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THURSDAY

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The more thought becomes diverse, open and free of fanaticism, the more it becomes a correct and sound basis for building generations, the progress of nations and the advancement of societies. Infl exibility, extremism and immoderation are opposite to all this and societies which adopt such ideas only carry within themselves the seeds of their eventual destruction.

To the Council of Oman, 2011

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

REJIMON KFAHAD AL GADHANIreji@timesofoman.comfahadnews@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Truck drivers, who spend hours driving on the 1,200km-long Salalah-Dubai road, have expressed concerns about road safety following Tues-day’s accident, which claimed 18 lives.

“Out of the 1,200km, approxi-

mately 800km to 900km has to be driven in a single lane. There aren’t lights at many places, road surface markings are not visible and rubble from the wadis (val-leys) will be on the road after rain,” Zafarullah Khan, a Paki-stani driver, driving trucks on the Salalah-Dubai route for the last 18 years, told the Times of Oman.

“Without praying to the Al-mighty, I don’t get behind the wheels to ply on this road. Our

alertness and experience are not enough to be safe, the Almighty’s blessings are also needed,” Khan added.

“We drive at a speed of 70km per hour. We know the risks in-volved in driving on the single lane of the Ibri-Fahud road. How-ever, some drivers in small vehi-cles, such as cars and jeeps speed up on these roads.

They don’t understand that even a small mistake can cost their lives and that of others,” Sa-hil Abbas, another Pakistani driv-er, who has been driving on the road for the last four years, said.

According to Khan and Abbas, they don’t drive after 11 pm till 6 am, as it’s not at all safe on a sin-gle-lane road, where there are not enough street lights.

“Street lights are available only at fuel stations and rest areas,

which are also rare,” they added.Businessmen in Ibri, who use

the Ibri-Fahud road, also said ex-tra care is needed while driving on the road.

“If it rains, the wadis overfl ow onto the road. After the rain is over and water recedes, rubble remains on the road. If we are not careful, that’s enough to cause an accident,” said V Thampan and his friends, residents of Ibri.

Meanwhile, Shaham Al Shaho-mi, the Majlis Al Shura member from Ibri, said the Ibri-Fahud road is a risky one to drive.

“The road was originally built to meet the needs of oil compa-nies need. However, the public started using it. There have been demands from public to improve the safety standards of the spe-cifi c road,” the Shura member added. >A6

Lack of street lights and surface markings,

single lane stretches with rubble from wadis

pose threat to drivers on Salalah-Dubai route

‘Tourism sector to create 500,000 jobs by 2040’ERIK PRINS erik@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Half a million jobs are to be created by the tourism indus-try by 2040, said Asma Al Hajry, deputy director general of Interna-tional Tourism Promotions at the Ministry of Tourism (MoT).

“The National Tourism Strategy tells us that by 2040, 500,000 jobs will be created by the tourism in-dustry. That’s a huge number.”

Earlier, the Times of Oman (TOO) had quoted a top offi cial from Omran, the Sultanate’s tour-

ism development and investment arm, as saying that a boom in Oman’s travel and tourism sector would create 143,000 direct and indirect jobs by 2025.

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) had forecast the creation of 120,000 direct and in-direct jobs by 2025. It projected 80,000 jobs for last year, up from 75,000 jobs in 2014.

Al Hajry added that Strategy 2040 still included promoting Oman as a niche destination, but would now add the promotion of Oman as a destination for meet-

ings, conferences and exhibitions, in addition to adventure travellers.

Niche destination“We remain a niche destination, but we are now focusing on the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Con-ferences, Exhibitions) segment, in addition to adventure tourism, special interest groups, heritage and culture lovers and the most important thing, responsible trav-ellers. People coming here should be responsible travellers and not spoil our culture and heritage,” she said. Al Hajry also stressed the po-

tential of adventure tourism.“Based on research, the adventure segment is the fastest growing segment in the world and Oman fi ts very well in that segment, due to the landscape and natural resources.”

Al Hajry said Oman will retain its focus on “premium to niche” tourists and will “defi nitely not” target mass tourism.

A series of meetings are current-ly being held to highlight the Min-istry’s achievements and upcom-ing plans for its representatives in 22 countries. >A6

B O O M I N G T O U R I S M

OMANRain cheers farmers, worries house owners

1Farmers in many parts of the country are rejoicing as rains fi ll up the afl aj (irrigation system) system, but owners of old houses are faced with huge repair bills stemming from damage

caused by leaks and fl ooding. Farmers in towns of Al Batnah and the eastern regions are beaming with pleasure as their afl aj have gotten replenished with a fresh supply of water after a long dry spell. They are now looking forward to a good harvest in the coming months. “This is a gift from God. Our afl aj were very low, almost empty and we were worried because the underground channels of water were also drying up. Now we have no worries, said a farmer in Mussanah. >A5

MARKETInsurance products for farm, livestock

2There is a need to introduce insurance products for farm

and livestock in Oman, and constitute a committee to look into the feasibility of underwriting agricultural products at a joint meeting. The meeting at the CMA was organised to discuss agricultural insurance products in Oman and insurance products needed for farm activities. >B1

CULTURESalim-Sulaiman discuss musical journey

3One of the most popular music composers of Bollywood, Salim-

Sulaiman, who have given their fans across the globe many super-hit songs of all genres ranging from devotional to inspirational and, of course, peppy Bollywood numbers, performed in the Sultanate of Oman last month at the City Amphitheatre, Qurum. >C5

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

MORNING MINUTE

TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI tariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: For three women, a life of adventure at sea was a dream come true and being one of the very few Omani women to take on the challenge of sailing death defying and unpredictable routes in open waters made it even more exciting.

OmanPride features three young Omani sailors, Ibtisam Al Salmi, Tamadher Al Balushi and Marwa Al Khaifi , who are part of an all-wom-en crew for OAMC’s Al Thuraya team, which took part in EFG Sail-ing Arabia–The Tour 2016. All the three women have an athletic back-ground and for a couple, sailing was a new experience and opportunity that they took up to quench their thirst for adventure.

“Most of my experience as an athlete was inside sports halls playing basketball; so I thought why not try something new? I then

became attracted to sailing,” said Al Balushi, explaining that she is an adventurous type of wom-an and is always seeking a new experience.

Al Khaifi said she used to play power sports and wanted to try something else. “I’m an adventur-ous type of girl so I wanted to try something else. By venturing out to sea I gradually started liking it and I love it now,” said Al Khaifi .

Al Salmi has been a sailor with Oman Sail for four and a half years and trumps the other two with sail-ing experience. Her college studies with the International Maritime College Oman (IMCO) gave her all the knowledge she needed to sail.

“Part of my course was to par-ticipate in events. In 2011, I vol-unteered for an Oman Sail event; I liked the work environment and I’ve been sailing for them since then,” said Al Salmi.

Al Salmi and Al Khaifi have both faced a rather slow acceptance

from their families regarding sail-ing; considering it is a dangerous sport and mainly they are females in a “male sport.”

Al Sami said, “I was part of the fi rst team when the women’s team was created and the idea wasn’t ac-cepted in the beginning. So when I

go back home and tell my family about what I’ve done, they slowly started accepting the idea of me sailing and became supportive in the end.”

Similarly, Al Khaifi said, “I tried to convince them that this (sail-ing) is not as dangerous as they

think. Eventually, they saw that I was committed to the sport and had to support me nevertheless.”

Al Balushi did not have to worry about parental acceptance be-cause her father is also an athlete and has given her his blessing to join the sailing team.

Male-dominated fi eldIt is not uncommon for women to be face criticism if they venture into a predominantly male-dom-inated fi eld whether in sports or otherwise.

Al Salmi said “every sport has its

pros and cons” and that “there isn’t a specifi c aspect of it, which opens it only to men or women.”

“A woman can still produce the eff ort and commitment she wants in the area she likes,” explained Al Salmi.

Responding to the Times of Oman’s question about the dif-fi culties, in terms of public per-ception, which they had to handle from the general public, Al Balushi said, “People’s gossip and their criticism; but contrary to that, we feel that we make them proud. We also have to encourage them about these things.

Adding to that statement Al Khaifi said, “We take criticisms positively and it is what motivates us to continue moving forward. We turn negatives into positives.”

Weather and increasing wind speed seem to be the most chal-lenging task the women’s team face while racing in open sea waters. >A4

D R E A M C O M E T R U E

TRAGIC ACCIDENT: 18 people had lost their lives on the single-lane Salalah-Dubai road near Fahud, some 95 km from Ibri. – Shabin E

ADVENTUROUS: The three women have an athletic background and

they opted for sailing to quench their adventure thirst. - Tariq Ziad Al Haremi

HM sends greetings to Bulgaria

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Rosen Plevneliev of Bulgaria on the occasion of his country’s National Day.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sin-cere congratulations and best wishes to President Plevneliev and the friendly people of his country. -ONA

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98,725kg of fruits, vegetables destroyed

Times News Service

MUSCAT: A total of 98,725kg of spoiled fruits and vegetables was destroyed at the Central Market in Al Mawaleh in February, Mus-cat Municipality said on Tuesday.

The inspection department had found food items unsuitable for human consumption.

The items showed decay due

to bad storage facility. Pomegran-ates topped the list of items de-stroyed with more than 22,000kg, followed by apples and tange-rines with 20,049 and 18,889kg respectively.

Similarly , 13,869 kg of pears, 13,791kg of grapes, 7,894kg of or-anges, 1,200kg of potatoes, 550kg of peaches and 550kg of toma-toes were destroyed.

M U S C A T M U N I C I P A L I T Y

INAUGURATION: Al Jarwani Hospitality was inaugurated under

the patronage of Ahmed bin Nasser Al Mahrizi, Minister of Tour-

ism. – OK Mohammed Ali

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OMAN 13,000 sea turtles come

ashore along this

sanctuary every year

Fresh rain in Muscat, Batinah areas

REJIMON Kreji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Rain and hail fell in dif-ferent parts of Muscat and Batinah regions, weather enthusiast said quoting residents.

“Heavy rain fell in Muscat, Seeb, Qurum, Al Khoud, Barka, Mawelah, Kabourah, Suwaiq, So-har, Mussannah and many other places. Waids are overfl owing in many places. There were hailstorm in Yanqul,” Bader Ali Al Baddaei administrator of www.rthmc.net,

a local Web-based forum that dis-cusses weather in Oman, told the Times of Oman.

According to Oman Meteorol-ogy Department, thunderstorm is expected in Muscat City, Rustaq, Ibra, Sohar Majis, Samail, Bahla, Qalhat, Nizwa, Qaboos Port, Adam, Sur, Suwaiq, Mudhebi Mhout, Saiq, Ras Al Hadd, Al Amerat, Bidiya, Yanqual, Baushar, Qurayy-at, Bid Bid, Saham, Jabal Shams, Al Khaburah, Al Hamra and Izki.

In its forecast for Thursday, me-teorology department has predi-cated rain in Muscat, North and South Al Sharqiyah.

On Tuesday, 28mm rain fell in Sur, while in Nizwa it was 7.2 mm. In Qalhat the rain was 21.4mm, and in Bidiya it was 6.0mm.

In Ras Al Hadd it was 14.6mm, and in Samail it was 5.8mm. At Muscat airport it was 7.4mm and in Saiq it was 5.4mm.

Last Sunday, meteorology de-partment had predicted rain for three days beginning from Mon-day afternoon.

In its forecast

for Thursday,

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department has

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Muscat, North and

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Ras Al Jinz turtle reserve in new community initiativeTimes News Service

MUSCAT: As part of an endeav-our to support society, the Ras Al Jinz turtle reserve has started a new initiative called “Catch Them Young.”

“We strongly believe that the child is the parent of tomorrow, so educating young children about nature and environment will help us build a strongly aware nation,” said Vijay Handa, cluster general manager, Ras Al Jinz turtle re-serve.

As part of the initiative, offi cials from the reserve have started vis-iting schools in the Sharqiyah region. “Said Al Araimi holds a Bachelors degree in Tourism Management from Sultan Qaboos University and holds the position of Head, Guiding Department at our reserve and is leading the new initiative,” Handa revealed.

Al Araimi, who has a strong knowledge of green turtles, has already visited around 25 schools in the past three to four months and plans to cover each and eve-ry school in Oman to share his knowledge and experience with young children.

Offi cials said they are thank-ful to the Ministry of Education and to the Ministry of Environ-ment for their full support in this mission.

Ras (Cape) Al Hadd is an inter-nationally renowned nesting site sanctuary for Green Sea turtles, Chelonian Midas, harbouring one of the largest nesting popula-tions in the world. Around 13,000 sea turtles come ashore along this sanctuary every year.

The Ras Al Hadd sanctuary is the largest nesting site in the In-dian Ocean and the only site in the world where Sea Green tur-tles come every night almost all year round.

But the story of Ras Al Jinz

is not a story just about turtles. It’s just as much a story about humans, who have been sharing the same beach with turtles for 8,000 years and probably more. The archaeological fi ndings at the Ras Al Jinz site, although the set-tlement there was only a fi shing village, present a glimpse of the ancient civilisation of Majan that, between 3000 and 2000 BCE, had culturally unifi ed as the Oman Peninsula, from the Abu Dhabi islands down to Masirah, closely connected with Mesopotamia, Iran, and the Indus Valley.

The Ras Al Jinz turtle reserve is a world-class turtle reserve and off ers breathtaking natural sights, a state-of-the-art Turtle Museum, a star gazing experience and of course the much in de-mand turtle watching experience. The property is a preserve of un-spoiled natural beauty and off ers guided turtle nesting excursions at night and at dawn. “We strong-ly believe in responsible tourism and are committed to taking care of nature. As part of our corpo-rate social responsibility, we are always excited to adopt new initiatives,” he added.

Some of the ongoing initia-tives are: regular visits to the Al Wafa Social Centre (school for physically challenged children), supporting the women’s associa-tion called Sur, educating small children in basic English speak-ing or computer skills, on the job training for young Omanis, beach cleaning, celebrating Earth Day, World Environment Day, World Turtle Day and supporting small and medium enterprises.

C A T C H T H E M Y O U N G

Sailing enjoyable adventure

Due to lesser weight, these sailors fi nd it somewhat diffi -cult to keep the boat from tip-ping over.

“We are girls and we do face more diffi culty while sailing. The more the wind speed in-creases, the more work we have to do,” said Al Khaifi .

Off ering words of encourage-ment to Omani women, Al Sal-mi said, “Sailing is an adventure and I encourage other girls, if they have an adventurous spirit, to do what they like and not hes-itate. It is always the right time to achieve what you like.”

‘Nothing is impossible”Al Balushi’s words of advice are “nothing is impossible” and Al Khaifi added to that by saying, “Like she said: nothing is im-possible. If girls like sports, not necessarily sailing, they have to look at the positives and not the negatives. They just need to try to turn their ambitions into dreams.”

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Al Jarwani group to open Palm Mall in Oman next yearStaff reporter

MUSCAT: The Palm Mall Mus-cat will open in the third quarter of next year, the Project Director of the Al Jarwani group, said.

“Our aim is to create a series of separate spaces that off er dis-tinctive experiences in shopping, family entertainment, leisure,” S Anil Kumar told the Times of Oman on the sidelines of the in-augural ceremony of Al Jarwani Hospitality—another venture of the Al Jarwani group that serves the commercial, corpo-rate and industrial hospitality of the Sultanate.

According to the offi cials, they are focusing to refl ect the ar-chitectural characters that will portray and refl ect the authentic Oman, along with its modern and progressive outlook.

The Palm Mall Muscat is lo-cated in Mabella, 14 kilometres away from the Seeb Interna-

tional Airport. The property is positioned off Al Khayr Street in Mabella, Al Seeb, to the west of the established residential area of Mabella.

“The Oman Aquarium, fi rst and largest of its kind in Oman and snow village, which will be built in original snow, are some of the attractions of the mall, which makes it diff erent from others,” Kumar said.

“Lulu will also associate with us in the mall; we also have a 14-screen multiplex with a VoX cinema,” he added.

Al Jarwani Hospitality was in-augurated under the patronage of Ahmed bin Nasser Al Mahrizi, Minister of Tourism.

“We promise to deliver the highest quality of food and food products to cater to the rapidly growing hospitality sector in the country,” Mahmood Mohamed Ali Al Jarwani, the chairman of the Al Jarwani Group said.

P R O J E C T

Turkish Airline golf event in Muscat today

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Latest stage of the 2016 Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup amateur tournament will take place at Almouj Golf Club in Mus-cat, Oman, today.

The sixth of 100 qualifi ers for the global amateur event, will feature 72 players, all personally-invited guests of Turkish Airlines.

One winner will progress to the Grand Final in Antalya, Turkey, this October, while there will also be memorable prizes for the run-ner-up, third place, Best Gross and nearest-the-pin prizes for men and women.

Qualifi er event“We are proud to be hosting the latest 2016 Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup qualifi er in Muscat,” Me-hmed Zingal, General Manager for Turkish Airlines Muscat, said.

“We are excited to be welcom-ing everyone to the world class facilities at Almouj Golf Club. We are sure the players will have a day to remember and wish them all the very best of luck.”

Winners of the Grand Final progress to play in the 2016 Turk-ish Airlines Open pro-am, while all fi nalists are to enjoy a seven-night stay in an all-inclusive hotel, two rounds of golf and VIP passes to the Turkish Airlines Open, the $7,000,000 European Tour event, from Thursday to Sunday.

The event is backed by Global Sponsors Porsche and the Fi-nancial Times, with Conte of Florence Offi cial Clothing and Fashion Partner.

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responsible tourism

and are committed to

taking care of nature.

Vijay HandaCluster GM, Ras Al Jinz turtle reserve

DIFFERENT STROKES: A Sur farmer said his crops were wilting and the dry season had left parches and cracks on his 18-acre farm.

The spate of rains in recent days had answered his prayers. – Shabin E

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Rain cheers farmers, worries house owners

SALEH AL-SHAIBANYsaleh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Farmers in many parts of the country are rejoicing as rains fi ll up the afl aj (irrigation system) system, but owners of old houses are faced with huge re-pair bills stemming from damage caused by leaks and fl ooding.

Farmers in towns in the Al Bat-

nah and the eastern regions are beaming with pleasure as their afl aj have gotten replenished with a fresh supply of water after a long dry spell. They are now looking forward to a good harvest in the coming months.

“This is a gift from God. Our afl aj were very low, almost empty and we were worried because the underground channels of wa-

ter were also drying up. Now we have no worries. We have water for the next four to fi ve months without any problems,” Khalaf Al Hudaibi, a farmer in Mussanah in Al Batnah, told the Times of Oman (TOO).

Another farmer from Sur said his crops were wilting and the dry season had left parches and cracks on his 18-acre farm. The spate of rains in recent days had answered his prayers.

“My irrigation system is now full. I was worried my vegetables and fruits will never be harvest-ed since we had a long dry spell. Water is precious to us and we cannot aff ord to use the gov-ernment’s supply because it is too expensive for farming,” said Mubarak Al Araimi.

But if rain is a godsend for farm-ers, it is also forcing homeowners

in rural areas to count their losses.“It has been raining for a whole

week here in Awabi Bani Kharous. There are leaks in my roof. My furniture has been destroyed. My wife and I now live in my broth-er’s house with our children. The house is unliveable and I don’t think I can aff ord the repairs,” Fa-had Al Kharousi, told TOO.

A resident from the Al Mudhaibi town had a similar story, saying his family home was fl ooded by the wadi (valley) water, which ironi-cally also fi lled up the irrigation systems of the neighbouring farms.

“The rain water came down from the mountains, fi lled up the wadis and overfl owed into our homes. The houses on the whole street have been fl ooded. It will cost me at least 2,000 rials to repair the damage,” Hassan Al Ruqaishi, said.

Farmers in towns in the Al Batnah and

the Eastern regions are beaming with

pleasure but homeowners in rural areas

are counting their losses

Chance to acquire Karate certifi cationTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Karate learners in Oman can now get certifi ed by the Karate Association of India, popu-larly known as KAI.

The test for awarding a belt and certifi cate by KAI is being brought to Oman by C. P. George, an author-ised coach at KAI, who off ers Ka-rate training at the Harmony Music Centre. The test is open to all In-dian expatriates in Oman. Anyone wishing to obtain a belt and certifi -cate from KAI can register for the test by calling 92177342 or sending an e-mail to simonk5@gmail.com

latest by March 15. The test will be conducted in Muscat on April 1.

Qualifying students will get cer-tifi cates from KAI, at a ceremony to be held at the Indian Embassy auditorium in Muscat on April 9.

Simon Koshi, secretary of the All Indian Wado-KAI Karate Do Association, Oman branch, said, “KAI is the only National Federa-tion for Karate in India. It is duly affi liated to the world Karate Fed-eration (WKF), the Asian Karate Do Federation (AKF), the Com-monwealth Karate Federation (CKF) and the South Asian Karate Do Federation (SAKF).”

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The strong Omani rial and the unrest in the region had not signifi cantly aff ected the number of Italian visitors to Oman

Paola Cerri, representing MoT in Italy

On Tuesday, the MoT had organ-ised a B2B (business to business) interactive session between mar-ket-based representatives of MoT in 22 countries and local busi-nesses in the tourism sector.

Dency Mathew, representing the MoT in India, told TOO that the unique feature, which draws Indian tourists to Oman, is the proximity to various landscapes.

“The best thing of Oman is that you can change the landscapes in two hours, from the mountains to the beach and the desert, whereas in India it takes a fl ight to do so,” she said. Mathew further said that last year, the number of Indian visitors to Oman had increased by 17 per cent, compared with 2014.

“Indians are emerging as one of the top source markets for

Oman,” she stated. She added that their promotion for Indian wed-dings in Oman has been “picking up brilliantly.”

Paola Cerri, representing MoT in Italy, said the strong Omani rial and the unrest in the region had not signifi cantly aff ected the number of Italian visitors to Oman. “We do not lose any travel-lers due to the strong rial, as our customers are high-end.”

She added that in 2015, growth in the number of visitors from Italy had decreased.

She added that the interest in visiting in Oman is still “very high,” but when something hap-pens in the region, people get the idea that it is not safe to go to Oman. “For this reason, we work a lot with media, because it is very

important that the media come to Oman and see that it is a safe country. They can be the ambas-sador of our country,” she said.

Marthe van Leeuwen, the rep-resentative from the Nether-lands, said that for the fi rst time in 12 years, there had been a slight decrease in the number of Dutch visitors coming to Oman.

She said this was due to a weak Euro, which makes Oman expen-sive for them, in addition to the developments in the region.

“But for the coming season, I see an improvement coming, as there are more and more tour op-erators that are willing to include Oman,” she noted.

Van Leeuwen said many people want to return to Oman, once they have been here.

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THE CAUSES OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN OMAN 2010-2014 Accidents Injuries Deaths

Speed

Negligence

Bad behaviour

Overtaking

No safe distance

Sudden stopping

Intoxication

Fatigue

Vehicle defect

Road flaw

Weather

Cause

TOTAL DEATHS

TOTAL INJURIES

TOTAL ACCIDENTS

AccidentsInjuries

Deaths

Speed is still the top cause of accidents, leading to fatalities and injuries

2010

4,0324,340

487

494457

44

1,9673,560

106

248600

97

252400

12

4768

0

203110

5

1824

6

188333

47

568911

6685

5

82010,0667,571

2011

3,8614,932

593

569573

70

1,7263,118

92

397975165

5661,084

22

60106

0

1679915

272720

232343

57

92146

17

2234

5

1,05611,4377,719

2012

4,3285,424

595

721672

94

1,6092,849

141

384908175

542941

16

74100

0

13491

6

253337

260413

55

105136

12

2751

8

1,13911,6188,209

2013

3,9526,923

471

845845

95

1,5791,579

105

314314125

553553

22

2521

0

136136

4

131312

243243

61

118118

16

5157

2

91310,8027,829

2014

3,5101,743

428

606356

87

1,479841

86

224267126

507392

15

1190

1032810

1097

169109

32

796725

1914

0

8163,8356,717

Driving conditionsAccording to the Shura member, the public started using the road to save a few km of driving.

There are two ways to reach Dubai from Salalah. One is the Salalah-Dubai via Adam and the other is via Fahud-Ibri.

Recently, the Oman govern-ment had awarded contracts for two major segments of the Adam-Thumrait road’s dualisation pro-ject, giving a much-needed fi llip to eff orts of the government aimed at resolving traffi c problems.

Mark Pudwell, training man-ager at Competence HR, said driv-ing anywhere comes down to driv-ing given the conditions available, whether that’s on a black top or graded road, well-lit or no high-way lighting at all, it should make no diff erence. “If drivers drive commensurate with the road con-ditions, then incidents like this tragic one in Fahud will be greatly reduced,” Pudwell added.

Neelesh Sogani, corporate HSE manager at Powertech Engineer-ing LLC, who is also involved in many road safety initiatives, said

authorities can learn a lesson from this incident and survey the route which is widely used for passenger bus travel. “Passenger bus opera-tors should avoid using such sin-gle-lane roads or poorly lit routes during night, truck movement should be restricted at night and the roads should be upgraded with better lighting, more signages and a hotline should be run for off end-ers,” Sogani suggested.

He added that if the rule of wear-ing a seat belt by passengers in buses and those sitting in the back seat of care is enforced strictly, fatalities and injuries could be re-duced further.

Meanwhile, Pudwell told TOO that the benchmark for safety standards of vehicles and drivers set by the Oman Society for Petro-leum Services should be seen as the minimum standard for com-mercial vehicles used on all roads within Oman. Last year in July, seven people died, fi ve were se-verely injured when a bus heading to Salalah was involved in a colli-sion with a car near Haima.

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MUSCAT: While fi ve bodies out of 18 still remain unidentifi ed, po-lice offi cials said until the inves-tigation is complete, the reason behind Tuesday’s tragic accident on the Ibri-Fahud road cannot be ascertained. The accident on Tuesday claimed 18 lives when a bus headed to Dubai from Sala-lah and a truck headed to Salalah from Dubai met with an accident.

“Eff orts are on to identify the

bodies,” the police offi cial said, adding that the reason behind the accident could not be determined at the moment. “We cannot say whether its tyre burst or some-thing else happened at this mo-ment. Only after a probe is com-pleted can we say for sure what caused the tragic accident,” the offi cial added.

So far, 13 bodies, including those of six Omanis, four GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) na-tionals, two Pakistanis and one Yemeni, have been identifi ed.

Out of the six bodies lying in the Nizwa hospital, two remained

unidentifi ed till Tuesday evening. However, the authorities identi-fi ed them as those belonging to Omanis on Wednesday. “The bod-ies are of Omani brother and sister hailing from Salalah. Authorities are in touch with their families,” Nizwa hospital offi cials said.

The two accident victims ad-mitted to the Intensive Care Unit and now out of danger.

According to medics, nine bod-ies, including those of two Paki-stanis and one Yemeni, are kept in the Ibri hospital and three, includ-ing one Omani and two GCC na-tionals, are in the Bahla hospital.

Meanwhile, the friends of two Pakistanis, who were killed in the accident, said they are still in shock. “I came to know about the accident early morning. As I was located in Salalah, I alerted the camp offi ce near Fahud. They then assisted with the rest of the procedure,” Sohaib Tahir Arain, an offi cial from the company where the two Pakistani victims were working, said. “One guy had returned just three days ago after

vacation and was returning to the camp to join duty. Another guy had come to Salalah to renew his resident card and was on his way back to duty. Sadly, we lost them both,” Arain added.

Meanwhile, Mohammed Sad-hik, another offi cial at the same company, said he was on his way to another location and after he got a call from the camp about the accident, he took a detour to the accident site.

“By the time I reached there, the police rescue team, including helicopters were present at the scene. They were seen shifting the injured and the dead to hospi-tals. I tried to call our workers’ cell phone, but it was not ringing. So, I was a little doubtful and worried. I alerted our people at the Ibri of-fi ce to check with the hospital and within an hour, one after another, it was confi rmed that two of our workers had lost their lives in the accident,” Sadhik added.

Nizwa sources said the families of the victims had taken the bod-ies to their villages for burial.

Investigation is on

to ascertain the reason behind Tuesday’s

tragic accident on the Ibri-Fahud road which

has claimed 18 lives, said a police offi cial

SQU signs pact

MUSCAT: Sultan Qaboos Uni-versity (SQU) signed an agree-ment yesterday with INJAZ Oman and BP Oman to support academic innovation and im-plementation of a number of research projects related in the fi eld of innovation in oil and gas industry, and student com-petition. Under the agreement, and through INJAZ Oman, BP Oman will provide support for various activities of Aca-demic Innovation Support Pro-gramme for one year. -ONA

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The security operation had fully achieved its goals. The ‘terrorist group’ had forged organisational ties with IS militants in an attempt to destabilise the kingdom

Abdullah Ensour, Jordanian Prime Minister

Jordan foils IS group’s attack plot

AMMAN: Jordan’s security ser-vices said on Wednesday they had thwarted a plot by IS militants to blow up civilian and military tar-gets, in one of the US ally’s largest sweeps in years against extremist sleeper cells.

The security services located the militants, who were carrying suicide belts, in a hideout in the northern city of Irbid near the Syrian border, they said in a state-ment carried by the state news agency Petra. Seven militants

were killed in clashes that began on Tuesday night and lasted till dawn and one police offi cer was also killed, the statement said. The security services seized au-

tomatic weapons, munitions and explosives from the group.

“After diligent and detailed in-telligence gathering the intelli-gence department was able soon to

thwart a criminal and destructive plot linked by the terrorist group aimed at destabilising national se-curity,” the statement said.

Two security sources said doz-

ens of special forces had been in-volved in the operation and that the militants had been holed up near a Palestinian refugee camp in the centre of Irbid. The militants who refused to hand themselves over engaged in heavy exchange of gunfi re with special forces in the clashes that also injured fi ve policemen, the security services’ statement said. “They showed heavy resistance with automatic weapons and so the security forces dealt with the situation with the necessary force,” it said.

Jordanian Prime Minister Ab-dullah Ensour told lawmakers that the security operation had fully achieved its goals, saying the “ter-rorist group” had forged organisa-tional ties with IS militants in an attempt to destabilise the king-dom. Jordan has tried and sen-tenced dozens of people, mostly Jordanians returning from Syria.

Some of them were recruited by Syria’s Al Qaeda off shoot Nusra Front or by IS.

Intensifying its crackdown on followers of extremist groups since last year, Jordan has also arrested dozens of sympathisers who show support for such groups on social media.

Jordan’s King Abdullah has been among the most vocal leaders in the region to express alarm about the threat from IS, which has taken territory in Syria and Iraq. Jordan’s military has also conducted sor-ties against IS hideouts in Syria. Since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011, hundreds of Jordanians have joined militant groups fi ghting in the insurgency against President Bashar Al Assad’s rule.

Hundreds of thousands of Syri-ans have meanwhile fl ed across the border and are now living in Jor-dan, some in refugee camps. Jor-dan has long been vigilant about the risk of militant attacks. During the US occupation of neighbouring Iraq, Jordan suff ered bombings of Amman hotels by Al Qaeda-linked militants. — Reuters

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Notices have gone to the various accused who will now be tried in the Aircel-Maxis case and they will have to face trial and (it is) eventually for the court now to decide

Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister

No one will be spared in Aircel-Maxis deal: Jaitley

NEW DELHI: With new charges against former fi nance minister P. Chidambaram’s son Karti sur-facing over Aircel-Maxis deal, the government on Wednesday asserted in Lok Sabha that there are “no holy cows” to protect and action will be taken against those found guilty, “howsoever impor-tant” one may be.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that Enforcement Directo-rate (ED) and investigative wing of the Income Tax Department, during recent searches in con-

nection with the Aircel-Maxis deal, have recovered several “in-criminating” documents which are being scrutinised and charge sheets will be fi led. Replying to a short duration discussion on Aircel-Maxis deal in the wake of vociferous demand for action by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) which has been disrupting the House since Tuesday, Jaitley said the matter is being probed by three investigat-ing agencies and it would be taken to the logical conclusion.

“No one will be spared. We have no holy cows to protect. The government is going to the root of each one of these cases,” said Jaitley, who also holds Corporate Aff airs portfolio.

Refuting allegationsRefuting allegations that the gov-ernment was going slow in the 2G and Aircel-Maxis cases as “ab-solutely incorrect”, he said in all these cases, “where CBI has come to a prima facie opinion that an of-fence has been committed, charge

sheets have been fi led and the tri-als are going on”.

Jaitley said, “Whatever was the stand of the earlier government, we have not been infl uenced by that stand at all. The investigative agencies have absolute freedom to professionally record the en-tire evidence and if they come to an opinion that some people pri-ma facie guilty, the investigating agencies are free to take actions.”

For the second day on Wednes-day, Parliament proceedings have been disrupted by AIADMK members who were demanding action against Karti Chidam-baram following reports that he has invested huge sums of money in various countries based on searches conducted at his prem-ises and other related companies.

Jaitley said the government is completely committed to absolute probity.

“... it all started with the infa-mous 2G case. Then, the exten-sion of the case was... it led to the Aircel-Maxis issue which has now further led to a third category of cases,” the fi nance minister said.

Responding to queries by cer-tain members on whether FIR have been fi led in these cases, he said under the law, there is no need to fi le FIR and only charge

sheets are fi led once the investiga-tions are completed.

“All I can say is that whatever action has to be taken under the law, under diff erent provisions, once the violation is detected, in-vestigations will be taken to their logical conclusion,” he said.

“... all facts, including facts in relation to certain entities which have been named, I am not con-sciously using those names be-cause these matters are under in-vestigation,” Jaitley noted.

Jaitley said on January 8, 2016, a charge sheet and a compliant has been fi led in court by the ED and on February 27, the court took congnizance of that charge sheet.

“Notices have gone to the vari-ous accused who will now be tried in the Aircel-Maxis case and they will have to face trial and (it is) eventually for the court now to de-cide,” the minister said.

According to him, a “lot of in-criminating” material has been seized and details of assets held by certain entities in India and abroad have also been obtained.

“Pursuant to that entire in-formation, witnesses are being recorded, those documents are being analysed, letters Rogatory have been sent by the ED to sev-eral countries,” he noted. -PTI

Finance Minister

Arun Jaitley said

the matter is being

probed by three

investigating

agencies and it

would be taken to the

logical conclusion

IMF projects 7.3% growth rate this fi scal

WASHINGTON: Bullish on India, the International Mon-etary Fund has projected a robust growth rate of 7.3 per cent for the country this fi scal, picking up to 7.5 per cent next year.

The multilateral lending agency welcomed recent measures aimed at increasing public infrastructure spending, rationalising subsidies, creating more fl exible labour and product markets as well as en-hancing fi nancial inclusion.

“India has a very good outlook at the present time. India certainly benefi ted from low oil and energy prices, one of the world’s largest oil importers and that’s raised the real income of all Indians,” said Paul Cashin, India Mission Chief for the International Monetary Fund.

The agency’s projections are lower than the government’s es-timate of 7.6 per cent growth in 2015-16 while Reserve Bank sees economy expanding by 7.4 per cent this fi scal. Indian government has taken some positive policy actions in terms of infl ation targeting, sub-sidies and land and labour market reforms, Cashin added.

“Growth is projected at 7.3 per cent for fi scal year FY2015-16, picking up to 7.5 per cent in FY2016-17 (at market prices), supported by stronger domestic demand,” IMF said. - PTI

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‘Fake’ video triggers a Twitter warNEW DELHI: An allegation that a close associate of HRD Minister Smriti Irani had circulated some videos of JNU students, which were later found to be doctored, became the centre of a raging war on twitter.

The Human Resource Develop-ment Minister’s offi ce also dis-tanced themselves from the per-son saying she was not associated with them in any offi cial capacity.

While there were many tweets alleging that the minister’s asso-ciate had circulated the doctored videos, there was an equally vocif-erous group defending her saying she was being unfairly targeted by some parties in order to hit at the HRD minister. A Delhi govern-ment-ordered forensic probe of certain video clippings of the con-troversial JNU event has found that two videos were “manipu-

lated” where voices of persons not present in the clips were added.

It is learnt that out of seven videos sent by the Delhi govern-ment to the Hyderabad-based Truth Labs, two have been found to be tampered with while the rest were authentic. According to the allegations on Twitter, some of these videos had been circulated by the person closely associated with the minister. - PTI

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Kamala poised

to become

US Senator

LOS ANGELES: Kamala Har-ris, California’s Attorney Gen-eral, may become the fi rst Indi-an-American Senator in the US Congress after she easily won the coveted Democratic Party endorsement for the seat.

Harris, 51, who was born in Oakland, California, is the daughter of an Indian mother who emigrated from Chennai in 1960 and a Jamaican American father. California Democrats have overwhelmingly endorsed Harris for US Senate, solidify-ing her front-runner status in the race to become California’s next Senator.

Harris and Loretta Sanchez were vying for their party’s seal of approval to replace Senator Barbara Boxer, who is retiring.

The attorney general won 78 per cent of delegates’ votes on Saturday night, easily surpass-ing the 60 per cent endorsement threshold. Sanchez had just 19 per cent of votes. The endorse-ment came after the two Demo-cratic Senate candidates made their fi nal pitches to local activ-ists and other elected offi cials.

The endorsement of Demo-crats at the party’s annual con-vention could bring signifi cant fi nancial backing in addition to credibility. The show of appro-bation allows the party to spend on her behalf in traditional ways such as mailers, phone-banking and precinct walks and pro-vides Harris the right to use its desired seal of approval in the campaign, The Sacramento Bee reported. - PTI

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TALKING TOUGH: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at a Post-Budget

interactive session with Industry Associations in New Delhi on

Wednesday. - PTI

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Rahul attacks Modi on JNU row, black money scheme

NEW DELHI: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a stinging attack in the Lok Sabha on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of releasing Pakistan from a small “cage” in which it was put after the 26/11 attacks by his sud-den visit to Lahore and bringing a “fair and lovely” scheme to laun-der black money.

He also rapped Modi’s si-lence on the Jawaharlal Nehru

University(JNU) row, especially the attack on journalists and teachers in the court.

In acerbic remarks on his style of functioning, he said Modi did not listen to anyone’s opinion, in-cluding his ministers and party MPs, on issues like his visit to Pa-kistan and the Naga accord.

Appealing to the prime minis-ter to reach out to the Opposition, Rahul made it clear that the oppo-sition does not consider the gov-ernment as an “enemy” and “does

not hate you”. Taking the fl oor in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the motion of thanks to Presi-dent’s address, Rahul, in a speech that was often interrupted by the BJP members accused Modi of “single handedly destroying” six years of UPA work to put Pakistan into a small cage after 26/11 terror strikes, by visiting Pakistan.

He charged the Prime Minister with “releasing” Pakistan from a “cage” for which the UPA had in-vested thousands of hours of hard

work and all-round consultations.“The work done by the UPA has

made us all proud. We conducted Panchayat elections, created self-help groups, which generated employment. We had broken the back of insurgency in Kashmir completely.

“And what did the Prime Min-ister do? He decided to have a cup of tea with Nawaz Sharif without any vision. He decided to take a detour to Pakistan. Just like the Naga Accord. He did not bother to consult anyone...the people in in-telligence, the diplomats.

“Perhaps he did not even talk to (External Aff airs Minister) Sush-maji (Swaraj). Only his opinion matters. He single handedly de-stroyed the six years of work done by the UPA,” Rahul said.

Insisting that the then UPA government had put Pakistan into a “small cage” after 26/11, Rahul said this was achieved by UPA by investing by working tirelessly and in taking account of diverse opinion ranging from opposition leaders, diplomats, armed forces and intelligence offi cers.

With such Herculean eff orts, he said, India managed to “isolate” Pakistan internationally and suc-ceeded in projecting it as a “global supporter of terrorism”.

Picking on the one-time com-pliance window announced Un-

ion in the Budget as a “Fair and Lovely” scheme, Rahul said this was nothing but a move to turn the black money into white.

“The Finance Minister has an-nounced a new scheme-Fair and Lovely scheme. In this scheme, any thief of the country can con-vert his black money into white. If anyone indulges in corruption, he can convert his black money into white using the Fair and Lovely scheme,” Rahul said.

Another highlight of Rahul’s nearly 30-minute speech was his telling the prime minister that he should also reach out to the op-position for the greater good of the country.

“Listen to us. We are not your enemy, we do not hate you,” Rahul told the prime minister.

Earlier he claimed that the prime minister does not consult anybody even in the government.

“PM does not listen to anybody; Even Home Minister was not aware of Naga Accord which PM signed,” Rahul added.

On the issue of JNU, he faulted Modi for not speaking a word on the row.

“Why didn’t prime minister ut-ter a word when teachers and me-dia were attacked,” the Congress vice-president asked while re-ferring to the raging row over the JNU episode. - PTI

Rahul accused Modi

of releasing Pakistan

from a small ‘cage’ in

which it was put after

the 26/11 attacks by

his sudden visit to

Lahore and bringing

a ‘fair and lovely’

scheme to launder

black moneySPEAKING OUT: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi speaks in

the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Wednesday. - PTI/ TV GRAB

Kanhaiya gets six monthsinterim bail

NEW DELHI: JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case, was on Wednesday granted interim conditional bail for six months by the Delhi High Court, which said he will “not par-ticipate actively or passively in any activity which may be termed as anti-national”.

The high court also enjoined on him, as president of JNU students union, that he “will make all eff orts within his power to control anti-national activities in the campus.”

“Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances, I am in-clined to release the petitioner on interim bail for a period of six months,” Justice Pratibha Rani said, while making it clear that the accused will have to cooperate in the ongoing investigation and pre-sent himself before the investiga-tors, as and when required.

The judge also considered the family background of Kanhaiya and ordered that he be released on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 10,000 and a surety of like amount.

The judge directed that the ac-cused’s surety “should also be ei-ther a member of the faculty or a person related to him in a manner that he exercises control on him not only with respect to appear-ance before the court but also to ensure that his thoughts and en-ergy are channelised in a construc-tive manner.” - PTI

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BJP joins hands with AGP to fi ght Assam Assembly pollsNEW DELHI: BJP and Asom Gana Parishad will jointly fi ght the coming Assam Assembly elec-tions, former chief minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Ma-hanta announced on Wednesday.

The announcement came after top AGP leadership had an hour-long discussion with BJP Presi-dent Amit Shah here.

“We had a meeting with the BJP President where we have decided to contest the coming Assam Assembly polls together,” Mahanta said.

The former two-time chief minister said a formal announce-ment about the alliance will be

made by the two parties in a day or two where the number of seats to be contested by them would be made public.

BJP’s Chief Ministerial candi-date Sarbananda Sonowal, AGP President Atul Bora besides oth-ers were present in the meeting.

Bora said that a Common Minimum Programme will be an-nounced by the two parties soon.

“The alliance will dethrone the corrupt and non-performing Tarun Gogoi-led Congress gov-ernment in Assam,” he said.

Election to the 126-member Assam Assembly is expected to be held in April-May.

BJP and AGP had an alliance in 2009 Lok Sabha polls in which the saff ron party bagged four seats and AGP just one.

The two parties considered an alliance ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls but the regional party had backed off , apparently on the assumption that such an under-standing would not be benefi cial for AGP.In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, BJP won seven of the state’s 14 seats and AGP drew a blank.

Mahanta was Assam’s chief minister between 1985 and 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001. So-nowal was in AGP before joining BJP about four years ago. -PTI

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Haryana cancels NRI summitGURGAON: Haryana Chief Min-ister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday announced that the ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Divas’ to be held here on March 9 has been can-celled following the Jat protests for job quotas that led to wide-spread violence in the state.

Hundreds of Non-Resident In-dians (NRI), specially belonging

to Haryana, had registered them-selves for the event.

Khattar said the state had wit-nessed “unhappy stories and we cannot go forward comfortably with events like an NRI summit though it was a dream event. We will plan it for some other time”.

He said the cultural programmes scheduled to be presented during

the ‘Happening Haryana’ Global Investors Summit on March 7-8 had also been cancelled.

The Haryana chief minister, however, said the two-day busi-ness meet, focused on attracting investment, will be held as per scheduled on March 7 and 8. The nine days of violence left 30 people dead and over 200 injured. - IANS

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Transforming Larkana into Paris still far-fetched dream

LARKANA: ‘Hujaee nano ta ghum Larkano [if you have the money, then visit Larkana]’ is a popular Sindhi saying which does not apply to the city anymore. In fact, dejected residents now say: ‘Hujaee nano ta chadd Lar-kano [if you have the money, then leave Larkana]’.

Since the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) came into power in 2008, Larkana – the hometown of PPP founders, the Bhuttos – has been showered with several mul-ti-billion-rupee projects. These included a drainage improvement programme and several special grants but have yet to bring any visible improvements to the city’s infrastructure.

Residents of Dari Muhalla, a supposedly posh area, spend most of their time draining out sewer-age water from their houses. “The sewer passing in front of my house is at a level higher than my house,” said resident Taj Muhammad Shaikh. “Every other day, the sew-age enters my house. It gets worse in the rainy season.”

According to Shaikh, the faulty drainage system was laid down by a company that carried out

development work in the city in 2009-10 without hiring any consulting fi rm.

The situation is similar in other parts of the city, such as Lahori Muhalla, Karma Bagh, Sachal Colony and Shaikh Zaid Colony. Overfl owing gutters, unpaved roads and garbage piles are a com-mon sight for visitors to the city, which is home to the ancient ar-chaeological site of Moen Jo Daro.

Poor quality of materialThe poor condition of the city is, however, not due to a lack of devel-opment projects. “This road has been built more than three times in the last seven years,” said Wa-heed Bukhari, a resident of Rah-matput Muhalla, pointing to the main road in his neighbourhood. “But, within a year of its construc-tion, traffi c cannot ply on it.”

The problem, it appears, is the poor quality of material used in development.

Residents recall the famous words of PPP founder Zulfi kar Ali Bhutto who had promised in the 1970s to “convert Larkana

into Paris”. His daughter, Bena-zir Bhutto, made the same prom-ise after his death. “My father’s dream will come true. I assure you that the destiny of Larkana will change and we will make it into Paris,” she had said.

During the tenure of General Pervez Musharraf, a ‘Green and Clean Larkana’ package worth Rs97 million was announced in 2005 for the beautifi cation of the city. A majority of the funds were allegedly embezzled by local offi cers.

Actual utilisation of fundsAfter Benazir’s death, the PPP came into power in 2008 and it allocated billions of rupees to Larkana but the actual utilisation of funds is a diff erent story alto-gether. “If only those Rs2 billion had been used properly, the citi-zens would have got great relief,” said former PPP lawmaker Haji Munwar Ali Abbasi, who hails from Larkana.

Initially, the Larkana Prior-ity and Drainage Improvement Programme worth Rs900 mil-

lion was announced in 2009-10 to dispose of 20 million gallons of waste per day. The project in-volved construction of oxidation ponds and lagoons for waste water treatment.

“The tender [for the project] was awarded to a company that preferred minting money instead of laying down a proper drain-age system,” complained Abbasi. “This drainage project hardly ran for a few months until it choked the entire sewerage system.”

As part of the project, the gov-ernment also had to install a plant to treat sewage water before it is disposed of into various channels, according to documents avail-able with The Express Tribune. Instead, untreated sewage water of nearly 1.5 million people is re-leased into a sweet water canal, Rice Canal, which is the main source of water for people and livestock in the tail-end areas.

After the failure of the Larkana Priority and Drainage Improve-ment Programme, the Sindh government introduced the Lar-kana Development Package worth

Rs1.1 billion in 2010-11 and it was later revised to Rs1.4 billion.

These enormous funds’ allo-cation landed the government in trouble when Qadir Bhatti, a senior lawyer, went to Sindh High Court’s Larkana bench and claimed that government offi -cials bungled Rs80 billion from the funds allocated in the name of Larkana development between 2008 and 2015. The court told the city administration to avoid dis-posing of drainage into Rice Canal and utilise the funds allocated to fi x Larkana’s drainage system.

Eyewash“The yearly budget allocation is merely to eyewash the residents,” said Bhatti. “I have challenged the district administration to explain how they spent the huge amount.”

PPP lawmaker Khursheed Junejo, who has served as Lar-kana’s district nazim, defended his government. “We have trans-formed [Larkana] by removing encroachments, building roads and initiating mega health and ed-ucation schemes,” he claimed be-fore accepting that sewage contin-ues to be disposed into Rice Canal.

Meanwhile, Larkana commis-sioner Ghulam Akbar Leghari, who has been appointed project director for the drainage pro-gramme, did not respond to re-quests for comments.

The public health department’s executive engineer, Abdul Wahab Sahto, who executes the drainage programme, said they will set up oxidation ponds across the city to treat sewage and then dispose it into canals. “We have decided to dispose of the city’s waste in scrap canals rather than the Rice Canal,” he said. — Express Tribune

Bhutto’s slain

daughter Benazir

had said, ‘my father’s

dream will come

true. I assure you

that the destiny of

Larkana will change

and we will make

it into Paris’

The sewer passing in

front of my house is at

a level higher than my

house. Every other day,

the sewage enters my

house. It gets worse in

the rainy season, said

Taj Muhammad Shaikh, a

resident of Dari Muhalla,

a supposedly posh area

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Rebels claim US consulate bomb attack in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD: A faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed respon-sibility on Wednesday for a road-side bombing that killed two Paki-stani employees of a US consulate.

The Jamaatur Ahrar said it detonated the remote-controlled explosive device on Tuesday in the Mohmand agency of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), about 170 km (105 miles) from the capital, Islamabad.

“Jamaatur Ahrar carried out a remote-controlled bomb attack that sent a FATA secretariat em-ployee and his driver to hell,” said an emailed statement.

Faisal Khan and Abid Shah were killed while on a drug eradication mission, the US State Department said. Khan was identifi ed by US authorities as the most senior Pa-kistani employee at the US Consu-late in Peshawar. Shah was iden-tifi ed as the driver, having joined the consulate in 2009 as a security specialist. — Reuters

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Man shoots sisters in honour killing

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police are hunting a 29-year-old man who shot his two sisters dead in a suspected honour killing, offi cials said on Wednesday.

Police named the suspect as Muhammad Asif, saying he has been on the run since Tuesday night, after murdering his sisters Fozia Bibi, 22, and Suriya Bibi, 24, in the eastern province of Punjab. “Muhammad Asif killed his two sisters last night over their char-acter and lifestyle, which he didn’t like,” police offi cer Tariq Me-hmood said.” — Reuters

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Afghan forces kill Indian consulate suicide attackers

JALALABAD: Afghan security forces on Wednesday killed four suicide bombers who targeted the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, fol-lowing an attack in which at least two people were killed and 19 wounded, offi cials said.

The violence, coming just days after dozens of people were killed or wounded in suicide attacks in the capital, Kabul, and the eastern province of Kunar, raises further questions over eff orts to revive a stalled peace process with the Taliban. A bomb in a car driven

by one of the attackers was deto-nated near the Indian consulate, shattering doors and windows and destroying at least eight cars as explosions and gunfi re rocked the area, witnesses said.

Security forces in armoured vehicles were seen moving to the scene, while civilians fl ed. But the four attackers were killed before being able to enter the consulate compound, said Attahullah Khu-gyani, a spokesman for the gover-nor of Nangarhar province.

“Their target was the Indian consulate, but our forces shot and killed them all before they reached

their target,” he said.Two people, a police offi cer and

a civilian woman, were killed and 19 wounded, he said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which followed a suicide attack on the nearby Paki-stani consulate in January.

In January, India’s consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif was also attacked by insurgents.

Meanwhile, US Army General John Campbell stepped down as commander of the NATO-led coa-lition in Afghanistan on Wednes-day, capping an 18-month tenure

that saw the alliance transition from regular combat to a training-focused mission as war contin-ued to rage. The incoming com-mander, General John Nicholson, will inherit a confl ict that is test-ing Afghan security forces and the roughly 13,000 international troops who remain, with insur-gents contesting or controlling as much as a third of Afghanistan.

Since Campbell took command of both coalition troops and US counterterrorism operations in August 2014, Taliban militants have made gains in several prov-inces, IS has established a nascent

presence, and casualties have in-creased among both Afghan secu-rity forces and civilians.

The Taliban are seeking to top-ple the Western-backed govern-ment in Kabul and reimpose strict hardline rule 15 years after they were ousted from power.

“No doubt this has been a chal-lenging and diffi cult time in our campaign,” Campbell told Afghan and international dignitaries gathered at the coalition’s head-quarters in Kabul.

“The confl uence of changes in the environment reminds us that there are challenges ahead, but that together we can face and overcome them.” Taliban gains, including their brief capture of the northern city of Kunduz last year, led Campbell to recommend keeping more American troops.

President Barack Obama aban-doned plans in October to with-draw all US forces, instead opting to leave thousands in Afghanistan at least until 2017.

Nicholson brings long expe-rience in Afghanistan, having already spent three-and-a-half years deployed to some of the most contested areas.

In his fi rst visit outside of Kabul since his arrival to assume his new command, Nicholson said he had travelled to Helmand province to try to reassure Afghan leaders there who have faced some of the most serious fi ghting.

“The US is committed to an en-during relationship with Afghani-stan,” he said at Wednesday’s cer-emony. “We are with you.” - Reuters

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late in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Wednesday. - AFP

Philippines accuses China of blocking access to South China Sea atollMANILA: China has stationed several ships near a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, prevent-ing Filipino fi shermen from ac-cessing traditional fi shing grounds and raising tensions in the volatile region, Philippine offi cials said on Wednesday.

China had deployed up to seven ships to Quirino Atoll, also known as Jackson Atoll, said Eugenio Bito-onon Jr, the mayor of nearby Pagasa Island in the Spratly Is-

lands. The Spratlys are the most contested archipelago in the South China Sea, a resource-rich region and critical shipping lane.

“This is very alarming, Quirino is on our path when we travel from Palawan to Pagasa. It is halfway and we normally stop there to rest,” Bito-onon Jr told Reuters.

“I feel something diff erent. The Chinese are trying to choke us by putting an imaginary checkpoint there. It is a clear violation of our

right to travel, impeding freedom of navigation,” he said.

Fishermen told the mayor one Filipino boat had run aground in the area and was still there but was not being harassed by the Chinese vessels. The Philippine military said it was trying to verify the pres-ence of Chinese ships near Jack-son Atoll, where a Chinese war-ship allegedly fi red warning shots at Filipino fi shermen in 2011.

“We know there are Chinese

ships moving around the Spratly area,” spokesman Brigadier-Gen-eral Restituto Padilla said.

“There are also ships around Second Thomas Shoal, so we want to make sure if the presence is per-manent.” Second Thomas Shoal is where the Philippine navy has been occupying and reinforcing a rusting ship that it ran aground in 1999 to bolster its claims to the disputed reef. In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei

said China’s Ministry of Transport had sent vessels to tow the ground-ed ship and they had since left the surrounding waters.

“To guarantee safety of naviga-tion and of work conditions, China urged fi shing vessels near the site to leave,” Hong said, adding that China had indisputable sovereign-ty over the atoll.

A military source from Pala-wan said a surveillance plane had seen four to fi ve ships in the vicin-

ity of Jackson Atoll last week. The source could not say if the ships were passing through or perma-nently stationed there because the area is close to Mischief Reef, where China is building an artifi -cial island.

The Philippines Star newspaper, which earlier reported the story, quoted an unidentifi ed fi sherman as saying Chinese boats chased them away when they tried to en-ter the area last week. - Reuters

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South Korea fi libuster over ‘terror’ law ends on ninth day

SEOUL: South Korea’s opposi-tion members of parliament on Wednesday ended a record-break-ing fi libuster to block an “anti-terrorism” bill sponsored by their conservative rivals, more than a week after they began taking turns making marathon speeches.

The fi libuster began on Tuesday evening last week, when the op-position took the fl oor to debate the bill backed by President Park Geun-hye that they say, if passed, will threaten freedom of commu-nication and privacy.

By the time it ended on Wednes-day evening, 38 MPs had spoken for an average of fi ve hours each, the longest for more than 12-1/2 hours without a break.

The round-the-clock fi libuster easily surpassed a 58-hour session by 103 members of Canada’s New Democratic Party in 2011.

Park’s offi ce in February called for parliament to pass the stalled security bill, part of tough action by her government amid heightened tension with North Korea follow-ing its nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch. The security bill proposes to set up a new anti-es-pionage unit reporting to the chief of the country’s spy agency and will coordinate surveillance, analysis and investigation into leads that point to a possible attack.

The opposition objects to great-er power for the spy agency and seeks to scrap a bill provision that would authorise the intelligence agency to monitor private commu-nications. - Reuters

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Chinese worker killed in ‘militant’ attack in Laos

BEIJING: One Chinese national was killed and three wounded in a “militant” attack in Laos, state media said on Wednesday, in what was at least the second confi rmed

attack in the country involving Chinese workers this year. Chi-na’s consulate in Luang Prabang province confi rmed Tuesday’s at-tack, “which was aimed at a shed

of a Chinese-invested company”, Xinhua news agency said. The report did not give further details and it was unclear if the Chinese workers were targeted. - Reuters

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Dr Elias Nikolakopoulos

Greece is going through its worse fi -nancial crisis in the past 50 years. Greeks are suff ering from an un-

employment rate of around 30 per cent in the private sector that in ages below 30 it ismore than 50 per cent.

Pensions and salaries are being slashed by strict monetary policy while taxation keeps growing in order to secure funds to pay the country’s debts. The war in Syria has displaced millions of Syrians who try to fi nd their way to Europe through Turkey and Greece. People smugglers drop off hun-dreds of Syrian refugees and other illegal immigrants to the coasts of the Greek is-lands of Lesvos (Mytilini), Kos and others.

Many drown, families, women and chil-dren, and the ones who arrive to the islands are starting a new very diffi cult journey to Athens, the capital of Greece and then to the north in order to cross Greece, enter the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedo-nia (FYROM), Serbia on their way to the German border.

Many of the refugees are trying to cover the distance of 800km, between Athens and the border with FYROM on foot, as they don’t have money for transport.

Greeks, having suff ered as refugees less than 100 years ago, are very sensitive to the subject and are trying to help in any way possible. Despite their own situation, they are trying to accommodate, help and support Syrian refugees on a wide volun-tary basis. Doctors, plain civilians, all are involved in the collection of food, clothes, medicine and anything else of use to pro-vide assistance to the ones who need it all over Greece.

In an unprecedented move, Dimitris Pa-pastergiou, the Mayor of Trikala, a city that is in the middle of the distance between Athens and the, closed now, FYROM bor-ders, prepared his city for the arrival of the refugees and even wrote a welcome letter for them in Arabic that says:

Dear Friend from the East,In your diffi cult and long way to your des-

tination you are coming through our town. The hospitable city of Trikala, located in the heart of Greece.

The people, the municipality and the Au-thorities, we welcome you and we promise you that we will do our very best, so that your stay here is safe, so that you have good sanitary conditions, suffi cient meals, and soon to bid you farewell with a smile, for the continuation of your trip.

Please respect our eff ort, coming from the hearts of all the citizens of Trikala, and let us remind you that here we are going through the worse fi nancial crisis of the last 50 years.

Please do not waste water and food we of-fer and try to keep your space clean,

Collect and throw to the bins anything that you don’t need,

Ask the people in charge for whatever you might need and give us some time to pro-vide it to you, Respect your fellow travelers, be patient and let us help each other in our daily work (collecting small garbage, clean-ing the table after food, etc.),

We are making every eff ort to have volun-teers to entertain your children and provide them even with a small smile and some joy in their eyes.

You have to know that all of us who look af-ter you, we are volunteers and we do it from our hearts, because we really want to stand by you in this diffi cult period you are going through with your lives.

When, inshaallah very soon, you reach to your destination, please let us know either by email at

contact@trikalacity.gr or through our Facebook page https://facebook.com/di-mostrikkaion/.

Honestly, we will be very happy to know that you reached safely and healthy to your destination, because in this way we will know that our wishes have really come true.

Have a pleasant stay and a safe trip.The Mayor and the citizens of the city of

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Drivers, car engineers reasons behind accidentsThis refers to the report ‘18 Dead In Smash’ (March 2). In my opinion there are several reasons behind accidents in Oman. These include holding the steering wheel by one-hand, listening to loud music,

using a mobile phone for text messaging or attending to voice calls and ignoring basic traffi c rules like caring about speed limits the least. My appeal to automotive engineers is to have second thoughts about keeping the accelerator and the brake ped-als on the same side. — Gautam Ghosh-Dastidar, Wadi Kabir

Scientists need to refrain from researching frivolous topicsThis refers to the report ‘Scientists identify gene behind graying hair’ (March 2). In my opinion such kinds of research endeav-ours are useless when there are scores of problems affl icting mankind. It is high time funding organisations are subjected to ac-countability and it should be made sure do-nations and government funds are not used for frivolous research work. With regard to

the reported fi nding, I can only imagine the cosmetic industry using it for their advertorial jingles without actually making any eff orts for the colouring eff ects. It is hoped a plan to ban such research is brought forward by scientists themselves. — Naeem Butt, Ruwi

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Trump, Clinton secure keySuper Tuesday victories

WASHINGTON: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton took big steps to-ward securing their parties’ presi-dential nominations on Tuesday with a series of state-by-state victories, but their rivals vowed to keep on fi ghting.

On Super Tuesday, the 2016 campaign’s biggest day of state-by-state nominating contests, Trump, 69, and Clinton, 68, proved them-selves the undisputed front-run-ners to succeed Democratic Presi-dent Barack Obama. Now they are under pressure to show they can unify voters in their respec-tive parties before the November 8 election and, in Trump’s case, avoid a potentially disastrous split in the Republican ranks.

US networks projected Trump won seven states, with victories stretching into the Deep South and as far north as Massachusetts, adding to a sense of momentum he had built last month by winning three of the fi rst four contests.

Clinton’s victories in seven states were just as impressive but in many ways predictable, pro-

pelled by African-American vot-ers in southern states like Arkan-sas, where she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, be-gan their political careers.

Cruz, RubioTrump’s main rivals, US senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Ru-bio of Florida, said they were de-termined to remain in the race.

Cruz, 45, won Texas and neigh-bouring Oklahoma, as well as the Alaska caucuses, bolstering his argument that he had the best chance of stopping the New York billionaire.

Rubio, the Republican estab-lishment’s favourite, was project-ed the winner in Minnesota, his fi rst victory in the party’s nomi-nating contests.

Clinton rival Bernie Sanders, a US senator from Vermont, also won his home state along with Colorado, Minnesota and Okla-homa but lost to her in Massachu-setts, which he had hoped to win.

The democratic socialist vowed to pursue the battle for the nomi-nation in the 35 states yet to vote.

At a news conference in a chan-

deliered ballroom at his seaside Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump, who has never held public offi ce, dismissed furi-ous criticism aimed at him by es-tablishment Republicans.

Faced with a party in turmoil over his ideas to build a wall be-tween the United States and Mexico, deport 11 million illegal immigrants and bar Muslims from entering the country, Trump declared he had expanded the party by drawing in disaff ected blue-collar Democrats who like his tough-on-trade rhetoric.

Unifi er“I am a unifi er,” he said.”I would love to see the Republican Party and everybody get together and unify, and when we unify, there’s nobody that’s going to beat us.”

The rivals of both Trump and Clinton aim to knock them off their pedestals this month in con-tests in Michigan, Florida and Illi-nois. The country’s top two elect-ed Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Major-ity Leader Mitch McConnell, had chastised Trump over his delayed

disavowal of an endorsement by David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan white supremacist group. “I’ve disavowed,” Trump said.”I’m going to get along with Congress, OK? Paul Ryan, I don’t know him well, but I’m sure I’m going to get along great with him.

“And if I don’t, he’s going to have to pay a big price, OK?” Trump added in remarks that could fur-ther infl ame party tensions.

Clinton, who still faces a well-funded Sanders despite having taken control of the Democratic race, was eager to assail Trump as a way of getting her party’s vot-ers used to the idea of her as the nominee. “The stakes in this elec-tion have never been higher, and the rhetoric we’re hearing on the other side has never been lower,” Clinton told supporters in Miami. “Trying to divide America be-tween us and them is wrong, and we’re not going to let it work.”

Sanders thanked cheering sup-porters in his hometown of Burl-ington, Vermont, and also target-ed the Republican front-runner.

“We are not going to let the Donald Trumps of the world di-

vide us,” said Sanders, 74, adding that he expected to pile up “hun-dreds” of convention delegates in voting on Tuesday.

Con artistFor Rubio, 44, it was a day of reck-oning.

His losses piled up after a week in which he labeled Trump a “con artist” and exchanged schoolyard taunts with the reality TV star. Suddenly, the March 15 contest in Florida, his home state, loomed over him as a must-win.

“Florida, I know you’re ready,” Rubio said.”The pundits say we’re underdogs.

I’ll accept that. We’ve all been underdogs.”

Rubio’s plight was such that Senator Lindsey Graham, an es-tablishment South Carolina Re-publican, told CBS News that the party’s voters might need to rally around Cruz, who has been one of the most disliked public fi gures in Washington. “I can’t believe I would say yes, but yes,” Graham said when asked about the idea of supporting Cruz as a way of stop-ping Trump. — Reuters

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UNSTOPPABLE: Republican US presidential candidate Donald

Trump speaks about the results of Super Tuesday primary and

caucus voting during a news conference in Palm Beach, Florida on

Tuesday. — Reuters

GAINING MOMENTUM: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary

Clinton addresses her supporters at a rally during a campaign

event on Super Tuesday in Miami on Tuesday. — AFP

ISS crew return after recordUS spacefl ight

CAPE CANAVERAL (US)/AL-MATY: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth on Wednesday after nearly a year on the International Space Station (ISS), the longest US space mission on record, intended to pave the way for human travel to Mars.

A Soyuz capsule carrying Kelly, Kornienko and Sergey Volkov, an-other Russian cosmonaut, made a parachute landing on the steppe near the Kazakh city of Zhezka-zgan at 10:26am (0426 GMT), about 3-1/2 hours after departing the station. Kelly and Kornienko have been aboard the space station for 340 days, about twice as long as previous crews. Their fl ight sets a record for the space station and for the longest US space mission.

Volkov, who has been in space for 5-1/2 months, was the fi rst to emerge from the capsule, to be greeted by his father Alexander Volkov, also a cosmonaut.

Kelly, extracted next, waved his hand energetically and smiled before beginning a satellite tel-ephone conversation.

In their nearly year-long stay in space, Kelly, 52, and Kornienko, 55, have been the subjects of dozens of medical experiments and science studies trying to learn more about how the human body adjusts to weightlessness and the high-radi-ation environment of space.

The research aims to help the US space agency and its partners develop plans for eventual human missions to Mars that will last at least two years. Kelly and his iden-tical twin brother Mark, a former NASA astronaut, are also partici-pating in genetic studies, the fi rst to assess if genetic changes occur during long spacefl ights. — Reuters

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Quake strikes off Indonesia JAKARTA: A massive quake struck on Wednesday off the In-donesian island of Sumatra, a region devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean quake and tsunami, but initial fears of another region-wide disaster faded as tsunami warnings were cancelled.

Indonesian and Australian au-thorities called off their tsunami alerts within two hours of the 7.8 magnitude tremor, though it was still unclear if the quake had destroyed any buildings or killed people in Sumatra.

A National Search and Rescue Agency offi cial gave an initial report of some deaths, but later withdrew those comments.

“Up until now, there is no in-formation about deaths,” said Heronimus Guru, the agency’s

deputy head of operations.Any rescue operation will be

hampered by the dark, which falls early in the tropical archipelago.

There were no immediate re-ports of damage, but the shallow-er a quake, the more dangerous

it is. The US Geological Survey originally put the magnitude at 8.2, revising it down to 7.8.

The epicentre was 808 km southwest of the coastal city of Padang. It was 24 km (15 miles) deep, it said, after fi rst putting its depth at 10 km.

“So far there have been no re-ports (of damage),” Andi Eka Sakya, head of the National Mete-orological Agency, told TVOne.”In Bengkulu (in southwest Sumatra) they didn’t feel it at all.” The Na-tional Disaster Mitigation Agency said a tsunami was unlikely.

“Local governments of the city of Padang and some other areas in west Sumatra have said there was no tsunami and the warning can now be revoked,” spokesman Su-topo Purwo Nugroho said. — Reuters

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FRANCE: An aerial view shows the Garonne river and the Bordeaux city centre, Southwestern France, on Monday, in this picture released on Wednesday. — Reuters

SINGAPORE: A general view as the sun sets against skyscrapers in Singapore on Wednesday. — AFP

CHINA: A plane fl ies over the setting sun in the sky at Beijing International Airport, China, on Wednesday. — Reuters

UNITED STATES: A pair of gun-shaped high-heel shoes and bullet-

lined bracelets found at a Transportation Security Administration

checkpoint at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Mar-

shall Airport in Maryland, United States, on Saturday, in this pic-

tured released on Wednesday. — Reuters/TSA via social media/Handout via Reuters

CANADA: Torontonians brave a snow storm with expected snowfall

of up to 15 to 25cm (6 to 10 inches) at Yonge-Dundas Square in

Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday. — Reuters

RUSSIA: St. Basil’s Cathedral is refl ected in a puddle as people walk

in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday. — Reuters

SOUTH KOREA: A group of women wearing traditional Korean ‘Han-

bok’ dresses pose for a selfi e at Gyeongbokgung palace in central

Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. — AFP

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New curbs imposed on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS: The Unit-ed Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution that dramatically ex-pands existing UN sanctions on North Korea in response to its

January 6 nuclear test, a measure largely negotiated by Washington and Beijing.

US Ambassador Samantha Power said the new sanctions on Pyongyang go further than any UN sanctions regime in two decades

and are aimed at cutting off funds for its nuclear and other banned weapons programmes.

Under the sanctions, all cargo going to and from North Korea must be inspected and North Korean trade representatives in

Syria, Iran and Vietnam are among 16 individuals added to a UN blacklist, along with 12 North Ko-rean entities.

Previously states only had to inspect North Korean cargo ship-ments if they had reasonable

grounds to believe they contained illicit goods.

“Virtually all of the DPRK’s (North Korea) resources are chan-neled into its reckless and relent-less pursuit of weapons of mass destruction,” Power told the coun-cil after the vote, adding that the cargo inspection provisions are “hugely signifi cant.”

After nearly two months of bilat-eral negotiations that at one point involved US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counter-part, Xi Jinping, China agreed to support the unusually tough meas-ures intended to persuade its close ally North Korea to abandon its atomic weapons programme.

North Korea has been under UN sanctions since 2006 because of

its four nuclear tests and multiple rocket launches.

The sanctions came in response to its recent nuclear test and Feb-ruary 7 rocket launch that Wash-ington and its allies said used banned ballistic missile technol-ogy. Pyongyang said it was a peace-ful satellite launch. The list of ex-plicitly banned luxury goods has been expanded to include luxury watches, aquatic recreational ve-hicles, snowmobiles worth more than $2,000, lead crystal items and recreational sports equipment.

The offi cial North Korean news agency KCNA said on Monday the proposed sanctions were “a wan-ton infringement on (North Ko-rea’s) sovereignty and grave chal-lenge to it”. — Reuters

The new sanctions

on Pyongyang go

further than any UN

sanctions regime

in two decades and

are aimed at cutting

off funds for its

nuclear and other

banned weapons

programmes

EU launches new aid scheme for Greece to tackle refugee crisisBRUSSELS: The European Union (EU), faced with a bur-geoning refugee crisis in Greece, launched a new aid programme on Wednesday worth an initial 700 million euros that mirrors the kind of disaster relief it off ers developing nations.

As European states have tight-ened borders following the ar-rival of more than a million mi-grants by sea last year and the Athens government has appealed for help to house and care for tens of thousands still arriving and now stranded in Greece.

The European Commission’s proposal will, if approved, switch 300 million euros ($325 million) this year from its 155-billion euro annual budget to the new emer-gency assistance scheme and 200 million euros both next year and in 2018.

Offi cials stress that the pro-gramme will not divert funds from the EU’s 1.1-billion annual budget devoted to helping the world’s poorest.

They note that relieving the suff ering of refugees closer to their homes is a key part of the 28-nation bloc’s strategy to dis-courage people from making dan-gerous journeys to Europe.

More than 400 people have died or gone missing in the Medi-terranean this year as they tried to reach Europe, most of them on the short but perilous crossing from Turkey to Greece.

Infl uxTurkey is at the heart of the EU’s eff orts to slow the infl ux of refu-gees and migrants and the bloc wants Ankara to ensure that dai-ly arrivals fall below 1,000 from 2,000-3,000 at present. Two offi -cials told Reuters that Germany, the principal destination for those arriving in Europe, is look-ing for fl ows to be “in the realm of three digits, not four” per day and, should that happen, Ber-lin would start taking refugees directly from Turkey for reset-tlement - an attempt to promote legal migration rather than con-tinuing the chaotic infl ux of 2015.

The Commission also said on Wednesday that 308 irregular migrants who had no case for asylum in Europe were being re-turned to Turkey from Greece, a sharp increase on recent num-bers going back to Turkey.

The EU money, to be spent

in conjunction with the United Nations and private charities working in Greece and other EU states, is intended to fund pur-chases of shelter, food, medical aid and other basic services.

Greece, which now houses about 25,000 refugees and mi-grants, has hitherto benefi ted from EU funding and assistance under other programmes to bol-ster its border and security sys-tems and coordinate donations of aid from fellow EU members, though Athens has complained that off ers have been inadequate.

“The number of refugees con-tinues to rise, so do their hu-manitarian needs. All of this is happening inside Europe,” Hu-manitarian Aid Commissioner Christos Stylianides said.

At a single border point, the Idomeni crossing between Greece and Macedonia, between 12,000 and 15,000 stranded peo-ple were in need of urgent hu-manitarian assistance, he said.

AimOffi cials in Brussels said the aim is to have the scheme operational on the ground “within weeks rather than months”.

The new programme, to be a permanent feature of the EU budget, is intended for use by any EU state that is “overwhelmed” and cannot cope with a wide range of emergencies, including accidents, militant attacks and epidemics. It will need approval by the European Parliament and member states.

Greece, the main gateway to Europe, would initially be the main benefi ciary of the emer-gency scheme for “tackling wide-ranging humanitarian cri-ses within the EU”. The money would also be available to other EU countries along the Balkans migration route -- the main track used by refugees and migrants.

Greece, its economy blighted by the euro zone debt crisis, has asked for 480 million eu-ros to help it cope with 100,000 migrants. EU offi cials said on Wednesday they were still look-ing at the request. More than a million people reached Europe last year and some 133,000 ar-rived on the continent so far in 2016 in what has grown to be a major crisis for the bloc, that now also risks turning into a humani-tarian disaster. — Reuters

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WHERE TO GO?: Migrants and refugees point a map as they wait

to cross the Greece-Macedonian border near the village of Ido-

meni, on Wednesday. – AFP

The EU money, to be spent in conjunction with the United Nations and private charities working in Greece and other EU states, is intended to fund purchases of shelter, food, medical aid and other basic services

UNANIMOUS VOTE: The United Nations Security Council votes to approve a resolution that would dra-

matically tighten existing restrictions on North Korea at the United Nations Headquarters in New York

on Wednesday. – Reuters

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Germany probes Facebook for competition rules abuse

FRANKFURT: Germany’s cartel offi ce is investigating Facebook for suspected abuse of market power over breaches of data pro-tection laws in the fi rst formal probe of the social network for violating competition rules.

The watchdog said it suspected that Facebook’s terms of service with its users regarding how the company makes use of their data may abuse the company’s possibly dominant position in the social networking market.

Facebook, the world’s biggest social network with 1.6 billion monthly users, earns revenues from advertising based on data it gathers about its users’ social con-nections, opinions and activities in their postings.

“For advertising-fi nanced in-ternet services such as Facebook, user data are hugely important,” Federal Cartel Offi ce President Andreas Mundt said.

The cartel offi ce said it had con-siderable doubts about whether Facebook users had been properly

informed about how their data were used, which it said could vio-late stringent German data pro-tection laws.

Initial suspicion“There is an initial suspicion that Facebook’s conditions of use are in violation of data protection provisions,” the regulator said in a statement announcing the probe.

Facebook is nearly the twice the size of the world’s second largest social network, Tencent’s QQ of

China. Nearly 84 per cent of Fa-cebook’s members are outside the United States and Canada.

The company has faced strong criticism from politicians and reg-ulators in Germany, where data protection is strongly regulated, over its privacy practices.

Co-founder and Chief Execu-tive Mark Zuckerberg visited Ber-lin on a charm off ensive last week.

A Facebook spokeswoman said on Wednesday: “We are confi dent that we comply with the law and

we look forward to working with the Federal Cartel Offi ce to an-swer their questions.”

The regulator said it was in-vestigating whether Facebook abused its market power by failing to adequately inform its users of the scope and nature of data col-lection on their Internet surfi ng habits. Facebook owns four of the top eight social network services globally including its core profi le service, two separate instant mes-saging services, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, and its pic-ture-sharing service Instagram.

“This is certainly an unusual case,” Mark Watts, head of data protection at London-based law fi rm Bristows, said of how the in-vestigation marks the fi rst time that data protection issues have become a signifi cant factor in a competition case.

The German cartel offi ce is taking the lead in the case while advising the European Commis-sion and competition regulators in other EU states.

The cartel offi ce said it was working closely on its probe with the European Commission, com-petition authorities in other Eu-ropean Union states, data protec-tion authorities in Germany and consumer rights groups.

European Commission spokes-man Ricardo Cardoso said the EU executive shared the view of the German cartel offi ce that the mere infringement of data protec-tion rules by a dominant company did not automatically amount to a competition violation.

“However, it cannot be excluded that a behaviour that violates data protection rules could also be rel-evant when investigating a pos-sible violation of EU competition rules,” he added, while declining specifi c comment on the new case.

Speaking in Germany in Janu-ary, top EU antitrust enforcer Margrethe Vestager said her agency was taking a harder look at whether the collection of vast amounts of consumer data by big Internet companies violates com-petition rules.

A spokesman for the Belgian competition authority declined to comment on whether it was co-operating with the German probe. The French and Irish competition regulators were not immediately available to comment.

The EU has accused Facebook rival Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, of favouring its own shopping services in search results at the expense of rivals, and is weigh-ing possible sanctions against the world’s most popular search en-gine. However, the commission previously considered and re-jected big data issues when it ap-proved Google’s acquisition of on-line advertising fi rm DoubleClick in 2008 and Facebook’s purchase of WhatsApp in 2014. — Reuters

Cartel offi ce said it

had considerable

doubts about

whether Facebook

users had been

properly informed

about how their data

were used, which it

said could violate

stringent German

data protection laws

Scientists identify gene behind greying hair

WASHINGTON: They may not have settled the enduring debate over whether gray hair makes a person look distinguished or just plain old, but scientists have iden-tifi ed for the fi rst time a gene be-hind greying hair.

Researchers said on Tuesday an analysis of DNA from more than 6,300 people from fi ve Latin Ameri-can countries enabled them to pin-point a gene that aff ects a person’s likelihood of getting gray hair. The gene, called IRF4, is involved in regulating melanin, the pigment re-sponsible for hair colour as well as the colour of the skin and eyes.

People with a certain version of the gene are predisposed to hair greying, according to University College London human geneti-cist Andres Ruiz-Linares, one of the researchers in the study pub-lished in the journal Nature Com-munications.

The researchers said hair grey-ing is not driven exclusively by genetics, with other factors in the mix such as stress or experiencing a traumatic event. “This is really the fi rst study on the genetics of hair greying in humans,” Univer-sity College London statistical ge-neticist Kaustubh Adhikari said.

People spend a lot of time and money dyeing gray hair back to their natural hair colour. The re-searchers said identifying this gene could off er a path forward for developing a treatment that could prevent or reverse greying.

“A drug that has eff ects on the melanin-production pathway in hair follicles as the follicles de-velop internally might reduce the need to apply external hair dyes on the scalp hair after it comes out. This is certainly a research avenue worth pursuing,” Kaustubh said. The researchers combed through genetic information from men and women in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru, with a combina-tion of European, Native Ameri-can and African ancestry. — Reuters

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OMAN OIL PRICE RISES Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) said that Oman oil price (May delivery) reached $33.03. The DME statement on Wednesday said that the price of Oman oil rose 23 cents from the price on Tuesday, which was $32.80. - ONA

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Call to create insurance products for agriculture, livestock in Oman

Times News Service

MUSCAT: There is a need to in-troduce insurance products for agriculture and livestock in the Sultanate of Oman, and also con-stitute a committee to look into the details and feasibility of under-writing agricultural products at a joint meeting on Wednesday.

The meeting at the Capital Mar-ket Authority (CMA) on Wednes-day between the CMA, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry and insurers, was organ-ised to discuss agricultural insur-ance products in the Sultanate and insurance products needed for

agricultural activities to mitigate the risk they are exposed to and to continue agricultural production to increase its contribution to the GDP and provision of food security.

The meeting was attended by Sheikh Abdullah Salim Al Salmi, executive president of CMA; Dr Ahmed Naser Al Bakry, under-secretary at the Ministry of Agri-culture and Fisheries; Said Saleh Al Kiyoumi, chairman of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Indus-try and representatives of insur-ance companies.

Sheikh Abdullah Salim Al Salmi in his speech said that the meet-ing is convened to consider and explain challenges facing the ag-

ricultural and fi sheries insurance sector which is a vital sector pro-viding food security and is a com-ponent of the national economy.

Diversifi cationHe added that the agricultural sector requires a sort of insur-ance hence this meeting is held to review the level of available in-surance products to provide for coverage of the risks the sector is exposed to as well as the obsta-cles facing the expansion in in-surance products for this sector which will contribute to increas-ing the GDP and creating new avenues for diversifi cation of the national economy.

Naser Ahmed Al Salehi, director of Valuation and Risk Surveillance of CMA reviewed the results of study conducted by CMA on insur-ance products for agricultural sec-tor and the viability of insurance products for agriculture in the Sultanate through a questionnaire sent to all insurers.

He said the study showed all insurance companies are not un-derwriting such risks in the Omani market though there are promi-nent international insurance players operating in the Sultanate covering such risks in the neigh-bouring countries.

Al Salehi summarised the lack of insurance underwriting for ag-

riculture in lack of the required expertise, diffi culty in fi nding re-insurers, lack of loss valuators and inadequate marketing strategies .

He pointed out that 40 per cent of the insurers are ready to accept underwriting such risks in the near future and 60 per cent of the companies are not ready to accept underwriting such risks soon. Forty-four per cent of the insur-ers believe coverage of such risks is viable while 56 per cent thinks it is unviable.

Dr Hilal Saud Al Ambosaidy, director General of Agricultural and Livestock Marketing and In-vestment, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries said that the number

of farmers is high as well as the contribution of the agricultural sector in the GDP is 1.3 per cent which is high compared to the other counties and is the second in the Gulf Cooperation Council after Saudi Arabia in the partici-pation of the private sector in the national economy.

Honey bee farmsHe said the targeted sectors in the initial stages is greenhouses, hon-ey bee farms, poultry farms and dairy farms.

Ali Abdulazim Al Lawati, chair-man of the Omani Insurance As-sociation reviewed the initial in-formation required by insurers for agricultural underwriting to cover the risks of natural calamities on the crops.

He explained that the insur-ers need to know the number of farmers, cultivated area, agricul-tural awareness and technical programmes and whether or not available for small and medium enterprises and the costs so as to provide coverage.

The move comes to achieve sus-tainable development in agricul-tural sector and to create appropri-ate environment for investment initiatives to support compre-hensive development plans and programmes focusing on creating new sources of income to reduce dependence on oil.

The move comes to

achieve sustainable

development

in agricultural

sector and to

create appropriate

environment

for investment

initiatives to support

comprehensive

development plans

Oman LNG trains 30 Omanis for jobsTimes News Service

MUSCAT: As part of its con-tinuous eff orts towards human resources development, Oman LNG celebrated on Wednesday the graduation of a new batch of Omani trainees following its train-ing-for-employment model in col-laboration with Oman Society for Petroleum Services (Opal).

The ceremony celebrates the completion of a six-month training programme for 30 Omanis where 20 of them have been trained in non-destructive testing, facilitat-ed by Technical & Administration Training Institute, while the other 10 in general mechanical for die-sel engine, trained by Institute of Technical Training Services.

Opal played a signifi cant role in arranging and facilitating the training of the candidates who are assured of employment by compa-nies serving the oil and gas sector.

The training programme falls under Oman LNG’s Human Re-source Development (HRD), a fund that targets nurturing job-skills that are attractive to the la-

bour market. Through this fund, Oman LNG, since its inception, has been able to enhance local ca-pabilities resulting in the employ-ment by self-employment and job secured employment of more than 3,250 Omanis.

The graduation ceremony was held under the patronage of Ali bin Abdullah Al Riyami, director-gen-eral of Marketing, Ministry of Oil & Gas, and acting chairman of Oman LNG Development Foundation.

“The graduation ceremony to-day portrays Oman LNG’s dedi-cation towards developing and training young Omani nationals. The training programmes will de-velop a number of Omani youths to work in the private sector and boost Omanisation eff orts,” said Khalid Al Massan, chief executive offi cer of Oman LNG Develop-ment Foundation.

Attesting to the company’s high number of Omanisation empow-

erment, training, and development eff orts, Ministry of Manpower has recognised Oman LNG with Ex-cellence Award for its Omanisa-tion eff orts. The award celebrates Oman LNG’s continuing eff orts since its inception in the develop-ment of national workforce.

Oman LNG has an ambitious vi-sion and dedication towards Corpo-rate Social Responsibility as indicat-ed by the recently launched Oman LNG Development Foundation.

The foundation addresses many areas of social development in Oman, but in general comprises a community fund targeting initia-tives related to the Sur community where its world-class, three-train liquefaction plant is located, a National Fund that covers a large swath of the company’s social de-velopment programmes across the nation; a Reserve Fund to address the sustainability and continuity of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility programmes; and fi nally a Centre of Excellence to develop lasting CSR initiatives through partnering, knowledge sharing, funding and investments.

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GRADUATION: Opal played a signifi cant role in arranging and fa-

cilitating the training of the candidates who are assured of employ-

ment by companies serving the oil and gas sector. - Supplied photo

Revenue of hotels in Oman increases MUSCAT: Revenue of hotels classifi ed as 3-5 stars touched OMR192.13 million 2015, com-pared to OMR191.50 million in 2014, according to fi gures issued by the National Centre for Statis-tics and Information.

The occupancy rate recorded a 2.1 per cent increase by reaching 61.7 per cent compared to 60.4 per cent logged during the same period of 2014, while the number of hotel guests reached 1,204,376

guests, compared to 1,234,161 in the year 2014.

The number of Omani guests reached 356,067, while Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) guests numbered 160,604. Other Arab guests numbered 57,396, while Europeans and Asians touched 388,707and 155,051, respectively.

The African guests reached 6,456 while the American guests reached 44,628 and guests from Oceania reached 10,839. - ONA

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Ooredoo Oman customer

base grows 7% to 2.8mTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Ooredoo Oman’s customer base increased to 2.8 million as at December 2015, rep-resenting a growth of 7 per cent growth in 2014.

Ooredoo Oman has the fastest home broadband services in the country following its migration

to LTE during 2015, which will continue to be a factor in cus-tomer growth.

Ooredoo’s LTE network is now covering the majority of house-holds in the country. It also be-came integrated into the govern-ment’s broadband strategy during the year with a view to providing e-government services.

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REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION ....................... 1,161,301 ....... 203,421..................... 85 ............0.165 ........... 0.180 ...........0.165 ............0.175 ............. 0.164.............0.011 ............. 6.707 ................0.180 .............. 0.179...................0.180 ...................16,632,000 .........0.100

OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ..................................................... 730,000 ........... 99,080..................... 47 ............0.132 ........... 0.137 ...........0.132 ............0.136 ............. 0.131 ............ 0.005 ............. 3.817 ................0.136 .............. 0.136...................0.137 ...................42,264,032 ........0.100

OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 1,173,186 .......203,697..................... 54 ............0.170 ........... 0.177 ...........0.170 ............0.174 ............. 0.170............ 0.004 ............. 2.353 ................0.177 .............. 0.175...................0.177 ...................50,573,278 .........0.100

OM0000004735 ...........SEMBCORP SALALAH .................................................15,713 ............ 39,283........................4 ........... 2.500 ...........2.500 ...........2.500 .......... 2.500 .............2.450 ........... 0.050 ............. 2.041 ................2.500 .............2.480...................2.500 ................ 238,642,988 .......1.000

OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 307,241 ............ 95,062..................... 26 ........... 0.308 ........... 0.310 ...........0.308........... 0.310 .............0.304 ........... 0.006 ............. 1.974 ................0.308..............0.308...................0.310 .................... 6,510,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............58,462 ...............6,238......................11 ............0.108 ........... 0.108 ...........0.106 ........... 0.107 ............. 0.105............ 0.002 ............. 1.905 ................0.106 .............. 0.105...................0.106 ....................9,630,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002168 ............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES .................................27,960 ............... 7,969........................3 ........... 0.285 ........... 0.285 ...........0.285........... 0.285 .............0.280 ........... 0.005 ............. 1.786.................0.285 ............. 0.280...................0.284 ..................84,420,899.........0.100

OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES ............................................ 37,486 .............11,262........................7 ........... 0.300 ...........0.304 ...........0.300 .......... 0.300 .............0.295 ........... 0.005 ............. 1.695 ................0.304..............0.302...................0.304 .................. 18,361,282 .........0.100

OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ................................................................6,155 ................1,881........................3 ........... 0.306 ...........0.306 ...........0.304 .......... 0.306 .............0.302 ........... 0.004 ............. 1.325 ................0.304............. 0.304...................0.308 ..................15,300,000 .........0.100

OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 732,964 ..........147,605..................... 48 ............0.199 ...........0.202 ...........0.199 ........... 0.201 ............. 0.199............ 0.002 ............. 1.005 ................0.200 ............. 0.199...................0.201 .................. 40,200,000 ........0.100

OM0000001087 ............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ............................... 473,671 ...........113,088..................... 20 ........... 0.239 ...........0.240 ...........0.237 ........... 0.239 .............0.237 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.844 ................0.237 ..............0.237...................0.239...................23,900,000 ........0.100

OM0000003125 ............GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ..................14,089 ................1,813........................2 ............0.128 ........... 0.129 ...........0.128 ........... 0.129 ............. 0.128.............0.001 ............. 0.781.................0.129 ..............0.128...................0.129 ...................25,800,000.........0.100

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 354,943 .........246,962..................... 33 ........... 0.700 ........... 0.700 ...........0.692 ........... 0.696 .............0.692 ........... 0.004 ............. 0.578 ................0.692 ..............0.692...................0.696..................453,057,184 ........0.100

OM0000001483 ............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 512,469 ......... 136,829..................... 27 ........... 0.268 ........... 0.268 ...........0.266........... 0.267 .............0.266 ............0.001 ............. 0.376 ................0.267..............0.266...................0.267..................357,969,637 ........0.100

OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT .......................................................... 4,993 ...............4,853........................4 ........... 0.992 ........... 0.992 ...........0.912 ........... 0.992 .............0.992 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.912 .............. 0.912...................0.992 .................198,400,000 .......0.100

OM0000001707 ............OMAN CABLES INDUSTRY ...................................... 17,246 ............ 26,645........................2 ............1.545 ........... 1.545 ...........1.545 ............1.545 ............. 1.545............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.545 .............. 1.545................... 1.655 ..................138,586,500 ........0.100

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 959,000 ......... 174,668.....................40 ............0.181 ........... 0.183 ........... 0.181 ........... 0.182 ............. 0.182............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.182 .............. 0.181...................0.182 ................... 27,313,650 .........0.100

OM0000002275 ...........SHELL OMAN MARKETING ..................................... 5,066 ...............9,879........................ 1 ............1.950 ........... 1.950 ...........1.950 ........... 1.950 ............. 1.950............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.950 ..............1.900...................1.950 ..................185,250,000........0.100

OM0000002572 ...........OMAN OIL MARKETING .............................................1,700 ...............3,298........................3 ............1.940 ........... 1.940 ...........1.940 ........... 1.950 ............. 1.950............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.940 ...............1.755...................1.935 ..................119,486,250 ........0.100

OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 275,045 .........439,898..................... 36 ............1.590 ........... 1.610............1.590 ........... 1.600 ............. 1.600 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.600 .............. 1.590...................1.600 ................1,200,000,000......0.100

OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 1,555,781 ..........95,913..................... 46 ........... 0.062 ........... 0.062 ...........0.061 ........... 0.062 .............0.062 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.061 .............. 0.061...................0.062 .................. 17,978,799 .........0.100

OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ...........................................................677 .................. 297........................3 ........... 0.430 ...........0.440 ...........0.430........... 0.440 .............0.440 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.440............. 0.000...................0.440 ..................26,620,000.........0.100

OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ................................................. 20,000 ...............8,280........................5 ............0.414 ........... 0.414 ...........0.414 ........... 0.414 ............. 0.414............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.414 .............. 0.412...................0.414 ...................21,735,000 .........0.100

OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 151,734 ............ 65,260..................... 26 ........... 0.432 ........... 0.432 ...........0.428........... 0.430 .............0.432 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.463 ...............0.430..............0.428...................0.430 .................985,483,717 ........0.100

OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ............................................................ 177,910 .............49,147......................12 ........... 0.278 ........... 0.278 ...........0.274 ........... 0.276 .............0.278 ...........-0.002 ............-0.719 ................0.274 .............. 0.251...................0.274..................426,345,079 .......0.100

OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER .................................................. 183,422 ............38,152........................7 ........... 0.208 ...........0.208 ...........0.208 .......... 0.208 .............0.210 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.952 ...............0.208............. 0.204...................0.208 .................148,596,519 ........0.100

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 168,099 ............16,474......................12 ........... 0.098 ........... 0.098 ...........0.098........... 0.098 .............0.099 ...........-0.001 ............-1.010 ................0.098 ..............0.098...................0.100..................196,030,653 ........0.100

OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ......................... 219,540 ........... 20,708..................... 20 ........... 0.095 ........... 0.095 ...........0.093........... 0.094 .............0.095 ...........-0.001 ............-1.053................0.095 ..............0.094...................0.095.................... 5,531,262 ..........0.100

OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 602,503 ........... 93,293..................... 30 ............0.155 ........... 0.156 ...........0.154 ............0.155 ............. 0.157 ............-0.002 ............-1.274................0.154 .............. 0.153...................0.154 ................. 223,423,200 .......0.100

OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ....................... 30,000 ...............2,160........................ 1 ........... 0.072 ........... 0.072 ...........0.072........... 0.072 .............0.073 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.370................0.072 ..............0.072...................0.075 ....................2,160,000 ..........0.100

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ............................................. 385,533 ............ 27,758..................... 24 ........... 0.072 ........... 0.072 ...........0.072........... 0.072 .............0.073 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.370................0.072 .............. 0.071...................0.072...................12,600,000 .........0.100

OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER ................................................ 102,716 ............ 20,543........................5 ........... 0.200 ...........0.200 ...........0.200 .......... 0.200 .............0.203 ...........-0.003 ............-1.478................0.200 ............ 0.200...................0.203 .................134,977,486 ........0.100

OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 731,900 .........104,227..................... 50 ............0.147 ........... 0.147 ...........0.140 ........... 0.142 ............. 0.145............-0.003 ........... -2.069 ...............0.140 .............. 0.135...................0.140 ....................17,735,510..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 11,198,505 .....2,515,640 ...............697 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......33........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000001400 ...........OMAN FLOUR MILLS ................................................. 43,748 .............19,687........................6 ........... 0.450 ........... 0.450 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.440 ............0.010 ............. 2.273 ................0.450 ..............0.460...................0.470...................70,875,000 .........0.100

OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 299,214 ........... 43,003..................... 29 ............0.143 ........... 0.144 ...........0.143 ........... 0.144 ............. 0.143.............0.001 ............. 0.699 ................0.144 ..............0.144...................0.145 .................. 210,614,610 ........0.100

OM0000001111 .............GULF HOTELS (OMAN) ...................................................456 ...............4,786........................ 1 .......... 10.495 ......... 10.495 .........10.495 ......... 10.495 ...........10.495 .......... 0.000 .............0.000 ...............10.495 ............ 0.000...................0.000 ..................35,980,239 .........1.000

OM0000001590 ............MUSCAT FINANCE .................................................... 1,023,220 .......133,019..................... 36 ............0.130 ........... 0.130 ...........0.130 ........... 0.130 ............. 0.130............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.130 ..............0.129...................0.130 ................... 32,710,401 .........0.100

OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 320,900 ............18,286......................13 ........... 0.057 ........... 0.057 ...........0.056 ........... 0.057 .............0.057 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.057 ..............0.056...................0.057...................57,000,000 .........0.100

OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ..............................60,494 ...............6,049........................4 ........... 0.100 ........... 0.100 ...........0.100 ........... 0.100 .............0.100 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.100 ..............0.095...................0.105 ...................10,000,000 .........0.100

OM0000001723 ............OMAN ORIX LEASING ............................................... 97,682 ............ 12,406........................2 ............0.127 ........... 0.127 ...........0.127 ............0.127 ............. 0.128............-0.001 ............-0.781 ................0.127 ..............0.124...................0.127 ................... 30,655,773 .........0.100

OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 1,785,616 ........121,749..................... 27 ........... 0.068 ........... 0.069 ...........0.068........... 0.068 .............0.069 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.449 ...............0.069 ..............0.068...................0.069................. 102,000,000 .......0.100

OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..................................................... 242,100 ............13,598......................15 ........... 0.057 ........... 0.057 ...........0.056 ........... 0.056 .............0.057 ...........-0.001 ............-1.754 ................0.057 ..............0.056...................0.057....................7,000,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING....................................33,624 ...............2,164........................6 ........... 0.067 ........... 0.067 ...........0.063........... 0.064 .............0.067 ...........-0.003 ........... -4.478 ...............0.063 ..............0.063...................0.064 ................... 4,813,312 ..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 3,907,054 ...... 374,747................... 139 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......10........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ......................................................................................................................................................................OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ...........................668 .....................60........................ 1 ........... 0.090 ...........0.090 ...........0.090........... 0.095 .............0.095 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.090..............0.090...................0.095................... 30,795,353 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: ..........................................................................................668 .....................60........................ 1 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. .........1........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

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INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ....................................... 5,424.20 ...............5,410.66 ....................5,410.78 ................... 5,415.66 .................. -4.88 .................. -0.09Financial Index .....................................6,681.37 ...............6,655.69 .................... 6,656.11 ................... 6,681.37 ................-25.26 .................. -0.38Industrial Index ................................... 6,643.96 ............... 6,627.16 ................... 6,632.74 ...................6,629.24 ....................3.50 ................... 0.05Services Index .......................................3,073.67 ...............3,056.68 ................... 3,073.03 ...................3,060.82 ..................12.21 ...................0.40MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................838.83 ..................836.02 ....................... 837.31 ...................... 836.50 .................... 0.81 ................... 0.10

Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded15,106,227..................2,890,447 .....................837 ................ 16,417,755,269 ................ 16 ......................14 .................... 14 .........................44

MSM closes in red zone

MUSCAT: Retail trading drove the MSM 30 Index on Wednes-day which declined 0.09 per cent to close at 5,410.78 points. However, the MSM Shariah In-dex ended at 837.31 points, up 0.10 per cent.

Bank Nizwa was the most ac-tive in terms of volume while Omantel led in terms of turnover. Port Services was the top gainer, up 6.71 per cent, while Al Hassan Engineering was the top loser, down 4.48 per cent.

As many as 837 trades were executed on Wednesday, generat-ing a turnover of OMR2.9 million with 15.1 million shares changing hands. Out of 44 traded securi-ties, 16 advanced, 14 declined and 14 remained unchanged. At the close of the session, foreign investors switched to net buy-ers to the tune of OMR471,000 while Omani Investors stayed net sellers at OMR247,000 fol-lowed by GCC and Arab inves-tors, who sold shares amounting to OMR224,000.

Financial Index retreated 0.38% to close at 6,656.11 points. United Finance, Al Sharqia In-vestments, Oman United Insur-ance, Global Financial Invest-ment and NBO gained 3.82%, 1.90%, 0.84%, 0.78% and 0.38% respectively. Bank Nizwa, DBIH, Al Madina Investment, Bank So-har and Gulf Investment Servic-es declined 1.45%, 1.37%, 1.37%, 1.27% and 1.05% respectively.

Industrial Index had marginal gain of 0.05% to close at 6,632.74 points. Oman Flour Mills, Gulf International Chemicals and Al Anwar Ceramics increased by 2.27%, 1.97% and 1.79% respec-tively. Al Hassan Engineering, Al Jazeera Steel and Oman Fisher-ies declined 4.48%, 2.07% and 1.75% respectively.

Services Index ended at 3,073.03 points, up 0.40%. Port Services, Renaissance Services, Sembcorp Salalah, Al Jazeera

Services and National Gas in-creased 6.71%, 2.35%, 2.04%, 1.69% and 1.32% respectively. Al Batinah Power and Al Suwadi Power declined by 1.48% and 0.95% respectively.

Emerging stocks riseEmerging-market stocks rose to a two-month high on speculation China will announce more stim-ulus measures at a meeting this week and as U.S. manufacturing data eased concern a global slow-down will worsen.

An index of fi nancial compa-nies was the biggest gainer on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index as China Construction Bank rallied 3.3 per cent in Hong Kong. The Shanghai Compos-ite Index jumped the most since November, while stock gauges from Turkey to India climbed at least 1.1 per cent. A gauge of de-veloping- nation bonds rose to the highest since May, and cur-rencies in South Korea and Chile strengthened. Indonesia’s rupiah extended its longest stretch of gains since 2010.

Assets in developing coun-tries have been rebounding as commodity prices stabilised and amid speculation China’s National People’s Congress, where delegates will sign off on a new fi ve-year economic plan, will announce plans to support the economy during a meeting that starts March 5. Sentiment was also supported after data on Tuesday showed American fac-tory activity in February shrank less than forecast.

"It’s not all doom and gloom" said Hertta Alava, the head of emerging markets at FIM As-set Management in Helsinki, who favors equities in Russia and the UAE. The gains are be-ing underpinned by "very good" United States macro numbers announced on Tuesday.

– United Securities/Bloomberg News

Port Services was the top gainer, up 6.71 per

cent, while Al Hassan Engineering was the

top loser, down 4.48 per cent on Wednesday

Britain’s EU exit puts European institutions at risk of downgradeLONDON: The consequences of a ‘leave’ vote in the UK’s June 23 referendum on its European Un-ion membership may spread be-yond Britain’s shores, according to Societe Generale.

While the UK’s assets will de-preciate should the nation vote to sever a more-than-40-year-alli-ance with the continent, its close links to the rest of the bloc’s fi nan-cial entities also leave the EU vul-nerable. The EU’s ratings could suff er and the European Invest-ment Bank (EIB), which helps provide fi nancing for projects in the region, is “particularly at risk” in the event of a “Brexit,” Cristina Costa, a Paris-based analyst at SocGen wrote in a note to clients.

The EIB would have to endure both a “downgrade and spread widening,” Costa wrote. With the UK being one of the bank’s highest-rated countries, contrib-uting as much as 16.1 per cent to its capital, an exit “could weaken the profi le of the bank” as it will decrease the share of contribu-tions from high-rated countries to 59.6 per cent from 66.1 per cent, she wrote. The EIB has the high-est credit grade at Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s.

The EU could face a single-level downgrade while “Brexit” might also mar the ability of the EIB’s “remaining shareholders to provide support, if funding condi-tions were to worsen signifi cant-ly,” according to Costa.

Contagion threatRepercussions of the UK leaving the EU may be diffi cult to con-tain. Strategists at HSBC Hold-ings, Standard Bank and Mizuho Bank all cited “Brexit” concerns

as weighing on the euro. Mount-ing uncertainty around the vote has not only weakened the pound against its Group-of-10 peers this year, but it also threatens to drag Europe’s shared currency down. The UK’s exit would call into question the whole Euro-pean project, which champions integration within the region, Frederik Ducrozet, an economist at Banque Pictet & Cie in Geneva, said last month.

Similarly, it could make it in-

creasingly diffi cult for the Eu-ropean Central Bank’s quantita-tive-easing program to shield the region’s debt. SocGen estimates Britain leaving the EU will trig-ger at least fi ve or 10 basis points of spread widening from current levels between European Invest-ment Bank bond yields and those of Germany’s state-owned devel-opment bank KfW, which is con-sidered to be Europe’s benchmark agency debt.

Both entities’ debt is currently

supported via the ECB’s public-sector purchase program, which is set to end in March 2017.

Britain’s exit could take away about 2.4 per cent of the EU’s overall budget, if the UK adopted a status similar to Switzerland by becoming a member of the Eu-ropean Free Trade Association, SocGen economists calculated. This “limited” loss “could be fairly easily absorbed by the remaining EU members,” the French bank said. - Bloomberg News

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Sensex jumps 464 points, rupee rises MUMBAI: Market maintained its post-Budget momentum for the second day as the bench-mark Sensex surged 464 points to 24,243 — nearly a one-month high — led by gains in banking after In-dia’s central bank eased capital re-quirement rules for lenders.

The central bank has allowed lenders to expand their capital base under the upcoming Basel III rules. Asian markets turned positive on gains in oil prices and a solid set of economic data in the United States.

Finance Minister Arun Jait-ley maintained the fi scal defi cit target for 2016-17 at 3.5 per cent of GDP. Reserve Bank of India relaxed rules to recognise more balance sheet items as common equity tier-I capital which will help unlock up to Rs350 billion for these lenders impacted by as-set quality troubles.

The 30-share Sensex, after a gap-up opening, rallied further and closed the session higher by 463.63 points, or 1.95 per cent, at 24,242.98 — its highest closing since February 8.

The gauge had posted its biggest single-day gain of 777.35 points in almost seven years in Tuesday’s trade. Now, the Sensex has gone up by over 1,240 points, posting its best two-day gains in almost seven years.

The 50-share NSE Nifty, af-ter reclaiming the crucial 7,300-mark, settled at 7,368.85, up 146.55 points, or 2.03 per cent.

Shares of state-owned banks such as SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda were at the centre of buying activ-ity. Among the 30 Sensex compo-nents, SBI was the star performer surging the most (up 11.50 per cent) to Rs 180.85, followed by ICICI Bank (7.36 per cent) to Rs 220.20. Gains in Adani Ports, Hero

MotoCorp, BHEL, Tata Steel, Axis Bank, NTPC, HDFC and Maruti Suzuki supported the upside.

As many 23 stocks gained while 7 led by M&M, Coal India, and Sun Pharma fi nished in the red. Among sectors, the BSE realty index jumped most by rising 5.05 per cent, followed by banking (4.92 per cent), infrastructure (2.84 per cent), PSU (2.57 per cent), IT (2.49 per cent) and power (2.13 per cent).

The broader markets too con-tinued to trend fi rm as retail inves-tors boosted their bets, with the BSE small-cap index rising 2.21 per cent and mid-cap 1.88 per cent.

Rupee appreciatesThe rupee continued its upward march for the fourth consecutive day against the American cur-rency, surging by another 31 paise to end at 7-week high at 67.54 per dollar on persistent selling of dol-lars by banks and exporters in view of fresh foreign capital infl ows.

Sustained rise in equity market also boosted the rupee sentiment. The Sensex shot up further by 463.63 points or 1.95 per cent on Wednesday. The rupee resumed higher at 67.74 from Tuesday’s closing level of 67.85 per dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market (Forex) and shot up fur-ther to 67.53 per dollar before ending at 7-week high at 67.54 per dollar, showing a gain of 31 paise or 0.46 per cent.

The rupee had last ended at 67.29 per dollar on January 14, 2016. It has gained by 118 paise or 1.72 per cent in four trading days. The rupee hovered in a range of 67.53 per dollar and 67.77 per dol-lar during the day.

Meanwhile, the dollar index was up by 0.10 per cent against a basket of six currencies in the late after-noon trade. - PTI

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FACES DOWNGRADE: The EU could face a single-level downgrade while ‘Brexit’ might also mar the

ability of the European Investment Bank’s "remaining shareholders to provide support, if funding

conditions were to worsen signifi cantly, says Societe Generale. – File photo

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Highly popular Mitsubishi Team Pajero Adventure comes to an end

MUSCAT: General Automotive Company (GAC), the offi cial dis-tributors for Mitsubishi vehicles in Oman, has announced the con-clusion of the 2016 edition of its ‘Team Pajero Desert Adventure’, with the last trip having been completed recently.

Beginning in November 2015, the Team Pajero Adventure com-prised several two-day trips and

saw over 1,600 participating in over 270 Mitsubishi Pajeros, cu-mulative over all the trips so far, driving into the popular yet chal-lenging Wahiba Sands. Organised by GAC specifi cally for Pajero owners and enthusiasts, each of these trips gives Pajero owners a taste of a true desert adventure in the vehicle best suited to handle the challenge – the Mitsubishi

Pajero, says a press release. Commenting on the success of

this event, Manoj Ranade, GM of General Automotive Company, said: “The Pajero has been a con-stant favourite in the region and with good reason. Its capabilities and reliability are amongst the best in its class and our annual Team Pajero Adventure trips allow our

customers to experience this fi rst hand. Furthermore, our annual ‘Team Pajero Desert Adventure’ events have witnessed growing demand with each passing year. As a result we doubled the number of trips from three to six last season, and off ered six trips right from the beginning this season.”

As with all the previous trips,

over 220 people and 15 GAC staff in 45 customer Pajeros and 10 Marshall Vehicles respectively participated in the fi nal trip; fol-lowing a predefi ned course as they headed to Wahiba Sands. Once at the Al Raha Camp, the convoy of Pajero vehicles were escorted by Marshalls and provided with specialised desert driving train-ing. The drivers were then taken on a dune bashing session, after which the group is taken atop a dune overlooking the camp to wit-ness the stunning sunset. Once back at the camp a large number of activities and entertainment was prepared for the families to enjoy. The following morning, camel rid-ing sessions and dune bikes were provided for the customers to use at their discretion. The convoy left the camp and returned to the Azai-ba showroom shortly after.

He also added: “On behalf of GAC I would like to thank all the staff responsible for their hard work and commitment in making

this event a success. I would also like to thank each and every one of our customers for their partici-pation in the event, loyalty to the brand and their valuable feedback. Given the overwhelmingly posi-tive response we have received from our guests so far and its grow-ing popularity, our customers can look forward to yet another Team Pajero Adventure when the 2016 – 2017 season is launched in the fi nal quarter of this year.”

As an additional bonus, GAC held a special contest for the du-ration of the Team Pajero Desert Adventure. Participants were en-couraged to share photographs or videos taken during the event along with #MitsubishiOman on the Mitsubishi Oman Facebook page (www.facebook.com/mit-subishi-oman). The two best pho-tographers or videographers, the names of which will be announced in a few days time, will each receive a brand new iPad shortly after the fi nal trip concludes this weekend.

Beginning in November 2015, the Team

Pajero Adventure comprised several two-day

trips and saw over 1,600 participating in over

270 Mitsubishi Pajeros, cumulative over all

the trips so far, driving into the popular yet

challenging Wahiba Sands

Majan Electricity staff takes part

in environment protection activity

MUSCAT: Within the frame-work of its commitment to social responsibility and protection of the environment, Majan Electric-ity Company (member of Nama Group), organised a voluntary programme for its employees which included tree planting and cleaning the beach.

The programme was carried out by the department of Planning & Asset Management in coopera-tion with HSSE Department of the company, Municipality of Sohar, and Public Directorate of Agriculture and Animal Wealth in North and South Batinah gov-ernorate, says a press release.

The programme featured a lecture conducted by both the Municipality of Sohar and Pub-lic Directorate of Agriculture and Animal Wealth in North and South Al Batinah governorate, which explained the importance of aff orestation and how to pre-serve the environment from carbon dioxide and provide the necessary oxygen for the planet. It also showed the employees the practical side aff orestation and shed light on what are the most important aspects that must be considered when aff oresting.

Khamis Al Saidi, senior man-ager of Planning & Asset Man-agement said: “The company is very keen in consolidating the concept of social responsibility to its employees to adopt it and this can be implemented by en-

couraging them to be an eff ective part of such social activities be-cause the company is aware that the environment is a matter that concerns everyone.”

He added that the idea of this voluntary programme comes out of the company’s eagerness to instil the culture of volunteer-ing in the employees in order to raise their awareness towards being environmentally friendly as Majan aims to send a message on the importance of activating the role of social responsibility in preserving the environment and to show the expression of its in-terest in the environmental pollu-tion derived from the framework of Nama Group which dedicated itself to develop the community and serve the country.

Ibrahim Al Mamari, manager

of Asset Strategy, added: “Majan Electricity Company seeks to implement best practices in the fi eld of electrical asset manage-ment. In this context, the com-pany developed a clear policy for the management of electri-cal asset including its commit-ment to the protection of the environment and not to damage it through the actions of opera-tions, maintenance, and con-structing of electrical asset and get rid of the dilapidated ones ac-cording to the laws and practices in the Sultanate.

“Our organisation for this pro-gramme came from our aware-ness towards saving the envi-ronment through setting the appropriate and eff ective plans in the fi eld of asset management which ensures this commitment.”

V O L U N T A R Y P R O G R A M M E

A’Saff a chicken franks popular among familiesMUSCAT: A’Saff a Foods, Oman’s largest fully integrated poultry and leading home-grown processed food producer has yet another ex-citing and tasty range of food prod-ucts – the A’Saff a Chicken franks (regular, smoked, spicy) that make an appetising meal for kids across the Sultanate.

Made from the fi nest and pure ingredients, A’Saff a chicken franks are enormously popular among Omani families and a fi rm favourite with children, says a press release.

Commenting on the whole range of chicken franks, Sidhartha Lenka, head Marketing and Sales of A’Saff a Foods, said: “We believe that our chicken franks are much tastier than imported products, thanks to the quality, freshness and taste of the pure products.

“For a family looking for a fresh, pure and tasty product for their children in particular our chicken franks are ideal. We have packed

so much natural goodness into our chicken franks and we are confi dent that we are making a signifi cant impact into this sector

of the market.”A’Saff a Foods has been a pioneer

in the production of quality poul-try products since the company established its operations in 2001 and is now an acknowledged lead-er in the poultry and the poultry and poultry/meat derivatives mar-ket in Oman and rapidly growing its international presence in the GCC and beyond.

One of the keys to the taste, freshness and quality of A’Saff a Foods processed value added chicken and meat products, and delicacies is the fact that all are produced at the state of the art production plant in Rusayl, Mus-cat and is the biggest facilities in Oman. In fact, it is one of the big-gest processed food production plant in the region.

F R E S H A N D T A S T Y

Renowned cancer specialist to off er service at Apollo

MUSCAT: As part of Apollo Hos-pital Group’s unique campaign, ‘Let’s be in Pink of Health – fi ght Cancer’, to spread awareness among the youth about breast cancer, Apollo Hospital Muscat, part of Apollo Hospitals Group, of-fers super speciality consultancy services with renowned super specialist Dr P. Vijayanand Reddy

– director and senior consult-ant medical oncologist – Apollo Cancer Hospitals, Hyderabad on March 13, says a press release.

Dr Vijay Anand Reddy is a uni-versally acclaimed oncologist with a remarkable specialisation in ra-diation therapy as well as medical oncology. He is a global master in cancer treatment with extensive

academic and medical sophisti-cation and experience in various continents that include America, Europe and Australia (President of AP Chapter AROI, Premier mem-ber of ESMO, ASTRO and ASCO).

The patients who are diagnosed or need second/expert opinion on breast cancer, head and neck can-cer, abdominal cancer, lung cancer

and oral cancer and all patients treated at Apollo Cancer Hospitals can consult and have review with Dr Reddy at Apollo Cancer Clinic.

Apollo Hospital Muscat is part of Apollo Hospitals Group - Asia’s foremost integrated healthcare provider and has been honoured with the trust of millions of pa-tients’ world over.

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Holiday Hotels & Resorts

honours its partners

MUSCAT: Representatives from local corporates, government bodies, embassies, and tour op-erators attended Holiday Hotels & Resorts’ ‘Partners’ Apprecia-tion Night’ recently. The event was held at Hotel Muscat Holi-day’s famous Sur Ballroom which included a cocktail reception, performances from Latin Dance Muscat Group, and raffl e prizes, says a press release.

The Holiday Hotels & Resorts credited many local organisations, large and small, for being their partners throughout the years. It also marked an evening to appre-ciate all the individuals who have contributed immensely to the growth and success of the group.

“Thank you for your continued support and for the confi dence that you have placed in us. We

would like to assure you that we do not take this confi dence for granted. As we continue to build a stronger partnership together, we fully recognise that your trust and the continued support are the foundation of our success,” said Tarek Lotayef, COO of Holi-day Hotels & Resorts.

The event also announced the launch of Hotel Muscat Holiday’s Fitzane, the newest fi tness craze studio in Muscat. Fitzane is cre-ated to give an active and moti-vating environment, wherein you can be committed to a healthy lifestyle, increase strength and fi tness levels. Fitzane off ers wide range of group classes like Zumba, Latin dances (Bachata, La Rueda, and Salsa), yoga, ballet, and karate, provided by profes-sional instructors.

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Nissan offers unique benefits on Altima

MUSCAT: The Nissan Altima, which breaks new ground for the mid-size sedan segment, is hands-down the most engaging vehicle in its class. If you’ve never driven an Altima before, get ready to have your notion of a mid-size sedan redefi ned.

Nissan has a heritage of show-casing some of the most amaz-ing benefi ts for its customers by introducing unique off ers on its

prestigious line up of vehicles. In an eff ort to make Nissan vehicles aff ordable and accessible to all, Suhail Bahwan Automobiles has taken up this unique initiative, says a press release.

Auto enthusiasts can now

avail exciting benefi ts on the Ni-ssan Altima 2.5L and 3.5L that include guaranteed cash back of OMR1,000, periodic main-tenance service only up to two years/20,000km whichever is ear-lier (off er includes only on the new

service intervals of 10,000km), free registration, six years unlim-ited mileage warranty and easy fi nancing options, a loan term up to eight years with Bank Muscat attractive interest rates. Flexible EMI’s can also be tailor made for any individual requirement from in-house Auto Finance team.

Interactive social media Customers can also get unlim-ited access to Nissan’s prestigious vehicle line up at the comfort of their homes or offi ces. Simply visit Nissan Oman’s facebook page i.e http://www.facebook.com/Sban-issanoman or send an SMS to get updated information on any of the vehicles from the house of Nissan.

SBA is largely committed to supporting Nissan’s growth in the Sultanate through major emphasis on customer satisfaction and by providing world-class after-sales services in Oman. With a national network of more than 19 show-rooms, 22 service centres and 35 spare parts outlets, SBA has fur-ther built upon its legacy of trust, excellent customer service and providing value for money to each of its customers.

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Maserati Levante debuts at Geneva Motor Show 2016

MUSCAT: Maserati has chosen the 86th edition of the Geneva In-ternational Motor Show to intro-duce the fi rst SUV in its hundred-year history: the Levante.

As with many Maseratis from the past, the new car’s name is inspired by a wind: the Levante is a warm Mediterranean wind that can change from a light breeze to an irresistible natural force in an instant, mirroring the character of the fi rst Maserati SUV, says a press release.

The Levante is the ideal com-plement to the Maserati range. Combined with the Quattroporte, Ghibli, GranTurismo and Gran-Cabrio, the range now covers the entirety of the global luxury auto-

motive market.Design, exclusivity and perfor-

mance are the key characteristics for describing this new Maserati. Distinctively Italian in style, with breathtaking and iconic Maserati design features.

The new Maserati SUV is based on the Quattroporte and Ghibli architecture, further evolved and refi ned to meet the expectations of this market seg-ment, in which Maserati will compete for the fi rst time.

The Maserati stand at Geneva will be displaying not only the Levante but also the marque’s complete range, comprising the Ghibli and Quattroporte saloons and the GranTurismo coupe.

L U X U R Y S U V

Bank of Beirut opens new branch MUSCAT: Bank of Beirut opened its fi fth branch in the Sultanate in Barka recently. This branch reinforces the bank’s connection with Oman and reasserts its com-mitment to serve the needs of a diverse customer base,across all parts of the country.

Sheikh Majid bin Khalifah Al Harthy, the Wali of Barka, was the chief guest at the inauguration, says a press release.

The launch of this new branch is an integral part of the bank’s expansion plans, highlighting Oman’s importance to its busi-ness strategy and the resolve to in-crease its presence in this market.

“As a bank, it is imperative that we conduct business in closer proximity to our clients,” com-mented Ramy Zambarakji, CEO, Bank of Beirut – Oman. “We al-ways look forward to working to-gether with local businesses and

are excited to open our doors to a growing number of Barka cus-tomers. Continually examining additional opportunities to open new branches across the country, our objective is to be the busi-ness partner of the community at large,” he concluded.

The new branch off ers its Barka customers greater accessibil-ity to enhanced banking services,

designed to cater to their specifi c needs. It also puts the bank in a better position to support them, providing global fi nancial manage-ment with the entire spectrum of comprehensive and personalised services, both retail and corporate, within easy reach. Now, the people of the wilayat can take full advan-tage of the bank’s expertise in the fi eld of international banking.

B R A N C H I N B A R K A

Chopard shines at Oscars showMUSCAT: At Oscars 2016, many celebrities chose to trust Chopard to make them shine on the red carpet. In Oman, Khimji’s Watch-es is the exclusive representative of Chopard.

American actress Julianne Moore wore a diamond brace-let featuring 45.02-carats of dia-monds set in titanium, diamond earrings featuring 12.67-carats of diamonds set in 18kt white gold and an emerald ring featur-ing a 14.89-carat cushion-cut emerald, 1.64-carats of diamonds and .67-carats of emeralds set in 18kt white gold – all pieces from Chopard ‘High Jewelry Collection’.

American actress and Oscar nominee for Best Actress (Joy) Jennifer Lawrence wore a dia-mond necklace from Chopard ‘High Jewelry Collection’ featur-ing 47.35-carats of diamond beads set in 18kt white gold paired with

diamond stud earrings, a ‘Copaca-bana’ ring featuring 12.71-carats of diamonds set in 18kt white gold and a platinum ring set with bril-liant diamonds from the ‘High Jewelry Collection’.

Irish actress and Oscar nomi-nee for Best Actress (Brooklyn)

Saoirse Ronan wore earrings fea-turing pearls, 18.28-carats of em-eralds, 5.74-carats of jadeites and 3.25-carats of diamonds set in 18kt white gold and an emerald and diamond ring featuring 4.19-car-ats of emeralds and 3.06-carats of diamonds set in 18kt white gold – both from Chopard ‘High Jewelry Collection’.

German-Irish actor and Oscar nominee for Best Actor (Steve Jobs) Michael Fassbender wore Chopard’s ‘XPS’ 39.5mm time-piece from the ‘L.U.C Collection’ featuring a silver dial and 18kt white gold case and cuffl inks fea-turing onyx in 18kt white gold.

Set up in 1973, Khimji’s Watch-es off ers a range of global designs from Rolex, Cartier, Chopard, Piaget, Mikimoto, Girard Per-regaux, Tudor, Oris, Frederique Constant, Bell&Ross, Caran d’Ache and Kieninger.

S T Y L E S T A T E M E N T

Nautilus Swimming Club wins 15 medals at Muscat International ChampionshipsMUSCAT: It was a fantastic weekend for Nautilus Swimming Club swimmers at Muscat Inter-national Swimming Champion-ships 2016, which took place at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

Nautilus was among other 21 swimming teams from Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Ku-wait, Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, whose swim-mers were qualifi ed and attended the championships. Nautilus team came up with six gold, fi ve silver, four bronze medals and high point trophy taking into account these are almost the fi rst International Championships requiring high qualifi cation times for some of them, says a press release.

Nautilus Swimming Club has been recently established in part-nership with Knowledge Gate International School (KGIS) and operating there since Septem-ber 2015. With the full support of KGIS, Nautilus has been able to build up its competitive team and attend a number of big meets

including 18th SPEEDO Invi-tational Meet, which took place at Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Sports Complex (Dubai, UAE) November 27 and 28, 2015 and CBSE National Swimming Championship 2015, which took place at Karan Public School, Meerut, India. During the meets Nautilus swimmers took their chance to improve their personal best timings and get medals: 2 bronze medals in Dubai, UAE were the fi rst medals ever by Nau-tilus swimmers.

Moreover, in a couple of months

Nautilus managed to extend its competitive team and the coaches trained Nautilus swimmers for the next meet: ABA Winter trial 2016, which was organised and hosted by ABA on January 23, 2016. This time Nautilus took its 25 swimmers to ABA pool; for some of them it was their fi rst meet ever. The team got 2 fi rst places, 6 second and 6 third places along with a huge number of per-sonal best timings and happiness.

Ivan Proskura, head coach of Nautilus Swimming Club, has a huge Olympic and Paralympic

coaching background. He is the one who made Svitla-

na Bondarenko 3 time Olympian swimmer, European Champion and a “queen of breaststroke”; Rostislav Svanidze two-time Olympian winning 37 titles in freestyle; Lyubov Korol world youth champion in butterfl y; 50 m freestyle national record of Olga Mukomol (another swimmer of Ivan Proskura) stood for 5 years, Elena Gritsuk (Kononenko) be-came European Champion in medley; Oleksii Fedina competed in 7 events winning 3 gold and 2 silver at Beijing Paralympic, he broke world records in 50 free-style and 100 breaststroke, add to it huge number of USSR and Ukraine records broken by Coach Proskura’s trainees.

The club has also ‘learn to swim’ courses for kids and adults and ladies only swimming classes. It is open for all since the aim of the club is to promote swimming among kids and adults, no matter recreation or sports.

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Bank Muscat launches management development programme for staff

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the fl ag-ship fi nancial services provider in the Sultanate, in step with its dynamic ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and commitment to partnership in development of Omani talents, launched a unique management development programme for a group of 42 employees drawn from across the bank.

The Jadara Management De-velopment Programme launched in collaboration with Duke Cor-porate Education is one of the most ambitious initiatives by the bank to equip Omani employees with higher levels of professional

competence and skills, says a press release.

The Jadara Talent Management programme is envisaged to serve as the platform for all future train-ing and development programmes in the bank. The launch ceremony of the fi rst in the series of Jadara programmes was held at the bank’s head offi ce in the presence of man-agement team members led by Ab-dulRazak Ali Issa, chief executive.

Notably, the select group of employees chosen to undergo the special management devel-opment programme will receive training and mentorship by man-

agement team members.The Duke Corporate Education

(Duke CE) is reckoned the pre-mier global provider of customised leadership solutions. Duke CE has been ranked No. 1 in the world by the Financial Times and Business-week for 12 years in a row (2003-2014), and among the top three education and training providers in the world for the past 15 years.

“The Jadara Management De-velopment Programme refl ects yet another endorsement by the bank, placing its full trust in the pool of competent young Omanis within the organisation to under-go training to take up important roles in tandem with future chal-lenges. In line with the vision of

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos for a qualitative shift in national work-force, the bank is renowned for providing career growth oppor-tunities for competent employ-ees and the Jadara programme is designed to further energise the bank’s human resources in its quest for greater achievements,” said AbdulRazak.

Bank Muscat has the distinc-tion of outstanding leadership at all levels and has achieved 94 per cent Omanisation, giving priority for Omanis to occupy important positions. The bank’s human re-sources strategy is also notable in maintaining gender diversity as 48 per cent of employees are women holding various positions, includ-

ing senior management positions.Bank Muscat reckons its key

strength is its competent people and is focused on equipping them to make vital contributions to the bank’s growth and success. The bank plays a prominent role in the development of Omani talent and is committed to investing in im-proving their skill and expertise to support the growth and develop-ment of the bank.

The development of human re-sources is a priority in the bank which provides educational and training opportunities to em-ployees. Bank Muscat makes substantial allocation in the an-nual budget for training and de-velopment of human resources

in all functions and responsi-bilities assigned to them. The training and development pro-grammes are carried out through specialised educational courses conducted by accredited train-ing centres or through academic links with colleges, universities and leading training institutes at the regional and global levels.

The dynamic ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and a set of benchmark val-ues form the basis of a rewarding work culture in Bank Muscat. Dur-ing 2015, the bank adopted a new framework for Talent Manage-ment and Succession Planning in line with international best prac-tices. The bank’s Learning Centre provided over 10,131 learning op-portunities to employees through 774 courses covering 16222 train-ing man-days in 2015.

The bank completed a leader-ship assessment and development programme for 75 Senior Execu-tives in collaboration with Korn Ferry Inc, USA.

Three Management Team mem-bers attended the General Man-agement Programme (GMP) at Harvard Business School (HBS), USA and two more are scheduled to participate in 2016.

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Confi dent Group property show commences tomorrow MUSCAT: Confi dent Group brings to the people of Oman a golden opportunity to own the best of apartments, villas and commer-cial spaces in the most important cities of Kerala, India.

As part of this, Confi dent Group is coming up with Muscat road show which is scheduled for March 4, 5 and 6 at Haff a House Hotel, Ruwi, says a press release.

There will be special off ers for spot booking at the property show. There are about 50 projects from Confi dent Group in the cities of Kochi, Trivandrum, Thrissur and Calicut. The price of these projects ranges between Rs3.2 million and Rs16.2 million.

As part of its 10th anniversary celebrations the customers can enjoy various off ers now from the group. Confi dent Floris Trivan-drum, Confi dent Symphony next to Aluva metro station, Confi dent Aries Thrissur and Confi dent Phoenix at Calicut are the new projects and have got enormous response from customers.

Confi dent Group, the rapidly thriving, accredited certifi ed conglomerate, is headquartered in Bangalore with its operations spread across India and overseas as well. It is diversifi ed into nine verticals, namely: Infrastructure, hospitality, aviation, entertain-ment, education, healthcare, golf-ing, retail and international trad-ing (building materials).

The projects completed and those in pipeline are of gigantic proportions. The group is deploy-ing 131 projects within the infra-structural sphere.

It currently includes gated communities of townships, villas, apartments, commercial towers, malls, software towers and parks, hotels and resorts. The group’s Amoon - Glamour Resort and Spa is an exclusive 5 star glamour re-sort with an Egyptian theme, along with a majestic and probably the tallest statue of the Egyptian Phar-aoh and 24 swimming pools.

Personifying, the Confi dent Group Logo, which captures the strength of an eagle on the rise, Confi dent Airlines (India) Private Limited is the only company based

in South India functioning as a dedicated chartered air service provider. The company specialises in providing charter services to private, commercial and corporate sectors in the country.

Confi dent Group are also pro-ducers of big budget movies in Kannada and Malayalam.

The group is also setting up three schools across Bangalore, superiorly for every Confi dent home buyer. The fi rst school is al-ready under operation with exclu-sive tie -up with Gear Foundation for Higher Education.

A world class community care hospital is scheduled to open soon at Bangalore that is set to deliver seamless and holistic medical treatment for all section of people.

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There will be special offers for spot booking at the

property show. There are about 50 projects from

Confident Group in the cities of Kochi, Trivandrum,

Thrissur and Calicut. The price of these projects

ranges between Rs3.2 million and Rs16.2 million. As

part of its 10th anniversary celebrations the customers

can enjoy various offers now from the group

alizz bank conducts fi re drillMUSCAT: On the occasion of World Civil Defence Day, which is marked on March 1 every year, alizz Islamic bank dem-onstrated a well-orchestrated fi re drill in partnership with the Royal Oman Police (ROP), Pub-lic Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (Pacda) and the Safety & Security Services.

Fire drills are monitored by the bank’s health and safety func-tion of the procurement and fa-cilities management department, led by Eng. Yousuf Al Balushi, to evaluate egress and behavioural patterns. Reports are prepared by allocated staff wardens and recommendations are followed through to correct any identifi ed defi ciencies, says a press release.

“We were encouraged by the support from ROP, Pacda and Safety & Security Services to conduct a safety exercise as it is

important to ensure that staff at all levels are well-informed and able to support others during emergency. The ROP and Pacda proved that they are extremely effi cient and demonstrated fi rst class response. We would like to commend their effi ciency and thank them for their guidance and support during this exercise,” said Moosa Al Jadidi, deputy general manager, head of Retail and act-ing COO at alizz Islamic bank.

The purpose of fi re drills is to prepare staff for an organised evacuation in case of fi re or other emergency. At alizz Islamic bank, fi re drills are used as a way to edu-cate and train staff on fi re safety issues specifi c to their build-ing. During the drill, staff prac-tice drill procedures, familiarise themselves with the location of exits, the sound of the fi re alarm and the assembly point located

in the parking lot directly across from Alizz Tower. In addition, fi re drills allow the bank an opportu-nity to test the operation of fi re alarm system components.

The ROP, Pacda and the Safety & Security Services also con-ducted mock scenario of injured staff , as well as managed traffi c on the roads leading to and away from Alizz Tower. The mock sce-nario showcased an alizz Islamic bank staff locked in the building where the ROP and Pacda acted effi ciently and swiftly.

The bank has appointed and trained 10 staff wardens from each fl oor as fi re leaders to ensure that the fi re safety evacuation procedure is carried out prompt-ly. The fi re drill was successful; evacuation, arrival of the fi remen and policemen and rescue of the stranded staff were completed in a record time.

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Toyota campaign offers cash gifts

MUSCAT: Much to the delight of new car buyers, one of Oman’s most awaited and hugely popu-lar campaign – ‘Toyota Summer Surprises’ has recently been an-nounced, says a press release.

“Every year a lot of customers walk in to the Toyota showroom in search of their dream Toyo-ta. An off er as fantastic as this sweetens their buying decision, rewarding them with a memo-rable purchase, at the end of it,” said a representative from Saud Bahwan Automotive.

“As part of the Summer Sur-prises campaign, we are off ering our customers (on select models and model grades) cash gifts upto OMR1,100, a service package for upto three years/30,000km (whichever is earlier) and insur-ance for one whole year. This cam-paign that began on March 1 will last until April 30,” he continued.

These benefi ts mentioned above are applicable for all pur-chases except those made by government organisations and ministries. Assured cash gift is applicable on 2015YM/2015 pro-duction and 2016YM models of Yaris hatchback, all Toyota Se-

dans, Avanza, RAV4 and Hilux 4x2(2.7L) only and the amount varies between model, model var-iants and model year. ‘Cash as gift in lieu of benefi ts’ varies depend-ing on the models, model variants and model year. In case a custom-er opts for benefi ts as applicable on model purchased, he or she will not be eligible for cash gift of-fer. Cash gift can also be used as part of down payment.

In Oman, Toyota’s range in-cludes the Toyota Yaris – an ex-citing sedan, with options of 1.5 L and a 1.3 L engines.

The Toyota Yaris is an ideal choice for the young who are al-ways in search of making a last-ing impression.

Those opting to experience the world’s longest selling sedan have the Toyota Corolla to choose from. With an enviable lineage, Corolla is the most sold car worldwide.

The Toyota Camry is the best-selling midsize sedan around the world. Its refreshed look, excit-ing driving dynamics and iconic dependability factor has made it a preferred sedan in the world of automobiles.

For those who wish to experi-ence performance personifi ed, have the luxurious Aurion to choose from. It is a perfect choice to elevate the levels of fi ne impres-sions you make wherever you go.

The Toyota Avalon is an excep-

tional sedan for those who settle for nothing but the fi nest.

One of the most loved and trusted vehicles in Oman – the Hilux is engineered to never back down. With a Hilux one can boldly and powerfully conquer the unex-plored paths.

Toyota’s feature-packed and Fungineered Toyota RAV4 is an-other successful vehicle that is increasingly making a positive mark in Oman.

A genuine 4-Wheel Drive, the Fortuner TRD Sportivo is equipped with an advanced large displacement engine and tough chassis for an uncompromising performance, whether on-road or off -road. Prado, born with the Toyota Land Cruiser DNA in its bloodline, takes Toyota’s enviable 4WD legacy way further. A top-seller in regions around the world, the Prado is a pride to own and a joy to drive.

The Land Cruiser is the stand-ard by which other off -road vehi-cles are measured. The Pride of the Land, is regarded as a symbol of strength, durability and reli-ability. Rugged yet luxurious, the Land Cruiser delivers high-end performance and advanced off -roading capabilities.

In Oman, Toyota’s outstanding product quality is supported by the nationwide parts and service net-work of Saud Bahwan Automotive.

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Ooredoo off ers best calling rates to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan

MUSCAT: Leading the market with value added off ers and ser-vices, Ooredoo now has the best calling rates in Oman for India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

From February 29 and for the next three months, anyone calling the three countries via Mousbak In-ternational will only be charged just 20 Baisas per minute, to keep them connected to family and friends for longer. Setting the standard for

aff ordable international calling, Ooredoo also lowered the weekly subscription fees to 199 Baisas per week, says a press release.

Feras Al Shaikh, director of Consumer Sales at Ooredoo said, “We are always looking for ways to show how much we care for and value our customers. These destinations are our most dialled countries and now, with this of-fer, people across Oman can enjoy

amazing value, market-leading rates, and the high quality Ooredoo is renowned for.”

To opt in and begin reaping the benefi ts of Ooredoo’s lat-est off er, customers are required to dial *141*0880# for Bangla-desh, *141*0091# for India, and *141*0092# for Pakistan. Cus-tomers dialling 0902 or 00 using Mousbak International will also get the same rates.

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AL NASR VS SAHAM, SALALAH VS AL KHABOURAHFour-time champions Al Nasr are drawn to play one time winners Saham in the semifi nals

of His Majesty’s Cup Football Championship. The draw for the double leg semifi nals was

conducted at the Seeb Sports Stadium on Wednesday with Oman Football Association

vice-chairman Saleh Al Farsi presiding over the ceremony. The other semifi nal will Salalah

taking on Al Khabourah. The fi rst leg matches will be played on April 6 and the second leg

matches are scheduled for April 17. — ISMAIL AL FARSI / Times of Oman

Bangladesh stun Pakistan to set up India final

MIRPUR: A spirited Bangladesh on Tuesday continued their gi-ant killing act with a stunning fi ve-wicket win over Pakistan in a low-scoring thriller to set up a title clash against India in the Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament, here.

Needing 130 to win, Bangla-desh won the match in 19.1 overs with Mahmudullah Riyadh (22 not out off 15 balls) and Mashrafe Mortaza (12 off 7 balls) adding 27 in only 1.5 overs to help the hosts overwhelm the target with fi ve balls to spare. It was a tense fi nal few overs as Bangladesh withered the storm off Mohammed Amir (2/26 in 4 overs) after they looked in trouble at 104 for 5 in 17.2 overs.

In came skipper Mortaza with Amir on rampage in the 18th over. The skipper hit two back-to-back boundaries off Amir before play-ing two dots.

With Bangladesh requiring 18 off the last two overs, Mohammed Sami had Mortaza caught at long-off but to the bowler’s horror, it was called a no-ball for overstep-ping as the equation came down from 15 off nine balls to 12 from nine balls with the skipper and

Mahmudullah running a couple.With nine required off seven

balls, Mahmudullah bisected a fuller delivery from Sami behind point boundary and to the joy of the crowd it was too adjudged a no-ball.

At the start of the fi nal over, Bang-ladesh required three runs which was a mere formality. It was Mah-mudullah, who thrashed Anwar Ali over deep mid-wicket boundary to fi nish off the chase in style.

Earlier, Sarfraz Ahmed’s com-posed unbeaten knock of 58 saw Pakistan get to a par score of 129

for seven in 20 overs after Shahid Afridi elected to bat.

Al Amin Hossain (3/25) was the most successful bowler while left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny chipped in with two wickets.

It was yet another disastrous start by the Pakistanis, who were reduced to 28 for four but Sarfraz along with Shoaib Malik (41) re-paired the damage. Sarfraz hit fi ve fours and two sixes in his 42-ball knock, while Malik had fi ve boundaries and a six during his 30 balls innings. — PTI

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Muscat Club suff er defeat in GCC clubs tournament

MUSCAT: Muscat Club be-gan their campaign in the GCC Clubs Handball Championship on a rather negative note losing their opening match to three-time champions Al Sadd of Qa-tar on Wednesday.

In their opening Group 1 match played at the Sultan Qa-boos Sports Complex (SQSC), Muscat came up short against their against defending champi-ons Al Sadd, the latter easing to a 24-17 victory.

In another Group 1 match, played earlier in the day, Saudi Arabia’s Mudhar won a thrill-ing encounter 30-27 against Al Jazira of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

On the inaugural day of the championship on Tuesday, Ah-li-Sidab suff ered at the hands of Al Nasr from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

In the Group 2 match, Al Nasr recorded a 34-24 victory.

In the championship’s open-ing match, Qatar’s Al Rayyan launched their campaign with a 33-24 victory over Al Ahli of Bahrain.

On Thursday, Ahli-Sidab take on Al Ahli while Al Rayyan clash with Al Nasr.

The semifi nals will take place on March 8 and the fi nal is scheduled for March 10.

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OVER THE MOON: Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah, on ground, and

teammates celebrate after beating Pakistan in Dhaka. – AP/PTI

PAKISTANK. Manzoor c M. Rahim b Al Amin 1Sharjeel Khan b Arafat Sunny 10M. Hafeez lbw M. Mortaza 2Sarfraz Ahmed (not out) 58Umar Akmal c Shakib b Taskin 4S. Malik c S. Rahman b A. Sunny 41S. Afridi c S. Rahman b Al Amin Hossain 0Anwar Ali c S. Rahman b Al Amin 13Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 129Did not bat: M. Sami, M. Amir, M. IrfanFall of wickets: 1-1, 2-12, 3-18, 4-28, 5-98, 6-102, 7-129.Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 4-1-14-1; Al Amin Hossain 4-0-25-3; Arafat Sunny 4-0- 35-2; Mashrafe Mortaza 4-0-29-1; Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-26-0.

BANGLADESHTamim Iqbal lbw M. Irfan 7Soumya Sarkar b M. Amir 48Sabbir Rahman b S. Afridi 14Mushfi qur Rahim lbw S. Malik 12Shakib Al Hasan b M. Amir 8Mahmudullah (not out) 22Mashrafe Mortaza (not out) 12Extras (lb-4, w-2, nb-2) 8 Total (5 wkts, 19.1 overs) 131Did not bat: M. Mithun, Al Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Taskin Ahmed. Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-46, 3-83, 4-88, 5-104.Bowling: M. Amir 4-0-26-2 (w-1); Moham-mad Irfan 4-0-23-1; Mohammad Sami 4-0-30-0 (nb-2); Shahid Afridi 4-0-20-1; Anwar Ali 2.1-0-25-0 (w-1); Shoaib Malik 1-0-3-1.

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Young ‘fools’ behind Kenya doping woes

MELBOURNE: Kenya’s doping problems were caused by “foolish” young athletes desperate to win races and cash in on the sport, Da-vid Rudisha said on Wednesday, but the Olympic 800 metres champion hopes his country is on the right track to restoring its reputation.

The 27-year-old, who lit up the 2012 London Games with a bril-liant world record performance in the 800m fi nal, has been distressed by the allegations of doping and corruption that have rocked the East African country’s athletics programme.

Kenya has been hugely success-ful in middle and long-distance running for decades and remains a global leader on the track and in big-city marathons, but some 40 of its athletes have been banned for doping in the last three years.

The World Anti-Doping Agency has given the country an April dead-line to implement new anti-doping measures or risk non-compliance,

which could pave the way for a ban on its track and fi eld athletes com-peting at the Rio Olympics.

“It’s really sad, it’s really unfor-tunate that this is happening be-cause Kenya previously has a real-ly good reputation,” reigning world champion Rudisha told Reuters in an interview in Melbourne on Wednesday.

“And for many years Kenya has been doing well on the athletics stage, winning championships without this problem. A few years ago this problem has been coming.

“But it’s really tough. Because these young athletes who are desperate to make money, to win races, they end up being fools and getting into these drugs.”

Allegations of corruption also hit the national governing body, mirroring the wider scandal that plunged the International Associ-ation of Athletics Federations into crisis last year and triggered Rus-sia’s suspension from internation-al athletics. Athletics Kenya (AK) Chief Executive Isaac Mwangi was provisionally suspended by

the IAAF last week after two local athletes accused him of seeking bribes to reduce doping bans.

Three other senior AK offi cials were suspended in November, in-cluding former president Isaiah Ki-plagat, over corruption allegations.

As Kenya’s preeminent track star and a pin-up for world athletics, Rudisha’s ineligibility to compete at Rio under a blanket ban would be a massive blow for the sport and the Games, not to mention the run-ner’s personal aspirations.

Infrastructure issuesRudisha told reporters that he did not feel the doping problem was widespread in Kenya, but said the country lacked infrastructure to monitor the thousands of runners.

“A lot of education needs to be done,” he said.

“Like some of the countries which are not having a lot of infra-structure — we don’t even have a lot in Kenya — and you fi nd that it’s very diffi cult for the anti-doping agency to control this situation because there are thousands and

thousands of Kenyans training out there and only a few of them are on the WADA list. “You can imagine how diffi cult (that is).”

Rudisha would not comment di-rectly when asked whether he was confi dent his title defence would go ahead but said he was hopeful Kenya and the sport’s reputation could be restored.

“We hope that things are in place,” he told Reuters of Kenya’s battle to become WADA-compli-ant before the deadline.

“We are optimistic that these things are going to be wiped out completely so that our sport will be clean and athletes can compete fairly. So we can all celebrate that everybody who has worked hard deserves what he gets.”

Rudisha’s world record of one minute 40.91 seconds at London broke his own mark set in 2010 and was described at the time by British middle-distance great Se-bastian Coe, a former 800m world record holder and now the embat-tled president of the IAAF, as “the performance of the Games”. — Reuters

The 27-year-old,

who lit up the 2012

London Games with a

brilliant world record

performance in the

800m fi nal, has been

distressed by the

allegations of doping

and corruption that

have rocked the East

African country’s

athletics programme

It’s really sad, it’s

really unfortunate

that this is happening

because Kenya

previously has a really

good reputation

David RudishaKenya runner

Steyn returns to boost South AfricaCAPE TOWN: An “energised” Dale Steyn has passed his fi tness tests and will play for South Af-rica in their three-match Twen-ty20 International series against Australia starting in Durban on Friday. Steyn, one of the world’s leading pacemen, has missed most of South Africa’s season with groin and shoulder prob-lems but is ready to face Australia in the warm-up series for the World Twenty20.

“A hungry, fi t, energised Dale is a massive plus for us,” South Af-rica coach Russell Domingo told reporters on Tuesday. “He hasn’t played for South Africa for a long period of time and he has come here with a great attitude. He is desperate to play, desperate to do well, he wants to win a World Cup, he wants to be involved in all formats of the game, so his energy levels are right up there and that bodes really well for us.”

Steyn has not featured in the 20-over format for his country since the last World Cup in Bang-ladesh in 2014 after a self-im-posed exile but is making a return to add experience ahead of the next tournament in India start-ing on March 8.

“The big thing for these type of

players is making sure the hunger and passion is there. He has defi -nitely got that at the moment,” Domingo said.

“His skills are always going to be there, he is desperate to play for South Africa, and that is great news as a coach.”

South Africa start the series against Australia in Durban on Friday before moving on to Jo-hannesburg on Sunday. They complete the series in Cape Town on March 9.

The Proteas open their World Twenty20 campaign against England on March 18 and will also play Sri Lanka and West In-dies in their pool. - Reuters

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ENERGISED: Dale Steyn

India eye another win

MIRPUR: India will aim to maintain their all-win record when they meet minnows United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their fi -nal group game of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Sta-dium here on Thursday.

India top the pool table with six points after winning all their three matches so far — against hosts Bangladesh, arch-rivals Pa-kistan and Sri Lanka.

India captain MS Dhoni may decide to make a few changes in the line-up in order to give

match practice to some of the players who have not featured in the tournament till now. “We’ll defi nitely make a few changes in the coming games. How many we can, that’s something we will have to see. Because we still want the strength and the composition of the side to be very good,” Dhoni told reporters here.

“I think most of the players will defi nitely get a chance in the next game. Whether all the people who are sitting outside will get a chance, we’re not sure,” he added. - IANS

A S I A C U P

CSR INITIATIVE: Robert Holtkamp, CEO of NAPCO. – Supplied photo

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BOC Cricket Academy teams to tour Sri Lanka

MUSCAT: Bosher Olympic Centre (BOC) Cricket Academy is all set to take its Under-12 and Under-15 teams to Sri Lanka on March 19. The 22 players are currently being trained under the watchful eyes of head coach Sandesh Dhuri at the academy in Bausher.

“This is for the third time we are taking our players on a foreign tour,” Dhuri said.

The two teams will play friendly matches against some of the acad-emies there.

“We have been in contact with the Sri Lankan Cricket Board for some time and they will be assist-ing us during our tour in Colombo,” Dhuri said.

BOC have also hired Sri Lankan coaches who will be helping the

team during their stay in Colombo. According to Dhuri, taking these

students for foreign tours will gain them more experience.

“Last year we went to Goa (India) and played many games against diff erent academies. Be-fore that we went to the UAE and played many games in Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It helps these young cricketers to get more exposure,” he said.

The team will also have a female presence in the form of Shreya Dhuri, who was also among Team Oman’s probable list for GCC Wom-en’s T20 Cricket Tournament.

BOC which started fi ve years ago is now a household name in Muscat, thanks to Dhuri who was instrumental in introducing the game to the Wilayat of Bausher. BOC now have 100 students who

come from various parts of Muscat. “We have U-12 and U-15 teams

who are divided into many sub-categories. I believe that if you need to be a really skilful player, then you need to start your coach-ing lessons early. We have players who are as young as 7-year-olds,” Dhuri, who had also played for Oman national team and domestic sides for nearly a decade, said.

Apart from Dhuri, BOC have six coaches who train students on a daily basis.

“When we started we had just fi ve students, and in fi ve years we now have 100 students from vari-ous parts of Muscat. Overall it’s a big achievement for us. We have expanded our net facilities and now have nine nets for the stu-dents to practice,” Dhuri said.

According to Dhuri, BOC’s plan

is to play in the Oman Cricket League in the future.

“Currently our players are play-ing in the inter-school cricket tournaments but we are planning to have our teams feature in the Oman Cricket League in the fu-ture,” he added.

Under-12 team: Tanuj Sivakumar, Gokul Lal, Shanmugarajan KK, Vishal KM Krishnan, Gautam Kumar, Lakshmi Narayana Satish, Siddhant Gavankar, Aditya Prabhu, Swasthik Moolya, Aryan Raina, Nakul Mahesh, Nimish Dhuri.

Under-15 team: Vikram Nabira, Harith Raghuram, Mohamed Salman, Mohammed Oliyath, Sanin Fahad, Vivek Iyer, Ayush Gupta, Akinjay Jha, Gaurav Rangi, Piyush Udhao, Vrishabh Jasani, Shreya Dhuri.

Technical staff : Sandesh Dhuri (head coach), Basil (Assistant coach from SCB), Ramesh (Assistant coach from SCB).

As part of their

plans to provide

more exposure to

the young talents,

Bosher Olympic

Centre will be taking

their Under-12 and

Under-15 teams on

a tour of Sri Lanka

NAPCO to sponsor Omani distance runner Al SaidiMUSCAT: In line with its corpo-rate social responsibility (CSR), National Aluminium Products Company (NAPCO), one of the leading extruders of aluminium profi les in the GCC, has an-nounced its sponsorship for Sami Al Saidi, a top Omani runner and the winner of the fi fth edition of the Muscat Marathon.

According to a press state-ment received from NAPCO on Wednesday, the company will extend fi nancial support to Al Saidi which includes entry fees to events, accommodation, food and running kit.

The sponsorship agreement is until December 2016.

Sami Al Saidi is Oman’s promi-nent runner who has competed in many notable races in the last few years. Recently, he was declared

the overall winner and the win-ner of the men’s event at the Mus-cat Marathon, where he complet-ed the full marathon in two hours, 50 minutes and 20 seconds.

“NAPCO has decided to spon-sor Sami Al Saidi for the year 2016 and cover all fi nancial ex-penses related to his participa-tion in marathons,” Robert Holt-kamp, CEO of NAPCO, said.

“He is an incredible sports-man with tremendous strength, stamina and will power — all of which refl ect our company’s own brand value. Our sponsorship re-inforces our commitment to mo-tivate and nurture local talents to showcase their skills and capa-bilities in sporting events. It is a matter of great pride for NAPCO and we wish Sami continued suc-cess,” he added.

A T H L E T I C S

Sagar Putra lift Muscat Pharmacy Premier League title

MUSCAT: Sagar Putra defeated Ibn Sina B team to lift the Muscat Pharmacy Premier League Sea-son 7 Cricket Trophy at the Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir Ground last weekend.

In an exciting fi nal played un-der fl oodlights, Sagar Putra bat-ted fi rst and scored 88 runs in 10 overs. Prasanth top scored with 36 runs while Hiren contrib-uted 20 runs.

In replay, Ibn Sina B were re-stricted to 62 runs in 10 overs. For Sagar Putra, Raj Hiren and Nimit took two wickets each.

Earlier in the semifi nals, Sagar Putra defeated Muscat Falcons while Ibn Sina B got the better of CPD A team.

A total of 16 teams took part in the fi ve-day tournament. God-

win Joseph, Event Organiser, Muscat Pharmacy handed over the trophies.

He expressed his immense gratitude to Muscat Pharmacy

Management for their continuous patronage of the tournament. He thanked Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir Principal D. N. Rao, the school management and their

staff s for supporting the event. Godwin Joseph also thanked

Himalaya Herbals, Tajmahal, Life Scan, Ibn Sina Pharmacy and Po-cari Sweat.

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RUNNERS-UP: Ibn Sina B players pose for a group photo. – Supplied photo

CHAMPIONS: Sagar Putra players celebrate their title triumph. – Supplied photo

Platini takes his appeal against FIFA ban to Court of Arbitration for Sport

ZURICH: Banned UEFA Presi-dent Michel Platini has taken his appeal against a ban from soccer by FIFA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Swiss-based

sports tribunal said on Wednesday.“In appealing to the CAS, Michel

Platini seeks to annul the deci-sions taken by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Com-

mittee and by the FIFA Appeal Committee which lead to him be-ing declared ineligible to take part in football-related activity at na-tional and international level for

six years,” CAS said in a statement from its Lausanne headquarters.

Infantino successorUEFA will meet this week to dis-

cuss a replacement for general sec-retary Gianni Infantino who was elected president of world soccer’s ruling body FIFA last Friday.

European football’s govern-

ing body UEFA said in a state-ment that its executive committee would be meeting on Friday with Infantino’s replacement on the agenda. - Reuters

F O O B A L L

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OMAN TENT PEGGING TEAM CLINCH OVERALL THIRD PLACE IN ABU DHABIOman national tent pegging team clinched overall third place after bagging a bronze medal on the concluding day of the tent pegging championship organised as part of Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed

Al Nahyan International Equestrian Festival in Abu Dhabi. On the fi nal day of action, the Omani team won the bronze in the lance and sword competition to fi nish their engagements with a total of

four medals, including one silver and three bronze. The closeing ceremony was attended by Oman Equestrian Federation chief Sayyid Mundhir bin Saif Al Busiaidi and International Tent Pegging

Federation’s Omani head Mohammed bin Isa Al Fairuz. — Supplied photos

Arsenal Soccer School Oman win three trophies in Dubai

MUSCAT: Arsenal Soccer School Oman teams excelled at the Mid-dle East Cup football tournament organised in Dubai recently win-ning three of the four titles on off er.According to a press statement issued by Arsenal Soccer School Oman on Wednesday, the school’s Under-10, Under-12 and Under-14 teams clinched top honours in their respectively categories.

Besides Arsenal Soccer School Oman, the tournament attracted teams from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Dubai and Kuwait. Arsenal Soccer School Oman fi elded 30 players in four diff erent categories — Under-8, Under-10, Under-12 and Under-14.

On the fi rst day of the tourna-ment, Arsenal Soccer School Oman’s Under-10 and Under-12 did exceptionally well, the latter qualifying for the main Cup after

fi nishing second in their group while the Under-10 team went on to win their Cup with a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Arsenal Soccer School from Kuwait.

Later in day, Arsenal Soccer School Oman Under-14 team kicked off their campaign and re-mained on unbeaten to top their group while scoring 35 goals and

conceding one in seven games. On the second day, the Arse-

nal Soccer School Oman Under-8 team were involved in a series of matches. And they won four, drew two and lost two. However, they had to settled for the third place.

During the afternoon, Arsenal Soccer School Oman Under-10 team won the plate championship.

Meanwhile, the U12s won the Cup by beating Tekkers from Bahrain on penalties. They also fi nished unbeaten in the whole tournament and were champions of the main Middle East Cup. The U14 were also crowned champions of the Middle East Cup when they beat Arsenal Soccer School from Ku-wait 2-0 in the fi nal.

Arsenal Soccer

School Oman teams

won three of the four

trophies on off er

at the Middle East

Cup in Dubai

‘Neymar Jr’s Five’ Oman fi nal on FridayMUSCAT: Sixteen teams from across the Sultanate have been se-lected to compete in the ‘Neymar Jr’s Five’ National Final at the Radisson Blue in Sohar on Friday. The 16 teams were selected over the past three weekends from fi ve diff erent cities including Muscat, Sohar, Nizwa and Salalah.

Being held in Oman for the fi rst time the ‘Neymar Jr’s Five’ quali-fi ers started in Muscat last month before moving to Sohar, Nizwa and Salalah. Five qualifi ers were held in total to select the top 16 teams to participate in the Nation-al Final which will kick off at 1.00 p.m. at the Radisson Blu in Sohar.

Preparations are now underway in Sohar for the fi ve-aside football tournament that comes with a twist – it does not include goal-

keepers and players have to score a goal and eliminate a player from the opposing team. The game goes on for 10 minutes until the whole team is eliminated. If the time is up, the two teams will go for pen-alty shootouts which will be made

by having two players go one-on-one for three seconds.

The Oman national champions will advance to the fi nals in July in Praia Grande, where Neymar Jr grew up, started his profession-al career and founded “Instituto

Projeto Neymar Jr”.More than 35 countries from

six continents are participating in the global tournament.

The world fi nal will be held in July at the Instituto Projeto Neymar Jr in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The institute’s aim is to off er extracurricular educa-tional and sporting activities to the most socially disadvantaged children and families to promote social inclusion.

The winner of the World Final will recieve a trip to Barcelona, accompanied by Neymar Jr. to at-tend one of the team games.

This Red Bull event is held in partnership with Virgin Megas-tore, Instituto Neymar Jr, Hi FM Muscat, Hala FM, Oman Ministry of Tourism, and Shop and Ship.

FOOTBALL

Arsenal opposed to any breakaway Super LeagueLONDON: Arsenal are opposed to any split from the Premier League after British media re-ported on Wednesday that Eng-land’s big fi ve clubs had met to discuss joining a possible Euro-pean Super League.

“We are fi rmly opposed to any kind of breakaway,” an Arsenal spokesman said. “We entirely support the current structure, the Premier League as it is and the Champions League as it is.”

The Sun reported that Arse-nal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool had held talks with representa-tives of American billionaire Ste-phen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins NFL franchise. Senior executives of the fi ve English clubs were seen leaving a meet-ing at London’s Dorchester Hotel on Tuesday, the newspaper said.

Ross and his Relevent Sports company organise the off -sea-son International Champions Cup (ICC) friendly tournament played in the United States, Chi-na and Australia which features local and top European clubs.

Sources close to the talks said Tuesday’s meeting was mainly about discussing the ICC and ways of strengthening European competitions to complement the Premier League.

Europe’s biggest clubs, keen to secure automatic entry into the lucrative Champions League, have been working with Europe-an soccer’s governing body UEFA to review the format of the conti-nent’s elite competition.

Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea could all miss out on Champions League football next season with Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur currently fi lling the top two slots in the Premier League ahead of Arsenal and Manchester City.

European Club Association chairman Karl-Heinz Rum-menigge has suggested top clubs should get direct entry into the Champions League.

Teams currently have to qual-ify for the competition by virtue of their domestic league position in the previous season, with the Champions League holders also guaranteed a slot.

Former Germany striker Rum-menigge, who is chief executive of Bayern Munich, told a German newspaper in January that a Eu-ropean league was a possibility.

“I don’t rule out that in the fu-ture a European league will be founded, in which the biggest teams from Italy, Germany, Eng-land, Spain and France will play,” he said then. - Reuters

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CultureSECTIONC L I F E STY L E T H U R S DAY, M A R C H 3, 2 0 1 6

One of the most popu-lar music compos-ers of India, Salim-Sulaiman, who have given fans across

the globe many super hit songs of all genres ranging from devotion-al to inspirational and, of course, peppy Bollywood numbers such as   Aaja Nachle, Chak De! In-dia, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, and  for fi lms like Fashion,  Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year,  Kurbaan, Band Baaja Baaraat,  Ladies vs Ricky Bahl  and many more per-formed in Oman last month at the City Amphitheatre, Qurum. Apart from composing music for over a 100 Bollywood fi lms and television shows, the duo has also collaborated with international artists to record the anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

During their visit, they did not miss a single chance to interact with their fans, be it at the press conference at R&B in Muscat Grand Mall or the brief fan meet-up at the Mitsubi-shi showroom later in the evening. There could not have been a better start to the year than making the much awaited Salim-Sulaiman concert happen in Oman. I, being a huge fan of their songs myself, danced my heart out to the tunes of Aivayi Aivayi, taken inspiration from Aashayen, especially dur-ing school exams, and felt close to home in spite of being miles and oceans away whenever I heard Chak De! India. So when I got the opportunity for a quick ex-clusive interview with the most humble, yet the most talented musicians I’ve ever met I grabbed it. Well, who wouldn’t.

Tell us about your journey to Bollywood?Sulaiman: Our journey started very early on in our lives. Our fi rst movie was a background score we did for a movie called Hamesha. Director Sanjay Gupta was ex-perimenting a lot at that time. He was editing his fi lm in one of the studios and we were composing music for a corporate project. He heard the music and said he loved the kind of stuff we were doing and gave us an off er to do the back-ground score for his fi lm. So that’s where it all started.

Who is your inspiration?Salim: Ustad Zakir Hussain, un-doubtedly. Sulaiman learnt from his father, Abbaji Allah Rakha Khan, and as children we used to see him play. But it’s not just about him being a musician or a maestro. We learnt so much from him as a human being.

At a very early age we learnt how important it was to be a good per-son fi rst. It, in turn, helps you to be a good musician eventually as good human qualities help you feel your music better and create music for much bigger subjects, create that emotion and passion in your music. So he is one of our biggest idols. Honestly, I don’t see why you can’t be a good hu-man being if you’re a great musi-cian. In fact, your greatness as a musician only goes three folds up if you have good human qualities.

Which song was your ticket to fame?Sulaiman: Our fi rst big song was Tauba Tauba Ishq Mai Kariya from the fi lm Kaal. Chak De! India was a big milestone which ended up becoming the country’s sports anthem. And more than fame, it’s about doing music because it’s our passion and is an extension of Salim Sulaiman. So we don’t do this for fame but to give back to people what we’ve received from them. So, it’s an exchange which we hope will continue forever.

How do you create your music?Sulaiman: Salim creates the mel-odies and I create the rhythm. Salim sits with the lyricist and I sit on the mix and sometimes we bleed into each other.

Would you call yourself a two-person army?Salim: Well, we have a fantastic team. There is a young guy, Raj Pan-dit, who works with us and helps with arrangements and production. He’s become an important part of us and our team. And then there is Aftab who mixes our songs. And I feel that music is about peo-ple in general as there are so many contributions from so many peo-ple who end up giving their heart out, including singers, other mu-sicians and even our fans who be-

come our family as they all inspire us to make the kind of music we do.

What is your favourite style of music and song?Sulaiman: We love making sufi music and we’ve realised that all our sufi songs such as Shukran Allah, Ali Maula, Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai are liked by the peo-ple. Ali Maula is my personal fa-vourite as we composed that song as a prayer. We never intended for it to be in a fi lm. When Karan Johar heard it, he told us that if we loved the song so much, then

it needs to reach as many people as it can and that’s how it ended up being in Kurbaan.

Salim: I feel that it’s the inspi-rational songs that have been ex-tremely popular. Like Aashayen from Iqbal became a phenomenon in the country due to its aspira-tional quality.

Many schools have used that song. For instance, there is a school in Hyderabad that has made the song their school an-them and then there is a Bud-dhist group in Mumbai that uses this song in their chants.

Yeh Hosla has helped people over-come their diff erent problems and struggles.

And, of course, there is Chak De! India. It is no more our song but it is the country’s song. After Chak De!, we’ve done a lot of sports an-thems, including songs for the IPL and World Cup.

Tell us about the FIFA World Cup song?Sulaiman: There was a friend of ours in Africa who wanted to create a song which came from the Southeast Asian community because in FIFA there was no representation from India, Pa-kistan or Bangladesh. So he said we should make a song on what Africa has been through in terms of the struggles and their prob-lems over the years and in spite of all that, it now stands with its head held high and is hosting the World Cup. And that’s how Africa you’re a star took birth. We sent the song to the FIFA committee, they liked it and asked us to per-form. So we went to the celebra-tion concert and performed in front of 90,000 people.

How has music evolved over the years?Salim: Change is the only constant.

What’s your take on reality shows?Salim: I think the concept is fan-tastic. It gives an opportunity to the young talented people from small towns and villages to show the world what they have.

What happens to the winners and contestants after the show ends?Salim: Well, you saw one at the con-cert. I don’t know about the rest of the judges but as far as I’m con-cerned, I make sure that the people who do very well get associated with us.

We travel a lot with Bhoomi Trivedi and Sriram, both of whom are Indian Idol contestants, and by the end of 2016, we plan to do tours with the children.

A lot of people think that the music now is crap and the music back in their days was the only kind of music worth listening to. Do you agree?Salim: Yes and no. Yes, because music has changed and people have stopped making timeless mel-odies, primarily because there is a certain fear of it being boring. Also, the music being made in our country is mostly for fi lms. And the language of movies is also changing constantly. Back in the days, Hindi movies never showed a guy and a girl living together or kissing on screen. So, because the films are chang-ing, the music is also changing and it is only justifi ed.

Would you encourage Yo Yo Honey Singh kind of music?Salim: I’m a purist. I’ve studied pi-ano and Indian classical music. For me, joy comes from notes, melodies, chord changes, beats, base lines, funk, jazz, fusion. So rap is just a genre that is not very exciting for me.

And I was born and raised in a very different environment. There is a lot of richness in the music I learnt and listened to. We both listen to Michael Jackson, Sting, Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Abbaji, Zakir Bhai. I feel these are seasonal songs that will come and go. But Lag Jaa Gale, Tum Hi Ho, Shukran Allah will stay. I don’t think 4 Bottle Vodka will.-shruthi@timesofoman.com

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Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster3:00, 6:30, 11:00 PMJai Gangaajal (Hindi) (2D) (Action) (TBC) Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Rahul Bhat,3:15, 6:00, 8:45, 10:00, 11:30 PMNeerja (2D) (Hindi) (Biographical) (PG12) Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azami5:45 PMAction Hero Biju (2D) (Mal) (Action) (PG12) Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anu Emmanuel, Devi Ajith8:45 PM

RUWIScreen 1Jai Gangajal (Action) –PG12Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Jha2.30, 5.30, 8.30, 11.30 PMScreen 2London Has Fallen (Action) –PG12Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman3.00, 5.00, 9.45 PMJai Gangajal (Action) –PG12Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Jha7.00, 11.45 PM

Screen 3Neerja (Action / Biography) –PG12

Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi,3.45, 9.15 PMLondon Has Fallen (Action) –PG12Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman6.45, 11.45 PM

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Zootropolis (3D) (Animation) (PG12) Voice Overs: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bate-man, Idris Elba2:30, 4:30, 6:45 PM.London Has Fallen (Action | Crime) (PG12) Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan 2:45, 9:45, 11:45 PM.13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (Action | Drama | Thriller) (15+) Cast: John Krasinski,James Badge Dale.7:00, 11:30 PM.Jai Gangaajal (Hindi) (Action | Drama) (TBC) Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Rahul Bhat8:45 PM.King of Egypt - 3D (Action | Fantasy) (12+) Cast: Gerard Butler, Brenton Thwaites4:35 PM.

SOHARLondon Has Fallen – 2D (Action) (PG12)Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman2:45, 7:45, 9:45, 11:45PMKings of Egypt– 2D (Adventure) (12+)Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coste9:30PMKings of Egypt– 3D (Adventure) (12+)Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster11:35PM13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Beng-hazi – 2D (Action | Drama | Thriller) (15+)Cast: John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber2:30, 8:15, 11:55PMDead Pool– 2D (Action/Sc-Fi) (12+)Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin6:00PMZootropolis – 2D (Animation | Action) (PG12)Voice Over: Ginnifer Goodwin2:45PMZootropolis – 3D (Animation | Action) (PG12)Voice Over: Ginnifer Goodwin4:45, 6:45PMVery Big Shot – 2D (Arabic |) (PG12)Cast: Alain Saadeh, Wissam Fares4:45PMJai GangaaJal – 2D (| Action | Drama) (PG12)Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Rahul Bhat

3:15, 8:45, 11:00PMAction Hero Biju – 2D (Action) (PG12)Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anu Emmanuel, Devi Ajith

6:45PM

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London Has Fallen (Action| Crime ) (PG12) Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman3.15, 5.00, 6.45, 9.00, 11.30PM.13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (Action | Drama | Thriller) (15+) Cast: John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber3.30, 9.00, 11.45PM.Zootropolis 3D (Animation | Action) (PG12) Voice Overs: Gennifer Goodwin3.00, 5.00, 7.00PM.Jai GangaJal (Hindi | Action | Drama) (TBA) Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Rahul Bhat8.45, 11.00.Kings of Egypt (3D) (Adventure) (12+) Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster

6.30PM.

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London Has Fallen (2D) (PG12) (Action) Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman12:00, 2:15, 6:35, 9:45, 11:45PMKings of Egypt (3D) (12+) (Action)Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster6:35, 11:55PMDead Pool (2D) (12+) (Action | Sci-Fi)Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin4:25PMRace (2D) (PG) (Biography | Drama | Sport) Cast: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis4:15PM13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Beng-hazi (2D) (15+) (Action|Thrille) Cast: John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber 11:30AM, 2:00, 8:30, 11:15PMZootropolis (3D) (PG12) (Animation | Action| Adventure) Voice Overs: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bate-man, Idris Elba 11:45AM, 2:15, 4:45PMJai GangaaJal (2D) (PG12) (Hindi) (Action ) Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Rahul Bhat, Ayush, Mahesh Khedekar9:00PM Action Hero Biju (2D) (PG12) (Mal) (Action)Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anu Emmanuel, Devi Ajith7:00PM

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15:00 Sur 18:00 Daily

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TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

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06:30 Buraimi 11:00 Daily

08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri

13:00 Sohar 15:45 Daily

13:00 Buraimi 17:40 Daily

16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily

16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

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14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily

08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

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14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (ROUTE 62)

06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily

06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100)

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10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily

10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily

19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily

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SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)

06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily

06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily

13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur

13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur

15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily

15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily

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07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily

07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

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FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (ROUTE 36)

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05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily

05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily

07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily

13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri

13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily

13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily

13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily

17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily

06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily

15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily

14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily

12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100)

07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily

10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily

10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily

19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily

DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)

07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily

07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily

13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri

13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri

15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily

15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily

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16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily

16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily

16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

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I stopped my car when I saw a friend standing on the road-side looking desperately at his

watch. He was relieved to see me and asked for a lift. Time was run-ning against him and he had to be somewhere else in half an hour. The trouble was that he was so worked up that he forgot to tell me where he wanted to go. I did not ask him because I thought I had plenty of time to do so. I was wrong. “My car gave up in this terrible heat,” he said and emptied half my tissue box to wipe away his sweat. “It would not start... I think the radiator overheated.”

He then went on to blame the traffi c, mad drivers, and a lack of a comprehensive transport network.

“We all rely on our cars to get to places,” he said, “and there are no underground services or trains. When are they going to build a prop-er transportation system?”

I told him cars were cheap and so was petrol and maybe public transport was not essential. He re-torted that road building too was expensive and cost the govern-ment a lot of money. He saw a per-fect opportunity to take his case further when we slowed down be-cause of heavy traffi c.

“See what I mean?” he said, and threw his arms up in the air. “I am not going to get there in time.”

He fumed and his face was get-ting redder with anger. I feared he was going to have a heart attack and I thought I would have to make a detour to the hospital. I threw him a chocolate bar to try to take his mind away from his troubles. He furious-ly threw the chocolate right back and glared at the unmoving traffi c.

“What am I going to do now?” he asked, and when he repeated the question for the tenth time in a space of a minute, I thought of throwing him out of my car.

“I’ll tell you what you are going to do. Call whoever you are supposed to meet and tell him you are going to be late,” I told him.

He looked at me as if I had lost my mind. He then asked me hysterical-ly, “What is the matter with you? Do you think it is funny? Dead people don’t answer phones!”

I was puzzled, but only for a sec-ond. Then I asked him, “you are go-

ing to a funeral?”“You should pay more attention!” he said

angrily. “Didn’t I tell you I was going to the hospital to col-lect the body of my dead uncle?”

I didn’t think he did but I was not

going to argue given the state he was in. So

instead, I told him how sorry I was and added that I would have to make that detour to the hospital after all.

“What do you mean?” he de-manded to know.

It was too late to back out, so I told him. He shook his head and murmured something unprintable. At last, I got him there and he bolted out like a bullet. I was not sure then why was he in such a great hurry to claim the body of his uncle. I guess I was insensitive but I now realise he was in a state of shock.

Later on in the afternoon, he smiled at me meekly as I paid my condolences after the funeral. He thanked me and apologised for be-ing rude. It was good to see him smile again and it was also good to know that there are still some peo-ple left who care for their relatives during their last moments on earth.

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Contact: 96987335/99572460

1 BHK fl ats for rent behind OTE

service station Wadi Kabir.

Contact - 98027975

Four bedroom two fl oors luxurious

and spacious residential villa in

Al Hail North, near to the sea and

Oman oil. Each room has its own

bathroom. It has splits A/C’s and

shaded car park. OMR 750 month-

ly. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955

Flat for rent in Hamriya.

Contact 99341112

Warehouse for rent at Ghala Ind.

Area.800 & 2500 approx sqms

Near Hotel Al-Madinah Holiday

Ghala. Container can enter. Imme-

diate access to roads & highways.

CONTACT: 94583320

Flats for rent 2BHK sitting room,

3 bathrooms, kitchen, big balcony

split A/C Wadi AL Kabir 300/-

R.O. Contact: 99324402

Flats in Darsait. 94051789-

97201688

2BHK split A/C 320/- monthly

& 1 BHK split A/C 250/- Ghobrah

south near Grand mosque.

Contact: 99342661

Full furniture room for rent for

family monthly 200/- .

Contact: 99251975

Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 94051789-97201688

Warehouse at wadi Kabir 300SQM

– 6 MTR, height. Contact: 99711949

Fully Furnished apartments in

Boucher (35). 94051789-97201688

Single room with A/C & WIFI

having separate entrance for

non –cooking Indian execu-

tive, near Rawasco, AL Khu-

wair rent 130/- (W& E). Contact

92888691/95397442/97201100

Room Al Khuwair R.O 110/-.

Contact: 97799175

Flat with two rooms with window

A/C, with toilets & car parking way

No: 1670 north Al Hail near Dosteen

restaurant 1KM Inside.

Contact: 99238334

3 BHK fl ats 2Nos with A/C new

building behind Muscat

bakery opposite Mars supermarket

at Wadi AL Kabir.

Contact: 99338133/92103604

2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly

& 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly

new building good location Barka

Market. Contact: 99342661

3BHK in Qurum P.D.O high 350/-

Monthly. Contact: 99342661

Flats in Muttrah. Contact:

94051789-97201688

WAREHOUSE AVAILABLE FOR RENT

IN BALADIA SANAYAH AMIRAT

(Floor area 600sqmtrs and mezzanine of 500sqmtrs)

1100sqmts fully cover warehouse

& staff accommodati onsPlease contact: G.S.M

99417229/926210392 BHK fl at for rent Darsait near

Muscat Pharmacy, ISM.

Contact: 95158570

3 Rooms, 2 Toilets Flat for Rent. 18

November Street. Near Mars Hyper-

market and The Chedi. Ghobrah -Good

for Commercial or Residential use.

OMR 295/- month. Call 94477222

Conditioned room with toilets in

Al Khuwair. Contact: 92620858

/92605500

New deluxe 2 BHK fl ats with swim-

ming pool gymnasium at Athaibah,

Bousher spacious 5 BHK villa at

Al Khuwair 33. Contact: 99369081

Villa for rent four spacious bedroom

attached bath, private swimming

pool, gymnasium (common) with

electrical equipment and free main-

tenance, secured compound at Madi-

nat Al Illam. Contact – 98027975

2 BHK fully furnished fl at at Ruwi

MBD area. Contact – 93211557 /

24814853

1BHK near medical Darsait R.O 180/-

Contact: 95076261

Villa in Al-Khuwair 33. Quality

Finishing. Consist 5 Bedrooms, 1

Living room, 3 Lounges, All with A/C,

Kitchen and storage.

Contact: 90665135

WELL FURNISHED OFFICE SPACE & CAMP ACCOMODATION

AVAILABLE FOR RENT IN GHALA INDUSTRIAL AREA

Ideal for workers, staff members Catering facility opti on available

&4WDs/Pick up’s/Heavy Vehicles

are available for sale on as is where is basis.

The vehicles can be inspected at our premises at Ghala.

Contact : 94057473

DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 6 D3

FOR RENT

FOR SALE

Running shop with paint machine for sale in kadra

- Prime locati on with good daily sales - 260 Square meters- Warehouse facility - Staff accommodati on

BUILDING MATERIAL SHOP FOR SALE

Interested parti es may call 9322 3382 or mail to cs@mpesllc.com

Treadmill heavy 120kgs new

OMR 140/- with massager.

Contact: 92670572

400 sq mtrs Commercial/Resi-

dential land in Mabela Phase 5

Block 2. OMR 165 Thousand.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955

A well running pharmacy for sale

at prime location.

Contact- 99627621, 93240949

Steel rack sets (Godown).

Contact: 94521205

Urgent sale of steel scrap only

serious buyers kindly contact:

+968 96725423 for viewing the

items.

Well established coff ee shop / res-

taurant prime location at AL Khoud.

Contact: 92188777/98700760

Big shop for sale near K.M Trading

Ruwi. Contact: 99636476

Nursery School for sale. Well es-

tablished Nursery school running

for over 18 years in Muscat with

all Furniture, Play Equipments,

Licenses & Permits for immediate

sale. Whatsapp: 99353017

Email: nurserymuscat@gmail.com

Space for printing press available

at wadikabir with or without

machinery. Contact 99328430

Shop for sale near Oman House,

Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

Fire rated portacabins and steel

caravans. ContacT: 94058574

Almost new beach/ garden lounge

chairs /bar stools/ counter. Photos

can be sent 95865457

Luxury Apartments in Bousher

(35). 95056808-97201688

Steel Scrap materials for

immediate sale:

Contact 99273774/ 99202278

Commercial fl ats of 3 & 2 BHK

in Al Ghobra North 18 Nov street

RO.650/- & 450/- #91776665

Brand new villas in Al Ansab.

Contact - 94051789-97201688

Flats in WadiKabir. Contact - 94051789-97201688

600 M2 showroom or offi ce in

Bousher in front of Dolphin complex.

RO.3.5 per m2. Contact 91776665

Fully Furnished apartments in

Boucher (35) Contact - 94051789-

97201688

Brand new 4 BHK villa in Al Fai

compound Al Khoud. RO.475/-

Contact – 91776665

Villa of 3 BHK and sitting area in

Al Ghobra North. RO.525/-

Contact – 91776665

Luxury and brand new semi

furnished 2 BHK fl at in Remalbow-

sher. RO.550/- Contact – 91776665

Mini Furnished Apartment in

Qurum. Contact 94051789-

97201688

Spacious 1 BHK fl at in Al Wattaya

with all split A/C’s and parking.

RO.300/-Contact – 91776665

Offi ces & Showrooms in Al Khoud. # 94051789-97201688

Offi ces & Showrooms in Muttrah.

Contact - 94051789-97201688

Flats in Darsait. Contact -

94051789-97201688

Offi ces in Qurum opposite City

Center. # 94051789-97201688

Duplex villa in Qurum 29.

Contact - 94051789-97201688

Offi ces in Ghala. Contact: 94051789-97201688

Offi ces & Showrooms in Muttrah.

94051789-97201688

Duplex villa in Qurum 29.

94051789-97201688

Offi ces & Showrooms in

Al Khoud.94051789-97201688

Brand new villas in Al Ansab.

94051789-97201688

For rent and investment Land

industrial shops in Rusayl.

Contact: 99323957 / 95490842

Flats in Qurum. Contact

94051789-97201688

Ghobrah. Big bedroom, bathroom,

huge terrace. Non-cooking Indian

female/male - Manager/Sr. Exec.

Vegetarian non-drinkers only.

Contact 99283938

Wadi Kabir new building 2 bed-

rooms rent. Contact: 99313274

2 BHK fl at behind Nesto hyper-

market with split A/C R.O 220/.

Contact 91642157/97653524

Flat, 1 bedroom, kitchen, toilet in

AL Khuwair family bachelors

R.O 160/-. Contact: 95154331

House in Amerat near to Makah

hypermarket with 3 room+ 5 toilet+

hall+ living room+ kitchen.

Contact 98885055/ 92744168

1BHK Flat with spilt A/C near

star cinema 210/-. Contact:

99358589/95570288 /97079146

Flat for rent south Al Mabela.

Contact: 95331177/95230355

1B/R apartment executive fully

furnished at AL Khuwair 33 & 5 B/R

villa unfurnished at Madinat

Al Ilam & 5 B/R villa furnished at

Madinat Al Ilam. Contact: Atlas Real

Estate & rent a car LLC -24834888/

99249069/92888376/94617563

Email: info@alshahiintl.com

Luxury villa of 5 BHK in Al Khuwair

33 RO.650/- Contact – 91776665

Warehouse at Wadikabir - total

area 3500 sqm - covered ware-

house (500sqm), offi ce,

accommodation (1000sqm), open

area (2000sqm) please

contact: 99273774 - 99202278

Flats for rent in Ruwi Mumtaz

area 2 bedroom. Contact:

91409667/24291500

Flat for rent in Al Hail

south 2 bedroom. Contact:

91409667/24291500

Shop for rent near Al Nahdha Hospi-

tal. Contact: 97380548 / 99680499

2 BHK Flats for rent, Muttrah near

Oman house S/ AC.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

ACC. AVAILABLE

Furnished room with AC, Fridge

and TV. At Hilat Al Saad near Main

road. Contact: 95714202

Furnish bedroom with attach

bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794

Sharing acc. Available near

Al Nahdha hospital.

Contact: 97242114

Self contained furnished room in de-

cent villa for rent at Ghobrah North,

Contact 92595830/24495667.

Furnished room attached bath for

Indian bachelor & lady Wadi Kabir

near Mars hypermarket.

Contact: 96202458/96761960

Spacious semi furnished room with

separate bathroom for executive

bachelor opposite OC centre Ruwi.

Call: 92273779

Room for rent with furniture.

Al Bustan villeage.

Contact: 93687466

Single rooms with kitchen

available at Ruwi. Contact:

91214897/98049288

Room with attached bathroom and

sharing kitchen available for

Executive bachelor or small family

at wadikabir Contact 9304 9849

Room available in Mumtaz area

1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen &

1 room, common bathroom.

Interested please Contact:

92680041 Mr. Altaf

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirt-

ing, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery,

Crockery, Glassware, Chafi ng Dishes,

Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound

Systems and spectacular lighting.

Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering

and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound &

Light. ww.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

ACC.WANTED

CHANGE OF NAME

LOST

LOSTRequired single room for an

executive lady (non cooking) in

Darsait, Ruwi, Wadi Kabir.

Contact - 98591132

Accommodation required with

food for 1 month, bachelor for

March month. Preferably Al Ghob-

rah area. Contact: 99335742

FOR SALE

WANTED

IELTS Coaching (academic)

required nearby wadi Kabir area.

Please call on mobile or

msg on Whats up.

Mobile no: 92927880/99012165

BUYING

Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299

Buying cars for cash. Contact:

90202090

NRI

Furnished Apartment for sale at

near Nedumbassery Airport.

Contact: 92394014

Land for Sale. House Plots for Sale

in Athrampuzha, Kottayam very

close to MG University. Please

contact 99412383(Oman) or

00918129917061(India)

Flat for sale Kerala Thiruvanan-

thapuram 3 bed room Flat in cy-

ber Palm (SFS) Area 1860sqf Flat

in cyber gate way, Area 1159.

Cont no +91 99-95-674657,

00968 92967614.

MATRIMONIAL

Hindu Boy -30 Yrs MBA Finance

Graduate working in Muscat seeking

alliance of Hindu girl only.

Contact: 98278401

Pentecostal girl 27 yrs / 154 cm,

MSC soft Eng, working in Muscat

invite proposal from Pentecostal par-

ents of highly qualifi ed God fearing

boys. Contact: 95227395

RCSC female BSC nurse

(Christian) working in Sur ministry

hospital seeking good alliances from

well settled families.

Contact: 98055621/97929487

Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from

widow/ divorcee/ single.

Contact: 96059801.

*Classifi ed Advertisement space booking with text, should be done

till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space

availability

3 Ton Truckfor SaleMITSUBISHI – 2007

ModelPlease Contact: Drake & Scull

International LLCGSM: 94277208

I Seelan Devadhas (holder of

Indian passport No. N 2964403 )

Son of Devadhas having

permanent residence in 9-15 A

, Poonachi Vilai , Palliyadi PO,

Kalkulam TK , K.K. Dist Tamil Nadu

– 629169 , India ( complete postal

address in India ) and presently

residing in Bid Bid Fanja P.O Box .

No. 84, P.C 613 (complete postal in

Oman) intend to change my name

from Seelan Devadhas (old name)

to Jayaseelan Devadhas (new

name) for all practical purpose.

Any objection towards my name

change may please be

communicated to Embassy of

India, Muscat, diplomatic Quarters,

AL Khuwair, P. Box No, 1727 postal

code 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.

MANPOWER

FOR SALE USED PORTACABINS

FOR SALELOCATION :

MUSCAT & BURAIMIGOOD CONDITION

CONTACT: 93990154

Shamim Mohammed has lost

Bangladeshi Passport No.

AF S8847138.

Finder please handover to ROP

Single colorful Bed and Sofa for Sale

at Al Khuwair. Contact 92881849 /

What`s up No 97290565

Dental clinic for sale in Seeb.

Contact: 92882209/96373097

HD Scaff oldings, Shuttering

Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering

wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift),

Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine,

Steel Fabrication Machinery

(Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding)

including tools for immediate sale:

Contact 99273774/ 99202278

Villas in Al Khoud. 95056808-

97201688

Minhaj Uddin Tapu has lost Bang-

ladeshi Passport No. AG 0719867.

Finder please handover to ROP

Arafat Hossain has lost Bangla-

deshi Passport No. AG 2472681 .

Finder please handover to ROP

DAILY GUIDED4 T H U R S D AY, M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 6

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

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

DRIVERMEDICAL

SALES / MARKETING

DRIVER

EDUCATION/TRAIN

ADMIN

ADMINCATERING

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

ADMIN

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Cooks (Arabic Indian) gulf exp

looking job. Contact: 99531802 Vacancy for the post of PRO for

a shipping company in Sohar -

97990844 - mail id:

operations@arabianseabridge.com

Required urgently a Legal Consultant/ Lawyer for reputed

law fi rm in Sohar, Muscat. Can-

didates should have 5-7 years

experience as a Legal Consultant/

Lawyer with good knowledge of

Computer & should be fl uent in

English both written & spoken.

Email C V to shejaanil66@gmail.

com or Contact 99153620

between 8am to 1pm & 2pm to

5.30 pm on Sunday to Thursday

Interior Designer Seeking suitable

job. On visit visa in Oman.

Contact - 92166130

Interior designer 4years experi-

ence design and supervision skills

(3D Max AutoCAD Photoshop.

Contact: 95246737

Email: yassalnajjar@gmail.com

Autocad Drafting, part time/

full time, 2D & 3D, Architectural,

Structural, MEP, Shop drawing ,

experienced. Ph: 90189070

AutoCAD draftsman experience 2

years. Contact: 93738335 /95809393

Email: mammoosing@gmail.com

Indian male good experienced in

Accounts, ERP Tally 9 & Admin in

India & Oman, presently on visit

visa, looking for suitable placement.

Contact 94834687

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in com-

merce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/

fi nance fi eld. On visit visa. Immedi-

ately available. Contact 92836216 /

muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

DOMESTIC HELP

DOMESTIC HELP

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Part time Accounting / Data entry

services. Contact: 93477447

Part Time Accounting, Accounts

Finalization as per IFRS, Audit

Preparation, Project Report, Train-

ing for Accountants, Internal Audit,

Accounting System for New

Companies, Contact: 96975454,

email:ibfc.gcc@gmail.com

Indian male 28 yrs MBA fi nance/

marketing and graduate in computer

experience 3 yrs seeking suitable

job, now family visit visa.

Contact: 93195378

Email: faisalme.beg677@gmail.com

Accountant Manager 24 years

working experience 8 years in Oman

looking managerial position with

family status interested to work con-

struction or manufacturing trading

organization. Contact: 95919546

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with

13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman in

manufacturing, trading & con-

tracting Cos, capable of handling

all accounting, fi nance, banking,

L/C, import, export & fi nalization

seeks placement. NOC Available.

Call+968-98932752,

mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com

Indian male, B.Com with 6 years

experience as an Accountant,

looking for suitable placement.

Mob: 93903458 ,

Email : Akkandyrijesh@gmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com

Finance-Indian with 7 years expe-

rience in Finance & Accounts up to

fi nalization. Currently employed

in Oman. Having D/L & NOC.

Mob: 94122464,

Email: cammk13@gmail.com

Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA

Finance and marketing with IT

skills, 7+ yrs of experience,

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact : 94879615,Email-

sajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

Indian male 32 yrs (B.com) having

8 years accountant experience in

Oman looking for suitable placement

local release Oman D/L available.

Contact: 97494322/98093515

Senior Accountant B.com work

exp gulf, 8 years Indian 5 years.

Contact: 94364672/95517130

Accountant gulf exp 4 years.

Contact 96718001

Indian male 7 years Oman exp,

Tally ERP 9, Accounting, Inventory

Controller/Asset Supervisor & IT

Supports seeking suitable job. NOC

available. B.COm, PGDCA, location

Sohar, having Oman D/L.

Contact 98317698.

Email: sukuanilkumar@gmail.com

Indian C.A fi nalist having 7 years

exp in Finance fi eld, looking for a

suitable position with license and

NOC. Contact – 98097009

Sri Lankan lady experienced in

key accounts, Market Demand

planning & Communications,

Brand/Sales in multinationals

seeks placement in Muscat.

Contact 98250829

Accounts part time services avail-

able to handle all accounts up

to fi nalization, on Monthly basis

fi nalization and consulting works.

Contact: 96247295

Indian male Accountant looking

for a suitable placement in Salalah.

More than 20 years exp in account-

ing job (up to fi nalization of ac-

counts) 8 years working experience

in middle east in Dubai, Muscat &

Salalah. Contact - 91325029

Experienced Accountant seeks

suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact: 96902860

Accounting Asst, BBA Mcom Tally

Peach Tree ph: 98269281

25 Years/Male Indian/B.com with

2 Years Experience/Seeking Job in

Finance and accounts/Skills Tally

ERP9/SAP-FICO/MS Offi ce. Immedi-

ately Joining.

Contact No: +96897184087

Email: modi_harshal@ymail.com

Chief Accountant 25 years expe-

rienced looking for part/full time

accountant job.

Contact: 95598477/98803439

Indian male 25 B.Com (graduate)

2 years experience as accountant

in country club India with ERP ora-

cle r12, tally knowledge. On visit

visa immediately available.

Email: shabi.hyd@gmail.com

Contact- 9042-1161

Indian male MBA (F) with 6 years

of experience as accountant pro-

fi ciency in A/C software like tally,

focus, Sap (FICO)

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98665219 Email:

abdulhameed1527@gmail.com

Indian Male 28, M. Com with 3 yr

Oman exp in Accounts with valid

D/L on visit Visa available to join

immediately. GSM: 94744575.

Email:sidharth673@gmail.com

Required Accounts Offi cer- en-

sure accurate processing of

revenue data into ERP systems

and invoicing module. Posting of

invoices to customer SAP portal

and delivery to customer offi ces

and interface with country man-

ager/ reporting to regional CEO.

Qualifi cations: BSc accounting.

Relevant experience & knowledge

on online accounting systems

especially the customer

SAP system. Submit CV to:

me-job@interwell.com

Required female Accountant postgraduate in commerce email:

mailcv7@gmail.com

fax: 24784202

Accountant with gulf experience

in construction fi eld preferred with

Oman driving license. Interested

candidates send CV to:

Email: omanhari@yahoo.com

Gsm: 95892831/95197615

Pakistani light looking job 3

years experience in Oman.

Contact: 93711608

Seeking driver job with own car.

Contact: 98031620

Bangladeshi male light driver

looking for job 3 exp.

Contact: 93254149

Bangladeshi male light vehicle

driver looking for job.

Contact: 91359624

Driver with car 3 yrs exp, looking

part time job.

Contact – 97456062

Looking for driver, electrical &

plumbing job.

Contact - 92360040

Pakistani light driver looking job.

Contact 95604741

Light driver. Contact: 96756014

Pakistani male 30 years with

4 years experience in driving

license (Oman) light.

Contact: 97469730

Light vehicle driver GCC license

seeking for job. Contact: 94801679

Looking for job driver 10 yrs exp.

Contact: 99035942

Indian light driver cum house

cleaner. Contact: 96255558

/99415443

Light driver with car.

Contact: 96379697

Looking for job car driver.

Contact: 98388947

Housemaid required for Keralite

family in Sohar with good package.

PH: 97034674, 93558111

Looking for a part-time cook-cum-housemaid in Azaiba.

Call 92450197.

Required Cleaners & Offi ce boys. Contact 24707833

Housemaid (overseas)

Indian family looking for job.

Contact 99531802

BEAUTICIAN MISCELLANEOUS

Civil Engineer with minimum 5/8

years experience with valid Oman

driving license. Contact Interested

candidates send CV to:

Email: omanhari@yahoo.com

Gsm: 95892831/95197615

MEP Engineer minimum Diploma

5 years experience in building

construction and with driving

license. Contact- Fax- 24478522 /

Email – gh1.careers@gmail.com

Urgently required fiber Optic Technician / splicer EXPO OTDR FTB -1 testing & power meter

report excellent package get N.O.C

or refer splicer from anywhere.

Send C.V mathersahra@gmail.com.

Contact: 91688007

Required candidates for following

posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driving

license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278

We are looking for a driver for res-

taurant. Contact - 95048797

Light duty driver for offi ce work.

Contact: 92341826

Wanted driver. Contact: 91025698

Part or full time Driver Required

call us 91120552

ENGINEER

REQUIRED PROJECT MANAGER

For an Infra/ Bldg project in Duqm/Oman

Graduate Engineer with 20+ years experience preferably

in Oman/ GCC with valid D/L and transferable visa,

computer literate.

Send CV to Email : omanproject2011@gmail.com

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED

28/male/MBA - fi nance/B.Com -

Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/

India experience looking for a

suitable placement. # 90187483

shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

Indian Female, 24 Years - MSc

Biotechnology. Worked in Interna-

tional Crops Research Institute For

The Semi Arid Tropics for project

work as trainee. Looking for suit-

able job. Mobile: 92619048,

Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

Omani or European female Sales representative required for part

time please send CV to gcpe16@

gmail.com with expected salary

An Omani construction company located at Muscat looking for

Marketing executive with

GCC driving license & NOC

send C.V to kwk585@gmail.com

Challenging tyres Omani compa-

nies seeking for Sales Man only

an tyres division sales minimum

2 years experience send CV to

saeed@liwainvestments.com

Required male / female Market-ing person for man power Supply

Company with minimum 3 years

experience with valid GCC / Oman

driving license.

Contact: 97158893 / 94148972.

Kindly send CV at

Email: rastllcmuscat@gmail.com

Nurse required for a dental clinic in

Al Khuwair. Contact 95114616

GP doctor needed for reputed clinic.

Preferably with MOH license or with

Datafl ow & Paramatics pass

Contact: 95388934

Wanted Nurse for a dental centre in

capital area. Interested may contact

– 93431024 or send CV to –

drasyanaseem@gmail.com

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately for

a clinic in Suwaiq. Contact: 95081010

Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com

Indian female (25) M.com

Finance, 3 yrs, exp in accounts /

fi nance seeks suitable position

in corporate fi nance / Banking /

consulting purchase coordination /

Admin. Now in family visa.

Contact: 96953705 Email:

prapullasuvarna@gamil.com

8 years of intensive Oman experi-

ence in procurement & supply

chain management looking for

suitable placement.

Contact: 97755488

Female business graduate from

UK with four years experience in

procurement purchasing expedit-

ing logistics and supply chain in

UAE seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 99581399

Filipino male with 13 years HR and

Administration managerial experi-

ence. MBA & CIPD holder. Currently

looking for job in Oman. Interested

employer contact - 97728418.

Indian female 25years M.C.A

on family visit required suitable

placements also interested in

teaching. Contact: 94017133

Email: ranjitharose04@gmail.com

Jordanian, Senior accountant, 15

yrs experience in Oman fi nance &

accountant. Contact: 92881223

Indian Male Accountant 10yrs

Exp. in OMAN Retail &

Furniture Co. (Release Available)

GSM.92564955

Indian female 25 yrs, MBA HR &

Marketing, with one and half years

experience as accountant and

6 months experience in teaching,

now on a visit visa, seeking suitable

position. Contact: 99624044,

mail: np.neethu1@gmail.com.

A leading Oil and Gas EPC company is looking to hire competent and energetic candidates who have an experience in EPC Oil& Gas projects with mechanical and piping background. Th e Candidates should have gulf experience and preferably with GCC driving license.

Project Manager : Minimum 20 years experience Construction Manager : Minimum 18 years experience QA/QC inspector : Minimum 12 years experience HSE supervisor : Minimum 5 years experiencePiping supervisor : Minimum 15 years experience Piping foreman : Minimum 15 years experience

Kindly send your CV to: recruitmentoman123@gmail.com

A leading Electrical Contracti ng Company urgently required an

Electrical Engineer with 5 to 8 years experience in

HT & Substati on works for Medc & Mazoon jobs.

A valid Oman driving license & NOC is mandatory.

URGENTLY REQUIRED

Contact- Email: recruitmentmuscat2015@gmail.com

Required Beautician for beauty

Saloon at Ghobrah. Clearance /

visa available. Contact- 95924910

Indian, 26 yrs , female , 5 yrs exp

in HR/ Admin with valid Oman

D/L seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98236033

Indian male, MBA (HRM) Bilin-

gual (Arabic / English) 15+ Oman

experience HR Admin, offi ce coor-

dination, secretarial, inventory etc.

Contact: 94663657

Indian male (26) diploma, 6 years

experience as offi ce asst & Admin

asst. Now on visit visa looking for

suitable position.

Contact: 92600859

Indian male MBA / HR and

marketing 2 years experience in

royal bank of Scotland looking for

opportunities in banking operating

marking and HR services excellent

communication Kills.

Contact: 90661245

Indian male 40years experienced

about 12 years in banking credit

risk department UAE and INDIA

with UAE driving license, on visit

visa looking for suitable

opportunity, please contact

mobile# 91305978

E-mail Hani.leo@gmail.com

15 years of working experience

in Business development in Oman

& UAE & UK , marketing plans and

strategies & importing fi rewoks for

festivals & preparing government

tenders , Operations and logistics ,

importing and international busi-

ness trading , CNC engineering &

industrial areas , I have dual na-

tionality (I can travel abroad easily

without needing visa, for fi nalizing

business trading NOC available.

Contact: 94123939

Indian male 40 years MBA with

11 years experience in Admin

& HR as HR & Admin manager

with valid Oman license seeking

suitable placement release/ NOC

available . Contact: 97782843

Email: vinodhpkd@yahoo.com

Indian female, Masters in HR,

having 4 + years Oman experience

in media management and HR,

looking for openings in HR, Educa-

tion, Admin, Corporate communi-

cations. Contact 98252030

Indian Female, MBA-HR having

8+ experience in Administration/

HR, Customer Support, Offi ce Coor-

dinator with good Computer skill,

Now on Visit Visa,looking for suit-

able position.Contact: 90196235

Indian male MBA 33yrs having 10

yrs of exp seeking full time suit-

able placement in Administration/

HR/ Operations/ Coordination/

Logistics. Holding valid D/L.

Contact 99054786

Indian male MBA- UK 18 yrs Gulf

exp in Administration/ HR & Pub-

lic relationship. Fluent in Arabic/

English with D/L. Looking for

suitable position.

Contact - 99897280

Young Omani male have expe-

rience 12 years as P.R.O , Clerk

helper supervisor Admin supervi-

sor , H.R Manager have diploma in

H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license looking

for H.R position or P.R.O license .

Looking for H.R position or P.R.O

part time or full time.

Contact: 95933288

Indian Male, B.Com, MBA with 3

years GCC experience seeks Ad-

ministration job in Muscat. Valid

Oman & UAE D/L available.

Visit visa & can join immediately.

Contact: 00968 98896847

mail: tssavad@gmail.com

Urgently Required Steel Fabri-cated Products Salesman with

an experience in steel fabrication,

MUST have Oman driving license,

and immediately join. Apply,

fax 00968–24605955, emails

sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com

SALES / MARKETING

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SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Diploma Electrical candidate look-

ing for suitable job having two years

experience in electrical utilities

maintaining and plant maintenance.

Contact: 94652387

Indian male 22, Chemical Engineer

residing in Oman looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 92379181

Engineer has 10 years local & in-

ternational experience in ready mix

concrete also in Oil & gas fi led also

in marketing & sales fi eld ,

has Omani driving license.

Contact : 92534098

HSE Engineer MSc & B.Tech (safety

& fi re) 6 yrs overall exp in O & G

project & construction. Available

immediately with clean NOC. Hold

valid D/L Oman, owns a car.

Contact – 94616721 /

aibelg19@gmail.com

REVIT (ARCH), Diploma Civil 3yr ,

in visit visa , exp. Salary : 250

PH : 92279784

AUTOCAD D/MAN, diploma civil

engg. 3 Yr , certifi cate attested , in

visit visa , expecting salary :

200 omr. Contact - 99506977

HSE Engineer (BE Mech + Dip in

Safety+ NEBOSH + OSHA), 10 yrs

exp, NOC Available, seeking suit-

able placement: Mob: 97061817;

email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com

HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma

Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over

10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter

(NOC) available), seeking suit-

able placement, Mob:97061817,

Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com

B.SC civil Engineer, road construc-

tion fi eld with 13 years experience

in Oman. Contact: 92200485

IT Administrator B.Tech C.C.N.A,

M.C.S.A, 5 years experience in GCC,

looking suitable placement.

Contact: 92339064 (+919633836307)

Sudanese net work Engineer holding IT BACHELOR (CCNA,

CCNP, and MCSE) has one year

experience and license.

Contact: 92394485

IT support Eng graduate 5 yrs exp,

Oman D/L, NOC available Indian.

Contact- 92101839

INDIAN Male 25 B.com (gradu-

ate) hold 2 years experience as

accountant with ERP oracle R12,

Tally, focus knowledge. On visit

visa immediately available.

Email shabi.hyd@gmail.com

Contact- 968-9042-1161

Pakistani male 27 years IT En-

gineer computer skill ms offi ce,

excel, word, net working installa-

tion for mating, window, intent and

data curtly, Oman experience

2 years. Contact: 94568628

Indian male 25 years BSC (C.S)

with basic hardware and software

knowledge seeks suitable place-

ment now on visit visa.

Contact: 92319677

Email: ismabsc@gmail.com

Indian Male, IT System Engineer

having 4 yrs of experience in sys-

tem administration.CCNA,MCSE,

Linux. Looking for suitable job.

Contact :91272867

Indian female, B.Tech graduate,

with one and half years experience

as ‘web developer’ interested in

web development and has experi-

ence working in HTML, CSS, Boot-

strap, JavaScript and Photoshop.

Contact : 9592 7075, e-mail id:

mariarosejacob90@gmail.com

LOGISTICS

IT

Indian Male, 36 years, over 16

years’ Stores, Logistics and Import

Export, experience with US based

MNC, seeks suitable placement.

Mob: 9822 6568

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech Indian

male 5 years experience Indian and

Oman (PDO projects) currently on

visiting visa & NOC available (as per

new rule). Contact: 94258289

Electrical diploma Engineer with

1.5 years experience in AutoCAD

designing for LV constructions and

diesel generator maintenance look-

ing actively for job in Oman.

Contact: 92171858/90595609

Email: nelsondas213@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech) with

2 and half years experience Indian

male 24 years in visit visa. Contact:

96620482 / + 919605423272

Email: bijumonps@gmail.com

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp

seeks suitable position ina reputed

company. NOC available.

Contact – 96789711

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

MANAGER

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Indian male having 8 years

experience in Electronics & Com-

munication looking for job in

Muscat having garnering degree

in Electronics & commutation and

diploma in Electronics

Contact: 925246682

BE Electrical Engineer looking for

suitable job experience in plant

electrical utility maintenance

Trans for men PLC driver panel

control wiring or crane air

compression. Contact: 90628814

Sudanese mechanical Engineer, 2 years experience HVAC fi refi ght-

ing, on visiting visa.

Contact 95630047

Sudanese civil Engineer holding

bachelor with two years of experi-

ence in Oman has resident visa and

valid license. Contact: 94393880

Indian male 31 years Civil

Engineer diploma holder 4 years

experience in Oman need

placement N.O.C available.

Contact: 93298395

HSE & Fire Safety Engineer 4 years experience air port opera-

tional safety, power & chemical

industry. Contact: 94374241

22 Years exp in Gulf civil building

construction project manager.

Contact – 0097430824610 /

arshadjamalkhan@rediff mail.com

Civil Engineer B.E 12 years ex-

perience with valid Oman driving

license NOC available.

Contact: 93843448

Sudanese civil Engineer three

years experience with NOC.

Contact: 96297316

Email: abdallakoty22@gmail.com

Architect Engineer 8 years experi-

ence in construction fi eld,

designing and supervision

(AutoCAD, Archi CAD, 3D Max).

Contact: 94370767

B.Tech Electronics & comm. Engg

& MBA Degree in operation man-

agement with fi ve years experi-

ence in optical fi ber planning coor-

dination etc. Contact: 94819139

Engineer in 14 yrs experience in

project execution & operation all

kinds of Mech / civil & interior

decoration with license.

Contact: 97070527

Pakistani male seeking job site

supervisor (civil) age 24 years

with 2 years experience ( Oman)

valid Oman driving (license ) light.

Contact: 94712273

Indian Male Degree Holder BE (civil) having 11 years of Oman

experience with valid Oman driving

license looking for a suitable job

.NOC available and ready to join im-

mediately. Mobile: 93803950.

Mail:kavinvasi2007@gmail.com

Hospitality Degree 5 yrs exp

holding Dubai driving license.

Contact - 91234870

Hospitality/Hotel/ Restaurants

Dynamic result oriented hospital-

ity professional with 20 years of

international exp. MBA in Hotel

Management, specializing in Hotel/

Restaurant start ups, concepts &

Franchise development with prov-

en records. Seeking for Challenging

positions in reputed groups as GM/

COO/CEO/Business Head. (NOC

available) Contact: 96059470

HOSPITALITY

EXPERT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE For your BPR, guide fi nance &

HR & RM, advise product marketi ng & CRM, appraise IT system for reporti ng & communicati on. Contact: Tel - 96500729

k.profi toman@gmail.com

Civil Engineer (B.sc) 5yrs exp. in

const. with Oman D/L.

Contact: 96045025

Email:talal.faroug@gmail.com

Indian male, 36 years, BE (electri-

cal), MBA 12 years exp

(maintenance of electrical equip-

ment, transformer, grid & sail, RSP

exp in India, looking for suitable

job in Oman, please

Contact: 00919437648101 Mail Id:

kushikkumarsahoo@rediff mail.com

B.SC Civil Engineer 27 yrs Oman

experience as project manager,

structural Engineer looking for suit-

able placement NOC/ LOCAL trans-

fer available. Contact: 99349578

Email: farooqatm@hotmail.com

BE Mechatronics and robotics

Engg and basic knowledge in

computers and CNC Operations.

multilingual skills age 23, looking

for a suitable placement.

Contact: 92552789

Email: ashwinreghu3@gmail.com

Mechtronics Engineer, Indian

male 2 yrs exp in industrial auto-

mation & maintenance, seeking

suitable job. Presently on visiting

visa. Contact – 97315735 /

jithinm717@gmail.com

Indian B.E civil Engineer 25 years

experience in gulf looking for a

suitable placement with driving

license noc available.

Contact: 94867039

B. SC Building & architectural Engineer male 26 having 2 years

of experience in architectural

designing & construction supervi-

sion of building projects currently

on visit visa seeking suitable posi-

tion in Muscat. Contact: 95626378

Email: waqasbashir65@yahoo.com

Mechanical Engineer (male) with

2 years experience in project &

production fi eld seeking suitable

jobs now on visit visa.

Contact: 94823009/94223483

Email: jisso.joseph@outlook.com

Civil Engineer 5 Years exp 2 years

in Oman as QS. Seeking for part

time job as QS.

Contact- 91507508

Structural Engineer, 8 yrs expe-

rienced in fl at slab, post tensioned

& slab-beam multi story building

design & supervision with driving

license. Contact: 98256860

Indian male 23 years B.E in me-

chanical fresher and have CSWIP

certifi cation on visit visa seeking

employment foe mechanical

jobs as entry level.

Contact 98422072

Email Id: j-joel92@yahoo.com

Mechanical Engineer M.Tech

2 years experience HVAC design

& site Engg revit MEP Auto CAD.

Contact: 90150913 Email:

mahmanmechengg@yahoo.im

Omani HSE supervisor. Email:

jeebal3000@gmail.com

Indian female civil engineer B.Tech

having 3 years experience sound

knowledge of software, REVIT STAD

PRO structural detailing currently

on family visa seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact: 95345591

Chemical laboratory analysis

acquired knowledge of laboratory

and chemical safety

Sudan university of science and

technology. Contact 90644755

Graduate, computer literate, experi-

enced in sales, credit control,

accounts, Omani D/L , seeks suit-

able placement. Gsm 98805474

A lady entrepreneur with BF Tech

1st Class (Fashion Technology)

since 2006 in Kerala like to make

change for better. Specialized in

designing, Production Management,

Fashion Art, Grading, Surface orna-

mentation, Garment Construction.

Email: prettyjinu08@gmail.com

Mobile: +919539397097.

Procurement Engineer (27 years

single male with Oman Driving Li-

cense) having 7 years experience

(UAE 2, Oman 3) with expertise in

MEP, Water, Electromechanical,

Instrumentation seeking suitable

placements. Contact 95852033,

mail: hemal1988@gmail.com

Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian

male 24 years with 1+years Indian

experience,(Certifi ed in Staad

Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).

Looking for a Suitable position.

Available In Sultanate of Oman

(Muscat) on Visit Visa.

Contact: 92835952. E-mail:

mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in

designing, assembling, commis-

sioning execution etc having valid

GCC license too looking for a suit-

able. Contact: 00968-98052942

Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com

Indian male, Mechanical

Engineer having 1year experi-

ence, on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact:97416564,

Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

Structural buildings marine. Availa-

ble NOC release. Contact: 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com

Indian Female, M.B.A, 8 Yrs of Exp

in Oil and Gas sector, working as an

Unit Manager for MNC, also worked

as a BDM, seeking suitable

placement immediately.

Contact 99179709

20 years experience in Oman

plumbing Foreman N.O.C

Release available.

Contact: 93054511/95441583

Indian well experienced per-

sonal assistant/executive offi ce

manager/ senior administrator /

commercial executive with license

looking for a change. release letter

available – 99168054

mbkishore@hotmail.com

The Business Development Man-

ager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years

Inside and outside Oman follow-

ing activities: construction(Very

strong and qualifi ed to bringing

business for civil work Or any

type of the construction work for

many million per year with a good

experience in pricing and collect

payment and cash management of

the company & marketing projects

& investments& tenders & real

estate. Contact 92385033

MBA with 18 years of experience in

Procurement, 2 years in Sohar, Oman

driving license with vehicle,

looking for suitable position.

GSM :94047501,

ahmed16071974@gmail.com

The Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Experience 15

Years Inside and outside Oman

following activities: tenders& real

estate& construction & marketing

projects& investments &

transportation & Marine services&

companies management& develop

business. Contact: :- 92385033

Indian male, with experience in

operations management, informa-

tion security, purchase & stores

mgmt, hold UAE driving license,

on visit visa, seeks suitable job.

Contact 91904541

Email: naushers@yahoo.com

Civil Engineer (BE) having total

5 years experience in building

construction looking for a suitable

placement. D/L available

Contact# 94450270

Sri Lankan Engineer (27 Years

old) – B.Sc Engineering (Hon)

Mining / Geotechnical Presently

in Muscat, 1.5 years experience.

Contact 91295802 /

acmfaslan123@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer Indian male

30 years, having 5 years of experi-

ence in industrial automation and

utility maintenance in India (MRF

Tyres) holding valid Oman D/L.

Contact: 92789995 Email:

akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

Indian Electrical Engineer Btech,

female 24 seeking job, presently

in oman having 2 year experience

in design and estimation of Ht &Lt

projects. Contact 968 97436557,

Mail id : sibinanoop1@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer with 18 years

exp in UAE. Contact: 98148034

Email: shassalih66@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 6 yrs Exp in Oman

with license. Contact: 98975518

Bachelor Civil Engineer 6 Years

in Oman experience Valid Driving

License seeks suitable placement

Phone 97619722

Email – golamrob@yahoo.com

Diploma in Mechanical Eng piping system in AutoCAD work,

21+ years experience with Driving

license. Contact: 95267113

Email: rkakkaryil@gmail.com

7 Yrs Exp. PM in Mech. Engg in

the fi eld of Building Const. Oil &

Gas Seeking Job.94625598

Road and Construction Engineer with 5 years exp in Oman.

Contact: 97667113

Mechanical Engineer with 3 Yrs

experience in international Oil

& Gas company looking for job

Contacts: Tel: 90164236 Email:

mustafaoshi-62@hotmail.com

Indian female, 31 yrs, 7 yrs expe-

rienced as AutoCAD civil drafts-

man (2 yrs experience in Oman)

currently in Oman seeks suitable.

Contact 96789441

Email: simi5304@gmail.com

Sudanese Telecom Engineer, 5 years experience, 3 years in

Oman PMP certifi cate.

Contact: 93391008 Email:

momen.awadallam@gmail.com

Indian Male 23 years B.Tech Civil

having 2 years experience in

quantity survey and site manage-

ment looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact:- 95042656

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Indian Engineer, B. Tech (Mech),

MBA, MLM (Master of Labour

Management), 23 yrs experience,

5 years in Oman in the positions

of Operations Manager and Plant

Manager with Oman Driving

License seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 99744612. E-mail: deleep-

kumarpk@gmail.com

Indian Male B. Tech, 10+ years

of extensive work experience in

various aspects like Computer

Networking, Technical Support,

Management and Engineering with

good communications, interper-

sonal and technical skills seeks

suitable opportunity.

Now in Oman on Visit Visa

GSM : 9489 8009,

Email : bios4u@gmail.com

MEDICAL

Indian female Dentist specialized

endodontic looking for a suitable

placement prometric completed.

Contact: 96410448

Indian Bsc Female Nurse with

6.5 years exp, 4 years in KSA.

Passed Oman Pro Metric with 69%,

completed data fl ow. Presently in

Muscat in visit visa looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact 94744900, 94742834,

jincyalphonese@gmail.com

Indian male Nurse on visit visa

having 8.5 years of experience with

valid parametric ACLS, BLS datafl ow

completed seeking jobs in Muscat.

Contact: 96925790/95579716

Email: libinmvarghese@gmail.com

Indian male Nurse 32 years Oman

parametric and data fl ow completed

8 yrs emergently experience.

Contact: 92463190

Male GP Doctor with NOC 6 yrs

experience in Oman for perm/locum

job. Contact : 97746074

Female Biomedical Engineer Be with 4 years experience in India,

Tamil Nadu ( TN MSC) looking for a

job in biomedical hospital Field.

Contact: 92942479 /+918122572471

An experienced Sudanese female Dentist with MOH license look-

ing for job. Contact 96436517

/97396088

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Mason, SH / carpenter, steel fi tter

gulf & Indian exp looking job.

Contact: 95175192

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordi-

nator 12 years experience in Oman

in reputed companies, seek imme-

diate Employment. Call: 95244761

Sales supervisor / Sales man / Cashier Indian male 26 years hav-

ing 2 years Oman experience in

retails looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact: 90318481

Indian female 24 B.Com, M.Com

having 1 year exp, customer

relation executive, seeks suitable

placement. Contact – 95128242 /

naiji43@gmail.com

Salesman cum driver with car.

Contact: 91362320

MBA graduate having 6 years exp

in Sales & Marketing, 4 years with

PEPSI, India, having international

driving license permit seeks

suitable placement.

Contact : 95308167,

Email : samir.pag@gmail.com

Indian Male 28 MBA Marketing

with 4 years of experience in sales

with good communication skills

now available in Muscat on visit

visa. GSM 95840153 /

Mail akbarshareef786@gmail.com

MBA (UK) with 2 years experience

in Oman seeks placement in

Business development / sales.

Omani D/L.Contact: 98108979

Indian female having 10 years

experience in logistics & sales

coordinator exp in SAP Ms Offi ce

valid D/L currently on visit visa

looking for suitable placement.

Contact 95251911

Indian male (31 yrs) sales super-

visor, total 9 yrs gulf exp, 4 yrs

in Oman with valid GCC D/L with

NOC, release & transferable visa.

Contact: 94014327 Email:

praveenkotian188@gmail.com

Indian female, MBA Marketing

with 4 years experience with NOC

& D/L seeks employment with visa.

Contact: 92460623

Indian sales marketing profes-

sional highly experienced in busi-

ness development in ME India and

Africa seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 97897611

B.Com male 2 yrs experience in

sales Computer knowledge,

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98371144

email: nabilnazar22@gmail.com

Indian male 3 years as sales repre-

sentative looking for suitable place-

ments. Contact: 94420033

Email: ssidisking@gmail.com

MBA / UGC, NET / Male /25 .2

years experience in channel sales

/ relationship management with a

leading Indian telecom company

schooling form Oman Now on visit

visa. Contact: 96914068

Email: mailanasap@gmail.com

Indian male, MBA Marketing

having 2.5 years Sales experience

immediately looking for a suitable

position. Contact: 91415145,

Email: shariqs88@gmail.com

Indian male, 6 years of sales expe-

rience in Oman with Oman driving

license, NOC / Release available.

Contact: 95440908

Male 38 yrs Graduate 07 years

experience indoor / outdoor

electronic fi eld with D/License &

NOC available (as per new rule).

Contact: 92453375

SALES / MARKETING

Indian female on visit MBA

(International Business- Market-

ing & Logistics), BE (Computers &

Science Engg.) Trained in SAP-BI/

BW with 1 year experience

seeking for job

Contact: 90228586

Email:fathimasha16@gmail.com

Bangladeshi male, University

M.Com, Working as an Accountant

& Administrator in Oman; search-

ing better job. Phone: 94864966

Email: sunrisetoiqbal@gmail.com

Indian male, accountant 2 year

experience doing accounts in Tally

and Excel. Searching for suitable

job. Contact: subbayan_r@gmail.

com GSM: +918098637908

BE Mechanical Engineering with one year experience now

on visit visa, looking for suitable

positions”Contact-90637918 /

99335742,

email: aquasharath@gmail.com

Looking for a part time job for

drawings struc. BBS Q/S & piping/

pipeline auto cad work.

Contact- 92103713.

Job Wanted as a Music Teacher

Classical Vocal Music, Having 3

years India Exp.Contact- 90310876

Homeopathic Doctor having 2

years experience seeks suitable

placement.Contact-93615169,

geethasreenathnn@gmail.com

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SERVICESWe Provide Cleaners,

Offi ce boys, Cleaning Contracts, General cleaning etc.

Al Mudakhir Nati onal Est. LLC Contact : 94277020

Split & window A/c servicing &

maintenance. Contact 93769089 /

95323517

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

All maintenance works such as

plumbing painting masonry inter-

lock fi xing etc. Contact: 91278819

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

LEGAL SERVICEAn Indian lawyer Provides all legal

services in company matt ers. Labour issues, contracts, agreements, LLC formati on, legal help for starti ng new business in Oman, Civil, criminal

cases,.service issues.Ibrahim Al Massalhi.legal consultancy

Sarafudheen, LLB, MBA,Legal Advisor

Muscat. GSM: 97351649

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

Marble Crystallization & Grinding, Ocean Center L.L.C.

Contact: 99344723

A/C maintenance & servicing, fridge,

washing machine & dish washer re-

pairing, painting & cleaning services,

electrical & plumbing. # 99447257 /

97014234 / 24504281

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

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.

Contact: 24810137, 99450130

House shifting packing.

Contact: 99657644 /

98518013

House shifting. Contact: 99708138

Pest Control Treatments Ocean Center L.L.C.

Contact 99344723

Cleaning & Carpet Shampooing Ocean Center L.L.C.

Contact 99344723

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services

electric, plumbing and A/C.

Contact: 96524904 /

94285064

Marble ti les grinding & polishing, Mosaic ti les grinding & polishing,

carpet shampooing, sofa shampooing, pest control treatment & general cleaning

of villa & building.Express Building Cleaning Services.Contact 98480070 / 94134784

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control building. Cleaning ti les /

Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

Split A/C servicing R.O 10 only.

Contact: 94217681 / 99210141

Building maintenance. Contact: 96173326

DRIVING

A young CA (ACA & ACCA quali-

fi ed) with 4 years experience in

one of top audit fi rms in UK & KSA

seeks suitable placement in Oman.

Contact: Kamran

(hkamran112@gmail.com),

+44 7480 1196 74. +968 93595050

25 year old male B.Com and

insurance graduate with 6 year

experience looking for an opening

in accounts, fi nance or operations.

Driving license and NOC available.

Contact-95236312.

lilommca@gmail.com

MCA with 13+ yrs of teaching.

Worked as PGT (Comp Sc.) in CBSE

Board Schools, 2 yrs experience

in s/w development. Seek suitable

placement. Contact - 90477217

Bangladeshi Male, University

MA, Working as Store In-charge

cum Logistic Manager in Mus-

cat; searching better job. Phone:

91997605 email:

mohamednazrulislam2@gmail.com

Pakistani Male having 6 years

Experience Valid Omani Driving

license working as a Transport

Manager looking for a suitable

position. Salary is negotiable.

Mob: +96893363316 / 94202746

mohdnaveed043@gmail.com

Indian Male Accountant I have 2

year better experience in account-

ing fi eld. I can do all my accounts

in Tally and Excel searching for

suitable job. Contact:

contactsubbayan5@gmail.com

GSM : +918098637908,

+919087776759

Indian female 23 BA economics

with computer knowledge looking

for the post of Administration dept

or day care or sales please

Contact 96155921 or

Email- fysal.nellaya@gmail.com.

Indian Female, 24 MA Eng. Litr

with 2 yrs experience in teach-

ing & 14 months in Administra-

tion cum Secretary, Currently

on visit visa, seeks suitable job.

Contact: 92613704/99260702

Email:rohinis2010@gmail.com

Indian Male, 26 years, with 7 years

of experience in Sales Field in ship-

ping company in Dubai, looking for

suitable placement. Experienced

working in safety Marine equip-

ment and well versed with MS

Offi ce. Contact: 90182494/

manojmallya999@gmail.com

Marine Services / Business

Development having more than 15

Years experience in GCC Countries

with Indian Male with experience

in Operations Management / Sales

and Procurement / Ship Chandling

/ valid GCC Driving License seeks

suitable job. Presently in Oman on

Visit Visa. GSM : 9053 55 65,

Email : rafi .vprc@gmail.com

Indian Female, 35years, Bach-

elor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) with

6months experience and BSc &

MA seeking position as Insurance

Coordinator or suitable positions in

pharmacy, pharmacy stores, hos-

pital, polyclinic & pharmaceutical

companies or in front offi ce/admin-

istration offi ce preferably in hospi-

tal. Please contact on 90236481

Indian Male, 26 years, with 7

years of experience in Sales Field

in shipping company in Dubai,

looking for suitable placement.

Experienced working in safety

Marine equipment and well versed

with MS Offi ce. # 90182494

Male Locum Pharmacist with

MOH & Driving License. Available

on request from March to April

2016; Contact #: +968

9188 5485/+968 9943 8058.

Indian male with three years of

experience in IT as system admin-

istrator seeking for IT administra-

tion job placements. Presently in

Muscat on visit visa.

Contact 90664136

email: szuheabikram@yahoo.com

18 years experienced in Shipping,

ShipChandling& Marine services.

Valied GCC D/L. Languages Known

as English, Arabic, Hindi & Malay-

alam.Now in Visit Visa.

GSM : 9053 5565

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA,

MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT/

networking/server support/Indoor

sales, valid Omani D/L seeking

suitable placement in IT/Network/

Server support/Retail sales.

Contact 92607532.

Indian male AUTO CAD Draughts-

man (civil) 8 years experience, seek-

ing for part time job.#- 99070584 /

email: remluvp@gmail.com

Iraqi Civil Engineer with more

than 30 years experience in (Iraq

and G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C.)

is available. Contact No. 96561306

iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com

Indian male 28 years exp as sales

executive & asst accountant. With

valid Oman driving license .lan-

guages known Hindi and English.

Looking for any good job

Contact# 96175176

Mechanical Engineer (Indian

Male, 24 Years) with three years

experience, looking for suitable

job. Currently on visit visa, ready

to join immediately. # 92175441,

Email: ihabeeb24@gmail.com

Male Indian 27, working as fi nance

Offi cer having three years Oman ex-

perience with Driving license look-

ing for Finance/Audit/ Accounts

position. Mob: 98097009,

rameesnm@gmail.com

MBA (F), B.COM. Indian female

having knowledge of accounts

with Tally looking for full or part

time job. Presently on family visit

visa. Contact: - 96259171. Email: -

bhumicapandya@gmail.com

Indian Male, total 8+years gulf

experience in Document Controller

/ Coordinator / Secretary. Looking

suitable position. Local release

available. CONTACT: 94524259

EMAIL: madhuppnair@yahoo.com

Mechanical Engineer (Indian

Male, 24 Years) with three years

experience, looking for suitable job.

Currently on visit visa, ready to join

immediately. Contact 92175441,

Email: ihabeeb24@gmail.com

Indian female, holds LLB

& Masters in business

administration(MBA),2 yrs oman

experience as HR & Admin, seeks

suitable placement in jobs @

SOHAR. Contact: 96541959

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA,

MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT/

networking/server support, valid

Omani D/L seeking suitable place-

ment in IT/Network/Server sup-

port. Contact 92607532.

Accountant. Having 6 years

experience in accounts in reputed

companies. Presently working in

Muscat (NOC Available)

GSM. 00968-97010584, Email -

usman7678@yahoo.com

Indian male 23 years Diploma in

Mechatronic having 3years expe-

rience in production and mainte-

nance department looking for suit-

able placement #+919597008904

(sachin.valappil92@gmail.com)

Indian female, B.Tech graduate,

with one and half years experience

as ‘web developer’ interested in

web development and has experi-

ence working in HTML, CSS, Boot-

strap, JavaScript and Photoshop.

Contact 9592 7075, e-mail id:

mariarosejacob90@gmail.com

Iraqi civil Engineer with more than

30 years experience in (Iraq, U.A.E.

and Oman) looking for a job, (N.O.C.)

is available.Contact 95626218

Email- amin.sarim007@gmail.com

Indian male 26, on vist visa, 2+

yrs of experience with UAE D/L,

IATA-FIATA,BBA looking for any

suitable job. Contact 91324567

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TOURS

TOURS

RENT A CAR

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO &

BP specifi cation for monthly rent

& small car with driver. Contact

99839898

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

FOR HIRE

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours contact 98029602,

92808636

We arrange tours & accommoda-

tion at all the beautiful places in

Oman. Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANT-

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BUSINESS

SITUATION WANT-

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BUSINESS

ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS SERVICES

Contact Saleh: 96723485

Public relation services (PRO), Formation new

companies, LLC companies, investor visa, business setup,

prepare business & companies accounts, legal

services, representing you and your company.

MV SALE

Hyundai Sonata 2008 model,

expat driven & well maintained.

Contact: 94222681

Vehicle for sale Ford Focus, 2012

automatic expat driven.

Contact: +968 92187371

Nissan pathfi nder 2010 model.

Contact: 94521205

Honda CRV 2009 Dec model rend

for sale 78000 Km full options

price 4500/- R.O.

Contact: 96530006

Transportation. Contact 98505294

Transportation, pick and drop.

Contact - 96913836

Transportation in Muscat area.

Contact: 94297820

Ruwi, Muttrah, Al Khuwair,

Muscat, Qurum, seek transporta-

tion. Contact: 91132238

Transportation. Contact

99508282 /93113534

Transportation. Contact

99508282

From Mabela to Mawaleh for

school student. Contact: 92757673

Transportation in Muscat.

Contact: 96004045

Transportation. Contact

92015894

Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Transportation. Contact:

99078967

For rent tripper trailer and water

Tanker. Contact: 91770195

RENT A CARBest Rates for Saloon

Contact: 97869042 / 95730550

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