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Tropical storm set for upgrade
REJIMON [email protected]
MUSCAT: A tropical storm could approach the Sultanate’s Arabian Sea coast by mid-week, Oman’s meteorological department said in a statement on Saturday evening.
Low pressure is likely to deep-en during the next two days and it will continue moving west to northwest towards the Sultan-ate’s Arabian Sea coast, it said.
“The wind speed of the storm is 28knots and the centre of the storm is 900km from Sultanate’s Arabian Sea coast. Rain is likely to hit Dhofar, Al Wusta and Al Sharqiyah South governorates. The waves can rise up to 3 metres high,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) centre has is-
sued Yellow Alert to Oman. “The storm currently located near 13.4 north 62.5 east is forecast to strike Oman.
“The probability for Category 1 (CAT 1) or above is 10 per cent in about 72 hours. The probability for tropical storm is 40 per cent in about 72 hours,” the TSR desk said. CAT 1 means severe cyclonic storm strength winds of at least 74 mph (119 kilometre per hour).
The Indian Meteorological De-partment (IMD), responsible for tropical cyclone advisories in the northern Indian Ocean, including the Arabian Sea, said low pressure over west-central and east-central Arabian Sea has concentrated into a depression.
At 4am (Oman time), it lay centred 1,400 km west-south-west of Mumbai, India. The de-
pression would initially move west-northwest towards south Oman and adjoining Yemen, the IMD said in its first assessment of its possible track.
The US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) has also upgraded the potential for the development of the significant tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours to high.
It is expected to briefly swerve to the northeast before resum-ing the west-northwest track to-wards south Oman and Yemen.
But some other global mod-els suggest that the storm would head east mid-course towards the Sindh (Pakistan) and northwest Gujarat (India) coasts.
In any case, it is likely to be de-clared a cyclonic storm by Mon-day, with the tag ‘Nilofar,’ a name contributed by Pakistan.
Diverse modelsA few models see the prospective cyclone making landfall as per current predictions, but others are of the view that the cyclone will stay longer in the sea.
According to them, the cyclone would approach and even graze the coast of Oman before coming under the influence of a passing westerly system.
The wind speed of the storm is 28knots and
the centre is 900km off Oman’s Arabian Sea
coast. Rain is likely to hit Dhofar, Al Wusta
and Al Sharqiyah South governorates
Muscat Municipality assessing old buildings; to pull down unsafe ones FAHAD AL [email protected]
MUSCAT: Authorities of the Muscat Municipality are inspect-ing old buildings following com-plaints from residents that some of them have developed cracks while others have various safety issues.
“Officials will inspect old build-ings and those not complying with safety regulations will have to face the consequences,” confirmed an official at the municipality.
The decision has been taken to ensure the safety of residents.
The municipality has been closely monitoring and inspect-ing buildings following com-plaints from residents, especially about cracks having developed in the walls.
InspectionTo ascertain whether a building is suitable for living in, the munici-pality sends a specialised team of engineers to the site. With sophis-ticated machinery, they check the strength of the building and the quality of the concrete.
“Following this inspection they make a report about the condition of the building, which is saved as data,” said the official.
Citizens and residents can reg-ister their complaints through the municipality’s hotline. “When we receive a complaint we deal with it immediately,” said the official.
The official confirmed that not a single case of building collapse or casualty has been reported or reg-istered in Muscat so far.
“Muscat municipality has or-dered some building owners to demolish old buildings or renovate them to ensure that they meet with the required safety standards,” ex-plained the official.
Meanwhile, in a bid to give a new look to the Ruwi area, the munici-pality recently started demolish-ing old government and private-ly-owned old ones in the Wilayat of Muttrah.
So far 27 buildings have been demolished. This has also been done to keep a check on haphaz-ard construction activity. The old buildings will be replaced by new residential complexes. These will be owned by the government, a senior official of the municipality told Times of Oman.
On scarcity of parking lots in Ruwi, the official said the munici-pality plans to build multi-storey parking lots and rent them out.
“Due to the scarcity of parking
lots in areas like Ruwi and Mut-trah, the municipality has been providing parking space at very reasonable rates,” the official said.
Parking from 4p.m. to 9a.m. in a residential building costs OMR5
for the whole month. To park in commercial buildings for the same duration the person has to pay OMR15. The easiest way to apply for parking space is to pay through the Muscat municipality website
(http://www.mm.gov.om).One can also send an SMS and
book parking space if one is just a few minutes away from their destination in Ruwi, Muttrah and Qurum.
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Sur Hospital scotches rumours of Ebola caseFAHAD AL [email protected]
MUSCAT: Sur Hospital has scotched reports that it had re-ceived a patient who had con-tracted the Ebola virus.
There were unsubstantiated reports that an individual who had contracted the Ebola virus had been admitted to the gov-ernment hospital last Thursday. The reports also claimed that Sur Hospital had vacated a full room to receive the patient.
Times of Oman contacted an official source at the hospital who refuted the reports and added that it was just another rumour.
There were several other simi-lar reports which were also re-futed by the Ministry of Health
and the hospital.With the Ebola virus continu-
ing to claim lives globally, the ministry has put in place elabo-rate plans to contain the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Oman. It has already drawn up plans for reporting and investigating sus-pected cases, enhanced surveil-lance at the Muscat International Airport, ensuring prevention from the infection and control-ling the algorithm for the virus, making arrangements for clini-cal management of any sus-pected case and putting in place a system of self-declaration by travellers, apart from manag-ing EVD at primary healthcare centres, and ensuring safe col-lection of blood samples from infected persons.
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REGIONEmergency imposed in Sinai after attack
2A state of emergency came into force on Saturday across much of
Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula after 30 soldiers were killed in a suicide car bombing by suspected militants. It was the deadliest attack on the country’s security forces since the army deposed president Mohamed Morsi last year. >A4
MARKETCommercial banks show ‘robust’ growth
3The financial health of banks in terms of asset quality, provision
coverage, capital adequacy and profitability has continued to improve in recent years. The balance sheet of commercial banks further strengthened in 2014 due to the robust growth in both deposits and credit. >B1
OMANWhy SMEs are still struggling to take off
1Perhaps, the word ‘help’ is why SME projects never really take off and we don’t have a single example that stands out from the rest. Everybody considers SMEs as a forced obligation but not
an important catalyst to the economy. >A3
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Might approach the Sultanate’s Arabian Sea coast by mid-week
Others are of the view that the
cyclone will stay for longer in the sea.
A few models see the prospective cyclone
making landfall as per current predictions
The system is likely to be declared a cyclonic storm
by Monday, with the tag ‘Nilofar,’ a name
contributed by Pakistan.
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HM sends greetings
HM sends condolences
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sul-tan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Dr. Heinz Fischer, President of the Re-public of Austria, on his country’s National Day.
In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere greetings and wishes of good health and happiness to the president and his country’s people further progress and prosperity. —ONA
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K U W A I T
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a ca-ble of condolences to His High-ness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah, Emir of Ku-wait, on the death of Sheikh Salim Sabah Salim Al Hamud Al Sabah.
In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to Sheikh Al Sabah and the Al Sabah ruling family, praying to the Almighty Allah to rest his soul in peace and grant his family patience to bear the loss. —ONA
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MUSCAT: In in an effort to make buildings more se-cure and enhance safety of residents, Muscat Municipal-ity plans to introduce a rule making it mandatory for all two-storeyed buildings in the capital to employ watchmen.
The rule is being mooted following an increase in cases of theft around the capital, an official at Muscat Municipality, told Times of Oman.
The official pointed out that such a move would help in reducing the number of thefts in the buildings in the city.
“There is a need for constant monitoring,” said the official.
Article 31 and local or-der number 92\23 together stipulate that buildings in the
capital, whether commercial or residential, with more than four floors should have a room with a toilet for a watchman near their main entrance.
Residents have welcomed the Muscat Municipality plan and believe this would make buildings safer to live in.
Narrating an incident, Mo-hammed Fahmi, an Egyptian expatriate, told Times of Oman, “A thief broke into our flat and stole valuables when my family and I were out of the country for our annual vacation last year.
“Muscat Municipality must enact this rule as soon as pos-sible. There have been so many incidents of theft reported in areas like Ruwi, Wadi Kabir, Seeb and Mutrah in the last few years.”
Juma Al Mahrooqi, a national, has urged Muscat
Municipality to ask owners of buildings to install CCTV cameras within the premises. “This will enhance safety and security in the build-ings,” he said. An official of the Royal Oman Police (ROP) told Times of Oman that the new rule would curb thefts which had become a com-mon occurrence earlier in numerous buildings.
The official called on Omanis and expatriates to be more careful while going out of their flats and houses and not to leave any valuables lying around inside the house. According to the ROP, many thieves were caught by the ROP and produced before the courts. As many as 112 people were accused of committing 130 thefts nationwide last August, added the official.
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OMAN Two large-scale weddings are due to take
place in Oman — one by the end of this
year and the other early next year.
Oman pitched as wedding venue >A3
A love tragedy told with passion
SARAH [email protected]
MUSCAT: The Deutsche Oper Berlin production of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at the Royal Op-era House Muscat (ROHM) was marked by a very memorable performances.
The opera, which originally pre-miered in 1893, tells the story of Manon, a young woman who falls in love with a poor student, Des Grieux. But she soon leaves him in favour of the rich old Geronte, who can provide her with jew-els and beautiful gowns. Manon doesn’t love Geronte and when Des Grieux reappears, she decides to leave with him, but is caught stealing jewels on her way out and thrown in jail, then sent on a con-
vict ship to Louisiana. Des Grieux begs for passage on the ship so he can be with her, but once in Louisiana the couple finds that not even their love can save them from poverty and death.
Conducted by the passionate Italian maestro Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, the orchestra, cast and chorus evoked the deepest emo-tions and took the audience on a journey, beginning with a light, fun two acts, with moments of comedy and fun, such as when Manon mocks the ridiculous old Geronte, a role filled perfectly by American bass-baritone Stephen Bronk, and then into a darker second half when love is put to the test.
The drama on stage was set against sparse, minimalist white
sets and gorgeous period cos-tumes which let the characters and music shine.
Chinese soprano Hui He, in the lead role of Manon, was truly fantastic! There are many great opera singers but not all of them have brilliant acting abilities to match. Hui He has both a dy-namic, vibrato-filled voice which made Puccini’s difficult arias seem effortless, and the stage presence, facial expression and body language to match.
As Manon, she was initially in-nocent and romantic, then became noticeably trapped in a loveless situation with Geronte. When in jail and preparing the board the ship to Louisiana, and then dying in the wilderness, the anguish and heartbreak were so palpable that
Hui He could make the audience feel Manon’s pain, too. Hers was a performance that should set a standard for opera excellence.
Singing the role of Des Grieux to Hui He’s Manon was Bulgarian tenor Kamen Chanev, who was also very strong. His big, bold voice was a beautiful comple-ment to Hui He’s powerful sopra-no, and their chemistry on stage resulted in a very convincing love story. Though not quite as captivating as Manon, Chanev’s Des Grieux was certainly dramatic and sympathetic.
Puccini’s Manon Lescaut may not be as well known in Oman as his other big operas like Turandot, La Boheme and Madama Butterfly but following this passionate pro-duction, it won’t soon be forgotten.
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Why SME projects are still struggling to take off in Sultanate
Despite significant gov-ernment funding and support, the Small and Medium Enterprises
(SME) projects are still struggling,
years after the initial idea was floated to help ordinary people create business opportunities.
Perhaps, the word ‘help’ is why SME projects never really take off and we don’t have a single example that stands out from the rest. Eve-rybody considers SMEs as a forced obligation but not an important catalyst to the economy. There is no real commitment because funding agencies such as financial institutions, as well as different government organisations of the past and present, do not take the task seriously. Even official statistics for SMEs are vague and perhaps misleading.
There are more than 90,000 SMEs in the country but there are no statistics to show how many are still running or whether the surviving projects are making any money. The statistics also do not say how many of these are funded
by banks or by owners themselves.If records are sketchy then there
is no sure way of knowing where the SME initiative is heading. Last year, the Central Bank of Oman asked financial institutions to reserve 5 per cent of their total credit portfolio to SME lending by December 2014. Now the banks are asking the Central Bank for an extension for another year. As it stands now, banks have extended only 2 per cent of total credit to SME projects — less than half of what it is required. Under His Majesty’s directives, the Al Raffd Fund was established to speed up the SME effort. Al Raffd, with a capital of OMR70 million, started giving out loans to SMEs from January this year.
Within the first six months of its existence, Al Raffd has already approved about OMR15 million to various SME projects. This
amount is more than half what the entire commercial banking system in the country has extended to SMEs in the last three years. This is where the SME effort will not make a bigger stride because commercial banks feel they do not have to do it.
Banks’ responsibilityBanks now have the excuse that they cannot compete with a government organisation that has much more favourable lending conditions. However, financial institutions will forget that it was their task to make SMEs a success but did not take up the challenge. This also raises the question whether banks have the will to comply with the SME lending threshold set by the Central Bank.
One of the problems is that not all banks have the same definition of the SME criterion. Financing of
SMEs is not only governed by the scale of the project but how many people are employed. Each bank has different financing condi-tions for micro, small and media businesses.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has already laid down guidelines that micro unit should employ up to four people and a small enterprise between five and nine while a medium project from ten to a hundred. Banks are used to a high profit margin of personal loans, which make up 35 per cent of its total credit and 15 per cent to mortgages. The rest goes into property development, retail businesses and industry financing. These areas are also less risky and it is unlikely that banks will shift to SME financing in a serious way and risk profitability.
Commercial banks have extended a total credit of about
OMR16 billion between May 2013 and May this year, an increase of nearly 10 per cent. If the Sul-tanate’s financial institutions comply with the Central Bank’s regulations, then there will be an injection of at least OMR800 million a year to SME funding. If this becomes successful, the Al Raffd Fund would be playing only a secondary role and not a pivotal one as it is doing now.
To make it work on a long-term and sustainable one, universal policies need to be established so that all stakeholders, both fund givers and recipients, can comply with it. Risk spreading is one of them, when all financial institu-tions, as well as the supporting industries, show hundred per cent commitment. The establishment of a database is also important to record failures and success of pro-jects so mistakes can be corrected.
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SALEH AL SHAIBANY
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Oman pitched as honeymoon and wedding venue
STAFF REPORTER
MUSCAT: With the kind of charm that no other place on earth can offer, Oman is all set to be the destination of choice not only for those planning to tie the knot but also for honeymooners.
According to reports, two large-scale weddings are due to take place in Oman — one by the end of this year and the other early next year.
“Marriage is a very emotional and crucial event in one’s life. Eve-ryone dreams of making it a highly cherished occasion. We have been able to sell the idea of Oman as a wedding venue to the new genera-tion in India,” said an official fa-miliar with the developments.
Recently, a key strategy em-ployed by Oman’s Ministry of Tourism has been able to fruit-fully engage wedding planners of India. The ministry had arranged trips for wedding planners to explore and feel Oman in all its splendour.
In addition to this, the ministry also participated in the Experi-ential Planner Business Lunch-eons organised by TMF Dia-logue Marketing India at Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad, where ministry officials held successful meetings with leading wedding planners in India.
Last year, the ministry had also partnered with Thomas Cook (In-dia) and Zahara Tours (Oman) whereby a stopover in Oman was offered free of cost to travellers as part of Thomas Cook India’s pre-mium European Group Tours.
“The ministry values the op-portunity to run a tactical con-sumer campaign with Thomas Cook India, a highly respected brand in the Indian travel space, and is looking at a meaningful long-term relationship,” said Maitha Al Mahrouqi, undersecre-tary of Ministry of Tourism.
In fact, over the four-year peri-od since the ministry established its representative office in India in Mumbai, awareness about Oman as an exciting tour desti-nation has picked up pace and Indians are increasingly flocking to the Sultanate for leisure tour-ism. Accordingly, the ministry has significantly increased the budget spend on its India operations.
“The budget has registered a rise of over 35 per cent over the last year,” said Lubaina Sheerazi, India representative of the Oman Ministry of Tourism.
“The perception about Oman has changed significantly through awareness projects, and now peo-ple view Oman not just as a busi-ness destination but a leisure/wedding destination and also as a great location for film shoots,” added Lubaina.
Continuing with its engage-ment with the highly lucrative Indian market, the ministry, through its representative office
in India, also brought a 60-mem-ber delegation of Indian travel agents and operators on a tour of the Sultanate under the ‘Discover Oman Specialist Training Pro-gramme’ in September.
The team visited a diverse list of tourist spots, including Mus-cat, Nizwa, Sharqiyah Sands, Sur and Ras Al Jinz.
With a series of B2B meetings allowing them to network with key players in the hospitality and tourism sector of Oman, the ‘Dis-cover Oman’ tour spanning six days and five nights helped the travel specialists effectively pro-mote the Sultanate among leisure travellers from India.
Another growth area is MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conven-tions and Exhibitions) and in fact the representative office participated in the MICE Travel Mart in Mumbai recently. It is considering targeting tier-II cit-ies of Ahmedabad, Pune and Hy-derabad in the near future.
The ministry is also using so-cial media platforms like Face-book to connect with Indians.
The Oman Tourism, India Fa-cebook page is liked by thousands of prospective Indian travellers. Soon, a Twitter handle will be launched, revealed sources.
The Ministry of Tourism has been exploring all options to mar-ket Oman as the ideal tourist des-tination globally as well.
The ministry has also hosted a number of global tour operators especially from the United States of America and German speaking countries, with a view to famil-iarising them with the land, peo-ple and culture of Oman and its highly developed hospitality and infrastructure sectors.
The ministry is banking on online technologies to connect with tourists. According to min-istry officials, a webinar has been planned to spread word about Oman among people who know nothing significant about what the Sultanate has to offer to the discerning tourists.
The Ministry of Tourism has been able to
fruitfully engage wedding planners of India.
The ministry had arranged trips for wedding
planners to explore and feel Oman in all its
splendour
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‘Global science meet set to boost research programme’ MUSCAT: His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al Said, adviser to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, and chairman of The Re-search Council (TRC), has empha-sised that the idea behind the Sul-tanate playing host to the meeting of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) next week was in line with the growth plans of the TRC.
The conference also reflects the objectives of the government for closer regional and international cooperation relations, he said.
It would also enable the Sultan-ate to become a regional hub for innovation and a pioneer in crea-tive ideas and the provision of new goods and services through scientific research.
Sayyid Shihab said that by host-ing more than 500 scientists, re-searchers and academics from various countries, including the
Sultanate at this event, it will achieve one of the most im-portant objectives of the TRC strategy, which is seeking to es-tablish research and knowledge-transfer links.
He explained that the meeting opens numerous avenues for inter-national cooperation with TWAS through the exchange of experi-ences and knowledge during the meeting over the three days in the presence of over 150 researchers and academics from various gov-ernment and private universities and colleges in the Sultanate. It will open the doors of cooperation and scientific research, both at the corporate level or at the individual level between their peers.
Sayyid Shihab stressed that the organisers of the event were also keen to honour researchers in the Sultanate, through the national award for scientific research, by TRC, in addition to honouring a number of student research pro-jects, and to create a stimulating environment for researchers in the Sultanate.–ONA
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REGION They know that the success of (this election)
is a threat to them, not only in Tunisia
but throughout the region
Mehdi Jomaa, Tunisia’s Prime Minister
Iraqi Kurdish forces retake town from IS
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: Iraqi Kurdish forces on Satur-day retook the northern town of Zumar from IS group militants after weeks of fighting, a senior officer said.
“After clashes that began this morning and with American air support, we were able to force IS militants from the centre” of Zu-mar and 11 surrounding villages, Major General Karim Atuti of the peshmerga security forces said.
Zumar is located some 60 kilo-metres (36 miles) northwest of Mosul, the first city to fall in an IS offensive in June.
Federal troops withdrew from Zumar, and peshmerga forces oc-cupied it. But IS drove them out during a new campaign in August, pushing them back toward re-gional capital Arbil. That helped to spark an US-led air campaign in Iraq that now involves several countries and has been expanded to Syria.
The US-led military coalition pounded the IS group on Fri-day and Saturday, with 22 air strikes in Iraq and one in Syria, the Pentagon said.
Eleven of the bombings in the
heavy barrage targeted IS units, buildings, positions and vehicles near the strategic Mosul Dam, US Central Command, which is over-seeing the air war against the mili-tants, said in a statement.
The IS militants briefly held Mosul dam in August, but Kurd-
ish forces and Iraqi army troops—backed up by US air strikes—suc-ceeded in retaking the dam later that month.
Crucial pieceThe large dam in northern Iraq is a crucial piece of infrastruc-ture and IS has repeatedly tried to seize it back. The dam is the country’s largest and, if destroyed or dismantled, it could unleash major flooding of the city of Mosul and the capital Baghdad.
A further four strikes hit near
Fallujah, while others targeted Bayji, Qurayat Al Hajjaj and other locations in Iraq. These raids were carried out by US and coalition partners, using bombers, fighter jets, and unmanned drones.
The sole strike in Syria, near Kobane, destroyed an artillery piece, Centcom said, and was con-ducted by US aircraft.
“The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist group’s ability to project power and conduct operations,” Centcom said. — AFP
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Lebanese soldiers killed as army fights gunmenBEIRUT: Two Lebanese sol-diers died from their wounds on Saturday as the army clashed with gunmen in the northern city of Tripoli for a second day, trying to uproot the militants from the Old City.
Soldiers exchanged heavy fire with the gunmen, whose exact affiliation was unclear, in the morning and moved in on their positions in the afternoon, se-curity sources said. One civilian was also killed in the fighting.
Three soldiers were wounded in a nearby incident when gun-men opened fire on an army ve-hicle near the northern village of Bahneen, the sources said. One soldier later died from his wounds. At least two militants were killed and six soldiers were wounded during earlier fight-ing in Tripoli late on Friday. One of the soldiers died from his wounds on Saturday. Tripoli has seen some of the worst spillo-ver from the 3-1/2-year-old war in neighbouring Syria, whose border is only about 30 km (20 miles) north up the coast from the ancient port city. Gun battles and bombings linked to the con-flict have regularly broken out.
Pursuit continuesIn statements published by the National News Agency, the army leadership said: “The pursuit of terrorist gunmen in Tripoli is continuing and will not be pulled back until after the terrorists are eliminated.”
It was the first time since the civil war in neighbouring Syria erupted in 2011 that violence had spread to the market in Tripoli’s historic centre, which is on the
shortlist for possible selection as a UNESCO world heritage site.
Elsewhere in northern Leba-non, a clash broke out in the Ak-kar region near the Syrian bor-der, after unidentified gunmen
tried to cut off a main road. Troops killed two militants in
the fighting, the army said, adding that the road had been reopened. The fighting came nearly three months after a battle in eastern Lebanon between the army and militants from Syria’s Al Qaeda and the IS group. It broke out after gunmen attacked an army patrol in the Khan Al Askar area, near the heart of the coastal city, wounding four soldiers. — AFP
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Emergency imposed
in Sinai after attack
CAIRO: A state of emergency came into force on Saturday across much of Egypt’s Sinai Pen-insula after 30 soldiers were killed in a suicide car bombing by suspected militants.
It was the deadliest attack on the country’s security forces since the army deposed president Mohamed Morsi last year, to the fury of his supporters. The state of emergen-cy in the north and centre of the Sinai will remain in place for three months, the president’s office said.
A curfew is in force from 5pm to 7am. Egypt also announced it would close the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, the only route into the Palestinian territory not controlled by Israel.
“The army and the police will take all necessary measures to tackle the dangers of terrorism and its financing, to preserve the secu-rity of the region... and protect the lives of citizens,” the presidential decree said.
President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the army chief who toppled Morsi and later won elections, chaired a meeting on Saturday of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to discuss what measures to implement under the state of emergency. After the meeting, Sisi told reporters that Friday’s at-tack was carried out with “external support” in order to “break the will
of the Egyptian people and army”. Security officials said a suspected militant rammed a checkpoint with an explosives-packed vehicle.
The attack in an agricultural area of El Arish, the main town in north Sinai, also wounded 29 troops, medics said, including a senior army official and five of-ficers. Gunmen also shot dead an officer and wounded two sol-diers on Friday at another check-point south of El Arish, security officials said. — AFP
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Tunisian PM warns of attacks during pollsTUNIS: Tunisia’s prime minister warned on Saturday of possible militant attacks during a landmark election this weekend, as security was tightened for a vote he said of-fered hope to the entire region.
“We know that this will be a tar-get (for militant groups) because it is unique in the region. It brings hope,” Mehdi Jomaa said during an inspection of security forces ahead of Sunday’s poll.
Tunisia’s transition to democ-racy since the 2011 toppling of longtime leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali “is the alternative to these people and these groups”, Jomaa added. “They know that the suc-cess of (this election) is a threat to them, not only in Tunisia but throughout the region.”
Heavy deploymentThe North African nation is set to deploy tens of thousands of soldiers and police for the parlia-mentary polls—the first since the uprising three years ago that in-spired the protests. Tunisia has been hailed as a beacon of hope compared with other chaos-hit countries like Libya and Egypt. But its transition has been tested at times by militant attacks and social unrest.
On Friday, Tunisian police killed six suspected militants—five of whom were women—in a raid on a house in the outskirts of the capital. — AFP
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FIGTING RAGES: People watch as smoke rises over the Syrian town of Kobane (background),
in Caykara village near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the
southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on Saturday. – Reuters
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during clashes with militants in Tripoli on Saturday. – Reuters
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Assembly polls in J&K, Jharkhand in 5 phases
NEW DELHI: Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand will be held in five phases between November 25 and December 20 and counting of votes will take place on December 23, the Election Commission of India announced on Saturday.
Polling in both states will take place on November 25, Decem-ber 2, 9, 14 and 20, Chief Election Commissioner V. S. Sampath said at a press conference here.
Bye-elections to three as-
sembly seats in Delhi, which fell vacant after their Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) re-signed following their victories in Lok Sabha polls, will be held on November 25.
No reason for delayBrushing aside demands from some quarters, mainly the ruling National Conference, that elec-tions in flood-hit north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir be postponed, Sampath said the re-
cent calamity will have no “spe-cial impact” on polls. He said post-flood situation, along with other aspects like climate, festivals and law and order situation, have been taken into account while deciding the poll schedule.
“Except for one political party, most of the political parties (in Jammu and Kashmir) were in fa-vour of holding elections on time. They said there is no reason, no justification for delaying the polls. The EC’s mandate is to hold elec-
tions on time,” he said. The cur-rent six-year term of Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly comes to an end on January 16.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has 87 seats and Jharkhand has 81 seats. In Jammu and Kashmir, seven seats are reserved for SCs while in Jharkhand, nine seats are reserved for SCs and STs, re-spectively. Number of electors in Jammu and Kashmir as per electoral rolls is 72.25 lakhs and 207.44 lakhs in Jharkahnd, the CEC said.
Altogether 10,015 polling sta-tions will be set up in Jammu and Kashmir and 24,648 in Jharkahnd.
To facilitate the voters to know where he/she is enrolled as a vot-er at a particular polling station and what is his/her serial num-ber in the electoral roll, the Com-mission has directed that voter slip along with Photo (wherever present in the roll) will be distrib-uted to all enrolled voters by the District Election Officer.
It has also been directed that the said voter slip should be in the languages in which electoral roll is published for that Assembly Constituency, Sampath said.
Voters can also exercise the None of The Above (NOTA) option. - PTI
Chief Election
Commissioner V.
S. Sampath said
polling in the two
states would be held
on November 25,
December 2, 9, 14
and 20, and results
on December 23BRIEFING: Chief Election Commissioner V. S. Sampath addresses a press conference at the Election Commission’s headquarters in New Delhi, on Saturday. - PTI
Telangana’s maiden budget session from November 5 AFTAB H. KOLAOur Correspondent
HYDERABAD: The maiden budget session of the Telangana State Assembly will commence on November 5, said Chief Minis-ter K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
Answering a query from re-porters about the duration of the
budget session, the chief minis-ter replied that it would be a full-fledged Budget session. All deci-sions with regard to the session were taken at a meeting of the state cabinet.
The new state of Telangana came into existence on June 2 and this would be the first budget session of the House elected in
the Assembly elections held in April and May. The vote-on-ac-count budget presented by united Andhra Pradesh Finance Minis-ter Anam Ramnarayana Reddy ended on September 30.
Special Leave PetitionThe TRS government has decided to file a Special Leave Petition
in the Supreme Court early next week against the alleged injustice being meted out to the state by the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh government which it says, has been violating the power sharing formulae envisaged in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act and has been denying Telangana their legitimate share from Lower Si-
leru, Vizag Hinduja and Krishna-patnam power plants. Chief Min-ister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that his Andhra Pradesh counter-part N. Chandrababu Naidu was bent on ensuring that the standing crops in Telangana suffer for want of sufficient power and he was solely responsible for the present power situation in Telangana. K.
C. Rao urged Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi to immediately inter-vene and set things right and see that the Andhra Pradesh Reor-ganisation Act was implemented in its letter and spirit.
He said there was no question of stopping power generation from Srisailam till the power demand for agriculture was met fully.
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Gandhi had said sanitation was more important than independence.
But for Gandhi, cleanliness of body and mind was equally important,
which meant that ridding the heart of hatred and violence was important
Shashi Tharoor, Congress leader
Tharoor plunges into sanitation drive, invokes Gandhi to silence critics
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After facing party’s wrath for praising Indian Prime Minister’s cleanliness drive, Congress Mem-ber of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor on Saturday joined the campaign on the outskirts of the south Indian state capital by in-voking Mahatma Gandhi, saying he is not going to surrender Gan-dhiji to Narendra Modi.
Keeping the country clean is a national concern and no political meaning should be read into his support to it, he said.
Not a BJP campaign“As such this is not a BJP campaign...I am not going to sur-render Gandhiji to Modi... I am not going to surrender (Sardar) Patel
to Modi,” Tharoor asserted in a bid to silence critics after joining local residents in removing garbages at the coastal town Vizhinjam in his parliamentary constituency here.
Tharoor was earlier this month removed as All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesper-son under pressure from Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) which urged the AICC to restrain him from lavishing prais-es on Modi and his initiatives like the “Swachh Bharat” mission.
Defending his active participation in the campaign, Tharoor said, “This is not the prerogative of any political party and the message of keeping one’s surroundings clean was first given by Mahatma Gandhi.”
“Gandhi had said sanitation was
more important than independ-ence. But for Gandhi, cleanliness of body and mind was equally im-portant, which meant that ridding the heart of hatred and violence was important,” Tharoor told re-porters who confronted him with the question whether his action would not be dubbed as violation of party’s warning.
Cleanliness driveThe Congress MP from Kerala capital said the AICC had also asked party workers to join a month long cleanliness drive from Gandhi Jayanti day on October 2.
Evading a direct reply to the question whether this was part of the “Swachh Bharat” campaign, Tharoor said, “You can call it by
any name but what is important is to keep the country clean. You see the local people around me. They include several Congress work-ers...What is important is to make the country clean, irrespective of party politics”, he said.
Justifying his action, Tharoor yesterday tweeted “Vizhinjam beach, a splendid site ruined filth and garbage; which I will clean with the help of the local resi-dents tomorrow.”
Congress leaders in the state chose to refrain from making any adverse or positive comment on Tharoor’s action.
However, in a dig at him, KPCC general secretary Ajay Tharayil said the party had decided to ignore his move. - PTI
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Journalists jostle for ‘selfies’ with Modi
S. MOITRAOur Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Shedding the im-age of a leader who keeps journal-ists at arm’s length, Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Saturday reached out to the country’s me-dia in his first interaction since assuming power in May this year.
Addressing a gathering of more than 400 journalists at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Modi lauded and thanked the media for its role in his ambitious ‘Clean In-dia Campaign’, saying, “You have
turned your pen into a broom. I have been reading so many arti-cles on Clean India. Electronic and social media is also doing a comprehensive debate on it. This is a service to the nation. This is a good example of how the media can play a constructive role,” dur-ing his 10-minute address.
Referring to the mega cleanli-ness drive that he launched on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, he said, “Just the prime minister wielding a
jhadoo (broom) won’t do. Every-one has to.”
Diwali Mangal MilanThe event, called the ‘Diwali Man-gal Milan’, was also attended by BJP President Amit Shah and senior ministers.
Modi also recalled the days when he used to help with seating arrangements at media meets.
“There was a time when I used to move chairs at the party office and used to freely interact with
members of the press... I am (now) looking for ways to deepen my old ties with the fourth estate,” the prime minister added.
After addressing the gather-ing from the dais, Modi stepped down to interact with editors and journalists. Some journalists even jostled to get ‘selfies’ clicked with the prime minister. Though he is active on social media and has 7.3 million followers on Twitter, the Prime Minister’s Office still has no official spokesperson.
Addressing a
gathering of more
than 400 journalists,
the PM lauded and
thanked the media
for its role in his
ambitious ‘Clean
India Campaign’
ELATED MEDIAMEN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for photographs with reporters during the
Diwali Mangal Milan at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, on Saturday. – PTI
$13.1b defence projects clearedNEW DELHI: The NDA gov-ernment on Saturday cleared long-delayed projects worth $13.1 billion to modernise the nation’s ageing Soviet-era military hard-ware and boost its domestic de-fence industry, a report said.
The move underscores the desire of the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to update the country’s military as it looks to defend itself, especially after recent deadly border clashes with Pakistan and a tense stand-off with Chinese troops.
The Defence Acquisition Council on Saturday approved defence procurement proposals worth Rs800 billion ($13.1 bil-lion), many of which were long-standing, at a meeting chaired by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, the Press Trust of India said.
Defence upgradeIndia, the second most populous nation in the world, is in the midst of a $100-billion defence upgrade programme. It cleared proposals worth nearly $3.5 billion in June.
Defence ministry officials were not immediately available
for comment. India is the world’s largest arms
importer with the United States recently overtaking Russia as its biggest arms supplier.
But slow procurement over dec-ades and the collapse of a string of defence deals during the previous centre-left Congress party gov-ernment’s rule has left the mili-tary short of key equipment. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has been pushing for greater indigeni-sation of the military industry as India imports around 70 per cent of its defence hardware.
In August, Modi urged India to build up its military might to the point that no other country “dare
cast an evil eye” on the South Asian nation.
He also said that India had to stop relying heavily on defence imports and focus instead on lo-cal research, design and manu-facture. In line with that, among the major proposals to receive ap-proval were a 500-billion-rupee tender to indigenously build six submarines for the navy and pur-chase 8,356 Israeli guided mis-siles as well as 12 Dornier aircraft, PTI said citing defence ministry officials. Modi’s new government has raised the foreign investment cap on India’s defence industries to speed up modernisation of the military. -AFP
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ADAMANT: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor participates in a cleanliness
drive as part of Clean India Mission, in Thiruvananthapuram, on
Saturday. - PTI
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has been pushing for greater indigenisation of the military industry as India imports around 70 per cent of its defence hardware
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Youth has the potential to transform country, says presidentBAHAWALPUR: President Mam-noon Hussain said on Friday that Pakistan had been blessed with a plenty of natural resources.He was speaking at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur’s 2014 convocation.
Hussain said educated youth had the potential to transform Pakistan. He said the people had pinned their hopes on them. Hus-sain said he was delighted to visit Bahawalpur as Khwaja Ghulam Farid, the sufi poet, had hailed from the area.
He praised the former princely state for the services it had ren-dered to help the then fledgling state of Pakistan.
FelicitatedThe president felicitated the chan-cellor, the students and the faculty on the occasion. He praised the university’s contribution to sci-entific research and said its his-tory was dynamic. Hussain also praised the IUB for producing two cotton varieties.
Governor Chaudhry Muham-mad Sarwar praised the university for organising the convocation in a
befitting manner. He also praised the IUB for always striving to pro-tect its Islamic heritage. Sarwar said it was a matter of pride for him to be the varsity’s chancel-
lor as it gave him the opportunity to oversee an institution that was committed to social develop-ment and pioneering research. He praised the university for promot-
ing knowledge and economic sta-bility in the area.
The governor said the IUB had several international and national achievements to its credit. He said
this had been made possible by collaborating with several social, cultural and financial institutions. Sarwar said the event had been organised in honour of the gradu-ating students. He praised their commitment and perseverance.
Malala’s exampleSarwar urged the students to adopt Malala Yousafzai, a Nobel laure-ate and Arfa Karim, the late child prodigy, as their role models. Sar-war said he was certain that IUB would continue to excel academi-cally under the leadership of Vice-Chancellor (VC) Rao Muhammad Afzal Khan.
Minister of State Baleeghur Rehman said the government had prioritised the provision of qual-ity education. He said it had given Bahawalpur University a Rs860 million for its development needs.
VC Khan earlier gave the wel-come address. He said those present would always remember this convocation due to the pres-ence of President Hussain and Governor Sarwar.
He welcomed them to Bahawal-
pur. Khan said the city had been a centre of learning since time im-memorial. He said the first Islamic university in the history of man-kind had been established at Uch Sharif. Khan said the progressive Nawabs of Bahawalpur had nur-tured this tradition.
He said General Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan V had laid the foundation stone of Jamia Abbasi in 1925 that had later become the IUB. He said the varsity had been accorded the status of a public university in 1975.
President Hussain later inau-gurated the IUB’s sports complex that was completed at a cost of Rs78 million.
He also laid the foundation stone for a building for the Faculty of Education Training that is being funded by a Rs270 million grant from the USAID. - Express Tribune
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Additional 2,500MW to ease power crisis
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday directed the ministries of petroleum and natural resources, water and power and finance division to ensure that additional electric-ity of 2,400 to 2,500MW comes to the system by February 2015, both in the case of LNG and new on-site generation.
He said line losses and theft of electricity should be controlled at all costs and serious steps be taken against theft of gas, irre-spective of official status of the persons involved.
Instructions He issued these instructions while chairing a joint ministerial meeting of the energy sector held at the Prime Minister House. At-
tendees included cabinet minis-ters Khwaja Asif, Chaudhry Nisar, Parvaiz Rashid, Ahsan Iqbal, Sha-hid Khaqan Abbasi and Khawaja Saad Rafique.
The prime minister was briefed about the status of LNG import and its availability for the power sector. He was informed that first consignment will reach Pakistan by February 2015 and to be avail-
able to the power sector. Premier Nawaz gave approval for mak-ing the consignment available to Kot Addu power plant which will generate 1,200MW, as well as four other private power plants — Orient, Saif, Saphire and Hal-more — which will collectively produce 800MW of electricity. The consignment will also be pro-vided to Jamshoro power plant
for producing 400 to 500MW. Work on other projects, includ-ing Fast Track LNG terminal, SSGC LNG terminal, Gwadar Nawabshah LNG terminal and pipeline, Private LNG terminals, GEI, PGPL and Bahria to import 2bcfd LNG, enough to generate up to 15,000MW, will be expedited.
The prime minister was also in-formed that there are opportuni-ties for producing affordable pow-er from mobile mounted on-site power plants through 26 gas fields in the country having a potential to generate 1,000MW.
He also directed the relevant agencies to implement the al-ready provided tax relief in the LNG policy. He also directed the water and power ministry to en-sure that in future if bills are is-sued without meter-reading, it is specified on the bill that this is a ‘presumptive bill’, and any excess amount charged will be adjusted when the meter is read. The me-ter will be read at least once every three months.
Public demandThe prime minister said the pub-lic demand for affordable electric-ity was justified and also a prom-ise of the PML-N government. He vowed to regularly chair meetings of relevant ministries for better coordination and to achieve de-sired results within the stipulated timeframe.
Nawaz said all those working in relevant departments have to work round the clock. He said any lapse will not go unpunished and any good work they do will not go unrewarded. - In exclusive arrangement
with The Express Tribune
Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif said line losses
and theft of electricity
should be controlled
at all costs and
serious steps be taken
against theft of gas,
irrespective of official
status of the persons
involved
Main accused in Edhi Centre robbery arrestedKARACHI: The main accused in the Edhi Centre robbery has been arrested in Korangi, Express News reported on Saturday. The search for the suspects has been ongoing throughout the city since October 19 — the day the robbery took place — in which five kilos of gold and foreign currency worth Rs20 million were reportedly stolen from the Edhi centre located in the Mithadar area.Police arrested a man named Rashid Mazhar who allegedly planned the robbery in its entirety. He was arrested in the Zaman Town area of Korangi. Mazhar was previously a driver for the Edhi Centre having resigned from his position just nine months ago. Originally from Sahiwal, Mazhar came to Karachi in 2005 and started working for the Edhi centre in 2006. Earlier this week, police had identified a man after they collected statements and cellphone details of around two dozen men and women serv-ing and former staff members of the foundation.
More Rangers contingents during Muharram urgedLAHORE: Punjab government sought on Saturday more contin-gents of Rangers to be deployed in sensitive districts during the month of Muharram, Express News reported. Rangers will be deployed in more than 12 sensitive districts, including Lahore, Faisalabad, Jhang, Sheikhupura, Rawalpindi among others. On October 24, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that the government had prioritised the maintenance of law and order. Shahbaz was speaking at a meeting convened to review the law and order situation and security arrangements for Ashura. He said no effort should be spared to protect the life and property of people. Shahbaz added that the government would use all re-sources at its disposal to maintain order. He said officials should ensure that security plans were strictly followed across Punjab.
News channels mysteriously go off-air in parts of KarachiKARACHI: The transmission of some news channels, including Express News, went off air in some areas of Karachi after cable operators received ‘mysterious threats’ over the phone. Reports pouring in suggest that the areas where cable operators are fac-ing this problem include Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Delhi colony, Federal B Area, Clifton, North Nazimabad, Korangi, Saddar, Malir and Defence.“We have been facing this problem since late last night after we received threats over the phone to shut down certain news channels or face dire consequence,” a cable operator in Gulshan-e-Iqbal said. - Express Tribune
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Balochistan CM visits Hazara Town, assures investigation in Quetta killingsQUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch visited grieving family members of the nine victims who were gunned down by unidentified as-sailants in the Hazarganji area of Quetta on Thursday, assur-ing them that arrests in the case would be made soon.
Baloch was in Hazara Town, Quetta, Saturday morning, where he told Hazara community at Wa-li-e-Asar Imambargah, “I have come here to standby with the Hazara community and assure them complete support on the part of government.”
Baloch also said that progress was made in the investigations of the suicide attack which took place on the same day in Quetta and targeted the JUI-F chief.
“It was a sad day for us. We are going through a difficult situation in Quetta. There were three major tragic incidents in a single day on Thursday,” he said while talking to reporters.
Baloch added that law enforce-ment agencies launched a search operation in different areas right
after the three major incidents and arrested several suspects.
“There has been progress in the investigation of targeted killings of members of the Hazara com-munity and attack on Maulana Fazlur Rehman,” he announced.
However, he did not reveal any details of those arrested and which organisation they belonged to, and said, “We will soon reveal the de-
tails regarding the investigation into the Hazarganji incident.
“I appreciate our forces that bravely launched a search op-eration and arrested them. They were busy in rescue and investigations.”
The chief minister further said the nation needs to make collective efforts against terror-ism as it is impossible for the
government to fight alone. “We have increased the security in Quetta regarding the Muhar-ram processions. There will be more security than previous Muharram processions,” he told the Hazara community.
CriticisedLeaders of Hazara community criticised the government over what they said was its failure to protect the Hazara community, who are restricted to two neigh-bourhoods of Quetta.
Member of the Balochistan As-sembly and leader of Majlis Wa-datul Muslimeen (MWM) Sayed Raza Mohammed has said there is a visible increase in the presence of extremist groups in Quetta, who are responsible for targeting the Hazara community.
“We are fed up of picking up the dead bodies of our friends and family members. I could not attend the funeral of nine Haz-ara men who were mowed down by assailants in broad daylight in Hazarganji,” he told the reporters in Hazara Town. - Express Tribune
I N S U R G E N C Y
APPROVED: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave approval for making
the consignment available to Kot Addu power plant which will
generate 1,200MW, as well as four other private power plants
— Orient, Saif, Saphire and Halmore — which will collectively
produce 800MW of electricity. – AFP file photo
COLLECTING EVIDENCE: Security officials collect evidence from
the site of a suicide attack in Quetta on Thursday. The chief
minister said that progress was made in the investigations of the
suicide attack which took place on the same day in Quetta and
targeted the JUI-F chief. - Reuters
Mamnoon Hussain praised the university’s contribution to scientific research and said its history was dynamic. He also praised the IUB for producing two cotton varieties
HONOURED: President Mamnoon Hussain felicitated the chancellor, the students and the faculty at the
Islamia University of Bahawalpur’s 2014 convocation. He said he was delighted to visit Bahawalpur as
Khwaja Ghulam Farid, the sufi poet, had hailed from the area. - AFP file photo
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The Ukraine crisis has shattered key Western assumptions about Russia, and many analysts and policymakers have fallen back on the belief that Russian President Vladimir Putin must be acting irra-tionally. But it is Western assump-
tions that need to be questioned. In particular, what has made Russia so keen to undermine the current international order, first in Georgia in 2008 and in Ukraine now?
On the surface, these campaigns seem like post-imperial territorial conflicts. Russia, according to this view, recognises that it cannot get its old empire back, so it is chipping away at neighbouring territo-ries instead, justifying its actions by a nebulous con-cept of ethnic and historical justice.
And, like Serbia’s former President Slobodan Milošević, Putin dresses up foreign aggression as national salvation in order to bolster his domestic popularity and marginalise his opponents.
Putin’s approach closely resembles the vision set out by Russian Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenit-syn in his 1990 essay “Rebuilding Russia.” Referring to the former Soviet satellite states, he suggested letting those “ungrateful peoples” go, but keeping Russia’s rightful territories, such as eastern and southern Ukraine, northern Kazakhstan, and east-ern Estonia, with their ethnic Russian populations, and Georgia’s Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which are cultural extensions of Russia’s North Caucasus.
But it would be misleading to portray Putin as merely another out-of-control national romantic. He singled out Georgia and Ukraine not to redeem Russians’ emotional commitment to South Ossetia or Crimea, but to punish those countries for their dangerous liaisons with the West — in particular Georgia’s ambition to join Nato and Ukraine’s desire to sign an association agreement with the European Union. Indeed, Russia’s reaction is consistent with its recurrent discourse about being “squeezed out” of its own neighbourhood and “encircled” by hostile Western powers.
Western politicians’ vain attempts to convince Putin that the eastward expansion of Nato and the EU would benefit Russia by creating a zone of peace and prosperity along its borders were naive and in-sulting. It is not for Americans or Europeans, how-ever reasonable they may sound, to tell Russia what is or is not in its interests.
From the current Russian regime’s perspective, declarations that EU and Nato expansion is about spreading values, accountable institutions, and good governance, not military or economic competition, is beyond hypocritical.
The spread of Western values and institutions is precisely what Putin fears most. Supporting de-
mocracy on Russia’s borders can have a dangerous “demonstration” effect, by encouraging ordinary Russians to demand the same for themselves. In-deed, Putin believes that the past decade’s demo-cratic uprisings in Georgia and Ukraine were West-ern conspiracies against Russia. That may sound paranoid, but his anxiety is rational: European-style democracy on Russia’s borders would make it much harder to maintain authoritarian rule at home.
But the insult represented by attempted EU and Nato expansion runs deeper. Russia’s Cold War defeat and the loss of its empire transformed the country from a global superpower into a second-rate regional actor within just a couple of years, with a decade of economic upheaval and decline to follow. This geopolitical collapse occurred in part because Russians (not to mention their “captive nations” in Central and Eastern Europe) were seduced into believing that Western-style democracy and free markets worked better. This implied that the West was morally superior, too — a difficult notion for the country of Pushkin and Dostoyevsky to swallow.
Given this mind set, Putin and his supporters at home and abroad view democracy and free markets not as the path to peace and prosperity, but as part of a wicked conspiracy to destroy Russia. It does not help that when many Russians recall the country’s experiment with democracy in the 1990s, they re-member nothing but misery and humiliation.
Western leaders are deceiving themselves if they think that cajoling and reasoning with Putin, or of-fering token signs of respect, can break that mind-set. But turning a blind eye to Russian aggression, as the West did when Russia attacked Georgia in 2008 — portraying the conflict as a clash between two hot headed leaders — is not an option, either.
In short, while it is perfectly rational for the West to want Russia as a partner, Russia considers the US and the EU enemies. The West can offer no con-ceivable partnership terms that Putin would accept. Either the West jettisons its fundamental values, or Russia must change.
History suggests that Russia changes only when it experiences an unambiguous geopolitical defeat. Its loss in the Crimean War of 1853-1856 led to the abo-lition of serfdom and other liberal reforms. Its defeat by Japan in 1905 brought about Russia’s first parlia-ment and the reforms of Pyotr Stolypin. The Af-ghanistan debacle of the 1980s created the environ-ment that led to Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika.
Ultimately, the Russian people will decide for themselves what constitutes a defeat. If Putin is able to portray his attack on Ukraine as a success, Rus-sia will continue to bully and posture on the inter-national stage. But if Russians come to believe that Ukraine was a misadventure, a very different coun-try could emerge. - Project Syndicate
No, Putin is not aromantic nationalist
Western politicians’ vain attempts to convince Putin that the eastward expansion of Nato and the EU would benefit Russia by creating a zone of peace and prosperity along its borders were naive and insulting. It is not for the US or Europeans to tell Russia what is or is not in its interests
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Take appropriate caution if rain lashes the countryIn view of the news that a tropical depression has been found lo-cated 1,000 kilometres off Oman’s coasts in the Arabian Sea, I would like to offer a few precautions in case rain lashes the country. The first thing is, drive a 4X wheel so that you may not be stranded in the wadi due to flash floods and please don’t drive a sedan as it could get stuck for hours on the road. I have faced this situation on my way to Sohar. Edwin Charles RedwoodMuscat
Oman reserves the right to Omanise its workforceI am unable to understand the hue and cry over Omanisation. Most of the businesses here are
owned by citizens. If an Omani entrepreneur decides to hire Omani staff, no one can stop them or force them to hire expatriates. Yes, in this era of globalisation, even countries like the US, India and China employ expatriates. However, these are the expatri-ates with specialised skills.Shahnawaz KhanMuscat
The dance of death has never been more macabreAs we look anywhere on the world map we see the macabre dance of death, depression and uncer-tainty. The war in Ukraine has taken uglier turn in the past one year with no immediate solution in sight. In West Africa, Ebola continues to claim lives and rages on uncontrolled. The virus is now
threatening to spread beyond the shores of Guinea, Liberia and Si-erra Leone. An entire generation is now under one of the gravest threats ever. More than 2,000 Pal-estinians were killed, rather mur-dered, in Gaza, in the latest Israeli invasion of the strip of land. More than 70 per cent of those killed were children and women. The scenario is perhaps the bleakest in Middle East. The pitfalls of Arab Spring are still continuing to ooze blood. Men and women, boys and girls are dying in this region in scores every day. The dark shadow of yet another long-drawn war is gathering on the horizon. As the region continues to get soaked with blood, the return of normalcy in Middle East looks a distant dream right now.Jinia Al Ghubra
India is fast becoming a hub of games and sportsThe success of the Indian Super League football has made me very enthusiastic. Not only we in India are able to see some good football, we are also able to see some international players live. What enthused me most is the fact that India is gradually becoming an international sporting hub. IPL is a story of success and almost all cricketers of the world aspire to play in IPL. I am sure ISL too will become very popular and within a few years it may even outpace English Premiere League in popularity. And if this happens, it will be a big boon for Indian football. Most importantly, India has shown its skill in hosting good football tournament.Sadique JahangirSeeb
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It is relatively rare that reports of positive developments emerge from Balochistan, but the news that the province will for the first time receive $500,000 as a production bonus from a gas-producing
company is all the more welcome for that. Balochistan may be mostly barren and arid, with a thinly scattered population, but it is rich in nat-ural resources that have been exploited for decades with little benefit to local populations that live and work around them. It is that sense that the people of Balochistan have been short-changed by those who exploit their wealth, which underlies much of the unrest that exists in the province.
The sum involved at half-a-million dollars is in comparative terms almost small change. Other provinces have been receiving similar — and larger — bonuses from oil exploration and production companies which are at least theoretically if not always in practice, channelled towards social welfare projects. The Marri Gas Company is the entity that will be paying the bonus, which in large part has been the result of a suo motu action by the Supreme Court and the Tando Adam Tehsil bar association. Oil and gas companies are responsible for pollution of the environment in Sanghar district at the same time as doing little to offer jobs, infrastructure development and clean-up operations to lo-cal people. This is a picture that can be found across the country where private companies — and some state entities — fail to exercise corpo-rate social responsibility.
Social welfare spending in the broad sense in Balochistan is low as a proportion of the provincial budget and every little effort helps. The challenge now will be in ensuring that this ‘bonus’ finds its way to those most in need of it. The utilisation of what amounts to windfall funding such as this is notoriously riddled by corruption. Balochistan is far behind every other province in terms of development indices, and this half-million dollars is not going to fix much beyond righting a historical wrong. It is to be hoped that this development goes beyond the merely symbolic and brings lasting relief to some of our neediest citizens. - The Express Tribune
Payback time, finally
If Kobani survives, it will have defied the odds. This embattled city on Syria’s northern border with Turkey has been on the verge of falling for weeks in the face of a brutal siege by IS militants. But
the Syrian Kurds who call Kobani home continue to fight hard and the United States made airdrops of weapons and other supplies to bol-ster them. The town, once dismissed as inconsequential by American commanders, has become not only a focus of the American operation against Isis, but also a test of the administration’s strategy, which is based on airstrikes on Isis-controlled areas in Syria and reliance on lo-cal ground forces to defeat the militants. A major problem is that the local ground forces are either unorganised, politically divided or, as in the case of the Kobani Kurds, in danger of being outgunned.
A setback in Kobani would show the fragility of the American plan and hand the Isis an important victory. Given Kobani’s location next to Turkey, the town’s fall would put the militants in a position to cross the border and directly threaten a Nato ally, a move that could force the alliance to come to Turkey’s defence. The big missing piece in the American operation is Turkey, whose reluctance to assist Kobani’s Kurds highlights the enduring weaknesses in America’s strategy. The decision to resupply the Kurds was a desperation move; the Kurds were at risk and Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has re-fused to help despite repeated entreaties from Washington. Only af-ter the American airdrop, did Turkey say it would allow Iraqi Kurdish forces to cross Turkey into Kobani. So far, however, no reinforcements of forces have reached Kobani by way of Turkey and Erdogan made it clear that he is prepared to let only 200 pesh merga travel through his country — hardly enough when the Isis reportedly has about 1,000 militants in the area.
Turkey has been a troublesome Nato ally in the best of times. Mat-ters have been made worse by its insistence that Syria’s president, Bashar Al Assad, is a bigger threat than Isis and by its complicated relationships with various Kurdish groups. Turkey has long en-abled the Isis, whose original objective was to overthrow the Assad regime, by permitting militants, weapons and money to cross its border into Syria.
Turkey says it will work with the Americans. Yet it balks at helping Kurdish fighters in Kobani because it fears this would also strengthen the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) inside Turkey. The PKK has been fighting a bitter, separatist war against the Turkish government for three decades, though recently the two sides have engaged in peace talks. It is hard to see what Erdogan gains by angering the Americans or by angering the Kurds in Iraq, the one Kurdish group with which Turkey has had good relations. Its refusal to assist also jeopardises the nascent peace talks with the PKK. - The New York Times News Service
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South Korean activists clash with residents
PAJU (SOUTH KOREA): Ten-sions flared on Saturday as South Korean activists attempting to launch propaganda leaflets into the North were thwarted by egg-throwing residents of a border town, following threats of retali-ation from Pyongyang.
Hundreds of riot police were deployed as the dispute erupted in the town of Paju, some 40 kilo-metres (25 miles) north of Seoul, when a dozen people with their faces hooded seized an activists’ truck carrying balloons and leaf-lets. Police also surrounded a bus carrying around 20 activists after local residents hurled eggs at it, shouting “Go back. Don’t put our lives in danger!”.
The activists had planned to release balloons carrying around 40,000 leaflets criticising the North’s government across the
heavily-militarised frontier. But with Pyongyang threatening to retaliate over the launch, local residents set up road blocks with tractors and a placard reading “Stop anti-North leaflet launch jeopardising our lives!”.
“We will become the victims of shelling if leaflets are scattered,” read another placard put up in
a tree. The activists retreated after a two-hour protest during which they traded insults with the residents and chanted anti- North Korean leader) Kim Jong-Un slogans.
No abandoningHowever they did not abandon their attempt entirely, parking their bus on a road leading to the park with some insisting they should try again to float the balloons.
Later new leaflets were brought in by the activists, but local residents and liberal groups
teamed up to foil their repeated attempts. “Those instigated by North Korea ambushed us to block our event today but we will come back,” Busan Univer-sity professor Choi Woo-Won, the main organiser of Saturday’s event, told reporters.
Despite Seoul’s stance that the activists have a democratic right to launch the leaflets, police in-tervened to prevent a clash be-tween activists and residents.
More than 1,000 riot police were deployed in and around the park, the South’s Yonhap news agency said. — AFP
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1m rally against Italy PM’s plans to reform job marketROME: Some one million Ital-ians took to the streets of Rome on Saturday for a demonstration organised by Italy’s largest trade union to protest Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s plans to overhaul the labour market.
As hundreds of thousands of Italians snaked through the capi-tal calling for Renzi to do more to boost employment and protect the rights of new entries to the job market, organisers put the number of protesters at one million and called on the premier to take note. “We want work for everyone, and work with rights. This is a demon-stration for those without work, without rights, those who suffer, who have no certainties for the future,” Susanna Camusso, head of the CGIL, told the crowds.
Not sufficient“We are here and we’re not go-ing away. We will strike, and use all our strength to fight to change this government’s policies,” she said, announcing the unions would hold another demo on No-
vember 8. Renzi’s measures “are not sufficient to change the path Italy is on,” she added. Thousands of young people from all over the country waved the red flags of the CGIL, singing the national an-them and letting off flares in front of the Colosseum to say ‘no’ to the so-called “Jobs Act”.
“He said he wanted to see us and
count us. Here we are Renzi, count us!”, a protester in San Giovanni’s square yelled with a megaphone. Youth unemployment in the eu-rozone’s third largest economy stands at a record 44.2 percent and those who do manage to find work are often employed on temporary contracts which offer little in the way of security or benefits. — AFP
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A game that shields Hong Kong protesters from tear gas wielding policeHONG KONG: How do you de-fend yourself against scores of tear gas wielding police while manning the barricades at Hong Kong’s pro-test camps? Unleash the wrath of Chinese deity Guan Yu.
That’s just one of the options available to players of a new smartphone game which has swiftly become a hit among gam-ers and protesters in the southern Chinese city.
“Yellow Umbrella” has been downloaded more than 40,000 times from Google Play’s store since its release on Monday, the game’s developers told AFP, al-though it has yet to receive approv-al from Apple and is noticeably ab-sent from Google’s online store in mainland China.
The game puts players on a pro-tester barricade as it is charged by lines of police officers, triad thugs, angry locals and even the city’s leader Leung Chun-ying dressed as a wolf. Incense sticks, stacks of money and durian fruit can all be placed in front of the attackers to slow them down in a tower de-fence format similar to the wildly
popular Plants vs Zombies. And when things get really tough, pro-testers can call down Guan Yu—a popular Chinese deity prayed to for protection.
“They (the protesters) like Guan Yu very much because they want to resolve the problem but they don’t know how to do it. They don’t want to use violence, so they just ask the god to help,” the game’s creator Fung Kam-keung told AFP.
Cultural referencesThe game itself is filled with cul-tural references inspired by near-ly a month of mass rallies and roadblocks calling for Beijing to rescind its insistence that Hong Kong ’s next leader be vetted by a loyalist committee ahead of elections in 2017.
Yellow umbrellas and ribbons are used as defensive tools as stu-dent leader Joshua Wong, who has become something of a local celeb-rity and heart throb, cheers from the barricades. Leung’s canine appearance is a nod to a common insult thrown by detractors at the city’s leader, whose name sounds
similar to the Cantonese word for a wolf. But in keeping with the protest movement’s non-violent ethos protesters cannot attack their assailants.
“I wanted to make a game not
only for fun but also to show our support to the students and to let others know that they are very peaceful in asking for real elections,” Fung, the 31-year-old founder of game developer Awe-
sapp, said from his office in an industrial park in the city’s Sha Tin district.
“After the tear gas, after the violence from gangsters and even police, I thought we needed to do
more to show our support,” he added. The democracy movement was galvanised in late September after police used tear gas 87 times to clear protesters who took over a major road opposite the govern-ment headquarters.
As the protest spread into other parts of the city, demonstrators have clashed over the weeks with angry locals, thugs and police—though the rallies have for the most part been largely peaceful.
“We play this game in order to keep ourselves reminded of our struggle for freedom and democ-racy. Fight for freedom!” one user Zux Kev, who gave the maximum five star rating, commented on the Google Play store. “If you’re a Hong Konger and love democracy, play it,” user Yeung Tim-wing, who also gave a five-star rating to the game, said. — AFP
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TECH POWER: Mobile phone app designer Fung Kam-keung, CEO and founder of Awesapp Limited, plays on a smartphone with one of his latest app games called ‘Yellow Umbrella’ at the Awesapp Limited office in Hong Kong. – AFP
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VIOLENT REACTION: A local resident, left, scuffles with South Korean activists as the residents try to block the launch of balloons in the border city of Paju, north of Seoul, on Saturday. – AFP
UP IN ARMS: Protestors stand in San Giovanni square during a demonstration organised by Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) union on Saturday. – AFP
SpaceX leaves for Earth with lab testsINTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon spacecraft left the Inter-national Space Station to return to Earth on Saturday after a month in orbit, Nasa said.
Astronauts at the orbiting lab manipulated the space station’s robotic arm to detach the Dragon on time, at 9:57 am (1357 GMT), in what the US space agency called a “very clean release”. The capsule was set to splash down five and a half hours later in the Pacific Ocean, near the Mexican coast, slowed by three enormous parachutes.
The unmanned craft, which has been docked in orbit since Sep-tember 23, will be carrying back
some 1,700 kilograms of materi-als, including results from experi-ments conducted on the space sta-tion. The SpaceX vessel is the only spacecraft currently capable of re-turning with cargo. Its last mission to ISS was in April. It had delivered more than 5,000 pounds (2,200 kil-ograms) of cargo, including freeze-dried meals, 20 live lab mice and a 3D printer, in its fourth contracted mission to the orbiting lab.
The lab mice are the first live mammals to hitch a ride aboard a commercial cargo ship, and they are enclosed in a Nasa-made re-search cage for studying the ef-fects of weightlessness on their bodies. — AFP
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Burly security guards outnumber visitors in the eerily empty square, lined with ghostly portraits, dried flowers and candles honouring the more than 100 demonstrators killed in the Ukranian revolt.
UAE’S TRADITIONAL SPORTSEmiratis sail traditional 60-feet dhows during a race under the slogan ‘Al Yamamah’ starting at the island of Al Kamar (moon) and finishing at the coast of Dubai, on Saturday. Sheikh Rashid bin Hamdan Al Maktoum has allocated 10million Emirati Dirhams (more than $2.5) and three luxury cars for the first three winners, making the race the highest in value of traditional marine sports since the traditional races launched in the country, according to the Emirates News Agency Wam. — AFP
Ebola toll climbs up to 4,900 as virus spreads
GENEVA: The death toll from the Ebola epidemic rose to 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases in eight countries through Oct. 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.
The virus, which reached Mali through a two-year-old girl who died on Friday, now threatens Ivo-ry Coast, having infected people virtually all along its borders with Guinea and Liberia.
Ivory Coast is the world’s big-gest cocoa producer. The Ebola outbreak has hurt the economic growth that has been raising living standards in the region.
The three worst-hit countries of West Africa—Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone—account for the
bulk of the world’s worst Ebola outbreak, recording 4,912 deaths out of 10,114 cases, the WHO said in its update.
The overall figures include out-breaks in Nigeria and Senegal, deemed by the WHO to be now over, as well as isolated cases in Spain, the United States and a single case in Mali.
But the true toll may be three times as much: by a factor of 1.5 in Guinea, 2 in Sierra Leone and 2.5 in Liberia, while the death rate is
thought to be about 70 percent of all cases.
The WHO has said that many families are keeping infected peo-ple at home rather than putting them into isolation in treatment centres, some of which have re-fused patients due to a lack of beds and basic supplies.
The UN agency, sounding an ominous note, said that out of the eight districts of Liberia and Guinea sharing a border with Ivo-ry Coast, only two have yet to re-
port confirmed or probable Ebola cases. It has also said trials of Eb-ola vaccines could begin in West Africa in December, a month ear-lier than expected, and hundreds of thousands of doses should be available for use by the middle of next year.
Highest riskThe WHO says 15 African states including Ivory Coast are at highest risk of the deadly virus being imported.
In the last 10 days it sent teams to both priority Mali and Ivory Coast to help national authorities gear up their capacity to detect and treat potential cases. Four WHO experts are travelling this weekend to Mali to reinforce the team there.
The agency warned on Friday that many people in Mali had po-tentially been exposed to the virus because the little girl was taken across the country while ill. Some 43 people with whom she was in contact, including 10 health care workers, are being monitored for symptoms that include fever.
In all, 450 health care workers have been infected to date in-cluding one in Spain and three in the United States—leading to the death of 244 of them, the WHO said. — Reuters
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Two killed in US school shootingMARYSVILLE/SACRAMEN-TO: A US student who had is-sued chilling warnings on Twitter opened fire in a school cafeteria on Friday, killing at least one per-son and critically injuring three before taking his own life.
In a school in the northwest-ern state of Washington, terrified classmates dived for cover as the gunman, identified by media re-ports and fellow students as Jay-len Fryberg, launched his attack.
Police said the investigation was still ongoing and would likely continue. “This continues to be an active homicide investigation. We want to make sure we do this right and have all of the right an-swers,” local police spokesman Robb Lamoureux said.
“I heard one loud bang and I was wondering what it was. Then I heard about four or five more. Peo-ple started screaming and people started getting to the ground and going for the nearest exit,” said Jordan, a student. “So I hit the ground. But after he’d already put some bullets into the backs of stu-dents,” he told CNN. The shooting, just the latest in a long line of such rampages in the United States, erupted in Marysville, 55km north of Seattle. — Agencies
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Bitter mood on eve of Ukraine electionsKIEV: The mood in Maidan Square, epicentre of Ukraine’s democracy revolution, was as bit-ter on the eve of Sunday’s parlia-mentary elections as the suddenly freezing October wind.
Long gone are the huge pro-Western crowds that over-threw Russian-backed presi-dent Viktor Yanukovych eight months ago—and with them their heady optimism.
Burly security guards outnum-ber visitors in the eerily empty square, lined with ghostly por-traits, dried flowers and candles honouring the more than 100 dem-onstrators killed in the revolt.
With the first winter ice lacing sidewalks, the atmosphere was one of bitterness and worry, tinged with steely determination. “Ukraine has lost,” Viktor Vashyuk, 54, said, shiv-ering inside his thin leather jacket. “Whatever the propaganda says, Ukraine has lost.”
Vashyuk had just arrived from Crimea, a large chunk of Ukraine on the Black Sea that Russian troops snatched in April, shortly before a pro-Russian insurgency erupted in the main industrial region in the east, triggering a conflict that has killed 3,700 people, according to the United Nations. — AFP
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FREE FROM VIRUS: President Barack Obama hugs Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Friday. Pham, the first nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treat-ing an infected man at a Dallas hospital, is free of the virus. – AP/PTI
TRAGIC: Students from Marysville-Pilchuck High School write messages and prayers during a vigil at the Grove Church in Marysville, Washington, on Friday. – AFP
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Six-wicket Shakib skittles out Zimbabwe
DHAKA: Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan took six for 59 as Bangladesh dismissed Zimbabwe for 240 on the opening day of the first Test here yesterday.
Shakib, who made his Test comeback after serving a three-month ban for poor discipline, led a three-pronged spin attack that strangled Zimbabwe on the slow wicket at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
Debutant leg-spinner Jubair Hossain claimed two for 58 and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam finished with one for 42. Opener Sikander Raza was top-scorer for Zimbabwe with 51.
Bangladesh were 27 for one in reply by stumps with Shamsur Rahman (8) and Mominul Haque (14) at the crease. Opener Tamim Iqbal was dismissed for five, caught by Hamilton Masakadza at second slip off Tinashe Panyangara.
Raza shared a 52-run stand for the fourth wicket with skipper Brendan Taylor (28), but none of the other batsmen settled in to build a partnership after the tour-ists won the toss and elected to bat.
Shahadat Hossain accounted for
the only wicket that fell to a seam-er, having Vusi Sibanda caught by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim in the first over of the match.
Bangladesh introduced spin in the eighth over and were reward-ed almost immediately as Shakib had Masakadza caught by Jubair at long off for 13.
Zimbabwe went in at lunch on a respectable 77 for two but Jubair, who at 19 became the first specialist
leg-spinner to play Test cricket for Bangladesh, dismissed Tay-lor and Raza in quick succession after the break.
Shakib removed Panyangara (8) to complete his 12th five-wicket haul and then added debutant Tafadzwa Kamungozi to his tally to wrap up the Zimbabwe innings.
Zimbabwe’s tour of the South Asian nation features three Tests and five ODIs. - Agencies
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STUNNING COMEBACK: Shakib Al Hasan, left, celebrates with his
Bangladeshi teammates after claiming one of his six Zimbabwe
wickets on the first day of their first Test in Dhaka yesterday. – AFP
Zimbabwe 1st innings V. Sibanda c Rahim b S. Hossain 6 S. Raza c Mahmudullah b J. Hossain 51 H. Masakadza c J. Hossain b Al Hasan 13 B. Taylor c T. Islam b J. Hossain 28 E. Chigumbura c M. Haque b Al Hasan 29 C. Ervine c M. Haque b T. Islam 34 R. Chakabva c S. Rahman b Al Hasan 25 J. Nyumbu lbw Al Hasan 14 T. Panyangara c sub b Al Hasan 8 T. Chatara not out 14 T. Kamungozi c S. Rahman b Al Hasan 5 Extras (b-12, nb-1) 13 Total (all out, 75.5 overs) 240 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-31, 3-83, 4-128, 5-142, 6-192, 7-200, 8-221, 9-230.Bowling: S. Hossain 14-1-45-1(nb-1); A. Hossain 8-2-22-0; S. Al Hasan 24.5-5-59-6; T. Islam 13-3-42-1; J. Hossain 15-1-58-2; M. Mahmudullah 1-0-2-0.Bangladesh 1st innings T. Iqbal c H. Masakadza b Panyangara 5 S. Rahman not out 8 M. Haque not out 14 Total (1 wkt, 12 overs) 27 Fall of wickets: 1-10. Bowling: T. Panyangara 5-0-20-1; T. Chatara 5-2-5-0; E. Chigumbura 1-1-0-0; J. Nyumbu 1-0-2-0.
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Williams, Halep to battle for WTA Finals title SINGAPORE: Serena Williams, her insatiable will to win as strong as ever, regained her com-posure after smashing her racquet and being on the brink of defeat to beat Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) yesterday and reach the title match at the WTA Finals. The world No. 1 will face Simona Halep in today’s final after the pint-sized Romanian crushed Po-land’s Agnieszka Radwan-ska 6-2, 6-2 in the second semifinal.
Marquez takes record 13th pole in MalaysiaSEPANG: Newly crowned world cham-pion Marc Marquez of Spain clinched a record 13th pole in the MotoGP season at the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang yesterday. Marquez, who sealed his title defence in Japan two weeks ago, also set a record time of one minute and 59.791 seconds at Sepang to fin-ish nearly two-tenths of a second ahead of Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa.
Cuttack to host 1st ODI between India, Sri LankaMUMBAI: Cuttack will host the first of the five One-day Internationals (ODIs) between India and Sri Lanka on November 2, the Indian cricket board announced yesterday. The second match will be held at Ahmedabad (Novem-ber 6), to be followed by Hyderabad (November 9), Kolkata (November 13) and Ranchi (Novem-ber 16). All matches will be day-and-night games. A practice match will precede the series where the visitors will take on India A on October 30 in Mumbai. — Agencies
B R I E F SAussies in tatters after Younis, Shehzad tons
DUBAI: Pakistan’s spinners scythed through Australia’s top order in the second innings to get them close to victory in the first Test after twin centuries from Younis Khan and youngster Ajmal Shehzad helped the hosts set an improbable target.
Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Ba-bar and debutant leg-spinner Ya-sir Shah took two wickets each as Australia crawled to 59 for four wickets at the close of play, after being set 438 to win.
David Warner (29), who had scored 133 in the first innings, and Alex Doolan (0) fell in the same over to Babar while Shah took out Australia captain Michael Clarke (3) and nightwatchman Nathan Lyon (0) — also in one over.
Chris Rogers (23), the other opener, was given out caught be-hind on 14 against Babar but man-aged to overturn the decision on referral and remained unbeaten. Steve Smith was the other not out batsman on three.
Younis, who had scored 106 in the first innings, remained un-beaten on 103 in the second for his 26th Test hundred to overtake
Inzamam-ul Haq as the most pro-lific century-getter by a Pakistan batsman. He also became the first batsman in 40 years, since New Zealander Glenn Turner in 1974, to hit twin centuries in a Test match against Australia.
Pakistan declared on 286 for two and as soon as former captain Younus crossed his mark, ending the ordeal for Australia’s bowlers
who looked toothless. Debutant spinner Steve O’Keefe took both wickets to fall.
The 22-year-old opener She-hzad (131) also completed his sec-ond Test century and added 168 for the second wicket with Younis, who hit six fours and two sixes in his knock. With the pitch at the Dubai International Cricket Stadi-um offering assistance to the spin-
ners, scoring runs freely proved a tough ask for the Pakistan bats-men in the first session.
Shehzad and Azhar Ali (30) added 71 in their opening stand before the latter edged O’Keefe to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. Right-hander Shehzad, playing his sixth Test match, survived a fiery spell from left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson in the first session, during which he was hit on the rib cage by a sharp, rising delivery.
Shehzad, who hit 10 boundaries and four sixes, was hardly troubled otherwise and reached his century with a sublime straight-driven four off fast bowler Peter Siddle.
Pakistan upped their tempo as Shehzad looked for quick runs af-ter going past his hundred and hit Siddle for a boundary and two six-es in consecutive deliveries dur-ing an over that cost the bowler 20 runs. Shehzad was the only other Pakistan batsman to be dismissed yesterday when he was out leg be-fore to O’Keefe. - Reuters
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getter for Pakistan
CENTURY MAKERS: Ajmal Shehzad, left, and Younis Khan. – AFP
Pakistan 1st innings 454 Australia 1st innings 303 Pakistan 2nd innings A. Shehzad lbw O’Keefe 131 A. Ali c Haddin b O’Keefe 30 Younis Khan not out 103 Sarfraz Ahmed not out 15 Extras (b-2, lb-3, w-2) 7 Total: (two wkts, 78 overs, decl) 286 Fall of wicket: 1-71, 2-239. Bowling: Johnson 12-2-34-0, Siddle 14-5-44-0 (w-1), Lyon 18-0-72-0, O’Keefe 27-3-112-2, Marsh 7-1-19-0.
Australia 2nd innings C. Rogers not out 23 D. Warner st Ahmed b Babar 29 A. Doolan lbw b Babar 0 M. Clarke lbw Shah 3 N. Lyon lbw b Shah 0 S. Smith not out 3 Extras (lb-1) 1 Total (4 wkts; 23 overs) 59
Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-44, 3-49, 4-49.Bowling: Khan 1-0-6-0, Rahat 1-0-10-0, Ha-feez 5-2-12-0, Babar 9-3-22-2, Shah 7-1-8-2.
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BIG VICTORY: MCCC team pose for a group photo after their win over PSM. – Supplied photo
Gayash bowls MCCC to victory
MUSCAT: Skipper Gayash Dias claimed five for 14 in seven overs to help Muscat Cricket Coaching Centre (MCCC) register a 103-run win against defending champions Pakistan School Muscat (PSM) in the Khimji Ramdas-sponsored Junior Under-19 League at the Ministry Ground No. 1.
Opting to bat after winning the toss MCCC were bowled out for 133 off 26.4 overs. PSM in reply were bundled out for a measly 30 runs off 13.3 overs.
Brief scores: MCCC 133 in 26.4 overs (Gimash Dias 33; Kamran Ali 6/23, Irbaz Gawai 2/24) bt PSM 30 all out in 13.3 overs (Gayash Dias 5/14, Mohsin Qureshi 3/9, Gimash Dias 2/0). Points: MCCC – 2, PSM - Nil.
Akram, Asif lift BDSMA 102-run fourth-wicket partner-ship between Akram-ul Haque (82) and Asif Uddin (73) was the feature of the Bangladesh School Muscat (BDSM) 151-run win against In-dian School Wadi Kabir (ISWK) in another Under-19 match.
Electing to bat after winning the toss Bangladesh School Mus-cat piled up 299 runs for the loss of six wickets off the 40 allotted overs. ISWK, in reply, bowled out for 148 in 27.2 overs.
Brief scores: BDSM 299 for 6 in 40 overs (Akram-ul Haque 82, Asif Uddin 73, Shahir Nur 33, Golam Zelani 26 n.o., Mahbub Hassan 25, Abu Saleh Musha 21; Dhruv Asher 3/41, Abhishek P.C. 2/58) bt ISWK 148 in 27.2 overs (Rathan Acharya 30, Taha Ali 27, Dhruv Asher 20, Showharwade 3/18, Abu Saleh Musha 2/17, Mahbub Hassan 2/31). Points: BDSM - 2, ISWK - Nil.
SLSM shock ISGSri Lankan School Muscat
(SLSM) recorded a five-wicket win against Indian School Al Ghubra (ISG) in an Al Turki En-terprises-sponsored 25-over Jun-ior League Under-16.
Electing to bat first, ISG scored 142 for seven in 25 overs. SLSM scored 143 for the loss of five wickets in 24.1 overs.
Brief scores: ISG 142 for 7 in 25 overs (Shubham Sharma 31, Mohamed Salman 30; Azeem Isaam 2/21) lost to SLSM 143 for 6 in 24.1 overs (Wenogk Romeno 45, Wikum Dananjaya 28, Azeem Issam 27; Harish Kunju Moham-ed 2/16). Points: SLSM – 2, ISG – Nil.
ISWK crush BOCIndian School Wadi Kabir (ISWK) registered a crushing nine-wicket win against Bosher Olympic Centre (BOC) in another Under-16 match. ISWK first re-stricted BOC to 105 for six in 25 overs before achieving their tar-get in 14 overs scoring 106 for the loss of just one wicket.
Brief scores: BOC 105 for 6 in 25 overs (Vikram Nabira 33) lost to ISWK 106 for 1 in 14 overs (Karan Koshy 42 n.o., Rohan Koshy 26 n.o., Ivan Manjila 24). Points: ISWK – 2, BOC – Nil.
ISAS down ISDIndian School Al Seeb (ISAS) de-feated a nine-man Indian School Darsait (ISD) in another Al Un-der-16 match. Batting first in a match reduced to 23 overs, ISAS were bowled out for 152 off 22 overs. ISD in reply were skittled out for 84 off 15.5 overs.
Brief scores: ISAS 152 in 22 overs (M. Faisal 32; Shaaz Siraj 3/33, Moin Qureshi 2/25, M. Majid 2/26, Vishnu Kalarikkal 2/27) bt ISD 84 in 15.5 overs (Krishnaraj 34, Prathyaksh 27; M. Irbaz 3/7). Points: ISAS – 2, ISD – Nil.
ISM A winIndian School Muscat A (ISM A) recorded an eight-wicket win against Indian School Muscat B (ISM B) in a T20 Junior League Under-13 match. Batting first, ISM B scored 98 for seven. ISM A scored 100 for two wickets in 9.5 overs.
Brief scores: ISM B 98 for 7 in 20 overs (Bharat Srinivas Ramakrishnan 27; Vrishab 2/11, Ankith 2/14) lost to ISM A 100 for 2 in 9.5 overs (Azam Ali 50 n.o., Prathamesh 34). Points: ISM A – 2; ISM B – Nil.
ISAS defeat SLSMIndian School Al Seeb (ISAS) de-feated Sri Lankan School Muscat (SLSM) by 36 runs in another un-der-13 match. Batting first, ISAS scored 181 for seven in 20 overs. SLSM in reply managed to reach 145 for the loss of six wickets at the end of the 20th over.
Brief scores: ISAS 181 for 7 in 20 overs (Mohammed Sameer 61, Saud Qureshi 30, Mohammed Fardeen 26; Yasan Gunathilaka 2/27, Udan-tha Sankalana Palihawadana 2/39) bt SLSM 145 for 6 in 20 overs (Yazid Nabil Makoon 66; Saud Qureshi 2/28). Points: ISAS – 2, SLSM – Nil.
BDSM outplay BOCBangladesh School Muscat (BDSM) registered a 45-run win against Bosher Olympic Centre (BOC) in another U-13 match. Batting first, BDSM scored 183 for three in 20 overs. BOC in their turn scored 138 for seven wickets in 20 overs.
Brief scores: BDSM 183 for 3 in 20 overs (Adnan Alam 73 n.o., Jahedul Is-lam 51, Ayman Rezauil 25) bt BOC 138 for 7 in 20 overs (Shreyas Raghavan 31, Rushil Dadwal 20). Points: BDSM – 2, BOC – Nil.
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Arjun upsets YashMUSCAT: Arjun Sriram caused a major upset in the boys un-der-13 singles at the Villeroy & Boch + Hansgrohe Open Table Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club Muscat when he upset second seed Yash Barve in the second round.
In second round action of the boys under-13, Arjun scored a brilliant 11-3, 11-8, 11-9 victory over the second seed. After a me-diocre first game, Yash made his presence felt and tried in vain as Arjun played with confidence to run out victorious and a place in the last eight.
Also making progress in the boys under-13 section are San-skar Dubey who scored a hard-fought 6-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 15-13 victory over Prakhar Pateriya, Shashwat Shivaprasad prevailed over Shivam K 11-7, 11-6, 11-3, Said Prem sailed to a confident 11-1, 11-3, 11-3 win over Jonathan, Jeet Mehta posted a 11-4, 11-2, 11-6 victory over Idrees Yusuf and Hridhay Natan edged past Rahul Raaj with a 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 verdict.
Top seed in the boys under-13, Shounak Kelkar advanced to the quarterfinals after prevail-ing over Sanskar Dubey 11-8, 11-4, 12-10. Fourth seed MSSR Pradyumna joined the top seed in the last eight but not after surviving anxious moments before overcoming 12-10, 10-12, 11-6, 11-4. Udayachandran S also advanced to the last eight after defeating Shanuk Fonseka 11-9, 11-5, 11-3 and Vignesh R. who received a walkover.
In men’s second round, Percy Pereira defeated Keith Jackson 11-4, 11-8, 11-9, Subash Pillai ral-lied to defeat Simon Joseph 6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-3, Gopalakrishnan R faced early resistance before overcoming talented Sai Sharan 15-13, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5, Ismail Al Suleimani defeated Yusuf Zaki 11-4, 11-1, 11-3, Said Al Kharusi cruised to a 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 win over Omar Farooq and Maher Al Jabri defeated his compatriot Omani Ayman Al Farsi 1-5, 10-12, 11-6, 12-10.
Nabil Al Mahrami coasted to a convincing 11-2, 11-2, 11-5 vic-tory over Natanasubramanian, third seed Kenneth Vaz dropped a game but overcame Philip-pino Gregory Fernandez 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, Khalil Al Brashdi beat Shounak Kelkar 11-4, 11-8, 8-11,11-9, Fahad Al Abri faced some anxious moments before defeating Percy Pereira 12-10, 11-8, 12-14, 11-8 and second seed Mohamed Al Naggar scored a fine 11-3, 10-12, 11-3, 11-1 victory over Nooh Al Zadjali.
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Tareq, Mutassim advance at OAB OpenMUSCAT: Tareq Husseini and Mutassim Al Busafi scored com-fortable victories in the under-12 competition as the juniors action continued at the Oman Arab Bank Open Tennis Championship at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.
Tareq was too good for Jasim Al Shezawi in his 9-0 first round victory and Mutassim Al Busafi also scored a 9-0 win over Mezban Anwar. The other three under-12 matches too ended with similar scorelines with PiyushSivakusnar beating Azam Al Zadjali, Vivek Kolluru defeating Qusai Al Busafi and Ayaan Malhotra getting the better of Nasser Al Suti 9-0.
In the under-14 action, the level of competition was a little better. Zyad Al Huweibi had to dig deep against Usama Al Senani though the former won in straight sets 6-4, 6-4.
Shlok Ali too faced some resist-ance from Jainum Kothary before winning 6-2, 6-2. However, Vedant Ram had an easy outing in his 6-0, 6-0 rout of AvinashPrabhu.
In the lone under-18 match played on the day, Abbas Haider defeated Qasem Al Busafi 6-0, 6-2.
In the men’s B singles, five of the seven matches ended in 6-0, 6-0
results. Parshua Kothary won over Niham Al Yahyeai, Abdulrahman Al Hajri defeated Faisal Al Rawahi, Jodhvir Singh beat Dhaval Nima-wat, Humaid Al Sharji brushed aside Tamman Alasfoor and Said Al Naamani blanked Rohan Negi 6-0, 6-0. Fawaz Al Mandhari, how-ever, had to overcome a battling Abdullah Fadhil for a 7-5, 6-3 victo-ry. In another match, Khalid Ikram conceded four games on way to a 6-2, 6-2 win over Manesh Dominic.
The annual championship, one of the biggest events to be organ-ised by Oman Tennis Association with participation of 260 players in various categories, runs till No-vember 26 and is supported by one of country’s leading banks, Oman Arab Bank, as the title sponsored and co-sponsored by Omantel and Pocari Sweat.
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DESERVING WINNERS: Tareq Husseini and Mutassim Al Busafi
pose for a photo after their respective victories. – FAISAL AL BALUSHI/OTA
Delhi rout Chennaiyin
NEW DELHI: Delhi Dynamos fired three stunning goals and scored another one from the pen-alty spot to outplay Chennaiyin FC 4-1 to record their first win in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) here yesterday.
Wim Raymaekers and Mads JUnker scored in the second and
21st minutes before Bruno Arias and Gustavo dos Santos found the net in the 79th and 90th min-utes for the Dynamos.
Brazilian Elano Blumer pulled one back for Chennaiyin in the 69th minute with another bril-liant goal through a free-kick on the night of four stunning goals.
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West Ham stun City
LONDON: Manchester City’s bid to put pressure on English Premier League leaders Chelsea suffered a setback as the champions slumped to a surprise 2-1 defeat at West Ham yesterday.
Manuel Pellegrini’s Manches-ter City, who kicked off in second place, had hoped to close the gap on the Blues to two points ahead of their rivals’ clash with Manches-ter United today.
But West Ham maintained their impressive recent form to stun the visitors, who were beaten in the league for the second time this sea-son following their loss to Stoke in late August.
Morgan Amalfitano opened the
scoring in the 21st minute and Diafra Sakho added the decisive second goal in the 75th minute.
David Silva set up a tense fin-ish when City’s Spanish forward scored a fine individual effort two minutes later, but fourth-placed Hammers held on for a fourth win in their last five matches.
Meanwhile, Southampton’s 1-0 win at home to Stoke saw the south coast club leapfrog City into second place.
Fresh from last week’s 8-0 home thrashing of Sunderland — their record win in the English top flight — Ronald Koeman’s side scored only one goal when Senegal wing-er Sadio Mane followed up in the
33rd minute after Graziano Pelle’s shot came back off the post.
It was a sixth win in nine Pre-mier League matches this season for a Southampton side who saw £92 million ($148 million) worth of talent in Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren, Luke Shaw, Calum Cham-bers and Rickie Lambert all leave for rival Premier League clubs in the last transfer window, with for-mer manager Mauricio Pochettino joining Tottenham Hotspur.
Sunderland conceded just two goals yesterday but that was enough to ensure Arsenal won 2-0 at the Stadium of Light. Alexis Sanchez scored twice, both times seizing on defensive errors.
He put Arsenal ahead in the 30th minute following a poor back pass by Wes Brown and then latched on to a ‘gift’ clearance from former Gunners keeper Vito Mannone in the closing seconds.
Liverpool were held to a goalless draw by Hull at Anfield.
Crystal Palace squandered a 2-0 lead in a 2-2 draw away to West Bromwich Albion. - AFP
West Ham maintained their form to stun
Manchester City, who were beaten in the
league for the second time this season
DECISIVE GOAL: West Ham
United’s Diafra Sakho, centre,
celebrates after scoring a goal
against Manchester City at Upton
Park in London yesterday. – AFP
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Gulf states risk deficit as oil price falls: IMF head
KUWAIT CITY: Oil-depend-ent Gulf states will face budget shortfalls if the recent decline in oil prices persists, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned on Saturday.
A sustained decline of $25 a barrel in the oil price would re-duce the revenues of most Gulf countries by eight per cent of
gross domestic product (GDP), “and put many of them into a fis-cal deficit situation,” Lagarde told reporters.
But the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have built up fiscal buffers to cope with the immediate impact of the re-duction in revenues, she said after a meeting with regional finance
ministers and central bank chiefs.
$1.64 trillion combined GDPThe combined GDP of the GCC last year reached $1.64 trillion, so in this scenario the annual reve-nue of the six nations could plunge by roughly $130 billion.
The total revenue of the GCC states — 90 per cent of which come from oil — more than dou-bled from $317 billion in 2008 to $756 billion in 2012. It declined slightly to $729 billion last year, according to IMF estimates.
The GCC groups Bahrain, Ku-wait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which together pump 17 million barrels of crude oil per day and de-pend on oil for about 90 per cent of public revenues.
Oil prices have slumped by about 25 per cent since June be-cause of a production glut, weaker
demand and a gloomy world eco-nomic outlook.
The US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) declined to about $81 a barrel on Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Lagarde called on GCC states to implement reforms and stressed the urgent need for fiscal consoli-dation — an appeal echoed by Ku-wait’s finance minister.
Rising public spendingAnas al-Saleh urged steps to tack-le rising public spending, mainly on wages and subsidies, as well as efforts to boost the role of the pri-vate sector.
“Comprehensive economic re-forms, including reforming dis-tortions in the public finances, should be enforced,” he said.
Saleh said the Gulf states must diversify their economies and “re-duce dependence on oil”.
Forecasts indicate a healthy economic growth for the six GCC nations averaging 4.5 per cent in 2014-2015, Saleh said.
“But these forecasts should be treated with caution in light of fast-paced regional and inter-national developments, particu-larly the drop in oil prices which has started to impact the public finances of GCC states,” the Ku-waiti minister added.
Benefiting from high oil prices for more than a decade, the Gulf Cooperation Council states have built fiscal reserves estimated at $2.45 trillion by the International Institute of Finance. — AFP
A sustained decline of $25 a barrel in the oil
price would reduce the revenues of most Gulf
countries by eight per cent of gross domestic
product, International Monetary Fund chief
Christine Lagarde said on Saturday
ANNUAL MEETING: Finance ministers and central banks governors of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries pose with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Manag-ing Director Christine Lagarde (centre) during their annual meeting on Saturday, in Kuwait City. Kuwait Oil Minister Anas al-Saleh warned energy-dependent Gulf states that the drop in oil prices has started to impact their finances and called for urgent economic reforms. — AFP
25 lenders set to fail ECB’s health-checkBRUSSELS: Twenty-five lenders in the European Central Bank’s euro-area bank health check are poised to fail the regulator’s Com-prehensive Assessment, according to a draft communique of the final results seen by Bloomberg News.
One-hundred-and-five banks are shown passing the review, ac-cording to the draft statement. Of the lenders that failed, about 10 will still face capital shortfalls they need to plug, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorised to speak publicly. That figure is likely to change as talks continue before the final results are published on October 26, said the person.
The two-part review forms one pillar of the ECB’s effort to rekindle confidence in the euro zone after half a decade of financial turmoil. ECB President Mario Draghi has said banks need to fail to prove the losses of the past have been dealt with. After two previous European stress tests didn’t reveal problems at lenders that later failed, the ECB has staked its reputation on get-ting this exercise right.
“The numbers are consistent with our expectations,” said Alber-to Gallo, head of European macro-credit research at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group in London. “It’s too early to say the exercise is credible. The key will be to see how much stress the strong banks will take, and how many of them will pass by a narrow margin.” He expects 11 banks will need to plug capital gaps after measures al-ready taken this year. To pass the Asset-Quality Review, which scru-tinises the asset side of balance sheets as of December 31 last year, banks need common equity Tier 1 capital equivalent to at least eight per cent of risk-weighted assets. In the adverse stress test, the pass mark is 5.5 per cent.
Deutsche Bank, Germany’s larg-est lender, will pass the stress tests, according to a person with knowl-edge of the matter. — Bloomberg News
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GUNTRAM B. WOLFF*
The International Mon-etary Fund (IMF) now estimates a 30 per cent
risk of deflation in the eurozone, and growth figures within the monetary union continue to disappoint. But policymakers seem trapped in a cat’s cradle of economic, political, and legal constraints that is preventing effective action. The fulfillment of policy rules appears to be impossible without growth, but growth appears to be impossible without breaking the rules.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble is politically committed to outdoing his coun-try’s tough domestic fiscal frame-work to secure what he calls a “black zero” budget. The French government is working to regain credibility on reform promises made in exchange for delays on fiscal adjustment, and Italy, with one of the highest debt burdens in the eurozone, has little room to use fiscal policy. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank is constrained by doubts about the legality of its “outright monetary transactions” (OMT) scheme — sovereign-bond purchases that could result in a redistributive fiscal policy.
With all of the rules pointing toward recession, how can Eu-rope boost recovery?
A two-year €400 billion ($510 billion) public-investment pro-gram, financed with European Investment Bank (EIB) bonds, would be the best way to over-come Europe’s current impasse. Borrowing by the EIB has no implications in terms of Euro-pean fiscal rules. It is recorded neither as new debt nor as a defi-cit for any of the member states, which means that new govern-ment spending could be funded
without affecting national fiscal performance.
Investment spendingThus, some of the investment spending currently planned at the national level could be fi-nanced via European borrowing to relieve national budgets. Such an indirect way of dealing with strict rules would also be easier than starting long and wearying negotiations on changes to the fiscal framework.
The EIB is worried that such a scheme could come at the cost of its triple-A rating. Indeed, though it can currently borrow at 1.6% on a long maturity, it has used its recent capital-raising exercise to reduce leverage rath-er than substantially increase its loan portfolio, as would be war-ranted at a time of retrenchment in private lending. In any case, a rating change would hardly affect funding costs in the cur-rent low-yield environment, as lower-rated sovereigns have demonstrated.
In addition, the ECB could
purchase EIB bonds on second-ary markets, which would help to keep funding costs low – or even reduce them. More impor-tant, purchases of EIB bonds would enable the ECB to under-take quantitative easing without triggering the degree of contro-versy implied by intervening in 18 separate sovereign-bond markets, where concerns that ECB purchases would affect the relative pricing of sovereigns are very real.
Already, €200 billion of EIB bonds are available. Adding €400 billion would increase the pool substantially. Together with asset-backed securities, covered bonds, and corporate bonds, €1 trillion of assets — the threshold widely thought to make quantitative easing by the ECB credible — would be avail-able for purchase.
A central question, of course, concerns the type of govern-ment spending that should qual-ify as investment spending, and which European investment projects should be supported. It
will be impossible to define new and sensible European pro-jects worth €200 billion per year. Common projects such as the European energy union will need more time to be pre-cisely defined. As a result, the bulk of investment now will have to come from national policymakers.
In part, this means that exist-ing infrastructure projects that are supposed to be financed from national budgets could be funded by the EIB. By removing some of the burden from nation-al budgets, the current decline in public investment could be reversed.
Some of the new resources could also be used to allow for budget consolidation in France without pro-cyclical cuts. France could get this helping hand in complying with the fis-cal rules in exchange for seri-ous and necessary structural reforms, as could Italy, where EIB-funded bonds would pro-vide a much-needed growth stimulus without new govern-ment commitments. In Germa-ny, the freed-up resources could be used to accelerate existing investment projects while still meeting its black-zero pledge.
Similar arrangements could be found for the other eurozone countries. To prevent the misuse of money, the European Com-mission should vet all national investment projects. More broadly, the program would be an important step toward estab-lishing the eurozone’s missing fiscal union. That goal will be reached more quickly once the benefits of achieving it are ap-parent to all. — Project Syndicate
* The author is Director of Brue-gel, the Brussels-based economic think tank.
EU’s growth figures continue to disappoint expertsC O M M E N T A R Y
Commercial banks in Sultanate report ‘robust’ growthMUSCAT: The financial health of banks in terms of asset quality, provision coverage, capital ad-equacy and profitability has con-tinued to improve in recent years.
The balance sheet of commer-cial banks further strengthened in 2014 due to the robust growth in both deposits and credit.
On the macroeconomic front, the Sultanate’s Gross Domestic Product at current prices grew 4.6 per cent during the first quar-ter (January to March) of 2014 when compared to the corre-sponding quarter in the previous year. The annual inflation rate measured by movement in the average Consumer Price Index for the Sultanate stood at 1.0 per cent from January to July 2014.
The total assets of commercial banks increased 11 per cent to OMR24.3 billion in August 2014 from OMR21.9 billion a year ago. Of the total assets, credit disbursement accounted for 67 per cent and increased 7.9 per cent as at end of August 2014 to OMR16.3 billion.
Credit to the private sector in-creased 8.4 per cent during the period to reach OMR14.2 billion at the end of August 2014.
Of the total credit to the private sector by the end of August 2014, the share of the non-financial corporate sector stood at 47.8 per cent, closely followed by the household sector (mainly under personal loans) at 45.5 per cent, financial corporations at 4.5 per cent, and other sectors at the re-maining 2.2 per cent.
The overall investment of com-mercial banks in securities rose by 38.3 per cent to OMR3.42 bil-
lion as at the end of August 2014 from OMR2.48 billion a year ago.
Of total investment, CBO CDs stood at OMR1.8 billion while investment in Government de-velopment bonds (GDBs) stood at OMR566.2 million as at the end of August 2014. Investments of commercial banks in foreign securities increased 15.6 per cent to OMR688.1 million in August 2014. - ONA
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MUSCAT: Certificates of deposit tender was held at the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) this week and the total amount allotted for issue No. 888 was OMR240 million.
A bulletin issued by the CBO stated that the average interest rate of these certificates was 0.13 per cent whilst the maximum accepted in-terest rate was 0.13 per cent. The tenure of these certificates is 28 days, so their maturity date is November 19.
The Repo rate from October 22 to 28 is one per cent. - ONA
CBO issues tenders worth OMR240m
European Central Bank. — Bloomberg file picture
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DON’T DROP DEAD DROP YOUR PHONE EH Group announces speakers for knowledge sharing summitTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Electricity Holding Group (EH Group) unveiled the names of the confirmed speak-ers for its upcoming Knowledge Sharing Conference which is due to be held on November 3 and November 4 2014 at Interconti-nental, Muscat.
Twenty six speakers consist-ing of national and international specialists and professionals have been lined up for the Knowledge Sharing Conference.
Key external speakers include: Jim Matthewman, The Company Director of Towers Watson, Mo-
hammed Masoud Al-Kharusi, The Chairman of Talent Develop-ment, Stuart Wigley the Business Leader for Data, Surveys, Tech-nology and HR Service Delivery in the Middle East of Towers Wat-son, Faisal Al Shanfari the GM Corporate Affairs, Customer Ser-vices, Human Resources, Admin-istration, HSSE & Procurement of Omanoil, Liam Mulholland The Director of Customer Service of Northern Ireland Water, John Martin Theunissen The Manager Network Modernisation of Aus-Net Services, Peter McCormick The Leads UK Electricity Indus-try Powering Improvement Pro-
gramme of Energy Networks As-sociation and Amer Al Sinani The Strategy Lead of ICV in MOG.
In addition to the above key speakers, there will be a number of internal technical experts and specialists, engineers and other professionals who will be pre-senting various topics.
The conference will be spon-sored locally and internationally by: Voltump, Siemens, Lucy Elec-tric, Global Chemical & Mainte-nance, Rukun AL Yaqeen Interna-tional (RAY), Oman Cable, United Engineering Company, GDF Suez, ACWA Power, AL Habib & Co., Energoproject Entel and OIFC.
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Modern House expo to open on Monday
MUSCAT: The ‘Modern House 2014’ exhibition will be launched on Monday. The three-day ex-hibition is organised by the In-ternational Conferences and Exhibitions Company. Abdul-lah bin Salim al-Mukhaini Secretary-General of the Real Estate Register at the Ministry of Housing will patronise over the opening ceremony.
The exhibition “Modern House 2014,” is one of the largest exhibitions in Oman for house construction and interior designs as it will provide visitors with an unprecedented opportunity to choose from among a compre-hensive range of equipment, products and services. A number of officials from the government and private sectors, as well as representatives of the sectors of construction, real estate, designs and home decoration will partici-pate in the exhibition.
The service providers will display their works that meet all aspects of owning or building a house, including real estate con-sulting, interior designers, and the financial institutions offer-ing home loans and others. — ONA
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Ithraa to host key forum on WednesdayMUSCAT: The second edition of Oman Competitiveness Fo-rum will kick-off on Wednesday. The two-day forum is organised by the Public Authority for In-vestment Promotion and Export Development “Ithraa” at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel.
His Highness Sayyid Faisal bin Turki al-Said, Director of Marketing and Media at Ithraa said in a statement that the fo-rum will be attended by 20 local and international representa-tives from public and private sectors, adding that the forum includes seminars that address four interactive themes with the participation of officials from the public and private sectors in order to meet the current and future needs of the community.
He explained that the first day will include two sessions titled “Choosing Policy Before Appli-cation “and “Change the Work Culture in the Private Sector,” while the second day will in-clude two sessions as the first one entitled “Public Services and Community Engagement “and “ Government Employee in the 21st Century”. — ONA
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SAN FRANCISCO: Google chief executive officer Larry Page is giv-ing top lieutenant Sundar Pichai most of the product leadership at the company, a person familiar with the matter said, a move that frees up Page to focus on longer-term strategy.
Six executives who oversee are-as such as search and ad products will now report to Pichai instead of to Page, according to the per-son, who asked not to be identi-fied because the matter is private. Pichai, a longtime Google execu-tive, heads up mobile-operating software Android, browser and operating system Chrome, and a mobile-apps business.
The change is one of the more significant executive shifts since Page, 41, became chief execu-tive officer in April 2011. Google is coming under pressure from
some investors to show it’s mak-ing progress in driving growth, with the company missing profit and revenue estimates during the third quarter as the search provid-er stepped up spending to reignite slowing advertising sales growth.
Pichai, 42, has become a trusted leader inside the California-based Web company after taking over the reins of Android, the world’s most popular smartphone operat-ing system, in early 2013.
The move also follows the exit of chief business officer Nikesh Arora, who left Google last month to join SoftBank.
Search and commerceA Google representative declined to comment.
Technology blog Re/Code re-ported on the changes earlier.
Among the executives who will
now report to Pichai are Alan Eu-stace, who oversees an area called Knowledge that includes key ar-eas of engineering; Amit Singhal, who heads up search; Sridhar Ramaswamy, who leads ads and commerce; and Urs Holzle, who oversees technical infrastructure, according to the person.
Seven managers promotedDave Besbris, who leads social, and Jen Fitzpatrick, who oversees maps, will also report to Pichai, the person said.
Google X, the division that’s developing Glass and self-driving cars, online video site YouTube, digital-thermostat maker Nest Labs, corporate development, finance, business and legal will continue to report to Page, the person said.
The shuffle is the most notable
since 2011, shortly after Page took over as chief executive officer. At the time, Page promoted seven managers to senior positions in order to bring more accountability and efficiency to Google’s leader-ship. Pichai was part of the group of top executives and he was given leadership over Chrome.
Pichai, who has a master’s de-gree in engineering from Stanford University, began his career at Google in 2004 after a stint as a consultant at McKinsey . His ear-ly work included being on a small team that developed Google’s search toolbar. - Bloomberg News
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SYDNEY: Momentum is building towards a pan-Pacific trade agree-ment, representatives of Australia and the United States said yester-day as talks between trade minis-ters began in Sydney.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would encompass 40 per cent of the international economy and include 12 nations, has been the subject of negotia-tions for years.
United States President Barack Obama said in June he hoped to have an agreement on framing the deal, which has been slowed by debate on key details between the US and Japan, by November.
Australian trade minister An-drew Robb, hosting the Sydney talks, told the opening plenary that reports from negotiators were that “there does seem to be a real head of steam”.
“I think a lot of progress has
been made,” he said. “Clearly I think we are working now to try and conclude this agreement by the end of this year.”
ProtestRobb admitted trade ministers had a ‘very big programme’ dur-ing the three-day talks, which at-tracted a small group protesting against the ‘secret deal’.
“I do think this agreement is starting to take some real shape,” Robb said. “We are at a point where we are trying to make as many final decisions as we can and bring this thing to completion.”
US trade representative Mike Froman said since the last TPP meeting in Singapore in May, trade ministers had been in ‘al-most constant’ negotiations.
“Going into this weekend we are enjoying a great deal of mo-mentum and focus across the board, and it’s up to us to seize that momentum and make sure that this meeting is maximally productive,” he said.
The negotiations had been slowed while the United States and Tokyo debate key details, in-cluding Japanese tariffs on agri-cultural imports and US access to
Japan’s auto market. “The issues left at the end are often times the most challenging but now is the time to start working through those and finding solutions,” Froman said.
“We’ve got some work to do and the table is set in a way that will al-low us to make progress on these difficult remaining issues.”
Within grasp Froman said there was now an op-portunity to narrow differences ahead of leaders meetings in Asia in coming weeks.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-
operation (Apec) forum in Beijing and G20 summit in Brisbane will both take place next month.
“It’s very much within our grasp,” he said.
Proponents of the TPP say any agreement will free up trade in goods and services across the re-gion, reduce regulation and im-prove opportunities for jobs and for members generally.
But critics say the pact will fa-vour corporate rights over those of the public, and could result in higher medicine prices, greater damage to the environment and fewer Internet freedoms.
They have also criticised the lack of details about the talks, which Australia joined in 2008. Ahead of the meeting, Robb dis-missed the criticisms and said the biggest risk was for the TPP to be stalled. “Every country’s got its sensitivities, as we do, and the biggest risk is that those things prevent this agreement being con-cluded,” he told the ABC.
“Now, this weekend, three days of more consultations, hopefully will move us to a point where this thing can be completed sometime next year for the benefit of the region.” The 12 prospective TPP members are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malay-sia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam. - AFP
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PARIS: French carmaker Renault chairman, Carlos Ghosn, said yesterday that he expects slower growth in Europe’s auto market next year as it continues to recover from the global economic crisis.
Ghosn, who is also Renault’s chief executive officer, said the Eu-ropean market was growing at six per cent so far this year — the best since the 2007 crisis. “I’m expect-ing in 2015 this recovery to contin-ue,” Ghosn told journalists on the sidelines of an industry forum in China’s commercial hub Shanghai.
“I don’t see another six percent increase. I think the increase will probably be more moderate than six percent... in line with GDP (gross domestic product) growth,” he said, but gave no estimates for Renault alone.
China salesGhosn is also president and chief executive officer of Japan’s Nis-san Motor through an alliance be-tween the companies.
Many foreign carmakers turned to China, the world’s largest auto market, in the wake of the global crisis as their home markets in the United States or Europe collapsed.
China’s auto market is now slowing as well, as weaker domes-tic economic growth and a corrup-tion crackdown take their toll.
But Ghosn said Renault and Nissan were committed to adding production in China. In late 2013, Renault signed an agreement with Chinese firm Dongfeng to set up a joint venture that will start pro-duction in 2016 with initial capac-ity of 150,000 vehicles a year. - AFP
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Ford gears up to revamp Lincoln brandDETROIT: Ford Motor’s new chief executive, Mark Fields, is giving the automaker’s long-moribund Lincoln brand what his predecessor Alan Mulally never could: a little love and a lot of cash.
Lincoln, a storied Detroit brand which Ford has owned since 1922, has been in a swoon for the past two decades, leaving dealers and customers wondering if Ford management had left the brand for dead.
Now, with the renewed backing of executive chairman Bill Ford and the company’s board, Fields has committed the automaker to a multiyear, multibillion-dollar overhaul of Lincoln that includes a significant investment in a new premium vehicle platform that will underpin several future Lin-coln vehicles, four sources said.
Ford could spend $5 billion or more over the next five years to revive Lincoln, revamp its prod-uct portfolio and reposition it as a true competitor to such global luxury leaders as Daimler’s Mer-cedes-Benz and BMW, the sourc-es said. Details of the new plat-form and the size and scope of the investment have not previously been reported.
“It’s really important for us to have a relevant and vibrant luxury brand,” Fields said. “You need to make the investment and build this brand over time.” He declined to discuss details about Ford’s spending and product plans.
Fields said Ford is looking at
the Lincoln rebuilding effort “in terms of generations of products,” an effort that will stretch well into the next decade. Ford executives said last month that the imme-diate goal of the latest Lincoln turnaround effort is to triple the brand’s global sales to 300,000 vehicles by 2020.
Global luxury rivalsSeveral industry analysts have challenged that mark as overly optimistic, as have some former Ford executives who spoke on condition of anonymity.
A longer-range target is to re-store Lincoln’s lustre as a pre-
mium automotive marque in the United States and build it into a formidable competitor in China, where Ford is just now launching the brand years after most of its global luxury rivals entered the China market. On Friday, Ford de-livered its first Lincoln in China, an MKZ sedan.
The springboard for the Lin-coln revival plan is a new family of vehicles that will be built on a highly flexible premium platform that can be configured for front-, rear- and all-wheel-drive vehi-cles, according to industry sourc-es familiar with Ford’s plans.
That is a critical element that
has been lacking in several previ-ous, under-financed attempts to resuscitate the brand. Versions of the platform will be used by both the Lincoln and Ford brands, the sources said.
Former chief executive officer Mulally, who stepped down in July, declined to make more than a nominal investment in Lincoln — and even considered selling or closing the brand, according to two sources.
But his successor, Fields, has directed his management team to try to reverse a long-term U.S. sales skid that has seen Lincoln sink from the No. 1 spot in 1998 to eighth place among luxury brands, with about half the sales of Gener-al Motors’ Cadillac and one-quar-ter the sales of segment leader Mercedes. Last year, Lincoln sales were 81,694, less than half of the 187,121 cars it sold in 1998.
Flexible design The revival effort is backed by the first significant investment in Lincoln in years, one that will see every product redesigned or replaced over the next five years. Ford already has spent about $2 billion on Lincoln in the past two years, according to one source, about half of that to prepare for the brand’s introduction this week in China and half to update and expand its product stable to tide Lincoln over until the new family of vehicles is ready toward the end of the decade. - Reuters
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Indian stocks bounce back on strong note
MUMBAI: Hopes of further poli-cy reforms by the government af-ter strong show by BJP in assem-bly election in Maharashtra and Haryana as also ushering of the Hindu calender year Samvat-2071 which saw the tide turn in favour of bulls after straight four-week of fall as both the indices, Sensex and Nifty, gained by around three per cent to end at one-month high during the truncated week.
The BSE and the NSE were closed on October 23, 2014 for regular trading, but were opened from 18.15 hours to hours for spe-cial Muhurat trading. The market were also closed on October 24, for ‘Diwali Balipratipada’.
The global growth worries and capital outflows inundated the in-vestors minds in the week in a way rebuffed by the investors com-munity following government let
loose a slew of reform to prop-up the economy after the assembly poll-results of Maharashtra and Haryana characterised that BJP could form the government in these two states.
De-regulating dieselThe long-awaited de-regulating diesel prices, raising the cost of natural-gas thus curbing the sub-sidies to narrow fiscal deficit and ordinance for e-auction of coal blocks for private companies for captive use and allot mines di-rectly to state and central public sector units, along with foreign institutional investors from sell-ers last week to net buyers mainly bolstered the sentiment.
The turnaround also came when global stocks bounced-back following positive US earning-data restored confidence over
global economy. The festive spirit energised the domestic market with the traditional seventy five minutes-muhurat session to ush-er Samvat-2071 saw the investors making token purchases on posi-tive vibes induced by reforms.
The benchmark S&P BSE 30-share Sensex resumed higher at 26,434.16 and traded between a high of 26,930.23 and low of 26,368.94 before concluding the week at 26,851.05, showing a surge of 742.52 points — biggest gain in last ten week —or 2.84 per cent from last week close.
Sensex’s plungeThe Sensex had plunged by 981.89 points or 3.62 per cent in last straight four week. The broad-based 50-issue CNX Nifty of the NSE also rebounded by 234.85 points, or 3.02 per cent, to finish
the week to regain 8K-mark after one-month at 8,014.55.
Buying was witnessed across-the-spectrum as all 12 sectoral in-dices closed in the green with the capital goods, auto, power, metal, realty and consumer durables leading the pack. Mid-cap and Small-cap companies shares too were in keen demand from retail investors and their indices out-performed the Sensex.
“Participants were optimistic on hopes for additional reforms after Narendra Modi’s party won election in one state and emerged as single largest party in the other.
In addition, measures taken by the government in the past couple of days, like deregulating diesel prices and raising the cost of nat-ural gas also aided the sentiment,” said Jayant Manglik, of the Relig-are Securities. - PTI
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GETTING CLOSER TO AGREEMENT: Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb, left, and United States
trade representative Mike Froman, at the start of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), yesterday. The
TPP, which would encompass 40 per cent of the global economy and include 12 countries, has been
the subject of negotiations for years. - AFP
RESTORING LINCOLN’S LUSTRE Ford could spend $5b or more over the next five
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luxury leaders as Daimler‘s Mercedes-Benz and BMW
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AT 4AM in the sweltering African heat and humidity of Kinshasa before a roaring crowd baying for blood world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman stepped into the ring to face underdog former champ Muhammad Ali 40 years ago this month.
“I hated Ali,” says Foreman, still a for-midable huge-fisted mountain of a man at 6ft 3in today and now aged 65. “Hat-ed him.” Foreman was on the wrong side of history in the bout dubbed The Rumble In The Jungle, losing to Ali by a sensational upset knockout in the eighth round.
The legendary fight is now consid-ered one of the greatest sporting events of the past century but even more re-markable is Foreman’s transformation over the past four decades. He left boxing to become a preacher, abandoning the ring for 10 years and losing his fortune before staging an improbable comeback and regaining his world heavyweight crown at the advanced age of 45.
When he finally quit boxing Foreman became a successful entrepreneur, earning more than $193 million from a succession of lucrative product endorse-ments, cookbooks and his internation-ally bestselling line of George Foreman electric grills. “It was the most success-ful electrical appliance ever in Britain,” he says. Ali, 72, battling Parkinson’s disease, is
n o w one of his clos-est friends. “I love the guy,” Foreman admits. “We became close; he’s the brother I never had — though I wouldn’t want to take him fishing because he talks too much.” The father of 10 children from five marriages, Foreman lives in a sprawling 300-acre ranch in Marshall, East Texas, breeding cattle and horses, chickens, ostriches, llamas, goats and deer. His garage is packed with vintage Rolls Royces, Ferraris and Corvettes and his German Shepherds compete at America’s top dog shows. He preaches weekly at the local church he founded and mentors children at his commu-nity youth centre. But across the dec-ades The Rumble In The Jungle continues to define Big George.
Hard-hitting Foreman, then aged 25, faced off in Zaire against faded former champ Ali, seven years older, weaker and widely expected not to last three rounds. In the dressing room Foreman had knelt to pray that he did not kill Ali.
B u t Ali de-
buted his “rope-adope”
strategy, absorb-ing Foreman’s bru-
tal body blows until the champion was exhausted
and Ali could unleash a flurry of punches in the eighth round send-ing Foreman down for the count. For years Foreman dreamed count. For years Foreman dreamed of revenge.
“The guy had beaten me, taken my title and wouldn’t give me a rematch,” he says. “Night and day, all I thought about was how I would get the title from him and give him a beating he would never forget.” An illiterate boy from a broken home who grew up “always hungry”, robbing on the tough streets of Houston, Texas, spending nights in jail and finding fame with his fists, George Foreman is today a changed man. “My defeats taught me most about life,” he says. “Fighting Ali I was paid
$4.8 million but I couldn’t en-joy it. For years after I made ex-
cuses for my defeat.”Foreman blamed a cut eye while
sparring for wrecking his fight prepara-tion and accused Ali’s trainer of loos-ening the ring ropes so that he could lean a w a y f r o m Foreman’s blows. “I wish I hadn’t made those excuses because it’s almost like scarring a great name,” says Foreman. “The guy beat me fair and square. He beat me up and I should have allowed him to bathe in his victory instead of coming up with excuses to diminish him.” But it was after losing a comeback fight three years later that Foreman had a life-changing epipha-ny. “Defeat, it teaches you,” he says. “I quit boxing for 10 years and spent all my money on the youth centre but ran out of cash. I realised I had to return to boxing to support the youth centre. That’s why my comeback was a success: I couldn’t go down. I told those kids: ‘Never give up.’” A series of victories led him to stunningly reclaim the world heavyweight champi-on title against Michael Moorer, 21 years his junior, in 1994. Foreman’s comeback led to lucrative product endorsements but he wanted to make his own fortune, partnering to create George Foreman electric grills, which became a global phenomenon. He has at least 10 grills at home: one for each child.
AT 4AM in the sweltering African heat and humidity of Kinshasa before a roaring crowd baying for blood world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman stepped into the ring to face underdog former champ Muhammad Ali 40 years ago this month.
“I hated Ali,” says Foreman, still a for-midable huge-fisted mountain of a man at 6ft 3in today and now aged 65. “Hat-ed him.” Foreman was on the wrong side of history in the bout dubbed The Rumble In The Jungle, losing to Ali by a sensational upset knockout in the eighth round.
The legendary fight is now consid-ered one of the greatest sporting events of the past century but even more re-markable is Foreman’s transformation over the past four decades. He left boxing to become a preacher abando i g th
n o w one of his clos-est friends. “I love the guy,” Foreman admits. “We became close; he’s the brother I never had — though I wouldn’t want to take him fishing because he talks too much.” The father of 10 children from five marriages, Foreman lives in a sprawling 300-acre ranch in Marshall, East Texas, breeding cattle and horses, chickens, ostriches, llamas, goats and deer. His garage is packed with vintage Rolls
B u t Ali de-
buted his “rope-adope”
strategy, absorb-ing Foreman’s bru-
tal body blows until the champion was exhausted
and Ali could unleash a flurry of punches in the eighth round send-ing Foreman down for th
$4.8 million but I couldn’t en-joy it. For years after I made ex-
cuses for my defeat.”Foreman blamed a cut eye while
sparring for wrecking his fight prepara-tion and accused Ali’s trainer of loos-ening the ring ropes so that he could lean a w a y f r o m Foreman’s blows. “I wish I hadn’t made those excuses because it’s almost like scarring a great name,” says Foreman. “The guy beat me fair and square. He beat me up and I should have allowed him to bathe in his victory instead of coming up with excuses to diminish him.” But it was after losing a comeback fight three years later that Foreman had a life-changing epipha-ny. “Defeat, it teaches you ” he says “I
FORTY YEARS AGO THIS MONTH GEORGE FOREMAN LOST THE RUMBLE
IN THE JUNGLE AGAINST MUHAMMAD ALI. TODAY HE’S WORTH
A COOL $193 MILLION AND IS BETTER KNOWN FOR HIS ELECTRIC GRILL
George Foreman electric grills became a global phenomenon
in Britain– Peter Sheridan/The Daily Express
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ANN Landers said, “One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closest friends; if they seem OK, then you’re the one.”
Earlier this week, we saw deals in which a balanced fit (both partners had the same number of cards in it) was a better trump suit than an unbalanced. And that will usually be the case. But one time when a 4-4 fit is not best occurs when the trump holding is weak, resulting in an inevitable loser or two, and there are discards available from the other two side suits for those losers if it is the third side suit. This is typically the case in a slam — as in this deal.
When North opens one no-trump, South, with only a five-loser hand, should immediately be thinking about a slam. He uses Stayman and learns of the 4-4 spade fit. But rather than opt immediately for that suit as trumps, he sensibly shows his club suit first. North rebids three hearts to indicate values in that suit and, by inference, weak diamonds. After that, the auction gets a tad murky around the edges, but South should prefer his strong clubs to those pitiful spades.
In six spades, North must lose one spade and one heart (and would go down two if spades broke 4-1). However, six clubs has 12 tricks: two spades, two hearts, two diamonds and six clubs.
Finally, note that if North-South play transfers into the minors, there would be a strong case for South’s ignoring the spade suit and immediately transferring into clubs.
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The Boxtrolls – 3D (PG) (Animation | Adventure | Comedy)Voice Overs: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost 1:15, 3:00 & 4:45pm
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn – 2D (TBC) (Action | Adventure | Drama)
Enemies Closer (Act | Thriller) (PG12)Cast: Tom Everett Scott, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Orlando Jones3:30, 6:45, 11:30 pmHappy New Year (Act | Com ) (PG 12)Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan12:30, 5:15, 8:15, 11:00 pmFury (Action | Drama | War) (15+)Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf,1:00, 3:45, 8:30, 11:45 pmLeft Behind ( Sci-Fi | Thriller) (PG12)Cast: Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson, Cassi Thomson6:15 pmThe Boxtrolls - 3D (Animation ) (PG)Voice Overs: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost3:15, 5:00 pmKaththi (Action) (PG 12)Cast: Vijay Chandrasekar, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Neil Nitin Mukesh12:15, 8:30 pm
Happy New Year (Action |Drama | Comedy) (PG12) Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan12:30, 4:00, 7:30, 11:00 pmKaththi (Tamil) (Action) (PG12) Cast: Vijay Chandrasekar, Samantha Ruth
The Boxtrolls (3D/PG) (Animation)Voice Overs: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris10:45am, 12:30pmKite (2D/15+) (Action/Drama)Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, India Eisley2:15, 10:00, 11:45pmFury (2D/15+ (Action/Drama/War)Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf10:15am, 2:30, 9:15, 11:45pmThe Mule (Border Run) (2D/15+) (Crime)Cast: Sharon Stone, Promise LaMarco5:45pmTom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2D/PG) (Action/Adventure/Drama)Cast: Val Kilmer, Katherine McNamara 12:45, 7:30pmLove, Rosie (2D/18+) (Com/Romance)Cast: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin5:00pmHappy New Year (2D/PG12) (Act)Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan10:45am, 2:15, 4:00, 7:30, 11:00pmKaththi (2D/PG12) (Action)Cast: Vijay Chandrasekhar, Samantha Ruth Prabhu; 7:00pm
Prabhu, Neil Nitin Mukesh12:00, 11:30pmFury (Action | Drama | War) (15+) Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman6:30, 9:00 pmThe Boxtrolls (3D) (Animation | Adventure | Com) (PG)Voice Overs: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost3:00, 4:45 pm
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone3:30, 7:00 pm
Bang Bang (Action/ Romance ) (PG)Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif10.30 pm
Cast: Val Kilmer, Katherine McNamara, Jake T. Austin3:30 & 7:00pmThe Berlin File – 2D (TBC) (Action | Drama | Thriller)Cast: Jung-woo Ha, Suk-kyu Han11:30 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 Musafir Specialised Medical Clinic: 24706453Hatat Polyclinic LLC,Ruwi: 24563641, Azaiba: 24499269, Sohar: 2683006Al Raffah 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: 24521109Traffic 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: 24641234Haffa 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): 24519456/24519223Aeroflot: 24704455, Air Arabia: 24700828, Air France: 24562153, Air India: 24799801, Air New Zealand: 24700732, Biman Bangladesh Airlines: 24701128, British Airways: 24568777, Cathay Pacific: 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 fish 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 11.56am
Asr 3.12pm
Maghrib 5.38pm
Isha 6.49pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 4.53am
Sunset 5:33pm
Sunrise (Tomorrow) 6.09am
High tide 10:08am 10.49pm
Low tide 4.16pm 4.16am
PRAYER TIMINGS
B7S U N DAY, O C TO B E R 2 6, 2 0 1 4
W E A T H E R
OMAN
Max 38Min 31
Max 33Min 25
Max 32Min 25
Max 35Min 23
Max 35Min 24Max 34
Min 23
Max 36Min 22
Max 36 Min 20
Mainly clear skies over most of the Sultanate with existence of scattered clouds along the coasts of Al-Wusta and Dhofar governorates and chances of clouds development over Al-Hajar
mountains during afternoon. Chances of late night to early morning low level clouds or fog patches along Oman Sea and the southeastern coast.EXPECTED WIND: Along the coastal areas of Oman Sea wind will be northeasterly light to moderate during day becoming variable light at night and southeasterly light to moderate over the southeastern coast , while over rest of the Sultanate it will be northwesterly light to moderate.SEA STATE: Moderate along southeastern coast with maximum wave
height of 2.0 metres and slight along the rest of Oman’s coast with maximum wave height of 1.0 metre.HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Good over most of the Sultanate becoming poor during fog formation. THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Partly cloudy skies with chances of isolated rain along the coasts of south Al- Sharqiya, Al-Wusta and Dhofar governorates. Mainly clear skies over rest of the Sultanate with chances of convective clouds development and rain over Al-Hajar mountains during afternoon. Chances of late night to early morning low level clouds or fog patches along the southeastern coast.
Max Min
GULFAbu Dhabi 34 25Doha 34 28Dubai 34 23Kuwait 33 19Manama 33 28Riyadh 35 22
WORLDAthens 17 13Baghdad 28 17Beijing 15 5Berlin 14 9Boston 14 7Cairo 30 20Colombo 31 26Frankfurt 16 7Hong Kong 28 24Istanbul 17 14Johannesburg 22 9Kuala Lumpur 34 24Lisbon 22 14Paris 17 8Perth 21 11Singapore 29 26Tokyo 21 14Toronto 11 4
WORLD
Max 15Min 8
Max 31Min 21
Max 16Min 12
Max 37Min 22
Max 24Min 15
Max 27Min 17
Max 2Min -4
Max 31Min 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 Daily 16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily 16.00 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 Daily 13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily 17:00 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 Daily 07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily 07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily
FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily 16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily
FROM MUSCAT (RUWI) TO MUSCAT (RUWI)
LISTINGS
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SUNDAYFLT 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
MONDAYFLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA
WY682 RIYADH 0005WY676 JEDDAH 0005WY636 ABU DHABI 0010WY924 SALALAH 0035BG021 DACCA-CHITTAGONG 0100WY928 SALALAH 01054H583 DACCA 0130TK776 ISTANBUL-BAHRAIN 0205GF560 BAHRAIN 0320EY384 ABU DHABI 0340QR1132 DOHA 0345EK866 DUBAI 0355MS930 CAIRO 0400WY674 JEDDAH 0640FZ041 DUBAI 0645WY638 ABU DHABI 0650WY658 BAHRAIN 0650WY902 SALALAH 0655WY668 DOHA 0700WY686 RIYADH 0705EP6555 SHIRAZ 0710WY102 LONDON HEATHROW 0740WY602 DUBAI 0800FZ043 DUBAI 0800WY274 JAIPUR 0820WY202 BOMBAY 0825WY282 BANGALORE 0910WY346 ISLAM ABBAD 0915G9114 SHARJAH 0915WY242 DELHI 0925WY236 HYDERABAD 0925WY252 MADRAS 0930EK862 DUBAI 0930WY226 COCHIN 0930WY268 LUCKNOW 0935WY212 TRIVANDRUM 0935QR1128 DOHA 1000EY382 ABU DHABI 1010IX443 COCHIN 10309W530 TRIVANDRUM 1045WY604 DUBAI 1100G9841 RAS AL KHAIMA 1120WY342 LAHORE 1125WY332 KATHMANDU 1130WY372 COLOMBO 1130IX337 CALICUT 1155WY384 MALE 1200WY904 SALALAH 1225WY3302 MUKHAIZNA 1230WY818 BANGKOK 1230WY826 KUALA LUMPUR 1245WY324 KARACHI 1300WY632 ABU DHABI 1320WY918 KHASAB 1330WY606 DUBAI 1330WY906 SALALAH 1425WY812 BANGKOK 1440FZ045 DUBAI 1545WY656 BAHRAIN 1600WY664 DOHA 1620PA450 LAHORE 1630WY204 BOMBAY 1645WY292 CALICUT 1710WY610 DUBAI 1715WY3304 MUKHAIZNA 1730WY254 MADRAS 1740WY246 DELHI 1740WY232 HYDERABAD 1740GF564 BAHRAIN 1810WY3922 DUQUM OMAN 1900G9116 SHARJAH 1915WY914 SALALAH 1930WY646 KUWAIT 1950WY614 DUBAI 2020WY434 TEHRAN 2040FZ047 DUBAI 2050AI977 BANGALORE-HYDERABAD 2105WY312 CHITTAGONG 21109W534 COCHIN 2115KL441 AMSTERDAM-DOHA 2115AI973 DELHI 2125WY924 SALALAH 21256.00E+81 BOMBAY 2130QR1130 DOHA 2140BA073 LONDON HEATHROW-ABU DHABI 2140WY624 DUBAI 2140UL205 COLOMBO 2155AI907 MADRAS 2200QR1134 DOHA 2225LX242 ZURICH-DUBAI 2235LH618 FRANKFURT-ABU DHABI 2235GF566 BAHRAIN 2240EY388 ABU DHABI 2245WY916 SALALAH 2245SG061 AHMEDABAD 2300WY414 AMMAN 2300WY908 SALALAH 2305AI985 AHMEDABAD-BOMBAY 23109W540 BOMBAY 2315WY662 DOHA 2340WY816 BANGKOK 2340WY612 DUBAI 2345WY654 BAHRAIN 2345WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 2345WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 2345WY696 DAMMAM 2350WY406 CAIRO 2355WY648 KUWAIT 2355
FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD BA072 ABU DHABI-LONDON HEATHROW 0001AI986 BOMBAY 00059W539 BOMBAY 0020WY811 BANGKOK 0100WY251 MADRAS 0110WY201 BOMBAY 0115WY225 COCHIN 0120WY685 RIYADH 0120WY211 TRIVANDRUM 0120WY431 TEHRAN 0140WY273 JAIPUR 0145WY371 COLOMBO 0145WY267 LUCKNOW 0150WY601 DUBAI 0155WY235 HYDERABAD 0155WY901 SALALAH 0200WY123 MUNICH 0205WY115 FRANKFURT 0205WY133 PARIS 0210WY151 ZURICH 0210WY637 ABU DHABI 0220WY241 DELHI 0225WY345 ISLAM ABBAD 0230WY667 DOHA 0235WY143 MALPENSA 0235TK777 BAHRAIN-ISTANBUL 0255NL772 PESHAWAR 0330ET625 ADDIS ABABA 0450EK867 DUBAI 0500QR1133 DOHA 0515EY385 ABU DHABI 0525WY3301 MUKHAIZNA 0715WY3921 DUQUM OMAN 0720FZ042 DUBAI 0730GF561 BAHRAIN 0745QR1127 DOHA 0750CV856 HONG KONG 0800WY603 DUBAI 0800WY903 SALALAH 0830WY323 KARACHI 0840FZ044 DUBAI 0840WY253 MADRAS 0920WY327 LAHORE 0920WY291 CALICUT 0930G9115 SHARJAH 0955WY283 BANGALORE 1000WY231 HYDERABAD 1010WY905 SALALAH 1020WY203 BOMBAY 1025WY605 DUBAI 1030NL769 LAHORE 1030WY311 CHITTAGONG 1040WY245 DELHI 1040EK863 DUBAI 1045WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 1045QR1129 DOHA 1100IX554 TRIVANDRUM 1110EY383 ABU DHABI 1110WY3303 MUKHAIZNA 1115WY631 ABU DHABI 1140WY917 KHASAB 11409W533 COCHIN 1145WY655 BAHRAIN 1200G9842 RAS AL KHAIMA 1210WY331 KATHMANDU 1235IX350 CALICUT 1255PK224 PESHAWAR-LAHORE 1320WY413 AMMAN 1345WY101 LONDON HEATHROW 1400WY663 DOHA 1400WY609 DUBAI 1405IX818 MANGALORE 1415WY405 CAIRO 1440WY3305 MUKHAIZNA 1515WY913 SALALAH 1525FZ046 DUBAI 1630WY675 JEDDAH 1645WY613 DUBAI 1715WY623 DUBAI 1805WY915 SALALAH 1840WY681 RIYADH 1840WY647 KUWAIT 1850GF565 BAHRAIN 1855WY695 DAMMAM 1930WY653 BAHRAIN 1935WY661 DOHA 1950G9117 SHARJAH 1955TG508 KARACHI-BANGKOK 2005WY923 SALALAH 2030WY611 DUBAI 2045WY825 KUALA LUMPUR 2115WY635 ABU DHABI 2120FZ048 DUBAI 21359W529 TRIVANDRUM 2230KL442 DOHA-AMSTERDAM 2230WY817 BANGKOK 2240WY673 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
FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD BA072 ABU DHABI-LONDON HEATHROW 0001AI986 BOMBAY 00059W539 BOMBAY 0020WY811 BANGKOK 0100WY251 MADRAS 0110WY201 BOMBAY 0115WY281 BANGALORE 0120WY225 COCHIN 0120WY685 RIYADH 0120WY211 TRIVANDRUM 0120WY273 JAIPUR 0145WY371 COLOMBO 0145WY267 LUCKNOW 0150WY235 HYDERABAD 0155WY601 DUBAI 0155WY657 BAHRAIN 0200WY901 SALALAH 0200WY637 ABU DHABI 0220WY241 DELHI 0225BG022 DACCA 02304H584 DACCA 0230WY345 ISLAM ABBAD 0230WY667 DOHA 0235WY383 MALE 0235WY341 LAHORE 0240TK777 BAHRAIN-ISTANBUL 0255EK867 DUBAI 0500MS931 CAIRO 0500QR1133 DOHA 0515EY385 ABU DHABI 0525FZ042 DUBAI 0730GF561 BAHRAIN 0745WY603 DUBAI 0800WY3301 MUKHAIZNA 0800EP6556 SHIRAZ 0810WY903 SALALAH 0830WY323 KARACHI 0840FZ044 DUBAI 0840WY253 MADRAS 0920WY291 CALICUT 0930WY815 BANGKOK 0940G9115 SHARJAH 0955WY231 HYDERABAD 1010WY905 SALALAH 1020WY203 BOMBAY 1025WY605 DUBAI 1030WY631 RIYADH 1030WY917 KHASAB 1030WY311 CHITTAGONG 1040WY245 DELHI 1040WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 1045EK863 DUBAI 1045QR1129 DOHA 1100EY383 ABU DHABI 1110IX442 COCHIN 11259W533 COCHIN 1145WY655 BAHRAIN 1200G9842 RAS AL KHAIMA 1210WY663 DOHA 1230WY331 KATHMANDU 1235IX350 CALICUT 1255WY3303 MUKHAIZNA 1330WY413 AMMAN 1345WY131 PARIS 1350WY153 ZURICH 1350WY113 FRANKFURT 1355WY101 LONDON HEATHROW 1400WY609 DUBAI 1405WY121 MUNICH 1415WY645 KUWAIT 1440WY433 TEHRAN 1440WY405 CAIRO 1440WY3921 DUQUM OMAN 1515WY913 SALALAH 1525WY141 MALPENSA 1600FZ046 DUBAI 1630WY675 JEDDAH 1645WY613 DUBAI 1715WY923 SALALAH 1720PA451 LAHORE 1730WY623 DUBAI 1805WY681 RIYADH 1840WY915 SALALAH 1840WY647 KUWAIT 1850GF565 BAHRAIN 1855WY907 SALALAH 1900WY695 DAMMAM 1930WY653 BAHRAIN 1935WY661 DOHA 1950G9117 SHARJAH 1955WY611 DUBAI 2045WY635 ABU DHABI 2120FZ048 DUBAI 2135AI978 HYDERABAD-BANGALORE 2200WY411 AMMAN 2210WY421 BEIRUT 22309W529 TRIVANDRUM 2230KL442 DOHA-AMSTERDAM 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
A I R L I N E S
BORN today, you are not the kind to take many trips down memory lane. You prefer to live in the present, and if you do ever cast your eye in a different direction, it is almost always into the future, to see where you are going or what is coming your way. But for the most part, you don’t let the future take up much of your time, either. You much prefer dedicating your thoughts and actions to currently prevailing issues. You avoid guessing about what might happen, choosing instead to focus on that which is certain, and for which there is empirical proof. Faith is something you leave to others.
Because you prefer to know things firsthand and to learn by experience, you are likely to travel much of the world in your lifetime, exposing yourself to different places, peoples and cultures, and learning as much about them as you can. Indeed, you may never actually have a permanent home base.
Also born on this date are: Lauren Tewes, actress; Jon Heder, actor; Mahalia Jackson, singer; Jaclyn Smith, actress; Cary Elwes, actor; Pat Sajak, TV game show host; Bob Hoskins, actor; Jackie Coogan, actor; Anthony Rapp, actor.
You’ve been making wishes lately, and a few have come true, but one or two may be giving you fits as they become more and more elusive.
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A stranger is likely to be much more than a friend by day’s end. Things move quickly at this time because you’re more open and honest.
What happens by chance isn’t likely to disturb you, but what was intentional is almost sure to be somewhat alarming.
You may be attracted to another, or to his or her current endeavor, for reasons that you do not fully understand — but you don’t have to!
You don’t want to stand by and watch things happen without you. It’s involvement that you crave — and you can have it.
You may have to work more quickly than usual in order to avoid a fast-approaching hazard. Once it’s past, you can relax some.
You’re waiting for something to pass without doing anything to ensure that it will cause you no harm. Get more involved!
You may at first be considered only a replacement, but later in the day, your own considerable worth will be recognised.
PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20]
What you have to contribute is worth a great deal, but it may not be quite ready for mainstream acceptance.
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You can put things in a more interesting and intriguing way if you break with tradition and trust your own immediate instincts.
It’s essential that everything you do come from the heart. No one will be able to provide you with answers except yourself.
The more honest you can be with yourself, the more likely you will be to see in yourself what others have already seen for some time.
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EXTRAS U N DAY, O CTO B E R 2 6, 2 0 14
The terms referred to a look that enthusi-astically embraced athletic references, leaned to oversize
silhouettes and had an undercur-rent of defensive aggression. The clothes were not so much about status as tribalism. They were pric-ier than a Gap T-shirt or Champion sweatpants, but they were far from the realm of the rarefied.
With their choice of adjectives, fashion insiders pushed the dis-tinctive look to the side. It was the purview of Latino teens and other young folks who commuted through their world. Though the aesthetic had been born on Amer-ica’s vibrant streets and among its aspiring youth, it was not deemed “Americana.” That term was re-served for field jackets and buffalo plaid shirts.
Times have changed. The coun-try is more diverse. Cities are ascendant. Washington, above
them all, is a magnet for a new generation seeking density, walk-ability, vibrancy. And in response, designers are redefining the rules of dress so that the old ways and old terms no longer apply. Or at least their meaning has drastically changed. “Street” and “urban” “were bad words to use,” says de-signer Maxwell Osborne. Today, however, “street” simply means “it’s made for a big city.”
The direct descendants of that earlier aesthetic are more luxu-rious and higher priced — much higher. For fall 2014, Givenchy created printed sweatshirts that sell for well over $1,000. Sneakers modelled after classic Vans, which are about $55, are re-imagined by Givenchy in embossed leather and carry a $750 price tag. High-top sneakers that, at a glance by the uninitiated, might be mistaken for old-school Air Jordans, are in-stead by Saint Laurent and will set a shopper back $675.
What’s the logic in this? A gen-eration of men, who are excelling professionally and have signifi-cant financial resources, have no desire to spend their money on $6,000 Brioni suits because they simply do not wear suits, explained Jim Gold, president and chief merchandising officer of Neiman Marcus. Nonethe-less, they want to express their prosperity through their clothes. What they love and what they wear are sneakers, sweats and other casual gear. So they seek out the most luxurious versions of their favourites.
Beyond status sweatshirts, streetwear is evolving in even more startling ways. It is be-ing spliced with tailored jack-ets, stitched out of fine fab-rics and reconstructed from the inside out. It is making menswear more vibrant and adventurous. The clothes have taken on a greater
sense of personality, pushing ro-botic kowtowing to dusty rules toward obsolescence.
“I call it elevated active wear. It’s versatile enough to wear in the of-fice and then go out with it,” says Bloomingdale’s Kevin Harter, vice president for men’s fashion di-rection. “It came from this whole street style, and you’re really start-ing to see it take off. And what’s interesting is you’re seeing it in all parts of the business. I’ve seen a lot of sneakers with suits and sweatshirts under blazers. You see a navy pea coat over a fleece sweat-shirt and sweatpants.”
Propelling that change are young brands such as Tim Cop-pens, Todd Snyder, Alexander Wang and Durkl. They merged athleticism, skater attitude, hip-hop cool, the avant-garde and even the classics. They aren’t just tinkering around the edges of menswear; they
are revolutionizing it. They have
created a new ideal, a form of Americana that is embodied by cities. In the hands of these de-signers, American style is city style. It is “street” — reborn.
Public School is the most criti-cally acclaimed of the menswear labels upending long-held as-sumptions. The brand was found-ed by Osborne, 32, and Dao-Yi Chow, 40. Osborne, who is tall and black with roots in the West Indies, speaks in a low murmur, a single slim dreadlock dangling across his forehead. He is single. Chow is married with two kids. He is Asian-American, lean and angular, with a background in music journalism. Both are na-tive New Yorkers who went to public school, thus the name of the collection.
“We’re part of a new wave of American designers. There’s a generation breaking out of that (classic Americana) box,” Chow said. — Robin Givhan/ The Washington Post.
When the fashion industry first began to describe a style of dress that emerged in the 1990s among certain young men
in places such as Washington, Los Angeles and New York, it settled on the words ‘street’ and ‘urban’
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FOR RENT
1 bedroom and 2 bedrooms flat
available for rent at Ghubrah, close to
Grand Mall, near Atlas Hospital next
to Diwan’s Office. Contact 24562526,
99833747
Single & 3 bedroom flats behind
German Embassy near to Al Nahdha
Hospital. Contact 99203954
Shops available for rent in Honda
road and Ruwi. Contact 24833972
OR GSM 99367448
100+140+180+200 sq mtrs for rent in
Al Khuwair. Contact 99792181
2 BHK beautiful flat with split AC
available for rent at Qurum near PDO
Gate No-2. Contact 94057023
Excellent flat for rent in Ruwi,
Mumtaz Area and Al-Hail South.
Contact 98051159
Flat for rent in al Amerat.
Contact 99209264
Flat in Bousher with 3 rooms, living
room RO 400 net, house in Sadab
with 3 room living room
RO 250. Contact 99131232
1,2,3 BHK Flats & Villas.
Contact 97799175
Villas for rent. Contact
97799175
1 BHK near Oman House, Muttrah.
Contact 99233116
Office/shops near Oman House,
Muttrah. Contact 99233116
2 BHK pent house R. 360, 2 BHK
RO.340, 1BHK RO.250/- Bldg #1619
way# 1322 adjacent to Indian
Nursary Darsait.
Contact – 99476728 / 99831047
Flats & shops for rent in Al Amerat.
Flats only for family 3 rooms,
3 attach bathrooms & 1 kitchen.
Flat RO.230/- & shop RO.150/-.
Contact – 98046005
Room Al Khuwair RO 110/-.
Contact 99799175
2 BHK with AC Mumtaz Area
RO 325/- Contact 92144045
2 BHK without AC Azaiba RO 300/-.
Contact 92144045
3 BHK with AC Al Khuwair
RO 500/-. Contact 92144045
4 Bedroom flat in Ruwi, 400 Riyals.
And shop for Rent in Ruwi,
300 Riyals. Contact 99009854
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2 BHK Wadi Kabir RO 300/-.
Contact 92144045
1 BHK Darsait RO 225/-. Contact
92144045
2 BHK with AC Darsait RO 325/-.
Contact 92144045
Studio Apartment Madinat Qaboos,
RO 235 including W+ E, 4 BHK apart-
ment in Wattayah, RO 450. Villas for
rent. Contact 95178930
2 BHK in Ghubra with A/C, RO 325/-.
Contact 97799175
Villa for family in Qurum near
beach. Friendly and clean neighbor-
hood RO.600/-. 3 Bedrooms, 2 sitting
rooms, dining room, backyard &
shaded car parking. Close to Qurum
Park, fun zone center, cafes and nice
restaurants. Contact - 96185731
Showroom in Washal Area near
Oman House Area 225 SQM, Rent
RO 3 per meter. Contact 95501858
Bachelor villa at Al Ansab.
Contact 98458542
For rent 1 BHK at Al Khodh
commercial area. Contact 99332297,
99224748
Showroom with Mezzanine Floor,
area approx. 310 SQM at Qurum
Prime location for immediate lease.
Ideal for exotic jewellery etc.
Contact 24714625 / 93231434
2 BHK with 3 bathrooms oppo-
site Muscat Pharmacy. Contact
99885169, 99357660
1 BHK near medical, Darsait.
RO 200/- Contact 98748925
5 bedrooms villa, 2 halls, 4 bath-
rooms in Darsait, behind Khimjis
Mart. Contact 24700120 / 92584715
2 B/R Fully Furnished Executive
Apartment @Azaiba Near Zubair
Showroom. 2 B/ R Fully Furnished
Executive Apartment @ Al Khuwair
33 Near Zhaker Mall. 5 B/R Luxury
Fully Furnished villa at Azaiba with
servants quarter. Contact: Atlas Real
Estate & Rent A Car LLC : 99249069
/ 92888376/ 93201688,
Email: [email protected]
Labour Camp for Rent in Wadi Kabir
(50 to 60 people can stay).
Contact 99792181
Store for Rent, Wadi Kabir.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK, 2 Bath, Split A/C,
Wadikhabeer, Near Indian elementry
school. Way 6926, building 1733.
99441193, 93004802.
2 BHK flat in Ruwi. Contact
99792181
2 BHK flat in Mumtaz Area.
Contact - 99792181
2 BHK flat in Al Khuwair.
Contact 99792181
2 bedrooms flat in Muttrah,
Corniche. Contact 99414644
5 Bedroom Villas at Al Ansab
(Near express highway).
Contact 99199365
Store in Ghala, behind Komatsu.
Contact 99414644
Commercial villa for rent in Sarooj
next to Thailand Embassy
Contact :96969824
Brand new studio flat in Al Hail with
utilities. Contact 92817777
For rent flat single room near Indian
School, bathroom, living room in
Wadi Kabir. Contact 99446534
Rooms available near Qurum Park
with separate bathroom for
family and bachelor.
Contact 99664703
Warehouse space for rent about
2000 mtr available at Al Khuwair
area from November 2014.
Contact 91408803.
Email : [email protected]
1 BHK flat in Wadi Kabir.
Contact 99277787
For rent flat and showroom,
Al Azaiba, Ghala, Ghubrah, al
Khuwair-33 and Mabelah. Contact
93651633, 24485240, 24485241
Flat in Amerat, 4 rooms, 3 bathroom
with accessories.
Contact 95522405
8 Rooms villa in Al Khuwair for rent
opp. Rawasco, way 4104, villa 341.
Contact - 99361589
We have 1 BHK Ghubrah, 2 BHK
Ruwi, Mumtaz, Rex Road and Darsait,
2 BHK in Ghala, 1 BHK in Ghala, 2
BHK full furnished flat in Ghala, 1
BHK & 2 BHK offices in Ghala and full
furnished offices in Ghala, 20 SQM,
25 SQM, 5 BHK villa in Ghubrah,
2 BHK flat in Qurum.
Contact 93782735 / 99208033
7 Bedrooms Commercial Villa is
available for lease at Al Ghobrah
North, Way No. 3234 H. No. 2189.Built
up area 530 sq.meters,. Additional
contents three sitting halls and
6 toilets. Contact 99411607
Al Khuwair office space 70 SQM.
Contact 99024730
2 BHK Flat in Alkhuwair.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK Flat in Mumtaz Area.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK Flat in Rex Road.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK Flat in Hamriya.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK Flat in Ruwi. Contact
99792181
Large flat of 2 bedrooms, hall & 3
bathrooms with split A/C’s in Al
Ghobra North 18 Nov Street RO.360.
Contact - 93191111
1 BHK Flat in Ghobra. # 99792181
Room for rent in Ruwi.
Contact 95372192
Villa for rent North Al Hail 3 rooms,
2 toilet, A/C 4 & kitchen. RO 350/-.
Contact 92116353 / 99037989
Building with four flats near Pizza
Hut Mawaleh. Contact 99044164
1,000 sq mtrs industrial land in
Misfah Industrial area near to Khan-
co. OMR 1,500 Monthly. Electricity
and Boundary wall will be provided.
Tel: 99333479 or 95215360
3 BHK flat available for rent in
Al Hail (North), rent RO 280/-.
Contact 97661432
2 rooms, 1 hall, 1 kitchen, 1 toilet flat
available for rent in Al Khoudh, rent
RO 250/-. Contact 97661432
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Established Restaurant for rent
with sponsorship.
Contact 97628242
Party & Wedding equipment rent-
als. Full line, from Tables, Linen
& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,
Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chaf-
ing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to Large
Sound Systems and spectacular
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
Machines for sale – Articulated
dump trucks make Volvo A35D (16
cum) model 2005 & 25 ton AWM
truck mounted crane model 2008.
Contact – 99207592 / 99882570
fax - 24593333
Auto Car Center and Tyre & Align-
ment shops for sale in Barka with
clearance. Currently running shops.
Contact 99470508
Beauty parlor full equipments for
sale. Contact 99752249 / 99263372.
Babu Rustaq B
EXPAT LEAVING, Cooking range/
Air Conditioning/ Fridge/ Washing
Machine/ Gas Cylinder / Sofa/ Cup-
board/ Bed etc all NEW used only for
one year. Contact 92081796
Villa in Mawaleh for sale town
house style near Sahwa roundabout
taamer road. Contact :96969824
1100 SQM of Industrial Shed with
built-in Offices in Rusayl Industrial
Estate for immediate lease.
Contact 99263196 /
Email: [email protected]
Shop for sale behind ROP build-
ing. Honda Road, Ruwi. Contact
92130636
Electrical & Building Material Shop
in Muscat for sale. Contact 95330905
For sale 8000 GLO Water Tanker
new. Contact 92906773
A purpose built, profitable restau-
rant at a prime location in Mabellah
Industrial Area offering Pakistani
cuisine since 2+ years is avail-
able for immediate sale. Interested
parties may contact Faisal Khan at
mobile : +968-99059013 for more
details and site visit.
Lady Beauty saloon. Contact
97786792, 96644372
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Restaurant in a running and excellent
condition, ample parking space with a
capacity of 55 seating and a party hall
for sale. Contact - 99343735
We are dealing with sale of all beauty
salon equipments, furnitures & cos-
metics. # 942 888 61 / 942 888 63
Big room, bathroom, kitchen near
Riyam Park, Muscat. RO 110.
Contact 95094028
Wadi Kabir, furnished with AC,
separate toilet. Contact 96098443
Looking for purchase of Used Portable Compressor (350 CFM,
7 Bar Pressure) powered with Diesel
run Generator. Kindly contact :
99014686 or
Expat leaving Oman has house
hold items and furniture for sale.
Contact 96964756.
Flat in Bausher for rent. Well
maintained, 2 bedroom, 3 bathroom,
sitting room with split AC.
Contact 99348493, 99337587,
93200424
2 floor building, each floor has 4
apartment with 3 rooms, 2 bath-
rooms, 5 shops, 4 stores & 400 meter
underground space suitable for sport
halls. Location Al Mabella 8,
behind Gulf College.
Contact 99192999
1 & 2 bedroom flats available for rent
at Ghubrah near Grand Mall, close to
Atlas Hospital next to Diwan’s Office.
Contact 24562526 , 99833747
Land and Shops in Rusayl.
Contact 99323957, 95490842,
fax : 24452534
Flat for rent in Wadi Kabir.
Contact 99383569
Office space available for rent near
MSQ. Contact 92888063
BHK Flat at Old Muscat.
Contact: 91393005
1 BHK Wadi Kabir. Contact
99024730
1&2 BHK Darsait. Contact 99024730
Flat for rent in Mumtaz.
Contact 99331947, 98934500
Showroom & store at Honda Road.
Contact 98087644
Flat for rent opposite Gharnata
Shoes, Ruwi. Contact 99358331,
99218484
Flat one bedroom in Wadi Kabir
with split AC. Contact 99313274
1 BHK flat in Wadi Kabir. RO 215/-.
Contact 99358589
2 BHK flat - near Kuwaiti Mosque,
Wadi Kabir. Contact 24816774 /
97608564
Small house for rent at Ghubrah.
Contact 95032152
For rent one room with kitchen, bath,
small hall in Sidab.
Contact 93233440
3 BHK Villa, 2 hall, 3 toilets, AC
independent. RO 650/-. in South
Ghubra.Contact 92144045
1 BHK flat near Star Cinema, Ruwi.
RO 240/-. Contact 97079146 /
95570288
Flats in Darsait, 2 and 3 rooms,
price RO 250, RO 300. Contact
99357586, 97500025, 97884787
Small office for rent in Azaiba North.
Contact 92294409
Deluxe 3 BHK & Villa at Al Ansab.
Contact 98458542
Flats Shops Basement location Ruwi
MBD area, Honda road Mumtaz area.
Contact 97331431 / 92433127
3 BHK Flat Ghubra close to ISG Way
4041, Building 4390.
Contact 99319880
I BHK Flat Wadi Kabir. RO 180/-.
Contact 99376454
Flat for rent in Ruwi, Mumtaz Area
and Al-Hail South. Contact 91409778
Shop for sale in Seeb near Bank
Muscat. Contact 99828343
Twin villa for sale at Khuwair 33.
Both for 185 thousand, negotiable.
Tel: 99414767
Autoclave (Class B), Examination
coaches (Medical Clinic), Split A/Cs,
Chairs etc. for sale.
Contact 95293535
Vegetable shop for sale in Wadi
kabir, Cont : 92786449
For Sale Well running Pharmacy at
primelocation. 93240949
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
Jotun Paint Shop Building Materials
for sale at honda Road.
Contact 99421228
Municipality approved restaurant
for sale or lease with few equip-
ment’s opposite to Sohar university
at main road. Pls call 99412020
Restaurant for sale. Contact
95901870
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M.V. FOR SALE
Lexus GS300, 2006. Contact
93218349
Toyota Yaris auto 2009, 142k,
R.O 2500. Contact 93289652
Toyota Innova, 2010 model, manual
gear. Contact +96892187371
Mitsubishi EX GT with spoiler 2009
66000 km dealer maintained.
Contact 92398644
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
2010 Model, APV Suzuki for sale.
Contact 93953237
For sale – Camry 2011, Mazda 6
2006, Lancer 2010, Civic 1996.
Contact 96408433/ 93806625
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
Villa for rent in Muscat 6 rooms.
Contact 96116767
Furnished / unfurnished apart-
ments available for rent on long
term /short term basis, near Vacha’s
hypermarket in Ghala. Contact :
97677211
2 Bedrooms surface house, 1 Fam-
ily Hall, 1 Bathroom, kitchen, full
furnished. For rent (Al Khuwair 33)
Contact: 99315515
2 BR, 2 toilets, kitchen at
Al Mawaleh. Contact 99444786 /
99747560
2 BHK with A/Cs Mutrah behind
Oman house. Contact 99896838
3 rooms, 3 bath & Kitchen Oman
House Muttrah. Contact 99319149
5 Rooms, main living room + Wom-
en living room+2 halls, 6 toilets,
kitchen in Azaiba near Al Fair
800 RO. Contact 99888873
For rent Flat 2 bedroom attach
bathroom opp Ruwi police station
Ruwi. Contact 99311209/ 99013580
Flats, shops basements, location,
Ruwi MBD area, Honda road, Qurum.
Contact 96942749 / 97293708
Big Villa at Bowshar 8 rooms,
8 bathrooms, kitchen, maid room &
Majlis. Contact 91183117
If you have any properties /
Inquiries. Contact us
Tel 24505072/ 91155779
Fax 24507045
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
Sri Winarsih BT Mansyur Amad has lost Indonesian Passport No. AR
929277. Founder please handover
to ROP
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Required a cook. Contact 99209264
Housemaid require for an Indian
family at Ghubrah (full time stay).
Contact 98622766
We need helper for spare parts
shop in Mabelah, salary RO 120/-,
accommodation, visa every two
years, air ticket to and back home.
Contact 99157377 /
Email : [email protected]
Indian Muslim Cook for Omani
family. Contact 95555426
ADMIN/HR
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
DRAUGHTSMAN
DESIGNER
DRIVER
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461
Draughtsman, 2D & 3D (DCSE) with
2 years experience for any vacancy.
Contact 91781227
Autocad d man experienced (arch /
str) revit, 3dmax, Photoshop.
Contact : 93837973
Architectural & Structural
Draughtsman in Oman, 4 years
experience. Contact 95725787
ENGINEERS/TECH..
ENGINEERS/TECH..
Indian light driver having good
experience wants urgent job. Known
languages are English, Hindi and
Arabic. Contact 98976954
5 Years exp light driver. Contact – 95884504
Sri Lankan driver looking for job.
Contact - 97387112
Light driver looking for job, 5 years
exp in Saudi Arabia + Oman 2 yrs.
Contact 96088707
Pakistani male, light duty driver.
Contact 95963682
Experienced driver with car is look-
ing for a job. Contact 92481082
Indian driver, 2 years experience
seeking placement.
Contact 92594539
Experienced light driver available.
Contact 99775728
Indian L/D. Driver, 2 years exp.
Contact 98783139
Experienced Light Driver available.
Contact 95076476
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 office boy job, family,
personal driver. NOC ready. Visa
required. Contact 91291108
2 yrs experience. Release available
& seeking job in any company for
light driver. Contact 93966254 /
95151738
Required Indian driver. Contact
99209264
Required light duty driver for a
construction company. Contact
99760596 / [email protected]
Wanted driver. Contact
97469823
Risk & Compliance Manager with
10 years experience in International
Bank, currently in Muscat looking for
suitable opportunity.
Contact 91252808.
Email : [email protected]
Sr. Accountant M.Com (Finance),
14 years experience (1 year in Oman)
in finance & Accts. NOC available im-
mediate joining. Contact 92404608.
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:
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]
Fresh Graduate Accountant from
Majan College, B.Sc in BA and Ac-
counting looking for a suitable job.
Contact 96132149
Indian Male, 24 MBA Finance,
1+ years experiences in US Health
Care in Accounts looking for a suit-
able job. Contact 92239445
Sr. Accountant, Indian Male, 35
yrs, B.Com, PGDCA, having 13 yrs
experience in Accounts/Finance up to
finalization. 8 yrs in Oman.
Contact 95593273
Indian Female, MBA, Finance,
1 year 6 months experience in Oman
seeking suitable placement.
Contact 97349904.
Email: [email protected]
Senior Position for CA with 24 years
of experience: Managing Finance, Ac-
counts, Audit, Bank Loans, Budgeting,
Business planning, Strategy,
Operations management of SAOG,
group of companies. Mobile 91799262
Indian male, 24 yrs with 3 yrs
accounting exp. in Oman, 2 yrs in
construction & block factory in ac-
counts, with valid Oman D/L, seeks
suitable placement. Also interested
working in sales or purchase.
Contact 96059201
Indian male, 20 years of experience
in Accounts looking for suitable
post, having GCC license. Contact
97100546, +91- 9744370818
Srilankan male, 29 yrs, Graduate
in B.Com, 8 yrs experience in Qatar
working knowledge with Tally, MS
Office, Chartered Accounts, Auditing
seeking suitable placement. Contact
93351256 / 95440714. Email:
Masters in Banking and Finance,
UK University, 6 months experience
as Account Analyst at UK
seeking suitable position in reputed
companies. Contact 99883502,
97422558
Chartered Accountant with 10 yrs
of Gulf & MNC experience, in depth
knowledge in Financial statements
including consolidation, treasury,
MIS, AR/AP, Insurance, Taxation,
Payroll etc looking for Senior posi-
tion in finance, NOC available.
Email : [email protected].
Contact : 96293649
Indian male, MBA Finance, HR having
7 years experience in Insurance, Ac-
counts, Banking looking for a suitable
position. Contact 99070238.
Email : [email protected]
UK qualified, MBA finance with
6 years experience in Accounts &
Finance up to finalization. D/L and
NOC available. Contact 91266101
Accountant 10 years Oman exp,
M.Com, upto finalization available for
part time works, timing 2 pm to 6 pm.
Contact 96247295
Part Time Accounting, Accounts
Finalization, Internal Audit, Onsite
Tally Training, Onsite Training for
Accountants, Inventory Management,
MIS Reports, Feasibility Study and
Project Reports. Contact : 96975454,
email : [email protected]
Part time Accountant with 19 yrs
exp in Accounting Management.
Contact 95857199
MBA Finance, Indian female, 2 years
of Accounting experience. Seeking
suitable placement. GSM: 91586771
Email: [email protected] ,
Indian Male, 34, B.Com & CA inter-
mediate, over 14 years experience
(7 years in Oman). Expertise, Ac-
counts finalizations, MIS, Budgeting
and Audit functions with Oman D/L.
NOC available looking for suitable
Accounts Managerial Positions.
Contact 99169501
Omani female, 3 yrs exp in Ac-
counts & 7 months exp in shipping,
3 yrs exp in Secretary job, knowl-
edge in Computer with Oman D/L.
Contact 94252699
Indian Document Controller,
15 years, GCC experience, release
available. Contact 99324617
Indian female, 22 years, B.Com
seeks suitable placement currently
on visit visa. Contact 94514154
Accountant 8 years experience in
Oman seeking prime job.
Contact 99867456
Required female accountant postgraduate in commerce
email: [email protected]
ENGG. / TECHNICAL
SALES / MARKETING
SALES / MARKETING
Reputed building material company looking for outdoor Sales executive having valid Omani
driving license with more than 2
years local sales experience in tiles/
sanitary ware.
Please fax your CV to 24798709 /
Email – [email protected]
Requirement: Sales Executive (Building materials/ lightings). Expe-
rience: Candidate having minimum 5
years experience of selling building
materials in Oman. Driving License:
Must Mail your CV to:
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
WANTED a full time lady recep-tionist with good communication
skills in English, pleasant, joyful and
understanding personality.
Preferably Omani nationals
experienced in accounting.
Email- [email protected]
Omani required for PRO, Sales & debt collector. Please call
99855604 / 99855784
Indian female Senior Accountant
with 10 years experience in Ac-
counts, Finance, Audit & Tax Man-
agement. Contact 96263157
Indian male age 30 having
10 yrs experience in Finance &
Accounts seeking suitable place-
ment. mob.93675399
Experienced Indian or Nepali beau-tician, over 30 yrs.
Contact 99467033 / 91162480
5 years experience with Diploma Civil required urgently for an
excellent grade company. Email :
Required Civil Engineer (Diploma) with Oman experience
and NOC. Email –
An Electrical Engineering and Con-
sulting Services Company is looking
for a Dynamic Marketing person; with strong valid contacts in GCC.
Must posses 3-4 years of experi-
ence in the relevant field. Send your
updated resume with latest
passport sized picture at
Fire and Safety Company required
certified, 1. Electrician for fire con-
trol panel and fire fighting system. 2.Pipe fitter for fire fighting system
and gas installation. Oman experi-
ence with NOC and Driving license
preferable. Send CV with expected
salary to [email protected]
Required experienced part time Quantity Surveyors (Civil & MEP)
who can work from their home for
Consultancy Office. Send CV to
Contact : 93457995
Required mobile technician for Samsung, Iphone and other
Smartphones. Contact 97613774
Urgently required Lab Techni-cian either Locum (3 months) or
permanent for a hospital in Muscat.
wanted the following : Gynecologist
(female), Embryologist (Muslim),
Nephrologists, Nursing Superin-
tendant (female), Nurse (female with
MOH license), Dialysis Nurses,
all other medical specialist /
consultants. Email CV :
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, fluent in English & Arabic.
Contact: 99170315
B.Tech, AutoCAD, Indian Electrical 4
yrs experience in designing, drawing,
testing commesioning of transform-
ers D.G. Sets HT Panels, LT Panels, LT
and HT, cable laying looking immedi-
ate placements. Contact- 94516624.
Email: [email protected]
Senior Interior Designer having
15 years Gulf experience in office,
hospitality & showroom design
seeking suitable placement.
Contact 94181178
Urgently required Tile Masons for
an excellent grade company. Con-
tact 99882565
Required Tailor. Contact 95204145
Electrical cum plumbing foreman capable of handling site by himself.
Free food and accommodation sal-
ary negotiable. Contact – 24811425
/ 99410979
Required experienced Civil Fore-man / Charge hand with driving
license. Contact 99760596 /
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 experienced marketing & sales person for HVAC Company,
may apply with details to
fax : 24799442
Best Lube Trading LLC Oil Trad-ing Co have situation vacant for Sales Executive & Accountant/ Store Keeper position one number.
The desire candidate should have
Oman D/L with Oman experience
and required on urgent basis for Oil
company. Please post CVs on
Contact 00968-24467177
Required Marketing Executives. Send your CV :
Require Salesman for gift shop with
release letter. Mail CV & ID copy to
Required Salesman for household
and Industrial Chemical Manufac-
turing & Trading Company with
minimum 5 years experience and
valid Omani Driving License.
Apply with full details to
fax : 24597945
Salesman cum Merchandiser ur-
gently required for a reputed FMCG
Company engaged in manufactur-
ing and trading in Oman. Candidate
must have minimum 4-5 years
experience in the similar field and
valid Omani Driving license. Inter-
ested candidates may send in their
CV to [email protected]
Experienced in field operation – in-
ventory controlling safety & admin-
istration. Holding IOSH & OSHA with
D/L. Contact – 91710274
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
Indian male, MBA 23 years having
1 year of exp seeking suitable place-
ment in Admin/ HR/ Marketing/ Co-
ordinator/ Logistic etc. #97014369.
Email : [email protected]
Young Omani male have experience
10 years as P.R.O , CLERK, helper
supervisor, admin supervisor, H.R
Manager have diploma in H.S.E , IT ,
and P.D.O license looking for H.R po-
sition or P.R.O part time or full time.
Contact 95933288
MBA, 30 yrs male, Indian fresher
seeks suitable post in HR, Supervi-
sor, Admin. Contact 96329315
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 field looking for suitable
placement in leading organization.
Contact 91705051
Required Teachers for English,
Physics & Art. Only eligible candi-
date with the required experience
and qualification may apply within
a week’s time at
Urgently required - For a reputed
British English Training Insti-
tute - English Teachers - 02 nos - Candidate should be qualified in
respective field and have experi-
ence min 5 years in TEFL courses
and preparation of certifications
like CELTA, TOEFL and IELTS etc.
Interested candidates may send CV
Required experienced Montessori Teacher, qualification : B.A; B.Ed or
Montessori. Call 24705605
from 8 am to 1 pm
Mechanical Engineer with min
(2 yrs) experience in HVAC & female
Office Secretary with Computer
Knowledge, may apply with details
Fax : 24799442
Leading construction company
requires Quantity Surveyor (QS) preferably Srilankan Nationality
with minimum 8 to 10 years expe-
rience. Send your CV to
Civil Engineer with 3 yrs Gulf ex-
perience with Driving License. Send
CV by mail to : agemancont@gmail.
com. Contact 98015925, 95049910
Work on very good commission basis in Sales in Muscat & Salalah
only for expats. Contact 92760281
Required outdoor salesman with
D/L. email: [email protected]
Indian female, 25 yrs, HR, MBA,
Marketing having 2 yrs experience,
residing in Wadi Kabir. Contact
91208916
Experience PRO Oman Male, 36
Yrs, 16 yrs experience in PRO/ HR &
Administration, Prefect English lan-
guage speaking & writing with D/L,
Seeks suitable placement, Can join
immediate. Contact 91221773
MBA with 9 years of experience
in HR, Training, Admin & Business
Development able to speak Arabic
and English looking for placement.
Contact 96730659
Indian male 39 yrs 3+yrs overseas
experience as technical admin in
maintenance & service field, cur-
rently under visit visa till 06 Nov,
seeks suitable placement in Admin/
HR/Operations/Coordination.
Contact 97094564
email: [email protected]
Omani female with 9 yrs exp look-
ing for PRO job with Oman D/L.
Contact 97917333
32 years Pakistani MBA (Manage-
ment and Finance) from a reputed UK
University with 5+ years experience
in Accounts and Managerial positions
(in UK) seeks a suitable job.
Contact 95658916
DAILY GUIDES U N D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 4 C5
DAILY GUIDESITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
INFORMATION TECH
EDUCATION
HOSPITALITY
ENGG. / TECHNICAL
ENGG. / TECHNICAL
MEDICAL
Female homoeopathic doctor, ,prometric passed, seeks suitable
position. Contact:93780029
Registered female Staff Nurse with 7 years of experience (Worked
4 Years in SAUDI MOH& 3 years in
India) on visit visa seeking for
a nursing job in Muscat.
GSM: 96521985
Female Indian GP 19 years ex-
perience 11 years in Oman seeks
placement in capital area. release
available. Contact 99669153
Pharmacist, D. Pharm, 3 yrs experienced, prometric exam
passed, on family visa.
Contact: 94523106
Indian female Dentist, MOH license
holder, with an experience of 6 yrs,
looking for a suitable opportunity.
Contact 94046651 or
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, qualified Nurse/
Asst. Nurse (male/ female) medical
staff seeks placement for Hospital/
clinic. Contact 92989109 (Oman),
0091 – 9555427742 (India),
Indian male, 29 yrs, B.A English &
MSW with 5 years exp in develop-
ment field including hospital &
school social work, office admin,
projects, public relations, network-
ing and teaching seek suitable posi-
tions. Fluent in English (IELTS 7.5)
Contact 94150354.
Email : [email protected]
Indian male, senior Miller flour
mills, 24 yrs exp. including erection
& QC, presently working in India.
Contact 0091 9744167051
Indian male, BBM (Bachelor of
Business Management) looking for a
suitable job, ready to join immedi-
ately, currently in Oman under visit
visa. Contact 99354090. Email :
BMS CAD Engineer, total 8 years
exp, 3 yrs exp in Oman BMS Design-
ing and drafting Diploma in Mechan-
ical Eng. Looking for BMS designing
and drafting job. Contact 91237089.
Email: [email protected]
Civil Engineer 10 years experi-
ence with valid Omani Driving
License, India No. 00971558957784,
00914742519390
Graduate Mechatronic Engineer with Diploma in product design and
analysis, seeking a job.
Contact – 98584349 /
Email: [email protected]
Sudanese Electrical Engineer, Bsc.
Degree with more than 8 Years Ex-
perience in Projects Field available
on Visit Visa 96160749`,
Email : [email protected]
Electrical Engineer having 2
yrs of experience, substation/
maintenance seeking for suitable
placement. Contact 97698493 /
99253909
Indian female, Civil Engineer, 10 yrs
experience QS, valid Oman D/L look-
ing for better opportunities.
Contact 95719108
6 years experienced, NET WEB
DEVELOPER (Software Engineer)
available in Oman on visit visa &
looking for opportunity.
Contact 91125896
Civil Engineer, Indian male with 5
yrs experience in building looking
for immediate opportunity.
Contact 99126087
Civil Engineer with 8 years experi-
ence and valid Omani D/L looking
for suitable placement. Ready to join
immediately. Contact 95326194 /
99525367
Civil Engineer (Diploma), 5 yrs
experience with Omani D/L on visa.
NOC available. Contact 93091214 /
99030342
Indian Female, 22 years BE Elec-
tronics and Communications, fresh
graduate currently seeking for a
suitable job. Contact 93647104,
98163767. Email :
BE Civil Engineer, fresh graduate,
male 24 yrs, Indian looking for a
suitable placement.
Contact 95117509
Civil Engineer - B.Tech- 12 years
experience in Gulf seeks placement.
Contact 97930786
Chemical/ Petrochemical Engineer,
Omani, 26, having bachelor of engi-
neering from UON, seeking opening.
Contact :- 95608345
D.A.E Civil Engineer having 3 years
experience in Road Surveyor +
Quantity Survey of road + building
construction + AutoCAD 2D & 3D
and Engle point seeking for suitable
placement. Contact 96744258,
98780156
8 yrs experience Site Engineer with
license seeking job.
Contact 97449630
BSc Mechanical Engineer, 6 years experience Master of Project
Management (USA), energy gradu-
ated study. Contact 99487902. Email
B. Tech Civil Engineer having
9 years of experience in Construc-
tion of buildings & roads in Oman
looking for suitable job in Engineer-
ing Consultancy. Contact 91078499
MEP Engineer (HVAC) with 2 years
experience. Now in Oman on visit.
Seeking suitable placement.
GSM: 91744764
email:[email protected]
Indian male, Civil Engineer (BE),
2 yrs experience in India, having
knowledge in Primavera, AutoCAD
etc. Contact 98639039
Civil Engineer, Indian female, 2 yrs
experience as Quantity Surveyor,
also in Primavera, AutoCAD.
Contact 91690345
Fresh Graduate in Mechanical En-
gineering looking for a suitable job.
Graduated in July 2014 with Valid
D/L. Contact 97839918
Indian female, 22 year old, Msc
Microbiology, One year experience,
seek suitable vacancies. Contact no.
95466271
Indian Female,B.Sc Chemistry,
experience as Chemist 2years.
GSM: 92007276,
email: [email protected]
MSc. Chemistry Teacher (5 y EXP.)
Pakistani female looking for a job in
School/college 96580101
Physical Science/Mathematics female teacher with 6 years Indian
experience, seeking a position in a
reputed school/Institution. QUALI-
FICATION: B.Sc (Mathematics, Elec-
tronics & computer science), B.Ed
(Mathematics & English). Contact:
Kamaal. GSM: 94300026, Email:
Indian male, MSc Bed. Looking
for teaching job in Science. Email
Contact 91344706. Now in Muscat
on visit visa.
MANAGER/ SUPER
Indian 25 years FMCG Business in
senior level looking suitable posi-
tion D/L available, NOC available.
Contact – 99015946
General Manager/working partner
20 years advertising agency experi-
ence. Contact 93031168
Indian 24 yrs experienced MEP
Construction Manager seeks
suitable placement.
Contact 92576680
Email : [email protected]
Indian male, 18 yrs experience in
catering as Purchase Executive
Project Supervisor & Warehouse
incharge in Saudi Arabia, language
known Arabic, English & Hindi hold-
ing valid D/L. Contact 96304501.
Email : [email protected]
Purchase & Logistics Manager - (12
+ yrs Exp. in Oman) With D/L, look-
ing for suitable position.
Contact: [email protected] ,
Gsm: 93826090
Indian male (23), Diploma in Com-
puter Engineering, 1.5 years experi-
ence in leading IT Company in India.
IT skills including Web Design and
Development, computer Hardware
Maintenance and BPO. Looking for a
suitable placement,
currently on visit visa.
Email : [email protected].
Contact 92689778, 92150123
Mechanical Engineer Diploma, 26
male with 2.5 years experience in
India having experience in Quality
Control and Auto Mobile Industries
on visit seeking for a suitable oppor-
tunities in Mechanical field.
Contact 98215077
Indian male, Engineer (BE in E&C,
MBA in HR) with 5 years profes-
sional/admin experience, highly
talented, looking for a suitable place-
ment in a reputed company.
Contact 91387463.
Email : [email protected]
Diploma in Electronics Engineering
with 5 years experience in Oman
as Customer Service Coordinator,
Inventory Control and Indoor Sales
Executive seeks suitable job. Speaks
Arabic, English & Hindi.
Contact 95681406.
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
Indian Male, Civil Engineering
Degree with 0.5 years of experience
as Site Engineer is looking for job.
Contact 98247618, 99775118
BE Electronics and Instrumenta-
tion Engineer having experience
in Commissioning Installation and
Maintenance in different kinds of
equipments and instruments and
also in Petro-Chemical plants.
About 2 years experience.
Contact 91792114
M.Tech Computer Science and
Engineering having 3+ years of
experience in Software Development
in JAVA J2SE, J2EE. Technologies
like JDBC Serlets JSP Struts Spring
& JSF Hibernate web services.
Email : [email protected]
GSM: 95907883
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]
Architect Engineer (28) male, B.Sc
Degree, 6 years experience in Con-
struction work, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD,
3D Max, Art Lantis.
Contact 94370767, 94103445
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]
Srilankan B.Tech Quantity Surveyor
with 6 years exp (3 yrs GCC) looking
for a suitable placement with NOC.
Contact 98357512.
Email : [email protected]
Sudanese Mechanical Engineer, male, 5 yrs experience looking for
job in Oman. Contact 91762602
Mechanical Engineer,(BTech in
Mechanical) with Certified quality
controller - NDT level 2 qualified 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 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]
Biomedical Engineer with driving
license, 1 year experience willing to
work out in the field, perfect English
language speaking, writing.
Contact 95902585
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, 26 yrs, graduate
in hospitality science, with New
Zealand business diploma and previ-
ous Oman experience in Customer
service seeks suitable placement in
hospitality/salesmarketing/ logis-
tics/ admin. Contact 91383167
Female 21 yrs, Tally 1 year experi-
ence, looking for visa.
Contact 95330720
Male 22 Housekeeping front office
Hotel management degree course.
Contact 96732520
SALES / MARKETING
SKILLED/UN SKILLED
Sr. Procurement and logistics Ex-ecutive with 8 years experience (in
middle east), in Oil and gas as well
as Industrial projects and an overall
16 years of total job experience
together in India and Qatar is on the
lookout for a suitable placement.
Valid GCC driving license.
Contact: 91750084
Indian Male, 25 yrs in FMCG Busi-
ness looking for Senior position D/L
available. NOC available.
Contact 99015948
Talented & ambitious management
Graduate with 18 months experience
in customer service looking for suit-
able position in a reputed company.
Contact 97747888,
I have release and want job in any
company. Contact 95151738
Indian male, MSc, 4 years experi-
ence in India in Sales and Admin,
now in Muscat on visit visa. Email
Contact 91344706
Indian female, 32 yrs, MBA
(Marketing), holding Omani D/L
seeks suitable placement.
Contact 95041134.
Email : [email protected]
Indian male, 15 years experience
in Sales & Marketing dealing with
Building Materials, construction
equipments, industrial tools,
automobile, cleaning and agricul-
tural equipments seeking suitable
position with Oman D/L. NOC
available. Contact 92406527
28 yrs, Indian male, Technical
Sales Engineer, MENG (Canada),
4 years plus Oman market experi-
ence with leading brand looks for
suitable opening. Contact 93985140,
91692126
Indian male, 19 yrs of qualitative
experience in FMCG with multina-
tional company in Oman.
Expert in Sales/Merchandising/
Trainings seeking job in
Sales/Managerial field.
Contact 92155261
24 years Pakistani male having 3
years experience in Pre Sales and
Distribution / Marketing of FMCG
products is looking for a job.
Contact 96955096
Indian male, MBA, 6 years of experi-
ence looking for suitable placement
in Marketing and Sales.
Contact 91780948
Indian male, MBA (Marketing) hav-
ing more than 3 years experience in
Marketing & Sales, currently on visit
visa seeking suitable placement.
Contact 96301626.
Email : [email protected]
MBA with 15+ years of experience
in Senior/Middle Level Mgt in India
and GCC with various MNC’s is on
family visit looking for a suitable
opening. Contact 97330734
Indian Male, 28 yrs, having 5
years experience in FMCG Sales in
visit visa, Looking for any suitable
jobs in Oman. Contact 98531486/
98988824
Bsc computer-science gradu-
ate, MCSE certified & diploma in
.netframework, Java, SQL, UML,
ASP.NET with good experience as
computer technician, seeking for
suitable position in IT & sales.
Mob: 95853895
Email: [email protected]
Microsoft Certified Systems En-
gineer (Hardware)-5 years experi-
enced Systems Engineer (2 years in
UAE as plant IT operations) search-
ing for job in Oman -
Contact 92254218 / 99412003
Searching for job BSC Computer
Science. Contact –
Indian male, Graduate, CCTV, CCNA,
Networking, MS Office, 2 yrs experi-
ence. Contact 98129846
Indian female, Software tester with
5 years experience in Oracle and
Wipro Technologies Indian having
knowledge in SQL and Dataware
House looking for suitable job.
Contact 98605362.
Email : [email protected]
HSE Professional, 12 years experi-
ence in GCC with valid GCC Driving
license with NEBOSH DIP, NEBOSH
IGC, OPAL competence card, IOSH
Graduation in Industrial Safety.
Contact 96230916
Indian male, 13 years of experience
in Software Industry looking for suit-
able job now on visit.
Contact 99094428
Indian Male 23yrs, BBM With 2.5
yrs of exp. in Sales & Marketing.
Looking for a suitable placement in
sales & Marketing/Counter sales,
Store keeper or Supervisor.
Contact 92092248
Welder cum fabricator tig, 3g 6g ,
gulf experienced, PH : 93837973
Procurement, Inventory and Supply
Chain, 20 yrs experience for Civil,
Electrical and Electromechanical
in Oman with valid D/L looking for
suitable placement. NOC/Release
available.
Contact 00968-97194905.
Indian female post graduate look-
ing for suitable job in commercial/
admin/hr/customer relation (1 year
exp). Contact :97792820,
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]
Yoga Instructor, skilled experienced
Indian male now available in Oman
till 8th November seeks suitable
post. Contact 95991788
An Indian national having 20 years
of experience in various office ac-
tivities at Middle Managerial Level
seeking suitable placement. Contact
93689602 / 95584606
27 Years Pakistani male in (Crimi-
nology having 4 years experience in
security and management seeking
suitable placement as security
officer. Contact 99191701
Email : [email protected]
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]
Pakistani male, 30 years looking
for a suitable position in Market-
ing/ Sales having 8 years relevant
experience, Graduate in Business
Administration with fluent English
in Muscat on visit visa.
Contact 96528508
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
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
MISCELLANEOUS
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
Indian male with over 19 years of
qualitative experience in Automo-
bile field, expert in providing techni-
cal advice on repairs and servicing
seeks jobs in sales/ service in ma-
negerial capacity. #91-7736048460.
Indian male 32 Years 6 years expe-
rience in Building material outdoor
Sales with valid Oman D/L.
Contact 97462080
Indian male, 22 yrs, MBA(HR) BCA
looking for suitable position. Pre-
ferred Admin, Accounts, HR, Sales,
Purchase Co-ordinator.
Contact 94512430
Indian male, MBA Having experi-
ence in Accounts, looking for suit-
able job. Contact 92045306
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]
M. Com/PGDCA having 15 years
of experience in Oman, looking
for a new placement in the field of
Accounts and administration. NOC
available. Contact : 92425421 /
Email: [email protected].
Sr. Accountant M.Com (Finance) 14
years experience (1 year in Oman) in
finance & Accounts. NOC available.
Contact 92404608.
Email : [email protected]
Draughtsman 10 years experience
in Oil/ Gas, looking for suitable job
immediate joining NOC available.
Contact 968 98628657
Email [email protected]
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.
DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461 Fax: 24812624
Email: [email protected]
C6 S U N D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 4
DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461 Fax: 24812624
Email: [email protected]
SITUATION WANTED
*Classified Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon
for next day’s publication. * Subject to space availability
Senior Accounts Professional, Indi-
an Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin)
8 years in Oman, with valid Oman
DL and NOC available. Capable to
handle accounts up to finalization.
Contact 9602 3965.
Female Candidate: Having
experience(ISRO) in Administration
(seeking suitable opportunities &
presently in Oman
Mob:97239854,
Mail:[email protected]
Indian Male, 24 years old on visit
visa, 3 years Diploma in Civil Engi-
neering, 3 yrs experience.
Contact 98515106
Indian male, 24 years MA Sociol-
ogy (Social science) B-Ed. 2year
experience in teaching, currently
on visit seeking suitable placement.
Contact 91632006, 91397505
Email- [email protected]
Indian Male, MBA Finance, 1.5
years’ experience in Operations and
Customer Service. In Muscat on
Visit Visa till 14th Nov.
Contact: 93755852, Email:
Indian male having 10 years of
experience in Oman having Valid
Omani Driving license working in
Purchase Dept looking for a suit-
able position. Salary is negotiable.
Mob: 94304324/92654817
Indian Male, 24 years old on visit
visa, 3 years Diploma in Civil Engi-
neering, 3 yrs experience.
Contact 98515106
Communication Manager, pleasing
personality, strong English skills,
highly qualified, Oman experience
in Corporate, Organizational &
Marketing Communication, Busi-
ness Development, Marketing Press
Relations, Ads, Campaigns,
CSR Programs. NOC.
Contact 98179887
Senior Sales & Marketing special-
ist with 14 years of experience
and proven track record in Muscat
looking for a suitable placement in
a reputed Company. Indian Male,
38 years (Electronics Engineer)
preferred industry (Electronics /
Electrical / Electro Mechanical) hav-
ing good exposure in access Control
& Automation systems, Lighting &
Electrical accessories etc.
Contact 92208744.
Email : [email protected]
NDT ASNT Level II (RT,UT,PT,MPT)
Technician having 3 & half yr ex-
perience, seeks suitable placement.
Currently on visit visa.
Contact : 94514454,
Indian male 24: Looking for job
in admin /sale/office/customer
service/maintenance etc. Currently
on family visit. Contact:94514201,
email id:
28year Indian female (MBA-
Finance) with 3+yrs experience
(Oman) in Accounts is seeking suit-
able placement in Accounts/Admin.
Contact:96141283.
Indian Male, 24 yrs on visit visa,
3 yrs Diploma in civil Engineering,
3 yrs experience. Contact 98515106
23,male, ACCA finalist-last paper
left, 2 years of accounts, external &
internal audit and feasibility study
experience in Audit Firm, looking for
permanent replacement,
Contact: 95140445
email address:[email protected]
Indian male, age 27, having 6 years
experience in finance & accounts,
seeking suitable jobs.
Ph: 92902651
M.Com Graduate seeking suitable
placement. Contact 99363721
Young male, 22 years, B. Arch. gradu-
ate with 7 months training experience,
seeks suitable entry-level position
in an architecture firm or architec-
ture and engineering consultancy.
Currently on visit visa, ready to join
immediately. Phone no. 91265929
Email: [email protected]
Indian Male, Purchase/Procurement
Officer with 16 years experience,
presently working in UAE,
seeking suitable placement.
Contact: 00 971 55 3390 467
Mail: [email protected]
Indian Female Lawyer 36 yrs hav-
ing 10 yrs experience presently in
Oman seeks suitable placement in
Legal field/HR/Admin # 94436960
Email: [email protected]
Post graduate in hospitality and
tourism, Indian ,male 26 , looking
suitable placement ,in Muscat on
visiting visa contact 98861272
CIVIL ENGINEER (Diploma) Male
25, 3 years experience in site, CAD,
3d, MS Project, seeking job in
Oman.#92887561,
Diploma in Civil Engineering, site
engineer with Auto Cad (Civil & MEP),
Total Station, Theodolite, Dumpy
level, etc., having 4 years experience
in Oman with Omani LMV Driving
License, Seeking suitable chances.
Contact:- 0091 9744851943(India),
00968 99416057(Oman)
Female Dentist with MOH li-
cense, 4 years experience look-
ing for work as dentist in Muscat.
Contact 91268110/99884299 or
+639274302729
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, Office Administra-
tor/Assistant, 2 years experience in
Oman, Well versed with Computer
operation and basic knowledge
in Computer Software and Hard-
ware, seeks immediate change.
NOC available. Contact: 94024096
Eamil:[email protected]
Female Candidate: Having
experience (ISRO) in Administration
(seeking suitable opportunities &
presently in Oman Mob:97239854,
Mail:[email protected]
Female/29 yrs old/MSC Biotechnol-
ogy& pursuing Phd /4 yrs total exp/
Seeking for a suitable placement/
Contact No :- 95925881
Indian Female 23, BE Electronics
and Communication, First Class with
distinction, C,C++,VHDL. Currently on
family visa, looking for suitable place-
ment in electronics division or associ-
ated areas. Contact : 98952340
Indian Male, 39, graduate 17 years
experience in FMCG sales and
marketing Managerial and supervi-
sor level. With driving license also
know all over Oman include Mazira
Island and Casabu, looking for better
Opportunities -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]
8 yrs exp 2d, 3d draughtsman cum
site supervisor (HOLDING OMANI
DRIVING LICENSE) seeking job.
Contact : 93790601
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
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,
Indian male Commerce Graduate
with 8 years experience in stores
and logistic, fluent English currently
in Muscat on visit visa till November
17th 2014.seeking for suitable place-
ment. 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
experience, seeks suitable entry-level
position in an architecture firm 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, fluent English, currently
in Muscat on visit visa till 17th
November 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.
Filipino Female photographer/ graphic designer / receptionist
looking for suitable job in Muscat.
Contact: +971 563749414
26 years Indian male with MBA
& PGDFM, Total 3.2 years experi-
ence in administration and accounts
.seeking suitable placement in
Muscat, having Oman valid driving
license. Contact :93359371.
MBA Finance, 5 Years’ experience in
Accounts, Finance & Administration ,
with Valid UAE D/L
Contact 96970930
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
A female with a B.Sc Business
Management Degree, specialized in
Human Resource Management cur-
rently living in Sri Lanka seeking for
a suitable position in Oman.
# 9801 1529
INDIAN, B.E. MECHANICAL ENGI-
NEER, 2 yrs job experience in Oman
in pipeline field, fluent in English,
Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi, with
valid oman driving license (light),
searching for a new job.
Contact no-+968 92745691
ACC. AVAILABLE
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
1 room with attach toilet rent RO
120/- at Al Hail North.
Contact 97661432
Fully furnished bathroom attached
room in Darsait, sharing kitchen
RO 170/-. Contact 94052928
Fully furnished room with separate
toilet, equipped kitchen and big
terrace available for executive
bachelor from Nov.1s tin N. Gubrah.
Contact-- 95450250
Furnished single / sharing room
for Executive Bachelor at Rex Road.
Contact 92873832
Full furnished room available in
Al Amerat for lady or couple.
Contact 95628927
Independent rooms in Qurum /
Hail. Contact 95529970
Room with attached bath and
Kitchen in Ghala near Galfar office
for family or executives.
Contact 99743709
One bedroom, hall, toilet, kitchen
available for South Indian family in
Al Ghubrah (near Lake Park).
Contact 99209160
Furnished single room with
bathroom, Al Khuwair area only for
ladies. Contact 96059431
Room for rent in Al Khuwair near Ibis
Hotel. RO 110. Contact 95124975
Sharing accommodation in Wadi
Kabir, vegetarian family / bachelor.
Contact 99877845
1 BR accommodation available
at Rex road, suitable for bachelors.
Contact 99889590
Executive room attached bath,
Mumtaz Area. Contact 93103337
DAILY GUIDES U N D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 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
FOR HIRE
TRUCK FOR HIREIsuzu 10 ton cargo body truck
(2012 FVR) with UAE experienced driver
available for long term / short term rent.
Contact: 95346950
Cuplock System Scaffolding. Contact 99828343
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
50 seater bus with PDO specifica-
tion for rent or lease.
Contact 99839898
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION Transportation available.
Contact 95068976
Transportation. Contact 99542393
Transportation available. Contact
91062110
Transport. Contact 99664703
Transportation available from
Muttrah to Rusay1 and back.
Contact 93502627
Transportation. Contact
99508282
Transportation for women only
from Muscat area only. Contact
97007934 / 92629232
Transportation. Contact 93405941
BUSINESS
BUSINESS Increase your income on commis-
sion basis with our landscaping &
gardening services provided for big,
small projects &
maintenance contracts.
Contact +968 99242207 Email:
NRI
One acre land suitable for build-
ing mall, villa, apartment, school,
farm house etc available for im-
mediate sale, 10 kms from Mysore
City Centre on Manandavady
Road-Direct selling from owner.
Contact 0091-8453205303
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 offered. Please send CV to
For Astrological consultation, Jathakam. Contact# 99860435 /
97102599
*Classified Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. *
Subject to space availability
MANPOWER
Housemaid , driver/operator (heavy & light Gulf D/L), house boy, cleaner, all skilled and unskilled cat-
egories process, (embassy agreement
and immigration). Contact 95175192,
EMAIL. [email protected]
Transportation. Contact 94087276
Transportation. Contact 98698909
Transportation. Contact 96538078
Transportation. Contact: 97897833
Transportation Available Contact:
97180655
GOOD NEWS
Ayurvedic treatment for backache,
paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,
All Season (Vaidyaratnam).
Contact 24475280 / 95371554 /
92504980 , www.siddhayur.com
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
Genuine Ayurvedic treatments
& massage, ayurvedic clinic at
Al Khuwair. Contact 24478618 /
97263637/ 93309131
We want to buy car workshop any
place in Oman or any other good
running business up to RO 20,000.
Please contact 99157377,
Email: [email protected]
DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461 Fax: 24812624
Email: [email protected]
C8 S U N D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 4
DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461 Fax: 24812624
Email: [email protected]
CLASSES
WEBSITE
WEB, ERP and Business Intelli-
gence (BI) creation and man-
agement at rock bottom price.
Contact: http//webviewoman
COMPUTER
SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES
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]
House Shifting. Contact 99708138
GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,
Contact 99314807/24792998
MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your
marble. Contact 24793614/
99314807
Services for contract for all mainte-
nance works like painting, plumbing,
electrical, tiles, construction of shed
and netting for ceiling etc.
Contact 98518983
For All Your Maintenance Solutions,
A/c Servicing & Fixing, Painting,
Cleaning, Electric.
Contact No. 99002390
For all your maintenance needs in-
cluding, Painting, Plumbing, Electric-
ity, Laying of Interlock Tiles, Marbles
etc. Tel: 99383574 Mr Chandran
Building, Contract, Maintenance,
Cleaning, Loading, Décor, Electri-
cal, Import. Contact 93978720
Civil Maintenance, Painting Elec-
tric, Plumbing, Decor, Tile Fixing,
Lecithin Copra Board flat stifling ,
Carpet Cleaning and A/C Servicing.
Contact 97897831 (Indian keralite)
House shifting & transporting.
Contact 92490422
Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles
polishing, carpet shampooing,
maintenance. Contact ABU QA-
BAS- 99320217 /24788722
Split & window A/C servicing &
repairing. Contact 99557080
A.M Trading Pest control. Contact 99067923
Pest Control Treatments, termites,
Cockroaches & Rodents. Ocean
Center LLC 99344723
Painting Interlock plumbing
maintenance. Contact 92142319
For HT cable jointing and
termination works 33KV/11KV.
Contact 99056438 /
Email: [email protected]
Water proofing ABUQABAS-
Contact 99320217/24788722
Door to Door Computers repair
specialist laptop software
Website cartridges.
Contact 99199376
Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles
polishing, carpet shampooing,
maintenance. Contact ABU QA-
BAS- 99320217 /24788722
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
Cleaning service, carpet and sofa
shampooing, marble restoration and
polishing, pest control, fogging ser-
vice. Contact 99448057 / 95401996
Learn Driving from professional
instructors. Contact 94022250
Learn driving automatic from
scratch. Contact 98599675
DRIVING
SERVICES
Civil maintenance, Electrical &
Plumbing work. Contact 99557080 /
96236476
Truck body making, Misfah
Industrial Area. Contact 92326955.
BRIDGE GULFA LLC
Civil maintenance, Electrical &
Plumbing work. Contact 99557080 /
96236476
Electrical Plumbing Painting
Contract and Maintenance.
Contact 98456535
Waterproofing, light weight Screed,
Antitermite and MS Fabrication.
Contact 92888337
Waterproofing, light weight Screed,
Antitermite and MS Fabrication.
Contact 92888337
Catering services We do industrial
catering service, Canteen/ mess,
3 times packed meals,
and all types of catering events.
Contact 92188777/
99249899
Window & split unit A/C servicing
& maintenance. Contact 96236476
Carpet & Sofa Shampooing services.
Ocean Center LLC 92682970
MATRIMONIAL
31 yrs, girl, B.Sc MLT, MBA working
in Muscat invite proposals from
professionally qualified & well
educated boys from Syrian Christian
Pentacoastal / born again family.
Contact +968-96437737
Keralite RC girl 5/2 GNM Nurse,
27 seeks suitable alliance.
Contact 98335340
Bismillah - Marriage proposal
invited for a Sunni Muslim girl
belongs to Hyderabad -India and
working in Ministry of Health oman.
Please send details on :
Alliance invited from parents of
working girls in Muscat for a young
Kerala boy, fair, good looking
(H-164 cm) working as
Draughtsman in Muscat.
Contact 93033079.
Mail : [email protected]
Suitable alliance invited from
professionally qualified boys for
Christian Jacobite girl, B.Tech 25
years, 162 cm presently working in
Kerala hailing from Ernakulam.
Contact 99808584,
0091 9447140806
Mangalore Sunni Muslim, seek-
ing suitable bride (preferably from
Dakshina Kannada) for their son
working as Logistics Manager.
Contact 92198085
Split & window A/C servicing &
maintenance.Contact 93769089