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HM sends greetings to Azerbaijan
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to President Ilham Heydar Aliyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan on his country’s Independence Day anniversary.
In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sin-cere greetings and wishes of good health and happiness to the president and his country’s people further progress and prosperity. —ONA
HM receives thanks for National Symposium >A3
C A B L ECall for gradual cut in fuel subsidy
ELHAM [email protected]
MUSCAT: A detailed and careful study, awareness campaigns and development of public transport are among the things that people in Oman believe are required be-fore the implementation of any plan to slash fuel subsidies.
While many acknowledge that hiking the price of state-subsi-dised fuel will benefi t the country in the long run, both Omanis and expatriates believe that a bal-anced approach towards the is-sue is essential.
Economists argue that persis-tent lower global oil prices may force the government in Oman to borrow or put on hold some of its most ambitious projects and focus more on cutting subsidies to raise fund for infrastructure projects.
According to experts, higher fuel prices means industries that have benefi ted from cheap fuel will have to pay more, which is expected to have an infl ation-ary impact on consumer prices and services.
People from various segments of the society shared their views with Times of Oman through in-terviews and social media about the pros and cons of a subsidy-reduction plan and what needs to be considered before any such decision is taken.
Proper studySultan Ali Ahmed Al Busaidi, managing director of the Unit-ed National Oilfi eld Services (UNOS), said that he supports the reduction in fuel subsidies provided that the positive and negative aspects of it are thor-oughly studied.
“It will contribute to the devel-opment of the economy in gen-eral if studied and implemented properly,” he said.
Infrastructure investmentAjay Bhati, managing partner at Lighthouse, believes that fuel subsidy reduction is “long over-due” in Oman and the govern-ment should go ahead with its plans in this regard.
“It is required and it will help the country’s economy. The money saved through subsidy reduction plans can be invested in infrastructure development projects, which will benefi t the country,” said Bhati.
However, any plan should be studied properly as it will directly aff ect the people, logistics, food-stuff prices and the manufactur-ing sector in general, he noted.
Public transportAhmed, a government employee, said that fuel subsidies should be slashed only after an ‘effi cient and reliable’ public transport is developed.
“It does not look right in the cur-rent situation,” he commented.
Echoing a similar view, Jessica Wittmann Dakin said that the government should off er alterna-tives such as a subway rail system or proper transit or bus system and metered taxis.
“Currently, the only way to trav-el really is in a car. There is no re-liable system to get from Nizwa to Muscat, etc. Sure, there are baiza buses but with no set times and absolutely no reliability,” she said.
She further said that there are no other options of moving goods here.
“It is either by truck or noth-ing at all,” said Jessica. >A3
Though slashing subsidies will benefi t the
economy, a balanced approach is needed
to control infl ation and help the vulnerable
WOMEN ON THE MOVEOctober 17, celebrated as Omani Women’s Day, is a special day for the coun-
try. Every woman in the Sultanate salutes His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin
Said for being the guiding force behind the gender equality and empower-
ment they enjoy in the country today. — Talib Al Wahaibi/Times of Oman See also >A2
A chance to meet Bollywood starsTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Want to meet the stars of Happy New Year?
From now until October 20, Bol-lywood fans in Oman are encour-aged to tune in to Merge FM for the daily chance to be shortlisted for the grand prize – a two-night, three-day dream stay at the fa-mous Atlantis, The Palm hotel in Dubai plus the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet the celebrities and watch an exclusive screening of Happy New Year.
“VOX Cinemas has been warmly embraced by the Omani commu-nity, and to reward our loyal cus-tomers we are hosting an exclusive promotion for the highly antici-pated Bollywood fi lm, Happy New Year, which will give two lucky couples the chance to meet Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in Dubai,” said Michelle Walsh, marketing director for Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas, which owns and operates VOX Cinemas in Oman.
She also said that VOX Cinemas is committed to creating great mo-ments such as this promotion for their growing number of fans in Oman, bringing the magic of mov-ies to life in new and unique ways.
“We will continue doing so in the coming months,” she said.
It is learnt that Dubai is gearing up for an elaborate show next week to unveil Farah Khan’s big Diwali release Happy New Year.
Much of Farah’s fi lm has been shot at the Atlantis at The Palm, and has been chosen for the glam-orous premiere on October 22.
King Khan along with his entire team of Happy New Year, includ-ing Deepika Padukone, Sonu Sood, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff are expected to attend the premiere in Dubai.
P R E M I E R E
SPORTSAli Al Balushi wins Red Bull Car Park Drift
2 The Red Bull Car Park Drift Oman Qualifi er crowned a new champion
on Friday night, as Ali Al Balushi battled for fi rst place at the Oman Automobile Association. The Omani ‘King of Drift’ from the pro-category will represent the Sultanate in the Regional fi nals to be hosted in Dubai. >A12
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3Air passengers in the Middle East are expected to grow by 4.9 per cent
and will see an additional 237 million passengers a year on routes to, from and within the region by 2034, says the International Air Transport Association’s fi rst 20-year passenger growth forecast. >B1
INDIAApex court grants bail to Jayalalithaa
1 Three weeks after being jailed, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.
Jayalalithaa on Friday got a major relief when the Supreme Court granted her conditional bail making it clear that her appeal against conviction in High Court should be completed in fi ve months from now. >A5
T O P T H R E E I N S I D E S T O R I E S
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One dies of
Crimean Congo
fever in Oman
MUSCAT: One person has died of the Crimean Congo haem-orrhagic fever in the Sultan-ate, the Ministry of Health an-nounced on Friday.
The Ministry also said that so far six cases of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever have been reported from various governo-rates of the Sultanate.
An offi cial source at the Min-istry of Health said that these cases occurred as a result of the slaughtering or contact with in-fected animals carrying ticks on their bodies. Similar cases have been reported in the past in the country.—ONA
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New amendments to deter land grabbers FAHAD AL [email protected]
MUSCAT: An offi cial of the Min-istry of Housing has said that those who encroach on govern-ment land would now be fi ned and even sent to jail under the latest amendments to the Land Law through a Royal Decree.
Speaking to Times of Oman, Saif Mohammed Al Qasmi, ad-viser for legal aff airs in the Min-istry of Housing, explained that the new amendments under the Royal Decree No. 56/2014 were necessary to stop encroachment on government lands.
“Numerous issues had been raised by citizens with regard to violation of the Land Law,” said Al
Qasmi and added that the amend-ments included penalties for en-croachments.
“These include imprisonment for not less than six months and not exceeding three years and a fi ne of not less than OMR500 and not more than OMR10,000,” said Al Qasmi.
This apart, it is now the respon-sibility of the off enders to remove encroachments instead of the government, he added.
The ministry Twitter’s account showed that the amendments included the formation of a new directorate to handle the issue of owning lands in Oman instead of the local committees, as had been stated earlier.
The amendments also included
a clause on land which is vacant. “It is illegal to ask for ownership of any land lying vacant at present,” said Al Qasmi.
Al Qasmi also said that the housing minister will soon in-clude the necessary decisions meant to implement the provi-sions of the law.
Salim Amer, working in the pri-vate sector, welcomed the Royal Decree, saying that it was not fair to use government properties for private purposes.
“Many house owners in my town have integrated government land into their plots,” said Salim. He also said that they have extended their plots by quite a few metres to build parking or a garden. “This is neither legal nor fair,” he added.
Ali Abdullah, who works in the private sector, said that the en-croachments on government land only make residential areas ugly.
“One house is three metres from the road while the other is almost on the road’s shoulders,” said Ali.
The amendments have been in-cluded to rectify such issues and penalise off enders. He added that he had seen several residents ille-gally occupying land.
“In the interiors, residents build sheds for livestock illegally. Many serious issues have arisen in the interiors because of the previ-ously lenient penalties,” said Ali.
He added that the new amend-ments would help reduce cases of land being taken over illegally.
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Friday, October 17, was a special
day in the Sultanate of Oman.
The day celebrated Omani
women’s accomplishment and
showcased the milestones they
have crossed. In November
2009, a ‘Symposium on Omani
Women’ was organised on
the instruction of His Majesty
Sultan Qaboos bin Said to
“encourage women to shoulder
even bigger responsibilities in
the country’s growth process”.
A decision to designate October
17 as Omani Women’s Day
every year was then taken.
Every woman in the Sultanate
salutes His Majesty the Sultan
for being the guiding force
behind the gender equality
and empowerment that they
enjoy in the country today. This
photo essay captures pictures
of women from across the
diff erent governorates of Oman.
Photos by: Talib Al Wahaibi/File photos/TIMES OF OMAN
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ROHM concert marks Omani Women’s Day
SARAH [email protected]
MUSCAT: The Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM) held its annual tribute to Omani women with its Omani Women’s Day Celebration concert on Wednes-day evening.
The annual event featured three Omani ensembles which are invited to perform each year - the Women’s Music Band of the Royal Oman Police, the Women’s Ensemble from the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra, and the First Royal Band for Music and Folklore – as well as two inter-national artists, Bahraini pianist Noor Al Qassim and Egyptian singer Angham.
The Women’s Music Band of the Royal Oman Police opened the concert by marching through the theatre with their bagpipes and drums and up onto the stage where they played a couple of songs.
Dressed sharply in navy and white uniforms, they played rhythmic music that highlighted the important role of music in Oman’s military. They also re-vealed the value placed on women in all sectors of Omani society, in-cluding defence.
An all-women string ensemble from the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra also graced the ROHM with a lovely performance. They
began with Corelli’s Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8.
This was followed by a beauti-ful rendition of Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Young Prince and the Young Princess,” which is a gentle, romantic piece. Their third and fi nal piece was a clas-sical arrangement of the 1967 British rock song “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” which was quite captivating.
The First Royal Band for Mu-sic and Folklore shared their tra-ditional Omani music, beginning with a mainly-female ensemble. Then they were joined by male members of the band and chorus, as well as the charming Omani dancers.
Though this group performs annually at the Omani Women’s Day concerts, they manage to bring new dance routines to the stage each year, such a dance with colourful clay pots.
They are always a crowd-
pleaser and one can’t help but feel proud to see such talented Omani women on stage.
The second half of the concert feature international artists. First a highly talented pianist from Bahrain, Noor Al Qassim, sat down at the grand piano to play Frederic Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23. She played with elegance and grace, dazzling the audience with her skills.
Finally, to fi nish the celebra-tion of Omani Women’s Day, the ROHM brought out a guest star, Egyptian diva Angham, following up on last year’s surprise appear-ance of Iraqi superstar Kadim Al Saher.
She told the audience that it was a pleasure for her to be in-vited to sing at an occasion that honours women. She sang a selec-tion of slow, romantic melodies that showed off her golden voice. Breathy and sensual, she made each note sound like the most soothing lullaby.
The concert fi nished with all the musicians and dancers join-ing Angham on stage for a vibrant, joyous fi nale, bringing the Omani Women’s Day Celebration to a wonderful end.
The ROHM organised
its annual tribute to
Omani women with
its Women’s Day
Celebration concert
HM gets thanks from the participants of National Symposium
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OMANI WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATED IN SURThe Ministry of Social Development
organised a function on the fi fth An-
niversary of the Omani Women’s Day
which falls on Friday. The ceremony
was hosted in Sur on October 15 and
October 16 under the patronage of His
Highness Sayyid Taimour bin Asa’ad
bin Tariq Al Said. Sayyid Taimour
launched a number of scientifi c
studies and the new slogan of Omani
Women’s Association of Sur. He hon-
oured the associations in which the
Dhalkut group came fi rst. HH Sayyi-
dah Muna bint Fahd bin Mahmoud Al
Said, HH Sayyida Alia bint Thuwaini
bin Shihab Al Said and Sheikh
Mohammed bin Su’ayyed Al Kalbani,
Minister of Social Development also
attended the function.— ONA
CAPTIVATING CONCERT: The event featured three Omani ensem-
bles which are invited to perform each year. – Khalid Al Busaidi, ROHM
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Haitham
reviews work
at heritage
sites in Dhofar
SALALAH: His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Minister of Heritage and Culture, accompanied by a number of ministry of-fi cials, visited a number of archaeological and histori-cal sites in the Governorate of Dhofar.
During the visit, His High-ness Sayyid Haitham in-spected a number archaeo-logical and architectural landmarks that were includ-ed in the ministry’s plan for restoration and mainte-nance, such as the Sadah Fort in the Wilayat of Sadah and the Wilayat of Mirbat along with the other heritage land-marks which are within the ministry’s plan to document and protect. Sayyid Haitham was accompanied on this tour by a number of offi cials of the ministry. -ONA
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Several factors to consider “A car is a luxury in the rest of the world, but here it is a neces-sity. Unless you can change that, all you are doing is driving the prices of everything up and creat-ing more hardship for those who already struggle to make ends meet,” she added.
Arjun Nath said that the gov-ernment should cut fuel subsi-dies and use the funds to develop alternate transportation infra-structure.
Gradual implementationAbdul Wahab Abdulkarim Al Bal-ushi, general manager of security and facilitation at Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC), said that several points should be taken into consideration before slashing fuel subsidies.
“I support reduction of sub-sidies, if it is done gradually and lower income families are taken into account,” he said.
The cost of living is high for low-income families and their salary is not high, Al Balushi said, adding that any such plan will af-
fect them negatively if all aspects are not studied properly.
He also highlighted the impor-tance of ‘awareness campaigns’ to promote the purpose of sub-sidy reduction because he said when people are used to some-thing, then they will consider it their ‘right’ and their attitude may be diffi cult to change.
Another resident, John Paul said that increasing fuel prices will directly aff ect the lives of the people living in the interiors as they are totally dependent on pri-vate vehicles.
Infl ationary impactSome people also expressed con-cern that subsidy cuts would have an infl ationary impact on all con-sumer goods and services.
“In a country where most con-sumer goods are transported by road, the cost of everything in the supermarkets and shops will in-crease. You cannot expect truck companies to absorb the extra price of fuel so they will pass it on to the end user,” said Marina
Bruce. Another resident, Saeed Rehman said that the prices of daily commodities will obviously increase and poor people, espe-cially the labour class, will bear the brunt as their employers may not increase their salaries.
“I think the taxi drivers will de-mand a big ransom,” said Xavier Anthony.
Long-term benefi ts However, an expatriate Pravin Sivan said that he totally support-ed reduction fuel subsidies.
“It is a great move to cut sub-sidies and I am sure the govern-ment will be considerate when it decides how much subsidy it should cut. It will have its spill-over eff ects with moderate infl a-tion, but in the long run, it should be good for the country.”
“Development of a country is directly proportional to the in-creasing prices of essential com-modities. So, if it is necessary, it should be done to bring our coun-try in the race for development,” commented Sadia Shams.
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MUSCAT: The participants at the National Symposium on “Educa-tion in the Sultanate of Oman: The Road to the Future” sent a cable of thanks to His Majesty Sultan Qa-boos bin Said on the conclusion of the symposium.
The symposium was held from October 14 to October 16.
In their cable, they expressed their utmost thanks and gratitude for His Majesty’s continuous care for education and attention given by His Majesty to promote educa-tion in Oman.
The participants pointed out that the National Symposium was held in response to His Majesty’s wise directives during the opening of the fi fth term of the Council of Oman in 2012 when His Majesty directed to conduct a comprehen-sive evaluation of the educational process in Oman. In their cable, they prayed to Allah the Almighty to grant His Majesty good health, well-being and a long life, and pro-tect Him for his people, as well as perpetuate the blessings of stabil-ity and progress on Oman. - ONA
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REGIONWe don’t have any operational reporting of ISIL fl ying jets in support of ISIL activity on the ground and so I cannot confi rm that. And to the degree that pilots may have defected and joined the ranks of ISIL, I don’t have any information on that either
General Lloyd Austin, Head of the US military’s Central Command
IS militants flying fighter jets in Syria, says monitor
BEIRUT/BAGHDAD/WASH-INGTON: Iraqi pilots who have joined IS in Syria are training members of the group to fl y in three captured fi ghter jets, a group monitoring the war said on Fri-day, saying it was the fi rst time the militant group had taken to the air.
The group, which has seized swathes of land in Syria and Iraq, has been fl ying the planes over the captured Al Jarrah military airport east of Aleppo, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Brit-ain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the re-port and US Central Command said it was not aware of IS fl ying jets in Syria.
US-led forces are bombing IS bases in Syria and Iraq. The group has regularly used weaponry cap-tured from the Syrian and Iraqi armies and has overrun several military bases but, if the report is confi rmed, this would be the fi rst time it has been able to pilot warplanes.
“They have trainers, Iraqi of-fi cers who were pilots before for (former Iraqi president) Saddam Hussein,” Abdulrahman said.
“People saw the fl ights, they went up many times from the airport and they are fl ying in the skies outside the airport and com-ing back,” he said, citing witnesses in northern Aleppo province near the base, which is 70km (45 miles) south of the Turkish border.
Low altitudeWitnesses reported the fl ights were at a low altitude and only lasted fi ve to 10 minutes before landing, the Observatory said. It was not possible to reach the Syr-ian government for comment and
state media did not mention the report. It was not clear whether the jets were equipped with weap-onry or whether the pilots could fl y longer distances in the planes, which witnesses said appeared to be MiG 21 or MiG 23 models cap-tured from the Syrian military.
“We’re not aware of ISIL con-ducting any fl ight operations in Syria or elsewhere,” US Central Command spokesman Colonel Patrick Ryder said, using a former name for IS.
General Lloyd Austin, head of the US military’s Central Com-mand, said he could not confi rm that Iraqi pilots had joined IS. “We don’t have any operational reporting of ISIL fl ying jets in sup-port of ISIL activity on the ground and so I cannot confi rm that. And to the degree that pilots may have defected and joined the ranks of ISIL, I don’t have any information on that either,” he told a Pentagon news briefi ng. — Agencies
Former Iraqi pilots
are training militants
to fl y MiG jets as
Washington says
unaware of militants’
fl ight operations
20 rebels, tribesmen killed in YemenSANAA: Houthi rebels sweep-ing across Yemen clashed with tribesmen and Al Qaeda militants on Friday in violence that left 20 people dead, offi cials said.
Twelve Houthi rebels and eight tribesmen died in a battle for con-trol of the provincial capital Ibb which the rebels overran earlier this week, local government offi -cials said.
Explosions were heard across the city as the rebels, known as Houthis, came under rocket-pro-pelled grenade fi re from tribes-men in the surrounding country-side, witnesses said.
The fi ghting came after hun-dreds of armed tribesmen dem-onstrated outside the governor’s offi ce in the city on Thursday evening demanding the with-drawal of the rebels.
Advance into IbbDeputy governor Ali Al Zanam said the rebels had told him they advanced into Ibb to “confront what they described as security gaps and hunt down wanted” Al Qaeda militants, local media re-
ported. The rebels clashed with Al Qaeda militants overnight in Baida province further east, leav-ing “dozens” of casualties, tribal and security sources said.
Late on Thursday, the rebels began dismantling their protest camps in Sanaa. Protest organis-ers said in a statement the move was aimed at implemented the
terms of a UN-brokered ceasefi re agreement, calling on Houthis to withdraw from Sanaa and disarm after the appointment of a new prime minister. — AFP
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18 dead in Benghazi clashes
BENGHAZI/CAIRO: At least 18 people were killed on Friday as hardliners and pro-government forces clashed in Libya’s second city of Benghazi, hospital sources said. Benghazi Medical Centre said the dead were mostly soldiers and civilians fi ghting alongside the army in the central district of Al Majouri.
At least 52 people have been killed since forces of retired gener-al Khalifa Haftar, backed by army units, on Wednesday launched what he called an operation to “lib-erate” Benghazi from hardline mi-litias, according to hospital fi gures.
An AFP correspondent in the eastern city said Friday’s clashes were the fi ercest since the start of the operation. Al Majouri is home to the leader of the Ansar Al Sha-ria group, Mohamed Al Zehawi, and many of his men. Residents said the two sides used weapons of all cali-bres in street fi ghting in a densely-populated district. Air raids also struck hardliners’ targets in the districts of Al Lithi, Al Massaken et Bouatni, southeast of the Mediter-ranean city, witnesses said.
Oil policiesMeanwhile, a self-styled rival gov-ernment controlling Libya’s capi-tal announced its own oil policies this week, drawing a rebuttal from Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thin-ni who said oil revenues continued to go to the elected government.
Libya is in turmoil, with two competing governments vying for control after Operation Dawn, an umbrella of armed groups from the western city of Misrata, seized Tripoli in August, forcing Thinni’s government to withdraw to the east.
The Misrata-led forces have since formed their own rival par-liament and government, which has taken over some ministries and eff ectively controls parts of western and central Libya.
In an interview with local news agency Press Solidarity, the newly appointed oil minister, Mashal-lah Al Zawi, said the ministry was working to resolve oilfi eld protests and discussing early retirement schemes for staff to make room for fresh recruits.
“The ministry is working to re-solve the issue of sit-ins by youth through dialogue and by meeting some demands,” he said, according to the agency’s website. — Agencies
L I B Y A I N F I G H T I N G
INNOCENT VICTIMS: A Syrian Kurdish girl is refl ected in a puddle at a refugee camp in Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on Frida. – AFP
ABANDONED: Turkish army tanks pass abandoned cars of Kurdish Syrian refugees near ‘no-man’s
land’ at the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of
Suruc in Sanliurfa province on Friday. – Reuters
MOVING AWAY: Supporters of the Houthi movement dismantle a protest camp that was standing for
two months in Sanaa on Friday. – AFP
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NDA toes line of UPA on disclosing information on black money NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government, which promised to bring back black money stashed by Indians in foreign banks, yes-terday toed the line of UPA regime by informing the Supreme Court that it cannot disclose such details given by countries with which In-dia has double taxation avoidance agreement(DTAA).
In an application with annex-ures running into about 800 pag-es, the Centre contended that it cannot disclose all information as the foreign countries, with which India has double taxation avoid-ance agreement, have objected to making them public.
In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, BJP had promised to bring back black money kept by Indians
in overseas bank and slammed UPA government for not taking eff ective action and accusing it of shielding the corrupt. After as-suming power in May, the Modi government had pledged to fulfi l its pre-poll promise.
‘German objection’Expressing reservation on disclos-ing all information on account holders, the government said that the foreign countries may not give further information and it would also be diffi cult to get into DTAA with other nations.
Appearing before a bench head-ed by Chief Justice H. L. Dattu, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the issue saying that German government has raised
objection on making public names of the Indian account holders in LGT Bank, Liechtenstein.
Accusing NDA government of trying to protect the culprits who
stashed money in overseas banks, senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on whose plea the apex court had constituted Special Investigat-ing Team (SIT) on black money, strongly objected to Centre’s stand and said that matter be not heard.
‘Protecting the corrupt’“Matter should not be entertained even for a day. Such application should have been made by the cul-prits and not by the government,” Jethmalani said, adding that Cen-tre is trying to protect the people who have stashed black money in foreign banks.
Jethmalani, who claimed that around Rs70 lakh crore was stashed in foreign banks, said that he has written a letter to Prime
Minister on this issue and his re-sponse is awaited.
The court had earlier rejected the same stand taken by UPA government, observing that such DTAA does not prevent the Centre from disclosing the names of per-sons having accounts abroad.
It had said the treaty has been drafted in a “sloppy” manner, and cautioned the Centre not to enter into an agreement which under-mines the Constitution. The apex court after hearing AG’s contention posted the case for October 28.
Meanwhile, Finance Minis-ter Arun Jaitley yesterday said Switzerland has agreed to share information on Indians having il-licit money in Swiss banks on in-dependent evidence provided in
each case to the Alpine nation. Besides, the Swiss government
would “confi rm the genuineness or otherwise” details of foreign ac-counts of Indian citizens procured by intelligence agencies, the fi -nance minister said.
Switzerland’s riderTalking to reporters here, Jaitley said Switzerland has agreed to share information related to HSBC and Liechestein lists, provided there is independent evidence col-lected by Indian authorities.
“The Government of India is taking all necessary steps to access tax-related information from for-eign governments... Black money stashed abroad will be brought back,” he said. - PTI
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Supreme Court grants bail to Jayalalithaa
NEW DELHI: In a major relief to jailed AIADMK chief J. Jay-alalithaa, the Supreme Court on Friday granted her bail in a disproportionate assets case in which she was sentenced to a four-year jail term.
A bench headed by Chief Jus-tice H. L. Dattu stayed the sen-tence and warned Jayalalithaa against causing any delay by seek-ing adjournment in her appeal in Karnataka High Court.
The bench directed Jay-alalithaa to fi le paperbook of her appeal in the high court within two months.
“If paperbook is not fi led within
two months, then we won’t give you even a single day more,” the bench said.
Back to high courtIt refused to dispose of the bail plea and posted the case for hearing on December 18 to ensure that Jay-alalithaa complies with its order. The bench also said that it would ask the high court to dispose of her appeal within three months.
In an hour-long hearing, initial-ly the bench expressed reserva-tion on granting bail to her, saying she had delayed the trial proceed-
ings for years and if she is allowed to come out on bail then appeal would be decided in two decades.
Senior advocate Fali S. Na-riman, appearing for Jayalalithaa, assured the court that the matter would not be delayed, saying that he was willing to give the state-ment on affi davit that no adjourn-ment would be taken by her in the high court.
“I undertake that no delay would be caused while appeal is heard by high court. It is not a game. It may have been a game before. You can record my state-
ment,” Nariman told the bench. The apex court also granted bail
to Jayalalithaa’s close aide Sasi-kala and her relatives V. N. Sud-hakaran, disowned foster-son of the former chief minister, and Ila-varasi. While pressing for bail in the apex court, Jayalalithaa even pleaded that she is ready to be confi ned in a house for two-three months till her appeal is decided by the high court.
The bench, however, said it can-not pass such “unusual” order for house confi nement and she can either be granted or denied bail.
‘Exceptional case’BJP leader Subramanian Swa-my, who had fi led a complaint against Jayalalithaa after which probe was conducted against her, strongly opposed the bail plea of the AIADMK chief.
He contended that it is an excep-tional case and bail be denied to her. He also raised questions on the law and order problem created in Tamil Nadu by her party workers.
The bench, thereafter, asked Jayalalithaa to direct her party workers not to create such prob-lems and said that it will take serious objection if it comes to know that the disturbances are caused by political workers on her instruction. - PTI
The bench directed
former chief minister
of Tamil Nadu to
fi le paperbook of
her appeal in the
high court within
two months JUBILANT: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa’s
supporters celebrate at AIADMK headquarters in Chennai after
she was granted bail by the Supreme Court in an illegal assets
case on Friday. -PTI
BRIEFING: Attorney General
Mukul Rohatagi addressing the
media, after a hearing on black
money outside the SC, in New
Delhi on Friday. -PTI
Modi’s Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan gets lacklustre response AFTAB H. KOLAOur Correspondent
BANGALORE: A walk along the railway tracks where human hab-itation lives will provide a glimpse of how India leads the world in open defecation, and despite sev-eral high-profi le campaigns, it is estimated that about 600 million people defecate in the open every day in India.
The ongoing Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan(Toilets for all) campaign of the National Democratic Al-liance (NDA) government, bor-rowed from the previous UPA government’s Total Sanitation Campaign, seems likely to meet the same fate as other similar pro-grammes in the past.
Even two months after the launch, the corporate sector has signed up to construct just 16,009 toilets, which is a poor fi gure in terms of the massive numbers required. Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi’s call to corporate houses to utilise their corporate
social responsibility (CSR) funds for building toilets in government schools has received a lacklus-tre response. Unless, more cor-porate houses come forward to support the programme, it will meet the same fate as the other ill-conceived but much-hyped programmes launched so far.
Among the 35 PSUs which have signed up are the Airports Author-ity of India, the National Thermal Power Corporation, Bharat Petro-leum Corporation Limited, Na-tional Aluminium Company Lim-ited, and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation.
As of last week, PSUs and cor-porate houses had pledged to pick up the tab for the construction of 43,509 toilets. Of these, funding by corporate houses had account-ed for just 16,009 of them.
Modi had also appealed to Members of Parliament to use their MP Local Area Develop-ment (MPLAD) funds, to con-struct toilets in schools. Whether these MPs will heed the prime
minister’s call remains to be seen.According to the 2011 Census,
only 32.70 per cent of rural house-holds had access to toilets.
A report in Outlook magazine said that open defecation is a ma-jor cause of malnutrition on ac-count of poor absorption, illness, stunting and poor school perfor-mances, apart from damaged im-mune systems.
It also led to impaired mental development and reduced the ability to earn a living.
It further observed, “Between half and two-thirds of stunting re-sults from open defecation, most of all where the population is dense, as in the Hindi belt. Much of the mid-day meals in schools is eaten by intestinal worms or lost to diarrhoea, or a host of other sicknesses. The 2,12,000 children who die of diarrhoea each year are only the tip of the iceberg. The costs (6.4 per cent of the gross do-mestic product (GDP), according to a 2010 World Bank study) and suff ering are immense.”
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The exercises are a confi dence-building measure, it is in everyone’s interest. It doesn’t mean anyone is conceding anything
Jayadeva Ranade, China specialist
Prepare for changing world Modi tells army
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday saw a “rare” possibility of a full scale war but said that “force” will infl uence behaviour of others as he asked the armed forces to be ready for “in-visible” enemies and challenges which will be “less predictable” in a changing world.
In his fi rst interaction collec-tively with top commanders of the three defence services, he empha-sized that an atmosphere of peace and security was essential to en-able India to achieve its goals of economic development and that his government has focused on creating a favourable external en-vironment and on strengthening India`s security.
Strategic visionOutlining his strategic vision, he observed that in addition to the familiar challenges, India has to be prepared for a changing world, which demanded new thinking on
our part with regard to economic, diplomatic and security policies.
“Full scale wars may become rare, but force will remain an in-strument of deterrence and infl u-encing behaviour, and the duration of confl icts will be shorter,” he said.
His observation came against the backdrop of recent escalation of cross-border fi ring and shelling by Pakistan on the Line of Control and International Border as well as Chinese incursions in Ladakh.
“Beyond the immediate, we are facing a future where security challenges will be less predictable; situations will evolve and change swiftly; and, technological changes will make responses more diffi cult to keep pace with,” Modi said, add-ing, “The threats may be known, but the enemy may be invisible.”
He underlined that domina-tion of cyber space will become increasingly important and con-trol of space may become as criti-cal as that of land, air and sea. Feeling the need for transform-ing India’s defence forces, he as-sured them of his commitment to provide adequate resources to ensure full defence preparedness, overcome shortages and meet modernization needs.
“We should remember that what matters is capability of the force,” he said. The prime minister said the world was looking at India with renewed interest, confi dence and excitement and there was a uni-versal current of expectation from India to emerge not only as one of the poles of the global economy, but also as one of the “anchors of regional and global security”.
Acquisition plansHe asked the defence establish-ment, including the armed forces, to reform procurement processes as also suggest corrective meas-ures to avoid delays in domestic development and production of defence equipment.
The armed forces were asked by Modi to focus on effi ciency and economy in the use of resources and our military assets, including by greater integration and sharing of resources among the Services and draw up long term acquisition plans keeping in view availability of resources, future operational re-quirements and technology trends.
“When we speak of digital India, we would also like to see a digital armed force,” he said and asked the Services to give serious thought to
upgrade technological skills for ef-fective projection of power by men.
Observing that transforming of defence forces is most important, he called for increased ‘jointness’ and urged the three wings of the Services to work as a team all the way from the lowest levels of the Services to the top. He suggested a number of practical steps to achieve that goal.
He also suggested that the Com-manders Conferences should be organised alternately on sea, in forward army camps and at air bases, and not just in Delhi.
Modi also assured the Com-manders that he would continue the practice that he had started of meeting the three Chiefs at least once a month. Outlining his vision of expanding domestic defence industrial base, he stressed the important role that the Services, as users, can play in this, both by committing to targets for domestic procurement and participating in innovation and improvements in domestically produced equipment.
He also mentioned that he at-tached the highest priority to the welfare of Armed Forces person-nel, both during and after their service careers. - PTI
The prime minister
observed that in
addition to the
familiar challenges,
India has to be
prepared for a
changing world,
which demanded
new thinking on our
part with regard to
economic, diplomatic
and security policies
MAKING A POINT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Combined Commanders’ Conference
at South Block in New Delhi on Friday. - PTI
Cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ test-fi red successfullyBALASORE (Odisha): India on Friday successfully test-fi red its indigenously developed nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’, which can strike tar-gets more than 700km away, from a test range at Chandipur in East-ern Indian state of Odisha.
“The missile was test-fi red from a mobile launcher positioned at launch pad 3 of Integrated Test Range at about 10.03am and the trial was totally successful,” an of-fi cial associated with the test said.
“The fl ight path of the missile was 1.13 hrs,” the offi cial said, adding that all desired param-eters were met during the trial.
“The outcome of the trial was ascertained by analysing the data retrieved from radars and telem-etry points, monitoring the tra-jectories,” the offi cial said.
Second testIt is the second test of the sub-sonic long range cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’, which has a range of 700 to 1000 km, from the ITR.
The maiden fl ight, conducted on March 12, 2013 could not achieve all the desired parame-ters as “the fl ight had to be termi-nated mid-way when deviations were observed from its intended course,” sources said.
India has in its arsenal the 290 km range supersonic “BrahMos”
cruise missile which is jointly de-veloped by India and Russia. But ‘Nirbhay’ with long range capa-bility is a diff erent kind of missile being developed by the Defence Research and Development Or-ganisation (DRDO).
Nirbhay has good loitering ca-pability, good control and guid-ance, high degree of accuracy in
terms of impact and very good stealth features.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday congratulated scien-tists on the successful test-fi ring of indigenously developed nucle-ar capable cruise missile ‘Nirb-hay’, saying this meant a “great impetus” to the country’s defence capabilities. -PTI
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BLAST-OFF: Nuclear-capable cruise missile ’Nirbhay’, developed
by DRDO, was successfully test fi red by India on Friday. -PTI
National air quality index to simplify pollution data NEW DELHI: India has launched a new air quality index to help citizens understand complex pollution data and its im-plications for their health, the environment minister said on Friday. A World Health Organisation (WHO) study of 1,600 cities released in May found India’s capital New Delhi had the world’s dirtiest air with an annual average of 153 micro-grams of small particulates, known as PM2.5, per cubic metre. Thirteen of the dirtiest 20 cities worldwide were in India, the WHO said. India rejected the report. The new index, launched as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Clean India Mis-sion’, will provide one consolidated number after tracking eight pollutants and will use colour coding to describe associ-ated health impacts. “In our cities air pollution is increasing... we need to stop it,” Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said. “This (index) will provide the common citizen one col-our, one number and one description so that he can under-stand what is the level of air pollution.”
India-China counter-terror drills on depsite face-off NEW DELHI: India will hold counter-terrorism exercises with China despite a recent face-off on their disputed border, offi cials said, in a sign the two governments want to manage their deep diff erences. India, which under Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi has struck an assertive national security posture, also agreed to China’s request to move next month’s exercises away from the border with Pakistan with which China shares a close relationship. The manoeuvres will come just weeks af-ter thousands of Indian and Chinese soldiers confronted each other on their de facto border in the western Himalayas, ac-cusing each other of building roads and observations posts in disputed territory. “The exercises are a confi dence - building measure, it is in everyone’s interest,” Jayadeva Ranade, the China specialist on India’s National Security Advisery Board, said. “It doesn’t mean anyone is conceding anything.”
Scientist Sanjaya Rajaram awarded World Food PrizeWASHINGTON: India-born Mexican scientist Sanjaya Ra-jaram has been presented with the prestigious World Food Prize 2014 for his agricultural research that led to a remark-able increase in world wheat production building on the suc-cesses of the Green Revolution. “It is a collective achievement, rather than that of a single person,” Rajaram told the audience accepting the prestigious award at the Iowa State University, Des Moines, in the US state of Iowa. The award “honours the innovative spirit of farmers”, he said adding that “without their contributions, my research wouldn’t have been possible”. By crossing winter and spring wheat varieties -- which were distinct gene pools that had been isolated from one another for hundreds of years -- he created wheat varieties that are dis-ease- and stress-resistant and adaptable to diverse geographi-cal regions and climates.
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Hashmi’s defeat is a lesson for ruling parties, says ImranSARGODHA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Friday termed Javed Hashmi’s defeat in Multan by-elections as a lesson for both the Pakistan People’s Party and the ruling Pa-kistan Muslim League, saying that their policy of ‘friendly poli-tics’ had backfi red.
Addressing the PTI rally in Sargodha, Imran said the nation had awakened and that time for change was now.
“You both (PML-N and PPP)decided to take turns one by one,” he said referring to the transition of power from PPP government to the elected PML-N. “This has been rejected by the masses.”
The PTI chief, whose party backed NA-149 by-election win-ner, said that PPP was a big party in Multan but it had been defeated.
CriticismImran continued with his criti-cism of PML-N and PPP leader-ship, and urged their party work-ers to ask their leaders to disclose their assets and sources of income.
“I am addressing the workers of PML-N and PPP,” he said. “If you are worried about the future of your children, hold your leaders accountable.”
The PTI leader challenged PML-N to compare his party’s performance in K-P, saying that it had done far better than the ruling
party which was ruling Punjab for the sixth time now.
“Nawaz, see on whose side the public is on,” he said. “You asked me to make a new K-P before Naya Pakistan, I want to tell you that it is in the making.”
He claimed that in K-P there was no political interference in institutions such as police as op-posed to the Punjab, where even an SHO was appointed from Raiwind. Imran reiterated his resolve to continue his sit-in till Nawaz steps down from offi ce.
“I will be on the top of my con-tainer till PM Nawaz — who came to power through rigging — does not resign.”
The PTI chairman also an-nounced to hold a political rally in Gujrat next Friday, October 24.
“We will organise a huge gath-ering on a week’s notice,” he said.
Taking a dig at the PPP, he said he was coming to Larkana in No-vember, and was sure that Sindhis will turn out in large numbers.
“I am coming to Larkana on No-vember 21,” he said, adding that
“Sindhis are fed up on friendly politics and using name of Bhutto.”
Hitting outHitting out at his political nem-esis, Nawaz Sharif urged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to fi rst bring progress and prosperity in Khyber-Pakh-tunkhwa, the province ruled by the PTI, before ‘raising the slogan of Naya Pakistan’.
“First, focus on making K-P a model of development and pro-gress from where your party has received votes.
“The province is witnessing an unprecedented poor state of gov-ernance,” Nawaz said while ad-dressing fl ood-aff ected people at Mauza Bait Bakhtiari of Uch Sha-rif in Ahmedpur Sharqia tehsil of Bahawalpur recently.
Activists of the PTI and Paki-stan Awami Tehreek have been camping at Islamabad’s D-Chowk since August 16, calling for the in-cumbent prime minister to step down and promising what they call a corruption-free, true egali-tarian country. - Express Tribune
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UPBEAT: PTI leader challenged PML-N to compare his party’s per-
formance in K-P, saying that it had done far better than the ruling
party which was ruling Punjab for the sixth time now. - AFP fi le photo
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Nawaz to attend Apec meeting in China
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been invited by President Xi Jinping to attend the Asia-Pacifi c Economic Coop-eration (Apec) Informal Leaders’ meeting in Beijing next month.
Chinese Ambassador Sun Wei-dong called on Nawaz Sharif on Friday and conveyed Xi’s invitation to him, said an offi cial handout.
The prime minister expressed his gratitude on receiving President Xi’s invitation, saying he looked for-ward to his visit to Pakistan, which he believed would take Pakistan-China relations to a higher level.
Weidong said the Chinese presi-dent welcomed the prime minister to attend the host-partners dia-logue to be held in Apec meeting in Beijing next month, and will visit Pakistan at an early and mutually convenient date.
Matters of mutual interest were discussed, while Nawaz also appre-ciated Chinese eff orts in rehabilita-tion of fl ood victims and the IDPs.
According to offi cials, PM will visit China in the fi rst week of No-vember to sign various projects including energy related projects worth $34 billion.
The Chinese president was sup-posed to visit Pakistan in Septem-ber but could not get a security clearance owing to the anti-gov-ernment protests in the federal capital.
Annual meetingAn annual Apec Economic Lead-ers’ Meeting is attended by the heads of government of all Apec members. The location of the meeting rotates annually among members, and this time it’s going to be held in Beijing.
Meanwhile, a high-level meet-ing on national security was held in the federal capital on Thursday to discuss various internal and ex-
ternal threats posed to the coun-try and devise strategies to tackle them, an offi cial handout said.
Although the handout did not add much about its agenda, sourc-es said that the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid particular attention to ten-sions with India along Pakistan’s eastern frontier, the likelihood of terrorist activity in Muharram against the backdrop of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, the announcement by certain Tehreek-e-Taliban Paki-stan factions to pledge allegiance to IS and the implementation of the National Security Policy.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Defence Min-ister Khawaja Asif, army chief General Raheel Sharif, outgoing Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General (DG) Lt-Gen Za-heerul Islam, his designated suc-
cessor Lt-Gen Rizwan Akhtar and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry attended the meeting, along with other senior civil and military offi cials.
Sharing details of the meeting, sources said participants, while reviewing the tense situation with India along the LoC and the work-ing boundary, agreed to raise the issue at all international forums. They said the Foreign Offi ce was directed to eff ectively highlight ceasefi re violations by India at all such platforms.
At least 12 people, mostly civil-ians, have been killed in ‘unpro-voked’ fi ring on Pakistani territory by Indian forces.
Ceasefi re violationsWhile Pakistani offi cials have re-peatedly said they have responded ‘befi ttingly’ to ceasefi re violations, participants of the meeting also agreed that the tensions should be resolved through dialogue, accord-ing to sources.
While reviewing possible threats in the month of Muhar-ram — which starts on October 24 — participants of the meeting ac-knowledged it was hard to predict what sort of danger existed against the backdrop of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, sources said. They also said it was unclear whether or not mili-tants would be able to launch at-tacks on Muharram processions in the wake of the ongoing military off ensive in North Waziristan.
Chaudhry Nisar, meanwhile, briefed the meeting’s participants about steps his ministry has taken to ensure that peace is not disrupt-ed during the month, the sources added. - In exclusive arrangement with The
Express Tribune
Weidong said the
Chinese president
welcomed the prime
minister to attend
the host-partners
dialogue to be held
in Apec meeting in
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72 per cent of children in Pakistan suff er iodine defi ciencyISLAMABAD: It is estimated that 57 per cent of children under the age of fi ve are iodine defi cient and prone to have a low IQ which could lead to intellectual disability.
“In Pakistan, goiter — a painful enlargement of the thyroid gland due to severe iodine defi ciency — is not as major a concern as the children who are being born with low IQ,” said a representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund-Unicef who wished not to be named as he was not authorized to talk to media directly.
He was talking exclusively to The Express Tribune after the concluding ceremony of a one-day workshop on Iodine Defi ciency Disorder (IDD) organised by The
Network for Consumer Protection in collaboration with Unicef at a local hotel on Thursday.
The representative said chil-dren with IDD could lead to an in-crease in school dropout rates, and being dependant on their parents or other family members, would not be able to take part in produc-tive work.
Lack of data“Currently, Pakistan lacks data on mothers who are iodine defi cient and giving birth to such children. It is estimated however that their (mothers’) number is much higher than the number of children who are iodine defi cient,” he said.
When asked about the govern-
ment’s role in addressing IDD, the offi cial expressed satisfaction.
He said the Sindh Assembly had passed Universal Salt Iodisation Bill few years back and now all eyes are on the passage of the na-tional law which is currently with the Cabinet Division for the last four years.
Talking about the challenges, he said there is a need to make po-tassium iodate available in the lo-cal markets. The substance turns common edible salt into iodised salt by a simple spraying action. Be-sides there is a need to increase the amount of fi ne or a punishment for a person who is selling uniodised
salt, under the pure food rules law.Participants at the workshop
were informed that IDD occurs when people do not receive iodine in their diets on a regular basis — and it can be easily corrected by adding iodine to salt.
Iodine defi ciency is a major public health issue in the country, where 50 per cent of the population is at risk and 72 per cent of children are iodine defi cient, which leads to two million children being born with mental impairment.
During pregnancy, even milder defi ciencies can retard fetal devel-opment and result in physical and mental retardation, informed Dr Samina Naeem, assistant profes-sor at the Health Services Acad-
emy, Islamabad. She said other eff ects of IDD include goiter, ab-normal physical development, reproductive loss, and severe mental and physical retardation — an irreversible condition known as cretinism.
These trainings and workshops are of particular importance in ca-pacity-enhancing of the media for content generation on a particular health-related issue, said Nadeem Iqbal, executive coordinator of TheNetwork.
Just one teaspoon of iodine in a lifetime can provide a high degree of protection against a range of io-dine-defi ciency disorders, claimed Dr Syed Qadir, nutrition offi cer at Unicef. - Express Tribune
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Iodine Deficiency Disorder occurs when people do not
receive iodine in their diets on a regular basis — and it
can be easily corrected by adding iodine to salt
INVITATION: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit China in the
fi rst week of November to sign various agreements including en-
ergy related projects worth $34 billion. – AFP fi le photo
Army extends off ensive, nine militants killedPESHAWAR: Pakistan’s army extended its off ensive against militants in mountains along the Afghan border on Friday, killing at least nine insurgents, military offi cials said. The army launched the off ensive in the region known as the Khy-ber agency this week targeting militants holed up in remote mountain hideouts on the border. The off ensive, code - named “Khyber One”, comes against the backdrop of a broader mili-tary operation in the lawless North Waziristan region south of Khyber, where the Pakistani army has been battling to con-tain the insurgency since June. A military source said some insurgents were believed to have slipped away and escaped towards the Afghan border. “We are chasing them and our forces advanced and took control of the areas which remained in the control of the terrorists for the past many years,” said the security offi cial.
Cellular services in Karachi to be suspended todayKARACHI: The Sindh government on Friday approved a request by the Karachi police to suspend cellular services in the city, to ensure foolproof security during Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) rally that is scheduled to take place at the Quaid’s mausoleum tomorrow, Express News reported.According to the police’s plan for tomorrow’s rally, there is a threat of a bomb blast which is why cellular services in the metropoli-tan will be suspended. Moreover, bringing water bottles from home to the venue has also been prohibited.The areas sur-rounding the Jinnah Ground have also been cordoned off by massive containers. According to reports, 22,500 police offi c-ers have been called in from all over Sindh to serve duty at the rally. Moreover, the traffi c police in Karachi have also been put on high alert and a plan for a steady fl ow of traffi c and parking has also been constituted.
Karachi jailbreak suspects admit to planning attackKARACHI: Ten arrested suspects — allegedly responsible for digging a tunnel into Karachi Central Jail — admitted to planning a suicide attack on the prison in Muharram, Ex-press News reported on Friday. On October 18, paramilitary Rangers had claimed to have thwarted a terrorists’ bid to tun-nel into the main prison of the metropolitan city and stage a jailbreak that could have freed up to 100 dangerous militants from outlawed groups. Rangers yesterday arrested 10 sus-pects during raids in diff erent parts of the city. - Agencies
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To truly understand Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person ever to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, we need to understand the place she comes from. Yousafzai is from Pakistan. The day Taliban terrorists shot her in the head
she was on her way to school. Pakistan’s schools, its teachers and its education system are in such a desperate state of rot that the mere act of making one’s way to school, especially for young girls, is an extraordinary act of courage and faith.
Pakistan has a population of nearly 200 million people, of whom roughly one-fourth, or 52 million, are between the ages of 5 and 16. Pakistan’s Con-stitution guarantees all of these children a free and compulsory education. While statistics for this age group are diffi cult to come by, the number of Paki-stani children between 5 and 16 who are not at-tending school is close to 25 million; most of them are girls. While Yousafzai’s ordeal has brought global attention to the crisis of girls’ education in Pakistan, her admirable eff orts are unlikely to suc-ceed in improving the quality of schools across the country. That’s because the barriers to quality education in Pakistan are far greater than a few chauvinist Taliban extremists.
While we should all be disgusted by the vio-lence, misogyny and extremism of Yousafzai’s attackers, that outrage must not prevent us from recognising the true villains.
After all, it wasn’t the Taliban that laced the school curriculum with material that suff ocates numeracy and reason — and with them the pros-pects for pluralism in the country. It wasn’t the Taliban that built schools without walls, without running water and without bathrooms. These are a legacy of a corrupt bureaucracy and pa-tronage politics — during both democratic and military regimes. And it wasn’t the Taliban that hired thousands of unqualifi ed teachers. That is a legacy of the en masse distribution of political favours by political parties.
The Taliban did shoot Yousafzai, but there was enormous state failure before that shot was fi red.
Pakistan’s educational failings go back to in-dependence in 1947, but they were exacerbated in the 1970s and then only got worse. Diff erent governments were like diff erent cancers. Zul-fi kar Ali Bhutto nationalised education in the mid-1970s, putting all teachers on the same sal-ary scale and tenure.
General Muhammad Zia Ul Haq “modifi ed” the curriculum and textbooks in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, during their respective terms as prime minister between 1988 and 1999, built thoughtlessly and hired even
more thoughtlessly. General Pervez Musharraf simply continued things as they were.
Sadly, even if Pakistan were miraculously able to get 25 million children into school buildings that were not a hazard to the lives of their young occu-pants, we would still be a long way from solving the country’s huge education crisis.
Education is treated by the Pakistani state as a series of inputs: dysfunctional school buildings, and under-qualifi ed and disinterested teachers. This should not be a surprise. Building schools and hiring teachers aff ord politicians the opportunity to distribute patronage through jobs and contracts. The victims are our children.
Pakistan’s only instrument to measure educa-tion quality at the national level is a study called the Annual Status of Education Report. The most recent report paints a grim picture. Roughly half of 10-year-olds demonstrate the competence ex-pected of six-year-olds in their mother tongues, or in Urdu, the national language. The number is low-er for English. Arithmetic scores for 10-year-olds, when tested for the competence level expected of seven-year-olds, also hover near 50 per cent.
The children who do manage to go to school do so against incredible odds. The conditions at government schools, which account for about two-thirds of all enrolment, beggar belief. The government’s own annual survey of state school facilities has documented these conditions. Last year’s survey revealed that 51 per cent of all gov-ernment primary schools didn’t have working electricity; 36 per cent didn’t have drinking wa-ter on the school premises; and 42 per cent didn’t have working toilets.
Public education is under incredible strain even in the world’s most educated and most powerful countries. But there are few places in the world where girls and boys have to take such huge risks merely to attend school.
Pakistan’s fi tful cycle of military and civilian rule has produced a national discourse in which there are disagreements about many things, but there has been one constant throughout. Paki-stan’s government and society deny a decent edu-cation to millions of children.
Pakistani leaders are all too happy to celebrate young Yousafzai’s accomplishment, and they all recognise that the country faces an education cri-sis, but they don’t plan on doing anything about it.
Yousafzai’s prize should ignite revolutionary change in the fate of Pakistan’s younger genera-tion. Unfortunately, it is unlikely to change much. This means that educating Pakistan’s children will remain a low priority for this country’s lead-ers. And that, sadly, will represent nothing new for Pakistan. - The New York Times News Service
How Pakistan has failed its children
After all, it wasn’t the
Taliban that laced the
school curriculum with
material that suffocates
numeracy and reason
— and with them the
prospects for pluralism
in the country. It wasn’t
the Taliban that built
schools without walls,
without running water
and without bathrooms
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After a push by the US, Pakistan has agreed to the IMF proposal of clubbing the fourth and fi fth reviews of the $6.7 billion Ex-tended Fund Facility. The government had earlier turned down
the off er to club the incomplete fourth review with the fi fth, hoping that the IMF would approve the $550 million loan tranche despite it being unable to implement the economic reforms it had promised to the international lender. The conditions — which included increasing power tariff s by seven per cent, privatising state-owned entities and other critical reforms — have wedged the government into a corner where it fears public backlash on account of increasing the tariff s.
Clubbing the fourth and fi fth reviews, which would then decide the approval of the fi fth and sixth loan tranches, respectively, would mean that Pakistan is likely to get $1.1 billion in December, but only if it meets specifi c conditions set by the IMF. However, if it meets those conditions, the government will end up alienating the public because they involve taking hard decisions that are not populist such as cut-ting subsidies on power. On the other hand, keeping the public happy means distancing the lender. Therefore, the present development is not, by any means, a win for the government. At a time when Paki-stan is desperately seeking to mitigate its power crisis, fl ood damage, bear the military operation, facilitate the internally displaced per-sons, eradicate polio, educate the masses, patrol the border and move towards economic prosperity, it can ill-aff ord giving up the massive infl ows that have kept its foreign exchange reserves stable. Despite the failure to implement the promised increase in power tariff and the problems being faced on the privatisation front, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar nevertheless sounded confi dent when he stated that Paki-stan would get the $1.1 billion in December. Someone needs to ask him how this will come about. This is a diffi cult time for a government that seems content in adopting a wait-and-see approach.- The Express Tribune
Diffi cult times for Pakistan
Israel and the United States have dismissed the vote in the House of Commons in Britain that endorsed diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state as a symbolic gesture that won’t change British
policy. In a strict sense, they are right. The resolution, which passed 274 to 12 and was proposed by Grahame Morris, a Member of Parlia-ment in the opposition Labour Party, is nonbinding. The Conserva-tive government of Prime Minister David Cameron has made clear that it will not alter its approach, which is to work with the United States and others toward a negotiated two-state solution. Moreover, more than half of Parliament’s 650 members, including Conserva-tive leaders and senior Labour Party offi cials, were absent, limiting the clout of the vote. But Israel and its allies should not ignore the message. The vote is one more sign of the frustration many people in Europe feel about the failure to achieve an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement despite years of promises.
The most recent American-mediated talks collapsed in April. Meanwhile, Israel continues to build new settlements or expand existing ones, thus shrinking the territory available for a Palestin-ian state and ignoring an international community that considers such construction illegal. The recent war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which killed more than 2,000 Palestinians, has increased the sense that violence will keep recurring while peace remains elu-sive. The British lawmakers debated the resolution for fi ve hours. Advocates of the measure rejected the idea that recognition would harm the peace process. “There is no peace, and there is no process,” one said. But perhaps the harshest assessment came from Richard Ottaway, a Conservative lawmaker and chairman of the Foreign Aff airs Committee, who said he “stood by Israel through thick and thin, through the good years and the bad,” and “under normal cir-cumstances, I would oppose the motion tonight; but such is my an-ger over Israel’s behaviour in recent months that I will not oppose the motion. I have to say to the government of Israel that if they are losing people like me, they will be losing a lot of people.”
This is the latest eff ort to pressure Israel to halt settlement expan-sion and commit to serious peace negotiations. Sweden’s new left-of-centre government recently announced that it would become the fi rst major Western European nation to recognise Palestine. Mah-moud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has urged the United Na-tions Security Council to set a specifi c deadline for Israel to end the occupation. The European Union has imposed restrictions on loans to Israeli scientifi c institutions that operate in the West Bank and has plans to label products made in Jewish settlements. Pressure is growing for other measures. Negotiations between Israelis and Pal-estinians are the only way to form a durable agreement and settle the complicated issues — including defi ning borders, ensuring Israel’s security and the future of Jerusalem — that stand between them. It takes two to make peace. - The New York Times News service
A British message Israel must not ignore
MOSHARRAF ZAIDI
Is existing more important than the reason for being?Since past several years I have been caught into what I call Hamlet Syndrome. And the cause is a small question: Is existence more important than the reason for existing? I am and therefore I have a reason for being. Should this be enough to justify our exist-ence? Or should it be more like: I am because there is a reason. The philosophy of existentialism postulates fi nding self and the meaning of life through free will, choice, and personal responsibil-ity. But can a concept which came out of a time in society when there was a deep sense of despair following the Great Depression and World War II, be enough to answer my questions? Even though existentialist philoso-phers retained their emphasis on
the individual, many diff ered, in varying degrees, on how one can achieve and what constitutes a fulfi lling life. And frankly speak-ing, in its basic tenet I found the concept nihilistic and inadequate to answer questions.Vinod MangalamMBD
The Jews have actually hijacked United StatesJohn Mearsheimer and his co-author Stephen Walt exposed how fragile and hollow are America’s much touted atmosphere of freedom to wage unfettered political debate. When their book, The Israel Lobby, was published the empire struck back with vengeance and within days. The book was fi rst pilloried with unprecedented vitriol and then
dumped a well researched and well documented book with scorn in a bid to eff ace from American public memory how Israel and Jews in the country have hijacked the nation’s policies and to what detriment they have pushed the United States only to secure their long-term interests. The non-Jewish American intelligentsia and even common people watched in horror and utter helplessness the intellectual rampage by the Jewish lobby to muffl e a voice of truth. Anu ShaikhWadi Kabir
US policies in Middle East have always been partisanInconsistency had always defi ned American policies in Middle East. Hypocrisy has always won the
battles against integrity. Probity has traditionally been thrown to the winds. Today, when the United States has yet again taken a stand to keep the Palestinians oppressed and stateless it has probably forgotten the law of nature — one cannot stand in the way of history for long or for ever. Minu DuttaMuttrah
Problems of eurozone are still far from overWorld’s fi rst and foremost single currency area, euro zone, is still in fl ames. The steady growth of euro sceptics, especially in France, Finland and Greece, signals solution of eurozone’s debt crisis is going to become increasingly diffi cult.L. N. Hissar
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IN THE DOCK: Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius
attends his sentencing hearing at the North Gauteng High Court
in Pretoria on Friday. – Reuters
Fresh clashes erupt in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Hong Kong riot police used pepper spray and ba-ton charged crowds of pro-democ-racy protesters on Friday evening as tension escalated after a pre-dawn clearance of a major protest zone in the Chinese-controlled fi -nancial hub.
Crowds of protesters headed to the gritty and congested Mong Kok district after work and school on Friday evening, across the har-bour from the heart of the civil disobedience movement near government headquarters, to try to reclaim sections of an intersec-tion that police had cleared in a surprise raid early on Friday.
Hundreds of protesters tried to break through police lines and they used open umbrellas to shield themselves from pepper spray. In the melee, police used batons and scuffl ed violently with activists.
Police hauled off several pro-testers as others shouted insults and chanted “open the road”.
The protesters, led by a restive generation of students, have been demanding China’s Communist
Party rulers live up to constitution-al promises to grant full democracy to the former British colony which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Before dawn on Friday, hun-dreds of police staged their big-
gest raid yet on a pro-democracy protest camp, charging down student-led activists who had held the intersection in one of their main protest zones for more than three weeks. The op-
eration came while many pro-testers were asleep in dozens of tents or beneath giant, blue-striped tarpaulin sheets.
The raid was a gamble for the 28,000-strong police force who
have come under criticism for aggressive clearance operations with tear gas and baton charges and for the beating of a handcuff ed protester on Wednesday.
Caught by surpriseStorming into the intersection with helmets, riot shields and batons at the ready from four di-rections, the 800 offi cers caught the protesters by surprise. Many retreated without resisting.
“The Hong Kong government’s despicable clearance here will cause another wave of citizen protests,” radio talk-show host and activist Wong Yeung-tat said earlier.
In the evening, with more pro-testers streaming to the area, authorities closed the nearby underground train station, media reported.
Police raised red fl ags, warning the protesters not to charge. The
escalation in the confrontation il-lustrates the dilemma faced by po-lice in striking a balance between law enforcement and not inciting the defi ant protesters who have been out for three weeks in three core shopping and government districts. — Reuters
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Prosecution urges 10 years in prisonfor Oscar PistoriusPRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius should be jailed for at least 10 years for killing his model girl-friend Reeva Steenkamp, the prosecution said on Friday as the star sprinter’s sensational trial approached its climax.
Slapping down defence claims that the “broke and broken” Para-lympic and Olympic athlete had already suff ered enough, pros-ecutor Gerrie Nel said “the mini-mum that society will be happy with is 10 years imprisonment”.
After hearing fi nal arguments from both the defence and pros-ecution, Judge Thokozile Masipa scheduled sentencing for next Tuesday. Defence lawyer Barry Roux said Pistorius was not a “cold-blooded killer” and should serve a community-based sen-tence similar to house arrest without any time in South Af-rica’s tough prisons.
The defence has suggested that Pistorius’s punishment could
include cleaning a museum for 16 hours a month. Prosecutor Nel described the suggestion as “shockingly disproportionate”.
“Go home, stay in a luxurious house ... and he will not leave his house except if he wants to train, work, go to a doctor—that’s what we do every day,” said Nel.
He said the “softly spoken words” of Steenkamp’s cousin Kim Martin, who pleaded with the court to “make Mr Pisto-rius pay” for what he had done, “trounces” any other testimony.
Pistorius, 27, admitted killing Steenkamp by fi ring four shots through a locked toilet door in his upmarket Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day last year, but said he believed she was an intruder. The prosecution pressed hard for a conviction for murder, charg-ing that Pistorius’s claim was im-probable and that he had killed the photogenic 29-year-old law graduate after an argument. — AFP
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16 killed at pop concert in South Korea
SEOUL: Sixteen people were killed and nine others serious-ly injured when a ventilation grate gave way while they were watching an outdoor pop con-cert in Seongnam south of Seoul on Friday, rescuers said.
“They were standing on the ventilation grate to get a better view when it collapsed under their weight,” a spokesman for the local fi re services said.
Rescuers said 16 were con-fi rmed dead, but added the death toll might rise with some of the injured understood to be in critical condition.
Television reports said the 25 people fell more than 10 metres (30 feet) into an underground parking area when the grate col-lapsed. Amateur video footage obtained by the YTN news chan-nel showed shocked spectators surrounding the collapsed grate as the popular all-girl K-pop band 4Minute, apparently obliv-ious to the accident, continued performing on the stage.
More than 700 people were believed to be attending the out-door concert. “There was a sud-den, loud screaming, and when I turned it looked as if people were being sucked down into a hole,” one witness told YTN.
A woman standing nearby said a great “cloud of dust” bil-lowed up from the ventilation shaft after the grate collapsed.
Most of the dead and injured were believed to be students, YTN said, adding that the con-cert organisers had repeatedly urged the spectators to move off the grate before it collapsed.
South Korea has suff ered a recent series of catastrophic accidents involving young vic-tims, including the sinking of the Sewol ferry in April that left more than 300 dead, most of them high school students.
In February, the roof caved in on a student-packed audito-rium near the southern city of Gyeongju, killing 10 people and injuring more than 100. — AFP
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VENTING IRE: Protesters point at riot police during a scuffl e on a blocked road at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong on Friday. – Reuters
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We will continue to talk. There was progress on some details, but the main issue is continued violations of the territorial integrity of Ukraine
Angela Merkel, Chancellor, Germany
HURRICANE GONZALOHurricane Gonzalo is seen over the Atlantic Ocean in this Nasa image taken by astronaut Alexander Gerst from the International
Space Station on Friday. Hurricane Gonzalo barrelled toward Bermuda and was expected to bring damaging winds and
dangerous storm surge as one of the strongest storms to threaten the Atlantic island, forecasters said. Hurricane Gonzalo was
swirling about 295 miles (475 km) south-southwest of the British territory, with sustained winds of up to 140 miles per hour
(220 kph), the US National Hurricane Center said. — Reuters/Nasa/handout
Russia and Ukraine reachtentative gas deal in Milan
MILAN: Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a row over gas supplies, but European leaders said Mos-cow had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefi re and end fi ghting in eastern Ukraine.
The mooted deal aimed at re-opening Russian gas supplies to Ukraine ahead of the cold winter months came as something of a surprise following an initial round of talks in Milan that the Kremlin said was “full of misunderstand-ings and disagreements”.
However, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said a subse-quent meeting with Russian Pres-ident Vladimir Putin and the lead-ers of France and Germany had made some headway in defusing a crisis that has revived memories of Cold War enmity.
“We have the fi rst limited pro-gress on the gas issue. We have agreed on the main parameters of the contract,” he said, adding that all sides remain committed to a ceasefi re deal struck last month to halt a pro-Russia revolt.
The Kremlin said Putin and Po-roshenko would meet one-on-one later on Friday.
The West has clamped sanc-tions on Russia in response to its
annexation of Crimea in March and its support for separatists battling government troops in the east of Ukraine.
AccusationKiev and its Western backers accuse Moscow of aiding the separatist revolt by providing troops and arms. Russia denies the charges but says it has a right to defend the interests of the re-
gion’s Russian-speaking major-ity. EU offi cials said the gas talks would continue in Brussels next week, with Poroshenko telling reporters that the fi nancing still needed to be resolved.
Moscow cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in June over unpaid debts and a pricing disagreement. This has sparked fears that the Russian gas that transits Ukraine en route to Europe could also be
disrupted this winter. Clearly sympathetic with Kiev, European leaders attending an EU-Asia summit in Milan lined up to tell Russia to ensure full implemen-tation of the ceasefi re deal struck last month.
Germany, in particular, sound-ed gloomy. “I cannot see a break-through here at all so far,” Chan-cellor Angela Merkel said earlier on Friday.
“We will continue to talk. There was progress on some details, but the main issue is continued viola-tions of the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” she added.
Merkel’s position as German leader in eff ect means that she sets the tone of EU relations with Russia, and she has taken the lead within Europe in trying to per-suade Putin to change tack over Ukraine. She had a rocky time in Milan, however, with one German offi cial saying the Russian leader had not displayed a “too construc-tive mood”.
An initial meeting set for Thursday was delayed for hours because Putin fl ew into Italy well behind schedule. They then held more than 2-1/2 hours of talks that ran well past midnight, with both sides acknowledging discus-sions had been unproductive.
On Friday, Merkel reprimand-ed the former Soviet KGB spy in front of EU and Asian leaders, ac-cording to people present. — Reuters
Poroshenko speaks
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further talks needed
to bolster east
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London becomes divorce capital of the world for foreignersLONDON: Las Vegas may be the best place for marriage but Lon-don is known as divorce capital of the world — and a Malaysian beau-ty queen’s bid for a big money split in court on Friday is only the latest in a long line of foreign break-ups.
Thousands of wealthy Chinese, Russians, Americans and Euro-peans, many of whom work in the City of London fi nancial district or own property in Britain, now end their marriages before an English judge.
EnthralledFew are as rich as businessman Khoo Kay Peng, worth at least £400 million (500 million euros, $640 million) and Pauline Chai, tales of whose 1,000 pairs of shoes and £22,000 monthly spending on a Rolls Royce plus chauff eur has enthralled Britain’s press.
But their case has drawn fresh attention to a phenomenon which has made a handful of lawyers al-most as rich as some of their clients.
“England has become very at-tractive for wives, in particular because awards here are consider-ably higher than almost anywhere in the world,” said Sandra Davis, head of the family law department at Mishcon de Reya.
“By the same count, it’s a juris-diction that the wealth creator generally wants to avoid,” added Davis, who represented Diana, princess of Wales in her divorce from Prince Charles and US model Jerry Hall in her split from Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger.
A judge at London’s High Court will decide on Friday whether Chai and Peng’s divorce after over 40 years of marriage should be heard in London, as the former Miss Ma-
laysia wants, or in Malaysia, in line with her husband’s wishes.
As Chai lives in England—in a £30 million mansion outside Lon-don surrounded by 1,000 acres (405 hectares) of parkland featur-ing a menagerie of animals—her lawyer, “Diva of Divorce” Ayesha Vardag, argues that the case should be heard here.
If it is, it could set a new record
for England’s biggest divorce pay-out due to the length of their union.
That is currently held by late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovs-ky, who reportedly paid up to £220 million to his ex-wife Galina Be-sharova in 2011.
While no precise fi gures exist on how many divorces in London have an international element, lawyers say they are common.
Davis said 75 per cent of her clients in this fi eld had an interna-tional link.
So what is it about England which makes it such an attractive destination for divorce?
“The short answer is money,” said Elizabeth Hicks, a partner at law fi rm Irwin Mitchell.
Following a landmark case in 2000, English courts start from the assumption that marital assets should be split 50/50, favouring
the less wealthy spouse. This con-trasts with many other countries and means awards in England are several times bigger than they would be elsewhere. Another fac-tor is that pre-nuptial agreements, signed before marriage to protect the richer spouse’s assets, are not legally binding in England.
English judges also take into ac-count a wider range of assets when calculating each spouse’s wealth, which also appeals to the less wealthy partner. Hicks said that in Italy, for example, courts hearing the case of an entrepreneur split-ting from his or her partner would not factor in the value of the busi-ness. “You get a bespoke answer. It’s properly scrutinised,” added Richard Collins, a partner at law fi rm Charles Russell.
The super-rich are not the only foreigners to divorce in the Eng-
lish courts. While most cases are legitimate, it emerged last month that 179 Italian couples who had been trying to avoid lengthy pro-cedures in their own country had divorces granted in England can-celled as they had never lived here.
Courts had been supplied with a fake English address in a scam or-ganised by an Italian agency.
While divorce lawyers may be happy with the extra fees that for-eign splits bring them, some legal fi gures fear that they are clogging up the English courts with crude disputes over money.
James Holman, a senior judge hearing an earlier stage of Chai v Peng, deplored it as an “appalling” dispute which was “squeezing out the many needy litigants who need precious court time to recover their children from abduction or seek their return from care.” — AFP
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British police charge four with IS-linked terror plot
Ron Klainto coordinateUS responseon Ebola
LONDON: British police charged four men on Friday with intend-ing to commit acts of terrorism, including taking an oath of alle-giance to the IS group.
They are all charged with seek-ing to carry out “acts of terrorism, or assisting others to commit such acts”, between July and October this year.
The men, all from London, are Nyall Hamlett, 24; Tarik Has-sane, 21; Suhaib Majeed, 20; and 21-year-old Momen Motasim, Scotland Yard said in a statement.
Details of the charges included taking “an oath of allegiance to the group IS”, listed as a terrorist or-ganisation.
Others included downloading, circulating, discussing and decid-ing to act on an edict, by IS spokes-man Abu Mohamed Al Adnani.
The suspects allegedly conduct-ed “hostile reconnaissance” of a police station and an army reserv-ist barracks in west London and obtained a handgun and six rounds of ammunition.
They also allegedly had “extrem-ist material” and a picture of two London police offi cers.
A fi fth man, Nathan Cuff y, 25, also from London, was charged with a fi rearms off ence.
Two men aged 21 and 20, ar-rested on October 7 as part of the investigation were released from custody on Monday, while a third was released Friday after prosecu-tors advised there was insuffi cient evidence to charge him. — AFP
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama appointed an Eb-ola czar for the United States on Friday, and the government said a Texas health worker who may have had contact with specimens from an Ebola patient was isolated on a cruise ship.
Obama, who has faced sharp criticism from some lawmakers over eff orts to contain the deadly virus, appointed Ron Klain, a lawyer who previously served as chief of staff to Vice-Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore, the White House said.
The new “Ebola czar” will report directly to Obama’s Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco and National Security Advisor Susan Rice.
“Monaco, Rice and others have done outstanding work in con-fronting this challenge so far - but given their management of other national and homeland security priorities, additional bandwidth will further enhance the govern-ment’s Ebola response,” the White House offi cial said.
The cruise ship incident added to growing concerns about the possible spread of Ebola after two nurses who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, the fi rst person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, contracted the virus, which has killed nearly 4,500 people, mostly in West Africa. — Agencies
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of the clients of Sandra Davis, head of the family
law department at Mishcon de Reya, seeking divorce had an international link
75%
HEADWAY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, bottom right, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin,
left, French President Francois Hollande, third right, and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko,
right, attend a meeting in Milan during the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting on Friday. – AFP
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Casey praises NBO Golf Classic for national team’s remarkable progressMUSCAT: Marcus Casey has been the offi cial coach for the Oman national team for the past three years and in that time he has seen the standard of golf stead-ily improve to the point where the team can produce creditable per-formances at international level.
“I think last year’s inaugural National Bank of Oman Golf Clas-sic has made a signifi cant impact on the progress of Omani Nation-als and ex-pats in the Sultanate, particularly among the juniors and within the Oman national team,” said Casey.
“The Challenge Tour event also highlighted Oman as a golfi ng holiday destination and helped show what a great honour it is for Omani golfers to represent their country in the National Team. After last year’s tournament I sat down with the Team and we went through the diff erence in stand-ard between the professional European Challenge Tour play-ers and themselves. The National
Bank of Oman Golf Classic has certainly assisted in the progress and improvement of the Oman National Team.
“Golfers like Azaan Al Rumhy realised from the experience of playing in the tournament at Al-mouj Golf, The Wave, Muscat last October, that he had to change his technique and improve various areas of his game to compete at a higher level. The good thing about the event and Azaan was that he understood that he had to ‘up’ his game. Once players understand what they need to do to improve, then you’re halfway in getting them there.
“The manner in which the team played in the recent Asian Games in South Korea was very gratify-ing for me. The performances of Azaan Al Rumhy and Hamood Al Harthy were very good and the team has been developing nicely.
“Hamood has put in a lot of hard work over the past 12 months. It was very pleasing to see how he
played in South Korea. I always knew he was capable of playing that well but it was still rewarding to see. He’s been gradually work-ing at his game and his fi rst three rounds in the Asian Games were very good indeed.
“We could do with another couple of players capable of mak-ing the Team but we’re trying to involve as many potential Team members as possible. We’re hop-ing to introduce a new, excit-ing junior golf initiative into the schools, which will create more interest and more players.
“The existing schools pro-gramme is working fi ne but it could be better. When the new programme comes on board we can expect to see many more Arab National juniors taking part in the game. The local participation by the Nationals is not as enthusias-tic as it is among the ex-pats but we are trying to change their out-look on golf.
“We are endeavouring to ex-
plain to the juniors that golf is a game to enjoy and a game they can excel in and have a lot of fun play-ing. We have made great strides already but there is still much more that needs to be done. We began working with a blank can-vas. Sometimes that can be an ad-vantage but although golf has been played in Oman for many years there is no great tradition of the game as there is in the UK or the United States.
“The player’s work ethic is one of the most important aspects of the game and we need to get that message across to the youngsters. We have to try to convince them that to improve their game they have to put in the hard hours on the practice range. But we’re grad-ually getting there.
“It will be interesting to see how they match up to the Chal-lenge Tour players in this second edition of the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic at Almouj later this month.”
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PICTURE TO RELISH: Oman National Team Coach Marcus Casey (red shirt, left) with the jubilant, victorious Oman Team at the GCC
Under-15s Golf Championship played earlier this year at Ghala Valley Golf Club, Muscat, Oman. – Supplied photo
Azam, Sohail hit tonsSHARJAH: Babar Azam and Haris Sohail hit hundreds for Pa-kistan ‘A’ as Australian off -spinner Nathan Lyon took two wickets in a warm-up match in Sharjah yesterday. Azam, who turned 20 on Wednesday, was 114 not out to stake claims for a Test place whith another hopeful Haris Sohail bat-ting on an unbeaten 103 as Paki-stan ‘A’ reached 306-3 at close on the third of the four-day match at Sharjah stadium.
That gave Pakistan ‘A’ an overall lead of 338 after Australia declared their fi rst innings at the overnight
total of 273-8. Pakistan ‘A’ had made 305-8 declared in their fi rst essay. Azam, who led Pakistan in the Junior World Cup in Australia in 2012, hit nine boundaries and three sixes during his stylish dis-play after openers Ahmed Shahzad (59) and Shan Masood (19) gave the home team a sound 62-run start.
Brief scores: Pakistan ‘A’ 305-8 dec (Asad Shafi q 108 not out; S. O’Keefe 3-76) and 306-3 (Babar Azam 114 not out, Haris Sohail 103 not out; N. Lyon 2-49) beat Aus-tralia 273-8 dec (A. Doolan 104, S. Smith 58). — AFP
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Kohli century seals win for Team India
DHARAMSALA: Virat Kohli struck a rollicking 127 as India fashioned a 59-run win over the West Indies here yesterday, eff ec-tively sealing the ODI series 2-1 af-ter the visitors dramatically pulled out from the remainder of the tour over an acrimonious pay dispute with their board.
Kohli reassured that he is back in form and struck a sublime knock off 114 balls to push India to 330 for six after the West Indies put them in to bat on a wicket ex-pected to favour the bowlers.
Opener Ajinkya Rahane(68) and Suresh Raina (71) were the other big contributors to the formidable score, reached also with the help of loose bowling and sloppy fi elding from the West Indies.
The West Indies, who made their mind of going back home last night and were somehow convinced to play at least today’s game, found it tough to give their best. Their negative body language expectedly aff ected their overall
game, culminating with their un-successful chase that ended at 271 all out in 48.1 overs.
A rare positive for them on the day was Marlon Samuels (112 off 106), who raced to his seventh ODI hundred and second in three matches.
The Caribbean batsmen crawled to 27 for 2 in 11 overs, making it dif-fi cult for them to get near the stiff target. Samuels fought a lost battle with Darren Bravo (40) chipping in at the top. Andre Russell came up with a 46-run cameo (off 23 balls) towards the end.
It seemed that the West Indies were batting on a diff erent wicket
to the Indians, who scored runs at will.Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/25) and Umesh Yadav (2/44) made the ball talk early on as the opposition batsmen went into their shell.
Samuels at least showed the will to fi ght and saved his team further embarrassment.
He hammered nine fours and six sixes, especially taking spin-ner Ravindra Jadeja (2/80) to the cleaners. The game poign-antly ended with Samuels getting bowled off Mohammed Shami.
Young left-arm spinner Akshar Patel, brought into the side in place of Amit Mishra, ended up with tidy fi gures of 26 for two in 10 overs.
Earlier, Kohli along with Raina (71) and Rahane (68) made batting look easy on a pitch that was ex-pected to behave diff erently.
Kohli showed his class on way to reaching his fi rst hundred across formats since February, following which he experienced the fi rst lean patch of his career.
With the century, he also be-came the fastest to score 20 hun-dreds in ODIs. — PTI
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West Indies deny calling off India tour
NEW DELHI: The West In-dies have not called off the on-going tour to India despite re-ports earlier that Sri Lanka had stepped in to take their place, the West Indies Cricket Board said yesterday.
“The West Indies Cricket Board advises, that, contrary to media reports, it has taken no decision to discontinue the ongoing tour to India,” a state-ment read.
A day of confusion, claim and counter-claim began with the Indian cricket board (BCCI) saying that the touring West In-dians had abandoned their tour following an internal dispute and were fl ying home after yes-terday’s one-dayer.
The BCCI said Sri Lanka had stepped in. The WICB and the West Indies Players Association signed a new agreement last month covering pay and condi-tions but it was rejected by the senior players, including one-day captain Dwayne Bravo who claimed they were kept in the dark and demanded WIPA chief Wavell Hinds’s resignation.
The players subsequently is-sued a strike threat but eventu-ally took to the fi eld and were playing the fourth ODI at Dhar-amsala when an angry BCCI confi rmed the abrupt end to the tour, which also included a fi fth one-dayer, a Twenty20 Interna-tional and three Test matches.
“The WICB has informed the BCCI of its decision to cancel the rest of its ongoing tour to India because of a dispute with its players, and has advised the BCCI that its players will re-turn home immediately,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said in a statement early yesterday.
Bravo turned up for the toss with the entire team accompa-nying him in what looked like a show of unity. — Reuters
C R I C K E T
BACK IN FORM: Indian batsman Virat Kohli celebrates his century
during the ODI match against West Indies in Dharamshala. – PTI
INDIAA. Rahane lbw b Benn 68 S. Dhawan c Da. Bravo b Russell 35 V. Kohli run out (Ramdin, Holder) 127 S. Raina c Ramdin b Taylor 71 M.S. Dhoni run out (, Pollard) 6 R. Jadeja c Russell b Holder 2 A. Rayudu not out 12 Extras (lb-6, w-3) 9 Total (for 6 wickets, 50 overs) 330 Fall of wickets: 1-70, 2-142, 3-280, 4-290, 5-300, 6-330 Bowling: J. Taylor 9-0-77-1; J. Holder 9-0-52-1; A. Russell 7-0-48-1(w-1); S. Benn 8-0-30-1; M. Samuels 10-0-54-0; D. Bravo 6-0-51-0 (w-2); K. Pollard 1-0-12-0 WEST INDIESD. Smith c Shami b U. Yadav 0Darren Bravo b A. Patel 40K. Pollard c Dhawan b B. Kumar 6M. Samuels b Shami 112D. Ramdin c A. Patel b Jadeja 9Dwayne Bravo lbw b Jadeja 0D. Sammy c & b A. Patel 16A. Russel b U. Yadav 46J. Holder c Raina b B. Kumar 11J. Taylor b Shami 11S. Benn not out 1Extras (lb-10, w-9) 19Total (all out, 48.1 overs) 271 Fall of wickets: 1-1 , 2-27, 3-83, 4-120, 5-121, 6-165, 7-222, 8-239, 9-260,10-271 Bowling: B. Kumar 10-2-25-2 (w-3); U. Yadav 9-0-44-2 (w-1), M. Shami 9.1-0-72-2 (w-3); V. Kohli 1-0-14-0; A. Patel 10-1-26-2 (w-1); R. Jadeja 9-1-80-2 (w-1)Man of the match: Virat Kohli
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AL AROUBAH STUN FANJA AS AL NAHDA SWAMP BAUSHERYounis Mubarak (see picture) caused a fl utter in the Omantel Professional League yesterday as he helped Al Aroubah stun Fanja by a 18th minute solitary goal at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
in Bausher. In the match that followed Al Nahda swamped Bausher 4-0, while in another match in Seeb Sports Stadium saw Al Shabab and Sohar played out a 1-1 draw. Abdullah Al Shiebly put Sohar
ahead in the 25th minute, while Mohammed Al Ghassani drew parity for Al Shabab in the 82nd minute. — Times of Oman / JUN ESTRADA
Magical Messi defines golden era of Barcelona
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi may lack a World Cup for Argentina but his 10 years with Barcelona have seen him rewrite the history books and become symbolic with the club’s golden era.
Long before Messi made his de-but for the Catalan club, coming on as a late substitute in the local derby with Espanyol on October 16, 2004, aged 17, news had spread that Barca had a player in their re-nowned La Masia youth academy that was out of the ordinary.
Sports newspapers in Spain had reported that there was an Argen-tine youngster who could be the new Maradona and take the world by storm but few would have imag-ined what an impact he was going to make in the game and for Barce-lona in particular.
The fact he arrived in Barcelona at all is thanks to the perseverance of his father Jorge, who having exhausted the options of clubs in Argentina, that would not pay or could not aff ord the growth hor-mone treatment the diminutive Lionel needed, looked overseas to Spain.
Barcelona’s then technical di-rector Carles Rexach needed lit-tle time to be convinced by the 13-year-old’s potential and fa-mously scribbled a quick contract on a serviette at the Pompeia ten-
nis club with the player’s agents. From there Messi, now 27,
quickly passed through the youth ranks before he made his fi rst-team debut. His fi rst goal came with a delicate chip in his sixth ap-pearance in the fi nal game of the season against Albacete.
He went on to be named player of the tournament as Argentina won the 2005 Uunder-20 World Championship and ahead of the new season in a friendly against Juventus at the Nou Camp, the Italian coach Fabio Capello re-marked: “Bring me this little devil, I’ve never seen a kid of his age be so tricky, he looks like Maradona.”
Team leaderInitially he was in the shadow of Ronaldinho but he quickly estab-lished himself as a leader of the team as the Brazilian’s career at Barca ended prematurely due to a lack of discipline and his enjoy-ment of the city’s night life.
Messi’s most memorable goal is that against Getafe in 2007, which again sparked comparisons with Maradona as it was very similar to the latter’s mazy dribble against England in the World Cup in 1986.
Starting on the right of midfi eld he left a succession of Getafe play-ers in his wake before rounding the keeper and scoring.
It was following the arrival of Pep Guardiola as coach in 2008 that Messi really came to the fore as the talisman for the most suc-cessful period in Barca’s history.
With Guardiola introducing the discipline that had been lack-ing under the laid-back Frank Ri-jkaard, Barca went on to win three successive league titles as well as the Champions League in 2009 and 2011 — as well as plenty of other silverware.
“Messi is a competitive being, one day I will be able to look back and say that I trained Leo. He will break all the records,” said Guar-diola when he was Barca coach.
Scoring recordsOn a personal level Messi has been voted World Player of the Year on four occasions and has a breath-taking scoring record. It includes hitting 73 goals in the 2011-12 season, over 400 goals for club and country in all competitions, and he is now closing in on the all-time Spanish scoring record.
Last season under coach Tata Martino all the major trophies escaped Barca and Messi was not at his best and a disappointing domestic season was followed by even greater disappointment at the World Cup.
Seeking to emulate Maradona’s 1986 World Cup success, Argenti-na fell at the fi nal hurdle to Germa-ny but he has started this season with renewed vigour and he has a new target in his sights as he aims to beat Telmo Zarra’s La Liga scor-ing record of 251 goals established during his 15 years at Atletico Ma-drid in the 1940s and 1950s.
Messi has scored 249 league goals and could break the record today when Barca play Eibar.
If he doesn’t do it then, it won’t be long before he does it some-where else because the incredible career of one of football’s all-time greats is far from over. — Reuters
Sports newspapers in Spain had reported
that there was an Argentine youngster who
could be the new Maradona and take the
world by storm but few would have imagined
what an impact he was going to make
in the game and for Barcelona in particular
REWRITING HISTORY IS HIS HOBBY: Lionel Messi has scored 249 league goals and could break the
record today when Barca play Eibar. – AFP
Nadal not certain of playing at London fi nale LONDON: Rafa Nadal says he could miss the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals next month because of appendici-tis. The injury-plagued Spaniard, who has only recently returned from a wrist problem, is on anti-biotics and hoping to delay surgery for appendicitis until the end of the season.
Australia hand Lehmann contract extension
SYDNEY: Australia coach Darren Lehmann has been rewarded for his integral role in turning around the fortunes of the team with a one-year contract extension until June, 2017, Cricket Australia said yes-terday. The former Test batsman took over from South African Mickey Arthur in the wake of last year’s calamitous tour of India and helped guide the side to a 5-0 Ashes sweep and a series triumph in South Africa that saw them briefl y top the world rankings.
World Athlete of the Year: Gatlin out of contentionLONDON: Controversial United States sprinter Justin Gatlin is out of con-tention to win the IAAF’s athlete of the year award after failing to make the fi nal three-man shortlist, the sport’s governing body announced yesterday. As widely expected, double-doper Gatlin was among those cut from the fi nal shortlist after a two-week-long poll conducted by the “world athletics family”.
Full publication of Garcia report ‘impossible’BERNE: The report into the turbulent bidding process for the rights to host the next two World Cups cannot be made fully public for legal reasons, though excerpts of it may be, Fifa’s ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert said yesterday. Eckert is still studying the report produced by his counterpart Michael Garcia into whether there was corruption in the process which led to the 2018 tournament being awarded to Russia and the 2022 event to Qatar, and expects to issue a statement on his fi ndings by mid-November. Eckert cannot strip either Russia or Qatar from hosting their tournaments but can press charges against individuals. — Agencies
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Ali Al Balushi is King of DriftMUSCAT: The Red Bull Car Park Drift Oman Qualifi er crowned a new champion last night, as Ali Al Balushi battled for fi rst place as spectators watched the series of exceptional drift shows at the Oman Automobile Association.
The Omani ‘King of Drift’ from the pro category will represent the Sultanate in the Regional fi -nals hosted in Dubai.
Runner-up Arif Al Balushi will also head to the regional fi nals leading up to the announcement of the new Regional King of Drift.
Only 15 of the country’s best elite drivers were selected to compete in the fi fth season of the Red Bull Car Park Drift. With their specially modifi ed cars, drivers managed to take on the twists and turns of the track with exceptional precision, while drawing the admiration of cheer-ing spectators.
Sooner after being announcing as the winner, Ali Al Balushi said: “I am very excited to have won for the second year in a row. I knew there was a lot of strong compe-tition but I felt that a lot of spec-tators were with me because of last years’ win. “Last year I came third in the Regional Finals in Dubai and I hope this year I have a chance at coming fi rst.”
The competition itself took place on a special track, designed by Lebanese Rally Champion and Red Bull athlete Abdo Feghali, which would bring out the best drifting techniques. The techni-cal aspects of the competition were also supervised Feghali.
The panel of judges evaluated the drivers’ performances based of specifi c criteria. The fi nal score was based on fi ve factors; 50 percent allocated to the art of drift while the remaining score is equally divided between the engine’s roar and tires’ smoke, crowd’s reaction, the appearance of the car, front clipping point and rear clipping point.
Preparations are now under-way in Dubai for the Red Bull Car Park Drift Regional Finals.
In addition to the Sultanate of Oman, Egypt, Tunisia, Mauritius, Jordon, Lebanon, the regional tour of the Red Bull Car Park Drift 2014 will visit Turkey and Kuwait before reaching the fi nal round for the battle of the region-al title.
Greg Young, Nawras CEO com-mented: “we are pleased to spon-sor this event as a great way for young people to connect, have
some fun and show off their skills in a safe manner. Nawras is an ad-vocate of responsible driving and road safety, and we encourage all drivers to only use designated events or areas for these activi-ties, and always drive on public roads with safety, care and con-sideration to other motorists.”
The Red Bull Car Park Drift was in partnership with Ford Middle East, Nawras, Ministry of Tourism, Hi FM, Hala FM and See Muscat.
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Kiwis to miss Taylor, Milne
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s former skipper Ross Taylor and paceman Adam Milne will miss the upcoming One-day Interna-tional series against South Africa because of injury, New Zealand Cricket said yesterday.
Top order batsman Taylor, a veteran of 137 ODIs, has a calf problem, while Milne is strug-gling with an elbow injury and
both were ruled out of a warm-up match for the series against Ire-land in Hamilton today.
Tim Southee is battling a shoul-der injury but should be fi t to face the Proteas. Kane Williamson, who has a wrist problem, will miss the Ireland match and the fi rst of the South Africa encoun-ters but should be available for the fi nal two matches. — Reuters
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Middle East flyers likelyto log 4.9% growth: IATA
GENEVA: Air passengers in the Middle East are expected to grow by 4.9 per cent and will see an ad-ditional 237 million passengers a year on routes to, from and within the region by 2034, says the Inter-national Air Transport Associa-tion’s (IATA) fi rst 20-year passen-ger growth forecast.
The UAE, Qatar and Saudi Ara-bia will see strong growth of 5.6 per cent, 4.8 per cent, and 4.6 per cent respectively. The total mar-ket size will be 383 million pas-sengers, says IATA study.
Globally, IATA expects the pas-senger numbers to reach 7.3 bil-lion by 2034. That represents a 4.1 per cent average annual growth in demand for air connectivity that will result in more than a doubling of the 3.3 billion passengers ex-pected to travel this year.
Among the highlights of the re-port is the expectation that China will overtake the United States as
the world’s largest passenger mar-ket by 2030. Both markets, how-ever, are expected to remain the largest by a wide margin.
In 2034 fl ights to, from and within China will account for some 1.3 billion passengers, 856 million more than 2014 with an average annual growth rate of 5.5 per cent. Traffi c to, from and with-in the US is expected to grow at an average annual growth rate of 3.2 per cent that will see 1.2 billion
passengers by 2034 (559 million more than 2014).
The report, the fi rst from the new IATA Passenger Forecasting service, produced in association with Tourism Economics, analy-ses passenger fl ows across 4,000 country pairs for the next 20 years, forecasting passenger num-bers by way of three key demand drivers: living standards, popula-tion and demographics, and price and availability.
Growth trend By 2034, the fi ve fastest-increas-ing markets in terms of additional passengers per year will be China (856 million new passengers per year), the US (559 million), India (266 million), Indonesia (183 mil-lion) and Brazil (170 million).
Eight of the ten fastest-growing markets in percentage terms will be in Africa with Central African Republic, Madagascar, Tanzania, Burundi and Kuwait making up
the fi ve fastest-growing markets.“It is an exciting prospect to
think that in the next 20 years more than twice as many pas-sengers as today will have the chance to fl y. Air connectivity on this scale will help transform eco-nomic opportunities for millions of people,” said Tony Tyler, IATA director general and chief execu-tive offi cer
58 million jobs“At present, aviation helps sustain 58 million jobs and $2.4 trillion in economic activity. In 20 years’ time we can expect aviation to be supporting around 105 million jobs and $6 trillion in GDP,” Tony Tyler added.
As per the analysis of the IATA, the 10 largest air passenger mar-kets defi ned by traffi c to, from and within for the period 2014-2034, the US will remain the largest air passenger market until around 2030, when it will drop to num-ber 2, behind China. Cumulatively over the next 20 years the US will carry 18.3 billion more passengers and China 16.9 billion.
Currently, the ninth largest market, India will see a total of 367 million passengers by 2034, an ex-tra 266 million annual passengers compared to today. It will overtake the UK to become the third largest market around 2031. - Agencies
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Vehicle sales in Europe accelerate 6.4 per cent
MUNICH: New car sales in Eu-rope accelerated by 6.4 per cent in September, with data released yesterday showing the thirteenth month running of increases as a recovery in the market spreads across the continent.
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association said “substantial growth prevailed in all major markets” in the EU in September with nearly 1.24 mil-lion new cars sold.
Spain led the pack, with sales jumping by 26.2 per cent, thanks mainly to its “cash-for-clunkers” programme, although the coun-try’s economy is gradually recov-ering after six years of crisis.
Spain and BritainFor the January to September period, sales climbed 6.1 per cent to 9.57 million vehicles. Spain also led the recovery for the nine-month period with a 17.2 per cent increase, followed by Britain where sales shot up by 9.1 per cent.
Despite anaemic growth in their economies, car sales in Italy still rose by 3.6 per cent, by 2.9 per cent in Germany and 2.1 per cent in France. Sales volumes are still far from pre-crisis levels. The 1.24 million vehicles sold in September 2014 is far off the 1.4 million sold in sold in September 2006.
Volkswagen is extending its lead in European sales, with a 7.9 increase over the nine months to 2.4 million vehicles, expanding its market share to 25.2 per cent from 24.8 per cent.
Peugeot and CitroenFrance’s PSA Group, which manu-factures Peugeot and Citroen ve-hicles, saw its market share slip to 10.9 per cent from 11per cent despite a 4.8 per cent increase in sales to 1million vehicles.
Renault was in third place, ex-panding its market share to 9.6 per cent from 8.8 per cent thanks to a 15.9 per cent jump in sales to 921,038 vehicles.
Sales of its low-cost Dacia line-up jumped by 29.2 per cent.
Sales in the GM group were down by 3.3 per cent, however, al-though this was due to the United States group deciding to phase out its Chevrolet brand in Europe. Its German unit Opel, beat the aver-age with an 8.2 per cent increase to 671,198 vehicles.
Shares in Volkswagen climbed 2.4 per cent to 157.80 euros, while shares in Peugeot jumped 4.8 to 9.08 euros, and Renault rose 3.4 per cent to 54.15 euros.
Meanwhile, shares in Faure-cia, a unit of PSA Group, rose 5.5 per cent after the car parts maker said its third quarter sales jumped 6.5 per cent. Bayerische Motoren Werkeis fi nding prices in Europe worse than the Munich-based company expected. - AFP
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Who was responsible for demise of Nokia phone?HELSINKI: It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions — often quickly and brutally. Mobile-phone cham-pion Nokia, one of Europe’s biggest technology success stories, was no exception, losing its market share in the space of just a few years. Can the industry’s new champions, Ap-ple and Google — not to mention titans in other tech sectors — avoid Nokia’s fate?
In 2007, Nokia accounted for more than 40 per cent of mobile-phone sales worldwide. But con-sumers’ preferences were already shifting toward touch-screen smartphones. With the introduc-tion of Apple’s iPhone in the mid-dle of that year, Nokia’s market share shrunk rapidly and revenue plummeted. By the end of 2013, Nokia had sold its phone business to Microsoft.
What sealed Nokia’s fate was a series of decisions made by Ste-phen Elop in his position as chief executive offi cer, which he as-
sumed in October 2010. Each day that Elop spent at Nokia’s helm, the company’s market value de-clined by €18 million ($23 million) — making him, by the numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history.
Elop’s biggest mistake was choosing Microsoft’s Windows Phone as the only platform for Nokia’s smartphones. In his ‘burn-ing platform’ memo, Elop com-pared Nokia to a man on a burning off shore oilrig, facing a fi ery death or an uncertain leap into the frigid sea. He was right that business as usual meant certain death for Nokia; he was wrong to choose Mi-crosoft as the company’s life raft.
Nokia’s boardBut Elop was not the only person at fault. Nokia’s board resisted change, making it impossible for the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the industry. Most no-tably, Jorma Ollila, who had led Nokia’s transition from an indus-trial conglomerate to a technology giant, was too enamoured with the
company’s previous success to rec-ognise the change that was needed to sustain its competitiveness.
The company also embarked on a desperate cost-cutting pro-gramme, which included the elimination of thousands of jobs.
This contributed to the deteriora-tion of the company’s once-spir-ited culture, which had motivated employees to take risks and make miracles. Good leaders left the company, taking Nokia’s sense of vision and direction with them.
Not surprising, much of Nokia’s most valuable design and pro-gramming talent left as well.
Choosing AndroidBut the largest impediment to Nokia’s ability to create the kind of intuitive, user-friendly smart-phone experiences that iPhones and Android devices off ered was its refusal to move beyond the so-lutions that had driven its past suc-cess. For example, Nokia initially claimed that it could not use the Android operating system with-out including Google applications on its phones. But, just before its takeover by Microsoft, Nokia actu-ally built a line of Android-based phones called Nokia X, which did not include Google apps, but in-stead used Nokia maps and Micro-soft search.
Why didn’t Nokia choose An-droid earlier? The short answer is money. Microsoft promised to pay billions of dollars for Nokia to use Windows Phone exclusively. Giv-en that Google gives away its An-
droid software, it could not match this off er. But Microsoft’s money could not save Nokia; it is not pos-sible to build an industrial ecosys-tem with money alone.
Elop’s previous experience at Microsoft was undoubtedly also a factor. After all, in diffi cult situa-tions, people often turn to what is familiar. Apple and Google should not rest easy. Like Nokia in the mobile-phone industry — not to mention Microsoft and IBM in the computing industry — one day they will lose their leading posi-tion. But there are steps they can take to prolong their success.
Herein lies the most important lesson in Nokia’s fall. Technology companies cannot achieve success simply by pleasing their board of directors or even striking multi-million-dollar deals with part-ners. Whichever company makes the consumer happy — whether a well-established multinational or a dynamic startup – will win. Companies that lose sight of that are doomed. – Project Syndicate
ANALYS I S
IS IT HIS MISTAKE? What sealed Nokia’s fate was
a series of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his position as chief executive offi cer, which he assumed in October 2010
Elop’s biggest mistake was choosing Microsoft‘s Windows phone as the only platform for Nokia’s smartphones
Elop compared Nokia to a man on a burning off shore oilrig, facing a fi ery death or an uncertain leap into the frigid sea Stephen Elop
US, Europe stocks rally on stimulus bets TOKYO: United States. stocks rallied and European shares end-ed an eight-day losing streak on signs of more stimulus from cen-tral banks and improving earn-ings. Treasuries fell while Italian and Greek bonds advanced with crude oil.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 In-dex jumped 1 per cent at 9.35am in New York, trimming a fourth weekly decline. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped 1.9 per cent. Ten-year Treasury yields rose 4 basis points to 2.19 per cent. Simi-lar Italian bond yields dropped seven basis points to 2.51 per cent and Greek securities pared the biggest weekly decline in more than two years. The yen weakened 0.2 per cent against the dollar. West Texas Intermediate oil ad-vanced 0.6 per cent.
The European Central Bank (ECB) will start ‘within the next days’ to purchase assets in the new
program to support the economy, Benoit Coeure, an executive board member, said today in Riga. Mor-gan Stanley and General Electric reported better-than-estimated earnings and Commerce Depart-ment data showed new home con-struction rose in September after slumping a month earlier.
“Any news coming from the European Central Bank in terms of its asset-purchase programme will be quite positive and support-ive to equity markets, especially after the recent selloff ,” Guillaume Duchesne, an equity strategist at BGL BNP Paribas, said.
Stocks worldwide have lost about $3.3 trillion in market value in October amid concern global growth is slowing as the US winds up asset purchases.
St Louis Federal Reserve Bank president James Bullard said pol-icy makers should consider delay-ing the end of bond buying.
ECB stimulusPressure is mounting for ECB stimulus such as government-bond purchases as the 18-nation euro area struggles to rebound from a sovereign debt crisis and subsequent austerity measures.
The S&P 500 has tumbled 6.5 per cent since a record in mid- September. The index recovered
on Thursday from an early plunge, closing little changed after erasing a drop of as much as 1.5 per cent.
Morgan Stanley gained 3.2 per cent after reporting earnings, excluding an accounting adjust-ment, of 65 cents a share, topping the 54-cent average estimate of 23 analysts. GE rose 3.6 per cent as cost cutting helped boost mar-
gins in the industrial business. Schlumberger advanced 7.5 per cent after the oil company posted profi t that beat the average analyst projection.
Carmakers gainAll 19 industry groups in the
Stoxx 600 rose, with carmakers gaining the most as the European Automobile Manufacturers’ As-sociation reported growth in car sales last month. Peugeot Citroen climbed 6.3 per cent.
Accor gained 3.3 per cent after Europe’s largest hotel operator re-ported sales growth that beat es-timates. Rolls-Royce tumbled 14 per cent after the maker of com-mercial-aircraft engines cut its revenue outlook for the full year, saying it will fall rather than stay unchanged. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index added 0.6 per cent, trimming this week’s decline to 1.4 per cent. - Bloomberg News
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China will overtake US as world’s largest passenger market by 2030. In 2034 fl ights to, from and within China will account for 1.3
billion passengers
India will see a total of 367m passengers by 2034,
an extra 266m annual passengers compared to today. It will overtake the
United Kingdom
Germany and Spain will decline from 5th and 6th spot in 2014 to be the 8th and 7th largest markets
respectively France will fall from 7th to 10th
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The United States shale boom is pro-ducing record amounts of new oil as demand weakens, pushing prices down toward levels that threaten to reduce future drilling.
Domestic fields will add an un-precedented 1.1 million barrels a
day of output this year and another 963,000 in 2015, raising production to the most since 1970, according to the US Energy Informa-tion Administration. The Energy Depart-ment’s statistical arm forecasts consump-tion will shrink 0.2 per cent to 18.9 million barrels a day this year, the lowest since 2012.
More supply from hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, and less demand, are contributing to the tumble in West Texas Intermediate crude. The US benchmark is down 17 per cent since June 20 and fell be-low $90 a barrel on October 2 for the first time in 17 months.
“If prices go to $80 or lower, which I think is possible, then we are going to see a reduction in drilling activity,” Ralph Eads, vice-chairman and global head of energy investment banking at Jeff eries, which advised 38 per cent of US en-ergy mergers and acquisitions this year, said. “It will be uncharted territory.”
WTI declined to $88.85 a barrel on Tues-day on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest since April 22, 2013. Prices in domestic fields such as North Dakota’s Bak-ken shale are several dollars lower because transportation bottlenecks raise the cost of reaching refiners.
Lower oilThe EIA cut 2014 and 2015 crude price fore-casts because of rising production and falling consumption. WTI will average $94.58 next
year, down from a September projection of $94.67. The outlook for Brent oil, the bench-mark for more than half of the world’s crude, was lowered to $101.67 from $103. US output reached 8.7 million barrels a day in September, the most since July 1986, the EIA said. US de-mand is down because Americans are driving less and using more fuel-effi cient cars, accord-ing to the EIA.
Shale oil is expensive to extract by histori-cal standards and only viable at high-enough prices, Ed Morse, Citigroup’s head of global commodities research in New York, said. Oil from shale formations costs $50 to $100 a barrel to produce, compared with $10 to $25 a barrel for conventional supplies from the Middle East and North Africa, the Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates.
Trading oilOil prices are harder to move because crude trades more globally than natural gas, ac-cording to Stephen Trauber, vice-chairman and global head of energy at Citigroup in Houston. While oil can be carried on ships, trucks and pipelines, gas has to be frozen be-fore it can cross oceans.
Crude prices might not fall enough to shut in production. About 70 per cent of US reserves would remain economic with global prices at $75 a barrel, according to Wood Mackenzie, an industry consultant based in Edinburgh.
The last time the U.S. had a domestic oil boom was in the 1980s, following the Arab embargo. It ended when new supplies over-whelmed the market. Prices dropped to $9.95 a barrel in April 1986 from $32.35 the previ-ous August, and the annual average stayed below $30 a barrel until 2000.— Bloomberg News/New York
The EIA cut 2014 and 2015
crude price forecasts because of rising production
and falling consumption. WTI will average
$94.58 next year, down from a September
projection of $94.67
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Google profit misses estimates on slowing revenue from advertising
SAN FRANCISCO: Google missed profi t and revenue estimates for the third quarter as the search provider stepped up spending to reignite slowing advertising sales.
Profi t, excluding some items, was $6.35 a share, the company said in a statement on Thursday, falling short of analysts’ average projec-tion for $6.53. Revenue, excluding sales passed on to partners, was $13.2 billion, just below analysts’ prediction, according to estimates.
Larry Page, chief executive of-fi cer, looking for new opportuni-ties beyond desktop-based search ads, is ramping up investments in everything from business soft-ware to mobile services. Revenue at Google’s own websites grew 20 per cent, compared to 23 per cent in the prior period.
At the same time, the company ramped up hiring and boosted re-search and development spending by almost 50 per cent.
“The trend lines are OK, but you are slowing — growth certainly is slowing,” said Ben Schachter, an analyst at Macquarie Securities USA Inc.
“They’re spending a lot to get the talent that they have. What needs to happen is you need to start to
seeing some of the non-tradi-tional areas contribute more to Google results.”
The shares of Mountain View, California-based Google fell 2.5 per cent in extended trading.
The stock declined less than 1 per cent to $536.92 at Thursday’s
close in New York, leaving it down 4.3 per cent this year. In German trading yesterday, the shares fell to the equivalent of $524.68 in Frankfurt.
Mobile adsThird-quarter net income fell 5.4 per cent to $2.81 billion, or $4.09 a share, which included charges related to the sale of Motorola Mo-bility to Lenovo, from $2.97 billion, or $4.38, a year earlier. Operating expenses made up 37 per cent of revenue, up from 33 per cent a year earlier, Google said.
Although Google is seeking to expand the number of places where it can place ads, that hasn’t been enough to make up for slower growth at its main search web-sites. “There’s always that con-cern — that core is going to slow,” said Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Partners in New York.
As more people use smart-
phones to check e-mail, manage their fi nances and access Web services, a third of search-based ad spending is now on tablets and mobile phones, up from less than 20 per cent a year ago, according to IgnitionOne.
Since ads on smartphones cost less, total mobile-ad prices in the US declined 9 per cent during the third quarter, while desktop ad prices fell 1 per cent, the digital-marketing services company said.
The number of clicks on ads was up about 17 per cent, a slowdown from the prior period. While the price of ads fell 2 per cent, that was a slower declined compared to the prior quarter’s. - Bloomberg News
Revenue at its own websites grew 20%,
compared to 23% in the third quarter. At the
same time, the company ramped up hiring
and boosted R&D spending by almost 50%
Tata Consultancy earnings below market expectationsNEW DELHI: Tata Consultancy Services slumped the most in-traday in Mumbai trading in two years after the Indian software company posted its fi rst earnings miss in six quarters and forecast the current period will be ‘soft’.
Shares fell as much as 8.7 per cent, the biggest intraday decline since October 2012, and traded 8.2 per cent lower at Rs2,458.25 in Mumbai. The stock was the worst performer on the bench-mark S&P BSE Sensex Index, which climbed 0.6 per cent, and the second-biggest loser on the MSCI Asia Pacifi c Index.
India’s largest software servic-es provider joins larger competi-tor Accenture in reporting profi t that missed analyst estimates as clients of the Mumbai-based company outsource work as smaller projects rather than large deals. Tata Consultancy won four contracts worth more than $50 million each last quarter, down from fi ve in the preceding period, and added no new business ex-ceeding $100 million.
“Large deals won’t be back at
all,” Ian Marriott, a vice-presi-dent at Gartner, said. “You’ll start to see more and more modestly sized relatively short deals be-cause people have got to get deals through more quickly to change the business, be more competi-tive, and grow into new markets.”
Net income rose 14 per cent to Rs52.9 billion ($858 million) in the three months ended Septem-ber, Tata Consultancy reported on Thursday. Profi t trailed the Rs53.8-billion median of 44 ana-lysts’ estimates.
Holiday impactTata Consultancy predicts a ‘soft quarter’ in the three months through December as the holiday season slows outsourcing work at industries ranging from retail to manufacturing, chief executive offi cer N. Chandrasekaran told reporters on Thursday.
“The number of holidays that are coming with Thanksgiving in the United States, the Christmas season, those things will aff ect the volume,” he said. “The overall business environment is good, so we should look beyond the third quarter, beyond this fi scal year.”
A venture with Mitsubishi for tapping information technology contracts in Japan may add busi-ness at a slower pace than initially projected, say analysts including at BNP Paribas. - Bloomberg News
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bility to Lenovo, from $2.97 billion, a year earlier. - Reuters
AT A GLANCE Net income rose 14%
to Rs52.9b in the three months ended September
It predicts a ‘soft quarter’ in the three months through December as the holiday season slows outsourcing work
Company won four contracts worth more than $50m each last quarter, down from fi ve in the preceding period, and added no new business exceeding $100m
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O M A N Factory output rebounds as US overcoming slowdown
WASHINGTON: Production at American factories rebounded, claims for jobless benefi ts fell to a 14-year low and households held the most optimistic views in two years, signs the world’s largest economy is overcoming a global slowdown.
Manufacturing output climbed 0.5 per cent in September, spring-ing back from a 0.5 per cent drop the prior month, as factories pushed out more computers, ap-pliances and building-supplies, ac-cording to Federal Reserve data is-sued on Thursday in Washington.
Other reports showed the mo-mentum is being sustained as the fewest workers since April 2000 fi led applications for unemploy-ment insurance last week and more consumers said this month that the economy will get better.
The reports bolster forecasts that the US expansion will sur-vive the weakening in Europe and emerging nations that has roiled global fi nancial markets. Ameri-can consumer spending, which accounts for almost 70 per cent of the economy, is likely to strength-en as employment keeps growing and confi dence climbs.
Solid growth“If United States growth holds in like we think it will, that would pull the rest of the global economy along and calm some of the fears,” said Michael Feroli, chief US economist at JPMorgan Chase in New York. “The data is still con-sistent with good, solid growth in the US We’re not seeing much evi-dence that global developments are aff ecting us.”
Stocks recovered from early losses after United States Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Presi-dent James Bullard said in an in-terview with Bloomberg that the central bank should consider de-laying the end of its bond-buying program to halt the decline in in-fl ation expectations.
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index ended up 0.27 point, or less than
0.1 per cent, at 1,862.76 at the close in New York after being down as much as 1.5 per cent earlier.
“Infl ation expectations are declining in the US,” he said in Washington. “That’s an impor-tant consideration for a central bank. And for that reason I think that a logical policy response at this juncture may be to delay the end of the QE.”
Utilities in demandThe Fed’s production report showed total output, including mines and utilities, advanced 1 per cent last month, the biggest gain since November 2012 and exceeding the highest forecast of any economist.In addition to the gain in manufacturing, the jump was driven by a 3.9 per cent surge at utilities, the biggest since May 2012, refl ecting demand for air conditioning as temperatures turned unseasonably warm last month, the report said.
The median forecast in a survey of 80 economists called for a 0.4 per cent rise in total production. Estimates ranged from gains of 0.1 per cent to 0.8 per cent.
The August reading was re-vised to show a 0.2 per cent drop from a previously reported 0.1 per cent decline.
Fewer claimsThe number of workers fi ling job-less claims decreased by 23,000 to 264,000 in the week ended Octo-ber 11, lower than any projection in the Bloomberg survey of econo-mists, Labour Department data showed yesterday.
“This is a little bit heartening,” said Guy Berger, US economist at RBS Securities Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut, whose projection for claims matched the lowest in the survey. “It sets up a pretty good October employment report.”
A sustained drop in fi rings typi-cally coincides with a pickup in hiring. Employers added 248,000 workers to payrolls in September, according to Labor Department data. The unemployment rate fell to 5.9 per cent, the lowest since 2008. Job gains stayed on pace for their best year since 1999.
The pickup in hiring and drop in gasoline prices is lifting Ameri-cans’ spirits. he weekly sentiment index was little changed at 36.2 till October 12. - Bloomberg News
Factory output climbed 0.5% in September,
springing back from a 0.5% drop the prior
month, as factories pushed out more
computers, appliances and building-supplies
German industry learns to earn from shift towards green energy FRANKFURT: German indus-try is learning how to profi t from the upheaval and costs of the country’s shift towards solar and wind energy.
Greater reliance on renewables in Europe’s biggest power market is making the peaks and troughs of electricity production bigger and less predictable, as the wind picks up or drops and the sun shines or disappears behind the clouds.
Power fi rms have therefore en-listed the help of big consumers such as metals, paper and chemi-cal companies to deal with the problem of matching volatile sup-ply to demand.
By upgrading their plants or making small changes to their operations, growing numbers of manufacturers are taking more power at times of excess capacity and less when supplies are tight.
In exchange for this fl exibility, the manufacturers get breaks on their power bills.
Neither the suppliers nor the consumers will reveal how big the discounts are, with each deal ne-gotiated individually, but the need for thrift is great.
Industry consumes half of all power in Germany and pays roughly twice the price of Unit-ed States rivals, mainly due to higher labour and infrastructure overheads and a lack of shale gas,
which in the United States has sharply cut generating costs.
Rebates on power bills“End consumers that were up to now mostly passive can become active in the energy market and receive money for their fl ex-ibility,” said Thomas Schulz, co-founder of Entelios.
Entelios and Denmark’s Dong Energy, are among the companies vie for the business of helping manufacturers to earn rebates on their power bills.
Germany’s move towards re-newable energy accelerated in 2011 when the government de-cided to phase out nuclear genera-tion after the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Driven by green-energy targets and incentives, renewa-bles now account for nearly half Germany’s installed power capac-ity of over 185 gigawatts (GW).
But they contribute only a quar-ter of the actual power supply be-cause wind and solar units operate only between a fi fth and a third of the time, while conventional nu-
clear and fossil fuel plants can pro-duce electricity around the clock.
An expansion of the national grid’s capacity will help to match supply and demand, and over-come the problem that most wind energy is produced in the coastal areas of northern Germany while much of the power hungry indus-tries are far to the south.
But this will take time and be costly, so the utilities need manufacturers to turn their pro-duction up and down more ac-cording to how much energy is available from sources that depend of the weather.
Flattening demand Utilities already use backstop plants, typically natural-gas pow-ered, which start generating when other sources cannot meet de-mand. But as the number of wind and solar units grows, other pow-er cushions are needed.
So-called Demand Response (DR) or Demand Side Manage-ment (DSM) schemes, pioneered in the United States, can ease the problem by fl attening demand when supply is low while absorb-ing and distributing oversupply at other times.
Among the companies involved in such schemes is SGL, which is based in the Bavarian town of Meitingen. - Reuters
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If US growth holds in
like we think it will, that
would pull the rest of
the global economy
along and calm some
of the fears
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gest power market is making the peaks and troughs of electricity
production bigger and less predictable, as the wind picks up or
drops and the sun shines or disappears. - Reuters fi le photo
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two small bottles of wax-sealed perfume, embossed with the name of the esteemed Bond Street per-fumer Piesse & Lubin, were placed in the cargo hold in the bow of the North Carolina-bound paddle steamer Mary Celestia, along with cigars, bottles of fi ne wine and oth-er illicit luxuries prohibited dur-ing the American Civil War – but available at a price.
Sadly these smuggled goods (alongside the legitimate cargo of ammunition for the Confederate forces) never reached their desti-nation; the 225-ft steamer struck a treacherous reef on the south shore of Bermuda and took these secrets — and the ship’s cook, the only passenger to perish — to a wa-tery grave 55m under the sea.
The contraband in the ship’s bow remained concealed by sand and silt until January 2011, when a ferocious winter storm exposed this section of the Mary Celes-
tia, and marine archaeologist divers later surfaced with four still-corked bottles of wine, a hair-brush, leather shoes, and these two intact glass perfume bottles. And this month, a painstakingly reproduced limited edition run of this shipwrecked fragrance goes on sale, bringing the long-lost fra-grance to modern nostrils.
“This perfume waited 150 years to be worn, and now, fi nally, it can be,” says Isabelle Ramsay-Brack-stone of the Bermuda Perfumery, who petitioned the Bermuda gov-ernment for special permission to recreate the perfume, by mapping the molecular structure. However, for Ramsay-Brackstone that fi rst whiff , having carefully removed the wax seal, was far from pleas-ant. After 150 years of decompo-sition, she describes the original scent as “a dirty pirate’s feet”.
The two clear 45ml bottles had been preserved in relatively fa-vourable conditions — in the dark, under pressure, fully sealed and at a cool, constant temperature, but perfume inevitably degrades over time, particularly when it con-
tains organic ingredients. “But it didn’t matter how it smelled,” says Ramsay-Brackstone. “What really mattered is what you were smelling: 150 years of history. You could smell a ghost.”
The perfumer travelled to New York and worked alongside Jean-Claude Delville of Drom fra-grances, using gas chromatogra-phy to determine the fragrance’s “DNA”, isolating notes of citrus, rosewood, rose and orange fl ower — along with animal derivatives ambergris and civet.
The now-defunct Piesse and Lu-bin was a popular perfumery in its day, co-owned by G.W. Septimus Piesse, whose 1857 volume The Art of Perfumery is highly regard-ed among artisan perfumers today for its historical and technical ap-proach to the art of perfumery.
And when you get past the odour of fermented tincture and decomposed civet and ambergris, what does 1864 smell like? “I was shocked at how fresh and fl oral the formula was, and the amount of citrus in it,” says Delville. “It doesn’t smell old-fashioned,”
Ramsay-Brackstone agrees. “It’s very pretty and refreshing be-cause it has so much citrus. And the neroli and the rosewood give it a lot of depth.”
Ramsay-Brackstone then care-fully recreated the scent — minus the now-controversial civet and ambergris — to release it on the 150th anniversary of the Mary Celestia’s sinking. Some 1,864 bot-tles, priced at $225, go on sale this month in the Bermuda Perfum-ery’s Lili Bermuda Boutique, as well as online at lilibermuda.com. The bottle bears a medallion de-picting the Mary Celestia in her full glory (an image that also adorns Bermuda’s $3 gold coin), and each bottle comes in a black velvet bag within a Bermudan cedar box with a hand-tied blue ribbon and a red wax seal. Proceeds are going into a new foundation to conserve Ber-muda’s shipwreck heritage.
A gimmick? Perhaps. But as behind-the-bottle blurbs go, we’ll take a tale of smuggling and ship-wrecks over Britney’s Fantasy per-fumes any day of the week.— Anna Hart/The Independent
A new fragrance replicates the molecular ‘DNA’of a bottle of perfume found perfectly preserved
in a 150-year-old shipwreck in Bermuda
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F. SCOTT Fitzgerald said, “All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.”
That is an interesting concept. I wonder how he typed while swimming.
When the card play has fi nished, the contract will either be underwater or have fl oated safely ashore. If it has been defeated, though, declarer should not worry about how far it has sunk, as long as he took his best shot to make the contract. (Yes, if you are playing in a pair event scored by matchpoints, that is not necessarily true.)
In this deal, South is in three no-trump. After West leads the diamond king, how should declarer swim?
North’s jump-shift rebid guarantees extra values and forces to game.
South starts with six top winners: four hearts, one diamond and one club. In addition, he hopes to take either four club tricks or three clubs and one spade.
First, South should hold up dummy’s diamond ace until at least the second round to confi rm the split. Yes, it is likely to be 6-0 or 5-1 because otherwise West would probably have led a diff erent suit (presumably spades).
Declarer takes the second trick with dummy’s diamond ace, cashes his hearts and runs the club 10. East wins with his king and shifts to a low spade. What should South do?
If West has the spade ace, the contract will drown. So declarer should play his spade king. Here, it wins and the contract comes up for air. But if the king loses, South has potentially gone down two instead of down one — a small price to pay for trying to collect a vulnerable game bonus.
— By Phillip Alder
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Screen 1Haider (Action | Drama) (18+ )Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon, Shraddha Kapoor3.30, 9.30 pmBang Bang (Action/ Romance ) (PG)Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif6.30pmScreen 2Bang Bang (Action/ Romance ) (PG)Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif1.00, 3.45, 10:15 pmDraculla Untold (Action ) (12+)Cast: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper 6.45, 8.30 pm
Bang Bang – 2D (PG) (Act | Rom)Cast: Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan1:15, 8.45pmDracula Untold – 2D (12+) (Act | Dra )Cast: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon 4.15 pmLeft Behind – 2D (PG12) (Act | Sci-Fi )Cast: Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson, Cassi Thomson3.15, 7.00, 9.30, 11.45 pmGone Girl – 2D (15+) (Dra | Myst)Cast: Ben Affl eck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris12:30, 6.45, 9.00, 11.30 pmRibbit – 3D (PG) (Animation)Cast: Alexandra Astin, Sean Astin, Valentine Cawley1:30, 3.15 , 5.00 pmEnemies Closer – 2D (TBC) (Act )Cast: Tom Everett Scott, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Orlando Jones 5.15, 11.45 pmThe Trials of Cate McCall – 2D (TBC) (Drama)Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Taye Diggs 3.30, 5.15 pmHassalna Al Roab – 2D (12+) (Comedy)Cast: Sara Salama, Ayman Kandil7.00 pmRajadhi Raja – 2D (PG) (Act)
Left Behind (Act | Sci-Fi ) (PG12)Cast: Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson3:00, 9:45, 11:45pmEnemies Closer (Act | Thr) (PG12)5:00, 11:30 pmThe Judge (Drama) (12+)4:30, 6:30 pmGone Girl (Dra | Myst ) (15+)Cast: Ben Affl eck, Rosamund Pike7:00, 9:00, 11:45 pmDracula Untold (Act | Fantasy) (12+)Cast: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper3:00 pmRibbit - 3D (Animation) (PG)3:00, 4:30 pmBang Bang (Action | Romance) (PG)Cast: Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan8:45 pmRajadhi Raja (Action, Drama) (PG)Cast: Mammootty, Lakshmi Rai6:00pm
Dracula Untold (Act | Fantasy) (12+) Cast: Luke Ewans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon3:15 pmHassalna Al Roab (Arabic) (Co) (12+)Cast: Sara Salama, Ayman Kandil
The Judge (2D/12+) (Drama)10:30am, 4:30pm, 7:00pmDracula Untold (2D/12+) (Act/Dra)1:00pmRibbit (3D/PG) (Animation)11:00am, 2:45pmEnemies Closer (2D/PG12) (Act)Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme 10:30am, 3:30, 7:15pmBang Bang (2D/PG) (Act/Rom)Cast: Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan11:15pmGone Girl (2D/15+) (Dra/Mys)12:45pm, 9:00pm, 11:45pmLeft Behind (2D/PG12) (Act/Sci-Fi)Cast: Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson12:15pm, 9:45pm, 11:45pmOpen Windows (2D/12+) (Act) 2:15pm, 5:15pmThe Best of Me (2D/12+) (Drama) 4:15pmHassalna Al Roab (2D/12+)(Comedy)6:30pm Rajadhi Raja (2D/PG) (Act/Drama)Cast: Mammootty, Lakshmi Rai8:30pm
5:00 pmLeft Behind (Act | Sci-Fi ) (PG12) 7:00, 11:45 pmBang Bang (Hindi) (Act|Rom) (PG) Cast: Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan11:30 pmGone Girl (Dr | Myst| Thriller) (15+) 12:30, 6:00, 9:00 pmRibbit (3D) (Animation) (PG) 3:00, 4:30Rajadhi Raja (Mal) (Act| Dr) (PG) 12:15, 8:45 pm
Screen 3Haider (Action | Drama) (18+ )1.00, 6.45 pmKhoobsurat (Com| Rom| Dra) (PG )Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan4.00 pmDraculla Untold (Action ) (12+)Cast: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper9.45 pm
Cast: Mammootty, Lakshmi Rai12:30, 9.00 pmThe Judge – 2D (12+) (Drama)Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga6.00, 11.45 pm
FIND-IT-ALL
PHARMACIESRound the clockAl Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24783334; Appolo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24782666; Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24702542, Salalah: 23291635; Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra: 24503585; Ruwi 24811715Muscat RegionApollo, Al Hamriya. Tel: 24787766Muscat, A Seeb Market. Tel: 24421691Muscat, Al Khuwair. Tel: 24485740Muscat, Al Hail South. Tel: 4537080Dhofar RegionMuscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah. Tel: 23291635
HOSPITALSAl Amal Medical & Health Care Centre: 24485052Atlas Hospital: Ruwi: 24811743/ Ghubra: 24504000Al Musafi r Specialised Medical Clinic: 24706453Hatat Polyclinic LLC,Ruwi: 24563641, Azaiba: 24499269, Sohar: 2683006Al Raff ah Hospital: 24618900/1/2Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory: 24566435Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre: 24499434Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24787766, 24787780Capital Polyclinic: 24707549Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi: 24799760/1/2Capital Clinic, Seeb: 24420740Ceregem National Raak: 24485633Dr Harub’s Clinic: 24563217Elixir Health Centre: 24565802Emirates Medical Centre: 246045401st Chiropractic Centre: 24472274Hamdan Hospital: 23212340International Medical Centre LLC: 24794501/2/3/4/5Kims Oman Hospital: 24760100
24 Hrs Emergency: 24760123Lama Polyclinic, Sohar: 26751128, MBD: 24799077, Al Khuwair: 24478818Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital: 24568870Muscat Private Hospital: 24583600Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair: 24477666Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC: 22004000
ROYAL OMAN POLICEEmergencies and inquiries: 9999General Directorate of Passport and Residence: 24569603Directorate General of Customs: 24521109Traffi c violations inquiries: 24510228Public Relations Admin: 24560099
ACCOMMODATIONAl Bahjah Hotel: 24424400Al Bustan Palace: 24764000 Al Khuwair Hotel Apartments: 24478171Al Madina Holiday Inn: 24596400Al Maha International Hotel: 24494949Al Fanar Hotel: 24712385Al Falaj Hotel: 24702311Al Qurum Resort: 24605945Azaiba Hotel Apartments: 24490979Beach Hotel: 24696601Bowshar Hotel: 24491105Coral Hotel Muscat: 24692121Crowne Plaza Muscat: 24660660Crystal Suites: 24826100Golden Tulip Seeb: 24510300Grand Hyatt Muscat: 24641234Haff a House Hotel: 24707207Hotel Muscat Holiday: 24487123InterContinental Muscat: 24680000Majan Continental Hotel: 24592900Marina Hotel: 24711711Midan Hotel Suites: 24499565Mina Hotel: 24711828Muttrah Hotel: 24798401
Nuzha Hotel Apartments: 24789199Oman Dive Centre: 24824240Park Inn: 24507888Qurum Beach House Hotel: 24564070Radisson Blu Hotel: 24487777Ramee Dream Resort Seeb: 24453399Ramee Guestline Hotel: 24564443Ruwi Hotel: 24704244Safeer Hotel Suites: 24691200Sheraton Oman Hotel: 24772772Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa: 24776666The Chedi Muscat: 24524400The Treasurebox Muscat Hotel: 24502570
AIRLINE OFFICESMuscat Airport Flight information (24 hours): 24519456/24519223Aerofl ot: 24704455, Air Arabia: 24700828, Air France: 24562153, Air India: 24799801, Air New Zealand: 24700732, Biman Bangladesh Airlines: 24701128, British Airways: 24568777, Cathay Pacifi c: 24789818, Egypt Air: 24794113, Emirates Air: 24404400, Ethiopian Airlines: 24660313, Gulf Air: 80072424, Indian: 24791914, Iran Air: 24787423, Japan Airlines: 24704455, Jazeera Airways: 23294848, Jet Airways: 24787248, Kenya Airways: 24660300, KML Royal Dutch Airlines: 24566737, Kuwait Airways: 24701262, LOT Polish Airlines: 24796387, Lufthansa: 24796692, Malaysian Airlines: 24560796, Middle East Airlines: 24796680, Oman Air: 24531111, Pakistan International Airlines: 24792471, Qatar Airways: 24771900, Qantas: 24559941, Royal Jordanian: 24796693, Saudi Arabian Airlines: 24789485, Singapore Airlines: 24791233, Shaheen Air: 24816565, SriLankan Airlines:
24784545, Swiss International Airlines: 24796692, Thai Airways: 24705934, Turkish Airlines: 24703033
MUSEUMSBait Al Baranda: Corniche (seafront opp fi sh market), Open from Saturday to Thursday 9am to 1pm and 4 to 6pmNatural History Museum: Al Khuwair, Tel: 24604957, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm; Thursday: 9am to 1pmMuseum of Omani Heritage: (former Omani Museum), Madinat Al Alam, Sat-Wed 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday - 9am to 1pm, Tel: 24600946Armed Forces Museum: Bait Al Falaj, Tel: 24312651, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm; Thurs 9-12pm and 3-6pm; Fri 9-11am and 3-6pm. Al Hoota Caves 24498258; Turtle Beach 96550606/96550707Children’s Science Museum: Shatti Al Qurum, Tel: 24605368, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pmOman-French Museum: near Muscat Police Station, Tel: 24736613, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm, Thurs: 9am to 1pmBait Al Zubair, Muscat: Tel: 24736688, Al Saidiya St., [email protected] from Sat to Thurs: 9:30am to 6pm.National Museum Ruwi: Tel: 24701289, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pmSohar Fort Museum: Tel: 26844758, Open from Saturday to Wed: 8 to 1:30pm Thurs: 9am to 1pmMuscat Gate Museum: at Al Bahri Road, Muscat open from Sat to Wed 8am to 2pm
Dhuhr 11.57pm
Asr 3.16pm
Maghrib 5.44pm
Isha 6.55pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 4.50am
Sunset 5:39pm
Sunrise (Tomorrow) 6.05am
High tide 4:32pm 6:06am
Low tide 10.58pm 12.41am
PRAYER TIMINGS
B7S AT U R DAY, O CTO B E R 1 8 , 2 0 14
W E A T H E R
OMAN
Max 36Min 29
Max 32Min 25
Max 35Min 27
Max 37Min 24
Max 33Min 22Max 35
Min 19
Max 36Min 22
Max 31 Min 23
Mainly clear skies over most of the Sultanate with chance of clouds development over Al-Hajar mountains towards afternoon and chances of clouds advection over the
Southeastern coasts. Chance of early morning low level clouds or fog patches over North Al-Sharqiyah, South Al-Sharqiyah, Al-Wusta and Dhofar governorates.EXPECTED WINDS: Along the coastal areas of Oman Sea wind will be northeasterly to easterly light to moderate during day becoming variable light at night and over the rest of the Sultanate it will be southerly to southeasterly light to moderate.
SEA STATE: Slight to moderate along the coasts with maximum wave height of 1.5 metres.HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Good over most of the Sultanate becoming poor during fog.THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Chance of clouds development over Al-Hajar mountains towards afternoon. Chance of clouds advection over the southeastern coasts. Chances of late night to early morning low level clouds or fog patches over North Al-Sharqiyah, South Al-Sharqiyah, Al-Wusta and Dhofar governorates.
Max Min
GULFAbu Dhabi 36 27Doha 37 29Dubai 36 26Kuwait 33 29Manama 34 29Riyadh 35 23
WORLDAthens 29 18Baghdad 29 16Beijing 22 12Berlin 18 12Boston 21 8Cairo 31 22Colombo 29 25Frankfurt 23 11Hong Kong 37 23Istanbul 19 14Johannesburg 20 13Kuala Lumpur 31 24Lisbon 19 16Paris 25 16Perth 23 12Singapore 32 26Tokyo 22 14Toronto 9 2
WORLD
Max 21Min 8
Max 30Min 20
Max 21Min 16
Max 36Min 23
Max 24Min 17
Max 21Min 19
Max 1Min -4
Max 30Min 24
LONG DISTANCE BUS TIMINGS (OMAN NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANY SAOC) *SUBJECT TO CHANGE
QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (Route 36)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 15:00 Quriyat 16:30 Daily15:00 Sur 18:00 Daily15:00 Jaalan 19:30 Daily
FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (Route 36)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily
TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41)06:30 Sohar 08:50 Daily06:30 Buraimi 11:00 Daily08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri13:00 Sohar 15:45 Daily13:00 Buraimi 17:40 Daily16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily
TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41)07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily
TO SINAW (Route 52)17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily
TO SINAW (Route 52)07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily
To Yanqul (Route 54)14:30 Nizwa 16:50 Daily14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily
To Yanqul (Route 54)06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily
TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily
TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily
TO SUR (Route 55)07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily
TO SUR (Route 55)06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily
TO FAHUD - YIBAL (Route 62)06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily
TO YIBAL - FAHUD (Route 62)12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily
TO DUBAI (Route 201)06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily
TO DUBAI (Route 201)07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily
TO MARMUL-SALALAH (Route 100)07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily
TO SALALAH -MARMUL (Route 100)07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily
TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:50 Daily
SALALAH TO DUBAI (Route 102)15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily
TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily
DUBAI TO SALALAH (Route 102)15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily
TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily
FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily
FROM MUSCAT (RUWI) TO MUSCAT (RUWI)
LISTINGS
Source: www.met.gov.om
SATURDAY
FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA WY676 JEDDAH 0005WY682 RIYADH 0005WY424 BEIRUT 0005WY636 ABU DHABI 0010WY928 SALALAH 0105WY924 SALALAH 0125TK774 ISTANBUL 0135PK225 KARACHI 0200GF560 BAHRAIN 0320EY384 ABU DHABI 0340QR1132 DOHA 0345ET624 ADDIS ABABA 0350EK866 DUBAI 0355MS930 CAIRO 0410FZ041 DUBAI 0510WY412 AMMAN 0615WY122 MUNICH 0620WY324 KARACHI 0630WY674 JEDDAH 0640WY658 BAHRAIN 0650WY154 ZURICH 0650WY638 ABU DHABI 0650WY114 FRANKFURT 0650WY902 SALALAH 0655WY668 DOHA 0700WY692 DAMMAM 0705WY686 RIYADH 0705WY644 KUWAIT 0720WY432 TEHRAN 0740WY102 LONDON HEATHROW 0740WY132 PARIS 0745FZ043 DUBAI 0800WY602 DUBAI 0800WY274 JAIPUR 0820WY202 BOMBAY 0825WY672 MEDINA 0830WY282 BANGALORE 0910G9114 SHARJAH 0915WY242 DELHI 0925WY236 HYDERABAD 0925PK191 TURBAT 0930EK862 DUBAI 0930WY252 MADRAS 0930QR1128 DOHA 1000EY382 ABU DHABI 1010IX549 TRIVANDRUM 1020IX443 COCHIN 10309W530 TRIVANDRUM 1045WY604 DUBAI 1100G9841 RAS AL KHAIMA 1120WY312 CHITTAGONG 1155IX337 CALICUT 1155PA450 LAHORE 1215WY904 SALALAH 1225WY3302 MUKHAIZNA 1230BG023 DACCA-CHITTAGONG 1230NL771 PESHAWAR 1300WY606 DUBAI 1330WY632 ABU DHABI 1345WY906 SALALAH 1425WY918 KHASAB 1440WY328 LAHORE 1535WY346 ISLAM ABBAD 1545FZ045 DUBAI 1545SV532 JEDDAH 1550MP95 AMSTERDAM 1555WY656 BAHRAIN 1600QR1126 DOHA 1605WY204 BOMBAY 1645WY292 CALICUT 1710WY264 LUCKNOW 1725WY3304 MUKHAIZNA 1730WY224 COCHIN 1735WY246 DELHI 1740WY232 HYDERABAD 1740WY216 TRIVANDRUM 1740GF564 BAHRAIN 1810WY338 KATHMANDU 1830G9116 SHARJAH 1915WY614 DUBAI 2020FZ047 DUBAI 20509W534 COCHIN 2115WY254 MADRAS 2125AI973 DELHI 21256.00E+81 BOMBAY 2130WY624 DUBAI 2140QR1130 DOHA 2140BA073 LONDON HEATHROW-ABU DHABI 2140UL205 COLOMBO 2155WY386 MALE 2155AI907 MADRAS 2200QR1134 DOHA 2225WY814 BANGKOK 2230WY374 COLOMBO 2235LX242 ZURICH-DUBAI 2235LH618 FRANKFURT-ABU DHABI 2235GF566 BAHRAIN 2240WY916 SALALAH 2245EY388 ABU DHABI 2245WY116 FRANKFURT 2305WY908 SALALAH 2305AI985 AHMEDABAD-BOMBAY 23109W540 BOMBAY 2315WY924 SALALAH 2335WY654 BAHRAIN 2335WY662 DOHA 2340WY816 BANGKOK 2340WY612 DUBAI 2345WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 2345WY696 DAMMAM 2350WY406 CAIRO 2355WY648 KUWAIT 2355
SUNDAY
FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA
WY682 RIYADH 0005WY676 JEDDAH 0005WY636 ABU DHABI 0010WY824 KUALA LUMPUR 0105NL669 SIALKOT 0200TK776 ISTANBUL-BAHRAIN 0205GF560 BAHRAIN 0320EY384 ABU DHABI 0340QR1132 DOHA 0345ET624 ADDIS ABABA 0350EK866 DUBAI 0355CV856 LUXORE 0635WY674 JEDDAH 0640WY638 ABU DHABI 0645FZ041 DUBAI 0645WY658 BAHRAIN 0650WY902 SALALAH 0655WY668 DOHA 0700WY686 RIYADH 0705WY102 LONDON HEATHROW 0740WY432 TEHRAN 0740FZ043 DUBAI 0800WY602 DUBAI 0800WY274 JAIPUR 0820WY202 BOMBAY 0825NL768 LAHORE 0900G9114 SHARJAH 0915WY346 ISLAM ABBAD 0915WY242 DELHI 0925WY236 HYDERABAD 0925EK862 DUBAI 0930WY252 MADRAS 0930WY226 COCHIN 0930WY268 LUCKNOW 0935WY212 TRIVANDRUM 0935QR1128 DOHA 1000EY382 ABU DHABI 1010IX549 TRIVANDRUM 1020WY3302 MUKHAIZNA 10459W530 TRIVANDRUM 1045WY3922 DUQUM OMAN 1105WY604 DUBAI 1105WY372 COLOMBO 1115G9841 RAS AL KHAIMA 1120IX337 CALICUT 1155PK223 PESHAWAR 1220WY904 SALALAH 1225WY324 KARACHI 1300IX817 MANGALORE-ABU DHABI 1325WY606 DUBAI 1330WY906 SALALAH 1425WY3922 DUQUM OMAN 1440WY812 BANGKOK 1440WY3304 MUKHAIZNA 1445WY328 LAHORE 1535FZ045 DUBAI 1545WY656 BAHRAIN 1600QR1126 DOHA 1605WY204 BOMBAY 1645WY292 CALICUT 1710WY610 DUBAI 1715WY246 DELHI 1740WY232 HYDERABAD 1740WY254 MADRAS 1740WY284 BANGALORE 1750WY664 DOHA 1750GF564 BAHRAIN 1810WY3306 MUKHAIZNA 1845TG507 BANGKOK-KARACHI 1900G9116 SHARJAH 1915WY926 SALALAH 1925WY914 SALALAH 1930WY144 MALPENSA 1945WY614 DUBAI 2020WY152 ZURICH 2030WY152 ZURICH 2030FZ047 DUBAI 2050WY312 CHITTAGONG 21109W534 COCHIN 2115KL441 AMSTERDAM-DOHA 2115AI973 DELHI 21256.00E+81 BOMBAY 2130QR1130 DOHA 2140BA073 LONDON HEATHROW-ABU DHABI 2140UL205 COLOMBO 2155AI907 MADRAS 2200QR1134 DOHA 2225LH618 FRANKFURT-ABU DHABI 2235LX242 ZURICH-DUBAI 2235GF566 BAHRAIN 2240WY916 SALALAH 2245EY388 ABU DHABI 2245WY124 MUNICH 2255WY414 AMMAN 2300WY116 FRANKFURT 2305AI985 AHMEDABAD-BOMBAY 23109W540 BOMBAY 2315WY654 BAHRAIN 2335FZ049 DUBAI 2340WY662 DOHA 2340WY612 DUBAI 2345WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 2345WY696 DAMMAM 2350WY648 KUWAIT 2355WY406 CAIRO 2355WY648 KUWAIT 2355
FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD BA072 ABU DHABI-LONDON HEATHROW 0001AI986 BOMBAY 00059W539 BOMBAY 0020SG062 AHMEDABAD 0030FZ050 DUBAI 0045WY251 MADRAS 0110WY201 BOMBAY 0115WY281 BANGALORE 0120WY685 RIYADH 0120WY311 CHITTAGONG 0125WY431 TEHRAN 0140WY273 JAIPUR 0145WY601 DUBAI 0155WY235 HYDERABAD 0155WY657 BAHRAIN 0200WY671 MEDINA 0200WY901 SALALAH 0200WY657 BAHRAIN 0200WY115 FRANKFURT 0205WY643 KUWAIT 0210WY323 KARACHI 0210WY637 ABU DHABI 0220WY241 DELHI 0225TK775 ISTANBUL 0230WY667 DOHA 0235WY691 DAMMAM 0235PK230 LAHORE 0255ET625 ADDIS ABABA 0450EK867 DUBAI 0500MS931 CAIRO 0510QR1133 DOHA 0515EY385 ABU DHABI 0525FZ042 DUBAI 0555WY925 SALALAH 0745GF561 BAHRAIN 0745WY813 BANGKOK 0750WY603 DUBAI 0800WY3301 MUKHAIZNA 0800WY903 SALALAH 0830FZ044 DUBAI 0840WY223 COCHIN 0900WY345 ISLAM ABBAD 0920WY327 LAHORE 0920WY215 TRIVANDRUM 0920WY337 KATHMANDU 0930WY291 CALICUT 0930WY263 LUCKNOW 0935WY815 BANGKOK 0940WY823 KUALA LUMPUR 0950G9115 SHARJAH 0955WY385 MALE 0955WY231 HYDERABAD 1010PK192 TURBAT-GWADUR 1015WY905 SALALAH 1020WY203 BOMBAY 1025WY631 ABU DHABI 1030WY605 DUBAI 1030WY373 COLOMBO 1040WY245 DELHI 1040WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 1045EK863 DUBAI 1045QR1129 DOHA 1100EY383 ABU DHABI 1110IX554 TRIVANDRUM 1110IX442 COCHIN 1125WY917 KHASAB 1140WY917 KHASAB 11409W533 COCHIN 1145WY655 BAHRAIN 1200G9842 RAS AL KHAIMA 1210WY253 MADRAS 1255IX350 CALICUT 1255PA451 LAHORE 1315WY3303 MUKHAIZNA 1330BG024 CHITTAGONG 1400WY101 LONDON HEATHROW 1400NL668 SIALKOT 1430WY405 CAIRO 1440WY927 SALALAH 1510WY913 SALALAH 1525FZ046 DUBAI 1630WY675 JEDDAH 1645SV533 RIYADH-JEDDAH 1650WY613 DUBAI 1715MP95 DUBAI WORLD CENTRE- SINGAPORE 1725QR1127 DOHA 1750WY623 DUBAI 1805WY915 SALALAH 1840WY681 RIYADH 1840WY647 KUWAIT 1850GF565 BAHRAIN 1855WY907 SALALAH 1900WY695 DAMMAM 1930WY293 SALALAH 1930WY653 BAHRAIN 1935WY661 DOHA 1950G9117 SHARJAH 1955WY611 DUBAI 2045WY635 ABU DHABI 2120FZ048 DUBAI 21359W529 TRIVANDRUM 2230WY673 JEDDAH 2240QR1131 DOHA 22406.00E+82 BOMBAY 2245AI908 MADRAS 2300UL206 COLOMBO 2305AI974 DELHI 2310GF567 BAHRAIN 2325QR1135 DOHA 2330LX243 DUBAI-ZURICH 2335EY381 ABU DHABI 2345LH619 ABU DHABI-FRANKFURT 2355
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A I R L I N E S
BORN today, you have a certain internal power that is sure to be noticeable to all who meet you — and those who get to know you at all will come to realise very quickly that you are a force to be reckoned with! You don’t even have to do much to make an impact; just walking into a room can do the trick — especially if you use “that walk” that you have cultivated and “that voice” that you have trained so well to achieve a certain eff ect. There may be some who think you’re just a big fake or that you’re not what you seem to be, but this is untrue! You are quite genuine, and anything you do to amplify your inner force will result in nothing more than that very force, amplifi ed! And that, summed up, is still very much you.
You can engage in conversation with almost anyone about almost anything because you are knowledgeable and curious about the world around you. You will always assert your independence in discussion, demonstrating how carefully you think about things and how artfully you talk about them.
Also born on this date are: Pam Dawber, actress; Melina Mercouri, actress; Jean-Claude Van Damme, actor and martial artist; George C. Scott, actor; Jesse Helms, US senator; Chuck Berry, rocker; Peter Boyle, actor.
You’re assuming a bit too much. Get the facts before you make any decision that is lasting — or that aff ects others.
VIRGO [AUG. 23-SEPT. 22]
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AQUARIUS [JAN. 20-FEB. 18]
It’s never too late to change your ways, though it may be diffi cult to do so if you don’t recognise how they should be changed!
Your way with words may fail you as you face a situation that comes as a complete surprise. This is only a temporary paralysis!
Time is of the essence; be sure to keep your eye on the clock even as you let yourself get swept up in something new.
Scheduling will be important throughout the day, as you want to have plenty of time set aside for the central activity.
You and a friend may disagree over just how best to get a certain task done. He or she can be trusted, of course!
You may become rather defensive when someone tries to tell you your business. On the other hand, perhaps he or she has a point!
Your day may be put on hold for a time as you receive news that requires your attention to shift to someone else.
PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20]
You know how to make the best possible use of a fl eeting opportunity. Remember: Once it’s gone, it’s really gone.
GEMINI [MAY 21-JUNE 20]
CANCER [JUNE 21-JULY 22]
LEO [JULY 23-AUG. 22]
CAPRICORN [DEC. 22-JAN 19]
Y O U R B I R T H D A Y
ARIES [March 21-APRIL 19]
TAURUS [APRIL 20-MAY 20]
You know the best way to communicate complex ideas, but you may have to go against your instincts for a time.
A partner may wonder about your true intentions, but, despite some unusual behaviour, you’re certainly still on board as promised.
You may have to spend much of the day looking over someone’s shoulder to ensure that he or she tends to his or her duties as required.
STRAINS,SPRAINSAND PAINS
B8
EXTRAS AT U R DAY, O C TO B E R 1 8 , 2 0 1 4
Dancing is a great way to exercise without feeling like you’ve done a session in the gym. Indeed for
many people who don’t like going to traditional exercise classes, this activity provides a great all-round cardiovascular workout.
However just like any other exercise it is important to bear in mind that proper technique, warm up, fl exibility and core strength are important to ensure you do not injure yourself. Here are my top tips:
ANKLE INJURIESWith amateurs, twisted ankles and sprains are all too common. Singer Frankie Bridge was the fi rst casualty of this type of injury, post-ing an online picture of her dance partner Kevin Clifton applying ice to her ankle in the fi rst week of Strictly Come Dancing.
The movements common in ballroom dancing require twists, turns and kicks, all of which put pressure on the feet and ankles in ways day-to-day life does not. It is important to wear well-fi tting dance shoes and to vary your rou-tines so that you give the body time to recover in between training.
KNEE INJURIESDancing a routine is no less strenu-ous than going for a run and so the same risk of injury applies. In fact a
dance routine puts more of a strain on your body than a long run.
With running you tend to use the same muscles, with dancing there are twists, sudden changes in movement which take their toll on diff erent muscle groups, joints and ligaments.
The knee is supported by ten-dons and ligaments which can eas-ily be strained. Most celebrities on Strictly Come Dancing have been seen with a knee brace or strap-ping at some point and although these injuries are usually not longlasting, they can be painful.
If you sustain a knee injury in the course of your dancing, re-member the acronym RICE which stands for rest, ice, compression and elevation. In most cases this will help to settle your injury but if in doubt get it checked out either with your GP or a physiotherapist.
BACK PAINLower back pain is second only to feet and ankle injuries in ballroom dancing and this is because the act of dancing often causes us to hold our bodies in unnatural positions.
Dancers have great posture but it takes years to build up the mus-cles to hold themselves in these positions. Most people will need to focus on building up core ab-dominal muscles before they at-tempt the bends and dips in some routines. Be careful of sudden movements (there is a reason the
celebrities attempt the Argentin-ian Tango in the last few weeks) as these can cause spasms and strains of back and other muscles in the body. It’s no coincidence that most professional dancers or athletes will regularly attend a Pilates or yoga class too. This type of exercise is key to providing fl ex-ibility in the joints so that they can stretch into diff erent positions, but also strengthen the core so that they can hold their posture throughout the routine.
SHOULDER INJURIESWe have all heard judge Craig Rev-el Horwood referring to the celeb-rities’ frame and hand positions in Strictly Come Dancing; this is about the shape of the upper body relative to the rest of the body in the dance and the better the danc-er, the more structured the frame.
Holding yourself in position re-quires training, and as we are not accustomed to holding our arms at shoulder height for any length of time, this can strain the shoulder and upper arm muscles.
Over time, without strength training and good abdominal mus-cles to support the frame, this can cause infl ammation in the mus-cles of the shoulder, arm and upper back. As with all dancing-related injuries, if you feel pain which is progressive it is important to rest and get it checked out. — Tony Kochhar/Daily Express
Mohanlal’s Facebook post leads to speculations
WHAT’S MOHANLAL UP TO? This question has been doing the rounds ever since the superstar’s latest post came up on his Facebook page. He has posted a photograph of himself in the company of few musicians, leading to rumours that the actor may be contemplating forming a music band. “Something unique and awesome is about to unveil... Can u guess?” is the mes-sage on his Facebook page. It is
accompanied by a photograph, where Mohanlal is seen sit-ting in the company of upcoming composer-singer-musician Ratheesh Vegha and a few others. A source close to Mohanlal said that the superstar, who is also a good singer, has been mull-ing the idea of starting a music troupe or band for some time. “He has been amazed by the huge talent pool of singers that is there in the state and this has increased hugely, following the music-based programmes that appear in the more than dozen TV channels in the state. He wishes to do something to promote this huge talent pool,” said the source, who did not wish to be identifi ed.
TV show participant leaves SRK blushing
ACTOR Shah Rukh Khan was left blushing when a contestant from a new dance reality show, Dil Se Naachein Indiawaale, asked the veteran actor to marry her. She also confessed being a die-hard fan of the actor. Elena, who is from Russia, performed dur-ing the Ahmedabad auditions of the Zee TV dance reality show in front of the panel, of which Shah Rukh is also a part. Before asking Shah Rukh to marry her, Elena
also danced to racy songs like Aa Re Pritam Pyare and Chikni Chameli with perfect Indian moves. The show’s panel, called ‘Agents of Happiness’ also includes stars Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Farah Khan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani and Vivaan Shah. The cast of upcoming movie Happy New Year was left spellbound by her performance. When Elena re-vealed her liking for the superstar and asked him to marry her, everyone was bewildered — even King Khan was left blushing. In response, the spontaneous SRK said: “What are you doing on Monday, we can get married on Monday!” To that, Happy New Year director and Shah Rukh’s close friend Farah Khan added: “Shaadi (marriage) is not possible, but romance is! He can come and dance with you”. Shah Rukh then joined Elena on the fl oor and both danced to his hit romantic song Aankhon Mein Teri from Om Shanti Om.
Acting can’t be learnt, feels Deepika Padukone
SHE HAS PROVED her versa-tility fi lm after fi lm, but Deepika Padukone, one of the current reign-ing beauties of Bollywood, says the art of acting cannot be learnt. “I be-lieve acting is about being real, and I don’t think you can learn acting,” said Deepika, who had in the past enrolled into Anupam Kher’s fi lm school. However, with experience and over time, she has realised that “the best way to learn acting is to observe people and be on the sets”.
Mentor Himesh to record with show contestantsCOMPOSER Himesh Reshammiya, who made an appear-ance on the reality TV show India’s Raw Star as a guest mentor, was so moved by the performances of the participants that he picked three contestants for his next venture. The singer-cum-composer promised to record songs with Darshan Raval, Rit-uraj Mohanty and Akasa. Himesh will start recording with Rit-uraj fi rst. “It takes me eight months to usually fi nd and promote new talent, but I am so happy to have these guys on the sets of India’s Raw Star. They are extremely talented “ Himesh said.
Singer Yo Yo Honey Singh is being applauded for the mu-sic show through which he brought raw talent from diff erent parts of the country in the spotlight. Himesh was nominated by Honey Singh for the position of mentor on the Star Plus show, as he himself is nursing an injury.
Why Boman Irani does not watch his own movies?HE HAS ENTERTAINED Bollywood viewers with com-edy and serious roles alike, but Boman Irani rarely watches his own movies on the big screen. And there’s a reason why! “I don’t watch my fi lms because I can’t see myself on screen. I am very critical about myself,” Boman said. The actor, who has been seen in movies like Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots and Well Done Abba, will next feature in Farah Khan’s movie Happy New Year. -IANS
BR I E FS
Dancing a routine is no less
strenuous than going for
a run and so the same risk
of injury applies. In fact
a dance routine puts more
of a strain on your body
than a long run
How to sidestepdance fl oor dangers
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lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222 for
Catering and
Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound &
Light. www.tunesoman.com,
E-mail: [email protected]
Running Optical Shop for sale with-
out Opticals, good located in
Al Khoudh – 6. Contact 98545994
Municipality approved restaurant
for sale or lease with few equip-
ment’s opposite to Sohar university
at main road. Pls call 99412020
A running supermarket for sale.
Ruwi Walja. Contact 95764290
Laundry for sale or lease in Barka.
Contact 98132389
Villa for sale, 7 bedrooms, 12 car
parking, 2 kitchen, 2 majlis etc.
Contact 99530405
Building for sale at excellent
location in Al Amerat no. 3, build-
ing consists of 8 fl ats, 10 shops, 1
basement of 400 sqm. Building is
currently fetching OMR 3,400/- po-
tential is upto 5,000/- OMR.
Contact - 99335013 / 95194007
EXPAT LEAVING, Cooking range/Air
Conditioning/Fridge/Washing Ma-
chine/Gas Cylinder/ Sofa/ Cupboard
/ Bed etc all NEW used only for one
year. Contact 92081796
Medical Clinic Laboratory with den-
tal unit for sale. Contact 92724345
Restaurant for sale.
Contact 95901870
Supermarket & department store in
Al Khuwair for sale.
Contact 96296796
Flats For Sale in Boushar: OMR
35 Thousand 1 bedroom. OMR 45
Thousand 2 bedroom. Monthly
income 1 bedroom OMR 270 and 2
bedroom OMR 350. Tel: 99333479 or
95215360
Building materials well running
showroom for sale in prime location
at Mabelah Sanayya with stock
& furniture. Contact 95125790 /
96473187
If you have any properties / Inquir-
ies. Contact us gk@goldenkey-
real-estate.com . Tel 24505072/
91155779 Fax 24507045
Ice cream shop for sale in Ghubra
(with 3 phase connection).
Contact 92754412
From Owner Al Khuwair
2 separate Villas plot area 1155 sqm,
RO 420000. Contact 99348943
New Villas in (Al Ghobra/
Al Khoudh/ Al Mabella).
Contact 24505072/ 91155779
Fax 24507045
Logistic Company with new equip-
ments, contracts sale. Contact
99438523 / 94252527
FOR SALE
WANTED
Restaurant in a running and excellent
condition, ample parking space with a
capacity of 55 seating and a party hall
for sale. Contact - 99343735
Semi furnished room with Separate
T&B Split AC Wifi pref Filipino
or non cooking bachelor lady in
Boushar near Rehab Hotel RO.145/
mo incl W&E. Contact 99058225
Sharing accommodation in Wadi
Kabir, vegetarian family / bachelor.
Contact 99877845
Room for rent at Al Khuwair.
Contact 99743569 / 97004265
One bedroom, hall, toilet, kitchen
available for South Indian family in
Al Ghubrah (near Lake Park). Contact
99209160
Furnished single/sharing room for
Exe. Bachelor at Rex Road.
Contact 92873832
Single room + bath for Executive
Bachelor in Darsait.
Contact 92116197
Executive room attached bath,
Mumtaz Area. Contact 93103337
Room available for couple or Ex-
ecutive bachelor near Honda Road,
Ruwi. Contact 92241735
Single furnished room in Ruwi.
Contact 24833609
Rooms with separate toilets near
Sana, Pencil Building and Kuwaiti
Masjid at Wadi Kabir.
Contact 94012930
Big room, bathroom, kitchen near
Riyam Park, Muscat. RO 110.
Contact 95094028
Furnished fl at with two rooms near
al meera hypermarket, Azaiba.
Gsm 99761216
ACC. AVAILABLE
ACC. AVAILABLE
MATRIMONIAL
Kerala RC Boy 28Yrs, 176/55, Work-
ing as staff nurse with ROP, seeking
alliance. Contact:93221737
Mangalore Sunni Muslim, seek-
ing suitable bride (preferably from
Dakshina Kannada) for their son
working as Logistics Manager.
Contact 92198085
Nair Boy, 32/165 cm (Divorced)
Accountant MBA, seeking alliance.
Contact 97058681
GOOD NEWS
NOTICE
LOST
Genuine Ayurvedic treatments
& massage, ayurvedic clinic at
Al Khuwair. Contact 24478618 /
97263637/ 93309131
Ayurvedic treatment for backache,
paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,
All Season (Vaidyaratnam).
Contact 24475280 / 95371554 /
92504980
Ayurvedic treatment for joint
pain, backache, paralysis massage,
steambath, obesity, spondylitis,
IDEAL CARE Ayuvedic Clinic,
18 November Street Azaiba.
Contact 99639695
FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know
more about Islam, please call:
99425598, 96050000, 99353988,
99253818, 99341395, and
99379133. For ladies: 99415818,
99321360, 99730723
Orvisit: www.islamfact.com
NRI
Flat for Sale - 1 No. 3 bedroom/
2 bedrooms fl at for sale in a 3
storied building with lift facility,
800 meters from Lulu, Cochin, 300
meters from NH 47 at Edapally.
Contact 99322165
Great Investment opportunity
with guaranteed recurring returns.
Two prominently positioned
showrooms on Munnar Cochin
National Highway at Adimali North
1.5 Crore for 1.4 Crore for immedi-
ate sale. Serious buyers please
contact
A 3 BHK new fl at, Price – 70
Lakhs, fetching 17,000 rent P.M. ,
available for sale in Indirapuram
(Ghaziabad). Contact: 99353384
Looking for an experienced A/R
conditioner and deep freezer Tech-
nician to independently handle
a running refrigeration service
center in Kannur Kerala. Attractive
terms off ered. Please send CV to
For Astrological consultation, Jathakam. Contact# 99860435 /
97102599
Wanted to buy / invest in Travel
Agency and needed Offi ce room for
rent. Contact 96967022
We are dealing with sale of all
beauty salon equipments, furnitures
& cosmetics. Contact 942 888 61 /
942 888 63
Independent rooms in Qurum /
Hail. Contact 95529970
Sharing accommodation in Wadi
Kabir Vegetarian family.
Contact 99877845
Furnished single room & bath for
Executive bachelor near Kalhat LNG
Building, Ghala behind Expo Center.
Contact 93980990
Sharing room available in a new 2
BHK fl at for Indian Executive Bach-
elor/couple behind Al Burj Hotel,
Mumtaz Area. Contact Haridas -
96568491
Executive Bachelor Room RO 85
with A/C, main road, Mumtaz, Ruwi
Tower. #92230581 / 95084850
One room and bathroom at Al Khu-
wair in a servicised furnished fl at
for Executives. Contact 92888337
Semi furnished room with bath-
room for single Ex. Bachelor, opp.al
reef hotel Ghubra prf. Muslim, wifi
available. Contact 92078090
2 rooms available, near Wadi
Adai RA Hilat Al Asaad For details
Contact: Grace(93862139) Gil-
bert(92687157) Tel.(24831725)
Single room with separate toilet &
balcony for Indian executive bach-
elor- Contact 98928458
Room with balcony available for
working lady near primary Indian
school wadikabir. Contact:-99630578
1 BR accommodation available
at Rex road, suitable for bachelors.
Contact 99889590
Abo Sauv Albhlouli Trade (solidar-ity) recorded with the Department
of trade and industry of the province
of South East under the number
(1125629) announce that it proposes
to amend its trade name Company to
beam the modern city of Commerce
(solidarity) and all of his objection
to that he has to submit reasons for
his objection to the Department of
Trade and Industry to the province
of South East.
Muhammad Qamar Mushtaq has lost Pakistani Passport No.
CH842951. Finder please report to
ROP.
BUSINESS
Increase your income on commis-
sion basis with our landscaping &
gardening services provided for big,
small projects &
maintenance contracts.
Contact +968 99242207 Email:
Financial Investor / Partner required - running business-spare
parts & General Trading -
supplying to biggest companies &
Port - long term contract in hand
with LPO system- Complete transfer
of ownership possible within a
week- good margin & regular income
- contact 26942354 / 98698914 ;
email: [email protected]
BUSINESS
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DAILY GUIDEC4 S AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 1 8 , 2 0 1 4
DAILY GUIDE
DOMESTIC HELP
CATERING
DRAFTSMAN
DRIVER
ARCHITECT
ADMIN
BEAUTY
SKILLED / UN SKILLED
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT
MEDICAL
MEDICAL
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
Required an Indian full time
Houseboy or Housemaid for an
Indian family, veg. food,
small dog. Interested pls
Contact 95736558
ADMIN/HR
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
DRAUGHTSMAN
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
Email: [email protected] classifi [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461
Indian male MBA 32 yrs having 10
yrs of exp seeking suitable place-
ment in Admin/ HR/ Operations/
Coordination/ Logistics etc. Holding
valid Oman D/L Contact - 99054786
A Graduate (Female) with 3 years of
working experience in an Interna-
tional Bank, seeks for a suitable
position in Admin/Operations/Super-
visory/Secretarial/Coordination/ HR.
Contact 93265915
MBA, 30 yrs male, Indian fresher
seeks suitable post in HR, Supervi-
sor, Admin. Contact 96329315
Graduate Indian Male 26Yrs with 6+
years of experience in HR & Admin
looking for suitable positions.
Contact No:93264616
Indian male, 22 yrs, MBA(HR) BCA
looking for suitable position. Pre-
ferred Admin, Accounts, HR, Sales,
Purchase Co-ordinator.
Contact 94512430
3 years experience in Administra-
tion, Sales/Marketing Manager hav-
ing Omani Driving License.
Contact 96041816
Male, 27 years with MBA in HR/
MKT having 2 years exp in respec-
tive fi eld looking for suitable
placement in leading organization.
Contact 91705051
Architectural & Structural
Draughtsman in Oman, 4 years
experience. Contact 95725787
AutoCAD Draughtsman looking for
suitable placement. #94196735
Draughtsman 10 years experience
in Oil/ Gas, looking for suitable job
immediate joining NOC available.
Contact 968 98628657
Email [email protected]
ENGINEERS/TECH..
Required Architect,min. 3 yrs expe-
rience in kitchen designing, Carpen-
ter (door) & foreman experience in
carpentry work. Contact 98827105,
Email: [email protected]
Wanted expat driver for very senior
executive. Should be willing to work
evening hours occasionally.
Call 22004545
A leading Business Group in Oman urgently require a driver (Light
Commercial Vehicle) to be based at
their Head Offi ce in Muscat.
Contact 99428552
Urgently required driver to drive
red plate pickup.
Contact 99236652 / 99215276
Wanted driver. Contact 97469823
Required Indian Cook. Apply to
Contact 94146486
A well reputed Fire Fighting Engi-
neering Company urgently requires Carpenters & Fire Door experi-enced carpenters. Contact : 92888361.
Email : [email protected]
Urgently required experienced ELECTRICIANS and PLUMBERS with minimum 6 years experi-
ence for MEP Division of a reputed
Construction Company in Muscat.
Interested candidates those who
can join locally may forward C.V. to
e-mail: [email protected] or
FAX: 25953530
Required urgent for Qatar Op-erators, Dumper (Basic QR 1600), Roller (Basic QR 1600), Excavator (Basic QR 1800), Grader (QR 1800 ),
Dozer (QR 1800 -2000) + Free Food
+ Accommodation + Joining Ticket,
Send CV to - oa@skcmanagement.
com / [email protected] /
0091 9650112346
OR 00968 99592551
Required Tailor. Contact 96964767
Landscaping & cleaning Foreman : minimum of 10 years experience,
fl uent English & capable of closing
deals. Contact +968 99242207
Email: [email protected]
Indian Male: B.COM, 4 years experi-
ence in Accounts, in Manufactur-
ing Co Oman, Working Knowledge
With Tally ERP- With Oman valid
D/L,Presently working in Muscat
NOC Available Looking for Suitable
position in Reputed Company,
Contact; 95745287 and Email:
raiforeveryone@rediff mail.com
Indian male, MBA Finance, 6 plus
years experience in Accounting and
Finance (specialized in Oil & Gas),
inclusive of 2 years in Oman. Now on
visit visa. Contact 94327063.
Email : [email protected]
Indian male Commerce graduate
8 years experience in Stores and
Logistic, knowledge in SAP & ERP,
currently in Muscat on visit visa
till 17thnov , Contact no 99849247
email - [email protected]
Fresh Graduate Accountant from
Majan College, B.Sc in BA and Ac-
counting looking for a suitable job.
Contact 96132149
MBA Finance with 11 years experi-
ence in Banking and Finance
Contact 96326998
email: [email protected]
Indian male, MBA Having experi-
ence in Accounts, looking for suit-
able job. Contact 92045306
Accountant 8 years experience in
Oman seeking prime job.
Contact 99867456
MBA Finance with experience of 6
years in Accounts and Finance. NOC
available. Contact 91157870
Part time Accountant with 19 yrs
exp in Accounting Management.
Contact 95857199
Accountant, Indian Female, MBA
(Finance), 1 year 6 months experi-
ence in Oman looking for suitable
placement. Contact 97349904,
email –
Indian female Senior Accountant
with 10 years experience in Ac-
counts, Finance, Audit & Tax Man-
agement. Contact 96263157
Indian female, 23, M.Com with 2.5
yrs experience in back offi ce & ac-
counts seeks for suitable placement.
Contact 95995743 / 95995735
Email : deepthi.prasannan23@
rediff mail.com.
Indian male age 30 having
10 yrs experience in Finance &
Accounts seeking suitable place-
ment. mob.93675399
Pakistani female looking for job in
accounts, having six years of
experience. GSM: 99490531
Accounts Manager, MBA (Finance),
P.G. Diploma in HRM, B. Com, 15 yrs
experience in Muscat, now working
for const co. NOC/ Release / driving
license available, can join immedi-
ately. Contact 99175042
M. Com/PGDCA having 15 years
of experience in Oman, looking
for a new placement in the fi eld of
Accounts and administration. NOC
available. Contact : 92425421 /
Email: [email protected].
Indian male B.Com, 11 years experi-
ence in accounts having 5 year
experience in construction industry.
Working knowledge with SAP,
AS400 & Tally –with valid Oman
D/L, presently working in Muscat,
looking for a suitable position in
reputed organization.
Contact 99623071,
email: [email protected].
Sr. Accountant M.Com (Finance) 14
years experience (1 year in Oman) in
fi nance & Accounts. NOC available.
Contact 92404608.
Email : jin_75@rediff mail.com
Wanted for immediate appoint-ment-1.Accountant with atleast 2
years experience, 2. Super Market Manager atleast 6/7 years experi-
ence in similar capacity. Apply with
bio data to [email protected]
Maintenance services company
with operations across GCC require Accountant for Oman operations.
Muscat based. Graduate in Business
/ Accountancy Minimum 3 years ex-
perience preferably in engineering/
mechanical services environment.
Fluent in English. Please apply with
full CV to [email protected]
Leading construction company requires document controller with
4-6 yrs experience. Send your CV :
Wanted experienced Phillipino Seafood cook, age between
35 to 45 yrs. Salary RO 300/-.
Contact 91206530
Urgently required experienced
staff for a hotel / hotel apartments
in muscat and sohar : 1. reception-ist (male ) , 2. house-keeping su-pervisor, 3. marketing executive, 4. room attendants, e - mail : [email protected]
SALES / MARKETING
SALES / MARKETING
Exciting openings in Advertising/Media Sales, Graphic and Web Design. Email : [email protected]
Required energetic business de-velopment executives with 2-3 yrs
experience in consumer adhesive or
related segment. Eligible candidates
with valid D/L please mail resume to
A leading Oil & Gas Company is looking for Sales Engineer with
2 yrs exp, excellent in Marketing,
Sales and Technical Background.
Valid Omani Driving License.
Contact 99061232.
Email : [email protected]
Sales man full & part time capa-
ble of closing deals for projects &
maintenance contracts in the fi eld of
Landscaping, gardening & cleaning.
Contact +968 99242207
Email: [email protected]
Required Pharmacist and female G.P for a new clinic in Salalah.
Contact 97413418, 93129219. Email :
Gyecology specialist or junior
specialist wanted to work at private
clinic with good payment.
Contact 94220240
Wanted Gynecologist & Dentist (male or female) with MOH license
of 3 years experience for reputed
medical centre in Seeb.
Email : [email protected],
Contact 99062817/ 91274373
Omani required for PRO, Sales & debt collector. Please call
99855604 / 99855784
Maintenance services company
with operations across GCC require
Admin/Document Control assistant
for Oman offi ce Muscat based. Fluent
in English. Graduate in Business
3 years experience preferably in
engineering/mechanical services
environment and Familiar with ISO
9001 protocols. Please apply with
full CV to [email protected]
Required PRO for a well reputed
Company in Muscat. Email send to
Contact 97050832
Female Chartered Accountant with
two years Oman experience as Audi-
tor in Audit fi rm and one year Qatar
experience joined as Head of Internal
Audit, Credit Control and moved
over as Accounts Manager with a
large trading group is now in Oman
and looking for openings in Muscat.
Email - [email protected]
Phone – 94512322
Senior Position for a CA with 24
years of experience: Managing
Finance and Accounts audit, Bank
Loans, Budgeting, Business planning
and Strategy, Operations manage-
ment of SAOG, group of companies.
Contact 91799262
CFA, MBA (Finance), 7 yrs in cor-
porate fi nance & accounting with
Thomson Reuters, Accenture & OPL.
Financial statement preparation,
forecasting, budgeting, SAP & US-
GAAP. Contact 96545382,
Accountant 4 years Exp (2 in UAE)
as a Business Developer & HR. CMA
holder, Fluent in English & Arabic.
Contact: 93447760
AutoCAD Draftsman with knowl-
edge of electromechanical
MEP & BHS drawings.
Contact 94412557
Experienced Indian or Nepali beau-tician, over 30 yrs.
Contact 99467033 / 91162480
Urgently required BE Civil Engi-neer with 5 yrs Gulf experience in
multi storey buildings should have
Oman driving license & join us
immediately. Contact 96473187
Email : [email protected]
Civil Engineer with 3 yrs Gulf expe-
rience with Driving License. Send CV
by mail to : [email protected].
Contact 98015925, 95049910
Grade 1 Construction Company
requires Civil Quantity Surveyor-1 No & MEP Engineer-1 No with
10 years of local experience.
Email : [email protected]
Urgently required 1 no. - MEP Engineer in building construction
with minimum 5 years experience.
Apply, fax 00968 - 24605955,
Email: [email protected]
Required mobile technician for Samsung, Iphone and other
Smartphones. Contact 97613774
Looking for a well experienced
and competent executive prefer-
ably an Engineer with Finance
Background on part-time basis to
work on our Industrial and Ser-
vices Projects i.e feasibility study
& project profi les. Please respond
Leading construction company
requires Quantity Surveyor (QS) preferably Srilankan Nationality
with minimum 8 to 10 years expe-
rience. Send your CV to
MOH Licensed Staff Nurse required
urgently for Al Isaaf Medical Com-
plex, Salalah. Contact 92728472,
99692465.
Email : [email protected]
Wanted a Doctor for Polyclinic in
Muscat. Interested Candidates may
fax at 24810772 or Email at
Required Receptionist, Dental Technician, Staff Nurse for
dental clinic. Contact 91290034,
Required Dentist. Call: 91290034
Email: [email protected]
Looking for Sales Executive with Oman driving license for a re-
puted company. Contact – 99450677
Required exp male Marketing Executive for a Tourism Co, car free
+ petrol + accommodation. Should
have Oman D/L. Salary RO 200/-.
Contact 91272676
Sri Lankan , Male (28 Yrs.) 6 Years
experience in Banking and Finance/
Administration sector. Part quali-
fi ed in certifi cate level of Institute
of banking in Sri Lanka. Currently
in Sri Lanka . Contact No: 009477
2680149 / Oman .
Contact - 99279468 (Family)
Electronics Engineer, experience in
Siemens Scada PLC. On visit.
Looking for suitable job.
Contact: 96271586
Indian Female 30yrs, MCA, working
as Computer Teacher in India & Mal-
dives looking for Job in Oman now
on Visit Visa, CTC No.
Mob 95083454,
Female/29 yrs old/MSC Biotechnol-
ogy& pursuing Phd /4 yrs total exp/
Seeking for a suitable placement/
Contact No :- 95925881
Indian male Commerce Graduate
with 8 years experience in stores
and logistic, fl uent English currently
in Muscat on visit visa till Novem-
ber 17th 2014.seeking for suitable
placement. Contact 99849247. E
mail - [email protected],
Indian male graduate 17 years ex-
perience in fmcg sales distribution
with valid driving license seeking
suitable placement
Contact.92090949
8 yrs exp 2d, 3d draughtsman
(HOLDING OMANI DRIVING LICENSE)
seeking job. Contact : 97449630
Young male, 22 years, B. Arch.
graduate with 7 months training ex-
perience, seeks suitable entry-level
position in an architecture fi rm or
architecture and engineering consul-
tancy. Currently on visit visa, ready
to join immediately. # 91265929
Email: [email protected]
Indian male Commerce graduate
with 8 years experience in stores
and logistic, working knowledge in
SAP & ERP, fl uent English, currently
in Muscat on visit visa till 17th No-
vember 2014, seeking for Suitable
placement Contact no 99849247
email - [email protected],
Diploma in civil engineering having
an experience 23 years (19 years
in Oman) experience in Estimator /
quantity surveyor looking for a
suitable placement,
willing to join immediately
Contact : 96328687.
26 years Indian male with MBA &
PGDFM, Total 3.2 years experience in
administration and accounts .seek-
ing suitable placement in Muscat,
having Oman valid driving license.
Contact :93359371.
Indian male, 24 yrs, MBA in HR/
Marketing. More than 1 years experi-
enced in retail Banking (Axis Bank)
Presently in family visit in Oman
seeking for a suitable placement
Contact : 99892082 / 997 43 709
Indian female having ten years ex-
perience as cook. South Indian, Guja-
rathi special. Contact:: 94224512
DOMESTIC HELP
DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 1 8 , 2 0 1 4 C5
DAILY GUIDESITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
DRAUGHTSMAN
DRIVER
Indian male (Keralite), 30 years
having 5 years Gulf experience look-
ing for driving suitable job.
Contact 96501773, 93220619
Light driver urgently looking for
driver with offi ce boy job, family,
personal driver. NOC ready. Visa
required. Contact 91291108
Bangladeshi male having 2 yrs exp
in Light Vehicle Driving.
Contact 98487511
Light driver with 1 yr experience
seeks suitable placement.
Contact 96342684
2 yrs experience. Release available
& seeking job in any company for
light driver. Contact 93966254 /
95151738
Crane Operator, 1 yr exp in
India. Now on visit visa. Contact
91484580, 95091177.
Email – [email protected]
7 Yrs exp Driver Keralite.
Contact 93412587
Light Driver, looking for job.
Contact 96930922
Light Driver, looking for job.
Contact 96098605
Light driver with car.
Contact 96771598
Light driver seeking job.
Contact 96771598
Pakistani driver looking for a job.
Contact 99805236
Indian executive Driver.
Contact 94003617
MISCELLANEOUS
INFORMATION TECH
INFORMATION TECH
Indian Male, 26 years Computer
Programmer with 4 years expe-
rience in C#.net, Asp.net, SQL
server, Oracle and has knowledge in
networking. Looking for a suitable
placement. Contact 91790750
Indian Male, B.E computer science
with MBA(fi nance) 26 age ,5 years
experience in Oracle DBA/ Oracle
Apps DBA, Linux seeking a suitable
position in the fi eld of IT.
Contact # +968 97739982,
EDUCATION
Indian MSc. B.Ed Maths, Science on
visit visa looking for teaching posi-
tion. Contact 91344706
MSc. Chemistry Teacher (5 y EXP.)
Pakistani female looking for a job in
School/college 96580101
Chemistry Teacher (Indian Male)
: 33Yrs, B.Ed. & M.Phil. (Chemis-
try), having 10 Yrs experience as
a Chemistry Teacher for Higher
Secondary, Seeking suitable job
in Oman.Contact: +919952849285
(India), +96898989716(Oman),
Email : [email protected]
HOSPITALITY
ENGG. / TECHNICAL
ENGG. / TECHNICAL
ENGG. / TECHNICAL
MEDICAL
Indian Male GP with MOH License
and NOC, having 10 years of excel-
lent hands on experience in Oman
with corporate culture.
Contact 98140024
Email: [email protected]
Nursing caregiver, qualifi ed Nurse/
Asst. Nurse (male/ female) medical
staff seeks placement for Hospital/
clinic. Contact 92989109 (Oman),
0091 – 9555427742 (India),
Indian Female MSc Biotechnology,
4 years experience in Confectionary
and Medical Diagnostic Field seek-
ing suitable placements.
Email : [email protected].
Contact 99842240 / 99174286
36 years, Indian male, MBA, 15
years experience in Life, Health, Mo-
tor Insurance seeking opportunity
in Bank assurance ERP Consulting.
Presently in Muscat. Interested only
in full time work. Contact 96269494.
Email : [email protected]
An Indian national having 20 years
of experience in various offi ce ac-
tivities at Middle Managerial Level
seeking suitable placement. Contact
93689602 / 95584606
Denter, painter, vehicle-10 years
experience need job seeks job
with visa. Contact 96136615 /
91139936
Seeking a driver post job in com-
pany or family in Oman. Please
Contact: 98982410
27 Years Pakistani male in (Crimi-
nology having 4 years experience in
security and management seeking
suitable placement as security of-
fi cer. Contact 99191701
Email : [email protected]
Indian, Mechanical Engineer, 15
years’ experience in oil and gas fi eld,
seeks suitable placement.noc availa-
ble and can join immediately. kindly
contact - 94460269,94091173,
Sudanese Electrical Engineer, Bsc.
Degree with more than 8 Years Ex-
perience in Projects Field available
on Visit Visa 96160749`,
Email : [email protected]
BE EEE (B.TECH).24 Years male.
2 Yrs exp. In supervisory role in elec-
trical maintenance.Looking for suit-
able placement. Contact 93415537
or 00919597016055
Sudanese Mechanical Engineer, male, 5 yrs experience looking for
job in Oman. Contact 91762602
Civil Engineer 12 years experience
GCC with valid D/L in Oman.
NOC available.
Contact 91531213
Msc Chemistry M. Ed Indian female
3 years experience seeking Chem-
ist/Teaching jobs. cont. 91139720,
Wadikabir.
Email : [email protected]
Indian female M. Sc Chemistry
having 2 years industry & 2 yrs
teaching experience seeks suitable
placement. Contact 96358771
M. Pharm, Ph. D (Pharmaceutical
Chemistry, under completion), In-
dian female, currently under family
visa, seeks suitable academic/
lecturing position. Contact 95509601;
email - hanaowi@ gmail.com
Indian Housemaid, 10 yrs experi-
ence with a European family looking
for a full/part time job.
Contact 98962409
MANAGER/ SUPER
Experienced Carpentry Workshop
Manager/Supervisor with Omani
Driving License seeking suitable
placement. Contact 99632862
Purchase & Logistics Manager - (12 + yrs Exp. in Oman) With
D/L, looking for suitable position.
Contact: [email protected] ,
Gsm: 93826090
Bangladeshi Male, Plumbing Su-
pervisor, 32 yrs exp looking for job.
Contact 97357960 / 91306037
Libyan Male having 7 years of
Experience in Oman having Valid
Omani Driving license working in
Purchase, Marketing and Finance
Dept looking for a suitable position.
salary is negotiable. Mob: 94211919
Mechanical Supervisor or Mechan-
ical Technician in General Industrial
Machineries, 14 years experience in
Mechanical Maintenance errection.
Preference is near Ghala or Muscat
area. Contact 91327881
Indian female BE Electrical & Elec-
tronics with 2.8 years of Experience
in Software Company. Presently in
Muscat on Residence Visa, seeking
suitable Placement.
Ready to join immediately.
Contact : 93422434,
Mechanical Engineer (CSWIP3.1
Level II), Indian male, 28 yrs with
5 yrs experience in Steel Structural
Construction seeks suitable jobs.
Email : [email protected].
Contact 91078780
Indian male, Diploma in Civil Engi-
neering having 17 years experience
in India & 5 months experience in
UAE, now available in Oman in visit-
ing visa seeking suitable placement
GSM- 93097757,
e-mail :[email protected]
Mechanical Engineer 2 years
experience in HVAC. Now in Oman
on visit. Seeking suitable placement.
GSM:91744764
email: [email protected]
Medical Engineer with min (2 yrs)
experience in HVAC, female Offi ce
Secretary with Computer Knowl-
edge, may apply with details to
Fax : 24799442
Srilankan B.Tech Quantity Surveyor
with 6 years exp (3 yrs GCC) looking
for a suitable placement with NOC.
Contact 98357512.
Email : [email protected]
Mechatronics Industrial Engineer,
Indian 29 yrs with MBA in Industrial
Mgmt. 10 yrs experience in Mainte-
nance & Automation PLC Pneu-
matics seeks suitable placement.
Contact 99228658.
Email : [email protected]
Civil Engineer with 5 years experi-
ence in various fi elds supervision,
design and geotechnical with Oman
License. Contact 97261086
Mechanical Engineer (B.E) -
4yrs exp in manufacturing / produc-
tion seeking placement.
Contact : 93694953 ;
Email: [email protected]
Indian female having around 6
years exp, Masters in Quality Man-
agement & B.E. (Info Science) look-
ing for any offi ce based jobs around
Seeb, Ghala & Rusayl.
Contact 96503224
Indian male Diploma in Mechani-
cal Fitter (Marine) having 3 years
experience seeking suitable place-
ment. Contact 93435399, 97858235.
Email : [email protected],
Indian female (25), M.Tech
(Electronics/VLSI) seeking place-
ment in Electronics/ Education
(Teaching)/ Admin.
Contact 91712140 / 93937141.
Email : [email protected]
Control and System Engineer
searching for a job.
Contact 97644542
BE Civil Engineer, fresh graduate,
male 24 yrs, Indian looking for a
suitable placement.
Contact 95117509
Sudanese Mechanical Engineer, 5 years experience looking for a job
in Oman, male. Contact 91762602
Indian male B. Tech in Mechanical
Engineering and Graduate in MBA,
NOC available in Oman on visit visa
seeking suitable placement.
Contact 92551673,
Email : [email protected]
HSE Advisor, NEBOSH IGC on work-
ing visa, having 3 year experience
of Power Plants and Mega Projects
in Oman. Contact 91756025.
Email : [email protected]
Electrical Engineer, 3 years experi-
ence Omani Driving License, English
reading, speaking & writing, work
as Project Engineer for Primary
Substation Overhead lines.
Contact 94372096
Biomedical Engineer with driving
license, 1 year experience willing to
work out in the fi eld, perfect English
language speaking, writing.
Contact 95902585
Electrical Mechanical Engi-neer searching for a job. Contact
98246222 / 97644542
Indian male B.tech Mechanical
Engineer with 3years experiance
looking for suitable job. Currently
on visit visa. Mob:96268488
Indian male 33, IT/Network Engi-
neer, 7 + yrs exp in Project delivery
& customer service management
in Telecommunications in telecom
company’s ( Reliance, Airtel & Sify)
seeking for placement, in visit visa,
contact- 98586066,
Indian Female, Computer Engineer
with 14 Years of IT Experience. Dual
Expertise both in Business / System
Analyst and Project Management
role. Looking for any IT opportunity
pertaining to Business Analyst /
Project Manager / Software Quality
Assurance role. GSM : 968 92661857
Email : [email protected]
IT support Engineer: Indian male,
5 years experience Hardware &
Networking in suitable Job.
Contact 97311847
Having 3 years experience in Saudi
Arabian Networking and Procure-
ment (Supply Chain), male 26, look-
ing for suitable placement, visiting
visa. Having Saudi and Indian D/L.
Contact 97869669 / 91525679
Fresh BCA Graduate, 22 years,
Indian looking for job in the IT
Industry. Email – jaiasher@hotmail.
com. Contact 95842014
IT Technical Support, 33 years
male, Bachelors Degree in IT
and Computer Science, 8 years
experience in troubleshooting PC’s,
network confi guration, maintenance
[hardware, software], website de-
signing and administration. Contact
94197650 / 95072166.
Email : [email protected]
Indian Male, 26 years Computer
Programmer with 4 years experi-
ence in C#.net, Asp.net, SQL Server,
Oracle and has knowledge in net-
working, looking for a suitable place-
ment. Contact 91790750
IT Help Desk Support (33), 8 years
experience troubleshooting network
confi guration, designing, hardware
maintenance, website design and
administration (Joomla).
Contact 94197650, 95072166.
Email : [email protected]
Indian female, 22 yrs,
married(currently in Muscat in
visit visa ) with civil draftsman
experience, Diploma with Autocad
(2D,3D,3 D max)interested to work
in challenging environment. Please
contact +968-95601266
Indian male, 26 Years. AutoCAD
M.E.P. Draftsman (Plumbing &
mechanical) having 4 years Oman
experience. Presently working in a
reputed company in Oman. Seeks
suitable placement.
Contact 97351786 / 96143708.
Electrical Engineer, Indian, 2.5
years experience at Thermal Plant,
(erection and commissioning). Now
in Oman on visit seeking suitable
job. Contact 95836714.
Email – [email protected]
B.Tech Mechanical. Indian male
with 1 year experience in Oman
looking for suitable job. NOC avail-
able. Contact: 96542340.
Email: [email protected]
Indian Male B.E & MBA, 20 yrs expe-
rience in Civil construction including
7 yrs in Oman, Looking for project
manager (Civil) readily available with
NOC. Contact 97906977,
Email : [email protected]
Electronics and Communication
Engineer(BE), 36 yrs, 13 yrs of
experience in Telecom/IT Industry,
specialized in low voltage systems,
structured cabling, Fiber-Copper-
Wireless System, CCTV, Access Con-
trol, PA System, SMATV, FTTH, OSP,
Data Center etc seeking opening in
Sales & Marketing/Product Manage-
ment/Business Development/Project
Execution. Local release available.
Contact no-99771815, Email –
teledata1978@rediff mail.com
Pakistani male, Civil DAE Engineer,
full experience 5 years with Omani
Driving License. Contact 99708484
/ 93424044
Indian female, B. Tech Electronics
and Communication currently on
visit visa looking for suitable job.
Contact 98383626
Pak DAE Civil, 2 years experience
as a Site Supervisor in Oman, male
25 seeking for a suitable replace-
ment. Contact 94236530
Pake, 23 Civil Diploma, 3 years
experience in Oman as a Site Super-
visor, AutoCad +Building layout &
Dumpy leveling seeking for a suit-
able job. Contact 99012590
B.Tech holder with 4 years experi-
ence having good knowledge in
AutoCad 2D & 3D (Civil/Mechanical/
Electrical), PDMS and CATIA VS.
Currently on visit visa.
Contact 91475672.
Email : [email protected]
Indian male, 23, Mechanical
Engineer looking for suitable job
vacancies. Contact 91623313 Email :
25, Male, ACCA fi nalist, have good
experience upto fi nalisation of
accounts and statutory audit, seek-
ing for part time or project based
job,GSM-97654769,email id-
Having Experience in Junior Sys-
tem Administrator Cybex Solutions,
Cochin , Assembling & Dissembling
PC, A+, Networking Essentials. PRES-
ENTLY WORKING IN INDIA
Please contact-97239854-Ashe
Sudanese Civil Engineer has
15 years experience in contracting
and construction in Gulf, looking for
a job in Oman, on visit visa.
Contact 95963355
Civil Engineer 8 years Exp (2 in
Angola with DAR AL HANDASAH, 4
months in Oman) as a Site Engineer.
Holding Diploma in project manage-
ment, fl uent in English & Arabic.
Contact: 99170315
Electrical Engineer 9 years Exp.
Excellent in (automatic control, PLC,
M.V, substations, L.V networks & In-
stallation of local panels, plc panels,
Photocell). Contact: 94003284
Indian male, B.Tech (Mech), 15 yrs
experience, in Oman more than 3
yrs in Manufacturing Industry with
valid Oman D/L. Exposure in Op-
erations, Quality Management and
Admin seeks suitable placement.
NOC available, can join immediately.
Contact 91301625.
Electrical Engineer with 7 years
experience. Looking immediate
placementPh# 91293519
Mechanical Engineer,(BTech in
Mechanical) with Certifi ed quality
controller - NDT level 2 qualifi ed as
per ASNT - SNT-TC-I A, with
1 & half yr exp. as quality control
engineer, presnetly in India seeks
suitable placement Cont : 95405033
Indian Male, 26 yrs, graduate in
hospitality science,
with New Zealand business diploma
and previous Oman experience in
Customer service seeks suitable
placement in hospitality/sales-
marketing/ logistics/ admin.
Contact 91383167
Female 21 yrs, Tally 1 year experi-
ence, looking for visa.
Contact 95330720
Male 22 Housekeeping front offi ce
Hotel management degree course.
Contact 96732520
Civil Engineer 8 years Exp (2 in
Angola with DAR AL HANDASAH, 4
months in Oman) as a site engineer.
He holds a Diploma in project man-
agement, fl uent in English & Arabic.
Contact: 99170315
SALES / MARKETING
Indian male MBA 32 yrs having 10
yrs exp seeking suitable placement
in Admin/HR/ Operations/ Coordi-
nation/ logistics etc. Holding valid
Oman D/L. Contact - 99054786
Indian Male over 10 years experi-
ence in Offi ce / Sales Coordinator,
Admin, Secretarial and purchase
with driving license and NOC
available. Well versed in MS offi ce.
Looking for suitable placement.
Contact 99709336
SECRETARIAL / OFFICE
Indian male, 28 yrs, BBA completed,
8 yrs experience in retail & market-
ing, now available in Oman till 28th
October seeks suitable post.
Contact 97146962 / 96440219
Indian male Graduate looking for job
in Sales/Admin, having experience
of 15 years. Currently on visit visa in
Oman upto 30th November.
Contact 97287485
Bangladeshi male, 28 years, looking
for indoor sales charge hand fore-
man storekeeping merchandiser job
having 2 years experience in Sales,
Electrical storekeeping job with
good experience and performance
can do in engaged visa.
Contact 95959723
MBA Post Graduate, male seek-
ing immediate placement having 3
years experience in Product based
Technical Support / Sales and Mar-
keting. Contact 95874315
Indian male, 24 completed B.Com
and Diploma in Finance & Accounts.
Currently working as a Service cum
Billing Coordinator/Work Control-
ler looking for suitable placement
as a Sales or Marketing Executive.
Contact 96990810 / 95972687
Pakistani male, 30 years looking
for a suitable position in Market-
ing/ Sales having 8 years relevant
experience, Graduate in Business
Administration with fl uent English
in Muscat on visit visa.
Contact 96528508
Indian Commerce Graduate from
Symbiosis Pune 23 years with
Omani Driving License and 2 years
Marketing experience brought up
and studied in Muscat seeks suit-
able employment. Contact 97431634
or 92803060
Indian male 32 Years 6 years expe-
rience in Building material outdoor
Sales with valid Oman D/L.
Contact 97462080
I have release and want job in any
company. Contact 95151738
Sales/ Marketing / customer
service release / NOC available UK
+ Oman experience valid Oman D/L,
excellent communication & organ-
izing skills, can join immediately,
Email : [email protected],
gsm 92342060 / 96761225
Indian Male, 28 yrs, having 5
years experience in FMCG Sales in
visit visa, Looking for any suitable
jobs in Oman. Contact 98531486/
98988824
Indian Male, MBA in Marketing and
Finance, 10 years’ Sales & Business
Development Experience with valid
D/L of Oman & UAE looking for a
suitable placement. NOC Available.
Contact: 93969961
e-mail [email protected]
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Email: [email protected]
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Email: [email protected]
Indian male, age 27, having 6 years
experience in fi nance & accounts,
seeking suitable jobs. Ph:92902651
Indian Male, Purchase/Procurement
Offi cer with 16 years experience,
presently working in UAE,
seeking suitable placement.
Contact: 00 971 55 3390 467
Mail: [email protected]
B.E(Civil), Indian male with 1 year
of experience, on visit visa seeking
for a suitable job. Contact 91231972,
Email : [email protected]
Indian Male 25, Offi ce Administra-
tor/Assistant, 2 years experience in
Oman, Well versed with Computer
operation and basic knowledge in
Computer Software and Hardware,
seeks immediate change. NOC avail-
able. Contact: 94024096
Female Candidate: Having experi-
ence (ISRO) in Administration
(seeking suitable opportunities &
presently in Oman Mob:97239854,
Mail:[email protected]
8 yrs exp 2d, 3d draughtsman cum
site supervisor (HOLDING OMANI
DRIVING LICENSE) seeking job.
Contact : 93790601
Indian Female 23, BE Electronics
and Communication, First Class with
distinction, C,C++,VHDL. Currently
on family visa, looking for suitable
placement in electronics division or
associated areas.
Contact : 98952340
Indian Male, 39, graduate 17 years
experience in FMCG sales and mar-
keting Managerial and supervisor
level. With driving license also know
all over Oman include Mazira Island
and Casabu, looking for better Op-
portunities -Mob-92090949
Indian Male seeking a job in Sales
& Marketing, 11 years experience
proven experience as a dynamic
candidate with excellent Manage-
rial & Communication skills. Cur-
rently on visit Contact 99363159,
94093154 [email protected]
Young male, 22 years, B. Arch. gradu-
ate with 7 months training experience,
seeks suitable entry-level position
in an architecture fi rm or architec-
ture and engineering consultancy.
Currently on visit visa, ready to join
immediately. Phone no. 91265929
Email: [email protected]
Finance Manager/Administrator,
Male 40, MBA-Finance & Marketing,
with over 20 years’ experience in
large multinational organizations.
Excellent project management skills.
Seeking to continue career at Senior
level. Contact: 97436065. Email:
Electronic Engineer, 23, looking for
suitable placement.
Contact: 96271586
Female staff nurse with Oman
Prometric passed, seeking suitable
placement, currently on visit visa.
Contact 97803046
Indian male MBA (HR& FIN) exp one
year as HR, EXP now we have visit
visa, looking opportunity in Admin
–HR/ hospitality / purchase, seeking
suitable placement as soon as pos-
sible. Contact 93662430
Email: [email protected]
29 yr old indian male graduate 5yrs
oman exp in sales and marketing
with valid oman driving license
looking for suitable job.Noc available
ready to join immediately
Contact 95136784
MISCELLANEOUS
Indian male with over 19 years of
qualitative experience in Automo-
bile fi eld, expert in providing techni-
cal advice on repairs and servicing
seeks jobs in sales/ service in ma-
negerial capacity. #91-7736048460.
CLASSES
WEBSITE
WEB, ERP and Business Intelli-
gence (BI) creation and man-
agement at rock bottom price.
Contact: http//webviewoman
COMPUTER
SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES
SITUATION WANT-SERVICES
GULF INTERNATIONAL LLC
all kind of pest control.#
92326955
We assist Buying / Selling / Renting
/ Empty Plots, Villa, Buildings, Open
Lands, Warehouses, Industrial Lands
on long and short term lease & Man-
agement of Properties. Kindly fax
us or email copy of your kurki with
contact details. Fax No . 24533348,
Email : [email protected]
Civil maintenance, Electrical &
Plumbing work. Contact 99557080 /
96236476
Waterproofi ng, light weight Screed,
Antitermite and MS Fabrication.
Contact 92888337
Electrical Plumbing Painting
Contract and Maintenance.
Contact 98456535
We can perform all the transactions
with the Government and Private
Departments by holding monthly
or daily contracts. We have 15 years
experience in this fi eld.
Contact 92880014
Civil maintenance, Electrical &
Plumbing work. Contact 99557080 /
96236476
Waterproofi ng, light weight Screed,
Antitermite and MS Fabrication.
Contact 92888337
House shifting & transporting. Con-
tact 92490422
Cleaning service, carpet and sofa
shampooing, marble restoration and
polishing, pest control, fogging ser-
vice. Contact 99448057 / 95401996
SIT.WANTED
MANPOWER
Housemaid , driver/operator (heavy & light Gulf D/L), house boy, cleaner, all skilled and unskilled categories
process, (embassy agreement and im-
migration). Contact 95175192, EMAIL.
House Shifting. Contact 99708138
GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,
Contact 99314807/24792998
MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your
marble. Contact 24793614/
99314807
Building, Contract, Maintenance,
Cleaning, Loading, Décor, Electri-
cal, Import. Contact 93978720
Civil Maintenance, Painting Elec-
tric, Plumbing, Decor, Tile Fixing,
Lecithin Copra Board fl at stifl ing ,
Carpet Cleaning and A/C Servicing.
Contact 97897831 (Indian keralite)
Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles
polishing, carpet shampooing,
maintenance. Contact ABU QA-
BAS- 99320217 /24788722
A.M Trading Pest control.Contact 99067923
Painting Interlock plumbing
maintenance. Contact 92142319
For HT cable jointing and
termination works 33KV/11KV.
Contact 99056438 /
Email: [email protected]
Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-
Contact 99320217/24788722
Door to Door Computers repair
specialist laptop software
Website cartridges.
Contact 99199376
Split & window A/C servicing &
repairing. Contact 99557080
Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles
polishing, carpet shampooing,
maintenance. Contact ABU QA-
BAS- 99320217 /24788722
Pest Control Treatments, termites,
Cockroaches & Rodents. Ocean
Center LLC 99344723
Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile
polishing, pest control & anti-ter-
mite treatment, general cleaning
painting, Plumbing, Electrical,
shifting. Contact Mundhir
Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. #
24810137, 99450130
Window & split unit A/C servicing
& maintenance.
Contact 96236476
Catering services We do industrial
catering service, Canteen/ mess, 3
times packed meals, and all types of
catering events. Contact 92188777/
99249899
Carpet & Sofa Shampooing services.
Ocean Center LLC 92682970
P.R.O Service. Call me 99368907
Split & window A/C servicing &
maintenance.
Contact 93769089
Learn Driving from professional
instructors. Contact
94022250
Learn driving automatic from
scratch. Contact 98599675
DRIVING
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation. Contact 99508282
Transportation for women only
from Muscat area only. Contact
97007934 / 92629232
Transportation. Contact 93405941
Transportation. Contact 94087276
Transportation. Contact 98698909
Transportation. Contact 96538078
Transportation. Contact 96771559
Transportation. Contact: 97897833
Transportation. Contact 96785989
Transportation Available Contact
97180655
SALES / MARKETING
DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 1 8 , 2 0 1 4 C7
DAILY GUIDESITUATION WANTEDCARGO
Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with
Buffet, & Land Tours
Al- Ainain Marine Tours Contact-
98029602, 92808636
TOURS
TOURS
RENT A CAR
M.V. FOR SALE
2010 Model, APV Suzuki for sale.
Contact 93953237
Mitsubishi EX GT with spoiler 2009
66000 km dealer maintained. Con-
tact 92398644
Toyota Yaris 2008, full automatic,
RO 3000, call 92915854
Mitsubishi Canter 2006 (3 Ton),
double cabin with 1.5 Ton (Hiab),
Toyota Hilux pickup 2007, double
cabin with PDO roll bar.
Contact 92824289, 99229740
For sale – Camry 2011, Mazda 6
2006, Lancer 2010, Civic 1996. Con-
tact 96408433/ 93806625
FOR HIRE
FOR HIRE M.V. FOR SALE
TRUCK FOR HIREIsuzu 10 ton cargo body truck
(2012 FVR) with UAE experienced driver
available for long term / short term rent.
Contact: 95346950
We provide all heavy duty equip-
ment, tractor & trailers & all type
of trucks. Contact 97722507
Running truck wash for rent in
Ouhi Sunia Sohar. Serious people
can. Contact on 97864747
Mitsubishi 3.0 Ton Freezer truck
(2010 model) (Thermo king MD
200) excellent condition, regular
service history, interested party
Contact 98908634
PROTON GEN 2 FOR SALE: Manual Gear. Good condition. Single
owner. Silver colour. 1st registered
August 2009. Full insurance till
August 2015. Price OMR 1,680.
Tel: 99333479 or 95215360
Ford focus full options, 2010, 8100
kms, expat lady driven, excellent
condition and all tyres changed
recently for immediate sale. Fixed
price OMR 3000. Contact 99421138
50 seater bus with PDO specifi ca-
tion for rent or lease. #99839898
Mitsubishi Lancer model 2009 full
automatic. Contact 99045803
SITUATION WANTEDDINING DELIGHTS
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