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ELHAM POURMOHAMMADIelham@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Oman has a very ‘prom-ising’ retail market as there is good potential and customer demand, as well as interest from international brands, said a senior offi cial.

Oman’s market welcomes in-vestment and the government has been very cooperative, Fuad Mansoor Sharaf, senior director, Property Management at Majid Al Futtaim Properties, told the Times of Oman after a ceremony held to announce the completion of City Centre Muscat’s expansion project on Wednesday.

Asked if lower oil prices have

negatively aff ected the retail sec-tor, demand and purchasing pow-er, the offi cial said the expansion project had featured the debut of new international brands, which indicated a positive way forward.

Retailers interested“For us, the demand is there, the potential is there. Retailers are in-terested,” Sharaf said.

He also said that there is poten-tial for community-level retail de-velopment in Oman and Majid Al Futtaim’s upcoming project in Sur is one such development.

The group appreciated the need for regional or super-regional malls and is looking at diff erent ar-

eas in the country, he added.“But for the time being, the fo-

cus is on whatever we have an-nounced,” he noted, adding that Majid Al Futtaim’s aim is to create an ‘experience’ rather than just a shopping mall.

The company’s vision is to cre-ate great moments for everyone, every day, Sharaf stated. Asked if the evolution of e-commerce is a challenge or an opportunity for the group, the offi cial said he sees it as an opportunity. E-commerce has been there for the past several years, but the company has still kept growing, which shows that the shopping mall is a diff erent ex-perience than e-commerce.

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On the occasion of 20th National Day

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

We should be open to the experiments of others to enrich the Omani experiment without imitation for the sake of imitation. We pray to God to bless this step so that it will be fruitful for the prosperity of our country now and for the future.

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

IRAQ BEGINS CLEARING IS MILITANTS FROM RAMADIIraq’s military said on Friday its forces had advanced on three fronts to begin clearing IS militants from the western city of Ramadi, but police and government offi cials said progress was extremely slow. >A4

HM RECEIVES CREDENTIALS OF ENVOYSHis Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said received separately at Hisn Al

Shumoukh in the Wilayat of Manah on Thursday the credentials of a number

of ambassadors of the sisterly and friendly countries accredited to the

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Expats worry over layoffs in oil, gas sector

REJIMON Kreji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Expatriate workers in the oil and gas sector are worried over the latest statement issued by a committee formed to discuss layoff s in the oil and gas sector.

The ministerial committee formed by the Council of Minis-ters to look into layoff s in oil and gas sector has said that expats can be terminated from contracts that have expired or from contracts that are reduced in scope.

“At present, we have jobs. How-ever, we are worried whether the contract will be renewed or not as the future of the oil sector looks gloomy,” an expatriate worker said. “Many have already started looking for jobs in neighbouring countries,” the workers added.

Unwilling to commentMeanwhile, the Chairman of the Oman Oil and Gas Trade Union was not ready to comment on the subject at this stage.

Following the slump in global oil prices since 2014, at least 1,000 Omani workers have been laid off . A few days ago, in the lat-est in a series of layoff s, around 700 Omani workers were served termination letters by a company.

Meanwhile, a statement issued by the government committee has urged companies to appoint Oma-nis in place of expats in any other contracts won by the company, while taking into consideration the matching of experience and

effi ciencies in the replacement programme.

The government committee was formed after the trade unions in oil and gas sector announced a strike over layoff s.

Details of agreement are below:After detailed discussions on

the proposed solutions and their eff ect on the national economy and the development of national manpower and in a bid to create a healthy environment that at-tracts investments in the private sector, an agreement has been reached with the stakeholders on the measures that should be taken by these companies.

They are as follows:

Procedures Sub-contractors/the contractors, who had sub-contracts from the main contractors.

Before taking any decision to reduce national manpower, they should comply with the following procedures

1. Terminate expatriate work-ers, who have expired contracts or contracts whose scope has been reduced.

2. Appoint national manpower in place of expatriate workers at

any other contracts won by the company while taking into con-sideration the matching of ex-periences and effi ciencies in the replacement programme.

3. Submit to the main contrac-tor an exhaustive list detailing the national manpower that could not be absorbed. The list should show the employee’s details, practical experience and academic quali-fi cations. It should also include data on the expatriates whose ser-vices have been terminated.

Main contractorsThe main contractors are those, who have been awarded direct contracts from the production companies, and should follow the following procedures before taking any decision to reduce na-tional manpower:

1. Terminate expatriate work-ers, who have expired contracts or contracts, whose scope has been reduced.

2. Appoint the national man-power in place of the expatriate workers for any other contracts won by the company while taking into consideration the matching of experiences and effi ciencies in the replacement programme. >A2

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OMANGallery Sarah to hold ‘Another World’ expo

1Gallery Sarah will hold a group exhibition entitled, “Another

World,” and is slated to open on November 16. >A2

BUSINESS‘Record supplies to weaken crude price’

3Oil stockpiles have swollen to a record 3 billion barrels because

of strong production in Opec and elsewhere. >B1

WORLDSuu Kyi secures majority in Myanmar

2Aung San Suu Kyi’s party has a majority now in Myanmar’s

parliament, the election commission said. >A10

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‘Breastfeeding has several benefi ts for mother and child’ELHAM POURMOHAMMADIelham@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Breastfeeding has not only been advised in Islam, but also has many psychological benefi ts for both the mother and the child, said an expert.

There are several verses in the Holy Quran, which have empha-sised the importance of breast-feeding, Saada Mohammed Al Mamari from the Nutrition Department of the Ministry of Health, told the Times of Oman.

Also, breastfeeding has many psychological benefi ts for the mother and the baby, she said, adding that the positive eff ects would continue throughout a child’s life.

The skin-to-skin contact helps the bonding process and provides comfort for the child, which also helps him or her handle stress better in later stages of the life, Al Mamari explained.

According to her, the mother also benefi ts psychologically from the breastfeeding prac-tice as it helps her release the milk stored in the breasts, which makes her feel relaxed.

Sometimes mothers experi-ence depression after giving birth and breastfeeding helps prevent it, the expert noted.

Apart from having a religious and psychological basis, breast-

feeding has many health advan-tages as well, she added.

ActivitiesOman observed Breastfeed-ing Week from November 1 to 7, based on the theme, “Breastfeed-ing and work–Let’s make it work!”

Al Mamari said a number of activities were held during this week in various governorates to promote this practice among women in Oman.

A conference was held in Mus-cat to discuss this year’s theme, as well as the religious and psycho-logical aspects of breastfeeding, she said, adding that representa-tives from diff erent governorates also briefed the participants on their activities.

For example, in the Al Batinah region, a bus had been dedicated to holding a mobile exhibition, during which counsellors vis-ited diff erent areas and promoted awareness among women, Al Mamari added.

Also, an exhibition was held at the Oman Avenues Mall, where experts off ered consultation to visitors and educational materi-als were distributed among them, she said. Al Mamari said such ac-tivities should not be limited to Breastfeeding Week and should continue throughout the year to help increase the breastfeeding rate in Oman.

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‘Positive outlook for retail market in Oman’ R E T A I L D E V E L O P M E N T

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DECKED UP FOR NATIONAL DAYRoads and streets all over Muscat have been illumi-

nated with colourful lights. — OK Mohammed Ali/Times of Oman

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HM receives credentials of envoys

MANAH: His Majesty Sultan Qa-boos bin Said received separately at Hisn Al Shumoukh in the Wilay-at of Manah on Thursday creden-tials of a number of ambassadors of the sisterly and friendly coun-

tries accredited to the Sultanate. His Majesty received creden-

tials of the following ambassadors: Sabri Majdi Sabri as extraordi-

nary and plenipotentiary Ambas-sador of President Abdel Fattah El

Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt accredited to the Sultanate.

Farhad Khalif as extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador of President Al Beji Caid Essebsi of the Tunisian Republic accred-ited to the Sultanate.

Andreas Panayiotou as ex-traordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador of President Nicos Anastasiades of the Republic of Cyprus to the Sultanate.

Ali Fahd Al Hajri as extraordi-nary and plenipotentiary Ambas-sador of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of the State of Qatar ac-credited to the Sultanate.

K. Pathmanathan as extraordi-nary and plenipotentiary Ambas-sador of President Maithripala Sirisena of the Democratic Social-ist Republic of Sri Lanka accred-ited to the Sultanate.

Stefano Lazzarotto as extraor-dinary and plenipotentiary Am-bassador of President Simon-etta Sommaruga of the Swiss Confederation accredited to the Sultanate.

During the side meetings with His Majesty the Sultan, the am-bassadors conveyed greetings of the leaders of their countries along with their best wishes of

good health, happiness and a long life to His Majesty the Sultan and the Omani people continuous progress and prosperity under the wise leadership of His Majesty.

They also expressed their great honour and utmost delight to pre-sent their credentials to His Maj-esty the Sultan.

They affi rmed to exert their ut-most eff orts to promote relations of their countries with the Sultan-ate in various spheres in a manner that serves the joint interests of the Omani people and the peoples of their countries.

His Majesty the Sultan wel-

comed the ambassadors, thanking their leaders for their greetings and best wishes. His Majesty af-fi rmed to them that they will re-ceive all support from His Majesty, the Government and the Omani people to facilitate them carrying out their duties

Credentials' presentation cer-emony was attended by the Min-ister of the Diwan of Royal Court, the Minister Responsible for For-eign Aff airs, the Head of the Royal Protocols, the Commander of the Royal Guard of Oman and the Military Aides to His Majesty the Sultan. — ONA/Photos by Mohammed Mustafa

His Majesty the Sultan received credentials

from ambassadors of Egypt, Tunisia, Cyprus,

Qatar, Sri Lanka and Switzerland

Sri Lankan School Muscat excel

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Students of the Sri Lankan School Muscat have once again excelled in the Internation-al GCSE and International Ad-vanced Level examinations con-ducted by Edexcel International in May/June this year.

GCSE gradesStudents of SLSM achieved a total of 93 A* grades and 82 A Grades in the examination.

Rebecca Vivekan was at the top, achieving 8A* and 1A grade. Nifl a Nazar achieved 7A* , Wenogk Fer-nando 6A* and 2As, Adhil Ahsan 6A* and 1A , Saumiyaashini Path-marajah 6A* and 1A, Reel Salahel-din 5A*, Azra Rasheem 4A* and 3As, Kheishiney Sivaganesun 4A* and 3As, Nethmini Warnakulas-uriya 4A* and 2As, Sachithma De Zoysa 4A* and 2As, Afraz Kazmi

4A*, Wajahat Hussain 4A* , Ashna Ashraf 3A* and 3As, Divya De Silva 3A* and 3As, Dinukshi Sa-marawickrama 3A* and 3As and Hasith Mendis 2A* and 5As.

Percentage of grades from C to A* for all subjects was 91 per cent. Percentage of students achieving A* and A grades in diff erent sub-jects are as follows:

Mathematics (77 per cent), Bi-ology (81 per cent), Human Biol-ogy (90 per cent), Chemistry (77 per cent), Physics (73 per cent), Accounting (57 per cent), English (52 per cent) English Literature (47 per cent), Economics (60 per cent), Tamil (75 per cent), Art (24 per cent), ICT (23 per cent), Sinhala (19 per cent) and Urdu (13 per cent).

International Advanced SubsidiaryDavithri Wickramatilake came

on top with one A* (for IAL Math-ematics) and three A grades.

Faizan Sana achieved four A grades, while Asadullah Aftab, Alison Edet and Sulaimaan Has-san scored three A grades each.

International Advanced Level achievementOnce again, the school produced a star achiever in Samie Baig, who achieved the supreme achieve-ment of four A* grades bringing glory to the school and himself.

Githmi Gunasekera scored two A* grades and two A grades. Anu Sree Nath achieved one A* and two A grades.

Imana Iqbal achieved four A grades, while Ayesha Moqeet and Hasan Tasneem achieved three A grades each.

The percentage of those achieving A* to C was pegged at 74 per cent.

E D E X C E L E X A M

Gallery Sarah to hold group exhibition of 3 Omani artistsTimes News Service

MUSCAT: In celebration of Oman’s National Day, Gallery Sa-rah will hold a group exhibition entitled, “Another World,” which is slated to open on November 16 and will go on display from De-cember 7.

Today in #OmanPride, we fea-ture this group exhibition which is comprised of three Omani art-ists, who have varying techniques. Their representation of their sur-roundings, objects and symbols of Oman, explores the concepts of how the world can be depicted through the introspection of indi-vidual artists.

Renowned Omani artist, You-suf Al Nahwi is a member of the Omani Society for Fine Art and the European Artists Association in Germany. Saleh Al Alawi is a member of the Omani Society for Fine Arts and has been part of nu-merous national and international exhibitions. Farah Asqul is a Fine Arts graduate, curator of Gallery Sarah and a practicing artist.

These three artists each have a unique and fresh way of looking at the world and translating their revelations onto the canvas.

Al Nahwi has explored many diff erent mediums and subjects in his career and has exhibited and travelled extensively. Known for pushing his artistic limits, his current work has him focusing on traditional categories of land-scape and fi gurative painting. He continues to exude his energy by

depicting human being in playful Omani narratives.

However, these new works are painted on steel, giving a new form to Al Nahwi’s imagi-native way of showing us Oman through his eyes.

Al Alawi is a very accomplished realistic painter, who focuses his paintbrush on the diff erent tradi-tions and nature of Oman. Over the years, he has developed a fan-tastical style of rendering scenes of Omani people, animals and the architecture within the Sultan-ate. He paints with great crafts-manship and attention to detail. Al Alawi’s fl air for colour and pat-

tern helps him portray his own representations of Oman and his works become another exaggerat-ed world, which takes the viewer to another dimension completely.

Asqul’s work revolves around expressionism and uses mixed media. Her current body of work explores cultural narrative and symbolism of Arabia, from the Mashrabiya patterns in architec-ture to the electric towers that are in abundance in Omani moun-tains. She recreates daily recog-nizable elements that infuse her surroundings and her travels with an artist’s imagination. Here, she refl ects her vision of multi-cultural identity and aesthetics through a frenetic energy that is captured on canvas.

“Another World” will be on display from 9:30 a.m. till 6 p.m., Sunday to Thursday at Gallery Sarah in Bait Al Zubair. For more information about the exhibi-tion and Gallery Sarah’s activi-ties, please call 22084747 or visit www.gallerysarah.com

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Since we are friends from various points of view, cultural exchanges between these two countries can defi nitely strengthen the friendship

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Expats worry over layoff s in oil and gas industry

3. Revise the procedures the sub-contractor has to follow to reduce the number of national manpower to ensure that they meet the said requirements and to appoint the national manpower in place of the expatriate workers at the company businesses or for any other sub- contracts won by the company while taking into consideration the matching of experiences and effi ciencies in the replacement programme.

4. Submit to the production company an exhaustive list de-tailing the national manpower that could not be absorbed. The list should show the employee’s details, practical experience and academic qualifi cations. It should also include data on the expatri-ates, whose services have been ter-minated.

Oil and gas production com-paniesThey are required to abide by the following procedures:

1. Terminate the expatriate workers who have expired con-tracts or contracts whose scope has been reduced.

2. Appoint national manpower

in place of the expatriate workers at any other contracts won by the company while taking into consid-eration the matching of experienc-es and effi ciencies in the replace-ment programme.

3. Revise the procedures the main contractor has to follow to reduce the number of national manpower and to ensure that they meet the said requirements and to appoint the national manpower in place of the expatriate workers at the company businesses or at any other contracts won by the compa-ny while taking into consideration the matching of experiences and effi ciencies in the replacement programme.

4. Submit a notice to the techni-cal teams at least two months be-fore the expiry of the employment contract of the national manpower that could not be absorbed. This notice should show the employ-ee’s details, practical experience and the academic qualifi cations. It should also include data on the expatriates whose services have been terminated.

The ministerial committee agreed on the measures that will be adopted by the technical team

delegated with the task of consid-ering the national manpower that could not be absorbed by the above mentioned companies. They are as follows:

1. Revise the reduction of na-tional manpower made by the production companies and ensure that these companies complied with the above procedures.

2. Implement an option to ap-point and train national manpow-er to absorb them in private sector organisations either through di-rect appointment of skilled work-ers or involve them in a training and rehabilitation programme for semi-skilled workers before re-appointing them if necessary. The company (the employer) will be advised about the fi nancial impli-cations of the same.

3. The employer will bear the fi -nancial consequences associated with the implementation of the ap-pointment procedures as per the notice sent by the technical team.

The committee will continue its follow up on these aspects regu-larly to ensure the implementa-tion of best solutions that main-tain the interests of the national manpower.

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Muscat charmed by Stereophonics

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MUSCAT: Stereophonics put on a stellar show at the Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa’s amphitheatre on Thursday night.

Muscat’s favourite rock band, The T band, played before UK band Stereophonics came onto the stage, fronted by Kelly Jones to entertain the crowd with a mix of their old and new tunes.

Huge cheersThe four stars were greeted by huge cheers from the crowd before heading in to the numbers per-formed during the evening.

When Stereophonics took to stage they performed some of their other tracks before taking the au-dience back to their well-known hits, earning huge cheers from the electrifying crowd of the evening.

According to many in the audi-ence, the amphitheatre of Shangri La was one of perfect venues to

perform the concert and many stated it was one of the best con-certs to have been staged in Mus-cat recently.

“It was an amazing concert. In

Oman, this type of concert doesn’t happen very often so I am so happy to have seen a live band in Oman. It’s great to see the local commu-nity and the expatriate community

of Oman get involved in the perfor-mance of a live band,” said Rich-ard, who is a resident in Oman for the last two years.

A large number of Stereophon-ics fans and music lovers had gathered at Shangri La to see the live performance of their favourite musical team.

The audience sung and danced along with the Stereophonics. For one and half hours, Kelly Jones and his band kept everyone jump-ing and clapping.

“They rocked Muscat. It was radical. We were looking for-ward to it and we didn’t get dis-appointed. “The Stereophonics played a great concert and we had an amazing time,” said Hannah from England.

“It was very nice to see Stereo-phonics live,” said Oliver and Jack, students of ABA.

According to Fahad, the last

song—Dakota—was the best way to say goodbye to Muscat. “The last song Dakota was the best way to say goodbye to Muscat from the band Stereophonics. I really liked the fact that they played after the encore and just out of the respect to the audience.” Fahad said.

Awesome performanceHari Aravind, one of the winners of the contest, which was conducted by the Times of Oman and Alive Entertainment Oman, said the performance was awesome.

“I had heard some of the tracks earlier, but to see the live perfor-mance of the Stereophonics was amazing and I have fallen in love with the band,” Aravind, an engi-neering student, said.

The Stereophonics concert was organised by Alive Entertainment in association with HI FM. - Photos by

Jun Estrada/Times of Oman

The four Stereophonics stars were greeted by

huge cheers from the crowd before heading in

to the numbers performed during the evening

Cultural exchanges will boost Oman’s ties with BangladeshTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Cultural exchanges between Oman and Bangla-desh will strengthen as both the countries are important part of the global cultural heritage, the visiting Minister for Cultural Af-fairs of Bangladesh, Assaduzza-man Noor said. “The Sultanate of Oman is very rich in cultural heritage. Omani people are ex-tremely caring of their own cul-ture and they are nurturing that in the best possible way. Omanis and the Bangladeshi people are same in this regard.

Since we are friends from vari-ous points of view, cultural ex-changes between these two coun-tries can defi nitely strengthen the friendship,” said the Minister.

During his offi cial visit to the Sultanate, and while visiting the Bangladesh School Muscat (BSM) recently, Noor paid hom-age to the unparalleled leader and the charismatic designer of mod-

ern Sultanate, His Majesty Sul-tan Qaboos bin Said in his speech.

He expressed his heartfelt thanks to His Majesty for the continuous support to Bangla-desh and the expatriates living in Oman. He also thanked BSM authorities for their eff orts to make ing the school a hub of cul-tural activities.

He motivated students to learn as much as possible about the rich cultural heritage of the Sultan-ate. He also urged the students to promote their own culture everywhere.

Mini Bangladesh“BSM is a mini Bangladesh in the Sultanate. Students of this school are representing the highly rich Bangladeshi culture in front of the world. At the same time, stu-dents from diff erent countries are also representing their own culture at BSM. The world’s cul-tural heritage is getting enriched in this way,” he said.

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REGIONIsrael’s Channel 2 said a Palestinian vehicle overtook two Israeli cars on a main road and fi red at the fi rst, a people carrier, in which a man in his 40s and an 18-year-old youth, thought to be his son, were killed. One of three other passengers in the vehicle was lightly hurt.

Iraqi army begins clearing IS militants from Ramadi

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s military said on Friday its forces had advanced on three fronts to begin clearing IS militants from the western city of Ramadi, but police and govern-ment offi cials said progress was extremely slow.

The announcement by the joint operations command came as Kurdish forces declared vic-tory over IS in the northern town of Sinjar, which could help build momentum in pushing back the hardline militants elsewhere.

But a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad and a second day of vio-lence between Kurds and Turk-men further north were remind-ers of the ethnic and sectarian confl icts exacerbated by IS’s rise.

Better positionedIraqi forces appeared better po-sitioned than ever this week to launch an off ensive on Ramadi, 100km (60 km) west of Baghdad, now that months-long eff orts to cut off supply lines to the city are having an eff ect.

The city’s fall to IS in May was the biggest defeat for Iraq’s weak central government in nearly a year, dampening its hopes of

quickly routing the insurgents from the country’s north and west.

Retaking it would provide a ma-jor psychological boost to Iraqi security forces after nearly col-lapsing twice since last year when IS seized a third of Iraq, a major OPEC oil producer and US ally.

A police offi cer and a municipal offi cial near Ramadi said federal police had entered a southern district but were moving slowly to avoid explosives they expect IS has planted along the roads and in buildings. An army offi cer near Ramadi’s northern front said troops had started advancing to-wards the Euphrates along 2km (1.25 mile) of a main road which would form the fi nal segment of a cordon which security forces

have been building for months. He said advances were slowed by roadside bombs.

Separately, a main road link-ing Baghdad to the northern oil city of Kirkuk was reopened, se-curity sources and local offi cials said, but violence in and around Tuz Khurmatu which had led mi-litias to block traffi c a day earlier continued. Kurdish and Turkmen fi ghters in the area have been un-comfortable allies against IS since driving the militants out of towns

and villages which the govern-ment in Baghdad claims but the Kurds want as part of their semi-autonomous northern region.

In Baghdad, at least 18 people were killed and 41 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral of a pro-government fi ghter.

IS said one of its militants blew himself up at the funeral of the pro-government fi ghter. A state-ment distributed online by sup-porters of the ultra-hardline group said the target was “a group of re-jectionist Hashid”, as the group re-fers to the militias fi ghting against it in the country’s north and west.

In Washington, US President Barack Obama said he was focus-ing on shrinking and constraining

IS in Syria and Iraq but acknowl-edged that problems with the mil-itant group would continue until the Middle East stabilises.

“Our goal has to be militarily constraining ISIL’s capabilities, cutting off their supply lines, cut-ting off their fi nancing,” Obama, using an acronym for the group, told ABC News in portions of an interview that aired on Friday.

Obama’s comments were taped on Thursday, just as the United States helped back up a Kurdish off ensive against the militants in northern Iraq while also target-ing a British IS leader. Obama said the group was not getting strong-er and had not gained ground in Iraq, although its militants still pose a threat. — Reuters

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Beirut bomb attack toll rises to 44BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Min-ister Tammam Salam held an emergency meeting with his secu-rity cabinet and military chiefs on Friday as the nation mourned 44 people killed in a double suicide bombing claimed by IS.

The blasts late on Thursday hit a residential and commercial area in a southern suburb of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, in the latest spillover of violence from the war in neighbouring Syria.

Lebanon is also suff ering from its own political crisis in which disputes between parties, factions and sects have stopped the gov-ernment taking basic decisions and left the country without a president for 17 months.

The army established a heavy

security presence around the scene of the blast, which on Fri-day was still littered with debris, damaged cars and motorbikes and shattered glass. Medical sources raised the death toll on Friday from 43 to 44, with more than 200 people wounded.

Funerals were held in Beirut for several of the victims later in the day, with coffi ns draped in the fl ags of Hezbollah and Amal, an-other movement.

Defence Minister Samir Moq-bel said the armed forces were on high alert across the country, and trying their best to keep a frag-ile calm. “To tell you the security forces can control things like that 100 per cent of the time, I’d be ly-ing,” he said. “We’re doing our best

in coordination with all the par-ties on the ground.”

Ministers have urged politi-cians to put all rivalries aside and work towards electing a president and bolstering the government and parliament. State institutions are paralysed by political dead-lock. Beirut residents expressed concern after the violence, saying it raised the spectre of civil strife.

“It’s been a year... with no explo-sions. We thought we were done with this, but were proved wrong yesterday,” said central Beirut resi-dent Rajaa, who gave only her fi rst name. “This explosion targeted Lebanon as whole, not only Bei-rut’s southern suburbs,” she said.

Hezbollah warned on Thurs-day of a “long war” against its en-

emies. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Lebanon’s secu-rity services and state institutions “not to allow this despicable act to destroy the relative calm that has prevailed in the country over the past year.”

The White House pledged to support the country as it worked to “bring those responsible for this attack to justice”.

Hezbollah’s political opponents in Lebanon also condemned the attacks.

Lawmakers convened in Beirut for a second day on Friday in the fi rst legislative session for more than a year. The meeting aims to pass urgent fi nancial laws to keep the state afl oat, but is avoiding thorny political issues. — Reuters

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Palestinian gunman kills two Israelis

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis in the occupied southern West Bank on Friday, the military said, while in the nearby city of Hebron Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian involved in stone-throwing clashes, medics said.

The gunman opened fi re on a family travelling near the Jew-ish settlement of Otneil, which is close to Hebron, Israel medics and media reported.

Israel’s Channel 2 said a Pales-tinian vehicle overtook two Israeli cars on a main road and fi red at the fi rst, a people carrier, in which a man in his 40s and an 18-year-old youth, thought to be his son, were killed. One of three other passen-gers in the vehicle was lightly hurt.

“Two Israelis were killed and another wounded when shots were fi red at their vehicle,” a statement by the Israeli military said. The army said the gunman had managed to escape and that a search was underway.

Israeli Prime Minister Benja-min Netanyahu sent condolences and said: “We will reach the des-picable murderers and we will bring them to justice, as we have in the past.”

In Hebron, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian during stone-throwing violence. This had erupt-ed during a funeral for another Pal-estinian who had died of wounds overnight following clashes at a funeral on Thursday, Palestinian medics said. In other violence on Friday near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, 15 Pales-tinians were shot and wounded by Israelis using live fi re, Palestinian medics said.

In Gaza, medical offi cials said Israeli forces had shot and wound-ed four Palestinians east of the en-clave after they threw stones near the fence with Israel. The Hebron area suff ered the bulk of recent in-cidents during a surge in violence across Israel, occupied Jerusalem and the Israeli-occupied West Bank since October 1. — Reuters

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British IS leader ‘probably’ killed in Syria air strike: USBEIRUT: The United States tar-geted British IS leader Moham-med Emwazi in an air attack in northern Syria which Britain said would “strike at the heart of IS” if the militant’s death is confi rmed.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said the death of Mo-hammed Emwazi, who became after appearing in videos showing the killings of US and British hos-tages, could not yet be confi rmed and the Pentagon said it was still assessing the eff ectiveness of the strike. But a US offi cial said Thursday’s attack in the town of Raqqa, IS’s de facto capital, prob-ably killed Emwazi and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, quoted sources in Raqqa as saying he had been blown to pieces.

“A car carrying four foreign IS leaders, including one British was hit by US air strikes right after the governorate building in Raqqa city,” Rami Abdulrahman, Direc-tor of the UK-based Observatory told Reuters.

He initially quoted sources in Raqqa as saying the body of “an

important British militant” was in the town’s hospital but later quoted them as saying Emwazi’s body, and those of his three mili-tant comrades, had been left in charred pieces. Emwazi took part in videos showing the murders of US journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley, US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, Japanese journal-ist Kenji Goto, and other hostages.

Shown in the videos dressed entirely in black, a balaclava covering all but his eyes and the bridge of his nose, Emwazi be-came a menacing symbol of IS brutality and one of the world’s most wanted men. He was born in Kuwait but brought up in Britain.

The British government said it had “been working hand in glove with the Americans” to defeat IS “and to hunt down those murder-ing Western hostages”. — Reuters

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4 insurgents shot dead in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR: Four insurgents, includ-ing a self-styled commander, were on Friday killed in a gun-battle with police in central Indian state of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.

“The operation was conducted by a team of the state’s District Reserve Group (DRG) this morn-ing after they got a tip-off about movement of Naxals in Mirtur police station area of the district,” Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, S. R. P. Kalluri said, while calling the operation a success.

Acting on the information, the DRG team comprising 55 person-nel was mobilised to the interiors of Mirtur, located around 450km from the state capital, Kalluri said.

As police cordoned off a forest axis between Hallur and Hakwa villages, a group of armed insur-gents opened indiscriminate fi re on them triggering a gun-battle between the two sides, the IG said.

“The gunfi ght lasted about an hour. On fi nding the security per-sonnel zeroing-in on them, the rebels fl ed into the core forest,” he said.

“Later, during a search of the spot, bodies of four Naxals in ‘uni-form’ were found. Four weapons — a pistol, a 303 rifl e, a 315 bore rifl e and a 12 bore gun – were also found from the spot,” the inspector general of police, said. - PTI

G U N - B A T T L E BJP fails to get respite from criticism on Bihar poll rout

BENGALURU/NAGPUR: BJP failed to get any respite from its MPs on the Bihar poll debacle but two senior ministers on Friday sought to placate the dissenting veterans saying their views would be given due consideration.

One of the ministers, Nitin Gad-kari, himself a former president of the party, denied that he had sug-gested disciplinary action against veterans — L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Shanta Kumar

and Yashwant Sinha, who had is-sued a strong statement targeting the prime minister and the party president for the Bihar drubbing.

The rumblings in the party over the Bihar loss continued on Friday with party MP R. K. Singh supporting the veterans’ demand that accountability be fi xed for the drubbing.

“Accountability has to be fi xed. Review should be made of the election debacle. We need to fi nd out what went wrong, who were responsible. That’s what

‘margdarshak mandal’ said,” Sin-gh, the Ara MP, said in a reference to the statement of the veterans.

The former union home secre-tary, who during the campaign had spoken against the choice of can-didates of BJP-led NDA, claimed BJP gave tickets to people with criminal background, stressing that some of them were not “ordi-nary criminals” but those on whom government had declared reward.

“We thought we were a party with a diff erence. We will give a clean government....Then you give

tickets to criminals. That is very bad, very sad,” Singh said.

Manoj Tewari, MP from North-East Delhi who was one of the leading BJP campaigners, joined other BJP leaders in criticising the party’s campaign in Bihar and lauded the strategy of JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance as “un-doubtedly better”.

The Bhojpuri singer-turned-politician, who is a Lok Sabha member from Delhi, said the party failed to convince the people to vote for BJP candidates.

A number of Bihar BJP MPs like Shatrughan Sinha, Huku-mdev Narayan Yadav and Bhola Singh have criticised the party’s campaign with likes of Sinha and Singh drawing the top party brass in their line of fi re.

As BJP grappled with the situ-ation in the wake of Bihar ver-dict, Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu felt that the veterans should have raised their views at a party forum rather than going public.

He asserted that the country and the party needed Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi’s leadership but said the BJP “will take note of these views and concerns.”

“Some of our senior leaders have raised certain issues. It would have been better if these issues were raised in a party forum rather than public, but still we will take note of these views and concerns.”

“We will discuss with all the concerned. The parliamentary board has already decided to take up with all the concerned and dis-cuss the shortcomings that led to the defeat in Bihar. That has been the practice,” Naidu said.

Defending BJP President Amit Shah, Naidu said he played an important role in drawing party strategy and organising the cam-paign during the elections. - PTI

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Government ready to discuss ‘intolerance’ issue in parliamentBENGALURU: Government is ready to discuss any issue in Par-liament including “intolerance”, if opposition shows “tolerance” and allows the House to function, Un-ion Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday, asserting that Bi-har poll result should not be con-strued as a “verdict to obstruct Parliament”.

“You can discuss intolerance, provided you are tolerant and al-low Parliament to function. If you are tolerant and allow the Parlia-ment to function, you can discuss intolerance and government has no problem in discussing any is-sue,” the Parliamentary Aff airs Minister told reporters here.

Responding to a question on Opposition move to raise the “intolerance” issue during the Parliament session, he said, “Gov-ernment has no problem at all in discussing any issue,every issue. Some people have already said as per the media that Parliament will not be allowed to function. The verdict in favour of a party in a state is not a verdict to obstruct the parliament.”

‘Lessons to learn’“....we have to learn lessons...and make more progressive legisla-tion and contribute to the growth of the country that is the message that has come.

We have to understand in posi-tive terms. I’m confi dent that at the end of the day people will dis-cuss in Parliament...,” he added.

Contending that India is to-day the most favourite destina-tion for investment, Naidu said some opponents had launched a “disinformation campaign” for political reasons.

He said “they are intolerant to-wards the mandate of the people. They are spreading disinforma-tion campaign by exaggerating and blowing out of proportion certain incidents that happened in some parts of the country. That too in Congress ruled states and states ruled by their friends.” - PTI

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issues. It would have been better if these issues

were raised in a party forum rather than public, but

still we will take note of these views and concerns

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In UK Modi hard sells India as investment destination

LONDON: Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi on Friday hard sold India as an investment destina-tion to top CEOs of India and the UK, highlighting the govern-ment’s recent reform measures including further relaxation in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)norms in 15 sectors.

Modi said investment by Brit-ish companies in India would be a “win-win partnership” for both countries as he talked of invest-ment opportunities in infrastruc-ture and renewable energy sectors.

“We are confi dently, consist-ently and ceaselessly working to

integrate our economy with the world,” he told the heads of blue-chip fi rms of the two countries.

In his opening remarks, British Prime Minister David Cameron referred to Modi’s vision and in-tent for transforming India.

Modi said economic ties are ex-tremely important elements of the relationship between countries.

He referred to his government’s initiatives such as ‘Make in India’, emphasis on infrastructure, open-ing up of FDI in various sectors, and commitments towards 50 mil-lion new houses by 2022 and 175 GigaWatts of renewable energy.

The visiting prime minister said “investment by British com-panies in India would be a win-win partnership for both coun-tries”, an offi cial statement said.

CEOs from both sides made brief observations.

Opportunity“It was observed that the current time represents a ‘tidal wave of opportunity’ in India for inves-tors,” the release added.

Speaking of the historical ties and complementaries between the two countries, Modi said In-dia-UK are economically made

for each other and this relation-ship has to be driven by private sector CEOs.

Modi said the government wants to develop Indian railway stations through public-private partnership.

He also said that the defence manufacturing is the backbone of ‘Make in India’ campaign.

Meanwhile, ahead of the Paris climate summit, India and Brit-ain have agreed on a comprehen-sive package of collaboration on energy and climate change which includes commercial deals worth £3.2 billion.

During Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi’s ongoing UK visit, the two countries reaffi rmed the importance of addressing climate change and promoting secure, aff ordable and sustainable sup-plies of energy that will support economic growth, energy security and energy access.

“The UK and India’s partner-ship on energy is going from strength to strength. We share world-class expertise in research and innovation. The UK’s experi-ence in green fi nance and tech-nology in particular makes us well-placed to work together to promote secure, aff ordable and sustainable supplies of energy and address climate change,” said UK energy and climate change secre-tary Amber Rudd.

“The upcoming talks in Paris will be a crucial moment in the fi ght against climate change and I am pleased to be able to work closely with India to ensure that the deal we secure helps to keep the below 2 degree limit on global warming within reach,” she added.

The package encompasses £3.2 billion of commercial agreements, joint research programmes and initiatives to share technical, sci-entifi c, and fi nancial and policy expertise. This is aimed at en-couraging the research, develop-ment and eventual deployment of clean technology, renewables, gas and nuclear. - PTI

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Burning medals insult to the nation: ParrikarARAKKONAM/NEWDELHI: Terming the attempts by war vet-erans to burn medals as an insult to the nation and armed forces, Defence Minister Manohar Par-rikar on Friday said it was for pro-testing ex-service personnel to prove there was no political mo-tive behind the OROP stir.

“If I say something, it will be-come an allegation. Let them prove that it is not political,” he told reporters here when asked if he saw a political link to continu-ing agitation despite the govern-ment’s response and notifi ca-tion on one rank, one pension (OROP) scheme.

“Medals are a recognition of the nation for the sacrifi ce done by the armed forces,” he said in reply to another query.

“Burning and returning them is an insult to the nation and the de-fence forces,” Parrikar said.

Not satisfi edThe minister’s comments come in the wake of a section of the ex-service personnel expressing dis-satisfaction on the ground that the OROP notifi cation has not fully

met their demands. The govern-ment had on Saturday formally notifi ed the OROP scheme for over 24 lakh ex-servicemen and six lakh war widows in the country.

“Medals are a recognition of bravery, for the service to the na-tion. It has nothing to do with ser-vice conditions whereas OROP is about service conditions. It does not say you are entitled for med-als, it talks about service condi-tions like your pay and entitle-

ment,” Parrikar said. On the issue of grievances of protesting ex-ser-vicemen, he said, “Let them put the demands before the judicial committee, they will address it.”

He said implementing OROP was BJP’s electoral promise and it had been fulfi lled.

Earlier, he unveiled the fi rst phase of the commissioning of Boeing P8i Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft fl eet at Naval Air Station “INS Rajali” here, about

85 km from Chennai. In the next phase, four more such aircraft would be inducted making it a fl eet of 12 high-tech surveillance planes. Induction of the eighth P8i plane and completion of air-craft equipment testing, trials and crew training for all the eight aircraft marked the launch of the fi rst phase.

Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minis-ter Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met ex-servicemen protesting against the notifi cation on ‘One Rank, One Pension’ (OROP) and said the Centre “cheated” the armed force veterans by announcing a “diluted” scheme.

“The union government has cheated the army veterans by implementing a diluted OROP scheme,” Kejriwal said.

Supporting the ongoing protest of ex-servicemen, the chief minis-ter demanded reconsideration of the changes made by the govern-ment in the implementation of the OROP scheme.

Kejriwal said the OROP scheme should be implemented in its orig-inal form as demanded by the ex-servicemen. - Agencies

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Rain disrupts normal life in Tamil Nadu; toll rises to 55

CHENNAI: Seven more persons lost their lives in rain-related in-cidents in Tamil Nadu, taking the death toll to 55 as the North East Monsoon continued to pound several parts of the state disrupt-ing rail and road traffi c.

The government had on Thurs-day put the toll in rain-related in-cidents at 48, including 27 from Cuddalore district.

According to an offi cial release on Friday, the toll stood at 55, as seven more persons lost their lives in rain-related incidents in various parts of the state. - PTI

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PROTEST: Ex-servicemen return their medals during their agita-

tion for one rank, one pension scheme benefi ts and privileges, at

Amar Jawan Jyoti in New Delhi on Friday. - PTI

Move to seek Lalit Modi’s extradition

NEW DELHI: With Interpol de-laying issuing Red Corner notice against former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi, the Enforcement Directo-rate has asked the government to initiate extradition proceedings with the UK in connection with its money laundering case registered against him and others.

Offi cial sources said on Friday that the agency has moved an offi cial request in this regard to the Union Home Ministry with a copy of a re-cently issued non-bailable warrant by a Mumbai court against Modi.

“The ED has sought initiation of extradition proceedings against Lalit Modi based on a court war-rant against him. It has been indi-cated by the agency that the man they are looking for is in the United Kingdom,” they said.

Modi has been denying any wrong doing as alleged by the ED which claimed that he cheated BCCI-IPL in granting overseas telecast rights of the cricket tour-nament in 2009. The sources said the Ministry, in consultation with the Ministry of External Aff airs, will go through the ED request and decide on initiating the provisions of the extradition treaty existing between India and the UK.

The ED has been wanting Modi to “join investigations” in a case relating to T-20 cricket Indian Premier League (IPL) after an FIR was registered against him and others under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Earlier in August, the agency had moved the Interpol to get a Red Corner Notice issued against Modi but the global police body has not obliged the ED yet in this regard. - PTI

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WARM WELCOME: Queen Elizabeth II greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, shaking hands with

him before they move on to inspect items from the Royal Collection, at the Buckingham Palace

brought out specially for his visit. She later hosted a luncheon for the Indian premier. -PTI

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Red Mosque cleric Aziz vows to restart extremist rule bidISLAMABAD: A heavy contin-gent of police and Rangers were deployed in the areas surround-ing Red Mosque and Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad on Friday following an announcement by cleric Abdul Aziz to restart his campaign to es-tablish extremist rule.

Despite refusal from the district administration and the threat of

house arrest, the fi rebrand Aziz had vowed to give a sermon at the mosque on Friday, and restart his campaign.

In December last year, the Aabpara police registered a case against Aziz for criminal intimidation.

Around the same time, the gov-ernment withdrew the offi cial

security he had enjoyed for three years. The interior minister had already told the media that Aziz was not the state-approved prayer leader for the mosque.

A senior administration offi cial, while requesting anonymity, said that Aziz would not be allowed to access the mosque, and if he tries, he could be arrested.

The offi cial said Red Mosque — which is owned by the govern-ment— is not an ordinary mosque.

It has a dangerous history, and the administration cannot just al-low Aziz to restart his activities, said the offi cial.

He added the administration is bound to ensure the implementa-tion of National Action Plan, the

slow pace of which has already been criticised by the military.

“We can’t aff ord such activi-ties, especially in the capital,” the offi cial said.

On November 8, Aziz told the media he would restart his activities.

Since then, the administration has been trying to convince him to

amicably drop the plan.Sources in the administration

said Aziz had assured the admin-istration he would not take any un-lawful step.

Aziz’s personal secretary Abdul Qadir had said Aziz will give the Friday sermon. Nobody could stop Aziz as “it was his right,” he had said. — Express Tribune

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CHINA TO SECURE PROJECTIn this handout picture received from Inter Services

Public Relations on Friday, vice chairman of China’s

Central Military Commission, Fan Changlong, left,

and Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif talk during a

meeting in Rawalpindi. Beijing will back Pakistan to

ensure the security of a new special economic corridor

providing access to the port of Gwadar that aims to

create direct links between China and the Arabian Sea,

a top Chinese general has pledged. — AFP/ISPR

Senators criticise army, back premier

ISLAMABAD: A day after mem-bers of the lower house reposed faith in the governance of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in the upper house threw their weight behind the government, but with a warning that all institutions should work within their consti-tutionally defi ned parameters.

A few days ago top military commanders had expressed con-cern over the lack of ‘governance initiatives’ to complement coun-terterrorism operations.

In response, Senators on Thursday assured the govern-ment of their support.

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator Farhatullah Babar kicked off the debate on the issue by noting how the ruling PML-N, had indeed eff ected weak gov-ernance, least of all in how the military’s media wing Inter Ser-vices Public Relations released the statement.

“The announcement [from the corps commanders’ meeting] was in itself a sign of poor govern-ance,” Babar pointed out. .

Leader of the Opposition in Senate Aitzaz Ahsan though came forward to back the govern-ment. “We [opposition] will be standing with you [government], as we did [during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s sit-in], in case of any trouble.”

While giving the government a much needed vote of confi dence, Ahsan criticised members of the ruling party for failing to stand up with Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai who chose to defend the government in the lower house.

Nauman Wazir of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf criticised the poor performance of the govern-ment, particularly its inaction in the war-torn and disaster struck areas of the Federally adminis-tered Tribal Areas.

Professor Sajid Mir of the PML-N said that the army has al-ways tried to control the aff airs of the government. He urged that all institutions should work within their constitutionally defi ned pa-rameters. — Express Tribune

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As the year draws to a close, it would be use-ful to assess the country’s state of overall strengths and weaknesses.

Interestingly, around a year and a half ago a high-profi le group of former foreign ministers, ambas-sadors and intellectuals of Western countries were visiting Pakistan to assess the critically precarious political and security situation.

During my interaction with them, I maintained that Pakistan has overcome several crises and would also muddle through this one.

My remarks were received with cynicism and were brushed aside. However, my optimism was based on reason. Being older than Pakistan and having witnessed much greater upheavals, I saw no reason why the country with its exception-al resilience cannot overcome a relatively less turbulent period.

More importantly, one could discern that al-though state institutions still suff ered from major weaknesses, there was overall incremental im-provement. However, time has now arrived that we graduate from being in a state of crisis to being a normal country, but the challenge in this regard remains a daunting one.

The courageous leadership displayed by General Raheel Sharif and his team has turned the tables against the militants and they are on the retreat in Fata. Pockets of resistance in North Waziristan, especially in the mountainous Shawal Valley, still exist due to the porous border and it will be a while before complete control is established.

What is lacking, however, is the extremely slow return of internally displaced persons and the re-assertion of civilian control. The slow follow-up on the restructuring of Fata is a refl ection of political inertia and indicates the dominance of the military in civilian aff airs. Unless the prime minister does not personally lead in bringing legislative and ad-ministrative reforms, Fata will remain grounded in backwardness and military successes achieved so far might end up being reversed.

What is also worrying is the infl ated build-up of the military’s image in a society that is in the process of democratic transition. We tend to for-get that Pakistan had 46 years of dictatorship or semi-dictatorship compared to merely 21 years of

civilian rule. Excessive glorifi cation of any insti-tution has not paid in the past and will not serve any interests in the future either. Achievements speak for themselves as the security situation has changed dramatically. With the passage of each month, incidents of terrorism in Pakistan have been decreasing and the national narrative too has changed accordingly.

For years, security remained the central na-tional issue but as the situation has improved, priority has shifted towards the energy sector and the economy. This is a clear validation of the mili-tary’s achievements.

The security situation in Balochistan has also clearly improved. Eff orts at political reconcilia-tion seem to be slowly showing results as many dissident groups have laid down their arms al-though the Baloch Liberation Front does continue to strike at political opponents and the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s (LeJ) murderous campaign has not stopped. Political parties need to be more proac-tive and should not leave everything to the mili-tary, especially when it comes to leading in matters that fall in the civilian domain.

The construction of the economic corridor link-ing Kashgar in China to Gwadar is likely to be a transformational project. The Chinese investment of $46 billion is likely to open fresh opportunities and trigger international confi dence. The project’s success is closely linked to the security situation in Balochistan and the military is making serious ef-forts at ensuring this by engaging in dialogue with dissident elements, and where necessary, taking fi rm military action. There is, however, a need to strengthen political parties in the province and give them a larger say in governance and policy is-sues. Balochistan’s politics cannot continue to re-main securitised. Pakistan has been under severe criticism for its inaction or even support of mili-tants that were targeting Afghanistan.

The lesson from 68 years of our history clearly indicates that if Pakistan were to succeed as a functioning democracy, there has to be continu-ity of the election process and strengthening of institutions. This will only be possible if the ci-vilian leadership improves governance, takes interest in parliament and energises state insti-tutions so that informal powers recede into the background. - Express Tribune

Each person has obligation to fi ght corruptionI refer to the news story, ‘The anatomy of corruption’ (November 12). I agree with the writer’s view that corruption is prevalent in all societies, irrespective of country or continent. It is a fact that

corruption is comparatively less in coun-tries where the administrative institu-tions are strong. Though the causes of corruption in a society can be attributed on the weak administrative and judicial systems in a country, the culture and character of a society can also be con-sidered as factors. Each individual in a society has a moral obligation to stand against corruption and to follow the of honesty and justice. If such attitude is nurtured among the public, along with honest and committed leaders, the dimension of corruption can gradually be reduced. — P. Jacob, Muscat

Prison guards should be humans not tigers or crocodilesI refer to the online story, ‘Tigers, pira-nhas likely to join crocodiles to guard In-donesian prison’ (November 13). I cannot

understand why Indonesia is making such weird decisions. With so much unemployment why aren’t these jobs being given to humans. Crocodiles, tigers and piranhas belong either to zoos or forest. — Nancy Bates, Muscat

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‘Migrants face beatings, abuse in Bulgaria’

BELGRADE/SOFIA: Migrants coming through Bulgaria have faced beatings, threats and other abuses by police, a rights groups reported on Friday, though the country’s own refugee agency said it had received no such complaints.

Refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq reported extortion, robbery, violence, threats of de-portation and police dog attacks, according to a survey by the Bel-grade Centre for Human Rights that was funded by Oxfam.

An Interior Ministry spokes-man declined to comment imme-diately, saying he might respond in coming days.

StrugglingBulgaria is one of a number of central and eastern European countries struggling to handle the region’s biggest infl ux of migrants and refugees since World War II.

The EU member state, and two other countries on the migration route - Hungary and Slovenia - have erected fences to try and control the fl ow of people, many of them trying to pass through onto Austria and Germany.

The report said the major-ity of alleged abuses took place in southern areas bordering Turkey, at holding centres inside Bulgaria and at the northwestern border with Serbia. “Two Afghan men stated that (Bulgarian) police of-fi cers had shot at them... Wound-ing two,” the report by the Serbia-based rights group said.

“A group of around 10 inter-viewees witnessed a police offi cer holding a gun to a refugee’s fore-head... Police caught up with the group, beat them, took their valu-ables, food and water,” it said.

Shot deadAn Afghan refugee was shot dead near the Turkey-Bulgaria bor-der on October 15, a killing con-demned by the United Nations.

Nikolina Milic from the Bel-grade centre said staff had also asked refugees about conditions

in Turkey and Serbia, but they had only complained about the treatment in Bulgaria.

Avgustina Videva, a spokes-woman for Bulgaria’s refugees agency, said it had no information about alleged abuses.

“None of those who are accom-modated in the refugee centres have complained about mistreat-ment by Bulgarian authorities,” Videva told Reuters.

Bulgaria expects to see around 15,000 refugees entering the country by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, senior offi cials said that Austria will build a 3.7-km (2.5-mile) fence either side of its busiest border crossing with Slo-venia to help manage the fl ow of thousands of migrants a day onto its territory.

It was the latest move by a country on Europe’s main migra-tory corridor, stretching from Greece to Germany, to manage or curb the infl ux since hundreds of thousands started streaming into Austria and Germany two months ago, putting severe strain on the European Union’s prized system of open borders. — Reuters

Refugees from

Afghanistan, Syria

and Iraq reported

extortion, robbery,

violence, threats

of deportation and

police dog attacks

Tigers, piranhas along with crocodiles to guard Indonesian prisonJAKARTA: When Indonesia’s anti-drugs czar announced plans to guard a death-row prison island with crocodiles, the government rushed to explain that it was just a joke, but on Friday Budi Waseso said he was now thinking of using tigers and piranha fi sh too.

Media quoted the National Nar-cotics Agency (BNN) chief as say-ing that he had already obtained two crocodiles from a farm to study their power and aggression and may ultimately put as many as 1,000 in place to keep convicts from escaping.

“The number will depend on how big the area is, or whether perhaps to combine them with pi-ranhas,” he told reporters, accord-ing to the rimanews.com portal.

“Because the (prison) personnel numbers are short we can use wild animals. We could use tigers too - for conservation at the same time.”

Piranha fi sh, meat-eaters with sharp teeth and powerful jaws, are indigenous to South America and

are not found in Indonesia.Waseso and offi cials at his offi ce

were not immediately available to comment on the reports.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo declared a war on what he has dubbed a “narcotics emergen-

cy” after taking offi ce a year ago, basing his campaign on a study that showed at least 40 people a day were dying from drug use.

He has repeatedly refused clem-ency to traffi ckers and more than two dozen, mostly foreign, drug convicts have been executed this year after a fi ve-year moratorium on the death penalty.

In separate comments on the TVOne channel, Waseso rejected critics who said his plans to use animals as jailors were trampling on the human rights of convicts.

“We have to look at the whole problem,” he said.

“These people are murderers - mass murderers. Shouldn’t we also look at the human rights of their victims?” — Reuters

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ANIMALS AS JAILORS: The head of the Indonesia’s National Nar-

cotics Board Budi Waseso, left, looks at a crocodile during a visit to

a crocodile farm in Medan, North Sumatra, on Wednesday. – Reuters/

Septianda Perdana/Antara Foto

Media quoted the National Narcotics Agency chief as

saying that he had already obtained two crocodiles from

a farm to study their power and aggression and may

ultimately put as many as 1,000 in place to keep

convicts from escaping. Piranha fish, meat-eaters

with sharp teeth and powerful jaws

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The bomb exploded late on Thursday evening in Khok Pho district of Pattani Thailand’s deep south, one of three minority community dominated provinces where insurgents are fi ghting for greater autonomy.

Suu Kyi secures majority in Myanmar parliament

YANGON: The party of democra-cy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar’s par-liament, the election commission said on Friday, giving it enough seats to elect its chosen candidate to the presidency when the new legislature convenes next year.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) had been ex-pected take control of parliament since Sunday’s nationwide vote, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and US President Barack Obama had al-ready congratulated her on a land-mark victory in the country’s fi rst free election in 25 years.

Obama and Ban also praised Myanmar President Thein Sein for successfully staging the his-toric poll, with the UN chief acknowledging his “courage and vision” to organise an elec-tion in which the ruling camp was trounced.

Results have been trickling in since the weekend, and on Fri-day the election commission an-nounced the latest batch of seats that pushed the NLD over the threshold to secure an absolute majority in parliament.

Broad participationThe triumph of the charismatic Nobel peace prize laureate sweeps out an old guard of former gener-als that has run Myanmar, also known as Burma, since Thein Sein ushered in a raft of demo-cratic and economic reforms four years ago. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, White House dep-uty national security adviser Ben Rhodes noted broad participation by Myanmar’s people and a com-mitment by its rulers to abide by the result. “This is in many ways a momentous opportunity for the people of Burma,” Rhodes said. “We had been very focused on this election. It is a critical milestone in evaluating Burma’s democratic transition.”

Rhodes said Obama would meet with the Myanmar president, along with other regional leaders, during his Asia trip this month.

Obama has visited Myanmar twice over the past three years, hoping to make its transition to democracy a foreign policy legacy of his presidency.

In a call with Suu Kyi, Obama “commended her for her tireless eff orts and sacrifi ce over so many years to promote a more inclusive, peaceful and democratic Burma”, the White House said.

Thein Sein, whose semi-civil-ian government took power when the ruling junta stepped aside in 2011, and powerful army chief Min Aung Hlaing said they would respect the result and hold recon-ciliation talks with Suu Kyi soon.

Such unambiguous endorse-ments of Suu Kyi’s victory could smooth the lengthy post-election transition ahead of the last ses-sion of the old parliament, which reconvenes on Monday.

While the election and two months of campaigning in the

run-up were largely peaceful, global leaders stressed that a large number of people - estimated by some rights activists at around 4 million - were unable to cast their ballots. “He is regretfully aware that a large number of voters from minority communities, in particu-lar the Rohingya, were denied the right to vote and some were dis-qualifi ed as candidates,” Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman, Stephane Du-jarric, said in a statement. “There is much hard work that remains ahead on Myanmar’s democratic journey and towards making fu-ture elections truly inclusive.”

Myanmar’s government has de-nied Rohingya Muslims citizen-ship, and hundreds died in clashes between Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists in 2012. Some 140,000 Rohingya live in squalid

camps, while thousands more have fl ed by boat, leading to a re-gional migration crisis.

Suu Kyi has been criticised for not speaking out against abuses faced by the minority community. The Rohingya situation will be one of the most contentious issues the new government will face. With Suu Kyi’s victory confi rmed, the focus will quickly shift to NLD’s presidential candidate and its plans for government. Myanmar’s president runs the executive, with the exception of the powerful min-istries of interior, defence and bor-der security, which are controlled by the military.

Indirect systemUnder the indirect electoral sys-tem, the upper house, lower house, and military bloc in parliament each put forward a presidential candidate. The combined houses then vote on the three candidates, who do not have to be elected members of parliament.

The winner becomes president and forms a government, while

the losers become vice presidents with largely ceremonial respon-sibilities. With the latest results from the election commission, Suu Kyi’s majority in the lower house is big enough to give the NLD an overall majority in the joint chambers.

The vote for the presidency will take place after the new members take their seats in both houses in February. The president will as-sume power by the end of March.

Suu Kyi is barred from becom-ing president by the junta-drafted constitution because her children are foreign nationals.

She has become increasingly defi ant on the presidential clause as the scale of her victory has be-come apparent, making it clear she will run the country regard-less of who the NLD elects as president. “He will have no au-thority. He will act in accordance with the decisions of the party,” said Suu Kyi in an interview with Channel News Asia, adding that the president would be “told ex-actly what he can do”. — Reuters

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Moon congratulate

President Thein

Sein for successfully

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Iconic monarch butterfl y population expected to rebound in MexicoAN MATEO ALMOMOLOA (MEXICO): After a staggering decline over the past two dec-ades, the population of the iconic monarch butterfl y is expected to recover following coordinated ef-forts across North American gov-ernments, Mexico’s environment minister said on Thursday.

The monarchs, unique among butterfl ies for the length of their annual migration, are a major tourist draw to the temperate for-ests of central Mexico where mil-lions hunker down for the winter.

The black-and-orange insects have been damaged by illegal log-ging and pesticide use that have destroyed the milkweed plants they depend on for food and to lay their eggs.

PlungedAs a result, monarch populations plunged almost 90 per cent to a record low of about 35 million two years ago, compared with a peak of roughly 1 billion in the 1990s. During the current sea-son, which started earlier this month, authorities expect up to a four-fold increase of the delicate-winged insects in the pine and fi r forests of central Mexico, where they arrive after a nearly 2,500-mile (4,000-km) journey that stretches as far north as Canada.

“We are calculating that three to four times more butterfl ies will arrive compared to last year,” said

Mexican Environment Secretary Rafael Pacchiano. The butterfl ies numbered 56.6 million last year.

He attributed the expected increase to a series of measures launched last year by a com-mittee of offi cials from Mexico, United States and Canada, which include setting aside more habit and better controls on logging and pesticide use.

The group also seeks to re-

store thousands of hectares of agricultural land in the United States over the coming years to reduce the threat of extinction facing the insect and reach 225

million butterfl ies coming to Mexico each year.

The butterfl ies’ ability to navi-gate their epic migration remains a mystery.

While they are known to ori-ent themselves by the position of the sun or the planet’s magnetic fi eld on cloudy days, it is unclear how new generations fi nd their way to wintering sites they have never seen. — Reuters

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Three soldiers, 11 Kurdish militants killed in Turkey

SILVAN (TURKEY): Three Turkish soldiers were killed on Friday in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country, the latest casualties in a tide of violence en-gulfi ng the region since the break-down of a ceasefi re between secu-rity forces and militants in July.

Two of the soldiers died when their vehicle hit a buried explosive in the town of Lice, the military said in a statement. A third was killed and three more wounded in clashes in the Ercis district of Van province during a dawn operation by secu-rity forces acting on a tip-off that militants were holed up in a house, the military said on its website.

Authorities also said security forces had killed 11 militants of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Thursday in clashes in the towns of Cizre and Silopi, near Turkey’s borders with Syria and Iraq. A round-the-clock curfew remained in force in three districts of the town of Silvan for an 11th day, even after security regained full control of the areas after op-erations targeted PKK rebels, se-curity sources said.

On Thursday, police fi red tear gas in Silvan at a group of lawmak-ers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic (HDP), who wanted to enter the districts under police lockdown amid concerns over food shortages. — Reuters

F I R E F I G H T

Bomb kills four, injures four in south Thailand

BANGKOK: A bomb blast at a village checkpoint in Thailand’s deep south killed four people and wounded four others, police said on Friday, in the latest deadly attack to strike the insurgency-plagued region.

The bomb exploded late on Thursday evening in Khok Pho district of Pattani, one of three minority community dominated provinces where insurgents are fi ghting for greater autonomy.

Police Colonel Tanongsak Wan-supha, commander of Pattani po-lice, said the bomb was planted by insurgents, though, as with most attacks in the region, there was no claim of responsibility.

Culprits“The culprits placed a bomb under a chair at the checkpoint killing four people,” said Tanongsak.

“This attack was to disrupt stir unrest.” Since 2004, more than 6,500 people have been killed in the sporadic violence in Yala, Pat-tani and Narathiwat, all provinces bordering Malaysia.

It has occasionally spilled into nearby Songkhla province, thronged by tourists from neigh-bouring Malaysia. The provinces were once part of a Malay until the area was annexed by Thailand in 1902. Shortly after taking power in a 2004 coup, Thailand’s ruling junta vowed to bring peace to the south within a year. — Reuters

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Bangladesh factories must improve fi re safety: ILO

DHAKA: The International La-bour Organisation (ILO) said on Friday 80 per cent of export-oriented ready made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh needed improvement in fi re and electrical safety standards de-spite a government fi nding most were safe.

A spotlight was thrown on Bangladesh’s garment sector, the world’s second biggest which sup-plies many global brands, after the collapse of a factory complex in 2013 in which more than 1,100 people were killed.

InspectionsDespite a programme of inspec-tions since then, Srinivas B Reddy, Bangladesh country director of the ILO, said most factories needed to improve fi re safety and electrical systems before they could be de-clared safe.

“Eighty per cent of factories, almost all of them will require fi re and electrical remediation,” Red-dy told Reuters.

“There is a need for every fac-tory to come up with a corrective action plan,” he said, adding that work to ensure safety in the cru-cial sector should be completed without delay. Syed Ahmed, the inspector general of factories, said on Monday more than 80 per cent of Bangladesh’s garment factories supplying global retail-ers had been found to be safe, cit-ing improvements made after the 2013 disaster.

Ahmed, asked about Reddy’s assessment on Friday, said more than 80 per cent of factories were structurally sound though he ac-knowledged that many needed work on fi re safety and electrical systems. A garment factory fi re in 2012 killed 112 workers.

DisasterFollowing the 2013 disaster, the government met employers, un-ions and the ILO and agreed that all export-oriented RMG factories needed to undergo inspection for structural, fi re and electrical safe-ty. Ahmed said about 1,500 facto-ries had been assessed under the programme, supported by the ILO.

Reddy praised the eff ort but said it was critical for it to be completed. “What has happened in Bangladesh is unique, nowhere else has an entire sector under-gone inspection,” Reddy said.

“We are only now at the mid-point. There are still residual risks and all of the inspection re-ports show what needs to change.”

Thirty-seven factories have been closed and 36 partially closed after failing their inspec-tions, he said. — Reuters

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HUGE VICTORY: A supporter takes a picture of a graffi ti of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in front of the National

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Australia dominate opening day as Warner hits double ton

PERTH: David Warner dominat-ed, dissected and demolished New Zealand with his maiden double century to drive Australia to 416 for two at the close of play on a one-sided opening day of the sec-ond Test at the WACA on Friday.

Picking up where he left off in the fi rst Test in Brisbane, the open-er scored 244 not out for his third century in three innings as the hosts dominated New Zealand’s bowlers as ruthlessly as they had in the 208-run victory at the Gabba.

Usman Khawaja claimed his maiden Test century in the fi rst Test and got his second on Friday but even his sometimes sublime strokeplay had to play second fi d-dle to his fellow lefthander’s bril-liance on a sweltering day in Perth.

“The way he’s batting at the mo-ment, he’s making it look so easy,” Khawaja told ABC radio.

“Test cricket isn’t easy, no mat-ter who you play against. It’s just really nice to watch, I hope it con-tinues for a long time, you don’t want to waste good form.”

Khawaja was caught by Tom Latham in the covers off Doug Bracewell and departed for 121 to end a 302-run partnership with Warner shortly before stumps, leaving skipper Steve Smith (fi ve not out) to resume on day two.

Warner, once dismissed as a Twenty20 slogger, was batting on the same ground where he hit a 69-ball century on the way to his pre-vious career-highest score of 180 against India in 2012.

This innings was the work of a far more experienced batsman, however, even if it started with similar aggression when Warner

clattered the fi rst two balls he faced for four to either side of the ground.

Having established his domi-nance, however, his batting be-came more circumspect and he was happy to reach his fi fty off a single.

The 29-year-old had put on 101 with Joe Burns when his new opening partner chopped a Matt Henry delivery onto his stumps to depart for 40 just before lunch.

Celebratory leapWarner was by no means done yet, though, and he brought up his

15th Test century by hammering his 12th four over mid-wicket. The 150 came from 182 balls with an-other two fours and the addition of his fi rst six but his celebrations were muted compared to that for his century, indicating that his real target still lay ahead.

His second six took him to 197 and after a single from the 236th ball he faced got him to the mile-stone for the fi rst time, Warner performed another celebratory leap before raising his bat and hel-met to the sky.

At stumps, he had faced 272 balls and hit 22 fours and two sixes.

New Zealand’s day had started well with key paceman Tim South-ee passed fi t to play but it rapidly went downhill after skipper Bren-don McCullum lost the toss.

Fielding a four-pronged pace at-tack after Henry replaced injured all-rounder James Neesham, the Black Caps were unable to muster any movement from swing or seam to test the Australian batsmen.

McCullum was also culpable for using up New Zealand’s two DRS reviews on marginal lbw calls and leaving them without one when Khawaja appeared to get an edge on a Mark Craig delivery and was caught behind.

Khawaja had another life just before tea when Bracewell let the ball through his hands on the boundary and he made the most of his reprieve in the fi nal session as Australia racked up the high-est score ever on the opening day of a WACA Test.

“It wasn’t our best day of Test cricket and we know we’ve got to come out tomorrow and be better,” said Latham. - Reuters

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Australia 1st inningsJ. Burns b Henry 40 D. Warner not out 244 U. Khawaja c Latham b Bracewell 121S. Smith not out 5Extras (lb-1, nb-4, w-1) 6 Total (for 2 wickets, 90 overs) 416 Fall of wickets: 1-101, 2-403To bat: A. Voges, M. Marsh, P. Nevill, M. Johnson, M. Starc, J. Hazlewood, N. Lyon Bowling: Southee 19-1-73-0, T. Boult 17-0-99-0 (w-1), M. Henry 16-0-75-1, D. Bracewell 16-0-57-1 (nb-4), M. Craig 14-0-77-0, K. Williamson 3-0-11-0, M. Guptill 3-0-7-0, B. McCullum 2-0-16-0 Umpires: Nigel Llong & S. Ravi TV umpire: Richard Illingworth Match referee: Roshan Mahanama

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CELEBRATORY LEAP: Australia’s David Warner celebrates reaching his double-century during the fi rst

day of the second cricket Test match against New Zealand at the WACA ground in Perth. – Reuters

NEW ZEALAND EDGE OMANNew Zealand’s All Whites clinched a solitary goal (1-0)

win over hosts Oman and incidentally it was a fi rst

win for their coach Anthony Hudson at the Seeb Sports

Stadium on Thursday. For Paul le Guen’s Oman, who

are preparing for the November 17 World Cup/Asian

Cup qualifi er against Turkmenistan, this was a wake

up call. Oman is unbeaten in the qualifi ers so far and a

win against Turkmenistan will give them a buff er over

Iran on the top of the group. Chris Wood’s early strike

was enough for the All Whites to claim win. Oman had

good opportunities but failed to convert them.

Oman to play Nepal in Abu Dhabi today

MUSCAT: Oman will face Nepal in yet another one-day cricket match in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Duleep Mendis coach-ing Oman, who have qualifi ed for the 2016 World T20 in India, are undergoing a conditioning camp in the United Arab Emirates.

In the meantime, Internation-al Cricket Council (ICC) have also arranged practice matches and so far Oman has played a two-day match against UAE and a one-day match against Papua New Guinea (PNG).

The two-day match was drawn and highlights were Oman bowling out UAE for 95 and also an unbeaten 81 by Jatinder Singh.

In the one-day match against PNG, Oman lost the rain-marred match by two wickets in Dubai.

Oman made 244 for 8 in 36 overs batting fi rst with Jatin-der (68) and Adnan Ilyas (74) playing well. Also scoring were Zeeshan Maqsood (33) and Khawar Ali (28).

PNG chased down the total with one ball remaining to win by 2 wickets (D/L method).

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Oman’s Al Rawahi brothers shine on qualifying day

ABU DHABI: Team UAE driver Luke Varley and Oman based brothers, Sanad and Abdullah Al Rawahi, starred on qualifying day for the 2015 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals, while their team-mates endured mixed fortunes on an action packed day at Karto-dromo Internacional Algarve, in southern Portugal.

Varley, the 2009 MAX Champi-on, used all of his experience to se-cure second place on the DD2 grid which includes ex-Formula 1 driv-

er and grand prix winner Rubens Barrichello from Brazil among the 72 DD2 champions from around the world.

Sanad Al Rawahi impressed with a fl urry of strong laps despite being mixed up in traffi c to fi n-ish third in his session which was good enough for tenth overall, with almost the entire fi eld separated by just over a second.

In the MAX class Abdullah Al Rawahi was constantly at the sharp end on the timing screens

and in the end secured the sixth best time, in the fi eld of 72 of the world’s best Rotax MAX drivers.

Tony Hogg was the top DD2 Masters driver from Team UAE with the 56th best time, followed by Hussein Umid Ali 67th and Jonathan Mowatt was 71st.

Taymour Kermanshahchi was fastest of Team UAE’s Junior MAX drivers, with Grand Finals rookie Amna Al Qubaisi next best and the only female driver in the junior category.

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SIBLINGS: Oman’s Sanad Al Rawahi, left, and Abdullah Al Rawahi starred on qualifying day of the

2015 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Portugal. – File photo

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Djokovic aiming to end golden year with a bang

LONDON: With three of the four grand slam titles and a record six Masters Series crowns scooped up in a year of domination, Novak Djokovic could be forgiven for us-ing the ATP Tour Finals in London as a well-earned lap of honour.

Not a bit of it.The 28-year-old world number

one’s appetite for stomping all over his supposed rivals is insatiable.

Serbian Djokovic will start as overwhelming favourite to claim a fourth consecutive title at the year-ender, having won 14 matches in a row at the Thames-side venue where last year ended in anti-cli-mactic fashion as Roger Federer withdrew from their showdown with a back injury.

The numbers Djokovic has com-piled this year surpass even his dominant 2011 campaign when he also won three majors.

He will arrive with a 78-5 win/loss record and on a 22-match winning streak, stretching back to his defeat by Federer in the Cin-cinnati fi nal in August.

He has owned the number one ranking since July 2014 and he will end the year there for a fourth time -- the same as John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl.

“In terms of the grand slams, this has been a better season than 2011,” Djokovic, who would have won all four but for an inspired Stanislas Wawrinka in the French Open fi nal, said in an interview with Sport Magazine.

“It’s about the overall feeling of my game — the way I play and the way I feel on the court. I’m a more complete player physically; tech-nically I’ve improved since 2011, and mentally I’m more stable.”

Worryingly, no one seems to have a clue how to stop him.

World number two Andy Mur-ray, who is juggling the Tour Finals on home soil with trying to win the Davis Cup for Britain for the fi rst time since 1936 the week after, has lost 10 of his last 11 matches

against Djokovic. Murray failed to survive the round-robin stage last year when he was demolished by Federer.

Since losing to Djokovic in last week’s Paris Masters fi nal he has practised mainly on clay in readi-ness for Davis Cup duty in Ghent.

He was, however, placed in the easier-looking group in Thurs-day’s draw, avoiding Federer and Djokovic.

Federer, 34, always puts on a show in London — having reached the fi nal four times since the event moved from Shanghai in 2009, winning twice.

Unlike last year when several new faces qualifi ed, this year’s eight are the usual suspects, with Japan’s Kei Nishikori the least experienced on his second appearance.

A rejuvenated Rafael Nadal is back after missing out last year through injury and while still not quite the formidable foe he was at

his peak the Spaniard will relish testing his improvement against Murray and Wawrinka in group play. David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych will do well to reach the semis, Wawrinka could be the dark horse after reaching the last four in 2013 and last year when he lost an epic to Federer. - Reuters

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claim a fourth consecutive title at the year-ender. – Reuters

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Bangladesh deny Zimbabwe againMIRPUR: Malcolm Waller scored a blistering 68 off just 31 balls, but could not prevent Bang-ladesh from winning the fi rst Twenty20 International by four wickets on Friday and take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Despite Waller’s magnifi cent eff ort, Zimbabwe could only put up 131 in 19.3 overs after being asked to fi eld at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Graeme Cremer, the legspin-ner, then took three wickets to fi n-ish with fi gures of 3 for 29 in four overs, but Bangladesh managed to reach 136 for 6 in 17.4 overs to win with 14 balls remaining.

Waller walked out facing a tough situation, Zimbabwe hav-ing been reduced to 38 for 4. He started off the recovery through a 67-run fi fth-wicket partnership with Craig Ervine (20). Waller got off the blocks quickly, taking 17 runs off Jubair Hossain, the leg-spinner, and following it up with 20 runs off Nasir Hossain, the off spinner. Waller completed his 50 off just 20 balls, Zimbabwe’s quickest in T20Is. Mahmudul-lah then broke the partnership by

having Ervine bowled. The duo’s stand had come off just 34 balls and had taken Zimbabwe past the 100-run mark.

That partnership was the only noteworthy one of the innings as Zimbabwe once again lost quick wickets after the stand was bro-ken, losing fi ve wickets for 25 runs. Waller was the eighth man dismissed when he was caught at deep mid wicket off Mustafi zur

Rahman, the left-arm seamer. He had struck four boundaries and six sixes. Bangladesh’s bowlers hunted in a pack, with Mashrafe Mortaza, Al-Amin Hossain, Mustafi zur, and Jubair picking up two each, while Nasir Hossain and Mahmudullah’s off -breaks fetched them a wicket each.

Zimbabwe struck early in re-ply, when Anamul Haque was run out for 1, with just six runs on the board. Tamim Iqbal, who top-scored with 31, and Sabbir Rah-man (18) then lent some stability through a 39-run second-wicket stand. Once the stand was bro-ken, with Sabbir caught off Ten-dai Chisoro, Bangladesh lost a few quick wickets.

Mahmudullah shared a crucial 38-run sixth-wicket stand with Das, before Mortaza hit Luke Jongwe for a straight six to seal the game for the home side. The second match of the series will be held at the same venue on Sunday.

Brief scores: Zimbabwe 131 all out in 19.3

overs ( M. Waller 68; Mustafi zur 2-16, Moratza

2-20, Al-Amin 2-20, Jubair 2-20) and Bangladesh

136-6 in 17.4 overs ( Tamim Iqbal 31; G. Cremer

3-29). - ICC

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JUBILANT: Bangladesh cricket

captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza,

left, celebrates with teammate

Mohammed Mahmudullah after

winning the fi rst T20 cricket

match. – AFP

Ton-up Hales helpsEngland notch winABU DHABI: England beat Pa-kistan in the second ODI of the four-match series after the visi-tors gave them a 284-run target to chase in Abu Dhabi.

Pakistan’s batting was dismal in chase but for Sarfraz Ahmed who was able to muster 64 off 76 balls. Chris Woakes bagged four wick-ets for England, while David Wil-ley accounted for three batsmen.

Earlier, England won the toss and chose to bat fi rst.

Opening batsman Alex Hales’ maiden century lifted England to a fi ghting total of 283-5 against Pakistan in the second one-day international at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Friday. Despite los-ing the fi rst match by six wickets on Wednesday when Pakistan easily chased down 216, England elected to bat fi rst again and got a brilliant start from the top order.

Hales (109) made 102 in the opening stand with Jason Roy (54), then 114 for the second wicket with Joe Root (63).

When Hales was second out on 216, it was the 39th over of the match, and England was expect-

ed to set a target of close to 300.But Pakistan fought back in the

fi nal 10 overs, restricting Eng-land to just 56 runs and picking up three wickets.

Paceman Wahab Riaz took 3-43 in his 10 overs, and was the most successful Pakistan bowler. Debutant Iftikhar Ahmed and tall paceman Mohammad Irfan shared the other wickets.

Hales was particularly severe on legspinner Yasir Shah, who was the cause of much concern for England batsmen in the test series, which Pakistan won 2-0. Yasir went for 70 runs in his nine overs. Hales smashed him for two sixes in a single over, the 30th of the innings.

His 109 had three sixes and seven fours. It was his fi rst cen-tury in 21 ODIs, and he was out stumped by wicketkeeper Sar-fraz Ahmed when he tried to sweep Iftikhar Ahmed.

Brief scores: England 283 for 5 (Hales 109, Root 63, Roy 54, Wahab 3-43) beat Pakistan 188 (Sarfraz 64, Woakes 4-33, Willey 3-25) by 95 runs. — Agencies

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FINE TON: Alex Hales of England. – AP/PTI

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US company wins Oman airport contract extensionTimes News Service

MUSCAT: An extension of con-tract to provide consulting engi-neering services for the Muscat International Airport and Salalah Airport was given to Hill Interna-tional — the global leader in man-aging construction risk.

This is an extension of the three-year, OMR41.8 million contract to provide consulting engineer-ing services for Muscat Interna-tional Airport and Salalah Airport awarded to Hill in 2012, said a press release.

The one-year extension has an estimated value to Hill of approxi-mately OMR30.1 million.

The extension was given by the

Ministry of Transport and Com-munications and the Public Au-thority for Civil Aviation of the Sultanate of Oman. The expan-sion of Muscat International Air-port, the largest airport in Oman, includes a new terminal that will have a capacity of 12 million pas-sengers annually.

The expansion of Salalah Air-port, the second largest airport in Oman, involved upgrading it from primarily a domestic airport to make it more suitable for interna-tional travellers. The airport was offi cially opened on Wednesday.

“It is an honour to continue to serve the ministry to help deliver these critical aviation projects,” said Mohammed Al Rais, regional

president (Middle East) for Hill’s Project Management Group. “Upon completion, they will have an immediate positive impact on both business and tourism in the region,” added Al Rais.

Hill International, with 4,800 employees in 100 offi ces worldwide, provides programme management, project management, construction management, construction claims and other consulting services pri-marily to the buildings, transpor-tation, environmental, energy and industrial markets.

‘Engineering News-Record’ magazine recently ranked Hill as the seventh largest construc-tion management fi rm in the United States.

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Italy’s economy slows, signals hard time ahead

ROME: Italy’s economy expand-ed at a slower pace than forecast in the third quarter, signaling diffi culties in returning to sustain-able growth.

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 0.2 per cent in the three months through Septem-ber, Rome-based statistics agency Istat said in a preliminary report on Friday. That was below the 0.3 per cent estimate of 20 analysts in a survey. GDP rose 0.9. per cent from a year earlier, the report said.

“The pace of recovery is still dragging its feet in the face of con-verging external supports, namely a more competitive euro and lower global crude oil prices when com-pared to a year earlier,” Raj Badi-ani, senior economist at IHS Glob-al Insight, said earlier this week.

The euro region’s third-biggest economy is benefi ting more than other member countries from the European Central Bank’s quan-titative easing programme, Bank of Italy governor Ignazio Visco said in a speech in London on Wednesday. Visco cited an April study from the Rome-based cen-tral bank’s economists saying that the bond-purchase program may boost Italy’s GDP as much as a total 1.4 percentage point in the 2015-2016 period.

Italy’s GDP expanded 0.4 per cent in the fi rst quarter, and 0.3 per cent in the second three months of this year. Italian September indus-trial output rose less than econo-mists expected, signaling the risk of a possible slowdown in the eco-nomic pick up.

Italy’s GDP will expand 0.9 per cent this year with 1.4 per cent growth foreseen in 2016, Istat said on November 5. Prime Min-ister Matteo Renzi repeatedly said that his government’s policies will boost employment. - Bloomberg News

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MODERNISATION: The expansion of Muscat International Airport, the largest airport in Oman, includes

a new terminal that will have a capacity of 12 million passengers annually. – Times fi le picture

Record supplies to weaken crude price: Global agency

LONDON: Oil stockpiles have swollen to a record of almost 3 bil-lion barrels because of strong pro-duction in Opec and elsewhere, potentially deepening the rout in prices, according to the Interna-tional Energy Agency (IEA).

This “massive cushion has in-fl ated” on record supplies from Iraq, Russia and Saudi Arabia, even as world fuel demand grows at the fastest pace in fi ve years, the agency said. Still, the IEA predicts that supplies outside the Organi-sation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will decline next year by the most since 1992 as low crude prices take their toll on the United States shale oil industry.

“Brimming crude oil stocks” off er “an unprecedented buff er against geopolitical shocks or unexpected supply disruptions,” the Paris-based agency said in its monthly market report.

With supplies of winter fuels also plentiful, “oil-market bears

may choose not to hibernate.”Oil prices have lost about 40 per

cent in the past year as the Opec defends its market share against rivals such as the US shale indus-try, which is faltering only gradu-ally despite the price collapse.

Oil inventories are growing be-cause supply growth still outpaces demand, the 12-member export-ers group said in its monthly re-port on Thursday.

Total oil inventories in devel-oped nations increased by 13.8 million barrels to about 3 bil-lion in September, a month when they typically decline, according to the agency. The pace of gains slowed to 1.6 million barrels a day in the third quarter, from 2.3 mil-lion a day in the second, although growth remained “signifi cantly above the historical average.”

There are signs the some fuel-

storage depots in the eastern hemisphere have been fi lled to ca-pacity, it said.

Heating fuelStockpiles of diesel, used as heat-ing fuel in Europe in the U.S. northeast, were at a fi ve-year high of about 600 million barrels at the end of August. “This could protect the market from a supply crunch should there be a lengthy spell of cold tempera-tures,” the IEA said.

Production outside Opec will fall by 600,000 barrels a day next year, with an equal-sized decline in US shale oil, the IEA said. That con-trasts with an expansion of 2.4 mil-lion a day in 2014 in total non-Opec output. The IEA’s 2016 forecast for non-Opec supply, at 57.7 million barrels a day, is 100,000 barrels a day lower than in last month’s re-

port. Faltering non-Opec supply next year means that the amount of crude needed from Opec is moving closer to the group’s actual output. About 31.3 million barrels a day will be required from the organiza-tion in 2016, 460,000 less than it pumped in October.

Supply from Opec’s 12 mem-bers was little changed last month at 31.76 million barrels a day as declines in Iraq and Kuwait coun-

tered gains in Libya, Saudi Ara-bia and Nigeria, according to the report. Near-record output from the group’s Gulf members means the organization’s spare capac-ity is “stretched thin,” the IEA said. Opec ministers will meet on December 4 in Vienna to review their current policy.

Global oil demand will climb by 1.8 million barrels a day this year to 94.6 million. - Bloomberg News

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Pakistan gets $500m loan to improve electricity supplyISLAMABAD: World Bank has approved a $500 million loan to cash-strapped Pakistan for energy sector reform in the country reel-ing under frequent power cuts.

The loan, scheduled to be is-sued in April, was delayed due to government’s failure to imple-ment key conditions imposed by the bank. After the government fulfi lled over half a dozen con-ditions, including setting up an independent entity to purchase electricity from producers, the loan was fi nally approved by the World Bank.

The Finance Ministry con-fi rmed in a statement on Thurs-day that “$500 million loan was approved.” The loan will be uti-lised for budget fi nancing, unlike project loans that are used for cre-ating assets, it said.

Among the conditions met in-cluded giving an application to the power sector regulator for determining multi-year electric-ity tariff s to make power distri-bution companies attractive for

privatisation. The government also agreed to submit the Energy Effi ciency and Conservation Bill to the parliament. It also agreed to set up the Central Power Purchas-ing Agency (CPPA) Guarantee.

Bailout packageThe World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) had de-cided to give $2 billion to Pakistan for energy sector reforms under a medium-term programme. The programme was part of $10 billion that the international lenders had agreed to provide over a period of

three years. The amount included $6.6 billion bailout package of the International Monetary Fund.

In May last year, Pakistan re-ceived $1 billion as fi rst tranche from both the international fi -nancial institutions. The sec-ond tranche of roughly the same amount was scheduled to be ap-proved in June this year, which the World Babk and the ADB de-layed due to the federal govern-ment’s inability to implement the promised reforms.

Long hours of power outages has been haunting Pakistan for about a decade. The Pakistan government is working on sev-eral projects and has announced to include more than 10,500 MW in the national grid by the end of 2018, when the fi rst phase of the ambitious $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is expected to be completed.

Pakistan will also produce 40,000 MW of electricity through nuclear power plants by 2050 to overcome frequent outages. - Agencies

W O R L D B A N K

LONDON: Oil price com-petition in Europe is set to intensify when Iranian crude returns to the market after sanctions on its nuclear pro-gram are lifted, International Energy Agency (IEA) said.

Europe will be the battle-ground between producers of sour crude grades, including Russia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Iran, as the Asian market becomes more ‘crowded’, the Paris-based IEA said in its monthly report.

Iraq, the second largest oil producer in the Organisa-tion of Petroleum Exporting Countries, has increased its market share in Europe after the imposition of sanctions on Tehran resulted in the col-lapse of Iranian exports, the IEA said. Iraq sold 1 million barrels a day to Europe in July and August, overtaking

Saudi Arabia, according to the IEA.

Europe imports over 9 million barrels a day of crude from outside the region, with sour grades accounting for two-thirds of that, according to the IEA.

“By targeting Iran’s former buyers, Iraq — with its fast growing exports — has man-aged to increase signifi cantly its European customer base,” the agency said.

Iraq’s gains in Europe have also come as Saudi Arabia has pushed its barrels into new territories in the region. Saudi Arabia sold crude to a Swedish refi ner for the fi rst time in 20 years earlier this month and has also made headway in Poland. Both countries have traditionally bought their crude from Rus-sia. - Bloomberg News

Iran’s return set to trigger ‘price war’ in Europe

OIL GLOOM: Oil prices have lost about 40 per cent in the past

year as the Opec defends its market share against rivals such as

the US shale industry, which is faltering only gradually despite

the price collapse. – Times fi le picture

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Hong Kong economy grows 2.3%

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s economy grew more than econ-omists expected in the third quarter, boosted by improved do-mestic demand.

The economy expanded 2.3 per cent in the three months through September from a year earlier, beating the 2 per cent rise expect-ed by economists. Gross domes-tic product expanded 0.9 per cent in the quarter from the previous three months, almost double the median estimate for 0.5 per cent growth from analysts surveyed.

“Today’s release suggests that private consumption continues to play a pivotal role supporting Hong Kong’s growth,” said Ray-mond Yeung, an economist at Aus-tralia & New Zealand Banking in Hong Kong “With this in mind, the outlook for property prices will be crucial. If real estate prices start to correct, the negative wealth eff ect will start to bite.”

Private consumptionThe government set the 2015 growth estimate at 2.4 per cent and pared expectations for infl a-tion slightly. Private consumption expenditure increased by 4.3 per cent in real terms from a year ear-lier, thanks to broadly favorable job and income conditions, the gov-ernment said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng China Enterprises Index slid 2.2 per cent to 10,181.47 at the close, dragged down by oil companies and banks. China Construction Bank Corporation, the nation’s second- biggest lender, and PetroChina, the largest energy producer, retreated at least 2.9 per cent. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.4 per-cent to 3,580.84. - Bloomberg News

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SCOPE FOR FURTHER RATE CUT IN RUSSIA, SAYS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORRussian central bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina addressing deputies during a session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow on Friday.

Russia’s central bank sees scope for further rate cuts in its base scenario and is ready to sell foreign currency on the market in case of a threat to the fi nancial

stability, governor Elvira Nabiullina said on Friday. — Reuters

Indian shares plunge on growing infl ationMUMBAI: Indian stocks tum-bled, sending the benchmark in-dex toward its sixth drop in seven days, after infl ation accelerated and a rout in commodities dragged down Asian equities.

Vedanta, the nation’s largest copper producer, sank to a fi ve-week low and aluminum producer Hindalco extended a fourth weekly decline. ONGC, the largest state-owned oil explorer, decreased 3.5 per cent. Tata Consultancy, India’s most valuable company, headed for its lowest close this year.

The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 1 per cent to 25,599.47. India’s con-sumer prices rose 5 per cent in October from a year ago after a 4.41 per cent increase in September, challenging central bank governor Raghuram Rajan’s accommodative policy stance before he reviews in-terest rates a fi nal time this year on December 1. The MSCI Asia Pa-cifi c Index slid 1 per cent as United States oil lingered below $42 a bar-rel and copper futures traded near a six-year low amid concerns over China’s slowdown.

“In the near term, the worries remain more on the global cues: First is how the US Federal Re-serve policy moves and the sec-ond is how the Chinese economy shapes up because that will have an impact on commodity prices,” Hemant Kanawala, the head of equities at Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance, which oversees about $2 billion in assets, said in an interview with Bloomb-erg TV India.

“If there is weakness globally and a risk off , then India will be impacted by it.” The money man-

ager is overweight on shares of oil refi ners, private-sector lenders and automakers.

The Sensex rose 0.5 per cent in a special one-hour trading session for Diwali on Wednesday, with stock markets closed for regular trading on Wednesday and Thurs-day. The gauge has slumped 2.5 per cent this week, poised for a third weekly loss after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party lost state elections in Bihar, India’s third-most-populous state. The defeat has raised concern that his ability to push through policies to strengthen the economy will be hampered.

Earning reportsUS equities accelerated losses on Thursday after the normally dov-ish New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said the central bank may need to begin tightening policy. Fed President James Bullard of St Louis ear-

lier in the day urged raising target rates, while Chicago Fed leader Charles Evans stressed any in-creases should be ‘gradual’.

Vedanta tumbled 3.6 per cent, set for its lowest level since Octo-ber 6. Hindalco lost 1.7 per cent, taking this week’s drop to 2.5 per cent. Oil & Natural Gas’s decline took this year’s plunge to 33 per cent. Tata Consultancy retreated 2.9 per cent toward its lowest since December 15.

Coal India gained 2.6 per cent before the company’s fi scal sec-ond-quarter earnings report. The world’s biggest miner of the fuel will probably report a 25 per cent increase in net income to Rs27.4 billion ($414 million), according to the average of 24 analysts.

Fifty-nine per cent of Sensex companies that have posted re-sults for the July-to-September quarter so far have matched or beaten estimates, versus 60 per-cent in June . - Bloomberg News

W E E K L Y R O U N D - U P Two big european economies show lacklustre growth

MADRID: Lacklustre growth in the euro area’s two largest economies that has so far proved insuffi cient to reignite infl ation provided more evidence for the European Central Bank (ECB) to chew over as it examines the need for fresh stimulus.

Gross domestic product (GDP) in Germany and France rose 0.3 per cent each in the third quar-ter, national statistics offi ces said on Friday. That matched econo-mists’ estimates and compares to German growth of 0.4 per cent and French stagnation in the pre-vious three months.

Italian GDP growth of 0.2 per cent fell short of forecasts as did a Dutch rate of 0.1 per cent and stagnation in Portugal. The num-bers pose a downside risk for pro-jections for a 0.4 per cent expan-sion in the currency bloc.

With a slowdown in emerg-ing markets testing the strength of the recovery in the 19-nation currency union, the data will provide ECB president Mario Draghi more visibility heading into December’s monetary policy meeting. The central banker has signalled more stimulus is in the pipeline, citing renewed down-side risks for growth and the re-gion’s infl ation outlook, which risks becoming entrenched well below the ECB’s goal of 2 per cent.

Should euro-area GDP miss estimates, it “would add to the already strong case for the ECB to step up monetary stimulus in December,” said Nick Kou-nis, head of macro research at ABN Amro Bank in Amsterdam, who predicts growth was 0.3 per

cent. “The domestic economy has been doing well, but the euro zone faces external drags, with world trade growth weak and ex-ports to emerging markets falling like a brick.”

Speaking at the European Par-liament on November 12., Draghi said the outlook for core infl ation, which removes volatile items like energy, had “somewhat weak-ened,” while noting that downside risks from a global slowdown are “clearly visible.”

Industrial production“What we’ve seen in the data leading up to this is very low-end industrial production, and missed expectations, and weak factory orders, so any kind of suggestion that this is a result of infi ltrated weakness coming from emerg-ing markets will release expecta-tions that Draghi will act,” said Eimear Daly, a currency strate-gist at Standard Chartered, told

Bloomberg TV on Friday. “It’s quite highly priced in the market that he is going to do something at the December meeting.”

There is a 96 per cent chance that the ECB’s Governing Council will cut its deposit rate by 10 ba-sis points in December, taking it to minus 0.3 per cent, ECB-dated Eonia forwards show.

The latest check on the euro ar-ea’s recovery comes after the Euro-pean Commission and the Organi-sation for Economic Co-operation and Development slashed their growth forecast for the region for 2016, pointing to emerging mar-kets as a source of uncertainty that may spill over into the currency bloc. - Bloomberg News

Gross domestic

product in Germany

and France rose

0.3 per cent each

in the third quarter,

according to national

statistics offi ce

MORE STIMULUS: European Central Bank has signalled that more

stimulus is in the pipeline, citing renewed downside risks for

growth and the region’s infl ation outlook, which risks becoming

entrenched well below the bank’s goal of 2 per cent. - Times fi le picture

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HSBC names two new top executives to bank board

HONG KONG: HSBC appointed Henri de Castries and Paul Walsh as independent non-executive di-rectors, adding the chief executive offi cer of Axa and former leader of Diageo as long-standing members of the bank’s board depart.

“Their extensive international business experience and track re-cord in shaping growing business-es, including undertaking business portfolio realignments, will further strengthen the existing skills on the HSBC board,” chairman Doug-las Flint said in a fi ling to Hong Kong’s stock exchange on Friday.

Europe’s biggest bank hired MWM Consulting earlier this year to fi nd new directors, one of whom may eventually succeed Flint as chairman, a person with knowledge of the matter said in April. Deputy Chairman Simon Robertson, 74, and Rona Fairhead, the 54-year-old chair of the bank’s North American arm, are retiring from the board at next year’s an-nual meeting. Safra Catz, co-chief executive offi cer of software mak-er Oracle, will leave HSBC’s board at the end of this year.

De Castries, 61, has been chair-man and chief executive offi cer of Paris-based Axa, France’s biggest insurer, since April 2010. Walsh, 60, was chief executive offi cer of Diageo, the world’s biggest distill-er, between 2000 and 2013.

The appointments will take ef-fect from next year, HSBC said. The lender’s board will consist of 14 independent non-executive direc-tors, three executive directors and the chairman. Fairhead will hand over her responsibilities to Heidi Miller. - Bloomberg News

R E V A M P China’s indigenous aircraftencounters rough weather

BEIJING: China is tired of being a low-tech manufacturer of things that other people design. So it’s throwing money and resources at an industrial upgrade.

Recently, the government proudly announced one of the fruits of that eff ort: The country’s fi rst indigenously-designed pas-senger jet, the 90-seat ARJ21, will be delivered to state-owned Chengdu Airlines by the year-end. There’s just one problem. Of the roughly 350 additional ARJ21s on order, almost all are slated for an-other Chinese state-owned airline or leasing company.

ViabilityInternational airlines don’t ap-pear terribly interested.

It’s hard to blame them. After 13 years of development, and prob-ably billions in costs (the devel-opment costs have never been disclosed), the ARJ21 remains heavier, slower, and less fuel-effi -cient than its competitors. Even

worse, it won’t be certifi ed by the United States Federal Aviation Authority, meaning it can only fl y in China and the handful of South American, Asian, and African countries that recognise Chinese safety-certifi cation standards. (Chinese state media has trum-peted the purchase of three air-craft by Congo.) Last fall one lead-ing analyst concluded: “We do not consider the ARJ21 to be a viable commercial project.”

That’s not what China envi-sioned when the plane was con-ceived in 2002. The ARJ21 was supposed to compete in the mar-ket for passenger jets with fewer than 100 seats — currently domi-nated by Embraer and Bombar-dier —and to jumpstart an aircraft manufacturing sector that would eventually challenge Boeing and Airbus. Passenger growth num-bers provided incentive. Boeing expects China will need 5,580 new

planes over the next two decades as it grows into the world’s largest commercial aviation market.

HurdlesSo what’s gone wrong? First, while China’s large, captive mar-ket of state-controlled airlines off ers a commercial safety net, it’s also dampened the incentive to innovate. Why worry about de-manding foreign buyers when the government can ensure that the plane is purchased in respectable numbers at home?

Second, China decided to dive straight into building a complete plane, using imported or at least foreign-designed components. That’s the same approach Xiaomi used to develop a Chinese com-petitor to the iPhone. Indeed, At-lantic correspondent James Fal-lows has called the ARJ21’s larger cousin, the C919, a “huge fl ying counterpart to the iPhone.”

That might work well for prod-ucts that have refresh cycles

measured in months, such as smartphones. But if you’re build-ing a jet, it’s a recipe for instant obsolescence. Even the newest, most innovative components can quickly become outmoded if de-lays occur, as they have repeatedly with the ARJ21 and its inexperi-enced design teams.

1960s-era designMost importantly, in its rush to build a jet, China chose to base the design for the ARJ21 on the 1960s-era DC9 and reportedly has used tooling left behind in China by McDonnell Douglas in the 1990s to build it. That means engineers have packed relatively new technologies into a heavy, old design, with predictably disap-pointing results.

China would’ve been better off following the path chosen by Japan, which launched its fi rst indigenous passenger jet in 40 years, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), on Wednesday.

Unlike the ARJ21, the Japanese plane is a high-tech, fuel-effi cient marvel with more than 400 or-ders, the vast majority of which are international.

The MRJ’s success should serve as a cautionary tale to any Chinese offi cial who thinks bot-tomless funding, a will to succeed, and a large domestic market are all that’s needed to create innova-tive products. - Bloomberg News

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US retail sector sales

growth slowing down WASHINGTON: Sales at Unit-ed States retailers rose less than forecast in October as consumers pocketed the money saved after fueling up their cars.

Purchases increased 0.1 per-cent after being little changed in September, Commerce Depart-ment fi gures showed on Friday in Washington. The median fore-cast of 84 economists surveyed called for a 0.3 per cent gain. Re-ceipts at service stations dropped for a fourth consecutive month as gasoline prices declined.

Consumers are showing some caution going into the key hol-iday-shopping season even as hiring reached a 10-month high in October and subdued prices at the pump support household budgets. The possibility of the United States Federal Reserve’s fi rst increase in the benchmark interest rate since 2006, in addi-tion to the fl uctuations in stock prices, could limit Americans’ enthusiasm for shopping sprees.

“It generally takes time before cheaper gasoline impacts sales,” David Sloan, a senior economist at 4Cast Inc. in New York, said before the report. “I still think the prospects for the holiday season are quite solid.”

Estimates for retail sales in the survey ranged from little change to a 0.8 per cent increase. Sep-tember’s reading was revised down from an initially reported 0.1 per cent advance.

Wholesale prices unexpect-edly dropped 0.4 per cent in Oc-tober, depressed by falling food costs, a separate report from the Labour Department showed on Friday. Lower prices for eggs and meat contributed to the retreat,

as did discounts for new-model light trucks.

Industry breakdownSeven of 13 major retail catego-ries showed gains last month, led by building-material stores, restaurants and non- store mer-chants, which include Internet sales, according to the report from the Commerce Department.

Receipts at gasoline stations dropped 0.9 per cent after falling 4 percent in September, pushing the value of sales over the past 12 months down 20.6 per cent. The Commerce Department’s data aren’t adjusted for prices, indicating the decrease refl ects cheaper fuel costs.

Households are fi nding sup-port the decrease in energy prices and a fi rming labor market. The average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline was $2.20 on November 11, according to AAA, the biggest US auto group. That compares to an average $2.46 this year and $3.34 in 2014.

Core salesCore sales, the fi gures that are used to calculate gross domestic product and which exclude cat-egories such as autos, gasoline stations and building materials, climbed 0.2 per cent last month, less than the 0.4 per cent median forecast of economists surveyed. The readings for September were revised up to show a 0.1 percent gain compared to a previously re-corded 0.1 per cent drop.

Falling gasoline and food pric-es probably also restrained the core readings. Sales at general merchandise stores fell 0.4 per cent. - Bloomberg News

E C O N O M Y

Russia’s growth to be hampered amid heavy reliance on oil revenue: AnalystMOSCOW: Russia’s economy ap-pears to have bottomed out. Third-quarter data showed it was fi nding a ‘new normal’ at the current price of oil. Any stabilisation is precari-ous, though: Oil may need to ap-preciate a little to prevent another downturn, and President Vladimir Putin’s much-ballyhooed social programs face the ax if the price goes down any further.

For July through September, gross domestic product fell 4.1 per cent compared to a year earlier, beating analysts’ expectations of a 4.3 per cent decline, and a vast improvement over the 4.6 per cent drop in the previous quarter. The number looks particularly good when coupled with the 0.1 per cent rise in industrial produc-tion after two quarters of decline. If the trend persists in the next two quarters, Russia could show growth in the second quarter of 2016, and Putin and his lieuten-ants will report that the country is out of trouble despite the continu-

ous wars since mid-2014 and the Western economic sanctions.

But the latest data are somewhat deceiving: The tiny improvement was fuelled by increases in energy production, and the domestic mar-ket still hasn’t found its bottom. The 10.4 per cent year-on-year drop in retail sales for September was the sharpest in 2015. They declined 9.5 per cent for the third quarter. Investment, too, has con-tinued to fall: It’s down 7 per cent in the third quarter, the biggest drop since 2010.

This suggests the Russian econ-omy isn’t getting a boost from im-port replacement, as it did after the 1998 fi nancial meltdown, that Pu-tin is counting on and has even at-tempted to accelerate by imposing an embargo on Western food. The sharp devaluation of the rouble has merely forced Russians to spend less even as prices increased by about 16 per cent, and private busi-nesses haven’t begun investing in local production, perhaps because

of oppressive overregulation.The government sees no sources

of growth other than hydrocar-bons, so it’s working on the fi rst one-year budget since 2008.

BudgetIn more stable times, Russia had a three-year budgeting process. This one is based on about the same revenue and spending numbers as in 2015, but the Finance Ministry has warned that about 1 trillion roubles ($15 billion) of 13.7 tril-lion roubles in planned revenue may be iff y.

The potential shortfall is oil-re-lated. The budget is based on $50 per barrel of Brent oil, the North Sea mix that is the European benchmark. Given that the free-fl oating ruble follows the Brent price in almost-perfect lockstep, if the price falls, the rouble amounts in the budget should remain stable.

Russians will be able to af-ford even fewer imported goods and less foreign travel, but Putin

doesn’t care too much about that. The trouble is that Russia is not selling Brent oil; it exports a dif-ferent mix, Urals, which cost about as much as Brent through most of 2015 but now is almost $4 per barrel less. The reason could be increased competition from Saudi Arabia, which has started supply-ing oil to Russia’s traditional mar-kets such as Poland and Sweden. Next year, the diff erential could widen even more if Iranian oil hits the European markets.

A lower price of Urals aff ects Russia’s import revenue but not the rouble rate, since Urals is not a benchmark for the currency markets. That’s why an expanding diff erential could cost the Russian budget extra pain. For now, the draft budget, which the parliament could take up, projects a 2.8 per cent defi cit. To keep it that low, the government plans cost-of-living increases to pensions that only would be about one-third of the in-fl ation rate. - Bloomberg View

A N A L Y S I S

LESS FUEL-EFFICIENT: The ARJ21 remains heavier, slower, and less fuel-effi cient than its competi-

tors. Even worse, it won’t be certifi ed by the United States Federal Aviation Authority. – Bloomberg News

China would’ve been better off following the path

chosen by Japan, which launched its first indigenous

passenger jet in 40 years. Unlike the ARJ21, the

Japanese plane is a high-tech and fuel-efficient with

over 400 orders, most of them are from outside Japan

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Amazon.com has said that it is building its own network of delivery couriers through a programme called Ama-zon Flex — the latest at-tempt by the e-commerce giant to bring something

close to instant gratifi cation to the process of online shopping.

With Amazon Flex, the company says, drivers can make from $18 to $25 an hour ferrying packages to cus-tomers that were ordered as part of its one-hour Prime Now delivery ser-vice. As with on-demand car services such as Uber and Lyft, drivers will be independent contractors who select their own work hours.

The new approach is part of the retailer’s ongoing obsession with get-ting items to customers faster, and could help reduce Amazon’s depend-ency on major shipping carriers such as UPS and FedEx.

And with Uber also experimenting with using its network for deliveries, it could also put these two big names

in the tech sector in direct competi-tion. “They are more and more starting to confi rm for themselves that for them to be such a big online retailer, having some capabilities of their own (for) distribution is a core competency, and not an outsourced one,” Satish Jindel, president of logistics advisory fi rm SJ Consulting Group, said of Amazon.

But Flex also could ensnare Ama-zon in many of the wage and policy debates that Uber has faced as it has expanded rapidly across the country. There has been a fl urry of legal battles over whether such on-demand driv-ers should be considered employees instead of independent contractors, and labour groups have criticised companies such as Uber, Instacart and others with similar business models for not giving these contrac-tors benefi ts and other perks.

In the United States, Amazon Flex is already active in Seattle and will soon be coming to other cities where Amazon’s Prime Now programme is off ered, including Baltimore, New

York, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago and Atlanta. On its Web page about Flex, Amazon says that, along with delivering Prime Now orders, Flex drivers may someday deliver other types of Amazon orders, too.

Amazon frequently tests uncon-ventional ways to get packages to customers. In April, Audi announced that it was testing an off ering in Ger-many in which shoppers could have Amazon boxes delivered directly to their car trunks, and the Wall Street Journal has reported that Amazon tested a bike delivery service in Man-hattan. Plus, the e-commerce com-pany is famously experimenting with drone delivery.

Sucharita Mulpuru, an e-com-merce analyst at Forrester Research, said she is sceptical that Amazon Flex will be viable, since shoppers have again and again proven they hate to pay for shipping, and merchants might not be crazy about paying for this speedy delivery, either.

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TURN CHILDREN INTO MONEY MASTERS

Most children start learning about money earlier than a lot of people think — and it’s usually

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Three out of fi ve young adults say their parents’ advice or ex-ample had the greatest infl uence over how they handle their fi nances today, according to fi ndings from a Bank of Ameri-ca/USA TODAY survey. That parental involvement had a big eff ect on the practice of good fi nancial habits. Of those who

say their parents did an “excellent” or “good” job teaching them about money, 74 per cent have savings and nearly half make a regular budget.

Talking to your children about money and using everyday moments to teach practical lessons is not only important, it works, says Andrew Ple-pler, global corporate social responsibility executive at Bank of America. “It’s OK to be repetitive - children may not always remember everything we say - but this survey shows that they do listen and learn from our ex-ample.” Parents who would like guidance on how to teach children valu-able fi nancial lessons can fi nd help online. The website BetterMoney-Habits.com - a fi nancial education resource by Bank of America and education innovator Khan Academy - off ers easy-to-follow videos and tips to help parents teach important fi nancial lessons to children of vari-ous stages and ages.

Elementary lessonsA child in elementary school is just learning how money works, so simple lessons are best. For example, a trip to the store for back-to-school shop-ping can be an opportunity to learn about how to comparison shop and save money. Ask your child to examine the prices of diff erent folder and notebook styles and fi nd the lowest priced items.

An allowance is another tool for teaching the building blocks of mon-ey management. Experts typically recommend parents who follow this approach to give young children 50 cents to $1 per week for every year of their age. Some parents start with a smaller amount and only raise it once they feel their child can handle the responsibility.

Moving up to middle schoolAt this age your child may be ready for more complex money-man-agement skills, including saving for larger, medium-term goals such as coveted clothing or electronics. Work with them to build a savings plan around a goal and track progress. For bigger-ticket items, consider matching contributions to reward your child's savings eff orts. If she wants a new phone that costs $200, for example, you could ask her to save for half, and agree to cover the remaining $100.

This age is also a good time to talk about digital spending. All those in-app purchases, music and game downloads can add up. Instead

of allowing your child to download at will, consider setting up online accounts to require a password for purchases and set

a monthly spending limit. When he asks you to make a digi-tal purchase, discuss the cost and how what he's asking for

will fi t into the budget.

High school lessonsBy high school, your teenager will be much more in-

dependent and will have had a lot more experience with money. If he is managing a larger allowance

or even an income from a part-time job, it may be time to open a checking account. Checking accounts come with a lot of responsibility, but

walking him through the process of setting one up and establishing best practices for banking and managing money respon-sibly will set the foundation for sound money habits far into the future.

As your teen gets older, she may start to have bigger ideas about things she wants to do or purchase - such as planning a spring break trip or graduation party or buying a car. Take the opportunity to talk about how much it could cost, work with her to map out a budget for all related ex-penses, and identify ways for her to help contribute, say for a plane ticket or the party invitations.

At some point, most teens are off ered opportunities to take on debt, perhaps through loans or credit cards. You can help prevent impulsive decisions (and costly outcomes), by teaching teens some key guidelines about borrowing money. For example, most teens might not understand that there is a cost to taking out a loan or charging purchases to a credit card if you stretch the payments out over a long time. Whether your child is just starting to learn the value of money or is old enough to have a bank account, the money skills you set while they are young could help them develop fi nancial skills for a lifetime. For more ideas on teaching chil-dren about money - as well as resources on everyday money matters for adults - visit bettermoneyhabits.com. - Courtesy of Brandpoint

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05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily

05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily

07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily

13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri

13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily

13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily

13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily

17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily

06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily

15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily

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TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily

12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100)

07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily

10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily

10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily

19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily

DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)

07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily

07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily

13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri

13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri

15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily

15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily

16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily

16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

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LIFESTYLEB7S AT U R DAY, N OV E M B E R 14 , 2 0 1 5

ACROSS1 Tea holder 4 Dueler’s sword 8 Grassy area 12 Baseball stat 13 Bossa — 14 Sudden thought 15 Delicacies 17 Like the sky 18 Kind of statesman19 Freight hauler 21 Muscle for push ups 23 Figure of speech 27 — -carotene 30 Mountain goat 33 — — step further 34 Ketch cousin 35 Honest prez 36 Ancient cosmetic 37 Prefix for pod 38 Quay 39 Sky bear 40 Chicago suburb 42 Fill-in 44 Yacht basin sight 47 Concrete foundations 51 Tap defect 54 Not automatically56 Gauge 57 Skunk’s defence 58 Permanent marker 59 Obie relative 60 Londoner’s umbrella 61 Seek damages

Crossword Puzzle

Q u e s t i o n s & A n s w e r s

It’s better not to argue with...My little sister

If I had treasures I would

hide them...Inside my sofa

One thing that puts me off ...Lots of Social

Studies homework

One movie/book I can watch/

read over and over again...

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid

When I’m in doubt...I scratch my head

and rack and crack my brain

If I met an alien I would...

Borrow his space ship

One person I would trade

places with (real or fi citional)Jackie Chan

I go crazy when...My mother starts

singing off key

The scariest thing that I have done...

To break my mother’s favourite LED TV

The best way to my heart is...

By being humorous and sincere

If I win a lottery...I would start a

chocolate factory and an ice cream

parlour of my own

If I have to describe myself

as a fl avour it would be...

Spicy hot chilli [angry mood], sweet sugar [good mood],

bitter gourd [bad mood] mixed up is

me

If I could go back in history, I would

like to meetGenghis Khan

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ABHIJIT PRASAD NAIR

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topic 41 Hint at 43 Commandeer 45 Polluted air 46 Voila! (hyph.) 48 Brenner Pass locale 49 Roquefort hue 50 “Auld Lang —” 51 Banned bug spray 52 Ipanema locale 53 Fleming of spydom 55 — de plume

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One skill I would like to learn...

Kung-fu

Tea time

“Mom, I can’t fi nd my tie; I had left it at the cor-ner table

yesterday,” Robby’s voice echoed. Every morning this was a common scene in D’Souza’s house.

Alice, Robby’s mother, hurried inside his room. “Look at this mess. Why can’t you keep your things in place Robby,” she said in a dis-pleased tone. “It saves so much of everyone’s time.”

Every single day Robby’s mum would tell him to be tidy but Robby simply ignored her. His room always remained in a mess. Books lay on the carpet, used clothes piled in al-most all nook and corner and toys remained scattered.

Alice D’Souza had a tough time to keep the home organised. “Wish Robby had been more sensible,” she often thought. But Robby never bothered to listen.

One morning as Robby was lying on his bed he heard a gentle tap on the door. “Robby, are you awake,” his mum’s voice sounded feeble.

“Oh, it’s holiday today mum, let me sleep for a while,” begged Robby.

“Robby, it’s serious,” her voice shivered. Robby thought something was surely wrong and he was right. His grandmother back home had a bad fall that morning and she was

in the hospital. “She slipped in the bathroom and has a fracture,” she said. “Oh mummy, I hope she gets well soon,” Robby was almost in tears. “Don’t worry my child, she will be fi ne soon but I need to go,” she said. Robby’s face suddenly be-came pale hearing this.

“Robby, you stay with dad here. You are a big boy now so look after Aleeta, your little sister. Though it would be diffi cult I am sure you will do your best,” she said in an encour-aging tone.

Alice boarded the evening fl ight and at the airport Robby stood in one corner. “Life without mum would be miserable,” he thought.

The next morning Robby got up with a jolt as soon as he heard his dad’s voice.

“Robby, get ready fast and have your breakfast till I fi nish helping Aleeta,” he said.

Robby had a quick shower and as he was about to get ready he could not fi nd his socks. His science pro-ject notebook too was missing. Rob-

by knew his science teacher would get very angry. He searched under the bed, in his cabinet but nowhere he could fi nd it.

“Wish mum was here.” He some-how managed to get a pair of shabby socks from the old cupboard and rushed to the dining hall.

Mr Stanley D’Souza looked an-gry. “What’s wrong with you Robby? Just see the time. We are all late to-day,” he said.

In school the science teacher scolded him for not bringing his

project notebook and sent a remark in his school diary to get it signed by his father.

The whole afternoon Robby searched for his notebook but couldn’t fi nd anywhere. In the evening when Mr D’Souza came he took the teacher’s remarks to get it signed. Mr D’Souza frowned: “But why you didn’t take your notebook?”

“Dad, I did fi nish my work but I cannot fi nd the notebook, said Robby. “Oh Robby, when will you learn to keep your things in the

right place,” he said. “Dad, if mom had been here this would not have happened,” Robby said sheepishly. “Robby, you are 11 now. Why do you expect mum to do things for you? Think how hard your mum works for all of us. If you are responsible it will bring a smile on her face. Don’t you think it is your responsibility?”

“Dad is right. Mom works so hard. Wish I had listened to mum. Then this wouldn’t have happened. But better late than never,” he thought.

Robby took three hours to clean his room. Robby put all the dirty clothes into the laundry bag, stacked the toys in the closet and put the rubbish into a plastic garbage bin. And he even found his missing pro-ject book. “I did it,” he said proud-ly. “Dad, come and see. I cleaned my room and found my project book too.”

“This looks very nice, Robby. Your room can look this good every day if you keep your things in place. All you need to do is to take a little extra eff ort. By the way, I have a surprise for you. Your aunt has come to help your granny so mum is coming back this weekend,” Mr D’Souza said with a smile.

“Wow,” Robby jumped in joy. How much he missed her. He ran to his room to make a: ‘I missed you’ card. Since then, Robby never had a messy room again. –swati@timesofoman.com

What a Messy Room

by Isidore

B8

LIFESTYLES AT U R DAY, N OV E M B E R 1 4 , 2 0 1 5

All the words below appear in the puzzle - horizontally, vertically,

diagonally, even backward. Find them and circle their letters.

The leftover word spells the Teleword.

How to playFill empty cells with the numbers 1 to 9, so that each number appears once in each row, column and area.

Answer to previous puzzle

SOLUTION

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TelewordSudoku

Ace, Awards, Beverly Hills, Broadcasting, Cannon, Chance, Cover, Danny, Direct, Dolphins, Fame, Frank, Gift,

Guests, Host, International, Interview, Lead, Miami, Microphone, Newspaper, Nightly, Peabody, Pioneer, Radio,

Records, Retire, Rotary, Shawn, Show, Southwick, Special, Sports, Stents, Step, Suspenders, Washington,

Watch, World. Answer: Longevity

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Children’s Poetry

Forever ForgottenAlex RoyGrade 10Indian School Wadi Kabir

I was brought into the home of a little boy,As a birthday gift, he received me as a toy.His favourite plaything, was none other than me, In my company, he’d always be in glee.

He thought of me, as his true friend,The bond was such, it could never end.Sadly, one day, he abandoned me on the shelf,All alone in obscurity, by myself.

It seems, he has found new cohorts,From toy cars to battery operated robots.Years of confi nement, has left me frail and dusty,Enclosed; I’m left sad and gloomy.

The pain, by no means is yet, perceived, I’m inanimate, is what is believed.Nobody tries to identify with my feel,For everyone, it’s not a big deal.

But, I too, have a human heart,Please come back, why keep me apart?Don’t leave this poor teddy forsaken,I ask myself, “Am I, forever forgotten?”

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Al Mawalh villa for rent

17 bedrooms, all attached toilet, 2 big

hall, 1 big kitchen, outside 1 kitchen

1 PVT room near (Mac Donald).

Contact: 99654252 /95566475

Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi,

MBD Mumtaz area. Contact :

97293708 / 92433127

For Rent Flats in Darsait -

94051789-97201688

For Rent Flats in Ghala Heights -

94051789-97201688

For Rent Flats in Wadi Kabir -

94051789-97201688

For Rent Fully Furnished

apartments in Boucher (35) -

94051789-97201688

For Rent fl ats in Muttrah-

Contact – 94051789-97201688

Offi ces for Rent Gala-

Contact –94051789-97201688

For Rent Duplex villa in Qurum

29- 94051789-97201688

For Rent Offi ces & Showrooms in

Al Khoud- 94051789-97201688

For Rent offi ces in Qurum op-

posite city center- 94051789-

97201688

For Rent Flats in Mawalah

south-94051789-97201688

For Rent brand new villas in

Al Ansab- 94051789-97201688

For Rent Offi ces & Showrooms in

Muttrah -94051789-97201688

For Rent Mini Furnished Apart-

ment in Qurum- 94051789-

97201688

2BHK with A/C s Muttrah near

Oman house. Contact: 99896838

MBD area, fully equipped A/C

Executive Offi ce @RO 200

pm with conference room.

Unlimited Local Calls and

Internet Services. Contact:

99102901/99232271/99451845

3BHK Qurum P.D.O light 350/-.

Contact: 99342661

New pent house 219 meters,

3 bedrooms Each own toilet , serv-

ant room with toilet laundry area ,

kitchen with store elevator avail-

able AL Khuwair 39

rent R.O 575/- family only.

Contact: 99207840

1BHK fl at Darsait near

MCT Municipality 220/-.

Contact: 99342661

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirt-

ing, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery,

Crockery, Glassware, Chafi ng Dishes,

Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound

Systems and spectacular lighting.

Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering

and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound &

Light. ww.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

ACC. AVAILABLE

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sitting

room, Kitchen & store including

utilities bills at Al hail. # 92817777

Independent rooms in Qurum /AL

Hail. Contact 95529970

Accommodation available for 50

to 100 labours, Misfah Industrial

area. Contact – 99617464

3 Bedroom apartment with living

room and 3 toilets located in Wadi

Kabir near Al-Hassan Electrical Co.

RO 500/- Contact 94488444

Executive single room with at-

tached bath fully furnished. New

fl at, central location. Al Khuwair.

Contact 93699091

1 Bedroom with attached Bath, fully

furnished, separate entrance at Mab-

ela for ladies only. Contact : 99634841

Single room W/ bath near Al Falaj

hotel. Contact: 99643845

Single room bathroom in Darsait

R.O 140/-. Contact: 93289652

Furnished offi ce space & room avail-

able in Walja. Contact: 96246625

Bachelor accommodation Ruwi

Tower R.O 75/-.Contact: 95084850

Furnished rooms attached bath for

Indian bachelor Al Falaj area & for

lady in Wadi Kabir near Mars Hyper-

market - 96202458/96761960

Room for lady in Ghobrah 95480601

/ 97361213

Single room for rent at Mumtaz

area. Contact: 96916398 / 95212017

Single room for expat Indian bach-

elors near Al Aktham restaurant

Al khuwair for RO 120.

Water and electricity included.

Contact:98803261

Room for rent available in a fl at for

Executive bachelor at Azaiba behind

Al Meera Hypermarket Azaiba with

attached bath with Cot & A/C, rent

RO 175/- per month including Water

& Electricity. Contact 96404166 /

97433992

Big room available near Hamriya

R/A for Muslim couple / small family

/ Executive bachelor rent 150/- per

month including W+ E. # 99495131

DAILY GUIDEC4 S AT U R D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 4 , 2 0 1 5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifi eds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

CATERING

ACCOUNTANT

DRIVER

MEDICAL

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ARCHITECT

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Omani driver with heavy license

send CV to jobtech42@gmail.com.

Contact: 98813893

We require Omani driver with valid

visa, Cont: 92680323/91425640.

Wanted driver. Contact 91025698

Looking Offi ce and House Driver. Contact: +968 96339339

ADMIN

Required a Female Staff Nurse with

MOH license for a high class

dermatology center in Barka (Mus-

cat). Interested candidates places

send your CV to

mdcjobs2015@gmail.com

Indian Pediatrician required for

reputed medical centre in Dubai.

Proff ered DHA passed candidate,

send CV: nafuaehr@gmail.com

Lab technician for a clinic in

Muttrah. Contact: 99330385

Urgently required Philipina Nurse with MOH license at prometric

passed. Contact: 99724013

Required licensed lady G.P .or Gynecologist male Asst. Pharma-cist, lab technician for a clinic in

Salalah. Contact: 93129219 Email:

clinicrecruitment2015@gmail.com

Private dental clinic in Buraimi city need a Dentist have practice

license in Oman. Contact -98379121

A reputed Wellness Center is look-

ing for MOH licensed or Prometric Passed Physiotherapist, Nurse and Occupational therapy. Please send your CV to :

hr2015.oman@gmail.com

Musicians/Sales staff for Musical

Instruments & Pro-Audio showroom.

Experienced Sound & Light

Professionals for Live Events.

Please send your detailed C.V. to:

info@tunesoman.com

Wanted Assistant Accountant secretary (male). Send CV with

photo to mubasu23@gmail.com

MANAGER

Urgently required GRP foreman

with minimum 5 years experience.

Contact: 99382174

Construction Manager with a

mechanical background required for

an ongoing project with experience

in construction projects of minimum

5 - 8 years required urgently. Profes-

sional personnel well versed in

planning and execution kindly apply

on an immediate basis -

email tgi17@omantel.net.om

Wanted female Gynecologist, female

Staff Nurse – 2 no., Dental Asst, female

Lab Tech from India or Filipino with

MOH license & data flow for Al Saadi

Specialized Medical Centre in Mussana.

Contact 92025033, dr.srinivas76@gmail.com

WANTEDCivil Engineer (Building Construction)

2 Nos

Qualification: BE in Civil Engineering

Electro Mechanical Engineer (Building

Services)1 No.

Qualification: BE in Electrical or

Mechanical Engineering

Send detailed resume to

sskpvr@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Architect (BSC), female 23 one

year experience with valid Omani

driving license, under family visa

looking for suitable placement.

Contact 92670199

Email: tkhaleque92@gmail.com

Part Time Accounting, Business

Management Consultancy, Accounts

Finalization, Audit Preparation, Inter-

nal Audit, Accounting System for New

Companies, Contact: 96975454,

email :ibfc.gcc@gmail.com

Part time Accountant available,

contact also for auditing and

taxation - 91720465

MBA Finance having 5 years experi-

ence and Oman driving license pres-

ently working in Oman seeking for

a suitable placement NOC available.

Contact: 96742474

Part time accountant services from

senior accountant M.com 15 years

Oman exp. Contact: 97441960

Sr. accountant Indian 10 years

experience in Oman , capable to

handling all accounting functions and

knowledge of tally ERP9 can be joined

immediately release (visa transfer)

available. Contact: 94134085

Email: muscatoman95@yahoo.com

Indian male B.Tech, MBA MNC ex-

perience looking for fi nance profi le.

Contact : 96891640545

B.SC Hons (fi nance & accounts) hav-

ing 2 years experience in accounts,

male looking for suitable job on visit

visa. Contact: 91420128

CIMA member B.Com with 5+ years

experience in Accounts and fi nance.

NOC available. Contact: 97615745

Senior Accounts professional, In-

dian male, 33 years MBA (fi n) with

9 yrs experience, Now in Muscat

on visit visa, seeking suitable job

opportunities. Contact: 92914869

Email: noblev1982@gmail.com

Sir Lankan accountant having AAT

qualifi cation and 5 years experience

seeking replacement NOC available.

Contact: 94546160

Email: pereradilipa@gmail.com

Master degree commune (M.COM)

it older looking for an accountant /

sales job in Oman new in visit visa.

Contact: 95160805/91236665

Accountant Indian Male having 12+

years experience (6years in Oman)

up to fi nalization & Expert in Tally

ERP 9, Focus, MS Offi ce. Seeks suit-

able position in accounts, fi nance or

admin can join immediately contact

& whatsup 98550041

Email qadeer7g@yahoo.com

Finance controller 15years experi-

ence in Oman contracting , consul-

tancy, oil & gas , IT , tourism , man-

agement accounts, ERP, feasibility

, study , business strategy, project

fi nancing , international trade , ETC.

Contact: 98571309 Certifi ed Public Accountant, Filipino Male 26 years old, Bachelor

of Science in Accountancy with 5

yrs. of experience now on visit visa.

Looking for suitable opening.

Contact: +968 91409308

Email: kennethalcedo07@gmail.com

CMA & CIA professional Finance Manager with 10 years middle

eastern experience, inclusive of

Managerial experience with leading

F&B companies. For further informa-

tion, kindly Contact: + 971566561199

Email: babar_shabir@hotmail.com

Pakistani male age 27 MBA fi nance

having 3 years work experience in fi -

nance and admin currently in Oman

on visit. Contact: 99685330 email:

hussain_ca87@yahoo.com

Indian male B. Com accountant

10 yrs in Oman, exp in accounts

knowledge of Tally ERP 9, Focus RT.

Having NOC & D/L looking for

suitable job. Contact - 93086105

Male accountant 5 years experience

2 years in Indian & 3 years in Oman,

NOC available B.com PG accounting

tally E.R.P, looking suitable

placement. Contact: 92780167

Indian Male, Chartered Account-

ant and Cost Accountant, CISA from

USA, 25 Years of experience, 10

Years in Dubai, Seeking Job in Ac-

counts, Finance, Audit, Banking, Pro-

ject IT etc. Contact Pawan Gupta on

00971504273221, 0096896123649.

E mail address is

pawan.praind@gmail.com and web-

site is www.pawanpraind.com

Indian male 8 years experience

having B.Com and MBA ready to

work in HR customer service,

Admin banking & related fi eld.

Contact : 97436890 / 96939803.

Email: girimub@gmail.com

Indian male B.Com Graduate with

2+ years experience in Accounts &

Administration looking for a suitable

placement. Contact: 96923391

Required Marketing person for

manpower supply company with

minimum 2 yrs experience & GCC/

Oman driving license. Contact

94148970 / 94148972. Send CV at

Email : rastllcmuscat@gmail.com

Indian Salesman required for print-

ing press with minimum 3 years ex-

perience and should have knowledge

of English – Hindi language with GCC

driving license. Contact: 96917952

Email: swapneelbhatt@gmail.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED BY A REPUTED LLC COMPANY IN OMAN

Interested candidate may send their CV’s with recent photographs urgently to - info@gapmct.com

SPARE PARTS SALESMAN (Indoor)Diploma holder with 02 years experience. Good communication and negotiation skill, Computer knowledge, age not more than 35 years. Arabic speaking is an additional advantage.SALES EXECUTIVE (Outdoor)Diploma in Mechanical fi eld with 5 years experience in tools, hardware, building materials, safety products, good grasp in local market with Oman driving license.

Beauty experts required for beauty

Salon in Seeb. Contact 99519591

BEAUTY

MEDICAL STAFF REQUIRED

Interested candidates may send their CV’s at

HR.pulse.lives@gmail.com or GSM: 0096898972548

A newly established Medical complex in Wilayat Suwaiq is looking

for following staff for its expansion project

X-Ray TechnicianLab Technician

Staff NursePharmacist

Female General Practi ti oner / Gynecologist

URGENTLY REQUIREDSALES EXECUTIVE FOR A CRUSHER,

Technically sound and qualifi ed, having not less than 5 years similar

experience in Oman, and good exposure in the

market to get projects. We prefer Omani Nati onal. Please Send your CV to

rcligsay@asasoman.net,amiprojects@gmail.com

Fax: 24498480 Ph no: 24493866 / 24490277

URGENTLY REQUIRED

Gynecologist, General Practioner, Staff Nurses,

Lab Technician & Pharmacist

for a poly clinic in Saham. Call -

99135775 or 91311990

SALES EXECUTIVE FOR SAUDI

A Prominent Building Materials Trading Company looking for

Graduates with minimum 2 years work experience in Sales.

Should possess GCC Driving license.

Indian Male candidates preferred.

Interested candidates may apply to:

cv4gcc@gmail.com

Required Teachers for kinder-

garten & elementary B.A. + B.Ed +

experience. Contact: 24705605

from 8 am to 1pm

EDUCATION

Primed International is looking for experienced sales executives having strong background of digital

and print media. Send your CVs at

angeline@primedia-oman.cm

contract on 91391801

Required Sales man, Tailor and Barber. Contact: 96964767

Shipping company in Oman requires Sales Executives for Mus-

cat Exp in shipping industry & D/L

preferred .contact: 97990844/ Email:

operations@arabianseabridge.com

A leading trading group is looking

for outdoor Sales Coordinator with

driving license & release / NOC &

female offi ce assistant. Email: CV to

alhajoil@omantel.nrt.om

or fax: 24701683

Required experienced car spare parts counter Sales Executive for

a trading company at Wadi Kabir.

Contact 24811999 Send resume to

qualityspareparts@yahoo.com

Wanted sales man with valid Oman

deriving license for an electrical

trading company.

Email: amuloman@omantel.net.om

Young Indian Male with post

graduate UK degree in business

admin, 4 years Oman experience in

administration & purchase in

electromechanical/civil contracting

company. NOC available. Possess

valid Oman Driving License.

Contact: 94400671

REQUIRED SALES EXECUTIVE

For the sale of Building Material,

with 5-7 years experience in GCC, holding a

valid Omani driving license.

Email: migc.vacancies@gmail.com

Wanted urgentlyA well known family in

Oman urgently needed an

experienced Indian

female part time or full

time Nursing Assistant to

take care of their Mother

recovering from stroke.

Contact 99717791 or 94084335

Looking for Executi ve Sales

and Sales Engineers with experience in

earthmoving equipments, cruchers, quarry & mining

industry. Email:

applyinggchr@gmail.com

Al Bahjah HotelRequired

Assistant Sales Manager having 4 to 6 years

experience in Oman market driving license must. Contact Number :

92265084, 94123540, 99101806

JUNIOR ACCOUNTANTA reputed legal fi rm in Oman is

looking for fi lling the position urgently.

• Candidates should be B.Com graduate with working knowledge in Ms. Excel • Min 2 year working experience in maintaining accounts till fi nalization• Ability to accept responsibilities and work cordially as a team

Interested candidates should send their resumes with a covering letter

to - hr@alalawico.com

A leading institution in Muscat requires a Teacher for Indian

Classical Dance. The candidate

should be well qualifi ed and

experienced. Send your resume to

dance.oman@gmail.com

Omani / Expats, male / female re-quired for gift articles shop with mini-

mum 2 years experience and should

have knowledge of MS Offi ce English

& Arabic language. # 96917952

Email: swapneelbhatt@gmail.com

Required Marketing Executive, 2 yrs experience. Contact 91120552

Architect with bachelor degree 4

years experience in architectural de-

sign (interior & exterior) professional

in (3D Max- Archicad - AutoCAD -

Photoshop). Contact 96041201

Email: amer.yousfan@gmail.com

Chief Accountant 25 years experi-

enced, for the last 7 years working

as Chief Accountant seeks immedi-

ate placement.

Contact: 95598477/98803439

Male 24 yrs MBA in marketing

fi ancé seeking immediate place-

ment. Contact: 96112920

Indian male MBA , 2 years experi-

ence visit visa , seeking placement.

Contact: 90196322

Accountant Indian male having

12+ years of experience in accounts

& fi nance having knowledge of tally

seeking suitable opportunity.

Contact: 92984019

Indian male 23 years B.Com Gradu-

ated tally looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact: 92963507 Email:

sidhiqshajahanh28@gmail.com

Accountant, Indian Male, 15 Years

experience (8 years in Oman with

Driving License & NOC) seeks suit-

able placement,

Contact 94117616, 91238272

Email: praveen78oman@gmail.com

Experience part time Accountant

in management, accounts, fi nance

audit tax. Contact: 95857199

Indian female 5+ yrs Oman exp in

Accounts tally looking for suitable

placement in W.K to Qurum area.

Contact: 95580416

Accountant, Indian Male, 24 yrs, B.

Com Graduate 1 year experience as

Accountant in India. Now on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94129716;

thanoof5736@gmail.com

Part time Accountant services

available to handle all accounts

related work up to fi nalization on

monthly basis. Contact: 96247295

Sudanese, Masters degree in

Economics, 8 years experience in

procurement and fi nance.

Contact: 94524060

Chief Accountant, 12 years Oman

experienced looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 99513082

Young 24, ACCA affi liate, Advanced

diploma in Accounting and Busi-

ness, seeking suitable placement in

Accounts, Finance or audit With valid

driving license. Contact 92430152 ,

Email - rau_dey@yahoo.com

Accountant Indian female having

5 years exp in fi nalization, audit and

administration in GCC presently in

Muscat seeking suitable position.

Contact 97323574

Email: sreeja@236@gmail.com

Indian lady, bachelor degree in

Preparatory Programme (BPP) and

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom),

completed training course in MS

Word, Excel, Power Point and Out-

look from KTI looking for full time /

part time job opportunity in Oman.

Contact 92437568, 96795853,

Email: linda_navs@yahoo.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with 13yrs

experience, 6 yrs Oman in manu-

facturing, trading & contracting Cos,

capable of handling all accounting,

fi nance, banking, L/C, import, export

& fi nalization seeks placement.

NOC Available. Call+968-98932752,

mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com

ADMIN

We require Male/Female Omani Administrator (Front Of-

fi ce) with valid visa, Cont:

92680323/91425640.

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

19 years of gulf experienced (6years

in Oman) Indian male MBA Graduate,

HR & Administration professional

seeking suitable job, NOC avail-

able, can join immediately. Contact:

99103763 /99519841

Indian Female MBA, 3yrs Exp.in

Admin, Operations, Business Develop-

ment, MS Offi ce skills # 98234427,

jkjsmith01@gmail.com

Indian male MBA- UK 18 yrs Gulf

exp in Administration/ HR & Pub-

lic relationship. Fluent in Arabic/

English with D/L. Looking for suit-

able position. Contact - 99897280

HR/ Recruitment specialist with

8 years Oman experience in entire

gamut of HR functions like resource

planning , recruitment , HR policies

& procedures, performing appraisal,

expatriate aff airs , exit interviews &

ticketing. Contact 93825307

Email: javthath@rediff mail.com

DESIGNER

ENGINEER/TECH/MECH

Required by grade excellent

construction co. well experienced

Civil Site Engineer. Please send the resume.

Email: excelgrd123@gmail.com

New consulting offi ce is looking for an environmental Engineer with

3-5 years of experience.

Please send your CV to:

ozonegeoc@gmail.com

Sales Engineer: Mechanical Engi-

neering holder with 2-4 years’ Exp.

in Sales, preferably in

Metal fabrication Company. Omani

D/L is a must. Contact:

recruitment747@gmail.com

Experienced construction Civil Engineer with qualifi cation (attest-

ed) certifi cates & with Omani driving

license. Contact: 99601004

email:slayhawk@yahoo.com

Instrumentation & controls Tech-nician with 2-3 years experience

preferably in water sector and hav-

ing valid driving license Send CV to

shiju@spec-link.com or call

Ph:+968 99450811

Indian Trailer Driver holding

Omani driving license with release

letter. Contact: 99462980

Wanted Urgently for Contractor Civil Engineer (Road Construction).

Quantity Surveyor. Land Surveyor

Accountant. Please send your CV to

info.muscatibex@gmail.com

DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 4 , 2 0 1 5 C5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

MEDICAL

MEDICAL

HOSPITALITY

24 years Indian female MSC -

Biotechnology 1 year exp.in clinical

microbiology, worked in ICRISAT

for project work as Trainee, looking

for suitable job. Contact: 92619048

Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

Sir Lankan male , 27 years ,

pursuing MBA, having 4 yrs retail

industry experience in operations

customer services, training and

development as an executive in

looking for suitable placement

currently in Oman on visit.

Contact: 98445287 Email:

mihiran.dhsnuka1@gmail.com

Indian male 38 years , 17 years expe-

rience in Oman with valid Oman

2 wheeler license and own bike Seeks

position as (offi ce – assistant) mes-

senger / courier. Contact: 92287226

Indian male 26 years Graduate 2

yrs work experience and valid Oman

driving license searing for a suitable

placement.Contact: 91379601

MISCELLANEOUS

ADMIN DRIVER

DRIVER

ENGG. / TECH./MECH. ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

CATERING

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

Bachelors’ hotel Mgmt 10 years

experience seeking vacancy

FMCG or hospitality NOC and GCC

D/L. Contact: 94525463

Indian male/31yrs with hotel

management degree, 03 yrs

experience in F&B services at

5 star hotel Dubai & 05 yrs in

American 6 star cruise liner as

Butler. Has Oman driving license.

Contact no 91135371

Dutch male qualifi ed commer-

cial pilot (Faa-ME-IR certifi ed) is

looking for job openings in middle

east. rutjestom@outlook.com

Keralite with NOC/DL seek BDM

Position. Contact- 96795603

MBA (marketing) with 17 years

experience in freight forwarding/

logistics industry in GCC & Oman.

Presently working as branch manag-

er in Muscat. Looking for a suitable

position. Release and NOC available.

Contact: 99856331

Graduate Indian male 38 years

supply chain professional14 years

experience IMPORT / Export

logistics purchase distribution and

freight forwarding looking for senior

management position release avail-

able. Contact: 93274727

Email: raufkeh@gmail.com

Logistics, shipping & receiving and

supply chain expert: Sudanese Cana-

dian with 8 yrs experience in DHL/

loomiss xp Canada. Contact: 94044784

The Business Development Man-ager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years

Inside and outside Oman following

activities: tenders& real estate&

construction & marketing projects&

investments& transportation & Ma-

rine services& companies manage-

ment& develop business.

Contact :- 92385033

Mechanical Engineer (UK),

28 years old male, looking for suit-

able placement with 4 years experi-

enced and with valid Oman driving

license, NOC available immediate

availability. Contact: +96897612297

Email: engrmirza1786@gmail.com

Indian male 25 years, B-Tech Grad-

uate with two years experience in

Oman as Civil Engineer in a reputed

construction company. Looking for

suitable jobs. Resident card will ex-

pired on 06-01-2016.NOC available.

Seeking immediate placements.

Contact: 96179737/97076972,

email:robinsj.sj@gmail.com

Electrical (MEP) Engineer (diploma) having 16 years (6 years

in Oman ) in MEP site experience

civil & MEP procurement and MEP

QS NOC available cable to join im-

mediate. Contact: 96533493

Civil Engineer 7 years experience,

Driving license, NOC available.

Contact - 98078095

Kerala Electrical Technician fore-

man (4y) cum storekeeper (6 yrs).

Contact: 93563744

Experienced Diesel Generator

Mechanic seeks well placement.

Contact: 97278343

Civil Engineer having 2 years & 8

month experience in Oman, looking

for a suitable placement.

D/L available. Contact: 94450270

HSE Engineer, 27 Indian B Engg me-

chanical , Nebosh IGC 5 years experi-

ence on tourist visa. #94135234

Medical Lab Technologist 5 years

experience willing to work in Oman.

Contact: 97007930

Road and construction Engineer

with 5 years exp in Oman.

Contact: 97646908

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech),

Engineering Management Gradu-

ate (Masters), 3 years experience in

Diesel power plants with valid Oman

Driving license. On visit visa seeking

for a suitable role. Contact: 91140522

Email: nitinjkoshy2@gmail.com

Indian female (23 yrs) M Tech in

Agricultural Engineering (Special-

ized in Agricultural Processing and

Food Engineering) seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 92290733,

praveenasreenath1692@gmail.com

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer, Indian M, having 1.5 years experi-

ence in steel fabrication, AutoCAD &

MEP looking for suitable placement.

Contact|: 90154793

Email: sangu.vazhoor@gmail.com

Indian female M.Tech (electrical

power system) having gulf experi-

ence in family visa seeking suitable

placements in Oman.

Contact: 91001194 /94306164

Indian male 23 bachelors degree in

electrical engineering having 1 year

experience on visiting visa looking

for suitable job ( certifi cate attested).

Contact: 93547687

Email: ajay.v.s.prabhu@gmai.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

Structural Engineer of 8.5 years

experience, expert for all structure,

want good offi cer as H.O.D.

Contact: 98124095

Indian male 27 yrs M.Tech

mechanical engineering (energy

engineering) and HVAC diploma

holder , 4 years exp , seeking suit-

able placements currently on visit.

Contact: 98791735

Email: anilengandiyur@gmail.com

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Indian female General Nurse with

3 yrs exp with Oman prometric 63%

looking for a suitable placement.

Currently on visit visa staying in

Sohar. Contact: 94493227

Email: subirinson@gmail.com

Indian female dentist pro-

metric cleared seeking suit-

able openings in Muscat. Contact:

95585807/92880267

Staff Nurse (B.Sc nursing) male

Indian, 25 yr old, having 3 years

experience with prometric 64%&

cleared data fl ow, seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 94035637

Driver job wanted please.

Contact: 96393082

Driver with car looking for job.

Contact: 96692779

5 years exp Light vehicle driver.

Contact: 93015630

Looking personal driver 10 yrs exp

in Oman. Contact: 96693290

Looking for job as light duty driver

5 years exp in Oman. # 92602182

Experienced Light Duty Driver,

Fluent in English, Arabic Well

knowledge of Oman Areas Seeking

Suitable placement 97950869

Driver 10 years experience Oman

3 years company will give release

knows English, Hindi, Arabic &

Nepalese. Contact: 95897233 /

95674697

Driver (light & heavy duty) valid

gulf /Indian) looking job.#95175192

Experience light vehicle driver

available. Contact: 94141925

Bangladesh driver looking for job.

Contact: 98503237

Light driver, looking for job.

Contact: 98372745/99090362

Bangladeshi male light vehicle

driver with 2 yrs exp looking for job.

Contact: 93761597

IT

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian female 25 diplomas in

fashion designing seeking place-

ment. Contact: 97412132

Indian male Interior Draftsman3D, visualizer graphic designer 7

years exp 2 years in Oman on visit-

ing visa. Contact: 95605527

Email: aby.mangattu@gmail.com

25 years male BA. English , Quali-

fi ed as mast in digital animation

having 5 yrs ex in character anima-

tion specialized Auto Desk mago and

motion building software knowl-

edge, seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 97917357

Creative Designer with 8+ years

experience in web, graphic, video

editing, outsourcing looking for a

suitable placement in a reputed

company. Contact 97276004

26 yrs male, MBA, 3+ years experi-

ence in Administration in MNC,

seeks suitable placement. Contact

95041201 Email: noyel55@gmail.com

9 years exp body fi tter and electric

welder for job. Contact: 93015630

Looking for job, steel, fabricator &

helper. Contact : 93015630

Mason, SH / carpenter, steel fi tter

gulf & Indian exp looking job.

Contact: 95175192

Electrician, plumber (exp gulf /

Indian) looking job.

Contact: 95175192

Looking for job, Mason, carpenter,

election and helper.

Contact: 93015630

SALES / MARKETING

MBA qualifi ed sales and marketing

candidate having an experience of

3.5 years available in Oman on Visit

visa seeks placement.

Contact 97436706

Email: shusamuel0001@gmail.com

Indian male looking part / full time

marketing job with driving license,

fl uent English job visa.

Contact: 94742666s

Indian male MBA Marketing

and HR B.com Graduate 8 months

experience in Indian seeking suit-

able placement, currently visit visa.

Contact: 91987119

Indian male 31 yrs MBA

(Marketing) having more 7 years

experience in marketing &

distribution in frozen food / FMCG.

Contact: 94143370

Female Indian 27 yrs, MBA ( gold

medalist) having more than 5 years

exp as a coordinator of sales &

marketing , operations , billing &

payment follow up of IT / Electronic

products, knowledge of ERP.

Contact: 97242901

Indian Male-MBA Marketing

13 years experience seeking

suitable placement in any sectors

call: 92009780

Email: zamannoor1978@gmail.com

Sales / Marketing in charge /

manager 15 years exp in consumer

goods with visa D/L.

Contact: 90205082

Experienced marketing executive

with Oman D/L seeks well place-

ment. Contact: 97278343

MBA in Marketing and Executive

Diploma M.B.A in supply Chain and

logistics looking for a good position

in well reputed fi rm and NOC avail-

able .Contact: 91156540

Email: message2shahid@gmail.com

Engineer from India with exp in Ger-

man company seeking opportunities

in procurement/manufacturing/

QC/Fleet Management/automotive

services/Total 6 years exp-

Contact: 91306841

email: shanyphilip23@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer B.Tech Indian

male 26 having 4 experiences

currently on express visa.

Contact: 91229832

Email: kpabhijith@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer 13 years experi-

ence HV/ LV in Oman 5 years, Oman

valid D/L to NOC.

Contact: + 0091- 9946570903

Email: shibualukka@gmail.com Ref:

no-Oman 97095094

BE CIVIL, Indian M29, 5 yrs exp.

having DL & NOC, looking for suit-

able position. Contact: 94576233

Email: suhailmullah@gmail.com

Indian male B.Tech electrical 2

years experience seeks placement.

Contact: 93570984

Email: arunprasad7883@gmail.com

Indian male 26 years B.E in engi-

neering with valid Omani driving

license and 4 years experience in all

fi elds. Contact: 92064786

Civil Engineer (diploma) 4years

experience one years in Oman seek-

ing job with NOC. Contact 97472737

/ 9678971

Civil Engineer (B.Tech) Indian Male,

Having 21 years experience in Major

Construction works including 2

years in consultant fi rm as Resident

Engineer in Ministry Projects, Oman.

Available NOC, able to join imme-

diately, seeks a suitable placement.

Contact 92048143

Omani Mechanical Engineer/ GPA-3.49 graduated in 2013.

GSM#95276154 / 99201710

B tech Mechanical Engineer, Indian

male, 33 yrs, having 10 yrs Exp

includes 6 yrs in GCC, Having Oman

D/L. Seeking Suitable placement.

Contact : 96978380,

prajithks@gmail.com.

Mechanical Engineer M.tech 2

years experience HVAC design

Engineer Revet MEP, AutoCAD.

Contact: 90150913 Email:

rahmanmechengg@yahoo.com

Civil Engineer 6 years experience

in materials & structural valid D/L

3 yrs supervision work in Oman.

Contact: 96086214

Mechanical Engineer, 24 having

good knowledge in HVAC looking

for suitable placement.

Contact: 95434381 Email:

shuhaibusman313@gmail.com

Sudanese Geologist 3 years experi-

ence in mining and geotechnical.

Contact : 97612807

Diploma in Mechanical Engineer Indian male 25 years having

2.5 years experience in piping.

Contact: 92733482

Email: sonumm.m2@gmail.com

B.Sc Civil Engineer, 10 years

experience building construction, 7

years in Oman with valid Omani D/L

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 93493547

Indian male 24 yrs B.Tech Mechani-

cal Engineer with additional qualifi -

cation in AutoCAD primavera PDMS

, QA, QC pipeline engineering project

planning and management seeking

suitable placement currently on visit

visa. Contact: 98810928

MSc, Software Engineering Indian

male 26 years, 3 yrs IT Supervisor

Network Administrator.

Contact : Oman: 96602630

Indian: 0091-9952158562

Email: imran.imran13@gmail.com

Indian male, BE (ECE), 18 months

experience in telecom fi eld as BTS

Installation & commissioning engi-

neer, trouble shooting the BTS, 3G &

4G equipments, currently on visit.

Contact 95183497,

email : v.karthi984@gmail.com

Construction machinery repairs

Engineer, 4 years experience with

driving license. Contact 94001961

Electrical Engineer: Indian male 29

years, having 5 years of experience

in industrial automation and utility

maintenance in India (MRF Tyres),

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 92789995

Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

M.S.C HSE Engineer 8 yrs experi-

ence in oil & gas fi elds, hold N.D.T

level 2 Master in Radiation

protection. Contact: 95058541

IT Indian male B.Tech computers,

networking 1 years experience in

Database support on visit.

Contact: 96376061

Email: diaz1992@outlook.com

Male 26 years , BSc IT with years

4 years experience , currently on

visit visa looking for any IT support

job. Knowledge of hardware & net

working, environment, program-

ming languages, Linux environ-

ment. Contact: + 968 95369856

/968 24781651 Email:

mark.tony.alphonso@hotmail.com

Software Programmer, 6 yrs exp

in software projects & development

(Java,PL/SQL Unix) on visit visa.

Contact: 99487493

Oracle ADF Developer: Msc (IT), 2

yrs of Experience in Software De-

velopment (Oracle ADF, sql, pl/sql),

Oracle OCA & SQL Expert, Currently

on visit visa. Contact :

+968 93755858 / 92141644. Email :

shiralkarmuzammil@yahoo.com

Network Professional, CCNP with

6 years experience and Bachelors

degree on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact: 96760618,

varghese.manthara@gmail.com

Indian male , IT professional,

8 yrs experience including GCC in

windows server, computer hard-

ware, networking & offi ce adminis-

tration seeking suitable placement.

Contact 95994227

Male, 31 years, M.I.T, CCNA, 9

years exp in Qatar as assistant IT

manager, network administrator,

server management and knowledge

of developing website, Qatar D/L.

Contact: 0097477237607,

00968 97683849

Email:mohsin2022@gmail.com

Cooks (Arabic Indian) gulf exp

looking job. Contact: 99531802

EDUCATION

Indian female B.Sc Maths, B.Ed, PGDCA , having 5 years

experience in teaching 2 years

experience in offi ce work looking for

suitable job on visit visa.

Contact: 92594844/95705724

Pakistani, light driver looking job

exp, 4 years. Contact: 96346582

Hardware & net working, 2 years

exp. Contact: 96244031

Indian male B.Tech Eng IT, CCNA,

MCITP, RHCE 3years experience.

Contact: 93311963

Email: sajal035@gmail.com

Indian male 27 yrs with 5 years

experience in Oman marketing /

Purchase / sales, seeking suitable

placement valid Oman D/L.

Contact: 98650936

Male, MBA Graduate with 3 years

experience in Sales & Marketing on

visiting visa looking for job.

Contact: 93242927

Marketing Executive MBA 3 years

experience in Sales looking for suit-

able placement. Contact: 91345727

17 years Gulf experience in Pur-

chasing / logistic and Import, export

with valid driving license in Oman.

NOC available. Contact: 97829152

Indian, female 28 yrs, B.Com, 7 yrs

call center/marketing experience,

currently on visit, seek suitable

placement.

Contact Rashmi 96746698.

Sales Indian male 10 years

experience in Oman D/L looking for

Sales man or supervision.

Contact 92436692

Email: rejijo99@gmail.com

Indian male 22 years B.Com Gradu-

ate currently in Oman on family

visa, looking for a job, preferable in

sales. Also possess a valid Oman

driving license. Contact 98504698

Indian male 30 years, 5 years expe-

rience in Sales valid Omani driving

license, degree in bachelor of com-

merce, good communication skills.

Contact: 96639196 / 95991122

Email: muzammivmd@gmail.com

Looking for a Senior Sales Engi-neer job having 11 years of experi-

ence in both automobile and civil

material testing equipment sales.

Contact 94137387 / 96250490

Sales Manager modular kitchen &

furniture, 46 years Indian.

Contact 94522616

Purchase experienced 8 years in

Construction Company Indian male

45 yrs, release & D/L available.

Contact: 90268183 / 96987234

Marketing Executive/Merchan-

diser, Omani License, BA 8 years

Experience in Multinational Groups.

Contact 97601343

TOURS & TRAVELS

Indian male travel & tourism seek-

ing for suitable placement. Contact:

93675489 / 99204762

Pakistani male light vehicle driver

looking for job. Contact: 96393805

Bangladeshi driver need job.

Contact : 97106424

Searching heavy / light driver job

with Qatar and Saudi GCC license.

Has 8 years of experience in Qatar

readymix and Almarai Company,

Saudi Arabia. Contact: 96080988

Light driver. Contact: 95084826

Indian male, 24 yrs B.Tech Civil,

having 2.5 yrs Gulf experience in

site execution operations & struc-

tural designs coordination, looking

for suitable placement currently in

Muscat on visit. Contact: 98600130

Email: malayparikshit@gmail.com

Indian Female Dentist with 7 year

experience in MOH seeks suitable

placement preferably in Muscat

region. Contact : 94003843

BSC, Medical laboratory Technician

20 yrs experience in Oman.

Contact: 92943244

Indian male, 27 BSC nurse 4.5

years experience in India. Pro

metric passed with 61% Data fl ow

processing, ACLS, BLS passed.

Now on visit visa.

Mob: 98926621, 94361049

e-mail: shemeermk@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, B-Tech, with

4 Yrs experience in India, 3 YEARS

IN MRF and one year in KSEB.

Available on Visit Visa.

Contact: 94741401 :Email:

sobinthomask05@gmail.com.

Sudanese male...telecom engineer

11 yrs. exp in IT support, Network-

ing, Security systems, Server

support, IT sales and marketing,

management .Seeking suitable

placement. Contact 91182027

Electronics/Electrical/Instru-

mentation Design Engineer with

2+ years of experience, having a

Bachelors Degree in Instrumenta-

tion Technology. Seeking for a job,

currently on visit visa.

Contact- 90142166 / Mail:

aksafwan@gmail.com

Sales & Marketing/ Business

Development Executive: - B.Tech.

(Electrical & Electronics) MBA in

marketing having 9 years of expe-

rience seeking a suitable position.

Contact (97043494)

Purchase & Stores In charge –

Having continues 13 years experi-

ence in a single fi rm, looking for a

placement. Contact: - 99627427,

96154564

Indian male be electrical and pg

in power systems (transmission &

distribution) with one year experi-

ence on visit. Seeking placement

contact – 94669679/

email prsabarish@gmail.com

Indian male 23 years old graduate

with one year experience in Sales

& Marketing with valid Oman

driving license seeking suitable

opportunities.(NOC available)

Contact: +968 98240510 Gmail:

aff anahamed0@gmail.com

Indian female, Masters in HR,

having 4 + years Oman experience

in media management and HR, look-

ing for openings in HR, Education,

Admin, Corporate communications.

Contact 98252030

Indian male with 20 years in Oman

in the fi eld of language institute

(admin registrar, Acct clerk) seeking

a suitable position NOC available.

Contact: 96553961

Email: u.m.sulfi @gmail.com

Planner administrator 10 years ex-

perience in oil and gas. #90375369

Email: merapak123@yahoo.com

Qualifi cation B.com accounting

BE mechanical engineer course

completed experience 17 years HR

administration, parches store, qual-

ity assurance. Contact: 93820512

Email: kuruvilajohn2012@gmail.com

Indian female M.Tech electron-

ics IELTS 6.5 experience in VLSI

project training seeks placement in

education / training / Admin fi eld in

family visa now. Contact: 90195131

Email: chinj.89@gmail.com

MBA graduate seeking a suitable

position in/as Administration/Secre-

tary/Front offi ce. Contact 94627227

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+

experience in Administration/HR,

Customer Support, Offi ce Coordina-

tor with good Computer skill, Now

on Visit Visa, looking for suitable

position. Contact: 90196235

10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman experi-

ence in HR / Admin & logistics fl uent

in Arabic / English with D/L looking

for suitable position. # 95824598

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Housemaid, cooks waiter , helper

driver ( light & heavy ) mason

carpenter steel fi tter, skilled &

unskilled categories , immigra-

tion service from India & Philip-

pine. Contact: Al Aidi Manpower

24484232/99531802 Email:

oman.manpower@yahoo.com

Ayurvedic treatment for joint

pain, backache, paralysis, massage

steambath, obesity, Spondylitis,

Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic, 18 No-

vember Street Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 98342990

Ayurvedic treatment for backache,

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Balloons for all occasions birthday,

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loons, designs work please Contact:

95194801 /96594592

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Ware house required in capital area.

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GOOD NEWS

RENT A CAR

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

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Tours contact 98029602, 92808636

TOURS

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TRANSPORTATION

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation any time

Al Ghoubra. Contact: 97681599

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Transportation available Ruwi to

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Contact: 91103909

DRIVING

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BUSINESS

Ware house space for rent at Ghala

and Barka up to 20000/- Sqm.

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GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing, Con-

tact 99314807/24792998

We are providing services like

Auditing, Accounting, Taxation,

Company Formation & Project

Feasibility Study. ASAS AUDIT

& CONSULTANCY. Contact at

91720465/94319719/24602222

Window & split unit A.C ser-

vicing & maintenance. Contact

93769089 / 95323517

Cleaning & Carpet Shampooing, Ocean Center LLC.

Contact: 99884591

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

Maintenance electrical, painting,

plastering, partition. #98767559

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services electric,

plumbing and A/C. Contact:

96524904 / 94285064

Split window unit A/ C servicing.

Contact 94694472

Pest Control Treatments. Ocean Center LLC. #99344723

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-

termite treatment, general clean-

ing painting,Plumbing, Electrical,

shifting. Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi

trading. L.L.C. Contact: 24810137,

99450130

Window & split unit A.C servicing &

repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split & window unit A.C servicing &

maintenance. Contact: 96236476

Split & window A/c servicing &

maintenance. Contact: 93769089 /

95323517

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

A/C Maintenance & servicing,

fridge, washing machine & dish

washer repairing, painting &

cleaning services, electrical &

plumbing. Contact: 99447257

/97014234 / 24504281

SITUATION WANTED

WEBSITE

WEBSITE

WEB, ERP and Business Intel-

ligence (BI) creation and manage-

ment at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

CLASSES

IELTS & TOEFL

Academic / General

Target Band 8

TQT Institute.

Ph #

24480800 / 99347202

Karate and self defense classes

at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per

month twice a week Monday and

Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM

CONTACT 98294551

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English

class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi

• Learn in two months• Satisfaction guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

COMPUTER

SERVICESWe Provide Cleaners,

Offi ce boys, Cleaning Contracts, General cleaning etc.

Al Mudakhir Nati onal Est. LLC Contact : 94277020

MATRIMONIAL

MATRIMONIAL

Alliance invited from professional

boys for nair girl B.Tech Bharani

30 years, 161cm Ernakulum.

Contact: 99269673 /99269673

Sunny Muslim separated 32 years

aged girl (bachelor degree) Bombay

based seeking alliance. #99715621

Email: morningarooj@gmail.com

Classes for Spoken EnglishTOEFL / GRE / GMAT / SAT

Excellent Guidance and Coaching Satisfaction Guaranteed

IELTS PREPARATION Target Band 8.0

EAGLES INSTITUTE92325542 | 93657915 | 93657917 | Email: engominst@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

Marketing or Business develop-

ment-BSC in marketing 5 years

of experience looking for suitable

position. Contact (99522233)

Marketing or Business develop-

ment-BSC in marketing 5 years

of experience looking for suitable

position. Contact (99522233)

Indian male, 29 years, B. Tech

Electronics & Communication Eng.

with 7 year’s experience seeking

for a suitable placement, cur-

rently in UAE visit visa.#00971

552513735

Email: rahul.rn198@gmail.com

Indian female dentist prometric

cleared seeking suitable openings

in Muscat. # 95585807, 92880267

Sri Lankan male – 3.5 years

experience as a site supervisor

& Administration executive in

Oman / 2 years experience as an

HR executive with Oman driving

license. (English/Arabic/Urdu)/

NOC available 97281617

Sri Lankan male BSc (Physics) –

5 years experience as a site super-

visor & Administration executive

with Oman driving license. (Eng-

lish/Arabic/Urdu)/ NOC available

93214717

Marketing Coordinator, Indian,

Advertising Agency experienced

person with D/L seeks good open-

ing. Contact 93031168

Male 25 years, B.E. Mechanical

with CSWIP 3.1 and ASNT level

2, 3 yrs. of experience in QC in oil

and gas industry. Currently work-

ing in Oman, NOC available.

Contact 91262792.

vignesh1503@yahoo.com

The Business Development

Manager, Iraqi, Experience 15

Years Inside and outside Oman

following activities: tenders& real

estate& construction & marketing

projects& investments& trans-

portation & Marine services&

companies management& develop

business. Contact 92385033

Indian male 23yr BA TTM(Travel

and Tourism Management) with

Advanced Diploma in Supply

Chain Logisitics and Shipping

Management, exp in Logisit-

ics (CHA) seeking in suitable

placement, currently on visit

visa(Oman) Contact;90291092

email:iyas.adhur@gmail.com

Light Vehicle Driver, Fluent in

Arabic, English. Well knowledge of

Oman Areas looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 97950869

B.Tech (Electrical & Electronic)

with MBA in marketing having

9 years of experience seeking

a suitable position as Sales &

Marketing/Business Development

executive. Contact-(97043494)

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT: Indian

male, Graduate & CA Article ship

completed. 18 Years of experience.

Currently on visiting visa. seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 97498809, 98569025,

Email: hilariankj@gmail.com

Indian male, B.E. mechanical, 16

yrs experience, for Quotation, Ten-

der, Accounts, Business develop-

ment, Sohar Area, Part Time. Mb.

94215208

9 years experience in construc-

tion Purchase seeking suitable

placement immediately, NOC

available. Contact: 97332401

25 yrs male, BA English as Master

in Digital Animation, 5 yrs exp. in

character animation specialized in

autodesk & software knowledge seeks

suitable placement. #97917356

Digital marketing / ad words/

analytics / SEO expert, exp 5 yrs

(male) certifi ed) , (visit visa).

Contact: 93594114 (visit visa).

Email: abeyre@gmail.com

Indian Male more than 10 years

gulf experience in Offi ce / Sales

Coordinator, Admin, Secretarial

and purchase with good computer

skills. Having Driving license and

NOC available. Looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 95149624

Kerala Electrical Technician, foreman cum Storekeeper (Electri-

cal). Contact: 93563744

NRI

Flat for sale 3 BHK fl at near Pattom,

Trivandrum, 2 KM to parliament

house, medical college. Contact:

00968- 98108979

Land for sale in Ooty 1 acre, family

property. Contact Raj - 93699091

4 bedroom villa 300 m from Peyad

Junction Trivandrum for sale.

Contact : 93299940

Spacious 2BHK fl at for sale in Heb-

bal Bangalore. Contact: 96263157

Seeking alliance for our son

from Muslim families. Interested

families Contact: 99889590

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