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We have faced many challenges, but by the Grace of God and His help we have achieved glorious triumphs against all these challenges. From every battle we emerge stronger, to recontinue our march with greater will and stronger belief.

On the occasion of the 4th National Day

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

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MUSCAT: Thousands were evacuated from their homes, patients were moved out of hos-pitals to create space for casual-ties, and rescue services and the military prepared for action — all Salalah could do last night was wait and pray as Cyclone Chapala edged closer.

Families residing in coastal areas in Salalah left their belong-ings and moved to safer areas not knowing when they would return as the cyclone moved towards the Dhofar coast. “Following the alert from police, I have moved to a rented flat in Salalah with my

family. According to police, Hafa, the coastal area, may be the worst hit. Almost all the people have been told to move to safer areas,” Viswan Pappan, a long-time resi-dent of Hafa told Times of Oman.

“During the last 25 years of my stay in Oman, I have not left my home under this kind of situation. I have closed down my garment shop and taken only whatever I could take in my vehicle. I am worried. We don’t know what will

be the loss after rain. Maybe I will lose all my earnings. I am praying to the Almighty to keep us safe,” Pappan said.

Shelters According to sources, 4,267 peo-ple, including 206 Omanis, were moved to 12 different shelters in the Dhofar region. “There are 23 schools prepared for the shelter. The shelters are in good condi-tion,” Adanan Al Mahri, an official from the social welfare depart-ment, who is also in-charge of one of the shelter schools in Salalah, told Times of Oman.

Santhosh Babu, an electrician living in Al Hallaniyat Island, who was shifted by the police to Shalin area a day before, said the accom-modation is in a good condition.

“We are safe now. We were worried while being on the is-land,” Santhosh said.

Meanwhile, Ahmed bin Mubarak Al Hadri, the Majlis Al Shura member from Salalah, said that volunteer groups are helping government agencies in the evac-uation process. >A4

Win VIP tickets to StereophonicsTimes News Service

MUSCAT: It’s just 10 days to go until one of the UK’s finest bands, the Stereophonics, arrives in Oman to play to crowds at the Shangri La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa Amphitheatre.

TicketsTo celebrate the gig on November 12, Times of Oman has teamed up with the organisers Alive En-tertainment to give away two fan pit tickets (worth OMR50 each) on each day in the countdown to the show.

To win, simply like Alive En-tertainment’s Facebook page

(www.facebook.com/aliveoman), then come to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/timesofo-man) and like it — if you haven’t already — and type “I want to see the Stereophonics”. >A7

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3An anti-dumping case has been filed by the US against Oman and four

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UNSTABLE WEATHER: The effect of impending Cylcone Chapala is already visible in Salalah. – ONA

As the cyclone edges closer, rains have

started to fall and people have been advised

to move to safer places and away from wadis

HM praises preparations for cyclone, Shura election processMUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said presided over the Council of Ministers meeting at Bait Al Barakah on Sunday.

His Majesty the Sultan lauded the commendable efforts of the government and other institutions of the state in the wake of unsta-ble weather conditions, praying to Allah the Almighty to protect the people of Oman and neighbouring countries against all harms.

His Majesty the Sultan also lauded the success of the election process for the Majlis Al Shura and for the good response it received from citizens, which reflected their interest and keenness on assum-ing their national duty. His Majesty the Sultan also praised the role of the interior ministry and the elec-

tion organising committees, wish-ing the new Majlis Al Shura all the success in performing their du-ties along with other institutions of the state.

On the global economic condi-tions and their impact on countries, His Majesty directed the Council to take precautionary measures to limit their negative impacts on the social and economic fronts. >A6

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Deal to develop digital control devices in Ibri

MUSCAT: An OMR88,700 agreement was signed on Sun-day to develop digital control devices at Vocational Training Centre (VTC) in Ibri.

The agreement was signed by Dr Mona bint Salim Al Jerdani-yah, under secretary of Tech-nological Education and Voca-tional Training of Ministry of Manpower, with Oman LNG.

The deal reflects Oman LNG’s interest in playing an active role in developing technological education and vocational train-ing sector. It aims at promot-ing qualified Omani cadres to provide the labour market with a qualified national workforce capable of proving themselves in the light of emerging challenges.

It stems from the belief in the importance of progress and sus-tainable development under the Royal guidance and the spirit of ongoing cooperation between government authorities and the private sector. -ONA

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Umberto Fanni is ROHM’s new director generalTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM) Acting Direc-tor General, Umberto Fanni, is its new director general, the ROHM Board has announced.

Umberto Fanni has been serv-ing the Royal Opera House since September 2014 when he was ap-pointed its Artistic Director.

He also contributed to the on-going success of the Royal Op-era House over the past several months in his capacity as Acting Director General.

Fanni has a long, distinguished

career in the performing arts, not only in theatre management, but also as an award winning concert pianist.

Fanni graduated with high hon-ours from the Conservatory of Music in Brescia, Italy, and com-pleted his studies at the Conserv-atory of Music in Geneva.

Among his early achievements was founding in 1985 the Young Italian Chamber Orchestra, composed entirely of talented young musicians who are new established soloists or playing in renowned orchestras such as La Scala in Milan.

At the urging of the famous conductor, Maestro Claudio Scimone, Fanni’s career in per-forming arts management began with his collaboration as Assis-tant Artistic Director of Italy’s finest Chamber ensemble, I Solisti Veneti.

Fanni’s multifaceted contribu-tions to music over the past three decades include the founding of a theatre and music festival man-agement company. He has always valued innovation and advocated a well calibrated connection be-tween artistic skills and manage-rial competencies.

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MUSCAT: Three explorers — two Omanis and one British — will un-dertake a 1,300 km journey across the Empty Quarter from Salalah, through the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia and concluding in Doha, Qatar.

As part of the Sultanate’s 45th National Day celebrations, with the blessing of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said and under the patronage of His Highness Sayy-id Haitham bin Tariq Al Said in Oman and HRH Prince Charles-The Prince of Wales in the United Kingdom and HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani in Qatar, the ‘Crossing the Empty Quarter’ expedition will start on December 10.

They will depart from Bait Mir-bat in Salalah with an aim to reach Doha at the end of January 2016.

British explorer Mark Evans and his Omani companions Mo-hammed Al Zadjali and Amour Al Wahaibi will attempt the 1,300km long, 60-day expedition, on foot and on camels.

Announcing the expedition here on Sunday, Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that it is hoped that they (three men) will be joined during the various stages of the journey by some other young men from Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Abdullah Al Khater, Qatari am-bassador to Oman, and Jonathan Wilks, British ambassador to the Sultanate, were also present at the event where it was announced.

The journey will mark the 85-year anniversary of the com-pletion of the first Empty Quar-ter crossing in 1931 by Bertram Thomas, a British civil servant and Minister of Finance to Sultan Taimour from 1925–1930; and Sheikh Saleh bin Kalut Al Kathiri, an Omani hero and legend who became probably the first and

only Omani to complete the jour-ney from sea to sea, from Salalah to Doha.

Bertram Thomas and Al Kathi-ri took 60 days to reach their destination negotiating their way through warring tribes, sand storms and an unforgiving land-scape, combating the scorching heat, freezing nights, blinding sandstorms and surviving on a diet of brackish water, dates, dried meat and packet soup.

“One factor that was essential for the success of the first attempt to cross the Empty Quarter in 1930 is the ancient tradition of hospitality and warm reception,” said Al Busaidi.

“It could not have been done without the boundless hospital-ity of the Omani, Saudi and Qatari people along the way,” he added.

Challenging expeditionMark Evans, general manager of Outward Bound Oman and head of the Crossing the Empty Quarter expedition team, said: “We are proud to be undertak-ing this historic and challeng-ing expedition, and look forward to starting the journey in a little over one months’ time. One of our key objectives is to encour-age and inspire young people, and instil the idea that success in life can only be achieved by sus-tained hard work, willingness and team spirit.”

Speaking about the difficulty of the journey, Amour Al Wahaibi; a man born, raised and living in a Bedouin village inside the Sharqi-yah Sands, said, “I used to work in

tourism and I have a background which I had focused on. A person learns to endure throughout his lifetime and I hope the next gen-erations of our children learn to endure like us and be able to look up at us for inspiration.”

When asked about the potential challenges that they might face during the trip, Mohammad Al Zadjali, training manager at Out-ward Bound Oman, said, “Actual-ly, the biggest challenge is always faced before the expedition where we are in the preparation stages. There will be challenges out there and we have to wait and see.”

Al Zadjali also said, “I am hon-oured to carry the Omani flag during this fantastic expedition and spread this message to the Omani Youth, and express to them that ambition is the key to achieving goals with hard work and planning.”

NavigationThe explorers will navigate from Salalah to Doha via Saudi Arabia using the same route taken by Thomas and bin Kalut in 1930.

Stars and proper knowledge of the desert were the optimal means of navigation through the Empty Quarter in 1930 and when asked about how the team will navigate, they responded by saying they will refer to the GPS (Global Positioning System) for reference.

“With the development of technology, we will use GPS for navigating the desert. However, we will not follow the GPS for the most part of our journey,” said Al Zadjali.

“The GPS will always give you a straight line to your destina-tion, therefore, we must explore the location for the easier routes,” he explained.

A truck filled with enough sup-plies, food and water will be fol-lowing the explorers. After cross-ing the Saudi Arabian border, the truck will replenish supplies for the remainder of the journey. This historical journey will also be documented by another truck following them.

Live trackingWith the development of technol-ogy, in the desert as well, followers of the expedition will be able to receive live tracking feeds about the explorers during their journey across the desert. Android and IOS users will be able to download the ‘Tahaddi Arabia’ application to keep up with the journey.

British explorer Mark Evans and his

Omani companions Mohammed Al Zadjali

and Amour Al Wahaibi will attempt the

1,300km long, 60-day expedition journey

on foot and on camels

Jewel of Muscat’s heroic voyage accorded tributesTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Fifth anniversary of the epic voyage of Jewel of Muscat was celebrated at the Diplomatic Club yesterday.

His Highness Sayyid Fatik bin Fahr Al Said was the guest of hon-our for the function organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A short video on the epic voyage of the Jewel of Muscat was showed to the guests.

The ‘Jewel of Muscat’ is a recon-structed 9th-century ship, based on archaeological findings of the Belitung Wreck, which was dis-

covered off the Indonesian coast in 1998, with a cargo that included gold and silver treasures and ce-ramics from China and Arabia.

On February 16, 2010, the recon-structed ‘Jewel of Muscat’ set off from Oman, re-tracing ancient sea routes on its epic voyage to Singa-pore. During the voyage, the crew of 15 sailors, captained by Saleh Said Al Jabri, used traditional 9th-

century navigation tools as well as modern techniques to further the understanding of the ancient means of navigation.

Arriving in Singapore 138 days later, on July 3, the ship was pre-sented as a Royal gift from His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the people of Singapore and is now on permanent display at their Maritime Experimental Museum.

A book about the voyage of the Jewel of Muscat was launched at the function. Megan Furman, the author of the book, handed it over to His Highness Sayyid Fatik bin Fahr Al Said, the guest of honour.

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“Nationals and expatriates staying in the risk zones in Hafa have al-ready been shifted to safer places. Food and other items have been stocked and are being distributed,” the Shura member said.

Last night’s advisory from Oman meteorological department said that tropical cyclone Chapala was 400km away from the Dhofar coast and the surface wind speed was around 153 to 171km per hour. “During the next 12 hours, Chapala is likely to downgrade to Grade 1. Torrential rains with fresh to strong winds are expected and the sea condition would be rough with wave height reaching five to seven metres,” the advisory added.According to a top official of the Public Authority of Civil Aviation (PACA), more rain is expected in the Dhofar region as winds have picked up speed.

“Already, isolated rains have been reported from Salalah, Thumrait, Taqah, Sadah and Raysut. In the coming hours, there may be heavy rain and wind,” Dr. Saeed Al Sarmi, head of Research Centre, told the Times of Oman.

Earlier in the day, wadis in Al Jazer area started to overflow due to heavy rain.

“Weather is changing again and again. It may rain heavily,” Abdul Kalam, a resident of Salalah, said.

Meanwhile, medics at Sultan Qa-boos Hospital in Salalah said they are on high alert and ready to face any kind of emergencies.

“We will be working 24X7 for the coming two days. All emergency equipment and medicines have been stocked. Non-emergency pa-

tients have been moved out. The hospital is 90 per cent vacant. Pa-tients in critical condition have been moved to the first floor,” med-ics at Salalah hospital said.

As part of the emergency plans, a number of ships of the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) have sailed from Said bin Sultan Naval Base on Sun-day to Dhofar and Al Wusta to pro-vide support.

Already, Public Authority for Civ-il Defence and Ambulances (PAC-DA) personnel and army units are on the standby to face the situation. Late in the evening, PACDA tweet-ed emergency numbers in Dhofar region — Taqah: 23258077, Raysut: 23219131, Mirbat: 23268594, Sala-lah: 23290077, Aukqad: 23212146, Al Sada: 23234975, Thumrait: 91281340.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of De-fence and Sultan Armed Forces have mobilised all their potential to deal with the tropical cyclone.

Also, Salalah Port Company’s management have stopped their operations until Monday.

However, Oman Airport Man-agement Company (OMAC) said that the flights to and from Salalah Airport will operate as usual.

The emergency teams in the tel-ecom sectors are also set to work round-the-clock to ensure unin-terrupted communication during the cyclone. Omantel and Ooredoo have been told to activate their emergency plans by Telecommu-nications Regulatory Authority (TRA). The TRA has also request-ed the telecom operators to activate national roaming in the affected governorates.

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Jet Airways announces 15% discount on flights to KeralaTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Indian expatriates looking forward to celebrate “Kerala Day” back home in India, have a reason to cheer, with Jet Airways reducing its fares.

Jet Airways announced a spe-cial three-day sale offer, allowing guests from Oman to enjoy a flat 15 per cent discount on fares, ap-plicable on all flights booked on jetairways.com for travel to Ker-ala, India.

Available for business class and economy travel, guests from all over Gulf, including Oman, can use this offer while celebrating

Kerala Day or Kerala Piravi, effec-tive from Sunday (November 1).

The three-day special online fare will be available for sale from November 1 to 3, 2015 for travel between November 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016, on flights from Oman to Kochi, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram on direct and indirect services.

Riyaz Kuttery, general man-ager, Jet Airways, said, “We are pleased to offer our guests added value as they travel between the two regions and enjoy the air-line’s globally acclaimed product and service, on the ground and in the air. Guests from the Gulf

can now celebrate ‘Kerala Piravi’ with their families or plan their vacation to Kerala. We are certain that this unique initiative will provide exceptional value to our guests and will prove extremely popular.”

During this period, the airline’s guests get to experience and enjoy the airline’s globally renowned ‘Economy’ and ‘Premiere’ prod-ucts at unbeatable fares, while visiting Kerala, he added.

Jet Airways operates daily flights to Kochi and Thiruvanan-thapuram and to Kozhikode via Mumbai from Muscat Interna-tional Airport.

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MUSCAT: On the occasion of the Sultanate’s celebrations of the 45th Glorious National Day, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has conferred Oman Civil Order (Second Class) on a

number of their excellencies in appreciation for their role in per-forming the national duty.

The conferment ceremony took place at Bait Al Barakah on Sunday. Those who were granted

Oman Civil Order (2nd Class) by His Majesty the Sultan were: Sheikh Abdulmalik bin Abdullah bin Ali Al Hinai, Minister of Jus-tice; Nasr bin Hamoud bin Ahmed Al Kindi, Secretary General of the Royal Court Affairs; Mohsin bin Mohammed bin Ali Al Shaikh, Chairman of Muscat Municipal-ity; Dr. Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nasser Al Shaibaniyah, Minister of Education; Shaikh Al Fadhl bin

Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Harthy, Secretary General of the Council of Ministers; Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Shihi, Minis-ter of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources; Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Salim Al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Com-munications; Shaikh Khalid bin Omar bin Said Al Marhoon, Min-ister of Civil Service; Shaikh Sa’ad bin Mohammed bin Said Al Mard-houf Al Sa’adi, Minister of Sports Affairs; Sayyid Saud bin Hilal bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Minister of State and Governor of Muscat; Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Said Al Saidi, Minister of Legal Affairs; Dr. Fuaad bin Jaafar bin Moham-

med Al Sajwani, Minister of Agri-culture and Fisheries; Mohammed bin Salim bin Said Al Toobi, Min-ister of Environment and Climate Affairs; Shaikh Mohammed bin Sa’ayed bin Saif Al Kalbani, Minis-ter of Social Development; Shaikh Nasser bin Hilal bin Nasser Al Ma’awali, Chairman of the State’s Financial and Administrative Au-dit Institution; Dr. Rasheed bin Al Safi bin Khamis Al Huraibi, Chairman of the Tender Board; Dr. Salim bin Nasser bin Said Al Isma’eeli, Chairman of the Public Authority for Investment Promo-tion and Exports Development; Dr. Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Harrasi, Chairman of the Public

Authority for Radio and Televi-sion; Yahya bin Said bin Abdullah Al Jabri, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Special Eco-nomic Zone Authority at Duqm; Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar; Ahmed bin Nasser bin Hamad Al Meherzi, Minister of Tourism; Dr. Abdulmon’em bin Mansoor bin Said Al Hassani, Minister of Infor-mation; Sultan bin Salim bin Said Al Habsi, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning, and Shaikh Dr. Is’haq bin Ahmed Al Busaidi, Chairman of the Su-preme Court. -ONA

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His Majesty the Sultan confers Oman

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HM presides over meetingHis Majesty also praised the ef-forts of the government and other sectors for promoting stability and maintaining growth for the sustain-able and comprehensive develop-ment of the country .

His Majesty the Sultan has also praised the educational and cul-tural sectors in the Sultanate for the significant role played by them in building the generations capable of assuming national responsibili-ties. His Majesty lauded the role of media in disseminating aware-ness and encouraging citizens to

imbibe work culture aimed at serv-ing the citizens.

In his review of regional and international developments, His Majesty the Sultan reaffirmed that the Sultanate has deep-rooted relations with the neighbouring countries which are based on co-operation and coordination for the interest of the people of the region.

On the international front, His Majesty the Sultan discussed the role played by a number of coun-tries in peaceful resolution of con-flicts and issues.

At the outset of the meeting, His Majesty the Sultan thanked Al-lah the Almighty for the bounties bestowed on Oman, praying to the Almighty to continue showering blessings on this country for the welfare and prosperity.

His Majesty gave Royal Direc-tives to all sectors and state insti-tutions to continue exerting ef-forts for the attainment of desired objectives. His Majesty wished all success in promoting the march of prosperity and progress for Oman and its noble people. -ONA

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Oman to highlight tourism facilities

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MUSCAT: Ministry of Tour-ism is set to participate in World Travel Market (WTM), starting in London today.

The Omani delegation is being headed by Maitha Al Mahrouqi, undersecretary at the Ministry of Tourism (MoT).

The four-day event, which con-cludes on November 5, will fo-cus on destination branding and changes shaping tourism markets among other things.

Besides highlighting the tour-ism services and facilities avail-able in Oman, the Sultanate’s delegation will also promote the fundamentals of tourism.

It will also provide opportuni-

ties to companies and institutions to promote their programmes and contributions.

With the Sultanate celebrating the 45th Anniversary of its Bless-ed Renaissance that ushered in an era of progress and prosperity under the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Omani pavilion at WTM will feature 24 private sector tourism companies and institutions.

ParticipantsThe list includes Marc Tours company, Al-Bustan Palace Hotel, Desert Gate Tourism, Millennium resort and spa, City Seasons Mus-cat Hotel, Atana Hotels, Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah, Travel Point (Tour Oman), IHG Muscat Hotel, Oman Hotels & Company, Zahara Tours, Sifawy Boutique Hotel, Bahwan Tourism, Eihab Trav-els, Hormuz Grand Hotel, Haffa House Hotel, Golden Tulip Seeb, Al Nahda Resort & Spa, Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC), Anantara Jabal Akhdar Resort, Magic Arabia, National Travel & Tourism, Alila Jabel Akhadar Hotel and Banat Oman.

WTM is a leading global event for the travel industry and a vi-brant business platform which brings together diverse destina-

tions and industry sectors as well as international travel profes-sionals to the United Kingdom.

It is a must-attend business-to-business exhibition for travel and tourism industry worldwide.

It is also the largest image-building event in the internation-al travel industry. Every year, the expo attracts over 5,000 special-ists, with about 5,000 companies from nearly 186 countries partak-ing in the event.

About 51,500 senior travel in-dustry professionals, government ministers and members of the in-ternational press, embark on Ex-CeL – London every November, to network, negotiate and discover the latest industry opinions and trends at WTM. It is a unique opportunity for the whole global travel trade to meet, network, negotiate and conduct business under one roof. Moreo-ver, it serves to build a business relationship with these compa-nies and to introduce them to in-vestment opportunities available in Oman. The WTM London is part of Reed Travel Exhibition’s World Travel Market events, which also include Arabian Trav-el Market in Dubai, World Travel Market Latin America and World Travel Market Africa.

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Senior managerial role for nationals in Oman Air rejigTimes News Service

MUSCAT: A series of trans-fers and promotions has given Oman Air’s international sales force a major boost. The five ap-pointments cover the Qatar, Philippines, Africa, Pakistan and Oman markets.

In an important step in the air-line’s policy of Omanisation, each of the changes has seen an Omani citizen taking up a senior manage-rial role. Ahmed Hazeem Al Bal-ushi moves from Oman Air’s office in Manila, Philippines, to become Country Manager, Qatar, based in Doha. Hamed Mohamed Al Harthi was transferred from Oman Air’s Head Office in Muscat to take up the position of Country Manager Philippines, based in Manila.

Mazin Ali Al Busaidi takes up the position of Offline Manager Af-rica, based at Oman Air’s Muscat headquarters, after moving from Doha, Qatar.

Tariq Mohammed Al Balushi moves from Muscat to the capital of Pakistan, as District Sales Man-ager Islamabad, reporting to the Country Manager, Pakistan.

Similarly, Adil Ahmed Al Zad-jali moves from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to Sohar, Oman, where he will fulfil the role of District Sales Manager, reporting to the

Country Manager, Oman. Chief Officer Sales at Oman Air, Mah-food Al Harthy, welcomed the new appointments, saying, “We are delighted to have made these appointments, which will strengthen our already powerful international sales teams. Each of the appointees is a highly ex-perienced and successful sales professional, whose skills and ex-pertise will help Oman Air in at-taining its commercial goals. We look forward to seeing impressive results over the coming months and we wish all the appointees well in their new roles.”

Abdulrahaman Al Busaidy, Chief Operating Officer of Oman Air, added, “We are confident that the managerial changes that we have made within Oman Air’s

Sales Department will deliver out-standing commercial results as we continue our ambitious expansion programme. Furthermore, the ap-pointments provide invaluable support to Oman Air’s policy of Omanisation. This is in line with the national policy of providing increased employment and career development opportunities for Omani citizens.”

“By the end of 2014, Oman Air’s international appointments com-prised approximately 60 per cent Omani citizens. By the end of 2015, we anticipate that this percentage will have increased significantly. The appointment of Omani man-agers to these positions is an im-portant step towards achieving that goal and we wish each of them success in their new assignments.”

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sation, each of the changes has seen an Omani citizen taking up a

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Oman’s plant biodiversity to be discussed

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MUSCAT: Leading domestic and international scientists will gather this week for a two-day workshop to discuss the Na-tional Plant Agro-biodiversity Conservation Strategy.

Organised by the Oman Animal and Plant Genetic Re-sources Centre (OAPGRC), the workshop will cover themes including Oman’s plant agro-biodiversity; local plant species on the IUCN’s Red List; the use of plant genetic resources; con-servation strategies for crop landraces; crop wild relatives, and medicinal plants; and the impact of climate change on plant genetic resources.

Two-day workshopIn addition to the OAPGRC, organisations providing input to the strategy and participat-ing at the two-day workshop include representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries; Ministry of Environ-ment & Climate Affairs; Minis-try of Heritage & Culture; Sul-tan Qaboos University; Oman Botanic Garden; National Field Research Centre for Environ-ment Conservation; and Royal Court Affairs.

Strategy adviceAdvising on the strategy is Dr. Nigel Maxted, Senior Lecturer in Genetic Conservation at the University of Birmingham.

Dr. Maxted is a globally rec-ognised genetic conservation expert who has recently been involved in developing a strate-gic options paper for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

“We’re honoured to have Dr. Maxted collaborate with us on this important national strat-egy,” said Dr. Nadiya Al Saady, OAPGRC’s Executive Director.

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Sinjar is a symbolic and strategic prize sitting astride the main highway linking the cities of Mosul and Raqqa - IS’s bastions in Iraq and Syria.

Russian plane ‘broke up’ in midair over Egypt’s Sinai

CAIRO/MOSCOW: A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt’s Si-nai peninsula killing all 224 peo-ple on board appears to have bro-ken up in midair, scattering debris over an area of rugged terrain up to 20 kilometers wide, according to an aviation official.

Viktor Sorochenko, executive director of the Interstate Aviation Committee, which includes nearly a dozen ex-Soviet states including Russia, told reporters after a visit to the crash site that it was still too early to say what had caused the disaster, according to Interfax. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said the investigation must be allowed to run its course.

The Metrojet Airbus A321 crashed on Saturday just 23 min-utes after taking off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, bound for St. Petersburg. Egyp-tian officials have indicated tech-nical issues were the cause, and have dismissed a claim of respon-sibility issued by the IS’s Sinai affiliate. The flight’s “black box” recorders have been recovered and are being studied.

“Let’s not jump to conclusions,” Sisi said in televised comments. Egypt doesn’t “have a problem co-operating with the different sides to find out the truth,” he said.

The president’s call for patience came amid conflicting reports about the plane’s condition, and questions about its wild fluctua-tions in altitude in the final sec-onds of the flight. Amid the un-certainty, several airlines diverted their aircraft from the area, at least temporarily.

Egyptian and Russian officials have largely discounted the pos-sibility that the IS was able to shoot down the jetliner, which had reached its cruising altitude of 31,000 feet, given their limited

capability and access to the weap-onry that would require. Former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror, an army reserves general, however, said “other sce-narios also have to be considered, especially the possibility that the plane was sabotaged at the airport before taking off.”

Debris was scattered over a wide arc in central Sinai’s remote Al Hassana area, about 60 kilom-eters south of the city of Al Arish, where security forces have been waging a concerted fight against militants. Authorities have re-covered at least 173 bodies, ac-cording to Egypt’s state-run Al Akhbar newspaper, with most already transferred to Cairo’s main morgue. A flight carrying the bodies of 100 of those who died is expected to leave for Russia this evening, Interfax reported.

An Airbus team, along with the Russian officials, arrived in Egypt. The country’s Civil Aviation Min-istry issued a statement saying Egypt had the necessary equip-

ment and expertise to carry out the investigation and the analysis of the black box data.

Information gleaned from the devices -- one of which records cockpit conversations and the other technical readings aboard the flight -- could prove pivotal in determining the cause of the crash of an aircraft that had been in ser-vice for about 18 years.

Russian authorities set up an investigation committee that’s studying all possible reasons for the crash, Interfax reported, citing the body’s spokesman Vladimir Markin. Investigators have taken possession of all documenta-tion regarding the downed plane from the airline. Authorities also banned Metrojet A321 flights.

The co-pilot’s former wife told Russia’s NTV channel that her husband had been worried about the aircraft’s technical condition. While Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal said the pilot hadn’t made an SOS call, the Dubai-based Al Arabiya sat-ellite channel reported he had sought permission to land at a nearby airport.

Air France, the French unit of Air France-KLM Group, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Emirates Airlines and FlyDubai said they would

avoid flying over the Sinai area un-til the cause of the crash is known.

Flight paths came under public scrutiny following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July 2014 over eastern Ukraine, an area some airlines skirted be-cause of fighting between govern-ment troops and pro-Russian sep-aratists. Investigators said that crash, which killed 298 people, was caused by a missile.

In its final seconds Saturday, the Metrojet plane was bucking wildly, abruptly climbing and de-scending before communication was lost, according to unverified data from FlightRadar24.com, which tracks flight routes. At times it dropped as fast as 6,000 feet per minute, only to reverse and climb even faster, repeating that pattern several times. It also slowed dangerously. In the final 24 seconds before losing contact, it dropped to 71 miles per hour from 470 mph, according to the data. Jetliners such as the Airbus 321 can’t stay aloft at such a speed.

If the FlightRadar24 data are correct, “it probably rules out sab-otage,” said Paul Hayes, director of air safety and insurance at Ascend Worldwide. “It’s probably some sort of control problem.”

Most worrisome is data show-

ing a loss of speed, according to John Cox, a safety consultant and former airline pilot.

“That bothers me,” he said. “I wonder, did they manage to get the airplane stalled?”

Two recent accidents occurred with Airbus aircraft climbing sharply before losing speed and falling. In June 2009, an A330 operated by Air France went down in the Atlantic Ocean and in December 2014, an A320 op-erated by AirAsia Bhd. crashed in the Java Sea.

The A320 family is Airbus’s most popular plane, a single- aisle, twin-engine type that al-lowed it to create a global du-opoly with Boeing Co. for large passenger aircraft. The A321 is the longest variant.

The plane, operated by Metrojet since 2012 and produced in 1997, had logged about 56,000 flight hours over the course of nearly 21,000 flights, according to a statement from Blagnac, France-based Airbus.

Metrojet isn’t attributing the crash to human error, Interfax reported, citing Oksana Golovina from Tourism Holding & Con-sulting, which owns Kogalyma-via, as the carrier is known in Russia. — Bloomberg News

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must be allowed to

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Kurdish forces set for battle to retake Iraq’s Sinjar from ISARBIL: Kurdish forces are mass-ing in northwest Iraq for an offen-sive to retake the town of Sinjar from IS militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering US-led air strikes.

Sinjar is a symbolic and strategic prize sitting astride the main high-way linking the cities of Mosul and Raqqa - IS’s bastions in Iraq and Syria. In December 2014, Kurdish forces drove IS from north of Sin-jar mountain, a craggy strip some 60km (40 miles) long, but the radi-cal insurgents maintain control of the southern side where the town is located. Villagers along a main road to the mountain reported see-ing dozens of military transport vehicles packed with Kurdish pesh-merga fighters pass in recent days.

Preparations for the offensive have been complicated by rivalry between various Kurdish and Yazi-di forces in Sinjar.

Peshmerga officials declined to comment on the operation, but a Kurdish security source said it would begin once the weather im-proved and intelligence-gathering had been completed.

ChallengeThe challenge, he said, would be to defend the town after it is re-cap-tured because the offensive will open up new fronts with the mili-tants, who have declared a medie-val-style caliphate spanning parts of Iraq and Syria.

The US-led coalition against IS has carried out 57 air strikes in Sinjar over the past two weeks in support of the peshmerga, ap-parently coordinated with the planned offensive.

Authorising the first strikes against the group in August 2014, US President Barack Obama cited a duty to prevent a genocide of Yazidis by IS. The peshmerga in Sinjar are mainly affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which is accused of seek-ing to monopolise power by other groups arrayed against IS.

Many Yazidis lost faith in the KDP when its forces failed to pro-tect them from IS militants who attacked Sinjar in August 2014 and systematically slaughtered, enslaved and raped thousands of them. — Reuters

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IS militants take Syrian town in Homs as fighting escalatesBEIRUT: IS militants drove Syr-ian government forces from a town in the west of the country on Sunday, as fighting looked set to intensify despite a flurry of inter-national diplomacy and talks.

The militants’ advance came even as Russian warplanes and Syrian forces supported by them stepped up assaults against in-surgents in west and northwest Syria, and the United States sepa-rately sought to increase pressure on IS. militants.

The fighting tempered any ex-pectation of progress towards a political solution to the four-year civil war, with warring sides and their foreign backers refusing to back down in a conflict where the world’s major military powers ex-cept China are directly involved.

Talks between world powers in Vienna meanwhile adjourned with calls for a nationwide cease-fire but key differences remained between rivals backing oppos-ing sides. In a fierce assault that began by detonating two suicide car bombs, IS militants took the

town of Maheen in the southwest of Homs province from govern-ment forces, a group monitoring the war said.

Some 50 fighters on the govern-ment side were killed, and clashes raged afterwards on the outskirts of a nearby mostly Christian

town, Sadad, the Syrian Observa-tory for Human Rights said.

IS confirmed the advance, which brought it within 20 km (13 miles) of the north-south high-way linking Damascus to Syria’s other main cities Homs, Hama and Aleppo. — Reuters

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UN special envoy expects Yemen talks by mid-NovemberMANAMA: The United Nations (UN) special envoy to Yemen said on Sunday he expects talks be-tween its warring parties to begin by mid-November, eight months after the start of a messy civil war that has killed thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis.

The conflict pits the Houthi militia and army units loyal to for-mer president Ali Abdullah Saleh against armed groups who support

exiled President Abdrabbo Man-sour Hadi alongside a Saudi-led Arab coalition.

“I expect that before mid-No-vember, God willing, a date will be specified and I expect that the dia-logue must begin before mid-No-vember, as a minimum, 15 Novem-ber,” UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed told Reuters in Bahrain.

All major combatants have pub-licly agreed to implement UN Se-

curity Council Resolution 2216, which calls on Houthi and Saleh forces to withdraw from main cit-ies and surrender arms captured from Yemeni government forces.

Venue“I have a team in Riyadh, exactly to reach agreement on the date and venue and the subjects that will be discussed within the context of UN Security Council Resolution

2216,” Ould Cheikh Ahmed said.He added that a statement on

Friday by a senior Houthi leader that efforts to find a political solution had failed did not ap-pear to represent the group’s official position.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir said on Saturday that he believed the coalition’s Yemen campaign was in its “final phase” after military gains against

the Houthis and given their will-ingness for talks.

However, the Houthis and Saleh’s forces still hold most of the country’s western highlands, its most populous region includ-ing the capital Sanaa. Ould Sheikh Ahmed said he did not believe the coalition intended to take Sanaa by force.

“I can say simply what I have been told, but I can’t speak for the

coalition. I don’t think anybody has any intention to enter into Sanaa. People prefer to have a po-litical solution.”

In the southern port of Aden which the coalition and local forc-es took back from the Houthis in July, two unidentified assailants on motorbike shot dead a Yemeni secret service officer late on Sat-urday, a security official said on Sunday. — Reuters

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DEBRIS: Egyptian army soldiers stand guard next to debris and belongings of passengers of the A321 Russian airliner that crashed the previous day in Wadi Al Zolomat, a mountainous area in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. – AFP

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TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION: A Syrian man checks the destruction following a reported airstrike by Syrian government forces on the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern edges of the capital Damascus, on Sunday. – AFP

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‘Record’ 58% vote in fourth phase of Bihar elections

NEW DELHI: An estimated 57.59 per cent of over 1.46 crore voters exercised their franchise in 55 assembly constituencies in Bihar on Sunday in the fourth and penultimate round which passed off “by and large” peacefully, re-cording the highest turnout in

the current elections. The poll-ing was held under tight security in 55 seats spread across seven districts of Muzaffarpur, East Champaran, West Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Gopalganj and Siwan.

Deputy Election Commis-sioner incharge of Bihar Umesh Sinha told a press conference that at 57.59 per cent voter turn-out on Sunday can be described as a “record”.

“In phase one, the turnout was 54.85 per cent. In phase two it was 54.99 per cent and in the third phase the turnout was recorded at 54.24 per cent,” he said, adding average of all the four phases was 55.41 per cent.

In the constituencies which went to poll on Sunday, the turn-out in the 2010 assembly elec-

tions was 54.28 per cent and 57.33 per cent in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he said.

The last phase of polling will be held on November 5 and the counting will take place next Sun-day on November 8.

The Deputy Eelection Com-missioner said,” By and large, the polling went off peacefully bar-ring a few incidents of violence.”

In Siwan district, the central forces had to open fire in the air to disperse crowd when members of two communities pelted stones at each other.

Personnel of central para-military forces had to use “force” at a polling station in Muzaf-farpur when three persons al-legedly tried to enter a polling compartment.

A Hindustani Awam Morcha candidate, Lovely Yadav, allegedy tore a register containing certain forms related to elections at a polling station following which a complaint was registered against her, he said. - PTI

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Jaitley: Modi worst victim of ‘ideological intolerance’

NEW DELHI: Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday accused Congress, Left thinkers and activists of practising “ideo-logical intolerance” towards the BJP and Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi who, he said, has been the “worst victim” of this type of intolerance since 2002.

Hitting out at those who have never “intellectually” accepted

the idea of the BJP being in power, Jaitley accused them of trying to project India as an intolerant soci-ety through structured and organ-ised propaganda.

Amid protests by the intel-ligentsia over the ‘climate of in-tolerance’ in the country, Jaitley appealed to “every well-wisher of India and the present Govern-ment” not to make statements that could vitiate the atmosphere and obstruct growth.

Describing the lynching of 50-year Ikhlaq Ahmed by a mob in Dadri over “beef” eating rumours on September 28 as a “stray inci-dent”, Jaitley said it was both un-fortunate and condemnable.”The guilty will be taken to task.”

“While the Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to accelerate India’s growth, there are many who have never intellectually accepted the idea of the BJP being in power.

“This obviously includes the Congress, many Left thinkers and activists. Over decades they have practiced ideological intolerance towards BJP,” the Minister said in a Facebook post.

He further said that since 2002, “the prime minister himself has been the worst victim of these ideological intolerance.”

The post-Godhra riots in Guja-rat broke out in 2002 during when Modi was the chief minister.

“Their strategy is twofold. Firstly, obstruct Parliament and do not permit reforms which will bring credit to Modi government.

“Secondly, create, by structured and organised propaganda, an en-vironment that there is a social strife in India. They wish to pro-ject India as an intolerant society.”

The truth is otherwise, Jaitley said, adding the perpetrators of this propaganda had never al-lowed alternative viewpoints to grow in either universities, academic institutions or cultural bodies which they controlled.

“Their intolerance extends to not accepting an alternative ideo-logical pole.”

Notwithstanding such aberra-tions, the Minister stressed.

“India remains a highly tolerant and liberal society. Our cultural

values have imbibed co-existence.India has repeatedly rejected in-tolerance. It does not respond to provocations.

“It is, therefore, incumbent upon every well-wisher of India and the present Government to make sure that no action or state-ment of his provides a tool in the hands of those who want to ob-struct India’s growth story.

“The obstructers have a simple plan — if they can’t fight political-ly, they fight with hostile propa-ganda,” the minister said.

Meanwhile Congress on Sun-day hit back at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for accusing it of practicing “ideological intoler-ance” towards the prime minis-ter, saying while he may be out to please his “boss”, his remarks were “ridiculous” as common man to the President have ex-pressed concern over the “rising atmosphere of intolerance”.

“Jaitley he is out to please the boss (Modi)...it does not behove him to talk like this at a time when common man to the President and Moody’s to industrialists, the intel-lectual class, those who read books and write books, are expressing concerns over the rising atmos-phere of intolerance,” Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar said. - PTI

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Cruise missile test-fired successfullyNEW DELHI: Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, with a strike-range of over 290km, was on Sun-day test-fired from the navy’s new-est stealth destroyer INS Kochi successfully hitting a decommis-sioned target ship in the sea.

The second of Project 15A ‘Kol-kata-class’ guided missile destroy-ers test-fired the advanced missile system as part of ‘Acceptance Test Firing’ during a naval drill along the country’s west coast.

The world’s fastest cruise mis-sile, after performing high-level and extremely complex manoeu-vres, successfully hit decommis-sioned target ship ‘Alleppey’ locat-ed at a distance covering nearly the full range of the missile with high precision, defence officials said.

“After two successful test trials from INS Kolkata in June 2014 and February 2015, Sunday’s test firing from INS Kochi has validat-ed the newly commissioned ship’s systems.

“BrahMos as the prime strike weapon will ensure the warship’s invincibility by engaging naval surface targets at long ranges, thus making the destroyer another lethal platform of Indian Navy,” Sudhir Mishra, CEO and MD of BrahMos Aerospace said.

The Indian navy commissioned INS Kochi on September 30, this year. - PTI

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India moves up to be world’s 7th most valued ‘nation brand’NEW DELHI: India has moved up one position to become the world’s seventh most-valued “na-tion brand”, with an increase of 32 per cent in its brand value to $2.1 billion — the highest among all the top 20 nations on the list.

As per a report on world’s most valuable nation brands by global consultants Brand Finance, India is sole among the Brics nations to have witnessed an increase in its brand value, with the others — Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa — seeing a drop in their re-spective brand valuations.

India is the second most valued among these emerging economies after China, followed by Brazil, Russia and South Africa.

Brand valuationBrand Finance specialises in brand valuation and the valuation of intangible assets.

The US retains its pole position with a valuation of $19.7 billion, followed by China and Germany at the second and the third posi-tions respectively.

“The US remains the world’s most valuable nation brand. Its value comes in large part from the country’s sheer economic scale. Not only is there a large, wealthy market predisposed to ‘buy American’ but also an unrivalled group of established companies and organisations exporting

worldwide,” said Brand Finance.“The US’ world-leading higher

education system and the soft power arising from its dominance of the music and entertainment industries are significant contrib-utors too,” the report said.

China has retained its sec-ond position despite a decline of one per cent in its brand value to $6.3 billion.

“China’s recent stock market turbulence and slowing growth will also extend the US’ tenure of

the topspot. The slump in com-modity prices brought about by China’s slowdown has affected the nation brand values of com-modity exporters even more sig-nificantly than China,” it said.

Britain is ranked fourth, Japan is at fifth position and France is sixth. While India and France have moved up one position each since last year, all the top five countries have retained their re-spective places.

Brand Finance said it measures the strength and value of the na-tion brands of 100 leading coun-tries using a method based on the royalty relief mechanism, to value the world’s largest companies.

The nation brand valuation is based on 5-year sales forecasts of all brands in each nation.

The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is used as a proxy for total revenues.

According to a new World Bank report released earlier this week, India made the biggest improve-ment in business regulations among South Asian economies, moving up in the ease of doing business ranking from 134 to 130.

India also ranked amongst the world’s top 10 in Protecting Mi-nority Investors with a global ranking of 8, noted the bank’s an-nual report “Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency”. - PTI

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Don Rajan’s deportation process begins

BALI: An Indian police team arrived here on Sunday to seek early deportation of arrested underworld don Chhota Rajan who received consular access with an Indian diplomat meet-ing him at an Indonesian police detention centre.

The visit of the joint team of CBI and Mumbai and Delhi police officers comes two days after India wrote a letter to the Indonesian authorities for 55-year-old Rajan’s return to face trial in various criminal cases registered against him.

Rajan was nabbed at Bali air-port on his arrival from Austral-ia on October 25. - PTI

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Replica of ‘Statue of Unity’ unveiled

AHMEDABAD: A 30-feet-long replica of ‘Statue of Unity’, a memorial of independent In-dia’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was unveiled in western Indian state Gujarat.

State Chief Minister Anandi-ben Patel unveiled the replica in front of the state secretariat at Gandhinagar on the occasion of Patel’s 140th birth anniversary.

The ‘Statue of Unity’ is a pet project of former Gujarat Chief Minister and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in which he wanted to create a befitting me-morial of Patel.

The work of 182-metre tall statue will be completed by 2018 with the cost of Rs2,979 crore.

The ‘Statue of Unity’ project was launched by Modi on Octo-ber 31, 2013.

Modi had then also launched a country wide campaign to collect the iron-pieces to build this statue. The statue after its construction will be the tallest in the world bigger then even Statue of Liberty in the United States. - PTI

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BOMB TARGETS TRAIN Pakistani paramedics treat blast victims at a hospital in Quetta on Sunday following a bomb explosion in a passenger train in Mastung, in Pakistan’s insurgency-hit southwestern Balochistan province. At least three people were killed and 12 wounded when a passenger train hit a bomb planted on a railway track, officials said. — AFP

Big victory for PML-N in Punjab local polls

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) swept to victory in the first phase of the local government (LG) elections held in 12 districts of Punjab on Saturday.

PML-N voters seemed to have put a gaping difference between the ruling party and all other can-didates contesting the LG polls held after almost a decade.

According to unofficial results, the PML-N secured 351 union council (UC) seats, with only independent candidates com-ing close to the ruling party with 283 seats.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-In-saf (PTI), the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) performed abysmally, as they

managed to win only 81, four and seven seats, respectively.

Twelve Punjab districts – La-hore, Faisalabad, Gujrat, Kasur, Okara, Vehari, Bahawalnagar, Chakwal, Pakpattan, Lodhran, Bhakkar and Nankana Sahib – marked their ballots in the first phase of the LG elections.

According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the number of registered vot-ers in these 12 districts was 20,085,329 – 11,310,912 male and 8,774,417 female voters.

“LG elections are the basic pil-lars of the democratic rule of gov-ernment in a democratic system, and a milestone in the survival and strengthening of democracy,” said Punjab Chief Minister Shah-baz Sharif in a statement.

He said the results of the LG polls received so far had veri-fied the results of the 2013 gen-eral elections. “LG elections al-ways play an important role in strengthening the democratic system and promoting democrat-ic norms.”

He said the first phase of the polls had concluded peacefully in the province.

“All the candidates have played a role in strengthening the demo-cratic system.

The future of Pakistan depends on democracy.” — Express Tribune

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Karachi police to crack down on people driving without a licenceKARACHI: The Karachi traf-fic police have decided to ar-rest drivers without licences and those carrying fake licences from Monday.

According to traffic police of-ficial Muhammad Idrees, the impending crackdown will start from Monday morning and 15 checkpoints have been made for the purpose.

The Karachi traffic police launched several crackdowns this year, which included the helmet-compulsory drive, action against substandard Compress Natural Gas (CNG) cylinders in public and school vans, action against violation of rules and traffic signals, action against vio-

lation of one-way traffic, against traveling on the rooftops of pub-lic buses and coaches and juve-nile drivers.

Futile exerciseUnfortunately, these crackdowns have not yielded fruitful results and the latest campaign against drivers without licences is feared to be another exercise in futility.

However, Idrees insisted on the success of all the campaigns. “These teams will be deployed on Bilawal Chowrangi, Mai Kolachi Road, before Gulbai Underpass, Baldia Town, Sharae Faisal and other places,” he said.

Do the traffic police have the powers to arrest drivers? Idrees

responded that the law regarding the arrests was not new.

“It’s already mentioned in Mo-tor Vehicle Ordinance Section 99, under which we can arrest driv-ers over charges of negligence,” he said, adding that driving without licence was not less than any neg-ligence and it usually became the cause of vehicular fatalities.

“Drivers of commercial vehi-cles without licences can be put behind bars for maximum two years, whereas drivers of private vehicles can be arrested for maxi-mum of one year,” he said.

The traffic department felt it would have been useless if they had given people more time to get their licences. — Express Tribune

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Pakistan, China agree on security regimeISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have agreed on a four-layer security plan for over 3,000km-long trade route that will connect the Gwadar port to China’s north-western Xinjiang province.

“We are going for a four-layer plan for the China-Pakistan Eco-nomic Corridor (CPEC), inte-grated with a new security policy,” said a senior security official, who attended a meeting in China last month.

“An estimated 32,000 security personnel will guard over 14,321 Chinese workers engaged in some 210 small and mega projects in Pakistan.”

Before this decision, a three-layer security plan was envisioned, he said.

The fresh plan of providing security to Chinese nationals in-cludes over 500 Chinese security personnel for capacity-building of the newly-raised special force as well as local police to better guard the sensitive routes surrounding the port, added the official. “The Chinese are pretty much satisfied with the new security plan,” said CPEC Project Director Maj Gen Zahir Shah.

According to this plan, Balo-chistan would get more security, as six wings (5,700 personnel) of

the Frontier Corps, 3,000 police constables and 1,000 Levies per-sonnel would guard all the routes, disclosed an official at the Minis-try of Interior. He said the Pakistan Marines and the border security forces would also guard the port and its adjacent routes.

More than 3,500 policemen, 900 Rangers, 4,100 private secu-rity guards and 740 Askari Guards would protect various projects linked to the economic corridor in Punjab, he said.

China calls for improved securi-ty for its workers engaged in CPEC

He said the military was set-ting up a special security force

(nine battalions) comprising an estimated 12,000 personnel, who would be inducted into the special division to be headed by a serving major general.

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has also suggested registra-tion of Chinese nationals for their security. NADRA is evolving a new procedure for ensuring security of the Chinese nationals.

“NADRA would maintain the record of Chinese nationals re-siding in or visiting Pakistan, and would share its records with all the federal and provincial authorities of the country,” said an Interior Ministry official. — Express Tribune

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As another earthquake takes its October toll on Pakistan, few will remember the floods from only weeks ago that devastat-

ed large swathes of the country. While the shift-ing of Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates has nothing to do with climate change, or responses to meet such threats, it is a disturbing fact that the extreme weather freezing the north has everything to do with it.

Citizen groups, including a few parliamentar-ians, keep trying to spur a public conversation about the changing climate trends in the region, but little interest seems to cohere on recurring trends and looming challenges. No estimates of losses incurred or potential security crises emerge from the govern-ment, which treats each episode as a stand-alone disaster, mostly through the lens of disaster man-agement. In this backdrop, any serious talk about causes for unpredictable weather, extreme impacts, mitigation plans or adaptation research, let alone policy choices, fade into background brown, the col-our of scorched crops and dry earth.

Internationally, climate change has always been cloaked in layers of lobby-driven controversy. On the attention-grabbing scale it is not exactly a low-hanging ruby either. Urgent challenges often fall prey to the politics of resistance and misinforma-tion by powerful stakeholders that are extractive at worst, or negligent at best. It is also essentially a trend that can’t be totally quantified or controlled at any border, and blame-letting as well as issue-fatigue bog its headwinds.

Where does that leave countries like ours, which remain clouded in climate change policy anaemia? What is the level of danger we should be aware of, and how can clarity and policy come out of elite circles that may be invested in opacity? What level of knowledge deficit do we need to plug, to think, plan and act? How can we better equip ourselves for adapting to a heated up planet, let alone navi-gate the rights-framework at recurring regional and global forums to optimise gains? And most impor-tantly, how many recognise the challenges and are prepared to put climate change under the umbrella of our national security? None of these questions, it seems, interest Islamabad just yet.

Already grappling with political turmoil and transnational terrorism, we as a society don’t re-ally get that Pakistan will be threatened by even

deeper social instability than it faces today without a public plan that seeks change. Most of our Saarc neighbours have announced robust policies in pub-lic forums. We are not even at an honest assessment stage of the potential scale of the challenge.

So what is the potential cost of climate inaction? Estimates vary, but there is consensus that it can cost as much as a shocking $6-14 billion to Paki-stan annually by 2050 in adaption. This classifies climate change as a serious national security cost, surely, up there with terrorism and energy, dragging down our national ability to survive in a calamitous era of new predators which know no borders.

With a huge multilateral climate change confer-ence coming up in December in Paris, Pakistan is perilously asleep at the climate diplomacy wheel, with no push evident to bargain with others on car-bon costs. This is a case of our own egregious neg-ligence. For a country that now ranks third among the 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change, Pakistan is globally ranked as a ‘victim of climate injustice’. So basically, while we should husband our own environmental resources better of course, Pa-kistan has a huge case to make for its rightful higher share in global resources and funds pledged towards mitigating the impact of climate change.

At the institutional level, climate change in Paki-stan continues to be treated as a technocrat’s niche, basically confined to task forces and policy papers.

While global forums provide the best opportuni-ties to stress Pakistan’s vulnerabilities, the govern-ment repeatedly fails to optimise on them. Worse still, what we see now is a headless climate change ministry that fails to blip on the federal govern-ment’s own policy radar, let alone attract world attention for the damages Pakistan has incurred — and continues to do so — at the hands of global polluters. Diplomacy, it must be understood, is a function of articulated national interest. There is enough evidence to establish that climate change impacts have grown to become one of our biggest national security fault lines. There is little time left for Pakistan before the world’s nations gather to sign the climate change agreement in Paris this year. The draft of the Intended Nationally Deter-mined Contributions should already be on parlia-mentary podiums, as should be the government’s plan of action for the Paris moot. If Islamabad fails to push Pakistan’s case for what it deserves as one of the worst-hit victims of climate change, no one else will. - Express Tribune

Dentists need to focus on treatment, not surgeriesThis refers to the news story, Cavities: Symptoms and treatment (November 1). The writer has very eloquently described issues with this dental problem. However, as per my experience, the experts of this medical field are not following their oath. I have been to many

dentists for consultation and all of them jump to the conclusion that some type of surgical procedure is needed. What I cannot understand is why can’t such con-ditions be treated, thus helping to stall the conditions due to which the cavities occur in the first place? — Jacob Davids, Muscat

Lobbyists using climate change issue for financial gains This refers to the online story, 150 countries submit plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate change (October 30). I think the mankind should not care about global warming. In my opinion, it is not possible to stall the process by reducing carbon footprint and other measures. The stakeholders behind these initiatives are pure capitalists and hope to gain as much as possible mon-

etarily. This environmental issue is the pet project of lobbyists as it is an easy sell. It would be much better if the humanity thinks as one, for once, and learns to adapt and help each other to save people instead of financial benefits. — Sabeen Mehwish, Ruwi

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Turkey’s AKP Party heads toward single party rule

ANKARA: Turkey’s AK Party ap-peared to be closing in on its goal of recovering a single-party ma-jority and governing alone, partial general election results showed on Sunday, in what would be a major turnaround for embattled President Tayyip Erdogan.

The vote was Turkey’s second in five months, after the AKP in June lost the overall majority it had enjoyed since 2002. Erdogan had presented it as a chance to re-store stability at a time of tension over Kurdish insurrection and two bombings while critics fear a drift to authoritarianism under the president.

With around two thirds of the votes counted, the AKP was on 52 per cent, according to state-run broadcaster TRT, higher than many party officials had expected. The main opposition CHP was at 22.5 per cent.

Two senior AKP officials told Reuters they expected to be able to form a single-party government again, with one of them forecast-ing a final share of around 45-46 per cent of the vote. “If this trend continues, it is likely that we will have a single-party government,” the second official said.

Since June, a ceasefire with Kurdish militants has collapsed, the war in neighbouring Syria has worsened and Turkey - a NATO member state - has been buffeted

by two IS-linked suicide bomb attacks that killed more than 130 people. Investors and Western al-lies hope the vote will help restore stability as well as confidence in an $800 billion economy, allow-ing Ankara to play a more effective role in stemming a flood of refu-gees from neighbouring wars via Turkey into Europe and helping in the battle against IS militants.

Partial resultsTRT’s partial results said the na-tionalist MHP opposition stood at 11.4 per cent, with support for the pro-Kurdish HDP dropping to 10.5 per cent, perilously close to the 10 per cent margin needed to enter parliament. The results could still change significantly, with counting not yet completed in the country’s largest cities.

This time, there were few of the flags, posters and campaign buses that thronged the streets in the build-up to June’s vote. But Erdogan framed this sombre re-run as a pivotal opportunity for Turkey to return to single-party AKP rule after months of politi-cal uncertainty. “It is obvious in today’s election how beneficial stability is for our nation and to-day our citizens will make their choice based on this,” Erdogan told reporters after voting in his home district of Camlica on the Asian side of Istanbul.

The election was prompted by the AKP’s inability to find a junior coalition partner after the June outcome. Erdogan’s critics said it represented a gamble by the com-bative leader to win back enough support so the party can eventu-ally change the constitution and give him greater presidential powers. If the partial results are confirmed, it is a gamble that ap-pears to have paid off. The AKP had campaigned on a pledge to end the uncertainty caused by the

inconclusive June vote.“Turkey lost considerable

ground in economy, politics and terror during this period, and gains were lost. Voters appeared to want to bring back stability once again,” a third AKP official said. The results could aggravate deep splits in Turkey - between pi-ous conservatives who champion Erdogan as a hero of the working class, and Western-facing secu-larists suspicious of his authori-tarianism and Islamist ideals.

Voters were sharply divided in their views on a return to single-party rule or the prospect of a coalition. “The little welfare, bet-ter living conditions, bigger house and fancier appliances we have, we all owe it to AK Party and Er-dogan,” said Nurcan Gunduz, 24, at the airport in Ankara.

“Look at the state of the country after the June 7 election results and we didn’t even have a coali-tion government. I can’t imagine how worse it would be if we did have it.” But Yasar, a 62-year-old retired labourer now working

as a shoeshine man outside a mosque in the conservative Is-tanbul district of Uskudar, said he switched his vote to the main opposition CHP in hopes of a co-alition. “I’ve given up on the AKP. The honest party is the CHP. The country needs to heal its wounds and a coalition is the best way.”

Some Western allies, foreign investors and Turks saw an AKP coalition with the CHP as the best hope of easing sharp divisions in the EU-candidate nation, and say it could keep Erdogan’s authori-tarian instincts in check.

The partial results suggest a disappointing result for the pro-Kurdish HDP, which entered par-liament as a party for the first time in June. It scaled back its election campaign after its supporters were targeted in the Ankara sui-cide bomb attack that killed more than 100 people on October 10.

“What all Turkey wants and needs more than anything is peace and calm,” HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas said after voting in on Sunday. — Reuters

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Trial of Saadi Gaddafi adjourned to DecemberTRIPOLI: The son of deposed former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared in a Tripoli court on Sunday to face charges of murdering a football player and other crimes before the 2011 revo-lution that ended his father’s rule.

The judge adjoined proceed-ings against Saadi Gaddafi, who was extradited from Niger last year, until December 6 after his attorney asked for more time to examine the case against him and to have access to military pros-ecutor documents.

Saadi, dressed in light blue pris-on garb, sat inside a black caged area of the courtroom.

In July a Tripoli court sentenced another of Gaddafi’s sons Saif Al Islam and eight other former of-ficials to death for crimes com-mitted during the 2011 protests against his father, who was later killed by rebels.

SentencesThe sentences have not been car-ried out although the men, includ-ing Gaddafi’s ex-spy chief, are in jail. Since his capture after the 2011 protests, Saif himself has been held by forces in the western city of Zintan by a faction beyond central government control.

In August, state prosecutors had also said they were investigating a video that appears to show guards beating Saadi. The video’s authen-ticity could not be independently verified. Since Gaddafi’s fall, Libya has fallen into turmoil, with two rival governments and their allied armed factions fighting for control of the country and its oil resources. UN talks have so far failed to end the crisis.

Meanwhile, Libya’s elected government has accused the Ital-ian navy of violating the country’s territorial waters after authori-ties said they spotted three Ital-ian warships off the eastern coast, but Italy’s government on Sunday dimissed the claim. — Reuters

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Moroccans protest against high electricity, water pricesTANGIER (MOROCCO): Thou-sands took to the streets in Mo-rocco’s northern city of Tangier late on Saturday to protest over high prices for water and electric-ity, in the nation’s largest protest since pro-democracy marches in 2011 demanding political re-forms. Large-scale protests are rare in Morocco.

Saturday’s night-time demon-stration, witnessed by Reuters, was the latest in a series that started two weeks ago. It took place a day after authorities and the company running the services proposed measures to calm un-rest against what protesters see as high prices and administrative mismanagement.

Slogan shoutingWater, wastewater and electric-ity businesses in the cities of Tangier and neighboring Tetouan have been operated since 2002 by Amendis, an affiliate of France’s Veolia Environnement. Redal, another Veolia subsidiary, is op-erating in the capital Rabat, Sale and municipalities of Temara and Bouznika. “Amedis go home,

Tangier is not yours,” chanted thousands of protesters in the city centre where dozens of small protests from different neigh-bourhoods converged. A Reuters witness said authorities deployed hundreds of riot police and closed streets.

Many cafes and stores in the city switched off their lights and lit candles in support of the pro-test. “Enough is enough. We have been protesting for years now against that company,” said Mo-hamed Tadlaoui one of the organ-isers of the demonstration. “Now it is time for them to leave, and a public company should take over.”

Some protesters held up two bills they had been sent in the same month. A committee from the Interior ministry, Tangier’s city council and Amendis formed after the protests started two weeks ago announced on Friday

that the company will review some bills. It said it will correct any containing errors.

Amedis has blamed the govern-ment’s contract programme to rescue the state-run power util-ity ONEE that imposed a new pricing structure in 2014. It also pointed to peak power and water demand during the summer.

“The new structure started in September 2014, but people in Tangier felt it just during the last summer when consumption soars,” Chouhaid Naser, Amen-dis operational manager, told Reuters. Naser said payments fell around 20 per cent for July and August compared with the same period last year.

Last year, Moroccan local au-thorities blocked a deal by Veolia Environnement to sell its busi-nesses in Morocco to investment fund Actis for about 370 million euros ($504 million) due to a dis-pute over investments.

Sources from the company and from the government said Veolia dropped the selling plan and con-vinced authorities to review the concession contracts. — Reuters

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11 killed in Somalia hotel attackMOGADHISHU: Two bombs ripped into a hotel in the Somali capital on Sunday and security forces fought Al Shabaab gunmen who stormed inside the building for hours afterwards, police and witnesses said. At least 11 people were killed.

Al Shabaab, which has frequent-ly launched attacks in Mogadishu in its bid to topple the Western-backed government, said it was be-hind the assault on the Sahafi hotel where government officials and lawmakers stay. “Fighters entered and took over Sahafi hotel where

enemies lived,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, Al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, said.

The incident mirrored tactics used before by Al Shabaab, in which it detonates bombs to break through security at targets and then sends in fighters.

Major Ahmed Nur, a police of-

ficer, said that a car bomb rammed the entrance to the hotel and was followed by second blast, which a security guard said was a second vehicle bomb. Police said at least 11 people were killed, including the hotel owner, a lawmaker, a for-mer military commander, a radio journalist and other civilians. “We have also rescued many govern-ment officials by a ladder through the back wall,” said Major Ismail Nur, another police officer. Police exchanged fire with attackers in-side the hotel for about three hours after the assault began. — Reuters

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DHAKA: A publisher of a slain online critic of militancy was hacked to death on Saturday in the Bangladesh capital, police said, hours after similar attacks on two secular writers and anoth-er publisher.

Faysal Arefin published books by Avijit Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin who was killed by militants in the same way in February.

Arefin was hacked to death with sharp weapons in his office on the second floor of a crowded

market in the capital, police said.Militants have targeted secu-

larist writers in Bangladesh in re-cent years, as the government has cracked down on hardline groups.

Four secular bloggers have been hacked to death this year for writing critically about militancy.

At least 15 members of an Al Qaeda sympathisers Ansarullah Bangla Team, including a Briton have been arrested since August, after blogger Niloy Chatterjee was killed by a group of attackers armed with machetes. — Reuters

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Suu Kyi receives rock-star reception at pre-poll rally

YANGON: Tens of thousands of red-clad supporters gave My-anmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi a rock-star reception, cheering and dancing as she ad-

dressed crowds in the country’s largest city before an historic elec-tion next Sunday.

Buses, taxis and trucks decked with flags and banners of Suu Kyi’s

National League for Democracy party lined the streets leading to a stadium where the charismatic politician rounded off her ener-getic campaign that lasted nearly

two months. The rally was one of the biggest meetings of pro-de-mocracy enthusiasts in the coun-try’s recent past, a historic mo-ment for the Nobel Peace laureate who has spent years under house arrest and on Sunday shared the stage with many former political prisoners from her party.

Change“People who say the change has already happened and it’s not nec-essary to change more, say that because they don’t really want to change,” said Suu Kyi.

“We have to be very powerful and strong in the parliament. So, don’t try to talk about other solu-tions, and give us 100 per cent of the vote,” she said.

That such a huge gathering could take place peacefully in Myanmar shows the extent to which the country has changed after President Thein Sein’s semi-

civilian government took power in 2011 following nearly half a centu-ry of strict military rule, ushering in a series of democratic reforms.

Pace of transitionThe scope and pace of that transi-tion will be determined by the out-come of the election, in which the ruling Union Solidarity and De-velopment Party and the NLD will battle for the hearts and minds of more than 30 million voters. In her speech, Suu Kyi called on her supporters to stay united and avoid provocations on election day. She expressed the will to work with any political party for public good.

“We will try to win the election in the right way. Don’t stray from the right way because of the ru-mours and dirty provocations. It is the time to compete against the negative people with our strong spirit,” said Suu Kyi. — Reuters

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UPBEAT: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures towards supporters as she travels in a motorcade ahead of a cam-paign rally for the National League for Democracy in Yangon on Sunday. - AFP

Romanian club fire death toll rises to 29BUCHAREST: Two young Roma-nian women died of severe burns in hospital on Sunday after hav-ing been rescued from the fire at a Bucharest nightclub on Friday, doctors said, raising the death toll to 29.

Thousands of people marched silently with flowers through Bucharest on Sunday to com-memorate the victims and US ambassador Hans Klemm visited the Colectiv nightclub site, meet-ing people who had lit candles to express solidarity with the griev-ing families.

“Unfortunately, two female vic-tims (a 25- and a 31-year-old) died. The state of those hospitalised and labelled critical remains critical,” deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat said.

The government declared three days of national mourning on Sat-urday, following the fire, which also left 184 injured during a rock concert that featured the use of fireworks indoors. — Reuters

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Can’t trust Obama on immigration reform: New Speaker RyanWASHINGTON: US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday it would be ridiculous to work with President Barack Obama on immigration policy reform, saying he cannot trust the president on the issue.

Republicans have fought Obama’s unilateral steps that by-passed a gridlocked Congress to try to shield millions of illegal im-migrants from deportation.

Obama’s executive orders, announced last November but put on hold by the courts, would let up to 4.7 million illegal im-migrants stay without threat of deportation.

It was aimed mainly at helping 4.4 million people whose chil-dren are US citizens or legal per-manent residents.

About 270,000 people would be able to stay under the expan-sion of a 2012 programme that offered deportation relief to peo-ple brought illegally to the Unit-ed States as children, allowing them work.

Ridiculous notion“I think it would be a ridiculous notion to try and work on an issue like this with a president we sim-ply cannot trust on this issue,” Ryan said in an interview aired on the CBS programme “Face the Nation”.

“He tried to go it alone, circum-venting the legislative process with his executive orders so that is not in the cards. I think if we reach consensus on how best to achieve border and interior en-forcement security, I think that’s fine,” Ryan added.

In August, US Senate Major-ity Leader Mitch McConnell said it was unlikely comprehensive immigration reform could move through the current Congress, saying Obama’s executive ac-tions thwarted any bipartisan overhaul.

McConnell said that Obama’s immigration changes made it “impossible” for this Congress to act but that lawmakers could act in the next Congress under a dif-ferent president.

Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican congressman chosen as speaker on Thursday, also said that “it’s time we take some policy risks by showing the people what we re-ally believe, who we are, and how we can fix this country’s great problems.” — Reuters

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Merkel unable to seal agreement on migrantsBERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed on Sunday to resolve differences within her ruling coalition on dealing with the crisis over a huge refugee influx, leaving open a row that has dented her conservatives’ popularity.

Germany, Europe’s biggest economy and long a magnet for migrants, expects between 800,000 and a million asylum seekers to arrive this year, twice as many as in any previous year, and far more than in any other European Union country.

The influx has opened up di-visions within the coalition, with the Bavarian sister party of Merkel’s conservative Chris-tian Democrats (CDU) demand-ing tougher action that many in the third ruling party, the Social Democrats (SPD), oppose.

Government spokesman Stef-fen Seibert described talks on Sunday between the three party leaders as “constructive”, but said they would meet again on Thursday. German media had

billed Sunday’s meeting as a cri-sis summit.

“There is a lot of common ground and some points that remain open and still to be set-tled,” Steffen said, adding that these included the idea of intro-ducing so-called “transit zones” at border crossings to process asylum requests.

Looking glum, SPD leader Sig-mar Gabriel left the chancellery after a 2-hour meeting with Mer-kel and Horst Seehofer, leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU).

Bavaria is bearing the brunt of the influx and Seehofer is under intense pressure from munici-palities in his state to press the federal government to stem the tide of arrivals from war- and poverty-stricken areas of the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

He has issued a series of ul-timatums to Merkel in recent weeks, including a threat to take the government to court over its policies on migrants, only to back down at the last minute. — Reuters

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US files anti-dumping case against OmanTimes News Service

MUSCAT: An anti-dumping case has been filed by the United States against Oman and four other coun-tries, for selling steel pipes below its fair price.

The lawsuit, filed by the Depart-ment of Commerce, follows alle-gations of dumping against these countries by US steel manufactur-ing companies.

“They had chosen for investiga-tion period between July 2014 and June 2015,” said Al Jazeera Steel Products in a statement posted on the Muscat Securities Market website on Sunday. However, Al Ja-zeera Steel noted that there would not be much impact on the com-pany’s sales revenue.

A US International Trade Com-mission circular said that the in-vestigation would be for circular

welded carbon-quality steel pipes. The US steel pipe makers, which lodged a complaint against dump-ing, are Bull Moose Tube Com-pany, EXLTUBE, Wheatland Tube

and Western Tube and Conduit. Apart from Oman, the complaint

is against steel pipe producers of the United Arab Emirates, Paki-stan, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

Al Jazeera Steel earlier said that its net profit fell by 66.74 per cent to OMR1.56 million for the first nine months of 2015 from OMR4.69 million for the same pe-riod last year, mainly due to a fall in steel price in the global market.

The company’s revenue also fell by 23.03 per cent to OMR56.26 million for the nine-month period of 2015, against OMR73.09 mil-lion posted for the same period last year. This fall in quantity was mainly due to the lower demand and negative news circulating in the market with regard to further drop in steel prices.

With the steady drop in oil prices, new explorations in the

US oilfields have come to a veri-table stand still. No rigs are being drilled and the shale industry has become static, the company said, adding that this has led to a ripple effect in the ancillary supply chain including the pipe market, which includes OCTG, line and even standard pipes. This has impacted the company’s export sales as well, Al Jazeera said in its third quarter financial result.

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China’s factory gauge signals contractionBEIJING: China’s first key indica-tor this quarter, an official factory gauge, missed analysts’ estimates, signaling that the manufactur-ing sector has yet to bottom out as global demand falters and defla-tionary pressures deepen.

The official purchasing manag-ers index was unchanged at 49.8 in October, the National Bureau of Statistics said Sunday, compared with the median estimate of 50 in a survey. It was the third straight reading below 50, the line between expansion and contraction.

Non-manufacturing sectorThe official non-manufacturing PMI, a barometer of services and construction, fell to 53.1 from 53.4 in September, the weakest since December 2008.

“The manufacturing sector is still contracting, though stabi-lising,” and the report indicates economic momentum remains sluggish, said Liu Ligang, chief Greater China economist at Aus-tralia & New Zealand Banking in Hong Kong. “We still believe the Chinese economy will experience modest rebound supported by faster infrastructure investment in November and December.”

The newest data highlight the challenges confronting China’s old growth drivers. - Bloomberg News

E C O N 0 M YBank of Beirut signs deal with Oman agency for data centre

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Bank of Beirut has signed an agreement with Oman Data Park (ODP) to collocate its disaster recovery and business continuity site at the Oman Data Park data centre.

The partnership will enable bank to continue operations from Oman Data Park’s state-of-the-art data centre facilities which offers automation and elimination of human errors, business continu-ity and disaster recovery. In addi-tion, it allows the bank to dedicate more space to its clients whilst

serving them more efficiently. “To ensure the continuous

availability and performance of our data centre and systems, we require real time access to in-formation with no room for data loss. We chose Oman Data Park because they provided us with reliable solutions that resonated with our business mission. We also believe their system is com-pletely scalable and will support the bank’s expansion over the years,” said Ramy Zambarakji, chief executive officer of Bank of Beirut-Oman.

Oman Data Park is the first

managed services provider in the country offering a wide variety of services catering to both enter-prise customers as well as SMEs. It equipped the bank with an inte-grated facility management infra-structure that guarantees uptime, ensures comprehensive data pro-tection and provides exceptional responsiveness. Enabling the bank to optimise its IT efficiency as well as upgrade its services.

Commenting on the partner-ship, ODP’s Maqboul Al Wahaibi said, “Our vision is to transform the market and provide a future where IT services are available

on demand. Our work with Bank of Beirut proves that we can offer customised IT solutions to clients even in highly specialized fields like banking operations.”

One of Lebanon’s leading com-mercial banks, Bank of Beirut is firmly established in Oman and fast becoming a major trade chan-nel between the Sultanate and the international market. Having opened its first Muscat branch in December 12, 2006, Bank of Bei-rut has now four branches located in Shatti Al Qurum, Ghubrah, The Wave and Sohar, along with its Muscat head office.

Joint ventureIn Oman, the three main focuses of the bank are corporate, retail and international banking. Since its entry into the country, the bank’s goal has been to create a strong and sustainable financial institu-tion that builds better lives and more vibrant communities.

Oman Data Park is a joint ven-ture between Omantel, a lead-ing telecom services provider in Oman and 4Trust, a leading data centre company in Oman. Oman Data Park is a managed service provider with services including co-location, managed infrastruc-ture, cloud services, hosted appli-

cations and managed services. Oman Data Park brings in ex-

traordinary level of performance rating by providing a resilient, fault tolerant infrastructure, redundant capacity systems and multiple dis-tribution paths instantaneously serving the business. The state-of-the-art redundant systems with an integrated facility manage-ment infrastructure that guaran-tees uptime, ensures comprehen-sive data protection and provides exceptional responsiveness, so that customers can optimize its IT efficiency while focusing on its core business.

ODP leverages its data centre to deliver the highest levels of secu-rity and operational dependabil-ity by providing relief from the ef-forts associated in managing an on premise data centre facility.

“Over the years, Bank of Bei-rut Oman has made substantial efforts to improve its IT infra-structure and ensure client data remains securely stored,” Ramy Zambarakji added.

The partnership

will enable Bank of

Beirut to continue

operations from

Oman Data Park’s

state-of-the-art data

centre facility

Abu Dhabi bank to buy $900m offshore loansDUBAI: National Bank of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates’ largest bank, signed an agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland to buy about $900 million of off-shore loans to Indian companies.

The deal should be completed progressively from the third quarter of 2015, subject to condi-tions, the bank, which is 70 per cent owned by the oil-rich emir-ate, said in a statement posted on the Abu Dhabi stock exchange website on Sunday.

Deutsche Bank acquired about $200 million of Royal Bank of Scotland’s Indian loan assets, people familiar with the mat-ter said last month. The German lender also bought some Singa-pore and Indonesian assets from Royal Bank of Scotland, they said.

Royal Bank of Scotland, the UK’s largest taxpayer-owned lender, has been exiting its corpo-rate loans and debt capital mar-kets business in the Middle East and Africa this year as part of a move to make the bank smaller.

The bank also sold its retail bank-ing business to Abu Dhabi Com-mercial Bank in 2010.

Royal Bank of Scotland’s loss at its investment bank almost doubled in the third quarter, the Edinburgh-based bank said in a statement last month. Chief ex-ecutive officer Ross McEwan is dismantling the division and scal-ing back trading businesses amid lingering costs for litigation.

Deposits slump National Bank of Abu Dhabi ear-lier said that government depos-its slumped by more than $13 bil-lion in the past year after the drop in crude.

The United Arab Emirates’ banking sector has lost Dh56 bil-lion ($15.25 billion) in govern-ment deposits since September last year, of which National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s share has been Dh48 billion, chief executive of-ficer Alex Thursby said on a con-ference call on Wednesday.

- Bloomberg News

S C O T L A N D B A N K

PARTNERSHIP: Bank of Beirut has signed an agreement with

Oman Data Park to collocate its disaster recovery and business

continuity site at the ODP data centre. – Supplied picture

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MARKETSaudi Arabia prepared to absorb crudeprice shockTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Saudi Arabia is well-equipped to handle the challenges of the current economic situation and despite lower oil prices, to date, major projects in the King-dom remain largely unaffected, said a section of experts.

The situation of the economy in Saudi Arabia has become the subject of conversation among the public as a result of the considera-ble drop in oil prices, leading some to predict a future slowdown in the market particularly in the con-struction industry.

Construction summitHowever, key market data shows that the country can handle the de-cline in oil prices as explained dur-ing the Leaders in Construction Summit held in Riyadh on October 26 at the Marriott Riyadh where a number of experts and high profile industry leaders convened to dis-cuss the current situation.

David Clifton, regional develop-ment director at Faithful+Gould, delivered a presentation on the economic overview of the King-dom and the impact of oil prices on current projects and projects in the pipeline.

With the recently released IMF (International Monetary Fund) report predicting Saudi Arabia could go broke within five years as a result of a potential fiscal deficit of 21.6 per cent, the concern is that the low oil prices will deplete an estimated $360 billion from the region this year alone. According to the IMF, Saudi must sell its oil at $106 to balance its budget.

S U M M I TBank Sohar extends offer on personal loan until year-end

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Following the suc-cessful launch of its recent per-sonal loan special offer for Omani customers, Bank Sohar has now announced an extension on the of-fer until December 3.

The offer, which was intro-duced in August 2015, allows any Omani customer applying for a new personal loan within the pro-motion period to benefit from an interest rate of as low as 3.49 per cent for the initial period of first six months of repayment and spe-cial interest rate thereafter for the duration of the loan.

These customers would also be entitled for a free Bank Sohar Ex-cel Credit Card. Customers under this scheme have an option to start their monthly loan repayment af-ter two months. Moreover, life in-surance cover is available without medical test for customers with

loan exposure up to OMR100,000.

High quality productsCommenting on the extension of the exciting offer, R. Narasim-han, GM of Retail Banking at Bank Sohar said, “At Bank Sohar, our aim has always been to meet and exceed customers’ expecta-tions with high quality products tailored to satisfy their specific needs. The personal loan promo-tion offers interest rates as low as 3.49 per cent and was designed to provide our Omani customers an attractive solution for a quick loan on attractive terms.”

Through this offer, we can now support customers with various

needs to fulfil their requirements and obligations together with pro-viding them a bouquet of other products and services that would complement and enhance their banking experience with us,” the bank official added.

With the lowest interest rate on personal loans customers need not wait any longer for their dream holiday, car, education or home re-quirements. Life Insurance cover for the loan is also available at af-fordable rates for those customers who wish to avail it with no medi-cal test required for loan exposure up to OMR100,000.

With a maximum loan period of ten years, the personal loans offer

provides Bank Sohar customers a number of wide-ranging benefits. These include loan amounts as per customer requirements, flex-ible repayment plans and a loan top-up facility to meet additional financial requirements.

The documentation process has also been simplified with quick processing resulting in quick turn-around time

Popular offer“This special offer, first intro-duced in August 2015 proved to be extremely popular with our customers. Given the positive feedback we have received over the past two months, we decided

to extend the duration of the offer with additional benefits till end of the year in order to allow more of our customers to avail of this op-portunity,” added R. Narasimhan.

This personal loan special of-fer is currently available at all of Bank Sohar’s 27 branches located across the Sultanate. In addition to the offer, all of the Bank’s valued customers can also avail a range of other benefits through the bank’s extensive range of market leading retail products and services.

Together with the bank’s own network of 52 ATMs across the country, Bank Sohar customers also continue to enjoy the privi-lege of free-of-charge withdraw-als in over 1,000 ATMs under the ‘OmanNet’ platform.

Bank’s ATMs at Buraimi, Shi-nas and Wajajah border continue to operate with the ‘Dirhams Dispensing’ facility; thus adding immense convenience to busi-nessmen who travel and trans-act business across the border on a regular basis, as well as to customers who visit the United Arab Emirates.

The bank’s customers also en-joy the advantage of a cash de-posit facility at all branch ATMs as another value-added service. In addition, the bank’s E-channels, encompassing SMS and internet banking services, allow customers to access their bank anytime and from anywhere.

The offer allows any

Omani customer

applying for a new

personal loan to

benefit from an

interest rate as low as

3.49 per cent for the

first six months

Islamic finance to grow in the Gulf despite uncertainty in oil marketTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Islamic banking profit pool in the Gulf Coop-eration Council (GCC) region crossed $12 billion for the first time in 2014, with expectations that the sector will continue to grow amid regional economic uncertainty, says a report.

Key strategic imperatives for the Islamic finance industry were discussed at a press confer-ence held by the World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) and Ernest and Young in Bahrain on November 1.

Held one month ahead of the 22nd Annual WIBC, the press conference was an opportunity for EY to highlight key strategic insights from the much-awaited EY World Islamic Banking Com-petitiveness Report 2015-2016, which will be launched at WIBC 2015 on December 2.

Speaking at the press confer-ence, Nazim, partner - global Is-lamic finance leader at EY, said that the key findings of the report provide some groundbreaking revelations.

Digitalisation“Innovations in technology and digitalisation call for transfor-mation of customers’ banking experience across channels and all touch points and this trans-formation can help banks an-ticipate the changing needs of customer,” he noted. According to the report, there are expecta-tions that the sector will con-tinue to grow amid regional eco-nomic uncertainty.

Nine core markets are cur-rently the growth engines for the

global Islamic finance industry. The report identifies a group of 40 banks across these nine core markets that are systemically important to the future progress

of the industry. Out of the 40 banks, over 50 per cent have an equity base of $1 billion or more.

“The growth of the Islamic banking industry in the Gulf Co-operation Council, specifically in Saudi Arabia, in the past few years can be attributed to the increased public sector spend-ing on the back of oil revenues. It will be interesting to see how banks are affected as govern-ments draw their reserves from the banking sector to narrow the gap on budget deficits due to the drop in the global oil price,” said Muzammil Kasbati, director, global Islamic banking center, at EY.

The UAE’s Islamic banking sector in particular has been gaining momentum backed by its innovation and growing digital footprint, thus putting it on par with Malaysia in terms of global market share.

WIBC 2015 is a three-day gathering of the industry’s lead-ers taking place on December 1, 2 and 3 in Manama.

C O N F E R E N C E

Iran plans to raise crude

output by 500,000 bpd

TEHRAN: Iran will officially notify producer group Opec in December of its plans to raise its crude oil out-put by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd), the Iranian oil minister has said.

“We...ask them to respect the 30-million-barrel ceiling which they have agreed,” Bijan Zanganeh was quoted as saying by Shana, the ministry’s news agency.

“Iran is prepared to supply at least 500,000 bpd of crude oil to global markets,” he added.

The Organisation of the Petro-leum Exporting Countries (Opec) will meet in Vienna in early De-cember. Opec is pumping close to a record high as major producers

focus on defending market share. This has added to amply supplies, which have helped cut prices by more than half from June 2014 to below $50 a barrel.

Under a deal reached with six major powers in July, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for an end to economic sanctions imposed on the country in 2012 over its disputed nuclear work.

The country’s oil production is down one million bpd since the start of 2012 at 2.7 million bpd, depriving it of billions of dollars in oil revenue. Iran has repeatedly said it will ramp up crude oil production and reclaim its lost share of exports. - Reuters

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SPECIAL LOAN OFFER: Customers under this scheme have an option to start their monthly loan re-

payment after two months. They are also entitled for free Bank Sohar Excel Credit Card. – Times file picture

ROBUST GROWTH: There are expectations that the sector will

continue to grow despite the regional economic uncertainty.

- Supplied picture

Nine core markets

are currently the

growth engines for the

global Islamic finance

industry. The report

says a group of 40

banks across these

nine core markets

are systemically

important for progress

Vodafone’s customeraccounts in UK hackedLONDON: Vodafone said crimi-nals accessed customer account details, including phone numbers and some bank details, in the sec-ond hacking attack in just over a week on a UK phone carrier.

The company is contacting about 1,800 affected customers, Vodafone said in a statement on Saturday. The hackers accessed subscribers’ e-mail addresses and passwords through a third party and Newbury, England-based Vodafone’s own systems weren’t breached, the company said.

Vodafone said it noticed at-tempts to access customer ac-count details between midnight on Wednesday and noon on Thurs-day, when it started an investiga-tion. On Friday, the company no-tified the National Crime Agency and Information Commissioners’ Office, which is responsible for guarding personal data privacy in the UK.

TalkTalk Telecom said on Oc-tober 23 that its systems had been attacked and that the provider of broadband and TV packages re-ceived a ransom demand from hackers. Police have arrested two teenage boys and a 20-year-old man in connection with the hack, which may have exposed fewer than 21,000 unique bank account numbers. At the time of the Talk-Talk incident, Vodafone said it had a team of experts that monitor the status of its network and comput-er systems “continuously” to keep customer data safe. -Hackers may have potentially gained access to Vodafone customers’ names and-phone numbers. - Bloomberg News

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MUSCATSECURITIES MARKET

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1

REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................OM0000001483 ............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 106,954 ............34,411........................7 ........... 0.328 ........... 0.328 ...........0.316 ........... 0.322 .............0.300 ........... 0.022 ............. 7.333 ................0.316 ............. 0.304...................0.314 .................. 431,708,701 ........0.100

OM0000004248 ...........SMN POWER HOLDING .......................................... 1,987,025 ... 1,512,139........................8 ............0.756 ........... 0.764 ...........0.756 ........... 0.760 ............. 0.752............ 0.008 ............. 1.064 ................0.764 .............. 0.752...................0.000 ................. 151,723,056 ........0.100

OM0000001319 ............NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS ............. 187,000.............43,661......................17 ........... 0.234 ........... 0.236 ...........0.230........... 0.233 ............. 0.231............ 0.002 ............. 0.866 ................0.230..............0.230...................0.234 ................... 7,822,148 ..........0.100

OM0000001087 ............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE .................................85,000 .............21,655........................6 ........... 0.252 ........... 0.255 ...........0.252........... 0.255 .............0.255 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.255 .............. 0.251...................0.255...................25,500,000.........0.100

OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 427,700 ........... 79,028..................... 20 ............0.185 ........... 0.185 ...........0.183 ............0.185 ............. 0.185............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.185 .............. 0.183...................0.186 ...................37,000,000 .........0.100

OM0000001707 ............OMAN CABLES INDUSTRY ......................................10,000 .............19,400........................2 ............1.940 ........... 1.940 ...........1.940 ........... 1.940 .............1.940 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.940 ..............1.800...................1.940..................174,018,000 ........0.100

OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT .......................................................... 125,626............ 56,532........................5 ........... 0.450 ........... 0.450 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.450 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.450 ..............0.450...................0.460 .................148,892,720 ........0.100

OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 176,455 ............. 50,117..................... 27 ........... 0.284 ........... 0.285 ...........0.284 .......... 0.284 .............0.284 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.284..............0.283...................0.284 ...................5,964,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............65,000 ............... 7,365........................9 ............0.114 ........... 0.114............ 0.113 ............0.113 ............. 0.113 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.113 ...............0.113................... 0.115 ................... 10,170,000 .........0.100

OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ..............................................................75,000 ............ 18,300........................9 ........... 0.244 ...........0.244 ...........0.244 .......... 0.244 .............0.244 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.244 ............ 0.244...................0.250 ................. 376,913,765 ........0.100

OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 1,449,709 ...... 777,959..................... 34 ........... 0.536 ...........0.540 ...........0.534........... 0.536 .............0.536 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.534 ..............0.534...................0.544 ............... 1,228,416,912 ......0.100

OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. ....... 21,670 ............ 42,473........................4 ............1.960 ........... 1.960 ...........1.960 ........... 1.960 ............. 1.960 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.960 .............. 1.950...................1.960 ..................135,240,000 .......0.100

OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 161,977 ..........263,970..................... 22 ............1.630 ........... 1.630 ...........1.625 ............1.630 ............. 1.630............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.625 .............. 1.625...................1.630 ................1,222,500,000 ......0.100

OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 276,646 ............48,413........................7 ............0.175 ........... 0.175............0.175 ............0.175 ............. 0.175 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.175 .............. 0.175...................0.180 ................. 252,252,000 .......0.100

OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 146,177 .............12,510......................15 ........... 0.087 ........... 0.087 ...........0.085 ........... 0.086 .............0.086 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.086 ..............0.085...................0.086...................24,938,335 .........0.100

OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY .................................................... 54,302 ............ 23,893........................7 ........... 0.440 ...........0.440 ...........0.440 .......... 0.440 .............0.440 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.440..............0.432...................0.440 ..................26,620,000.........0.100

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 557,757 ..........426,126..................... 73 ............0.764 ........... 0.764 ...........0.764 ........... 0.764 ............. 0.764............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.764 ..............0.764...................0.768 ..................497,321,392 ........0.100

OM0000004669 ...........SHARQIYAH DESALINATION ..................................... 900 ............... 4,131........................ 1 ........... 4.590 ...........4.590 ...........4.590........... 4.590 .............4.590 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................4.590............. 0.000...................0.000 .................. 44,891,191 .........1.000

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ................................................. 1,000 .....................86........................ 1 ........... 0.086 ........... 0.086 ...........0.086........... 0.086 .............0.086 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.086 ..............0.085...................0.086...................15,050,000 .........0.100

OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER ..................................................20,972 ...............4,509........................4 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.215 ..............0.210...................0.215 .................. 145,100,797 ........0.100

OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER ....................................................46,406 ...............9,977........................9 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.214 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.214 .............. 0.211...................0.215 .................. 153,597,363 ........0.100

OM0000003141 ............ACWA POWER BARKA ................................................. 5,500 ...............4,466........................3 ............0.812 ........... 0.812 ...........0.812 ........... 0.812 ............. 0.816............-0.004 ........... -0.490 ...............0.812 ............. 0.000...................0.812 ..................129,920,000 .......0.100

OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE .......................................................95,388 .............12,074........................5 ............0.127 ........... 0.127 ...........0.126 ............0.127 ............. 0.128............-0.001 ............-0.781 ................0.126 .............. 0.125...................0.126 ................... 39,467,148 .........0.100

OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS .................................................. 13,394 ............... 6,188........................4 ........... 0.462 ........... 0.462 ...........0.462........... 0.462 .............0.466 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.858 ...............0.462..............0.460...................0.462 ..................24,255,000.........0.100

OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES .......................... 20,000 ...............1,980........................ 1 ........... 0.099 ........... 0.099 ...........0.099........... 0.099 .............0.100 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.000 ...............0.099 ..............0.099...................0.100.................... 5,825,478 ..........0.100

OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 488,000 ...........84,208......................17 ............0.175 ........... 0.175............ 0.171 ............0.173 ............. 0.175 ............-0.002 ............-1.143 ................0.172 ...............0.171................... 0.174 ...................50,282,627 .........0.100

OM0000001962 ............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 160,369 ..............9,622........................6 ........... 0.060 ...........0.060 ...........0.060........... 0.060 ............. 0.061............-0.001 ............-1.639................0.060..............0.060...................0.061 ...................12,429,083 .........0.100

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 100,000 ............11,900........................2 ............0.119 ........... 0.119............ 0.119 ............0.119 ............. 0.121 ............-0.002 ............-1.653 ................ 0.119 ...............0.117................... 0.119 ..................238,037,222........0.100

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 686,601 ..........125,156......................51 ............0.185 ........... 0.185 ........... 0.181 ........... 0.182 ............. 0.186............-0.004 ............-2.151 ................ 0.181 ..............0.180................... 0.181 ................... 27,313,650 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 7,552,528 ...3,712,250...................376 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......29........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ........................................................ 77,332 ............. 11,673..................... 22 ............0.150 ........... 0.151 ............0.150 ............0.151 ............. 0.151 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.151 ...............0.151...................0.152 ................. 220,852,820 .......0.100

OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING ........................................1,750 .................. 641........................2 ........... 0.368 ........... 0.368 ...........0.364........... 0.366 .............0.368 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.543 ...............0.364..............0.352...................0.368.................... 2,196,000 ..........1.000

OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK............................................... 46,000 ...............3,446........................6 ........... 0.076 ........... 0.076 ...........0.074 ........... 0.075 .............0.076 ...........-0.001 ............-1.316 ................0.074 ..............0.074...................0.075 ...................75,000,000.........0.100

OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ...................................................... 40,000 .............. 2,260........................5 ........... 0.057 ........... 0.057 ...........0.056 ........... 0.056 .............0.057 ...........-0.001 ............-1.754 ................0.056 ..............0.053...................0.058....................7,000,000 ..........0.100

OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 1,643,050 ...... 128,682..................... 36 ........... 0.080 ...........0.080 ...........0.077 ........... 0.078 .............0.080 ...........-0.002 ........... -2.500 ...............0.077 ..............0.077...................0.078..................117,000,000 ........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 1,808,132 ...... 146,702......................71 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 5........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000004602 ...........BANK MUSCAT CONV. BONDS 4.5 .......................... 9,975 ............... 1,107........................ 1 ............0.111 ............0.111 ............ 0.111 ............0.111.............. 0.111 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.111 ...............0.111................... 0.115 ................... 33,605,151 .........0.100

OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ..................... 10,142 .................. 933........................ 1 ........... 0.092 ........... 0.092 ...........0.092........... 0.092 .............0.094 ...........-0.002 ........... -2.128 ...............0.092..............0.092...................0.098...................29,822,868 .........0.100

OM0000004867 ...........BANK MUSCAT C C B 4.5 ............................................. 9,975 .................. 948........................ 1 ........... 0.095 ........... 0.095 ...........0.095 ........... 0.095 .............0.100 ...........-0.005 ........... -5.000 ...............0.095 ..............0.095...................0.107 ...................30,366,054 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: ....................................................................................30,092 ...............2,988........................3 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 3........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

ISIN ......................................SECURITY NAME .................................................................. VOLUME ..... TURNOVER ............TRADES ......OPEN PRICE ......HIGH ............. LOW ........ CLOSE PR. ...PREV. CLOSE...DIFF (RO).........DIFF % ............. LAST PR .....LAST BID .............LAST OFFER ........MARKET CAP .PAR VALUE

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INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ........................................5,961.82 ...............5,928.15 ................... 5,948.14 ................... 5,928.15 ..................19.99 ...................0.34Financial Index ..................................... 7,361.91 ...............7,298.58 .................... 7,316.21 ................... 7,298.58 .................. 17.63 ...................0.24Industrial Index ....................................7,333.53 ............... 7,327.53 ....................7,327.66 ................... 7,333.53 .................. -5.87 .................. -0.08Services Index ...................................... 3,278.20 ...............3,274.61 ....................3,274.61 ................... 3,277.94 .................. -3.33 .................. -0.10MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................912.93 .................. 912.05 .......................912.05 .......................912.81 .................. -0.76 .................. -0.08

Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded9,390,752 .................... 3,861,940 .................... 450 ...............14,740,434,454 .................. 3 ......................14 ....................20 .........................37

MSM index ends higher

MUSCAT: Shares on the Muscat bourse edged up on better buy-ing support at lower levels. The MSM 30 Index closed at 5,948.14 points, up by 0.34 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index marginally down by 0.08 per cent to close at 912.05 points.

SMN Power led in terms of vol-ume as well as turnover. Sunday’s top gainer was National Bank of Oman, up by 7.33 per cent, while Bank Nizwa was the day’s top loser, down by 2.50 per cent.

As many as 450 trades were executed during the trading session generating turnover of OMR3.86 million with 9.39 mil-lion shares changing hands. Out of 37 traded securities, three advanced, 14 declined and 20 re-mained unchanged.

Omani investors were net buyers for OMR597,000, while foreign investors were net sell-ers for OMR458,000 followed by GCC and Arab investors for OMR139,000 worth of shares.

Financial Index increased by 0.24 per cent to close at 7,316.21 points. National Bank of Oman was the only gainer and was up by 7.33 per cent to close at OMR0.322. Bank Nizwa, Al An-war Holding, HSBC Bank Oman and Al Madina Investment de-clined by 2.50 per cent, 2.15 per cent, 1.65 per cent and 1.64 per cent, respectively.

Industrial Index ended at 7,327.66 points, marginally de-clined by 0.08 per cent. National Aluminium was the only gainer and was up by 0.87 per cent to close at OMR0.233. Oman Fish-eries, Al Maha Ceramics and Oman Textile Holding fell by 1.75 per cent, 0.87 per cent and 0.54 per cent, respectively.

Services Index declined by 0.10 per cent to close at 3,274.61 points. SMN Power was the only gainer in the sector and was up by 1.06 per cent to close at OMR0.760. Renaissance Ser-

vices and ACWA Power Barka declined by 1.14 per cent and 0.49 per cent respectively.

Dubai stocks fall Dubai’s stocks sank to the lowest level in more than two months, leading most Middle Eastern markets lower, on concern that Saudi Arabia’s debt downgrade will drive up borrowing costs across the region.

The DFM General Index dropped 2.1 per cent to close at 3,430.93, the lowest level since August 24. Saudi Arabia’s Tad-awul All Share Index lost 1.5 per cent after Standard & Poor’s cut the country’s credit rating, cit-ing an increase in the kingdom’s budget deficit after the slump in oil prices.

Abu Dhabi’s ADX General Index fell 0.5 per cent and Qatar’s gauge slipped 0.2 percent. Bahrain’s All Share Index and Kuwait’s meas-ure both rose 0.1 per cent.

"The downgrade will have im-plications for banks and finan-cial services sector across the region," said Muhammad Shab-bir, the head of regional equities at Rasmala Investment Bank in Dubai. "Banks’ credit ratings could come under pressure, not just for Dubai but for all across the Gulf Cooperation Council. This has implications for the costs of borrowing."

S&P lowered Saudi Arabia’s rating on Friday to A+, five steps below the top grade, with a nega-tive outlook. Saudi Arabia, Opec’s biggest producer, has suffered as crude’s 40 per cent slide in the past 12 months strains govern-ment spending in a country that gets at least 80 percent of its rev-enue from energy. Dubai is one of the seven members of the UAE, whose oil reserves are the eighth-largest in the world. Gulf banks are seeing surplus cash decline because of the slump in crude.

– United Securities/Bloomberg News

The top gainer was National Bank of Oman,

up by 7.33 per cent, while Bank Nizwa was the

day’s top loser, down by 2.50 per cent

Emaar profit misses estimatesDUBAI: Emaar Properties, the builder of the world’s tallest tower in Dubai, reported an increase in third-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates after costs escalated and demand for real estate in its home market began to slow.

Net income rose 31 per cent to Dh843 million ($230 million), or 12 fils a share, from Dh645 mil-lion, or 9 fils, a year earlier, the Dubai-based company said in a

statement on Sunday. The mean estimate of five ana-

lysts was for a profit of Dh1 bil-lion, according to data.

Emaar, Dubai’s biggest devel-oper by market value, still derives the majority of its property sales from its home market even after expanding in the Middle East region and India. Dubai’s prop-erty sales have slowed in recent months, with values falling at the fastest pace in the world earlier

this year. A surge in revenue for Emaar was off set by a 61 per cent increase in cost of sales, which the company didn’t explain.

Revenue reached Dh3.3 billion in the third quarter compared to Dh2.14 billion in the year earlier period, Emaar said. The mean es-timate of four analysts was for Dh3.2 billion. The cost of sales surged to Dh1.67 billion from 1.04 billion in the year earlier period, says the company. - Bloomberg News

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BPRIVACY OF VIDEO ON YOUR PHONEIf you download a free app to your phone or tablet and watch videos without registering, can the service share your viewing preferences with a third party? The answer is now yes in the 11th Circuit, which covers Alabama, Florida and Georgia states of US. Recently, the appeals court held that the Video Privacy Protection Act doesn’t cover viewers who aren’t registered, because they aren’t ‘subscribers’ under the meaning of the law. - Bloomberg News

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Oracle’s next-generation cloud programme soon

Securifi signs distribution agreement with Logicom

Oracle said that a record number of partners are extending their opportunities and revenue potential in the cloud with Ora-cle. To further support partner business growth in the cloud, Oracle announced a new cloud programme within Oracle Part-nerNetwork (OPN). This builds on Oracle’s award winning programme and enables existing and new Oracle partners to grow their cloud business with Oracle. “Cloud is our top prior-ity and we are aligning our resources to that strategic initiative,” said Shawn Price, senior vice-president, Cloud, Oracle. “We will work with our partner ecosystem to pivot to the cloud and fully capitalise on the historic opportunity before us. We remain com-mitted to expanding our partner community and providing all of its valued members the tools, technology and expertise they need to deliver excellence to our joint customers and succeed in the market.” Oracle has seen rapid adoption and growth of its vast and expanding portfolio of cloud products and services. The newly announced cloud programme is designed to help partners take advantage of Oracle’s integrated cloud portfolio to success-fully transition new and existing customers to the cloud, as-suring partners’ success in this accelerated market. New cloud programme designations within OPN will be launched February 1, 2016, offering OPN members the opportunity to showcase ex-pertise, skills and their investment in the Oracle Cloud as well as differentiate themselves with Oracle’s integrated cloud applica-tions and platform services. These designations complement ex-isting OPN programme levels to provide tiers of recognition and progressive level benefits. Working with Oracle in the cloud will support partners’ cloud business strategy, and provide them with the framework to build that success. - Times News Service

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When Google-parent Al-phabet reported eye-popping earnings re-

cently, its executives couldn’t stop talking up the company’s invest-ments in machine learning and arti-ficial intelligence (AI).

For any other company that would be a wonky distraction from its core business. At Google, the two are intertwined. Artificial intelli-gence sits at the extreme end of ma-chine learning, which sees people create software that can learn about the world. Google has been one of the biggest corporate sponsors of AI, and has invested heavily in it for videos, speech, translation, and re-cently, search.

For the past few months, a ‘very large fraction’ of the millions of queries a second that people type into the company’s search engine have been interpreted by an artifi-cial intelligence system, nicknamed RankBrain, said Greg Corrado, a senior research scientist with the company, outlining for the first time the emerging role of AI in search.

RankBrain uses artificial intel-ligence to embed vast amounts of written language into mathemati-cal entities — called vectors — that the computer can understand. If RankBrain sees a word or phrase it isn’t familiar with, the machine can make a guess as to what words or phrases might have a similar mean-ing and filter the result accordingly, making it more effective at handling never-before-seen search queries.

The system helps Google deal with the 15 per cent of queries a day it gets which its systems have never seen before, he said.

For example, it’s adept at deal-ing with ambiguous queries, like, “What’s the title of the consumer at the highest level of a food chain?” And RankBrain’s usage of AI means it works differently than the other technologies in the search engine.

“The other signals, they’re all based on discoveries and insights that people in information retrieval have had, but there’s no learning,” Corrado said.

Keeping an edge in search is criti-cal to Google, and making its sys-tems smarter and better able to deal

with ambiguous queries is one of the ways it can keep a grip on time-starved users, who are now mostly searching using their mobile devic-es. “If you say Google people think of search,” Corrado said.

Multiple toolsRankBrain is one of the ‘hundreds’ of signals that go into an algorithm that determines what results appear on a Google search page and where they are ranked, Corrado said. In the few months it has been de-ployed, RankBrain has become the third-most important signal contrib-uting to the result of a search query, he said.

The addition of RankBrain to search is part of a half- decade-long push by Google into AI, as the com-pany seeks to embed the technol-ogy into every aspect of its business. “Machine learning is a core trans-formative way by which we are re-thinking everything we are doing,” said Google’s chief executive officer Sundar Pichai on the company’s earnings call last week.

So far, RankBrain is living up to its AI hype. Google search engi-

neers, who spend their days craft-ing the algorithms that underpin the search software, were asked to eyeball some pages and guess which they thought Google’s search en-gine technology would rank on top. While the humans guessed correct-ly 70 per cent of the time, RankBrain had an 80 per cent success rate.

Typical Google users agree. In ex-periments, the company found that turning off this feature “would be as damaging to users as forgetting to serve half the pages on Wikipedia,” Corrado said.

Key productsGoogle’s decision to deploy AI into search shows that companies are starting to entrust their most valua-ble businesses to systems controlled in part by machine intelligence. Fa-cebook uses AI techniques to filter the newsfeed that comprises the personalized homepage of the social network and Microsoft is using arti-ficial intelligence to increase the ca-pabilities of its Bing search engine. Microsoft declined to be more spe-cific about whether it’s using a simi-lar approach to Google. – Bloomberg News

Google has been

one of the biggest

corporate sponsors of

artificial intelligence,

and has invested

heavily in it for

videos, speech,

translation, and

recently, search

Securifi, a leading in-novator and manufac-turer of revolutionary new wireless routers, has announced that they have signed a distribution agreement with Logicom at the recently concluded Gitex Technology Week. As part of the agreement, Logicom will promote and distribute Securifi’s innovative Almond Wire-less Router series through their strong channel part-ner network in the UAE, Gulf, Levant, Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq, Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Italy. “Logicom is a reputed and established distributor in the region with unmatched reach in markets, where Securifi is look-ing to expand. They have a strong channel network and a proven track record in the Smart and Connected Home technologies segment, which bodes well for our future expansion plans. Flexi-bility with channel reach is also critical for us. Securifi is ahead of the curve with the confluence of technology in our product range and Logicom came across as the perfect partner to bring this advancement to the region,”said Mohammad MerajHoda, presi-dent, World Wide Sales & Development, Securifi. “The growing wave of Internet of Things (IoT) has increased the demand for smart, connected products, each offering a myriad of new oppor-tunities. Logicom’s partnership with Securifi, and the addition of their innovative Almond wireless router series to our portfolio, allows us to broaden our engagement with Smart, connected home technologies and thus enhance our product offering. This will provide our channel and retail partners with access to com-plete smart connectivity solutions that will give them a competi-tive edge in the markets they serve,” added Michael Papaeracle-ous, executive director of distribution, Logicom. Logicom plans to promote Securifi’s products through its extensive channel network by conducting channel engagement, training and ac-tivation programmes. The distributor will set up go-to-market strategies with key retail partners and provide the needed infra-structure for micro-channel to engage with Securifi brand. Secu-rifi has revolutionised home networking with the introduction of Almond, the world’s first touch screen wireless router that can be setup without a personal computer. -Times News Service

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Omasco Watches launches ‘Tense’ brand in OmanMUSCAT: Omasco Watches, launched Canadian wooden watch brand ‘Tense’ in the Sul-tanate of Oman recently.

Billing themselves as the origi-nal wooden watch company, Tense watches almost instantly gained a reputation for the high-est possible level of quality and craftsmanship imagine about – all while constructing their in-credible products almost entirely out of wood!

Hussain Al Lawati, MD, Omas-co, said: Omasco is committed to value and choice as it is the es-sential pillars of customer expe-rience and with the addition of Tense watches we are proud to be the ‘first’ to introduce unique eco-friendly watches to Oman. Tense wooden watches mark a change in consumer shopping habits as more people seek out sustainable and eco-friendly gifts. In the last five years we have seen a large shift in watch fashion. Customers are showing immense interest in eco-friendly materials. This change shows a distinct shift from watches be-ing simply a functional necessity to now being a fashion accessory that has a bonus of being natural and high on sustainability.”

Kyle Thomson, Area manager, Tense Canada said; “We are very excited to tie-up with Omasco, Al Futtaim Group for Oman, UAE and Qatar market. We are happy to cater to Middle East market with our unique wooden watch brand Tense and continue to pro-vide the best products and excel-lence in customer service for all our customers. Like most Cana-dians, we love to be in touch with nature and live a simple and casu-al life. We pride ourselves in pro-ducing the world’s most unique

time-pieces that are loved by na-ture lovers around the world.”

Founded in 1971, Tense makes high quality wooden time pieces in Canada, with selected world’s best natural materials from Af-rica, India, and many other ex-otic places. Tense watches are hypoallergenic. The woods they use are natural materials that the skin tolerates very well, even after the wood has been treated, says a press release.

All the Tense watches use one of the world’s top watch move-ment, Miyota 2035, from Japan and offers two-year warranty for the watch movement. The time-pieces have cases, bracelets and dials crafted in wood, with men’s and women’s styles created from a number of wood types. Designs include round, square and hexag-onal cased models, chronographs and pocket watches. Tense man-ufactures wooden watches using lightweight wood construction materials to make sure that the watches are very comfortable to wear for long period of times.

Tense will be available at flagship showroom of Omasco Watches at Sabco Centre and also Lulu watch house counters at Darsait, Bausher, Barka, Sala-lah, Nizwa and Sohar outlet.

W O O D E N W A T C H Little gems all set to perform on November 6

MUSCAT: Excitement is building among the music lovers of Oman as the grand finale of Muscat Icon – Minara Singing Little Gems 2015, is scheduled to be held on Friday, No-vember 6 at Qurum Amphitheatre.

Final touch to all aspects of the show is being given to make sure it would be a memorable day for the music lovers in Oman. The show is being organised by Talent Hunters Oman, says a press release.

Multinational and multilingual singing competition will have three categories: Arabic, English and Hindi. There are 14 finalists – three from Arabic category, three from English category and eight from Hindi category. There will be a winner in each category, judged by a separate judge. All singers will fight out for the most coveted title

and trophy. All these Minara Little Gems in

the age group 7-13 years will ren-der two songs each of their choice – one being a slow song and the other a fast song. Songs will be a mix of oldies and latest numbers. Fast songs will be accompanied by local talented dancers/perform-ers trained and choreographed by professional masters. There will be live projections on a large LED screen in the backdrop of the stage.

Audience will get a chance to ex-press their views. They will be able to vote for ‘Singer of their Choice’ by SMS. The lines will open when the show starts and remain open for 72 hours. One winner of this ‘Popular Choice Award’ will be declared in the local news media in a week.

To add glamour and entertain-

ment, ‘Fashion Street’ sponsored by Lulu Oman will be staged. Six-teen multinational, young models residing in Oman will be perform-ing in the fashion show.

Gajesh Dhariwal, Humera Sal-eem and Sahil Dalal will host the show. Script is being prepared for the same to the make the show in-teresting. Haider Naqvi, technical coordinator, will be responsible for light and sound, projections and all the other technical aspects. Dr Sate-ja Dalal, event coordinator, will be responsible for the costumes, hair-style, backstage management and coordination of the whole event.

“It is going to be a high quality, highly entertaining event. Mus-cat music lovers will be surprised to see these little gems rocking. There is something for everyone…every age group. Don’t miss the show. There is an overwhelming demand for invitation cards. We are expecting a full house on No-vember 6. A multinational audi-ence is expected including large Omani presence. It is an open sit-ting, so please come early and grab your seats,” said Dr Sanjay Dalal, founder of Talent Hunters Oman and the director of the event.

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Never imitate.

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someone, you’ve made a

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McDonald’s is back with new flavourMUSCAT: McDonald’s Oman announced the launch of ‘Tastes of the World’, the brand’s annual campaign that takes customers on a journey to discover flavours from different countries across the globe.

In its fourth year, ‘Tastes of the World’ brings a range of great new limited time creations, commencing with ‘The Italian’ burger, which is available at all McDonald’s restaurants from October 29 until stocks last. ‘The Italian’ will be followed by two more burgers with new flavours, which will be revealed soon, says a press release.

‘The Italian’ is made with a deliciously juicy halal chicken patty, two slices of Emmental cheese, a whole Boston lettuce leaf and tender tomato slices, all dressed in a mouth-watering basil pesto mayo sauce in a soft focaccia-style bun.

Tastes of the World has be-come an awaited annual event at McDonald’s.

It brings innovative experi-ences and flavours that our cus-tomers love, with a range of ex-citing high quality ingredients and dressings,” said Ali K. Daud, Development Licensee and President of McDonald’s Oman.

Customers should also look out for two additional limited-time experiences. The first is light and crispy Camembert Bites served in five pieces. The second is a refreshing one with the Mango Pineapple McFizz.

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‘Shop & Win’ starts at Muscat Grand MallMUSCAT: Following the success of the ‘Shop & Win’ campaign ear-lier in 2015, Muscat Grand Mall has brought to its customers yet another opportunity to shop at the mall and have the chance to win

one of four Chevrolet Cruze cars.Under the promotion running

on occasion of the Sultanate’s 45th National Day, till December 31, cus-tomers are eligible for the coupon for every OMR20 purchase at any

store within MGM. With every coupon shoppers will have the op-portunity to win a grand prize of four Chevrolet Cruze cars, which will be given away to lucky winners through draws, says a press release.

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NBO launches limited time home finance offer

MUSCAT: National Bank of Oman (NBO) has launched a limited time home finance offer to support the dream of home ownership for cus-tomers across the Sultanate.

A special interest rate of 3.95 per cent is available to all customers from November 1 to December 31.

They can also benefit from a three-month payment holiday, meaning they do not need to start repay-ing instalments until 2016, says a press release.

John Chang, general manager and chief retail banking officer at NBO, said: “We continue to put our

customers at the heart of our busi-ness, and our latest promotion is a testament to this. We are offering a highly attractive interest rate for customers with flexible payment options to support the aspiration of home ownership for count-less families across the Sultanate. These offers build on our com-mitment to delivering a consist-ently superior banking experience across our customer touch-points to become the bank of choice.”

NBO was recently recognised by the Banker Middle East Oman Product Awards 2015 for its con-certed efforts to introduce innova-tive propositions aimed at simpli-fying the banking needs of retail

banking customers, which included awards for the best mortgage and loan propositions in the Sultanate.

NBO supports residential real estate end-users through its suite of Al Manzel home loan products, which has tie-ups with leading de-velopers and real estate marketing agencies. Loans up to a maximum of 60 per cent of the Debt Burden Ratio can be availed to finance the purchase of ready residential properties and plots, to build new homes, refurbish existing proper-ties, and refinance existing loans. Customers benefit from applica-tion processing times of as little as seven days and long repayment terms of up to 25 years.

A special interest rate of 3.95 per cent is

available to all customers from November 1

to December 31

Qatar Airways offers exceptional savings on early bookingsDOHA: Qatar Airways has launched its latest global promo-tion, ‘Don’t just dream it, Plan it’ offering travellers exceptional savings on early bookings.

With this exciting promotion, passengers can take advantage of attractive airfares and make their dream holidays come alive by planning their vacations in advance. This offer will provide passengers with varied options of seamless connectivity to more than 150 key global destinations for the perfect holiday experi-ence, says a press release.

Customers can avail a discount of up to 35 per cent on all-inclusive

economy and business class re-turn airfares to a variety of desti-nations across Europe, the Middle East, Indian sub-continent, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Americas.

Available for booking for five days from today until Novem-ber 6, this promotion is valid for outbound travel commencing be-tween November 8 and June 30.

“The Qatar Airways Global Sale is the best opportunity for travellers to explore a new des-tination with their families. At Qatar Airways, we aim to in-spire travellers to go beyond the ordinary,” said Qatar Airways country manager.

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Bank Muscat Open Day in Sur to be held on November 4, 5MUSCAT: The highly popular se-ries of Open Day for exclusive per-sonal finance offerings launched by Bank Muscat is all set to ben-efit citizens and residents in the wilayat of Sur at Makkah Hyper-market on November 4 and 5 from 10am to 10pm.

The event has gained momen-tum evoking massive response in Muscat, Nizwa and Sohar where thousands of customers availed the special rate of interest on personal finance and 24-hour disbursement along with a range of add-ons, including Lulu Bank Muscat credit card, Bank Mus-

cat prepaid card preloaded with OMR25 and personal protection insurance plan. A large number of customers also signed up for the bank’s enhanced Internet banking service, says a press release.

During the Open Day held in Sohar, the bank also conducted monthly draw of al Mazyona sav-ings scheme offering prizes worth OMR450,000. Said Al Badai, DGM – Branches, picked the winners. Forty-five monthly prizes, includ-ing one each for asalah Prior-ity Banking, al Jawhar Privilege Banking and Zeinah customers, totalling OMR450,000, are re-

served for customers covering all the regions.

Unique initiativeThe unique Open Day initiative launched by the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate as part of its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and commitment to partnership in enhancing banking service, is aimed at simplifying and enhanc-ing convenience to help customers meet their financial requirements.

The offer is valid only at the Open Day venue and not at any Bank Muscat branches.

To avail the exclusive offer,

customers are required to submit copy of national identity card or resident card, salary assignment letter, passport copy for expatri-ates and address proof on water or electricity bill or rental agreement.

This is the first time a finance of-fer of this kind with a range of add-on benefits is being made available to the largest banking family in Oman. The concept of the Open Day is to provide a unique oppor-tunity for customers to avail per-sonal finance at their convenience.

The concluding Open Day event will be held at Lulu Hypermarket, Salalah on November 11 and 12.

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alizz Sharia Supervisory Board holds 4th meetingMUSCAT: The Sharia Supervi-sory Board of alizz Islamic bank, the leading full-fledge Islamic fi-nance provider in the Sultanate, held its 4th quarterly meeting for this year in alizz head office.

The meeting was chaired by Sheikh Dr Mohammed Abdul Ra-him Sultan Al Olama and attended by Sheikh Dr Osama Mohammed Saad Bahar and Sheikh Nasser Al Azri, in addition to Sufyan Maysara Yassin, head of Sharia Audit and Compliance, says a press release.

During the meeting, Sharia Su-pervisory Board discussed several topics and presented its opinion on financing issues raised by the bank. The board discussed the processing fees for Letter of Cred-its, as well as the fees for alizz Sharia-compliant titanium and

platinum credit cards.The SSB reviewed Sharia audit

reports for the first half of 2015, and Foreign exchange Wa’ad Agreement. Moreover, it ap-

proved the syndication transac-tion of MISCO and other Islamic capital market transactions.

Commenting on the meeting, Sufyan said: “The Sharia Supervi-

sory Board is an integral function of alizz Islamic bank considering its essential role in governing the banking operations through an array of Sharia-compliant guide-lines and consultations.

“Through its regular meetings, the board continues to provide their Sharia-related opinions in transactions and recent financial and banking issues based on Is-lamic principles.”

alizz Islamic bank offers a com-prehensive suite of Sharia compli-ant financing products, including current account ‘Qard Hassan’, saving account and term deposit account ‘Mudharabah’, home fi-nance ‘Ijarah’ and ‘Forward Ija-rah’, auto finance ‘Murabaha’, and personal finance ‘Service Ijarah and Goods Murabaha’.

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Ooredoo marks 1st rebrand anniversary with renewed promise for brighter futureMUSCAT: Twelve months after the largest corporate rebrand in Oman, Ooredoo commemorated its transformation into the most vibrant brand in the nation.

The company’s celebrations are the high-point of a year that witnessed its greatest increase in sales, double digit revenue and customer base growth, as well as the launch of its own dedicated Superfast Fibre and the comple-tion of the national fibre backbone, spanning almost 5,500km across the country, in one of the region’s fastest rollouts. Winning a Bronze Stevie for Brand Experience of the Year, Ooredoo’s rebrand marked the beginning of one of the most exciting stages in the Sultanate’s telecommunications history, says a press release.

Seeking to inspire human growth through technology, Oore-doo has championed the develop-ment of Oman’s communications infrastructure throughout the year. In addition to reaching key milestones in its network modern-isation programme, the company boosted its capacity by acquiring new spectrum frequency (LTE 800), significantly bolstering its 4G network and granting custom-ers better outdoor coverage and faster speeds. Ooredoo also saw its population coverage increase to almost 99 per cent and market penetration close to 155 per cent.

Greg Young, CEO of Ooredoo, said: “When we rebranded last year, we committed ourselves to become a community focused brand that would bring world-class communication services to enrich peoples’ lives. We promised that our transformation would take communications in Oman to another level with a robust net-

work and an unrivalled range of innovative products and services. Only a year later, it gives me great pleasure to say that we have ful-filled our promise, having con-nected with our valued customers better than ever, and are on track to turn our dream of a more con-nected and prosperous Oman into a reality.”

“Thanks to the dedication of our extended Ooredoo family — from our loyal employees to the custom-ers that inspire us each and every day — this has been a remarkable year for the company. But this is only the beginning of a journey, and we will continue to deliver more exciting products and ser-vices, a modernised network that extends across the width and breadth of Oman, coupled with ex-cellence in customer experience.”

Validating its solid performance and customer trust, Ooredoo has achieved revenues growth of 12.4% for the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period of 2014 and following the rebrand in Q4 2014. The company’s cus-tomer and business base also grew by 10% for the same period, after introducing a number of inspiring services aimed at enabling busi-ness growth and enriching lives of people across the Sultanate.

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seaPearls ‘Ishana’ collection offers innovative designs in jewelleryMUSCAT: The creative inspira-tion behind the ‘Ishana’ collection from seaPearls Gold and Diamond Jewellery is unique and everlast-ing, yet constantly evolving.

The ‘Ishana’ collection in-cludes an eclectic array of crea-tions, illustrating the changes in design styles and techniques.

The collection offers innova-tive designs in gold and diamonds in various categories like ban-gles, necklace sets, earrings and rings. The designs are a light and youthful combination of feminin-ity, filigree and fine workmanship, available in 22-carat antique gold matched with priceless emeralds and uncut diamonds. The ethnic and classic collection, carefully hand-crafted by the goldsmiths, consists of jewellery in gold in which essential forms are caught up in a play of gold and precious stones, says a press release.

Evocative brand seaPearls as a brand specialises in the combination of precious and innovative materials and dis-tinctive designs creating glam-orous and exciting styles that fuses classic and contemporary. Their creations are appreciated for their bold, sophisticated and unmistakable style, in which me-ticulous attention to quality and innovative design combine to create a timeless elegance.

Customer service At seaPearls, passion and dis-

tinctive style is found in each of their designs as their in-house designers and craftsmen collab-orate to create some of the most unique jewellery.

“When it comes to providing good service, we believe in build-ing strong relationships with our customers. High quality customer service helps to create customer loyalty. Customers today are not only interested in the product they are being offered, but also all the additional elements of service that they receive starting from the greeting when they enter our stores,” a key spokesperson from seaPearls opined.

Unique offering Today, the brand has become one of the leading fashion jewellery brands in Oman, which is patron-ised by the women belonging to almost all the segments of society. It epitomises the expression of

love and affection in a woman’s life. seaPearls specialises in gold, diamond, pearl and precious stones, and caters to the most dis-cerning clientele. The modern and innovative Ital-ian, Turkish, Bahraini, Omani and Indian designs have ensured that seaPearls continues to be the most respectable brands in the jewellery segment of Oman.

The collections of diamond and gold jewellery range from daily wear — such as light weight neck-lace sets, chains, rings, pendants, bracelets, earrings and bangles — to more occasion-specific and ex-clusive designs. It houses an array of signature jewellery collections, namely You & Me, Fella, Sol, Nava Graha and Mayoomi are some unique bestsellers among others.

Local presence With showrooms spread across Ruwi High Street, Avenues Mall, Sur - Old Souq, Jalan Bani Bu Ali - Near Government Hospital, Sohar Souq, Sohar Safeer Mall and Sala-lah - Al Salam Street, the company continues its expansion drive.

Taking advantage of the recent dip in gold price and keeping the price movements in mind, there is a huge increase in the number of customers all over the world who buy record volume of gold ornaments to quench their thirst for purchasing gold. The festival season is ahead and the group ex-pects a significant increase in the customer footfalls this season.

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NHI receives international recognitionMUSCAT: National Hospital-ity Institute (NHI), a leading training provider for hospitality and travel industries, has been awarded silver accreditation against the new Investors in People Standard, demonstrat-ing their commitment to realis-ing the potential of their people for high performance.

The standard sets a new benchmark for excellence in people management and rec-ognises those that are outper-forming in their field. NHI were amongst 52 organisations across a range of sectors and countries to be assessed against the new standard, says a press release.

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Le Guen announces Oman probables for New Zealand, Turkmenistan ties

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MUSCAT: Coach Paul Le Guen on Sunday announced the list of 24 probables who will be attending a training camp ahead of Oman’s friendly match against visiting New Zealand squad on November 12.

The Sultanate squad will be playing the friendly match as part of their preparations for their next World Cup/Asian Cup away quali-fying match against Turkmenistan on November 17.

Terming the coming period as an important phase of Oman’s qualification campaign, Le Guen said: “Turkmenistan match is going to be a very important match for us.”

Addressing the media at Oman Football Association (OFA) Head-quarters in the presence of as-sociation chief Sayyid Khalid Al Busaidi, Le Guen said: “We will be playing two matches in less than two weeks.

“The Turkmenistan match is very important for us and we will start preparing for that with a train-ing camp from tomorrow.”

“We have called up three play-ers for the current camp — Riyadh

Subait and Yassin Al Shiyadi, both of whom were earlier with the Olympic (under-23) team, and Azan Abbas,” he said.

Le Guen’s probables list in-cludes Al Khabourah’s Said Obaid, whom the Frenchman had called up after his impressive perfor-mances in the domestic league.

Asked whether he will be testing his new find to tackle the problems Oman are facing in the forward line and during the set pieces, Le

Guen said: “If the opportunity comes, we don’t mind using him in both the matches.”

Le Guen’s list includes three goalkeepers — captain Ali Al Habsi, Fayeez Al Rusheidi and Riyadh Subait. The other play-ers attending the November 2 to 8 camp are Ahmed Mubarak ‘Kanu’, Eid Al Farsi, Mohammed Musal-lami, Raed Ibrahim Al Haikal, Ali Al Jabri, Abdulaziz Al Maqbali, Yassin Al Shiyadi, Saad Suhail

Al Mukhaini, Ali Salim bait Na-har, Mohammed Al Siyabi, Qasim Said, Abdulsalam Amor, Jader Al Awaisi, Mohsin Al Khaldi, Ali Al Busaidi, Mohammed Sheiba, Azan Al Balushi, Saud Khamis Al Farsi, Mohammed Al Ghassani and Imad Ali Al Hosni.

Saad Suhail issueAsked about the controversy sur-rounding Saad Suhail who has is-sues with his club Al Arouba, who

in turn are upset with the player for not attending the team training and kept him under suspension, he said: “The player must be given an opportunity represent national team. He is the best in the Sultan-ate at right-back position. Let’s not punish ourselves or the player who has a problem with his club.”

“But we have to look at the subject from two angles. I will talk with the player to find out all the details.”

Meanwhile, OFA chief Sayyid

Khalid said: “The OFA has received a letter from Al Arouba to prevent the player from playing.”

“We have discussed this issue with the our disciplinary commit-tee and we found out that legally there is no provision to prevent the player from playing for the national team,” he added.

“However, we will be getting in touch with the club’s management and find out the reason and the ways to solve the issue,” he added.

Le Guen revealed a

list of 24 probables

for the training camp

ahead of Oman’s

friendly match

against New Zealand

and it includes

recently called up Al

Khabourah player

Said Obaid

Sports Reporter

MUSCAT: Oman Football Association (OFA) chief Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad Al Busaidi on Sunday announced the decision of the Sultanate’s football gov-erning body to introduce special awards to honour those who ex-cel in the Omantel Professional League (OPL) on a weekly basis.

Speaking during a press conference organised at the OFA Headquarters, Sayyid Khalid revealed the awards will be given to the best player, best match and best goal after each round of matches.

There will also be a special award for the best supporters of the clubs, he said.

While thanking His Maj-esty the Sultan Qaboos and his government for the attention accorded to the sport, especially Oman football, he said: “We are about to start celebrating the 45th National Day and our congratulations to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos and the people of Oman on this glorious occasion.”

“There has been tremendous progress in all sectors, includ-ing in sport and football in particular and that is an aspect

we are proud of,” he said while revealing a plan to host a youth tournament to mark the Na-tional Day.

“On this occasion I would like to place on record my thanks

and appreciation to the clubs that shown commitment and cooperation regarding the progammes and competitions organised by the Oman Football Association.”

“I would also like to pay tribute to the great rivalry be-tween the OPL teams and their spectator attendances of those clubs like Sohar and Suwaiq,” he added.

The OFA chief, who rewarded the supporters of Sohar Club for being the best during the just-concluded Week 6 action, said: “From the next round, we will be presenting the best supporters award as well as special prizes for the best player and best goal scorer in each round.”

Sayyid Khalid also revealed the plans to involve the fans in the process of selecting these awards through the OFA website and it’s social network accounts.

On the occasion, the OFA chief also referring to the work being done by the technical de-partment of the association like conducting courses in coopera-tion with FIFA.

He also talked about the launch of a training programme for young girls in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.

Speaking about the TV broad-cast rights of the matches, he said the OFA will soon finalise an agreement with the Public Au-thority for Radio and Television.

Sayyid Khalid also made oft-repeated call for the private sector to support football at both national and international level.

Oman Football Association launches best player, best goal awards

There has been

tremendous progress

in all sectors,

including in sport and

football in particular

and that is an aspect

we are proud of

Sayyid KhalidOFA Chairman

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ALL WINNERS: The winning athletes pose for a group photo along with Excellence Performance Executive Director Rashid Ibrahim Al

Kindi and Saada Salim Al Ismaily, Director of Women’s Sports at the Ministry of Sports Affairs, after the prize-giving ceremony of the

first Oman Girls Cross-country Championship in Al Musannah. – Supplied photo

Anna, Afra, Sameera clinchgirls cross-country honours

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MUSCAT: Anna Christie from the U.S. won the top honours while two Omani girls — Afrah Ali Al Ajmi and Sameera Hilal Al Har-asi — also found a place on the po-dium as Performance Excellence successfully organised the inau-gural Oman Girls Cross-country Championship in Al Musannah on Saturday.

The championship, held in co-operation with the Ministry of Sports Affairs and various spon-sors, attracted a total of 310 par-

ticipants - 140 in the 4km main race and the rest in the fun race - of different nationalities, includ-ing Indian, Egyptian and Ameri-can besides the local Omani girls.

In the main event, Anna Chris-tie clocked twenty-one minute and five seconds (21:05) to win the gold medal and a cash prize of OMR. 300. Omani girls Afrah and Sameera gave a good challenge to Anna but failed to catch up with the latter and had to settle for the second and third place respec-tively. Afrah timed 22:32.13 while Sameera clocked 22:55.12.

Excellence Performance Exec-utive Director Rashid Ibrahim Al Kindi and Saada Salim Al Ismaily, Director of Women’s Sports at the Ministry of Sports Affairs, handed over the medals and cash prizes.

The organisers distributed a total of OMR. 1,000 among the top ten finishers in the main race. While the winner received the gold medal and OMR. 300, the second placed athlete was presented with a silver medal and OMR. 200.

The third to 10th place finishers received 150, 100, 50, 30, 20, 20, 20, and 10 respectively as well as a bronze medal each.

In the fun race, the organisers presented gold medals all those who finished the race.

Excellence Performance Ex-ecutive Director Rashid Ibrahim Al Kindi, meanwhile, thanked the Ministry of Sports Affairs and Oman Athletic Association for supporting the event.

He also thanked Al Musannah scouts, Oman Women’s Sports Committee and Oman Olympic Committee as well as sponsors Oman LNG, Coca Cola (Arwa Wa-ter), Muscat Pharmacy (Pocari Sweat) and hosting partner Mil-lennium Resort Al Musannah.

“Without the support of all these organisations and the spon-sors it would not have been pos-sible to organise a successful event,” he said.

Speaking about the partici-pants reaction to the first ever Oman Girls Cross-country Cham-pionship, he said: “They all liked the challenge and the opportunity to compete in such an event. Most importantly they all enjoyed the competition.”

“They are so impressed with the atmosphere and the competi-tion, most of them said they are looking forward for the next such championship,” he added. Excel-lent Performance’s next event is Oman Roller Skating Champion-ship which is scheduled to be held on November 28 in Muscat.

4km race results (top 10): 1. Anna Christie (USA) 21:05; 2. Af-rah Ali Al Ajmi (OMA) 22:32.53; 3. Sameera Hilal Al Harasi (OMA) 22:55.12; 4. Maryam Mabrook Al Rashdi (OMA) 23:07.98; 5. Aya Gaber (EGY) 23:29.48; 6. Nawaar Said Al Ghilani (OMA) 24:02.87; 7. Maryam Salim Al Shibli (OMA) 24:03.51; 8. Maryam Salim (OMA) 24:03.92; 9. Sanaa Saleem Al Bu-saidi (OMA) 24:19.63; 10. Sona Kunjumon (IND) 24:26.93.

The inaugural Oman Girls Cross-

country Championship, organised by

Excellence Performance in cooperation

with the Ministry of Sports Affairs and

various sponsors, attracted a total of 310

participants — 140 in the 4km main

race and the rest in the fun race

Al Qassimi to lead Abu Dhabi Racing challenge at Oman International RallyABU DHABI: Sheikh Khalid bin Faisal Al Qassimi and his co-driv-er Chris Patterson on board the DS 3 RRC will lead the Abu Dhabi Racing (ADR) team’s participa-tion in Oman International Rally this coming weekend.

Racing in the 2WD Citroën DS 3 R3, ADR junior drivers, Saeed Bintouq and Mansoor Belhelei are looking forward to repeating last year’s achievement finishing in top 10.

Commenting on his participa-tion in Oman International Rally, Al Qassimi said: “I am really look-ing forward to Oman Rally, it’s al-ways nice to come back to Oman, the stages are really beautiful.”

Al Qassimi added: “The terrain in Oman is very rough and chal-lenging, last year in the candidate event we were leading the rally before a broken drive shaft pre-vented us from winning the event. So we will have a lot of work to do on the RRC car’s setup to ensure it is properly prepared.”

“My aim in Oman will of course

be to win the rally, I won the Oman International Rally in 2007 and will do my best to repeat that achievement this weekend.”

The 253.82km long Oman In-

ternational Rally will be divided into 13 Special Stages spread over three consecutive days.

There will be one stage on the first day (November 5) tak-

ing place over three kms, while the following two days will con-sist of six stages per day total-ling 124.80kms and 123kms respectively.

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ABU DHABI STAR: Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi is looking forward to competing in the Oman Interna-

tional Rally. – Supplied photo

Oman Sail ILM graduates on the fast track to leadership successMUSCAT: Eleven dedicated and committed Oman Sail employees have graduated with an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) certificate after completing the Fast Track Leadership Devel-opment Programme, delivered by training partners Modern Gulf In-stitute (MGi).

The international ILM quali-fication is designed to build leadership capabilities and to ensure effective and efficient first- line managers.

The 14 modules trained have been designed to fast track the learning pathways and careers of future leaders in Oman Sail and ranged from leadership and per-formance management to problem solving and communication.

The programme helped par-ticipants apply the concepts of delegation, time management, goal setting, team engagement and motivation to their every day work practice.

David Graham, CEO of Oman Sail, congratulated the graduates on their achievement, saying that the professionalism and enthusi-asm of the MGi Training and As-sessment team coupled with the hard work of the graduates has resulted in a group of individuals with the ability to transfer new skills to the organisation.

He said: “We are proud of the commitment shown by our gradu-ates and have already seen their newly-acquired skills in action. Oman Sail offers unique career op-portunities and the chance to grow both personally and professionally, and the two-year programme de-

livered by MGi has helped unlock each person’s potential to lead, manage and innovate as they con-tinue to progress in their careers.”

“I loved the ILM course! It helped me to gain the tools and confidence needed in order to bet-ter myself in the workplace and as an individual in my personal life,” Feras Asqul, Senior Event Of-ficer at Oman Sail, said. “The ILM course made me understand that there are many ways to improve yourself and others around you. Thank you MGi and ILM for mak-ing me a better person today!”

“I found the whole course re-ally interesting and engaging. The amount of help and the knowledge I gained from this course has given me confidence, which will help me going forward in my career,” Ay-men Al Mairki, Procurement Of-ficer at Oman Sail, said.

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FOR THE ALBUM: Oman Sail graduates pose with certificates.

We are proud of the commitment shown by our graduates and have already seen their newly-acquired skills in action

David GrahamCEO, Oman Sail

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Skipper Sultan confident of Oman gaining from UAE training camp

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MUSCAT: As Oman National Cricket Team, who have qualified for the World Twenty20 to be held in India (March-April 2016), gears up for their first major external pre-paratory camp in the neighbour-ing United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman’s captain Sultan Ahmed is brimming with confidence.

“Since we had one month break after the ICC World T20 qualifiers in Ireland and Scotland, the team is working very hard,” said Sultan, who believes Oman will certainly leave a mark on the world stage.

The national team will depart for the UAE (Dubai) on November 5 and the camp, which is being held under the auspices of the Interna-tional Cricket Council (ICC), will last till December 1.

“All the 20 probables will be travelling to the UAE,” said Sultan, who also confirmed that there are few new faces among them.

The list of probables have all the members of the team that played in the qualifiers, while senior star Adnan Ilyas and Bilal Khan also figures in the list.

“There are also some new faces like Swapnil Khadye and Aaqib Il-yas in the team,” said Sultan, who is looking forward to a fruitful camp in the UAE.

The team is scheduled to play ten practice matches, which have been specially arranged by the ICC. Oman will play matches against the UAE, Papua New Guin-ea, Afghanistan and Hong Kong.

“We will play a two-day game against UAE, a three-day game against Afghanistan, a one-day game against PNG and six T20 matches against Hong Kong and Afghanistan,” said Sultan.

“It will be a great experience for all of us, before we go for yet an-other camp in India next month,” he said.

“The sessions here were also worthy enough for each and every one of us and every single player is fully fit,” said Sultan heaping praise on coach Duleep Mendis.

“He (Mendis) is doing his best to keep us in good fettle. He put us through hard training sessions un-der trainer Nagendra Prasad and fielding coach Vijay Bharadwaj from India,” said Sultan, who fur-ther stated that Vijay will also join them in the UAE.

“Our fast bowlers will also have a special session with former Sri Lankan pacer Rumesh Ratnayake with former Indian spinner Sunil Joshi joining us in India,” he added.

On the World Cup prospects, Sultan said that we have the capa-bility and class to do well.

“Our performance in the quali-fiers was ample proof. I know we can’t be overconfident, but we do have the confidence to make an impression,” Sultan stressed.

He went on to say that every-thing depends on the momentum.

“During the qualifiers, each of the players contributed to their best, and the first two good perfor-mances gave us the momentum to flourish in the tournament. I expect the same type of momentum in the Word T20 as well. It will indeed be a total team work,” said Sultan.

“So far with Oman Cricket blessings, every aspect of the train-ing is going to perfection and each one of us our fully fit physically,” he said while also referring to the Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh in February 2016.

“This tournament, which is be-ing held in T20 format for the first time, will also provide us that extra

moment of preparation,” he said.Asian Test nations like India,

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh will send their A sides with three players mandatory from the senior

side, while associate nations like Nepal, Afghanistan and Oman will play their first teams.

Oman probables: Sultan Ahmed (captain), Aamir Kaleem

(vice-captain), Ajay Lalcheta, Zee-shan Maqsood, Jatinder Singh, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Vaibhav Wat-egoankar, Amir Ali, Mehran Khan, Munis Ansari, Sufyan Mahmood,

Yousuf Rahim Baksh, Rajesh Ran-pura, Khawar Ali, Mohammed Nadeem, Bilal Khan, Adnan Ilyas, Aaqib Ilyas, Swapnil Khadye and Rohit Malik.

The national team, who are preparing for the

World T20, will depart for Dubai on November

5 and the camp, which is being held under

the auspices of the International Cricket

Council, will last till December 1

It will be a great experience for all of us, before we go for yet another camp in India next month

Sultan AhmedOman captain

MUSCAT: Based on the suc-cess of the National Youth Development Programme in the season 2014-2015, Oman Cricket has decided to continue with the National Youth De-velopment Team (NYDT) this season 2015-2016, to encourage and develop the game among the Omani youth.

The NYDT is playing in the A Division (30 overs) in the senior league. Last year the NYDT squad comprised of 10 Omanis

and 10 expatriates. This year the number of Omanis in the squad has been increased to 14 based on the vast interest among the Omani youth after last year’s edition.

Oman Cricket’s National Youth Development Programme was honoured with the ‘Overall Cricket Development’ prestig-ious award (2014-2015) from the Asian Cricket Council and nominated for the same catego-ry by the International Cricket

Council award ceremony.The NYDT squad is managed

by an Omani Manager. All play-ers and staff are individually contracted and paid by Oman Cricket and sponsored for all clothing, equipment and travel.

NYDT Squad: Mohammed Usman (Omani); Shuaib Al Balushi (VC) (Omani); Mohamed Akbar Ali Balushi (Omani); Wasim Ismail Al Balushi (Omani); Sufyan Mahmood (Omani); Yousuf Rahim Bakhsh (Omani); Issa Rahim Mahmood (Omani); Majid

Hussein Al Balushi (Omani); Waleed Rahim Baksh (Omani); Haroon Yaqoob Al Balushi (Omani); Sameer Usman (Omani); Shoib Abdul Ghani (Omani); Younis Rahim Al Balushi (Omani); Jey-and Rahman Al Balushi (Omani); Indunil Palihawadana (Sri Lankan); Jaspreet Singh (Captain) (Indian); Madhushanka Lakshan (Sri Lankan); Syed Muntazir Zaidi (Pakistani); Paritosh Hitesh Kumar Bhatt (Indian); Syed Taha Hussain Naqvi (Pakistani); Sher Mohammed (Manager); Ikhtiar Kazmi (Coach) and Nilesh Kumar Parmar (Coach).

Oman Cricket continues with Youth Development programme

THE NATIONAL FORCE: Oman Cricket’s National Youth Development Team playing the Senior League. – Supplied photo

OOC gets UNESCO Doping Research Committee membershipMUSCAT: Oman Anti-doping Committee of Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) took part in the international meeting of member states signing International Anti-doping Agreement held at the UN-ESCO premises in Paris recently.

The meeting was attended by Dr Sultan bin Yaarub Al Busaidi, Chairman of Oman Anti-Doping Committee and Chairman of Regional Anti-Doping Organisa-

tion (RADO). During the meeting, Oman was selected as member of the Doping Research Committee which comprises six countries plus one representative of the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA).

The committee will meet twice yearly to look into, discuss and evaluate requests and researches submitted in its field of activity. The committee now includes Russia, Oman, China, Finland and Mexico.

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IN ATTENDANCE: Oman’s Dr. Sultan Al Busaidi attending the UN-

ESCO meeting. – Supplied photo

Oman was selected as member of the Doping Research Committee which includes Russia, China, Finland, Mexico plus one representative of the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA)

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Anderson shines as Pakistan bowled out

SHARJAH: James Anderson claimed four wickets as England made a good start to the third and final Test in Sharjah by bowling out Pakistan for 234 on Sunday.

With England needing a victory to level the series, Pakistan won the toss and batted but Anderson and fellow paceman Stuart Broad made them regret their decision by producing combined figures of six for 30. “We’re delighted but I don’t think anyone knows what a good score is,” Broad told the BBC after his side ended the day on four for no loss in reply.

“From the seamers’ point of view it was quite easy to tie the batsmen down. If we have a good day with the bat tomorrow it makes today an excellent day.”

Pakistan were 116 for five at one stage and were only spared com-plete embarrassment by captain Misbah-ul Haq’s 71 and 39 from Sarfraz Ahmed.

Sarfraz, batting at number seven, was caught by Joe Root off spinner Moeen Ali and Misbah’s men collapsed with their last five wickets falling for just 38 runs.

Pakistan’s top order did not show much application, failing to convert good starts into significant contributions. Misbah won his sixth successive Test toss and, for the third time in the series, opted to bat first on a wicket that offered significant turn.

Anderson was rewarded for his immaculate line in the third over when the scoreless Azhar Ali, one of two changes in Pakistan’s side, was caught behind.

Mohammed Hafeez (27) looked confident but the opener suc-cumbed to a soft dismissal, top edging Moeen to Broad at deep backward square leg.

The bearded spinner also had Shoaib Malik trapped leg before on 22 but the Pakistani reviewed the decision and got it overturned.

Broad tasted success after lunch when he had Malik caught behind by Jonny Bairstow for 38 and the lanky paceman sent down five maiden overs on the trot to stifle the batsmen.

It yielded immediate dividends as Anderson, replacing Broad, trapped the dangerous Younus Khan leg before for 31 with the first ball of his new spell.

Playing his first test since De-cember 2012, left-arm spinner Samit Patel then dismissed Asad Shafiq for five.

Anderson finished with exem-plary figures of four for 17 from 15.1 overs while Broad was equally mean with the ball, taking two

for 13 in as many overs. Moeen and Patel also picked up two wickets apiece.

The only downside for England was the shoulder injury sustained by Ben Stokes that led to the all-rounder going off the field in a sling. Stokes, who was hurt while making a failed attempt to catch Sarfraz, will have a scan on Mon-day. — Reuters

Pakistan were 116

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Haq’s 71 and 39 from

Sarfraz Ahmed

STUBBORN CAPTAIN: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq plays a con-

trolled shot on the first day of the Third Test in Sharjah. – AFP

Pakistan 1st innings:M. Hafeez c Broad b Ali 27 A. Ali c Bairstow b Anderson 0S. Malik c Bairstow b Broad 38Y. Khan lbw b Anderson 31Misbah-ul Haq c Root b Anderson 71A. Shafiq c Bairstow b Patel 5S. Ahmed c Root b Ali 39W. Riaz b Patel 0Y. Shah c Patel b Broad 7Z. Babar not out 6R. Ali c Ali b Anderson 4Extras (b-1, lb-5) 6Total (all out, 85.1 overs) 234 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-49, 3-88, 4-103, 5-116, 6-196, 7-196, 8-224, 9-224, 10-234Bowling: J. Anderson 15.1-7-17- 4; S. Broad 13-8-13-2; B. Stokes 11-4-23-0; S. Patel 23-3-85-2; M. Ali 13-3-49-2; A. Rashid 10-1-41-0England 1st innings:A. Cook not out 0 M. Ali not out 4 Total (for no loss, 2 overs) 4To bat: I. Bell, J. Root, J. Taylor, B. Stokes, J. Bairstow, S. Patel, A. Rashid, S. Broad, J. Anderson Bowling: R. Ali 1-1-0-0, Y. Shah 1-0-4-0Umpires: Chris Gaffaney and Bruce Oxenford TV umpire: Paul Reiffel Match referee: Andy Pycroft

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FOUR FOR 17: England’s James Anderson delivers a ball during the

first day of the third Test match against Pakistan in Sharjah. – AFP

After Narine’s triple strike, Mendis steers Sri Lanka homeCOLOMBO: Late aggression by Ajantha Mendis saved the day for Sri Lanka in a dramatic One-day International clash on Sunday with West Indies suffering a one-wicket defeat despite Sunil Nar-ine rattling the Sri Lankans on his comeback.

The Caribbeans had lost both Tests in Sri Lanka and were beaten again at the R Premadasa Stadium in a match reduced to 26 overs per side due to rain in their first ODI since the Cricket World Cup.

Brisk knocks from Andre Rus-sell (41 from 24 balls) and captain Jason Holder (36 off 13) as well as 38 from Darren Bravo ensured the tourists posted 159-8 after be-ing put in to bat in Colombo, with Suranga Lakmal taking 3-15 from five overs.

Sri Lanka were set a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of 163 to win due to a rain delay of over four hours during the Windies’ innings and Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed 59 off 32 balls to set up what looked set to be a comfortable win.

Narine (3-21) then took three

wickets in an over in his first inter-national since last August to set up a tense finish, but fellow spinner Mendis (21 not out) upstaged him by hitting a huge six to secure a tense win with seven balls to spare.

Seamer Lakmal trapped John-son Charles (1) leg before in the second over and soon got rid of Andre Fletcher (3) and Marlon Samuels (2) to put the Windies in the mire.

West Indies were struggling on 40-3 when the rain returned in the 15th over and it was left to Russell, who bludgeoned three sixes on the leg side, and Holder to ensure they made a game of it — with the skip-per also clearing the ropes three times in a swashbuckling knock.

Veteran opener Dilshan then showed a combination of craft and sheer power as he clubbed three sixes and another six

boundaries in a dazzling innings.But Carlos Brathwaite (2-35)

sent Dilshan and Lahiru Thiri-manne — playing in his 100th ODI — on their way and Narine then stunned Sri Lanka with a triple strike in the 19th over to change the game.

Debutants Shehan Jayasuriya (0) and Danushka Gunathilaka (12) were both outfoxed by the spinner, who missed the World

Cup due to concerns over his bowling action and has remodelled his action.

Carter then took two wickets in as many balls to reduce Sri

Lanka to 152-9, but Mendis in-flicted more misery on the Wind-ies by hitting Charles for a tower-ing six over wide long-on to win it in style. - Agencies

O D I S E R I E S

WEST INDIES A. Fletcher c Dilshan b Lakmal 3 J. Charles lbw b Lakmal 1 D. Bravo b A. Mendis 38 M. Samuels lbw b Lakmal 2 J. Carter b Jayasuriya 8 A. Russell c Gunathilaka b Mathews 41 C. Brathwaite b A. Mendis 9 J. Holder run out (, K. Perera) 36 D. Ramdin not out 9 Extras (lb-3, w-9) 12 Total (for 8 wickets, 26 overs) 159 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-13, 3-24, 4-42, 5-100, 6-113, 7-130, 8-159Bowling: L. Malinga 6-1-20-0 (w-1); S. Lak-mal 5-0-15-3 (w-6); S. Senanayake 5-0-25-0; S. Jayasuriya 3-0-15-1; A. Mendis 4-0-46-2 (w-1); A. Mathews 3-0-35-1 (w-1)SRI LANKAK. Perera run out (Carter) 14 T. Dilshan c Ramdin b C. Brathwaite 59

L. Thirimanne c Ramdin b C. Brathwaite 17 A. Mathews c Carter b Taylor 13 D. Gunathilaka b Narine 12 M. Siriwardana c C. Brathwaite b Narine 7 S. Jayasuriya b Narine 0 S. Senanayake b Carter 7 A. Mendis not out 21 L. Malinga lbw b Carter 0 S. Lakma not out 1 Extras (lb-3, nb-2, w-8) 13 Total (for 9 wickets, 24.5 overs) 164 Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-89, 3-104, 4-120, 5-132, 6-132, 7-133, 8-152, 9-152Bowling: J. Taylor 5-0-32-1 (w-1); S. Narine 6-0-21-3 (w-1); J. Holder 5-1-29-0 (nb-1); C. Brathwaite 5-0-35-2 (w-4); A. Russell 0.5-0-18-0; J. Carter 2.1-0-14-2 (w-1); J. Charles 0.5-0-12-0 (nb-1, w-1) Umpire: Michael Gough, R. Palliyaguruge Match referee: David Boon Result: Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket

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JUBILANT: Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis, left, and Sachithra Senanayake celebrate after winning their

first One-Day International match against West Indies in Colombo. – Reuters

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Radwanska claims maidenWTA Finals title

SINGAPORE: An emotional Ag-nieszka Radwanska claimed her maiden WTA Finals title with a roller-coaster 6-2 4-6 6-3 victory over Czech Petra Kvitova in an absorbing encounter at a packed Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday.

Playing a first final in her sev-enth appearance at the season-ending event, the sixth-ranked Pole also created history by be-coming the first woman to lift the title after completing round robin play with a 1-2 record.

“A few weeks ago I didn’t even know I would be here,” a tearful Radwanska said in a courtside interview.

“I was doing the right thing in the important moments of a real-ly close match, I had my chances in the second set but it doesn’t really matter how I won,” the Pole added.

In stark contrast to her semi-fi-nal victory over Maria Sharapova, Kvitova made a lacklustre start to the match with a sloppy opening service game, handing her oppo-nent an immediate break as she got off to the worst possible start.

The Czech appeared a little more animated in the second game and despite working a few openings, poor shot selection and a string of unforced errors enabled the world number six to survive the threat and move 2-0 ahead.

The double Wimbledon cham-pion finally got on the scoreboard in the third game thanks to a pair of aces but unable to make any inroads on the Radwanska serve, the Czech recorded her third double-fault in as many games to cough up yet another break.

Exuding confidence, Radwan-ska breezed through her next ser-vice game and was able to wrap up a dominant set in 33 minutes with another routine hold.

Kvitova fights backRadwanska carried that momen-tum into the first game of the sec-ond set, running down everything and breaking the Czech with an unreturnable backhand volley at the net and consolidating her ad-vantage with a solid hold to win her third game in a row.

Kvitova, who continues to bat-tle mononucleosis, stopped the rot to claim her first game of the second set, screeching in delight at a forehand winner as she at-tempted to stir herself into action.

Her efforts bore fruit three games later when the powerful

left-hander forged her first break point of the contest and levelled at 3-3 with a booming crosscourt forehand winner.

An easy hold put her ahead for the first time in the set and sud-denly the crowd had a contest to watch after Radwanska’s march to victory was halted and Kvitova completed the comeback with a second consecutive break to set up a decider.

Kvitova was trying to keep the points short, grimacing in pain and clutching her bandaged right thigh after each rally as the pair traded a pair of breaks apiece to remain deadlocked at 3-3 in the decider.

Radwanska dug deep once more and forged another break before finally holding to leave her one game away from the biggest vic-tory of her career, ending Kvito-va’s resistance on her first match point when the Czech committed her 53rd unforced error.

“It means everything to me... in my first final, I get my first win so it couldn’t be any better,” the 26-year-old Pole added.

In the final of the doubles event, Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza claimed their ninth title of their first season together with a 6-0 6-3 victory over Spain’s Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Nav-arro. - Reuters

Playing a first final

in her seventh

appearance at the

season-ending

event, the sixth-

ranked Pole also

created history by

becoming the first

woman to lift the

title after completing

round robin play

with a 1-2 record

TRIUMPHANT: Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland celebrates with her trophy after defeating Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in their women’s singles final. – Reuters

SINGAPORE: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis lifted their ninth title together this year beating the Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro to clinch the WTA Finals women’s doubles trophy here on Sunday.

Sania and Martina, the top seeds, prevailed 6-0 6-3 over their eight-seeded rivals in a lopsided summit clash, which lasted little over an hour.

Before this, Sania and Martina had won eight titles (Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Wimbledon, US Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Beijing) and finished runner-up just once

(Rome - falling to WTA Rising Stars Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic).

The Indo-Swiss pairing dropped serve only once

through the match and broke their opponents five times to wrap up a comprehensive victory. Sania and Mar-tina are now unbeaten in 22 matches, stretching back six tournaments.

“I feel like it was a perfect day,” Hingis said. “Sania just played out of her mind — she was everywhere today, getting everything back and playing incredible tennis.”

This win is especially huge for Martina as the trophy was her 50th WTA doubles title, a milestone only 15 play-ers have reached (Martina Navratilova, Rosie Casals, Pam Shriver, Billie Jean King, Natasha Zvereva, Lisa Ray-mond, Jana Novotna, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Gigi Fernandez, Helena Sukova, Larisa Neiland, Cara Black, Rennae Stubbs, Wendy Turn-bull and Liezel Huber). - PTI

Sania-Martina pair lifts WTA Finals doubles trophy

ALL SMILES: Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India celebrate with their trophy. – Reuters

Belcher, Ryan reign supreme ABU DHABI: Australia’s Mat Belcher and Will Ryan led the gold rush as the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final reached its con-clusion in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, adding another chapter to one of the sport’s biggest success stories.

The defending champions un-derlined their dominance of two-man dinghy Olympic class sail-ing by winning the medal race to score a comprehensive second successive Men’s 470 World Cup triumph at Abu Dhabi Sailing and Yacht Club.

On this occasion, Belcher and Ryan got home by just a second from the young Spanish pairing of Jordi Xammar and Joan Herp to finish 11 points ahead of Swe-den’s Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström who were third on the last day of the regatta, sponsored by ADS Securities and Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority

The result underlines the Aus-sies’ position as firm favourites to strike gold at next year’s Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro and adds to Belcher’s haul of six world titles, three won in tandem with Ryan.

It also added to the reputation of their Ukrainian-born coach, Victor Kovalenko, known as “The Medal Maker,” who has guided the winners of nine Olympic medals - six gold - and 18 world champion-ships. Americans Stuart McNay and David Hughes, 6th on the day, took the 470 bronze.

Third position in the Women’s 470 medal race was enough to leave Britain’s Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark celebrating gold after a six points victory from last year’s World Cup winners in Abu Dhabi, Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar.

The Austrians were second on the day in a race won by Akiyo Yamaguchi and Eri Hatayama, al-

though it was another Japanese combination, that of Ai Kondo Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka, who collected bronze medals.

There was consolation for Aus-tria in the 49er Men’s class, as Nico Delle-Karth and Nikolaus Resch won the medal race follow-ing back-to-back race victories the previous day to land the gold with six points to spare over Stefano Cherin and Andrea Tesei.

Finishing second on the day, just ahead of the Italian silver medal-lists, Frenchmen Gabriel Skoczek and Yann Rocherieux won bronze.

Croatia’s Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic is the new World Cup champion in the Finn Men’s class, clinching gold with a 4th place in the medal race. Turkey’s Alican Kaynar finished third to claim silver, while victory on the day saw Spain’s Pablo Gui-tian Sarria edge ahead of Britain’s Edward Wright to take bronze.

With an offshore breeze of 8-13 knots switching to a sea breeze lat-er on, Australian Tom Burton was always in control in the men’s La-ser class, taking third place in the medal race to comfortably secure gold ahead of Cypriot winner on the day, Pavlos Kontides.

A closing sixth place finish was enough to see another Austral-ian, Matthew Wearn, squeeze past

five-time Olympic medalist Rob-ert Scheidt to take the bronze after the Brazilian closed with a disap-pointing ninth.

The battle for gold in the wom-en’s Laser Radials was one of the most intriguing of the World Cup final, and ultimately it went to Sweden’s Josefin Olsson who had trailed Holland’s Marit Bouwmeester by a single point overnight.

While Olsson finished fourth on the day, Bouwmeester slipped to eighth in the medal race.

Denmark’s Anne-Marie Rin-dom, first to finish, subsequently collected a penalty but was still able to beat Belgium’s defending champion Evi Van Acker to the bronze medal.

The men’s windsurfing event was another which brought a last-day turnaround, with Spain’s Ivan Pastor Lafuente taking the RS:X medal race to snatch gold from Brazil’s overnight leader, Ricardo Santos, who slumped to seventh on the day for silver. Britain’s Tom Squires won the bronze medal.

Arguably the most impres-sive performer of the regatta was Britain’s Bryony Shaw who suc-cessfully defended her World Cup crown in the RS:X women’s class, winning the medal race for her seven victory out of 10. Second place on the day gave Italy’s Flavia Tartaglini the silver medal while Brazilian Patricia Freitas finished third to secure the bronze.

Bridge keeps kiteboard crownBritain’s Oliver Bridge won the de-cisive medal race to retain his open kiteboarding title.

Spain’s Florian Trittel collected the silver medal while the bronze went to fellow-countryman Ale-jandro Climent Hernandez.

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VICTORIOUS DUO: Australia’s Mat Belcher and Will Ryan celebrate World Cup gold in the Men’s 470 category of the ISAF World Cup in Abu Dhabi. – Supplied photo

KITEBOARD: Oliver Bridge.

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Mott MacDonald, Ibrahim Al Kishri, Kairali Restaurant, Aptus Infotech record victories

MUSCAT: Mott MacDonald defeated Al Meer by 75 runs in a Oman Cricket-organised and Enhance-sponsored D Division match at the Municipality Ground III during the afternoon session on Friday.

Batting first, Mott MacDonald scored 202 for nine in 15 overs thanks to Jayed Tanashah’s 43 and 66 penalty runs. Kiran, Prakash and Punit claimed two scalps each for Al Meer.

Mott MacDonald then restrict-ed Al Meer to 127 for two in 15 overs to complete their victory with a bonus point. Shankar top scored with an unbeaten 49 for the losers.

Brief scores: Mott MacDon-ald 127 for 2 in 15 overs (Jayed Tanashah 43; Punit 2/15, Prakash 2/21, Kiran 2/26) bt Al Meer 127 for 2 in 15 overs (Shankar 49). Points: Mott MacDonald - 3, Al Meer - 0.

Abu Maather beatenIn an E Division match, played at the same venue in the morning session, Ibrahim Al Kishri defeat-ed Abu Maather by 24 runs.

Batting first, Ibrahim Kishri scored of 171 for nine in 20 overs with Afzal Mirza and Mohammed Wasim scoring 44 and 45 respec-tively. Rizwan Mohammed and Akbar Mulla picked up three and two wickets respectively.

In reply, Abu Maather managed to score 147 all out in 17.5 overs. Wasim Jamadar top scored for with 45. Wasif Bakkar was the star bowler for Ibrahim Kishri with four for 23 from four overs.

Brief scores: Ibrahim Al Kishri 171 for 9 in 20 overs (Afzal Mirza 44, Mohammed Wasim 45; Rizwan Mohammed 3/26) bt Abu Maather 147 in 17.5 overs (Wasim Jamadar 45; Wasif Bakkar 4/23). Points: Ibrahim Al Kishri - 2; Abu Maather - 0.

Big win for Kairali In a F Division match, Kairali Res-taurant defeated Muscat Cricket Coaching Centre (MCCC) by 98 runs.

Batting first, Kairali scored 228 for four in 20 overs with Praveen

Kumar top scoring with 80 runs. Varghese MV and Shyam Laksh-man chipped in with 55 and 60 not out respectively.

In reply, MCCC were bowled out for 130 in 19.2 overs. Jeason Jacob claimed three scalps while Fahad Hamsa took two.

Brief scores: Kairali Restau-rant 228 for 4 in 20 overs (Praveen Kumar 80, Varghese MV 55, Shy-am Lakshman 60 n.o) bt MCCC 130 in 19.2 overs (Vivek Iyer 26; Jeason Jacob – 3/13). Points: Kai-rali Restaurant – 3, MCCC - 0.

Aptus down OCT MabellahIn a G Division match, Aptus In-fotech recorded a 53-run win over OCT Mabellah. Winning the toss and batting first, Aptus Infotech

scored 205 for seven in 20 overs with Biji Sundar top scoring with a 105 off 61 balls.

Aptus completed their bonus point victory by bowling out Ma-bellah to 152 in 20 overs. Sharif Pindook top scored for Mabellah with 56. Sooraj Suseela and Ab-heesh claimed two and three wick-ets each respectively for Aptus.

Brief scores: Aptus Infotech 205 for 7 in 20 overs (Biji Sundar 105) bt Mabellah 152 in 20 overs (Sharif Pindook 56; Abheesh 3/25). Points: Aptus Infotech – 3, Mabellah - 0.

NBO beat Caledonians In an H Division match, National Bank of Oman (NBO) defeated Caledonian College by 50 runs.

Winning the toss and batting first, NBO scored 167 for six in 20 overs with Manas Kapoor top scor-ing with 81. The bank team then bowled out Caledonian College for 117 in 19.2 overs. Mohammed Sha-feeq top scored for Caledonians with 32. Zafar Iqbal was the pick of the NBO bowlers with figures of four for 17 from four overs. Zaheer Abbas took three wickets.

Brief scores: NBO 167 for 6 in 20 overs (Manas Kapoor 81) bt Caledonian College 117 in 19.2 overs (Mohammed Shafeeq 32; Zafar Iqbal 4/17). Points: NBO – 3, Caledonian College - 0.

Al Ansari outplay C&DIn another H Division match, Al Ansari defeated Colour & Design (C&D) by 40 runs. Winning the toss and batting first, Al Ansari scored 174 for four in 20 overs, with Amit and Vinod top scoring with 68 and 53 not out respectively.

Al Ansari completed their bonus point victory by restricting C&D to 134 for eight in 20 overs. Sajid top scored for C&D with 70. Rithesh was the pick of the Al Ansari bowl-ers with figures of two for 20.

Brief scores: Al Ansari 174 for 4 in 20 overs (Amit 68, Vinod 53 n.o.) bt Colour & Design 134 for 8 in 20 overs (Sajid 70; Rithesh 2/20). Points: Al Ansari – 3, Colour & Design - 0.

Easy for Majees BIn an I Division match, Majees B recorded a 10-run win over Al Hail

B. Batting first Majees B scored 140 for six in 20 overs with Arjun Rajesh top scoring with 37. Anay-tallah and Khalid Rahim claimed two wickets each.

Majees B then bowled out Al Hail B for 130 in 19.5 overs. Omar Ali top scored with 45. Selambar-asu was the pick of the Majees B bowlers with figures of four for 22.

Brief scores: Majees B 140 for 6 in 20 overs (Arjun Rajesh 37; Anaytallah 2/21, Khalid Rahim 2/19) bt Al Hail B 130 in 19.5 overs (Omar Ali 45; Silambarasu 4/22). Points: Majees B - 2, Al Hail B - 0.

Narrow win for Ideal In a J Division match, Ideal Inter-national defeated Bronze Rock by two wickets. Batting first, Bronze Rock scored 160 for five in 20 overs with Mohin Uddin top scor-ing with an unbeaten 67. Sagar Trantukar claimed three wickets for Ideal International.

In reply, Ideal International scored 161 for eight in 19.3 to se-cure victory.

Mohammed Ahmed and Faizan scored with 40 and 43 runs re-spectively. Amran, Suman, Abdur and Akber picked up two wickets apiece for Bronze Rock.

Brief scores: Bronze Rock 160 for 5 in 20 overs (Mohin Uddin 67 n.o.; Sagar Trantukar 3/18) lost to Ideal International 161 for 8 in 19.3 overs (Mohammed Ahmed 40, Faizan 43; Mohammed Amran 2/17). Points: Ideal International - 2; Bronze Rock - 0.

Batting first, Mott

MacDonald scored

202 for nine in 15

overs. Then they

restricted Al Meer

to 127 for two in 15

overs to complete

their victory with

a bonus point

E DIVISION: Ibrahim Al Kishri team after beating Abu Maather. F DIVISION: Kairali Restaurant won against MCCC. G DIVISION: Aptus Infotech defeated OCT Mabellah. – Supplied photos

MAJEES B STARS: Silambarasu, left, and Arun Rajesh.

Hume’s hat-trick helps Atletico trounce MumbaiMUMBAI: Canadian striker Iain Hume scored a brilliant hat-trick as visitors Atletico de Kolkata displayed a breathtaking perfor-mance to outclass hosts Mum-bai City FC in an Indian Super League (ISL) match at the D.Y. Patil Stadium here on Sunday.

For the away side, Hume scored in the 34th, 45+1, 81st minute alongside Augustin Fer-nandes’s 76th minute goal.

Selim Benachour was the only scorer for the home side.

The Canadian striker scored the second hat-trick at the sta-dium in the second season after Mumbai’s Sunil Chhetri and the third by a player in the current season after Chennaiyin FC’s Stevin Mendoza and Chhetri.

With this win, Atletico moved from sixth position to fifth, with 10 points from seven games, having won three, drawn one and lost three, while Mumbai, after losing their second match at home, are placed in the sixth spot with 10 points from seven games, having won three, drawn one and lost three.

Marque-player-cum manager Nicolas Anelka started for the first time in the season and went in with a 5-2-3 combination for the match. Only two changes were

made in their starting 11, with Anelka replacing Frederic Piqui-onne, while Cristian Bustos sat out to make way for Juan Aguilera.

It was in the 34th minute when the away side made the best use of the opportunity to open the scoring in their favour. Jaime Gaivilan took a couple of touches before sending a floater towards Hume who had both feet off the ground and his right footed first time finish got beyond Subrata Paul into the far corner to go 1-0 up.

One minute added into the first half saw Atletico go 2-0 up via penalty. Singam Subash made a clumsy tackle in the box to bring Gavilan down, but Hume stepped in to take the spot kick and fired it in past Paul diving to his left to make it 2-0.

In the second half, the consist-ent push into the Atletico box yielded good results as Bena-chour who substituted for Dar-ren O’Dea scored the first goal for the home side in the 71st minute to have the supporters go bizarre.

Atletico came back strongly in the 76th minute with Augustin Fernandes scoring. Five minutes later in the 81st minute, Hume scored his third to take his side 4-1 up. - IANS

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Polaris unleashes a new beast — the Slingshot. In a league of its own, the quite futuristic 3-wheeled roadster delivers neck twisting acceleration and head turning exhilaration. Thrill to the max is guaranteed.

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here is nothing else like it on the road. Sharp nose, long hood, and nothing more than a pair of thin blades paired with a large splitter for the bumper — it is something right out of a sci-fi fantasy. At the very first sight it baffles you, amuses you; astonishes you. Oh and the bewilderment isn’t over yet; walk over to the back side, a single big wheel holds the fort, sitting in the middle.

Blurring the line between car and a motorbike, this waggish tweener is the latest from the ATV Czar Polaris. Marking its 60th anniversary, the American Giant came up with the awe-inspiring 3-wheel roadster that represents the future of on-road driving exhilaration.

Riding the Slingshot is total fun. True to its moniker it puts you in such a flurry; propelling you ahead with sheer brute, leaving you gasping for breath, amidst all that adrenaline pumping up.

Sport-tuned to stick, you will want to charge at every corner and never let off. Just punch the accel-erator and you are there. Bedecked in striking red pearl paint, the hot little devil was designed, as the Vice President of Slingshot Mike Jonikas puts it, to deliver head-rush on two dimensions – first that you get riding it, and second that you feel when you make the heads turn, struck in awe of the roaring whirlwind.

An entirely new on-road driv-ing and riding experience, it makes you feel so close to the tarmac: you can actually feel it right un-der your seat and in your chest (don’t feel tempted to touch it though)… The open air cockpit hits you with an all round rush of sight sound and feel.

Anything but don’t expect it to be car-like. It is meant for serious fun-mongers looking for an ex-treme vehicle that’s light and fast – no room for fancy stuff like doors, fenders or convenience features (seat belts are there of course, but only the three point ones).

Speaking of non-existing fend-ers, the Slingshot’s edgy body panels are made from rustproof, lightweight and impact-resistant polymer. The headlamps are

pushed toward the edges of the front end, while a pair of addi-tional light units is fitted right on the centre of the nose, above the intake slot.

With a curb weight of 780kg, a very low centre of gravity, and a powerful engine, Slingshot deliv-ers heart pounding acceleration and astonishing cornering power. Propulsion comes from a 2.4-litre engine sourced from General Mo-tors that sends 173 ponies to the pavement. Making the matters se-riously fast however is the whop-ping 225Nm torque.

To keep things under control amidst all the fun, Slingshot fea-tures electronic power assisted steering, ABS, electronic stability and traction control, and forged al-uminium roll hoops. The huge 205 wide, 18 inch tyres, supported by the even bigger 265/20 inch rear wheel, lend enough traction.

The vehicle’s interior is equally sporty. Essentially wrapped in a motorsport-like roll-cage, the cockpit consists of a bare-alumin-ium floor, a large centre console that splits the area in two, and a simple dashboard. The 4.3 inch LCD screen incorporates a backup camera along with Bluetooth con-nectivity and a loud six speaker au-dio system keeps you in the groove as you run riot.

Adjustable, waterproof seat-ing and tilt steering are stand-ard, while two storage bins are mounted behind the seats. The bins fit no more than a helmet or a standard backpack, but that’s all needed for a day at the track or a trip up and down a mountain road… fast; superfast.-faisal@timesofoman.com

With a low to the ground vehicle stance, you can

feel the rush of pavement under your seat and in

your chest. Slingshot is lightweight and powerful,

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Mention the word ‘Jeans’

and the first name that

pops up in the head is

‘Levi’s’. For over a hundred years

the brand has ruled the realm of

rugged Dungaree. The most iconic

jeans, and also the oldest, from

the house of Levi’s is the ‘Original

501’, coming with signature button

since 1873. However, a strong

contender to the primo pair is the

13MWZ from Wrangler – famous

as ‘The Original Cowboy Cut

Jean’. Absolute choice among

motorbike riders, both the jeans

have a lot in common like the

fabric of both is similar in weight;

both have a mid-high rise; are

straight through the legs; are

unsanforised (meaning that they

will shrink significantly after

being saturated with water

and dried), but have no problem

accommodating massive thighs

even after shrinking, and both

are made in the cowboy country,

Mexico.

So, which one turns out to be

your pick for the ride? Let’s put

both head to head for you.

Both the jeans fire on all quarters. They have got style, and they have got the legacy.

Their supremacy is reflected in their timelessness, retaining their original design for over half a cen-tury, and counting.

Still, when it comes to better among the best, it is Levi’s 501 that edges the Wrangler 13MWZ.

The jeans has since long had a cult following including the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Jobs, Barrack Obama, George Clooney, and the list goes long.

Even ace fashion designer, Tommy Hilfiger, who himself runs the premium jeans label in his own name, makes no secret of it that he loves donning the 501s

— such is its sway. TOO Verdict: Ever since the

teenage antihero Marlon Brando motorcycled his way across the screens donning the 501s in‚ The Wild One; they have never run out of fashion — neither from our hearts. Levi’s 501 wins hands down.

Levi’s 501 Wrangler 13MWZvs FitThe rise on the Wrangler is about an inch bigger than that of the Levi’s – almost ridiculous. However, the rise shrinks down a bit, after soaking and drying it, and things become fairly cool. The Wranglers are to be worn higher on the hips; they just look better that way — else just sag them a bit.

The Levi’s on the other hand – sag them or not, sit most per-fectly on the waist. The 13MWZ has a zipper, while the 501 has a button.

Levi’s 501:

Wrangler 13MWZ:

TextureThe weight and quality of the fabric on both is almost simi-lar. Still, the 501 feels a bit smoother and fine textured. The Wrangler feels rougher; it seems as though the mate-rial was woven with a thicker thread.

Levi’s 501:

Wrangler 13MWZ:

ComfortLikely due to the higher rise, the 13MWZs have more room in the seat than the 501s. Since they are straight cut, this also translates into a more roomy lower leg and leg opening. That does not at all mean the 501s are uncomfortable. They too are supreme in comfort, albeit a bit tight at the knee while bending or folding legs.

Levi’s 501:

Wrangler 13MWZ:

Pocket DesignThe Wrangler has riveted rear pockets. The Levi’s just has riv-ets on the front two pockets and the coin pocket. The rear pocket on the Wrangler is placed about one inch higher than on the Le-vi’s. According to Wrangler, this is so when Rodeo dudes saddle up, they don’t have to sit on their wallets (sitting in cars is the case for us saner people).

The fifth pocket (coin pocket) on the Wrangler is also wider, but positioned higher on the waist as compared to the Levi’s, making it somewhat harder to reach into than it is with the Levi’s.

Levi’s 501:

Wrangler 13MWZ:

Colour OptionsThe 501 leaves the MWZ way too behind on this one — cur-rently available in five colours in rigid, shrink-to-fit form: Indigo, black, green, light blue, and grey. The 13MWZ is available only in indigo in rigid form.

Levi’s 501:

Wrangler 13MWZ:

PriceThe Wrangler retails for $25 in-ternationally, while the Levi’s retails for about $50. However, the 501s frequently go on sale and can be easily had for lesser prices round the year. Wrangler still beats it: identical in quality, half in price.

Levi’s 501:

Wrangler 13MWZ:

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Levi’s 501The blue jeans, originally known as XX, and later evolved into 501, (the product’s lot number) has been around since 1872, in some form or another. Since 1947, the jeans is probably the closest in cut and features that we have today in the modern iteration. The quintes-sential five-pocket jeans retains the gull wing pocket stitching and ‘red tab’ logo fabric that is sewn under the left side of the rightward rear pocket. Levi’s had the ‘double arcuate’ and tab design on the rear pocket trademarked in 1943.

Wrangler 13MWZBorn out of the need for Rodeo-wear in the mid 1940s, Wrangler was another American overalls company (fast fact: the term “jeans” wasn’t used until the 1960s). Coincidentally, 1947 also marks the birth of the 13MWZ (same as the modern 501). The 13MWZs come with a brown rub-ber patch sewn into the top of the right rear pocket.

S T O R Y : F A I S A L M O H A M M E D N A I M

DENIM SHOWDOWN

(Ref. waist size 33)

Conclusion

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T E C H N O T E

Ok so you love your ride; you keep it shining and the en-gine serviced and all tuned up. Same

goes for interiors – all cleaned and waxed – ready to go; but what about tyres? Yes, yes you had them polished too, and checked the air pressure as well, but there is more to the story than just meets the eye. Are the tyres good enough to run; are you sure they have enough tread on them remaining and/or free from any cracks or tears?

Few things are more critical to the safety and performance of a vehicle than its tyres. They are the only source of contact between your car and the road – your car’s stopping distance, cornering and fuel efficiency are all affected by the condition of your tyres.

So, they need more of your at-tention than just for the cosmetic make-over. Here are a few simple but effective tips to keep a tab on your tyres’ health.

CHECK THE FOLLOWING REGULARLY (IDEALLY EVERY TWO WEEKS)

Tyre PressureAs tyres lose pressure, the safe-ty, handling and fuel efficiency of the vehicle are adversely af-fected. Under-inflation is also

the main cause of cracks which could cause blowout and lead to the loss of control of vehicle.

Tyres lose pressure naturally all the time, so it’s important to check tyres’ pressure at least monthly. Make sure you’re using the recommended pressure for your car (mentioned on the tyre). More often than not, the recom-mended pressure is different for the front and the rear tyres.

Tread DepthTyre treads are there for one rea-son: to assist grip on road-surface, especially in wet conditions. Less-er the tread, more compromised the surface grip. As the tyres wear and tread depth decreases, the grip reduces and stopping distance in-creases.

All tyres have tread wear in-dicators (TWIs) comprising small blocks of rubber within the tread at certain points around the tyre. As the tyre wears, these blocks get closer and eventually become flush with the surface of the tyre.

It is recommended to replace the tyre, once tread depth is down to around 2mm. The easiest way of ascertaining how much life is left in the tyre is by using a tread depth indicator. Often tyre retail-ers offer these for free; otherwise they’re a small-cost item from a car part retailer.

Uneven WearUneven wear is a sign that usu-ally tells you something is going on with the wheel alignment, the sus-pension is worn, or that you have been driving with the tyres under or over-inflated.

Uneven wear also comes if you regularly tow, or favour a driving style that imposes more than nor-mal stress on the tyre. To check for uneven wear, inspect the whole contact surface, including the out-er edges, of the tyre.

Swapping tyre pairs from front to back at regular intervals is rec-ommended, for both front and rear-wheel drive vehicles, pro-vided tyre size is the same at both ends (not always the case).

Old AgeGenerally, a tyre any older than five years will need replacement. Even if the kilometres travelled are low, or the tyre isn’t even being used, it will deteriorate as the rubber loses its suppleness through the drying out of moisture and oils. This ap-plies to all tyres on the vehicle – in-cluding the spare.

A tyre’s age can be identified by reading the build date stamped on the sidewall, usually in the form of a four-digit number rep-

resenting the week and year of manufacture. It’s also worth not-ing that tyres deteriorate more quickly in hot climates.

DOS AND DON’TS

Replace full setIt’s best to replace all four tyres. Once the tyres are due for re-placement, it’s recommended that they’re all replaced at the same time, including the spare. Mis-

matched tyres can interfere with the overall balance and road grip of the vehicle, also accelerate wear-ing out of the new tyre(s) by trans-ferring more weight on them.

It’s also necessary to note if your vehicle’s tyres have a specific rota-tional direction – many tyres today are designed this way and need to be fitted accordingly.

Choose Only the Right TyreIt is important for your car’s safety that you replace the original tyres with only the recommended ones. A change in tyre profile will affect the rolling circumference of the tyre and may require changing rim size so the original circumference is retained.

For best all-around perfor-mance, the same type of tyre should be used in all four wheel positions. Tyres of different siz-es, constructions, and stages of wear may affect vehicle handling and stability.

In addition, there may be specif-ic recommendations by vehicle or tyre manufacturers which may ap-ply to your vehicle. These should be followed, please check your ve-hicle handbook for details.

Never Mix Radial and Non-Radial TyresDo not mix radial and non-radial (i.e. cross-ply or bias-belted) tyres on a vehicle. If mixing tyres is una-voidable, never mix radial and non-radial tyres on the same axle. If two radial and two non-radial tyres are installed on a vehicle, the two ra-dials must be installed on the rear axle and non-radials on the front axle. faisal@timesofoman.com

Ensuring your tyres’

optimal condition is

a prerequisite to the

vitality of your vehicle.

It is quite simple and

easy to check the

tyres for wear and tear

and identify when to

replace them. Read on

to know more.

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LIFESTYLEC12 M O N DAY, N OV E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 5

MIDDLE EAST ONLINE SHOPPING TRENDS

3TOP

(Oman, KSA, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon)

Access the internet to shop

42%

Are satisfied with their online

shopping experience

87%

Made an online purchase during the

three months prior to the study

69%

Access the internet using

mobile phone

85%

Are encouraged to shop via the mobile

phone because of convenience

46%

More than 1 in 3 made a purchase from their mobile

during the three months prior to the study

More than 1/2 prefer to shop from local websites

over foreign websites

Source: MasterCard, imagesretailme.com (As of April 21, 2015)

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CLINIC FOR SALEA well established medical clinic with

new equipments with valid license

Contact: 99888586E-mail.

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RENT: RUWI : SPACIOUS 2 BHK AL KHUWAIR - 1 BHK with A/C OPP. AL NAHDHA HOSPITAL- &

Wattayah NEAR Honda S/RM: DELUXE 2 B H K with 3 bathrooms and 1 BHK with 2 bathrooms -built in wardrobe, security , split a/c ..

Contact:24 70 30 60

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461

FOR RENT

Room for rent in Al Khuwair near

Ibis hotel with A/C.

Contact: 95124975

1/2, B/R – Res / commercial di-

rectly from owner near Bank Muscat,

Bausher. Contact 92158031

ISD, walking distance, 2 BHK,

recently renovated flat, new and

well maintained building. Ideal for

Keralite / South Indian family, 350/-

per month, including air condition-

ers and maintenance. Contact: Iqrar

on 99076557. Available from 1st

November.

Room available for bachelor or

family at Al Hail near Seeb stadium.

Contact: 93077789 / 97982399

1000 sq mtrs industrial land for rent

in Ghala suitable for wane house,

work shop etc. Contact: 24700120 /

92584715

4 BHK villa Azaiba, behind Sultan

Center. Contact: 94300909

2 BHK & 1BHK flat in Tilal Bowsher.

Contact: 94300909

6BHK villa in Al Khuwair next to Tai-

moor Mosque. Contact: 94300909

2 BHK flat available for rent in

Darsait. Contact: 99357586

New building 1BHK, 3BHK with

lift and A.C behind Muscat bakery

Wadi Al Kabir. Contact: 92103604 /

92308325

Flat for rent, 3 bedrooms, kitchen &

bathroom in wadi kabir for 260 RO.

Contact : 97771444

5 Bedroom Luxury Villa in Al-Ansab

Phase 3. Contact 99417023

2 BHK Apartment for rent near MSQ

area. Contact 92888063

Tourist restaurant in Falaj Al qabail

Sohar , good location. Contact :

94066999 / 99369733

6 bed rooms for rent in Al Khuwair

33 for family only rent 500 R.O.

Contact: 99366624

1&2 BHK C.B.D. Contact:

99024730

1&2 BHK Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99024730

D2 M O N D AY, N O V E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 5

DAILY GUIDE

1BHK Darsait R.O 225/-.

Contact: 92144045

2BHK commercial Al Khuwair

R.O 375/-.Contact: 92144045

2BHK villa Mumtaz R.O 300/-.

Contact: 92144045

2BHK flat at Al Khodh & 2 BHK Hon-

da Road Ruwi. Contact: 99224748 /

99332297

Villa in Arjan complex near Seeb

stadium 4BHK, 1 living room, 1

majles, 1 extra room in ground floor.

Contact 93219597

1BHK new bldg with A/C curtains

near Khimji Mart MBD. Contact:

99061408 / 99024039

Big room with attach bathroom,

Contact: 95094028

2BHK flat + AC Amerat 6 km from

Amerat police. Contact: 95521432

600 SQT Commercial flat for rent

opposite Oman flourmill Darsait

more details please

Contact: 91214849/ 95729711

2BHK Ghubra R.O 300/-.Contact

92144045

New Building in Muttrah, 2 B/D

room flat + Sitting Room,3 Baths+

Kitchen with split unit Ac’s. Behind

Khimji’s main office/opposite to

Oman House Call 99419712

One & two bedroom apartment

available for rent at South Ghu-

bra close to Atlas hospital near

Grand mall & Avenues mall, next to

Diwan’s office. Contact 99833747 /

24562526

2 BHK Al Amerat 6 new bldg with

A/C 200/- R.O. Contact: 99024730

Warehouse for rent in Ghala.

Contact: 99208423

2 BHK near Oman house behind

Khimji H.O. Contact: 95865686

2BHK for rent in Al Amerat rent R.O

250/- Month. Contact: 92925173

Furnished office space & room avail-

able in Walja. Contact: 96246625

1BHK available Mumtaz area Ruwi.

Contact : 99269751

Unfurnished Villa 5 B/ R @ Madinat

Al Ilam, Fully Furnished Villa 5 B/R

@ Madinat Al Ilam Executive Fully

Furnished 1 B/R Apartment at Al

Khuwair 33. Contact: Atlas Real

Estate & Rent A Car LLC. 24834888 /

99249069 / 92888376/ 99436312.

Email: info@alshahiintl.com

1BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-.

Contact 92144045

Available 1 BHK & 2 BHK flats at

Ghala Industrial area, Coco Cola road

(for family/ Exec bachelors).

Contact 92854747

1BHK Mumtaz R.O 250/-.

Contact: 92144045

FOR SALE

1 BHK for rent at Al-Khud in Baskin

Robbins Building. R.O. 200.

Contact: 94194876, 99478492

New buildings commercial / residential in Muttrah both will BE

rented out for one company only for

more details.

Contact: 99364735/95729711 Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi,

MBD Mumtaz area. Contact :

97293708 / 92433127

Flat for rent 2BHK Wadi Kabir near

Kuwaiti Mosque. Contact: 97007934

/ 92629232

Flats in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99376454

Brand new residential flats in Wadi

Kabir near Muscat football club,

have 2 bedroom family hall, 2 toilets,

Kitchen with spilt AC for 250/- R.O.

contact 95999904 / 98585889 /

92383886

New flats for rent At Darsait near

to Ministry of Sports, Mumtaz area

the flats includes1 living room, 2

bedrooms, Kitchen, 3 toilets, every

rooms with split A/C, high quality

finishing, rent RO 340 /-.

Contact: 00968 92225523

Showroom / storage / office space (area 290 SQM, 6 M Height) avail-

able 4 R.O PER SQM, facing Al Mina

Street, near Darsait Lulu.

Contact: 99360631/ 96760819/

24711184

Al Mawalh villa for rent 17 bed-

rooms, all attached toilet, 2 big hall,

1 big kitchen, outside 1 kitchen 1

PVT room near (Mac Donald).

Contact: 99654252 / 95566475

Readymade office space for rent

(100sm) in Bank Melli Iran building,

MBA area, Ruwi, opposite Center

Point. Contact: 99011352

Fully furnished office space in

As - Assalah Tower Ghobra.

Contact 98202001

600 SQT commercial flat for rent

opposite Oman flourmill Darsait

more details.Contact: 91214849/

99364735

1BHK flat spilt with A/C Al Khu-

wair, 230/-. Contact: 99358589 /

95570288

Shop for sale network accessories,

shop in Honda road Ruwi.

Contact: 99481931

Ladies tailoring shop for sale in

Ghubra. Contact: 93941622

Scrap for sale to inspection.

Contact: Mr. Ravi Nair: 99329514

Comm. & Res land in the heart of

Ruwi 2400 sq mtr for sale.

Contact : 91155779

Comm. & Res land in Darsait, opp.

Pakistani School, 900 sq mtr for sale.

Contact: 91155779

Comm. & res. land for investment for

25 years in Ghala heights.

Contact: 91155779

Comm. & Res land in Ghala heights

400 sq mtr for sale. Contact 91155779

Beauty parlour in Mobela for sale.

Contact: 96131261

For sale land in Amerat 3000 Sq.mt

with petrol pump permission.

Contact 99323957 / 92702891

Villa at Al Khuwair having six

bedrooms, six bathrooms, sitting,

dinning, hall, kitchen. etc Contact

24833972/ 24833974/ 99367448

DAILY GUIDEM O N D AY, N O V E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 5 D3

LOST

Running furniture showroom for urgent sale.

Ladies beauty parlor

Contact - 91135930

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting,

Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery,

Glassware, Chafing Dishes, Ice Sculp-

tures, to Large Sound Systems and

spectacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606

2222 for Catering and Croyden 9623

5555 for Sound & Light. ww.tunesoman.

com, E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

COMPANY CLOSING- LANDS FOR SALE

1. Al-Hail North 6300 SQM. (Resi/Comm)

2.Al-Hail South 3600 SQM. (Resi.)

3.Ar-Rumais 5235 SQM.

Interested buyers please contact GSM 99227267

FOR HIRE WITH OPERATORS1. Back Hoe Loaders (Shovels): 5 Nos

2. 10 Tons Vibratory Roller Compactor: 1 No.

3. 42 Mtrs. Concrete Pump Putzmeister: 1 No.

4. 45 Cbm Tippers: 2 Nos

5. 50 M height, 50 Boom tower cranes: 5 Nos.

Please contact – Mr. Ravi on 96529679Email – ravi@alliedoman.com / narayan@alliedoman.com

M.V.FOR SALE

M.V.FOR SALE

Mercedes Benz E 280, 2008, 118000

km (Expatriate driven), price: nego-

tiable , Mulkiya expiry January 2016

, color silver. Contact: 24810416 /

24810598

Hyundai Santafe No.1 2015, K.M

5600 only, still in warranty.

Contact: 99666059

Hyundai Veloster No. 1 2015, 3000

km under warranty, full service, full

Insurance. Contact: 96645709

Hyundai Tucson No. 1, 2-4 C.C, 2013

model K.M 127000.

Contact: 99666059

Nissan Tiida No. 1, 1.8 C.C, 2014

Model K.M 50000 still in

warranty. Contact: 96645709

Tucson automatic 2007 – V6,

R.O 2000/-. Contact: 99384640

Single bhk flat available in Honda

road Ruwi. Contact 24833972/

24833974/ 99367448

Room for rent available in a flat 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.# 96404166 / 97433992

Sharing accommodation available

for family near Ruwi Church.

Contact: 92308110 / 92837206

Bachelor accommodation Ruwi

Tower R.O 75/- Contact: 95084850

Furnished room available in Ruwi.

Contact: 92435784

1BHK, fully furnished with furniture

AC LCD, ETC, ideal for small family

or 2 bachelors available from 1st

November. Contact: 96444400

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sitting

room, Kitchen & store including utili-

ties bills at Al hail. Contact 92817777

Single room available near Muttrah

Souq for Executive Kerala bachelor.

Contact: 96195506

New fully furnished room & at-

tached bathroom, kitchen, wifi, for

bachelor Honda road. #98582078

SPARINGLY USED

GENERATOR FOR SALESparingly used 200 KVA, stand

by generator with following

specs in excellent condition for

immediate sale.

Make: Aksa (with Cummins engine)

Capacity: 200 KVA

Number of hours run: 46 hours

Interested buyers may

contact on: 92809702

AL KHAIRAT TRAINING SERVICESPMI - PMP - (Project Management Professional)PMI - RMP - (Risk Management Professional)PMI - PGMP - (Program Management Professional)AACEI - CCP - (Certified Cost Professional)AACEI - PSP - (Planning & Scheduling Professional)LEED GA/AP - (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)NCMA - CCCM/CPCM - (Certified Commercial Contracts Manager &

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For more info: +968-92295269 - +968-24488341 Email: info@alkhairattraining.com (Muscat, Sohar& Salalah)

Manjqor Alem has lost Bangladeshi

Passport No. F 0279067. Finder

please handover to ROP

Gushas has lost Bangladeshi

Passport No. BA 0007554.

Finder please handover to ROP

Big room in available near Hamriya

R/A for Muslim couple / small family

/ Executive bachelor rent 150/- per

month including W+ E. #99495131

Mazda 323, 1997 model, 219525

km for sale / Hyundai Sonata

2005 model, 150870 km for sale,

expat Handled. Contact:98512702 /

99351044

MATRIMONIAL

Nair girl, 24 yrs, MBA fin – Mar,

now working looking for Nair boy.

Contact: 93057505

Kerala Nair girl 28 years (M.Tech)

looking suitable alliance.

Contact: 0091 9446303209

A respectable Hindu KAPU (Naidu)

family from Vijayawada A.P.India

invites alliances for their daughter,

25 years, B. Tech (computer Science)

father working in Oman. Contact:

95097913 / 99744870 Email: sarath-

babureddi@gmail.com

Muslim girl, MBBS, 23 yrs, 162”

looking alliance from Doctors Tamil-

Nadu/ Kerala. Contact 98553628

Kerala orthodox boy 29/188 work-

ing as Staff Nurse MOH Muscat

seeking suitable alliances.

Contact: 99461264

Seeking alliance for our son from

Muslim families. Interested

families Contact: 99889590

FOR SALE ASHOK LEYLAND

BUS 2 NOSMODEL 2010 &

MODEL 2012SEATING 66,

GOOD CONDITIONCONTACT: 98048952

DAILY GUIDED4 M O N D AY, N O V E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461

DOMESTIC HELP

EDUCATION

CATERING

ENGINEER/TECH/MECH

ENGINEER/TECH/MECH

ACCOUNTANT

DRIVER

MEDICAL

MEDICAL

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Required 2 Expatriate Drivers for

manpower supply company with

Oman driving license. Contact

94148972 / 94148970

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

Required General Physician,

Gynecology, Dentist, Pharmacists,

Lab technicians, Nurses.

Contact: 95133572

Email: kunoozghala@gmail.com

Urgently required Staff Nurse

dental clinic Al Ghoubra.

Contact: 95094028

Urgently required female therapist

Panchakarma in Ghoubra.

Contact : 95094028

Urgently required Maths, Science,

English, Hindi and Urdu teacher.

Send mail ahimcoman@gmail.com

Science, Maths & English Teachers

are required in a private school in

Al Ansab. Send your CV at Email :

94540479, aleithar@hotmail.com

Post Graduate researcher required. Contact 99229700

Required Junior Accountant

cum Office Coordinator for small

construction company. Send CV:

arabianhomellc@gmail.com

A Leading Veg . restaurant in Ruwi,

required experienced South Indian

and North Indian Cook. Interested

candidates please email CV to

rajeshnaikv@rediffmail.com or call

on 24831329

ADMIN/ HR

MISC

Female Receptionist required for

play area in Azaiba. Must be ener-

getic, speak good English, and be

good with children. Start date mid-

November. Sponsorship available.

Email CV to playareaom@gmail.com

Young Omani PRO:

deemaild@gmail.com

Urgently required for a Hotel

/ hotel apartments in Muscat:

Receptionists (Omani) – male /

female. Contact 97677211

Wanted Indian Housemaid Hindi

speaking for an Indian female with

cooking experience for part time.

Contact: 93228657

Maid required for Indian family

visa and accommodation provided.

Contact: 97448484

Housemaid wanted for Kerala family

in Seeb. Visa available. # 97494228

Required Marketing Executive, 2 yrs experience.

Contact 91120552

Dynamic sales girl, wanted for

book and stationary shop, fluent in

English and having basic computer

literacy. Contact 92771610

Required Sales coordinator (Preferably Filipino).

Required Insurance Sales Execu-tive to handle insurance product

sales in Muscat region. Graduate

preferably with driving license

and with 2-3 years experience in

insurance product sales. Send CV to

shiju@spec-link.com or call

Required employee for travel agency with the exp in Saham.

Contact :93655939 / 93687666

Sales Executives required for lead-

ing trading company engaged in

sale of oilfield supplies, tools, safety

products, automobile, industrial,

electromechanical spares, pump

sets and generators, for Salalah and

Sohar branches. Diploma holders

with GCC experience, good commu-

nication and D/L apply to

hraljaddgroup@gmail.com

Smart & energetic sales person with

Omani/ GCC & driving license, ready

to join. Kindly send Cv at

Email : hhabsi55@gmail.com

Male - Marketing Supervisor with

University Degree, Experience in

Marketing, w/ excellent

communication skill.

Email admin-dept@daud.om

Required project salesman on profit

sharing basis. contact@absmct.com/

99221683

Male/Female advertising and media

sales executives required with valid

driving license and minimum 1 year

experience. Mail CV to

blackandwhiteoman@gmail.com

MANAGER

A newly started travel agency in

Ruwi requires a Manager. The can-

didate should have 5-7 years experi-

ence with excellent communication

skills and a valid Omani driving li-

cense. Interested candidates , please

send CV to manager4travels@gmail.

com, within 15 days from the date of

this advertisement

ACCOUNTANT, Indian male 28 years,

6 plus years of GCC experience up

to finalization, presently working in

Oman as an Accountant, seeking for a

suitable job, NOC available,

Contact: 95089869

E-Mail: anuchunda@gmail.com

Indian Chartered Accountant having

7 year experience in MIS, Budget-

ing, Taxation, ERP, Cost Accounting,

Liasing with Big 4 Auditors, Cash

Flow etc. working as Asst. Manager -

Finance. NOC Available;

Contact: 91789950

Email: igneshmlazar@gmail.com /

Senior Accountant, Indian male, 18

years experience, currently on visit,

seeks immediate and suitable posi-

tion. Contact- 98569025, 97498809.

Email - hilariankj@gmail.com

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

Chief Accountant, 12 years Oman

experienced looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 99513082

Indian male highly resulted

oriented and self driven CA inter

qualified Accountant with over more

than 14 years of experience in audit-

ing , finance and accounts including

industrial exposure in construc-

tion industry in Mumbai and Qatar

available in Oman seeks placement.

Contact: 93405047

Male 28, MBA Finance & Market-

ing with 4 Years experience in UAE

seeks suitable placement. Contact

- 90264337

Sr. Accountant with 14 yrs experi-

ence, 2 yrs in Oman capable of han-

dling all accounting functions. NOC

available. Contact: 92404608 Email:

jin_75@rediffmail.com

Fresher 24 years B.Com Graduate,

Tally 7.2 & ERP-9, looking for a suit.

Contact: 97219505

Sr. Accountant 12 years experience

6 years in Oman, NOC available D/L

Oman seeking placement.

Contact: 91127809 /

Email: lyjuvs@yahoo.com

Indian male Accountant with twelve

years experience currently in

Muscat on visit visa.

Contact : 96148421

Email: jijokurianp@gmail.com

Young 24 yrs, ACCA affiliate , ad-

vanced diploma in Accounting busi-

ness, seeking suitable placement in

accounts finance or audit with valid

driving license.

Contact: 92430152

Email: rau_day@yahoo.com

Part time Accountant Sr. Account-

ant doing all type of accounting

works up to finalization.

Contact: 91127809

Indian female 3 yrs experience in

M.B.A HR, Admin & banking looking

for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 94425585

Young 24, ACCA affiliate, 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

Sales Engineer: Mechanical Engi-

neering holder with 2-4 years’ Exp.

in Sales, preferably in Metal fabrica-

tion Company. Omani D/L is a must.

Contact: recruitment747@gmail.com

Experienced construction Civil Engineer with qualification (attested)

certificates & with Omani driving

license. Contact: 99601004

email:slayhawk@yahoo.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED

RECEPTIONIST

• Omanis Only (preferably female)

• Must speak English fluently

• Ability to handle Office/Admin works

• Good knowledge of computers

Interested candidates please send CV to:

hilalproperties@hilalprp.com.om

or Fax: 24600683

INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING FIRM

REQUIRES

FOR PROJECTS IN SULTANATE OF OMAN

QUANTITY SURVEYOR(DIPLOMA IN QUANTITY SURVEY)

WHO ONLY CAN JOIN IMMEDIATELY

EXPERIENCE: 8 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN

INCREASINGLY RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS,

EXPERIENCE IN CONTRACT MANAGEMENT,

REVIEW OF PAYMENT CERTIFICATES, VARIATION

ORDERS AND CLAIMS IN THE FIELD OF WATER

SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE

CVs mentioning Oman tel. No. to be submitted to: omanengineco@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

MEP Engineer electrical with full

knowledge of concealed wiring, air

conditioning works, plumbing hav-

ing at least 3 - 5 years experience in

supervision and project execution.

autocad is a must. contact

tgi17@omantel.net.om

Joinery foreman with minimum

3 - 5 years experience in interior

finishing related to all carpentry and

aluminum works required. Persons

with relevant experience and

release / NOC. Contact

tgi17@omantel.net.om

Leading construction company

requires experienced Site Engineer

and QA/QC Engineer for residential/

commercial project. Require

NOC. Send your CV :

degree.engineer2015@gmail.com

Vacancy

Supply Chain Executive1. Minimum of 2 years experience in supply chain

management

2. Has work experience in logistic company

3. Has to have expertise in logistics and inventory

management

Send CV to jobws2000@gmail.com

A reputed Company urgently requires smart and

efficient personnel for their Insurance Brokerage activity

a) Insurance Brokerage Manager Candidate should have minimum 10 yrs experience in

Insurance Sector, and able to lead a team

b) Marketing ExecutivesShould have min 5 years exp in Insurance Sector

kindly email CV`s to :

miad@ra.cc

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

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Experienced Secretary required

experienced for Ruwi office. Must

have high standard of competence in

MS Office suite and excellent Arabic

/ English communication skills.

Send CV and covering email to

mj-co@omantel.net.om

SKILLED/ UNSKILLED

IT

Experienced electrician / lineman

(preferred Gulf return) for Electrical

company. Clearance ready.

Contact : 99706132

Email: atlasllc11@gmail.com

A leading cosmetic company in

Muscat is looking for an IT Execu-

tive Email us on

vacancies@maryanagroup.com

JOB VACANCYSALES MEN – HoReCa for one of the leading FMCG company in the

Sultanate of Oman.

Qualifications:

e

W y

Very

Very e

Please send your updated CV with photo and complete

contact details to info@alrahbaoman.com

Travel agent in Muscat required

counter staff (male / female) Sales

Executive (male/female).

Interested send CV on

vacancies20152015@hotmail.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

Wanted Sales man (experienced in

transporting etc). contact 94007259

Email: smylackal@gmail.com

Urgently required: Sales Execu-tive- with 5 years experience in

aluminum and sales, MUST have

NOC and immediately join. Apply,

fax 00968–24605955,

emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com

Sales & Marketing Executive for

travel and tourism.

Contact : 92890506

Male Accountant BSc Hons (Finance

& Accounts) having 2 years experi-

ence in accounts, looking for suitable

job on visit visa. Contact: 91420128

Indian male Accountant looking

for a suitable placement in Salalah.

More than 20 years experience in

accounting job (upto the finalization

of accounts), 8 years working experi-

ence in Middle East in Dubai, Salalah.

Contact: 91325029

Chartered Accountant with ICWA

Inter having 5 years experience in

Finance, Accounts, Costing, Budget-

ing, Audit, Insurance, Treasury &

Banking operations - NOC Available

+ Oman Driving License

Contact :97881548

Email-financecost2@gmail.com

ACCA member / B.Com (3.7 years

experience) looking for Accounts /

Audit job. Contact: 97769145 Email:

mnnaem02@gmail.com

Finance Controller 15 years experi-

ence in Oman corporate financing ,

management accounts , feasibility

study, cost control , business plan,

ERP, MIS Banking, International

trade etc seeks suitable opportunity.

Contact: 98571309

Indian female 5+ yrs Oman exp in

Accounts tally looking for suitable

placement in W.K to Qurum area.

Contact: 95580416

MBA International Business in

finance and operations Indian male

24, (3 months visit visa) seeking

immediate placement.

Contact 968 97489409 /

Email: abhay8168@gmail.com

Accountant finance Indian male 25

yrs B.Com tally ERP.9, 3+ yrs work-

ing experience in India on visiting

visa for 3 months seeks suitable

placement. Contact 93772901

/95309001

Email id: araj2378@gmail.com

Indian male 22 years, B.Com Gradu-

ate 1 year experience as Account-

ant in India on visit visa looking

for suitable placement. Contact:

98693800 / 95709455

Email: hameeshham29143@gmail.

com

Accountant , Indian (Kerala) male,

more than 09 years experience in

Qatar (02 years) and New Delhi experi-

ence upto finalization of Accounts &

expertise in using Tally ERP-9, MS

Office (Word & Excel). Currently on

visit visa, seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 97864890 / 97268429

Email: vinodthomas80@gmail.com

Accountant Indian female having

5 years exp in finalization, audit

and administration in GCC pres-

ently in Muscat seeking suitable

position. Contact 97323574 Email:

sreeja@236@gmail.com

Indian male 8 years experience

having B.Com and MBA ready to

work in HR customer service,

Admin banking & related field.

Contact : 97436890 / 96939803.

Email: girimub@gmail.com

Indian lady, bachelor degree in

Preparatory Programme (BPP) and

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), com-

pleted training course in MS Word,

Excel, Power Point and Outlook from

KTI looking for full time / part time

job opportunity in Oman.

Contact 92437568, 96795853,

Email: linda_navs@yahoo.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED

A leading and Reputed MEP Contracting Co.

Looking for the below positions

cc

cc

Required Prometric passed nurse

to join clinic. Contact: 91478749

Required female Nurse with MOH

license for a private a private clinic

in Bowsher area, Muscat.

Contact 92189807

DAILY GUIDEM O N D AY, N O V E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 5 D5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

MEDICAL

HOSPITALITY

TOURS & TRAVELS

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male 29 B.Com MBA , 5 years

Gulf exp in oil & gas as planner on

visit visa seeking suitable place-

ment in similar or sales / marketing.

Contact: 93179096

Email: prasanthta@gmail.com

Indian male, 38 years, 17 years ex-

perience in Oman, with valid Oman

2 wheeler license & own Bike, seeks

suitable position.Contact: 92287226

Indian male graduate D/L (3 yrs

exp) seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 97299097 Email:

anishazzy@gmail.com

Social worker MSW Children

counselor, 2 years UK, Indian exp

or resident visa. Contact: 94635091

Email: betzyza14@gmail.com

Sudanese lawyer with experience

10 years in Judiciary in Khartoum.

Contact: 94458976

ADMIN

DRIVER

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

DESIGNER

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Indian female, 30 yrs, Interior Designer

Bachelor degree with 5 yrs working experience seeking suitable

placement in Oman. Contact 98499975,

Email :swasdesigner@gmail.com

Project/ Program Manager/ Finance professional

bank, telecom, transport. .

Contact - 97203531

Dutch male qualified commer-

cial pilot (Faa-ME-IR certified) is

looking for job openings in middle

east. rutjestom@outlook.com

Hotel exp 4 years F+ B (service)

visit visa expires 13/11/2015,

B.A Hotel Management. Contact:

91987013 / 96971643 Email:

shinekls34@gmail.com

Indian female 24 yrs, Bachelor in

Travel & Tourism and 2 year exp in

Oman as ticketing executive.GDS-Sabre,

Amdeus, Galilio. seeking suitable job.

Contact- 95610789

Indian male - 15 yrs Gulf Exp as

Warehouse/Store - Manager in Food-

stuff, on Visit visa with Oman D/L.

Contact No. 94543064

Email: Khanmujahidulla@gmail.com

Indian 14 years experience in

consumer goods as Marketing

Manager with visa D/L.

Contact: 90314809

Seeking part time job in Sohar

area - 16 years exp-Mechanical En-

gineer (Indian) Knowledgeable in

quotation tenders, reports, Account

verification, business development,

supervision, visits, other suitable

work; Mob: 94215208;

email-axisanjani27@gmail.com

Indian Male 22yrs, B.Tech Mechani-

cal Engineer currently on visit visa

seeks suitable placement.

Gsm:9661 8390

Indian male, Mechanical Engineer

having 1Year experience, on visit

visa looking for suitable job.

Contact:97416564,

Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

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.

Diploma Civil Engineer, Indian

male 29 having 5 years experience

in construction field & Autocad in

Oman, having valid driving license

looking for suitable job in reputed

firm. Contact: 93746877

Email: jackybosko@gmail.com

M.Tech (NIT) Mechanical Engineer (Indian male), 28 on visit, 4 years ex-

perience, looking for suitable place-

ment in Electromechanical / Sales /

Marketing. Contact: 98791735 Email:

anilengandiyur@gmail.com

Electrical Senior Supervisor Indian

male 40 years, Diploma in Electri-

cal Technology 15 years experience

in Oman 5+ years in Indian Oman

MEDC license holder. NOC available.

Contact: 91879130

Indian male 25 yrs MBA logistics,

2 yrs experience in export & im-

port, storekeeping, transportation,

procurement, goods & service etc

currently in Muscat on visit visa for

3 months, till Dec 28th,

seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 93772901 / 95309001,

E Mail : araj2378@gmail.com

Civil and MEP Procurement Engi-

neer total 16 years experience, NOC

available. Contact: 93083013

Electrical Engineer 16 years experi-

ence India – 10 yrs, Oman – 6 yrs.

NOC available. Contact : 96533493

Indian male , 23 yrs, postgraduate

Mechanical Eng. (M.Sc, UK), 1 year

sales exp, having Oman DL, seeking

for suitable employment in reputed

firm. Contact: 91419764 Email:

z.enggoman@gmail.com

Indian male 23 years B.E Electri-

cal Engineer 1 year experience is

looking for suitable job in Oman

currently on visiting visa (certificate

attested). Contact: 93547687

Email: ajay.v.s.prabu@gmail.com

B.Tech mechanical Engineer, 24 yrs,

2 yrs exp seeking job on visiting visa.

Contact: 93523752 Email:

binunechikkadan@gmail.com

Indian male, 23 years, B.Tech [ECE],

1 year experience in sales and instal-

lation (electronics, IT and network-

ing devices) is looking for suitable

job. Currently on visiting visa.

Contact: +968 96761020 email:

adik.mm7@gmail.com

BE CIVIL, Indian M29, 5 yrs exp.

having DL & NOC, looking for suit-

able position. Contact: 94576233

Email: suhailmullah@gmail.com

B.SC Civil Engineer, road construc-

tion field with 12 years experience

in Oman. Contact: 92200485

Civil Engineer, Indian male, 11 years

experience in construction, having

D/L and NOC. Contact: 94194399

Email: shiblyrock@gmail.com

Civil Engineer (B.Tech) Indian male,

25 yrs having 2 yrs experience in

handling civil projects with strong

knowledge in Auto Cad , 3ds Max

seeking suitable placement as Jun-

ior Project/QA/QC Engineer,

currently on visit visa.

Contact: 96081437 Email:

vibijvenugopal90@gmail.com

B.E Mechanical Engineer Indian

male 27 years having 4 years expe-

rience including 2 years GCC experi-

ence, seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 90156984 Email:

noorullahanas@gmail.com

M.S.C HSE Engineer 8 yrs experi-

ence in oil & gas fields, hold N.D.T

level 2 Master in Radiation protec-

tion. Contact: 95058541

Civil Engineer 6 years experience

in materials & structural valid D/L

3 yrs supervision work in Oman.

Contact: 96086214

Fresh Graduate female Electrical

Engineer, Graduated with distinc-

tion had training in leading com-

panies, excellent knowledge and

interested in protection.

Contact: 98133281

Sudanese Civil Engineer, 10 years

experience as Consultant and Con-

tractor 4 .5 years in Oman having

driving license. Contact: 98506031

Diploma computer B. Sc Electrical

and Electronic Eng, IT ISP Network

control server management 4 years

experience in Bangladesh wanted

visa. Contact: 96524904

Electrical Engineer Indian Male

2.5Years Experience Looking for

suitable Job. Contact:91845173

Email:er.joshidhaval@gmail.com

HSE Engineer, Indian 26 years

B.Tech Mechanical Engineering Ne-

bosh IGC qualified 5 years exp in O

& G on visit visa. Contact: 94135234

Email: labythomas@gmail.com

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

SALES / MARKETING

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Indian Male more than 10 years

gulf experience in Office / Sales

Coordinator, Admin, Secretarial

and purchase with good computer

skills. Having Driving license and

NOC available. Looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 95149624

MISCELLANEOUS

IT

24 years Indian female MSC -

Biotechnology 1 year Clinical micro

biology looking for suitable job.

Contact: 92619048

Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

Palestinian dentist looking for job in

private hospitals, Medical Center or

Dental Centers in Muscat 15 yrs exp

P. hospitals out Muscat.

Contact: 96951750

DRAUGHTSMAN

DRAUGHTSMAN

Indian female BA experience in

administration operations, business

development excellent MS office

skills looking for suitable job.

Contact: 94231020

MBA (Graduate, Indian male, 19

years, Gulf experience (6 years

Oman) in HR & Administration,

seeking suitable job, immediately

available with NOC.

Contact: 99103763 / 99519841

Young Indian Male with post gradu-

ate UK degree in business admin,

4 years Oman experience in admin-

istration & purchase in electrome-

chanical/civil contracting company.

NOC available. Possess valid Oman

Driving License. Contact: 94400671

26 yrs male, MBA, 3+ years experi-

ence in Administration in MNC,

seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 95041201

Email: noyel55@gmail.com

Executive Secretary / Admin Officer

female Indian 8 years experience in

Oman. Contact: 96684705

Omani national looking for

Sr. Manager position having experi-

ence in banking for 28 years in Audit

customers service, finance credit,

Administration HR worked as a

Branch Manager products service

age 45 years. Contact: 99213754

Indian female MBA , 3 Years

experience in Admin MIS , family

Visa. Contact 98234427,

jkjsmith01@gmail.com

10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman ex-

perience in HR / Admin & logistics

fluent in Arabic / English with

D/L looking for suitable position.

Contact: 95824598

Hr & admin with 15 years experi-

ence looking for a job change.NOC

available.contact 92475023,

email: phoenix.snair@gmail.com

Indian female , MBA( HR) experi-

ence in both corporate and teaching

back home, looking for any suitable

HR/ Admin / teaching post currently

on visit visa. Contact: 90139719

Email:umadevi23@gmail.com

A well experienced manager in

Admin/ HR, transport and real estate

with computer skills and Oman driv-

ing license seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact: 98864937

Indian female, Masters in HR,

having 4 + years Oman experience

in media management and HR,

looking for openings in HR, Educa-

tion, Admin, Corporate communi-

cations. Contact 98252030

Looking for job Admin / HR. Re-

lease available. contact 94229041

HR/ Recruitment specialist

with 8 years Oman experience in

entire gamut of HR functions like

resource planning, recruitment, HR

policies & procedures performance

appraisal, expatriate affairs, exit

interviews & ticketing.

Contact 93825307

Email: javthath@rediffmail.com

Looking for light duty driver.

Contact: 92602182

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

Looking for job as light driver

3 years experience in Oman.

Contact: 97311715

Light driver. Contact: 95084826

Pakistani, light driver looking job

exp, 4 years. Contact: 96346582

Driver with car able to do documen-

tation work and delivery.#95365938

Driver job wanted. #99343782

9 yrs exp, LMV driver (Keralite) .

Contact: 93412587

3 years experience in Oman look-

ing for a suitable job. #97462781

Light driver looking for job 7 years

exp. Contact: 94208089

Looking for driving job. #98219182

Experienced Light Duty Driver

available. Contact: 94141925

Light driver. Contact: 96313100

Driver for job. Contact: 94182497

Driver for job. Contact: 98934367

Light duty driver 3 years experi-

ence in Oman looking for job.

Contact: 93131542

Light duty driver seeks placement.

Contact: 94435912 / 92439315

Pakistani Driver wanted job, with 3

years experience.

Contact: 94356465

Indian driver, 4 years experience in

Oman with car looking for suitable

job (NOC available).

Contact 93053917

Light driver for job 5 yrs exp.

Contact: 92171166

Indian Male-MBA Marketing having

12Years Experience (3Yrs UAE &

9Yrs India) in Banking & Insurance

sector. Seeking suitable placement.

Presently on Visit Visa. Please con-

tact: 92009780

Email: zamannoor1978@gmail.com

Sales Executive DCS 12 years

experience out door and indoor Gulf

UAE and Oman L/D license of Oman

English, Urdu & Arabic.

Contact: 91038343

17 years Gulf experience in Purchas-

ing / logistic and Import, export with

valid driving license in Oman. NOC

available. Contact: 97829152

Indian male 22 years B.Com Gradu-

ate currently in Oman on family visa,

looking for a job, particularly in sales

. Also possess a valid Oman driving

license. Contact: 98504698

Indian (m) 20 years experience in

Purchase / sales / stores seeking

good placement. Contact: 98545907

MBA& B.Com Graduate Indian, 1 year

experience looking for job marketing

& sales. Contact: 97138592 Email:

mohammedathish24@gmail.com

Indian Diploma Engineer, NEBOSH Qualified with valid oman

D/L, Seeks placement in HSE.

Contact: 97066980

Sudanese male , 31 year old , have 3

year Diploma in electrical engineer,

7 years experience in building con-

struction and electrical production

plant.Contact 94549609

Site supervisor (Aluminium Divi-

sion ) With Driving License, Fluent

in English , Arabic, Well knowledge

of Oman Areas Looking for suit-

able placement. Cell# 97950869

31 year Indian male PG in HR

,with 5 yrs Professional experi-

ence in HR in Construction Oil &

Gas Oman seeking for a suitable

placement(NOC Available).

Contact me on 93488914, email-

Kaarthickshankar@gmail.com

Indian male, B.E. Mechanical,

16 yrs experience, for Quotation,

Tender, Accounts, Business de-

velopment, Sohar Area, Part Time.

Contact 94215208

Admin, having 10+ years experi-

ence in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time

Keeper, in reputed companies.

Presently working in Muscat. (NOC

Available) Contact- 94369965,

mail - satya1528@gmail.com

IT Lecturer , Indian male

30yrs,MSc Computer Science(on

visit) 7 years experience in

Teaching is looking for college

or school.Contact:99842554

Email:riazkalleli@gmail.com

Msc (IT), 2 yrs of Experience in

Software Development (Oracle

ADF, sql, pl/sql), Oracle OCA &

SQL Expert, Currently on visit

visa. Contact : +968 93755858 /

92141644, Email :

shiralkarmuzammil@yahoo.com

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

working in Oman, NOC available.

M:+968 91262792.

vignesh1503@yahoo.com

Autocad d/man, exp in arch, struct,

now in visit visa PH : 91146914

Auto CAD Draftsman having vast

local experience in architectural

structure and mechanical HVAC also

, looking for good placement.

Contact: 98147600

Email: sahil-shahmohd@yahoo.com

Auto cad d/man, exp in MEP, Arch,

on visit visa. Contact :97422351

Architectural & Structural Draughtsman 5 years experience.

Contact: 97312627

Civil Engineer, Indian male 29, hav-

ing 7 years exp in construction field&

Auto Cad in Oman. Having valid

driving license. Fluent in English &

Arabic. Looking for suitable job in

reputed firm. Contact 99650569

Kerala Electrical Technician, fore-

man cum Storekeeper (Electrical).

Contact: 93563744

Civil Engineer B.Tech with Iosh,

Nebosh certification having valid

Omani driving license looking for

suitable job. Contact: 93631625

Road and Construction Engineer exp

5 years in Oman. Contact:97646908

Mechanical Engineer (UK), 28 years,

male having 3.5 years experience,

looking for suitable placement with

valid Oman driving license NOC

available. Immediate availability

Contact: +968 97612297 Email:

ymirza11@caledonian.ac.uk

B.Tech mechanical Eng (Indian)

having 4 years exp in oil field, com-

pleted CSWip 3.1 welding inspec-

tion level-2, primavera and good

knowledge in designing software like

Staddpro tekla auto spool AutoCAD

etc seeking suitable placement.

Contact : 96071081

BE Mechanical Engineer, 23 years,

Indian male on visit available for

immediate placement please

contact: 96145820 or

arunsankar.10.92@gmail.com

BSC (Hons) Civil Engineer with

Oman work experience and valid

driving license looking for immedi-

ate placement in consultancy or

construction firm currently on visit

visa. Contact: 91181680

Indian Electrical Engineer B. Tech,

female 24 seeking job. presently in

oman having 2 year experience in

design and estimation of Ht &Lt pro-

jects. Contact number 96897436557,

Mail id : sibinanoop1@gmail.com

Male 22, B. Tech in Mechanical

Engineering dynamic personality,

seeking suitable position languages

known English, Hindi, Currently in

Oman. Contact: 93611341 /92603257

Email: arjunakshysree@gmail.com

Indian female 11 years experience in

Oman as a Quantity Surveyor in Civil

having valid Omani driving license.

NOC available. Contact: 99879525

Indian male 24 years Instrumen-

tation technician have 2.5 years

experience in India, seeks a suitable

job. Contact: 92696798 Email:

ajoarikkatt@gmail.com

Electronics diploma 1 year exp in

telecommunication, mobile tower field

support Engg. Vishnu Madhu Soodan-

an. Contact: 94519571 / 95233636

Email: vishnumadhull@gmail.com

BSc. in Civil Engineer 12 years ex-

perience in infrastructure & building

having UAE D/L currently on visit

visa looking suitable placement.

Contact 91206763 Email:

delwar.civil.97@gmail.com

Civil Engineer B.Sc -6 years experi-

ence with constructions companies

- 1 years in Oman - qualified as Site

Engineer & Planning Engineer.

Contact+968-94682217

Software Programmer, 6 yrs exp

in software projects & development

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

Contact: 99487493

Looking for computer net work-

ing / IT net working job I have done

M.Sc (IT) and CCNA certified MCSE

Training at Server (2012, 2008), also

having more than 1 year experience

working as IT officer.

Contact : +968 94153542

Email: shahzadmahmood51@yahoo.

com

SALES / MARKETING

Fresher MBA Marketing & finance

looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 99434489 / 91127809

Sales Manager modular kitchen &

furniture, 46 years Indian.

Contact: 94522616

Male, MBA Graduate with 3 years

experience in Sales & Marketing on

visiting visa looking for job.

Contact: 93242927

Indian Male 26, U.K Post Gradu-

ate M.A, MBA, 3 years Experience,

looking position within Marketing,

Branding, Business Development &

PR. Contact:

greetings111@hotmail.com

Tel No: 95128769 /+918939165131

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

call center/marketing experience,

currently on visit, seek suitable

placement.

Contact Rashmi 96746698.

9 years experience in construction

Purchase seeking suitable place-

ment immediately, NOC available.

Contact: 97332401

Purchase experienced 8 years in

Construction Company Indian male

45 yrs, release & D/L available.

Contact: 90268183 / 96987234

Digital marketing / ad words/ ana-

lytics / SEO expert, exp 5 yrs (male)

certified) , (visit visa).

Contact: 93594114 (visit visa).

Email: abeyre@gmail.com

Sales & marketing professional

with 8+ years experience at UAE &

Oman in hotels & airlines with valid

driving license NOC available,

seeks suitable opportunity.

Contact: 95544612

Sales and marketing - male 27 yrs,

2 years experience seeking suitable

placement with Oman D/L.

contact 95642740

Email: shaijichakkara@gmail.com

Marketing Executive/Merchan-

diser, Omani License, BA 8 years

Experience in Multinational Groups.

Contact 97601343

Finance Manager, 12 years experi-

ence in leading Construction and

manufacturing companies (9 years

in Oman) have strategic vision and

proven leadership ability. B.Com,

CPA- USA & modern accounting

certificate from “AUC”. “NOC” in

hand. Contact: 97220505

Part time accountant, senior ac-

countant, doing all type of ac-

counting works, up to finalization.

contact.95254864

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with 13yrs

experience, 6 yrs Oman in manu-

facturing, trading & contracting Cos,

capable of handling all accounting,

finance, banking, L/C, import, export

& finalization seeks placement.

NOC Available. Call+968-98932752,

mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com

Indian male diploma Civil (Drafts-

man) 2 years experience in AutoCAD,

looking for suitable post.

Contact: 91146914

Email: shafnas456@gmail.com

IT

Network Professional, CCNP with

6 years experience and Bachelors

degree on visit visa looking for suit-

able job. Contact: 96760618,

varghese.manthara@gmail.com

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

years exp in Qatar as assistant IT

manager, network administrator,

server management and knowl-

edge of developing website, Qatar

D/L. Contact: 0097477237607,

00968976838

Email:mohsin2022@gmail.com

Indian male 28 yrs, Master degree

in Computer Application, 2 years

exp in Oman looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 93295112

Email: syedsadathali.mca@gmail.

com

IT Telecom / Networking Engineer

with CCNA & CCNP, 3 yrs experi-

ence, currently in visit visa.

Contact 97435944

Email: abdulsameerr@gmail.com

Creative Designer with 8+ years

experience in web, graphic, video

editing, outsourcing looking for a

suitable placement in a reputed

company. Contact 97276004

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

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com

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SIT.WANTED

SIT.WANTED

India male 33 years. DCT, BBA,

OSHA, looking for Job in Construc-

tion HSE, 11 Years experience with

GCC license, NOC available

Contact :- 9418 4280

Filipino Senior Architect with 13

years GCC experience. Proficient

in 3D StudioMax, AutoCAD, Revit,

Phostoshop, and Microsoft Of-

fice. With NOC and Omani driving

license. Please contact

91292933.

Indian female, 40 yrs, 7 yrs experi-

ence in customer service, with D/L

seeks suitable placement.

Contact 95580711

ME Civil- structural Engineer, 8 Years Structural Engineer ex-

perience, Looking for Structural

Designer, supervisor or site engineer

Position. Iranian male. #93696929

Email: mhsaz1359@gmail.com

Electronics System Eng. UK Gradu-

ate. Indian Female with relevant

work experience. Eng. Analysis,

Instrumentation and Control, Power

& Heat, Electrical & Fluid, Drives &

Actuators etc. Looking for an entry

level position. Email s.dinesh1508@

gmail.com. Mobile: 97848075, +91-

8105413827

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male having 7 Years of Expe-

rience in Oman Having Valid Driving

License working as a Office Driver

,Looking for a suitable Position, NOC

Available. Contact:

99680429, E-mail:anzarkutty1975@

gmail.com

Syrian architect have years and

half experience in oman looking for

work, full time perfect in architec-

tural programs 3d max , auto cad

, Photoshop , and sketch up. for

contact : 0096897482871

Female, Indian, 35 years, Bachelor

of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) fresh gradu-

ate with BSc looking for positions in

Front Office, administration office,

or any suitable positions in hospital,

polyclinic, companies or Institu-

tions. Contact 90236481.

Indian Male 47 years MBA-Opera-

tions Management with total 25 Yrs

exp inclusive of 9 yrs in Oil & Gas

sector in Oman, having valid Omani

D/L & NOC, seek challenging posi-

tion in SCM/Logistics/Procurement.

GSM-94236414. Mail id –

dialindia33@gmail.com

Well experienced management

finance specialist having 18 years

experience available for placement.

Contact.95602518

23, Male, ACCA Affiliate, OBU Bsc,

2.5 years of experience in audit and

finance in Big 6 Firms, Looking for

permanent placement in similar

field. Release NOC available. Contact:

95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com

22, Male, Indian, BBA (Marketing),

1 year experience in India, Looking

for suitable placement in Sales and

Marketing. #91897046,

azzamsiddique1@gmail.com

Indian Male,27,ACCA Part

Qualified,B.COM with 7+ yrs exp in

receivables and credit control in

Oman looking for suitable place-

ments. NOC available. # 9657 4343.

Indian Female, Science Graduate,

3 years Experience in Teaching back

home. Looking for a suitable job op-

portunity as a teacher, in Schools in

Muscat Region. Contact : 96431456

/ 95704814

Looking for a suitable job as Jr.

Accountant/ Jr. Administration in

a reputed company. NOC Available.

GSM # 93004738.

ACCOUNTANT, Male, 8 years experi-

ence, presently working in Oman as a

Senior Accountant with oman Driving

license. NOC available, seek suitable

opportunity. GSM:

97705854

Chemical Engineer Indian 2 years

of experience in production field

Contact: 91247222

Email:sahadpoonchola@gmail.com

Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support,

Networking, Security systems, Serv-

er support, IT sales and marketing.

Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable

placement. Contact 91033395

Indian female, MBA, 25yrs Having

4yrears of experience in MNC, hands

of experiences in recruitment and

administration, flexible for any suit-

able job placements currently in

visting visa. Contact Tel :

98864639

Email : neethuvijayan06@gmail.com

Indian Male, 25, Chartered Account-

ant, working with ICICI Bank India.

On a Visit Visa in Oman. Staying with

parents at Azaiba. Ph: 24492638.

Email: shyamal008@gmail.com

Indian Male, 26 Yrs, Business

Management, 6 years in Oman.

Knowledge of MS Office and Arabic

Language. Seeks suitable position.

Contact 93931935

Indian Mechanical Engineer, 30, having 8yrs of UAE Sales/Busi-

ness Development. experience in

Electromechanical and Irrigation

sectors. Contact no-

+971558763220

email id-sangowri@outlook.com

Indian male, with finance and Law

degree, having more than 25 years

of experience in Finance/ Accounts /

Audit (5 years of Oman experience)

seeks suitable placement. NOC

available. Contact: 98421619.

E-mail: talemadhamu@yahoo.com.

Indian male Executive Secretary

having vast experience in admin,

logistics & procurement well versed

with computer seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact : 99514286

Indian male 22yr BBA with LOGIS-

TIC Diploma, exp in tally and data

entry seeking in suitable placement.

Contact; 90151739

email shakeeb.mp280gmail.com

Civil Autocad Draughtsman part

time work for job mob :96023726

ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 hav-

ing 4 years experience in accounting

& having well knowledge in tally.

Contact:968094535881,

0091 9037622048,

Email: vishnuraj889@gmail.com

Pakistan Male: 24 years,M.Com

Finance having 2.5 year experience

as a accountant & marketing execu-

tive looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 97670816,

E.mail: naeem.ahsan68@gmail.com

Senior Accountant. 8 Years experi-

ence. NOC available. Oman driving

license. Seek suitable opportunity.

GSM- 98184170

31 year Indian male PG in HR ,with 5

yrs Professional experience in HR in

Construction Oil & Gas Oman seek-

ing for a suitable placement. Kindly

contact me on 93488914, email-

Kaarthickshankar@gmail.com

Indian female with MBA in finance

seeking immediate placement.

Contact: 968-93316493

MBA Finance with more than five

years of experience in Finance &

Accounts including GCC, looking for

a suitable opening. Having UAE driv-

ing license. #91391802.

Sudanese/26/Bsc Computer Sci-

ence /3 years exp/skills Excellent

knowledge in operating systems

and maintaining computers Java

Programmer Web Developer Linux

SMS solutions Android developer/

email khalid.omx@gmail.com/

# 944958080 and 99758186.

Indian male B.Eng. in IT,CCNA,

MCSA,MCSE, 2.5 yrs + exp. in IT sup-

port, networking and server support

valid Omani D/L seeking suitable

placement in IT/Network/Server

support. Contact 92607532

Indian B.E Computer Science graduate

2012 passout. 1 .5 yrs exp. in Account-

ing. Having good communication skills

and mindset to work in a team. Having

NIIT certificate in Diploma in Java

Technology. # 97767894

Email: jinsonjacobjohn@gmail.com

Indian male 24 YEARS, B.Tech (Elec-

trical & Electronics), having 2 yrs. exp

as Electrical Site Engineer. Done IOSH

& NEBOSH- IGC certifications, seeking

for suitable placement in any related

industries. Contact 98045482,

Email: mastanshaik1008@gmail.com

Indian male, 24 years, HSE Engineer

having 2 years of Indian experience.

Done IOSH & NEBOSH- IGC certifica-

tions, seeking for suitable placement

in any related industries. #98045482

Indian Male (Diploma in electronics

Engineering and CCNA.) having 9

years of experience in Networking, 5

years’ experience in Oman. Looking

for a suitable Placement. NOC avail-

able. GSM- 93787098,

Email –anishktr@gmail.com

Mechanical Draftsman, Indian male

27, Diploma in Mechanical Engineer-

ing having 7 years of experience

in Auto CAD looking for a suitable

placement.contact 97351786 /

96143708 mohammednazeer07@

gmail.com

ACCA Affiliate, OBU Degree, 2.5

years experience in audit and

finance in Big6 firm, Looking for

permanent placement. NOC release

available. Contact: 95140445,

a.saran891@gmail.com

27, male, ACCA finalist, have profes-

sional experience up to finalization

of Accounts, Statutory and internal

audit, expertise in using tally and

focus & Oracle Software, have 3.5

years experience in accounts

till finalization, seeking for

permanent replacement ,contact

97654769, email id- abdullah.

nooralam@yahoo.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, 8 years ex-

perience ,Oman driving licence,Noc

available. Seek Suitable opportunity.

GSM- 98184170

B.E Mechanical Engineer with 2

years’ experience in HVAC field on

visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact: 93442296

Email Id: sal201091@gmail.com.

MBA (F) B.COM Indian female

having knowledge of accounts with

Tally looking for full or part time job.

Presently on family visit visa.

Contact: - 96259171. Email: -

bhumicapandya@gmail.com

Site Supervisor/ L Driver, Pakistani

Male 33 with valid D/L, 4 years ex-

perience in Muscat, fluent in English,

Arabic looking for suitable place.

Contact: 97950869

Indian Male, MBA, Talented

management expert having 6 year

experience at U.A.E, India and Oman

in luxury goods and Retail. Seeking

suitable openings in related or same

field. Contact:92700670

Email: jobcareer44@gmail.com

B.Tech EEE with 4+ years experi-

ence in the field of it, networking,

ex-tonics etc. presently working in

Amazon India development centre as

a content quality associate seeking

for suitable jobs in Oman.

Contact : +91 9940514005, 93116402

email: mail2nbn@gmail.com

Pakistani, Male, Pak, Exp 14 Years

in IT Trainer / Computer Teacher,

looking for a better position in Oman,

already working in Prestigious Con-

struction Company. # 95983711.

Join.mtmali@gmail.com

M. Tech VLSI design, B. tech Elec-

tronics and instrumentation, Indian

female,3 years teaching experience

for graduation level students,

seeking suitable placements .

Ph:00968 92904155.

email-achusooraj@gmail.com

MBA Finance with more than five

years of experience in Finance &

Accounts including GCC, looking for

a suitable opening. Having UAE driv-

ing license. Contact no..91391802

Part- Time Accountant, well experi-

ence senior accountant ,doing all

type of accounting works, Finaliza-

tion, Budgeting available.

Contact 98803439

Indian 26M, B. Tech Computer Sci-

ence graduate, 3 years exp in India,

looking for suitable job in Muscat.

Contact : 93125669,

Email : amritrajGT18@gmail.com

Sudanese/Bsc IT/26/2 years experi-

ence/excellent Eng-Arb speaking/

Omani driving license/96387227/

henrykarrar@gmail.com

MBA - (F), M.Com, B.COM. Indian

female having knowledge of accounts

with Tally looking for part time or full

time job. Presently on family visa. #

91892264. mail: yv.dixit@yahoo.com

Admin, having 10+ years experience

in Admin/HR/Logistics/Time Keeper,

in reputed companies. Presently work-

ing in Muscat. Contact

94369965mail - satya1528@gmail.

com

Two year experience in Oman,

experience in sales, purchase and

system admin, Having GCC license.

Contact number 97475860,

Yadhukrishnan08@gmail.com

Indian male B.Eng. in IT,CCNA,

MCSA,MCSE, 2.5 yrs + exp. in IT sup-

port, Networking and Server support

with valid Omani D/L seeking suit-

able placement in IT/Network/Server

support. contact 92607532

Indian Female BSC nurse with 8+

years of experience including 3

years of GCC exp. Oman Promet-

ric passed with 57 %. Currently in

Oman. Contact : 98034384

Indian Male, 25, Chartered Ac-

countant, working with ICICI Bank

India. On a Visit Visa in Oman.

Staying with parents at Azaibah.

Ph:24492638. Email: shyamal008@

gmail.com

Indian male Accountant, 12 years

experience, looking for a full time

or part time job, experience in tally

also. Contact 98983122

Indian Male 23 years B.Tech Civil

Engineering having 2 years experi-

ence in quantity survey and site

management looking for suitable

placement. Contact-

95042656

Indian female, MBA, 25yrs Having

4yrears of experience in MNC, hands

of experiences in recruitment and

administration, flexible for any suit-

able job placements currently in

visting visa. Contact: 98864639

Email : neethuvijayan06@gmail.com

Indian Male -25years B.Tech

Engineer seeking any suitable jobs

in Oman ,currently on visit visa.

Contact : Haneesh N. Surendran,

Mob : 90126573,

Email: - haneeshns02@gmail.com

Female Junior Architect, Excel-

lence in Autocad, Sketching & Mod-

elling, Internship - KHAM Designs,

Bangalore. Presently with Atulya

Architects & Associates. Email

saatvika.frozenmusic@gmail.com

Contact 00968-94057427.

Indian male BE Electrical & Elec-

tronics and PG in power systems

(transmission & distribution) on

visit seeking placement. contact

94669679

E Mail : prsabarish@gmail.com

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+

experience in Administration/HR,

Customer Support, Office Coordina-

tor with good Computer skill, Now on

Visit Visa looking for suitable

position. Contact: 90196235

Female, 35years, Bachelor of Phar-

macy fresh graduate with BSc and

MA looking for suitable

position in hospital, polyclinic,

companies or Institutions. Contact

90236481.

Electrical Maintenance Engineer, 29, Indian Male, having 7+ years

exp. in reputed companies. Seeking

suitable placement in Oman.

Contact 98440637.

Mail ID : venkatbadri23@gmail.com

Administration - Having 9+ years

exp. in Admin & HR in reputed com-

panies. Presently working in Muscat

and seeking for suitable placement.

Contact No.: 97693456.

email : muralimahdav77@gmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, 8 years ex-

perience, Oman driving license, Noc

available seeks suitable opportu-

nity. GSM- 97705854

Indian male 24 B.Tech IT(engineer)

2.5 years exp in hardware network-

ing, programming such as C and C++.

Currently on visit visa seeks suit-

able placement. Contact 95153693

Indian male Auto Cad Draughtsman

(civil) 8 years experience seeking

for part time job.

Contact : 00968 99070584,

Email: remluvp@gmail.com

Indian male 32 M. A. English and

having 4 years of experience in

teaching current company is ready

to issue release letter.

Contact : 99869535

Email: sahadkeyi33@gmail.com

Sudanese male, 31 years, have 3

year Diploma in electrical engineer

, 6 year experience in construction

and electrical production plant .

Mobile No ; +96894549609

Indian male 37 years B.Tech Gradu-

ate having 12 years experience of

Electrical DCRP Works / Jobs in

Oman with driving license looking

for suitable opening. NOC available

can join immediately. Contact :

saiviharvasanth@gmail.com

Indian female B.ARCH with 10 years

experience (Indian & Oman) as an

Architect is seeking a suitable in

Muscat. Contact: 92412810

BE Civil Engineer with 11 years of

experience in building construc-

tion with valid Oman DL, looking for

suitable placement, NOC available.

Please contact 91329910.

Indian male 24 B.Tech IT (engineer)

2.5 years exp in hardware network-

ing, programming such as C and C++.

Currently on visit visa seeks suit-

able placement. Contact 95153693

Indian male 23yrs, 2yrs exp. In Accounts (india). Seeking suitable

position in accounts. Currently on

express visa. M: 94399509,

E. midhunaloor16@gmail.com

Civil Autocad draughtsman looking

for part time job. Mobile:

95218737

Indian Male: 31yrs 8 Years Experi-

ence in the field of Business Devel-

opment/ Sales/ Retail/ Logistics

with good communication Skills

seeking for suitable job in Oman .

Now available in Visit visa valid till

(21st Oct). Contact; 99052340 ,

email: pradee.ys@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT , Indian male 30

years B.Com Having 7 years of Oman

experience in the field of accounts &

finance seeks for better placement.

Contact : 96143708 / 97351786

ME Civil- structural Engineer, 8

Years Structural engineer experi-

ence, looking for Structural Designer,

supervisor or site engineer Position.

Iranian male. Contact: 93696929,

Email: mhsaz1359@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT, 8 years experience,

Oman D/L, Noc available seeks suit-

able opportunity. GSM- 98184170

Network/Noc Engineer, Indian male

27 years B.com (General) 5 years &

4 month’s of experience in the field

of networking seeks for better place-

ment. Contact :97663834,

bro’s no:98730758

Indian male, BBA, having 8yrs exp

including 2yrs of (UAE) exp looking

opportunities withinSales, Logis-

tics, Retail, Operations. CONTACT

99052340, Mail Id: pradee.ys@

gmail.com

B.Com Graduate, associate insur-

ance, 25 year male, 3 years experi-

ence in accounts and 3 years in sales

and marketing.#no-95236312, mail

id-lilommca@gmail.com

Syrian Architect years experience

in oman for work 2d plans and 3d

internal and external projects in co-

operation or even a piece . for contact

: 97482871

Electrical Engineer with BS & MS

Degree having 5 years of Experience

in Electrical Utility/Water sector

seeks a suitable job (on visit).

Contact: snaveelh@gmail.com

Phone: 24413033/ 95731852

25 year male, B graduate, associ-

ate insurance with 3 years exp in

accounts and 3 years in marketing.

NOC available. Mail id lilommca@

gmail.com and no-95236312

DAILY GUIDEM O N D AY, N O V E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 5 D7

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

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 proofing 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.

Contact: 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

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

SIT.WANTED

SIT.WANTED

*Classified Advertisement space

booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space

availability

MISCELLANEOUS

SITUATION WANT-ED

BUSINESS

Wanted running / closed shop / café

small /big on rent. Contact:

98796982

Ware house space for rent at Ghala

and Barka up to 20000/- Sqm.

Contact: 99509460 / 93731363

We want finance for 3 (three) moths

or renewable every 3 months from

Omani nationals or Expatriate for

trading business. Contact: 99462591

or 93525028 Email:

blueoceanoman@gmail.com

Indian Female Accountant 5 Years

of Experience in Accounting Tally,

Sales coordination,and Admin,

Currently on Visit Visa seeking

suitable placement.

Contact :95684179

8 years purchase experience in

construction company Indian

male 45 yrs, looking immediate

placement . Release NOC, valid

Oman driving license available.

Contact: 98456535

Pakistani General Salesman with

6 years of experience looking for

suitable placement with valid

Omani driving license. Contact:

92942088

Dynamic, Indian Chemical En-

gineer (NIT) with 1 yr experience

in business development and

holding Oman D/L , seeks suitable

opportunity. Contact: 96141612

Email: anjana.nanda@outlook.com

Logistic Executive BBA with

logistic diploma experienced in

Tally, MS Excel, daty entry seeking

suitable position.

Contact: 90151739 Email:

shakeeb.mp280@gmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT/ACCOUNT-

ANT, with 8 years experience in

Accounts ( 5 Years in Oman) in a

Trading Company, capable of han-

dling all accounting , Banking, L/C,

import &Finalization with Driving

Licence. Noc Available seek Suit-

able Placement.GSM-98184170.

B.A Economics, Indian male, 12

years experience in teaching, both

academic & Quran, looking for an

opportunity. # 9845 6432,

9967 8470

Sudanese female, B.sc on ac-

count.16 years experience. Good

in working out financial report

break down of monthly and an-

nual budget’s. follow up tax files

and social Insurance costin-

gard feasibility study. Email:

amani.eltayeb@hotmail.com,

mobile:92037605

Indian Female 10 years as cook

in Muscat, Oman . South Indian,

Gujarati special food, Looking for

part time. Contact 96710189

Indian female,33 yrs MSc,BEd

with computer knowledge

having 3yrs experience in

teaching,looking for suitable job

on visit visa.Contact: 9704 2806

Mail:poornimaajith11@gmail.com

INDIAN MALE accountant, 12

years experience in accounting

with tally also, looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact . 98983122

MALE ACCOUNTANT, age 25

years, ACCA UK finalist with 4

years experience in accounting &

audit in Pakistan, now in Muscat

on visit visa seeking suitable

placement. Contact 90197029,

muzammalhafiz16@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:

affanahamed0@gmail.com

Maintenance Engineer, Indian,

male, DME, 36 years of age with

16 years of experience in ma-

chine maintenance and handling

machine breakdowns, currently on

visit visa seeking suitable posi-

tion. Contact: 92180933; email:

rramesssh@yahoo.com

Advertising/media executive

with 15 years gulf experience with

oman driving license. Seeks good

opening. 93031168.

Indian (Bangalore), internal audi-

tor / senior accountant having

(Gulf) 8 years, (India) 15 years

experience, presently on employ-

ment visa seeking suitable place-

ment in Salalah / Muscat.

Contact 968 94765948,

email:amituppin@gmail.com

Sudanese / 30 years old / M.Sc.

Logistics Management /English &

Arabic/ logistics - procurement -

inventory planning / 91270881

Indian male, 19 years experience

in purchase, material coordinator

in building/pipe line construction

& factory production field. have

good computer skills & driving

license and NOC, looking for a

suitableplacement.

mr.victor2015@hotmail.com

Contact: 99008101

B.Tech, MBA (Marketing), PGDM

(IB) having 9 years of experience

in sales & marketing/ business

development seeking for suitable

position. Valid Driving License

Phn-97043494

31 years, Indian male PG in HR

, with 5 yrs Professional experi-

ence in HR in Construction Oil &

Gas Oman seeking for a suit-

able placement(NOC Available).

Contact me on 93488914, email-

Kaarthickshankar@gmail.com

FEMALE SYRIAN ARCHITECT

,new graduate have good experi-

ence in architect programs, auto-

cad 3d max ,sketch up , Photoshop

,sketch up, searching for a job full

time or part time, for

Contact : 97482871

Indian Male 33 yrs, BCA ,10 years

experience(India & Oman) IT

Support, System administrator/su-

pervisor looking for suitable Job.

#95448561

Indian male, 10 years Driving

experience in Dubai. Looking as

a company driver job. Contact

: 96180458 , +91 99 61 019366

(India )

Civil Engineer B.tech with iosh

nebosh certification having valid

Omani driving license, looking for

suitable job in Oman. #93631625

32 years, Indian Male MSC,MBA-

HR having 7.5yrs Exp (HR/SAP op-

erations) with Oman valid driving

license, seeking suitable opening

in Human Resource & Admin/

backend jobs.

Contact: 00968-99322978

Indian Male,27 years, MCA, 3

years Experience in Web devel-

oper, Technical Supporter, looking

for suitable position. Presently

Working in India. Contact- +91

7403288953, +91 9020679788.

Email-vinuvn88@gmail.com.

Indian male having 14 years of

experience in HR, Purchase Dept,

having Oman driving license

looking for a suitable position ,

at Salalah. Noc available. Email.

Madhuvtk@ gmail.com

Contact: 91182907

Indian male MBA (MKTG) B.com

having 2 years experience in sales

marketing and business develop-

ment looking for a suitable open-

ing presently on family visit visa.

# 93268245

Email: gregjose1991@gmail.com

Indian male with CA & CPA having

20 years of experience, currently

on visit seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 93910095 Email:

rejithomas07@gmail.com

Female accountant on family visa

available for part time / full time.

Contact: 98002428

Filipino male, 29 Graduate of

Bs IT with GCC experience as

document controller and Executive

Secretary looking for employment.

Contact: +968 93929569

Indian female MSC computer Sc,

IELTS certified experienced in

teaching higher grades IGCSE GD,

CBSE in Oman and India seeking

suitable placement.

Contact: 98048946

Indian male, 19 years experience

in purchase, material coordinator

in building construction & factory

production field. have good com-

puter skills & driving license and

NOC, looking for a suitable place-

ment. Contact: 99008101

Indian female M.Sc Physics, B.Ed

having 5 years experience in

teaching looking for suitable job.

#97367389

Sales Manager MBA, having 12

years of experience with valid

GCC driving license looking for a

suitable position NOC available.

#98125226

Electrical Forman Indian male 38

years, total 19 yrs exp in electrical

field, electrical Forman exp 4 yrs

in Oman seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact: 97379290

MECH. Engg with 3+ year’s exp

in India & U.A.E (Site Engg / Sales

Engg) in oil & gas on visit visa

looking for suitable jobs.

Contact 97896725

Email: georgymct@gmail.com

Indian male, 4 years of experience

in Structured cabling, termination

and Fiber optic splicing. Look-

ing for a suitable Placement. NOC

available. GSM- 92484039, Email

–rajaveer8989@gmail.com

Pakistani male, MBA(Marketing)

+PGD(HR) with 9 yrs experience

in banking & hospital industry

(Consumer Credit Review, Admin

& HR). 3 yrs experience as Asst

Manager, Admin & HR in famous

private hospital in Oman with NOC.

Contact: 95761982 or

umerok@hotmail.com

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