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Draw for entry into Indian schools starts mid-March

March 6, 2016 26 Jumada Al Ula 1437 AH

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At The Opening of the Annual Session of The Council of Oman, 2008

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

We currently live in a world of overlapping policies and interests but our international cooperation is in line with the Sultanate’s higher interests and in line with our contribution to the establishment of world security and prosperity. Thanks to these policies, our country has acquired the respect and appreciation of the international community

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

OMAN TURNS WEDDING DESTINATION FOR RICH INDIANSGlimpses of the glitzy wedding of Sasha Rawal, sister of Bollywood’s leading fashion designer Kunal Rawal, with Samarth Bajaj,

scion of a top business family from Hyderabad, held at Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa. Since 2014 until January 2016,

seven big fat Indian weddings have taken place in the Sultanate, according to an Indian representative of the Oman tourism

ministry. Six more such weddings are likely to take place in 2016, according to Al Bustan general manager Katrin Herz. Pictures

supplied exclusively for Times of Oman by Wedding Salad. See also >A4

Omani family adopts abandoned siblings

FAHAD AL GADHANI/ RAHUL [email protected]@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Destiny has finally smiled on two infants, who were found abandoned in the Qurum Natural Park in Muscat about 18 months ago, as an Omani family has adopted them.

Zaiyed Al Hadidi, head of the Childhood Care Centre run by the Ministry of Social Develop-ment, said the children—who are brothers—had been handed over to a family.

“Normally, we give them to one family if they are brothers or sisters as it helps the children to

adapt themselves well,” he told the Times of Oman.

The boys were left near the en-trance of the Qurum Natural Park in the first week of August 2014 during the Eid holidays, and no-body has turned up to claim them ever since.

Dressed in identical outfits, they were discovered wandering around the park. There was no note with the boys or any clues about their identities.

Despite a nationwide appeal by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) to help identify them, with the children’s images being circu-lated, their parents could not be discovered.

Following the discovery of the two brothers at the Qurum Natu-ral Park, the child care centre had received numerous calls from

families wishing to adopt them.“We handed them to the family

after they made an application to the Ministry of Social Develop-ment. Now we came to know that both of them are fine and have even started their studies,” Al Hadidi said.

He further said the waiting list for families ready to adopt chil-dren is longer than the children available for adoption at the child care centre. He, however, refused to divulge the number of people on the waiting list.

According to the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD), around 124 children are still living at a child care centre in Al Khoud, while 190 children had managed to find homes in 2015.

Out of the 124 children who are staying at the child care centre, 86

are males and 38 females.The children live with their

foster mother in the compound, which has all the facilities. Most of the children are Omani but there are some of other nationali-ties as well.

Elaborating on the adoption process, officials explained that people who want to adopt the chil-dren need to write letters to the Ministry of Social Development, which would examine details, such as their financial and family status and medical history before assessing any potential adopters.

If the application is approved, the Ministry releases the child to the foster family after the ap-plicant signs the guardianship documents.

“But the Ministry can remove the child from the foster family at anytime if the family breaches their responsibility,” officials warned.

The foster family must be Om-ani and should have no other chil-dren. In exceptional cases a child can be fostered by a woman.

The service is generally pro-cessed within a week from the date of application and applica-tions are processed within 30 days from the date of submission.

When asked about how they receive the children, officials said the children are received via the ministry in cooperation with the directorates of social devel-opment in the governorates, the ROP, and through the courts. >A6

For families interested

in adoption, the

ministry examines

their financial status,

medical history and

ensures that they

should be Omani with

no other offspring

GET FAMILY: The boys were left near the entrance of Qurum Natu-

ral Park in the first week of August 2014. -Supplied picture

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Wait for admissions to Indian schools in Muscat will be over soon as the Indian School Board authorities have said that the draw for the first phase of admissions would be held in the middle of March.

This year, the Board has re-ceived around 4,700 applications for admissions in various classes of schools.

With only 2,446 seats available according to the tentative vacan-cies for the 2016-2017 academic year, providing admissions to all the applicants will be challenging for the board.

“We will try to accommodate everybody, fulfilling the board’s aim of providing education to every applicant,” Wilson George, chairman, Indian schools in the Sultanate, said.

The parents will be informed about the school allotment and admission dates.

“The vacancy status will be updated after the first lot of ad-missions end, and wait-listed ap-plicants will be considered for the

second draw, which will be held in the first week of April,” the board said in a statement on Thursday.

The Centralised Admission System with online registration introduced by the board of direc-tors has made the admission pro-cedure convenient for parents as wells as school authorities who have to face huge rush in the past.

Huge demandDue to a large number of parents seeking admission for their chil-dren in Indian Schools, the de-mand generally outstrips the total number of available seats in the schools of the capital.

As of today, the total number of students in all Indian schools stands at a staggering 44,500 with a sizeable number in six schools of the capital.

It has also been observed from the trend that the demand for seats is more in lower classes from KG I to Standard II.

“The BoD is fully aware of its social responsibility and is doing everything possible to augment infrastructure,” the board state-ment added.

F I R S T P H A S E

ROP’s seminar on threat to vital facilities

Expect heavy rain in Oman from Sunday

Times News Service

MUSCAT: A number of special-ists and those interested in the security of vital facilities will take part in the fourth seminar being organised by the Royal Oman Po-lice (ROP) at the Barr Al Jissah resort from March 8 to March 10.

The seminar will discuss the se-curity challenges faced by the vital facilities and find out how to face them, the modern techniques to handle them and the best methods for assessing the security threat through a number of worksheets and workshops to be presented by a number of experts in the field of security, including security offic-ers and professors from around the world.

The seminar will target security officials at vital facilities, project managers and architects from the vital installations.

Among the activities of the sem-inar, a security and safety exhibi-tion will be held, where companies will display the latest instruments and all kinds of security gadgets.

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P A C A

MUSCAT : His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana on his country’s Independ-ence Day anniversary. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere greetings and wishes to the president and his country’s people. —ONA

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Tourism college topper loves to work for Oman people

OMANGUtech team clears car inspection phase

1Omani teams participating in the Shell Eco-marathon showed a great gesture of

goodwill and unity when they helped GUtech students make modifications in their car. >A3

OMANEnforce law to deter youth traffic offenders

2To punish reckless drivers, the government must enforce strict law.

At the moment, car crashers get away with a light sentence only to come back to the roads. >A6

MARKETNapco doubles production capacity

3 Napco has doubled its production capacity as part of its commitment

to supporting the government’s goal of seeing Oman as a manufacturing hub. >B1

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

REJIMON [email protected]

MUSCAT: Heavy rain is expect-ed in the northern parts of Oman from Sunday until Thursday, ac-cording to a top official from the Public Authority for Civil Avia-tion (PACA).

“Northern Oman will wit-ness heavy rain leading to flood-ing from March 6 until March 11. Many reasons have been given for the rain. However, we are analysing the situation and come out with a statement for the public soon,” a senior official from the PACA told the Times of Oman (TOO).

AccuWeather.com’s meteor-ologist Adam Douty said there is a threat of heavy rain this week across eastern Oman, the UAE and in some areas of Iran.

“Several disturbances mov-ing across Saudi Arabia and into Iran will help bring moisture into the region. We will likely

see scattered thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday, but these should only pose a minor flooding threat with the greatest concern being for the mountains in the west of Muscat,” Douty told TOO.

He added that on Tuesday and Wednesday, thunderstorms are expected to intensify and be-come more frequent and this will lead to a more significant flood-ing threat across eastern Oman.

“As of now, Wednesday looks like the day with the highest risk. On each day, the highest threat of flash flooding will be during the afternoon and even-ing hours. Typically, dry rivers may quickly become swollen with water. Roads in flood prone areas may be washed away or get damaged,” Douty added.

In its latest advisory, PACA said Oman will be affected by an upper trough with chances of a convective thunder cloud devel-opment over the Al Hajar moun-tains starting on March 6.>A6

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Syrian group highlights fragile nature of ceasefireA monitoring group on Saturday highlighted the fragile nature of Syrian ceasefire just days before the United Nations attempts to reconvene peace talks. >A7

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OMANShura panel on oil price issue picks head, deputyTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Tawfiq bin Abul Hussain Al Lawati has been chosen as head of the Special Committee of the Shura Coun-cil for studying the effects of lower oil prices on the state’s budget and ways to resolve it.

The committee also chose Jamal bin Ahmad Al Abri as its deputy head, according to a press release by the Shura Council.

Carrying out a studyThe panel is carrying out a study on steps the government is tak-ing to confront the slump in oil prices on world markets, its consequences on the budget and options the government can take into account should oil prices fall below $20.

Besides considering unify-ing the views and opinions of the Shura Council regarding the steps the government is taking to confront the current economic crisis, the Committee will prepare a vision about the work of government services in order to simplify procedures for citizens and investors.

Other issues This will support the develop-ment and diversification of the economy. The Committee will also find solutions to boost the satisfaction of job seekers and study ways to support a steady income following the removal of fuel subsidies.

The Shura Council expects the Committee to present the results of its study and propos-als three months after com-mencing the work, the press release said.

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Mantheri arrives in Jakarta

Book fair ends

JAKARTA: Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Mantheri, chairman of the State Council arrived in Jakarta, yes-terday, leading the Sultanate’s delegation to the OIC Emergen-cy Summit scheduled for today and tomorrow.

On the arrival at Halim In-ternational Airport, Dr Al Man-theri and his accompanying del-egation were received by Yuddy Chrisnandi, Minister of Admin-istrative and Bureaucratic Re-form and chief of protocols

Dr. Al Mantheri is accompa-nied by Sayyid Ahmed bin Hilal Al Busaidi, the Sultanate’s am-bassador to Saudi Arabia and its permanent envoy to the OIC; Sayyid Nazar bin Al Julundi bin Majid Al Said, the Sultanate’s ambassador to Indonesia and a number of officials. —ONA

MUSCAT: Minister of Infor-mation Dr Abdulmunim bin Mansour bin Said Al Hasani, an-nounced the conclusion of the Muscat International Book Fair at the Oman International Exhi-bition Centre, yesterday. -ONA

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Omani teams join hands to modify GUtech car in ManilaHASAN SHABAN AL [email protected]

MUSCAT: Omani teams partici-pating in the Shell Eco-marathon showed a great gesture of good-will and unity on Saturday when they helped German University of Technology (GUtech) students make modifications in their car in

order to pass the inspection phase.Due to visa issues, GUtech stu-

dents arrived late in the Philip-pines and had missed two days of the international competition.

The GUtech team, named ‘Team Megalodon,’ includes Iranian, In-dian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi members. While it finished fifth in 2015, GUtech has a stronger, light-

er and more fuel efficient car in the race this year. In the Manila street circuit winners are not decided by speed, but by fuel efficiency.

“The car is built completely from scratch at an estimated cost of OMR6,000 with extensive use of carbon fibre, as it is stronger and lighter than aluminium or steel,” said Adhir Kallingapuram, a stu-

dent at GUtech, adding that the competition is a great platform for engineering students to show their skills and gain knowledge. Except for the engine, everything is new in this year’s car, the added.

Weighing around 75 kilogram it can travel at 45 kilometres per hour (km/h), according to Mo-hammed Al Mohammedi, a senior

team member. Last year, GUtech’s car had completed 142.7 km on a litre of diesel. “We hope that with our much lighter and improved car we can score a better position than the fifth,” said Azeem Khan, a member of the team.

The other team members are Mohammed Omer, Mobashir Ka-bir, Mohammad Shiveh, Kesh,

Tejas Janardhan, Abdul Aziz Chowdhury, Issa Al Habsi, Mo-hamed Salman, Mohammed Es-sam, Navaneeth Sadasivan, Adhir Kallingapuram, Yousef Dak Al Bab, Aymen El Yatmi, and Azeem Khan.

Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) recorded a new high score finishing third in the Diesel engine (Prototype category) on Saturday.

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OMANBig fat Indian weddings in OmanTimes News Service

MUSCAT: In India, they say mar-riages are made in heaven, and now, for affluent Indians, Oman is increasingly becoming the venue of choice, thanks to its reputation as a safe country with a striking natural beauty and an excellent tourism and events infrastructure.

Since 2014 until January this year, seven big fat Indian weddings have taken place in the Sultanate, according to an Indian representa-tive of the Oman tourism ministry.

And according to a hotelier in Oman, six more are expected to happen this year. Here are some pictures fro one such wedding (Sasha Rawal and Samarth Ba-jaj) made available exclusively to Times of Oman by Wedding Salad.

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My journey at OTC was a mix of challenges, fun, stress, pressures, and meeting different teachers with different nationalities and that’s what made me successful personRuaa Ali Al Balushi, OTC topper

Tourism college topper aims to work for people in Oman

MOBIN MATHEW [email protected]

MUSCAT: Tourism and Hospital-ity field would always give a posi-tive indication about this great na-tion, said Ruaa Ali Al Balushi who became the top rank holder of the Oman Tourism College.

Today, the Times of Oman (TOO) is featuring Al Balushi in its #Oman Pride campaign.

Al Balushi wants to pursue her

career in Oman and wants to serve the people of the Sultanate.

“I really want to be involved in tourism planning and the strate-gic development of Oman,” she told TOO.

Al Balushi, 24, has four sisters and two brothers. “My mother and father are interested in seeing their children reach the heights of success,” she said.

According to her, the sector is

one of the most interesting fields. “I became more attracted to this field after joining Oman Tourism College (OTC),” she asserted.

“The way the teachers explain the subjects related to this field, made me more excited to explore the field and that is what inspired me to attend classes continuously just to acquire more knowledge,” she added.

Wonderful feelingSpeaking about her top rank at OTC, Al Balushi said, “It is a won-derful feeling which I’ve never felt before.”

“It was hard to achieve it, due to the many challenges and pres-sures we faced during the study. But with constant determination, diligence and encouragement I had from my family, especially from my mother, friends and my teachers, I did it and I achieved my dream to become the topper at OTC,” she added.

She now plans to complete her

masters in Tourism.“My journey at OTC was a mix

of challenges, fun, stress, pres-sures, and meeting different teachers with different nationali-ties and that’s what made me suc-cessful person,” Al Balushi said.

“Studying at OTC helped me to gain interesting knowledge, to think differently, manage my time and become more pro-active.”

According to her, she got a chance to attend seminars and workshops that were held by many tourism organisations, such as the World Tourism Organisation, the Omran Company, Oman Air and Ministry of Tourism.

“My college selected me to go to Italy to join ExpoMilano, it was the best trip I ever had,” Al Balushi said. She also expressed her grati-tude to His Majesty Sultan Qa-boos bin Said for providing great education opportunities in Oman.

Al Balushi is also interested in reading stories and poetry and is also fond of travelling and discov-ering new cultures.

Her advice to students, who want to pursue a career in the Tourism and Hospitality sector, is to work hard and to give their best and enjoy their studies because this is a completely different and enjoyable field.

Ruaa Ali Al Balushi

expressed her

gratitude to His

Majesty Sultan

Qaboos bin Said

for providing

great education

opportunities in the

Sultanate

HONOURED: Ruaa Ali Al Balushi is interested in reading stories and poetry and is also fond of travelling and discovering new cultures. -Supplied picture

TRC discusses opportunities of investment with Iran officialsTimes News Service

MUSCAT: For the second day, The Research Council (TRC) rep-resented by the Innovation Park Muscat (IPM) in the presence of His Highness Sayyid Dr. Fahad bin Aljulanda Al Said, assistant secretary general for Innovation Development and a number of TRC representatives conducted a meeting with Iranian investors aiming to explore the potential collaborative opportunities.

At the beginning of the meet-ing, Dr. Hilal bin Ali Al Hinai, secretary general of TRC, intro-duced TRC’s National Research Strategy and the various projects and research programmes offered

by TRC.Al Hinai said that the visit of

the Iranian delegation operating in ISTT comes within the frame-work of co-operation between the IPM and ISTT. He elaborated that the aim of this visit was to explore the investment opportunities available at the park and the pos-

sibility of collaborating in devel-oping the research institutes.

The delegation included 15 Ira-nian investors working in related areas of focus. These are health, water and environment, food and biotechnology and renewable energy. Al Hinai pointed out that there are opportunities for the Iranian entrepreneurs and own-ers of small and medium enter-prises to take advantage of the in-cubation space and programmes offered by IPM. There are also opportunities for large compa-nies concerned with research and development activities in operat-ing within the same area of spe-cialisation of IPM to lease a free-hold land area within the park.

D E V E L O P I N G R E S E A R C H I N S T I T U T E S

The children undergo a health check-up to make sure they do not have any contagious diseases. After that their birth records are officially registered, they are wel-comed into the care centre.

Since education is an impor-tant aspect of any youth’s life, the orphans are sent to public and pri-vate schools. The acting parents from the orphanage continue to monitor academic progress of the children as their own.

“After reaching the legal age, the children can study further by enrolling in colleges and univer-sities, which will be monitored by us. However, if they do not choose to go to college we will look for job opportunities in pub-lic, private and military sectors for them,” officials added.

O R P H A N S

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Rain will broadly cover the north-ern governorates of Oman be-tween March 7 and 11.

“Continuous rain and occa-sional thundershowers associat-ed with fresh wind, hail flash flood are expected over governorates of Muscat, Mussandam, Buraimi, Dhahira, North and South Bati-nah, Al Dakhiliyah, North and South Sharqiyah and the Al Wusta governorate,” the advisory added.

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Official regional statistics show that more people in their 20s die in road accidents

in Oman than in any other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country.

The horrible road accident that resulted in the loss of 18 lives in Ibri last week is another testimony of how reckless driv-ing in the Sultanate continues to claim the lives of young peo-ple. Out of the 18 dead, a third were below the age of 30.

Statistics also showed that about 53 per cent of all road ac-cidents that occurred in Oman in 2015 involved drivers who are still in their 20s. The Royal Oman Police (ROP) blamed most of these accidents on driving beyond the speed limit, mobile texting, intoxication or just pure negligence. However, the official version did not match the views of road users. Though young drivers are the biggest offenders when it comes to driving and texting or even speeding, inadequate

lighting, uneven road surfaces, poor markings, cross traffic, confusing signs and animal crossings also contributed to the horrific accidents.

During the rainy season, another deadly factor that authorities continue to take lightly are water puddles on the roads. More than 40 per cent of the 626 vehicle deaths in 2015 were caused by flooding.

Crossing wadis (valleys) af-ter rains costs the lives of driv-ers of all ages, but young people lead the way. Drivers in their 20s are normally more reckless than any other age group and “wadi bashing” during the rainy season is one of their fa-vourite pastimes. Since young drivers are at greater risk of dy-ing on the road than other age groups in Oman, the problem is still largely unsolved.

Nation-wide communica-tion campaigns that involve persuasive and even emotional messages directed at the driv-ing habits of young people are badly needed. The underly-ing reasons, beside youthful driving adventures, are still debatable. Drinking and driv-ing is one of them although most people in the country do not want to talk about it.

Young people go through a lot of emotional and psy-chological problems, which if not addressed properly, can spill out on the roads. Unsafe behaviour among young people is also caused by frustration in lack of achievements, such as problems with their education and careers. But authorities cannot be blamed if a young person decides to vent his anger on the road. However, law enforcement needs to be effective in Oman by target-ing areas of particular risks

for young drivers. If it is about life’s goals, communications and targeted campaigns can make radical changes to make them conscious of their per-sonal tendencies.

It should start at schools because bad driving habits take root before a young person hits puberty. You don’t need a psychologist to tell you that.

The social context also helps and parents can play a big role. In Oman, parents are under pressure to allow their children to drive by the age of 17. By the time they are 18, parents buy them cars so they can drive themselves to college and university. While parents readily pay for the car, they fail to communicate with their children about road safety.

Parents defend their chil-dren’s need to make it to their classes on time, but they are not really concerned as to how fast they have to drive to be there. A deadly combination of road deaths in young people is the ownership of a car and a smart phone. Parents are happy to oblige for both.

Teachers at higher education institutions will tell you that almost every student in their class owns both. Law enforce-ment can determine through installed technology, whether a driver is texting while driving. With that evidence, the ROP needs to encourage victims of road accidents to pursue civil action. In Oman, civil action against offenders of road acci-dents is considered unethical. However, to punish reckless drivers, the government must enforce this law as compulsory. At the moment, car crashers get away with a light sentence only to come back to the roads to do it all over again.

Enforce law to deter young traffic offenders

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UN envoy seeks to build peace talks on fragile Syria ceasefire

BEIRUT: A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a partial truce in Syria in areas covered by the deal, a monitoring group said on Saturday, highlight-ing its fragile nature just days be-fore the United Nations attempts to reconvene peace talks.

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said the talks, originally due to be-gin on Monday in Geneva, would

get off to a staggered start later in the week, with delegates arriving from Wednesday onwards.

The U.N. said the delay was due to “logistical and technical reasons and also for the ceasefire to better

settle down”.“I see us beginning on (Thurs-

day) March 10 when we will launch the process,” de Mistura said in an interview with pan-Arab newspaper Al Hayat.

A pro-Damascus Lebanese TV channel, al-Mayadeen, reported from its own sources that talks had been moved to March 13. Reuters could not independently verify this.

The five-year Syrian civil war

has killed more than a quarter of a million people and created a mas-sive refugee crisis in Lebanon, Turkey and the European Union.

The partial truce, drawn up by Washington and Moscow, came into force a week ago and has slowed the pace of the war, although it does not include IS militants or the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.

The opposition is dissatisfied with the implementation of the deal and has yet to say whether it will attend the new talks.

Fighting continues in many parts of Syria, and the rebels say the gov-ernment has kept up attacks on strategically important frontlines.

Death tollThe Syrian Observatory for Hu-man Rights said 135 people were killed in areas covered by the ‘cessation of hostilities’ agree-ment since it came into force on February 27.

In areas not covered by the truce, 552 people were killed, said the Britain-based group, which tracks the conflict via sources on the ground.

Russian Foreign Minister Ser-gei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a phone con-versation late on Friday, called for a prompt start to the peace nego-

tiations, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“The two sides called to start the negotiations as soon as pos-sible...between the Syrian govern-ment and the whole spectrum of the opposition, during which the Syrians themselves should deter-mine the future of their country,” the ministry said.

Beginning of processSaudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir said on Saturday that Syr-ian President Bashar Al Assad must leave at the beginning of a political transition, not at the end.

“For us it is very clear it’s at the beginning of the process, not at the end of the process, it’s not going to be 18 months,” Jubeir said during a visit to France.

De Mistura attempted to con-vene peace talks in January, but these failed before they had even started in earnest. The new talks will be conducted indirectly, not face-to-face, he told Al Hayat.

The fall-off in violence has made aid deliveries easier in some areas of the country, but de Mistura said the Syrian government should be processing aid faster.

“Lorries are waiting for 36 hours,” he said.”And medical aid must be allowed.” — Reuters

UN envoy Staffan de

Mistura said the talks,

originally due to

begin on Monday in

Geneva, would get off

to a staggered start

later in the week, with

delegates arriving

from Wednesday

onwards

RELIEF: Syrians unload boxes from a lorry after an aid convoy of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent entered

the rebel-held town of Ain Terma, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on Friday. — AFP

SECURITY EXPO IN BAGHDAD Models of military vehicles from China are on display during the fifth session of International Defence and Security expo

at the Baghdad International Fair, Iraq on Saturday. — Reuters

Turkey, Iran seek to ‘manage differences’, increase tradeISTANBUL: Turkey and Iran, two countries on opposite sides of Syria’s civil war, must develop a “common perspective” in order to end sectarian strife in the region, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said during a visit to Tehran on Saturday.

Iran, along with Russia, has stood by Syrian President Bashar Al Assad in the five-year war while Turkey is his most outspo-ken critic and has backed opposi-tion forces.

“We may have different views but we cannot change our history or our geography,” Davutoglu said, standing alongside Iranian Vice-President Eshagh Jahangiri.

Turkey is close to Saudi Arabia, which has cut its diplomatic ties with Iran and is concerned about Tehran’s growing clout in Leba-non, Syria and Yemen.

“We have our differences on some regional issues, but we are determined to manage the dif-ferences to reach stability in the region... Iran and Turkey would both benefit from regional se-curity and stability,” Jahangiri said in remarks broadcast live by Turkey’s NTV channel and Iran’s Press TV.

The comments, days before the planned resumption of Syr-ian peace talks in Geneva, also re-flected a will on both sides to reap trade benefits from the easing of international sanctions against Iran in January.

The removal of the sanctions means the two neighbours can easily exceed their previous trade target of $30 billion annually, Da-vutoglu said.

Sanctions main obstacle“The main obstacle that prevent-ed us from reaching our goal were the sanctions.

Being free of those, means we can easily surpass our goal of $30 billion,” Davutoglu said, adding he hoped to encourage mutual direct investment.

Trade between the two na-tions was $9.7 billion in 2015, ac-cording to the Turkish Statisti-

cal Institute. Turkey has trailed other countries eager to tap into Iran’s $400 billion economy after world powers, led by the United States, reached an agreement with Tehran last year that seeks to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Turkey mainly sells machin-ery, vehicles and iron and steel products to Iran.

Oil and natural gas make up 90 percent of Iranian exports to Turkey, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

Turkey will serve as a key tran-sit for Iranian energy supplies to Europe, Davutoglu added. — Reuters

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DIALOGUE: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, centre right, meets

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Tehran, Iran on

Saturday. — Reuters/President.ir/Handout via Reuters

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Even the legislation was passed with two-thirds majority in one of the Houses of Parliament (Lok Sabha); the other House has not yet approved itPranab Mukherjee, President

Women quota demand gets fillip with presidential call

NEW DELHI: How can there be empowerment of women without their representation in public office, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said as he made a strong pitch for reviv-ing the Constitution amendment Bill to give 33 per cent reserva-tion to women in Parliament and the state Assemblies.

Inaugurating the first-ever

National Conference of Women Legislators here, Mukherjee said the country has not been able to achieve more than 12 per cent rep-resentation for women out of the total membership of Parliament, which is “a sad commentary on us”.

Empowerment“How can there be empower-ment without representation?” he said, adding that “attitudinal change is necessary.”

The meet with the theme, ‘Role of Women Legislators in Nation Building’, has been organised

by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. It is being attended by women MPs and MLAs from across the country besides Speak-er of the Bangladesh Parliament, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.

Recalling the efforts put in under the previous UPA govern-ment to pass the women’s reser-vation Bill, Mukherjee said, “Even the legislation was passed with two-thirds majority in one of the Houses of Parliament (Lok Sab-ha); the other House has not yet approved it.”

He said Rajya Sabha Chairman

Hamid Ansari has rightly spoken about the need for commitment from the political parties “in ac-tual action, not in words, not in resolutions” in this regard.

The president said unless there is reservation, it is too much to expect that political parties will start giving one-third of tickets to women candidates.

“To expect that everybody will fall in line is too much and nor-mally does not happen,” he said at the first-of-its- kind conference.

On the issue of poor representa-tion of women in committees not dealing with women’s matters, Mukherjee said representation on such panels is not in the hands of the members of the political par-ties as it is distributed according to the strength of the parties in the House. Lauding the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inaugural session, Mukherjee hailed him for giving the slogan, ‘beti bachao, beti padhao’ imme-diately after assuming power.

He said Modi has underlined his commitment to the issue by being present for a session which he would not be addressing.

“The Prime Minister of India is giving more than an hour (to the session) without participating in it; that shows his total commit-

ment to what he preaches and what he believes in,” he said.

Pointing to local bodies where one-third reservation was ensured through the 73rd Amendment which inserted new Articles from 243A to 243O, the President said women improve societies when opportunities are given to them.

“There are more than 1.27 mil-lion women representatives and they are doing a good job. Their representation is 43 per cent,” Mukherjee said.

Earlier, Lok Sabha Speaker Su-mitra Mahajan said she had seen that women MPs often ignore fi-nancial matters. It is also expected that they speak on women issues, she added.

“This gives an impression that they are lagging behind. I am not saying they should not speak on women’s issues, but they should also show similar interest in fi-nancial and other matters of na-tional importance,” she said.

It is important to pay attention to economic issues and govern-ment policies like Jan Dhan Yo-jana, she said. Such information should be disseminated among women so that they can move for-ward. We can also do something similar in other areas, like agricul-ture, the Speaker said. - PTI

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BJP leader who offered reward on Kanhaiya’s tongue axed

BADAUN (UP): The BJP Yuva Morcha leader, who had an-nounced a reward of Rs500,000 for cutting off JNU Students union leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s tongue, was on Saturday expelled from primary membership of the party for six years.

The president of district unit of BJP, Harish Shakya, said that the party has expelled district presi-dent of BJP Yuva Morcha, Kuldeep Varshnay for six years.

Shakya told reporters that party has nothing to do with Varshnay’s controversial statement.

“Varshnay’s statement is his personal one and the party has nothing to do with it...he has been expelled from the primary mem-bership of the party for giving such a statement without the consent of party office bearers,” he said.

Shakya stated that a notice to re-move Varshnay from the post had been issued six months ago, and Ankit Maurya was made working president in his place.

Varshnay had on Friday an-nounced Rs500,000 prize money for cutting off the tongue of Kan-haiya Kumar who he had alleged was speaking against the Bharati-ya Janata Party and Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi ever since he was released on bail. - PTI

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Aamir urges PM to rein in people spreading hatredNEW DELHI: Days after his intolerance remarks, Bollywood star Aamir Khan on Saturday said India is “very tolerant” but there are people who spread hatred and appealed to Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi to rein them in.

The actor also believes that he still continues to be country’s brand ambassador even though the government may have discon-tinued his services, saying India is his mother and not a brand.

“Our country is very toler-ant, but there are people who spread ill-will...Those who speak of breaking up this vast country, such people are present in all reli-gions, only Modiji can stop them.

After all, Modiji is our PM, we have to tell him,” he told Rajat Sharma in his Aap ki Adalat show on India TV, according to a press release issued by the channel.

Aamir said a sense of security comes from the justice system, which should ensure speedy jus-tice, and from elected representa-tives who should raise their voice when something goes wrong.

“After all, law is equal for all, and nobody is above law. Unfortu-nately, there are some people who spread negativity and hatred. If I am not wrong, our Prime Minis-ter has also expressed concern. His slogan is ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’,” he said.

Growing intoleranceThe actor, who hit headlines with his remarks that his wife was thinking of leaving India over growing intolerance, also replied to megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s remark that he damaged India’s brand identity by his statement, saying there was a feeling of inse-curity due to growing intolerance.

“I had said in my interview that there was a sense of depression, a sense of despondency, a feeling of insecurity and intolerance was growing. But these are entirely two different things,” he said.

He added that he was “wrongly quoted” and said, “I never said In-dia was intolerant, I was wrongly quoted...To say about rising intol-erance and to say India is intoler-ant are two different things.”

Claiming to continue serving as India’s brand ambassador even after government discontinued him, the superstar said, “For me, my motherland is my mother, it cannot be a brand. I can never view my mother as a brand. It could be a brand for other peo-ple, but not for me. Till this date, I continue to be India’s brand am-bassador, even the government may have discontinued me.”

He said for 10 years he was brand ambassador for ‘Incredible India’s Atithi Devo Bhavo cam-paign’ and never charged a penny for all his public service cam-paigns for the country and nor will he charge in future.

Aamir also asked media and news channels not to air news

about violence on TV as it creates an atmosphere of fear.

“Every Indian is infected with fear. I would also appeal to media not to highlight such violence, as it creates a sense of insecurity and fear among common people,” he said.

On his wife Kiran Rao express-ing her intent to leave India due to insecurity, Aamir said he and his wife were not going anywhere and have been born here and will die in India, but said, “After all, Kiran is a mother, a mother always wor-ries about her children.” “Often we speak so many things among our-selves, but that does not mean, we take 100 per cent action on them. Now was that our intention. Kiran has actually expressed a feeling, an emotion, and we were born here, and we will die here. We are not going to leave our country, let me make it clear,” he said.

The superstar went on to say that whenever people try to di-vide, “we should become alert, and should beware as to why we are being reminded that we are Muslim, Hindu, or Sikh. After all, we are all Indians. We have to be on our guard.” Seeking to clarify that there was intent on his or his director’s part on purportedly denigrating Hindu religion in his film PK, he said, “It was only a character playing the role of Shiva in a play, who was made fun of, in a particular situation. After all, de-ity Shankar is Almighty, how can we dare to make fun of him?.”

The actor said he fully empa-thised with the cause of Kashmi-ri Pandits. “My heart cries even today for them. It is shameful, and I appeal to people living in the Valley to bring the Kashmiri Pandits back.” - PTI

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Employees accuse Mallya of damaging country’s imageNEW DELHI: The issue of non-payment of salary to staff of the long-defunct Kingfisher Airlines came back to haunt its chairman Vijay Mallya again with the em-ployees, in an open letter, accus-ing him of damaging the image of the country, particularly the avia-tion industry.

The letter, which comes days after the beleaguered industrial-ist said that the “only regret” he has was that the carrier is not fly-ing when the oil price has dipped so low, also accused him of having “blood”-stained hands.

The wife of a then Kingfisher airlines employee in Delhi had allegedly committed suicide, ap-parently depressed over financial

stress due to non-payment of sal-ary to her husband on October 4, 2012, when Mallya decided to ground the airline due to paucity of funds.

“We have been under continu-ous pain and agony due to your apathy towards us. However, it was particularly aggravated by your recent callous ‘No Regret’ remark about KFA. For us, KFA still exists as we are still on the payrolls although without pay as we never received any communi-cation from you, after you prom-ised revival, about the shutdown of the company and our fate,” the employees said in the letter.

“I have no regrets as such. Per-haps the only regret is that King-

fisher Airlines is not flying to-day when the oil price is so low,” Mallya had said recently without expressing any remorse over non-payment of salary to hundreds of his airlines employees.

“We are still not able to un-derstand what you meant when you said I don’t have money to pay your salaries while the spree continues, let it be Caribbean Pre-mier League or luxurious yacht,” the letter said. - PTI

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CONFERENCE: President, Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumi-tra Mahajan and Sharmin Chaudhury, Speaker of Bangladesh Par-liament during the inaugural session of the National Conference of Women Legislators in New Delhi on Saturday. - PTI

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‘Disturbing inputs’ about terror attack: Military commanderPATHANKOT: There are some “disturbing” inputs about a ter-ror attack in India aimed at creat-ing the “maximum media impact” during the Shivratri festival and the ongoing Parliament session, a top army commander disclosed here on Saturday with an assur-ance that steps have been taken to deal with it.

“There are security-related problems today. You know, Maha Shivratri is coming. There are

inputs which are disturbing but notwithstanding that extra care has been taken,” Western Army Commander Lt Gen K. J. Singh told reporters here on the side-lines of a function. When asked to elaborate, he refused but said such events are planned to create “maximum media impact”.

“See elaboration is neither required nor warranted. These events (terror attacks) are planned to create maximum media impact

and when can you create a media impact when Parliament is in ses-sion, when a festival is taking place, so both happen to be going on.. So that is why, there are inputs but we have taken steps against that. I must assure you of that,” he said.

The General Officer Command-ing-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Western Command went on to add that such “mischievous” activi-ties will not deter a great nation as the Indian Army is fully geared to

meet any eventuality.“We want to tell whoever has

got this mischievous intentions that nothing can deter us, one Pathankot, one Arnia, one Janglot, once more Samba, cannot deter us.

This nation is too great. Indian army is fully organised. We will take care of every situation,” Lt Gen Singh said. When asked about in-puts that some Pakistan-based ter-rorist commanders were in touch with their Kashmiri counterparts,

he said, “there are certain inputs. There are certain indications. I should only tell you this much that we are fully prepared for that.”

With regard to the detection of a tunnel in Jammu on the Inter-national Border with Pakistan, he said it had helped avert a ma-jor terror attack. He added that a survey will be carried out in all the border areas to see if there are any more such tunnels, for which a team of officials of Home Ministry

and other security agencies has been formed.

“Definitely, a major terrorist at-tack has been foiled with with the detection of the tunnel. It is a very serious matter and MHA has con-stituted a team which has got repre-sentatives from security agencies, Survey of India. They are going to survey the entire fencing and put in place the measures to seal what-ever gaps are there,” the Western Army Commander said. - PTI

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Probably this slowdown should be seen in the context of narrowing

interest rate differential, which is an outcome of normalising

monetary policy in the United States and an easy policy in Pakistan

Central bank’s latest annual report

AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARYOscar-winning Pakistani film director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, right, poses with her Oscar during a press conference in Karachi

on Saturday. ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’ won the Academy Award for best short documentary at the Oscars

ceremony in Los Angeles on February 28. - AFP

Notification for sale of F-16s to Pakistan issued by USISLAMABAD: In the face of strong disapproval from India and top American lawmakers, the US government has for-mally published a federal notifi-cation for the sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.

The total cost of these F-16s is estimated to be nearly $700 million, the federal notifica-tion states.

“This proposed sale contrib-utes to US foreign policy objec-tives and national security goals by helping to improve the securi-ty of a strategic partner in South Asia,” said the notification, which was published by the federal reg-ister on Friday.

Training requirementsFurther, the Federal Register publication said that “the sale will increase the number of air-craft available to the Pakistan Air Force to sustain operations, meet monthly training requirements, and support transition training for pilots new to the Block-52. Pakistan will have no difficulty absorbing these additional air-craft into its air force.”

Earlier, the Pentagon’s Defence Security Cooperation Agency, which oversees foreign arms

sales, said the F-16s would allow Pakistan’s Air Force to operate in all-weather environments and at night, while improving its self-defence capability and bolstering its ability to conduct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations.

CriticismDespite criticism and opposition from some lawmakers, one US official said the administration was convinced that F-16s were the right platform to support Pa-kistan’s counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations.

“These operations reduce the ability of militants to use Paki-stani territory as a safe haven for terrorism and a base of support for the insurgency in Afghani-stan, which is in the national in-terests of both Pakistan and the United States, and in the interest of the region more broadly,” the official said.

Earlier, India expressed disap-pointment over the Pentagon’s decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.

“We disagree with their ra-tionale that such arms transfers help to combat terrorism,” it said. - Express Tribune

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Non-bailable arrest warrants for Qaimkhani in Dr Asim case

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi issued on Saturday, non-bailable arrest war-rants for three absconders includ-ing Anis Qaimkhani in the Dr Asim Hussain case.

In its proceedings on Saturday, the ATC directed police to arrest Qaimkhani along-with another Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Saleem Shehzad and Paki-stan Peoples Party leader Qadir Patel and produce them in court on March 22.

The ATC in December last year declared the aforementioned po-litical leaders as absconders in the case pertaining to corruption and terrorism charges.On January 8, police arrested another accused in the case, general secretary Pasban-e-Pakistan Usman Moazzam on the same charges.

Harbouring terroristsDr Asim, former petroleum min-ister, chairman of Sindh Higher Education Commission and a confidante of former president Asif Ali Zardari, is facing charges of abetting and harbouring terror-ists at his family-owned hospitals in Karachi.

After spending 90 days in the custody of paramilitary Rangers, who detained him on August 26, he was handed over to the Karachi police for further interrogation.

ATC issues non-bailable arrest warrants for absconders in Dr Asim Hussain case

Dr Asim is currently in the cus-tody of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) with the authority expected to file a reference against him soon. – Express Tribune

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Atlas Honda Limited expansion will generate 1,800 jobsLAHORE: The first motorcycle of Atlas Honda Limited’s new line is expected to roll out in the beginning of October this year under the com-pany’s expansion project, said the Atlas Honda Limited (AHL) spokes-man in a statement on Friday.

‘’The expansion would lead to the generation of 1,800 direct jobs and a further 5,000 jobs at its as-sociate companies and part manu-facturing partners,” he said.

AHL recently announced an in-vestment plan worth $100 million for the expansion of its motorcycle operations in Pakistan.

Capacity doubling“A three-year expansion plan has already been implemented to double the installed capacity of its Sheikhupura factory, from the existing 0.6 million to over 1.2 mil-

lion units per annum,” added the spokesman. Giving further details, the spokes-man said that an investment of around $50 million would be made directly by Atlas Honda, while an-other $30 million and $20 million would be invested by Atlas Hon-da’s associated companies and the company’s part suppliers to ex-pand their own facilities.

AHL’s mother plant is based in Karachi, which spreads over five acres. Atlas Group signed a tech-nical agreement with Honda Ja-pan in 1963 and plant started com-mercial production subsequently. In 1964, production began with 7 motorcycles per day.

Now, the plant production has reached to 525 units a day.

The company has an annual capacity of 900,000 units at two

plants, located at Sheikhupura and Karachi. Besides manufactur-ing Honda CD 70, the plant pro-duces various value added auto parts for in-house consumption as well as catering the demand of after sale market.

“The larger of the two plants is situated in Sheikhupura city, Pun-jab. This plant has the country’s largest in-house manufacturing facility,” informed the spokesman.

Technology transfersToday the company is widely recognised as the impetuous be-hind the large and growing two-wheeler industry of Pakistan as it brought about technology trans-fers and laid ground for a huge and technically capable vendor-base to train human resource in the area. – Express Tribune

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INVESTMENT PLAN: Atlas Honda Limited recently announced an investment plan worth $100 million

for the expansion of its motorcycle operations in Pakistan. - File photo

NBP to exit from offering remittance service in US

KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) will stop offering remittance services in the United States (US) March 31 onwards, according to a bank official.

US-based workers will not be able to use NBP’s home remit-tance service called ‘PakRemit’ from next month because of changing ‘market dynamics’ of the remittance business, a spokesman for NBP told The Express Tribune on Friday.

“NBP has made a business de-cision to exit from offering re-mittance service in the US and has made arrangements with other Money Service Businesses (MSBs) for the remittance of overseas Pakistanis,” he said.

An MSB can be a full-fledged bank or a non-bank financial in-

stitution that is authorised to transmit money overseas.

NBP has made tie-ups with the MSBs, the spokesman noted, add-ing that the decision was taken in view of the changing nature of the global remittance business due to the “current regulatory landscape in the United States”.

“MSBs are registered in each and every state across Americas and are easily accessible to cus-tomers,” he added.

New standardsAccording to the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fed-eral consumer protection rules did not apply to most of remit-tance transfers until October 2013. But the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act established new standards with respect to remit-tance transfers.

It authorised the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to is-sue new rules to protect consum-ers who send money electroni-cally to foreign countries.

The rules apply to most remit-tance transfers if they are more than $15, made by a consumer in the US and sent to a person or company in a foreign country.

New rules increased compli-ance costs for the banks offering remittance transfers, as they are now required to give disclosures to consumers before they pay for the remittance transfers.

Overseas Pakistanis sent remit-tances amounting to $11.2 billion in July-January, up 5.98 per cent from a year ago, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

Workers’ remittances consti-tute about 45 per cent of the Pa-kistan’s import bill, which shows the crucial role they play in keep-

ing the Pakistani economy afloat.In the last fiscal year, work-

ers based in the US sent Pakistan $2.7 billion, which was the high-est amount after Saudi Arabia ($5.6 billion) and the United Arab Emirates ($4.2 billion).

However, remittances from the United States have been de-creasing in recent months. They amounted to $1.52 billion in July-January, which is almost 5 per cent smaller than the remittances received in the comparable seven-month period of the preceding fis-cal year. The recent decline in the remittances that the Pakistani di-aspora in the US sends home every month is intriguing, as the US economy is growing at a higher rate than other advanced economies while constantly adding new jobs.

According to the SBP, one ma-jor reason for the decline in re-mittances received from the US

is the shrinking difference in the prevailing interest rates in the two economies.

“Probably this slowdown should be seen in the context of narrowing interest rate differen-tial, which is an outcome of nor-malising monetary policy in the United States and an easy policy in Pakistan,” according to the cen-tral bank’s latest annual report.

In the presence of a wide gap between the rates of investment returns in the US and Pakistan, the US workers of Pakistani ori-gin would prefer investing their savings in Pakistan until recent-ly – something that resulted in healthy annual growth in work-ers’ remittances from the United States for many years.

But with interest rates going up in the US and coming down in Pakistan at the same time, the dif-ference in the average investment returns seems to be narrowing.

Withholding savingsNo wonder US-based workers of Pakistani origin are now holding on to their savings instead of re-mitting them back home.

They are withholding that por-tion of their savings that they would otherwise send their fami-lies for “investment purposes,” the SBP believes. This analysis recon-ciles with empirical findings as well, according to the SBP.

Referring to an international research study carried out in 2011, the SBP said the difference be-tween investment returns in the host country – US, in this case – and Pakistan is a “highly signifi-cant determinant” of remittance growth for Pakistan.– Express Tribune

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use NBP’s home

remittance service

called ‘PakRemit’

from next month

because of changing

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China aims to maintain growth pace

BEIJING: China faces a tough battle to keep its economy grow-ing by at least 6.5 per cent over the next five years while creating more jobs and restructuring inefficient industries, Premier Li Keqiang said as he opened China’s annual parliament on Saturday.

Growth of 6.5 per cent would mark a ripping pace for most countries but would be the slow-est in China in a quarter century as world’s No. 2 economy grapples with gyrating financial markets, softening global trade and efforts to reduce environmental degradation.

“Our country’s development faces more and greater difficul-ties ... so we must be prepared for a tough battle,” Li said.

In 2016, Beijing will aim for an economic growth rate between 6.5-7 per cent, as Reuters previ-ously reported, with a consumer inflation target of around 3 per cent and money supply expansion of around 13 per cent, according to a series of draft reports ahead of the opening of the 12-day par-

liament. Many investors had been hoping China would post an ag-gressive target for fiscal spending to prop growth.

But the draft goal of running a fiscal deficit equivalent to 3 per cent of GDP, while up from the previous year’s target of 2.3 per cent, still disappointed some who had hoped for a number closer to 4.

“The budget deficit of 3 per cent is not enough and should be in-creased,” economist and former central bank advisor Yu Yongding said on the sidelines of the meeting.

Zhou Hao, economist at Com-merzbank in Singapore, said the low figure may reflect concerns that a higher number would sig-nal tolerance for another spree of debt-fuelled growth such as that

Beijing embarked on in 2009.Moody’s recently downgraded

the outlook for Chinese sovereign debt, a move Chinese regulators said was unjustified. “The pres-sure from rating agencies could be something China has to consider, indicating that China is cautious on rolling out large infrastructure investment that could result in long-term debt issues,” Zhou said in a email.

AspirationsThe reports provide a blueprint of China’s aspirations for the next five years across a range of sectors and measures. They show Beijing trying to strike a balance between holding up growth and restructur-ing underperforming industries,

where so-called “zombie firms” are responsible for much of the coun-try’s corporate debt overhang left over from the 2009 stimulus.

In lead up to parliament, the government flagged major job losses in key coal and steel indus-tries. Overall, China aims to lay off 5-6 million state workers over the next two to three years, two sources said, in Beijing’s boldest retrenchment programme in al-most two decades.

Li said the country will create 10 million new jobs, address zombie firms through mergers, bankrupt-cies and debt deals, and hold the urban registered unemployment rate below 4.5 per cent in 2016.

Seeking to improve the envi-ronment, Beijing aims to cap total

energy consumption at 5 billion tonnes of standard coal by 2020 and set targets for improving wa-ter efficiency. China will increase military spending by 7.6 per cent this year, its lowest increase in six years, as it pursues a modernisa-tion plan that will shrink staffing.

Unlike previous years, the docu-ments did not mention a specific target for trade figures, having missed their goals repeatedly in recent years. Weighed down by sluggish demand at home and abroad, industrial overcapacity and faltering investment, China’s economic growth slowed to 6.9 per cent in 2015. Economists widely expect it to cool further to a still-healthy rate of around 6.5 per cent this year. - Reuters

In 2016, Beijing will

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Philippines seizes North Korean cargo ship to enforce UN sanctions

MANILA: The Philippines said on Saturday it had seized a North Korean freighter that was cov-ered by harsher United Nations’ sanctions against Pyongyang over its nuclear programme.

Manila will also deport the ves-sel’s 21 North Korean crew and will await a UN inspection team from the United Nations, foreign ministry spokesman Charles Jose said in a text message.

“In compliance with the Unit-ed Nations resolution, the North Korean ship in Subic will be im-pounded and not allowed to leave port,” he said.

The 6,830 deadweight tonne (dwt) cargo ship Jin Teng was one of the first sanctioned North Korean ships to enter a foreign port since the tightened sanc-tions were passed unanimously by the UN Security Council on Wednesday.

Thirty-one North Korean ships are on the list. “The world is concerned over North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme and as a member of the UN, the Phil-

ippines has to do its part to en-force the sanctions,” said Manolo Quezon, deputy presidential spokesman told reporters.

The ship, flying a Sierra Leone flag, arrived on February 27 and was unloading palm kernels. “We have sent teams to guard the ship until we get the formal order from the government,” said Com-mander Armand Balilo, coast guard spokesman.

On Friday, the coast guard barred the ship from leaving port, citing safety deficiencies found during an inspection. The in-spection was conducted after the UN passed the resolution against Pyongyang.

The UN resolution said the 31 ships were “economic resources controlled or operated by Ocean Maritime Management and therefore subject to the asset freeze”. The Jin Teng has called at Palembang, Indonesia, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, since the be-ginning of this year, ship tracking data available on the Reuters Ei-kon Terminal showed. - Reuters

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IMPOUNDED: North Korean freighter Jin Teng is seen in Subic

Bay in this handout photo from the Philippines Coast Guard on

Thursday. - Reuters/Philippines Coast Guard

Number of homeless up in Sydney as rentals rise

SYDNEY: An informal “street count” by staff of City of Sydney council and volunteers has iden-tified 486 homeless people sleep-ing rough in the inner city, the highest figure since the initiative was launched in 2010.

“This is a tragic situation and I am deeply saddened by the dra-matic rise in numbers,” Lord May-or Clover Moore said.

“We all know Sydney is in the grip of a housing crisis, and now

even middle-income earners are finding it tough to pay their rents and mortgages,” she said. Declin-ing housing affordability was contributing to the high numbers of homeless people identified by the count, which was almost 25 per cent higher than last year. According to council figures, Sydney’s mean rental prices have jumped almost 60 per cent since 2006 while household incomes have grown by 48 per cent. - Reuters

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A future of happiness, tolerance and youthMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Over the past two weeks, I have heard and read many questions, comments, and news stories regarding recent changes to the

government of the United Arab Emirates. Why, everyone seems to want to know, did we establish a Ministry of Happiness, Tolerance, and the Future, and why did we appoint a 22-year-old Minister of Youth? The changes reflect what we have learned from events in our region over the past five years. In particular, we have learned that failure to respond effectively to the aspirations of young people, who represent more than half of the population in Arab countries, is like swimming against the tide. With-out the energy and optimism of youth, societies cannot develop and grow; indeed, they are doomed.

When governments spurn their youth and block their path to a better life, they slam the door in the face of the entire society. We do not forget that the genesis of the tension in our region, the events dubbed the “Arab Spring,” was squarely rooted in the lack of opportunities for young people to achieve their dreams and ambitions.

We are proud that the UAE is a young country. And we are proud of our youth. We invest in them and empower them precisely because they are our future. We believe that they are faster than us in acquiring and processing knowledge, because they have grown up with tools and techniques that we lacked at their age. We entrust them with driving our country to new levels of growth and devel-opment, which is why we have now appointed a cabinet minister of their age and created a special council of youth.

We have also learned from hundreds of thou-sands of dead and millions of refugees in our region that all types of bigotry only fuel the fires of rage. We cannot and will not allow this in our country. We need to study, teach, and practice tolerance – and to instill it in our children, both through educa-tion and our own example.

That is why we have appointed a Minister of State for Tolerance. We believe that a legal framework should formalize the tolerance our society already displays, and that our policies and initiatives will provide an outstanding ex-ample to our neighbours.

When the Arab world was tolerant and accept-ing of others, it led the world: From Baghdad to Damascus to Andalusia and farther afield, we pro-vided beacons of science, knowledge, and civiliza-

tion, because humane values were the basis of our relationships with all civilisations, cultures, and religions. Even when our ancestors left Andalusia, people of other faiths went with them.

Tolerance is no catchphrase, but a quality we must cherish and practice. It must be woven into the fabric of our society to safeguard our future and maintain the progress we have made. There can be no bright future for the Middle East without an intellectual reconstruction that re-establishes the values of ideological openness, diversity, and acceptance of others’ viewpoints, whether intel-lectual, cultural, or religious.

With every lesson we learn comes a decision that will shape our future. But we also know that we can learn by looking to the future, not just the past or present. Simply put, we must think of what life will be like in a post-oil economy. That is why we have invested heavily – more than 300 billion dirhams ($81.5 billion) – in establishing a focus for the UAE’s path ahead, with the aim of preparing for a diverse economy that frees future generations from dependence on the ever-fluctu-ating oil market.

Achieving that goal requires reconsidering our legislative, administrative, and economic system fully to move away from dependence on oil. We need a strong and appropriate regulatory infra-structure to build a sustainable and diverse na-tional economy for our children and their children.

In writing this commentary, I want to send a clear message to others in our region that change happens by our hands only. Our region does not need a super-strong external power to stop its decline; we need the power from within that can overcome the hatred and intolerance that has blighted life in many neighbouring countries.

I am writing to send a message that governments in our region and elsewhere need to revise their roles. The role of government is to create an envi-ronment in which people can achieve their dreams and ambitions, not to create an environment that government can control. The point is to empower people, not to hold power over them. Government, in short, should nurture an environment in which people create and enjoy their own happiness.- Project Syndicate

Ibri collision shows need for having dual carriage way This refers to the story, ‘Oman accident: Bus driver relives Ibri crash ordeal’ (March 5), one can understand the gravity of the tragic incident that claimed the lives of 18 people. The learning from this

incident is not something we can take very lightly, as the loss of lives of such a high number of people questions the safety of those who travel very frequently between the hundreds of kilometres long stretch of Muscat and Salalah route. The revelations of the driver of the bus highlights some of the critical issues of driving in the long-stretch of single-carriage way, especially late in the night. Apart from having dual carriage way, it also calls for the value of having streetlights and immediate avail-ability of emergency services. — Ramachandran Nair , Ruwi

Unbridled capitalism cause of homelessness in Australia This refers to the news report Rising rents in Sydney matched by increase in homeless (March 5). This state of affairs highlights

the ills of capitalism. The same is true in countries where only free enterprise is favoured. In the US, there is a fear of the government controlling lives in fear of taking business opportunities as seen in Obamacare. — Sabin Nicholson, Seeb

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Turkey crackdowns after seizing ‘Zaman’ newspaper

ISTANBUL: Turkish police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday to disperse protest-ers outside the country’s big-gest newspaper after authorities seized control of it in a crack-down on a conservative group whose leader the government ac-cuses of treason.

A court on Friday appointed an administrator to run the flagship Zaman, English-language Today’s Zaman and Cihan agency, linked to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen who the government says plotted a coup. The ruling came at the request of a prosecutor prob-ing Gulen on terrorism charges, state media said.

Rights groups and European officials condemned the takeo-ver, seeing it as proof the govern-ment silences dissident views. Other media outlets affiliated with Gulen’s movement were seized in October, and compa-nies, incuding a bank, have been confiscated, wiping out billions of dollars in valuations.

“Extremely worried about lat-est developments on Zaman newspaper which jeopardises progress made by Turkey in other areas,” European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said on Twitter. “We will continue to monitor this case closely. Tur-key, as a candidate country, needs to respect freedom of the media.”

European Parliament President Martin Schulz tweeted the takeo-ver was “yet another blow to press freedom” and pledged to discuss the matter with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday.

In Berlin, Norbert Roettgen, chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the German Bun-destag and a senior lawmaker in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, said: “Not only the violent action against a critical newspaper, but also the fact that the government takes over the whole paper is a severe blow by the Turkish leadership against the freedom of press.”

Critics have accused the Euro-pean Union of largely turning a blind eye to Turkey’s worsening rights record because it needs its

help curbing the record flow of refugees and migrants.

Turkey and the bloc hold an emergency summit in Brussels on the crisis on Monday.

Midnight raidPolice first raided Zaman around midnight, firing tear gas and water cannon and forcing open a gate to enter the offices.

Employees returned to the newsroom on Saturday to work under the new administrator, but Zaman editor-in-chief Abdul-hamit Bilici and columnist Bulent

Kenes were fired and escorted from the premises, said Sevgi Akarcesme, top editor at Today’s Zaman. “It is a dark day for Turk-ish democracy and a flagrant vio-lation of the constitution,”

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the main opposition Republi-can People’s Party (CHP) said the Istanbul court that ordered Zaman’s seizure was acting as a political tool.

“That judge is carrying a stick for the political authority,” he said in a speech broadcast live.”We are failing at press freedom. — Reuters

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ASSAULT: Smoke rises near a group of women as Turkish anti-riot police officers use tear gas to disperse supporters in front of the

headquarters of the Turkish daily newspaper ‘Zaman’ in Istanbul on Saturday, after Turkish authorities seized the headquarters in a

midnight raid. — AFP

Police colonel killed in Aden as gunmen open fire

ADEN: Gunmen opened fire and killed a police colonel and his aide as their vehicle was pass-ing through a roundabout in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Saturday, a local security official and witnesses said.

The attack on Colonel Salem Al Milqat, police chief of Tawahi district, occurred in the restive district of Al Mansoura which has seen several assaults on local se-curity officials.

Yemen’s embattled government has been forced out of the capital Sanaa by Houthi rebels and is now based in Aden but struggles to impose its authority even there.

Nuns killedOn Friday, gunmen attacked an old people’s home in the Yem-eni port of Aden, killing at least 15 people, including four nuns from India, local officials and medical sources said. — Reuters

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China to build SW city to Tibet rail line

BEIJING: China will build a sec-ond railway line connecting res-tive and remote Tibet with oth-ers parts of China that will link Tibetan capital Lhasa with the southwestern city of Chengdu, the government said on Saturday.

In 2006, China opened the rail-way to Lhasa, which passes spec-tacular icy peaks on the Tibetan highlands, reaching altitudes as high as 5,000m above sea level.

The new railway was announced in a draft of China’s new five-year development plan released at the opening of the annual meeting of parliament. — Reuters

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Trump, Clinton eye more delegates as 5 states voteWASHINGTON: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton each look to strengthen their front-runner status when five states hold presi-dential nominating races on Sat-urday, as Trump tries to weather a barrage of blistering attacks from his party’s establishment.

Trump, the controversial New York billionaire who has opened a substantial lead in delegates over his presidential rivals, will be vying to rack up more wins in Republican contests in Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Maine.

Polling has been scarce in all four states, which together ac-count for just 155 delegates, and

the contests will be open only to registered Republicans.

The exclusion of the inde-pendent voters who have helped Trump’s surge adds an air of un-certainty to the latest round of state-by-state contests to pick nominees for the November 8 election to succeed President Barack Obama.

Since winning seven of 11 con-tests on Super Tuesday, Trump has come under withering fire from a Republican establish-ment worried he will lead the party to a resounding defeat in November’s elections.

Polls show Clinton with a big lead in Louisiana, which has a

large bloc of the African-Ameri-can voters, who helped her roll up victories across the South on Su-per Tuesday, but the caucuses in less diverse Kansas and Nebraska could be more suited to Sanders.

The three states have a total of 109 delegates at stake.

Big lead for ClintonClinton has opened up a big del-egate lead on Sanders, who might have a tough time making up the difference.

All states in the Democratic race award their delegates pro-portionally, meaning Clinton can keep piling up delegates even in states where she loses. — Reuters

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KABUL: The Taliban said on Sat-urday it would not take part in peace talks brokered by a four-way group including representatives of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, and the United States.

The Taliban, ousted from power in a US-led military intervention in 2001, has been waging a vio-lent insurgency to try to topple the Western-backed Afghan govern-ment and reestablish an obscuran-tist regime.

Following a meeting of the so-called Quadrilateral Coordination Group made up of representatives

of the four countries in Kabul in February, officials said they ex-pected direct peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban to begin in early March.

But the Taliban, which calls itself the Islamic Emirate of Af-ghanistan, publicly denied they would be participating in any up-coming talks in Islamabad.

With the American troops re-maining in the country conducting air strikes and special operations raids in support of the Kabul gov-ernment, the Taliban would not participate in talks, the group said in a statement.

“We reject all such rumours and unequivocally state that the leader of Islamic Emirate has not authorised anyone to participate in this meeting,” the statement said.”(Islamic Emirate) once again reiterates that unless the occupa-tion of Afghanistan is ended, black lists eliminated and innocent pris-

oners freed, such futile misleading negotiations will not bear any re-sults.” Direct talks between Kabul and the Taliban have been on hold since last year’s announcement of the death of the movement’s founder and long-time leader Mul-lah Mohammed Omar some two years earlier.

New leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has laid down precondi-tions for taking part in any talks as he struggles to overcome factional infighting, with some breakaway groups opposing any negotiations whatsoever. — Reuters

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N’DJAMENA: Defence ministers from West Africa’s arid Sahel re-gion have agreed to work together to establish special rapid reac-tion forces to counter the grow-ing threat from Al Qaeda and IS-linked militants.

At a meeting in Chad’s capital N’Djamena, defence chiefs from Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritania — the so-called G5 Sahel countries — pledged to form special units to respond quickly to threats and attacks from extrem-ist militants. “These groups, each composed of around 100 well-trained and very mobile men, will deploy in zones where the terror-ists operate,” the G5 Sahel’s per-

manent secretary Najim Elhadj Mohamed said following the meet-ing late on Friday.

He said the units, tailored af-ter Spanish forces used against the Basque separatist group ETA, would receive training and sup-port from both Spain and France.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, during a visit to the region last month, promised to boost as-sistance to the Sahel countries in the wake of dramatic attacks on hotels in Burkina Faso and Mali claimed by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

Intelligence will be compiled at a threat analysis and early warning centre to be established in Mauritania, where the Sahel group also plans to create a special war college.

Financing was expected to come from European Union funding al-ready pledged to the Sahel nations, the regional body said.

The G5 Sahel heads of state al-ready called for the creation of a multinational force last year.

French interventionFrench forces intervened in 2013 to drive back extremist fighters after they seized Mali’s desert north a year earlier, citing con-

cern that the area could become a launching pad for attacks on tar-gets in Europe.

However, the militants have since reorganised and launched a wave of attacks against local secu-rity forces, U.N. peacekeepers and civilian targets that has extended well beyond northern Mali and into neighbouring countries.

Boko HaramMeanwhile Nigeria’s Boko Haram, which has pledged its allegiance to the IS, is stepping up raids and suicide bombings in the Lake Chad region, which straddles the bor-ders between Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon. — Reuters

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Two refugee smugglers arrested by TurkeyDIKILI (TURKEY): Turkish authorities on Saturday de-tained at least two human traf-fickers after they shuttled some 120 Syrian refugees to the Aege-an coast in a sign Turkey may be stepping up efforts to curb the flow of migrants to Europe.

Gendarmes stopped the group, mostly made up of wom-en and children, on a beach near a wooded area by the village of Bademli, located across from the Greek island of Lesbos, a Reuters witness said.

The raid occurred on the eve of a summit in Brussels on Monday at which Turkey and the EU will tackle the migrant crisis after more than a million people fleeing turmoil in the Middle East, Africa and Asia sought safety and prosperity in Europe in 2015. The influx has revealed political faultlines among European Union states and threatened the bloc’s open-border policy.

Europe wants candidate country Turkey to step up se-curity along its coast and take back migrants caught at sea to help reduce the flow of refugees to the EU. In exchange it has pledged 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) in funds to help Tur-key with the 2.7 million Syrian refugees it hosts.

President Tayyip Erdogan late on Friday accused the EU of dragging its feet on the funds four months. “You can pay up or not, we have not closed our door to refugees like Western-ers have. We’ve kept it open,” Erdogan said, adding he wants to build a city for refugees in northern Syria near the Turkish border. — Reuters

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Prominent Sudanese politician Turabi diesKHARTOUM: Prominent Su-danese politician Hassan Al Turabi, a veteran conservative who led the Popular Congress Party, has died at the age of 84, medical sourcess said.

Turabi, one of the country’s most notable opposition fig-ures, formed the Popular Con-gress Party in 1999 to challenge long-serving President Omar Al Bashir and his ruling National Congress Party, a group Turabi was previously aligned with.

Coup in 1989Bashir has ruled since a 1989 military coup and has weath-ered rebellions, economic crisis and an indictment by the Inter-national Criminal Court. — Reuters

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MUSCAT: Banking on the eco-nomic landscape floating on a pos-itive stream, National Aluminium Products Company (Napco) has taken the bold step of doubling its

production capacity as part of its commitment to supporting the government’s long-term goal of seeing Oman as a manufacturing hub in the region.

“It is a huge step forward indeed but our expansion, which was initi-ated in 2014, was based on real de-mand. There were many occasions over the past two years where we had to turn down customer orders

due to our machines running at full capacity so we know there is a big demand for Napco product in the region. I am confident that the ex-pansion plan was the right move to make and I am sure Napco will be successful as long as the econom-ic landscape floats on a positive stream,” said Robert Holtkamp, Chief Executive Officer, Napco, in an interview with Times of Oman.

Talking about Napco’s role in supporting the government’s vi-sion of seeing Oman as a manufac-turing hub in the region, he said: “We are in full support of this and we are definitely doing our part in achieving this goal with the ex-pansion which sees us going from the Top 25 category to a Top 10 in the aluminium extrusion industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). We want to further solidify Oman manufacturing in the region but we also require their support with this goal.”

Replying to a question about

Napco’s performance in 2015, Holtkamp stated: “The year 2015 was a very good year for Napco. We grew 45 per cent in volume and had the biggest production ever in our 30-year history with the existing equipment. Napco’s revenue grew over 30 per cent with a net profit of 11 per cent compared to 2014 with a net profit of 8 per cent.”

Operating from a land space of roughly 65,000 square metres, Napco exports around 65 per cent of its production to neighbouring countries and roughly 35 per cent is sold in Oman.

“Outside of the GCC, our prod-ucts are also sold in Europe and East Asia. We are exploring cer-tain markets in Africa at this point and have come to agreements with traders mainly in East Africa. Our expansion will take our capacity to 42,000 mt per year so we intend to increase our sales in Oman, the re-gion and further explore new mar-kets,” he added.

Speaking about the major com-petitors, the Napco CEO said: “Our major competitors are based in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. One of our advantages is that we are a one stop facility for aluminium extrusions and finish services. We house four extrusion presses, a horizontal and vertical powder coating line that can accommo-date up to eight metres, two wood finish lines and an anodizing line. In addition, we also have a thermal crimping and bending facility. We are able to offer real value for our many services and that keeps our clients loyal to Napco.”

Robust expansion The total expansion budget is OMR7 million. In early 2014, Napco had a headcount of roughly 225 and we have increased that to 314 with an additional 31 planned in the near term to bring the total to 345. We are fully committed to providing further career oppor-

tunities to Omani nationals going forward and we look forward to in-creasing Omanisation yet further as we grow and as we enhance our training and mentoring infrastruc-ture internally, he said.

Our priority is also set on retain-ing top talent who have assisted in Napco’s success, Holtkamp fur-ther added.

Regarding government’s sup-port for Napco’s growth, he said, “The government could help enor-mously by ensuring that Napco products are given priority in local projects as long as we can dem-onstrate our competitiveness in terms of quality and service deliv-ery which of course we can.”

“We are competing head on with neighbouring countries so related economic policies and regulations need to be geared toward helping companies like us compete. We face huge competition in the re-gion so we need all the support we can get,” Holtkamp added. > B3

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Oman’s electricity, water production rose in 2015MUSCAT: Oman’s electric-ity production increased to more than 32.8 thousand GW in 2015, logging a 12.6 per cent increase, compared to 2014 level.

The country’s water produc-tion topped 308 million cubic me-tres, an increase of 4.2 per cent, until November 2015, according to the latest statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

Oman’s total electricity pro-duction till end-December 2015 stood at 32,758.3 GW per hour, compared to 29,094.6 GW per hour in the corresponding period of 2014, a rise of 12.6 per cent.

Governorates of North and South Al Batinah, as well as the Governorate of A’Dhahirah, re-corded the highest rate at the gov-ernorates level. Power production in these governorates stood at 16,861.6 GW per hour, account-ing for an increase of 7.6 per cent, compared to 15,664.8 GW per hour in the same period last year. The Governorates of North and South A’Sharqiyah recorded the highest growth at 75.8 per cent in the production level, compared to the corresponding period last year. The total production in the two governorates stood at 5,044.4 GW per hour in 2015 compared to 2,868.9 GW per hour during the corresponding period in 2014.

Governorate of MuscatThe total electricity production in the Governorate of Muscat reached 5,634.7 GW per hour, reflecting a decline of 5 per cent from the 2014 level when it had reached 5,930 GW per hour.

The total electricity production in Dhofar reached 3,236.5 GW per hour at the end of December 2015, an increase of 8.1 per cent com-pared to the 2,933.1 GW per hour production recorded during the same period of 2014.

The total electricity produc-tion in Musandam reached 357.7 GW per hour, an increase of 77.7 per cent compared to the produc-tion recorded during the same period of 2014, when it was 332.1 GW per hour.

The total electricity production in A’Dakhiliyah reached 1303.2 GW per hour, an increase of 17.3 per cent compared to 1110.8 GW per hour recorded during the same period of 2014.

The total electricity production in Al Wusta reached 320.2 GW per hour, an increase of 64.3 per cent over the same period in 2014 when it was 194.9 GW per hour.

The net electricity production of Oman till the end of December 2015 had reached 32,081.8 GW per hour, compared to the figures recorded during the same pe-riod of 2014 when it had reached 28,399.2 GW per hour, thus re-flecting an increase of 13 per cent.

This production includes the power procured by Oman Power and Water Procurement Compa-ny (OPWP) and the procurement by the Rural Areas Electricity Company (RAEC).

The statistics issued by the NCSI indicated that the biggest amount of net production of elec-tricity was recorded in North and South A’Sharqyiah, where it was 5,025.6 GW per hour at the end of December 2015. The figure for the net production during the same period of 2014 was 2,841.6 GW per hour. Thus, there was an increase of 76.9 per cent.

The net production in North and South Al Batinah, in addition to A’Dhahirah, at the end of last December, had reached 16,542.4 GW per hour, an increase by 8.1 per cent compared to the net production recorded during the same period of 2014, when it had reached 15,302.2 GW per hour.

The net electricity production in Muscat reached 5,434.1 GW

per hour at the end of last Decem-ber, compared to 5,774.9 GW per hour recorded last year, a decline of 5.9 per cent.

The net production in Dhofar at the end of December 2015 had reached 3,085.3 GW per hour, compared to 2014 level when it was 2,820.5 GW per hour, this reflecting an increase of 9.4 per cent.

The net production in Musan-dam at the end of last Decem-ber reached 342.9 GW per hour, compared to the net production recorded during the same period of 2014, when it was 315.2 GW per hour, thus accounting for an increase of 8.8 per cent.

The net production in A’Dakhiliyah at the end of De-cember had reached 1392.9 GW per hour, compared to the net pro-duction recorded during the same period of 2014 at 1102.3 GW per hour, an increase of 17.4 per cent. The net production in Al Wusta at the end of December 2015 had reached 356.9 GW per hour, an in-crease of 47.1 per cent, compared to the same period of 2014 when it was just 242.6 GW per hour.

On the other hand, Oman’s production of water till the end of November 2015 had reached 308,143.900 cubic metres, an in-crease of 4.2 per cent compared to the water production recorded during the same period of 2014 at 295,711.400 cubic metres.

The water production in Mus-cat increased by 76.2 per cent to reach 142,595.500 cubic metres, compared to the production re-corded during the same period of 2014 at 80.919.800 cubic metres.

The water production in Dho-far declined 6.5 per cent to reach 34,320.000 cubic metres, com-pared to the production recorded during the same period of 2014 at 36.709.300 cubic metres.

The water production in the other governorates de-creased by 26.3 per cent to reach 131,228.400 cubic metres, compared to the production re-corded during the same period of 2014, when it had reached 178,082.300 cubic metres. — ONA

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OCCI TEAM TO VISIT TURKEYA business delegation from Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) will visit Antalya City in the Republic of Turkey on Sunday to take part in the ‘Leather and Goods Exhibition’. The visit comes within the initiative “Join US to Improve”, which aims at organising visits for specialised business delegations. — ONA

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Bank Sohar bags ‘Strategic Website of the Year Award 2016’ Times News Service

MUSCAT: Bank Sohar was pre-sented with its fourth award of the year. The bank’s corporate website (www.banksohar.net) was awarded the ‘Strategic Website of the Year Award 2016’ under ‘Banks and Financial Institutions’ cat-egory by Lebanon-based Pan Arab Excellence Awards Academy, in conjunction with the Arab Organi-

sation for Social Responsibility and Tatweej Academy.

The award was presented to the bank at the 15th Pan Arab Web Awards held recently at the Al Murooj Rotana Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Representing Bank Sohar at the event was Abdulali Al Lawati, sen-ior AGM – Corporate Support, who received the award from Pierre Moukarzel, president of Tatweej

Academy. The event played host to a number of senior representa-tives from various organisations from across the region including Arab ambassadors, award win-ners, VIPs in the ICT field, and government dignataries.

Commenting on the achieve-ment, Rashad Ali Al Musafir, act-ing CEO of Bank Sohar said, “At Bank Sohar we have placed great emphasis on the development of

our online presence and enhanced internet banking services. Our corporate website is, in most cas-es, the very first and also the most common medium of providing information to all our stakehold-ers. Developments to the website enables us to continually improve on the user experience, making it more dynamic, and user friendly whilst also keeping it up to date, thereby effectively promoting our

latest products and services. This award, along with the 12

others we have received for our on-line assets over the years, stand as a testament to our efforts in keeping the website user friendly and at-tractive as well as continuously up-dating it with the latest information . On behalf of the Bank I would like to thank all the organisers for rec-ognising our efforts and deeming us worthy of such a coveted award.”

P A N A R A B A W A R D

OMR270m food projects planned

MUSCAT: Four major ventures at a cost of OMR270 million will be implemented by Oman Food Investment Holding Company, its chairman Dr Rashid bin Salim Al Masrouri said. The ventures are expected to improve food security and economic diversification in the Sultanate.

In a statement, he said that that the four projects will start pro-duction in the next three years, one by one. The major investors in these ventures are investment and pension funds.

Mazoon Dairy and A’Namma Poultry Company were recently established, in addition to a pro-ject to collect and manufacture dairy products in the Governorate of Dhofar. A project for red meat is expected to be unveiled soon.

He said that Oman Food In-vestment has promoted Mazoon

Dairy to undertake the flagship dairy project for Oman. The pro-ject, which will be set up in the wilayat of Al Sanina in the Gover-norate of Al Buraimi, has a capital outlay of OMR100 million with a debt equity mix of 50:50. Oman Food Investment’s contribution in the equity is 20 per cent.

The farm will start with 4,000 cows in 2017, which will grow to a herd size of 25,000 in 2026. The project is expected to commence in 2015 with commercial produc-tion expected in 2017.The com-pany will produce approximately 202 million litres in 2026 and 985 million litres in 2040. This, along with an increase in existing pro-duction and the new milk collec-tion scheme being promoted, will reduce the import dependency from 69 per cent in 2014 to 13 per cent in 2026.

Net Imports (Imports-Ex-ports) could be negative in 2040 allowing Oman to become a net exporter of dairy products.

“Oman Food Investment has also promoted A’Namma Poultry project with a capital outlay of OMR100 million. The debt eq-uity mix in the project is 50:50 and OFIC’s contribution is 20 per cent of equity. The project would be state-of-the-art using the lat-est technology and imported

equipment and processes creat-ing a benchmark for other players to follow. This is expected to im-prove the overall technology, and efficiency levels in the poultry in-dustry in Oman,” he said.

The project starts from hatch-ery to distribution and will pro-duce 60,000 tonnes of white meat in 2020. The project, combined with existing producers, will drive the self-sufficiency of the Sultan-ate of Oman in the poultry sector from the current 36 per cent to 70 per cent in 2030.

The project plans to employ ap-proximately 735 employees at full capacity with an Omanisation ra-tio of 35 per cent.

“The dairy production collec-tion and manufacturing project in the Governorate of Dhofar is expected to produce 90,000 litres per day. The project will include milk collection points, coolers and milk a processing plant. The project is expected to cover 6.7 per cent of the local demand for milk and generate job opportuni-ties for Omanis. - ONA

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MARKETLocal buying, results help recovery of Oman stocks

MUSCAT: Muscat Securities Market (MSM) rose 215 points in February 2016, on the back of par-tial oil price recovery, improve-ment in global stock markets and improvement in the financial re-sults of many listed companies in line with analysts’ expectations.

The main index, MSM 30, closed at 5,395 points, up by 4.1 per cent, trimming its losses this year to 11 points as the index lost 226 points in January.

All sectoral indices rose, par-ticularly the service sector and the financial sector index, which increased more than 5 per cent,

while the Sharia-compliant mar-ket index rose 2.3 per cent and the industry index rose 1.3 per cent.

Local buying spree boosted stock prices. While share prices of 39 companies rose, 18 com-panies were still in the red and 16 companies maintained their previous levels. Statistics issued by MSM indicated that the value of local procurement amounted to OMR82.6 million, constitut-ing 89.5 per cent of the total mar-ket trading volume amounting to OMR92.3 million, while domestic sales amounted to OMR68 million, and 73.6 per cent of total trading.

Statistics showed good inter-est in investing in the market in February by the local Omani in-dividuals and institutional inves-tors whose purchases made up about 37 per cent and 52 per cent respectively of the total trades compared to sales ratio reached respectively 32.3 per cent and 41.2 per cent.

Trading volumeThe trading volume last month rose to OMR92.3 million, com-pared to OMR78.2 million in Jan-uary. Bank Muscat accounted for 14.6 per cent of the trades, with a trading volume of OMR13.5 mil-lion, followed by Al Anwar Hold-ing with OMR8.6 million, 9.3 per cent of trading. Omantel came third with a trading volume worth OMR7.9 million.

In February, MSM registered gains valued at OMR861 million, up to RO16.41 billion, benefiting from the rise in stock prices on the one hand and the inclusion of a number of companies on the other hand, including an increase in the capital of Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (Orpic) amounting to OMR509.5 million. It was included in the third mar-ket, where usually closed compa-nies included. - ONA

MSM 30 index

closed at 5,395

points, up by 4.1 %,

trimming its losses

this year by 11 points

as the index lost 226

points in January

Bank Nizwa seminar to discuss Islamic finance and investmentTimes News Service

MUSCAT: A seminar is set to explore and evaluate the chal-lenges and opportunities facing the Sharia-compliant financing and investment market in Oman today and the best way to prepare for the future.

Bank Nizwa has partnered with Islamic Finance News (IFN), a leading online journal specialised in reporting on the global Islamic financial markets, to bring its re-nowned industry seminar to the Sultanate for the first time.

Set to commence on March 8 in Muscat, the event is titled ‘IFN

Oman Seminar & Dialogue 2016’. Key decision makers, as well as industry leaders and experts from the Sultanate and the region are expected to discuss the opportuni-ties available in the fast-growing Omani Islamic market for both capital-raising and investment.

The seminar will start with ad-dresses from instrumental figures in Oman’s Islamic banking and finance industry including Mo-hammed Jawad bin Hassan, ad-visor to the Ministry of Finance and Hamood Sangour Al Zadjali, executive president of the Central Bank of Oman.

Other panelists include Abdul-

lah Al Salmi, executive president of Capital Market Authority. In addition, industry veteran chief executive officer of Bank Nizwa; Dr Jamil El Jaroudi will be repre-senting Bank Nizwa, alongside Dr Ashraf Al Nabhani, general man-ager (Corporate Support) at the bank, who will be participating in his capacity as chairman of Mus-cat Securities Market.

In addition to the panel discus-sion, the event will feature the IFN Oman dialogue, a closed-door roundtable session compris-ing of Oman’s most senior Islamic finance practitioners, regulators and stakeholders.

S H A R I A - C O M P L I A N T

Napco’s Omanisation drive“This is a difficult call as we com-pete in markets that derive a ma-jor part of their income from oil revenues and we just don’t know when we will see $65 or $70 a barrel again. However, in an ideal economic environment we want to achieve the Top 5 tag in the next two years and this can be achieved by hitting record production num-bers with all our presses.”

“We also want our Omanisa-tion percentages to increase

and to increase with a number much higher than government policy requires. Napco also feels it is important to give back to the community and this is evident in increased CSR activities which have taken place over the past year. We will continue our efforts to bolster community services, donating to charities and recy-cling which ultimately leads to a better Oman,” the chief executive officer of Napco.

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Sezad winsaward for its websiteTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Fourteenth session of the World Free Zone Conven-tion granted the Internal Website Award to Duqm Special Economic Zone Authority (Sezad).

The conference organising com-pany carried out an assessment of the websites of participating economic authorities and zones before conferring this award. It pointed out that Sezad was grant-ed this award in recognition of the richness of its website, which gives the investor a clear idea of the characteristic investment en-vironment and available projects in Sezad. It indicated that the con-tinuous updating of news and ten-ders and providing footage materi-als and publications on the website help attract investors.

Global conferencesMuhammad bin Ahmad Al Sheza-wi, director of Awareness and Me-dia at Sezad and editor-in-chief of Duqm Economist Journal, re-ceived the award.

This award put Sezad into the spotlight for its ability to attract investment at one of the special-ized international conferences in the field of economic and free zones attended by representatives from 21 countries.

R E C O G N I T I O N

MUSCAT: Seventy com-panies listed on the Muscat Securities Market (MSM), which approved their annual financial statements so far, will pay dividends to share-holders. More companies are expected to announce dividends this month.

On February 24, National Pharmaceutical approved 10 per cent dividend or 10 baisas per each share. Areej Vegetable Oils & Derivatives approved 35 per cent cash dividend, in addition to 50 per cent stock dividend.Investors are expecting cash dividends from Oman Refreshments (100 per cent), Oman Cables (90 per cent) and Oman Chromite (10 per cent). Shell Oman Market-ing is expected to top the list of companies in paying dividends. The company is expected to pay 106 per cent. Al Maha Oil Products Mar-

keting intends to distribute 100 per cent cash dividend.Omantel said that the general assembly will approve 60 per cent cash dividend at its meeting on March 24 and 40 per cent at its meeting in August.

Oman Hotel Management said that it will distribute 90 per cent dividend.

Salalah Mills said that its general assembly will meet on March 31 and will approve 65 per cent cash dividends or 65 baisas.Oman Oil Marketing said that it will distribute 60 per cent cash dividends. Raysut Cement Co said that it will distribute 50 per cent cash dividend.

United Energy said that the company will distribute 50 per cent cash dividend for normal shareholders and 54.5 per cent for premium shareholders. — ONA

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f the wild swings in the stock market don’t make much fundamental sense to you (400-point drop in the Dow anyone? Anyone?), there’s a pretty good reason: They don’t.

Sure, oil has everyone running scared, but there’s something else going on as well. Trading volume in US stocks picked up in 2015, reach-ing the highest level since 2011. But it wasn’t exactly due to Graham & Dodd-style fundamental stock pick-ers. Volume from actively managed funds has declined over the last dec-ade as high-frequency trading and index funds grew steadily. Average daily volume increased noticeably last year even as trading by active funds held steady, according to data from Credit Suisse analyst Ana

Avramovic:This is hardly breaking news, but

keep in mind that much of the vol-ume considered “active” is probably not what many of us think of as ac-tive stock picking. It encompasses newer automated strategies that chase momentum and trends or re-act to changes in volatility, so the amount of real-time human judg-ment involved is probably even less than what the chart shows, espe-cially if you don't put a lot of faith in the risk-on, risk- off impulses of the indexing crowd.

This didn’t cause a lot of problems when stock indexes were slowly marching higher during much of the bull market, but that regime may have ended in August and carried over into this year. What may have ensued is sort of a mosh pit of elec-

tronic trading that can crowd all the fundamental waltzers right off the dance floor. Eventually, one hopes, the moshers tire themselves out and the waltzers return to the floor and push the market back where it be-longs, or at least nudge it in the right direction so that the automated mo-mentum chasers take it the rest of the way.

Could that happen? One would hope. But Mohamed A. El-Erian of Bloomberg View makes an excel-lent point:

But volatility does matter to inves-tor positioning, risk appetite and the formation of price expectations. And the longer it lasts, and especially if it is the “volatile volatility” of recent weeks, the more likely it is to be ac-companied by a durable decline in markets overall.

And there’s something else to note about the pickup in volume. It may not be a sign of the type of liquidity that's likely to act as a shock absorb-er against wild market swings. Ac-cording to strategists at JPMorgan, who have shown they know a few things about the non-fundamental issues affecting the market, it’s the market depth that matters:

Market depth measures how many contracts can be bought or sold before moving the market ~1 point. While equity volumes look robust, market depth continues to trend lower.

Over the past 2 years, the market depth has declined by more than 60 per cent, reducing the market’s ca-pacity to absorb large shocks — as was illustrated during the August 24th crash.

This is not to say that there aren’t legitimate concerns — lack of profit growth, oil, China’s slowdown, weakness in credit markets — that are helping drive stocks lower. But the violence and suddenness of the swings don’t necessarily have much to do with the fundamentals.

Unfortunately, the wild swings could be the “new normal,” at least for the near future.

From a note recently from the JPMorgan strategists: “Prepare for a structurally higher volatility en-vironment and, importantly, higher market tail risk. We expect periods of quiet market followed by periods of abrupt sell-off like the one we are witnessing year-to-date (YTD) and also saw last August.”

In other words, keep those seat belts buckled. — Bloomberg News

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Mazda2 crowned Best Compact of Year 2016

MUSCAT: The all-new Mazda2 has been recently crowned as the Best Compact Car at the Wheels Car of the Year 2016 award cer-emony, Australia’s most coveted motoring award judged by the best in the industry.

The stylish fourth-generation Mazda2 is also the winner of the much coveted 2014-2015 Car of the Year Japan award and Germany’s illustrious 2014 Golden Steering Wheel Award, says a press release.

The all-new Mazda2 is big-ger in size than its predecessor, thanks to an 80mm increase in wheelbase, and offers a lot more space, comfort, safety and stabil-ity for both driver and passengers.

Available in Comfort and Prestige sedan and hatchback models in Oman exclusively at Towell Auto Centre (TAC), the all-new Mazda2 #SuperStriker has won immense customer appreciation because of its high level of functionality and added-values that exceed the ex-pectations for a car of this class.

Small in size, big on styleA senior spokesperson of TAC commented: “The small Mazda2 is big on performance and comfort. It has a chic style and its Skyactiv technology provides quick-witted agility and outstanding fuel econ-omy. Its elegantly flowing KODO – Soul of Motion design reflects the dynamic beauty of an animal leaping into action. All these new generation technologies and de-sign have been gracefully packed together in a sub-compact body and offers outstanding safety, fuel

efficiency along with a very com-fortable and pleasurable ride. Lit-tle wonder the all-new Mazda2 is doing exceptionally well in Oman and globally.”

Skyactiv technologyThe fourth-generation Mazda2 with the 1.5L Skyactiv engine 6 Speed Activematic Transmission has a compression ratio of 12:1 that offers excellent fuel economy and performance. The model also fea-tures a wide range of cutting-edge technologies such as the Mazda Connect next-generation car con-nectivity system.

Exciting featuresThe Prestige model comes with some exciting features such as Bluetooth with voice command control on the steering, steering mounted cruise control, com-mander switch controls and rear

parking camera with static line indicators. Sport shift gear switch, push button start/ KL entry with boot access, traction control sys-tem and type pressure monitoring system, navigation system and 16” alloy wheels.

Towell Auto Centre provides service to all models of Mazda and makes owning a Mazda ex-tra pleasant with its efficient after-sale services with the most advanced diagnostic tools, lat-est software upgrades and highly trained staff who pride in their quality of service. With a network of 13 service outlets and 10 parts outlets spread across Oman, TAC is the only Mazda distributor in the world to win the Mazda Cus-tomer Service award five years in a row. With 98.2 per cent parts de-liverability, TAC also offers quick, efficient service with genuine parts available for all models.

Available in Comfort

and Prestige sedan

and hatchback

models in Oman

exclusively at Towell

Auto Centre, the

all-new Mazda2

#SuperStriker

has won immense

customer

appreciation

Young innovators excel

at Invention Convention

MUSCAT: A highly innovative ‘Invention Convention’ was or-ganised and presented by the young innovators of Grade II of ISG CBSEi, recently.

Inaugurated by Papri Ghosh, the principal, the event gave stu-dents an opportunity to solve problems, think creatively, ex-periment and demonstrate their skills independently as they in-vented a new product or process. Aimed at boosting a child’s prob-lem-solving and creative-think-ing skills, ideas overflowed as the little boys and girls presented an array of one-of-kind inventions made to solve everyday problems, says a press release.

From ‘chocolate in a pocket’-chocolate drink pouch, lunch box

alarm, flexi umbrellas, dust pro-tector hat, toilet paper Sudoku games, T-shirt folder, intelli-gent box–money saver, mind-opoly-school themed monopoly, kids door view periscope, the list was endless.

Considering local relevance and life-saving applicability, the wadi overflow alarm won special appreciation.

Creativity and imagination was made into reality in the room of budding entrepreneurs. Each of them also explained about their invention with great aplomb.

“It’s innovative, intelligent and definitely thinking out of the box. The children were brilliant,” said Papri Ghosh, who gushed over the students’ creativity.

C R E A T I V E S K I L L S

Competence HR successfully concludes leadership eventMUSCAT: Competence HR, a leading name in training, recruit-ment and development, concluded its six-month long leadership pro-gramme, recently. A graduation ceremony was held under the pa-tronage of Khalid bin Omar Al Mar-houn, Minister of Civil Service, to facilitate 40 participants of the pro-gramme, says a press release.

Addressing candidates during the closing ceremony, the min-ister said: “We are keen to cor-roborate on any efforts that drive up competency in the public sec-tor through partnership with the private sector.

“The candidates of this pro-gramme represent a continuing

process for effective communica-tion in building key capabilities.”

Amer Al Fadhil, managing di-rector of Competence HR, said: “Today marks the culmination of our efforts to enhance efficiencies in the private and public sectors by uniting them under shared goals. This event has effectively demon-strated real cooperation between both government bodies and pri-vate institutions in helping build effective strategies for growth, de-velopment and training.”

He added that the plan was to make the workshop an annual event to ensure that it percolates all levels of management in the private and public sectors.

The six-month training pro-gramme was held in cooperation with the Public Management Insti-tute and under the supervision of

the Ministry of Civil Services tar-geting important aspects of private and public sector management. A total of 40 directorate generals from

various ministries and government organisations participated.

Key sponsors for the event were Omran, Bank Muscat, Omantel,

Oman Gas Company and Ministry of Oil & Gas.

Three main concepts under-pinned the event. They were strategic planning, strategic im-plementation and personal leader-ship. The event’s delivery featured a combination of a state and the region forum; ‘book review’ and ‘meet a leader’ sessions; discus-sions and interaction on public and private partnership, and a con-ference on government excellence. Competence HR organised all programmes in coordination with the International Advisory Group. Participants got a real benefit from open forums with international speakers and local leaders.

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TAC set to include wider range

of tyre brands to its portfolio

MUSCAT: Towell Auto Centre’s sales and service outlets is set to include a wider range of tyre brands to its portfolio. Recognised as the most trusted and reliable partner in the auto care industry, Towell Auto Centre, a successful division of the WJ Towell group, recognises tyres as a crucial seg-ment in autocare.

Towell Auto Centre now has a wide range of passenger car and 4-Wheel Drive tyres from brands like Primewell, Dunlop, Nexen, Toyo and Yokohama along with their best-selling Bridgestone tyres. Understanding the differ-ent needs of customers, Towell Auto Centre now offers more op-tions for choosing new set of tyres, keeping in mind the budgets and varying needs of customers, says a press release.

“Our First Stop stores and Tyre Care Plus outlets have always been preferred destination amongst our customers for auto-care needs. This initiative is taken in response to long-standing request from our customers to offer more options of reputed tyre brands under one roof,” said Oommen John, AGM Bridgestone Tyre Division at TAC.

Towell Auto Centre’s First Stop stores and Tyre Care Plus outlets bring in world-class retail show-room experience. Equipped with ultra-modern equipment from well known brands and oil change facility, all outlets now have the advantage of being able to offer more options in tyres. Excellent service backup adds with leading

technology and high-end products to guarantee customers absolute satisfaction.

Towell Auto Centre keeps a keen eye on safety, reliability as well as price-economics in all its tyres.

Towell Auto Centre has an ever-expansive network of Tyre Care Plus outlets and First Stop stores dedicated to tyres. Tyre Care Plus nationwide presence is spread across the Sultanate in Barka, Mu-sannah, Sohar, Saham, Bureimi, Bu Ali, Ibra, Sinaw, Ibri, Nizwa, Karsha, Sumail, Sur and Salalah. In the capital, outlets are located at Wadi Kabir, Bausher, Ghubra, Ghala, Rusayl, Al Khoudh and Ma-belah along with First Stop stores in Amerat and Seeb. Bridgestone Truck Tyre Centre is located in Ghala and Fleet Points are located at Duqum, Fahud, Karsha, Nimr,

Salalah and Al Safah. These outlets have gained popu-

larity as a reliable service centre and have completely revolution-ised the very concept of tyre and auto care in the country.

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Our First Stop stores

and Tyre Care Plus

outlets have always

been preferred

destinations amongst

our customers for

auto-care needs. This

initiative is taken in

response to long-

standing request from

our customers

Oommen JohnAGM Bridgestone Tyre Division at TAC

IS Rustaq celebrates annual day

MUSCAT: Indian School Rustaq celebrated its 22nd Annual Day recently at the auditorium of Ministry of Education, Woshail.

Dr Alwalid bin Said bin Sinan Al Hinai, director-general, Directo-rate of Education, Governorate of South Batinah, attended the occa-sion as the chief guest.

He inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp in the presence of Arul Michael, director in Charge of Indian School Rustaq, Alex C. Joseph, assistant educational ad-viser, senior officials of the Minis-try of Education, principal, presi-dent and SMC members of Indian School Rustaq, principals, presi-dents and SMC members of other Indian Schools, staff, students, parents and other distinguished guests, says a press release.

Dr Mathew Varghese, president of the School Management Com-mittee, welcomed the gathering and congratulated the first batch of Class VIII students who are

graduating this year. He wished them to go in the right direction to achieve success in their life. Suja Jacob, principal, presented the annual report focusing on the outstanding performance of the students in various competitive examinations and the accom-plishments of the school for the academic year 2015-’16.

The chief guest in his keynote address expressed his apprecia-tion to be a part of the event and extended all support for the In-dian schools. Dr Alwalid bin Said released the newsletter of the school ‘Rainbow’ by giving a copy to Arul.

Speaking to the audience, Arul provided a valuable food for thought on the effective collabo-ration of parents with the school for its overall development. Suja was honoured in the function by Dr Alwalid for completing her 10 years of glorious and fruitful ser-vice as the principal of the school.

The chief guest and other dig-nitaries gave away prizes to the meritorious students for academ-ic excellence and performance in extracurricular activities.

‘The Student of Excellence’ award for the year 2015-’16 was accorded to school captain Ajmi Sultana and a special award for Afrah Abdullah for their excellent performance in the academics.

The annual day celebrations reached its peak when the budding talents of the school surprised the audience with an alluring display of various cultural events includ-ing dances, skit and melodious songs. The highlights of the show were the Punjabi Bhangra dance and the UV dance which left the audience spellbound.

Maria Virginia, the senior teacher along with the students compered the programme. Tomy T. John, treasurer of the School Management Committee, pro-posed the vote of thanks.

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ROUND-UPMGM celebrates 4th anniversary in style

MUSCAT: Celebrating four years of excellence in retail and enter-tainment offerings, Muscat Grand Mall (MGM), the Sultanate’s most dynamic retail and entertainment destination, celebrated its anniver-sary with its visitors and staff.

As one of the most popular life-style hub in the downtown Mus-cat area, MGM has been offering a wealth of choice and convenience for shoppers and residents, as part of a combined leisure experi-ence for the past four years, says a press release.

MGM was opened on March 1, 2012, and gradually earned a repu-tation as one of the most attractive malls in Oman. With outlets repre-senting local, regional, and global brands and more than 9 million visitors during 2015, MGM has be-

come one of Oman’s top shopping destinations.

As a part of the celebrations, Muscat Grand Mall is organising exclusive family entertainment performances till March 10.

Commenting on MGM’s journey and the path forward, Hassan Ja-boub, general manager of Tilal De-velopment Company said, “Since its inception, Muscat Grand Mall has established a reputation as one the most prominent retail and en-tertainment destinations.

“Given the range of excit-

ing events and campaigns held throughout the year, we also wit-nessed a record average footfall of over 25 thousand visitors per day to the mall and hosted numerous events in 2015, which received great feedback from customers and tenants alike.”

He added, “MGM has performed exceptionally over the past four years, and with the upcoming ex-pansion, we are expecting even more visitors and newer more ex-citing shopping experiences.

“The new expansions will pro-vide more space and newer op-portunities for global brands to start their business in the Omani market – we look forward to the expansion being operational and aiding us in offering more choice to customers and welcoming new brands into our fold.”

The second phase for the Tilal Complex, which includes the mall, is expected to see MGM retail capacity double in size, with ad-ditional parking space and enter-tainment options.

With 130 new retail outlets be-ing added to the mall, the develop-ment will raise the profile of the mall as well as create a world-class shopping and entertainment des-tination for the people of Oman and visitors to the country.

As one of the most

popular lifestyle hub

in the downtown

Muscat area, MGM

has been offering

a wealth of choice

and convenience

for shoppers and

residents, as part of

a combined leisure

experience for the

past four years

Young engineers at BAE Systems share knowledge on keyengineering careersMUSCAT: As part of BAE Sys-tems’ ongoing education pro-gramme in Oman, Laura Hoang and Michael Morgan, young en-gineers from BAE, shared their experiences of working in a large global engineering company with students at the Higher College of Technology in Muscat.

They gave a glimpse of their ca-reer path, highlighting how having a carefully thought out plan can make a huge difference to their future career, says a press release.

The Higher College of Tech-nology in conjunction with the Occupational Standard and Test-ing Centre OSTC – Ministry of Manpower were keen to utilise the corporation with BAE to con-duct such activity for post foun-dation students.

This will benefit engineering prospected student to insure of their specialisation selections, as Dr Mohammad Al Najjar, direc-tor of OSTC commented.

The young engineers, Laura and Michael, explained why they decided to study engineering, sharing anecdotes and giving examples of engineers who have

inspired them in their careers. Encouraging young women to recognise the importance of en-gineering as a career was an inte-gral part of the presentation and Laura was able to offer her views on some of the challenges she fac-es, while highlighting how much she enjoys her chosen profession.

Madhafar bin Said Al Waheibi, director of Government Relations and External Communications, BAE Systems Oman, commented: “It is important that our young Omani students hear from other young engineers of what it’s like to work in a large, global organi-sation with the many challenges and rewards that it brings. We are delighted that our young engi-neers were able to share their ex-periences with the students at the Higher College of Technology.”

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McDonald’s introduces new burgersMUSCAT: Adding to one of the most popular line-ups in the re-gion, McDonald’s Oman intro-duced two new burgers to the Big Tasty range.

Designed with beef lovers in mind, the newly launched burg-ers include Big Tasty Mushroom Melt and Big Tasty Spicy. They will be available in all restaurants starting March 5 for a limited time period only, says a press release.

The original Big Tasty with its 100 per cent pure halal beef and wholesome flavour has been fur-ther enhanced with the addition of ‘Big Tasty Mushroom Melt’ and ‘Big Tasty Spicy’. Driven by taste, quality and unique ingredi-ents these burgers promise to be

hearty meals that satisfy the big-gest of cravings.

From mushrooms and cheese over succulent beef patties, spicy harissa that excite the taste buds to the original hearty beef burger, the new Big Tasty range is the ul-timate in beef satisfaction.

The mouth-watering Big Tasty Mushroom Melt includes a 100 per cent pure halal beef patty and is stacked with mushrooms, grilled onions, two slices of Em-mental cheese, lettuce, sliced to-mato and topped with black pep-per mayo. The Big Tasty Spicy

gives your taste buds a kick with a 100 per cent pure Halal beef patty that’s topped with jalapeno slices, two slices of Emmental cheese, lettuce, sliced tomato and finished with spicy harissa ranch sauce.

Ali K. Daud, Development Li-censee and president of McDon-ald’s Oman, commented: “As one of our most legendary offerings at McDonald’s, the Big Tasty de-served to have a new range of op-tions to better serve our custom-ers. Catered to the beef lovers of the region, Big Tasty boasts high quality ingredients and fresh taste and by adding a new range it would give our consumers the chance to enjoy their favourite Big Tasty in new tasty ways.”

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ISD organises workshop on inclusive educationMUSCAT: A workshop on inclu-sive education was conducted for the teachers of Indian School Dar-sait (ISD) recently.

Sujatha Sriram was the re-source person who motivated the teachers of senior and primary sections to equip them well in handling differently-abled chil-dren. She stressed the need to accommodate and help them re-alise their potentials and nurture in them confidence to interact

effectively with the mainstream society rather than isolating them to find their destiny, says a press release.

She gave an elaborate lecture on the need for curricular modifi-cation, adaptation and accommo-dations to cater to the needs and requirements of such children. It was indeed an interactive session where the resource person pro-vided convincing answers to the queries of teachers. She demon-

strated brain gym exercises to the teachers which they could imple-ment in their classrooms to help them improve their concentration and enhance their learning skills.

In her address, Dr Sridevi P. Thashnath, the principal, said, “Proper inclusive education is the need of the hour and it is im-portant for our school to be one of the leading schools in imple-menting this project in the best possible manner.”

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Nissan Maxima A36 now comes with offers

MUSCAT: Suhail Bahwan Auto-mobiles, the exclusive distributors of Nissan vehicles in Oman is of-fering attractive benefits on Max-ima A36, an award winning sports sedan with upbeat features.

The completely redesigned 8th generation model is the sportiest most powerful Maxima ever. The Nissan Maxima is a modern and charismatic vehicle over-deliver-ing on the fundamentals earned over eight generations for quality, reliability and class-above in in-novation, safety features, dynamic performance and premium styl-ing, says a press release.

Benefits Auto enthusiasts can now avail exciting benefits on the Nissan Maxima A36 that include guar-anteed cash back of OMR500, periodic maintenance service only up to two years/20,000km whichever is earlier (offer in-cludes only on the new service intervals of 10,000km), free reg-istration, six years unlimited mileage warranty and easy fi-nancing options, a loan term up to eight years with Bank Muscat attractive interest rates. Flexible EMIs can also be tailor made for any individual requirement from in-house Auto Finance team.

Interactive social media Customers can also get unlimited access to Nissan’s prestigious vehicle lineup at the comfort of their homes or offices. Simply visit Nissan Oman’s Facebook page i.ehttp://www.facebook.com/Sbanissanoman or send an SMS to get updated information on any of the vehicles from the house of Nissan.

Key features Nissan Maxima’s styling show-cases Nissan’s new design lan-guage - including V-Motion front end, signature boomerang lights, kick-up C-pillars and unique floating roof appearance. Inside, the Nissan Maxima’s premium class-above, bespoke interior is anchored by a driver’s cockpit that rivals luxury vehicles.

The new vehicle was developed under the inspiration of the Blue Angels at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola – Florida, United States. It holds a specific style inspired by the ‘jet fighter’ styling theme and ergonomic layout.

The futuristic appearance is finished with large dual exhaust chrome tailpipe finishers and 18-inch machined aluminum-alloy wheels. The Nissan Maxima SR adds 19-inch aluminum-alloy wheels that use a unique diamond-cut machined finish.

The Nissan Maxima’s totally re-designed interior is anchored by a “command centre” driver’s cock-pit and a premium bespoke style crafted execution. The console also features luxurious padding on the sides with contrasted stitch-ing. A new Display Commander control on the console allows fin-gertip control of the centre display as befitting a premium sport sedan.

The Nissan Maxima’s interior execution was a strong focus from the onset of development, with the goal of offering an interior that truly rivals luxury vehicles. It offers genuine stitching on the instrument panel, doors and con-sole, available ambient lighting, available premium leather seating

surfaces with diamond-quilted in-serts, unique faceted finishers and a sporty D-shaped (flat-bottom) steering wheel.

The all-new Nissan Maxima’s comfort is inspired by Nissan’s ‘Zero Gravity Seats’ design with added foam topper pad for initial softness and long-term comfort that consists of acoustic laminated glass (windshield and front side glass), and Active Noise Cancella-tion System for a quieter cabin. As with the exterior, interior colours were carefully considered to fit with Maxima’s exclusive sports-premium personality.

PerformanceIn a number of aspects the Nis-san Maxima’s performance sub-stantially eclipses market perfor-mance and is on a par with many sports cars, moving it closer to its big brother - the Nissan GT-R.

The Nissan Maxima’s 3.5-litre VQ-series V6 has been redesigned with more than 60 percent new parts (compared to the previous generation 3.5-litre V6). With 300 horsepower, the Nissan Maxima has a high specific output of 85.7 horsepower/litre. The revised en-gine helps it achieve an anticipat-ed 15 percent increase in highway fuel economy to an EPA estimated 30 miles per gallon.

The Nissan Maxima’s next-generation premium-level tech-nology features include an 8.0-inch colour display features multi-touch control for intuitive smartphone-like gestures such as swiping and pinch-to-zoom. The system is paired with a standard 7.0-inch Advanced Drive Assist

Display (ADAD) within the in-strument cluster.

Safety Standard safety and security fea-tures on all 2016 Maxima trim lev-els include the Nissan Advanced Air Bag System with supplemental front air bags with seat belt and oc-cupant classification sensors; front seat-mounted side impact sup-plemental air bags; roof-mounted curtain side impact supplemen-tal air bags with rollover sensor for front and rear-seat outboard occupant head protection; front seat belts with pre-tensioners and load limiters and adjustable up-per anchors; and LATCH System (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children).

An award winning Maxima IIHS awarded the all-new 2016 Nissan Maxima a ‘Top Safety Pick Plus’ (TSP+) safety rating, which is the group’s highest designation. The 2016 Nissan Maxima joins the previously announced 2016 Murano with the TSP+ rating. The Maxima scored ‘Good’ in all five TSP categories and earned TSP+ status with a ‘Superior’ rating for front crash prevention for those models equipped with Forward Emergency Braking.

“Nissan is proud to again have our core vehicles recognised by IIHS for vehicle safety,” said Pierre Loing, vice president, Prod-uct Strategy and Planning, Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA). “The new Maxima, like the Murano, is setting high standards in its class for styling, performance and inte-rior refinement. The 2016 Nissan Rogue and Sentra demonstrate Ni-ssan’s commitment to high quality and safety standards, and we are gratified that these outstanding vehicles have been recognised for excellent design.”

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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A’Saffa Foods is at par

with global standards in

farm management, food

processing technology

MUSCAT: A’Saffa Foods, Oman’s largest fully integrated poultry and processed food producer, as-sures its customers that they can buy with confidence when they purchase one of A’Saffa Foods’ in-creasingly diverse ranges of food products here in the Sultanate and beyond, at par with the global standards in farm management and food processing technology and systems.

A’Saffa Foods from the very outset, having set up its op-erations at Thumrait, Southern Oman, has committed itself to implementing the most modern and sophisticated fully integrat-ed poultry farming technology, management systems and pro-cesses, says a press release.

As a result, the plant, that is HACCP certified to the highest international standards for its food quality and hygiene, uses the very best-in-class technol-ogy and equipment, and it today recognised as among the most advanced units of its kind in the GCC and in the region.

In addition, the company has also secured the prestigious ISO 9001 Total Quality Management System and ISO 14001 Environ-mental Management System for its operations that are consist-ently identified as some of the best in the region.

Sidhartha Lenka, head - Sales and Marketing, A’Saffa Foods, said: “We are immensely proud of the world class quality and sys-tems that we have in place to en-sure that our food processing is of the highest quality and can ensure that consumers across Oman can buy our chicken and other prod-ucts with full confidence.

Lenka added that the compa-ny is delighted to be able to play such an important role in help-ing thousands of people all over Oman, and increasingly across the region, to enjoy a healthy bal-anced diet and lifestyle for both individuals and their families.

“The health benefits of eating A’Saffa chicken are enormous and for example every 100g of chicken breast can account for more than half of the recom-mended daily intake of protein. Our chicken is a superb source of lean, high quality protein which is an essential nutrient for growth and development and can also assist overweight peo-ple in losing weight fast,” Lenka reiterated.

One of the reasons for the re-mote desert location near Thum-rait is to ensure the most strin-gent ‘bio-security’ measures are in place at the A’Saffa farms and processing facilities.

Placing the farms far away from human habitation, migra-tory bird routes and from other developments enables the com-pany to minimise any potential risk of contamination or disease impacting on the farms that are located in the mid of Nejd desert in southern Oman.

Lenka concluded saying: “We have made sure that we have made the largest investment of its kind into the provision of world class poultry manufac-turing facilities here in Oman. A’Saffa was determined to make sure we made the right level of investment to deliver the highest standards of quality – not only at Oman and regional level but in-ternationally.”

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al Mazyona ‘double-your-salary’ scheme evokes strong response

MUSCAT: The ‘double-your-sala-ry’ scheme from Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provid-er in the Sultanate, as part of the 2016 al Mazyona savings scheme, has evoked strong response.

The attractive scheme entitles customers maintaining a salary account with the bank to win a free bonus salary every month, says a press release.

Continuing with the tradition of exclusive and innovative finan-cial products and services, Bank Muscat offers high value proposi-tion aimed at inculcating a strong savings culture in Oman. With the biggest prize money of OMR10 million in 2016, al Mazyona offers more for everyone to share.

There are no pre-conditions at-tached to the double-your-salary scheme, except that the salary must be transferred to any Bank Muscat branch in Oman. All cus-tomers who transfer their sal-ary to Bank Muscat get a chance to double their salary through the bonus salary prize. While custom-ers may earn their salary only once a month, with Bank Muscat they have a chance to win an additional bonus salary every month.

The prize scheme is open to all customers with a minimum monthly salary of OMR500. For instance, a customer whose salary is OMR500 can win an additional salary prize of OMR500 whereas another customer whose salary is

OMR3,000 can win back an equiva-lent bonus salary of OMR3000 and so on. In all there will be 30 winners every month who will gain a bonus salary with al Mazyona savings ac-count. Reaching out with a power-ful call for savings, Oman’s flagship al Mazyona savings scheme in-creased the prize money to OMR10 million in 2016 compared to OMR9 million in 2015. As on date, al Ma-zyona savings scheme guarantee-ing more for everyone to share is the biggest prize money in Oman and the region.

The highlights of 2016 al Ma-zyona savings scheme include as-pirational prizes of OMR1 million at the end of year and high value prizes for different segments, in-

cluding women, children, youth and high saving customers. Adding excitement to festivals and nation-al celebrations, the 2016 savings scheme rewards customers with special prizes. al Mazyona contin-ues to be the only savings scheme to recognise and reward loyalty for customers based on their associa-tion with the bank.

The enhanced prize money will be shared by more winners as cus-tomers from all regions are guar-anteed to win prizes ranging from OMR1,000 a week to OMR10,000 a month, OMR100,000 every quarter and OMR500,000 at the end of year which is open to all customers.

asalah Priority Banking cus-tomers have chances to win

OMR50,000 monthly prizes, OMR250,000 quarterly prizes, and a jackpot OMR500,000 year-end prize.

Prizes reserved for al Jawhar Privilege Banking customers in-clude OMR25,000 monthly prizes and OMR50,000 quarterly prizes.

A special prize draw offering OMR10,000 each for winners from 14 regions will be held in cel-ebration of Eid Al Adha in July. An exclusive draw for Zeinah women customers coinciding with Omani Women’s Day is another highlight in which 10 customers will be re-warded with OMR10,000 each. On the occasion of the National Day, a special draw will be held offering OMR10,000 each for 10 winners.

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Suhail Bahwan displays TCM forklifts at OpmexMUSCAT: Suhail Bahwan Auto-mobiles, the authorised distribu-tor for TCM forklifts in Oman, displayed a wide range of heavy duty diesel forklifts such as 3 ton, 5 ton, 7 ton and 12 ton models at the recently concluded Oman Packaging and Material Handling Exhibition (Opmex) that took place at Oman International Ex-hibition Centre.

TCM Corporation (erstwhile subsidiary of Hitachi Group) is the 1stJapanese forklift manufac-turer, producing the first model way back in 1949. TCM is a mar-ket leader in Japan for heavy duty forklifts and are renowned for their reliability in tough applica-tions such as steel mills, sea-ports and oil & gas industries, says a press release.

Nissan Forklift Co. Ltd. and TCM Corporation – the two lead-ing Japanese forklift manufactur-ers – have merged to form the new company UniCarriers Corpora-tion. The merged entity has total assets of JPY 188 billion, employ-ee strength of 4,900 spread across eight manufacturing plants and seven research and development centres in Japan, Europe, USA and China.

The total revenue for FY 2015 is JPY 184 billion with an impres-sive CAGR of 24.65 per cent over the last two years.

The merger of both compa-nies has resulted in a combined production capacity of 90,000 units per annum while custom-ers worldwide will benefit from the rich engineering experience of more than 125 years of Nissan and Hitachi technologies. The product line-up is more robust than ever, catering to every con-ceivable application. Post-merger Nissan Forklift models will be rebranded as UniCarriers but re-

taining the same legendary qual-ity and modern features. TCM Forklifts will continue retaining their distinct identity spanning across the entire range of Diesel Forklifts from 1.5 ton to 43 ton and Electric Forklifts from 1.5 ton to 3 ton.

TCM Forklifts are supported by state-of-the-art service facility at Muscat and branch offices in Sohar and Salalah.

The display of these forklifts received overwhelming response from visitors. Needless to men-tion TCM stall was centre of at-traction for all visitors.

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Offer on Nissan Pathfinder 3.5L

MUSCAT: Nissan has a heritage of showcasing some of the most amazing benefits for its customers by introducing unique offers on its prestigious lineup of vehicles. In an effort to make Nissan vehicles affordable and accessible to all, Suhail Bahwan Automobiles has taken up this unique initiative. Ni-ssan has now come up with attrac-tive offers on the Pathfinder 3.5L, says a press release.

OfferAuto enthusiasts can now avail ex-citing benefits on the Nissan Path-finder 3.5L that include guaranteed cash back of OMR750, periodic

maintenance service only up to 2 years/20,000km whichever is ear-lier (offer includes only on the new service intervals of 10,000km), free registration, six years unlimited mileage warranty and easy financ-ing options, a loan term up to eight years with Bank Muscat attractive

interest rates. Flexible EMIs can also be tailor made for any indi-vidual requirement from in-house Auto Finance team.

The Nissan Pathfinder has transformed into a much more family-friendly vehicle, with a roomy, modern interior, and han-dling characteristics and impres-sive power. The Pathfinder is no longer the choice for those who need to venture off-road only.

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.

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Unstoppable India, passionate Bangladesh vie for Asian title

MIRPUR: Unstoppable so far with clinical performances, a formidable India will square off against a passionate and sprightly Bangladesh in their quest for con-tinental supremacy in the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament, here on Sunday.

On paper, India are overwhelm-ing favourites as the ICC rankings (India’s 1st vs Bangladesh’s 10th) suggests. But it counts for little in the shortest format, wherein the complexion of the game can change in a matter of one over.

A master plot always has sub-plots and this final will be no dif-ferent. There will be little testing battles, which promise to make it an intriguing summit clash.

Whether it is Tamim Iqbal’s flamboyance against Jasprit Bum-rah’s surprise element or young Soumya Sarkar’s cavalier approach against Ashish Nehra’s years of ex-perience, there are enough ingredi-ents for a heady battle.

Ravichandran Ashwin’s guile against Sabbir Rahaman’s conven-tional yet dangerously attacking batsmanship or Rohit Sharma’s artistry against Taskin Ahmed’s youthful exuberance can also be a spectator’s delight.

The only missing link will be Mustafizur Rahman, out with a Grade I side strain.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be looking at a bigger picture as the Asian title will mark the perfect preparation before the ICC World T20 at home.

His opposite number Mashrafe Mortaza is not at all looking that far ahead as an Asian title will mean a watershed moment for T20 crick-et in the country and a solid boost before they face the Netherlands, Ireland and Oman in the qualify-ing round of the marquee event in picturesque Dharamsala.

It will be a battle between a team full of T20 specialists against a team which has learnt to consist-ently punch above its weight.

And with the most partisan 25,000 supporters creating an awful din, it will not be an easy job for Dhoni and his men when Mortaza’s boys try to put them un-der the pump in a floodlit Sher-e-Bangla Stadium.

For Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli — playing a big final is not new. They have been there and done that before.

For Mashrafe, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, the taste of a title win is something alien. They came very near to it in 2012 when Pa-kistan crossed the final hurdle as Mahmudullah Riyadh choked in the final overs.

The same Mahmudullah is a ‘man of big occasions’ for Bang-ladesh as he has more than re-deemed himself with that bound-ary off Anwar Ali to take his team to the final.

But then, no one remembers the second best and Dhoni knows that too well. He will leave no stone un-turned to emerge victorious before embarking on his journey to re-

claim the World T20 trophy.Both teams have done well in the

tournament but India have looked the most complete side and in skipper’s words, “a balanced side with all bases covered.”

With nine wins out of 10, the Indi-an juggernaut has been rolling since the start of the T20 series against Australia, that begun in Adelaide.

But the 11th match will be a

tricky test more so because it is be-ing played on Bangladeshi soil.

The hostile crowd can create pressure on youngsters like Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah, play-ing their first final for India. But both boys have had the experience of playing under pressure in the Indian Premier League which will come in handy.

After giving the reserve bench an opportunity, India are expected to be bring back their usual playing XI. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are expected to open the innings.

While Rohit has been the top-scorer among the Indians with 137 runs, Dhawan so far has looked shaky despite full backing from his captain. Kohli, with two man of the match performances under his belt, will look to end the tour-nament on a high with another sig-nificant contribution.

Suresh Raina is expected to fare better if the pitch does not have a lot of bounce and carry while Yuvraj has got back into the groove with couple of good knocks against Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates.

In case Bangladesh opts for a slower wicket, his left-arm spin will also come in handy.

Skipper Dhoni has given a good account of himself so far despite not being hundred per cent fit.

Pandya has shown his big hitting prowess in the match against Bang-ladesh. Although he has got some success with ball having bagged seven wickets so far, he has not done well with willow after the game against hosts. That will certainly spur him to do well against the Bang-ladeshis. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Nehra will come back and take their places in the playing XI.

Bangladesh are also expected to retain the XI that played against Pakistan, the other night. In ab-sence of Mustafizur, it is expected that the home team will go with two spinners. Arafat Sunny , who took two crucial wickets against Pakistan, is expected to keep his place in the side. - PTI

Dhoni will be looking

at a bigger picture

as the Asian title

will mark the perfect

preparation before

the ICC World T20 at

home. Mortaza is not

at all looking that far

ahead as an Asian

title will mean a solid

boost before they

face the Netherlands,

Ireland and Oman in

the qualifying round

of the marquee event

in Dharamsala

READYING FOR THE BATTLE: Bangladesh players warm up during a training session on the eve of their Asia Cup final against India at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket

Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. – AFP

MIRPUR: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza on Saturday conceded that India are the clear favourites to lift the Asia Cup T20 cricket trophy and only the familiarity with home conditions could tilt the bal-ance in his side’s favour in the summit clash here on Sunday.

India have been in rampaging form with four convincing wins in the tournament, including the 45-run thumping of Bang-ladesh in their opening league match, and Mortaza made it clear that “there was no debate” on who are the favourites in

Sunday’s final at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium.

“We all know that Indians are clear favourites in the final. Let there be no debates or discus-sions on that,” Mashrafe said at a packed press conference.

“What we have got is a young team which has won matches playing as a unit. We still don’t have a T20 star, who can single-handedly win us a match. Crowd, pitch, conditions, everything will favour us tomorrow but that can never ensure that we will win the final,” Mashrafe said.

While India Team Director Ravi Shastri termed tomorrow’s

final as “yet another match”, Mashrafe said that for his team

which rarely make final ap-pearances, it’s a “big occasion”.

“What Ravi Shastri has said is absolutely right. It is another match for them as they are used to hype and big matches. They can take it like 10 other match-es. India has played big finals, won trophies. What is easy for them may not be that easy for us. But we are trying to focus on the game, shut ourselves from the hype and remain and play as normally as possible,” said Bangladesh’s ‘Captain Cool’.

Mashrafe said playing the final of Asia Cup T20 adds a “different flavour” but he personally rates playing the quarterfinal of the 50-over World Cup against India in Melbourne last year as a “bigger achievement”.

“I believe as a captain, the biggest achievement was lead-ing the team in the quarterfinals of the World Cup against India in MCG last year. This is cer-tainly one of my bigger achieve-ments but that quarterfinal stands out. That was a 50-over format and played in Australia,” the skipper said. - PTI

India are clear favourites, says Mashrafe

‘NO DEBATE’: India’s Yuvraj Singh, left, speaks with Bangladesh

captain Mashrafe Mortaza during a training session on the eve

of their Asia Cup final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket

Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. – AFP

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Soccer’s lawmakers approve video trials and law changes

CARDIFF: Soccer’s lawmakers approved on Saturday the use of video technology to aid referees during matches, with a two-year trial run to start no later than the season after next.

In the most significant rewriting of the laws of the game for more than 100 years, they also changed the rules on penalty kicks, the so-called triple punishment for deny-

ing goal-scoring opportunities and the match kick-off itself.

Referees also now have the pow-er to red card players for fighting in the tunnel or on the pitch before a match starts.

With the changes coming into force on June 1 this year, any play-ers involved in that kind of behav-iour at this summer’s European championships in France now

face being sent off before the ball has been kicked.

The International Football As-sociation Board (IFAB), the game’s lawmaking body founded in 1886 and some 18 years before FIFA, comprises four members from the world body and one from each of the four British associations.

The use of video technology will be allowed in four questionable

cases: to determine if a goal has been scored, sendings off, penal-ties and mistaken identity.

“We have taken a really historic decision for football. IFAB and FIFA are now leading the debate and not stopping the debate,” new FIFA president Gianni Infantino told reporters at a news conference.

“We have shown we are listen-ing to football and applying com-mon sense. We have to be cautious but are taking concrete steps for-wards to show a new era has start-ed in FIFA and IFAB.”

Fourth substituteAs well as approving the long-de-bated trials of video technology, the board also agreed a widespread re-vision of the laws, editing the rule-book from 22,000 to 12,000 words.

One of the most significant changes regards the so-called triple-punishment of sending off, penalty and suspension for the de-nial of an obvious goal-scoring op-portunity within the penalty area.

Now, if the defending goalkeeper or defender makes an obvious chal-lenge for the ball the punishment is downgraded to a yellow card rather than an automatic red one.

Another change concerns the penalty kick so that if a kicker tries to deceive the goalkeeper by stop-

ping and starting in his run-up, the right to have a retake is removed.

Instead, the defending team are awarded an indirect free-kick and the attacking player is yellow card-ed. If goalkeepers move off their line they will also be yellow carded.

As well as conducting experi-ments with video technology, IFAB have sanctioned further tri-als allowing a fourth substitute in extra-time. The use of sinbins is only continuing in minor age-group matches and not at the higher, senior level.

David Elleray, the former Pre-mier League referee who is now the head of the English FA’s Refer-ees Committee and the author of the new edition, explained that the existing laws had to be refreshed as they no longer applied to the modern game.

“We wanted to bring some com-mon sense to the laws, to reflect what football expects the referees to do today and eliminate the con-fusion in the game,” he said.

“We are giving referees the li-cence to be closer to the under-standing and spirit of the game. We have to move forward. Every-one believes we have been talking too long about these changes and now we have to see what benefits they will bring.” - Reuters

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We have taken a really historic decision for football. IFAB and FIFA are now leading the debate and not stopping the debate

Gianni InfantinoFIFA chief

2026 World Cup bid must be bullet-proof, says InfantinoLONDON: FIFA must make the 2026 World Cup bidding process “absolutely bullet-proof” because the entire organisation’s credibil-ity is at stake, new president Gi-anni Infantino said on Friday.

Infantino, elected Fifa boss last week, hopes to start 2026 bidding within three months after it was delayed by the wide-reaching cor-ruption scandal that rocked the governing body last year.

“We have to get the 2026 bid-ding process absolutely right,” In-fantino told the BBC. “It’s certain-ly the commitment that I want to give; that I will do everything I can to make sure that this happens be-cause I think that the credibility of

FIFA is, as well, at stake here. We need to make sure that we do eve-rything we possibly can, not only to prevent strange things to hap-pen around bidding processes but also to prevent the perception that strange things could happen.

“We need to make sure that bid-ding process that we put in place is absolutely bullet-proof.”

Every World Cup bidding pro-cess since 1998 has been the sub-ject of allegations of corruption and bribery. The awarding of the 2018 and 2022 finals, to Russia and Qatar respectively, is being probed by Swiss authorities.

On Friday, a report into the bid for the 2006 World Cup awarded

to Germany found no evidence of vote-rigging but was unable to ex-plain a $10 million payment by the country’s bid chief Franz Becken-bauer to a company owned by Mo-hammed Bin Hammam, a former chief of the Asian Football Confed-eration who was banned from for life in 2012 for integrity issues.

Infantino reiterated his po-sition that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups needed to go ahead, regardless of investigations.

“There has been a lot of specu-lation and a lot of allegations but not one single fact, in six years. I want to work and help Russia and Qatar host the best World Cups ever, as we always say.” - Reuters

FOOTBALL

Russell set for ICC

World T20 despite

doping violation

KINGSTON: Andre Russell looks set to play in the World Twenty20 after the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission said on Friday the West Indies all-rounder would not be sus-pended pending a hearing into his “anti-doping whereabouts” rule violation.

The 27-year-old, named in the West Indies squad for the World Twenty20 in India that starts next week, has missed three doping tests within a 12-month period and faces a possible two-year ban from cricket if found guilty.

“The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission has referred the matter regarding Mr. Andre Russell to the Independent An-ti-Doping Disciplinary Panel,” JADCO executive director Car-ey Brown said in a statement on Friday. “The Commission is awaiting a date for the hearing. Mr. Russell has not been provi-sionally suspended.”

Precedent would suggest that the panel, chaired by Kent Pan-try, is unlikely to set a hearing date until long after the World T20 is concluded on April 3.

Russell, who helped Windies win the 2012 World T20, is there-fore likely to be available for the opening Super 10 match against England on March 16. - Reuters

CR I CKET

Suarez returns to

Uruguay squad

after biting ban

MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay striker Luis Suarez is set to play his first competitive international later this month since being banned for biting an opponent at the 2014 World Cup after he was called up on Friday for qualifiers against Brazil and Peru.

Barcelona’s Suarez was sus-pended for nine games after bit-ing Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup in Brazil.

He was among 28 players named in Oscar Tabarez’s squad to face Brazil away in Recife on March 25 and Peru in Monte-video four days later. Uncapped Genoa midfielder Diego Laxalt and Manchester United right-back Guillermo Varela were called up for the first time. Uru-guay are second in the 10-team standings behind Ecuador.

The top four qualify automat-ically for the 2018 finals in Rus-sia while the fifth-placed team goes into an intercontinental playoff against a team from the Oceania zone. - Reuters

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Ronaldo scores four goals as Real Madrid crush Celta 7-1MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo, fired up by rival Lionel Messi’s midweek hat-trick for Barcelona, struck four goals in 26 second-half minutes as Real Madrid crushed Celta Vigo 7-1 at the Ber-nabeu on Saturday.

Substitute Gareth Bale, playing his first match since a calf injury in mid-January, rounded off the rout nine minutes from time as Real recovered from the 1-0 derby loss to Atletico Madrid at home last weekend.

A return to form may be too late for Real in La Liga, nine points adrift of leaders Barcelona before they play at Eibar on Sunday, but good for next week’s second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against AS Roma which they lead 2-0.

After a first-half opener from defender Pepe, Ronaldo struck his four goals between the 50th and 76th minutes to take his tally to 27 goals.

Ronaldo now overtook Barce-

lona’s Luis Suarez, who has 25, as the league’s top scorer.

Substitute Jese scored Real’s sixth goal a minute after Ronal-do’s fourth.

Messi had caught up with Ron-aldo on 35 hat-tricks each in all club competitions with a treble in Barcelona’s 5-1 win at Rayo Valle-cano on Thursday. - Reuters

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FIRED UP PERFORMANCE: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo

celebrates with teammates after scoring one of his four goals

against Celta Vigo during their La Liga game at Santiago

Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on Saturday. – Reuters

Ten-man Arsenal hold Spurs, City rout Villa

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 with 10-man Arsenal in a pulsating derby on Saturday which left both north London sides frus-trated in their pursuit of Premier League leaders Leicester City.

Manchester City revived their fading title hopes with a 4-0 rout of bottom club Aston Villa and the pressure mounted on New-castle United manager Steve Mc-Claren after a 3-1 home defeat by Bournemouth.

Arsenal, who had Francis Co-quelin sent off early in the sec-ond half, will be happier with the point against Spurs after Alexis Sanchez grabbed a late equaliser

to end a run of three successive defeats in all competitions.

Toby Alderweireld low close-range drive and Harry Kane’s bril-liant curling strike had put Spurs ahead after Aaron Ramsey’s clev-er finish gave Arsenal the lead.

Leicester can extend their lead over Spurs to five points if they beat Watford in the late game.

Sergio Aguero scored twice and missed a penalty as Manchester City overwhelmed Villa, eight points adrift at the foot of the ta-ble, with four second-half goals at the Etihad Stadium.

Champions Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by Stoke City at Stamford Bridge, Mame Biram Di-ouf heading in a late equaliser for the visitors after Bertrand Traore had put the London side ahead.

Newcastle remained second-bottom of the table, a point from the safety zone, after the defeat by Bournemouth and McClaren was roundly booed by the St James’ Park crowd.

Steven Taylor’s first-half own goal put Bournemouth ahead and Josh King doubled the lead in the 70th minute. Ayoze Perez pulled

one back for the hosts 10 minutes later before Charlie Daniels ended Newcastle’s hopes of a fightback.

West Ham United scored three goals in the closing minutes to secure a dramatic 3-2 win over 10-man Everton, who had Kevin Mirallas sent off after 34 minutes, at Goodison Park.

Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk struck in stoppage-time to earn his side a 1-1 draw with fourth-bottom Sunderland and Swansea City won 1-0 against fellow strug-glers Norwich City, who stay in the relegation places. - Reuters

Arsenal, who had

Francis Coquelin

sent off early in the

second half, will

be happier with

the point against

Spurs after Alexis

Sanchez grabbed

a late equaliser to

end a run of three

successive defeats in

all competitionsSEEING RED: Arsenal’s Francis Coquelin is shown a red card by match referee Michael Oliver for a

foul on Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane during their English Premier League match at White Hart

Lane on Saturday. – Reuters

Coquelin’s rush of blood cost us victory: Wenger

LONDON: Francis Coquelin’s needless red card cost Arsenal victory against Premier League title rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, manager Arsene Wenger said after an absorbing North Lon-don derby ended 2-2.

“I’m happy and proud of our atti-tude, we refused to lose the game,” Wenger said as his side avoided four straight defeats in all competi-tions for the first time since 2002.

“But we have big regrets because I couldn’t see when it was 11 ver-sus 11 how we would drop points today. We made a big mistake at 1-0. (Coquelin) knows he made a mistake,” he said.

“We warned him at halftime as

well. It was a mistake. He wanted to do well and mistimed his tackle and got sent off.

“We can’t complain about it. He has to learn quickly from that. You have to be 100 (percent) commit-ted in a controlled way.”

Wenger was unhappy that Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier had not been sent off too, escaping a second yellow card for a clear shirt pull midway through the second half.

Wenger said he “did not know” whether Arsenal were still in the title race, while his opposite num-ber Mauricio Pochettino was left to rue a missed opportunity for his young side. - Reuters

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Passage to India defeat Muscat CT, New Media overcome Renaissance

MUSCAT: Passage to India (PTI) recorded a 17-run win over Mus-cat CT in a Muscat Pharmacy and Stores-sponsored Premier Division match at the Ministry of Sports Affairs ground during the evening session on Friday.

Batting first, Passage to India put on 256 for nine in 50 overs. Mohammed Saeed and Zulqarnain

Haider scored 60 and 53 runs re-spectively. Ganesh CN and Badal Singh claimed three wickets each for Muscat CT.

In reply, Muscat CT scored 239 for nine in 50 overs. Sudeep Chavan and Swapnil Khade scored 50 and 52 respectively. Mohammed Bilal claimed five wickets for PTI.

Brief scores: Passage to India 256 for 9 in 50 overs (M. Saeed 60; Ganesh CN 3/39) bt Muscat CT 239 for 9 in 50 overs (Swapnil Khade 52; M. Bilal 5/33). Points: Muscat CT - 0, PTI – 2.

Renaissance loseIn a Khimji Ramdas-sponsored A Division match, New Media posted a thrilling one wicket victory over Renaissance at the Municipality Ground I during the morning ses-sion on Friday. Batting first, Re-naissance scored 223 for nine in 30 overs. Jahanzeb Asghar and Sajith Waruna top scored with 60 and 62 respectively. Jagath claimed three wickets for New Media.

In reply, New Media put on 224 for nine in 29.5 overs with Roziro Kamaldeen and Ghazanfar Iqbal scoring 64 and 57 respectively. U.M Asmeer and Faizal Jerome claimed three and four wickets respectively.

Brief scores: Renaissance 223 for 9 in 30 overs (Sajith Waruna 62; Jagath 3/40) lost to New Media 224 for 9 in 29.5 overs (Ghazanfar Iqbal 64; Faizal Jerome 4/32). Points: New

Media – 2, Renaissance – 0.

Big win for Al Nahdha In an Al Ansari Group of Compa-nies-sponsored B Division match, Al Nahdha thumped Fairtrade by 123 runs at the Municipality Ground I during the afternoon ses-sion on Friday.

Batting first, Al Nahdha put on 201 for nine in 20 overs. Imran Na-

sir top scored with 92. Aadil Mo-hammed claimed three wickets for Fairtrade. In reply, Fair Trade scored 78 all out in 16.1 overs. Ba-bar Malik claimed five wickets for Al Nahdha.

Brief scores: Al Nahdha 201 for 9 in 20 overs (Imran Nasir 92; Aadil Mo-hammed 3/32) bt Fairtrade 78 in 16.1 overs (Al Nahdha; Babar Malik 5/13). Points: Fair Trade – 0, Al Nahdha – 3.

Bisya beat OCT SeebIn another Al Ansari Group of Companies-sponsored B Division match, Bisya defeated OCT Seeb by 62 runs at the Municipality Ground II during the morning ses-sion on Friday.

Batting first, Bisya scored 170 for three in 19.3 overs. Irfan Mo-hammed top scored with 38 runs. Sameer Othman claimed three wickets for OCT Seeb. In reply, OCT Seeb scored 108 for six in 20 overs. Zeeshan claimed three wickets for Bisya.

Brief scores: Bisya 170 for 3 in 20 overs (Irfan Mohammed 38; Sameer Othman 3/36) bt OCT Seeb 108 for 6 in 20 overs (Zeeshan 3/36). Points: OCT Seeb – 0, BISYA – 3.

FAP UTSC winIn a Raha Poly Products-sponsored C Division match, FAP UTSC de-feated Al Mardhuf by 19 runs at the Municipality Ground II during the afternoon session on Friday.

Batting first, FAP UTSC put on 149 for six in 20 overs. Salim Haid-er top scored with 39. Ansar Mo-hammed claimed two wickets each for Al Mardhuf. In reply, Al Mard-huf were bowled out for 130 in 19.1 overs. Vishal Vageria top scored with 26. Shameer K. claimed three wickets for FAP UTSC.

Brief scores: FAP UTSC 149 for 6 in 20 overs (Salim Haider 39; Ansar Mohammed 2/18) bt Al Mardhuf 130 in 19.1 overs (Vishal Vageria 26; Vishal Vageria 3/19). Points: Al Mardhuf – 0, FAP UTSC - 2.

Batting first, Passage

to India put on 256

for nine in 50 overs.

In reply, Muscat CT

scored 239 for nine

in 50 overs

A DIVISION: New Media team after their thrilling one wicket victory over Renaissance. – Supplied photo B DIVISION: Al Nahdha celebrate after their 123-run win over Fairtrade by 123 runs. – Supplied photo

C DIVISION: FAP UTSC players pose for a group photo after their

win over Al Mardhuf. – Supplied photo

Team ‘Majan College’ win the ‘Neymar Jr’s Five’ Oman finalMUSCAT: The ‘Neymar Jr’s Five’ National Final crowned Team ‘Majan College’ from Mus-cat as the champions on Friday, as the team battled for first place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Sohar

Only 16 of the country’s best teams were selected to compete in the National Final of ‘Ney-mar Jr’s Five’, which was held in Oman for the first time. The com-petition took place after the foot-ballers were selected from five different qualifiers, which took place in Muscat, Sohar, Nizwa and Salalah.

Immediately after being an-nounced as the winners, the 24-year-old team captain Salim Saif Alamri said: “We feel very good about winning and it’s an honour to represent Oman in Bra-zil. We are really excited and are waiting for our tickets!”

Talking about how the team came together and their strengths on the pitch he said: “We came through our college, the college organised us together and the

coach of course. Our coach, our tactics and the feeling of unity made us stand out and was our main strength.”

The captain of the team, which qualified last month in Muscat at the Bausher Qualifier, added: “We have being playing together for a long time through the college. It was great to see the guys come to-gether and play.”

Asmaa Habiballah, Sales & Marketing Coordinator, said: “Radisson Blu Sohar is pleased to have hosted this year’s National

Final of Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five which was the first edition in Oman. We are happy to pro-mote young Omani football talent and look forward to hosting many more such events in the future.’’

The winner of the world final will receive a trip to Barcelona, accompanied by Neymar Jr to at-tend one of the team games.

The Red Bull event was held in partnership with Virgin Megas-tore, Instituto Neymar Jr, Hi FM Muscat, Hala FM, Oman Minis-try of Tourism and Shop and Ship.

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PHARMACIES

Round the clock

Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi 24783334

Apollo Medical Centre,

Hamriya 24782666

Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi 24702542

Salalah 23291635;

Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra 24503585

Muscat Region

Apollo, Al Hamriya 24787766

Muscat, A Seeb Market 24421691

Muscat, Al Khuwair 24485740

Muscat, Al Hail South 24537080

Dhofar Region

Muscat, Al Nahdha Road,

Salalah 23291635

HOSPITALS

Al Amal Medical & Health Care

Centre 24485052

Atlas Hospital

Ruwi 24811743/

Ghubra 24504000

Al Musafir Specialised

Medical Clinic 24706453

Hatat Polyclinic LLC,

Ruwi 24563641

Azaiba 24499269

Sohar 2683006

Al Raffah Hospital 24618900/1/2

Al Massaraat Clinic &

Laboratory 24566435

Al Makook Medical

Coordinance Centre 24499434

Apollo Medical Centre,

Hamriya 24787766, 24787780

Capital Polyclinic 24707549

Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic,

Ruwi 24799760/1/2

Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740

Ceregem National Raak 24485633

Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217

Elixir Health Centre 24565802

Emirates Medical Centre 24604540

1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274

Lifeline Hospital Salalah 23212340

International Medical

Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5

Kims Oman Hospital 24760100

24 Hrs Emergency 24760123

Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128

MBD 24799077

Al Khuwair 24478818

Magrabi Eye and

Ear Hospital 24568870

Muscat Private Hospital 24583600

Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment

Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666

Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC 22004000

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Aeroflot 24704455

Air Arabia 24700828

Air France 24562153

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Air New Zealand 24700732

Biman Bangladesh Airlines 24701128

British Airways 24568777

Cathay Pacific 24789818

Egypt Air 24794113

Emirates Air 24404400

Ethiopian Airlines 24660313

Gulf Air 80072424

Indian 24791914

Iran Air 24787423

Japan Airlines 24704455

Jazeera Airways 23294848

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Pakistan International

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Swiss International

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LONG DISTANCE BUS TIMINGS (OMAN NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANY SAOC) *SUBJECT TO CHANGE

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI)

Dept Destination Arrival Operatingtime time days

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (ROUTE 36)

15:00 Quriyat 16:30 Daily

15:00 Sur 18:00 Daily

15:00 Jaalan 19:30 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

06:30 Sohar 08:50 Daily

06:30 Buraimi 11:00 Daily

08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri


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)

14:30 Nizwa 16:50 Daily

14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)


08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily

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)

07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily

10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily



TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)


SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)



13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur

13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur



TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily

07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily

07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

Dept Destination Arrival Operatingtime time days

FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (ROUTE 36)

05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily

05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily

05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)



13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri





TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)


TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)



TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)



TO SUR (ROUTE 55)



TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily


TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100)





TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)


DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)


TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)



13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri

13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri



FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily

16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily

16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

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Race (Biography / Drama / Sports)Cast: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree2.00, & 5.30 PM CP No: 353 (PG)

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Action Hero Biju (Mal) (Act\Comedy) Cast: Nivin Pauly & Anu Emmanuel 3-30, 6-30 & 9-30 pm Cinema Main

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Pokkiri Raja (Tamil) (Act\ Drama) Cast: Jiva & Hansika Matwani 3-30, 6-30 & 9-30 pm Cinema -2

Kalyna Vaibhogame (Telugu) (Drama \ Com) Cast: Naga Shourya & Malavika Nair 3:45, 6:45 & 9:45 PM Cinema -4 Next Change: Puthiya Niyamam (Mal) Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (Tamil)

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LIFESTYLEC7S U N DAY, M A R C H 6, 2 0 1 6

Jet lag is a collection of symptoms that occur while your body clock adjusts to a new time zone when

you travel. Until you get used to the local time, you may feel diso-riented and tired during the day and have difficulty sleeping at the new nighttime. You may also ex-perience poor concentration, loss of appetite, and diarrhoea or con-stipation. Most people begin to feel the effects of jet lag only after crossing three or more time zones. Travelling from east to west ex-tends the day and is usually easier on the body than travelling from west to east, which shortens the day. People tend to become more susceptible to the effects of jet lag as they get older.

What You Can DoAlthough jet lag usually lasts no

more than a few days, use these tips to reduce its effects and adjust quickly to the new time zone.

are less likely to feel jet lag if you arrive at your destination in the evening and then stay awake un-til bedtime.

-part: at least 8 hours’ sleep a night in the week before you travel.

zone when you begin your journey.

juice before and during the

and avoid alcohol, coffee, or cola drinks. Eat light meals and avoid fatty or salty foods.

-tination, adopt the local eating, waking, and sleeping times. Take a walk in daylight to help your body clock adjust.

drinks within three hours of bed-time since they will make sleep more difficult.

concentration, so do not drive un-til you have adapted to local time.

-ing antihistamine pills to relieve temporary sleep disturbances. Alternatively, ask your doctor for a short-acting prescription sleeping pill.

days in a new time zone, you may be better off getting up, eating, and sleeping according to your home time.

travelling if you have to take pre-scribed medicines.

Practical Tips

to the new time zone by setting your watch to your destination time as soon as you board the

and sleep times around this time

listen to soft music, use ear-plugs, wear a sleep mask, and use a neck pillow.

the plane every hour, talk to your neighbour, read, or watch the in-

Seek Medical AdviceArrange to see your doctor if:

symptoms of jet lag two weeks after travelling.

[email protected]

“Workplace ergonomics” used to be a buzzword in past years, which meant ensuring that em-ployees were outfitted with what they needed to be comfortable at work. Nowadays however, more people are working from home, be it by their choice or their employ-er’s. Regardless of the reason, one

to injure yourself no matter where you physically work.

Consider this: When it comes to a wide range of musculoskel-etal injuries caused by stress to the joints from repetitive tasks, overuse of muscles, and poor posture, what’s the difference if you’re slumping in front of an of-fice computer or a home laptop? Knowing how to bend properly and lift objects of all sizes is im-portant, wherever you work.

As the Society for Human Re-source Management in the US ad-vises: “Employees who work from home or travel for work should be taught to assess their adhoc work-

places for ergonomic risks.”

doctors of chiropractic — who have a minimum of seven years of higher education — focus on structure and function. They care for pain syndromes with a drug-free approach that includes spi-nal manipulation and exercises to help stretch out and strengthen core muscles. Meanwhile, here are a few tips that can help:

your posture and learn proper lifting and stretching techniques.

as the computer monitor — with-out leaning forward — to help avoid headaches and neck pain.

-ni-breaks and stay hydrated with water.

“Back injuries are the most preva-lent occupational injury, and studies have shown chiropractic patients have consistently better outcomes with high patient satis-faction results,” says the not-for-profit Foundation for Chiropractic

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Workplace Ergonomics Get an Update in Today’s Working World

Ointment developed to combat skin cancer

Chilean scientists have developed an ointment that early trials have proved effective in combating melanoma, the most aggressive variety of skin cancer, the media reported on Saturday. The cream, said the University of Santiago on Friday, has been made by a research team from its faculty of chemistry and biology and contains a plant that is

endemic to the South American country, Xinhua news agency -

ing applied to animals, and so far it has proved to be an effec-tive solution for melanoma, according to Sofia Michelson, who along with Claudio Acuna led the research team. The medica-tion contains an extract of a shrub that can be found between the Chilean regions of Coquimbo in the north and Biobio in the south, they added, noting that the substance affects the viability of the tumour cells. After applying the ointment on animals, the researchers were able to more than double the animals’ life ex-pectancy compared to other conventional medicines. Another advantage of the treatment is its low cost, said the researcher, pointing out that there are already a lot of products avail-able to fight general cancer, “but many of them are expensive”.

Computer use may reduce memory decline risk in elderly

Older adults who participate in so-cial and mentally stimulating activities like reading and using computer may lower the risk of developing memory and thinking problems, finds a study. Researchers found that people who use computer once per week or more were 42 per cent less likely to develop mem-ory and thinking problems than those

who did not. “The results show the importance of keeping the mind active as we age,” said study author Janina Krell-Roesch from the American Academy of Neurology in the US. “While this study only shows association, not cause and effect, as people age, they may want to consider participating in activities like these because they may keep a mind healthier, longer,” Krell-Roesch added. The research would be presented in April at the Ameri-can Academy of Neurology’s 68th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. The team followed 1,929 people aged 70 and older, who were part of the larger Mayo Clinic Study of Aging in Rochester, US. The participants had normal memory and thinking abilities at recruitment of the study. -IANS

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JET LAG

START JOGGING NOW

LIFESTYLEC8 S U N DAY, M A R C H 6, 2 0 1 6

Good for HeartJogging reduces the risks of heart diseases, diabetes, and stroke. A study done few years back said that running for just seven minutes every day can slash one’s risk of dying from heart disease. The report was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. It is said that exercises that raise heart rates lowers the risk of stroke and heart attack.

Prevents Risks of Breast CancerIn the Journal of the American Medical Association it was said that jogging just a few hours each week reduces the risk of breast cancer. Physical activity regulates hormones including oestrogen and insulin, which can help in breast cancer. In addition, it can also help in weight loss in women.

Improves Sleep QualityJogging can get you a better sleep. It increases the amount of serotonin hormone that’s good for a sound sleep. However, one should not jog two hours before going to bed. It also helps to keep negative thoughts and stress away, and help maintains high energy levels.

Builds ImmunityJogging builds one’s immune system and the body becomes stronger and can resist infections. It also helps in increasing the functionality. Common cold and other infections can be avoided if the body’s immune system is in place. It should be done in moderation as putting our body under too much strain can weaken our immune system.

Reduces StressJogging can help in reducing depression, anxiety, and stress. Just 30 minutes of jogging can elevate our mood as it can help the body to produce endorphins, the chemical that improves our mood. It makes us feel optimistic. Try to jog five times per week for best results.

Reduces Body WeightJogging can help to control your body weight naturally and effectively. 30 minutes of jogging a day can help in weight loss in people who are not active. If you are jogging it is important to take it slowly, run with good shoes and try to run on softer surfaces. One should not put too much pressure on the knees.

Improves Memory in Elderly PeopleSeveral studies on the elderly group showed that just jogging 45 minutes per week will help elderly people prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Experiments have shown that jogging leads to new neurons being born in the brain and an increase in their number leads to better learning and memory capabilities. It also improves the self-motivational abilities in the elderly people.

Protects your Bones Just a 30-minute jogging, thrice a week is a great way to protect and exercise your bones. It strengthens the bones and helps prevents any bone diseases from forming. It helps in reducing the risks of osteoporosis. It is the bones that are responsible for the production of blood, and stronger bones means that better quality blood is produced. It also helps in building stronger and more flexible joints.

Increases the Working ProductivityJogging can help boost productivity at work through alertness. It increases blood flow to the brain, which can help sharpen your awareness. Having more energy means you will feel more awake at work. If you don’t have time to go for jogging everyday, try to do it thrice a week and you would see mark improvement in your productivity.

Enhances MetabolismThe body’s metabolic rate is raised while jogging. So if you run or jog for 20 minutes or half-an-hour, you could be burning a higher amount of total calories. One recent study showed that those who incorporated fast sprints into their workout burned more body fat than those who walked.

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Luxury flat for rent in Bareeq Al Shatti building

Spacious 2 BHK with sea view,

split A/Cs, fixed wardrobes,

kitchen appliance.

Near Opera Gallery.

Rent RO.900/- negotiable.

Contact - 94084335 / 96920789

1bedroom ground floor apartment

with sitting & 1 Bath + kitchen

close to Indian school near to

Maya supermarket Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99485834

Flats in Al Khuwair, Al Ghobrah, Al Hail & Seeb. Contact:

92125648/95250300/24182000

Villa in Seeb near the beach

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Flats in Wadi Kabeer, MBD,

Darsait, Hamriya & Sidab. Contact:

92125648/95250300/24182000

Villa in Al Khuwair. Contact: 92125648/25250300

2 BHK Muttrah near Oman House

with A/Cs. Contact: 95915154

1000sqm two rooms with com-

pound well at Misfah Sanaiya.

Surround huge open land for

trailer movement, Suitable for tile,

sanitary ware, building materi-

als etc store. Contact: 99342733

/99795241

02 BHK residential flat opposite

to Al Nahdha hospital.

Contact: 99342733 /99795241

1000 SQMTRS industrial land

in Ghala suitable foe ware

house work shop ETC. Contact:

24700120/92584715

2 Bed rooms flats with hall 2

bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat

municipality. Contact: 92584715

Villa and flats for rent in AL Amer-

at (Al Atkeya). Contact: 99425184

4 Bedroom new villa Al Mawaleh

1/2 KM to city center mall High

end fit outs split A/C full kitchen

fitting all rooms w/ private toilets

monthly 600/- R.O.

Contact : Hassan 99349990

2 Bed room centrally air condi-

tioned flat in CBD prime location.

Contact: 24714625/91173997

To spend interesting times with

family or friends a new park for

rent in Al Amerat near Sultan Cent-

er for details. Contact: 99332273

Whatsapp 95806364

Building and house in Al Amerat

near Bahwan stores suitable for

big store and resident for work-

ers for details. Contact: 99332273

Whatsapp 95806364

Flats 2 bedroom Majlis, 2 toilet,

kitchen balcony near Indian school

Darsait new building rent R.O

275/-Contact: 99243059

New flats for rent at Al Ghobrah

near to atlas hospital the flats

includes 2 living room , 1hall ,

kitchen , toilets , air conditioned

room & high Quality finishing rent

per flat is R.O 375/-.

Interested candidates please

Contact: 00968- 97093283

Room wanted column one bed-

room flat with two toilets required

near Al Falaj Rex Road area.

Contact: 98411825/96245923

Flat for rent 2 room, 2 toilet with

A/C, Walja, Honda Road 250/-.

Contact: 90465850

Inducting Land in Misfah near Hal

services & Al Awazi 950 sqm with

3 rooms , 5 bathroom, boundary

wall 2 sides road facing & large

parking in front.

Contact: 99454425/99364007

2 Bedroom flat for rent (OMR

330) at Mumtaz area, Ruwi, along

with full furniture (OMR 1000) for

sale. Interested families contact

92180281

2 Room, 2 Bathroom, kitchen cat

parking 200 Rails.

Contact: 92005298

Two bedrooms flat in Al Ghob-

rah near Oman Oil of 18 Novem-

ber Street. OMR 330 Monthly.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955.

2 BHK A/C split, available near

Al Nahdha Hospital.

Contact: 96987335/99572460

Four bedroom two floors 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

1 BHK flats for rent behind OTE

service station Wadi Kabir.

Contact - 98027975

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

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

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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

2 BHK flat 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 flats 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 flat 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

2BHK and 1BHK flats spilt air

conditioners are available for

rent in new building in Al Qurum,

near rose Garden. Interested

persons may content on phone:

9513331/96722449

For rent in Mabela Sanaya road

no.6.show room two shutter &

warehouse (900m2) & staff

accommodation & office with split

A.C. reasonable rent

Contact: 99318152&99225067.

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WAREHOUSE AVAILABLE FOR RENT

IN BALADIA SANAYAH AMIRAT

(Floor area 600sqmtrs and mezzanine of 500sqmtrs)

1100sqmts fully cover warehouse

Please contact: G.S.M

99417229/92621039

Running shop with paint machine for sale in kadra

- - 260 Square meters- Warehouse facility

BUILDING MATERIAL SHOP FOR SALE

9322 3382 or mail to [email protected]

New & used (refurbished) Porta

cabin with ablution for sale.

Pleases Contact: 97143704 or

email: [email protected]

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

Well established coffee 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: [email protected]

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

Commercial flats 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 office in

Bousher in front of Dolphin complex.

RO.3.5 per m2. Contact 91776665

Offices & Showrooms in Al Khoud. # 94051789-97201688

2BHK split A/C 320/- monthly

& 1 BHK split A/C 250/- Ghobrah

south near Grand mosque.

Contact: 99342661

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 Dos-

teen restaurant 1KM Inside.

Contact: 99238334

3 BHK flats 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

Offices in Ghala. Contact: 94051789-97201688

Offices & Showrooms in Muttrah.

94051789-97201688

Duplex villa in Qurum 29.

94051789-97201688

Offices & 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

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. # 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. #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

Contact Person

Mr.Mudassir :99314330

Mr.Joao Pereira: 99435952

RESTAURANT

AVAILABLE

FOR RENT Of area 500 Sq mts with well

equipped kitchen and dining

facility on Ground Floor at

DARVESH Building,

Near Royal Hospital.

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirt-

ing, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery,

Crockery, Glassware, Chafing 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: [email protected]

ACC.WANTED

Required 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

WELL FURNISHED OFFICE SPACE & CAMP ACCOMODATION

AVAILABLE FOR RENT IN GHALA INDUSTRIAL AREA

&4WDs/Pick up’s/Heavy Vehicles

are available for sale on as is where is basis.

our premises at Ghala.

Contact : 94057473

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

Kerala Kottayam RC male 28 years

Civil Engineer is seeking alliance

from suitable family, preference for

BDS, Eng & bank employees.

Contact 95035953

Pentecostal girl 27 yrs / 154 cm,

MSC soft Eng, working in Muscat

invite proposal from Pentecostal

parents of highly qualified God fear-

ing 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.

*Classified Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till

12.00 noon for next day’s publication. * Subject to space availability

Contact - 98978745

480 SQM With centralized Air Conditioner

In SOUTH MAWALEH (near Burj Al Sahwa Round About, Nizwa Road.)

COMMERCIAL/ OFFICE(Open space)

FOR RENT

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


Luxury villa of 5 BHK in Al Khuwair

33 RO.650/- Contact – 91776665

Wadi Kabir new building 2 bed-

rooms rent. Contact: 99313274

2 BHK flat behind Nesto hyper-

market with split A/C R.O 220/.

Contact 91642157/97653524

Warehouse at Wadikabir - total

area 3500 sqm - covered ware-

house (500sqm), office,

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

FOR SALE USED PORTACABINS

FOR SALE

LOCATION :

MUSCAT & BURAIMI

GOOD CONDITION

CONTACT: 93990154

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

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 Scaffoldings, 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

Urgent sale of steel scrap only

serious buyers kindly contact:

+968 96725423 for viewing the

items.

SALE OF OWNERSHIP OF INSTITUTE A new fully furnished institute with one UK brand

English learning franchise program with study

materials at prime location, near City Center,

near Shell Petrol Pump, Mawelah, Muscat.

Interested persons contact: [email protected] or call on

GSM 92828693

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 flat in Remalbow-

sher. RO.550/- Contact – 91776665

Mini Furnished Apartment in

Qurum. Contact 94051789-

97201688

Spacious 1 BHK flat in Al Wattaya

with all split A/C’s and parking.

RO.300/-Contact – 91776665

Offices & Showrooms in Muttrah.

Contact - 94051789-97201688

Flats in Darsait. Contact -

94051789-97201688

Offices in Qurum opposite City

Center. # 94051789-97201688

Duplex villa in Qurum 29.

Contact - 94051789-97201688

DAILY GUIDED4 S U N D AY, M A R C H 6 , 2 0 1 6

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

DRIVER

MEDICAL

SALES / MARKETING

TECHNICIAN

DRIVER

ADMIN

ADMIN

CATERING

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:

[email protected]

Required urgently a Legal Consultant/ Lawyer for reputed

law firm in Sohar, Muscat. Can-

didates should have 5-7 years

experience as a Legal Consultant/

Lawyer with good knowledge of

Computer & should be fluent 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

Indian Female 24yrs, AutoCAD

draftsman with 3ds max & rivet, 4yrs

exp. looking for suitable vacancy in

Muscat now in visit visa .

Contact: 95601266


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


Autocad Drafting, part time/

full time, 2D & 3D, Architectural,

Structural, MEP, Shop drawing ,

experienced. Ph: 90189070

AutoCAD draftsman experience 2

years. Contact: 93738335 /95809393


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/

finance field. On visit visa. Immedi-

ately available. Contact 92836216 /

[email protected]

DOMESTIC HELP

DOMESTIC HELP

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Part time Accounting / Data entry

services. Contact: 93477447

Part Time Accounting, Accounts

Finalization as per IFRS, Au-

dit Preparation, Project Report,

Training for Accountants, Internal

Audit, Accounting System for New

Companies, Contact: 96975454,

email:[email protected]

Kerala male 25 yrs B.com diploma

in IATA PGDCA Tally 2 yrs exp ac-

counts in Kerala. Currently in Oman

NOC available. Contact: 99323841


Part time accountant, up to fina-

lization of accounts looking for job

after 5 PM (location prefers – MSQ

– to AL Hail). Contact: 95694737

Indian Chartered Accountant - with 8 yrs + Exp in Finance/

Accounts/Auditing in Oman &

UAE. Seeking suitable position

in Muscat/Dubai and available

immediately for joining. NOC avail-

able. Available till 9.3.16 in Oman.

CONTACT #: 98707434


Indian male 28 yrs MBA finance/

marketing and graduate in com-

puter experience 3 yrs seeking

suitable job, now family visit visa.

Contact: 93195378


Accounts Manager 24 years work-

ing experience 8 years in Oman

looking managerial position with

family status interested to work

construction or manufacturing trad-

ing organization. Contact: 95919546

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with

13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman in

manufacturing, trading & con-

tracting Cos, capable of handling

all accounting, finance, banking,

L/C, import, export & finalization

seeks placement. NOC Available.

Call+968-98932752,

mail:[email protected]

Indian male, B.Com with 6 years

experience as an Accountant,

looking for suitable placement.

Mob: 93903458 ,

Email : [email protected]

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com

Finance-Indian with 7 years expe-

rience in Finance & Accounts up to

finalization. Currently employed

in Oman. Having D/L & NOC.

Mob: 94122464,


Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA

Finance and marketing with IT

skills, 7+ yrs of experience,

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact : 94879615,Email-

[email protected]

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.


Indian C.A finalist having 7 years

exp in Finance field, 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 finalization, on Monthly basis

finalization and consulting works.

Contact: 96247295

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 Office.

Immediately Joining.

Contact No: +96897184087


Required Accounts Officer- ensure

accurate processing of revenue

data into ERP systems and invoic-

ing module. Posting of invoices to

customer SAP portal and delivery

to customer offices and interface

with country manager/ reporting

to regional CEO. Qualifications: BSc

accounting. Relevant experience

& knowledge on online accounting

systems especially the customer

SAP system. Submit CV to:

[email protected]

Required female Accountant postgraduate in commerce email:

[email protected] fax: 24784202

Accountant with gulf experience

in construction field preferred with

Oman driving license. Interested

candidates send CV to:


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. # 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 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

Housemaid required for caring

two babies for Keralite family

at Al Hail. Contact: 99423608

/95661254

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 & Office 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:


Gsm: 95892831/95197615

MEP Engineer minimum Diploma

5 years experience in building

construction and with driving

license. Contact- Fax- 24478522 /

Email – [email protected]

Omani national Security Staff similar experience for immediate

employment for an international

school. Contact: 99468907

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 [email protected].

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 office work.

Contact: 92341826

Wanted driver. Contact: 91025698

Part or full time Driver Required

call us 91120552

ENGINEER

REQUIRED PROJECT MANAGER

FDuqm/Oman

in Oman/ GCC with valid D/L

computer literate. Send CV to Email :

[email protected]

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED

28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com -

Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/

India experience looking for a

suitable placement. # 90187483

[email protected]

We, the storm shield in the

talented candidates for the below

positions (Indian only): Sales man for mobile devices (male-2)

(1 Indian & Philippine) should

have 3 years Oman experience

knows English & Arabia.

Contact: 94441111 Send CV to


Omani or European female Sales representative required for part

time please send CV to

[email protected]

with expected salary

Challenging tyres Omani compa-

nies seeking for Sales Man only

an tyres division sales minimum

2 years experience send CV to

[email protected]

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


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

[email protected],

[email protected]

Nurse required for a dental clinic in

Al Khuwair. Contact 95114616

GP doctor needed for reputed clinic.

Preferably with MOH license or with

Dataflow & Paramatics pass

Contact: 95388934

Wanted Nurse for a dental centre in

capital area. Interested may contact

– 93431024 or send CV to –

[email protected]

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately for

a clinic in Suwaiq. Contact: 95081010


Indian female (25) M.com

Finance, 3 yrs, exp in accounts /

finance seeks suitable position

in corporate finance / Banking /

consulting purchase coordination /

Admin. Now in family visa.

Contact: 96953705 Email:

[email protected]

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, 26 yrs , female , 5 yrs exp

in HR/ Admin with valid Oman

D/L seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98236033

Indian male MBA / HR and market-

ing 2 years experience in royal bank

of Scotland looking for opportunities

in banking operating marking and

HR services excellent communica-

tion Kills. Contact: 90661245

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


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 [email protected]

Chief Accountant 25 years expe-

rienced looking for part/full time

accountant job.

Contact: 95598477/98803439

Indian male Accountant looking

for a suitable placement in Salalah.

More than 20 years exp in account-

ing job (up to finalization 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

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.


Contact- 9042-1161

Indian male MBA (F) with 6 years

of experience as accountant pro-

ficiency in A/C software like tally,

focus, Sap (FICO) seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 98665219


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:[email protected]

Jordanian, Senior accountant, 15

yrs experience in Oman finance &

accountant. Contact: 92881223

Indian Male Accountant 10yrs

Exp. in OMAN Retail &

Furniture Co. (Release Available)

GSM.92564955

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 experience

Piping supervisor : Minimum 15 years experience

Piping foreman : Minimum 15 years experience

Kindly send your CV to: [email protected]

Required Beautician for beauty

Saloon at Ghobrah. Clearance /

visa available. Contact- 95924910

15 years of working experience

in Business development in Oman

& UAE & UK , marketing plans and

strategies & importing firewoks 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 finalizing

business trading NOC available.

Contact: 94123939

Indian male (26) diploma, 6 years

experience as office asst & Admin

asst. Now on visit visa looking for

suitable position.

Contact: 92600859

Indian male, MBA (HRM) Bilin-

gual (Arabic / English) 15+ Oman

experience HR Admin, office coor-

dination, secretarial, inventory etc.

Contact: 94663657 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, Office 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: [email protected]

An Omani construction company located at Muscat looking for

Marketing executive with

GCC driving license & NOC

send C.V to [email protected]

SALES / MARKETING

We, the storm shield in the talented candidates for the below

positions (Indian only): Maintenance Technician (male -1) should have knowledge of new

mobile devices & 3 years Oman

experience Contact: 94441111

Send CV to


REQUIRED

AN AUDITORWith 6years of experience.

Th e candidates should be a

commerce graduate

experienced in auditing.

Interested candidates may mail their CV’s to:

[email protected]

REQUIREDACCOUNTS CUM ADMIN

IN-CHARGE(For a service & contracting co)Qualifi ed accountant with 7 to 8 years of experience in accounts, cost control, inventory, procurement, fi nance up to

fi nalization and admin. Good knowledge of ERP, Tally-9,

MS offi ce, and good communication is mandatory.

Apply on

[email protected]

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 suit-

able position. Contact: 99624044,

mail: [email protected].


SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

DRIVER

EDUCATION/TRAIN

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

An Iraqi civil with more than 30

years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C)

looking for a job, (N.O.C) available.

Contact: 96561306


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 filed also

in marketing & sales field ,

has Omani driving license.

Contact : 92534098

HSE Engineer MSc & B.Tech (safety

& fire) 6 yrs overall exp in O & G

project & construction. Available

immediately with clean NOC. Hold

valid D/L Oman, owns a car.

Contact – 94616721 /

[email protected]

REVIT (ARCH), Diploma Civil 3yr ,

in visit visa , exp. Salary : 250

PH : 92279784

AUTOCAD D/MAN, diploma civil

engg. 3 Yr , certificate 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:[email protected]

HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma

Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over

10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter

(NOC) available), seeking suit-

able placement, Mob:97061817,


MBA Graduate with 6 yrs exp in IT

solutions, sales & marketing, solution

selling, POS, ERP, time attendance, se-

curity system, software development

projects, websites & mobile apps.

Seeking suitable position.

Contact - 92103545

IT Administrator B.Tech C.C.N.A,

M.C.S.A, 5 years experience in GCC,

looking suitable placement.

Contact: 92339064

(+919633836307)

Omani 26(M) seeks placement,

6 yrs excellent experience

networking hardware software.

Contact: 95356166

Indian female 30 yrs B.Tech &

MBA (IT), 6 yrs work exp in Indian

& Oman experience in telecom-

munications, configuration &

installation & installation of auto-

mated solution systems seeking

for placement. Contact: 92689823

/97712425


Sudanese net work Engineer hold-

ing IT BACHELOR (CCNA, CCNP, and

MCSE) has one year experience and

license. Contact: 92394485

LOGISTICS

IT

IT

Indian Male, 36 years, over 16

years’ Stores, Logistics and Import

Export, experience with US based

MNC, seeks suitable placement.

Mob: 9822 6568

B.SC civil Engineer, road construc-

tion field with 13 years experience

in Oman. Contact: 92200485

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


Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech) with

2 and half years experience Indian

male 24 years in visit visa. Contact:

96620482 / + 919605423272


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

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: [email protected]

MANAGER

MANAGER

MISCELLANEOUS

Diploma Civil Engineer 13 years

GCC experience NOC available

with valid Oman driving license.

Contact: 99794456

Network Engineering with 9 years

and half experience seeking

suitable placement.

Contact: 95249087

26 yrs Indian Male – B.Tech

(Marine) - 6 yrs exp -sales &

admin -seeks suitable placement

- 91848460 / 98304080; Email:

[email protected]

Indian male having 8 years expe-

rience in Electronics & Communi-

cation looking for job in Muscat,

having engineering degree in

Electronics & communication and

diploma in Electronics.

Contact: 92524668

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 firefight-

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

Mechtronics Engineer, Indian

male 2 yrs exp in industrial auto-

mation & maintenance, seeking

suitable job. Presently on visiting

visa. Contact – 97315735 /

[email protected]

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 proven

records. Seeking for Challenging

positions in reputed groups as GM/

COO/CEO/Business Head. (NOC

available) Contact: 96059470

HOSPITALITY

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,


EXPERT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE F

HR& CRM, appraise IT system for

Contact: Tel - 96500729

22 Years exp in Gulf civil building

construction project manager.

Contact – 0097430824610 /

[email protected]

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


Architect Engineer 8 years expe-

rience in construction field,

designing and supervision

(AutoCAD, Archi CAD, 3D Max).

Contact: 94370767

B.Tech Electronics & comm. Engg

& MBA Degree in operation man-

agement with five years experi-

ence in optical fiber 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:[email protected]

Civil Engineer (B.sc) 5yrs exp. in

const. with Oman D/L.

Contact: 96045025


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:

[email protected]

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


BE Mechatronics and robotics

Engg and basic knowledge in

computers and CNC Operations.

multilingual skills age 23, looking

for a suitable placement.

Contact: 92552789


Electrical Engineer with 18 years

exp in UAE. Contact: 98148034


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.


Mobile: +919539397097.

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


Bangladeshi male, University

M.Com, Working as an Accountant

& Administrator in Oman; search-

ing better job. Phone: 94864966


Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian

male 24 years with 1+years Indian

experience,(Certified in Staad

Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).

Looking for a Suitable position.

Available In Sultanate of Oman

(Muscat) on Visit Visa.

Contact: 92835952. E-mail:

[email protected]

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


Indian male, Mechanical

Engineer having 1year experi-

ence, on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact:97416564,


Civil Engineer 8 years experience

Structural buildings marine. Availa-

ble NOC release. Contact: 92451323.


Manager having 12 years experi-

ence in Sales & property manage-

ment with valid GCC driving license

looking for a suitable placement NOC

available. Contact: 98125226

B.E Arch working as a project man-

ager (interior fit outs) specializing

in shop fit outs restaurateur, offices,

lifestyle shops etc looking to work

in a reputed firm NOC available.

Contact: 94274437

Indian male experienced in priority

and retail Banking handling HNI/

ultra HNI and SME portfolios as rela-

tionship manager in UAE and India,

with UAE driving license on tourist

visa looking for suitable opportunity.

Please contact #90204929

[email protected]

20 years experience in Oman

plumbing Foreman N.O.C

Release available.

Contact: 93054511/95441583

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


Indian B.E civil Engineer 25

years experience in gulf looking

for a suitable placement with driv-

ing 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


Mechanical Engineer (male) with

2 years experience in project &

production field seeking suitable

jobs now on visit visa.

Contact: 94823009/94223483


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 flat slab, post tensioned

& slab-beam multi story building

design & supervision with driving


Indian male 23 years B.E in me-

chanical fresher and have CSWIP

certification on visit visa seeking

employment foe mechanical

jobs as entry level. Contact 98422072

Email Id: [email protected]

Mechanical Engineer M.Tech

2 years experience HVAC design

& site Engg revit MEP Auto CAD.


[email protected]

Omani HSE supervisor. Email:

[email protected]

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

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

[email protected]

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.


[email protected]

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 : [email protected]

Bachelor Civil Engineer 6 Years

in Oman experience Valid Driving

License seeks suitable placement

Phone 97619722

Email – [email protected]

Diploma in Mechanical Eng piping system in AutoCAD work,

21+ years experience with Driving



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-

[email protected]

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,


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 flow. Presently in

Muscat in visit visa looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact 94744900, 94742834,

[email protected]

Indian male Nurse on visit visa

having 8.5 years of experience with

valid parametric ACLS, BLS dataflow

completed seeking jobs in Muscat.

Contact: 96925790/95579716


Indian male Nurse 32 years Oman

parametric and data flow 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

Indian female 25years M.C.A

on family visit required suitable

placements also interested in

teaching. Contact: 94017133


SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordi-

nator 12 years experience in Oman

in reputed companies, seek imme-

diate Employment. Call: 95244761

NOC available looking for opening

in sales 10 years experience in

Oman with driving license to join

immediately. Contact: 95941228

Sales supervisor / Sales man / Cashier Indian male 26 years hav-

ing 2 years Oman experience in

retails looking for suitable place-


Indian female 24 B.Com, M.Com

having 1 year exp, customer

relation executive, seeks suitable

placement. Contact – 95128242 /

[email protected]

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,


MBA (UK) with 2 years experience

in Oman seeks placement in

Business development / sales.

Omani D/L.Contact: 98108979

SALES / MARKETING

Driver job wanted. #96393082

Pakistan driver with car. Contact:

97198672 / 98988208

Looking for job light duty driver

6 years experience NOC available.

Contact: 92381696

Light driver. Contact: 96756014

Pakistani light driver looking

job. Contact 95604741

Light driver with car. #96379697

Looking for job car driver.

Contact: 98388947

Civil Engineer 6 yrs Exp in Oman

with license. Contact: 98975518

7 Yrs Exp. PM in Mech. Engg in

the field 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:

[email protected]

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


Sudanese Telecom Engineer, 5 years experience, 3 years in

Oman PMP certificate.


[email protected]

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

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 [email protected]

Contact- 968-9042-1161

Pakistani male 27 years IT

Engineer computer skill ms office,

excel, word, net working instal-

lation 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


Indian Male, IT System Engineer

having 4 yrs of experience in sys-

tem administration.CCNA,MCSE,

Linux. Looking for suitable job.

Contact :91272867

IT support Eng graduate 5 yrs

exp, Oman D/L, NOC available

Indian. Contact- 92101839

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:

[email protected]

Indian well experienced per-

sonal assistant/executive office

manager/ senior administrator /

commercial executive with license

looking for a change. release letter

available – 99168054

[email protected]

The Business Development Man-

ager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years

Inside and outside Oman follow-

ing activities: construction(Very

strong and qualified 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

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

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

MBA with 18 years of experience

in Procurement, 2 years in Sohar,

Oman driving license with vehicle,

looking for suitable position.

GSM :94047501,

[email protected]

DAILY GUIDED6 S U N D AY, M A R C H 6 , 2 0 1 6

Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

SITUATION WANTED SITUATION WANTEDEDUCATION/CLASSES/COMPUTER/WEBSITE

Karate and self defense classes

at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per

month twice a week Monday and

Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM.

CONTACT 98294551

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English

class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi

earn in two monthstion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

Classes for Spoken EnglishTOEFL / GRE / GMAT / SAT

Excellent Guidance and Coaching Satisfaction Guaranteed

IELTS PREPARATION Target Band 8.0

EAGLES INSTITUTE92325542 | 93657915 | 93657917 | Email: [email protected]

WEB, ERP and Business Intelli-

gence (BI) creation and man-

agement at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

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Ayurvedic treatment for joint

pain, backache, paralysis, mas-

sage, steambath, obesity, spondy-

litis. Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic,

18 November Street, Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320

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more about Islam, please call:

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Ayurvedic treatment for backache,

paralysis, arthritis etc & mas-

sage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact:24475280 / 95371664 /

92504980 www.siddhayur.com

DRIVING

Land surveyor Experience: 8 years. Contact: 99585265 Email:

[email protected]

Indian male executive secretary

having vast experience in admin,

logistics & procurement well versed

with computer .seek suitable place-


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,


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,

[email protected]

A young CA (ACA & ACCA quali-

fied) with 4 years experience in

one of top audit firms in UK & KSA

seeks suitable placement in Oman.

Contact: Kamran

([email protected]),

+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, finance or operations.

Driving license and NOC available.

Contact-95236312.

[email protected]

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:

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

Indian Male Accountant I have 2

year better experience in account-

ing field. I can do all my accounts

in Tally and Excel searching for

suitable job. Contact:

[email protected]

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- [email protected].

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


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

Office. Contact: 90182494/

[email protected]

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,


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 office/admin-

istration office 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,


Experienced working in safety

Marine equipment and well versed

with MS Office. # 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 adminis-

trator seeking for IT administration

job placements. Presently in Muscat

on visit visa. Contact 90664136


Assistant Manager – Planning

(B.Tech EEE): Indian Male, over

10 years( 7+ Yrs in Oman & UAE)

of experience in Project Plan-

ning & Scheduling, Liaison &

Coordination, Budgeting and

Client Interaction. Seeking a

suitable Job in Muscat. Contact

– 00971503529608, Email Id:

[email protected]

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 /


BS in Civil Engineering Experience: 3 Year (Road Projects)

Omani license: 9 Years. #97427701


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

[email protected]

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,


Male Indian 27, working as finance

Officer having three years Oman ex-

perience with Driving license look-

ing for Finance/Audit/ Accounts

position. Mob: 98097009,

[email protected]

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: -

[email protected]

Indian Male, total 8+years gulf

experience in Document Controller

/ Coordinator / Secretary. Looking

suitable position. Local release

available. CONTACT: 94524259

EMAIL: [email protected]

Mechanical Engineer (Indian

Male, 24 Years) with three years

experience, looking for suitable job.

Currently on visit visa, ready to join

immediately. Contact 92175441,


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 -

[email protected]

Indian male 23 years Diploma in

Mechatronic having 3years expe-

rience in production and mainte-

nance department looking for suit-

able placement #+919597008904

([email protected])

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:

[email protected]

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- [email protected]

Indian male 26, on vist visa, 2+

yrs of experience with UAE D/L,

IATA-FIATA,BBA looking for any

suitable job. Contact 91324567

Diploma (Electrical Engineering) from Government polytechnic.

Age 27 years, 6 years Experience

in troubleshooting and managing

and Technical in substation as a

Electrical Engineer. Seek suitable

placement. Contact - 92995899, Female Interior Designer 15

months experience design and

management skills ( 3D Max,

AutoCAD , Photoshop, Illustrator,

Coral Draw (Basic) and Sketch up

(Basic) and well versed with M.S

Office). 24789883

Email: [email protected],

Diploma in civil engineering

having an experience 26years

(22years in Oman) experience

in Estimator / quantity surveyor

looking for a suitable placement.

Willing to join immediately

Contact: 96328687.

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

Indian Male ,MBA Finance &

Marketing 28 yrs,6+ Exp, with oman

D/L & NOC, Hospital Pharma ,Herbal

,FMCG, F&B Marketing ,construction

A/c & sales , 93379044

33 year old Filipina with experi-

ence in Teleperformance, Manila

call centre ,now working as Wait-

ress in Qatar seeking suitable post.

Contact 99022484

9 yrs exp Site Engineer in Civil &

Shade Structure. 2d, 3d draughts-

man (HOLDING OMANI DRIVING

LICENSE) seeking job.

Contact 90139903

9 yrs exp Site Engineer in Civil &

Shade Structure. 2d, 3d draughts-

man (holding Oman driving

license) seeking job. #90139903

Bangladeshi Male, University MA,

Working as Sales coordinator cum

Store keeper in Muscat; searching

better job. Phone:91997605. E mail:

[email protected]

Indian male B.Eng. in IT, CCNA,

MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT/net-

working/server, valid Omani D/L

seeking suitable placement in IT/

Network/Server support.

Contact 92607532

Assistant Manager – Planning

(B.Tech EEE): Indian Male, over

10 years( 7+ Yrs in Oman & UAE)

of experience in Project Plan-

ning & Scheduling, Liaison &

Coordination, Budgeting and

Client Interaction. Seeking a

suitable Job in Muscat. Contact

– 00971503529608, Email Id:

[email protected]


M.Com, Working as an administra-

tor in Oman; searching better job.

Phone:94864966,


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

Office. Contact: 90182494,

[email protected]

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 suit-

able position. Contact: 99624044,

mail: [email protected].

B.Com 5yrs experience good

command on tally, Excel sheet on

family visa. Contact: 98002428


SIT.WANTED

SIT.WANTED

SIT.WANTED

MANPOWER

SALES / MARKETING

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 [email protected]

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.


[email protected]

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


Indian male 3 years as sales

representative looking for suitable

placements. Contact: 94420033


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


Indian female having 10 years

experience in logistics & sales

coordinator exp in SAP Ms Office

valid D/L currently on visit visa


Contact 95251911

Indian male, MBA Marketing

having 2.5 years Sales experience

immediately looking for a suitable

position. Contact: 91415145,


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 field with D/License &

NOC available (as per new rule).

Contact: 92453375

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Mason, SH / carpenter, steel fitter

gulf & Indian exp looking job.

Contact: 95175192

Five years in travel field B.Com.

IATA & pursuing MBA including

experience in the travel desk of

(ITC managed) five star hotel,

looking for suitable position.

Contact 9470 5767, 9465 2485,

9536 4479

TOURS & TRAVEL

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:-

[email protected]


MA, Working as Store keeper in

Muscat; searching better job.

Phone:91997605, email:

[email protected]

Diploma in civil engineering

having an experience 26years

(22years in Oman) experience

in Estimator / quantity surveyor

looking for a suitable placement.

Willing to join immediately

Contact : 96328687.

Electrical Engineer with 11 years

experience in Electrical Design

(LV&HV) Villas , apartments ,

seek part time jobs. #-91403412

Pakistani Male having 6 years

Experience Valid Omani Driving

license working as a Transport

Manager looking for a suitable

position. salary is negotiable.

mail: mohdnaveed043@gmail.

com, Mob: +96893363316 /

94202746

Part- Time Accountant, well expe-

rience senior accountant ,doing all

type of accounting works, Finaliza-

tion, Budgeting available.

Contact 98803439

22, Indian BBA graduate, 1 year

experience, presently on visit visa,


Contact 91881053

Indian male 25 yrs, MBA (Finance,

Marketing), Overall 2 yrs exp in

Accounts/Finance field, On Visit

Visa. Immediately available.

Contact - 92989197/94786544.

[email protected]

Light Duty Driver Professional,

Indian male having 5 years of

experience with valid Oman driving

licence.NOC Available. #91652481

Bangladeshi Male, University MA,

Working as Store keeper in

Muscat; searching better job.

Phone: 91997605,

email: mohamednazrulislam2@

gmail.com

Electronics service Technician , 4 Years experience as Electronics

service engineer. Knowledge in all

type of Electronics items. Looking

for suitable placement.

GSM- 99105043

Indian Male, 27 Years, MBA

Finance pursuing, BCA, 6 years

working in Airline Cargo Opera-

tions, Airline Passenger Ticket

Auditing domain, looking for a

suitable placement, currently on

visit. email: jeevamal89@gmail.

com, Phone:- 91713489


TOURS

TOURS

RENT A CAR

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO &

BP specification 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-ED

BUSINESSSITUATION WANT-

EDBUSINESS

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

BMW 525.I 2006. Contact:

99336093

Hyundai Sonata 2008 model,

expat driven & well maintained.

Contact: 94222681

Vehicle for sale Ford Focus, 2012

automatic expat driven.

Contact: +968 92187371

Nissan pathfinder 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


99508282

From Mabela to Mawaleh for

school student. Contact: 92757673

Transportation in Muscat.

Contact: 96004045


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

[email protected]

D8 S U N D AY, M A R C H 6 , 2 0 1 6

DAILY GUIDE Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SERVICESWe Provide Cleaners,

General cleaning etc.

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 fixing etc. Contact: 91278819

Water proofing ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

LEGAL SERVICE

L

cases,.service issues.Ibrahim Al Massalhi.legal consultancy

Sarafudheen, LLB, MBA,L 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

Split A/C servicing R.O 10 only.

Contact: 94217681 / 99210141

Building maintenance. Contact: 96173326

Express Building Cleaning Services.Contact 98480070 / 94134784

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control

Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

LOST

Original Qualifying examination certificate of main secondary ex-

amination of the years 2007, Roll

No. 6104803 and senior secondary

examination, year 2009.

Roll No. 6203610 issued by

CBSE has been lost. Name of the

candidate shaimoon haque.

Contact: +968 93952538

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