi rst sovereign sukuk or Islamic bond worth OMR200 million, which will take the total debt issue to OMR700 million. However, the government has to repay OMR100 million to hold-ers of earlier development bonds, which are maturing this year.

The development bonds in two separate issues worth OMR500 million, aimed at raising funds from investors residing in Oman, will help plug a projected OMR2.5 billion defi cit in the na-tion’s budget for 2015.

Such government develop-ment bonds in Oman are gener-ally subscribed to by institutional investors, especially pension funds and banks, and high net worth individuals. The bonds are direct and unconditional obliga-tions of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman.

The proposed issue will also al-low investors to park their excess funds in highly secure avenues that off er attractive returns. The OMR300 million bond issue, which has a coupon rate of 3 per cent, will have a maturity period of fi ve years and will open for sub-scription from July 26 to August 2, 2015. The auction will be held on August 4 and the bond will be listed on the Muscat bourse. The minimum bid accepted for the competitive auction will be OMR10,000 and thereafter in multiples of OMR100.

The whole objective of the Oman government is to encour-age local fi nancial institutions as well as high net worth individu-als to participate in the country’s development process, especially in building major infrastructure projects. The bond issue Febru-

ary, which was with a maturity period of 10 years and an attrac-tive coupon rate of 4.5 per cent per annum, was subscribed to the tune of OMR275 million.

Market analysts said that the interest rate of bonds is attrac-tive considering the fact that the bank deposit rates are around 1.5 per cent, infl ation is low in Oman and institutions prefer to hold this kind of investment, rather than selling it in the secondary market.

The proposed sukuk issue is for domestic investors. Of late, Bank Muscat’s Meetaq Sharia Supervisory board has approved the structure of sovereign sukuk. Since sukuk is backed by assets, the government has to select as-sets to back the sukuk issue, ac-cording to Islamic laws and regu-lations.

Oman projected a record budget defi cit of OMR2.5 billion as crude oil prices plunged by al-most 44 per cent to touch $57.38 per barrel last week, from an average price of Oman Crude at $103.23 per barrel in 2014.

Development bonds in two separate issues

worth OMR500 million, aimed at raising

funds from investors residing in Oman, will

help plug a projected OMR2.5 billion defi cit

in the nation’s budget for 2015

– Bloomberg fi le picture

FUND RAISING: Central Bank of Oman in February this year

mopped up OMR200 million from local institutions. — Times fi le picture

The proposed OMR300

million bond issue will

allow investors to park

their excess funds in

highly secure avenues

that offer attractive

returns. The bond

issue, with a maturity

of five years, offers a

coupon rate of 3 per

cent and will be traded

on the Muscat bourse

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Foreign investors try to tap Iran

LONDON/NEW YORK: A few investors are racing to establish funds for Iran following last week’s nuclear deal with world powers, and many others are tapping into multinationals already present in the $400 billion economy.

The agreement has made some seek a foothold in Tehran’s $100 billion stock market even before sanctions are lifted, although oth-ers are taking a more cautious approach. Classifi ed as an upper-middle income country, with a population of 78 million and an-nual output higher than that of Thailand or the United Arab Emir-ates, Iran is set to be the biggest economy to rejoin the global trad-ing and fi nancial system since the break-up of the Soviet Union over 20 years ago.

Brokerage Renaissance Capital predicts $1 billion will fl ow into Iran in the fi rst year after sanctions end, although that is not likely to

happen for months and may not occur in one go. London-based boutique First Frontier Capital is in the process of setting up a sanc-tions-compliant fund dedicated to Iran, hoping to allow investors to take a position in Tehran’s bourse before sanctions are lifted.

“This is a market where eve-ryone is totally underweight and there will obviously be a lot of money going in, hot money at fi rst but then also others,” said First Frontier’s co-CEO, Richard Adley, who plans to launch the fund in the next couple of months and aims to have 100 million euros invested by year-end.

“And then there is a big valu-ation gap there, Iran has a lot of catching up to do when you look at other frontier or emerging mar-kets,” said Adley, who estimates valuations at a very cheap fi ve to six times earnings.

First Capital are not alone. In

April, British-based Charlemagne announced it had teamed up with a Tehran-based fi rm, Turquoise Partners, to establish funds that will invest in Iranian securities.

Others, like MENA Capital CIO Khaled Abdel Majeed, are also get-ting ready to invest, but worry that a dedicated country fund carries too many risks at this point.

Instead, Majeed is aiming to in-vest part of his fi rm’s funds under management in Iranian shares - once the sanctions are lifted.

“At the moment it may be very marketable, but at some point it will become too expensive,” he said, adding that the fi rm was starting its search for suitable lo-cal partners in Tehran.

“And there is also a lot of risk in the deal that has been agreed, and the regime itself is not stable enough to last another 50 years.”

Both Renaissance Capital and the investment consultancy Ec-

strat have reported a sharp pick-up in demand for Iran-related research from asset managers preparing to make the leap.

Cheap valuationsSome 780 million shares traded on the exchange on July 12, the latest data available on its website, rep-resenting about $64.2 million.

Iran mirrors Saudi Arabia in that both are diverse, geopolitically important markets with attractive demographics and stable popula-tions, said Asha Mehta, portfolio manager at Acadian Asset Man-agement in Boston who runs $500 million in frontier market assets for institutional investors. - Reuters

Nuclear agreement

has made some

seek a foothold in

Tehran’s $100 billion

stock market even

before sanctions

are lifted, although

others are taking

a more cautious

approach

Banks reopen, taxes rise as Greece starts debt repaymentATHENS: Greece’s government hiked taxes and began paying bil-lions of dollars to its creditors on Monday, as banks reopened fol-lowing a three-week shutdown imposed to prevent a disastrous run on cash machines.

Greeks woke up to widespread tax rises -- on everything from sugar and cocoa to condoms, taxis and funerals -- as part of a tough reform package agreed last week in exchange for a three-year bailout of up to 86 billion euros ($93 billion) that the government hopes will stop it from crashing out of the eurozone.

The nation’s banks were thronging with customers after a shutdown estimated to have cost the crisis-hit economy 3.0 billion euros. The banks were ordered to close on June 29 after anxious citizens emptied cash machines in a dramatic escalation of the country’s debt crisis.

Limited servicesBanks are continuing to off er only limited services — with a ban on most transfers to foreign banks among the capital control measures that are still in place — but a daily cash withdrawal limit of 60 euros ($65) has been relaxed. Bank tellers were deal-ing with a hectic stream of cus-tomers who had been unable to visit for the last three weeks, and many clients expressed frustra-tion over continuing restrictions on fi nancial services.

“I came today to collect my pension but unfortunately I could only get a small percentage of it,” said Spyros Papasotiriou as he left his bank in the northern Ath-ens suburb of Neo Psychiko.”It’s a big hassle,” he added.

The European Union mean-while confi rmed that it had paid out a 7.16 billion euro emergency loan to Greece so it can meet debts of 4.2 billion euros due to the European Central Bank on Monday as well as outstanding sums owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

A source close to the Greek fi -nance ministry told AFP the pay-ment had begun.

Taxes have gone up from 13 per cent to 23 per cent on a wide range of goods and services, al-though the tax on medicines, books and newspapers eased from 6.5 per cent to 6.0 per cent.

Tryphon Alexiadis, the new fi -nance vice minister in charge of tax, vowed that “not a single euro from the tax rise will escape state coff ers”, adding that “a wave of inspections will be launched” to prevent tax evasion in a country where the problem is notoriously rife. Along with the tax hikes, the Greek government — led by a radical-left party that came to power in January promising to end austerity — is also set to over-haul its ailing pension system as part of the reforms agreement, and launch privatisations it had previously opposed. — AFP

E C O N O M Y

WARM WELCOME: German Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel (centre right) is escorted by

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (centre left) ahead of a meeting in Tehran on Monday. - AFP

LONDON: Iran could restore oil production halted by sanc-tions faster than anyone an-ticipates if the history of pre-vious shutdowns is any guide.

The consensus among analysts and traders is that Tehran needs at least a year after sanctions are lifted to raise output to the level prevailing before restrictions were imposed in 2012.

Similar pessimistic assess-ments for supply disruptions at Organisation of Petro-leum Exporting Countries (Opec) members Libya and Venezuela were confounded by quicker-than-expected recoveries, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Here’s Venezuelan oil production before and after a strike at state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela that started in late 2002:

Even after equipment was damaged during the shutdown and the company fi red thousands of workers, the Latin American nation was able to lift output by two million barrels a day in just four months. The recovery was “sharper than expected,” the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) had said in April 2003.

Case study two is Libya’s recovery after the civil war that ousted Muammar

Qaddafi in 2011. The confl ict all but halted production and analysts, traders and the Libyan rebels themselves said it would take 18 months to increase output to about one million barrels a day.

In reality, production sur-passed that level in just six months.

“There really isn’t any compelling reason to doubt that Iran could ramp up quite quickly in terms of technical capacity,” said Antoine Halff , head of oil markets at the International Energy Agency .

The agency doesn’t agree with the “skeptical” view that Iran’s oil fi elds have been degraded or damaged by the sanctions, he said.

The consensus among most analysts including Wood Mackenzie and Stand-ard Chartered is that Iran will need at least a year to return to its pre-sanctions level of production of 3.8 million barrels a day from 2.8 million barrels today.

Here’s the recent history of Iranian production: Wrong-footing the pessimists and delivering an additional one million barrels a day by the middle of next year, as prom-ised by Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, could add to the oil glut, depressing prices further. - Bloomberg News

History indicates Iran can surprise the crude oil market

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Saudi Arabia’s crude exports slumpKUWAIT: Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports slumped to a fi ve-month low in May as local refi ner-ies used more supplies and some plants in China closed for main-tenance.

The world’s biggest oil exporter shipped 6.94 million barrels a day in May, down from 7.74 million in April and the lowest since Decem-ber, according to data published Sunday on the website of the Joint Organisations Data Initia-tive, or JODI. The drop in exports is more than Qatar produces in one month. New refi neries in Sau-di Arabia are leaving less crude available for overseas at a time when the market is in surplus.

Chinese refi neriesChinese refi neries had almost one million barrels a day of capacity offl ine in May, almost twice the total in April, according to Lon-don-based Energy Aspects.

Brent crude futures declined for the past two months as US drillers added more rigs and Opec production exceeded its monthly output target for more than a year.

“It’s very clear that if China sneezes, Saudi oil exports will get a cold,” Mohammed Ramady, pro-fessor of economics at King Fa-had University for Petroleum and Minerals at Dhahran, Saudi Ara-bia, said by phone on Sunday.“The fall in Saudi crude exports in May illustrates the tight rope of oppor-tunities facing major oil exporters

with their dependence on a single market like China for sustain-ing their growth.” Brent crude for September settlement dropped 0.1 per cent to $57.04 a barrel by 10:06am in Dubai on the ICE Fu-tures Europe exchange.

Prices are down 0.5 per cent this year. Burning Crude Saudi refi neries used 2.4 million barrels a day for their own operations in May, up from 2.2 million in April and the most since at least Janu-ary 2002, according to JODI data.

The amount of crude burned for power rose 89 per cent.

The nation is building refi ner-ies to diversify its economy and add more jobs. Refi neries usually boost output in hotter summer months in the Middle East when air conditioning demand peaks.

“The numbers are alarming knowing that we are still in May and the summer demand will keep rising until August,” Ramady said.“This means that less crude will be available for exportation.”

Exports fell for a second month even with output at 10.33 mil-lion barrels a day, the most since at least 2002, according to JODI,

which compiles data provided by oil-exporting countries.

Crude oil imports in China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, declined 11 per cent in May from a year earlier, according to the Beijing-based Customs General Administration.

Some of China’s stockpiling probably came to an end that month, according to Energy As-pects. Shipments from Saudi Arabia, China’s biggest supplier in 2014, fell 18 per cent over the same period to the lowest since August 2012. - Bloomberg News

C R U D E S U P P L I E S

Barclays mulls cutting up to quarter of jobs in austerity

LONDON: Barclays is consider-ing deeper job cuts that could see its workforce shrink by about a quarter over the coming years, said a person with knowledge of the matter.

The bank, which employed about 132,000 people at the end of December, is reducing staff numbers under a cost-cutting programme announced by former chief executive offi cer Antony Jenkins. Those eff orts, if extend-ed, could eventually leave it with fewer than 100,000 employees, the person said. There’s currently no formal plan in place, the person said, asking not to be identifi ed be-cause talks are private.

Barclays shares upJohn McFarlane, 68, who took over as chairman in April, earlier this month ousted Jenkins and pledged to tackle a “cumbersome and bureaucratic” bank, in a move that has sent Barclays shares up about 12 per cent.

The fi rm last year announced plans to eliminate some 19,000 jobs by 2016.

“Investors will be pleased to see a focus on cost,” said Edward

Firth, head of European bank research at Macquarie Group in London.

“Barclays isn’t the most ef-fi cient bank and there has been poor delivery of cost control so far, particularly in the investment bank.” Barclays rose 0.4 per cent to 281.25 pence at 9:49am in Lon-don. They are up about 16 per cent this year.

While McFarlane’s reputation for deep cost cuts at UK insurer

Aviva earned him the nickname “Mack the Knife,” he has signaled he will focus on boosting revenue. During a townhall-style presenta-tion this month, he told employees that he aims to double the share price over the next three or four years, according to people who at-tended the meeting.

RBS, Lloyds“Cost is important,” McFarlane told Bloomberg Television on July 8.”But it’s actually about revenue and increasing rev-enue growth way over the cost of capital growth.”

The Times of London reported late on Sunday that Barclays has a plan to cut more than 30,000 people within two years, leaving fewer than 100,000 staff by the end of 2017.

Barclays said in May 2014 it will cut 7,000 jobs at its securities di-vision, about a quarter of the total, adding to some 12,000 reductions announced earlier that year.

Private meetingsIn private meetings, Jenkins had raised the possibility that job-cutting programmes and existing eff orts to automate back- offi ce functions may eventually leave the London-based bank with

fewer than 100,000 employees, though probably not until the me-dium- or long-term, the person said here.

Further job reductions would help bring Barclays in-line with British banks including Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Lloyds Banking Group, which have eliminated thousands of jobs, with some reductions through sales of business units.

RBS cut headcount from 184,500 in 2008 to 89,700 at the end of December, while Lloyds re-duced staff numbers from 132,000 to 95,088 over the same period.

“There is signifi cant scope for cost cutting on the retail bank-ing side,” said Sandy Chen, an analyst at Cenkos Securities Plc in London.

“As we bank more on mobile than in branches, the bulk of head-count reductions would fall on the retail side. However, there is also a signifi cant opportunity for cost reductions in the investment bank.” - Bloomberg News

Those eff orts, if

extended, could

eventually leave

it with fewer than

100,000 employees,

said a source

John McFarlane, chairman of Barclays. — Bloomberg fi le picture

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Toshiba’s top bosses blamed for scandalTOKYO: Top executives of Japa-nese conglomerate Toshiba were systematically involved in over-stating more than $1.2 billion in profi ts, the fi rm’s independent panel has warned in a report to be released on Monday, according to local media.

The fi rm has hired an outside team of investigators to look into its accounting irregularities, which were unveiled after the na-tion’s securities watchdog probed its balance sheet earlier this year.

Toshiba said last week the third-party panel, headed by a former Tokyo prosecutor, would release a summary of the report at around 9:00pm (1200GMT).

The accounting irregularities are believed to have aff ected its mainstay infrastructure-related, semiconductor, television and per-sonal computer businesses.

Toshiba, which makes various products from batteries to nuclear reactors, has already admitted that some of its businesses would need to go under the microscope, although the extent of the prob-lems — and who is responsible — remains unclear.

But public broadcaster NHK, quoting unnamed sources, said the panel had concluded that the fi rm had committed “organised wrong-doings” over the scandal with the involvement of its top managers.

The panel is expected to warn

that the fi rm needs to downgrade its operating profi t by more than 150 billion yen ($1.2 billion) over the fi ve years to March because it overstated earnings and post-poned reporting necessary costs, NHK said.

The Nikkei business daily, which estimates Toshiba’s down-ward revision at 160 billion yen, said the fi rm may separately book an additional 70 billion yen in ex-tra losses, which would expand its downgrading by a combined 230 billion yen.

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission is con-sidering asking the government to impose penalties on Toshiba on suspicion of misstatement, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said.

Toshiba President Hisao Tan-aka is expected to resign over the scandal on Tuesday when the fi rm plans to hold a news conference, the Nikkei said. — AFP

I N D E P E N D E N T P A N E L R E P O R T

PayPal beats eBay in terms of market value

SAN FRANCISCO: PayPal Hold-ings will make its stock debut with a market value almost 1.4 times that of eBay as investors bet on bigger returns from the digital payments business than its former parent company struggling with slow growth.

PayPal starts trading on Mon-day with a market capitalisation of about $46.6 billion, data compiled by Bloomberg show. After the spinoff , eBay’s shrinks to roughly $34 billion. Investors are viewing PayPal as a new growth option, while eBay’s expansion deceler-ates amid increasing competition in e-commerce.

“Investors have been wait-ing to invest in PayPal for a long time, even before the split was announced,” said Gil Luria, ana-lyst at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles.”We’re fi nally at a point where you can only own PayPal with its market-leading position and growth rate.”

PayPal had 169 million users and processed $1.1 billion in pay-ments in the second quarter, with transaction volume up 27 percent from a year earlier, the company said last week.

The company’s value is in its growth rate as online shopping booms and people’s spending hab-its change. - Bloomberg News

S T O C K D E B U T

WEAK DEMAND: Crude oil imports in China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, declined 11 per

cent in May from a year earlier. - Bloomberg fi le picture

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Australia’s war on wind farms threatens $2b mega projectSYDNEY: Australian Prime Min-ister Tony Abbott’s hostility to “visually awful” wind farms has sent a chill through the industry and could jeopardise the country’s biggest renewable energy project, a $2 billion-plus wind and solar plant in the country’s north.

In an early sign that a new Fed-eral policy could curtail major renewable projects, the company planning to build the 1,200-mega-watt plant said it may struggle to attract fi nancing after the govern-ment blocked state support for wind farms.

Vocal criticConservative premier Abbott has been a vocal critic of wind farms, which he has also described as “ugly” and “noisy”, and has cam-paigned for coal-fi red power.

That stance puts him at odds with countries such as the United States and China, as they overhaul their power industries to meet am-bitious environmental targets.

Anti-wind farm decreeAfter cutting the country’s Re-newable Energy Target by a fi fth a month ago, Abbott took the green power industry by surprise by ordering the government’s A$10 billion Clean Energy Finance Cor-poration (CEFC) to stop investing in wind farms, the country’s No. 2 clean energy source behind hydro-power. The anti-wind farm decree could stop the CEFC from pro-viding early-stage fi nance for the 1,200-megawatt Kennedy Energy Park in Queensland, making it less attractive for private fi nanciers, said the head of Canberra-based

Windlab, the company behind the project. “If they’re not there, it doesn’t mean it can’t get done, but I will tell you it’ll be harder,” Wind-lab Chief Executive Offi cer Roger Price told Reuters on the sidelines of a clean energy conference in Sydney. “Every deal takes a lot of work.Having them support a pro-ject would ultimately make other fi nance (easier to secure). Peo-ple are happy to invest or commit alongside (an existing investor).”

Windlab remains optimistic it can secure private fi nance for Kennedy, which would be one of the world’s 10 biggest renewable energy plants, providing about 80 per cent of local energy supply as it sends green power from 190 miles inland to the coast of north-ern Queensland, near Townsville, added Price. — Bloomberg News

R E N E W A B L E E N E R G Y P R O J E C T

Prices of major commodities continue to fall

SINGAPORE: Rout in com-modities deepened with prices heading for the lowest close since 2002 as the prospect of higher US interest rates sent gold tumbling.

Raw materials are losing favour with investors as the dollar gains amid signals from Federal Re-serve Chair Janet Yellen that the central bank may raise rates this year on the back of an improving US economy. Higher borrowing costs curb the attractiveness of commodities such as gold be-cause the metal doesn’t pay in-terest or give returns like assets including bonds and equities.

The Bloomberg Commodity Index dropped as much as one per cent, falling for a fi fth day in the

longest stretch of declines since March. Gold futures sank to the weakest in more than fi ve years while industrial metals, grains and US natural gas also slid as a measure of the dollar climbed to the highest since April 13.

“Any increase in US interest rates should further strengthen the dollar, prompting more fund outfl ows from commodities, metals and emerging-market as-sets,” Vattana Vongseenin, the chief executive offi cer of Phillip Asset Management in Bangkok, said by phone.

With raw materials fetching lower prices, shares of commodi-ty producers are tumbling. Shares of energy companies led losses on the MSCI Asia Pacifi c Index on Monday. Explorer Cairn India fell as much as 2.4 per cent and Aus-tralia’s Santos dropped as much as 2.6 per cent.

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, which tracks the currency versus 10 major peers, climbed as much as 0.2 per cent. It has gained for four straight weeks, the

longest winning streak since the period through March 13. Gold futures in New York traded 1.6 per cent lower at $1,114.20 an ounce after slumping as much as 4.6 per cent at about 9:30am, losing more than $50. Spot bullion lost as much as 4.2 per cent, before trad-ing 1.7 per cent lower at $1,115.35.

The slide, which increases the prospect of a third annual drop, follows a revision on Friday by China to its offi cial gold reserves that showed while the holdings increased, the gain was smaller than had been estimated by ana-lysts. United States natural gas futures for August delivery also dropped by as much as 1.6 per cent to $2.823 per million British thermal unit, after capping the biggest weekly gain since June 12 on Friday. — Bloomberg News

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European shares hit fresh six week highs on better sentimentLONDON: European shares edged higher at the open on Mon-day, lifted by a surge in Dutch fi rm OCI as it confi rmed that it was in merger talks.

The STOXX Europe 600 rose 0.4 per cent, hitting a new six week high. Top riser was OCI, up 11 per cent after the Amsterdam-listed chemical company confi rmed it is in advanced merger talks with US fertiliser maker CF Industries Holdings. Norwegian peer Yara In-ternational rose 2.8 per cent, a top FTSEurofi rst 300 riser.

M&A activityYara sold a 50 per cent stake in its British fertiliser manufacturer to CF Industries, its joint venture partner, three weeks ago and trad-ers said there could be further M&A activity in the sector.

“CF held talks with Yara last year...and we still see the poten-tial for continual activity in this space,” said Atif Latif, director of trading at Guardian Stockbrokers.

The biggest faller on the FT-SEurofi rst 300 was Julius Baer, down 2.6 per cent after fi rst-half net profi t slid.

The Swiss asset manager took a $350 million charge towards an ex-pected settlement in a US criminal investigation into how the Swiss

bank helped wealthy Americans dodge taxes.

Precious metal miners also came under pressure, with Fresnillo down 2.3 per cent after gold hit a fi ve year low.

The pan-European FTSEuro-fi rst 300 was up 0.4 per cent, hit-ting its highest level since May 29.

The market has rallied in recent weeks as Greece struck a deal with its international lenders to avert bankruptcy.

Greek banks were reopening their branches across the coun-

try on Monday after a three-week shutdown, officials said, although the Athens Stock Ex-change remained closed.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for swift aid talks so Athens could also lift withdrawal limits, adding it would be possible to talk about changing the maturi-ties of Greece’s debt or reducing the interest Athens has to pay after the fi rst successful review of the new bailout package.

Euro zone banks rose 0.8 per cent, a top sectoral gainer. - Reuters

S T O C K M A R K E T S

CLEAN ENERGY: Conservative premier Tony Abbott has been a vocal critic of wind farms, which he

has also described as “ugly” and “noisy,” and has campaigned for coal-fi red power. - Bloomberg fi le picture

ROBUST DEMAND: Pan-European FTSEurofi rst 300 was up 0.4 per

cent, hitting its highest level since May 29. - Reuters

DEMAND FALLS: With raw materials fetching lower prices,

shares of commodity producers are tumbling. — Bloomberg fi le picture

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Simply Perfect

Pasta may be one of the world’s most perfect foods. It is versatile, easily customisable to suit any taste or dietary preference, and it requires very little from the home cook aside from a few minutes of attention to ensure the delicate noodles are not overdone. The following three favourites are so quick and easy that they have become my go-to meals on laid back TV nights when all I want to do is whip something up and sink into the couch to watch my favourite sitcoms. Despite their simplicity, these dishes have

enough sophisticated fl avour and gorgeous presentation that they’re dinner party worthy. So next time your in-laws drop in unexpectedly, your partner brings home company, or you just crave a home cooked meal sans the fuss, try one of these classics.

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enough sophisticated fl avour and gorgeous presentation that they’re dinner party worthy. So nextime your in-laws drop in unexpectedly, your partner brings home company, or you just cravehome cooked meal sans the fuss, try one of these classics.

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SPAGHETTI WITH BREADCRUMBS, GARLIC, & CHILLI

INGREDIENTS• 20g dried porcini• 2tbsp breadcrumbs• 2 cloves of garlic, sliced• 1tsp garlic, minced• 320g dried spaghetti• 150g Parmesan cheese• 1tbsp chilli fl akes• 1tbsp parsley, minced• Olive oil• Salt and pepper

PREPARATION• Bring water to a boil; add a pinch

of salt and the pasta. Cook 7-10 minutes (check package for exact timing), checking often to ensure the noodles retain their bite. When the pasta is almost done, drain reserving a cup of the pasta water.

• Meanwhile, place the porcini

in a bowl and add warm water to cover. Let it bloom until it doubles in size, then drain, reserving the water.

• Heat olive oil in a pan; add garlic, sauté till golden. Then add parsley, chilli fl akes, and porcini mushrooms. Sauté for a few minutes.

• Add the reserved porcini and pasta water and toss in the cooked pasta. Sprinkle in some grated Parmesan cheese, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

• Prepare the garlicky bread crumbs: Heat olive oil in a pan; add minced garlic; sauté for one minute. Add breadcrumbs and sauté until golden brown.

• Top pasta with garlicky breadcrumbs and serve.

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CONCHIGLIE WITH PEAS, LAMB SAUSAGE, & RICOTTA CHEESE

INGREDIENTS• 100 g conchiglie pasta• 1/2 leek, fi nely chopped • 2 garlic cloves, minced • 2 lamb sausages, chopped • 2tbsp peas• 2tbsp cream• 3tbsp ricotta cheese• 1tbsp olive oil• Salt and pepper

PREPARATION:

• Bring water to a boil; add a pinch of salt and the pasta. Cook 7-10 minutes (check package for exact timing), checking after 7 minutes, pasta should retain some bite. Drain and reserve 2tbsp of pasta water.

• Heat olive oil in a pan. Add garlic and leeks; sauté 3-4 minutes.

• Add peas and cream; reduce for two minutes.

• Toss in the cooked pasta. Spoon in the ricotta cheese and stir to combine. Adjust the seasoning to taste.

• Drizzle over little bit of olive oil. Serve hot.

SPINACH— COTTAGE CHEESE STUFFED LUMACONI WITH SUNDRIED TOMATO & PUMPKIN SAUCE

INGREDIENTSFor the lumaconi• 200g lumaconi (substitute

manicotti or giant shell noodles if you cannot fi nd lumaconi)

• 100g spinach leaves• 2 spring onions, chopped• 2 cloves of garlic, chopped• 1tbsp pine nuts• 100g cottage cheese• 2tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated• 1/2tsp nutmeg• 1tbsp olive oil • Salt and pepper

For the Sauce• 1 cup pumpkin pureé• 1 cup of cream• 1tbsp sundried tomato• 2tsp Parmesan cheese• Salt and pepper

PREPARATION• Prepare your pumpkin pureé:

Roast the pumpkin at 260deg for 1 hour with some salt and olive oil. The roasting time of course will wary with the size of your pumpkin and the capacity of the oven. After it’s completely roasted, scoop out the fl esh and blend it in the blender till smooth.

• Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4

• Par cook the pasta until it is halfway done, soft, but still fi rm enough to stuff . Remove (retaining water) and place in a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil to prevent sticking. Set aside.

• In the same water you boiled the pasta in, blanch the spinach for 2 minutes. Remove and chop.

• Toast the pine nuts; set aside.• Heat olive oil in a pan; add the

chopped spring onions and garlic. Sauté for 1 minute and add the chopped spinach. Add nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste. Sauté for 1 minute.

• Remove from heat and blend the mixture until smooth.

• In a bowl, mix the cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and spinach mixture. Season with a little salt and pepper.

• Fill the lumaconi with the cheese mixture and place in a baking dish. Set aside.

• Heat olive oil in a pan; add the sundried tomatoes, pumpkin pureé, and cream. Season with salt and pepper.

• Top the stuff ed lumaconi with the cream sauce and bake in a oven pre-heated to 180C/gas 4 for 15 minutes.

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Pallavi Nigam completed her

culinary education at ICIF in Italy

and worked as a chef for Grand

Hyatt, Mumbai. She is now based

in Muscat where she writes recipes

and teaches cooking classes.

Contact her:

pallavi_nigam@hotmail.com

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Terminator (3D)(PG12) (Action) 7:00/9:15/11:50pmTerminator (2D)(PG12); 12:00pmMinions (3D) (PG) (Animation) 12:15/2:15pmMinions (2D) (PG) (Animation); 10:15AMAll Creatures Big and Small (2D)(PG)10:45AM/12:30pmBajrangi Bhaijaan (2D) (PG) (Drama/Action) 4:00/6:15/8:45/11:30pmNeena (2D) (PG)(Malayalam) (Drama) 9:10pmMaari (2D) (PG12)(Tamil) (Comedy/ Action) 4:15pmMax (2D) (PG12) (Adventure/Family) 2:15/6:45pmPixies (2D) (PG) (Animation/Comedy) 10:45AM/2:00 pmHayaty Mebahdela (2D) (PG)(Arabic) (Comedy) Cast: Mohamed Saad ,Nicole Saba and Hassan Hosny11:45 pm

BAHJA CINEMAFilm information 24540856 / Advance Booking 24540855Website: www.albahjacinemaoman.com

Terminator: Genisys (Action / Adventure) Cast: Arnold Schwarznegger, Emily Clarke, Jai Courtney11.30 am, 3.30, 7.30, 9.45 & 11.55 pmCP NO: 1714 (PG 12)The Gallows ( Horror/ Thriller) Cast: Cassidy Gifford, Pfiefer Brown, Riyan Shoos4.00, 8.00, 10.00 & 11.55 pmCP NO: 1730 (15+)Minions (Animation/ Comedy ) Voice Overs: Chris Renuad, Pierry Coffin, Sandra Bullock1.45 & 5.45 pmCP NO: 1731 (PG)Max (Adventure/ Family) Cast: Thomas Harden Church, Josh Wiggin, Luke Klientak2.00 & 6.00 pmCP NO: 1732 ( PG)Jurassic World ( Action/ Adventure ) Cast: Chriss Pratt, Judy Greer, Ty Simkins11.45 amCP NO: 1495 (PG 12)

STAR CINEMAFilm information 24791641 / 24786776Website: www.isurf.co.om

Maari (Tamil ) (Act ) 3-30 pm Cinema MainCast: Dhanush & Kajal AgarwalBaahubali (Tamil) 6-30 & 9-30 pm atCinema MainCast: Prhabas, Rana Daggubatti, Anshka Shetty, Tamannaah & Satya RaBahubali (Tamil) 3-30 pm at Cinema -2Maari (Tamil) 6-30 & 9-30 pm at Cinema – 2Premam ( Mal) 3-45 & 9-45 pm at Cinema -3Neena (Mal) 6-45 pm at Cinem- 3Baahubali (Telugu) 3-45, 6-45 & 9-45 pm at Cinema-4 (Programmes are subject to change)

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Terminator: Genisys (3D) (Action,

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Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke

MINIONS (Animation, Comedy) (3D)Voice Overs: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm,

Michael Keaton

BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN(Action/Drama ) Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Harshaali Malthotra

ALL CREATURES BIG AND SMALL -OOOPS! (2D) (PG) (Animation) Voice Overs: Dermot Magennis, Callum

Maloney, Tara Flynn

NEENA (2D) (PG) (Comedy, Thriller) Cast: Deepti Sati, Ann Augustine, Vijay Babu

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Dimsum and mango dishes: Awesome!

One would never have thought that a range of dimsums followed by grilled items and a main course with mango as a key ingredient would result in a satisfi ed burp!

But that is what one can experi-ence at Taj group’s The Gateway Hotel IT Expressway Chennai.

Executive chef Meril Antony Aricatt says, “An executive chef combines the functions of a mini-CEO (responsible for the restaurants and other spheres of activities relating to food and beverages), a human resources manager, a motivational speaker, a guest relation manager - but he should also be a team player. The ability to cook good food is now taken for granted,” he added.

Dimsums are steamed small-sized dumplings and generally come in four avatars - open faced, half moon shaped, bow shaped and pan fried. The stuffi ng could be vegetarian or non-vegetarian, Aricatt said.

“We make our dimsums with a mix of potato and corn starch,” he said.

For vegetarians, broccoli and corn chingkao, golden garlic spinach dumpling, corn and water chestnut dumpling and szechwan vegetable bao are on off er. These can be taken with different dips, but mustard sauce and a spring onion dip are recommended.

On the grills side, the vegetar-ian items are tofu, broccoli and zucchini in spicy hoisin sauce with soft noodles; shitake mush-room, zucchini and eggplant with teriyaki sauce and grilled cottage cheese steak with soya chilli ginger.

The non-vegetarians have a choice of tomato egg drop soup or chicken coriander clear soup or chicken sour and pepper soup.

The dimsum range consists of chicken and lemon grass dump-ling; curried chicken bao; tender-loin chives chingkao and prawn hargao to be gobbled up with or without any dips.

Non-vegetarians can opt for various grills - char-grilled chick-en skewers with teriyaki sauce

or the Korean barbecue grilled chicken and seafood lovers can opt for grilled prawns with was-abi mayonnaise or snapper fi llet served with hint of ginger and mustard dip.

It was time to devour the main course - the dishes made with mango.

A cold soup - ginger spiced mango and apple soup with olive mango tapenade crostini - pre-ceded the main course.

For non-vegans, the karimurgh (though not a very spicy chicken dish giving out a raw mango taste) goes well with a tandoori roti.

Similarly, vegans and non-ve-gans can relish the baked cannel-loni with wilted spinach and rip-ened mango, cherry tomato confi t and Parmesan crust.

The sweet tooth can go for mango misu (mascarpone cream, cat’s tongue, blueberry com-pote); fresh mangoes with ice cream (the coconut fl avoured ice cream should not be missed out) or the mango rasmalai. — Venkatachari Jagannathan/ IANS

F O O D N O T E

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

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

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

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

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

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

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3BR villa, sitting, dining & hall,

Azaiba behind Al Meera H- Market.

Contact: 99259977 / 95033008

1BHK, Darsait, walking distance to

ISM , neat and clean building, ground

fl oor, 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

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

Small old house for rent Al Ghobrah.

Contact 95112461

House for rent 4 bedrooms, 2 bath-

rooms, hall, kitchen Muscat Sidab

opposite the sea 250/-.

Contact: 99277377

1BHK without A.C Ghubra R.O 275/.

Contact: 97799175 / 92144045

2 BHK with A.C Mumtaz R.O 300/-.

Contact: 97799175

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 close to ISWKG Wadi Kabir

Bldg # 1690 R.O 250/-.

Contact 99476728

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 350/-. Contact: 92144045

1,2,3 BHK. Contact: 97799175

Spacious 2- BR fl at in MBD.

Contact 99713489

C2 T U E S D AY, J U LY 2 1 , 2 0 1 5

2 bedrooms apartments for rent in Al

Khuwair and Ghubra. Call Yellow Bird

property on 24615375 / 97137989

or visit

www.muscat-realty.com

One & two bedroom apartments

available for rent, near avenue mall,

close to Atlas hospital next to Diwans

offi ce, South Ghobrah.

Contact 99833747

250 sq mtrs restaurant for rent in

Plaza Hotel, Walja Ruwi.

Contact 99326339

3 Bedroom fl at in Wadi Kabeer and

2 bedroom villa in Sidab- Muscat.

Contact: 95755953

Villa with two fl oors in (Hay Al

Arjan) in AL Khoud with 4 bedrooms,

hall, Majles, kitchen & one room in

ground fl oor. Contact: 93219597

For rent offi ce CBD fl at in Ruwi.

Contact: 92820734 / 95345909

House in Amerat near to Makah

hypermarket with three room,

5toilets, kitchen and hall 430/-.

Contact: 92747078

Room with A.C AL Khuwair

R.O 120/- Contact: 97799175

3000 sq mtrs Industrial landß,

in Barka Sanaiya, with electricity

400KW, shed, staff accommodation

and offi ce. Ready to start any kind

of factory. Contact 99384255.

FOR SALE

BUYING/SELLING

DAILY GUIDE

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

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,

offi ce & house. Contact: 99834373

For rent if require fl ats for rent in

Wadi Kabir please send me mes-

sages through Whatsapp.

Contact: 99376454

Bath attached room for rent

Al Khuwair. Contact 99743569

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

4 BHK single villa in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 97616158

1 Villa & 3 big Flats of 2/3 BHK with

hall, Kitchen & ACs Al Khoudh 6,

Close to express way,

from owner. Tel 97600322

alnehang@gmail.com

Fabulous AC fl at at Al Khoud 3 bed-

rooms, hall and kitchen RO 270/-

for rent. Contact: 99334699

2 BHK fl at 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

Equipped kitchen showroom

company for sale at Ghubrah, Muscat.

6 visa available,

Contact owner at 96303747

Computer set up for sale. Contact

94412557

A parlour well settled / well

equipped in running position at

Ghobrah for sale. Contact immedi-

ately on 97498898

Darsait near labor card Medical

business furnished offi ce 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

Total Station Survey Instrument

S3 2” / Servo/ Trimble access

bundle - batch 9101025 – not used.

Contact: 94282782 / 95425747

6 bedroom, 6 bath rooms, sitting &

dining villa at Qurum.

Contact: 99342733

Turkish MDF door with frame for

sale, size 210 x 100 Price: RO 75/-.

Contact: 95899296 / 92141514

Sale & repair of Tyres 315/80

R 22.5 & 12.00 R 24.

Contact: 97477128

Brand new 4 BHK plus Maids room

in Barka, 2 Kms from Lulu.

Contact: 99347089

Commercial land for sale 3000 m

in quriyat road main high way can

use as a petrol station license

available asking price 350,000

For more information please call on

99070701 with out name

Villa for rent in Al Khuwair 33,

8 bedrooms & 5 bathrooms with

parking area near Taimur Mosque.

Contact: 99366624

2BHK with split AC at Al Khuwair

33. Contact: 94057023

Offi ce space at Alasfoor Plaza

Qurum. Contact : 24566217

/24564686

For rent if require fl ats for rent in

Wadi Kabir please send me mes-

sages through Whatsapp.

Contact: 99376454

Luxury 3 BHK fl at in Al Wattaya

with split A/C & private parking.

RO.500/- Contact – 93191111

Flat for rent in Mabellah 8th.

Contact: 97147240

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

2 bed rooms, kitchen, toilet & car

park in Al Khuwair R.O 200/- .

Contact 95154331

Deluxe furnished / unfurnished

fl ats Qurum. Contact: 24566217 /

24564686

Commercial 3 BHK fl at in Al Ghobra

18 Nov Street. RO 700/-

Contact 93191111

2 BHK fl at in Al Azaiba near sea,

with split A/C. RO.340/- Contact

93191111

Villa of 5 BHK in Al Ansab with split

A/C. RO.650/- Contact – 93191111

For rent in Qantab European style 4

bedrooms, 4 baths, Guest toilet, fully

equipped modern kitchen, covered

car park for two cars, approximately

150 meters from the beach. For

enquiries, please Contact: Yasser at

92606005

1BHK, 2BHK, 3BHK new fl at

available at Mabela in front of Mod-

ern English School

Contact: 96239126

Deluxe 1, 2 BHK fl ats in Darsait,

AL Khuwair 1deal for offi ce &

residence. Contact 99369081

/99142314

Flat at Darsait. Contact 99326879

2 BHK Town house at Assarain

complex Al Khuwair for rent.

Contact 96365824 Rent RO 750

2 BHK near Kuwaiti Masjid Wadi Ka-

bir. Contact: 24816774 / 97608564

2 BHK, 2 bathrooms behind Abu

Nabil, Honda Road R.O 240/-.

Contact: 99737562 / 93887852

2BHK, 2 bathroom behind Sana

Wadi Kabir R.O 300/-.

Contact: 99737562 / 93887852

Luxurious room, fully furnished

with free WIFI and gas at Ruwi.

Contact : 95586937

Shop for rent/ sale in Ruwi near

Dish market good location, behind

City Cinema. Contact: 91318111

Flat for rent in Wadi Kabir with

3 rooms. Contact : 98555580 /

92800007

Flat for rent 2 bedrooms, sitting

room, store gym in ground fl oor in

Mumtaz area-Ruwi.

Contact 95135445

1BHK fl ats at Muttrah near Oman

house. Contact : 93231403

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FOR SALE

MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SALE

Urgent sell KIA CERATO 2012,

63200 KM Run Expat family

used,1.6L, Price R.O. 3300/-. Excellent

Condition. GSM 92286477

Volvo prime mover model 1998 for

inspection Contact: Mr. Mohammed

Al Harthy 99427071

Doctor driven, Toyota Corolla 2009,

Honda CRV 2009, low mileage

available at Bombay Medical, behind

Ruwi Police Station.

Contact 99326339

Toyota Corolla 1.8 ltr GLI excellent

condition 28,000 kms.

Contact: 97717152

Touareg 2011 Oman cars, 114000

KM, silver, 8500/-R.O.

Contact 92857111

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

2 Rooms & 2 bathrooms with

kitchen near al meera hyper mar-

kets, azaiba for executive bachelors

/ family. Gsm : 942 888 63

ACC. WANTEDACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLEACC. AVAILABLE

Required a room in Darsait /

WadiKabir /Ruwi area.

Contact: 95405033

Fully furnished 1BHK with all

household items in Darsait near Lulu

on monthly Basis.

Contact : 99493500

Self contained furnished room for

executive bachelor in a decent Ghu-

bra North villa. Contact 92595830

1BHK sharing in Ruwi. Contact:

91214537

Sharing accommodation available

for working lady or couples near

Ruwi Church. Contact: 92837206

Room attached toilet and kitchen

near Indian School Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 95345537

Single furnished room, attached

bathroom in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 92155261

Fully furnished room in Ruwi for

non cooking ex- bachelor.

Contact 94412557

Room with bath, kitchen Al Khuwair.

Contact: 99743569/ 97004265

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* Subject to space availability

Accommodation available with

Keralite family near W.K main

school. Contact: 95882866

/96575016

Rooms for rent in Seeb for couple /

single/ working ladies.

Contact: 96996938

Furnished room AL Khuwair for In-

dian Sri Lankan. Contact: 96536307

Furnished room for Indian couples

or family near Honda Road (Walja).

Contact 98952904

Furnished room attached bath for

lady in Wadikabir (Mars Hypermar-

ket) – 95941515

Independent rooms in Qurum /

Al Hail. Contact 95529970

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 fi eld 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

Well established medium size con-

struction company for sale. Equip-

ments, 30 employees &

ongoing projects.

Serious buyers only 99412020

Wall papers, grass carpets sale

& fi xing. Contact 99834373 /

97102699

Coff ee shop at Liwa main road.

Contact : 99515419

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, Chafi ng 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,

E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

Fully furnished room for a decent

expatriate. independent kitchen,

bathroom in Wadi Adai.

Contact 96243086 at 5p.m.

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

FOR HIRE

Silver Car, car for rent. Contact:

96166155 / 98402662

Volvo 12 Ton Truck for monthly

rent. Contact: 98713900

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Required Offi ce 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

2 years experienced Electrical Engi-

neer looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 98480509

SAP – SCM.MM Consultant B.Tech.

(Chemical), from NIT, working with

oil industry, seeks employment.

Contact: 98049288

Indian female 23, B.Tech (Electrical

& Electronics) & Diploma in

Electrical CAD on Visit Visa seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 99278410 / 94027398,

Email: renju.raghavan7@gmail.com

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 / fi nance having NOC and

Valid Oman driving license last date

in Oman 01/AUG/2015.

Contact: 94051463

Email: gkvenkatesh83@gmail.com

Indian male, B. Com having experi-

ence in Accounts or Sales on visit

visa. Contact - 98295101

Indian Male B.com, 11 Year (8 Years

in Oman as a Senior Accountant) ex-

perience in accounts having 5+ year

experience in construction industry.

Working knowledge with SAP,

AS400 & Tally –with valid Oman

D/L, presently working in Qatar,

will be available in Oman form 17th

July-21st July-2015 looking for a

suitable position in reputed

organization. Contact 00974

77181323 / 98065641,

email: bennybaby1982@gmail.com

Finance Manager, 10 years Oman

experienced MBA-Finance graduate

seeking suitable placement.

Contact 97745764

Assist Accountant Indian (m) 2

years experience in Oman looking

for a job immediate joining, cur-

rently working in Oman. Contact

Shaheed Shamsadin : 98427810

Accountant, Indian male, 10 years

experience in Oman. Can do upto

fi nalization 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 /

fi nance& knowledge in ERP & Tally

seeking suitable position in corpo-

rate fi nance / 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 fi eld and NOC available.

Looking for suitable job

Contact 92130188

Indian male, B.Com, Accountant,

10 yrs in Oman experience in

Accounts, knowledge of Tally ERP 9,

focus RT having NOC & D/L,

looking for suitable job.

Contact 93086105

Male 26 yrs, MBA in Accounts

and Finance, 2 years Experience in

Management and Accounts Fields,

and 1 year experience in Operations

in Oman Looking for a suitable job.

Contact 94374745

Indian male 22 yrs B. Com Graduate

1 year exp in Accounts, currently on

visit visa. Looking for suitable job.

Contact 94341848 /

Email – mohdhaji7272@gmail.com

MBA Graduate with 6 yrs exp in

fi nance/accounts/ auditing. Special-

ized in accounts payable dept, Ora-

cle app user, profi cient in Sap (fi co)

end user & tally 9.0. lean &six sigma

certifi ed trainer on visit visa.

Contact – 91967213 / 99064780

Finance Manager, CPA, with more

than 15 yrs. of experience in GCC.

Fully knowledgeable in Finance,

General & Management Accounting .

NOC available. Contact 96209331

Sudanese Accountant seeking job

in Nizwa state experience 10 years

3 years in Saudi Arabia, 7 yrs in

Sudan. # 97796394 / 94003247

Chinese/ Arab/ continental cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970

Required experience Waiter / Supervisor/ Juice maker, Shawarma maker. Contact: 95395378

Urgently required Accountant B. Com with 4-6 years Gulf experience

in construction fi eld and good knowl-

edge in FOCUS accounting software.

Send CV : pccllcoman@gmail.com

Urgently required a part – time female Accountant fl uent in English

with 2-3 years experience in Tally.

Email: mhca@mhabibgroup.com

Fax: 24564459

Urgently required femaleaccountant with an experience

minimum 3years Email CV on

cv.hrcharity@gmail.com

Urgently required Junior Account-ant. Please send CV:

hr.azatllc@gmail.com

SKILLED

IT

DRIVER

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

Architect and Interior designer, 8

years exp capable of managing turn

key projects, design, BOQ, Execution.

NOC available. Contact : 95273166

AutoCAD Draughts man seeks

Employment. Contact: 91889873

Electrical draftsman AutoCAD

switch gear & MEP control panel

7 years experience Qatar.

Contact: 92546203/96228100

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

Looking For offi ce support staff with driving license and having

good knowledge of all offi cial duty.

Contact .. 91624908, 93540898

Urgently required Male with 2

years’ experience in Admin Works,

fl uent in Arabic and English,

Computer knowledge,

preferably with driving license.

Working hours 6am to 2pm or 2pm

to 10 pm daily

Email: jayan@ra.cc or 99661980

Vacancy for lady Receptionist

at Sinaw Hala Medical Center - 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

A vending Machine for sale of coff ee products and Derivatives Company in Muscat having opera-

tions in Oman is on the lookout for

quality staff for the below positions:

Sales & Marketing Staff , Mechani-

cal maintenance mechanic, General

electric maintenance machines with

D/L. Send CV to

service@arabianvending.com

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-

fi cation. 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

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

DRIVER

Urgently Required: Male – handles overall store operations of the Su-

permarket, Prior Experience a MUST,

knowledgeable in MSOffi ce. 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 (male) MBA (MHA) with 5+

years of experience in HR. Looking

urgently for suitable position.

Ph-96395254, 24813065

Email-shm1691@gmail.com

Indian female with 1 half years ex-

perience in MBA / HR seeks suitable

placement. Contact 99257214

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

Quantity Surveyor for Mechani-cal, Electrical BOQ preparation and

verifi cation required for part time as-

signment on immediate basis. Please

Contact-tgi17@omantel.net.om

MEP Engineer on urgent basis

required for immediate placement.

Please contact

tgi17@omantel.net.om

Urgently required: HSE Engineer with an experience minimum in

5 years in building construction,

MUST have NOC and immediately

join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955,

emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com

Urgently required Project Engineer for a reputed Construction Company

in Muscat with Civil Engineering

Degree/Diploma, 6 to 10 years expe-

rience, holding Oman/GCC Driving

License.E.mail: assaud@omantel.net.

om or FAX: 24953530

Fire and Safety Technician with

NIFE or equivalent Diploma holder

preference to those having D/L. Send

CV to visionansara@gmail.com

Required a part time steel Struc-tural Design Engineer for a reputed

steel fabrication company in

Muscat. Interested person may

Contact : 99451158

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 Indian male 2+yrs oman exp in HR.

joing immediatly. release available.

Contact :93671437

ADMIN

CATERING

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).

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

Grade”A” company in interior

Designing looking for: Operations manager Sales executive Qs Inte-rior Designer CVs to be emailed to :

alzahi.oman@gmail.com

Designer required for wooden

joinery company with excellent

knowledge of 3D Max, 2D Autocad.

Contact: 94249047

Email: mfqazi@gmail.com

Professional Teacher Qualifi ed

M.Com Post Graduate in fi nance for

teaching Accounting subject.

Contact: 91251210

English Teachers wanted imme-

diately locations Muscat, Salalah,

Ibri, Nizwa, Buraimi, Khabourah and

Khasab. Contact : 91979343

Email: eaglesmuscat@gmail.comIndian male 38 yrs Senior Chef de.

De. Party pastry exp 15 yrs in fi ve

star hotels, 10 yrs exp Oman get NOC

looking for job in hotel & bakery.

Contact: 96460519

MISCELLANEOUS

Required urgently experienced Gardener and building care taker. Contact: 99231676

Well established company in

selling chocolate, Arabian sweets

and fresh fl owers, opening ITS fi rst

branch in Muscat seeking:

1- sweets and chocolates Sales man 2- fl ower arranger (Asian/

Filipino Nationality)

Contact: 94490011

Email: labelleoman@gmail.com

A company from UAE require 2 merchandisers in retail food

supply, store keeper with English

and invoicing experience. Email:

yesterdaysun@hotmail.com

Driver with 8 years experience

looking for job. Contact: 98130645 /

94342106

Indian (Kerala) light driver seeking

for job, 12 years experience Oman.

Contact: 98175321

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 Experi-

ence in Saudi Arabia, Looking for

suitable place, Contact.. 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. #96771598 / 94039796

Driver, 42 yrs seeks for suitable

job KSA, 12 years Oman 4 years,.

Contact: 95796030

Heavy duty driver with PDO

license, 5 yrs Intl. exp. # 95546585

Light driver. Contact:95779594

Driver looking for job. #99507039

Pakistani driving available.

Contact : 96913836 Wanted driver. Contact: 95112461

Driver heavy duty required urgent-ly for trailer. Oman / GCC experience

must. Those ready for immediate

joining. Contact: 99310859

MEDICAL

Require Quality Caregiver for an

elderly Mother. Contact: 99425200

Required MOH licensed lady G.P Dentist Pharmacist, Asst Pharma-cist for Salalah based pharmacy

and clinic. Contact: 92732491 Email:

clinicrecruitment2015@gmail.com

Urgently wanted Lady Ayurveda

Therapist. Contact: 91590083 /

92798678

Vacancy Lab Technician for inquiry

or send CV zmczahara@yahoo.com

Contact 24571094 Fax: 24571097

Required Prometric passed nurse to

join clinic from end August.

Contact: 99352793

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

Accountant 8 yrs experience

looking part time job.

Contact 99867456

Indian Accountant: Male, M com,

7 Yrs experience in Accounts up to

fi nalization, having knowledge

of ERP, Tally, seeks suitable

placment.Contact 93950138

Email: lijinrajan123@gmail.com

Motivated and energetic male 25

having 4 years of experience in

fi nance with Master’s degree in Eco-

nomics and CAT Certifi ed seeking

opportunity in Accounts/fi nance/

audit in a reputable organization.

Cell no: 00968-94626209

E-Mail: omerjawedshah@gmail.com

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Urgently required experienced sub-contractors for Marble Flooring /

Marble Cladding / Grinding / Carving

works. Contact 92884177 / 99485595

Urgently required a silk Screen printer with good knowledge and

release letter or NOC. Contact:

93280288 or send CV to

albayanstamps@gmail.com

DAILY GUIDET U E S D AY, J U LY 2 1 , 2 0 1 5 C5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

MEDICAL

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Indian male, B.E ( computer science

engineer), MBA (fi nance), OCA certi-

fi ed, having 5 years of experience in

oracle Dba/ oracle apps Dba, seeks

a suitable position in the fi eld 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

Indian male, B.com, diploma in ma-

terial management, 12+ years exp in

international / local purchase, ware

housing 4 logistics seeks suitable

placement NOC available.

Contact: 96477638 / 96477638

Production Manager 13 years

experience in cast Aluminium fab.

fi eld 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

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.

Contact 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.

Currently available on visit visa,

seeking for a suitable job.

Contact : 96990368.

Email: simmy.missy@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, Diploma, Male 25,

3 years experience in site, CAD, 3d,

MS Project, Seeking job in Oman. #

92875345, jubincivileng@gmail.com

Indian male accountants, 12 years

experience, tally also. Looking for a

part time/ full time job in accounts

or purchase. Contact- 98983122

Indian Female 2yrs exp. in

Accountant 5 yrs exp. in Electronics,

seeking suitable Job.

Contact: 97162705,93705090

Indian male, 14 years Experience in

maintenance & Supervisor in hotel

fi eld (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 sta-

tion, 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

Qualifi ed 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

Iraqi Civil Engineer, 12 years expe-

rience with Omani driving license.

Contact: 94695595

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 Technician

11 years Oman experience. Ready for

NOC, VISA transfer, ready to join im-

mediately, Mob +968 95612870,

Email: seeniselvan@gmail.com

Indian male, 34 years old, DEE –

Electrical Supervisor 10 years Oman

experience. Ready for NOC , VISA

transfer and valid Oman driving

license light, ready to join imme-

diately. Contact +91 9740679094,

kulasekar1980@gmail.com

MBA having 4years Gulf experience

in Coordination with contracting com-

pany .NOC Available. Ph: 95405885

Indian female, BE, Civil engineer

with 1 year experience looking for

suitable vacancy, on visit.

Contact 95139583,

Email : aisushetty09@gmail.com

Indian male Safety Offi cer, 4+

years experience diploma in fi re &

safety Eng seeks suitable post.

Contact: 98843139

Electrical Engineer, B. Sc degree,

Filipino, 15 years experience in oil

& gas, power plant, substation, EPC

projects, testing & commissioning,

O & M with Oman D/L light.

Contact: 97090934

Electrical Engineer Indian male 29

years, having 5 years of experience in

industrial automation and utility main-

tenance in India (MRF Tyres) seeking

suitable placement.#92789995

Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

Structural Engineer of 2 years &

7 months experience, specialized

in Structural Design and Site Su-

pervision looking for a job. Contact:

94634906 / 94370767

Email: muazomer45@gmail.com

Indian Civil Engineer (buildings)

available immediately as supply

contract. Contact: 93263834

Indian Male, IT Support Engineer,

2 yrs in Oman & 5 yrs Indian 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 fi eld on visit visa looking

for suitable job. Contact 99191535

Email: fareed029@gmail.com

B.E in ECE worked as Junior Scientist

Trainee in Chennai worked as System

Admin in Berik Honda Nagger coil

worked at Technical Support in Sam-

sung Service, presently in Bangalore.

Contact : 0091 7026267513

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 suit-

able job of construction 12 yrs exp.

Email: mohd.ateeq.khan@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

SALES / MARKETING

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 Affi liate, 2 years+

experience in Audit and Finance

in audit fi rm, 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-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

Seeking Teaching Position. Quali-

fi ed and experienced Native English

speaking teacher seeking posi-

tion in Muscat, I have a Teaching

Diploma , two Honours Degrees

and a CELTA Certifi cate. 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

Indian female MCA, 24 years seek-

ing suitable job. Contact 93439467

IT professional MCA Oracle certi-

fi ed 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 fi eld

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 Offi ce.

Seeks any job. On visit visa.

Contact 91385373 /

sridharbsnlma1455@gmail.com

Network system Engineer B.E / ECE

+ CCNA & Ms certifi ed with 4+ yrs exp

looking for a job. Currently in Oman

on visit visa. Contact: 92589502

IT

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

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

B. Com & MBA Graduate on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact : 97372624 ,email :

sivaraj.gurukripa@gmail.com

Indian male 27yrs , diploma,3yrs

exp in oman in sales & supervisor ,

oman driving license holder, looking

for suitable placements.

GSM -96489211

B.Tech (MECH) MBA (Marketing)

having 20 years of experience in

sales, marketing, projects presently

working in Oman seek suitable place-

ment N.O.C available and ready to join

immediately. Contact: 91257781

email: rajrathsing@yahoo.com

Indian male 45+ yrs , 20 yrs exp as

sales supervisor in India looking for

indoor sales /stores /cashier or any

suitable placement can speak Hindi

, English, Malayalam, Tamil, kan-

nada can join immediately on visit

visa. Contact 93086105/33016546

Young Bangladeshi male 26 know-

ing coff ee shop work as watering

sandwich making juice marking

etc presently in Bangladesh if any

employer need please Contact

behalf of candidate with his brother.

Contact: 92278538

Indian male 31 visionary business

strategist having over 8+ years of

global experience seeking a chal-

lenging position that utilizes my

years of experience currently on

visit. Contact: 91902154

Management professional experienced in profi table 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

4 Years experienced (Money

exchange services & Hospitality

services in Oman & India) - Indian

male 27 years, graduate in Hospital-

ity science, fl uent in English, Hindi

& Arabic seeks suitable placement.

Contacts: 91383167

Female Postgraduate searching

suitable job. Contact 97792820

Filipino Male looking for a job &

have experience in sales, waiter,

barista, technical support / customer

service with good communication

skills. Contact 91789465

Indian Female with over 9 yrs

experience with good

communication skills seeks jobs in

customer service or sales fi eld.

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 fi rms 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

SALES / MARKETING

Looking for Sales Assistant job

(having Oman driving license).

Contact: 95872634

Pakistani male 34 yrs Intermedi-

ate 2 yrs exp in sales & marketing

in Oman. Looking for suitable job.

Contact - 92146864

Indian male seeking job, 8 years

experience in Qatar in clerical/ad-

ministration/documents controlling

fi elds. Willing to work in customer

care or sale also. Qatar driving

license available. Job preferred in

Sohar and surrounding cities.

Contact 93285117

Indian male. 27, Post Graduate, 5+

yrs exp in Oman in Sales & Credit

Control, with valid Oman driving

License, NOC available,

looking for suitable placements.

Ph: 9199 3376

Indian Male, B.Com Graduate,

23, with experience in Sales looking

for suitable placements. .

Contact 98371144

Market research / Hospitality In-

dian male Graduate with nearly 30

yrs experience in Market research &

hospitality industry. NOC available.

Contact: 99347089

Looking for job as Mason, pipe fi t-

ter, Electrician and Aluminum fi xer

available. Contact: 93015630

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

Indian Male, Diploma in Civil Engi-

neer working as a Project engineer

with 7years of experience looking for

suitable job. Contact- 92636569

BE civil Engineer with a vast

experience of 18 years in Oman

seeks immediate placement as

General Manger /Partner. contact @

joboman2015@gmail.com.

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Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com

C6 T U E S D AY, J U LY 2 1 , 2 0 1 5

Indian male auto cad draughtsman

(civil) 8 years experience seeking for

part time job Mobile 99070584,

E mail: remluvp@gmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male,29 years.8 years experience

.Presently working in Oman as a Sen-

ior Accountant with oman Driving

license. NOC available, seek suitable

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

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, 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

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

BSc Graduate, INDIAN male ,

seeking suitable jobs.

GSM: +91-8589820233.

MAIL ID: prajinap45@gmail.com

Young Indian Chartered Account-

ant, female, Having 6 years experi-

ence in Oman and India. Accounts

and Finance Manager, Auditor.

Urgently seeking suitable positions.

Contact 92530131,

jobcareer44@gmail.com

Tunisian women looking for a job,

khnows english,frensh, italian and

arabic. Contact: 91171838

Indian male 25 years B.tech comput-

ers (Having 3 years of experience in

customer service/Admin/IT Support)

looking for suitable position. Visa

Transfer/NOC Available immediate

to join. Contact: 98402389,

Mail: naresh6672@gmail.com

Manager, Young Indian Male, MBA,

BBA. Having excellent 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

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

MISCELLANEOUS

PART TIME ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male, M. Com, 35 years, 12 Years

exp. in Accounts, 8 years in Oman.

Knowledge upto fi nalization. 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 & offi ce 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 Offi ce 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 fi eld.

Contact 94263445.

Email: tonyxavier4u@gmail.com

Indian Keralite Male 35 looking for

Scaff olding 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 fi eld, 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 fi eld

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 fi eld. Presently on visit

visa. 9588 7051,

ashwininakod@gmail.com

ACCA Affi liate, 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 Affi liate, Worked as

an Auditor with 2.5 Years Experience

in reputed fi rm, Handled independ-

ent audit/fi nance 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

/ scientifi c 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 Offi ce. 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 Affi liate, Experience in audit/

fi nance 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/Offi ce 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 Qualifi ed & 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 & Profi t 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, certifi ca-

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, fi naliza-

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

Profi ciency. Seeking Suitable Posi-

tion. Visa Transfer/NOC Available.

Contact: 99654913

HSE Advisor, NEBOSH IGC, Indian

male, 4 years experience in con-

struction and oil fi elds, 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 diff erent activ-

ities . Mobile No ; +96894549609

ACCA affi liate, with 2.5 years

experience in Big6 audit fi rm 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 fi nancial 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 fi eld 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

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise

with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours Contact- 98029602,

92808636

RENT A CAR

TOURS

DRIVING

Learn driving with professional

only automatic. Contact 94022250

TRANSPORTATION

Taxi in Muscat for any where and

any time just send whatssapp be-

fore one hour and we will confi rm to

you your appointment ,We have also

travel in Muscat. what you wait for

call: 99887282

Email: Awraqmuscat@yahoo.com

Pick & drop anytime in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99764307

Transportation. Contact: 96538078

Transportation. Contact:98522914

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact: 98244078

Pick & Drop any time. Contact:

97014786

DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com

C8 T U E S D AY, J U LY 2 1 , 2 0 1 5

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 Affi liate, 2.5 years

experience in audit/fi nance and oil

company in reputed fi rms. 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

ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 hav-

ing 4years experience in accounting

& having well knowledge in tally.

Contact:968094535881,

0091 9037622048

Email: vishnuraj889@gmail.com

ACCA Affi liate, 2.5years experience

in Audit/Finance in Global Big6

Firms and Oil company in Oman,

Looking for suitable permanent

placement. Release NOC Available.

Contact: #95140445,

a.saran891@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, 29, Indian

Male, having 7+ years exp. in re-

puted companies. Seeking suitable

placement in any Oman.

Contact - 97693456.

Mail ID : venkatbadri23@gmail.com

BE. Biomedical Engineer, 5 years

experience in the same fi eld

(Hospital/company)looking for suit-

able placement.

Contact:92084807

Email:bonnygeorge1005@gmail.com

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House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

House shifting. Contact 99708138

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

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

AC servicing maintenance fi xing.

Contact: 99540621

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tunities with eagles to; achieve your

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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

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance.Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

Carpet, Sofa Shampooing. Ocean

Center LLC. Contact: 99884591

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

Hair dressing, facial massage &

other beauty treatment for women.

Contact: 94689448

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a Automobile dealership at Muscat,

inviting proposals.m4marry ID:

3951195 Ph: 0091- 9656439949 /

94946429292

Indian male Roman Catholic Divor-

cee 40 yrs working in Muscat seeks

suitable alliance from widow/ divor-

cee/single. Contact: 96059801

Muslim boy, 32 years MBA, studied

and working in Oman as Sales

manager in a reputed organisation,

Tableeg Jamath invites proposals

from educated girls in Gulf prefer-

ably Malayalees. Contact 99357458

and 92656899

RC SC girl (Kerala) 28 yrs, 154cm

BSC Nurse working in Oman (SQUH)

seeks alliances from professionaly

qualifi ed employers.

Contact: 96228192

Kerala Christian Orthodox boy 29/185 Staff Nurse MOH Muscat

seeks suitable alliances.

Contact: 99461264

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