Times of Oman - July 10, 2016

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July 10, 2016 5 Shawwal 1437 AH

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FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

On the Occasion of 7th National Day, 1977

Education must not only be a matter of academic and cultural instruction - it must also be concerned with the formation of character.

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’MORNING MINUTEMORNING MINUTE

Eid celebrated with fervour

PAKISTANOne of world’s top philanthropists dies

2Abdul Sattar Edhi, one of the world’s leading philanthropists, has died.

He was 88. He started the Edhi Foundation, Pakistan’s largest welfare organisation — which supports the destitute. >A2, 11

MARKETMiddle East carriers’ air traffic rises 12%

3Middle East carriers reported an 11.8 per cent rise in demand in May,

compared with a year ago, which was the largest increase among regions. >B1

OMANHelping buyers check quality of gems

1After coming across people, who were cheated into buying cheap gems for

a higher price, Fahad Mahmood Al Balushi decided to open a gem testing lab, to help people differentiate between authentic and synthetic gems. >A2

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

DONOR DRIVE IN NEED OF LIFE SUPPORT?DEEBA HASAN [email protected]

MUSCAT: With fewer than 400 people signing up to become or-gan donors in Oman since March, doctors have warned that the Sul-tanate’s organ donation scheme requires intensive care.

The Ministry of Health organ-ised a campaign to attract donors in March this year, but until now fewer than 375 people - many of

them medics - have enrolled to donate their organs in the event of their deaths.

TransplantsFor kidney transplants alone in Oman, at least 1,600 people are waiting - at a cost of OMR,1500 per patient per month.

Dr. Issa Al Salmi, head of renal services at the Royal hospital in Oman, said: “Since March we have now almost 375 people who have

registered but when we look at the number of people waiting for organs- there are more than 1,600 people on dialysis and waiting for kidneys, then there is a similar fig-ure when it comes to the liver wait-ing list and there is also pancreatic, lung and cornea transplants await-ed, so it’s quite a big percentage of organ failure, and kidneys are in the highest demand.”

According to Dr. Al Salmi, a large majority of those waiting for

organs and the ones who have signed up for the donor card are Omanis.

“Here the figure is mostly made of Omani nationals because very few expats work in the govern-ment sector and insurance does not cover the cost of dialysis and other support mechanisms, and so they are forced to move back to their home countries where they can opt for such systems,” Dr. Al Salmi. >A7

Despite the ministry’s

drive for organ

donations, the list of

patients waiting for

transplant is growing

Staff Reporter

MUSCAT: Many passengers had a lucky escape after a bus they were travelling in rolled over, rescue workers said.

One passenger was critically injured and another 11 people on board the bus, on a road in Al Seeb near Muscat International Airport, sustained injuries as rescue teams raced to the scene.

The Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) reported that it had sent teams to the crash site and various other agencies were in-volved in the rescue operation on Thursday.

“Emergency rescue teams were at the site near the air-port bridge-heading outside Muscat- as a taxi bus crashed and rolled up leaving a number of injured people on the site,” PACDA said in a tweet.

The accident resulted in one critical injury while seven oth-ers sustained moderate injuries.

Three other passengers es-caped the crash with light in-juries. Drivers said that the

accident has caused a massive gridlock in Al Seeb. The injured were taken to various hospitals across Muscat for treatment.

There was no update avail-able on the condition of the critically injured passenger, or whether he was an Omani national or a foreigner visiting the country.

Death on roadsOman is no stranger to death and disaster on its roads. In March this year 18 people died and another 16 were seriously injured when the bus they were in was in a head-on collision with a lorry.

Six Omanis, four Saudis, two Pakistanis and a Yemeni were among the fatalities, according to the Royal Oman Police.

The force of the impact flipped over the heavily loaded truck and the bus roof was partially torn off.

Police are constantly warning drivers not to speed on Oman’s roads and various road safety drives have been launched to educate drivers about speeding.

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ROP rescues 3 fishermen adrift in a boat

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Staff Reporter

MUSCAT: Three fishermen adrift in their boat off the coast of Oman were rescued by the Royal Oman Police (ROP).

The men had been fishing when their boat developed a “techni-cal snag”, according to a tweet on the ROP twitter account. Rescue teams were deployed off the coast of Shinas on Tuesday night in a search and rescue operation.

Engine troubleThe men had radioed that their vessel’s engine was not working.

The ROP rescued all three men at sea in Shinas on Tuesday night; ROP tweeted on its official twitter handle.

“ROP rescued three people at sea in Shinas after their fishing boat developed a technical snag on Tuesday night,” the tweet said.

The men were found in good health after a search operation and were none the worse for their ordeal.

ROP received a distress call at night informing them about the incident which made them search for the people, according to the of-ficial tweet.

Lucky escape for passengers as bus overturns

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Help at hand to avoid fake gems

DEEBA [email protected]

MUSCAT: After coming across people, who were cheated into buying cheap gems for a higher price, Fahad Mahmood Al Balushi decided to open a gem testing lab, which would help people differen-tiate between authentic and syn-thetic gems and create awareness about the issue.

Learning about gemstones has been a hobby for Al Balushi for two decades. His passion has made him travel to gemstone markets in several places around the world and he opened his own in Muscat a few months ago.

“I was always passionate about gemstones and fascinated by their different types, so red is not just

ruby, but it could be a sapphire or a garnet, and a host of other types, but most people are not aware of that and I wanted to educate peo-ple about this, so I started the lab earlier this year,” Al Balushi said.

Testing of the gems is not a lengthy process, but needs meticu-lous attention.

Variety of tools“We use a variety of tools to test the gems—their density, depth, refractive index, composition and a few other technical details, and by the end of the testing, we draft a report and give a certificate of au-thenticity to the client.”

According to him, the human eye and a 10x magnifying glass loop are the most important tools for gem testers. With his vast knowledge

and experience in dealing with gemstones, Al Balushi can actually just hold a gem in his hand, look at it from different angles, and tell you a lot about it.

However, he makes use of all his equipment to test the gems, just to satisfy himself, as well as the cus-tomer, for accuracy.

A powerful microscope is usual-

ly the last step in a testing process and also plays a very important role. “The microscope helps us de-termine if the stone is natural or synthetic, so it is really important.”

Al Balushi said purchasing gem-stones online is very risky and should be avoided.

“Purchasing stones online in-volves lots of risks, as a majority of them might turn out to be fake. Manufactures are coming up with new tricks in the market to cheat customers and so it’s best to be avoided.”

Ever since he started the store, Al Balushi has received many in-dividual and corporate custom-ers, many of whose stones turned out to be fake.

“Buy a stone you like and keep the bill with you. Get the stone tested in a lab and keep the cer-tificate. If it’s not a genuine piece, you can take it back to the shop where you bought it from within the number of days mentioned in your bill. Sometimes the jewellery stores would have certificates of authenticity already, so just ask for those instead.”

Al Balushi has a message for people buying gemstones, “I want everyone to have the original stone and not be cheated. We have a 12-hour service and can submit the report on the same day, and our rates are very competitive, when compared with other interna-tional labs.”

Purchasing stones online involves lots of

risks, as a majority of them might turn out

to be fake. Manufactures are coming up with

new tricks in the market to cheat customers

EYE FOR DETAIL: Testing of the gems is not a lengthy process, but needs meticulous attention. – Supplied

Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi mourned by residents in OmanDEEBA [email protected]

MUSCAT: Abdul Sattar Edhi, one of the world’s leading philanthro-pists, has died. He was 88.

He started the Edhi Foundation, Pakistan’s largest welfare organi-sation — which supports the desti-tute—with an initial sum of a mere five thousand rupees.

However, because of Edhi’s no-ble work, which people started taking note of, he began receiving bigger donations, which allowed him to expand his services.

Edhi was widely regarded as a guardian of the poor and reported-ly never kept more than two pairs of clothes and worn-out shoes for himself, not because he could not afford better ones, but because he chose to wear what the majority of people he served wore.

Dubbed as the ‘Angel of Mercy’ and ‘Pakistan’s Mother Teresa,’ he started his first clinic in 1951 and his foundation has saved thou-sands of abandoned or orphaned new born babies, provided shel-ter and healthcare to numerous homeless people and opened re-hab centres for the elderly, drug addicts and the mentally ill.

Life of dedicationEdhi dedicated his life to aiding the poor and destitute, and had, over the last six decades, almost single-handedly improved welfare in Pakistan. His agency ran relief operations in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus region and the United States.

Besides running schools and a large network of ambulances in Pakistan, the foundation also runs almost 400 welfare centres in ru-ral and urban Pakistan, which op-erate as food kitchens, rehabilita-tion homes for the elderly, shelters for abandoned women and chil-dren and clinics for the mentally handicapped.

Despite running a huge charita-ble organisation, Edhi could often be seen begging on the roads to fund his organisation. He lived in a small two-bedroom apartment

above his clinic in Karachi.Together with his wife, Bilquis

Edhi, he received the 1986 Ra-mon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He is also the recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize and the

Balzan Prize. In September 2010, Edhi was also awarded an honor-ary degree by the University of Bedfordshire.

He was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2013 and remained on

dialysis. He also refused an offer for treatment abroad from for-mer president Asif Ali Zardari, and said he wanted to be treated at a government hospital in Pa-kistan instead.

Thousands flocked to the Na-tional Stadium in Karachi on Sat-urday for his funeral, which was held in the presence of an army guard of honour.

His foundation served all the needy, irrespective of their religion, caste or ethnical back-ground.

He once said, “My religion is hu-manitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.”

“He will be remembered as an angel, which he obviously was, and he showed that to us through his beautiful actions, his loss is too big for humanity and there might nev-er be another Edhi again. We only pray that his son Faisal Edhi takes the organisation forward with the same passion as his father. May his soul be blessed,” said Huzaifa Ubaid Khan, a resident of Oman.

G U A R D I A N O F T H E P O O R

He will be remembered as an angel, which he obviously was, and he showed that to us through his beautiful actions, his loss is too big for humanity and there might never be another Edhi again. We only pray that his son Faisal Edhi takes the organisation forward with the same passion as his father. May his soul be blessed

Huzaifa Ubaid KhanResident of Oman

My religion is humanitarianism,

which is the basis of every

religion in the world

Abdul Sattar Edhi, Philanthropist

Muscat residents enjoy themselves at fun exhibition STAFF REPORTER

MUSCAT: Exciting activities for children, a mini food festival and a display of clothes and jewellery were the order of the day at the recent Grand Exhibition Village, which was recently held at the Al Bahja Hall in Qurum, where visi-tors came in large numbers to en-gage in the fanfare at the venue.

At the beginning, the event was inaugurated by Nada Al Zadjali, assistant director of the Muscat Festival at the Muscat Munici-pality and Dalia Al Bassami, en-trepreneur and a popular Omani photographer, after which the event was opened to guests. The special guest at the event was Raya Al Riyami.

Stalls displaying a variety of clothes, jewellery, makeup and home décor products were on display all through the event, which took place from 10am to 10pm.

Besides the above, a mini food festival was also part of the event, where food delights, such as cupcakes, Indian savoury snacks, sandwiches, haleem, bir-yani, sweets and other delicious items were enjoyed by the visi-tors. Some stall holders offered special deals for the day.

Huge demand“We try to bring in entertaining activities for children and adults because there is a huge demand for them all the time, and peo-ple like being part of them. Al-pha Events is really happy to get such brilliant feedback from visitors at the event, we prom-ise to bring in more of these for Muscat’s residents,” said Fahad Awais Munir, managing direc-tor of Alpha Events, the com-pany which organised the Grand Exhibition Village.

After the opening, the next big event was a birthday event; where over 50 children took part and had fun in an exciting line-up of games and won several prizes.

Parents were also happy to leave their tiny tots as they worked their way into the drawing and parents took advantage of the opportunity to take a look at the various stalls displaying a range of items.

All the children got to try the delicious cake handcrafted by Cakes Royale, which is at the Panorama Mall. Goody bags were distributed among the children soon after the party was over.

“It was so nice to see lots of in-quiries coming to me before the event, which really encouraged us to do our best in making visi-tors happy and comfortable at the event. The other great thing was that people were actually calling us to say how they could contrib-ute to the event, we had singers, drummers and other performers call us and say that they wanted to display talent through our plat-form,” added Munir.

The evening hours saw a much bigger attendance and lots of stage activities. A raffle draw with many exciting prizes was also conducted in the evening. Nadeem al Balushi, Oman’s very popular singer stole the show with his melodious English and Arabic songs.

Lakshay, a young drummer, mesmerised the audience with his brilliant beats, other children were also given an opportunity to showcase their talent on stage.

The organisers thanked the event’s partners—Mitesh from Oman Foodstuff Factory, Lynn al Khatib from Nestle, Shivanand from Sweets of Oman, Khadija from Al Zain Nursery, Faruk and Firoz from PRAN Foods, Lorna from Oman Refreshment Com-pany, Kumar from Indapras-tha restaurant, Suraiya from Foodlands restaurant, Deepak from Jashn restaurant, Dr. Su-hail from Sun Dental centre, and Ahmed Ansari from Cakes Royale. Oman Oasis distrib-uted 2,000 free bottles of water among all the visitors.

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Despite running a huge charitable organisation, Abdul Sattar Edhi could often be seen begging on the roads to fund his organisation. He lived in a small two-bedroom apartment above his clinic in Karachi

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Two Omani lawyers make royal decrees easily accessible to all

DEEBA HASAN [email protected]

MUSCAT: Every royal decree is-sued in the Sultanate since the 1970s is now easily accessible online, thanks to the efforts of two lawyers who have created a searchable database.

Riyadh Al Balushi and Yousuf Al Busaidi decided to build the site after spotting a gap in the informa-tion available online.

“Qanoon.om is the only website on the internet that provides free access to all royal decrees that were issued by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said from the 70s until today. Royal decrees regulate nu-merous matters that relate to soci-ety and the government in Oman.

“We all know that royal decrees are used to issue laws, but they also ratify international treaties that Oman joins, establish and abolish ministries, embassies and other government entities, appoint sen-ior government officials, adopt the annual budget, approve oil conces-sion agreements, and grant Omani nationality, too.

“These royal decrees are ex-tremely important to lawyers, civil servants, academics, and even in-dividuals,” Yousuf said.

Yousuf has over five years of ex-perience as a lawyer in both the public and private sector and holds

a law degree from the University of Hull and a master’s law degree in international commercial law from the University of Birmingham.

Riyadh has ten years of experi-ence working as a government lawyer and graduated from Cardiff University, before gaining a mas-ter’s in IT law and commerce from the University of Southampton. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of London.

The idea of the project started when the duo used to work in the same government department a few years ago.

“We were frustrated by our in-ability to easily find the laws that we needed to do our job and we de-cided to create a solution to fulfil our own need to access the law.

A problem“Later on, we realised that this is-sue of access to the law was a prob-lem that was faced by everyone trying to find legal information in Oman, and not only lawyers, but all members of society, regardless of whether it was free or not.

“So we decided to make avail-able all of the laws for free in an easily accessible manner that can be used by everyone, whether on their desktop or mobile devices.”

The process was not an easy one, and Riyadh and Yousuf had to scan tens of thousands of pages

from these volumes, sort them into separate documents, tag them, type them, and label them in a sys-tematic manner. This process took about two years to complete.

“For all recent royal decrees, we acquire the text of the royal decree - like everyone else - from the web-site of the Oman News Agency. We later verify this text and attach the formal PDF version of it by relying on the content of the Official Ga-zette that is published on Sunday every week on the website of the

Ministry of Legal Affairs.”The duo say that the project

was only possible because the Omani copyright law exempts of-ficial documents, such as royal de-crees, from copyright protection, and therefore anyone can copy them and redistribute them free of charge and without the need to seek permission from anyone.

“Of course, we also have to up-date the website regularly and we aim to publish any royal decree that gets issued within a few hours

of its publication,”Yousuf added.When designing the website,

Yousuf and Riyadh wanted the laws to be available for free on the internet and to enable users to eas-ily find the laws that they are look-ing for, as well as easily finding the content they are looking for within each and every law.

“It has also been very important for us to make sure that our web-site is accessible on mobile devices as the majority of people nowa-days look up information on their phones and not necessarily on a desktop device. Our objective is to make all the laws on the website available in text format, he said.

Currently, all royal decrees from the year 1974 onwards are avail-able on the website in PDF format and the young lawyers are contin-uously converting more and more of these PDFs into text format.

“Most of them requiring typing the whole royal decree and review-ing it meticulously, but for other ones we are using special tools and techniques to automate the pro-cess and make it quicker. Current-ly we have over 1,000 royal decrees available in text format and it will take us several months to convert the rest into text format.

Although the website is cur-rently offered only in Arabic, there are plans to offer the same contents in English, but this can

take some time.“We do plan on translating the

laws into English as we feel that it is important for non-Arabic speakers in Oman to know their rights and obligations under the law and we also believe that having the laws in English can help add confidence to investors who would like to come to Oman. However, we plan on working on the English section only after we finish all our plans for the Arabic section.”

Besides, the duo also has plans for numerous additions and new features for the website. “Having all royal decrees in English is one of our long term objectives, but we have not started in this part of the project yet.

“In addition to converting all of our Arabic PDFs into text format, we plan on adding a new section to the website in upcoming weeks that will include all secondary leg-islation (Ministerial Decisions) in PDF in Arabic. Thousands of these documents are not available on the internet at all and our website will be the only place to find them.”

Besides the above, the two also plan on adding a feature to display whether a royal decree or a minis-terial decision is repealed or not, as well as a feature to display the final version of any law (i.e. the law with all of its amendments incor-porated) in text.

Currently, all royal

decrees from the

year 1974 onwards

are available on

the website in

PDF format and

the young lawyers

are continuously

converting more and

more of these PDFs

into text format

Standard for Omani Khanjar updatedMUSCAT: The standard of the Omani Khanjar (dagger) ver-sion 2007 is being updated.

Confirming this, the Minis-try of Commerce and Industry, represented by the Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements (DGSM), said that it is doing this in coopera-tion with the Public Authority for Craft Industries (PACI).

The DGSM explained that when the Omani Khanjar is made, the following require-ments should be observed:

The Khanjar should be made in licenced premises and in ac-cordance with the good practice of the making while maintain-ing the distinctive features of the Omani Khanjar.

It should be in one of the types mentioned in the standard. No changes are allowed that affect the identity of Omani Khanjar on the known varieties.

The standard of the silver used in making the Khanjar should match the Royal Decree No. (109/2000).

Rhino horns should not be used in the Khanjar in accord-ance with the Ministerial deci-sion No. (169/1994).

The DGSM added that the Khanjar for children and be-low 16-year youngsters should have un-sharp blade or without blade. The used wood should be sandalwood or similar, and that the blade should be made of rustproof steel and the used leather could be genuine or non-genuine (optional). The used cloth should be velvet and there should be a consistency between parts of the Khanjar and its size and weight. -ONA

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These royal decrees are extremely important to lawyers, civil servants, academics, and even individuals

Yousuf Al BusaidiQanoon.om founder

Riyadh Al Balushi, founder Qanoon.om. -Supplied photos

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Across Oman, festivities were witnessed

as the citizens and residents enjoyed Eid-

Al-Fitr. Our photographers, Jun Estrada, OK Mohammad Ali and Purushuthaman K, have taken snaps of the different ways

people across Muscat celebrated the

special occasion

EID-AL-FITR CELEBRATED ACROSS OMAN

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Every flight to Muscat has about 15

to 25 maids travelling from Uganda

Sami Muctar, Country manager,

Ethiopian Airlines, Oman

Omani families turn to Uganda for hiring cheaper housemaids

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Omani families have begun hiring housemaids from Uganda ever since Oman stopped issuing visas for domestic work-ers from Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Guinea and Cameroon, a senior of-ficial from the Ethiopian Airlines in Muscat said.

Speaking to the Times of Oman,

Sami Muctar, country manager, Ethiopian Airlines, Oman, said the influx of Ugandan housemaids into Oman is one of the reasons they have increased their flight frequency to Muscat. “Every flight to Muscat has about 15 to 25 maids

travelling from Uganda,” he said.Visas were stopped to curb the

spread of disease from African countries to Oman, and to restrict criminal activities in the Sultanate.

Effective July 1, Ethiopian Airlines has been operating daily

flights between Addis Ababa and Muscat.

Earlier, they used to operate four flights a week. “These maids are boarding their flights from Uganda and coming to Muscat after chang-ing their flights at Addis Ababa,”

Muctar said. The flight from Addis Ababa

lands in Muscat 3.35am in the morning and departs at 4.25am.

With Philippines, Nepalese, In-dian and Sri Lankan maids being considered ‘costlier,’ employment agencies dealing with the same are now promoting housemaids from Uganda.

Manpower agencies said de-mand is picking up for housemaids from Uganda. “Many are opting for Ugandan maids because of the ban imposed on other African coun-tries,” they said.

The other major reason for this choice is that it costs less OMR500

to hire a Ugandan housemaid, which is very affordable for many families. “Their salaries are also less,” one of them said.

At the beginning of this year, Indonesia had stopped sending housemaids to Oman and other countries.

In February, 2015 Oman stopped issuing visas to domestic workers from Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Guinea and Cameroon.

With the daily flight service, Muctar said passengers will have more choice and flexibility, and it will also facilitate trade, invest-ment, and tourism ties between Oman and African countries.

Omani families

have started hiring

housemaids from

Uganda as Oman

stopped issuing visas

for domestic workers

from Ethiopia, Kenya,

Senegal, Guinea and

Cameroon

These maids are

boarding their flights

from Uganda and

coming to Muscat

after changing their

flights at Addis Ababa

Sami Muctar Country manager, Ethiopian Airlines, Oman

PAEW completes water projects in record timeMUSCAT: Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) successfully completed a number of water network projects in the wilayats of Muscat Governorate.

The work for such projects was undertaken during the Eid-Al-Fitr holidays. Though the scheduled time to complete the projects was 48 hours, they were completed within 24 hours.

The PAEW completed the lay-ing of 1,600 mm-capacity new water line from the water pump-ing station in the wilayat of Al Amerat. It would increase the availability of water produced from the desalination plant.

The PAEW has also com-pleted the maintenance works of the main water transmission networks in the Muscat Gover-norate which feed the wilayats of Muscat, Al Amerat, Muttrah and Al Wattaya area. The PAEW has confirmed that no shortage in water supply has occurred due to the precautionary measures it has taken during the execution of such works.—ONA

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Shura proposes spokesperson to liaise with media outletsTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Appointing an offi-cial spokesperson for ministries, authorities, establishments and government directorates, who will be responsible for liaising with media outlets regarding statements and clarifications, has been proposed by the Shura Council during its latest meeting.

The role of the official spokes-person will also involve respond-ing to queries made by the media, including coordination with the establishment on news and in-formation published that serves public interest.

Other related points, which are being studied, are that the official spokesperson will an-nounce updates about the work-place, as well as disseminate in-formation about issues related to the establishment in a clear form to media outlets.

Government establishments, which have several departments or specialties, must appoint sev-eral spokespersons related to the department or have a specialty in that establishment.

The officials (executives, man-agers, anyone responsible) in government establishments shall give the spokesperson the author-ity to respond to media outlets without having to wait for per-mission from higher authorities.

Government establishments should also look at other organi-

sations, who have successfully appointed a spokesperson and learn from their success, it was discussed.

“Having the Right to Informa-tion Law is extremely valuable: it can be used to hold the govern-ment accountable for its actions and improve the transparency of the system, but it could also be very useful for academics, re-searchers, and businesses as gov-ernment information can be re-purposed in many different ways.

“Oman already has other laws

in place that regulate government information, such as the State Documents Classification Law, the Law of Records and Archives, and the Law of the National Cen-tre for Statistics and Information.

“If Oman decided to introduce a Right to Information Law, this new law would have to work in tandem with all these existing rules that regulate how the gov-ernment’s information is classi-fied, preserved, and published,” said Riyadh Al Balushi, an Omani government lawyer.

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FOR MEDIA QUERIES: The role of the official spokesperson will

also involve responding to queries made by the media, including

coordination with the establishment on news and information

published that serves public interest.– Supplied picture

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN SALALAHSalalah and other coastal wilayats in the Dhofar Gover-

norate are witnessing beautiful weather of the Khareef

season coupled with low temperatures and light rains. -ONA

Manufacturing top priority in five-year plan

MUSCAT: Manufacturing sec-tor is one of the most vital and strategic sectors in the Sultan-ate and has been given priority in the development plans.

Engineer Nahla bint Ab-dulwahab Al Hamdi, Direc-tor of the Directorate General of Industry at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that one of the priorities on which the ninth five –year plan (2016-2020) was established to achieve the objectives of the long term strategy ( 1996-2020) including provision of appropri-ate conditions for achievement of economic diversification.

To boost the industrial sec-tor, the ninth five–year devel-opment plan has focused on six main fields which are en-hancement of the governance of the industrial sector; provid-ing adequate service facilities; expanding access to local and regional markets; the participa-tion of private sector; attracting national cadre in the manufac-turing sector and development of petrochemicals, minerals, food and beverages, machinery and equipment, she said .

The industrial sector shares five challenges with other sec-tors. These challenges are the governance of sectors; unattrac-tive business environment; dif-ficulty in getting qualified cadres and access to external markets and poor marketing of the Oma-ni brand, she added. —ONA

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WITHIN TIME: The work for such projects was undertaken during

the Eid-Al-Fitr holidays. – ONA

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MUSCAT: His Highness Sayy-id Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers performed Eid-Al-Fitr prayer at Al Khour Mosque in Muscat on the first day of Eid-Al-Fitr.

Sayyid Fahd was accompanied during the Eid prayers by their highnesses, their excellencies, undersecretaries, advisors and prominent figures.

Sheikh Dr. Is’haq bin Ahmed Al Busaidi, Chairman of the Supreme

Court and Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council led the Eid prayer. He began the Eid sermon with Takbir (exclaiming God is Great), glorifying and thanking Allah the Almighty for His many blessings and calling on people for integration, mercy and doing good.

The Khutba covered the reward

of Allah for those who fasted dur-ing Ramadan. Sheikh Dr. Is’haq also called for glorifying Allah and extract lessons from fasting and praying during Ramadan.

BlessingsHe added security at home is one of the greatest blessings of Allah onto man. The messengers of Al-

lah and faithful believers appealed to Allah to grant them security.

The Messenger Ibrahim ap-pealed to Allah to grant him secu-rity. He even sought to get securi-ty even before food; an evidence of its importance and the great risk from its loss. He also said that no one can live without the feeling of security. “A country that has

no security is like a barren de-sert even it is full of gardens and plants,” he added.

The Chainman of the Supreme Court also said that the security we enjoy in Oman is a blessing from Allah in reward of our wor-ship, commitment to Sharia and being away from disobeying our Lord. Allah said in Surat Quraish “So, let them worship Allah, the Lord of this House who feed them against hunger and has made them safe from fear”.

Advice givers and caretakers should play their prospective role in containing events, alleviating nerves and opening channels for quiet dialogue with youth to en-sure proper control of their nerves and utilisation of their potentials to serve the nation.

“The feeling of security we have by obeying the teachings of our religion, doing good to our fam-ily members, respect elders, show mercy on the weak people and give the due rights of our leaders and remain away from subjectivity and personal desires”.

SermonAt the end of the sermon, Sheikh

Dr. Is’haq appealed to Allah to en-sure many happy returns of the day for His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said and to grant him good health, happiness and a long life. He also appealed to Allah to safe-guard Oman and all Muslim coun-tries and unify the stance for all Muslims towards good.

After the Eid prayer, Sayyid Fahd received the well-wishers on this occasion.

They expressed their best wishes to His Majesty Sultan Qa-boos bin Said, praying to Allah the Almighty to grant His Majesty continuous health, happiness and a long life and Oman further pro-gress and prosperity under the wise leadership of His Majesty the Sultan.

Sayyid Fahd thanked all well-wishers, wishing them a blessed and happy Eid. He prayed to Allah the Almighty for the return of this happy and other similar occasions on His Majesty the Sultan with blessings and wellbeing, grant him success for the good of this dear country and to achieve fur-ther progress, peace and stability for Oman and its people under his prosperous reign. -ONA

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FAITHFUL: Sheikh Dr. Is’haq bin Ahmed Al Busaidi, Chairman of the Supreme Court and Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council led the Eid-Al-Fitr prayer. – ONA

Supreme Court chief leads Eid prayer

Dhofar governor performs Eid-Al-Fitr prayer in SalalahSALALAH: Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan Al Busaidi, Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar per-formed Eid-Al-Fitr prayer at the Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Salalah on Wednesday.

The Minister of State and Gov-ernor of Dhofar was accompanied by Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al Rowas, Advisor of His Majesty the Sultan for Cultural Affairs, Sheikh Khalid bin Omar Al Mar-

hoon, Minister of Civil Service, Dr. Rasheed bin Al Safi Al Hraibi, Chairman of Tender Board, hon-ourable members of the State Council and members of the Majlis Al Shura, senior officials, sheikhs, dignitaries of the Governorate of Dhofar and a gathering of citizens and residents.

Musallam bin Ali Al Mas’hali, Imam and Preacher of the Sultan Qaboos Mosque

in Salalah led the Eid prayer. He focused in the Eid sermon on many meanings and lessons ex-tracted regarding integration, co-operation and mercy among Mus-lims. He appealed to the Almighty Allah to protect His Majesty Sul-tan Qaboos bin Said, perpetuate on him good health and wellbeing and for the return of this happy occa-sion on His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said with blessings. -ONA

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PRAYER: Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan Al Busaidi, Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar performed Eid-Al-Fitr prayer at the Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Salalah on Wednesday. – ONA

Organ donor card available at Royal HospitalThe government is currently spending OMR2,000 per month for one patient to cover the cost of their dialysis, and so organ do-nation which takes OMR4,000 to OMR5,000 for one transplant is considered a much cheaper ap-proach to cutting costs and im-proving individual lives, Dr. Al Sami says.

“The Ministry of Health (MoH) pays OMR125 for one session of dialysis and in a week people need three here, so that is OMR375 a week, so roughly OMR1,500 per month which is a huge amount, so they need to have a proper pro-gramme in place where they cut the costs and not only costs, this is about the life of the individuals who are bound to hospital beds.”

Currently, the organ donor card can only be obtained from the Royal Hospital by anyone who is a mature adult. By next year they might also be made available in other major hospitals around the country, he added.

“Any adult can donate organs which can be obtained from the donor clinic next to the emer-gency department at the hospital. Individuals who intend to donate their organs can take a card, fill

the information, sign it with the details and then their information is transferred on to an excel sheet. We are working towards mak-ing it available in other hospitals around Oman by next year.”

People willing to donate also need to provide the name and contact details of a relative who is aware of their intentions.

In light of the high road acci-dent fatality figure in the country, Dr. Al Salmi says that the govern-ment needs to work towards a mechanism where the intention of a person needs to be printed on their ID cards. This would fa-cilitate the process of organ dona-tion, he said.

“We need to develop a pro-gramme where your ID card says if you wish to donate your organs. This helps because the deceased can immediately be brought into the hospital and regardless of brain death can be put on fluid circulation which will help in pre-serving of organs and in the mean-time a patient can be called to the hospital and the transplant can take place immediately.

“In a community where young and fit people die on the streets every day, it is such a waste.”

Two years ago, in 2014, the Grand Mufti of Oman, His Emi-nence Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamed Al Khalili, issued a fatwa, allowing organ transplant after brain death under certain circumstances. This came as a clarifying message to people, who were unsure of or-gan donation in the past.

According to the fatwa, the necessity of transferring the or-gans should be established and it should be apparent that the pa-tient cannot be treated further.

Leading example“Saudi Arabia is the leading ex-ample in the region and world-wide regarding support societies to really push through organ do-nations, both from logistics and financial support. It has become an example worldwide with over 2,000 transplants a year.

“Kuwait is moving very well, neck and neck with Saudi, and Qatar has a programme of support not only with patients of kidney failure but also for donors and looking after them, because you need to look after the donors too.

“Bahrain has recently started progressing in the field and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have

done a great programme and the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid University has recently inaugu-rated a programme in May where they have started cadaveric trans-plantation.

“Although Oman started the program long time ago it hasn’t picked up. We did get the odd or-gan donors from deceased peo-ple, but that generally came from western people in the past who were better aware of the issue.”

Dr. Al Salmi says that what Oman really needs are patients’ societies, which help create awareness on the issue of organ donation and encourage more people to donate.

“We need the society to support itself by patient societies. The Ministry of Health needs to really support these. These are focused on improvement of healthcare especially at the time of difficulty and limited resources, because that will reduce the burden on the MoH and allow the patient and their families to seek alternatives to improve the care.”

About 250 kidney transplants have taken place in Oman in the last five years, and another 160 have been carried out abroad.

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FIRST LEBANESE OPERA IN ARABICActors perform ‘Antar and Abla’ the first Lebanese opera in Arabic to be completed and performed in the region at the theatre of the Casino Du Liban in Maameltein north of the capital Beirut on Friday. — AFP

Syrian army extends ceasefire for 72 hours

BEIRUT: The Syrian military has extended a nationwide ceasefire that expired on Friday for anoth-er 72 hours, state media reported on Saturday.

The military high command said in a statement “a regime of calm will be extended for a period of 72 hours from one o’clock on July 9”. The Syrian government uses the term “regime of calm” to denote a temporary ceasefire.

The previous 72-hour truce, which was accepted by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel alliance but led to no noticeable decrease in violence, ran up to midnight on July 8.

That truce was the first to be declared across the whole country since one brokered by foreign pow-ers in February to facilitate talks to end the five-year-old civil war. That truce has mostly unravelled, and the escalating violence caused talks to break down.

The Syrian army and the Rus-sian military, which backs Assad, have since then periodically an-nounced a number of temporary local truces in areas of intense fighting. But air strikes and fight-ing have often continued in spite of the declarations.

Meanwhile, rebel shelling into

government-held parts of Syria’s second city Aleppo killed at least 38 civilians on Saturday, a war monitor said, as Syrian govern-ment forces continued their offen-sive to completely encircle rebel-held parts of the city.

Those killed included 14 chil-dren and 13 women, the Syrian Ob-servatory for Human Rights con-flict monitor said.

During this week’s three-day truce, Syrian government forces advanced towards the only route into the opposition half of the city of Aleppo, the Castello Road, bringing the road within closer firing range and trapping between 250,000 and 300,000 people.

They also took territory from re-bels east of Damascus.

Aleppo, Syria’s largest city be-

fore the war when it had more than 2 million people, has been divided for years into rebel and govern-ment sectors. Controlling all of it has been one of President Bashar Al Assad’s biggest goals.

Heavy aerial and artillery bom-bardment had at times made the Castello Road impassable. But this week’s advance brings govern-ment forces the closest so far to the road, making it even easier to hit.

The Observatory said air strikes and heavy shelling also hit rebel-held parts of Aleppo, killing at least five people.

Syrian state media put Satur-day’s death toll from rebel-fire in Aleppo at around 40, with more than 300 injured.

Syrian government and allied forces took control of a rebel-held

town east of Damascus after a 12-day battle, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, compro-mising a supply route into opposi-tion territory.

Maydaa was the easternmost outpost of the rebel-held bloc of territory in Eastern Ghouta and was used as a supply route into the area for weapons and money, the Britain-based Observatory said. It was the last rebel-held bit of terri-tory before the rebel-held town of Dumeir to the east, from which it was separated by a stretch of gov-ernment-controlled land. Maydaa had been under the control of the powerful Jaish Al Islam rebel fac-tion and was the group’s closest position to Dumeir military air-port, where they are fighting to dis-place government forces. — Reuters

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115 soldiers killed in South Sudan clashes: OppositionJUBA: At least 115 soldiers from South Sudan’s rival factions were killed in gunbattles in the capital Juba, a military spokesman for the opposition said on Saturday, amid fears for a fragile peace pro-cess in a country still reeling from a two-year war.

Gunfire erupted on Friday evening near the state house where President Salva Kiir and Vice-president Riek Machar, former rivals, were meeting for talks. Both men said they did not know what had triggered the lat-est fighting between their fac-tions and called for calm.

William Gatjiath Deng, spokesman for Machar’s military faction, said the fighting had oc-curred near the state house and in army barracks.

“In the morning we collected and counted 35 (dead) from the SPLM-IO (Machar’s faction) and 80 people from the government forces,” he said.

Deng said the death toll could rise on Machar’s side “because there are some soldiers seri-ously wounded”.

The government side had no immediate comment on the situ-ation in Juba.

At least five soldiers were killed on Thursday in similar clashes between the two sides.

Africa’s newest nation is emerging from a two-year civil war which started in December 2013 after Kiir sacked Machar as vice president. The conflict was largely fought along ethnic lines with Kiir mostly drawing support from his Dinka tribe while Machar was backed by his Nuer tribe. A peace agreement last August ended the war but Kiir and Machar have yet to in-tegrate their forces, a key part of the agreement.

Thursday and Friday’s gun-fights were the first major out-break of violence in Juba since Machar returned to the capital in

April after his re-appointment as vice president.

A Reuters witness said on Sat-urday Juba was calm but tense with road blocks mounted on some streets. Heavy military ve-hicles could be seen patrolling and most businesses were shut-tered. “It seems as though things have certainly calmed from what they were last night. However the situation is still very, very tense,” said Jeremiah Young, an aid worker with World Vision.

Security situationYoung said there was a chance the security situation could “de-teriorate very quickly due to the tensions within Juba and the sur-rounding areas.”

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday the latest vi-olence highlighted a lack of com-mitment to the peace process and urged the country’s leaders to end the fighting, discipline military leaders and work together to im-plement the peace deal.

Kiir and Machar called for calm on Friday at the State House, where the rivals had been in talks when the fighting flared on Thursday between groups loyal to each of them.

UN secretary-general said in a statement, “(The fighting) repre-sents a new betrayal of the people of South Sudan, who have suf-fered from unfathomable atroci-ties since December 2013.”

“I am also gravely concerned by the resurgence of violence in Wau and Bentiu, which could lead to a dramatic deterioration of the security situation across the country,” Ban said.

Experts have warned that the five-year-old nation risks sliding back into conflict unless the two sides move more swiftly to imple-ment the peace pact, including ensuring the swift re-integration or demobilisation of rival com-batants. — Reuters

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Iran hits out at Merkel, to press on with missile programmeDUBAI: Iran will press on with its missile programme “with full force”, a foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying on Saturday, adding that critical comments by Germany’s leader were unhelpful.

Chancellor Angela Merkel told parliament in Berlin on Thursday that missile launches by Iran earli-er this year were inconsistent with a UN resolution urging it to refrain for up to eight years from mis-sile work designed to deliver nu-clear weapons. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said Merkel’s remarks were “not con-structive” and would have no bear-ing on the programme, according to state news agency IRNA.

Reiterating Tehran’s asser-

tion that the missiles are not de-signed to carry nuclear weapons, he added: “Iran will continue with full force its missile programme based on its defensive plans and national security calculations.”

On Friday, Iran rejected as “unrealistic” a report by UN Sec-retary General Ban Ki-moon criticising its missile launches as inconsistent with its deal with world powers to curb sensitive nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief. Reuters report-ed on Thursday that a confiden-tial report by Ban had found the tests to be inconsistent “with the constructive spirit” of the July 2015 agreement.

Responding to German intel-ligence reports that Iran has been

trying to acquire nuclear technol-ogy in Germany, Berlin said on Friday that certain forces in Iran may be trying to undermine the nuclear deal.

Germany’s domestic intelli-gence agency said in its annual re-port that Iranian efforts to illegal-ly procure technology, especially in the nuclear area, had continued at a “high level” in 2015.

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, criticised the comments by Ban and Merkel and denied Iran had been trying to purchase nucle-ar technology on the black market. “I feel they are cooking up a plot against us. We should be vigilant,” he was quoted as saying by Iran’s Tasnim news agency. — Reuters

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DEADLY ATTACK: Syrian pass burnt-out vehicles the day after shelling on the regime-held Furqan neighbourhood of the northern divided Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday. – AFP

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Drunk man calls up police claiming he ‘planted’ bomb NEW DELHI: Security offi-cials were sent into a tizzy on Saturday when a drunk man called up the police control room and claimed to have planted a bomb at a popular cinema hall in Connaught Place area in the heart of the city. The call was received around 1.15pm, following which several police teams, fire tenders and bomb dis-posal squads were rushed to the Odeon complex, and the premises were evacuated, a Delhi Fire Department of-ficial said. “The building was thoroughly inspected. It later turned out to be a hoax call,” Additional DCP (New Delhi) Romil Baniya said.

Government urged to hold debate on uniform civil codeTHIRUVANANTHAPU-RAM: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on Saturday urged the federal government to hold time-bound discussion with all re-ligious groups in the country on uniform civil code issue. Stating that the Catholic church has an “open mind” to take part in the debate, the apex bishops’ body also said the country’s unity should be protected as such.

Half of Indian women get married before 18: UN fundNEW SELHI: A third of the world’s child brides are in India with about half of Indian women having married before they turned 18, said United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). “Adolescents (10-19 years) form 21 percent of India’s population, of which adoles-cent girls constitute 48 per cent (115 million). Despite improvements on several key development indicators, there are still issues which limit adolescents, especially girls, from achieving their full potential,” said United Nations Population Fund.

No helmet, no petrol in KolkataKOLKATA: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her displeasure over two-wheeler users not wearing helmets, Kolkata police on Saturday imposed a “no helmet no petrol” rule for-bidding petrol pumps from selling fuel to motorcyclists without helmets. “No petrol pump within the jurisdic-tion of Kolkata police shall henceforth sell petrol to any such two-wheeler rider who comes to the petrol pump riding a two-wheeler without helmet as well carries a pil-lion rider without helmet,” said a notification.

Working on next generation of routers: ParrikarPANAJI: Defence Minis-ter Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said the country is working on manufacturing next generation of routers. “Information is important tool and we cannot have routers which are function-ing from abroad where there might be bugs to sabotage or cause leakage of vital infor-mation and data.” - Agencies

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Probe ordered as 15 Kerala youths suspected to have joined ISTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KOCHI: Kerala government on Saturday announced a probe after 15 Keralite youths, who had trav-elled to Middle East, reportedly went missing and were suspected to have joined the IS, with the chief minister of the south Indian state Pinarayi Vijayan saying it was a ‘very serious issue’.

The families of the youths, in-cluding a couple, from Kasaragod and Palakkad districts have not heard from them for the past one month after having gone to the Middle East for religious studies. The missing persons are below the age of 30 and highly qualified, in-cluding medicos.

The matter came to fore with the families of the youths ap-proaching local elected repre-sentatives, including a parliamen-tarian, after suspicion that they

may have joined the IS. “This is a very serious issue. This has to be examined,” the chief minister told reporters in Kochi.

While 11 youths hail from Padna and Thrikaripur in the northern-most Kasaragod district, others are from Palakkad district.

Details soughtRevenue Minister E Chan-drasekharan said in Kasaragode that a detailed probe would be conducted into the issue. “If they are trapped in their (IS) net and reached in (their territory), it would be a very difficult issue. A detailed probe would be conducted on this issue,” he told reporters.

Earlier, Kasaragod parliamentar-ian P. Karunakaran said in Thiru-vananthapuram that the chief minister had directed the police to launch a probe into the matter

urgently. Kasaragod District Pan-chayat member V. P. P. Mustafa said that during Eid, the parents of two missing youths received ‘What-sapp’ messages saying “we are not coming back. Here there is Divine Rule. You also should join us”.

“We have joined IS to fight the United States for attacking the community”, read another mes-sage, he said adding the veracity

of the messages has to be checked. On being approached by the families on Friday, Karunakaran, Thrikarippur legislature M. Raja-gopalan and Mustafa informed the chief minister about the matter.

Rajagopal said that all those missing were below the age of 30 and highly qualified. Hakim, father of Hafesuddin who is among those missing from Kasaragod, told tel-

evision channels that his son had left a month ago and there was no news from him.

Family members“If he returns as a good man, I will welcome him. If not, I do not want to see even his dead body,” he said. Karunakaran said the family members told him that the youths had left for Middle East a month ago stating that they were going for religious studies.

But for the last one month, their families had no communication from them and so they were suspi-cious, he said. Mustafa said among the missing were Dr Ijas and his dentist wife. They had left home say-ing they were going to Lakshadweep.

Abdul Rasheed, an engineering graduate, had left home with his wife and a two-year old daughter, stating that they were going to

Mumbai for a job. All the youths hail from middle class families and had been showing keen interest in religious matters since the last two years, Mustafa said.

Bindu, mother of a young preg-nant woman who converted to Is-lam after marriage, said her daugh-ter was among the missing people. She said her daughter Nimisha was a final year dental student in Kasara-god when she met and got married to a Christian youth, who later con-verted to Islam along with her.

Bindu, hailing from Thiru-vananthapuram, told TV channels, that she had received a call from her daughter on May 18 stating that she was going to Sri Lanka along with her husband on a busi-ness tour. She sent a Whatsapp message on June 4 saying “she was ok”, but since then there has been no information about her. - PTI

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PM retraces Gandhi’s train journey in South Africa

PIETERMARITZBURG (South Africa): Reliving history, the In-dian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday retraced Ma-hatma Gandhi’s train journey in South Africa as he travelled to a railway station where Gandhi was thrown out of a train compart-ment that proved to be a turning point in his life.

Racial discriminationOn the second day of his visit to South Africa, Modi boarded a train at Pentrich and travelled to Pietermaritzburg, a distance of around 15km, paying tribute to Gandhi’s fight against racial dis-crimination.

On 7 June 1893, while Gandhi was on his way to Pretoria from Durban, a white man objected to his presence in a first-class car-riage, and he was ordered to move

to the third-class compartment. Gandhi had a valid first-class tick-et and refused to obey the orders following which he was thrown out of the train at Pietermaritz-burg station in a winter night.

He had stayed at the station that night in shivering cold and the bit-ter incident had played a major role in Gandhi’s decision to stay on in South Africa and fight the racial discrimination against In-dians there. The prime minister visited the spot where Gandhi was offloaded from the train.

Phoenix SettlementModi will also visit the Phoenix Settlement, which is very closely associated with Gandhi. “PM trav-els from Pentrich Railway Station to Pietermaritzburg. Train resem-bles the one on which Gandhi-ji travelled,” the PMO tweeted.

After talks with South African President Jacob Zuma, the prime minister on Friday had paid glow-ing tribute to Gandhi as well as Nelson Mandela. “For me person-ally, this visit is an opportunity to pay homage to two of the greatest human souls to have ever walked this Earth - Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela,” Modi had said.

He further said, “We stood together in our common fight against racial subjugation and co-lonialism. It was in South Africa that Gandhi found his true calling. He belongs as much to India as to South Africa.” - PTI

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PIETERMARITZBURG: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that his visit to South Africa is like a pilgrimage as he is getting to visit places that are significant to Indian history and Mahatma Gandhi’s life.

“This visit is like a pilgrim-age to me as I am getting the opportunity to visit three places that are significant to Indian history and Mahatma Gandhi’s life,” he told the media after alighting from a train at Pietermaritzburg rail-way station, where Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of a train compartment in 1893 on account of his skin colour.

“This is the place where the seed was laid for Mohan-das (Karamchand Gandhi) to start the journey of the Mahatma,” he said.

A plaque at the station reads: “In the vicinity of this plaque MK Gandhi was evicted from a first-class compartment on the night of 7 June 1893. This incident changed the course of his life. He took up the fight against racial oppression. His active non-violence started from that date.”

Modi inaugurated an exhi-bition titled “The Birthplace of Satyagraha” at the station

waiting room where Gandhi had spent the freezing night and wrote on the visitor’s book. He also visited the spot at the station where Gandhi was offloaded from the train.After Pietermaritzburg, Modi will visit Gandhi’s Phoenix Settlement on the outskirts of Durban. On Friday, the prime minister visited Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, where Gandhi was incarcerated in 1906 for resisting racism and apartheid.

Later on Saturday, Modi was scheduled to have an interaction with the Alumni Network and attend a recep-tion to be hosted by the In-dian High Commissioner and the Mayor of Durban before leaving for Tanzania on the third leg of his four-nation African tour.

Modi arrived in South Africa from Mozambique on Thursday night on the second leg of his African sojourn. On Friday, India and South Africa signed four agreements after bilateral discussions led by Modi and South African President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria.

He also addressed an Indian diaspora rally in Johannesburg. - IANS

South Africa visit like a pilgrimage for me: Modi

TRIBUTE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute at the spot where Mahatma Gandhi was offloaded at Pietermaritzburg Rail-way Station on Saturday. – PTI

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MAROONEDHouses submerged under flood water as water level rises in Ganga and Yamuna rivers in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh state, on Saturday. In Assam state, flood situation continued to remain grim with at least two persons being washed away and over 1,00,00 people affected. People were also rescued from flood affected Sharda Nagar colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh state. Destruction of property was also reported in many other states. — PTI

The families of the youths, including a couple, from

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Bill to bar Indian firms from hiring on H-1B visas WASHINGTON: A legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives by a bipartisan group of United States lawmakers which if passed by the Congress would prevent Indian companies from hiring IT professionals on H-1B and L1 visas.

The ‘H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2016’ introduced by New Jersey’s Democratic Congress-man Bill Pascrell and Republican Dana Rohrabacher from Califor-nia would prohibit firms from hir-ing H-1B employees if they employ more than 50 people and over 50 per cent of their staff are H-1B and L-1 visa holders.

Since the revenue model of a majority of big Indian IT compa-nies is heavily dependent on H-1B and L1 visas, such a bill is likely to have a major impact on their

businesses. Notably, the sponsors of the bill come from the two US states having the maximum con-centration of Indian-Americans.

No jobs for AmericansBut before the bill is signed into law by US President Barack Obama, it must pass the Senate where it is yet to be tabled. “Ameri-ca is producing many skilled, high-tech professionals with advanced degrees and no jobs. By ‘in-sourc-ing’ and exploiting foreign work-ers, some businesses are abusing the visa programmes and under-cutting our workforce to reap the rewards,” Pascrell said.

“Without the critical reforms our bill proposes, American work-ers will continue to be unfairly dis-placed and visa workers will con-tinue to be mistreated — both of

which are unacceptable,” he said.Noting that foreign outsourcing

companies are the top users of the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes, a statement issued by the Congress-man’s office said over the years a number of concerns have been raised about how certain compa-nies have been using these visa pro-grammes, including a 2011 report from the Government Accountabil-ity Office calling for reform.

Pascrell and Rohrabacher had introduced a similar version of this bill in 2010, which could not gain enough support in the Congress. The lawmakers said the bill would close loopholes in the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes, reduce fraud and abuse, provide protections for American workers and visa holders, require more transpar-ency in the recruitment of foreign workers, and increase penalties on

those who violate the law.It would provide more authority

to the Departments of Homeland Security and Labour to investigate fraud and abuse. The American Federation of Labour and Con-gress of Industrial Organisations and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers have en-dorsed the bill.

American workforceThat would require employers to make a good faith effort to recruit and hire American workers be-fore bringing in visa workers and prohibit employers from replacing American workers or giving pref-erence to visa holders when they are filling open positions, they said.

It would provide more authority to the Departments of Homeland Security and Labour to investigate

fraud and abuse in the H-1B and L-1 programnes.

Modifying existing H-1B wage requirements, and establish wage requirements for L-1 workers, the bill would provide visa hold-ers with a list of rights before they enter the US so that they are better protected against mistreatment or underpayment of wages.

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organisations (AFL-CIO) and the Institute of Electrical and Elec-tronics Engineers (IEEE) have en-dorsed the bill.

“We applaud [the] long-term commitment to addressing the glaring gaps in protections in our current skilled visa programs,” AFL-CIO Government Affairs De-partment Director William Samu-el wrote in support of the bill. - PTI

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JAMMU: Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Saturday and no pilgrim was allowed to move from Jammu city following the unrest in the Kashmir valley over the kill-ing of top Hizbul Mujahideen com-mander Burhan Muzaffar Wani.

Hundreds of pilgrims had to spend the day in transit camps — one en route to Baltal and one to Pahalgam, and around 5,000 were at the base camps, officials said. The situation will be reviewed on Sunday morning to see if the pil-grimage can be resumed.

On Saturday, eight protesters died and many were injured in vio-lent clashes with security forces across the Kashmir Valley over the killing of Wanir.

The militant was buried on Sat-urday with thousands massing for the ceremony. None of the pil-grims were allowed to move due to trouble on the highways.

“The pilgrims have been shifted to transit camps or security force camps.

The situation will be reviewed in the morning,” an official said. Sub-hash Parmar from Mumbai said: “I have come for the yatra, but many yatris like me are stuck now.”

Suman from Varanasi in Ut-tar Pradesh said: “I can’t go home, there are no cars, we are just wait-ing, the government officials are nowhere to be seen.”Manoj Ku-mar from Varanasi complained that there was “no food” and the road was blocked and some vehi-cle drivers were asking for a lot of money to transport them, so they were forced to keep waiting. Situated at 3,888 metres above sea level, the cave shrine houses an ice stalagmite structure. — IANS

P I L G R I M A G E Arun Jaitley favours lower interest rates on deposits

NEW DELHI: With private in-vestment yet to pick up, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday wondered whether it is desirable to continue offering high interest rates on savings that translate into higher cost of lending and slug-gishness in the economy.

India, he said, has ‘peculiar’ characteristics of having ‘quite high’ percentage of domestic savings. “Now, whether domes-tic savings are only to be used by such instruments which give you a higher return and create an in-terest regime which is extremely costly and makes the economy sluggish, or higher returns are to be got from such instruments as funds, bonds, shares (that finance

projects and economic activity),” he asked.

Postage stampSpeaking at a function here to unveil a commemorative postage stamp to mark 140 years of Bom-bay Stock Exchange (BSE), he said the essence of all economic activity is investment which is go-

ing to come from where resources are available.

“A lot of them have also an ele-ment of secured investment in them which can give people a very respectable return itself. That’s the basis on which pension funds the world over have been func-tioning and I think these are areas of advances as we grow over the

next several years and decades. More and more opportunities are going to come to us,” he said.

According to Jaitley, Indian economy will need a lot of invest-ment for a reasonably long period to bridge the infrastructure and industrialisation deficit that has existed for decades.

“And the starting point of all ac-

tivity has to be investment, it has to be resource-raising, it has to be important companies in the pri-vate sector and sometimes PPP, which will ensure this deficit is met,” he said.

Private investmentThe finance minister felt that in this context, BSE is an important institution. “Last few years have seen India grow well, essentially grow well on the strength of en-hanced public investment (and) foreign direct investment (FDI). The best of private sector in that development process is yet to be seen,” he said.

Stating that absence of demand has been cited for lack of private investment, he hoped urban de-mand will improve. “And since rain gods appear kinder this year, there would be signs of increased rural demand itself and all these in turn would lead to opportunity for the private sector itself,” he said.

This will lead to a lot more ac-tivity at institutions like BSE, he said, adding that the best of the two stock exchanges — BSE and NSE — is yet to come by. “It is not to undermine what they have al-ready done in the past, it’s to pre-pare them for greater challenges in future. I’m sure BSE would get itself ready for their act,” Jaitley added. - PTI

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WOMEN’S EDITION OF HIMALAYAN ODYSSEY Women riders pose for photographs during the flag off the ‘Royal Enfield Himalayan Odyssey’, the first ever HO-Women’s Edition at India Gate in New Delhi

on Saturday. The two contingents of over 100 men and women riders will ride on different routes before converging at Leh, Ladakh. The participants will ride

through three mountain ranges and six passes as they make their way to Khardung La, one of the highest motorable roads in the world, situated at an altitude of

18, 380 feet. — PTI

Delhi court directs Mallya to appear on September 9NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday cancelled the exemp-tion granted to businessmen Vijay Mallya from personal appearance in a case lodged for allegedly evad-ing summons in connection with a Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) violation case.

Chief Metropolitan Magis-trate Sumit Dass directed Mallya to personally appear before it on September 9. The exemption from personal appearance to Mallya was granted in December 2000 in a complaint filed by Enforcement Department (ED) for evading the summons issued to him by it.

The agency had issued sum-mons to the businessman in con-nection with alleged payment of 200,000 dollars to the British firm for displaying Kingfisher logo in Formula One World Champion-ships in London and some Euro-pean countries in 1996, 1997 and 1998. The agency had claimed that the money was allegedly paid without prior approval from In-dia’s central bank in violation of FERA norms.

The order came on a plea of the ED, filed through prosecutor N. K. Matta, which had also sought is-suance of non-bailable warrant against the chairman of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines to se-cure his presence. - PTI

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CELEBRATION: Federal Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley lighting the lamp to

celebrate the 140 years of BSE, in New Delhi, on Saturday. Others present included BSE chairman

Sudhakar Rao and managing director and chief executive officer Ashishkumar Chauhan. – PTI


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KARACHI: Pakistani philanthro-pist Abdul Sattar Edhi, a revered figure in the South Asian nation, was buried on the outskirts of Karachi on Saturday after a state funeral attended by thou-sands of people.

Edhi, 88, died late on Friday af-ter a long kidney illness, triggering an outpouring of grief in the na-tion of 190 million for a man who transcended social, ethnic and re-ligious divisions.

At one moment during the coun-try’s first state funeral since the 1980s, a crowd broke through mili-tary lines at Karachi’s National Stadium to help carry Edhi’s coffin, which was draped with Pakistan’s green and white flag and covered with rose petals.

Over nearly 60 years Edhi’s charitable arm, the Edhi Founda-tion, established clinics and or-phanages across Pakistan and ran a vast fleet of ambulances, offering help to poor communities failed by inadequate public health and welfare services.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sha-rif said Pakistan had lost “a great servant of humanity”, and an-nounced Saturday as a national day of mourning.

Many others took to social me-dia to grieve over the loss of a man they called a “living saint” and “Pa-kistan’s Mother Teresa”.

“Edhi worked for the down-trodden all his life. Attending his funeral is the least we could do to pay our tributes,” shopkeeper Siraj Ahmed, 34, said outside the stadi-um where the army fired a 19-gun salute to mark Edhi’s death.

The foreign minister of India. said Edhi “was a noble soul who dedicated his life in service of mankind”, while Pakistani teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai told the BBC she had nominated him for the same Peace prize.

Born in Gujarat in British India, Edhi and his family moved to Pa-kistan in 1947 during the violent partition of the subcontinent.

He built up his charity solely through donations, focusing on addicts, battered women, orphans and the disabled.

Renowned for an ascetic life-style and recognised by his long white beard and traditional black cap, Edhi was a hero to the poor but infuriated some religious lead-

ers for his refusal to give preferen-tial treatment to Muslims above minorities.

He also berated radical ex-tremist groups for attacking civilians, criticised the govern-ment for incompetence and corruption, and denounced tax-dodging by the rich.

The Edhi foundation was at the forefront of the response last

year when a devastating heatwave struck Karachi, a city of about 20 million people. Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif and prominent politicians attended final prayers at the stadium in the first state funeral since the death of military dictator General Ziaul Haq in 1988.

But other Pakistanis lamented the way the government had con-ducted Edhi’s funeral.

“Saddest of all is the barrier be-tween Edhi and ordinary people. The state continues to fail to un-derstand Edhi and what his work was about,” said one Twitter user identified as Basma.

Edhi was laid to rest in the clothes he died in, and buried in a grave he himself dug several years earlier at the Edhi cemetery near Karachi. — Reuters

Philanthropist Abdul

Sattar Edhi, 88,

died late on Friday

after a long kidney

illness, triggering an

outpouring of grief

in the nation of 190

million for a man who

transcended social,

ethnic and religious

division

BIDDING ADIEU: Mourners gather during the funeral ceremony of renowned social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi in Karachi on Saturday. - AFP

PRAYERS: (from third left to right) Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain, renowned social worker

Abdul Sattar Edhi’s son Faisal Edhi, army chief General Raheel Sharif, governor of Sindh province

Ishratul Ibad Khan, the chief minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif attend the funeral ceremony for Edhi

in Karachi on Saturday. — AFP

HERO TO THE POOR: Volunteers of the Edhi foundation escort an

ambulance carrying the body of renowned social worker Abdul

Sattar Edhi outside the mortuary in Karachi early on Saturday. — AFP

FINAL JOURNEY: An army ambulance covered with the national

flag carries the coffin of renowned social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi

towards the burial grounds after the funeral ceremony in Karachi

on Saturday. — AFP

Nawaz Sharif returns home after successful heart surgery in LondonISLAMABAD: Prime Minis-ter Nawaz Sharif returned home Saturday evening after spending more than a month and a half re-cuperating from open heart sur-gery in Britain.

Nawaz went to London on May 22, underwent an open heart sur-gery on May 31 and remained hos-pitalised till June 7.

The premier landed in Lahore in a special Boeing-777 plane of the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) as government officials and a large crowd of his supporters wait-ed outside the airport to welcome the out-of-sight leader.

Talking to the media after his arrival, the premier advised the opposition to shun the politics of sit-ins, saying these did not pro-vide any solution [to the political situation], Express News reported.

PM Nawaz went on to say that he is ready to face all sorts of challenges, before urging opposi-tion parties to be of service to the country, in an apparent reference to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

street agitation in the wake of Panama leaks.

The prime minister said he thanks God for granting him health and assured the nation that he is active as before [despite the heart surgery]. Later, he left for Jati Umra, Raiwind in a helicopter where he is likely to address the media regarding the unfolding po-litical situation in the country.

The sending of a special PIA

plane had sparked protest from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that had demanded that the flight operation be carried out on the premier’s own expense.

Offshore wealthThe visit to London took place amid heightened demands from opposition parties to conduct a thorough judicial probe of the PM Nawaz’s alleged offshore wealth.

Leaked documents from the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Pan-ama showed the prime minister’s three children – sons, Hassan and Hussain, and his daughter, Mary-am – owned at least three offshore holding companies registered in the British Virgin Islands.

The government had asked the Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jama-li to form a commission to probe the leaks, but the latter called for developing mutually agreed terms of reference (ToR) before the body is formed.

Subsequently, a committee com-prising members of the govern-ment and the opposition was con-stituted to formulate the ToRs but the dialogue ended in a stalemate and failed to evolve consensus on the issue. — Express Tribune

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PTI vows to launch protests in AugustSIALKOT: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan pledged on Friday that his party would mount its agitation campaign against the government from La-hore in August and dislodge the rulers for good this time round.

According to him, youth and farmers all over the country will rise up in support of the PTI campaign.

Addressing a rally at the Al-lama Iqbal Chowk in Sialkot in support of Chaudhry Maqbool Ahmad of Ruknabad, his party’s candidate in the upcoming Azad Kashmir elections, Imran Khan said that poverty, unemployment and lawlessness are currently Pa-kistan’s biggest problems.

Path to progressPledging to help grant rights upon workers and farmers, Imran said that for the country to be aligned on the path to progress, the peo-ple need to rise up against injus-tice and corruption. According to him, the rulers were not pro-viding relief to the farming com-

munity. Promising to wage an unending war against corruption, he said that money laundering at an unprecedented scale had dam-aged the country to its core.

Rife with contradictionsAccusing the Sharif family of re-sorting to money laundering, he said that Nawaz Sharif, Kulsoom Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz’s statements were rife with contra-dictions. The PTI chief said that the rulers mimicked the royalty of the Mughals while the people in the country suffered excessive taxes. — Express Tribune

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Impending release of Saif Al Islam GaddafiRichard J. C. Galustian

The almost certain news of the release from a Libyan prison in Zintan of Saif Al Islam Gaddafi, heir apparent to his late father,

when finally confirmed, will be a great surprise to many but its nothing to what could come next - a return in some form to power.

In an article in this paper of 1st May entitled “Libya’s three dimensional chess board” I wrote “Keep in the back of your mind the potential fu-ture importance of Saif Gaddafi.”

In Libya’s 2011 Arab Spring uprising, Saif joined his father and sons on the barricades, cas-tigating NATO-backed rebels in a bitter revolu-tionary war. While those rebels later cornered and killed his father Muammar and brother Moatasim in Sirte, Saif was captured alive trying to flee through the Sahara desert to Niger.

It may be his good fortune that the units captur-ing him were from Zintan, a mountain town south of Tripoli, who later went to war with extremist led Libya Dawn which captured the capital in 2014. When a mass trial was held of former regime fig-ures there, Zintan refused to hand Saif over, spar-ing him the brutalities inflicted on other prisoners including former intelligence chief Abdullah al Senussi and his younger brother Saadi, who was filmed being beaten in a Tripoli prison cell.

Zintanis were no friends of the former regime, fighting against Gaddafi’s forces as one of the most effective rebel outfits during the uprising that was won by NATO bombing.

But from the few accounts of those allowed to visit him in a closely guarded compound some-where in the town, he has been treated well, living under what amounts to house arrest, until now.

A year ago a Tripoli court operating under Lib-ya Dawn auspices sentenced him, and either oth-ers including Al Senussi, to death. Up in Zintan, not much changed for Saif, with Zintan still dig-ging in its heels and refusing to hand him over to Tripoli’s grim Al Hadba prison.

The shambolic UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) under a puppet PM who operates out of Tripoli naval base, the only part of the city they control, however appears to be responsible for the amnesty order given in April to Saif and other prisoners removing their death sentences and ordering them to be freed.

Since then, Saif ’s location is a mystery, but Zin-

tan’s attitude to him is tempered by their alliance with former Gaddafi-supporting tribes, including those from Beni Walid and Warshefani, in their brutal battle with Libya Dawn’s extremists. The Gaddafi tribe itself has a base south of Zintan around Sebha, making common cause with the Zintanis against Libya Dawn militias who control the capital and lord it over the GNA.

Before the Libya uprising, Saif criss-crossed the globe pushing an agenda for democratisation he hoped would reform the country. Whether the drive was not serious, or whether it was frustrated by his hardline siblings Moatsem and Khamis, is impos-sible to know, but he emerges from captivity to find Libya a changed place something he had predicted.

Saif Al Islam in February 2011 gave a speech foretelling of what was to come. And he was right “There will be civil war in Libya ... we will kill one another in the streets and all of Libya will be de-stroyed. We will need 40 years to reach an agree-ment on how to run the country, because today, everyone will want to be president, or emir, and everybody will want to run the country.”

Saif knew his country would be torn apart if his father regime was forced out by the West.

The brutalities of his father’s regime have since been surpassed by those of some of the militias that overthrew him.

Many of the tribes that once supported Gaddafi are now battling extremists and their opportunis-tic Misratan allies of Libya Dawn, and will see in Saif a figure who can unify their demands not to be squeezed out of Libyan political life.

Opposition to him taking a political role it can be argued is softening because he was never part of the “muscle” of the Gaddafi regime, spending much of his time in London moving around the gilded circle of rich tycoons, academics and Tony Blair’s political elite. There is, in other words, an opening for a man who was castigated by rebels for dismissing their rebellion on Gaddafi’s green TV during the uprising, but who never fired a shot in anger. With his release, he might get a shot at the plan he always said he wanted; to reform his country and unite key tribes who feel marginal-ised by Libya’s powerbrokers.

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Had Sharapova been playing Serena might have not won This refers to the online report ‘No denying Serena this time as she equals Graf‘s record’ (July 9). This time around for a change the men’s competition at Wimbledon has seen unexpected upsets, which has been the norm for the women’s matches. This is indeed good news for the world of tennis.

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North Korea fires ballistic missile from submarine

SEOUL: North Korea fired a bal-listic missile from a submarine on Saturday but it appears to have failed soon after launch, South Korea’s military said.

The launch comes at the end of a week of sharply rising ten-sions on the peninsula. It is only a day after the United States and South Korea pledged to deploy an advanced anti-missile system to counter threats from Pyong-yang, and two days after North Korea warned it was planning its toughest response to what it deemed a ‘declaration of war’ by the United States.

US’ blacklistingThat followed Washington’s blacklisting of the isolated state’s leader Kim Jong Un for alleged human rights abuses. The South’s Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile was launched at about 11:30am Seoul time (0230 GMT) in waters east of the Korean peninsula.

The missile was likely fired from a submarine as planned but appears to have failed in the early stage of flight, the Joint Chiefs said. Neighbouring Japan, the United States, and South Korea’s military condemned the missile launch as a flagrant violation of UN sanctions.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the missile’s engine successfully ignited but the pro-jectile soon exploded in mid-air at a height of about 10km (6 miles),

and covered not more than a few kilometres across the water.

The South’s military declined to confirm those details citing its policy of not publicly commenting on intelligence matters.

The missile was detected in the sea southeast of the North Korean city of Sinpo, South Korea’s mili-tary said. Satellite images indicate Pyongyang is actively trying to develop its submarine-launched ballistic missile programme in this area, according to experts.

The US Strategic Command, whose mission is to detect and prevent strategic attacks against the US and its allies, said it had de-tected what it believed was a KN-11 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). It was fired from North Korea’s east coast port of Sinpo and then fell into the sea be-tween there and Japan, the com-mand said in a statement.

Abe condemnsReclusive North Korea and the

rich, democratic South are tech-nically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an ar-mistice, not a peace treaty. The North regularly threatens to de-stroy the Japan, South Korea and the South’s main ally, the United States. The missile launch is a “clear challenge to U.N. Security Council resolutions,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday, according to Kyodo news agency. “We should strongly condemn the launch by working

with the international commu-nity,” Abe told reporters.

Abe said the launch did not gravely affect Japan’s national security. The US said it was moni-toring and assessing the situation in close coordination with its re-gional allies and partners.

Condemned“We strongly condemn North Ko-rea’s missile test in violation of UN Security Council Resolutions, which explicitly prohibit North Korea’s use of ballistic missile technology,” said Gabrielle Price, spokeswoman for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US Department of State.

“These actions, and North Ko-rea’s continued pursuit of ballistic missile and nuclear weapons ca-pabilities, pose a significant threat to the United States, our allies, and to the stability of the greater Asia-Pacific,” she added.

The North has conducted a string of military tests that began in January with its fourth nuclear test and included the launch of a long-range rocket the following month. The UN Security Coun-cil imposed harsh new sanctions on the country in March for its nuclear test and rocket launch. North Korea rejects the sanctions as infringement of its sovereignty and its right to space exploration.

Late last month, North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range missile to a high altitude before it plunged into the sea after covering 400 km in the direction of Japan, South Korean military said. - Reuters

The missile, which appeared to have failed

soon after launch, comes at the end of a week

of sharply rising tensions after US and South

Korea pledged to deploy an advanced anti-

missile system to counter threats

Bangladesh investigating preacher’s links

DHAKA: Bangladesh government on Saturday said it was investigat-ing the links of India-based con-troversial preacher Zakir Naik and examining the possibilities of ban-ning his ‘provocative’ speeches in the wake of two brutal terrorist at-tacks in the country within a week in which 25 people died.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said that Bangladesh’s in-telligence agencies were investi-gating the preacher. “He is on our security scanner... Our intelligence agencies are investigating his ac-tivities as his lectures appeared provocative,” Khan said.

Khan said the investigators were also probing Naik’s financial trans-actions in Bangladesh. He, howev-er, added that the government was yet to decide on banning the broad-cast of his ‘Peace TV Bangla.’

But Information Minister Hasa-nul Haq Inu said the government was examining the possibili-ties of banning Naik’s ‘Peace TV Bangla’ in view of his controver-sial speeches.

Provocative contents“Give us some more time for tak-ing a decision in this regard...but I can tell you we have been receiving complaints about the provocative contents of his speeches,” Inu said. The comments by the two senior ministers came as Bangladesh’s private TV cable operators said they await a government directive on the broadcast of Naik’s televi-sion channel.

“In the past, I myself used to watch the channel but after the Gulshan incident, I realised that many people do not view the chan-nel the way I do it,” Cable TV Own-ers’ Association president Mir Hossain Akhtar told a Bangladeshi news agency.

He added: “We want to stop air-ing the channel across the country. But in the absence of any govern-ment notification in this regard, it is not possible at this moment.” The channel also airs broadcast in Bangla targeting the Bangladeshi audience. - PTI

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TOKYO: North Korea’s firing of a submarine-launched ballistic mis-sile is a “clear challenge to UN Security Council resolutions,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday, said Kyodo news agency.

The launch comes a day after the United States and South Korea pledged to deploy an anti-missile system to counter threats from Pyongyang, and two days after the North warned it was planning its tough-est response to what it deemed a “declaration of war” by the US.

“We should strongly condemn the launch by working with the international commu-nity,” Abe told reporters, the agency said. Abe also said the missile launch did not gravely affect Japan’s national security, it added.

Saturday’s launch ap-peared to have failed in the early stages of flight, South Korea’s military said. South Korea and the United States said on Friday they would deploy an advanced mis-sile defence system in South Korea to counter the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea, drawing a sharp protest from China. - Reuters

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FESTIVAL TIME IN THAILANDVillagers in Thailand take part in a boat race on the Yakang river during celebrations of the Eid Al Fitr festival in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat on

Saturday. — AFP

Nearly half a million evacuated as typhoon hits ChinaSHANGHAI: Remains of super typhoon Nepartak made landfall in China’s eastern Fujian province on Saturday, bringing high winds and heavy rain, and forcing the re-location of hundreds of thousands of people.

At least 420,000 people in four cities including the capital Fuzhou have been urgently relocated, state news agency Xinhua reported. More than 300 high speed trains, almost 400 flights and nearly 5,000 buses have also been cancelled.

The storm hit land in Fujian province just before 2pm, lashing Shishi city with winds of around 100kph (62 mph), Xinhua said. More than 250mm (10 inches) of rain fell in about four hours early on Saturday in the nearby city of

Putian, where nearly 23,000 peo-ple have fanned out to check over-strained water management sys-tems, it added.

Category 5Tropical Storm Risk had rated the typhoon as category 5, at the top of its scale, but it weakened after crossing Taiwan and hit China’s Fujian province as a tropi-cal storm. In Taiwan, the storm caused at least three deaths and more than 300 injuries.

The storm is expected to worsen already severe flooding in parts of central and eastern China, partic-ularly in the major city of Wuhan. Typhoons are common at this time of year in the South China Sea, picking up strength over warm wa-

ters and dissipating over land.Typhoons used to kill many peo-

ple in China but the government now enforces evacuations and takes precautions well in advance, which has helped save many lives.

In 2009, Typhoon Morakot cut a wide swathe of destruction through southern Taiwan, killing about 700 people and causing up to $3 billion of damage.

China’s State Oceanic Adminis-tration (SOA) has issued this year’s first red alert, warning people of havoc due to Typhoon Nepartak which is approaching the Chi-nese coast. The SOA said waves as high as nine metres will emerge in Taiwan Strait, while coastal wa-ters near Fujian province will see waves as high as six metres. - Agencies

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Government will complete term: Nepal PMKATHMANDU: Amid political uncertainty in Nepal, Prime Minis-ter K. P Sharma Oli has said that his government will complete its term and only the results of the next elec-tions can determine its fate.

“We will not remain in the power forever as the current Legislature-Parliament will automatically dis-solve on January 21, 2018,” he said, addressing an event organised by Ministry of General Administra-tion and Nepal Administrative Training Academy at Dhulikhel a hill resort, east of Kathmandu.

“This government will conduct elections and country will witness government change based on the results of election,” he said, add-ing that only the results of the next elections can determine the fate of the current government. He pro-posed the local body elections in December under his premiership.

Oli also said the federalism has become a heavy burden for Nepal. He said federalism should be im-plemented on the basis of coun-try’s social peculiarities. - PTI

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IN TROUBLED WATERS: Tropical Storm Risk had rated the typhoon as category 5, at the top of its scale,

but it weakened after crossing Taiwan and hit China’s Fujian province as a tropical storm. – AFP

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NATO commits $1b to help fund Afghan security forces

WARSAW: NATO allies agreed on Saturday to help fund Afghan security forces to the tune of around $1 billion annually over the next three years, despite pub-lic fatigue in Western countries about their involvement in the long-running conflict.

The allies, attending a two-day summit in the Polish capital Warsaw, also pressed Afghan leaders to do more to combat corruption, carry out electoral reforms and protect human rights, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.

NATO has been present in Af-ghanistan since 2003 and has in-vested tens of billions of dollars in trying to stabilise the country.

A worsening security situa-tion and a resurgent Taliban have forced the allies to reverse plans to sharply reduce their troops lev-els, though there is little Western appetite for a much prolonged in-volvement in Afghanistan.

“One of the great achievements of this meeting is that we now have in place the $1 billion in non-

US commitments,” Stoltenberg told a news conference on the sec-ond day of the Warsaw summit.

“We are very close (to the tar-get) and I’m certain that we will reach that level,” he added.

A senior US official said, on con-dition of anonymity, that the allies had made pledges that put them at over 90 per cent of the funding levels agreed to at a 2012 NATO summit in Chicago.

The United States has been keen to secure the target of one billion dollars annually from oth-er countries to support more than

350,000 Afghan security forces as it draws down its own military presence in the country.

The Pentagon has budgeted $3.45 billion in annual US funds to pay for the Afghan forces, with the Kabul government providing an additional sum of around $420 million, for a total yearly budget of nearly $5 billion.

President Barack Obama an-nounced this week that the United States was shelving its plans to cut the US force in Afghanistan near-ly in half by the end of 2016, opting instead to keep 8,400 troops there

till the close of his presidency next January. That still implies a 1,400-troop reduction.

There are currently about 13,000 US and international troops serving in the NATO mis-sion, called Resolute Support, in Afghanistan, with Germany, Tur-key and Italy as the biggest non-US contributors. Their role is to train the Afghan forces.

The United States has addition-al troops in Afghanistan focusing on counterterrorism operations.

Stoltenberg, a former Norwe-gian prime minister, said it was

too early to say what troop levels the NATO allies would maintain in 2017 and said those decisions would be made in the autumn.

A senior US official said the non-US allies would collectively contribute about the same num-ber of troops to the mission as they do now, although individual coun-tries’ numbers may vary. The size of the NATO mission is on track to be more than 12,000 troops after the adjustments, US officials said.

Afghanistan faces a number of crises, including a faltering econ-omy, a government weakened by infighting between rivals and endemic corruption. Both Presi-dent Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Ghani’s runner-up in the 2014 presidential election, attended the NATO summit.

“The war for people’s percep-tion and loyalty, hearts and minds is both a matter of security and stability and we have no clear goals for stability,” said Anthony Cordesman, at the Center for Strategic and International Stud-ies think-tank.

A US official said the United States and its allies were en-couraged by the fact that some cabinet-level appointments had recently moved through the Af-ghan parliament, that the gov-ernment was doing better in collecting tax revenues and that Ghani had diligently pursued anti-corruption measures.

“NATO and NATO partners will continue to support Afghanistan, but we expect they (Afghan lead-ers) will step up their efforts to fight corruption and to implement reforms,” Stoltenberg said. — Reuters

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Spain Socialists reject backing Mariano Rajoy

Cuba plans dire austerity measures

MADRID: Spain’s Socialist party will oppose a government led by acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, whose party won the most votes in last month’s election, in-creasing the odds that an almost seven-month political stalemate will trundle on.

Spanish politics has been fro-zen since a national election last December stripped Rajoy’s con-servative People’s Party (PP) of its majority and forced parties to negotiate — so far without suc-cess — over forming a coalition government.

The PP managed to increase its number of votes in a repeat election on June 26 but again fell far short of a parliamentary majority, meaning it needs sup-port from its long-time foe, the second-placed Socialists, or a cluster of smaller parties.

But Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, speaking publicly for the first time since the election, said on Saturday that his party would neither vote in favour of Rajoy in a confidence vote nor abstain to en-able a PP-led government.

“He should outline the policies that will allow him to gain support among his natural allies, of which the Socialists are not one, and that he does not wait for the others to solve his problems,” Sanchez told a party conference. — Reuters

HAVANA: Cuba is drastically cutting electricity, imports and investment, as well as reducing fuel consumption by 28 per cent through the end of the year, its economy minister said on Friday in a closed-door speech to the Na-tional Assembly published by offi-cial media on Saturday.

The measures are sure to put the import-dependent economy into negative territory, despite a tour-ism boom in the wake of a growing detente with the United States. They also represent a huge setback for a country struggling to reform an already decapitalised and often dysfunctional system.

Cuba’s economy grew just 1 per cent in the first half of this year af-ter expanding 4 per cent in 2015, according to the government, which says it imports 17 cents of inputs, such as raw materials, for every $1.00 equivalent of econom-ic activity. “We planned to import $14.416 billion to support 2 per cent growth this year, but with the adjustments we will spend $11.973 billion,” Economy Minister Mari-no Murillo said, a reduction of nearly $2.5 billion, or 15 per cent.

President Raul Castro said on Friday that lower commodities prices were battering Cuban ex-ports of nickel, refined oil products and sugar, while revenue from the sale of professional services to oil-producing countries such as Ven-ezuela and Angola had suffered.

Castro, also speaking to the Na-tional Assembly, said the econom-ic crisis in Venezuela was affecting its oil supply to Cuba, with Ven-ezuela’s shipments of crude oil and refined products to Cuba down 20 per cent this year according to a Reuters report on Friday. — Reuters

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US Army reservist named as lone gunman in Dallas police ambush

DALLAS: A US Army reservist who served in Afghanistan, em-braced militant black national-ism and professed a desire to “kill white people” has been named by authorities as the lone gunman in a sniper attack on police in Dallas that left five officers dead.

Authorities said on Friday the suspect, identified as Micah John-son, 25, was killed by a bomb-car-rying robot deployed against him in a parking garage where he had holed up, refusing to surrender during hours of negotiations with police.

Thursday night’s bloodshed, which shattered an otherwise peaceful protest denouncing two fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota this week, added a new layer of ap-prehension to emotional national debates over racial injustice and

gun violence. Seven other officers and two civilians were wounded in the ambush in downtown Dallas. The five killed marked the highest death toll for US police in the line of duty from a single event since the September 11, 2001, suicide hijackings that leveled the World Trade Center Twin Towers in Manhattan. The latest violence was especially devastating for Dal-las, which struggled for decades to heal scars left by the 1963 assas-sination of President John F. Ken-nedy, blocks away in Dealey Plaza.

But Thursday’s attack reverber-ated across the country, prompting both major political parties’ pre-sumptive presidential nominees - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Re-publican Donald Trump - to cancel campaign events on Friday.

Police in Cleveland said they were tightening security plans for

next week’s Republican National Convention, which caps a politi-cal season marked by incendiary rhetoric and occasional violence at campaign rallies.

Other police departments across the country, including New York, Chicago and St. Louis, re-sponded to the attack by requiring officers to patrol in pairs rather than alone. Undaunted by events in Dallas, thousands of protest-ers took to the streets in several US cities on Friday for a second day of protests over the deaths of Philando Castile, 32, near St. Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday, and Alton Sterling, 37, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown disclosed that the gunman cited his anger over the two killings dur-ing his protracted negotiations with police.

“The suspect said he was upset at white people. The suspect stat-ed that he wanted to kill white peo-ple, especially white officers,” said Brown, who is African-American.

It was at the end of a rally in Dallas that gunshots crackled on Thursday night, sending hundreds of demonstrators, and police offic-ers patrolling the march, scurrying for cover. Police initially believed they had come under attack from multiple shooters.

By late Friday, however, investi-gators had concluded that Johnson, armed with a rifle, was the lone gunman. US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told report-ers there appeared to be “no known links to, or inspiration from, any international terrorist organisa-tion.” Still, officials said they were looking for evidence of any possible co-conspirators. — Reuters

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PROTEST AGAINST AIRPORTA woman stands next to a banner reading ‘no to the airport! and you?’ during a two-day meeting organised by opponents of a controversial project to build an

international airport in the area, two weeks after a referendum in which the inhabitants of the department of Loire-Atlantique voted 55.17 per cent in favour of

the project, on Saturday in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France. The project was signed in 2010 and the international airport is supposed to open in 2017

near the city of Nantes. — AFP

PLEDGE US President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani

next to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah

Abdullah at the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday. – Reuters

LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE: Members of the FBI Evidence Response

Team survey the crime scene two days after a lone gunman am-

bushed and killed five police officers at a protest decrying police

shootings of black men, in Dallas, Texas, US, on Saturday. – Reuters

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Three killed in Kurdish militant attack in TurkeyDIYARBAKIR: Kurdish militants carried out a car bomb attack on a military outpost in southeast Tur-key and then opened fire on the fa-cility on Saturday, killing two sol-diers and a civilian and wounding dozens, security sources said.

The military and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels have clashed on a daily basis since a two-year-old ceasefire between them collapsed in July last year. The fighting has killed thousands of militants, security force mem-bers and civilians.

The latest car bombing tar-geted the Cevizlik village outpost in Mardin province, which bor-ders Syria, around 12:40pm (0940 GMT), the sources said, adding military reinforcements were sent to capture the attackers.

They said those wounded in the attack included 23 soldiers, three of whom were seriously hurt, and 14 civilians as well as one member of the village guard which supports the army in its security operations.

The army spotted militants pre-paring an attack on Friday on an army base in the Semdinli district of Hakkari province, a mountain-ous area near the Iraqi and Iranian borders, a military statement said.

It said the armed forces killed 17 PKK guerrillas in the subsequent clash and seized guns, grenades and ammunition. Separately, fur-ther north in the Baskale district of Van province, security force mem-bers who were destroying explo-sives planted beside a road were engaged in a firefight and killed two PKK militants, one of them female, the statement said. — Reuters

C A R B O M BBritish premier sets nuclear deterrent vote for July 18

WARSAW: Britain’s outgoing prime minister David Cameron said on Saturday he would hold a parliamentary vote on July 18 to decide on the renewal of Britain’s nuclear deterrent, in an apparent move to underscore London’s com-mitment to European security.

The replacement of Trident, which was backed in principle by parliament in 2007, has raised questions about national security as Britain’s vote to leave the Euro-pean Union fuels doubts about its future status on the world stage.

Full fleetThe Conservative government says the nuclear deterrent is vital to keep Britain safe in an increasingly hostile world, but some opposition figures say it is indefensible to spend billions on renewing the programme at a time of austerity cuts. “Today I can announce that we’ll hold a parliamentary vote on July 18 to

confirm members of parliaments’ support for the renewal of a full fleet of four nuclear submarines capable of providing around-the-clock cover,” Cameron told a news conference at the NATO summit in Warsaw.

“The nuclear deterrent re-mains essential in my view, not just to Britain’s security, but as our allies have acknowledged here today, to the overall security of the NATO alliance.”

The government has indicated

the price tag for replacing the fleet has risen since 2007 but has not given a full cost over its expected 30-year life. Calculations by Reu-ters and a Conservative lawmaker suggest it could reach £167 bil-lion. Cameron, who resigned af-

ter last month’s EU referendum and is due to be replaced as prime minister by early September, said replacement of the ageing fleet of four submarines carrying nuclear weapons needed to be put “be-yond doubt”. — Reuters

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NATO agrees to reinforce eastern Poland, Baltic states against Russia

WARSAW: NATO leaders agreed on Friday to deploy military forces to the Baltic states and eastern Po-land for the first time and increase air and sea patrols to reassure al-lies who were once part of the So-viet bloc following Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine.

The 28-nation Western de-fence alliance decided to move four battalions totalling 3,000 to 4,000 troops into northeastern Europe on a rotating basis to display its readiness to defend eastern members against any Russian aggression.

However, they also underlined their willingness to pursue a dia-logue with Moscow and revive confidence-building measures that Russia has spurned since its 2014 annexation of Crimea and

support for Russian-speaking re-bels in eastern Ukraine.

“These battalions will be robust and they will be multinational. They make clear that an attack on one ally will be considered an at-tack on the whole alliance,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stolten-berg told a news conference after the summit’s first working session in Warsaw, the Polish capital.

President Barack Obama said the United States would deploy about 1,000 soldiers in Poland un-der the plan “to enhance our for-ward presence in central and east-ern Europe”. Germany will lead the battalion in Lithuania, Britain in Estonia and Canada in Latvia. Other nations such as France will supply troops. White House dep-uty national security adviser Ben

Rhodes told reporters that what he called continued aggression by Russia would provoke a response by NATO and a greater alliance presence in Eastern Europe.

Significant questionsObama said earlier that Britain’s referendum vote to leave the Eu-ropean Union, an outcome he sought to avoid, should not weaken the Western alliance but raised “significant questions” about the future of European integration. America’s “special relationship” with the UK would survive, the president said.

Obama discussed the procedure for Britain’s withdrawal with the heads of the main EU institutions, Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, and was assured there

would be an orderly transition to as close an economic relationship as possible and no punishment of Britain, Rhodes told reporters.

Host nation Poland set a tone of mistrust of Russian intentions. Foreign Minister Witold Waszc-zykowski told a pre-summit fo-rum: “We have to reject any type of wishful thinking with regard to pragmatic cooperation with Rus-sia as long as it keeps on invading its neighbours.”

Obama was more diplomatic, calling for dialogue with Rus-sia, but he too urged allies to keep sanctions on Moscow in place un-til it fully complies with a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

Ukraine is not a member of NATO but President Petro Po-roshenko will meet allied leaders

on Saturday, where he may face pressure to fulfil Kiev’s part of the agreement by accepting more de-centralisation and local elections in the rebel-held eastern Donbass region. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that while NATO was increasing its defence capabilities, it was always keen for dialogue with Moscow. A planned meeting of the long frozen NATO-Russia Council next week would address ways to avoid dangerous situations in Baltic air space, she said. Rus-sian warplanes have been buzzing Western civilian and military air-craft and switching off their iden-tification signals as part of an ap-parent campaign of intimidation in response to Western economic sanctions over action in Ukraine.

“Just as there are understand-

ings between the United States and Russia in Syria, it’s in both sides’ interests that NATO and Russia also coordinate their ac-tivities,” Merkel said.

Coinciding with the NATO sum-mit, the US State Department announced it had expelled two Russian diplomats on June 17 in response to an attack by a Russian policeman on a US diplomat in Moscow earlier last month. It was not clear why the United States waited until Friday to disclose the news. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland had requested a perma-nent NATO presence, fearing Mos-cow will seek to destabilise their pro-Western governments through cyber attacks, stirring up Russian speakers, hostile broadcasts or ter-ritorial incursions. — Reuters

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LONDON: Angela Eagle, a senior lawmaker from Britain’s main opposition Labour Party, said on Saturday she would make a bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn as party leader.

Labour has been engulfed in a deep crisis since Britain’s shock vote to leave the Europe-an Union on June 23, with Cor-byn clinging on despite mass defections from his policy team and a motion of no confidence backed by most members of the parliamentary party.

“On Monday morning I will announce my candidature for leader of the Labour Party. I will explain my vision for the country and the difference a strong Labour Party can make,” Eagle said in a statement.

She said Corbyn had failed to lead Labour lawmakers as an organised and effective force to hold the Conservative government to account and demonstrate they were ready to form a government in the

event of an early national elec-tion. Discontent with Corbyn, who spent three decades on the hard-left fringe of the party before a wave of grassroots enthusiasm swept him to a surprise victory in a leadership contest last summer, has been simmering for months among Labour lawmakers. Many were unconvinced by the veteran socialist’s leadership ability

and their misgivings exploded into open crisis after the EU referendum. The party’s official stance had been to support staying in the EU, but critics accused Corbyn of campaign-ing so half-heartedly that many Labour voters did not know what the party’s position was ahead of the referendum.

Corbyn has repeatedly said he has no intention whatsoever

of standing down, citing his overwhelming victory in the contest decided by grassroots members last summer. He is expected to stand again in any leadership contest.

Eagle was business and trade policy chief in Corbyn’s team until she resigned on June 27 as part of a wave of resigna-tions that plunged Labour into disarray. The chaos in the party has added to a sense of instability in British politics since the Brexit vote, with the Conservatives also rudderless after Prime Minister David Cameron announced the morn-ing after the referendum that he would resign.

Two women, interior minister Theresa May and junior energy minister Andrea Leadsom, are competing to replace Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party and as prime minister. The victor is expected to be announced on September 9. — Reuters

Opposition lawmaker Eagle bids to unseat leader Corbyn

IN CRISIS: Angela Eagle, and Jeremy Corbyn, right. – AFP File

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Region’s wellness market clocks fastest growth globallyTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Valued at $25.4 bil-lion in 2015, the Middle East and Africa’s (MEA’s) beauty and per-sonal care market is estimated to grow 6.4 per cent over the next five years, according to analysts Eu-romonitor, reaching $34.7 billion by 2020.

These impressive growth statis-tics confirm the enormous interest in the region from leading global brands was the main driver for the buzz of activity right up to the last minute at the “Beautyworld Mid-dle East 2016,” a three-day trade extravaganza.

“Beautyworld Middle East 2016 has been hugely successful, drawing a record number of visi-tors to meet new suppliers, expe-rience new products, and draw inspiration from the latest trends and innovations that are rocking the global beauty and wellness market,” said Ahmed Pauwels, chief executive officer of the show’s organiser Messe Frank-furt Middle East.

“There’s no other place in the

world where there’s such a diverse mix of exhibitors and visitors, all under one roof, at one time,” he added. The enormously success-ful edition of Beautyworld Middle East 2016, with a majority of the leading global brands participat-ing and the massive representa-tion of regional trade, came to a

close at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Cen-tre, underlining the vast growth potential of the beauty business in the region.

The 21st edition of the region’s largest international beauty and wellness trade show featured 1,530 exhibitors from 60 coun-

tries, and attracted 37,553 visi-tors from 135 countries. This also marked a tremendous 26 per cent year-on-year increase in the num-ber of trade visitors and a credit-able 9 per cent increase in exhi-bition space, which comes as the MEA reinforces its status as the world’s fastest growing market for fragrances, hair care, colour cos-metics, skincare, men’s grooming, spa and wellness.

22 country pavilionsThe ever-increasing international nature of Beautyworld Middle East 2016 was underlined by 22 country pavilions, including a Bra-zilian pavilion comprising of 25 companies that expect to generate more than US$13 million worth of business as a direct result of exhib-iting at the show.

Beautyworld Middle East fo-cused on the product groups: Cos-metics and Skincare; Hair, Nails and Salon Supplies; Fragrance; Machinery, Packaging and Raw Material; and Professional Equip-ment and Spa. More than 60 exhib-itors used the unmatched regional

platform offered by Beautyworld Middle East to launch new prod-ucts in the Middle East across the three-day event’s five focus areas.

With more than 200 exhibitors, Fragrance was spearheaded by the world’s leading fragrance creation houses, such as Givaudan, Mane, Robertet, CPL Aromas, Iberchem, LUZI, and Eurofragance.

Cosmetics and Skincare was the largest section at Beautyworld Middle East, and featured more than 600 exhibitors in 2016, in-cluding L’Oréal, one of the world’s largest cosmetics companies. The French powerhouse was a debut exhibitor, showcasing its NYX Professional Makeup range.

Spanning 53,000 square metres, Beautyworld Middle East 2016 featured eight special events, more than 60 product launches, and a two-day Business and Beauty Summit. One of the highlights was Centre Stage by the Nazih Group—a three-day educational showcase for the latest beauty and fashion trends, where celebrity hair colourist Tracey Cunningham headlined a star act of stylists for

Olaplex, a hair strengthening and bond building treatment.

Meanwhile, the inaugural Bat-tle of the Barbers pitted the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) super-star male grooming technicians against each other in a boxing ring setting over two days of intense competition.

Two coveted titles were up for grabs: UAE’s Best Barber, which was won by Sunil Ub from Hom-mage DIFC, and UAE’s Best Shave, won by Cherif Raissi from 1847.

Other debut features included Quintessence: the art of perfume, where 10 hand-picked niche per-fumes were on display; a Trend Forum sharing the latest beauty packaging and consumer trends; and the Wall of Beauty, presenting a photo collage of stunning works from the region’s talented hair, nail, and make-up professionals.

Beautyworld Middle East 2016 also featured an Organic and Natu-ral Pavilion, where only the green-est products were on display, while returning popular features includ-ed Hair Education by ghd, Nail It! by OPI, and the Fragrance Station.

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Passenger traffic of Middle East carriers rises by 11.8%

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Middle East carriers reported an 11.8 per cent rise in demand in May, compared with a year ago, which was the largest in-crease among regions, the Inter-national Air Transport Associa-tion’s (IATA’s) global passenger traffic results for May, revealed.

Capacity surged 15.6 per cent, however, the load factor dropped 2.4 percentage points to 71.9 per cent. Growth in capacity has now exceeded traffic growth in 18 of the past 20 months.

The IATA report for May also showed that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilome-tres (RPKs) rose 4.6 per cent, compared with the same month in 2015, which was the same level achieved in April. Capac-ity climbed 5.5 per cent, which pushed the average load factor down 0.7 percentage points to 78.7 per cent. Demand for domestic traffic rose 5.1 per cent, outpacing growth in international demand of 4.3 per cent.

“After a very strong start to the year, growth in demand is slipping back towards more historic levels. A combination of factors is likely behind this more moderate pace of growth in demand. These in-clude continuing terrorist activi-ty and the fragile state of the glob-al economy. Neither bode well for travel demand. And the shocks of Istanbul and the economic fallout of the Brexit vote make it difficult to see an early uptick,” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s director general and chief executive officer.

Brexit shockwaves“The shockwaves of the Brexit vote have extended worldwide and the fallout will affect the air transport industry, from both an economic and regulatory perspec-tive. Aviation plays a vital role in supporting economic growth and development. As the post-Brexit regulatory framework is being negotiated between the European Union and the United Kingdom, it is critical that there are no steps backward for aviation connectiv-ity,” said Tyler.

Annual growth in international RPKs slowed for the third consec-utive month, to 4.3 per cent, from 5 per cent recorded in April year-over-year. Airlines in all regions recorded growth.

Total capacity climbed 6.1 per cent, causing the load factor to slip 1.3 percentage points to 77.1 per cent.

Asia-Pacific airlines’ traffic rose 5.1 per cent in May, com-pared with the year-ago period.

Capacity increased 6.4 per cent, which caused the load fac-tor to slide 1.0 percentage point to 75.1 per cent. A strong upward momentum has stalled in recent months, with growth tracking sideways since the beginning of the year.

European carriers’ May de-mand climbed just 2.1 per cent from a year ago, reflecting the continuing fallout from the Brus-sels terror attack.

Capacity rose 3.5 per cent and load factor dipped 1.1 percent-age points to 80.6 per cent, which despite the decline was still the highest among regions.

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MUSCAT: Middle East-ern carriers saw demand expand by 3.2 per cent and capacity rise 9.5 per cent in May 2016 compared to the same period last year, latest global air freight data of the IATA, shows.

Despite carriers in the region reporting the fastest growth in aggregate, demand conditions have weakened considerably. Annual growth in May 2016 was one-fifth of the pace registered in May 2015. This reflects both an easing in network expansion by the region’s main carriers over the past six months and

weak trading conditions, the report added. The IATA data shows that demand measured in freight tonne kilometres slowed in May with growth falling to 0.9 per cent year-on-year. Yields remained pressured as freight capacity measured in avail-able freight tonne kilometres increased by 4.9 per cent year-on-year. Freight de-mand decreased or flat lined in May across all regions with the exception of Europe and the Middle East. These re-gions recorded growth in air cargo volumes of 4.5 per cent and 3.2 per cent, respectively, in May, compared to the same period last year.

Air freight demand in Middle East expands by 3.2% in May

Bank of England expected to cut key interest rates

LONDON: The Bank of England (BOE) may cut interest rates for the first time since 2009 next week to stabilise an economy in turmoil after Britons voted to leave the Eu-ropean Union, according to a ma-jority of economists.

Governor Mark Carney has said stimulus is likely to be needed soon and many economists expect the Monetary Policy Committee to act before new forecasts are pro-duced next month. Twenty-nine of 53 surveyed by Bloomberg predict the benchmark will be lowered on July 14, with the majority seeing a 25 basis-point cut to 0.25 per cent.

Carney has warned of a “mate-rial slowdown” and signs of dete-rioration have already started to emerge, with retailers reporting their worst June in a decade and a gauge of consumer confidence plunging the most in 21 years. Post-referendum stresses are also showing in markets.

The pound sank to a 31-year low this week and several property funds have been forced to freeze withdrawals to stop investors dumping their holdings.

“The economy has turned down sharply and the argument for a rate cut is clear,” said Rob Wood, chief UK economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London and a for-mer BOE official.

“It’s not rocket science that the economy has had a big negative shock — that’s there for the world to see — and that means the BOE will cut rates.”

Wood, who predicts the MPC will lower the rate 40 basis points to 0.1 per cent, is among a group of six economists who predict larger cuts, ranging from 40 to 50 basis points. Twenty-four of the respondents said the rate will be left unchanged at the current record-low 0.5 per cent. The deci-sion, minutes of the gathering and a breakdown of the voting pattern will be published at noon in Lon-don on Thursday. With Carney emerging as a pillar of authority amid the political vacuum created by the Brexit vote, Thursday’s BOE commentary will be closely scruti-nised. — Bloomberg News

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Consumer confidence in UK fell at fastest pace in 21 years

LONDON: British consumer confidence suffered one of its biggest drops in 21 years and the country’s largest department store expressed concern over the pound’s fall, in the strongest evidence to date of the challenges Britain’s economy faces after the Brexit vote.

The vote to leave the European Union has thrust Britain into its worst political crisis in modern times. Investors have warned that what was ranked as the world’s fifth largest economy faces years of uncertainty over everything from trade to investment.

In a special post-referendum survey published on Friday, mar-ket research company GfK said consumer confidence fell 8 points to -9 in the aftermath of the June 23 vote from -1 in its previous reg-ular monthly survey.

“During this period of uncer-tainty, we’ve seen a very signifi-

cant drop in confidence, as is clear from the fact that every one of our key measures has fallen,” said Joe Staton, Head of Market Dynamics at GfK.

The last time the index, which dates back to 1974, fell so steeply was in January 2011, and the last time it fell more was in December 1994. Moody’s credit rating agen-cy said on Friday Britain faced a shock to confidence and almost halved its UK growth forecast for next year to 1.2 per cent from 2.1 per cent. Moody’s also cau-tioned that the Brexit vote could potentially threaten the exist-ence of the EU, which has a $16.5 trillion economy. “The potential strengthening of nationalistic and protectionist movements could have a detrimental effect on the EU, even threatening its exist-ence,” the credit rating agency said. It expected global spillovers

to be limited, however.

Eurozone growthThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) said growth in the euro zone would decelerate to 1.4 per cent in 2017 from 1.6 per cent this year due to uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote.

With households and investors left guessing about what the fu-ture relationship with the EU will look like, sterling has suffered its worst three-week performance against the US dollar since 1992 when Britain crashed out of the pre-euro Exchange Rate Mecha-nism. Sterling dipped under $1.30 this week the first time since 1985. It was trading as high as $1.50 just hours after voting ended in the referendum.

Amid the turmoil, Bank of Eng-land Governor Mark Carney said on June 30 that the central bank

would probably need to pump more stimulus into Britain’s econ-omy over the summer.

The Bank’s rate setting com-mittee is due to make its monthly policy announcement on Thurs-day. Most economists polled by Reuters expect it to hold off on any action until it releases new eco-nomic forecasts in August. The depreciation of sterling could po-tentially become a major issue for John Lewis, Managing Director Andy Street said late on Thursday.

“Genuinely it is a big issue for us to face into next year,” Street told reporters at a media dinner. John Lewis imports about two-thirds of the goods it sells and one third is purchased in dollars.

Street said while the firm is fully hedged for its 2016-17 finan-cial year and has “a good propor-tion” of hedging for the first half of its 2017-18 year, it has “a lot less”

for the second half. “It can never be quite that simple because you don’t know where cost inflation comes through from other things that are imported, perhaps one stage away from direct import-ing,” he said.

PessimismGfK reported that people who wanted to stay in the EU — 48 per cent of those who voted — were much more pessimistic than the 52 per cent who voted to leave.

“Our analysis suggests that in the immediate aftermath of the referendum, sectors like travel, fashion and lifestyle, home, living, DIY and grocery are particularly vulnerable to consumers cutting back their discretionary spend-ing,” said Joe Staton, head of mar-ket dynamics at GfK.

The survey also showed a dis-tinct regional difference in per-ceptions, although this did not ap-pear to be linked with how regions voted. In the north of England, confidence dropped 19 points and in Scotland 11 points, while in the south, including London, there has been a 2-point drop, GfK said.

Most people in the north of England voted to leave the EU, whereas Scotland and London voted strongly to stay, by a margin of around two-to-one.

The biggest drop in confidence, from an income perspective, was a fall of 16 points among households with income levels of 25,000-49,999 pounds.

Bolstering the case for those who say Britain will pay a heavy economic price for the Brexit vote, accountants BDO said retail sales spiralled lower through the month as the referendum campaign reached its climax.

BDO’s High Street Sales Track-er showed like-for-like retail sales fell 3.6 per cent year-on-year last month, the worst June in more than a decade. Although the month started well, BDO said sales fell at a progressively faster pace through the month. — Reuters

In a special post-

referendum survey

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market research

company GfK

said consumer

confidence fell 8

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aftermath of the

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-1 in its previous

regular monthly

survey. NEED MORE STIMULUS: Amid the turmoil, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on June 30

that the central bank would probably need to pump more stimulus into Britain’s economy over the

summer. — Bloomberg file picture

Tata Steel pauses sale of its UK assets, looks for partnerLONDON: Tata Steel has put the process of selling its major Brit-ish assets on hold because of the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote and also surrounding pen-sion liabilities and will now also look at forming a joint venture, the company said.

Tata Steel put its British opera-tions up for sale in March, includ-ing its Port Talbot plant in south-ern Wales, threatening thousands of jobs, but an industry source told Reuters on Thursday that the sale had been put on hold.

The firm said on Friday that the June 23 referendum, when Brit-ons voted to leave the European Union, and issues around the pension scheme had prompted a rethink.

“The bids have also been re-viewed in the light of the un-certainties caused by the UK referendum and the outcome of the UK Government’s consulta-tion on the British Steel Pension Scheme,” the firm said in a state-ment. “Consequently, Tata Steel has now entered into discussions with strategic players in the steel industry, including Thyssenk-rupp.” Germany’s biggest steel-maker Thyssenkrupp has said it wants to play a role in any con-solidation of the European steel market, which is afflicted by ex-

cess production capacity and a weak demand outlook.

Tata Steel said it will now also begin separate processes for the potential sale of its Speciality Steels business and the northern English Hartlepool pipe mills ex-cept for its 20-inch Tube Mill.

There were signs this week that Brexit-induced uncertainty and a sharp fall in sterling would hurt a wide range of companies with

investors warning the economy could tip into recession, hammer-ing consumer and business confi-dence. Tata Steel employs some 11,000 people in the UK.

Its specialty steel and tubes business together employ some 2,000 people, meaning the fate of another 9,000 steel jobs and thou-sands more jobs indirectly related to steelmaking is now uncertain. — Reuters

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POTENTIAL SALE: Tata Steel said it will now also begin separate

processes for the potential sale of its Speciality Steels business

and the northern English Hartlepool pipe mills except for its 20-

inch Tube Mill. — Bloomberg file picture

Silver climbs on global cues, gold ends down

NEW DELHI: Silver staged a strong comeback by surging Rs800 to Rs46,300 per kg at the bullion market on Saturday largely in line with a firm global trend amid increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers at domestic spot market. However, gold extended its slide for a third day and lost Rs150 at Rs30,700 per 10 grams as demand from jewellers at the domestic markets dried up considerably.

Traders said besides a firm trend overseas, pick-up in demand from industrial units and coin makers at domestic spot market mainly pushed up silver prices.

Widening of positions by specu-lators in anticipation of a further rise in its prices, also influenced white metal prices, they said.

Globally, silver traded higher by 3.08 per cent to $20.25 an ounce, while gold by 1.7 per cent to $1,339.20 an ounce in New York in Saturday’s trade after the US econ-omy added more jobs last month than forecast, reducing demand for the safe haven.

In the national capital, sil-ver ready recaptured the cru-cial Rs46,000-mark by climbing Rs800 to Rs46,300 per kg and while weekly based delivery re-claimed the Rs47,000-mark by surging Rs720 to Rs47,485 per kg.

Silver coins, however, held steady at Rs73,000 for buying and Rs74,000 for selling of 100 pieces.

On the other hand, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity fell fur-ther by Rs150 each to Rs30,700 and Rs30,550 per 10 grams respec-tively. Gold has fallen by Rs350 in three straight days.

Sovereign, however, traded at previous level of Rs23,400 per piece of eight grams. — PTI

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Global economy ‘grim’ and G20

must step up to tackle it: China

SHANGHAI: The global eco-nomic situation is grim and major economies must lead the way in tackling problems including slug-gish growth and weak trade, Chi-na’s trade minister Gao Hucheng said on Saturday.

Gao made the remarks at the start of a two-day meeting of trade ministers from G20 economies in Shanghai, as uncertainty hangs over the outlook for a slow-grow-ing global economy now beset by post-Brexit reverberations.

The global economic recovery remained “complicated and grim”, Gao said.

“Global trade is dithering, inter-

national investment has yet to re-cover to levels before the financial crisis, the global economy has yet to find the propulsion for strong and sustainable growth,” he said.

Current circumstances“In the current circumstances, the international community expects the G20 to show leadership in re-solving the prominent problems we are facing and inject impetus for recovery and growth.”

In April, the International Mon-etary Fund (IMF) cut its 2016 global growth forecast for the fourth time in a year, to 3.2 per cent from 3.4 per cent, amid weak-

ening global demand and geopo-litical risks. A fifth straight global growth mark down by the IMF looks almost certain.

The World Trade Organization expects 2016 to be the fifth con-secutive year of less than 3 per cent growth in global trade, and Director-General Roberto Azeve-do said on Friday trade would re-main sluggish going into the third quarter of the year.

Uncertainty over Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will dampen near-term economic growth for Britain and the rest of Europe and will affect output glob-ally, according to the IMF. — Reuters

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MARKETFewer jet orders expected at Farnborough Airshow

FARNBOROUGH, (England): The aerospace industry is prepar-ing to celebrate major milestones at the Farnborough Airshow next week as Boeing turns 100 and Canada’s Bombardier marks the entry into service of a new jet de-signed to challenge the duopoly of Boeing and Airbus.

The July 11-17 event, which al-ternates with the Paris Airshow as the industry’s premier showcase, will see new jets displayed includ-ing the world’s most expensive warplane, the Lockheed Martin F-35, but is not expected to pro-duce the flood of civil jetliner or-ders seen in previous years.

After a record multi-year sales

bonanza for efficient new models, sellers remain on the road drum-ming up more business for the show. But analysts say many air-lines are reluctant to make deci-sions as doubts over the economy disrupt the traditional self-confi-dence and big money usually dis-played at such events.

“The issue is how do you as a manufacturer survive the ill winds blowing from the outside world,” said Richard Aboulafia, vice-president at Virginia-based consultants Teal Group.

“It is getting grimmer out there.” Despite the uncertainties — including Britain’s shock deci-

sion last month to leave the Eu-ropean Union — jetmakers are ex-pected to confirm bullish 20-year outlooks. They face some doubts over key Asian demand, though there could be surprise orders from one or two of the region’s low-cost players.

“GDP and traffic growth are pretty positive but there are un-knowns,” said Eric Bernardini of consultancy AlixPartners.

“If China’s slowdown spreads to the rest of Asia, the neighbouring countries suffer and then traffic in Asia could slow and that could lead to deliveries being delayed or halted to some Asian companies.”

Already there have been signs of some order deferrals but Airbus and Boeing have plenty of cushion in their backlogs.

There are particularly concerns over a possible glut in wide-body aircraft later this decade, while smaller planes are still in demand and are expected to dominate or-ders at Farnborough.

Airbus Neo ‘no show’While the latest generation of wide-body jets showcased ad-vances in carbon-fibre airframe construction, the focus of innova-tion in small ones is led by the en-gine makers.

Airbus so far leads in a fierce market battle triggered by the lat-est engine upgrades, but delays in engine deliveries from Pratt & Whitney have left some 25 incom-plete jets stranded on the ground in Toulouse. The delays mean the A320neo will have to sit out the Farnborough Airshow and will not be parked among rival models that for the first time include the rival Boeing 737 MAX.

Compounding its woes, Airbus was struggling on the eve of the show even to obtain permission for its back-up plan to fly a pair of the hot-selling jets over the Farn-borough gathering, following a tightening of formation display rules that also affects Britain’s Red Arrows.

Hinting at further order an-nouncements, though, an Airbus spokesman said the A320neo would still be “all over the show.”

By contrast, Boeing plans to fly its rival 737 model, but faces po-tentially costly economic ques-tions over the design of the 737 MAX family, which has been out-sold by the A320neo. Delegates will be watching for any updates on plans to beef up the smallest version of the MAX and add a larg-er new version called the 737 MAX 10. Airbus and Boeing generally split the market for narrowbody jets which generate most of the industry’s revenue, and without which they could not afford to in-vest in bigger planes. That lifeline is increasingly being challenged by new producing nations includ-ing Canada, China and Russia. Canadian manufacturer Bombar-dier CSeries will go into service on Friday, as Boeing celebrates its centenary, but the plane has failed to make a dent so far in sales of the two industry giants.

Doubts are meanwhile increas-ing over the future of the world’s biggest jetliner, the Airbus A380, while Boeing is trying to prop up a struggling fighter jet business.

— Reuters

The July 11-17 event,

which alternates

with the Paris

Airshow as the

industry’s premier

showcase, will see

new jets displayed

including the world’s

most expensive

warplane, the

Lockheed Martin

F-35, but is not

expected to produce

the flood of civil

jetliner orders seen

in previous years.HIGH FLYING: Already there have been signs of some order deferrals but Airbus and Boeing have

plenty of cushion in their backlogs. — Reuters file picture

Big oil firms investment of $45b in new projects signal spending revivalHOUSTON: Two projects worth $45 billion announced this month show the world’s largest oil com-panies are regaining the confi-dence to make big investments, emboldened by rising crude pric-es and low costs that promise to trigger more expansion ahead.

Chevron gave the go-ahead to a $37 billion expansion in Ka-zakhstan, the industry’s biggest undertaking since crude started tumbling two years ago. BP signed off on the $8 billion expansion of a liquefied natural gas plant in Indonesia. Two more big projects are likely to get a green light this year, according to industry con-sulting firm Wood Mackenzie and Jefferies International — BP’s Mad Dog Phase 2 in the Gulf of Mexico and Eni’s Coral LNG de-velopment off Mozambique.

Crude’s recovery from a 12-year low and a decline in project expenses have emboldened ex-ecutives to start spending again after cutting more than $1 tril-lion in planned investments amid sinking earnings. While protect-ing balance sheets is important, explorers need to at least begin a new phase of investment in explo-ration and production to ensure future growth.

“We have seen a recent pick-up, demonstrating that projects deemed strategically important

are still going ahead,” said An-gus Rodger , a Singapore-based principal analyst for upstream research at Wood Mackenzie. He expects about 10 decisions on midsize to large projects this year from fewer than 10 last year, though still well below the annual average of 40 before oil crashed.

While the price slump hit prof-it hard, it has also driven down costs of services and equipment, including rigs. Drillers have re-negotiated contracts to get better deals from suppliers as reduced demand creates a buyers’ market.

BP has knocked more than half

the cost off its Mad Dog Phase 2 project. Estimated at $20 billion four years ago, it’s now expected to cost less than $9 billion, Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley said last month. Rig-rental rates are likely to stay down because of an oversupply, while low steel prices are reducing the cost of other equipment, he said.

Chevron and its partners in-cluding Exxon Mobil approved the Tengiz expansion after post-poning the decision last year as oil prices were falling. Like BP, Chev-ron estimates it has been able to bring costs down far enough to

make the investment viable. Out-put is expected to start in 2022.

Tengiz “has undergone exten-sive engineering and construc-tion planning reviews and is well-timed to take advantage of lower costs of oil industry goods and services,” Jay Johnson, exec-utive vice president for upstream at Chevron, said in a statement.

Protecting dividendsChevron’s and BP’s investment

decisions “are a signal that they’re more confident of their ability to pay their dividend,” said Jason Gammel, a London-based analyst with Jefferies. “It’s showing more confidence” in cash flows.

As earnings fell, companies faced a choice between protecting dividends and cutting investment. The biggest opted to protect pay-outs, canceling projects and firing thousands of people. While some analysts criticised that strategy, bosses including Ben Van Beur-den of Royal Dutch Shell said they were doing what shareholders wanted. Brent crude rose 0.8 per cent to $46.76 a barrel on the Lon-don-based ICE Futures Europe exchange on Friday. That’s less than half what it was two years ago. It means earnings remain un-der pressure and companies are still planning to keep overall ex-penditures low to preserve their balance sheets. — Bloomberg News

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VITAL SOURCE: As earnings fell, companies faced a choice be-

tween protecting dividends and cutting investment. The biggest

opted to protect payouts, canceling projects and firing thousands

of people. — Bloomberg file picture

Hewlett Packard Enterprise mulls selling software assets

SAN FRANCISCO: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is con-sidering a sale of some of its soft-ware assets as it continues to slim down its operations, according to people familiar with the matter.

The divestitures would come from a portfolio of acquisitions made over roughly the last dec-ade, including Autonomy, Mercury Interactive and Vertica Systems, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. A sale process is in the preliminary stages and may not result in any deals, the people said.

Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman has been pushing the company to reduce its size and be-come nimbler to help it better take on rivals such as Dell and navigate the changing demands of corpo-rate customers.

After splitting from sister com-pany HP in November, she an-nounced in May she will spin off and merge its business-services division with Computer Sciences in a deal valued at $8.5 billion for HPE shareholders.

Howard Clabo, spokesman for HPE, declined to comment.

The overall software business has been under pressure. In the pe-riod ended in April, it had revenue of $774 million, down 13 per cent from the year-ago period. It con-tributed 5.8 per cent of overall rev-enue, down from 6.8 per cent. Still, its operating margins improved, the company said.

The Autonomy acquisition came under fire soon after it was purchased for $10.3 billion in 2011. The next year, Hewlett-Packard wrote down $8.8 billion connected to the acquisition and said more than $5 billion was the result of accounting practices at the Cam-bridge, England-based software company. The deal brought legal headaches and is now seen as a key example of an overly aggressive acquisition strategy prior to Whit-man’s arrival. — Bloomberg News

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R io Tinto is one. Protests by landowners about its Pan-guna mine on the Papua New Guinean island of Bougain-ville were among the triggers for a decade-long conflict

in which as many as 15,000 people died be-tween 1988 and 1998, according to an Aus-tralian parliamentary inquiry.

The company’s plan to give away its stake in the mine to landowners and Papua New Guinea’s government shows how times have

changed. While the risk of violence has kept the site out of action for a generation, Panguna has about $51 billion of copper in its rock.

It would probably count as one of the world’s biggest pits, if only it

could be mined.That’s the rub. There’s a delicate

balance between the governments and landowners who control most of the world’s

minerals , and the mining companies with the capital and expertise to get them out of the ground. While miners have spent the best part of a generation cleaning up their act to prevent a repeat of the Bougainville conflict, those political risks never really went away.

The proof is a bit further along the vast Indonesia-New Guinea archipelago. On the same day Rio announced its plans for Pan-guna, Newmont said it’s selling its stake in the Batu Hijau copper mine to an Indonesian consortium for $1.3 billion. The pit’s future has been in jeopardy since 2014, when Jakar-ta banned the export of some raw metal ores in an attempt to encourage a local smelting industry. Grasberg, a Freeport-McMoRan pit on the Indonesian part of New Guinea and the world’s second-biggest producing copper mine, has been hit by the same issues.

Or look at the Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa’s biggest copper producer suf-fered a civil war over its deposits shortly after independence from Belgium in 1960, and it’s still a hairy place to operate. The mines min-ister has objected to Freeport’s $2.65 billion sale of its Tenke Fugurume mine to China Molybdenum, and is considering charging taxes on the transaction. There will be a pres-idential election in November, and there’s a risk of renewed unrest if the incumbent Jo-seph Kabila, whose father Laurent played a pivotal role in the 1960s conflict, tries to pro-long his rule.

Even in Mongolia, where Rio Tinto’s cur-

rent prize copper asset is being developed at Oyu Tolgoi, the company hasn’t been im-mune. While the landslide win for the op-position in last week’s elections suggests a strong hand for a government that hasn’t pro-posed significant policy changes, the coun-try’s outgoing prime minister suffered a par-liamentary confidence vote in January over his decision to expand the project.

Miners have done their best to minimise these problems. The clashes at Panguna, along with a number of similar disputes, prompted a rethink during the 1990s and ear-ly 2000s of how mining companies dealt with the rights and claims of indigenous landown-ers and governments. To its credit, Rio was at the forefront of this process.

Anglo American and Rio both pulled out of the Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska a few years back after objections from environ-mental and indigenous groups. Energy Re-sources of Australia, a Rio Tinto-controlled company that operates one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, said last month it will close the site without developing under-ground resources after Aboriginal landown-ers said they didn’t want the operation.

Still, if there’s less tension now around po-litical risks, it may owe as much to the com-modity slump as to miners’ efforts.

In 2010, a threat by the Australian govern-ment to raise taxes on mining profits prompt-ed coordinated lobbying, led by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, that ultimately contributed to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s sacking by his party. A version of the tax hastily rewritten by his successor, Julia Gillard, was so favora-ble to the big miners that it raised less than A$400 million ($298 million) compared with a projected A$12 billion for Rudd’s tax, and was ultimately dropped.

That fight made sense for both miners and politicians when the companies were boast-ing margins of about 80 percent on Austral-ian iron ore. When prices fall and mines barely make money, there’s a lot less at stake.

You can expect less angst among mining companies over the apparently hung parlia-ment Australia returned in its elections Sat-urday than the one Gillard ended up leading in 2010. But don’t make the mistake of think-ing the battle will never be rejoined.

There’s an inevitable division of spoils be-tween miners on one side, and landowners and governments on the other. Once prices recover, the tensions will resurface. Political risk for mining companies isn’t dead. It’s just dormant. — Bloomberg News

Chief executives of global mining companies still lose sleep over political risks, but since the heyday of the British East India Company not many businesses can claim to have played a part in a country's descent into civil war.

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Porsche Panamera exhibits sports car performance, comfort of luxury saloon

MUSCAT: The new Porsche Pa-namera now reconciles two con-trasting characteristics more than ever before: the performance of a genuine sports car and the comfort of a luxury saloon.

In its second generation, Por-sche’s Gran Turismo has been re-defined and realigned, advancing to become a performance icon of the luxury class.

The new Porsche Panamera range is available for order now. First deliveries in Oman can be expected to take place in January 2017, says a press release.

With the latest transformation, the Stuttgart-based manufacturer has systematically improved the

Panamera concept and is therefore introducing a four-door car that has been redeveloped and redesigned down to every last detail. This in-cludes wholesale changes to the en-gines and transmission, a perfected chassis, and an interior concept re-interpreted for the future. The new Panamera also bridges the world of ambitious sports cars and that of comfortable cruising cars, thanks to a range of newly implemented features such as rear axle steering, active roll compensation and three-chamber air suspension.

Expressive designAt first glance, the unique concept of this four-door Porsche is reflect-ed in a new expressive design. It is unmistakably a Panamera, with recognisable sports car aesthet-ics, such as pronounced shoulders, athletic flanks and an extremely fast roof line that is 20 mm lower at the rear. This typical Porsche flyline creates a stylistic link to Porsche’s design icon, the 911.

Porsche Advanced CockpitThe new model’s interior has been reinterpreted for the future with black panel surfaces and interac-tive displays which combine to

present an intuitive user interface similar to a smartphone, with all the practical requirements for controlling the car. For the benefit of the driver, front and rear pas-sengers, classic hard keys and con-ventional instruments have been significantly reduced. Instead they have been replaced with touch-sensitive panels and individually configurable displays which take centre stage in the new Porsche Advanced Cockpit. Despite having an extended range of communica-tion, convenience and assistance systems, operation of the new functions is now easier than be-fore. The Porsche Advanced Cock-pit transforms the analogue world into the digital present of mobility, whilst leaving room for traditional elements, such as the centrally po-sitioned tachometer in the instru-ment cluster, which is a tribute to the 1955 Porsche 356 A.

New powerful engines All second generation Panamera engines have been redesigned to produce more power, whilst sig-nificantly improving fuel economy and reducing emissions. The Pa-namera Turbo and Panamera 4S now feature new biturbo direct in-

jection engines. Both models can be equipped with a permanent all-wheel drive system and a new eight-speed Porsche dual-clutch trans-mission (PDK). A V8 petrol engine that delivers 550 hp (404 kW) pow-ers the Panamera Turbo, whilst a V6 petrol engine with 440 hp (324 kW) drives the Panamera 4S.

In keeping with the overall con-cept of the Panamera, the chassis unites the cruising comfort of a lux-ury saloon with the performance of a true sports car. This is achieved by supplementing the basic layout with innovative systems such as an adaptive air suspension with new three-chamber technology, includ-ing Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM electronic damper control), the enhanced Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport) system includ-ing Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV Plus) and active roll stabili-sation, as well as a new electrome-chanical steering system. The inte-grated 4D Chassis Control system analyses and synchronises all chas-sis systems in real time, therefore optimising the road performance of the new models. In combination with improved break performance, Porsche is now also introducing

rear axle steering adapted from the 918 Spyder and 911 Turbo to its Gran Turismo cars.

Better fuel efficiencyThe new, powerful and fuel-effi-cient Panamera turbo engines all share a special conceptual design characteristic: turbochargers in-tegrated centrally into the V of the cylinder banks. This central turbo layout yields numerous benefits including compactness and a lower mounting position which results in a positive effect on the vehicle’s centre of gravity. The short paths between the two turbochargers and the combustion chambers en-able the production of spontaneous throttle response. Engine perfor-mance can be further increased us-ing the optional Mode Switch with the Sport Response Button. First introduced in the Porsche 918 Spy-der, the Mode Switch rotary ring on the steering wheel can be used to activate one of four driving modes (Normal, Sport, Sport Plus or Indi-vidual). Located at the centre of the switch is the Sport Response But-ton which when pressed activates the maximum power potential of the Panamera.

With its powerful petrol engine,

the Panamera Turbo’s 4.0-litre biturbo V8 develops 550 hp (404 kW) at 5,750 rpm, with a maxi-mum torque of 770 Nm (between 1,960 and 4,500 rpm). It has 30 hp more than its predecessor as well as a torque increase of 70 Nm. The Panamera Turbo accelerates to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds, whilst with the Sport Chrono Package the sprint time is down to 3.6 seconds. The new turbo model features a top speed of 306 km/h and a power-to-weight ratio of just 3.6 kg/hp. A low-er combined fuel consumption of 9.4 – 9.3 l/100 km, is up to 1.1 l/100 km less than that of the previous model (NEDC), therefore equating to CO2 emissions of 214 – 212 g/km.

Operating philosophy The new Panamera exhibits a completely new interior design. In many areas, touch-sensitive sur-faces replace classic hard keys, and high-resolution displays merge into the interior. In the luxury sa-loon segment, the digitalisation of the Porsche interior, which began with the 918 Spyder, has reached the next development stage aboard the Panamera in the form of the new Porsche Advanced Cockpit. From the low seat position typical of sports cars, drivers not only see a fascinating front-end landscape of the car’s wings and powerdome, but also two 7-inch displays that are placed directly in the driver’s line of sight for ideal ergonomics. Located in the middle of these two displays is the tachometer, which is still an analogue instrument.

The gearshift console between the driver and the front passenger is dominated by the 12.3-inch touch-screen of the new generation Porsche Communication Management sys-tem, which the driver and front pas-senger can configure individually.

With the latest

transformation, the

Stuttgart-based

manufacturer has

systematically

improved the

Panamera concept

and is therefore

introducing a four-

door car that has

been redeveloped and

redesigned down to

every last detail

Eint Automotive introduces Vikrant Tyres in Sultanate

MUSCAT: When two industry gi-ants join hands, the products are nothing less than world class.

Eint Automotive, a part of the WJ Towell Group, recently tied up with JK Group, the leaders in the Indian tyre industry, to introduce to Oman its flagship brand Vikrant Tyres. Sharing similar customer-centric views, Eint Automotive and Vikrant Tyres, both constantly endeavour to give its customers the very best value proposition in terms of safety, reliability and price, says a press release.

Holding the position of being India’s leading four wheeler tyre manufacturer, JK is also recog-nised as the one amongst the top 20 tyre manufacturers of the world. With a legacy that it started way back in 1977, JK has established its name and maintained a successful timeline of success stories.

Commenting on the occasion, Riyadh Ali Sultan, general man-ager, TAC said, “Over the years, Eint Automotive has carved out a strong position for itself in the au-tomobile market in Oman. Driven by customer-centric ethos, we have continuously been offering

new products and value-added ser-vices to our discerning consumers. The introduction of Vikrant Tyres is a step further in that direction.”

“We are sure that this techno-logically superior product range will add immense value and de-light our customers,” he added.

Vikrant has leading manufac-turing facilities in India producing all steel truck and bus radials be-sides the bias range and also places immense importance on constant research and development to stay at the forefront of technological advancements. Its state-of-the-art research and development centre, Hasetri, remains the nerve centre for providing cutting edge tech-nology. Hasetri, established by JK Group, is India’s only and Asia’s foremost centre of its kind.

In conjunction with the Sci-entific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hasetri’s in-house tech centre is engaged in product design, development, validation, predictive and simulation tech-nology. By constant upgrades at this state of the art R&D centre, Vikrant Tyres keep pace with the latest developments and innova-

tions in the tyre segment thus constantly delivering reliable and technologically advanced prod-ucts to its customers.

“Partnering with JK Group has added to our portfolio of leading tyre brands, another esteemed name. As Vikrant Tyres’ local distributors, we will complement these well-reputed tyres with the needed service element so our customers can benefit on both lev-els. We are confident that Vikrant Tyres will achieve the same rec-ognition in Oman that it has en-joyed in other countries across the globe,” said Raj Nair, Business Unit Head, Eint Automotive - Tyre Division.

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We are sure that

this technologically

superior product range

will add immense

value and delight our

customers

Riyadh Ali SultanGeneral manager, TAC

Bank Sohar concludes staff Ramadan football tournamentMUSCAT: Bank Sohar recently conducted the finale of its in-house Ramadan football tournament.

Following two weeks of intense football action, the bank conduct-ed the final match recently which saw the team under the supervi-sion of Munira Abdulnabi Macki, GM of HR and Corporate Support and Mazin Mahmood Al Raisi, Sr. AGM and head of Marketing and Customer Experience take home the gold cup, says a press release.

The final tournament, which was conducted at the Zak Football Field - Bausher, was attended by members of the executive man-agement together with a large number of staff and their families and friends.

On this occasion, Munira said, “Sharing the nation’s passion for the sport and conceived as part of Bank Sohar’s philosophy of pro-moting a culture of healthy living among its staff, the tournament generated great interest amongst the staff. Over the course of the past two weeks, a total of eight teams fought it out on the field with each player demonstrating great enthusiasm and the eager-ness to play together as a team; putting on a great show right from the very first match.”

The tournament saw eight teams supervised and managed by Bank Sohar executive mem-bers face off each other in a series of matches, each of which drew in an exceptionally large turnout of spectators, comprised senior and junior staff accompanied by their friends and families. The tourna-ment concluded with a thrilling fi-

nal match up between Munira and Mazin Al Raisi supervised team and Mustafa Ali Mukhtar, DGM and head Corporate Banking and Talal Ashraf Al Zedjali, acting head SME supervised team. Ultimately it was the former that took home the gold cup in the hard-fought match with a score of 1:1, ending in penalty shoot-outs.

Mukhtar and Al Zedjali team subsequently placed second in the tournament taking home the silver cup.

The third place was decided in a close match between Mujahid Said Al-Zadjali, DGM of IT and Alternate Channels supervised team and Khamis Masoud Al

Rahbi’s, Sr. AGM and acting head Retail Banking supervised team, with the former coming out on top to collect the bronze cup. The prizes were handed over to each of the winners at the end of the fi-nals by Rashad Ali Al Musafir.

“Such activities and events have a significant positive impact on enhancing communication, soli-darity and team spirit among Bank Sohar’s staff and management. On behalf of the bank I would like to firstly congratulate each of the members of the winning teams whilst also thanking all the teams and the staff who contributed to-wards the success of this tourna-ment,” added Munira.

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MUSCAT: Automobile enthusi-asts who seek benchmark technol-ogy, safety and features have been fans of the Chery brand. The pro-motional offer from Chery makes it easier to own this premium Chi-nese brand.

The attractive scheme on the Chery 2016 and 2017 models in-cludes a cash gift of OMR400, which could also be used as part of down payment, bringing down the instalment, and boosting af-fordability even further. Not only that, it also offers free first year registration, and insurance along with an assured free gift. Patrons also get complete peace of mind with five years / unlimited kilo-metres extended warranty cover-age. In-house finance is also avail-able with a low interest rate of just 3.29per cent per annum flat, with a

payback period of up to 72 months, says a press release.

If all that got you excited al-ready, here is something more: all customers who avail the promo-tion scheme get to participate in the Chery grand raffle where the winner gets a Chery Tiggo 3 car for free. The Chery promotional offer is valid till July 23 (till stocks last).

Anil Dua, managing director of OTE commented: “Chery has gained rapid popularity in Oman not just for its value offerings but also because its cars are rich in features, technology and are a pleasure to drive. If you’re on the lookout for a car that is full of func-tionality and is also great value, look no further.”

The Chery model portfolio is very strong with three superb options, offering exclusive features and world class performance. Redefin-ing the rules is the Chery Tiggo 3, with a strong and modern stance.

Sporting crisp contours, chrome touches, and soft curves along its bodywork, the Tiggo 5 is a beautiful

offering from the brand. Crafted for adventure lovers, this SUV is big-ger, sportier, with extra boot space, and even more spacious interiors.

Under the hood, the Tiggo SUVs pack a punch. Powered by a 1971cc 4-cylinder engine delivering 102 kw (136.79 BHP) at 5750 rpm and a pounding 182 Nm of torque at 4,500 RPM, the Tiggo range of SU-Vsare set to conquer terrains with great ease. It offers the perfect combination between efficient all aluminium engine ACTECO 2.0L DVVT and 7-speed CVT gear box, together with front and rear inde-pendent suspension and a mini-mum ground clearance of 190mm (163mm for Tiggo 5) offer excep-tional driving experience.

The magic is continued inside with neat and functional design em-bellished in attractive trim, includ-ing the sporty leather option. The SUVs offer extremely high levels of comfort and convenience features.

The Tiggo range of SUVs of-fers premium driving experience, high levels of refinement and great

value for money. Nestled behind the wheel, you can’t help but com-mend Chery for throwing almost every creature comfort in its SUVs as standard. From the expected, such as powerful air-conditioning, an audio system with CD player (available in Tiggo 3) and an MP3/USB jack, as well as ISOFIX, to the more refined aspects like Blue-tooth, steering wheel-mounted audio controls and rear-park dis-tance control, the cars pack-in all luxuries to keep you pampered even on long journeys. The Tiggo 5 further has a panoramic sunroof, and dual climate control & auto-matic A/C, enabling the driver and front passenger to maintain indi-vidual temperatures.

The inclusion of safety features like Electronic Stability control Programme (available in Tiggo 5), dual airbags and ABS with Elec-tronic Brake Distribution (EBD) are further lucrative add-ons to ensure that every drive with the Tiggo is a safe and happy drive.

For the sedan lovers, the Chery Arrizo 7 offers an eclectic mix of luxury and functionality. Packing a potent all aluminium 1.6 L DVVT mated to a 7-speed CVT gear box, the engine adopts continuous and variable intake/exhaust timing technology with stronger power, thereby increasing fuel efficiency.

Automatic A/C, Multifunction Steering Wheel, 7-inch Touch Screen Display, driving infotain-ment systems, along with ABS and EBD are some of the other at-tractive features of this outstand-ing sedan.

All customers who

avail the promotion

scheme get to

participate in the

Chery grand raffle

where the winner

gets a Chery Tiggo 3

car absolutely free

TSC hosts Qaranqasho

MUSCAT: As part of the Rama-dan tradition, The Sultan Center (TSC) hosted the Qaranqasho night – once again bringing laugh-ter and cheer to the children in Oman.

The event was held at TSC Qu-rum, and TSC Wholesale Centres in Al Khoud and Al Amerat, says a press release.

Commenting on the event, Mahmoud El Sheikh said, “Each year, TSC holds Qaranqasho night to bring children and fami-lies together in an evening of fun and social harmony. This event celebrates our oneness with the Omani community, its vibrant culture and the warm hospitality of its people especially during the holy month of Ramadan.”

TSC planned an evening full of exciting activities for children, which featured henna art, face painting, cartoon characters and an unlimited supply of candy to keep children entertained and happy.

Qaranqasho night is an event that marks the 14th night of Ram-adan. It is a tradition that is up-held across Oman and the GCC, often celebrated in a variety of ways that include cultural games and other exciting activities.

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Saud Abdulla Al Zadjali promoted as COO of Towell AutoMUSCAT: Towell Auto Centre (TAC), a leading automobile dis-tributor in Oman and the region, has announced the promotion of Saud Abdulla Al Zadjali as the Chief Operating Officer – Le-gal and Corporate Affairs of the Company.

In his new role, Saud Zadjali will look after the legal and corporate matters of TAC including crafting solutions to help TAC address legal and public policy issues and find-ing innovative solutions to corpo-rate concerns and so on. With an undergraduate degree in law and master’s in business management, Saud Zadjali has more than two decades of experience in his in-dustry. He has been with TAC for 14 years and served the company with his wide knowledge and dedi-cation, says a press release.

S. Kasthurirengan, CEO, TAC commented: “Saud Zadjali has been an integral member of TAC family and his contribution to the HR and legal matters has been in-valuable. His passion and commit-ment to work and his leadership and problem-solving skill is out-standing. We all congratulate him and wish him all the luck. We are sure with his new responsibility; Saud Zadjali will add tremendous value and take TAC to even greater heights of success and glory.”

Saud Zadjali thanked the W J Towell Management group for giving him this opportunity: “I am grateful to the management for ex-pressing faith in my abilities and giving me this important oppor-tunity. I will certainly do my very best. TAC is a great place to work and I am looking forward to serv-

ing the company in my new role.” In Oman, TAC represents Mazda

cars, Geely Cars, Higer Buses and Pickups, JAC trucks & Internation-al Trucks in the automotive arena. Among the pioneers in the auto-mobile business since 1972, TAC is recognised as a trusted name in cus-tomer service. A subsidiary of the W J Towell Group, TAC takes off from the principle of its parent company and ensures the easy availability of high quality motor products cou-pled with the highest standard of service to its customers.

TAC bases its definition of suc-cess on four pillars of focus – cus-tomer satisfaction, employee re-tention, profitability and market share. With every market strategy and business dealing they reinforce these focal points and thrust them-selves a step closer to prosperity.

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I am grateful to the management for expressing

faith in my abilities and giving me this important

opportunity. I will certainly do my very best. TAC is

a great place to work and I am looking forward to

serving the company in my new role

Saud Abdulla Al ZadjaliChief Operating Officer – Legal and Corporate Affairs, Towell Auto Centre

Bank Sohar hosts Iftar for corporate clients

MUSCAT: In celebration of the holy month of Ramadan as well as to reaffirm its commitment to its customers, Bank Sohar recently hosted an Iftar gathering for its corporate clients.

The event was held at the Al Mandalon Hall at the Crowne Pla-za Hotel, Muscat.

Representing Bank Sohar at the corporate Iftar event were, Sasi Kumar, acting CEO, Mustafa

Ali Mukhtar, DGM and head of Corporate Banking, Mohammed Tahir Al Lawati, AGM and act-ing head of Large Corporate, and Talal Ali Al Zadjali, acting head of SME, together with other mem-bers of the Bank Sohar staff, says a press release.

Commenting on the Iftar gath-ering, Sasi Kumar said, “As we mark the blessed days of this holy month, we hosted this event in or-

der to share the spirit of Ramadan with our valued clients and show our appreciation to them for their continued patronage. The event also provided us with the opportu-nity to reaffirm commitment to un-derstanding our corporate clients’ needs and our dedication towards exceeding their expectations.”

The corporate banking divi-sion of the bank helps address the requirements of a broad range

of customers; helping them ap-ply a more focused approach on domestic business, ranging from large sector, mid sector, emerging corporate and SMEs to project fi-nancing, each with their own spe-cialised department and team.

It is through these departments that the bank’s corporate opera-tions offers an entire range of ser-vices to assist the bank’s corpo-rate customers at all levels.

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NBO celebrates holy month with customers

MUSCAT: National Bank of Oman (NBO) announced that it has com-pleted a series of traditional Iftars to celebrate the holy month of Ram-adan with its customers.

The events in Muscat, Nizwa, Sohar and Salalah were also a fo-

rum for the bank’s senior manage-ment to connect directly with cus-tomers, understand their financial priorities, and discuss potential new product and service innova-tions, says a press release.

Iftars were hosted for the bank’s corporate, Sadara, Mazaya, invest-ment banking, SME, Muzn Islamic Banking, business banking, and government banking clients, cre-ating a dynamic platform for net-working and exchanging ideas.

John Chang, general manager – Chief Retail Banking Officer, National Bank of Oman, said: “It is always a pleasure to be able to

meet with our customers in an in-formal setting and to strengthen and deepen our relationship with them. This series of Iftars brought together a broad mix of custom-ers from every part of our opera-tions, giving us a highly focused snapshot of customer needs and priorities, and helping us to iden-tify new ways to provide an even greater level of support and ser-vice in the future.”

NBO began the holy month with its annual Iftar Sa’im initiative. A team of NBO volunteers includ-ing the bank’s senior management team delivered more than 1,400

food hampers to low income fami-lies across the Sultanate to ensure they had essential food staples ahead of the holy month.

In addition to the food parcels donated by NBO, the bank’s em-ployees also made personal dona-tions of essential items.

Iftars were hosted for

the bank’s corporate,

Sadara, Mazaya,

investment banking,

SME, Muzn Islamic

Banking, business

banking, and

government banking

clients, creating a

dynamic platform

for networking and

exchanging ideas

It is always a pleasure

to be able to meet with

our customers in an

informal setting and to

strengthen and deepen

our relationship with

them

John ChangGM, Chief Retail Banking Officer - NBO

Al Yusr Islamic Banking distributes Iftar meals throughout RamadanMUSCAT: Reflecting its com-mitment to support local com-munities in the Sultanate, Al Yusr Islamic Banking, the Sharia compliant window of Oman Arab Bank, joined hands with the char-itable association Dar Al Atta’a to provide fasting individuals with Iftar meals.

Under its special ‘Iftar Saem’ initiative, two mosques in the Wilayats of Ibra and Sohar was provided with a total of 100 meals every day for the duration of Ramadan, says a press release.

Abdul Qader Al Balushi, gen-eral manager of Al Yusr Islamic Banking, said, “Ramadan is not

just the month of fasting, it is also the month of appreciating what we have and doing our utmost to share it with others. It teaches us the principles of true humanitar-ianism, to reach out and help our fellow man.”

He added, “That is why throughout this special time of the year, we are partnering with Dar Al Atta’a to spread the bless-ings of Ramadan by distributing full-course and energising meals to those less fortunate. Our aim is to reach as many people as we can to help them break their fast with ease and relish the joys of the holy month.”

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Oman Oil surprises 1,000 customers with special Iftar mealsMUSCAT: Inspired by the theme ‘Together We Give More’, Oman Oil Marketing Company surprised 1,000 customers at select filling stations in Muscat with special Iftar meals in celebration of the holy month.

Organised in collaboration with Oman Oil Company, the Sultan-ate’s energy investment arm, the charitable drive was launched as part of Oman Oil Marketing Com-pany’s revamped At’a campaign, says a press release.

Jaber Sulaiman Al Busaidi, cor-porate affairs manager at Oman Oil Marketing Company, said, “This initiative was a special op-portunity for us to reach out and give back to our valued customers. The distribution of customised Iftar meals reflects our belief that

all it takes a single act of kindness to make a difference. Driven by the At’a campaign, customers can an-ticipate a number of other charita-ble projects that will enrich lives, one good deed at a time.”

Additionally, as part of At’a the company will be donating 10%

of all its sales from select ahlain convenience stores in Muscat, Al Batinah, Al Sharqiyah, Dakhiliyah, Dhofar to charity. Inspired by its promise to care beyond the pump, the campaign mirrors Oman Oil’s long-standing commitment to hu-manitarian and charitable causes.

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Joyalukkas opens outlet in MalaysiaMALAYSIA: Joyalukkas re-cently inaugurated the second showroom in Kuala Lumpur. Its first foray into Malaysia was in 2014, with the opening of the biggest jewellery showroom in the country at the heart of Kuala Lumpur at Jalan Masjid India.

“When we first arrived in Ma-laysia, the response from the public was simply overwhelm-ing. We set out to offer the best jewellery shopping experience to the residents and they have rewarded us over and over again with their eager patronage,” said Joy Alukkas, chairman and MD, Joyalukkas Group. “We are very grateful to the wonderful people of Malaysia and look forward to delivering more choices, better value and an even higher stand-ard of customer service at our second showroom.”

Its mega winning campaign offers customers the chance to win four diamond necklaces and up to 2kg gold till August 14.

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Mercedes inspires customers with extended Ramadan, E-Class offers

MUSCAT: Inspired by the re-markable spirit of the holy month, Mercedes-Benz Oman has ex-tended the availability of both its special Ramadan package and its exclusive festive offer on the bold

and athletic E-Class.Now and until July 31, custom-

ers purchasing any new vehicle from the Mercedes-Benz stellar line-up, from spirited roadsters and luxury salons to imposing and powerful SUVs will receive a three years or 45,000km routine service package, three years unlimited mileage warranty, three years Mo-bilo on road assistance, free regis-tration, V-KOOL heat control film, as well as an inspiring gift from Montblanc, says a press release.

During the extended offer pe-riod, the dynamic and stylish E300 Avantgarde AMG Sport will be available for the incredible price of OMR24,995 with the added benefit of an upgraded five-year or 105,000km routine service pack-

age. An added bonus, customers purchasing any Mercedes-Benz before July 14 will be entered into a prize draw to win a brand new A 250, one of the iconic brand’s new-est and most popular vehicles.

“We are delighted to be able to

extend our fantastic Ramadan celebratory offers, allowing even more customers to take advantage of our outstanding promotions and giving valuable extra time during this busy period in which to make those all-important car purchase

decisions,” said Clive Hammond, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Oman.

“The response we have received so far has been tremendous. In particular, the E300, renowned for its best-in-class efficiency and technology leadership and with its expressive design and rich refined trend-setting cabin, has been ex-ceptionally popular.

“Purchasers have been espe-cially impressed with its outstand-ing comfort, self-assured agility and its intense performance. Our fantastic draw, with the prospect of winning the feisty and fun A-Class, has generated an extraor-dinary level of excitement. Sporty and athletic, this hot-hatch is driven by ambition and with its striking lines, enhanced comfort,

state-of-the-art safety systems, and amazing handling, it really is the perfect prize.”

The Ramadan offer from Mer-cedes-Benz, the world leader in automotive engineering, is avail-able across the full line-up of mod-els. This includes its top-selling and all powerful GLS, GLA, GLC, GLE and G-Class SUVS and cross-overs, as well as the exceptional driving experience of Oman’s fa-vourite luxury sedans and coupés, the E-Class, C-Class, CLA, CLS and the iconic S-Class. In addition, the new-generation hot-hatch A-Class, the Mercedes-Benz dream cars, the SL, the SLC and the AMG GT, and of course the ultra-luxury Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is also part of this exclusive package.

The Ramadan offer

from Mercedes-Benz

Oman is available

across the full line-up

of models

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Volkswagen offers free summer brake checksMUSCAT: Volkswagen Oman has launched a month-long free brake check campaign for all Volkswagen vehicles for the month of July.

The campaign, valid on model years 2007 to 2013 in Oman, will run until July 28 and in-cludes a complimentary check-up focusing on diagnostics and brake parts to ensure optimum performance during the sum-mer’s extreme temperatures, says a press release.

Andrew Squires, general man-ager of Volkswagen Oman said, “You simply can’t put a price on safety. The GCC experiences ex-treme temperatures during the summer months, which can have a negative impact on many vehi-cle working parts, therefore it is vital to ensure that your vehicle is properly maintained. With our campaign, not only do we intend to preserve the safety and security of our customers and community, we also aim to build awareness on the importance of properly maintained vehicles”.

The complimentary check-up includes a brake fluid check and a free top up if required. Custom-ers will be able to get their parts repaired at the time of inspec-tion or at a later date.

“The free brake checks are available at our service centres in Azaiba and Mabela. Our cus-tomers can call or visit either of these service centres and book their vehicle in for a complimen-tary check-up,” added Squires.

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OAB celebrates Ramadan with high net worth customersMUSCAT: Aiming to network and enjoy the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan together, Oman Arab Bank (OAB) recently organised a se-ries of exclusive Iftar gatherings for its high net worth customers in mul-tiple locations across the Sultanate.

The special Iftars were attended by more than 300 high net worth customers in total including local top dignitaries as well as the bank’s regional senior management.

The high-profile events were held in Dhofar, Batinah, Sharqiyah, Dakhiliyah and Muscat regions and enabled OAB’s management and staff to further foster their re-lationship with the bank’s custom-ers, says a press release.

Earlier in Ramadan, OAB or-ganised a dazzling Iftar event in Muscat for its Elite Priority Bank-ing customers where it also an-nounced the name of the lucky customer who walked away with the OMR100,000 Hassad Savings Scheme prize that was earmarked specifically for Elite customers. A

similar exclusive draw will also be held in December.

Ahmed Al Kharusi, head of Re-gional Management and Branch Support, said, “The Iftar celebra-tions we held across Oman reflect OAB’s strong commitment to go beyond the requirements of our val-ued customers to ensure they enjoy the highest levels of personalised service and experience. Delivering excellence in customer service and an enriched Ramadan event is part and parcel of that dedication.”

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The special Iftars were

held in Dhofar, Batinah,

Sharqiyah, Dakhiliyah

and Muscat regions

NORTH OCEAN GROUP HOSTS IFTAR FOR ITS CUSTOMERSNorth Ocean Group, a leading diversified group of companies in Oman, celebrated annual Iftar get-together with its employees at Platinum Hotel recently. The Iftar

is part of the company’s annual tradition that brings together the executive management and employees during the holy month of Ramadan. The event increased

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France ready to contain CR7

SAINT-DENIS: France are ready for Sunday’s Euro 2016 final against Portugal and not afraid of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo as they aim to give the nation some joy again after some hard times on and off the pitch.

“Cristiano Ronaldo is up there as one of the best if not the best. But he doesn’t scare me,” defender Bac-ary Sagna told a news conference at the Stade de France on Saturday.

Coach Didier Deschamps named the Real Madrid star a ma-jor threat because of “his pace and aerial threat as he warned: “We need to limit his influence.”

Captain and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris called for a team effort to stop Ronaldo but Deschamps also said that it is almost impossible to take him out of the match complete.

“If there is an anti-Ronaldo plan the no one has found a recipe,” De-schamps said.

But coming off a 2-0 win over world champions Germany, from a double by France star Antoine Griezmann, France have plenty of confidence ahead of the big game, with Lloris saying “We are ready.”

“At this stage there are no fa-vourites. What matters is winning, regardless of the opposition, as there is a huge trophy up for grabs. We have had a wonderful cam-paign and want to finish in the best

possible fashion,” Lloris said.Deschamps did not want to re-

veal any tactics but Samuel Um-titi is expected to start for the third time after impressing in central defence in the last two games which were his maiden caps.

Tournament top scorer Griez-mann will likely play in a deep role behind striker Olivier Giroud again, as in the past two games.

“He is a talented and clinical player and that is important for the team. He also gets the team playing,” Deschamps said of Griezmann.

France are seeking a third straight trophy on home ground, after Euro 1984 and the 1998 World Cup.

They also want to overcome

the shame of the 2010 World Cup, when some players revolted against then coach Raymond Domenech, and give the French nation some joy in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris in November.

“We went through a crisis in French football but managed to pick ourselves up,” said Lloris who was on the French squad six years ago in South Africa. “We can make history. It is a unique opportunity in a players’ career.”

Sagna, who was also part of the team, said: “South Africa left its mark on French football. Clearly we made mistakes. It wasn’t nice and left a very negative image of French football.

“We had to go back to basics and

try to get public on our side again. We have done good work to be in fi-nal six years later. We want to show a different image of French football.”

France’s improvement on and off the pitch and its rise through the ranks under the 1998 captain Deschamps have reconciled the fans with Les Bleus, and this bond also helps them overcome the tragedy from November when the Stade de France was also under attack while the team was playing Germany in a friendly.

“It makes us even prouder to be on the pitch and feel the French population behind us. The hap-piness here between players and people is lovely to see. But we have a final step to take,” Lloris said. - dpa

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PARIS: Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo said France will be favourites to win the Euro Cup this time, but he still believes his team can cause an upset here on Sunday.

“France is a bit more the favourites than us, but I think Portugal will win,” Ron-aldo was quoted as saying by UEFA.com on Saturday.

Portugal had narrowly missed out on the trophy back in 2004 when they lost 0-1 to Greece in the final. Ronaldo, then aged just 19, was a part of that squad and is deter-mined not to let the opportunity pass again.

“It would mean a lot. It’s something I’ve always dreamed of, to win with the national team,” the 31-year-old said. I have won every-thing at club level and the individual level, this would be a great achievement to win something for the Portuguese team. I believe that this is possible, as do my colleagues and the whole country also believe. We must have posi-tive thinking because I believe that on Sunday will be the first time that Portugal will win a major trophy.”

Ronaldo and his fellow Portugal players have been far from convincing in the ongoing tournament. They drew their three group games to get into the round of 16 as one of the best third placed teams.

They needed extra-time to edge past Croatia in the sec-ond round and beat Poland via a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals.

Portugal seemed to have found a bit of rhythm only against Wales as they beat the Ashley Williams led side 2-0.

“It was very positive. The team did well, played well, scored two important goals against the good-feel team of the tournament, Wales,” he said. “They are an excellent

team with an excellent coach (and they) had a great tour-nament. Portugal did well, we were better and created more opportunities. We were deserved winners and we are in the final.

“We started in a soft way - results in the early games were not what we wanted - but on balance the benefit is positive because to get to a final which takes a lot of merit and we have the play-ers, coaches and the whole structure of the team. We are all to be congratulated.” - IANS

France are favourites, but we will be champions: Ronaldo

Griezmann a step away from reliving childhood momentPARIS: This is Antoine Griez-mann’s moment. Just 16 years ago he was a nine-year-old who yelled, jumped and cheered at his family home when David Trezeguet scored his golden goal during the Euro 2000 football championship final.

That was the last time France won the European cup. Now it is Griezmann who has dazzled. He has done so with his club, Atletico Madrid, during the whole Span-ish League season and carried on during the Euro Cup, scoring six goals, three more than his im-mediate competitors, French col-leagues Olivier Giroud and Dimi-tri Payet, reports Efe.

He was decisive during the pre-quarterfinal against Ireland -- his two goals within four minutes proving crucial for the team’s re-covery. The 25-year-old scored in the quarter-final against Iceland, with a perfect lob during a coun-ter-attack and he proved decisive in the semi-final facing World Champions Germany.

Right from the start, Griez-mann showed his top form, his agility and that dribbling ability that made him unstoppable.

Griezmann scored both goals, crowning an impeccable match. He was the star behind every goal opportunity and the player who propelled France to the Euro Final with a 2-0 score against a Germany that succumbed to the sensational forward.

Griezmann’s six goals at a sin-gle European Championship is bettered only by countryman Michel Platini’s nine-goal haul at Euro 1984, while the 25-year-old has now scored as many goals for France at the Euros as Thierry Henry (six).

“He’s (Griezmann) a great play-er and he proved that against Ger-many, he works very hard, along with Olivier Giroud from a defen-sive perspective he made us a very compact unit,” France chief coach Deschamps said after the win.

“He has this speed and techni-cal ability, he had a few chances. He’s a very important player just as he has been with Atletico Ma-drid throughout the season,” the coach, who captained France to 1998 World Cup and 2000 Euro

titles, added.He had already scored 40 goals

this season. He was Atletico’s top scorer in La Liga with 32 goals, to which one must add eight goals scored with France and in friendlies.

On Sunday Griezmann faces an unforgettable moment at the Stade de France. The final awaits him Sunday at the Saint Denis stadium against Cristiano Ron-aldo’s Portugal. In his native soil, surrounded by an adoring crowd, under the gaze of untold millions worldwide, he has the chance to place his team at the Euro Cup summit, 16 years after Trezeguet’s “golden” goal against Italy.

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That was a thrilling match and a worthy semifinal — and by

far the best match seen at the 2016 European Cham-pionships: I’m talking about the 2-0 win by tournament hosts France over the world champions, Germany. In the end, France’s victory was earned because Germany made two mistakes while missing out on a great many goal opportunities. Under-standably, the joy in France is great, while naturally for Germany it is a shame.

German captain Bastian Schweinsteiger played a good match, considering that he had been injured so much. He was in motion, and it was not because of him that Germany was eliminated. Still, I have to ask myself why Schwein-steiger had his hand up in the air in the penalty area, the same that happened to Jerome Boateng in the quarterfinal against Italy. In both cases it led to penalty shots. The danger is all that much greater than when you keep your arms down while jumping up to try to head the ball. I don’t know where this new fad has come from. And against France it was naturally bitter that it happened just before the half-time whistle and so gave the French a real boost.

But what was decisive was that Germany had to replace so many key play-ers. In the back line there was Mats Hummels, while up front it was striker Mario Gomez and in the midfield, Sami Khedira. That was a well-versed team, a real force on the pitch. Then came the breaking point after an hour when, as Ger-many was getting stronger and stronger, Boateng was injured and had to leave. With him gone, the team’s order was lost as well. This could no longer be compen-sated, and Antoine Griez-mann clinched matters with his goal making it 2-0.

All the same, that Ger-many was eliminated in the semifinal by the hosts and top favourites is not a setback for this young team. On the contrary. Despite all the handicaps it played a great match.

This is not meant to diminish the performance of the French and above all, Griezmann. He is by far the flashiest player, and not just because of his goal tally, now at six. He scores with the precision of clockwork. It is tremendous the way this Atletico Madrid striker is able to play virtually with-out a mistake at the very front. Whereas Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo only gradually has warmed up in this tournament, Griezmann has been there from the very first match.

I have already said that the winner of the France-Germany match will be the next European champion. But Portugal is justly in the final -- and this will be anything but a stroll for France. Especially since the Portuguese have a day longer to recuperate.

Ronaldo’s header mak-ing it 1-0 in the semifinal against Wales - the huge surprise team this year - is a tournament highlight that will be remembered. The way he rose up and seemed to stop in mid-air, with

his back stiff and his neck stiff in order to put power behind the ball, cannot be executed any better. You won’t find this anywhere else in the world.

I’ll always remember the day once when I got together with Alex Ferguson, the legendary trainer and man-ager at Manchester United where Ronaldo was still playing. Sir Alex told me: “Franz, you cannot imagine a harder-working player than Ronaldo. Whether it’s before training, or after-wards - day in and day out, he is practicing his dribbling, his free kicks. When talent, willpower and hard work come together, that’s when you get world-class.”

Like Ronaldo, Portugal has improved its game after only a lukewarm start in the tournament. In the 3-3 against Hungary, which enabled Portugal as third in the group to just narrowly qualify for the Final 16, Ronaldo was brilliant with his artistic heel-kick goal. Maybe there is more left yet for him to show. In the set-piece situations there is hardly any defence against Ronaldo, except for trying to keep him far away from the goal.

Bayern Munich, at least, can congratulate itself on signing Renato Sanches. It is amazing that this 18-year-old -- or what-ever age he may be -- can dominate a match. In the semifinal it may have been that he was not quite able to cope with all the praise, the pressure and the debate about whether he is maybe older. It was the first time in this tournament that I con-sciously kept an eye on him and I can well imagine that in the final against France he will raise his level again.

And so the final should really be exciting. - dpa

France-Portugal final promises to be exciting

C O M M E N T A R YNot really a happy ending

MARSEILLE: Bastian Schwein-steiger being exhausted to the point of barely being able to move is becoming a feature of Germa-ny’s conclusions to major tourna-ments but unlike the 2014 World Cup, Euro 2016 had no happy end-ing for the midfielder.

Schweinsteiger had defied scep-tics and, seemingly, his own body

to play a crucial role in Thursday’s 2-0 semifinal defeat to France but sadly for him and Germany, this main contribution was conced-ing a penalty from a corner in first half injury time. “I don’t know if it was a penalty,” coach Joachim Loew said. “If you see how he ap-proached the ball, it touched his hand, but it was bad luck.”

“There is nothing to blame him for, but with the hand up there, you can say it shouldn’t be there. There are movements and you can’t control them.”

That the penalty award is still hotly disputed despite television pictures showing the ball clearly striking his hand shows just how marginal the decision was.

Jumping to head the ball with-out raising your arms is virtually impossible but Schweinsteiger was half a second out, Evra won the header and his arm had no-where to go.

The mistake, such as it was, was particularly cruel as Schwein-steiger had strolled through the previous 44 minutes.

Utilised in a deeper role to mini-

mise his running, he dictated the play, found team-mates with sim-ple passes and encouraged his side throughout.

Such form in such a game would have been worthy of praise but in all likelihood few players other than Schweinsteiger would have made it there in the first place.

But that sort of effort exacts a heavy price even if the bill is not presented immediately.

“It is now widely accepted in his homeland that the man who played through the pain barrier to produce a titanic, heroic per-formance to drive his country to World Cup glory is now a fading force, with a creaking body that is increasingly vulnerable to injury,” an English paper wrote. - dpa

The mistake, such as it was, was particularly

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the previous 44 minutes

Ronaldo’s opportunity to leave Messi in shadePARIS: For so much of Cristiano Ronaldo’s majestic career, he has battled with Lionel Messi, often unsuccessfully, to be considered the greatest player in the world.

If history ultimately judges the finest talents by their achieve-ments on the international stage, where neither player has tasted success, then the Portuguese cap-tain could use Sunday’s Euro 2016 final to land a haymaker blow in one of football’s great rivalries.

Ronaldo has overcome rum-blings of discontent at the tour-nament, with his form and at-titude subjected to microscopic analysis, to lead his side into a showpiece finale where they will face hosts France in Paris.

Should he end the occasion holding aloft the trophy, it would not only crown a remarkable ca-reer, it would perhaps settle once and for all a debate that has divid-ed fans across the world.

Ronaldo and Messi have been jostling for the World Player of the Year title for years, often with little to separate them in the scor-ing charts or in their burgeoning trophy cabinets.

They have hoovered up eight Ballon D’Or titles between them (Messi five, Ronaldo three) and been the cause of innumerable arguments among fans and pun-dits who have picked over their various merits.

Yet neither has led their coun-try to glory in a continental or World Cup tournament.

A rivalry that stretches back a decade and includes two of the world’s biggest clubs in Ronaldo’s Real Madrid and Messi’s Barce-lona, could be about to witness a defining moment.

And timing is everything.When Messi’s Argentina failed

to beat Chile in last month’s Copa America final it proved too heavy a blow for the diminutive play-maker, who announced his inter-national retirement in the after-math. A multiple trophy winner with Barcelona, the 29-year-old Messi had been part of four final defeats with the national team, three in the Copa America and at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Fast forward a few weeks and Sunday’s final offers Ronaldo an opportunity to stamp his author-ity decisively on the debate. Vic-tory against France would elevate him into a pantheon of former greats who have tasted interna-tional success.

Pele, Diego Maradona, Zinedi-ne Zidane, Franz Beckenbauer and Michel Platini all claimed international trophies to cement their standing as the best play-ers of their generations. It is a list that Ronaldo would no doubt like to join and he is coming into form right on cue. - Reuters

S T A R W A R

Didier shows his French philosopher side before final

PARIS: Didier Deschamps, who captained France to both World Cup and European tri-umphs, shared some of his sports psychology secrets on the eve of the final.

The France coach wore the skipper’s armband when the hosts lifted the 1998 World Cup and again when France claimed the European title two years later in Rotterdam. Asked how a final should be treated, he said: “A bit of both. It’s an exceptional moment because there’s a title at stake but you must not think too much about it.

“What you need to do is ap-proach it as relaxed as possible while being at the same time to-tally focused on the match.”

But he added: “If you do sports as a leisure, it’s different, but at the highest level, nothing is more beautiful than winning and victory is the only thing that counts. — Reuters

S O C C E R

Like Ronaldo, Portugal has improved its game after only a lukewarm start in the tournament. In the 3-3 against Hungary, which enabled Portugal as third in the group to just narrowly qualify for the Final 16, Ronaldo was brilliant with his artistic heel-kick goal. Maybe there is more left yet for him to show

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IN SEVENTH HEAVEN Serena equals Graf’s record

LONDON: It was third time lucky for American Serena Williams as she finally matched Steffi Graf ’s professional era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles by beating Angelique Kerber to claim a seventh Wimbledon crown on Saturday.

Top seed Williams was forced to play some of her best tennis by resolute Kerber in an en-grossing Centre Court duel and her formidable firepower proved decisive in a 7-5, 6-3 over her German opponent.

Kerber had stopped Williams in the Australian Open final to win her first Grand Slam title and last month Spain’s Garbine Muguruza also kept the 34-year-old waiting to equal Graf’s mark when she beat her in the French Open final.

But this time Williams would not be denied.

To her great credit fourth seed Kerber stayed in contention throughout a fascinating match of contrasting styles, but with the Williams serve at its destruc-tive best there was only so much punishment she could absorb on a blustery court.

The end came quickly when Kerber was broken for the second time in the match in the seventh game of the second set and Wil-liams roared to the title with a love game, sealing victory with a simple volley before joyfully col-lapsing to the turf.

“It’s been incredibly difficult not to think about it (Graf’s re-cord),” a smiling Serena said on court as she clutched the Venus Rosewater Dish.

“I had a couple of tries this year but lost to two great opponents, one of them being Angelique. But it makes the victory even sweeter to know how hard I worked for it.

“Thanks you guys for being out here to see number 22, this is awe-some,” she said to the crowd who were treated to a one hour 21 minute final full of absorbing rallies.

Williams won 38 of 43 points on her first serve and faced only one

break point, at 3-3 in the second set, which she saved with one of the 13 booming aces she delivered.

Greatest weapon“It’s the single greatest weapon in the history of the women’s game, followed closely by her will to win,” was three-times men’s champion John McEnroe’s suc-cinct summing up of what keeps world number one Williams in a

league of her own.Kerber had not dropped a set in

reaching the final and scuppered hopes of a first all-Williams Grand Slam final since 2009 when com-prehensively beating Venus in the semis.

With a memorable win against Serena in Melbourne, the German walked on court full of belief — winning the opening point of the final with a cleanly struck forehand.

Williams had three break points in the second game but could not convert any of them.

She bristled with intensity and was bent double, pumping both fists, when winning a long rally at 3-3 as Kerber made her first inroads against the Ameri-can’s serve.

Having coped admirably with the heavy artillery heading her way, Kerber’s downfall when serving at 5-6 in the first set was self-inflicted as two poor errors opened the door for Williams to take the opener.

Kerber stuck to her guns in the second set and managed to earn a break point at 3-3 but Williams responded with consecutive aces to deflate the German.

Williams ended up in a heap on the floor in the next game af-ter a close-quarters exchange at the net, but picked herself up to break for a 5-3 lead as Ker-ber finally crumbled. Her trusty serve then did the rest as she also joined Graf on seven Wimbledon singles titles. - Reuters

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Following is a list of Serena Williams’ 22 Grand Slam singles titles as she equalled Steffi Graf ’s professional era record with victory at Wimbledon on Saturday.1999 US Open — beat Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 6-3, 7-6.2002 French Open — beat Venus Williams (US) 7-5, 6-3. Wimbeldon — beat Venus Williams 7-6, 6-3, US Open — beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-32003 Australian Open — beat Venus Williams 7-6, 3-6, 6-4. Wimbledon — beat Venus Wil-liams 4-6, 6-4, 6-22005 Australian Open — beat Lindsay Davenport (US) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0.2007 Australian Open — beat Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-1, 6-2.2008 US Open — beat Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6-4, 7-5.2009 Australian Open — beat Dinara Safina (Russia) 6-0, 6-3. Wimbledon — beat Venus Williams 7-6, 6-2.2010 Australian Open — beat Justine Henin (Belgium) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Wimbledon — beat Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-3, 6-2.2012 Wimbledon — beat Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. US Open — beat Victo-ria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.2013 French Open — beat Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-4, 6-4. US Open — beat Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 7-5, 6-7, 6-1.2014 US Open — beat Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6-3, 6-3.2015 Australian Open — beat Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-3, 7-6. French Open — beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Rep) 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. Wimbledon — beat Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 6-4, 6-4.2016 Wimbledon — beat Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7-5, 6-3.

F A C T B O X

It’s been incredibly difficult not to think about it (Graf’s record). I had a couple of tries this year but lost to two great opponents, one of them being Angelique. But it makes the victory even sweeter to know how hard I worked for it

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Murray ready to dodge Raonic bulletsLONDON: Since Andy Murray’s memory is as razor sharp as his service returns, he will not have forgotten the parting shot he re-ceived from Milos Raonic when they last played.

“Next time I’m going to try to serve through him!” the Canadian sharp shooter warned.

Three weeks after losing a three-set tussle to Murray at Queen’s Club, Raonic will get a chance to execute his plan as the two clash in Sunday’s Wimbledon final.

Over the past fortnight, anyone brave enough to stand in Raonic’s firing line has been flatted by a se-ries of 140 mph missiles.

The man with the golden arm tops the list for aces (137) and fastest serve (144 mph) at this year’s tournament after he pole-axed Roger Federer for the first time in a major to became the first Canadian man to reach a grand slam final. Now the sixth seed

wants to make sure all his hard work does not unravel in the final as he faces a rival who he called tennis’s “premier workaholic”.

“The biggest challenge for me, (is not to get) sucked into his game,” said the 25-year-old, who trails Murray 3-6 in head-to-head meetings.

“Andy will try to throw you off, give you some slower balls, some harder balls, all these kinds of things. I guess my goal is to keep him away from that, play it on my terms, be aggressive, not hesitate.”

Two coachesIn the era of super-coaches, Raon-ic has the luxury of relying on not one, but two former grand slam champions in the shape of Carlos Moya and three-times Wimble-don champion John McEnroe. Adding the American to his team for the grasscourt season has proved to be a masterstroke.

“Milos has got the type of game when he can take the racket out of anyone’s hand. That’s what he did against Federer,” said McEnroe.

“You can see how badly Milos wants it and how deep he is will-ing to go. Against Murray he will have to serve big and go for it.”

While the Canadian’s work eth-ic has come a long way since his childhood days, when he said he would “hit tennis balls from the standing position for two hours” as he was “too lazy” to move, Mur-ray likes nothing better than to put in the hard work in training.

Those behind-the-scenes sweat sessions propelled the Briton into a third Wimbledon final and his 11th overall.

But playing in an era when Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have snared 43 slams between them, Murray has had to make do with winning just two titles -- at the U.S. Open

in 2012 and the All England Club in 2013.

Raonic threatWith such a poor success rate in the finals, Murray will be eager to capitalise on the chance to face someone other than Djokovic, who surprisingly perished in the third round, or Federer in a title showdown. At the same time, the number two seed is aware of the threat posed by Raonic.

“Obviously, first time I’ll play a slam final against someone that isn’t Roger or Novak. So, yeah, that’s different,” said Murray, who was runner-up to Djoko-vic in this year’s Australian and French Open finals.

“Milos is a very tough opponent. He’s played very well on the grass this year and has earned his right to (be in) the final by beating one of the best, if not the best, player ever at this event. — Reuters

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HERBERT-MAHUT WIN DOUBLES TITLE; POTAPOVA IS GIRLS CHAMPFrance’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut cel-

ebrate winning their mens doubles final against France’s

Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin with the

trophies. Herbet and Mahut won 6-4 7-6(1) 6-3. Below,

Russia’s Anastasia Potapova with Ukraine’s Dayana

Yastremska hold their respective winner and runner-up

trophies after the girls singles final. — Reuters

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TITLE WINS FOR AL IKHWA AND AHLI AL KHOUDH ‘B’Al Ikhwa team won the title of the Ramadan Hifadh Team Football Tournament after

beating Al Ta’awon 4-3 via penalty kicks after a tie in full time. Dr Juma bin Ali Al Juma

gave away the cup and gold medals to the winning team and the silver medals to the

runner-up. Nineteen teams distributed into four groups participated in the tournament.

In another Ramadan tournament Ahli Al Khoudh B beat Al Tahaddi to emerge champion.

This tournament was organised under the patronage of Said bin Hamdoun Al Harthy,

undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications for Ports and Marine

Affairs, in the presence of Rashad bin Ahmed Al Hinai, undersecretary for sports affairs. Ahli

Al Khoud won via penalty kicks 3-2 after it was 1-1 at full time. — Supplied photos

Al Qamar XI clinch Mabella Cup

MUSCAT: Curtains came down a month-long cricket extravagan-za at the Al Hail School of Crick-et, where four tournaments were organised during the holy month of Ramadan.

Four tournaments were worked off during the period, which were played with tape balls and tennis balls. Total of 80 teams across the Sultanate of Oman participated in the different tournaments.

The opening ceremony took place on second day of Ramadan

and events climaxed on the 28th day of Ramadan.

Founder of Al Hail School of Cricket Moulabaksh Al Balushi was the chief guest at the opening ceremony.

The first tennis ball tourna-ment was won by Classic XI, while the Tape Ball tournament that followed was won by Sialkot Stallions.

The third tournament saw Al Qamar XI win the Mabella Cup, whole the final events were for the

Al Hail School of Cricket teams (senior and juniors).

Exciting prizes were given to the winners and runners-up.

The final of Mabella Cup saw Al Qamar XI beat Murshad XI by four wickets. The closing ceremo-ny was presided over by Ismail Al Balushi, senior board member of Al Hail CT.

The tournaments were spon-sored by Cricket Cottage Oman, Pocari Sweat and Foodies Restau-rant Muscat.

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Hamilton seize Silverstone pole

SILVERSTONE: Lewis Hamilton put in a sensational late lap under intense pressure to seize pole posi-tion for his home British Formula One Grand Prix from Mercedes team mate and title rival Nico Ros-berg on Saturday.

The triple world champion had just one chance to secure the top slot after an initial effort in the fi-nal top 10 shootout was deleted be-cause he exceeded the track limits at Copse corner.

With championship leader Rosberg on provisional pole, and Hamilton 10th as the clock ticked away and fans held their breath, the home hero made sure of his 56th career pole and fourth at Sil-

verstone. “It was not the cleanest qualifying session,” said Hamil-ton who set a time of one minute 29.287 seconds. “I touched the kerb and it just pulled me fur-ther... the car bottomed and kind of bounced just outside of the line.

“So a lot of pressure on that last lap. I was just sitting in the garage and I knew that I couldn’t let the guys down... The second lap wasn’t as good but I was making sure I got that lap in. I’m grateful that I did.”

Huge cheers went up around the circuit as Hamilton lit up the screens, with a 140,000 crowd ex-pecting to witness his third suc-cessive British Grand Prix win on Sunday and fourth in total.

“Lewis in Silverstone with the crowd behind him, it gives him an extra one tenth,” said the team’s non-executive chairman Niki Lauda.

Rosberg, who has an 11 point ad-vantage over Hamilton after nine of 21 races, had to settle for second place on the grid.

Rosberg scareThe German also had a scare when he was summoned to see stewards for an alleged rules breach at the start of qualifying, but they decid-ed to take no further action.

Mercedes team bosses will be watching nervously on Sunday af-ter collisions between their driv-ers in three of the last five races.

Hamilton and Rosberg have been told they are on a final warn-ing, with new rules of engagement and the threat of tough sanctions if they make contact again to the det-riment of the dominant team. I will try not to be in that position again,” said Hamilton, while Rosberg add-ed that the rules were ‘very clear’.

Dutch teenager Max Verstap-pen outqualified his Red Bull team mate Daniel Ricciardo for the first time since his promotion to the senior team from Toro Rosso, with the pair filling the second row with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen fifth.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel quali-fied sixth but will have a five place grid penalty for the second race in

a row due to a gearbox change.That will move the Williams of

Finland’s Valtteri Bottas alongside compatriot Raikkonen on the third row in sixth place.

Track limitsHamilton was not the only driver to have a lap deleted for exceeding the track limits, with Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg suffering the same fate and dropping to eighth behind Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz.

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso will start ninth but his 2009 world champion team mate Jenson But-ton failed to get through the first phase and starts 17th for what could be his final home appear-ance. The team said a rear-wing endplate on Button’s car became detached from the floor during the lap, causing a loss of downforce. Mechanics tried to fix it but ran out of time.

There was confusion after the first phase with Button thinking he was out and leaving the garage, before returning to the car when it looked like Renault’s Kevin Magnussen was going to have his time deleted.

That would have sent Button through to the second phase but it turned out to be a false alarm.

Sauber’s Swedish driver Marcus Ericsson did not take part in quali-fying after being taken to hospital for checks following a big crash in final practice. The team said he had been given the all-clear and was returning to the track. - Reuters

The triple world

champion had just

one chance to secure

the top slot after an

initial effort in the

final top 10 shootout

was deleted because

he exceeded the track

limits at Copse cornerJUBILANT: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after setting the pole position. – AP/PTI

Froome takes charge after stunning attack

BAGNERES DE LUCHON: Briton Chris Froome stunned his passive rivals to snatch the overall leader’s yellow jersey in the Tour de France when he won the eighth stage with a lightning attack on the final descent on Saturday. The Team Sky rider sped away from a group of over-all favourites at the top of the last of four gruelling climbs in the Pyrenees and never looked back as he raced down at break-neck speed towards the line.

The defending champion, who is chasing a third Tour title, finished 13 seconds ahead of Ire-land’s Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) and Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha).

Last year’s runner-up Nai-ro Quintana (Movistar), who failed to attack on a searing hot day, was in the group featuring Martin and Rodriguez. Double champion Alberto Contador lost further ground after being dropped near the top.

Overall, Froome leads fellow Briton Adam Yates (Orica-Bike Exchange) and Rodriguez, who are second and third respective-ly, by 16 seconds. “It was a bit of fun. I thought I would give it (at-tacking downhill) a try. That was real old-school bike racing,” said Froome. — Reuters

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Often seen as the bridge be-tween medicine and dentistry, Maxillofacial surgery treats conditions that require exper-tise from both the field which

includes head and neck cancers, salivary gland diseases, facial disproportion, facial pain, impacted teeth, cysts, tumours of the jaws, and more.

A visit to a Maxillofacial surgeon be-comes mandatory for dental implants, when facial cyst or tumour has been di-agnosed, for jaw alignment, facial and jaw reconstruction following cancer surgery or for realignment of facial bones.

When we replace missing teeth with crowns and bridges, it becomes a prob-lematic condition for patients over time. A dental implant is a titanium screw that replaces the root of the natural missing tooth while at the same time provides the crown and bridge support structure, lead-ing to better stability and long life for the replaced tooth.

Dr Harshwardhan Jadia, Maxillofacial surgeon at Apollo Hospital Muscat, fur-ther explains about the minor surgical procedures related to oral and facial cysts and wisdom tooth surgery. “Typically not a cancerous growth, a cyst can develop around the face, mouth, under the mouth lining, within saliva glands and jawbones. Suspicion of a cyst should be evaluated by a specialist to rule out oral cancer. In any case, facial and oral pathologies like cysts,

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One of the most common procedures patients opt for when seeking den-tal care is the removal of the wisdom teeth, which owing to the lack of space can emerge at odd angles, get stuck or only partially emerge. “A wisdom tooth extraction is a fairly common surgical procedure and can be the remedy to an impacted tooth. Once the tooth has been extracted, the space is occupied by the jawbone, providing relief to the patient, while strengthening the jaw bone area,” explains Dr Harshwardhan.

Sports players and athletes in Oman can also get their traumatic dental inju-ries treated.

Dr Harshwardhan adds “Trauma to the face or teeth can be caused by ve-hicular accidents, falls, sports injuries, and many more. Dental trauma is com-mon among the younger age-group and observed more frequently in men than women. The management of such in-juries depends on the type of injury involved, whether it is a baby or adult tooth, the location and severity of each injury.” —[email protected]

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Auricular acupuncture effective for headache- related QoL AURICULAR acupuncture has a greater overall impact on head-ache-related quality of life (QoL) than did traditional Chi-nese acupuncture, says a new US study.

The study, published in Medi-cal Acupuncture journal, com-pared the effectiveness of usual care alone to usual care plus either auricular or traditional Chinese acupuncture in treating patients with headaches due to a previous traumatic brain injury (TBI) and showed a significant improvement in headache-relat-ed quality of life (QoL) with the addition of acupuncture.

The study was conducted on previously deployed members of the US military who had mild to moderate TBI and headaches. Chronic or recurrent headache is reported by 80 per cent of service members with TBI.

“Chronic concussion head-aches are a clinical challenge. Acupuncture appears promising to avoid the opioid gateway for these patients,” says Richard C. Niemtzow, director, US Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine Centre.

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“Interventions such as the walking meeting protocol that encourages walking and raises levels of physical activity in the workplace are needed to counter the negative health ef-fects of sedentary behaviour,” said lead investigator Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, Assistant Professor at University of Mi-ami in the US.

Nearly 30 minutes a day or 150 minutes per week of mod-erate-intensity physical activity in adults is imperative for good health, according to recommen-dations by the American Heart Association.

“There are limited opportuni-ties for physical activity at work. This study provides early evi-dence that white-collar workers find it feasible and acceptable to convert a traditional seated meeting into a walking meeting,” Caban-Martinez added.-IANS

Abdominal pain is pain in the stomach or belly area. It is a common problem in children. About one out

of three children is seen by a doctor for abdominal pain by the age of 15 years. Abdominal pain in children is often frightening and frustrating for parents. Most of the times it is not caused by a serious problem, but sometimes it could be serious necessitating urgent medical atten-tion. Abdominal pain in children can be of three broad categories:

1. Sudden and severe onset pain (acute abdominal pain)

2. Long standing intermittent abdominal pain, mostly functional (chronic abdominal pain)

3. Recurrent abdominal pain (pain that waxes and wanes, occurs for at least three episodes within 3 months).

We should be more careful in a child

Abdominal pain in

children can be caused

by infections, food

poisoning, allergy, and

appendicitis

with abdominal pain in certain si-tuations like when there is weight loss, blood in stools, significant vomiting, unexplained fever, per-sistent pain in the right upper and lower areas of abdomen.

Appendicitis, stones in urinary tract or gall bladder, hernia or twi-sting, blockage, obstruction of bowels — all these can be serious causes for abdominal pain in children.

Some of the non-life threatening causes of abdominal pain in children are – constipation, food intolerance or food allergies, heart burn/acid re-flux, food poisoning, air swallowing in small babies, and a lot more.

Your child may have something serious if the pain does not get bet-ter in 24 hours, gets worse or gets more frequent.

In children with long standing ab-dominal pain, especially school going children, which definitely is a con-cern for parents, try to avoid certain foods like carbonated drinks, caffe-ine, citrus, some dairy products, fried foods, high fat foods. Asking children to have lots of water and fibre and in-culcating proper toilet training help in alleviating chronic abdominal pain to certain extent. —[email protected]

Dr Sreekumar is a paediatrician at KIMS Oman Hospital

STORY DR SREEKUMAR

ABDOMINAL

CHILDRENPAIN IN

LIFESTYLEC8 S U N DAY, J U LY 1 0, 2 0 1 6

All Joint Pain is ArthritisThere are more than 50 kinds of arthritis, however if you have an achy, swollen joint does not mean you have any kind of arthritis. You are required to be appropriately treated and diagnosed, says expert arthritis and musculoskeletal doctors. In many cases a person may not even have ar-thritis, but rather a soft tissue injury, chronic fatigue syndrome, bursitis or Lyme disease. Visit an experienced doctor to know about the exact cause of your joint pain.

Cracking Knuckles May Give ArthritisYou must have heard this misconcep-tion about arthritis before for sure. The elders always said that stop cracking your knuckles or you will get arthritis. According to doctors, cracking your knuckles is just a vacuum phenom-enon. When a person pulls knuckles, little amount of excess nitrogen gas which is diluted in the blood creates a cracking noise. Therefore it’s quite clear that you won’t get arthritis from cracking your knuckles.

Weather Has No Effect on ArthritisThe truth is that warm, dry weather keeps you away from joint pain. According to specialists, people suf-fering from arthritis might feel a bit of more pressure on their joints on days with high humidity and low pres-sure, especially right before a storm. A drier climate clearly indicates a minimum of pressure. To see if it works for you, it’s better to test out drier weather for a few weeks, before you plan any major move.

Diet Has No Role to Play in Prevention of ArthritisMany doctors have clearly stated that diet can be a deciding factor in preventing arthritis. By simply main-taining a healthy weight can help you to stay away from different types of arthritis. Having an ideal weight can provide excellent protection against osteoarthritis because osteoarthritis of the hip and knee has been linked with obesity. So lose excess weight to stay away from joint pain. —Courtesy of Artipot

Exercise Can Make Joint Pain Even WorseThere should be absolutely no doubt that exercise is an excellent choice for everyone, with or without arthritis. Still only 15% of men and 9% of women suffering from knee osteoarthritis achieve the minimum recommended amount of weekly movement. Stay away from intense exercise and try some light stretching, if you’re in pain. You can also choose workouts that are less laborious on the joints, like the stationary bike or swimming.

5 Misconceptions About Joint PainThe problem of joint pain has increased among people over the years.

There are a lot of misconceptions about joint pain which majority of

people believe in. Here are the top misconceptions about joint pain

and the truth behind them.

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Dental chairs for sale sparingly

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Contact Mr. Ansari 92616343.

Kumar 99570284

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Contact: 95238577 / 95178297

HD Scaffoldings, Shuttering

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95056808 / 97201688

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Contact 99221683

1No brand new containerized

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please contact 99851255

Single colorful Bed and Sofa for

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Steel Scrap materials for im-

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Space for printing press avail-

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Urgent sale of steel scrap only

serious buyers kindly contact

+968 96725423

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Restaurant for sale heart of Ruwi.

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Almost new beach/ garden

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Shop for sale near Oman House,

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Mazda 2; 2013 ; 4 Door Hatch-

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Contact 99857123

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Mob 97462122

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kitchen boys cleaner. Contact:

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Contact 99336776

Fully furnished two bed flat for 4

- 6 months rent available, location

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Contact: 98763645 / 93894257

Room with sharing kitchen &

bathroom between Al Nahda hos-

pital & Hamriya roundabout (Fam-

ily or Bachelor) Contact 96040415

Furnished rooms with kitchen

at Ruwi. Contact : 91214897 /

98049288.

2 BHK villa for rent 600 meters

behind Carrefour / city center

Seeb. Contact: 99311979 (Francis)

Sharing room at Ruwi for R.O 50/-.

Contact: 99385287

One single room available for

executive bachelor at CBO area

fully furnished and WIFI available.

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Sharing accommodation avail-

able for bachelor / family at Ruwi.

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near MBD area.

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villa for south Indian family, one

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Room with attached bathroom

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Furnished room attached bath

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1 BHK appartment for rent in

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MOB: 93913224

Sharing Accommodation avail-

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Contact 96524717

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BUYING

Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299

ACC. WANTED

Urgently required Villa with 8 rooms near Bausher/Ghala/

Al Ansab area for accommodation

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contact - Mr. Pramith

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Accommodation Wanted for an

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Pls call: 93883674 / 98103169

Room available for Executive

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Land for Immediate sale 19 cents

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India, for sale. Tar road frontage

with lorry access.

Contact: 98469311/96179737

Ready to occupy just completed

3 BHK in Chennai -Pallikkaranai

:1600sqft ,builders lcs city makers

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woodwork done, part of 64 apts all

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mon hall/2 car parking. Genuine

buyers call rag @99235815 or

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Christian divorce, male 40.

Contact by Whatsapp: 91346321

Ezhava male, 31yrs, height 5.6,

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parents in Oman, native Aluva

(ekm). Mob-99550870

Parent of Thrissur based Hindu

Ezhava girl aged 20, Slim,Atham

star, Studying for B. Pharm seek-

ing alliance from well employed

Graduates, preferably in Engineer-

ing Contact :96425102

Ezhava male, 31yrs, height 5.6,

Star Magham, B-Tech Aeronauti-

cal, administrative professional,

parents in Oman, native Aluva

(Ekm). Contact 99550870

Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from

widow/ divorcee/ single.

Contact 96059801.

Spacious 3 BHK apartment + store

room with split A/C Al Seeb, Mab-

elah South near Goat market, near

Expressway R.O 320 negotiable.

Contact: 96920789 / 98309890

2 BHK near Oman house.

Contact: 99233116

Buying cars for cash.

Contact 90202090

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DESIGNER

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ACCOUNTS

CATERING

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SKILLED / UNSKILLED

SALES / MARKETING

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

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Contact: 98825806 / 98825806,


IMMEDIATE - Housemaid wanted for an Indian Family - husband,

wife and 2 girls. Visa, accommoda-

tion and all other requirements

will be provided. Please call me on

92725141.

House maid for Omani family.

Contact: 99773100

Wanted Staff Nurses (Female)

with or without MOH license for

a polyclinic near Sohar. Excellent

salary & accommodation.

Contact – 99006915/

Email - [email protected]

A medical centre is looking to hire immediately a talented Nurse to join our successful team,

required 3 years of experience,

Oman prometric, data flow. Send

your CV to- [email protected] or

Whatsapp - 91254820

Wanted staff nurse with MOH

license, immediate appointment,

to work in a private clinic. Perma-

nent post or locum. All Nationals

can apply. Salary negotiable, free

accommodation available.

Contact – 99048170/ 94870029

Required GP Doctors, Gynecology, X ray Tech staff nurses. Contact: 99681325 Email:

[email protected]

Wanted for Ibra clinic lab Tech-nicians gynecologist physician lady medical officer MOH license

and NOC needed or prometric with

high score and dataflow.

Contact - 99373493

[email protected]

Wanted Sales Man for an eleva-

tor company 3 yrs exp English

language must has NOC required

send resume to pioneersoverall.

[email protected]

Contact: 968 94496661

Required outdoor Sales/ Market-ing Executive with experience

in selling Technical- Mechanical

products/ building materials &

hardware/ auto parts. Graduate

with Oman license preferred.

Apply to: [email protected] or

fax to: 24799615

Advertising & interior company required Sales Executive with

driving /L send CV to

[email protected]

Require Salesman with D/L for

construction, Ind materials,

hydraulic hoses & fittings.

Contact 99221683 / 92830110

Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive hav-

ing 2-3 years sales experience for

a reputed manufacturing company

in Oman, having its Head Office

in Ruwi. Experience in building

materials is an added advantage.

Omani Driving License and

NOC is a must. Attractive

remuneration package.

Apply with photograph to

E-mail: [email protected]

Required female person to work at

the retail shop/Marketing. Please

send your CV on e mail:

[email protected]

Required marketing / PR manager

for a modern restaurant group in

Oman , proficient in illustrator &

Photoshop charismatic , proac-

tive , creative & flexible excellent

writing / Editing skills degree in

relevant area fluent in English.

Send CV to

[email protected]

Shawarma / grill / Salad / Asian Cook. Contact: 95529970

WANTED Female Gynaecologist,

Female GP- Two Female Staff Nurse (From India or Pilipino)and One

Female Dental Assist and

Female Lab Technician. With MOH Licence and Data Flow for

Al Saadi Specilised Medical Centre, Musanna.Contact # 92025033,

Email : [email protected]

A foodstuff distribution company in Muscat is looking for an Accountant. The candidate should

have good communication skills,

in depth knowledge of MS office

application & tally. Email us at

[email protected]

An Omani Audit firm is seeking audit partner to join the firm, the

candidate should be completed any

certificate course CIA,CPA, CA, ACC,

and 4 years’ experience, interested

candidates to submit their CVs to :

[email protected]

Chief Accountant well experi-

enced with reputed group avail-

able. Contact : 98803439.

Part time Accountant available to

handle all accounts up to finaliza-

tion and audit work.

Contact: 95804210

Indian male B.Com graduate

looking for suitable placement in

accounts, office Administration &

marketing, 12 years experience,

NOC available Oman D/L.

Contact: 95804210

Part time Accountant up to finali-

zation auditing available after

4 pm. Contact: 91126314

Sudanese GIS Analyst hold mas-

ter in RS & GIS Resident have an

experience in accounting & store

management. Contact: 97943738

Indian 20 years well experienced

accounts & finance professional

looking for immediate placement

NOC available. Contact: 94546455


Young Indian male (25) with

B.Com degree on visit visa with

D/L and N.O.C for simple opportu-

nities preferably in accounting.

Contact : 96324484

7 Years experience as Financial

Analyst, MBA in finance. Respon-

sibilities- research contributor,

financial statement analysis,

generating MIS & efficiency report,

managing TAT, business & clients.

On visit visa in Muscat.

Contact- 90191628 / 96175780

Part Time Accounting, Audit

Preparation, Internal Audit, Monthly

Reports, Accounting set up for new

companies, GSM: 96975454,


Part time accounting workers up

to finalization, on monthly basis &

yearly finalization works.

Contact : 96247295

ACCA qualified professional lady with 5 years experience in finance

management accounts is looking

for a suitable placement NOC can

be Contact: 94521899

28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com -

Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/

India experience looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact : 90187483

[email protected]

Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs

experience in MNC’s currently in

Muscat seeking suitable place-

ment in Finance / Admin.

Contact :94743790

Accountant 8Years Experience

with D/L and NOC.

Contact: 97712084

Construction Company looking for Architect with experience in

Oman. Contact 97192707

Beauty salon needs lady for

henna. Contact: 93336061

Indian male 31 chartered account-

ant with 2 years Oman experience

looking for suitable placement NOC

available. Contact: 96357827


Indian male B.COM, MBA 4 years in

Larsen & Toubro total 26 years gulf

experience English, Arabic speaking

driving license NOC available.

Contact: 95588565

Accountant Having 5 Years expe-

rience in reputed companies.

Currently working in Muscat

(NOC AVAILABLE) GSM.91367217

Email [email protected]

Indian/MBA/male Chief Accountant 18Yrs Experi-

ence, MIS, C.Flow, Budgeting,

ERP, Cost accounting &Liasing

with auditors. NOC available.

Contact: 92254691/97826674


ADMIN

Architectural Draftsmen diploma

in construction technology with 6

years experience in drafting and

detailing as per British standard

in Oman with valid Omani license

looking for suitable opportunity

Noc available. Call 94375897.

Autocad works freelance, MEP, Civil

works, Interior, 2d/3d, BOQ etc.

Contact 97103168

Revit, Autocad D/man, expected

salary 200 OMR PH :92279784

Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD

Draftsman with 20 years profes-

sional experience is looking for suit-

able job in Oman. Please Contact:

96489798, (+974) 66653780.

Indian male B.Com, MBA 4 years in

Larsen & Toubro total 26 years Gulf

experience English, Arabic speaking

with driving license, NOC available.

Contact: 95588565

Indian (Male) having 17+years

Experience in Trading & Health-

care seeking senior Position in

Accounts (11 years GCC Experi-

ence)currently on Resident Visa

(NOC Available) and has a valid

Omani Driving Licence. Contact:

91335026; [email protected]

Indian male age 26, Accountant

one year experience in accounts

looking for suitable job. Contact -

Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.

Com Mobile: +968 9565 9415

Qualified and experienced MBA

post graduate with proven work

exposure in Middle East & India,

having more than 5.5 years of rich

experience in accounts , project

coordination and administration in

(3.5 years UAE experience) oil and

gas projects is currently looking for

suitable job. Contact 93953613,

[email protected]

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in

commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in

accounts/ finance field. On visit

visa. Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 /

[email protected]

Indian male 31 chartered Accountant having 2 years Oman

experience looking for suitable

placement in finance and audit

field NOC available.

Contact: 96357827 Email:

[email protected]

Urgently required a Graphic designer with 2 years experience

in graphic designing, Photoshop,

illustrator. Send CV to


Advertising and signboard making company required fresh or

experience Graphic designer send CV to

[email protected]

Wanted a experience Driver for Capital and Interior work.

Gsm : 942-888-63

Required Omani Driver

for a restaurant. Contact 95929911

Looking for a full time driver

with valid Omani license. Contact

95454033

Required urgently driver, experi-

ence Omani or expat drivers with

P.D.O. license. Contact: 98242478

Architect and 3D visualize three

years experience 1.5 in Oman flu-

ent in Arabic and English have Om-

ani driving license looking for job

with consultancy office or interior

design firm. Contact: 94673937

Architect Engineer seeking for

suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email :

[email protected]

Indian female diploma architect

6 years exp in Oman Engineering

consultancy, valid Oman driving

license. Contact: 96683293 /

97750870

DESIGNER

Interior design supervisor 6 yrs

experience valid Oman license NOC

/ release available. # 92508926

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Urgently required experienced and trained kindergarten Teacher for a well reputed bilingual school

in Mabela area Muscat interested

and suitable candidates must

reply to


Required English, computer and science female Teachers up to

grad 4. Contact - 95054916,

[email protected].

contact time after 5PM

MEDICAL

MEDICAL

Indian female 33 years with 9.5

years experience (1yr in Oman) as

Executive Secretary, Administra-

tion, Sales Coordinator, and HR

coordinator seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact 97985059

[email protected]

Indian Female, MBA-HR having

8+ experience in Administration/

HR, Customer Support, Office Coor-

dinator with good Computer skill,

Now on Visit Visa,looking for suit-

able position. Contact: 90196235

With 15 years of gulf experience in

HR- Admin logistics looking for suit-

able position fluent in Arabic & Eng


Indian male with 11 years experi-

ence in Data Entry, Admin / HR

currently on Visit visa from 9 to 23

July seeking suitable job.

Contact 95669937

7 yrs Exp Office Admin / HR/

IT Admin, MCA, BCA, MBA NOC

Available, With Driving License

PH: 97086686

Indian male 21 yrs Graduate in

business administration (BBA)

with computer knowledge (hard-

ware & software) seeks suitable

employment immediately.

Contact: 98085633 / 98898504

Indian female, MSC more than 6

years Oman experience in office

coordination, administration &

managerial, clerical jobs looking

for a suitable position. #91303124

Indian/ 23yrs female/ 5yrs GCC

experience with NOC looking for a

suitable position in HR/Admin

/ Accounts/ BD. Contact 90656997

Indian female with nearly 10

years of Oman experience in

Administration & HR, seeking

suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact:99242841

Filipino HRD especialist /

material controller supervisor with

18 yrs experience looking for suit-

able job in Oman. Contact: (+968)

98037142 / (+968) 92659817

Indian female MBA / HR, 2.5

experience seeking suitable job.

Contact: 99257214

Supervisor required for Con-

struction Company having Omani

driving license, fresher’s can apply.

Contact: 92888337

Branch Manger required to

manage entire Business.

[email protected] 99110080

Urgently required a Purchase Manager to handle all the procure-

ments for a reputed Ready-mix

concrete Company, having its

branches all over Oman. The

candidate should possess required

experience, product knowledge

and excellent communication

skills. Interested candidates may

send their CV to sndakshin@gmail.

com / Contact: 99256757

IT Engineer, min 4 years experi-

ence in Biometric Attendance Sys-

tem and CCTV camera, preferably

with D/L. Apply to hr@unitedsys-

temsit.com or call 99423442.

Qualified and experience Technician required for the kitch-

en restaurant equipments. Who

can repair hot and cold equip-

ments will be preferred. Contact:

Email: [email protected] /

Fax: 24727481

Care Medical Centre Al Seeb

requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner. Mail CV to:

[email protected]

Urgently required experienced female Lab Technician, with knowl-

edge of histopathology & cytology,

with MOH release, for a well-known

laboratory in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 95271561/98893034

Wanted service Technicians for

diesel generators and diesel air

compressors for a fast growing

rental company persons hav-

ing thorough knowledge with

Perkins / Cummins engines,

ELGI compressors with Oman

driving preferred. Contact:

95442846/95041935

Urgently Require BE civil En-gineer with 2+ years experience

and Omani driving license must ,

Salary R.O300/- Send CV to

[email protected] or

Contact: 24565337

Testing / Protection Engineer with minimum 05 years of ex-

perience and should have Oman

DCRP license, Interested candi-

dates send resume to

[email protected]

CCTV & Burglar alarm Techni-cian. Urgently looking for an

Expatriate with minimum 5 years

experience with NOC. Email your

CV with recent Photograph to:

[email protected]

Tailor shop requires Master Cutter & hand embroidery.

Contact – 99359700

Required Indian Mason – 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experi-

ence in road construction field).

Contact: 99882127


MISCELLANEOUS

Advertising company required Graphic designer knowledge of

designing, Photoshop, illustrator,

coral draw & Salesman with D/L. Send CV to

[email protected]

Contact No: 94771366/95338210

Required candidates for following

posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driving

license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278

Looking for Female Journalistic or advertising & media back-

ground. #99342237/ 9394 6622/


Electrician with qualification

and experience.

Contact: Fax: 24727481


GP doctor needed for reputed clin-

ic. Preferably with MOH license or

with Dataflow & Paramatics pass

Contact: 95388934

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately

for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact 95081010


Wanted Staff Nurse for

a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC.

Attractive salary offered. Email:

[email protected]


Accountant available with NOC,

7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394

Well experienced Account M.Com

available with NOC, Tally & ERP.

Contact : 99035707

Indian male 34 yrs, M.Com –

Finance with 5 yrs experience in

Accounts in India, presently in

visiting visa looking for a suitable

placement. Contact: 93671785


Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA

Finance and marketing with IT

skills, 7+ yrs of experience,

Looking for suitable placement.

contact 94879615,Email-

[email protected]

Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria

University Graduate bachelor of

commerce Diploma of Marketing

professional photographer worked

in PR and social media for 2 years

looking for a job in public relations

media, social media or marketing.

Contact: 96976240

ACCA member with 6 yrs of

experience in Oman looking for a

suitable job in finance.

Contact: 99284193

Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE,

Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for a

suitable job in Accounts, Store Keep-

er, Sales etc. Ready to join as early

as possible. Contact: 96988923

email:- [email protected]

Indian male age 24, B.Com.

Accountant having 2 year

experience and currently in

Muscat. Looking for suitable place-

ment in finance or Audit.

Contact: 90766307


Indian Male 22 , Graduate , Spe-

cialized in Tally ERP 9.0, SAP B 1&

Professional in Indian & Foreign

Accounting (CPIFA) with 1 year

work experience , on visit visa in

Muscat , Contact no:91782545

Indian female MBA fin & HR now

on visit visa looking for suitable


Indian Male MBA (UK), 9 years experience in Dubai/London/Mumbai in Management Consulting,

Sales & Marketing, Business Development for Real Estate/Banking

seeks similar placement with D/L.

Contact: 95168205



ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

IT

MISCELLANEOUS

PROJECT ENGINEER - CIVIL - 13

years experience in construction at

Oman seeking suitable position -

NOC available - Contact 94427535

([email protected])

Diploma in Mechanical Engg, 10 years exp in steel fabrication

site work with valid Oman driving

license. Contact: 94696192

B.E Electrical Engineer, Age 28 yrs.

5.5 yrs experience. 2 yrs in OMAN

as site supervisor/ site engineer,

with valid GCC license.



Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp

seeks suitable position ina reputed

company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711

B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24

with almost 1 year experience as

Production Shift Engineer, has

achieved training on HVAC

Engineering design and has good

hands on software like AutoCAD

and HAP.Currently in Oman on a

visit visa, looking for a suitable

placement.Contact: 95065955


Civil Engineer 8 years experience

Structural buildings marine. Avail-

able NOC release. Contact: 92451323.


Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience

in designing, assembling, com-

missioning execution etc having

valid GCC license too looking for a

suitable. Contact: 00968-98052942


Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian

male 24 years with 1+years Indian

experience,(Certified in Staad

Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).

Looking for a Suitable position.

Available In Sultanate of Oman

(Muscat) on Visit Visa.

Contact 92157694. E-mail:

[email protected]

An Iraqi civil with more than

30 years experience in (Iraq and

G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C)



Indian male Civil Engineer 1.6 yrs

exp, having Omani D/L, looking for

suitable position. NOC available.

Contact – 92157694 /

[email protected]

Mechanical Engineer with one

year’s experience as Asst. Piping

Engineer having good knowl-

edge of PIPING DESIGNS, PDMS,

SP3D, AUTOCAD, PRO-ENGINEER

WILDFIRE, DS CATIA, JAVA

SCRIPTS etc, looking for suit-

able opportunity. Contact: +968-

99200724/24496072.

BE mechanical Engineer having

6+ years experience in structural

and piping job looking suitable

position. Contact: 96115463


Fresh Engineering graduate M-

Tech in mechanical Automation

and automobile Engineering now

in Oman on visit seeks suitable

placement. Contact: 95853514 /

98280794

Fresh Engineering graduate

B.Tech mechanical engineering

now in Oman on visit seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 95853514/98280172

Electrical Engineer: Indian male

30 years, having 5 years of experi-

ence in industrial automation &

utility maintenance in Indian,

holding valid Oman D/L.


[email protected]

Indian male BE Mechanical with

11 years experience in Automo-

tive Engineering and Industrial

Maintenance in Oman with valid

driving license seeks suitable job.

On release in Oman-92880593

Civil Engineer B.Tech with 6+

years in supervision designing

planning and QC expert in Mech,

civil software. Contact: 90719263

Project co-odinater & AutoCAD

draftsman Indian male, 8 yrs exp

in Oman in civil, interior, precast-

ing with D/L & NOC.

Contact: 92188496, Email:

[email protected]

Quantity surveyor (B.E Civil) 5+

years experience in buildings

and mosque N.O.C available ready

to join immediately. Contact:

+97826597 / +919171430681


For preparing Civil / MEP Auto CAD drawings.

Contact -93480346.


Electrical Engineer B.Tech, Indian

available in Oman, 2+ years Oman

exp (MEP) Light D/L.

Contact - 93832935

Diploma Civil Engineering (certifi-

cate attested) 6 years Oman experi-

ence as interior work site in charge

/ quantity surveyor NOC/ Release

available.Contact: 93120433

Civil Engr. Diploma 8 yrs exp in

construction & consultancy with

auto cad. D/L.Contact: 93060770


Electrical & Electronics Engr,

knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973

Indian male MBA Finance & Marketing 25 yrs

having 1.9 years of experience Finance & Marketing

Contact: 95206140/ 96992013 Email:

[email protected]

ENGINEER With 2 years exp in Telecom sector, currently on visit visa, looking for suitable placement.

Contact : 93919943 [email protected]

Sudanese Male 35 yrs B.Sc Electronic System Engineering

with 11 yrs. Experience in Gov/Private. CISCO (CCNP-R&S) and Ethical hacking

services management.

Email: [email protected]:+97450475034

Agriculture Engineer 2 8rs, with

5 yrsexp in the field of agriculture,

landscaping & irrigation. Since 2

yrs working in different projects.

Having valid UAE driving license.

Currently in Oman (Salalah) on

visit visa. Contact – 94120190 /

[email protected]

An MBA (M Finance)With SAP erp and accounts

Standards (IAAP-UK), peach tree

experience seeks suitable placement

Gsm: +968 98103247

A O G

diploma in I

experience seeks suitable placement.

Gsm:+958 98103250

An MBA (M Finance)

Mechanical Engineer (Sudanese)

3 years experience : Fire fighting,

HSE, Design, Production.

Contact: 93642704


Civil Engineer, Indian male 4

Years experience in Oman & India.

Looking for Permanent Placement

in Oman. NOC Available, Contact:

+96895984661,+96891455949

Civil Quantity Surveyor with 3yr

UAE experience seeking job.

UAE driving license holder.


+96895641991; +971557969671

Indian male, Structural Engineer

looking for job in structural design

field. Having 6 years of experience

in design field. Residing in Muscat.

Contact: 91176187


Civil Engineer, young Indian

having almost 2 years experience

looking for a challenging position

seeks suitable position in Oman/

GCC. Please contact 92718490,

Email ID: [email protected]

Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) gradu-

ate with 3 years of experience in

the fields of BMS and Low current

systems and has good knowledge

about Electronic Security Systems,

currently working in Oman, NOC

Available. Contact:-94737033/

[email protected]

Pakistani male Diploma Civil

Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bull-

ing & mega projects, valid license

Oman. Contact: 98921022

Indian female 25years M.E (power

electronics) 3years experience in

teaching profession looking for

suitable job. Contact no 97003267

& 94214909


Site Supervisor, Diploma in

Civil Engg (cert attested) knows

autocad revit, salary exp: 250

Ph : 92279784

Senior Land Surveyor 23 yrs

Oman, UAE & Egypt GPS, T.S

Construction roads infrastructure

oil feed electric works OHL, UGC

grid , primary substation process-

ing data. #95326927 / 92928981


Indian male B-tech 8 years experi-

ence as senior electrical project

engineer / QC engineer on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94094543


Indian male, Mechanical

Engineer having 1year experi-

ence, on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact:97416564,

Email:[email protected]

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

Young Indian, Engineering in

Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and

Chemical, looking for a challenging

placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email:

[email protected]

IT

DIETICIAN

Nebosh, IOSH Occupational

Management safety on family

visit looking for suitable position

. Contact: 98686090 / 98423284


Indian Keralite, B.Com, male 25

yrs looking for suitable job in

Muscat currently on visiting visa.

Contact: 90931930

Indian candidate with 15 years

experience in Facility Manage-

ment (Soft Service) looking for

part time assignments / Consul-

tancy Opportunities.

Contact- 98469311/96179737

27, Indian female B.com gradu-

ate with 4 years experience in

procurement and purchases on

family visa looking for immediate

and suitable placement.

Contact: 95828986

Indian male, 28, post graduate,

6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back

office) & credit control with valid

Oman D/L looking for suitable lace-

ments. NOC available. #92066 523

Sudanese male bachelor geology

and mining with 3 years experi-

ence in MUD logging and training

in soil investigation.

Contact: 92956848

BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).


[email protected]

Indian male 28yrs Bcom 3yrs

exp. in warehouse operations

(including pharmaceutical). Well

knowledge in WMS & ERP, looking

for suitable job. Ph. 95576686,

E: [email protected] (UAE visa

holder, currently in Oman)

MEDICAL

Indian Male with 13 Years Oman

Experience as Assistant Pharma-

cist with Valid MOH License and

Oman D/L is looking for a Suitable

Job in Muscat Area. NOC available.

Please Contact: 92121414

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Chief Accountant/Finance Manager

– Indian male, CA Finalist, having

20 years’ experience in Finance,

Accounts, Audit, Finalization of Ac-

counts, preparation of Project Reports

etc., looking for immediate placement.

12 yrs. in Oman in Construction and

Consultancy co., have Omani D/L,

knows Tally. Contact 94041048,


Male - 44, MBA /CIM (UK) qualified

business Manager in FMCG with 3

years’ experience across Oman and

10 years in GCC looking for a suitable

position. Contact -99160550

Indian male - 8 yrs exp as HSE of-

fice/supervisor -on visit visa- seeks

suitable opening in Sohar - Contact

94532131 / 98317698;


Civil Engineer (Indian male)

5 years experience in Oman with

valid Omani driving license & NOC

looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283

Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs

of exceptional exp in spear head-

ing strategic planning and project

management initiatives & execut-

ing various high rise residential

& commercial building as well as

roads and highway project with

proficiency in installation, seeking

a challenging position in a dynamic

organization. Contact 96570891

Indian female dietician with 3

years experience in India seeking

a suitable placement preferable in

Muscat. Contact: 99104209

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable place-

ment.# 99739415 / 92091528

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech)

Indian male with 2 year experience,

AREA OF INTEREST Work on Oil

Rigs, Work as an QA/QC inspector,

Ultrasonic testing, Radiographic

testing. Contact: +91 9567526566


Light duty driver, 1 yr experience

seeks placement.

Contact: 94284645

Pakistani male, 30 age, driver

(light vehicle) company or residen-

tial experience 4 years experience

in Oman. Contact: 96147520 /

96907013

Bangladeshi looking for job, Muscat experience 4 years.

Contact 96356280

Driver light veh, store keeper,

sales man, shop keeper, supervisor

8 years exp knows English, Arabic,

Hindi. Contact: 91615715

Light driver job exp 4 years, know

Hindi, English, Arabic, Education

B.A. Contact: 98522914

Light Driver / Supervisor Fluent

in English & Arabic, Well knowl-

edge of Muscat Areas Looking for

suitable placement.

Contact Tariq: 97950869

Driver light duty (house or com-

pany) valid Gulf D/L looking job.

Contact- 95175192

Pakistani driver with car Subaru

2004 model. Contact: 99667817

Driver with Electrician 4 years

experience looking for job.

Contact: 97456062

Pakistani driver with 3 years

experience, seeking for placement

familiar with Batinah & Sharqiyah

regions. Contact 99832706

Looking for driver job.

Contact: 99035942 /97383016

Driver with car. Contact:

93346085

Looking for job driver. Contact

94158238

Six years experienced light duty

vehicle driver looking for a suita-

ble placement. Contact: 96362871

Driver with light duty license 10

yrs exp. Contact: 94566432

Bangladeshi driver looking for job.

Contact: 97418036

Experience driver 12 years experi-

ence in GCC, seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact: 93722881

13 years experience driver.

Contact 95068976

DRIVER

Indian female, bachelors in IT

with CGPA of 8.3%, pursuing

CCNA & doing Masters in IT, good

knowledge in networking & Web

designing. Contact: 94909075

BSC Software Engineer 2 years

experience in ASPN. NET, C#, SQI

server, mysql , crystal report, vis-

ual studio , capable of Jave, Php,

HTML and roid looking for suit-

able vacancy. Contact 90696220/

92729744

Indian male ERP Consultant 15

yrs exp, 11 yrs in gulf looking for

IT management jobs, local release,

Oman D/L. Contact: 94618761

Indian female, MCA currently on

family visit visa skills in ASP ,

NET , DBMS, AutoCAD civil seeks

suitable placement NT, Interested

in teaching. Contact: 90417133


Indian male 22 years B.A. Anima-

tion & Graphic Adobe suites and

Maya, seeking suitable placement.


[email protected]

Female, 31, B.Tech- ECE/CCNA/

GSM, 5 yrs Oman experience in IT

support (AD, exchange, TMG, UNIS

Server admin, In-house apps sup-

port, project placement, Transfer


Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15

yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified,

seeking suitable role.NOC Avail-

able. Contact : GSM : 90189284


Indian female M.Sc Computer

Science seeking suitable place-

ment in Muscat area.

Contact 98660672

SAP Business Objects / Data

Warehousing professional. 10

years experience with top 5 IT

global companies (HP and Accen-

ture) in team leading roles. Oman

family visa. Looking for jobs in

Muscat. Phone: 91487199

Indian male 4 years experience in

IT as Programmer / Web Support/

CCNA/ Network on visit visa seek-

ing placement. Contact: 93069694


IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years

in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact: 94672759

ENGG. / SUPERVISOR

SAP Business Objects / Data

Warehousing professional. 10

years experience with top IT

global companies (HP and Accen-

ture) in team leading roles. Oman

Family visa. Looking for jobs in

Muscat. Contact: 91487199

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Indian, 20 years experience in

Oman as personal assistant / office

manager / executive secretary /

administrator / business develop-

ment asst. seeks job change. Release

available. Contact 99168054.

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordi-

nator 12 years experience in Oman

in reputed companies, seek imme-

diate Employment. Call: 95244761

Looking for part time job Secre-tarial / Data Entry / Documenta-

tion available every day after 5:00

pm Friday / Saturday full day area

preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD /

Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

Indian female BE, 3 years office

assistant experience, seeking

placement.Contact-90655903

Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc

Looking for suitable job.

Mobile: 92619048,


SALES / MARKETING

Indian female, MBA Marketing

with 4 years experience with

4 years experience with Oman

experience, NOC and D/L looking

for suitable opening with visa.

Contact: 92460623

Indian Male, 26 M.Com with

4 yrs of Experience in Accounting

& Administration in a Financial

Company in India, seeks suitable

job, Currently in India.

Contact India:-+918907212253

Akhil:-93626288, Email:

[email protected]

Sales representative with 7 years

experience and valid Oman driving

license, NOC or release avail-

able-99695780

Indian male 26 years of experi-

ence of sales & marketing in surgi-

cal and laboratory equipments.

Looking for good replacement.

Contact – 92015894 / 95774854

35 years male, Lebanese hold-

ing British passport, 10 years of

experience in procurement, Omani

Government tenders, setup market-

ing plans & strategies, importing,

Organizing events, management,

have car, NOC available. #94123939


Indian male 1 yr exp in sales

automotive (TBL) looking for best

opportunity , NOC available.

Contact: 97793879


Indian male Graduate with 18

years of Marketing experience

presently in Oman on family visit

visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687


Indian male graduate, 10 years

experience Oman seeks job in

Sales & Marketing.

Contact: 92133277

Indian Male, MBA marketing 5

yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG

sector, looking for best opportu-

nity. NOC available.

Contact: 96001877

Indian female 29 years Post Grad-

uate with computer Knowledge 2

years of Oman experience in coor-

dinator & 5 years of experience in

customer service, client relation

officer with excellent communica-

tion skill seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact: 95337665

Indian Male MBA, 5 years Build-

ing Materials Project Sales experi-

ence in Oman, NOC available,

seeking for placement.

Contact - 90655903,99325544

B. Com 2 years experience in Sales

Marketing Logistics Accounts and

Front office #95506048

Indian Male, Experienced in

FMCG & other kind of Sales,

looking for suitable placement in

Foodstuff/FMCG Industry with

valid GCC license. Immediately

available. Contact: 94625495.

Indian male 37 years MBA

graduate in marketing with 9yrs of

experience in UAE in field of brand

promotions & marketing with UAE

D/L on a visit seeking suitable

position. Conatct 95792820

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Electrician, plumber, helper, In-

dian & gulf exp looking job.

Contact - 95175192

Mason, sh/carpenter, steel fitter,

with medical. Contact- 95175192 or

mail, [email protected]

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian female MCA, seeking

placement in IT, Admin.

Contact: 94133849

Fresh Mechanical Engineer B.Tech with Omani driving license

on visit, seeking suitable place-

ment. #: 99417584 / 97792809

Indian male, 24 yrs Civil Engi-

neering Graduate, on visit visa

looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 92724814

Indian male, 25 years old, (exp.)

Civil Engineer diploma, look-

ing suitable position. Contact:

00919746443745 / 92861980

B.Tech Instrumentation & control

(Engineer) (course completed) on

family visit experience as control

room operator / plant operator

looking for suitable position.

Contact: 98686090 / 98423284


B.E Mechanical Engineer, 6 years

experience in piping and structure

job, looking for suitable position.

Contact: 96115463


Diploma in Civil Engineer looking

for job. Contact : 93148323

DAILY GUIDED6 S U N D AY, J U LY 1 0 , 2 0 1 6

Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624



Filipino Male, 28 years Old. Looking

for job, Have experience in Rent

a Car/ Cargo & Logistics / Real

Estate/ Customer Care Executive /

Sale Executive & Marketing/ Shop

In- Charge. Hard working w/ good

computer and communication skill.

GSM: 97761075

Chief Accountant, well experi-

enced available.#95598477

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian, Keralite, female, M.Com,

Montessori trained now on family

visa seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 93101269


Electrical Foreman, 25 years ex-

perience, Indian male currently in

Oman looking for suitable position.

Gsm – 96718013 Email:

[email protected]

Indian Male B-Com graduate

2 year experience in various

Fields Valid Oman Driving License.

Looking for any suitable post.

Please contact: 94409500

Indian Male, B.Com + Dip. Logis-

tics 2year experience looking for

a job in Accounts/Logistics Field.

Presently on Visit Visa

Contact 93884951


Indian male 25 years- BE- Com-

puter Engineer with CISA and

CCNA, having 3 years work experi-

ence in Oman, valid Omani driving

license, seeking for suitable place-

ment in IT companies or Audit

companies for IT Audit job, NOC

can be obtained.Contact:99253011

4years and 7months experienced

Female seeking job related to Of-

fice Job, Data Entry and Desktop

Administration. Completed di-

ploma in Computer Science.

Contact: 94653264

Master in Aeronautical engineer-

ing (PhD) having 4 years experi-

ence. Seeking job in universities,

colleges, schools and industries.

Contact 98259462

[email protected]

Indian female 23 ORACLE ERP

Technical consultant 2+exp skills:

oaf, forms reports and bipublisher.

Contact - 91156571 email:

[email protected]

Indian Male 30 year GCC driving

license and past experience as

project coordinator looking for a

suitable position. Project coordina-

tion, Sales executive, marketing

executive or any other suitable

post. Contact -97070427

Master in Aeronautical Engineer-

ing (PhD) having 4 years experi-

ence. Seeking job in universities,

colleges, schools and industries.

Contact 98259462

[email protected]

Qualified banking & Accounts

management profesional seeking

suitable job opportunities. Current-

ly working in India with ICIC Bank.


Contact# 919755550181

Mechanical Engineer 3 years of

experience in HVAC mechanical

engineer one year experience in

Auto Cad B.E (mechanical engi-

neering) revit mep, auto cad, stcw,

huet.mobile: +97430384909


Indian Male 24 years, HSE , 3

years Experienced as WELDING

SUPERVISOR, PIPE FITTER, NON-

DESTRUCTIVE TEST, ASNT-NDT

level II, per SNT-TC-LA (Radio-

graphic Testing (RT)Penetrate

testing (PT) Magnetic Particle

Testing(MT)Ultrasonic Testing

(UT)RTFI, looking for a suitable job.

Contact 99334770

Indian Male, 22, Experienced,

Looking for job in sales (no DL).

Contact: 90801420; Email:

[email protected]

Indian candidate with 15 years

experience in Facility Manage-

ment (Soft Service) looking for part

time assignments / Consultancy

Opportunities. Contact- 98469311

Part- Time Accountant, well expe-

rience senior accountant, doing all

type of accounting works, Finaliza-

tion, Budgeting available.

Contact: 98803439

Indian male 21, Graduate in com-

merce (B.com ) having 2 years of

experience in cash counter (Na-

tional trading & spare parts)looking

for a suitable placement on a visit

visa. Contact 95919647, 94245753/

[email protected]

Indian Male, 23, BBA Graduate,

fresher, no D/L, looking for a suit-

able job. Contact: 94032041; Email:

[email protected]

Filipino Male: 35 yrs, with 3yrs

Technical & Customer Service,

2yrs Online Ad Serving, 1yr dmin-

istrative work experiences looking

for suitable job. Contact 97852816

Project Engineer, Mechanical In-

dian Male, 26 years 3 Years experi-

ence in Projects of Tanks, Boilers

and Steel structures Aware of int.

Standards B.Tech in Mech engg

Contact-rahulkunnath23@gmail.

com Mob-00917350860889

25, Indian female (BCA- Com-

puter Application). 1yr experience

as teacher and graphic designer.

Knowledge in Photoshop, illustra-

tor, in design. Looking for suitable

job in office administration, teach-

ing and graphic designing.

Contact - 98426509

Filipino Cabin steward / Linen

vallet is looking for suitable job in

Oman. Contact: +968 91065438 or


Indian male Administrative

officer Four years experience in

same field. Well known MS office

tools, Specialization in handling

back office operations, inter of-

fice correspondence, confidential

mails, Quotations, Monthly billing.

Searching for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: +91 9750572088/ E-mail

id: [email protected]

Indian Driver, with Oman driving

license having 10 years experience

in Oman, looking for suitable posi-

tions. Contact-91519047

Indian male network cabling tech-

nician (19-years gulf experience)

seeking for suitable placement.

Contact: 0091-8089909265 (In-

dia) email: [email protected]

HSE Engineer, Indian male 5 years

experience in Oil & Gas. Working

in Shclumberger, NEBOSH, IOSH,

& NDT Certified, M Tech in HSE.

[email protected]

+91 9867016808

Indian male MBA, 24 yrs having

experience in Sales & marketing

seeks suitable placement.

Contact GSM: 93833563

email: [email protected].

Indian male, 24 yrs, B. Com Grad-

uate more than 1 year experienced

in accounts planning to come for

a family visit in oman seeking

for a suitable placement.

Contact 99334770/ 99743709

Mechanical Engineer, Indian,

(B.E.) on visit visa, seeking suit-

able post. Contact no: 99534733


Indian male 33 years, B.Com, hav-

ing 6 years experience in Oman.

Tally & ERP looking for suitable

placement. Mobile no :98492921

Economics Specialist: Female ,

MA & M.Phil/PhD_ in ECONOMICS .

10 years experience Banking/Lec-

turer/Customer Service/Trainer

currently Looking for job

Call: 97457248

Indian male 27 yrs, MBA finance

with 4 years experience currently

in Muscat on visit visa seeking suit-

able placement in finance / admin.

Contact: 90921724

Indian male 43 yrs accountant pres-

ently on tourist visa looking for suit-

able placement in a company 18yrs

experience in managing finance in

Indian and abroad. Contact 90190648

Indian female having D/L with 12

years experience in corporate / retail

sales & B/D. Looking for a suitable

job in training / IT / Education com-

panies. Contact: 91751077


Indian male Accountant 2.5 years

exp in Oman with valid D/L NOC


Sales & Marketing executive MBA

with 3 years exp , 6 months exp in

Oman with NOC , looking for suitable


Sales & Marketing Executive In-

dian national with valid Omani D/L

with good command of languages,

18 yrs exp in Middle East. Looking

for suitable placement.

Contact - 98103829

Indian male 1.5 yrs exp a sales &

merchandising in Oman looking

for best opportunity NOC available.

Contact: 93039342

Indian male 5+ years of experience

as a sales & marketing executive

with valid Oman D/L.

Contact 95434902

Indian male 4 years experience in

IT as programmer / Web support /

CCNA / Network on visit visa seek-

ing placement. Contact: 93069694


Indian female MCA having 3 yrs

experience in teaching looking

for any suitable job in reputed

organic station on visit skilled in

programming language VB, JAVA

,C,C,TT & also WEB development.

Contact 90595322

Mechanical Engineer 2 years

experience as HVAC design &

drafting, CAD, MEP Engg.

Contact: 90150913

Female Architect on visiting visa,

two years’ experience, graduated

from School of Planning and Archi-

tecture (under MHRD). Proficient

in AutoCAD, Google Sketchup and

creative visualization. Email

[email protected].

Contact 00968-94057427.

Economist: Female, MA & M. Phil/

PhD_ in ECONOMICS. 10 years

experience Banking/Lecturer/

Customer Service/Trainer,

currently looking for job

contact: 97457248

Indian Architectural Engineer with

2.5 yrs experience in architectural

consultancy firms, currently on visit

visa, looking for suitable placement

Contact no: +96894955793

[email protected].


merce (B.com) having 2 years of

experience in purchase (supply

chain management) looking for a

suitable placement presently on

a visit visa. Contact: 93979084 /

97351786 / E-mail:

[email protected]

Indian Female 23 Years, Post

Graduated in Sanskrit (language),

Seeking for Suitable Jobs, (Teach-

ing or Clerical), Knowledge in MS

Office, Good Communication Skill

Contact 96141317, 94614317, E-

mail: [email protected]

Indian male electrician (EEE), 2

years good working experience

searching for suitable job. Gmail id

; [email protected], Contact;

918148336160 / 918300136160

Indian male Electrician(EEE)

2 years good working experience

searching for suitable job. mail ;

[email protected],

Contact; 918148336160 /

918300136160

Indian male 33 yrs, MBA - HR, worked on

Recruitments,Training,Site-HR,

Omanisation and development

plans of nationals ,10 yrs exp.

Seeking a job.NOC avl. # 94179499

[email protected]

Indian Male, 23, BBA Graduate,

Fresher, on visit visa looking for job

in sales/marketing.

Contact - 94032041; Email -

[email protected]



experience in Office Administra-

tion (admin) looking for a suitable

placement presently on a visit visa.

Contact: 93979084 / 97351786

E-mail:

[email protected]

Indian male, 30.System admin-

istrator/desktop support profes-

sional.5 years of GCC exp.

Visa status: visit (Dubai)

mob: 00971565598176/

[email protected]

Indian male, 26 years 3 Years’

experience in Projects of Tanks,

Boilers and Steel structures

Aware of int. Standards, B tech in

Mech Engg. Contact-

[email protected]

Mob-00917350860889



experience in same field looking

for a suitable placement presently

on a visit visa. Contact : 93979084

/ 97351786, E-mail :

[email protected]



experience in same field looking for

a suitable placement presently on a

visit visa.# 93979084 / 97351786,

mail: [email protected]

5 years experienced (Front office

& Banking), Indian Male (28 years.

Hotel Management graduate),

searching for suitable position. Eng-

lish, Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic fluent.

Noc available. Contact: 91383167

Indian male Electrician(EEE ).

Two years good working experi-

ence searching for suitable job.

Gmail id ; antonyajin15@gmail.

com, Name; Antony Ajin.

G : 918148336160 /918300136160

Female Architect on visiting visa,

two years’ experience, gradu-

ated from School of Planning and

Architecture (under MHRD). Profi-

cient in AutoCAD, Google Sketchup

and creative visualization. Email

[email protected].

Contact 00968-94057427.

Sudanese male, 5 years experi-

ence in supply chain (warehouse

management, logistics and pro-

curement) Contact : 90644186

Indian female , M.B.A, 8 Yrs of

Experience in Oil and Gas industry,

Trading & contracting companies.

working as an Unit Manager for

MNC, HR Coordinator and Office

admin for local companies. seek-

ing suitable placement immedi-

ately. Contact 99179709.

Indian male, 44 Years, Plumbing

Supervisor, holding Omani Driving

license, having 14 Years of experi-

ence in Oman and 8 years in India.

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact - 95154414

Email- [email protected]

B.E (Mechanical) 12 years

industrial sales, 1 year Muscat

experience, presently in India ,

immediately ready to join. Contact

:917338899372 , email id :

[email protected]

Accountant male Indian, 2 years

experience, doing accounts in tally

& excel seeks suitable job.

EMAIL – [email protected],

Contact +91 7373387282

Indian male (B.E) Quality Control-

ler and Supervising. 3 year good

working experience. Better knowl-

edge in quality control technique.

Searching for suitable job. Mail:

[email protected],

Contact: GSM : +91 9786418033 /

968 91894487

Regin Accountant male Indian,

2 years experience doing accounts

in tally and excel searching for

suitable job. No : +91 7373387282

EMAIL – [email protected],

Indian male, 25 yrs, more than

5 years experience in Dubai, Look-

ing for a suitable placement for

jobs related to sales, marketing,

coordination and support.

Contact: 95140445,

[email protected]

Indian Male, Post graduate with

10yrs experience in Gulf & 4.6yrs

in Oil & Gas experience with SAP

and ERP exposure. Finalization,

MIS, Auditing, Budgeting, AP &AR,

Tax, etc., with Oman D/L seeking


Contact: 91743376

Civil Engineer with 6+ years in

Supervision designing & Q.C expert

in much civil softwares,


Automobile Mechanic ITI 3 years

experience marine mechanical

fitter 2 yrs experience.#93674847

Indian male 24 years dynamic &

professional B.Tech (Mech. Engg)

with 1 year experience working on

BPCL project in India seeks open-

ing for suitable post, currently in

Oman. #: 93672286 / 97772272

Mechanical Engineer experience

maintenance of pumping stations

production line machinery turbine

for power plant good communica-

tions skills, planning follow up

Engineer projects HSE awareness

trained multiple design software

looking for job. Contact 949064473

/ 96654019


TOURS

RENT A CAR

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP

specification for monthly rent &

small car with driver.

Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours contact 98029602,

92808636

We arrange tours & accommoda-

tion at all the beautiful places in

Oman. Contact 99839898

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

Gulf link rent car get the best rate

daily weekly monthly & long term.

Contact: Tel: 24348106 G.S.M:

98265073 /96023931


Transportation. Contact: 91703829

Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Transportation available Al Khu-

wair, Ghobrah, Azaiba, Al Hail & Al

Khoud. Drop & pick. # 95250161

Transportation. Contact:96538078

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact 92015894

Transportation. Contact94510847

DRIVING

*Classified Advertisement space booking with

text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s

publication. * Subject to space

availability


SITUATION WANTEDSIT. WANTED

Transportation required from

Qurum to WadiKabir at afternoon

only 1 PM. Contact - 99012165

Pakistani Male, Land Surveyor

with work experience in Dubai

Seeks suitable job in Oman.

Contact 94347288

Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate,

fresher, looking for a job in sales

(indoor). No driving license.

Contact: 94032041 Mail:

[email protected]

Skilled multilingual individual

with 33years of excellent experi-

ence in management and banking

at a nationalized bank; seeking

better job opportunities with

challenging responsibilities.

E-mail: [email protected],

call : 97848075

Indian Male, 24, B.Com Graduate

with 1 year experience in Oman

looking for a job in accounting.

Contact – 96619348

Indian male electrician(EEE ).

Two years good working experi-

ence searching for suitable job.

Gmail ; [email protected].

Antony Ajin.G, Contact:

91 8148336160 / 91 8300136160

Sri Lankan female, 27 years,

qualified English Language pro-

fessional with 6 years of lecturing,

managerial, marketing experi-

ence, seeking suitable position in

education industry. Contact (+968)

93017330, (+968) 98445287

Email: wijayawardane.bhagya@

gmail.com

Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) gradu-

ate with 3 years of experience in the

fields of BMS ,Low current systems

and has good knowledge of HV and

LV, currently working in Oman,

NOC Available. Contact : 94737033,

mail : [email protected]

Indian Male, Post graduate with

10yrs experience in gulf & 4.6yrs

in Oil & Gas experience with SAP

and ERP exposure. Finalisation,

MIS, Auditing, Budgeting, AP &AR,

Tax, etc., with Oman D/L seeking


Contact: 91743376

Indian female B.Com, 1 year

experience in Oman, experience in

wings account package and knowl-

edge of tally. Looking for Account-

ing job. Presently in Family visa.

Contact: 93491124 & 92054531

Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate,

fresher on visit visa, looking for

a job in sales. Contact: 94032041

Mail: [email protected]

Indian female, B.Tech Computer

Science, 5 years experience in

teaching in India currently on visit

visa seeking for a suitable position

in teaching, IT or administration.

E mail: [email protected]

Indian male, M.Com, 7 years

Oman experience in the field of

accounts and valid oman driving

license & NOC. Good knowledge in

SAP, Tally, Oracle, MS office and

Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733

Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate

with approx. 2 years experience in

India and UAE is looking for job in

sales / marketing.

Contact: 94032041; Mail:

[email protected]

Senior accountant ,NOC avail-

able, more than 5 years exp., born

& bought up in Oman, Account-

ing upto finalization, computer

skills tally9, Sage ERP accpac

500(6.0A), Vcams , Audit ,valid

Oman D/L, languages known Eng-

lish ,Arabic, Hindi. can join im-

mediately. Tel: 96339599, mail-

[email protected]

Male Indian, 8 years of experience

doing desktop engineer, software

implementation, system admin,

searching for suitable job. Email:

thiruvazhimarban.ciet@gmail.

com, mobile: +919171447997 /

+919894357260

B.E. (Mechanical) 12years indus-

trial sales one year Muscat experi-

ence, Presently in India,

Immediately ready to join.

Contact :917338899372 , email id :

[email protected]

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA,

MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT, valid

Omani D/L seeking suitable place-

ment in IT/Network/Server support/

Retail sales. Contact 91496939

Looking for a part time accounting

job, additional experience in admin

& store - purchase. #99196621

ACCA affiliate, B.Sc Degree holder,

3 years experience in audit and

finance at Big 6, Male, Looking for

suitable placement. NOC release

available. Contact:95140445,

[email protected]

Indian Male 47 years MBA-Oper-

ations Management with total 25

Yrs exp inclusive of 9 yrs in Oil &

Gas sector in Oman, having valid

Omani D/L & NOC available , seeks

challenging position in SCM/

Logistics/ Procurement in any

Sector. GSM-94236414.

Mail id – [email protected]

Indian male with 5 year Oman

Sales Experience with valid Oman

D/L, looking for suitable position.

Mobile:97221624,


Male, Indian, 25, 5 years experi-

ence in Dubai; looking for perma-

nent placement in Oman for jobs

related to sales, coordination and

marketing. Contact: +971563664701

[email protected]

Male, 23, with experience in UAE

& India, looking for job in sales /

marketing. Contact: 94032041

Sr. Accountant, WITH Oman D/L

& 8.5 yrs exp, 7.5 yrs Oman & 1 yr

India in manufacturing, trading

& contracting Cos, independently

handling all accounting, finance,

banking, L/C, import, export & fina-

lization seeks placement,

[email protected]

D8 S U N D AY, J U LY 1 0 , 2 0 1 6

DAILY GUIDE Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SERVICESWe Provide Cleaners,

General cleaning etc.

Contact : 94277020

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control

MYearly contracts available.

0

A/C Maintenance & Servicing,

Fridge, Washing machine & Dish

washer repairing, Painting & Clean-

ing services, Electrical & plumbing.

Contact 99447257 / 97014234 /

24504281

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your

marble. #24793614/ 99314807

WE SERVE OMAN

Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC

Contact: 99344723

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services electric,

plumbing and A/C. Contact:

96524904 /94285064

All Maintenance and services

electric, CCTV Camera, Plumbing

A/C service and gas installation,

painting tiles. Contact: 96524904 /

94285064

Cleaning services sofa shampoo,

carpet shampoo, new house, old

house. Contact: 92179395

House shifting packing. Contact: 99657644/98518013

CAD drawings Archi/ MEP

CAD – comply BIM.

Contact: 91233975

Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC

Contact 99344723

Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.

Ocean center LLC.

Contact 99344723

Water proofing ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

House shifting. Contact 99708138

Pest control Gulfa international.

Contact: 92326955

SITUATION WANTEDCOMPUTER/WEB./ EDUCATION/CLASSES

Karate and self defense classes

at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per

month twice a week Monday and

Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM.

Contact: 98294551

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English

class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi

earn in two monthstion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

MANPOWER

Manpower available: cleaning

male/female staff, loading unload-

ing and helpers staff available on

contract basis. Contact- 94636086

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control &

anti-termite treatment, general

cleaning painting,Plumbing,

Electrical, shifting. Contact Mun-

dhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.

Contact: 24810137, 99450130

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