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On the occasion of the 7th National Day, 1977

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

HM sends greetings to ChadMUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Idriss Deby of Chad on the occa-sion of his being re-elected for a new presidential term.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes of good health and happiness to President Deby, wishing him success in lead-ing the people of Chad towards further progress and prosperity and the relations between the two countries further progress and growth. -ONA

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Take care of your health during

Ramadan fasts, say experts

BABA UMARbabaumar@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Over-eating, dehydra-tion and upset stomach could re-sult in the Holy Month of Rama-dan becoming a dangerous time if safety measures are not taken, health experts have warned.

The Royal Oman Police’s 2016 ‘Facts and Figures’ reveal that in July last year, 71 people lost their lives in road accidents. In July 2014, 78 people had died.

The Muslim month of fasting begins in the first week of June amid soaring temperatures, with fasting ranging between 15 and 16 hours per day.

“The eating hours are less, sev-en or eight hours, so people need to make sure that they consume at least three litres of fluid every day. Good hydration is manda-tory, because the whole month’s temperature could be hovering around 48-50 degree Celsius,” Dr

Dilip Singhvi, Medical Director of Apollo Hospital in Ruwi, told Times of Oman.

He noted that diabetic patients who take insulin, should normally not fast.

Consult doctors“But since religious obligation is there, they should consult their doctors before the start of Rama-dan and get their medication al-tered according to the fasting and eating hours. If a patient has good control and is consuming only one or two tablets, then that’s fine. They can alter the timings and fast,” Dr Singhvi added. >A7Ramadan timings >A4

S E V E R E S U M M E R

Cheaper Bangkok fare on Thai AirAsia XDEEBA HASAN deeba@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Fares offered by Thai AirAsia X between Muscat and Bangkok will be reduced by as much as 20 per cent, according to Nadda Buranasari, Chief Execu-tive Officer.

The airline recently an-nounced three direct flights be-tween Muscat and Bangkok on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-days starting June 28.

“Our fares will be around 20 per cent cheaper than what other airlines are offering in Oman,” he added.

“We are truly excited to be the first long-haul, low-cost car-rier to launch direct flights from Muscat to Bangkok. We are con-fident that there is great potential in connecting the two destina-tions, and it is our pleasure to play a role in offering low fares and convenient connectivity,” Buranasari added.

In 2015, nearly 71,000 Omanis travelled to Thailand, and with Thai AirAsia X providing some 59,000 seats per year, this num-ber is expected to increase.

Buranasari noted that their

target was to have 100,000 visi-tors to Thailand from Oman eve-ry year.

Travel marketHe said that fluctuating oil prices have not proven to be a major cause of concern, and that the travel market is not heavily af-fected by the current austerity.

“The way Air Asia operates, we very much depend on the lifestyle of the new generation of passengers, and that is why our fare models are designed to be tailor-made, so maybe it will have an effect, but these days the econ-omy and travel doesn’t correlate that much. >A7

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OMANExpat commits suicide

1Another apparent suicide has claimed the life of an Indian in Oman. >A3

WORLD17 dead in Ukraine fire

2Seventeen people were killed in an Ukraine building blaze. >A15

MARKETWater project tenders

3Initial tenders were floated by OPWP for two water projects. >B1

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

A5Majlis Al Shura defends teachers

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FALSE ECONOMY?

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Comes as Oman waits for latest fuel prices, with increase expected

Concerns that rise in cheaper fuel use could damage environment

Sales of regular petrol triple in 2016 as austerity hits drivers

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May toll 5 as another Indian life lost in apparent suicideREJIMON K reji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Another apparent sui-cide has claimed the life of an In-dian in Oman, bringing the toll to five this month.

The victim, an Indian mason, was found dead in a house under construction on Saturday morn-ing, according to social workers and his friends.

The mason, identified as Babu Krishnan from the south Indian state of Kerala, had gone miss-ing on Saturday morning, his friends said.

“He used to make phone calls late into the night. On Friday, we went to bed after dinner and watching television, presuming that he would return as usual. However, on Saturday morning we found that he was missing. Later on, we learned that he was found hanging at the house under construction,” friends said.

Family informed“His family has been informed about the tragedy. We learned that he had some financial problems back home. Moreover, he had told us that his wife and father were not well,” the friends added.

During the first and second week of May, four Indians com-mitted suicide in Oman, prompt-ing the Indian embassy to step up its outreach programmes.

Following reports about the suicides in Times of Oman, Indra Mani Pandey, the Indian ambas-sador in Oman, posted a comment on Facebook that incidences of NRIs committing suicide have become a matter of concern.

Outreach“It is a huge loss for their families. The mission house is committed to doing everything possible with-in its means. We will work with Omani authorities and employers to enhance communications and outreach. Any initiatives taken by various wings of the Indian social club in Oman assisting the mis-sion house is welcome, as always,” the Indian ambassador posted.

According to the latest data from the Government of India, 1,384 Indians reportedly commit-ted suicide abroad in the last three

years, with the maximum reported number at 541 in the UAE.

Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indi-an Parliament), Minister of State of Overseas Indian Affairs V K Singh said 497 Indians had committed suicide in 2013, 451 in 2014 and 436 ended their lives as of Decem-ber 4, 2015. According to details provided by the minister, based upon information from Indian mis-sions in 142 countries, 541 Indians have committed suicide in the UAE since 2013, followed by 337 in Sau-di Arabia and 123 in Oman.

G R O W I N G C O N C E R N

During the first and second week of May, four Indians committed suicide in Oman, prompting the Indian embassy to step up its outreach programmes

General Education Diploma exam takers warned against cheatingFAHAD AL GHADANIfahadnews@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: In all, 49,122 students will sit for the General Educa-tion Diploma (GED) exams for the 2015-2016 academic year, the Ministry of Education has announced.

The exams will begin on May 31 in several governorates of the Sul-tanate and continue until June 15.

Dr. Zuwaina bint Saleh Al Maska-ri, general director and supervisor of the exams, said 355 examination centres have been selected.

Al Maskari added that all stu-dents must abide by the rules and

regulations, as published in a min-isterial decision in 2015, especially regarding cheating and other prac-tices, adding that the ministry will punish cheating.

Al Maskari explained that can-didates can only bring those items that are allowed in the exams, such as pens, rulers and erasers, in ad-dition to any tools needed for spe-cific courses.

Candidates may not take any of the following into the examina-tion centre: any electronic devices, such as phones, pagers, cameras, personal computers and data storage devices; newspapers and magazines; study books and dia-

ries; anything related to the exam; handbags; sharp instruments or weapons of any kind.

The ministry will punish those who cheat or offer help to others to cheat, be it candidates or those who supervise exams.

During the previous academic year of 2014-2015, the Ministry penalised those who did not abide by the rules by failing those sub-jects in which candidates were found to have behaved contrary to set rules.

Al Maskari added that students can apply for a review of three courses only during the first week after the publication of the results.

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1,181 fail to get Haj licence for not providing required data

FAHAD AL GHADANIfahadnews@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Haj licences were not issued for 1,181 pilgrims by the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs due to the failure of applicants to provide all data required by the ministry, according to the official account of the ministry at social media.

The ministry had warned ap-proved pilgrims to complete all data and register through the approved Haj website.www.hajj.com for selecting their Haj organising campaigns, or their licences would not be issued.

Dropped names replacedFurther, the Ministry of Endow-ments and Religious Affairs has replaced the dropped names with 1,181 new names, including 224 females.

The ministry announced that among the 18,587 who applied for this year’s Haj, only 9,081 were approved.

Update soughtThe ministry announced earlier that 2,346 pilgrims did not spec-ify their travelling mode yet, and called upon them to update the ministry.

The ministry stated that 3,034 pilgrims will travel over land for the Haj, while 4,522 will travel by air. The ministry has called upon pilgrims who have been contacted by the ministry for approval to register their campaigns through the ap-proved website hajj.com.

The ministry warned that any other way to register campaigns will be not accepted.

P I L G R I M A G E

20 arrested, 161 deported by ROP

MUSCAT: Twenty infiltrators of different nationalities were arrested by the Royal Oman Po-lice (ROP) in collaboration with other military and security de-partments last week. The ROP also deported 161 infiltrators af-ter taking the necessary legal ac-tions, in coordination with their respective embassies. -ONA

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OMANflydubai weighs Sohar, Duqm service feasibility

RAHUL DASrahuldas@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: flydubai, the UAE-based budget airline, is conduct-ing a feasibility study to start op-erations from Sohar and Duqm airports, a senior official of the airline said on Thursday.

Speaking to Times of Oman, Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice President, Commercial for fly-dubai, said that discussions are continuing regarding possible service to Sohar. “But nothing has been finalised about when we will start flights to Sohar, as the airport still has some limita-tions,” he said. He also said that flydubai is keen to operate when-ever a new airport is opened in the GCC countries. “And that is one of the reasons discussions are go-ing on with Omani authorities,” Sreedharan said from the flydubai stand at Muscat City Centre on Thursday. The stand was set up to

showcase flydubai’s network and for people visiting the mall to ex-perience business class seats.

Sudhir Sreedharan said that flydubai has been a success story in Oman since it began operations in 2010. “We have carried more than 2 million passengers from Oman since we began operations in Oman,” he said.

flydubai, which recently an-nounced twice daily services to Salalah during khareef, is weigh-ing the scheduling of one more

flight. “An estimate from the market says that twice daily ser-vices are not enough, and we are thinking of adding one more flight to Salalah during the khareef sea-son,” Sreedharan added.

The airline currently operates 54 flights, including seven daily flights to Muscat and five weekly flights to Salalah, each week to Oman. However, from July 23 to September 28 the airline will add another daily flight between Salalah and Dubai, bringing the

total frequency to Oman to 63 flights per week. “We want more travelers from all over the world to come down to Oman, and that is one of the reasons we are adding our flights to Oman,” he said.

He also said Oman is a trade and tourism hub for flydubai and they remain dedicated to offer-ing passengers more options to travel between the two countries, whether in business or economy class. “With the recent addition of WiFi connectivity and live tel-evision, our high-quality service, convenient travel schedules and great value for money continues to be popular with our passen-gers,” Sreedharan said. He noted that the entry of a low cost airline from Oman will not hamper their operations. “The more the mer-rier, as it is good for the trade and business, and eventually it will benefit the customers,” he noted.

Sudhir Sreedharan,

Senior Vice President,

Commercial for

flydubai said, the

airline is keen to

operate whenever a

new airport is opened

in the GCC countries.

And that is one of the

reasons discussions

are going on with

Omani authorities

EXPANSION: Sudhir Sreedharan said that flydubai has been a success story in Oman since it began

operations in 2010. — Supplied photo

flydubai currently operates 54 flights, including seven daily flights to Muscat and five weekly flights to Salalah, each week to Oman

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to

keep mobile cancer unit alive

TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMI tariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: The Oman Cancer As-sociation’s (OCA) Mobile Mam-mography Unit (MMU) may be closed down, as the organisation is struggling to raise funds to pay for the MMU’s expenses.

The Mobile Mammography Unit costs OMR118,000 annually to operate, with costs including insurance, maintenance of the machine and truck, and salaries.

“This year, we will concentrate not only on Dar Al Hanan, but also the Mobile Mammography Unit, because it needs a lot of funds to keep it going,” said Dr Wahid Al Kharusi, OCA’s new president.

“If we don’t raise this money, we will have to close the doors of the Mobile Mammography Unit and a lot of people will suffer,” he added.

To tackle the funding problem, Nasser Al Azri, OCA’s Secretary General, volunteered to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, with the aim of raising funds to keep the Mobile Mammography Unit operating. Al Azri will need seven days to climb the 50 kilom-eters to the peak, along with stop-ping six times.

Al Azri will plant a flag at each stop bearing OCA’s logo, includ-ing the sponsors’ logos. The

higher the flag is placed will in-dicate what level the sponsor has contributed towards, with the diamond sponsor having the flag planted at the mountain’s peak.

“The idea is not only to climb, but also to create awareness about OCA and to raise funds through sponsors, and people individually sponsoring him,” said Al Kharusi.

Al Azri noted, “I’ll climb to show the community that noth-ing is impossible, and that re-flects also on the cancer patients, that curing cancer is not impos-sible and together we can spread awareness about early diagnosis, as well as educate people about early diagnosis.”

Al Azri is set to climb the moun-tain at the end of July, and OCA is currently looking for sponsors to fund the expedition. He is also training with a cross fit team to assure he will be fit enough to handle the climb.

When asked how much OCA is

targeting, Al Azri said, “The sky is the limit. We want to try and get as much as we possibly can.”

PreventionCancer prevention is one of the main issues OCA is looking at solving, and Al Kharusi is encour-aging all people to be checked for cancer earlier in their lives to as-sure earlier treatment.

Al Kharusi revealed that since 2009, the Mobile Mammography Unit screened over 15,000 wom-en, and a significant number of them learned of positive test re-sults. Those who were diagnosed with cancer were immediately assigned a consultant and began treatment. “Cancer is growing and costs a lot of money to even create awareness. It costs a lot of money to operate equipment to diag-nose patients with cancer,” said Al Kharusi.

“If you look at this region, es-pecially in East Africa, cancer is increasing and people are dying because of the lack of diagnosis and lack of treatment,” he added.

He reiterated that the goal is to create prevention and raise awareness about prevention, be-cause “it is one way of defeating cancer”.

“Prevention is the only answer for low and middle income coun-tries,” added Al Kharusi.

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NOBLE CAUSE: The Mobile Mammography Unit costs OMR118,000 annually to operate, with costs

including insurance, maintenance of the machine and truck, and salaries. — Supplied photo

Airbus A330-200 for

Muscat-Doha flights

Staff Reporter

MUSCAT: Oman Air saw a 41 per cent increase in passengers flying between Muscat and Doha last year, the airline reported.

Oman Air will begin flying its flagship Airbus A330-200 air-craft between Muscat and Doha starting June 1, Oman Air said in a statement. “The A330s will op-erate every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday as part of the airline’s schedule of four daily flights to Qa-tar’s capital city,” itadded.

Oman Air’s upgrade of the Doha flights from narrow-body aircraft to the spacious A330s has been undertaken in response to increas-ing demand for flights between Muscat and Doha. The larger jets offer 20 business class seats and 196 economy class seats, enabling more customers to fly between the two cities and access Oman Air’s expanding global network.

When Oman Air first launched its Muscat-Doha service in 1996, it offered three flights per week. Fre-

quencies subsequently increased to seven flights weekly, and then 21 flights by first quarter of 2015. The airline now offers 28 flights per week and, in 2015, Oman Air carried 134,832 passengers on the route: an increase of 41 per cent over the previous year. Oman Air’s A330 fleet has been deployed primarily on long haul routes. However, the aircraft’s flexibility, capacity and comfort also make it ideal for high-demand, short haul operations. It provides an envi-ronment in which customers can enjoy Oman Air’s authentic hospi-tality and welcoming onboard ser-vice. The deployment of A330s on Oman Air’s Muscat-Doha service forms part of the airline’s current fleet and network expansion plan.

In addition to increasing the size of its fleet to 70 aircraft by 2020, Oman Air is unveiling a range of new destinations, increased fre-quencies and more capacity on established routes, along with im-proved connections at its base of Muscat International Airport.

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Ramadan working hours decidedMUSCAT: Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal bin Saud Al Busaidi, Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court, Chair-man of the Civil Service Council yesterday issued a decision de-claring that official working hours at the ministries, public authori-ties and other departments of the state’s administrative apparatus during the Holy Month of Rama-dan for 1437 AH will be from 9am to 2pm. Ramadan moon-sighting will be announced by the authori-ties concerned. The Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court extend-ed his heartfelt greetings and best wishes to His Majesty Sultan Qa-boos bin Said on this blessed occa-

sion, praying to Allah the Almighty to protect His Majesty and grant him a good health, happiness and a long life and for the return of this and similar occasions on His Maj-esty for many years to come, the Omani people and our dear coun-try further progress and welfare under His Majesty’s wise leader-ship and blessings to all Muslims.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, Minister of Manpower is-sued a decision reducing work-ing hours at the private sector’s companies and establishments for Muslims during the Holy Month of Ramadan to 6 hours per day and (30) hours per week. -ONA

H O L Y M O N T H

This year, we will concentrate not only on Dar Al

Hanan, but also the Mobile Mammography Unit,

because it needs a lot of funds to keep it going

Dr Wahid Al Kharusi, Oman Cancer Association’s new president

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Regular petrol not all that cheap in long run

FAHAD AL GHADANIREJIMON K fahadnews@timesofoman.com reji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Consumption of cheaper, regular petrol has tripled in Oman during the first quar-ter of this year, and experts have warned there may be long lasting consequences - for your car and the planet.

As austerity bites, and with pet-rol prices no longer subsidised and expected to rise slightly in the coming days, more and more peo-ple are opting for cheaper fuel.

“The consumption of regular petrol (M90) has gone up and the consumption of super grade (M95) and diesel has come down,” Tahir Al Junaibi, a Majlis Al Shura mem-ber, said.

The statistics shared by the Shura member reveal that in 2015 Q1 342,324 litres of regular petrol were sold, in 2016 during the same period, 1,210,315 litres of the fuel were sold. “In the case of M95, in 2015, 5,366,732 litres were sold, in 2016, 4,576,236 were sold,” the Shura member added.

The statistics also reveal that the consumption of diesel has gone down from 4,355,510 litres to 4,244,878 litres while comparing 2015 Q1 and 2016 Q1.

According to a senior official at a fuel sales company, removal of price regulations has resulted in the increase in the consumption of regular petrol.

“After the removal, to save a few baisas, people are now opting for regular petrol. This is not good for vehicles,” Rajeev KR, the senior of-ficial at Siraj Al Jazeera Projects, a fuel sales company in Oman, said.

“Across Oman, we are seeing that people prefer regular to su-per,” the official added.

Mohammed Khalid, the country manager of Descon Engineering, an oil and gas firm in Oman, said that regular petrol is not refined like super one at the stage of pro-duction and so it will emit more gas and carbon.

“When a vehicle’s engine is run-ning, several different types of gas and particles are emitted that can have detrimental effects on the en-vironment. Of particular concern to the environment are carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases to name a few. These emissions will pollute the climate and speed up

climate change,” Khalid said.“The emission from vehicles us-

ing regular petrol will affect the air quality,” Khalid said while adding that in the long run it is not good to substitute regular petrol with super grade if the vehicle manual states super. According to Khalid, motor-ists are forced to use regular only because there is no other option.

Meanwhile, an environmental expert in Oman said that it is pref-erable to use super petrol in cars because it will cause less harm to the environment when compared to regular.

“Super petrol doesn’t emit much carbon while used in vehicle as it is refined at the production stage itself. So, it doesn’t pollute envi-ronment with carbon emission and speed up the climate change,” Hameed Sulaiman, assistant pro-fessor of environmental science at Sultan Qaboos University, told Times of Oman.

“Regular petrol can cause more damage to environment when compared to super grade ones,” the expert said, adding that he would

advise people to go for super to save the planet.

An automobile expert said that certain components are added to increase the octane level to better the performance of the vehicle by avoiding knocking.

“Majority of the vehicles ply-ing in Oman need only fuel having octane value between 87 and 92. Here in Oman we get M90, which is good enough for the vehicles. There is no need to go for super,” the automobile expert said.

According to the latest data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), Oman recorded a whop-ping 166 per cent year-on-year increase in the production of regu-lar (90) petrol during the first two months of 2016, with output surg-ing to 1.03 million barrels com-pared to 388,100 barrels produced last year.

Super (95) petrol logged a 2.1 per cent growth over the period to touch 3.43 million barrels as against 3.36 million barrels in 2015.

As austerity bites,

and with petrol prices

no longer subsidised

and expected to

rise, more and more

people are opting for

the cheaper regular

petrol, unmindful of

the fact that it causes

more pollution and

adversely affects

the vehicle

Fuel prices in Oman

GraphicsSource: Tahir Al Junaibi , Times of Oman

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Nizwa Grand Mall opensTimes News Service

NIZWA: Nizwa Grand Mall was opened yesterday in the Wilayat of Nizwa in the Governorate of A’Dakhiliyah under the auspic-es of Mohammed bin Nasser Al Rasbi, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defence.

Director General of the Min-istry of Defence Pension Fund gave a speech in which he em-phasised the Fund’s own inter-est to give priority to the imple-mentation of this project to the small and medium enterprises.

Board Chairman of Amjad Group Holding (the developer of the project), delivered a speech in which he said that the project is distinguished for the exist-ence of the Omani national staff in all of its stages.

A presentation was then giv-en about the stages of building the mall. The sponsor of open-ing ceremony accompanied by the attendees toured the mall.

He also laid the foundation stone for the second phase of de-velopment of the project, which will include hotel, offices build-ing, and multipurpose hall, in addition to a residential building.

Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence stated: “This mall (Nizwa Grand Mall) is one of the most important real estate investments for the Ministry of Defence Pension Fund, as the fund has adopted a balanced investment policy to diversify sources of income, and the establishment of this centre is also within the general policy of the real estate investment, where the fund seeks to estab-lish real estate projects in all governorates of the Sultanate to activate the economic, tourism and service activities in those governorates.”-ONA

GROWTH

Shura members shield teachers on ‘pampered’ remarkTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Shura Council mem-bers defended teachers in the Sultanate after a member called them ‘pampered’.

Some 90 per cent of Oman’s Ministry of Education budget goes to paying teachers’ sal-ary, according to the ministry, but Tawfiq Al Lawati, a Shura mem-ber, described teachers in Oman as “pampered” because they have 110 days of holiday per year.

However, Amer Al Mashrifi, another member, hit back at Al Lawati, saying he would under-stand hardship of being a teacher if he worked for an hour.

This exchange occurred on Sunday during a heated session at the Majlis Al Shura, which heard a set of controversial ques-tions asked by the members to Madiha Al Shaibany, the minister of education.

“Ninety per cent of the minis-try’s budget is for teachers’ sala-ries, 5.8 per cent for school trans-portation, and 4.2 per cent goes for test processes,” she said.

“Teachers in Oman are being pampered, as the number of their holidays is 110 out of 360 days. I think this is unacceptable,” Al Lawati said.

“If you tried teaching for an hour, you will find it a difficult task,” Al Mashrifi replied.

The minister explained that

5.8 per cent of the ministry’s an-nual budget is dedicated to school transportation, and 4.2 per cent goes for test processes.

Khalid bin Yahya Al Farei, head of the education committee at the Majlis Al Shura, urged the minis-try to control the “big” rise in its budget, which jumped, according to him, from half a billion Omani rials to more than one billion in the last few years.

Al Farei also criticised an “army” of 27 advisers who, to-gether, receive OMR60,000 per month, as well as 140 experts in the sector, who are paid some OMR230,000 in monthly sala-ries. He also advised the minster to force some of these people into retirement.

However, the minister replied, saying that the experts cannot be retired, as their expertise is vital to the ministry. She also an-nounced that a new law has been passed which prevents teachers from resigning during the school year, pointing out that the num-ber of resignations has not in-creased from previous years.

Another Shura member ques-tioned the reason behind having mixed gender public schools in Al Wusta governorate, and the minister said that it is because of the small population in that gov-ernorate. The session will con-tinue for the second and final day on Monday.

PROCEED INGS

ALAWI TAKES PART IN GCC-UK MEETING Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, minister responsible for foreign affairs took part in the 5th ministerial meeting for strategic dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council and the United Kingdom in Jeddah yesterday. -ONA

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Indian School Sur students have put up a tremen-dous performance at the CBSE grade 10 examination , this year. 41 students appeared for the ex-amination and all of them have come out with flying colours.

12 students have achieved A1 in all the subjects with a CGPA 10.

They are :Arundhati Panickar, Sakshi Mahesh Yadav, Shwetha Singh, Ranjana Reghunath, Jay-adeep Babu, Shihabudheen Mo-hammed, Sarun Satish, Ritya Jibu

Palamattom, Karthik Rajesh, Ash-ley Mariam Vincent, Pranjal Jag-dish Patil and Sadde Sreelakshmi Prasanna. “My dream has come true !”, Jayadeep Babu, one of the

students who was rewarded for his dedicated hard work.

It has added sweetness to the ac-complishments of the fruitful aca-demic year, commented a teacher.

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Indian School Al Seeb students fared well in the Central Board of Secondary Education, Class X examination.

244 students had appeared in the exam and the school stands on a high pedestal with a 100 per cent pass result.

Fifty-three students achieved A1 grade in all five subjects with a CGPA of 10. The students who achieved A1 in all subjects are: Achyut Sai V, Adithya Raj M, Afifa Rida A, Aniruddh G, Charvi Srivastava., Gayathri Krishnan., Labuni Chowdhary, Mohd. Aakif, Mohd. Uzair, Nabeel Ahsan,

Neethika Shinoj, Poorvi Sax-ena, Royston Parambil, Sejal M Kulkarni, Shalini Pandit, Sharon Velda, Shaun Jerald, Siddhartha Kishore, Uday Kiran, Abhirami Ajith Kumar, Akash Mathew, Alen Joy, Allwin Vincent, Anitta John, Anupama Sreejakumary, Ayisha Thasnim, Ehsan Abdu S., Jaseena Jaleel, Jerin Varghese, Jeron Joseph, Joel Biju, Joshny Mathew, Kiran P V, Krishnan-jali, Maya Mathew, Mishal Mus-saddique, Mohd. Yasar, Noel K Jose, Rumaisa Mohd., Saba Shaji, Saira Anzar, Sana Shaji, Sen V Alex, Shaun Vincent, Sha-ziah Shaheer,Shehnas Sayed, Sona Elsa John, Swathi Sathee-

san, Amal Ameer Sheikh, Saabin Mohd., Sidharth, Raminder Kaur and Muneeja.

All the students acknowledged the valuable guidance of their teachers under the stewardship of the principal and the vice-principals and thanked the school management for their unstinted support. The parents gave the credit of this exemplary result to the school’s academic ambience and hard work of students and the dedication of teachers. The president of the School Manage-ment Committee, Ravi Jayanthi congratulated the staff members for ensuring such a stupendous success of the students.

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Excellent resultTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Indian School Jalan students have come out with fly-ing colors in the CBSE Class 10 examinations with cent percent success. CGPA- 10 has been se-cured by two students, Sanjana Shyam and MeghnaVinod. Out of 11 students, six students secured

A1 and five students secured A2 grade. The SMC, Principal, teach-ers, parents and students appreciated the passed

out students for their stunning achievement. The remarkable performance by the second batch of class 10 is indeed a matter of joy and pride for the students as well as the teachers.

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Tremendous performance by students

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Stupendous achievement in CBSE

121 students score 10 CGPA

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Students come out with flying coloursTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Students of Indian School Ibri have done proud to their school by achieving out-standing cent percent results in the CBSE Class X Exam held in March 2016.

Out of twenty eight students appeared in the exams, four them have secured A1 grade in all sub-jects with the Cumulative Grade

Point Average (CGPA) perfect 10 and another four with CGPA 9.8.

The toppers of the batch, who se-cured A1 grade in all subjects are : Miss. Kusum Ramachandra, Mast. Rajith Krishnan, Miss. Reshma

Chandran and Miss. Sherin Shaji. Four students, Mast. Ali Haider, Miss Arya S Kurup, Miss. Hepseba Scariah and Thanuja K Tharun-bos missed their perfect CGPA just in one subject. They secured CGPA: 9.8.

Out of twenty eight students appeared in the exam, 16 of them secured CGPA 9 and above, 9 with CGPA 8-9 and 3 with CGPA 7-8.

Altogether there are 66 A1

grades and 52 A2 grades this year. All the students of this year’s batch had opted IT as the sixth compul-sory subject.

The School Management Com-mittee and the Principal con-gratulated the students for their commendable performance, par-ents for their cooperation and the teachers for their sincere efforts and dedication in guiding the stu-dents to achieve this great success.

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MUSCAT: The students of Indi-an School Muscat have once again made their school proud by secur-ing cent percent result in Class X CBSE Board Examination for the year 2015-16.

A total of 547 students ap-peared for the examination and have displayed a sterling performance.

It is indeed an incredible achievement this year as 121 stu-dents have brilliantly secured a perfect 10 CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) and the

school is delighted to acclaim the names of the toppers.

Indian School Muscat proudly approbates the phenomenal rise in its subject toppers as well.

A magnificent number of 233 students have scored A1 in Eng-lish, followed by 213 students getting the A1 grade in Social Science, 200 students secured A1 in Mathematics while 191 stu-dents have got A1 in Science. The School said that overall 217 stu-dents scored A1 in Hindi, French, Malayalam, and Arabic.

The Management, Principal Srinivas K. Naidu, Vice Princi-

pal, Senior Section, Deep Wilson, Assistant Vice Principal, Geeta Chauhan and the staff congratu-lated the students for their bril-liance, hard work and high stand-ards of performance.

Commendable performanceThe Principal Srinivas K. Naidu while talking about the result, said: “ISM rejoices at this epoch making victory of its students and gratifies in the commendable per-formance of the students and the diligent work of the teachers who have carved a niche and added glory to the school.”

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Avoid sweets, fatty foods; consume fruits and vegetablesDr Singhvi noted that during Ramadan, the hospital often treats patients complaining of low blood pressure or high blood pressure, hypoglycemia, mild heart attacks, over-eating, vomiting, dizziness and tiredness.

“Gastritis (inflammation of the lining of the stomach) is also vis-ible in such patients. It’s often be-cause of their eating sweets and fatty foods.

“We should avoid these and in-stead consume fruits, vegetables

and other healthy diets,” he said.Meanwhile, Dr V. C. P. Moham-

ed, Internal Medicine Specialist at Atlas Hospital, said that people might eat Sahoor (pre-dawn meal) as late as possible to shorten the period between the eating and fasting time.

“People who are fasting must avoid eating salty and fatty foods. Over-eating could lead to gas-tritis. This happens normally when people consume lots of food immediately after Iftaar

(post-dusk meal),” he said.Dr Mohamed also called for

avoiding driving before Iftaar, saying, “People could be speeding in the rush to reach home. At this time of day, their blood pressure could be low and they could be de-hydrated, as well.

“This could lead to indecision and possibly accidents.”

Dr Basheer, a senior internist at Badr Al Samaa Hospital, noted that road accidents are common before Iftaar. “It’s very common.

Before Iftaar, people try to join Iftaar parties and end up speeding, resulting in accidents,” he said.

Talking to Times of Oman last week, Daryl Hardy, chief execu-tive officer of the non-profit Safety First, argued that Ramadan could have an effect on people’s focus and decision making while driving.“It’s long hours of summer fasting. Eat foods that include lots of fiber. Avoid fried or sweet foods. We should break fast with light foods first, and then after an hour have

proper food. Try avoiding heavy food immediately after Iftaar,” Dr Basheer urged.

He said that during Ramadan the hospital gets to see lots of pa-tients complaining of abdominal acidity, bloating, headaches, and constipation.

“We are preparing for Rama-dan, and have been giving general health education information to people. We are also providing talks to medical practitioners in our hospital about fast-related

health issues,” he added.Many private hospital authori-

ties say they have small blood banks, but rely heavily on the gov-ernment’s central blood bank in Bausher neighbourhood.

“We have readily available sam-ples of one or two common groups. The rest we get from the central bank. But the availability depends on donors, as well,” noted Dr Sin-ghvi of Apollo Hospital, who also asked for pre-Ramadan blood do-nations by the public.

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Domestic links to

international flights

“When the world economy is not great, you would expect travel to drop but, surprisingly, from the first quarter, the number of peo-ple coming in and out of Thailand has grown between 15 to 18 per cent, so these modern genera-tions do travel.

New segment“Every time a low cost airline opens in the market, it creates a new segment. There is competi-tion, but we expect it to get big-ger. There is a study, according to which when a budget airline opens, the market grows by 30 per cent,” he added.

On Thai AirAsia X, passengers can take advantage of connecting flights within Thailand, and also internationally.

“Apart from direct flights to Bangkok, AirAsia offers a net-work in Thailand and throughout the region, with flights to over 20 destinations in Thailand and 29 international destinations,” he added. Buranasari thinks the same figures will be seen for medical travel, as he expects it will not be affected by the current economic crisis.

“I think it will be the same as be-fore. Medical tourism in Thailand

is known for its high standards and low cost, so I think it will still be at-tractive. What is great for Omanis is that Thai second tier hospitals have been upgraded to become very good, so the Omani customer will have a lot more choices.”

Apart from direct flights to Bangkok, AirAsia’s Fly-Thru transit service also allows passen-gers to easily fly to other cities in Thailand via Bangkok Don Mueang Airport.

Fly-Thru destinationsFly-Thru destinations include Thailand’s world famous beach-es in Krabi and Phuket and the beautiful northern cities of Chi-ang Mai and Chiang Rai.

Passengers can check their bag-gage to their final destinations. Thai AirAsia X will also be the only airline connecting Muscat to and from Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport, which is located closer to Bangkok’s downtown area. The airline will service the three flights per week using an Airbus A330 aircraft with 365 econo-my class seats and 12 Premium Flatbeds. The inaugural flight from Muscat to Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport will depart Mus-cat on June 28.

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Times News Service

MUSCAT: The creation of a com-pany to manage the Innovation Park Muscat (IPM) was approved by The Research Council Board on Sunday.

The approval came during the second meeting of the TRC Board for 2016, chaired by His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al Said, Advisor to His Majesty the Sultan and Chairman of TRC.

The meeting, held at the headquarters of TRC in Al Othaiba,discussed a number of re-ports submitted to the board, and approved projects and proposals that are expected to expand TRC’s

efforts in supporting research and innovation in the Sultanate.

The board, in principle, ap-proved the establishment of a com-pany for the management of the Innovation Park Muscat (IPM), with the aim of determining the best governance and management model of the IPM, in accordance with the nature of science parks.

The IPM will be the home for TRC buildings and also contain workshops and business incuba-tors, as well as specialised centres. It focuses on four research areas, including energy, health, water and food. It also contains land that was allocated for the investment in re-search and innovation fields.

The TRC Board also approved a model for the management of research centres, after discussing the available options for the gov-ernance and management of those research centres that have been established by TRC, such as the Oman Animal and Plants Genetic Resources Centre (OAPGRC) and the Institute of Advanced Tech-nology Integration (IATI).

Additionally, in a bid to convert students’ graduation projects into start-up businesses in the Informa-tion and Communications Tech-nologiessector, the TRC Board approved a challenge programme which focuses onsupporting stu-dents’ graduation projects through transferring them into promising start-up businesses, in collabora-tion with the private sector.

In addition, the board supported a proposal on finding strategic partnerships to enable the opera-tion of Oman Research and Educa-tion Network (OMREN), Virtual Library and the National Digital Repository, in collaboration with the private sector. OMREN aims at developing the level and com-petence of research, education and electronic scientific commu-nications. OMREN is considered

a gateway to similar global net-works. It functions as a high speed and competence network for con-necting research and academic in-stitutions.

Additionally, the TRC Board approved, in principle,a proposal submitted on the execution of the Annual Research Forum (ARF), now in its third year, that also in-cludes awarding winners of the National Research Award (NRA), based on available allocated finan-cial resources.

TheARF is held annually with the aim of providing an environ-ment for knowledge transfers and expertise exchanges among researchers, in addition to the an-nouncement of NRA winners.

The TRC Board also approved the report of the 9th meeting of the International Advisory Board.

TRC Board members were also briefed on specialized reports on the progress of work of the Chair of Nanotechnology for Water Desali-nation at Sultan Qaboos Univer-sity, and its achievements during past years.

The TRC Board also followed-up on the implementation of its decisions made during its first meeting last February.

The approval came during the second

meeting of the The Research Council Board

for 2016, chaired by His Highness Sayyid

Shihab bin Tariq Al Said, Advisor to His

Majesty the Sultan and Chairman of TRC

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Under the Jordan’s constitutional rules the election must be held within four months.

King Abdullah names new prime minister

AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdul-lah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulqi as caretaker prime minister on Sunday after dissolv-ing parliament as its four-year term nears its end, and charged

him with organising new elec-tions by October.

The king accepted the resigna-tion of Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour before appointing Mulqi by royal decree. Mulqi has held senior government posts in suc-cessive administrations.

Under the constitutional rules the election must be held within four months. Jordan tradition-ally votes according to tribal and

family allegiances but parlia-ment amended the electoral laws in March in a move government sources and political analysts say will lead to more candidates from political parties vying for votes.

The analysts say the tribal law-makers who dominated the last parliament had tried to resist changes which might undermine their influence, under a system that still favours sparsely populat-ed tribal areas which benefit most from state patronage.

Jordan’s main political op-position comes from the Mus-lim Brotherhood movement but it faces increasing legal curbs on its activities, leaving mostly pro-monarchy parties and some independent hardliners and poli-ticians to compete in these elec-tions, the political analysts say.

The Brotherhood wants sweep-ing political reforms. Its political arm in Jordan, the Islamic Action Front, represents many disen-

franchised Jordanians of Pales-tinian origin, who are in the ma-jority in the population of seven million and live mostly in urban areas. Analysts say it could be dif-ficult for the Brotherhood, which has operated legally in Jordan for decades, to participate in the elec-tion after the authorities closed many of its offices and encour-aged a splinter group to legally challenge the main movement’s licence to operate.

Western diplomats and in-dependent politicians say the absence of the group, which has strong grassroots support in ur-ban centres, could undermine the legitimacy of the election.

Western donors have pushed Jordan’s authorities to widen political representation to stem radicalisation among alienated and unemployed young people in poor overcrowded areas. Hun-dreds of them have already joined militants in Syria and Iraq. — Reuters

Jordan’s King

accepted the

resignation of Prime

Minister Abdullah

Ensour before

appointing Hani

Mulqi as caretaker

prime minister

Specialised deep search ship to hunt for EgyptAir planePARIS: Egyptian authorities hired a deep ocean survey and recov-ery company to join the hunt for wreckage of the EgyptAir jet  that went down over the eastern Medi-terranean last week as new satellite evidence emerged to help narrow down the likely crash site.

Egypt’s civil aviation ministry signed the agreement on Friday with Deep Ocean Search Ltd, according to a statement from France’s air accidents bureau, BEA, which is part of the inves-tigation. A DOS’s vessel will join the Laplace, a French Navy ship set to arrive in the area over the weekend and deploying  special-ist technology to pick up telltale “pings” from the Airbus Group SE A320’s black-box flight recorders.

Distress signalsMeanwhile, European and US satellites captured emergency distress signals from the doomed EgyptAir Flight 804 minutes af-ter it fell off radar on May 19, the US’s National Oceanic and At-mospheric Administration said on Friday. A device known as an emergency locator transmitter, or ELT, began radioing an automatic distress message at 2:36am local time, Lieutenant Jason Wilson, an operations support officer at NOAA, said in an e-mail.

That could help indicate a crash area with a 5-kilometre (3.1 mile) radius.

Regarded as key to determining what brought down Flight MS804 while en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board, the data and voice recorders — actually coloured orange — are detectable only from within a few miles, and are likely to run out of power in about three weeks.

The Egyptian-led committee that’s investigating the downed

plane has begun studying infor-mation from Greek air traffic con-trol about the accident and more information on the radar that tracked the plane before it went down “is expected to be received,” the BEA said in a statement. The BEA is involved because Airbus is based in Toulouse and the flight left from Paris.

DOS is based in Mauritius, staffed by veterans of the French Navy and has recovered pre-cious metals from a ship sunk in World War II in the mid-Atlantic at a depth of 5,150 metres (about 17,000 feet),  the company said on its website. The area where the EgyptAir flight went down is  thought to be more than 3,000 metres deep. The Laplace, named after celebrated French mathe-matician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace, will carry three Detector 6000 underwater listen-ing systems supplied by the Al-seamar unit of Paris-based search specialist Alcen, a veteran of air-crash searches that also works with defence and oil-industry cli-ents. Two officials from the BEA are travelling on the Laplace.

The probes, shaped like tor-

pedoes and dragged beneath the ship, have an “extremely long de-tection range,” according to  Al-seamar, being able to detect pings from black boxes 5 kilometres away. Egypt said on Thursday the deployment of more special-ist gear would “help speed up” the search effort. Among previ-ous projects, Alseamar worked on the recovery of the black boxes from a Flash Airlines Boeing Co. 737 that crashed into the Red Sea shortly after takeoff from Sharm Al Sheikh in 2004, killing all 148 passengers and crew. Last year’s loss of an Airbus A321 operated by Russia’s Metrojet, apparently blown up over Sinai by a terror-ist bomb, killing  224, posed rela-tively fewer challenges, with the flight recorders easily found in the desert landscape.

The Egyptian-led investiga-tion team will still need to narrow down the location of the MS804 wreck to bring the French tech-nology to bear. Previous attempts to find the jet using a submarine were hampered by the lack of a well-defined search area and the depth of the water where it seems to have come down. — Bloomberg

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Forces backed by unity government seek to encircle IS-held city of SirteMISRATA (LIBYA): Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity gov-ernment say they aim to encir-cle Sirte, IS’ stronghold in Libya, having moved to within 15km (10 miles) of the city centre.

The forces, composed of fight-ers mostly from the western city of Misrata, are now closer to Sirte than they have been for nearly a year. Last summer Misrata bri-gades withdrew from Sirte and IS took full control there.

Western states are hoping the unity government can bring to-gether Libya’s competing factions to defeat IS, though the new gov-ernment has struggled to secure support beyond its power base in the west of the country.

Earlier this month IS surged for-ward towards Misrata, which lies about 240 km northwest of Sirte, taking control of the town of Abu Grain and a number of villages and checkpoints in the area before be-ing pushed back.

Full controlMilitary spokesman Mohamed Al Gasri said that after advanc-ing along the road west of Sirte on Friday, government-backed forc-es were seeking full control of a steam plant about 15 km from cen-tral Sirte, as well as a road leading south from Sirte to Waddan.

“The next step is to encircle Sirte, and then we will ask the resi-dents to try to leave,” he said.

“We don’t want to enter now because of the residents. But if it

becomes a battlefield we can enter within hours.”

Misrata brigades have suffered some of their heaviest losses for months in recent clashes. One single truck bombing killed 32 people last week, and some 75 fighters have been killed and more than 350 injured since the start of May, Gasri said. He also said that dozens of IS fighters had died, and the Misrata military operations room said on Saturday that these included a senior North Africa commander for the group called Khaled Al Shayab.

On the road south of Misrata burnt-out cars can be seen at the sites of more than half a dozen sui-cide bombings or mine explosions, and the government-backed forces are still struggling to de-mine ar-eas where IS advanced.

For now, the most visible forc-es on the government-backed side are young fighters with mis-matched uniforms, pick-up trucks - resembling the rebel forces that fought in the NATO-backed cam-paign to topple Muammar Gaddafi five years ago.

About 50 km from Sirte troops are building earth and sand barri-ers on the coastal road as a defence against further bombings.

Gasri said last year’s withdrawal from Sirte would not be repeated.

“This time it’s different be-cause there is an internationally recognised government that has pledged to support the army to fight Daesh (IS).” — Reuters

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HORSE RACE FESTIVALA Lebanese woman competes during a horse race festival on the coast shore of the city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Sunday. — AFP

NEW ROLE: Veteran politician Hani Mulqi. – Reuters file

MYSTERY: Specialist technology will be deployed to pick up telltale “pings” from the Airbus Group SE A320’s black-box flight recorders. – AFP/Marine Nationale/File

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TOKYO: Seeking to woo investors from Asia’s second biggest econo-my, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday began his six-day Japan visit as he met Masayoshi Son, the

CEO of Japanese telecom giant SoftBank Group, which is eyeing “one of the biggest” investments in solar power sector in India.

Jaitley said many investors in-cluding SoftBank are keen to in-vest in infrastructure sector to be

part of the Indian growth story. “There are people who want

to participate in infrastructure growth story. For example, Soft-Bank meeting we just had, they are looking at one of the biggest in-vestments in solar power already,”

he said after meeting Son.In June last year, SoftBank an-

nounced it was forming a joint venture with Bharti Enterprises and Taiwan’s Foxconn Technol-ogy Group to invest about $20 bil-lion in renewable energy in India. The joint venture would aim to generate 20 gigawatts of electric-ity. “They have made considerable headway and have identified loca-tion. It will probably be one of the largest investment in those areas,” Jaitley said.

The Japanese telecom and In-ternet giant has made a string of tech investments in India, invest-ing $2 billion in the past two years. SoftBank is looking at accelerat-ing the pace of investments in the future. “India has a great future...we are interested in investing for Internet companies also for solar energy. We would make a strong commitment,” Son said.

Son had previously said that In-

dia’s market is poised for massive growth, making it an important destination for investors. Soft-Bank has in the past two years made a string of tech investments in India, including $627 million in online-retailing marketplace Snapdeal and leading a $210 mil-lion funding round in Ola Cabs.

It paid $200 million for a 35 per cent stake in InMobi, an In-dian mobile-advertising network, starting in 2011. SoftBank also has a joint venture with Bharti Group, Bharti SoftBank, the investments of which include the mobile appli-cation Hike Messenger. Its other investments include real-estate website Housing.com, hotel-booking app Oyo Rooms and Gro-fers. Son had previously predicted that India’s e-commerce industry would become a $500 billion busi-ness in the next 10 years.

SoftBank, which owns one of Japan’s biggest mobile car-

riers and a controlling stake in US-based Sprint Corp, has been moving quickly to expand its In-ternet and media holdings. As the largest shareholder in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the Chinese e-commerce company, SoftBank has ample resources to deploy for acquisitions.

During the visit, Jaitley will also call on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Meeting with Abe is planned for Monday when he will also attend the 22nd International Conference on ‘The Future of Asia’ organised by Nikkei Inc. Jaitley, on May 31, will meet Osamu Suzuki, Chairman of Suzuki Motor, the biggest Japanese investor in auto-mobile sector in India.

On May 31, he would also par-ticipate in ‘The Future of Asia’ conference and will deliver key-note address at the roundtable on National Investment & Infrastruc-ture Fund (NIIF). - PTI

Finance Minister

Arun Jaitley said

many investors

including SoftBank

are keen to invest in

infrastructure sector

to be part of the

Indian growth story

Won’t let nation go on wrong path even if some things remain undone: ModiDAVANGERE (Karnataka): In an apparent reply those questioning his government’s performance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his two-year dis-pensation had initiated over 700 schemes and even if some tasks remain undone, “I will not let the nation go on the wrong path”.

Addressing a public meeting here as part of ‘vikas parv’ (devel-opment festival) on completion of two years of his government, he asserted that he would “never go on the path of sins” as he charged that the previous government had “yielded” to pressure from various lobbies, including diesel and pet-rol ones.

Slamming the critics who “started questioning his work” even when he had not seen my office properly, Modi said his gov-ernment’s programmes are mostly for the benefit of farmers and poor people, besides ending the role of middlemen, including in jobs.

“My government had not com-pleted even one week in office and

some people started questioning its work. We were asked to give account. There are some people in this country who talk of democra-cy but don’t believe in the govern-ment elected by the people. They cannot digest (NDA coming to power). They wonder where from

I came. I have come from this land, from among you,” he said.

“Whatever I have done during the last two years has been for the welfare of the people only. Some people say Modi does not do big things,” he said.

Accusing the previous govern-

ment of “extending big favours” to few people, Modi asked, “should I commit the same sin? Should I go on the wrong path? When you have blessed me, there is no need for me to go on that path of sin. Even if one or two things remain undone, I will not let the nation go on the wrong path.”

His remarks come against the backdrop of continuous criticism and questioning by Congress and some other parties over his gov-ernment’s performance. He en-listed a number of programmes initiated in various fields and said a “change” can be felt in the coun-try and that he wanted to take the country to new heights for which he required people’s support. He mentioned various schemes for the farmers like Crop Insurance and Irrigation scheme, talked about programmes like opening of bank accounts for the poor and in-surance schemes for them as well as his endeavour to give LPG con-nections to five crore poor people over the next three years. - PTI

‘ V I K A S P A R V ’

Trial run of Spanish Talgo train with

speed up to 115 kmph conducted

NEW DELHI: The trial of Span-ish train Talgo, the lighter and faster vehicle whose speed goes up to 115 km per hour, was con-ducted between Bareilly and Mo-radabad in Uttar Pradesh as part of the Railways’ strategy to in-crease the speed of trains.

“It was a smooth ride,” said a senior Indian railways official after nine Talgo coaches were hauled by a 4,500 HP diesel en-gine on the 90-km line for the first trial run. The train left Bareilly at 9.05am, moved at a speed ranging between 80-115 km per hour, and reached Moradabad at 10.15 am, the official said.

As of now, the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express runs at an aver-age speed of 85km per hour. Be-sides reducing travel time, Talgo’s lighter trains consume 30 per cent less energy. The nine-coach Talgo train consists of two Executive Class cars, four Chair Cars, a caf-eteria, a power car and a tail-end coach for staff and equipment.

Hamid Akhtar, Executive Di-

rector of Railways’ Research De-signs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) who was on the Talgo train while on way back from Mo-radabad, said, “there will be three more such runs” before the suc-cess or failure could be assessed.

“It is difficult to say anything about the success or failure of the trial... We will record the tim-ings and other parameters during the journey (in further runs)... The data will be analysed and then only we will be able to say

anything. Nevertheless it was a smooth ride,” he said. Besides the officials, the coaches were filled with sand bags. There will be trial with empty coaches as well. Af-ter the trial run on the Bareilly-Moradabad line, it will be tried on Rajdhani route between Mathura and Palwal for 40 days with speed up to 180 km per hour. The Talgo train coaches are lightweight and designed in a way that it can run on curves without decelerating the speed, the official said. - PTI

R A I L W A Y S ’ S T R A T E G Y

LIGHTER AND FASTER VEHICLE: The Spanish train Talgo arrives

at Moradabad Railway Station during its first trial run between

Bareilly and Moradabad on Sunday. - PTI

UPBEAT: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Soft Bank CEO Masay-

oshi Son in Tokyo on Sunday. - PTI

WARM WELCOME: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP work-

ers on his arrival at the airport in Hubli on Sunday. - PTI

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Modi government’s third year to see many more important legislationsARUN JAITLEY

The National Democratic Alliance Government led by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi has completed its two years in office.

It is normal for any government which enters the middle of its ten-ure to consolidate its road map for the future.

For the Modi government, the first two years has also been like the slog-overs. The government was formed in a peculiar environ-ment. The United Progressive Alli-ance had abandoned policy formu-lation. It was dubbed as an era of ‘policy paralysis’. Both global and domestic investors had started disregarding India. India was off their radar.

The credibility of governance was marred with scams and scan-dals. The Prime Minister’s Office was no longer the repository of the last word. The 2014 election ver-dict was aspirational. The decisive majority in the Lok Sabha made decision making easier for the new government. The prime minister, by instinct, is decisive. The char-acter of governance has changed.

Prime Minister Modi and his team have presented India with a changed political and governance culture.

That India can have a clean gov-ernment at the Centre where files move on their own, middlemen are unemployed, discretions are elim-

inated, is a reality being presented before the country today.

From ‘policy paralysis’, India has transformed into the fastest growing global economy for two years in a row.

Federalism has been respected as never before. The prime minis-ter, with his hands-on approach, has presented India with a Gov-ernment that projects itself as dif-ferent from its predecessor. India needed investment. Investment is the starting point of all economic activity.

InvestmentBoth the banks and the private sec-tor had over stretched themselves during the UPA government. Thus, a bulk of investment in the last two years came by way of enhanced public expenditure and Foreign Direct Investment.

The emphasis of the investment has been India’s infrastructure, ru-ral sector and India’s social sector.

The highways sector is boom-ing all over again. The expenditure this year on India’s rural roads will be three times what it was earlier.

Twenty five more regional air-ports will be added. The Railways are being strengthened.

With the re-development of four hundred major railways sta-tions, the face of Indian Railways will be changed. There is more power available than what India needs. The port capacity is being

strengthened with additional in-vestments.

Game changing initiatives in the oil and gas sector have been taken.

Electrification of all un-elec-trified villages, expansion of rural roads, rural sanitation, housing for all, enhanced expenditure on irri-gation, more money for the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, more money for interest subven-tion to make cheaper capital avail-able for the farmer, are all instru-

mentalities of funding rural India. The social sector schemes have been path breaking.

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is the largest ever financial inclusion scheme in the world. Every Indian today has the facility of being connected to a bank ac-count. Subsidies are being ration-alized so as they are targeted only to the poor and needy.

The Direct Benefit Transfer is saving a lot of money being used

for undeserving sections so that it can be preserved for the more deserving. The cheap insurance schemes, the employment gen-erating Mudra Yojana, landmark crop insurance schemes and the proposed health insurance for the weaker sections are a part of the larger social security package that the Government has rolled out.

For the first time in history, coal, mineral, spectrum, etc, are all available only through online auc-tions. The mining sector today has been opened up for investment.

The non-discriminatory system of allotment is in sharp contrast to the scam culture of the past.

Taxation in India was perceived as extra aggressive.

Today, 94 per cent of assessees file their returns online, all tax-payers get their refunds digitally sitting at home and only 1 per cent have to physically interact with the Department for their assessments.

The direct taxes are being ra-tionalized so as to incentivise manufacturing and increase investment.

Tax reformsThe GST, once implemented, will prove to be one of the biggest tax reforms since independence. It will allow a nationwide transfer of goods and services without any stoppage. It will reduce evasion, yield higher tax and increase In-dia’s GDP.

The banking sector has been considerably expanded.

Small Banks, Payment Banks, which are now available through licenses on taps, have provided more options to the consumer.

The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Code, coupled with amendments to the Sarfaesi Act and strength-ening of the Debt Recovery Tri-bunals will go a long way in em-powering the banking system to recover dues.

The Fourteenth Finance Com-mission has enhanced the share of the States in central tax pool from 32 per cent to 42 per cent. This has empowered the States to spend more for development. In the past two years, the NDA broadened its footprints all over the country.

After the Lok Sabha elections, the NDA won in the states of Ma-harashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Assam.

We lost in Delhi and Bihar. The Congress lost every state

post 2014. The NDA today, besides ruling the Centre, is in power in fif-teen states in the country. Its foot-prints have expanded.

The next one year will witness many more important legislations and directional steps in policy for-mulation. Under Prime Minister Modi, our effort will be to grow and grow faster. We have shown to the world a Government with a differ-ence. We will continue to strive in that direction. - PTI

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CANDID: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said under Prime Minister

Modi, our effort will be to grow and grow faster. We have shown

to the world a Government with a difference. We will continue to

strive in that direction. - PTI

‘BJP to go it alone in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls’

NEW DELHI: The BJP will contest Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on its own, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma, who played a significant role in the party’s stun-ning performance in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in the state, said.

As Bharatiya Janata Party shifts focus to the assembly polls in UP due next year after its resound-ing victory in Assam, Sharma said party leaders are considering the elections in the politically crucial state as a “special task that has to be accomplished”.

Sharma, who was rewarded with a ministerial berth for his hard work in the Lok Sabha polls in UP, said BJP’s focus during the cam-

paign will be on development, good governance and rooting out cor-ruption and not the Ram temple.

He said the party would not like to make Ram temple a political is-sue. “Construction of Ram temple is the wish of millions of people as a matter of faith. We do not want to make it a political issue. It is not on our political agenda. But people of this country want a Ram temple at Ayodhya. We want to do it (construct the temple) either by consensus mode or verdict by court of law,” said Sharma.

He exuded confidence that BJP will get over 265 out of 403 seats. “We will not have any alliance

with any of the parties, whether it is Lok Dal (INLD) or any other party. No pre-poll, no post-poll alliance of any sort,” Sharma said when asked whether BJP will have any alliance with any party for the assembly polls.

Spectacular performanceIn a spectacular performance, the BJP had won a whopping 71 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 polls, propelling the party to attain a majority in the House on its own for the first time.

The party had won just 47 seats in the 2012 assembly polls. BJP’s vote share was 42 per cent in the

last Lok Sabha polls as against 15 per cent in the assembly polls in 2012.

Asked whether he was in the race for Chief Ministership if the party was voted to power in the key cow belt state, the first-time MP from Noida said he was ready to take any responsibility decided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party leadership.

“The prime minister is like our guardian. He gave me responsibil-ity of three ministries. I have been trying to do justice with them. I would love to take whatever re-sponsibility he or my party lead-ership or my parliamentary board

gives me,” the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Tourism and Culture said.

The union minister said BJP leadership will take a decision on whether to project a chief min-isterial face in the polls. He said the party has been working for the assembly polls for quite some-time as it would be a very crucial election, adding all party lead-ers will take the UP election as a “special task”.

CorruptionAttacking the state’s Samajwadi Party government, he said people of Uttar Pradesh will punish them for “widespread corruption and lawlessness”. He called previous Mayawati government “an icon of corruption” and said people will not vote for her party as well. “We will go to people highlighting our achievements at the Centre. We have been able to provide good governance, we have been able to do development, ensure trans-parency. We could bring back the faith of people in the political sys-tem, in governance system. We will highlight it,” he said.

Sharma said BJP wants to make UP a fast developing state. “People of UP know that like two wheels of a cart, one wheel (Modi government) is at the Centre now which is strong. They want to see that the other wheel in UP also becomes strong. They want to see that in both places there are BJP governments to ensure growth of UP which has been suffering for long,” he said. - PTI

Union Minister

Mahesh Sharma said

BJP’s focus during

the campaign in Uttar

Pradesh polls will

be on development,

good governance

and rooting out

corruption and not

the Ram temple

We will not have any alliance with any of the parties, whether it is Lok Dal (INLD) or any other party. No pre-poll, no post-poll alliance of any sortMahesh SharmaUnion minister

Five more killed in Uttarakhand cloudbursts, toll mounts to six

DEHRADUN: Five more persons were killed over the last 24 hours in Uttarakhand as heavy rains trig-gered by a series of cloudbursts hit Tehri and Uttarkashi districts.

Uttarkashi’s Chinyalisaur area reported four fresh deaths. The toll in cloudburst now stands at six. Four persons, including three women, were swept in incidents of mudslide when a series of cloudbursts hit several villages in Chinyalisaur at 5pm and 10pmon Saturday, SDM Vijay Nath Shukla, who is on a visit to affected areas, said on Sunday.

The deceased women have been identified as Shartna Devi (45), Sunaina (19) and Godambari Devi (55) who hailed from Dar-garh, Junga and Murogi locali-ties, respectively. Sunaina’s body has been recovered and a search is on for the rest, he said. Munshi Lal (40) was also swept away by a flood triggered by a cloudburst in Suri village, he said, adding 13 cat-tle were also buried alive under the debris in the area. - PTI

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Probe agencies to approach Interpol afresh in Lalit Modi case NEW DELHI: Indian investiga-tive agencies will make a fresh bid to obtain the much-delayed Inter-pol arrest warrant against former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi after the Chennai Police recently submit-ted that it is actively pursuing its criminal probe against the former cricket czar and others.

Officials said the Investigating Officer (IO) of the Crime Branch of Chennai police has informed the Finance Ministry and the En-forcement Directorate (ED) that it had registered an FIR against Modi and seven others in 2010 on charges of alleged financial irregu-larities on a complaint by former Board of Control for Cricket in In-dia (BCCI) President N. Srinivasan which is “under investigation” and evidence is being gathered.

It is likely that the IO of Chennai police would also approach a local court to seek Modi’s presence in the case as being sought by the ED in its money laundering probe.

This 2010 FIR became the basis

for the ED to register the ‘predi-cate offence’ of money laundering against Modi in 2012.

After registering the offence, the anti-money laundering agency had sought an international Red Cor-ner Notice (RCN) and arrest war-rant against him from the Interpol.

The agencies, sources said, will make a renewed effort to make Modi join the probe being carried out by the ED and Chennai Police.

Status reportThe Union government, during the recently concluded Parliament session, had said it was awaiting an investigation status report from Chennai Police in order to respond to queries raised by the Interpol in connection with the money laundering case against Modi. Minister of State for Finance Jay-ant Sinha had, while replying to a question related to ED’s request to Interpol for issue of the RCN against Modi, said “certain queries were raised by the Commission for

the Control of Interpol Files”.“Further, a letter to the predicate

agency (Chennai Police) has been sent for obtaining investigation status of the scheduled offence. The reply from predicate agency is awaited for responding to the que-ries raised by the Commission for the Control of Interpol Files,” he had said in a written reply.

The ED headquarters here too has been regularly writing to the Chennai and Tamil Nadu Police brass seeking the status of the case and expediting the probe being conducted by them.

Officials said after a request to extradite Modi from the United Kingdom was recently sent to the Ministry of External Affairs by the ED, a similar effort will be made before the Interpol, through the CBI, to get the long-awaited RCN notified.

The ED had first approached Interpol in August last year for no-tifying an RCN against Modi but it kept delaying acting on the request

with a string of queries from In-dian investigators regarding the need for a red corner notice, with the latest being seeking status of the probe being conducted by the Chennai Police.

The ED wants Modi to join in-vestigation in a case relating to T-20 Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament after it regis-tered an FIR against him and oth-ers in 2012.

The central agency has in-voked PMLA besides sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (crimi-nal conspiracy) of IPC to probe if BCCI-IPL and the exchequer had been cheated in the award of tel-ecast rights for the T-20 tourna-ment in 2009. Modi has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. - PTI

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under rubbles after a clouburst

at Ghansali in Sialkot, Tehri on

Saturday. - PTI

MONEY LAUNDERING PROBE: The Enforcement Directorate wants

Lalit Modi to join investigation in a case relating to T-20 Indian

Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament after it registered an FIR

against him and others in 2012. - PTI file photo

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Islamabad sees no threat from Iran’s Chabahar port

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce seems to be least both-ered by the trilateral agreement signed recently by Iran, Afghani-stan and India for developing the Chabahar port, believing it can never be a competitor of Gwadar port since it is not a deep-sea port.

Senior ministry officer Rubina Akhter, who is the Additional Sec-retary of Trade Diplomacy, while talking to The Express Tribune said there was much hype about the move by Iran, Afghanistan and India, which inked an agreement to develop the Chabahar port, but it was not a threat to Pakistan.

The three countries signed the deal after the landmark China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project was launched by Pakistan and China under which Gwadar deep-sea port would be developed for opening an easy ac-cess to the regional markets.

“There is no need to worry as Chabahar is not a recent develop-ment and the three countries have been working on it for a long time,” Akhter said, adding it was not an unexpected move in the region.

She said there was no match between the Chabahar and Gwa-dar ports as both had much con-trast and could never become competitors.

She explained that besides not being a deep-sea port, the dis-tance from Chabahar to potential markets is also much longer than Gwadar, which is another minus

point of the Iranian port.She mentioned that the Iranian

president during his recent visit to Pakistan also clarified that they were developing the Chabahar port and it was not a competitor of any other port in the region.

The other day Iranian Ambas-sador to Pakistan Mehdi Honar-doost also dispelled the impres-sion that Chabahar was a move against any other country.

He stated that each port in the region was of equal signifi-cance and benefit to the area and through cooperation they

could be mutual partners and not competitors.

He stated the Chabahar deal was “not restricted to these three nations” and even Pakistan and China were welcome to be part of it.

The Ministry of Commerce and Iranian authorities are also working to sign a free trade agree-ment and in this regard an initial text is being prepared to share with Tehran.

The step has been taken after the lifting of sanctions by the in-ternational community following

a successful deal on the Iranian nuclear programme.

Akhter said the trade diplomacy with Iran was moving in the right direction.

There were a number of events on the cards in both the countries focused on promoting bilateral trade, which had halted due to the sanctions. The commerce minis-try will lead a delegation to Iran in July or the first week of August to discuss trade-related issues and a proposal to hold a single-country exhibition of Pakistani goods in Iran.— Express Tribune

There is no need to

worry as Chabahar

is not a recent

development and the

three countries (Iran,

Afghanistan, India)

have been working

on it for a long time,

said Additional

Secretary of Trade

Diplomacy

Rubina Akhter

NO BIG DEAL: An Iranian woman shops in the old bazaar in the southern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar on May 13, 2015. — AFP file photo

Family of driver killed in drone strike files case against US

QUETTA: Relatives of a taxi driv-er, who was killed in the US drone strike targeting Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last week in Balochistan’s Noshki district, have registered a case against US officials for the killing.

“I seek justice in this case. Le-gal action should be taken against all those US officials responsible for killing my innocent brother in a drone strike near Noshki,” read a statement in the FIR lodged by brother of the deceased Muham-mad Azam at Noshki police sta-tion. The applicant, Muhammad Qasim, upheld his brother was not only an innocent citizen but also the sole breadwinner of his five-member family who drove a taxi for his living.

Azam and Mansour were killed in a US drone strike on May 21 in a remote area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The mis-sion, which US officials said was authorised by President Barack Obama, included multiple drones.

Following the strike, US Sec-retary of State John Kerry said leaders of both Pakistan and Af-ghanistan were notified of the air strike but he declined to elabo-rate on the timing of the notifica-tions, which he said included a telephone call from him to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. React-ing to the development, Pakistan termed the US drone strike inside the country’s territory a viola-tion of its sovereignty as well as principles of the United Nations Charter governing the conduct of states. — Express Tribune

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Tennis superstar Saeed Meer set to undergo bypass surgeryKARACHI: Touted in his time as the world’s fastest server, former Davis Cup player Syed Saeed Meer inspired many in Pakistan to take up tennis.

But on Tuesday, nearly 32 years after hanging up his boots, Saeed goes into a major surgery forgotten by his own countrymen and wor-rying about covering the Rs1.5 mil-lion minimum cost that his open-heart surgery will incur.

“The problem with his heart surfaced on March 18,” Meer’s daughter, Shayaan Meer, told The Express Tribune. “He has been in and out of the hospital since. The doctors have told us that his heart valves need to be changed. It’s a by-pass surgery. His valves are leak-ing.”

Tragedy has struck the Meer household without warning. “Be-fore this he was healthy and was actively coaching as well,” said

Shayaan. “He has always been so passionate about tennis, he would even coach for free; it really never was about money for him. But now we are financially drained as treat-ment has been costly.”

The 28-year-old Shayaan is the elder of Saeed’s two children and has been trying every day to get the financial help to pay for the medi-cal assistance her father needs.

The man who represented Paki-stan at the Davis Cup for a decade in the 70s is unsurprisingly bull-ish; refusing to ask for help despite being so physically weak that he is almost unable to walk.

“It’s hard to see him this way, but he is keeping his spirits up and staying strong, and that inspires us too, so we try to do whatever we can to make sure he is healthy again,” said Shayaan.

Money was not always an issue as Saeed was the highest paid play-

er among developing countries in the19 80s.

But some poor investments have led to financial trouble. “He feels bad for not getting any re-turns on the money he invested but he was more passionate about helping others than earning,” said Shayaan. “That is how I’ve always seen my father.”

Saeed’s profile as an interna-tional player is impressive. His Davis Cup record stands at 18 sin-gles rubbers won and only eight lost. Saeed also won the West of England Championship and East of England Championship, and after turning pro in 1973, played at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1974, reaching the second round of both grand slams.

The 69-year-old also boasts a win over former Australian num-ber one and Wimbledon winner Roy Emerson.

Meer was a coach at Beach View Club and has written a book ‘Learn to Play Tennis in Six Weeks’ in or-der to make tennis more accessible for aspiring players.

Pakistan’s most seasoned Davis Cup player and current national champion Aqeel Khan feels it is discouraging and disheartening to hear about Saeed’s predicament and it sends a negative message to those who want to pursue tennis as a career in Pakistan.

“What message do we get from this? That a man who dedicates his life to sports, earns accolades and makes his nation proud gets noth-ing but suffering in return?” asked Aqeel. The 36-year-old believes the government needs to do more for such stars. “It is the sports ministry’s job to take care of the players; the Pakistan Sports Board should have a fund for such play-ers,” he said. — Express Tribune

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US offers to conduct study on shale reserves in countryISLAMABAD: The United States has offered Pakistan as-sistance in undertaking and fi-nancing another study to assess the hidden and vast shale oil and gas reserves in the country, officials say.

The first study was conducted by the US Agency for Interna-tional Development (USAID), but it did not cover some areas of Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Pakistan has accepted the offer for the second study for which the US will bear the entire cost.

Pakistan and the US have held a couple of meetings on forging cooperation in the energy sector over the past few years. The first huddle was held in 2014 which was followed by another meeting in April 2015. The third meeting of the series was held in Wash-ington recently where the US expressed interest in conducting the second study to evaluate shale oil and gas deposits in Pakistan.

In the first assessment, USAID estimates showed that Pakistan

had massive deposits of 10,159 trillion cubic feet of shale gas and 2.3 trillion barrels of shale oil – figures that were several times higher than those released by the US Energy Information Adminis-tration (EIA).

Shale oilThe USAID further revealed that risked technically recoverable re-sources were 95 trillion cubic feet of shale gas and 14 billion barrels of shale oil.

According to EIA assess-

ment in April 2011, Pakistan had 206 trillion cubic feet of shale gas in the lower Indus Basin, of which 51 trillion cubic feet were recoverable.

However, in June 2013, it re-vised the estimate upwards to 586 trillion cubic feet, of which 105 trillion cubic feet were techni-cally recoverable.

Apart from gas, the EIA also saw the presence of 9.1 billion barrels of shale oil that were technically recoverable out of estimated deposits of 227 billion barrels. In the first study, the US-AID collected data of 1,611 wells and undertook shale formation of 1,312 wells through drilling. It used 70 per cent of data to prepare the study and sent samples to the New Tech Laboratory in Houston for assessment.

Though the technology is avail-able in advanced countries for tapping the shale reserves, en-vironmental concerns, require-ment of a huge quantity of water and a high cost of drilling are the real challenges. — Express Tribune

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star but his decision to keep a low profile means very few remem-

ber him now. — Express Tribune

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Costs of leaving EURoderick Abbott

The “Brexiteers” – those who want Britain to leave the European Union – argue that their goal would be virtually cost-free and

have no effect on the United Kingdom’s global trade. They are wrong. On June 23, when voters in Britain cast their ballots in the referendum on the question, they need to consider what is actually in-volved in leaving the EU – and how the free-trade benefits they now enjoy (and take for granted) could be maintained after Brexit.

Start with the basics. Leaving the EU means that the UK would exit the EU’s Customs Union, which is the basis for cross-border free trade among the EU’s 28 members (and establishes a common external tariff vis-à-vis third countries). It also means exit from the Single Market – the basis for the free movement of goods and services among EU members. By definition, non-members of the EU cannot belong to the Single Market.

So what would happen next? During the two-year period before Britain’s withdrawal takes fi-nal effect, there would be UK-EU negotiations on many points – sovereignty, the legal order, immi-gration, finances, and economic matters.

The assumption is that a crucial goal for Brit-ain would be to negotiate a trading relationship as close as possible to the free-trade relationships that exist today.

That is easier said than done. The best result would be if all players agreed to maintain the free trade already achieved, with the UK setting a new external tariff on a duty-free basis, applicable to all comers. This is what happened in the 1970s after Britain and Denmark left the European Free Trade Association: Free-trade agreements were negoti-ated among EFTA members and between them and the EU (or the EEC as it was then known).

But Brexiteers should realise that there is no guarantee that this would happen again – and, in any case, there would be complications. While this solution would be good for the 45 per cent of Brit-ish exports that are sold in EU markets, it would reduce protection for British industries to zero. Under the rules of the World Trade Organisation, the same import duties must be applied to all WTO participants – which means that if Britain’s im-ports from the EU are duty-free, its imports from the rest of the world must be, too.

The alternative would be for UK exporters to ac-cept the EU’s common external tariff, and for the UK to create its own import tariff, applied to all imports, including from the EU. Because the com-mon tariff is at a relatively low level on industrial

and fishery products, this might not be an insu-perable barrier for UK exports, and it would allow some flexibility in protecting UK companies from imports. The potential pitfall is that any British tariff increase above the EU level would expose the UK to claims for compensation from third countries in the WTO.

The bigger question that the Brexiteers need to answer is how to secure a high level of access to the EU’s internal market. This is vitally important for Britain’s service industries, particularly for the City of London’s exports of financial services.

There is only one precedent for non-EU mem-bers being able to negotiate access to the internal market equivalent to that enjoyed by EU members. This is the European Economic Area agreement concluded with the EU by Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein in 1992.

In the view of many observers, including me, access to the Single Market through the EEA is no longer available. But what if we’re wrong? The point is that such a deal would go against all the instincts (and rhetoric) of the Brexiteers, because it would mean accepting the EU’s “four freedoms”: not just the free movement of goods, services, and capital – but of people, too. That would be hard to square with the Brexit objective of “controlling our borders.” The Brexiteers would also blanch at Brit-ain’s obligation under an EEA-type agreement to continue contributing to the EU budget.

Of course, there could be specific arrangements for particular sectors. But it seems unlikely that such arrangements would be possible in financial services and the major professional services (in-cluding doctors, architects, and lawyers), which are important for Britain’s competitors in Europe. Indeed, it is possible that the EU would adopt a tough mercantilist stance: If you want privileged access, you should stay in the club.

The final consequence of Brexit is that the UK would lose its free-trade arrangements with third countries under the many trade agreements that the EU has signed since 2000. Replacing these agreements with bilateral deals would take time. There is no guarantee that the EU would agree to an interim continuation of free trade, and it seems certain that UK exports would face higher tariffs than its former EU partners in those third coun-tries (placing British exporters at a competitive disadvantage). - Project Syndicate

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Even though the reasons for most of such cases are not immediately known, family issues and work-related stress could be some of the reasons triggering people to go for such extreme decisions, apparently leaving their close family members in a de-sperate situation. This could tend to affect their children psychologically throughout the life. In earlier days, suicide deaths were comparatively less in Middle East coun-tries where majority expatriate commu-nities are located. The recent increase in number of expatriate Indians committing suicide is indeed disturbing and a serious concern for the community as a whole. Ob-viously, the overseas mission has a role in organising community services in order to give people in all levels the opportunity to closely associate with each other. It would be ideal if cultural and non-profit organi-

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Brexit campaign slams Cameron as rift widens

LONDON: The rifts in British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party worsened as two leading Brexit campaigners accused him of breaking his prom-ises on immigration and specula-tion mounts about a leadership challenge after the June 23 refer-endum on European Union (EU) membership.

Former London Mayor Boris Johnson and Justice Secretary Michael Gove said Cameron, who is leading the drive for Britain to remain in the EU, should accept that his Conservative Party’s elec-tion pledge to cut annual immi-gration to tens of thousands has failed. The migrant flow last year increased to more than 330,000.

“Voters were promised repeat-edly at elections that net migration could be cut to tens of thousands,” Gove and Johnson wrote in the let-ter, published in the Sunday Times newspaper. “This promise is plain-ly not achievable as long as the UK

is a member of the EU and the fail-ure to keep it is corrosive of public trust in politics.”

The disquiet among rank-and-file Conservative lawmakers con-tinues to grow. Lawmaker Andrew Bridgen told BBC 5 live that more than four dozen lawmakers from Cameron’s party were ready to back a vote of no-confidence in the prime minister.

“If there’s a small ‘remain’ vote,” then “I think there probably would be 50 colleagues who’d be very dis-satisfied with the prime minister’s performance,” he said.

With less than a month to go before the June 23 referendum, the debate has turned acrimoni-ous, with parliament’s Treasury select committee on Friday accus-ing both sides of misleading voters with “bogus claims.”

After the publication of several reports by the Treasury focused on the potential economic shock of an exit, the Leave campaign is seek-ing to regain control of the debate by focusing on the impact of EU membership on migration.

“No Conservative MP who was elected at the last election can ful-fill our pledge to the British people if we vote to stay in the EU,” for-mer Tory Defence Secretary and Brexit campaigner Liam Fox told the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show” on Sunday.

“I want control of our own law-making, I want control of our own money and I want control of our own borders.”

MigrationNet migration to the UK rose to 333,000 in 2015, just below the re-cord, and a 20,000 increase from 2014, the Office of National Sta-tistics said on Thursday. Cameron remains committed to the immi-gration pledge. “The ambitions I’ve set out are the right ones,” he told reporters travelling to a lead-ers’ summit in Japan with him last week when asked if it wouldn’t be easier to abandon the target.

“Of course the figures are disap-pointing,” Cameron said on Friday when asked about the statistics. The high numbers are partly the

result of the UK economy per-forming better than those else-where in Europe, he said.

Meanwhile, the “Remain” cam-paign continued to focus on the potential impact of Brexit on Brit-ain’s economy, with a poll commis-sioned by the Observer newspaper showing nine out of 10 economists agree an exit would cause econom-ic damage. The IPSOS Mori survey of over 600 economists showed 88 per cent of respondents said leav-ing the EU single market would damage Britain’s growth prospects over the next five years. The survey was carried out online between May 19 and May 27.

Speaking on the Marr show on Sunday, former Labour prime minister Tony Blair said the risks of leaving the bloc far outweighed any advantages.

“We will suffer an immediate shock to our economy, we will create years of uncertainty,” Blair said. “It’s an enormous economic problem. Is that pain worth the gain and what is that gain that’s so important?” - Bloomberg

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parliament’s Treasury

select committee on

Friday accusing both

sides of misleading

voters with

‘bogus claims’

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COMMITTED: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron walks on

Ujibashi bridge as he visits Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie prefecture,

Japan, on Thursday. - REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo

Merkel, Hollande mark 100-year anniversary of Battle of VerdunVERDUN (France): German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hol-lande together marked the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Verdun on Sunday, laying a wreath at a cemetery in north-eastern France for the 300,000 soldiers killed.

The two leaders were due to lunch together and then to make joint statements later in the day. Hollande said earlier this week discussions would focus on Eu-rope’s future, including the mi-grant crisis, security and the rise of populist movements.

The Verdun battle was one of the longest in World War I, lasting more than 300 days from Febru-ary to December 1916.

Sunday’s commemorations at Verdun took place in the rain, and Hollande held an umbrella for Merkel and himself as they made their way to the German cem-etery Consenvoy to lay a wreath.

The battle’s commemoration has come to signify the close re-lationship between Germany and France. It was not until 1984 that the neighbours carried out a joint ceremony to mark the Ver-dun battle, another step towards ending decades of residual hostil-ity and distrust after two World

Wars. A photo of then French President Francois Mitterand and then German Chancellor Helmut Kohl holding hands in the Douaumont cemetery at Verdun became a symbol of Franco-Ger-man reconciliation.

That year also saw France and Germany agreeing on the gradual abolition of border checks, a pre-cursor to the Schengen zone of passport-free travel, launched by five European countries the fol-lowing year.

In 2016, however, some of these

foundations of the European Un-ion appear under threat. Britain’s June referendum on EU member-ship, a rise in militant attacks, the biggest migrant crisis since World War II and a slow economic re-covery have strained relations in the bloc and raised the prospect of a catastrophic euro breakup.

In her weekly podcast, Merkel said Germany’s relations with France had stood fast even when the countries had diverging opin-ions, and that Europe would have to adapt. - Reuters

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South Africa police

deny Gordhan inquiry

moved to new unit

JOHANNESBURG: South Af-rica’s elite Hawks police unit de-nied on Sunday a report that an investigation involving Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, which has helped to weaken the rand, has been transferred to another part of the force.

Citing an unnamed source, the City Press newspaper said the police crime intelligence unit had taken over the inquiry into a surveillance body formed at the national tax agency SARS when it was run by Gordhan between 1999 and 2009.

The Hawks, which are respon-sible for tackling organised and commercial crime plus serious corruption, have previously said they were running the inquiry but that Gordhan was not being personally targeted.

On Sunday, Hawks spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi repeated this denial, and dismissed the City Press report.

“There is no investigation against the minister, the investi-gation is only on the spy unit at SARS. It is not correct that the crime intelligence unit is han-dling the case,” Mulaudzi said.

Gordhan has been embroiled in the investigation and an accom-panying political row at a time when South Africa faces a possi-ble downgrading of its credit rat-ing. Standard and Poor’s, which ranks Africa’s most industrial-ised country just one step above sub-investment grade, is due to make public its rating decision on Friday. Gordhan has said rival credit rating agency Fitch will also announce the result of its review of South Africa on June 8.

Policymakers fear the coun-try, whose economy is expected to grow by less than one per cent this year, may be headed to “junk’ status, an outcome that would in-crease its borrowing costs.

On Friday, the presidency said in a statement that President

Jacob Zuma is not “at war” with Gordhan over the control of the National Treasury, in response to widespread media reports.

The City Press cited an un-named senior crime intelligence commander as saying his police unit was now involved in the in-quiry because it had “better re-sources and capacity, and a larger network of informants”.

The commander added that the Hawks were “not making suf-ficient progress” in the case of the spy unit, which was set up to tackle organised crime and illicit revenues. The crime intelligence unit is authorised to use surveil-lance and conduct undercover operations, such as infiltrating crime syndicates. On May 15, the Sunday Times newspaper report-ed that Gordhan faced imminent arrest, sending the rand tumbling to a two-month low, despite deni-als by the presidency and the po-lice. - Reuters

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IN TROUBLED WATERS: South

African Finance Minister

Pravin Gordhan delivers his

2016 Budget speech to parlia-

ment in Cape Town, on Febru-

ary 24, 2016. - Reuters file photo

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REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY: France’s President Francois Hol-

lande, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, attend a

balloon drop during a remembrance ceremony to mark the cente-

nary of the battle of Verdun, in Verdun, on Sunday. - AFP

12 killed as violence mars local

body elections in Bangladesh

DHAKA: At least 12 people, in-cluding two candidates and two children, were killed and over 200 injured in violence during Bang-ladesh’s fifth phase of voting in the local body polls which have turned out to be the deadliest so far, media reports said on Sunday.

Voting in the elections of Union Parishads (councils), being held on party lines for the first time under an amended system, was held in 717 unions under 45 dis-tricts on Saturday amid violence

and allegations of rigging and other malpractices.

Twelve deaths were reported from Jamalpur, Chittagong, Noakhali, Comilla, Panchagarh and Narayanganj during the polls that will elect chairmen and councillors for the lowest tier of local government system, the Daily Star reported.

The latest deaths bring to over 110 the total number of people who have died in election-related violence in the three and a half

months since the announcement of the election schedule.

The previous phases of polls had claimed 101 lives and the highest number of people killed in election-day violence was 10, according to media reports.

Two candidates— Kamal Ud-din, BNP rebel chairman aspirant at Comilla’s Titas, and Moham-mad Yasin, who was vying for the post of member at Chittagong’s Karnaphuli — were stabbed to death in separate clashes. -PTI

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CHINA: Buildings of Wanda Mall in shapes of blue and white porcelain are seen ahead of its official opening in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China, on Friday, picture released on Sunday. — Reuters/Stringer

GERMANY: The Reichstag building and the Chancellery are pictured in Berlin, Germany, on

Sunday. — Reuters

CHINA: Pupils present scrolls of traditional Chinese calligraphy at a school to increase awareness

and respect to traditional Chinese culture in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China, on Friday, picture re-

leased on Sunday. - Reuters/Stringer

TAIWAN: A child plays with foam bubbles during the Love Foam Run race in Hsinchu, Taiwan on

Sunday. — Reuters

KOSOVO: A child sits on a vintage car displayed during the 11th Old Timers Fest on Sunday in Prizren,

Kosovo. — AFP

SPAIN: Tol Theatre company performs during the inauguration of World Puppet Festival in the north-

ern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian on Saturday. — AFP

JAPAN: A Japanese bride wearing a pure white kimono rides a boat with her parents for her wedding

in Itako city, some 80 kilometres northeast of Tokyo, on Sunday, as part of the annual Ayame (iris)

flower festival. — AFP

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TERRIBLE TRAGEDY: Rescuers inspect the debris of a residential house after a fire broke out, in the village of Litochky, northeast of

Kiev in Ukraine. – Reuters

Zoo kills gorilla after boy falls into enclosureOHIO: A male gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo was killed by keepers on Saturday after he dragged around a 4-year-old boy who fell into the enclosure, a zoo official said. The boy crawled through a barrier and fell about 12 feet (3.7-meters) into a moat surrounding the habitat, where Harambe, a 400-pound (181-kg) western lowland gorilla, grabbed him, Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard told reporters.

The boy was with the 17-year-old gorilla for about 10 minutes and the zoo’s dangerous animal response team deemed the situ-ation life-threatening, he said.

“The choice was made to put down, or shoot, Harambe, so he’s gone,” he said.

Two female gorillas were also in the enclosure at the time of the incident. Maynard said the boy, who was not identified, was not seriously injured in the fall. In a statement, the zoo said the boy was alert when taken to a hospital. Harambe was born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, and was moved to the Cincinnati Zoo in 2014. Western lowland gorillas are classified as an endangered species, and Maynard said the zoo had hoped to use Harambe for breeding. — Reuters

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French government to stand firm on labour reform, says VallsPARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is determined not to join a long list of politicians who have conceded defeat to pro-testers, he told the Journal Du Dimanche (JDD) newspaper, as the government prepares to dig in its heels on labour reform.

The hardline CGT union has organised street protests, train strikes and refinery blockades to pressure the government to scrap plans that would make it easier for companies to hire and fire work-ers. “If we gave in to the street and to CGT because we were obsessed over the short term by 2017 (presi-dential elections), we would lose everything,” Valls was quoted as saying by the French newspaper.

In the mid-1990s Prime Minis-ter Alain Juppe triggered France’s

worst unrest in decades because he would not budge on pension reform but he eventually backed down after weeks of industrial ac-tion and protests. The government is under pressure to find a solu-tion to the latest stand-off before the June 10 start of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament in France, which the CGT has threatened to disrupt. Finance Minister Michel Sapin emphasised the govern-ment’s stance.

“First and foremost we must be firm,” Sapin said in an interview with Reuters and three European newspapers. “Doing otherwise would be wrong with respect to (other) labour unions, most of whom support the text.” The more moderate CFDT union backs pro-posed reform that will allow busi-

nesses to lay off staff more easily in hard times but also give unions more power to negotiate unilateral deals with companies rather than national collective agreement.

Sapin said he agreed with the tough stance taken by Valls and that he had been misunderstood when he told LCP television last week that it might be possible to tweak the part of the draft bill that would let companies opt out of national obligations on labour protection if they adopt in-house deals on pay and conditions with the consent of a majority of em-ployees. For all the tough talk, however, another minister said that the government could not let the Euro 2016 tournament be dis-rupted because it would be bad for France’s image. -Reuters

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WWII vintage plane crashes in Hudson RiverNEW YORK: The pilot of a World War II-era plane killed in a crash in the Hudson River off Manhat-tan on Friday evening was trying to execute an emergency landing, the museum that owned the vintage aircraft said.

The P-47 Thunderbolt crashed just south of the George Washing-ton Bridge. The New York Police Department identified a body re-covered from the plane as that of William Gordon, 56, of Key West, Florida. Police would not com-ment on a cause of death.

The American Airpower Muse-um, which owned the plane, said in a statement on Facebook on Satur-day that Gordon was an “extraor-dinary” aviator who brought the plane down in a “forced emergency landing” on the Hudson.

Gary Lewi, a spokesman for the museum in Farmingdale, New York, told Long Island newspaper

Newsday that the aircraft’s engine failed during the flight.

Witnesses told CNN they saw the pilot struggling to get out of the cockpit after the aircraft struck the water.

An investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board is underway.

The FAA said the plane was one of three aircraft that took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale. The other two safely returned to the airport. Local media reported the planes were flying as part of a promotional shoot.

The crash took place during Fleet Week, a week-long celebra-tion of the US military’s seafaring service members. A dozen police and fire rescue boats adorned with flashing blue lights trawled the riv-er Friday night in a search for the plane. — Reuters

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17 killed in Ukraine village building fire

KIEV: Seventeen people have been killed after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, Ukraine’s state emergency service said on Sunday.

The fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning, it said, adding that the privately owned two-storey building housed 35 people in the village of Litochky, 37 kilometres (23 miles) north-

east of Kiev. “Emergency ser-vices units saved 18 people, five of whom have been hospitalised with burns of varying degrees of severity,” it said.

InvestigationPrime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said the fire was a ter-rible tragedy that had caused ir-reparable loss and called for an immediate investigation into its

causes, a statement on the govern-ment website said.

Kiev police said they had de-tained the owner of the building and that he had been running the building as a private care home for the elderly, charging residents 6,000 hryvnia ($238) a month. A statement on the police website said that a criminal case had been opened relating to a suspected violation of fire safety law. — Reuters

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units saved 18

people, five of

whom have been

hospitalised

DISCUSSIONS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, thrid left, French Minister of Interior Bernard Ca-

zeneuve, second right, and French junior minister for Transport, Maritime Economy and Fishery Alain

Vidalies, right, attend a meeting with members of the French government and representatives of the

oil sector at the Hotel Matignon on Saturday in Paris. – AFP

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5 Ukrainian soldiers killed in attacksKIEV: Five Ukrainian service-men have been killed and four wounded in the past 24 hours as a result of attacks by pro-Rus-sian rebels in separatist east-ern regions, Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzy-anyk said on Sunday.

This follows a report of the deaths of seven Ukrainian sol-diers last Tuesday - the highest daily casualty figure for govern-ment troops since August.

A ceasefire signed in Febru-ary 2015 has failed to quell all fighting in Ukraine’s separatist east, with each side accusing the other of violations.

Motuzyanyk highlighted the government-controlled front-line town of Avdiyivka, north of separatist-held Donetsk city, as a recent hotspot for rebel at-tacks from both light and heavy weapons, including mortars.

Russia denies Western charges it has provided the rebels in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions with arms and troops in a conflict that has killed some 9,000 people and led to Western economic sanc-tions against Moscow.

On Saturday rebel officials said two civilians had been wounded as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops, separatist website DAN reported. — Reuters

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At least 700 migrants ‘died’ at sea this week, say agenciesROME: At least 700 migrants may have died at sea this past week in the busiest week of migrant cross-ings from Libya towards Italy this year, Medecins San Frontieres and the UN Refugee agency said on Sunday.

About 14,000 have been rescued since Monday amid calm seas, and there have been at least three con-firmed instances of boats sinking.

But the number of dead can only be estimated based on survivor testi-mony, which is still being collected.

“We will never know exact num-bers,” Medecins San Frontieres said in a Tweet after estimating that 900 had died during the week. The United Nations High Com-missioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said more than 700 had drowned.

Migrants interviewed on Sat-

urday in the Sicilian port of Poz-zallo told of a large fishing boat that overturned and sank on Thursday with many women and children on board.

Initial estimates were that 400 people died, but the UN Refugee agency said on Sunday there may have been about 670 passengers on board. According to testimony collected by EU border agency

Frontex, when the motorless fish-ing boat capsized, 25 swam to the boat that had been towing it, while 79-89 others were saved by rescu-ers and 15 bodies were recovered. This meant more than 550 died, the UNHCR said.

The migrants — fleeing wars, oppression and poverty — often do not know how to swim and do not have life jackets. — Reuters

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NEW PROJECT IN SALALAHFashion Apparels Factory is set to lay foundation stone for building a new project on Monday in Salalah Free Zone. The ceremony will be held under the auspices of Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan Al Busaidi, Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar. — ONA

Water projects to be built in Duqm, Khasab

A. E. JAMESbusinesseditor@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Four initial tenders were floated by Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) on Sunday to prepare ground for developing two inde-pendent water projects – one each in Duqm and Khasab.

These tenders are for the se-lection of consultants to conduct onshore and offshore studies for determining whether the seabed

areas are smooth or sandy, as well as the quality of water and other aspects related to the potential site, which will assist bidders in-developing a clear idea about the overall design and other project requirements.

The proposed Duqm independ-ent project will have a water de-salination capacity of 60,000 cubic metres per day, while the Khasab desalination project will provide 16,000-20,000 cubic metres of wa-ter generation capacity, according

to sources familiar with the tender.These projects, which are ex-

pected to be completed by late 2019, are aimed at meeting the growing demand for water in the country’s different regions. As far as the water grid is concerned, apart from the main intercon-nected system, the Sultanate has four independent zones – Salalah, Duqm, Khasab and Sharqiya.

Demand for potable waterDemand for potable water in Sul-tanate of Oman’s northern region, which includes Muscat governo-rate, is projected to grow by six per cent per annum during the next five year horizon, from 238 mil-lion cubic metres in 2013 to 349 million cubic metres in 2020. This compares to the previous seven-year forecasts in which average annual growth was in the range of three to five per cent, according to a seven-year outlook for power and water demand released by

OPWP last year. A combination of population growth and industrial development is cited as a major reason for the growth in demand for potable water.

Of late, requests for proposals for two independent water pro-jects — Salalah and Sharquiya — have been floated by OPWP, whichoversees the procurement of all new electricity generation and water desalination capacity in the country.

These two projects are expected to be ready by early 2019.

The findings of studies of the Duqm and Khasab independent water projects will be distributed among potential bidders, while floating the request for proposal tenders (RfPs) so that bidders will be in a better position to gauge the condition of ground and seabed areas. Based on this information, bidders are expected to have a bet-ter idea about design and piling requirements.

The initial tenders are for selecting

consultants to conduct onshore and offshore

studies, which are linked to the development

of Duqm and Khasab water projects

Takaful insurance in Oman grows 64%A E JAMESbusinesseditor@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Islamic insurance, which is popularly known as takaful insurance, is gaining pop-ularity in Oman with the play-ers achieving a robust growth of 64 per cent in gross direct premium at OMR39 million last year, which constitutes around 9 per cent of insurance industry’s OMR442 million direct premium income and 5 per cent of total paid claims.

The success of takaful insur-ance firms, despite an economic slowdown in viewof a slump in oil prices, was mainly due to the ability of takaful players to gain people’s trust, ability to offer af-fordable and competitive premi-um and quality service.

The Sultanate’s two takaful insurance firms – Al Madina Takaful and Takaful Oman Insur-ance– are taking efforts to create awareness among the public on

the importance of Sharia-com-pliance insurance schemes.

According to the CMA’s insur-ance review, the direct gross pre-miums of the insurance industry grew by 11 per cent to OMR442 million in 2015, from OMR396.2 million in the previous year.

Also, the average annual growth in insurance sector in the last five years was 12 per cent, which shows the popularity of both conventional insurance products and Sharia-compliant takaful insurance schemes in the country.

All these achievements are made in spite of an unusual growth in compensation claims, mainly from construction firms and vehicle insurers, following a series of damages caused by unu-sual rains last year.

The total paid claims surged ahead by 25 per cent to touch OMR290.72 million last year, from OMR232.21 million in 2014. > B4

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Clean energy to take bigger share of electricity marketABU DHABI: Renewable energy will account for 40 per cent of elec-tricity output capacity by 2030, al-most double today’s market share, according to the International Re-newable Energy Agency (Irena).

The expansion will be due to lower technology costs, Adnan Amin, Irena’s director general, said in an interview on Bloomberg TV in Dubai.

“We anticipate with the lower technology cost, by 2030 we’re going to have renewables capac-ity in the global power system at around 40 percent, which is quite remarkable growth.”

That compares to 22 per cent today, according to Irena.

The real challenge for renewa-bles is capturing crude oil’s mar-ket share in heating, cooling and transportation products, Amin said. “As far as the power sector is con-cerned, oil plays a very little role in power generation worldwide” at about 5 per cent, he said.

Solar energyElectricity from solar energy is getting a boost as the price of solar power has declined.

Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, awarded a contract for

a 200-megawatt solar plant in January 2015 at what was then a record-low price of 5.85 cents per kilowatt-hour.

Last month, the emirate received a bid for an 800-megawatt plant at a power price of 2.99 cents per kilo-watt-hour.

Falling crude prices have made alternative fuels less economically attractive, curbing investment in biofuels, according to Irena.

“There is a lot of momentum looking at electric mobility powered by renewables, but we’ve seen a real negative impact has been on biofuel investment,” he said. - Bloomberg News

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Emaar’s bid to acquire Kuwait Food fizzles out

DUBAI: A Dubai-based inves-tor group led by Emaar Proper-ties chairman Mohamed Alabbar ended talks to buy a 69 per cent stake in Kuwait Food, a Middle Eastern fast-food operator val-ued at about $1.8 billion, the lat-est twist in an on-off sale process stretching back at least two years.

“A final agreement has not been reached between Al Khair and the buyer, Adeptio, for all of Al Khair’s shares in Americana,” Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Es-tate said on Sunday. “Therefore,

the two sides have agreed to end negotiations.” The statement didn’t say why the talks collapsed.

Sale processAdeptio signed an initial accord in February to buy the stake in Americana, as Kuwait Food is known, and had planned to start a mandatory takeover offer un-der local stock exchange rules. The deal had culminated a sale process in which Kuwait’s Al Kharafi family had tested inves-tor interest in the company with-

out concluding a deal.Singapore’s Temasek Holdings

and Saudi Arabia’s Savola Group teamed up to bid last year, while KKR and CVC Capital Partners made an offer in 2014, people with knowledge of the matter said at the time. BRF, the Brazilian food maker, had also held talks with the company, its chairman said in an interview in 2014.

Americana shares have risen 17 per cent since the beginning of the year, giving the company a market capitalisation of 941 million Kuwaiti dinars ($3.1 bil-lion). Kuwait’s stock exchange was closed when Al Khair said the talks had ended and shares had been suspended Sunday morning pending an announcement.

Americana is the franchise operator of restaurants such as KFC, TGI Friday’s and Pizza Hut in the Middle East and North Af-rica. It also produces California Garden beans and Farm Frites frozen vegetables. — Bloomberg News

Adeptio signed an initial deal in February

to buy the stake in Americana, as Kuwait

Food is known, and had planned to start a

mandatory takeover offer

TALKS COLLAPSE: A Dubai-based investor group led by Emaar Properties ended talks to buy a 69% stake in Middle East fast-food operator valued at about $1.8 billion, – Bloomberg News

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MARKETHaya Water expanding capacity of sewage plantTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Haya Water is em-barking on a major expansion of Al Ansab sewage treatment plant and Azaiba central pumping sta-tion, which will increase capac-ity of the sewage treatment plant from 57,000 cubic metres a day to 125,000 cubic metres a day.

Eng. Said bin Rashid Al Asmi, projects general manager at Haya Water said: “The expansion of Al Ansab project aims to increase the number of domestic connec-tion, besides incorporating the addition of four new pump station referred to as Central Pump Sta-tion to double its pumping capacity from 130,000 cubic metres a day to 260,000 cubic metres a day. This is in line with Haya Water Master Plan 2013 and the Vision of coming up with a world class water reuse system in Muscat.”

Duration of contractThe duration of the construction is 730 days and the project com-menced on August 18, 2015, says a press release.

The work is expected to be com-pleted by July 2017, as stipulated in the contract.

The new enhancement and ca-pacity increase will be effective from July this year due to the re-placement of the old membrane in the existing eight membrane bio-reactor (MBR) tanks with new membrane and hence additional capacity of around 20,000 cubic meters a day.

A L A N S A B Marginal drop in LG’s home appliances sales amid oil fall

MOBIN MATHEW BLESSONmobinmathew@timesofoman.com

SEOUL/MUSCAT: South Ko-rean home appliances giant LG said that although a slump in oil prices has affected the sales of the company’s products in the Gulf region, the magnitude of the fall was much less when compared to other firms in the industry.

“Weak demand caused by the drop in oil prices has negatively affected the sales in the Middle East region,” Taehun Ryu, the head of home appliance sales and marketing for the Middle East and Africa region told journalists, who visited the headquarters of the LG Corporation in South Korea.

“Especially in Oman, the home appliances sector has faced a 20 per cent drop in their sales, (but) LG faced a marginal drop of 5 per cent in the first quarter of 2016,” Ryu asserted.

According to him, LG has a brand name in the Gulf Coop-eration Council (GCC) region, which helps them to maintain the growth rate during a period of economic slowdown.

Innovative productsHe pointed out that they are ex-pecting a growth in sales during the ‘Ramadan’ period this year. “During Ramadan, we always have a 30 per cent growth in our sales and we hope we can surpass the sales this year,” Ryu added.

“This Ramadan, we are plan-ning to introduce new products to the market. We are also offerings gifts and discounts,” he said.

Speaking about their product designing, Ryu said: “While de-signing a product, we carry out customer research and find out the

needs and this helps us to intro-duce good products to the market.” “This policy makes us the champi-ons in the market,” he added.

According to Ryu, LG Home Appliance has been introducing innovative products after getting feedback from customers on their specific needs.

He explained that LG is now fo-cusing on automobile industry in developing electric cars in coop-eration with leading automobile companies.

Ryu also said that LG’s products are based on eco-friendly philoso-phy. “We develop our products on eco-friendly philosophy, which consumes less energy,” he said.

He further said that LG Home Appliance & Air Solution Company recorded sales of KRW4.22 trillion ($3.51 billion) in the first quarter, an increase of 4 per cent year-on-year, thanks to high premium product sales and growth in its business-to-business operations.

LG Home Appliances is also planning to introduce new prod-

ucts to the GCC market like twin washing machine, side by side and dual door in door refrigera-tors, air conditioner designed for the Gulf region, newly designed microwave oven and a cordless vacuum cleaners.

Washing machineAccording to the officials, LG Twin-Wash will allow consum-ers to experience what people all over the world have been excited about the ability to wash two loads

of laundry at the same time. It combines a full-sized front load-ing washing machine with a mini washer in a hide-away pedestal, generating a whole new set of washing options.

“We are quite pleased to finally bring the LG Twin Wash to con-sumers in the Gulf region, which can provide the ultimate conveni-ence to those doing laundry for big families,” said Jo Seong-jin, presi-dent of LG Electronics and Home Appliance & Air Solutions.

“TWIN Wash significantly cuts down on washing time as multiple loads of laundry can now be han-dled simultaneously,” he added.

According to him, the power-ful main washer handles the bulk of laundry, while the mini washer can be set to run a different wash cycle. He also said that the mini washer is perfect for delicate or specialised items that require a unique wash setting, such as lin-gerie or baby clothes.

Both the refrigerators — side by side and door in door — have its strong points; with the side-by-side category refrigerator offering enormous food storage space and an ice and water dispenser, while the Dual Door-in-Door refrigera-tor comes with premium design, sleek finishing and thoughtful food organisation features.

Speaking about the new air con-ditioner Jo Seong-jin, said, “LG’s flagship Titan air conditioner is the ideal solution for consumers in the Gulf region.”

“Equipped with tropical com-pressor technology and a vari-ety of cooling features, the Titan helps consumers stay cool during the summer months. The Titan also boasts a state-of-the-art air purification system that removes potentially deadly airborne impu-rities from the home,” he added.

LG is planning

to introduce new

products to the GCC

market like twin

washing machine,

side-by-side and

dual door-in-door

refrigerators, air

conditioner designed

for Gulf region, newly

designed microwave

oven and a cordless

vacuum cleaner

Forum focuses on changes in UK’s real estate tax lawTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Changes to the UK real estate tax laws, which are of relevance to investors from the Middle East who invest in UK real estate property, were highlighted at a recent seminar conducted at Grand Hyatt here.

Organised by KPMG, a global network of professional firms providing audit, tax and advisory services, the seminar provided insights into the introduction of capital gains tax for non-UK resi-dents owning residential prop-erty in the UK, levy of annual property tax on properties held through a corporate structure and changes in the stamp duty.

Speakers discussed all of these changes, which have made buying, owning and selling UK residential property a complex tax issue and it is important that property own-ers are appropriately advised on the structuring and financing of UK property ownership.

The seminar was attended by property owners, persons in charge of family offices, advisers and bankers. The tax rules affect-ing UK property have undergone substantial changes in the last three years.

Ashok Hariharan, partner and head of tax at KPMG, Lower Gulf said, “In a dynamic environment that we currently live in, it is im-perative that house-owners and investors seek appropriate and timely advice before they take critical decisions while investing

in UK real estate.” “The taxman is constantly on the look-out for av-enues to fill the revenue’s reserves so it is much more expensive, both in terms of time and cost, to mi-grate from a sub-optimal struc-ture to an efficient one than to put in place, a feasible structure the first time,” he added.

Policy decisionsMichael Walker, Partner in KPMG UK’s private client advi-sory team, set out the context of these changes and addressed the impact of policy decisions of the UK government on the UK property market.

“Public pressure on the govern-ment to address the housing cri-sis in the UK has led to a height-ened focus on the taxation of residential property, particularly targeting high value properties.

This combined with intense glob-al focus on transparency of the tax affairs of the wealthy has created a challenging environment for UK property owners that requires careful management,” he added.

Mariam Moi of KPMG guided attendees through the path that needs to be navigated through this now complex tax landscape. “The pace of change in property taxes in the UK has been ferocious in recent years, leaving purchasers both confused and concerned. Even so the tax costs of investing in UK real estate remain glob-ally competitive and demand for UK real estate remains high. The key to a successful transaction is careful planning and taking time-ly advice, and with more changes coming next year UK property owners should be reviewing their holding structures.”

S E M I N A R

Regulator setting benchmark for ethical corporate behaviourTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Capital Market Au-thority (CMA), under the lead-ership of its executive president Abdullah Salim Al Salmi, has un-dertaken the task of promoting transparency and accountability in the corporate sector to boost in-vestor confidence and protect all stakeholders, said Mohamed Said Al Abri, director general of CMA.

“This is being achieved by com-prehensive review and revision of CMA regulations to set bench-mark for the ethical corporate be-haviour,” added Mohamed Said Al Abri, in his address as chief guest at the 8th Annual International Conference on ‘Transformation and excellence with ethics’, organ-ised by the Muscat Chapter of The Institute of Chartered Account-ants of India (ICAI).

The event was attended by more

than 300 delegates from Oman and other Gulf Cooperation Coun-cil (GCC) states. Guests of honour included Gloria Gangte, Charge De Affairs of Indian embassy; M. De-varaja Reddy, the president of ICAI and Dr Ahmed Mohsin Al Ghas-sani, the dean of College of Bank-ing and Financial Studies (CBFS).

Chartered accountantsWhile lauding the role of char-tered accountants, Al Abri said: “I am pleased to acknowledge the role which chartered accountants play either as part of the manage-ment or in the role of auditors to formulate, implement and moni-tor overall ethical behaviour of the organisation where they work.”

Addressing the conference, Dr Ahmed Mohsin Al Ghassani also highlighted the importance of ethical behaviour in the overall benefit of the organisations and

the society.The two-day conference hosted

several technical speakers, re-searchers from Oman and overseas who presented their views on the subject including Ashok Haldia, the former secretary of ICAI; Adil Rao, the director of Deloitte; Chris Cain of PwC; Ahmed Ali Al Mukhaini of CMA; Dr Rama Subramaniam, Rajesh Vekiteshwaran of Vision Investments and R. Vittal Raj.

Motivational sessionA motivational session titled ‘Being wthical, how difficult it is ? ” was also conducted by renowned mo-tivation speaker and trainer Satish Mandora as part of the conference.

The dean of CBFS and ICAI president also signed a memoran-dum of understanding (MoU) on mutual cooperation at the event. A souvenir was released by guests to commemorate the conference.

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OPTIMISTIC: Taehun Ryu, the head of home appliance sales and

marketing for the Middle East and Africa, said that the home ap-

pliances sector in Oman has witnessed a 20 per cent drop in sales,

but LG faced a marginal drop of 5 per cent in the first quarter of

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CONFERENCE: The 8th Annual International Conference on ‘Transformation and excellence with

ethics’ was attended by more than 300 delegates from Oman and other GCC states. – Supplied picture

NEW LAWS: The seminar provided insights into the introduction

of capital gains tax for non-UK residents owning residential

property in the UK. – Supplied picture

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MARKETM O N DAY, M AY 3 0, 2 0 1 6

MUSCATSECURITIES MARKET

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR SUNDAY, MAY 29

REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ..........................62,325 .......... 101,339......................11 ............1.610 ........... 1.630 ........... 1.610 ............1.625 ............. 1.610 .............0.015 ............. 0.932 ................ 1.610 ..............1.600................... 1.610 ................ 1,218,750,000 ......0.100

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 568,116 .......... 131,266..................... 57 ........... 0.230 ........... 0.233 ...........0.230............0.231 .............0.229 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.873 ................0.231 .............. 0.231...................0.232 ..................34,667,325 .........0.100

OM0000001319 ............NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS ............. 200,000........... 50,000......................14 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.250........... 0.250 .............0.249 ............0.001 ............. 0.402 ................0.250..............0.235...................0.249 ...................8,392,863 ..........0.100

OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION ........................... 1,200 .................. 288........................ 1 ........... 0.240 ...........0.240 ...........0.240 .......... 0.249 .............0.249 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.240 .............0.228...................0.248 ..................23,664,960 .........0.100

OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ....................................................... 60,000 ............ 76,800......................11 ............1.280 ........... 1.280 ...........1.280 ........... 1.280 .............1.280 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.280 ..............1.280...................1.290 ................. 256,000,000 .......0.100

OM0000001822 ............UNITED POWER ................................................................. 351 ............... 1,074........................3 ........... 3.060 ........... 3.060 ...........3.060........... 3.400 .............3.400 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................3.060............. 0.000...................3.260 ...................2,720,000 ..........1.000

OM0000001889 ............SALALAH MILLS ............................................................. 1,300 ............... 1,950........................2 ............1.500 ........... 1.500 ...........1.500 ........... 1.490 ............. 1.490............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.500 ............. 0.000...................1.480 ................... 71,762,965 .........0.100

OM0000001962 ............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 517,810 ............ 32,895......................21 ........... 0.063 ........... 0.065 ...........0.063........... 0.064 .............0.064 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.063 ..............0.062...................0.064 .................. 13,257,689 .........0.100

OM0000002168 ............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ...................................2,000 .................. 540........................ 1 ........... 0.270 ........... 0.270 ...........0.270........... 0.267 .............0.267 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.270..............0.262...................0.270 ..................79,089,053 .........0.100

OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ....................... 54,300 ...............4,778........................3 ........... 0.088 ........... 0.088 ...........0.088........... 0.088 .............0.088 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.088 ..............0.088...................0.091 ....................2,640,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 401,293 ......... 160,446..................... 45 ........... 0.400 ...........0.400 ...........0.398........... 0.400 .............0.400 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.398 ..............0.398...................0.400 .................998,500,103........0.100

OM0000002846 ...........GULF INV. SER. PREF SHARES ............................. 25,000 ...............2,750........................ 1 ............0.110 ........... 0.110............0.110 ............0.110 ............. 0.110 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.110 ............. 0.000................... 0.110 ...................10,052,986 .........0.100

OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 1,444,648 ......255,605..................... 20 ............0.176 ........... 0.177 ...........0.176 ............0.177 ............. 0.177 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.177 .............. 0.176...................0.177 ..................283,996,383 .......0.100

OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ...........................................................929 .................. 390........................3 ........... 0.420 ...........0.420 ...........0.420........... 0.420 .............0.420 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.420..............0.420...................0.430 ..................25,410,000 .........0.100

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO.........................................................................55,000 .............41,312........................4 ............0.748 ........... 0.752 ...........0.748 ........... 0.752 ............. 0.752............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.752 .............. 0.752...................0.760 ..................489,510,061 ........0.100

OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER ...................................................... 8,897 ...............1,922........................2 ............0.216 ........... 0.216 ...........0.216 ........... 0.216 ............. 0.216............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.216 .............. 0.216...................0.220 ................. 154,311,769 ........0.100

OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS .............................................................55,458 ............ 28,625........................9 ............0.518 ........... 0.518 ...........0.514 ............0.516 ............. 0.518 ............-0.002 ........... -0.386 ...............0.514 .............. 0.510...................0.514 ...................28,380,000.........0.100

OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 517,442 .......... 108,017..................... 42 ........... 0.208 ........... 0.212 ...........0.206 .......... 0.209 .............0.210 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.476 ...............0.208..............0.207...................0.208 ..................26,103,674 .........0.100

OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. ....... 19,050 ............ 29,242........................3 ............1.535 ........... 1.535............1.535 ............1.535 ............. 1.545............-0.010 ........... -0.647 ...............1.535 ...............1.515................... 1.535 ..................105,915,000 ........0.100

OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST ..................................................................... 20,000 .............11,320........................ 1 ........... 0.566 ........... 0.566 ...........0.566 ........... 0.566 .............0.570 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.702 ...............0.566 ..............0.550...................0.566..................359,857,643 ........0.100

OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 438,589 ......... 109,847..................... 26 ........... 0.256 ........... 0.256 ...........0.250........... 0.250 .............0.252 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.794 ...............0.250..............0.249...................0.252 ...................5,250,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES ............................................94,261 ............. 21,515..................... 10 ........... 0.230 ...........0.230 ...........0.227........... 0.228 .............0.230 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.870 ...............0.227..............0.226...................0.227 .................. 13,954,574 .........0.100

OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 427,921 .............85,581..................... 23 ........... 0.202 ...........0.202 ...........0.199 ........... 0.200 .............0.202 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.990 ...............0.199 .............. 0.197...................0.200 ................. 40,000,000 ........0.100

OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK .................................................................... 114,000 ...........20,292........................7 ............0.178 ........... 0.178 ...........0.178 ............0.178 ............. 0.180 ...........-0.002 ............ -1.111 ................0.178 .............. 0.175...................0.178 ..................253,656,434........0.100

OM0000001483 ............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ...................................39,506 .............10,074........................2 ........... 0.255 ........... 0.255 ...........0.255 ........... 0.255 .............0.258 ...........-0.003 ............-1.163 ................0.255 ..............0.250...................0.255..................376,069,225........0.100

OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT ........................................................... 54,200 ............ 26,066........................4 ........... 0.482 ........... 0.482 ...........0.480........... 0.480 .............0.486 ...........-0.006 ............-1.235................0.480..............0.478...................0.480 ................. 158,818,901 ........0.100

OM0000001087 ............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE .................................10,000 ...............2,510........................2 ............0.251 ........... 0.251 ...........0.251 ............0.251 .............0.255 ...........-0.004 ............-1.569................0.251 .............. 0.251...................0.260 ..................25,100,000 .........0.100

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN ......................................................15,000 ............... 1,575........................ 1 ............0.105 ........... 0.105 ...........0.105 ........... 0.105 ............. 0.107............-0.002 ........... -1.869................0.105 .............. 0.105...................0.107 ..................210,032,843........0.100

OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 381,927 ......... 107,925......................17 ........... 0.285 ...........0.288 ...........0.280 .......... 0.283 .............0.289 ...........-0.006 ........... -2.076 ...............0.280..............0.275...................0.280 ..................82,254,239.........0.100

OM0000001707 ............OMAN CABLES INDUSTRY .................................... 391,538..........696,938..................... 33 ............1.780 ........... 1.780............1.780 ............1.780 ............. 1.825............-0.045 ........... -2.466 ...............1.780 .............. 1.780...................1.800 ..................159,666,000 ........0.100

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ................................................77,112 ............... 5,706........................5 ........... 0.074 ........... 0.074 ...........0.074 ........... 0.074 .............0.076 ...........-0.002 ........... -2.632 ...............0.074 ..............0.074...................0.075 ...................12,950,000 .........0.100

OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 1,361,549 ......144,980..................... 73 ............0.108 ........... 0.108 ...........0.105 ........... 0.106 ............. 0.109 ...........-0.003 ........... -2.752 ...............0.105 .............. 0.105...................0.107 ................... 30,737,948 .........0.100

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 194,128 ............ 26,648..................... 28 ............0.140 ........... 0.140 ...........0.136 ............0.137 ............. 0.141 ............-0.004 ........... -2.837 ...............0.136 .............. 0.135...................0.136 ...................12,330,000 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 7,614,850 .. 2,300,218...................485 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000001228 ............OMAN HOTELS AND TOURISM ..................................550 .................. 372........................ 1 ............0.676 ........... 0.676 ...........0.676 ............0.616 ............. 0.616 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.676 ............. 0.000...................0.672...................33,880,000.........0.100

OM0000001301 ............DHOFAR CATTLE FEED ..................................................569 .................. 129........................ 1 ........... 0.226 ...........0.226 ...........0.226........... 0.225 .............0.225 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.226............. 0.000...................0.226 .................. 18,191,250 .........0.100

OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES .......................................................84,057 ...............5,035........................8 ........... 0.060 ...........0.060 ...........0.059 ........... 0.060 .............0.060 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.059 ..............0.059...................0.060 ................... 7,500,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002267 ...........GULF MUSHROOM PRODUCTS .................................160 .....................54........................ 1 ........... 0.336 ........... 0.336 ...........0.336 ........... 0.336 .............0.336 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.336 ............. 0.000...................0.336................... 11,553,199 .........0.100

OM0000002333 ...........SALALAH PORT SERVICES .......................................... 700 ..................434........................ 1 ........... 0.620 ...........0.620 ...........0.620........... 0.648 .............0.648 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.620............. 0.000...................0.616 .................. 116,534,635 ........0.100

OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK................................................64,700 ...............3,698........................2 ........... 0.057 ........... 0.058 ...........0.057 ........... 0.057 .............0.057 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.058 ..............0.057...................0.058...................57,000,000 .........0.100

OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ................................3,000 .................. 369........................2 ............0.123 ........... 0.123 ...........0.123 ........... 0.120 .............0.120 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.123 ...............0.111...................0.123 ...................12,000,000 .........0.100

OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ........................................................ 92,113 .............14,154......................14 ............0.154 ........... 0.154 ...........0.153 ........... 0.154 ............. 0.155 ............-0.001 ........... -0.645 ...............0.154 .............. 0.153................... 0.155 ................. 225,240,625 .......0.100

OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 753,291 .............56,661......................19 ........... 0.076 ........... 0.076 ...........0.075 ........... 0.075 .............0.076 ...........-0.001 ............-1.316 ................0.075 ..............0.075...................0.076..................112,500,000 ........0.100

OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. .................. 1,001,682 .........31,085..................... 27 ........... 0.032 ........... 0.032 ...........0.031 ............0.031 .............0.032 ...........-0.001 ............-3.125................0.031 ..............0.030...................0.031 ....................2,635,000 ..........0.100

OM0000001806 ............MUSCAT NATIONAL HOLDING ..................................750 ............... 1,350........................ 1 ............1.800 ........... 1.800 ...........1.800 ........... 1.800 ............. 1.860............-0.060 ........... -3.226 ...............1.800 ............. 0.000...................1.800 ....................9,000,000 ..........1.000

OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING.................................... 47,093 ...............4,075........................9 ........... 0.086 ........... 0.089 ...........0.086........... 0.087 .............0.090 ...........-0.003 ........... -3.333 ...............0.089 ..............0.087...................0.089.................... 6,543,096 ..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 2,048,665....... 117,415..................... 86 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......12........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ......................................................................................................................................................................OM0000004867 ...........BANK MUSCAT C C B 4.5 .................................................754 .....................80........................ 1 ............0.106 ........... 0.106 ...........0.106 ........... 0.106 ............. 0.106 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.106 ..............0.106................... 0.110 ...................33,882,124 .........0.100

OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ...........................635 ..................... 61........................ 1 ........... 0.096 ........... 0.096 ...........0.096........... 0.096 .............0.096 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.096 ..............0.096...................0.100....................31,119,515 ..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .......................................................................................1,389 ...................141........................2 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 2........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

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INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ........................................5,912.34 .............. 5,890.45 ................... 5,890.45 ................... 5,914.62 ................-24.17 .................. -0.41Financial Index .....................................7,572.93 ............... 7,525.41 ....................7,525.41 ................... 7,575.68 ................-50.27 .................. -0.66Industrial Index .................................... 7,311.32 ...............7,273.63 ....................7,273.63 .................... 7,315.11 ................-41.48 .................. -0.57Services Index .......................................3,273.65 ...............3,265.72 ................... 3,265.72 ................... 3,273.65 ...................-7.93 .................. -0.24MSM SHARIAH INDEX....................... 887.57 ..................883.82 .......................884.19 ...................... 886.40 .................. -2.21 .................. -0.25

Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded9,664,904 .................... 2,417,774 .....................573 ................17,121,328,292 .................. 3 ..................... 22 ....................22 .........................47

MSM index ends lower

MUSCAT: Shares on the Muscat bourse declined on profit booking on Sunday. The MSM30 Index retreated 0.41 per cent to close lower at 5,914.62 points, down by 0.27 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index fell by 0.25 per cent to close at 884.19 points.

Bank Sohar was most active in terms of volume, while Oman Ca-bles was the most active in terms of turnover.

The top gainer was Oman Tel-ecommunications Company, up by 0.93 per cent, while Al Hassan Engineering was the top loser, down by 3.33 per cent.

As many as 573 trades were ex-ecuted today, generating turno-ver of OMR2.41million with 9.66 million shares changing hands. Out of 47 traded securities, three advanced, 22 declined and 22 remained unchanged. Omani investors were net buyers to the tune of OMR175,000 followed by GCC and Arab investors at OMR51,000. Foreign investors, who were net sellers, sold shares amounting to OMR225,000.

Financial Index closed at 7525.41 points, down by 0.66 per cent. Al Anwar Holding was the only gainer in the sector and was up by 0.87 per cent to close at OMR0.231. Muscat National Holding, Al Sharqiya Investment, Al Madina Takaful, HSBC Bank Oman and Oman United Insur-ance declined by 3.23 per cent, 2.84 per cent, 2.67 per cent, 1.87 per cent and 1.57 per cent, respectively.

Industrial Index fell by 0.57 per cent to close at 7,273.63 points. National Alumininum was the only gainer and was up by 0.40 per cent to close at OMR0.250.AlHassan Engineering, Con-struction Material Industries, Galfar Engineering and Oman Cables declined by 3.33 per cent, 3.13 per cent, 2.75 per cent and 2.47 per cent, respectively.

Services Index closed at 3,265.72 points, down by 0.24 per

cent. Omantel was the only gain-er and was up by 0.93 per cent to close at OMR1.610. Renaissance Services, OIFC, Al Jazeera Ser-vices and Al Maha Petroleum de-clined by 2.08 per cent, 0.99 per cent, 0.87 per cent and 0.65 per cent, respectively.

Dubai stocks riseDubai stocks gained a fifth day amid declining trading across Gulf Arab equity markets, with some investors taking a long weekend and the start of Rama-dan about a week away.

The DFM General Index rose 0.3 per cent, capping the longest winning streak since September. About 140 million shares were traded on the emirate’s main measure, less than half of the six-month average. Bloomberg’s GCC 200 Index, which tracks the biggest and most liquid stocks in the six-nation Gulf Coopera-tion Council, fell 0.5 per cent, on course for its first monthly de-cline since January.

“The typical languid Sunday trading has been exacerbated by a holiday on Monday in the UK and US, causing western activity to be reduced further,” said Julian Bruce, the head of institutional trading at EFG-Hermes UAE in Dubai, a unit of the biggest pub-licly traded Arab investment bank. That may be “creating a calm-before-the-storm scenario, as MSCI emerging market out-flows are anticipated on Tuesday, which would mean a significant uptick in activity before receding once again ahead of Ramadan,” he said.

MSCI., the global index provid-er tracked by 97 of the 100 biggest asset managers in the world, will at the end of the month adjust Chinese companies on its emerg-ing-markets gauge. That may help spur as much as $157 million of outflows from stocks in Mena. region. - United Securities/Bloomberg news

Top gainer was Oman Telecommunications,

up by 0.93 per cent. Al Hassan Engineering,

down by 3.33 per cent, lost the most.

Ford India to spend Rs2b on brand campaign amid severe competitionNEW DELHI: Ford India has lined up a more than Rs2 billion multi-media brand campaign to woo customers and strengthen its position in the domestic market where its best-selling sports util-ity vehicle (SUV) model EcoSport has been pushed out of top-five list by Maruti’s Vitara Brezza.

The automaker, which has also witnessed sluggish demand for its hatchback Figo and compact sedan Figo Aspire, is seeking to highlight its after-sales and ser-vice quality and customer-friend-ly steps through the campaign.

Global Team Ford, a unit of WPP, is responsible for the cam-paign. “The budget lined up for the campaign is over Rs2 billion,” a source said.

When contacted, Ford India spokesperson said: “Aligning with Ford’s vision of ‘Go Further’, the new campaign encompasses the entire gamut of Ford portfolio of products and services, promising trust and transparency as experi-

enced being part of a family.”Ford India had recently slashed

price of its compact SUV EcoS-port by up to Rs1,12,000, in or-der to compete with the likes of Maruti Suzuki’s Vitara Brezza. While Brezza has leaped to the second position in utility vehicle sales in April with 7,832 unit sales, EcoSport could not make it to the list of top five models. It stood fifth with 3,911 unit sales in same peri-od of the previous year.

Similarly, sales of next-genera-tion hatchback Figo and compact sedan Figo Aspire remained slug-gish in the domestic market with a total of 2,211 units sold in April. Under a new initiative, Ford has introduced a host of measures at its dealerships and service touch points to support on-ground de-livery and to strengthen relation-ships with the customers.

To offer better services to its customers, the company has also

introduced a service price calcu-lator on its website. “The price promise allows customers to know the cost of periodic main-tenance even before booking the service at a Ford dealership. It enables customers to carry a print out of the calculated web quote, ensuring complete trust and transparency in their service ex-perience at any Ford dealership,” the spokesperson said.

Customers can also check the price of parts at Ford India web-site. The company is focusing on ensuring availability of its parts through a network of author-ised parts distributors across the country, covering Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Hyderabad, Tel-angana, Karnataka, among others.

“In the next phase, the expan-sion will see retail distribution getting launched in Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan,” the spokes-person said. The company is fac-ing enhanced competition in the domestic market. - PTI

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Motor insurance witnesses

highest percentage of claims

I N S U R A N C E

As far as the foreign insurance companies are concerned, the gross paid claims were OMR58.77 million, a growth of 11 per cent in 2015 from the previous year’s lev-el. Motor insurance witnessed the highest percentage in claims paid by national and foreign insurers last year at 36 per cent and 53 per cent, respectively.

Motor insurance comprised 37 per cent of the entire insur-ance sector’s premiums, while health insurance constituted 23 per centof the gross written pre-miums.Also, the contribution of insurance sector to the gross do-mestic product of the Sultanate was 1.4 per cent last year.

The total assets of the Sul-tanate’s insurance companies have edged up by 2 per cent to OMR777.98 million last year compared to the previous year’s level of OMR761.40 million. The growth was due to an increase in the assets of the foreign insurance companies by 6 per cent in 2015 to reach OMR242.73 million com-pared to OMR228.43 million in the previous year.

The Sultanate has 36 insur-ance brokerage firms and 22 in-surance companies, which are a mix of locally incorporated firms and foreign firms. National com-panies represent the largest por-tion of the insurance market in the Sultanate of Oman.

The net profit of insurance companies was OMR15.57 mil-lion, fell by 40 per cent from OMR26.13 million.

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E- IMESTECH STUFF

BMICROSOFT AND FACEBOOK TEAM UPMicrosoft and Facebook are teaming up to build an subsea cable in the Atlantic Ocean to deliver fast online and cloud services to customers of both companies. The cable, designed to have a bandwidth of as much as 160 terabytes per second, will be the highest capacity one of its kind under the Atlantic, the companies said in a statement on Thursday. — Bloomberg News

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T E C H U P D A T E S

Jawbone decides to end tracker

production, to sell speakers

Snapchat valued at $18 billion in funding round

Tencent Holdings shares soar

Jawbone is set to be a much smaller company, according to reports that it’s ending produc-tion of its fitness trackers and seeking buyers for its speaker business. The closely held com-pany has put its speaker busi-ness up for sale, Fortune said on Friday, citing anonymous sources, in a report on its web-site. Later, Tech Insider report-ed that Jawbone has stopped production of its fitness trackers and sold its remaining inventory to a third-party reseller. Tech Insider also attributed its story to unidentified sources familiar with the matter. A spokeswoman for Beverly Hills, California-based Jaw-bone declined to comment on the reports, but said the company isn’t selling the fitness-tracking business outright. Jawbone and Fitbit , pioneers in activity trackers, have struggled to grow as com-petition picks up in the wearable-technology market, an industry that tech giants including Apple and Google have set their sights on. In November, Jawbone cut 60 employees, or 15 per cent of its workforce and closed its New York office. Jawbone started early and was strong in the speaker and fitness-tracker markets, but suf-fered as it was undercut by cheaper competitors and the products became easily replicated, said Chris Jones, chief analyst at Can-alys. With Jawbone’s speakers, “it became pretty clear that was not really a sustainable market to be in profitably,” Jones said.

— Bloomberg News

Snapchat, an app for sending disappearing messages, was valued at $18 billion after its latest round of funding, said a person familiar with the matter. The financing pads the start-up’s war chest as it attempts to evolve from a teen phenom-enon into a mainstream media platform. The funding round totaled $1.8 billion, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The amount includes about $650 million raised last year and an additional $1.2 billion this year, said the person, who asked not to be named because the details are private. More investors are looking for a piece of Snapchat as the company develops its business. The Venice, California, start-up relies on ad-vertising to users who watch videos compiled by its staff and those from media brands. Snapchat generated revenue of $59 million last year, and the company projects that number to rise more than fourfold this year, said the person familiar with the matter. Snap-chat opened its funding round last year by selling shares valuing the company at $16 billion, Bloomberg reported at the time. Inves-tors in the round include Fidelity Investments, General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital, the person said. Mary Ritti, a spokeswoman for Snapchat, declined to comment. TechCrunch earlier reported details of the fundraising. — Bloomberg News

Tencent Holdings shared soared to a record in Hong Kong as investors speculate a potential link with the Shen-zhen exchange will spur Chi-na’s biggest gaming and mes-saging company higher. The shares jumped 4.5 per cent to HK$171.20, the highest close since its 2004 initial public offering. Trading volumes were about 2.4 times the daily average of the past three months. Tencent, which reported record earn-ings last week, surged in 2015 after the successful start of a link between Hong Kong’s equity market and the Shanghai Stock Ex-change fueled purchases by mainland investors. Speculation has been building China could announce a start date for a similar ar-rangement with the Shenzhen bourse of July 1, said Kevin Tam, an analyst at Core Pacific-Yamaichi International Hong Kong Ltd. “The market is speculatively buying on Shenzhen link today,” Tam said by phone. “People are speculating a start on July 1. Tencent is also digesting better-than-expected first quarter earnings.” Ten-cent, which is based in Shenzhen, is in talks to buy a majority stake in gamemaker Supercell Oy from SoftBank Group Corp., the Wall Street Journal has reported. Supercell would boost sales in games and also Tencent’s advertising business, ICBC International Re-search Ltd. analyst Yu Jianpeng said by phone. Yu said Tencent is the best investment choice in Hong Kong’s listed Internet sector. Games are among Tencent’s biggest businesses. — Bloomberg News

END CALLSAVE LIVES

A TIMES OF OMANHANDS-FREE DRIVING INITIATIVE

Google puts pressure on its tardy partners

JACK CLARK & SCOTT MORITZ

GETTING phone mak-ers and carriers to up-date to the latest ver-sion of Android has been one of the thorn-

iest challenges facing Google as it tries to widen the use of its mobile software and generate more sales from its apps and web services.

Now, Google is getting serious about remedying what ails An-droid, and it’s using both carrots and sticks to get partners to keep the world’s most popular mobile operating system more up to date.

The issue — a mishmash of dif-ferent smartphones running out-dated software lacking the latest security and features — has plagued Android since its debut in 2007. But Google has stepped up its ef-forts recently, accelerating secu-rity updates, rolling out technology workarounds and reducing phone testing requirements.

The Alphabet unit is also getting tougher, drawing up rankings that could shame some phone makers

into better behaviour, according to people familiar with the situation.

Keeping Android fresh and uni-fied is crucial because that’s how Google delivers its money-making search engine and new offerings, like the Daydream virtual real-ity system, in an increasingly mo-bile world. This only works when phone makers and wireless carriers quickly update devices to newer versions of the operating system.

So far, that’s not happening, cre-ating “fragmentation” in industry lingo — which means new Google features, like last year’s Now on Tap and fixes for now-infamous Stage-fright software bugs, only reach a fraction of Android’s active user base of 1.4 billion.

If Google doesn’t fix this, it may struggle to compete with Apple. As smartphones get more capable, complex and hackable, having the latest software work closely with the hardware is increasingly im-portant. Apple designs both, giv-ing it more control over when and how its operating system is loaded onto iPhones. The result: 84 per cent of Apple’s mobile devices run the latest iOS software, compared with 7.5 per cent of Android de-vices that run Marshmallow, the newest Android OS.

“It’s not an ideal situation,” said Android chief Hiroshi Lockheimer at Google’s I/O developer confer-ence last week, while describing the lack of updates as “the weakest link on security on Android.”

Consumers and regulators are unsatisfied too. A Dutch consumer group sued Samsung Electronics, the largest Android phone maker, in January for neglecting to update many devices. In the US, the Fed-eral Communications Commission sent a letter to carriers, manufac-turers, Apple and Google asking how they can ensure faster updates.

Google is making progress per-suading phone makers and carriers to install security updates quicker “for the good of users,” Lockheimer said. The same expedited process may then be used to send operating

system updates to phones, he ex-plained. The most challenging dis-cussions are with carriers, which can be slow to approve updates be-cause they test them thoroughly to avoid network disruption. Verizon Communications Inc.’s tests can take months, according to a former employee of the largest US wireless provider. It has shaved a few weeks off at the behest of Google and cus-tomers, the person said. Shorten-ing it further is difficult because Verizon supports so many different Android phones, which must be tested before updates go live, the person added. Albert Aydin, a Ve-rizon spokesman, said the company works closely with all partners throughout the process, but de-clined to comment specifically on Google. Sprint has cut its approval process from as long as 12 weeks to “a few weeks,” said Ryan Sullivan, vice president of product develop-ment at the carrier.

Stagefright response Stagefright, which left almost a billion devices vulnerable to being taken over by hackers, shook the Android ecosystem and prodded Google into leading by example. Soon after, the company started re-leasing monthly Android security patches, which it sent to its Nexus devices. These are designed by Google, giving it Apple-like control over updates. Other Android hand-set makers, including LG Electron-ics and Samsung, committed to monthly updates, but have strug-gled to keep to that schedule for all their phones.

Smaller Android phone makers didn’t even attempt the monthly goal. HTC executive Jason Mac-kenzie called it “unrealistic” last year. Motorola previously tried to get handsets three years old or newer patched twice a year. It’s now aiming for quarterly updates, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Google is trying to persuade car-riers to exclude its security patches from the full series of tests, which

can cost several hundred thousand dollars for each model, according to an executive at a leading Android handset maker.

“Google has come a long way since Stagefright,” said Joshua Drake, a senior researcher at mo-bile security firm Zimperium. But it’s still a struggle because some carriers don’t treat security as a priority, while phone makers have other incentives, such as selling new devices, he added.

Pressuring partnersGoogle is using more forceful tactics. It has drawn up lists that rank top phone makers by how up-to-date their handsets are, based on security patches and operat-ing system versions, according to people familiar with the matter. Google shared this list with An-droid partners earlier this year. It has discussed making it public to highlight proactive manufacturers and shame tardy vendors through omission from the list, two of the people said. The people didn’t want to be identified to maintain their re-lationships with Google.

“Google is putting pressure on,” said Sprint’s Sullivan, who has seen data that Google uses to track who is falling behind. “Since we are the final approval, we are applying pressure because our customers are expecting it.”

Google is reducing its reliance on the update process too. New features, such as the Allo messag-ing service, now often come out as standalone apps, rather than part of a new version of the Android op-erating system. Google can refresh these without carrier tests.

It’s also making some new fea-tures compatible with earlier ver-sions of the operating system. Instant Apps, unveiled last week, works on phones running versions as old as Jellybean, which came out in 2012. This means 95 per cent of Android users will get access to the technology, which lets people test apps before deciding whether to download them. — Bloomberg News

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ROUND-UP

GMC Ramadan offers get stronger year after year

MUSCAT: This Ramadan, Moosa Abdul Rahman has gone bigger and better with its exclusive offers that are sure to attract potential buyers looking to own a GMC, a brand that exemplifies strength, comfort and durability.

The GMC automotive franchise strives to offer its customers the best deals with an outstanding value for money coupled with at-tractive gifts and privileges in its month long promotion, says a press release.

Customers have a lot to look for-ward to by investing in a purchase of a GMC vehicle which includes a complimentary installation of 3M

sun control film on select models and 500 litres of petrol or OMR77 worth with the purchase of each vehicle. In addition, each buyer will be entitled to 30,000km ser-vice, five years unlimited kilome-tre warranty, three years roadside assistance and complimentary registration on all models. An add-ed benefit is that all GMC vehicles only need to be serviced at inter-vals of 10,000km. To top it, pur-chase of selected models will be accompanied with a 40-inch Sam-sung LED TV and OMR100 Lulu gift vouchers.

“Our customers have always been more than satisfied with the excellent performance, comfort and dependability of every GMC vehicle, skilfully crafted to meet different terrains while delivering a smooth driving experience. The alluring privileges this Ramadan just adds to the entire array of ben-efits,” said Virendra Agarwal CEO, Moosa Abdul Rahman & Co.

One of the features available on all GMC models that has been very

popular with the tech savvy cus-tomers, is the colour touch navi-gation radio with touch-screen control that incorporates all of IntelliLink to deliver segment-exclusive infotainment technol-ogy, seamlessly integrating the capability of a smartphone into the vehicle. It also features upgraded USB connectivity that adds to the ability to play music files directly from flash memory and provides the option to update IntelliLink with future feature enhancements.

Specific to each model, the un-precedented GMC offers are led by Acadia, a spacious 8-seater that in-cludes rear view camera, Intellink Bluetooth, parking sensors, remote start and cooling as well as cruise control as standard features. The starting price of OMR11,995 for a SLE brings GMC within reach of those inspiring to own this popular SUV. Other than free registration, 30,000km service and five years extended warranty with unlimited mileage, the ‘never before offer’ also includes 500L petrol or equiv-

alent of OMR77. On certain vari-ants of Acadia, customers will also be entitled to a 40-inch LED TV.

Denali, the high end range of Acadia, is a much coveted vehicle.

Yet another power-packed performer, the Terrain, starts at OMR8,995 for 2.4L SLE that takes the SUV to a new level of afford-ability. Among the most recognis-able SUVs on the road to date are the iconic Yukon and Yukon XL from OMR16,995 onwards that have always incorporated some-thing new and better with each new generation delivering greater capability and refinement through new and enhanced chassis and suspension systems.

The Sierra line-up is led by the light duty Sierra 1500 Regular Cab Work Truck 4.3L at a very attractive price starting from OMR11,995. Complementing the line-up is the Sierra 1500 Regular Cab 5.3L at OMR13,995. Available in Double Cab, Crew Cab and De-nali variants, the pickup offers the longest list of standard features ever seen in a full-size pickup.

Each model of GMC caters to a different segment of customers and the special prices during the promotion have made Ramadan one of the best times to buy and truly experience the joy of driving in comfort.

Moosa Abdul Rahman Hassan & Co is the exclusive distributor of GMC vehicles in the Sultanate of Oman with branches and a service network that covers all major loca-tions across Oman.

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Art of Living set to hold yoga sessions at Indian EmbassyMUSCAT: To promote healthy living, Hasan Tafti, senior fac-ulty of Art of Living is conducting yoga sessions at the Indian Em-bassy auditorium on June 3 and 4 from 4.30 to 5.30pm as a precur-sor to International Day of Yoga to be celebrated on June 21.

The yoga sessions will include simple yoga asanas, pranayams and meditation as per the yoga protocol given by the Govern-ment of India. It has been sci-entifically proven that regular practice of yoga can significantly reduce stress levels, boost immu-nity and help promote physical and mental well-being.

“Yoga helps one to overcome stress and relax body and mind. All are welcome to join the ses-sions and benefit from it,” said an official. The Art of Living is pro-moting healthy living through the practices of yoga and meditation in more than 150 countries. These sessions are an Art of Living’s ini-tiative to create awareness about yoga and create interest in its practice for a healthier and hap-pier living. It will highlight the benefits and practice of yoga in a simple and joyful manner. Various postures having benefits in chron-ic diseases like hypertension, diabetes, obesity can be learnt and practiced regularly to help contain the usage of medicinal drugs.

However yoga is not just doing some body-twisting postures. It is also known to ease stress and give some peace of mind besides

increasing one’s levels of con-centration and intuition. Various yoga postures stimulate almost every system in one’s body - the cardiovascular system (keeping the heart strong), the digestive system as well as the nervous sys-tem. It regulates endocrinal sys-tem leading to better metabolism and absorption of nutrition. It also makes glands like the thyroid, parathyroid and pituitary glands function normally. “Besides mak-ing you look young through better cell rejuvenation, it also burns ex-cess calories and tones the body. It is an excellent alternative to caffeine and other stimulants. If you have trouble sleeping at night, these will help you fall asleep without using any external stimu-lants. Those interested can regis-ter at 97455876 / 96770304.”

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Bait Al Zubair appoints prominent poet as its new GMMUSCAT: Bait Al Zubair Founda-tion has appointed Dr Mohammed Abdul Karim Al Shahi as its new general manager. Being a promi-nent poet of the country, Al Shahi brings a wealth of experience from Oman’s cultural sector.

Bait Al Zubair Foundation, the cultural arm of The Zubair Corpo-ration (Z-Corp), has been stead-fastly devoted to preserving and advancing Oman’s heritage and continues to be a key player in this quest. Established in 2005 to man-age Bait Al Zubair Museum and other projects relating to culture, arts, history, archaeology and the community, the Foundation ac-tively promotes traditional and contemporary Omani culture.

The appointment of Al Shahi is

part of Z-Corp’s commitment to support Omani talent and encour-age them to take up leadership roles in the private sector. Z-Corp remains dedicated to identifying and promoting Omani talent and developing a foundation for future leaders, says a press release.

While Al Shahi’s appointment demonstrates this commitment, Z-Corp is confident that with his experience, he will continue to drive forward Bait Al Zubair Foun-dation’s vision. With his deep un-derstanding of Oman’s tradition and culture, Z-Corp is confident that he will bring a compelling vi-sion and perspective to Bait Al Zubair Foundation.

Expressing happiness over the appointment, Al Shahi said, “I am

honoured to be joining the Bait Al Zubair Foundation, one of Sultan-ate’s key institutions that has been promoting Omani art and culture while fostering knowledge. It is a privilege to have the opportunity to build on a strong foundation established by my predecessors. I look forward to working with tal-ented colleagues to cultivate the continued growth and evolution. I am grateful for the opportunity to work alongside talented Omani artists at the Foundation towards our shared goal of developing the cultural landscape of Oman.”

He hopes to encourage and ena-ble a new generation of Omani art-ists to establish a name locally and do well on an international level.

Prior to joining Bait Al Zubair

Foundation, Al Shahi worked in the Ministry of Education as a deputy manager in high second-ary school division. He has also worked as general manager of Na-tional Youth Commission and at the State Council as a consultant in the chairman office.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Sultan Qaboos University, MBA-HRM degree from Liverpool University. He was awarded PhD in business and management from London-based Brunei University.

Al Shahi who shares a keen in-terest in art, literature, poetry, and philosophy has a won a number of prizes and awards in different poetry festivals and competition in Oman and other countries in

the region. He is also a member in many national level committees such as the central committee of studies and researches in the Min-istry of Culture and Heritage and also the lyrics and poems commit-tee in the Ministry of Culture.

Al Shahi has been a jury member on many occasions in events such as the Literary Forum Competi-tion in 2006 and the eighth Omani Poetry Festival in 2012. He is also a member of the consultant team in Sharq/ Gharb (monthly cultural magazine).

Al Shahi takes over from Paul Doubleday who has been general manager of the foundation since 2014. Al Shahi hopes to carry out the mission of foundation with earnestness.

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PSM junior school organises Mega Minds quiz competitionMUSCAT: The Mega Minds quiz competition was held in the Jun-ior School of Pakistan School Muscat recently.

Ataullah Niazi, senior principal, was the chief guest of the event. PSM principal Khalid Jadoon and Munazza Ghafoor, junior school principal, attended the event along with students and teachers, says a press release.

The junior school students from the age group 6 - 9 years par-ticipated in this competition. A thorough procedure was followed in the selection process to keep this competition challenging and transparent. The competent stu-dents were selected and trained by the teachers and parents to excel in their learning. The goal of this competition was to build the con-fidence and sense of competition

and learning among the students.A welcome address was given by

Munazza in which she highlighted the importance of such competi-tions and their aims. She encour-aged the teachers and students to engage in more mental extracur-ricular activities and competitions so the students can grow mentally and intellectually.

Five roundsThere were five rounds in the Mega Minds quiz competition in which the students from five houses, namely Jinnah House, Iqbal House, Sir Syed House, Jo-har House and Arfa Karim House participated enthusiastically and demonstrated their higher order thinking skills. Five rounds of Q&A were held. The first round was the ‘Individual Round’, second ‘Team

Round’, the third ‘Mental Gymnas-tic Round’, the fourth in reference to Mathematics, ‘Al Beruni Round’, whereas the final round was ‘Isaac Newton Round’.

The students participated in this closely fought competition en-thusiastically, demonstrating their intellect and knowledge. The first position was secured by the stu-dents of Johar House, whereas the students of Jinnah House stood as runners-up.

In the end, all participants were appreciated and awarded with certificates. Trophies were given to the winners and runners-up by Ataullah Niazi along with Khalid and Munazza.

Participants from Arfa Karim House of the Centre of Special Education were awarded with the consolation prize.

C H A L L E N G I N G

Special offer on Mercedes-Benz

E 300 Avantgarde AMG Sport

MUSCAT: For the first time ever, Mercedes-Benz Oman is offering the dynamic and styl-ish 2016 E 300 Avantgarde AMG Sport for the incredible price of OMR24,995.

Running in tandem with its Ramadan offer until June 30, buy-ers of the renowned sedan will receive an impressive upgraded five-year or 105,000 kilometre service package, as well as three years unlimited mileage warran-ty, Mobilo on road assistance, free registration and V-KOOL heat control film. New owners of the E 300 will also be automatically entered into a draw to win a brand new A 250, says a press release.

“It is with great pleasure that we have been able to create this very special promotion on one of our most popular vehicles this Ramadan,” said Clive Hammond CEO Mercedes-Benz Oman. “A perfect expression of the Mer-cedes-Benz philosophy of ‘The Best or Nothing’, the E-Class im-presses from the very first second with its outstanding comfort and exceptional agility, motivating both spirit and senses with its se-rene driving experience.”

Bold athletic sedan, the E 300 Avantgarde AMG Sport boasts an expressive exterior design and a rich refined trend-setting cabin with a wealth of luxury appoint-

ments and high-end trims. As with all Mercedes-Benz ve-

hicles, innovative technology is a hallmark of the E-Class and, in this regard, it features a suite of state-of-the-art navigation and entertainment systems that oper-ate with intuitive ease.

The standard-setting E 300 also benefits from a host of ad-vanced comfort and safety fea-tures, including radar-based col-lision prevention assist.

The Mercedes-Benz world-leading engineering means not only self-assured agility and top-level economy but also intense performance, for a unique sense of driving pleasure.

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BankDhofar bags coveted award from Asian Banker

DUBAI: BankDhofar has received an award for ‘Best Mobile Bank-ing Implementation in the Mid-dle East’ by The Asian Banker in recognition of its continuous ef-forts to lead the financial market in the Sultanate by providing best customer experience through state-of-the-art technology and implementation of cutting-edge e-banking solutions.

The award was received by Mar-wan Mohammed Al Zadjali, execu-tive manager - eBanking at Bank-Dhofar, during the Middle East & Africa International Banking Convention that was held recently at the Ritz Carlton DIFC in Dubai, says a press release.

Upon receiving the award, Mar-wan highlighted BankDhofar’s strategic vision to lead the bank-ing sector in the Sultanate and

the wider Gulf area through the use of technology and innovation, providing the best customer expe-rience and contributing to the de-velopment of the financial sector in Oman.

“We are very delighted to be part of this convention that brought to-gether elite bankers from across Middle East and Africa. It was a great opportunity for us to network with regional and global banks and financial institutions, and to pre-sent ourselves as industry leaders in the local and regional markets.”

The Asian Banker Technol-ogy Implementation Awards Pro-gramme provides the undisputed benchmark of the technology im-plementation in an increasingly

competitive business environ-ment. Every year the programme evaluates a substantial range of innovative banking solutions that demonstrate how technology can deliver significant benefits to the financial industry.

“BankDhofar has been a leader in the market, providing best-in-class products and services for customers nationwide. We have been committed to embrace crea-tivity and innovation, and we as-pire to lead with technology and best banking solutions in the re-gion,” noted Al Zadjali.

To further enrich its customer experience, BankDhofar continu-ously enhances its electronic bank-ing channels and offers a wide ar-

ray of banking options through its online banking and mobile banking solutions. The ground-breaking Touch ID Access feature in the mo-bile application adds to the security of mobile banking while using com-patible iPhones and iPads, allowing customers to authenticate their login and transaction details by fin-gerprint recognition.

Moreover, the exclusive flag-ship ‘Card-less Cash’ service al-lows customers to use their mobile phone as an ATM card where they can have access their accounts and withdraw cash from any BankD-hofar ATM. BankDhofar also of-fers a wide range of instant mobile banking services such as instant connection to accounts and cards details, debit card limit in-crease, instant payment of utility bills and mobile top-up options, instant credit card due payment, location of nearest ATM, CDM and branches, instant money transfer to any third party’s ac-count within BankDhofar, up-dated currency exchange rates, instant update on promotions and new products and services.

The mobile app also allows cus-tomers to view account details and check the balance in all their ac-counts, view last 10 transactions (mini-statement), view up to 150 transaction under statements with opening and closing balances.

BankDhofar received

the award for ‘Best

Mobile Banking

Implementation in

the Middle East’

ODC takes part in Oman International Dental ConferenceMUSCAT: The 18th Oman Inter-national Dental Conference saw great involvement from Oman Dental College’s (ODC) faculty and student body.

Faculty members participated as speakers, having created five out of the 10 final presentations. While ex-ODC students were an integral part of the conference’s organisation committee, fac-ulty members conducted several workshops, says a press release.

The conference invited Professor Dayananda Samarawickrama to de-liver the keynote speech to an audi-ence of international dental profes-sionals. In this role, the professor conducted two lectures. Samara-wickrama is an Emeritus professor of Conservative Dentistry at famed institution, Queen Mary University London, and a visiting professor to Oman Dental College.

Samarawickrama comment-ed: “The quality of this confer-ence was comparable to any of the top international confer-ences I have attended in the past. ODC’s active scientific and practical participation in the or-ganisation and facilitation of the conference displayed the high quality of education its students receive on a daily basis. ODC students projected confidence and competence, and held their own amongst the many profes-sionals in the room.”

Dr Rahul Arora, dean of ODC, added: “ODC was pleased to have supported Oman Dental Society for the conference. We fully sup-port and endorse the continu-ation of such activities, which are vital to the on-going develop-ment of the dental profession for the Omani public.”

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Dar Al Atta’a honours winners of writing contestMUSCAT: Reading is one of the best things that we must be keen to indulge in from a young age. Read-ing is also as important as anything we do in our daily routine. It gives us energy, stimulates our brains, opens the doors of knowledge and draws our attention to things un-known to us before.

In order for everyone to keep on reading while he or she is an adult, such good habit should be estab-lished from a young age. Undoubt-edly, what we get used to doing in childhood, lasts till old age.

From this perspective comes the idea of ‘Let’s Read’ programme from Dar Al Atta’a Association, where a ceremony was recently held at Qurum Commercial Cen-tre, celebrating the end of the 10th session of story writing contest, says a press release.

The contest aims to help dem-onstrate the talent of creative writing of private and public school students between the ages of 11 and 18 years, to create stories which take place in Oman in both Arabic and English.

The competition jury set a num-ber of criteria, including one that calls for the story containing a fas-cinating character and comes in an

interesting context. In addition to eloquence, the jury also demanded the story spanned a maximum of 500 words, and be suitable for children between the age of 5 to 7 years. The total number of partici-pants this year was 107 students from several schools in the Sul-tanate, and the awards were clas-sified into individual category and collective category.

The individual category win-ners were:

First: Ujala Rajgariha (11 years), Indian School Al Ghubra

Second: Mazen Al Busaidi (12

years), Ahmed bin Nadhir School - Samail.

Third: Sally Hall (14 years) from British School Muscat.

The collective category winners included:

Dina Al Hinai (14 years), Fatima Al Bahrani (14 years), Dania Al Bahrani (14 years) and Maryam Al Hassani (14 years) from the Sul-tan’s School.

In addition, the following 12 students got honorary awards due to their efforts and the quality of their stories:

Manal Rehman (13 years), Rah-

ma Al Yahiaei (13 years), Amena Al Zadjali (12 years), Saba Al Zadjali (12 years), Talal Al Ajmi (12 years), Reem Al Sabti (13 years), Khawla Al Khamisi (13 years), all from the Sultan’s School.

Shamma Al Alawi (13 years) from Hafsa bint Sereen School, Al Buraimi, Salma Al Azani (13 years) from Hafsa bint Sereen School, Al Buraimi, Neto Matchelat (13 years) from the Indian School Al Ghubra, Lavania Balaji (13 years) from the Indian School Al Ghubra, Mohammed Thi Shaan (13 years) from the Indian School Al Ghubra.

Maryam Issa Al Zadjali, chair-person of the Board, expressed her happiness and pride at Let’s Read programme and the competition hosted by Dar Al Atta’a Association annually, which would increase awareness of the importance of in-stilling love of reading and writing in the hearts of children.

She thanked the schools whose students participated in the com-petition. She wished that the mes-sage of the contest would reach a larger number and include all the Sultanate’s schools.

She also thanked and appre-

ciated all who contributed to the success and support of the programme.

Jane Jaffer, person in charge of the programme, also expressed her happiness over the interaction of the students during the contest and the quality of participation from various schools, making the jury’s task more difficult.

She thanked Sweets of Oman, the official sponsor of the writing contest, for its support in contrib-uting to the enrichment and in-stilling the concept of writing and reading in school children.

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al Mazyona rewards customers with high value monthly prizes

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flag-ship financial services provider in the Sultanate, celebrated al Ma-zyona monthly prize draw in the wilayat of Sur in which 32 custom-ers covering all regions, includ-ing asalah Priority banking and al Jawhar Privilege banking, won high value prizes ranging from OMR10,000 to OMR50,000.

Dr Nasser bin Abdullah Al Abri, director general of Education in South Sharqiyah governorate, picked the winners at the ceremo-ny attended by dignitaries, Premier banking customers and manage-ment team members from the bank.

asalah Priority banking custom-ers won two exclusive monthly prizes of OMR50,000 each and al Jawhar Privilege banking custom-ers won two prizes of OMR25,000

each. The monthly draw also wit-nessed 28 customers across all regions maintaining a minimum balance of OMR1,000 winning OMR10,000 each.

Abdulnasir Al Raisi, DGM – Pre-mier Banking, said: “Bank Muscat congratulates al Mazyona monthly prize winners and wishes luck for prospective winners in the up-coming prize draws throughout the year. The bank understands customer expectations and has lined up the OMR10 million prize money for maintaining a healthy savings habit. al Mazyona ensures winning chances to all customers across the Sultanate.”

Al Raisi added: “Bank Muscat is delighted to elevate Premier bank-ing service with a differentiated and specialised banking experience, in-

cluding high value al Mazyona priz-es. The bank remains committed to further enhancing services to the Premier banking segment.”

al Mazyona has earmarked high value monthly, quarterly and year-end prizes for the Premier banking segment. The exclusive prizes for asalah Priority banking custom-ers include two monthly prizes of OMR50,000 each, two quar-terly prizes of OMR250,000 each and the year-end jackpot prize of OMR500,000 for one customer. The bank also offers special prizes to al Jawhar Privilege Banking customers, including two monthly prizes of OMR25,000 each and two quarterly prizes of OMR50,000 each. Premier banking customers can participate in all al Mazyona weekly, monthly, quarterly and special prize draws.

Reaching out with a powerful call

for savings, the OMR10 million al Mazyona prize money is targeted at different segments, including wom-en, children, youth and high saving customers. Adding excitement to festivals and national celebrations, the 2016 savings scheme rewards customers with special prizes dur-ing Eid and National Day, in addi-tion to aspirational prizes of OMR1 million at the end of year.

As on date, al Mazyona sav-ings scheme guaranteeing more for everyone to share is the big-gest prize money in Oman and the region with prizes ranging from OMR1,000 a week to OMR10,000 a month, OMR100,000 every quar-ter and OMR500,000 at the end of year. al Mazyona continues to be the only savings scheme to recog-nise and reward loyalty for cus-tomers based on their association with the bank.

A special prize draw offering OMR10,000 each for winners from 14 regions will be held in cel-ebration of Eid Al Fitr 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.

The eligibility for al Mazyo-na prize draws is to maintain a minimum balance of OMR100 which entitles customers to win OMR1,000 every week. By main-taining a minimum balance of OMR1,000, customers are eligi-ble win the OMR10,000 monthly prize, OMR100,000 quarterly prize and the grand prize of OMR500,000 at the end of the year. For every OMR100 balance,

customers get 1 chance to win – so with OMR1,000, they get 10 chances to win. The more the sav-ing, the better the chances to win.

al Mazyona continues to be the only savings scheme to recognise and reward loyalty for customers based on their association with the bank. For example, if a customer has been saving for five years, his chances of winning get multiplied by five times and similarly if he has been maintaining al Mazyona savings account for 20 years, his chances get multiplied 20 times and so on. This benefit is unique only to al Mazyona savings scheme holders and no other bank offers this loyalty reward.

The double-your-salary scheme is another attraction of 2016 al Mazyona savings scheme which entitles customers maintaining a salary account with the bank to win a free bonus salary every month. The salary prize scheme is open to all customers with a mini-mum monthly salary of OMR500. For instance, a customer whose salary is OMR500 can win an ad-ditional salary prize of OMR500 whereas a customer whose sal-ary is OMR3,000 can win back an equivalent bonus salary of OMR3,000 and so on. In all, there will be 30 winners every month who will gain a bonus salary with al Mazyona savings account.

Dr Nasser bin Abdullah Al Abri, director

general of Education in South Sharqiyah

governorate, picked the winners at the

ceremony attended by dignitaries, Premier

banking customers and management team

members from the bank

Toyota generates ‘biggest excitement ever’MUSCAT: Toyota, one of the most trusted and well-known brands in Oman, announced a thrilling offer building up into ‘the biggest excitement ever’.

According to the spokesperson, “The range of popular Toyota mod-els is now available with a band of benefits, making this the best time to visit a Toyota showroom, choos-ing a new Toyota and adding even more joy and excitement to life.”

An enthusiast added, “You bet that I am going to make the most of this offer. I am glad that I waited for it – it’s worth it.”

The spokesperson explained, “The offer is about Toyota vehi-cles now being available with a host of exciting model-specific benefits like 0% interest rate, upto two years of comprehensive in-surance, service package for up to three years/30,000km service (whichever is earlier) and even as-sured cash back upto OMR1,100. A customer can also choose to avail the cash gift in lieu of benefits like insurance and service package. (These benefits are model specific and may vary accordingly.)”

To top it all, every Toyota cus-tomer gets a gift voucher and a

chance to take part in an amazing raffle which has 4 units of 16YM Prius Hybrid to be won.

“The earlier one buys and en-ters the raffle, the more are the chances of winning,” the spokes-person added.

The campaign period ends on July 21 and the benefits are appli-cable to all purchases except those made by government organisa-tions and ministries. Zero percent interest rate for up to two years is applicable only on 2016 YM Yaris hatchback, Yaris sedan, Corolla & Camry through select finance companies for short term tenure, up to 24 months, for individual purchases only. For all deals ex-ceeding 24 months, normal in-

terest rates will be applicable for full tenure of the loan. All deals are subject to finance company/ credit approval.

Assured cash gift is applicable on 2016YM models of Yaris hatch-back, all Toyota sedans, Avanza, RAV4, Prado, Innova and Hilux 4x2(2.7L) only and the amount varies between model, model vari-ants and model year. There is also cash gift given in lieu of the service and insurance only as applicable for respective models.

In case the customer chooses service, insurance (as applicable), he/ she will not be eligible for cash gift offer. Cash gift can also be used as part of down payment. For exact details, please contact the nearest

Toyota showroom. The compre-hensive two year insurance (Oman only) on 2016 YM Sequoia is sub-ject to customer registering the vehicle for 2 years as per statutory requirements. Comprehensive one year insurance (Oman only) is available on 16YM Camry, For-tuner and Prado.

For RAC, Taxi and driving school purchases, insurance would be given to the extent applicable for private vehicles. Additional premium as per insurance norms would have to be paid by the buyer.

As a part of benefits, three years /30,000km service (whichever is earlier) covering three services at 10,000km service interval for petrol models based on normal

operating conditions and six ser-vices at 5,000km service interval for diesel models is available on 2016 YM FJ Cruiser, LC Wagon (LC 200) & Hilux 4x4.

Two years/ 20,000km service (whichever is earlier) covering two services at 10,000km service interval for petrol models based on normal operating conditions and four services at 5,000km ser-vice interval for diesel models is available on 2016 YM Corolla, LC P/Up (LC 70) & Hiace. Six years / 60,000km service (whichever is earlier) covering six services at 10,000km service interval based on normal operating conditions is available on 2016 YM Prius.

Customers get some guaranteed benefits on any new car irrespec-tive of the year make. These ben-efits include a Lulu gift voucher worth OMR25 and a chance to participate in a raffle of 4 units of 16YM Prius Hybrid E (white pearl colour). Raffle draws will be held on June 5, 19, July 3 and July 26. Customers will be eligible for raf-fle only upon taking delivery of the vehicle during this campaign peri-od after completing necessary for-malities and not against booking.

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Mamas and Papas launches Eid collection

MUSCAT: Set the perfect scene this Eid for your little ones with Mamas and Papas Eid collec-tion exclusive to the Middle East. The elegant range, packed with the latest fashionable out-fits to make your kids stand out, will be available exclusively at Mamas and Papas, City Centre Muscat, Seeb from the end of May, says a press release.

Get her wardrobe party ready this season with intricate lace-work, sequins, pleats and ruf-fles in soft hues including white, pink, beige, mauve and purple. Casual daytime outfits includ-ing little tutu skirts and embroi-dered cotton tops will make her look adorable and feel comfort-able. Finish off the look with matching cotton head bands with floral accents- every little girl’s must-have this summer!

Dress your little boys up to the nines in stylish suits inclusive of shirts, pants, ties and waist jackets in summery palette of soft pinks, blues, beige, whites and polka which will have them looking extra suave this season.

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South Indian actress set to open Aaina’s new boutique on June 1MUSCAT: Aaina will unveil to the public its second boutique in Ruwi at 8pm on Wednesday, June 1.

The Indian wear store is all set to welcome South Indian actress and playback singer Mamta Mo-handas to officially inaugurate the outlet, says a press release.

Aaina was started four years ago by the owner couple Juliana and Nujoom in the CBD area. Aaina mirrors the essence of the vibrant Indian culture and the elegance and intricacy of the traditional Indian wear.

There is great excitement antic-ipated with this expansion as there is a more concentrated Indian ele-ment added to the existing line of apparel and accessories.

The owner-designer Juliana is especially thrilled at the new shift of focus from selling only Indian

ready-mades, casual wear, sarees and wedding apparel, bridal and party wear to a wider selection of accessories, laces from different parts of India, hand embroidered materials, an extensive line of fabrics, customised tailoring and mix, match and make options.

With a boom in the sales of on-line catalogues of Indian and Paki-stani wear by home-based entre-preneurs, Juliana feels that there is an urgent need to break the mo-notony and duplicity.

Thus, Aaina offers the perfect solution of customised tailoring. The customer can handpick each element of her apparel right from the fabric to the laces and embroi-dery, measured and altered by the readily available in store tailor and , have it designed to perfection by a designer. Flying in designs from the different fashion cities of In-dia, Aaina promises great selection and unmatchable quality.

Having catered to the fashion aspirations of the women alone, the new branch is also all geared to include menswear and custom stitching for men as well.

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No hormones, preservatives and added colours in A’Saffa chickenMUSCAT: A’Saffa Foods, the Sultanate’s largest fully integrat-ed poultry and processed food producers, based on the strong foundation and business philoso-phy of ‘core values of healthy food, health and happiness’, through its ‘healthy living and healthy eat-ing initiatives’, have been mak-ing inroads towards this cause of ‘Healthy Oman’.

The frozen and fresh chickens of A’Saffa, are high in protein, healthy and valuable natural vi-tamins and are a manifestation of the business philosophy and prin-ciples, says a press release.

“For older people the proteins in chicken can help against bone loss while it is also a rich source of niacin, a B-vitamin that helps to naturally protect the body against cancer. Together with Vitamin B6 these play a vital role in helping the efficient metabolic activity of the body and help cardiovascular health,” said Sidhartha Lenka, head of Sales and Marketing - A’Saffa Foods.

Independent nutritionists and scientists have established that chicken is a rich source of nutri-ents and vitamins that are vital for strengthening the immune system of the body. A four ounce serving of chicken supplies 72 per cent of the daily requirement for

niacin and 32 per cent of that for Vitamin B6. Meanwhile chicken also contains the trace min-eral selenium in good quantities which is an essential component required by many major meta-bolic pathway systems including thyroid hormone pathways, anti-oxidant defence systems and the immune function of the body.

Lenka added: “International research shows that chicken is very healthy for individuals and what makes A’Saffa chicken even better is that their chickens are fed naturally using natural yellow corn and soya, the chicken tastes wonderful and is enjoyed by in-creasing numbers of customers in Oman and beyond. Customers who purchase A’Saffa chicken products – frozen or fresh – can be assured that in our production processes, no hormones, no ster-oids, no preservatives or colours or flavours are added and never inject the birds with water to arti-

ficially increase their weight.” Lenka further stated, “No pre-

servatives, no chemicals and no artificial favouring are used to enhance the flavour of the chick-en. Also we do not use plumping techniques which means that we do not inject water or any other liquid to increase the weight of the chickens. Lastly no steroids and no growth hormones are add-ed to the chickens.”

All of A’Saffa Foods chicken is produced at a state-of-the- art farm facility that is based in Thumrait in the south of Oman with birds pro-duced in conditions that match any world-class chicken farm any-where in the world. It also ensures the chickens reach the consumers fresh, safe and healthy maintaining all hygienic standards.

Every bird is slaughtered by hand according to real halal tech-niques that help to ensure that the meat is healthy and free from tox-ins or any bacterial growth.

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Warner’s Orange Army ruin Virat Kohli’s fairytale season

Bengaluru: Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers put up an incredible per-formance to ruin Virat Kohli’s fairytale season beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs in a high-octane summit clash walk-ing away with their maiden Indian

Premier League trophy, here on Sunday. In a battle between IPL’s best batting and bowling line-ups, the Orange Army came up trumps despite initial blitzkrieg from Chris Gayle and Kohli, defending their total of 208 for seven by restricting

the home team to 200 for seven.It was David Warner’s batting

and astute captaincy complement-ed by some inspirational death overs bowling by Mustafizur Ra-haman (1/37 in 4 overs) and Bhu-vneshwar Kumar (0/25 in 4 overs) that clinched the issue.

Warner, who hit 69, finished sec-ond in run-getters’ list with 848 runs. The turning point certainly would be the 24 runs that Ben Cut-ting (39 no and 2/35) got in the fi-nal over off Shane Watson’s bowl-ing during Sunrisers innings and then came back to dismiss a ram-paging Gayle.

With 18 needed off last over, Bhuvneshwar, who bowled 13 dot balls gave only 9 runs. As the last ball was delivered, skipper Warn-er’s joy knew no bounds with the entire team and dug-out joining him in wild celebrations.

Gayle (76 off 38 balls) and skip-per Kohli (54 off 35 balls) had a scintillating opening stand of 114 in 10.3 overs as it looked like a cakewalk for the home team.

But in the end, Kohli was the tragic hero once again after the WorldT20 in a tournament that will be remembered for his ex-ploits. He finished the tournament with an astounding 973 runs at an average of 81.08 and and equally impressive strike-rate of 152.03. He hit an unbelievable four hun-dreds and seven half-centuries, not to forget 83 boundaries and a staggering 38 sixes.

Once the duo were back in quick succession, it depended AB de Vil-liers (5), who had one of his rare failures as Sunrisers came back into the match. KL Rahul was done in by a slow off-cutter from Cut-ting and Shane Watson found it

hard to get the big shots going as Mustafizur accounted for him.

Stuart Binny hit Mustafizur down the ground for a six as the equation came down to 37 from 3 overs. But Bhuvneshwar bowled a brilliant 18th over keeping eve-rything in the blockhole as only 7 came off the over.

RCB 30 were needed off last two overs as Binny (9) was run-out off the first delivery of the 19th over bowled by Mustafizur. Sachin Baby hit six off the last ball as RCB’s re-quirement of final over was 18 runs but Bhuvneshwar kept his cool to win the match for Sunrisers.

Brief scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 208 for 7 in 20 overs (David Warner 69, Ben Cutting 39 not out, Yuvraj Singh 38; Chris Jordan 3/45) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 200 for 7 in 20 overs (Chris Gayle 76, Virat Kohli 54; Ben Cutting 2/35). - PTI

In a battle between IPL’s best batting and

bowling line-ups, the Orange Army came

up trumps despite initial blitzkrieg from

Chris Gayle and Kohli, defending their total

of 208 for seven by restricting the home

team to 200 for seven

Mathews leads from front as Sri Lanka frustrate EnglandDURHAM: England moved to-wards victory in the second Test against Sri Lanka whose batsmen showed sufficient resolve on Sun-day to push the game into a fourth day if not affect a result that still seems inevitable.

Having been dismissed in the morning for 101 in their first in-nings to trail by 397 runs, Sri Lan-ka performed much better second time round to reach 309 for five by the close, still 88 runs adrift at Durham. Captain Angelo Mathews led from the front with a combat-ive 80, sharing a partnership of 82 with Kaushal Silva, who made 60. Dinesh Chandimal remained un-beaten on 54 at the close.

For Sri Lanka to even reach this far represents an improvement on the first test, which they lost inside three days by an innings and 88 runs, but the tourists did not do enough to banish the im-pression that this two-test series is a mismatch. England’s formida-ble attack took just 17 minutes to take the remaining first-innings wickets in the morning.

The total represented another dismal Sri Lankan performance to set alongside their first-test ef-forts of 91 and 119 - the first time since 1958 that a test team had been bowled out for under 120 in three consecutive innings.

A different approach was re-quired in the second innings and for once the batsmen did not dis-appoint. A breezy 26 from Dimuth

Karunaratne set the tone as, to-gether with Silva, the openers put on 38 before Chris Woakes pushed a ball across the left-hander who edged a catch to Joe Root. Kusal Mendis picked up the pace with three boundaries in five balls from Jimmy Anderson to also reach 26 but paid a heavy price when the Lancashire paceman responded with a full-length ball that was skied to keeper Jonny Bairstow.

Lahiru Thirimanne, who began the day at the crease in the first in-nings, returned to be dismissed for a second time, this time for 13 after falling to a beautiful ball from Moe-en Ali that drew him into the shot

before clipping his stumps. That wicket brought Silva and Mathews together and the pair pushed the tourists’ innings towards respect-ability before Steven Finn finally had Silva caught behind.

Sri Lanka have constantly strug-gled against the moving ball out-side off stump and Bairstow also accounted for Mathews with his seventh catch of the match from a quality Anderson outswinger. Chandimal kept the scoreboard ticking over to record his 11th half-century, seeing off the new ball with Siriwadana (35) to leave England with work to do on Monday. - Reuters

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Sania-Hingis crash out as Bopanna-Merges and Paes-Marcin move aheadPARIS: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza made a shock exit from the women’s doubles competi-tion while compatriots Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna en-tered the men’s doubles quar-terfinals along with their re-spective partners in the French Open here on Sunday.

Sania and Martina Hingis of Switzerland, seeded number one in the women’s doubles, lost to unseeded Czech Repub-lic duo of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova 3-6, 2-6 in a third round match.

Earlier in the day, the sixth seeded Indo-Romanian pair of Bopanna and Florin Mergea defeated Marcus Daniell and Brian Baker 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1, while 16th seeds Paes and Mar-cin Matkowski stunned fourth seeded combination of Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

But, Bopanna and his partner Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia crashed out of the mixed dou-bles competition with a 6-2, 3-6, 8-10 loss at the hands of top seeded combine of Hao-Ching Chan of Chinese Taipei and Jamie Murray of Great Britain in a second round match.

In the women’s doubles, San-ia and Hingis, who were com-ing into the Grand Slam tour-nament after their Australian Open triumph earlier this year, were rusty against their un-seeded Czech rivals and could not hold their serve five times.

Sania and Hingis gave away a break point to their opponents to lose the first set 3-6. The Indo-Swiss pair fought back by breaking their opponents’ serve in the fifth game to make it 1-4 but again failed to hold onto their own in the next game to trail 1-5.

The Czech combo served for the match but Sania and Hingis were yet to throw in the rowel and broke their opponents’ serve to make it 2-5. But their was not be any further fight-back from the Indo-Swiss duo as they yet again failed to hold onto their serve and lost the second set 2-6 to end the match in disappointment. - PTI

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England 1st innings: 498 for 9 declaredSri Lanka 1st innings: D. Karunaratne b Anderson 9 K. Silva c Bairstow b Broad 13 K. Mendis c Anderson b Woakes 35 D. Chandimal c Cook b Anderson 4 A. Mathews c Bairstow b Woakes 3L. Thirimanne c Compton b Anderson 19M. Siriwardana c Bairstow b Woakes 0R. Herath c Anderson b Broad 12S. Eranga c Root b Broad 2S. Lakmal c Bairstow b Broad 0N. Pradeep not out 2 Extras (lb-1, nb-1) 2 Total (all out, 43.3 overs) 101 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-44, 3-53, 4-58, 5-67, 6-67, 7-88, 8-90, 9-93.Bowling: J. Anderson 12.3-2-36-3; S. Broad 13-2-40-4 (nb-1); C. Woakes 7-4-9-3; S.

Finn 7-3-15-0; M. Ali 4-4-0-0.Sri Lanka 2nd innings D. Karunaratne c Root b Woakes 26 K. Silva c Bairstow b Finn 60K. Mendis c Bairstow b Anderson 26L. Thirimanne b Ali 13A. Mathews c Bairstow b Anderson 80D. Chandimal not out 54M. Siriwardana not out 35Extras (lb-9, nb-5, w-1) 15 Total (5 wkts, 84 overs) 309 Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-79, 3-100, 4-182, 5-222.To bat: R. Herath, S. Eranga, N. Pradeep, S. Lakmal Bowling: J. Anderson 16-3-40-2; S. Broad 17-5-47-0 (nb-2); C. Woakes 15-7-51-1 (w-1); S. Finn 16-0-55-1 (nb-1); M. Ali 17-2-94-1 (nb-2); J. Vince 1-1-0-0; J. Root 2-0-13-0.

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Hamilton wins Monaco showcaseMONACO: Lewis Hamilton cele-brated his first win of the Formula One season at the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday after Mercedes told team mate Nico Rosberg to move aside and Red Bull wrecked Daniel Ricciardo’s chances.

While fortune finally favoured the triple world champion after a run of bad luck, championship leader Rosberg finished seventh -- 93.2 seconds behind -- and saw his lead cut to 24 points after six of 21 races.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo was runner-up, a botched second pitstop destroying his chances af-ter he started on pole position for the first time, with Mexican Ser-gio Perez third for Force India.

“I prayed for a day like this so I feel truly blessed,” said Hamilton, who had cut a disconsolate figure after a fuel pressure problem in qualifying left him third on the starting grid.

He made the right call on the tyres, however, with a late change to slicks and got more mileage out of the ultrasofts than expected. He also made his car as wide as pos-sible with Ricciardo crawling all over the back of him.

Hamilton was congratulated by Canadian pop singer Justin Bie-ber as he stepped out of the car in the pit lane before the podium celebration.

His jubilation contrasted to Ricciardo’s sense of shock, the Australian feeling robbed of a

likely victory by his own team whom he said had called him in for a pitstop and then did not have the tyres ready.

“Two weeks in a row I’ve been screwed,” said the driver, who had also led in Spain two weeks ago until a strategy error handed the win to 18-year-old Dutch team mate Max Verstappen. “It sucks. I was called into the box. They should have been ready.”

“Nothing you can say can make

it any better,” Ricciardo had told the team over the radio after the chequered flag. “Just save it.”

Ricciardo had built up a tidy lead at the start before Mercedes told Rosberg, then in second place, to let Hamilton through be-cause the German was suffering from high brake temperatures.

The race had started with seven laps behind the safety car in wet conditions, dried out and then ended with more rain threaten-

ing and cloudy skies. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished fourth, while Finnish team mate Kimi Raikkonen retired with his front wing wedged under the car after clouting the barriers on the 12th of the 78 laps.

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso was fifth, on the 50th anniversary of his team’s race debut in Mona-co in 1966, with Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg snatching sixth from Rosberg at the very end. - Reuters

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WIN AT LAST: Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after winning. – Reuters

Murray and Wawrinka in quarters, Raonic out

PARIS: Andy Murray moved omi-nously into the French Open quar-terfinals for the sixth time in his career with a clinical 7-6(9), 6-4, 6-3 defeat of American John Isner on Sunday. The second seed began the tournament scraping through back-to-back five-setters but has been a model of efficiency since and has his eyes fixed firmly on a first title at Roland Garros.

Isner took a 0-5 career record against Murray on to a murky Court Suzanne Lenglen but he stuck manfully to his task in the

first set, denying the Briton the slightest whiff of a break.

The 15th seed had three set points in the tiebreak, the first of which, when serving at 6-5, he will be rueing.

Three-times Roland Garros semifinalist Murray converted his second set point when Isner hit a forehand wide. After a rain de-lay, the second set proved another tight tussle before Isner cracked under pressure at 4-5 — Murray breaking for the first time to move two sets clear with the help of a de-lightful angled drop shot.

Beaming WawrinkaThe weather was dull and wet but that did not stop a beaming Stan Wawrinka from having plenty of fun on Sunday as he enjoyed a mid-match rally with a ballboy be-fore twirling 360 degrees on court to take a selfie-video with 10,000 French Open spectators.

In between all the sideshows, the reigning champion lit up a gloomy Roland Garros with his lurid day-glo yellow shirt as he reached the quarterfinals with a dazzling 7-6(5), 6-7(7), 6-3 6-2 win over Serbia’s Viktor Troicki.

In an entertaining match fea-turing between-the-leg shots, 105

sweetly-struck winners and an array of blinding backhands from Wawrinka, the Swiss third seed chalked up his fifth successive win over Troicki when the Serbian net-ted a backhand.

The win earned Wawrinka an eighth successive victory on clay, following his triumph in the Gene-va tournament last weekend, but more importantly it allowed him to set up a quarterfinal meeting with unheralded Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas.

Raonic oustedSubdued eighth seed Milos Raon-ic’s French Open came to an abrupt halt when he was swept aside 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 by Spanish claycourter Al-bert Ramos-Vinolas.

The big-serving Canadian could make little impression against the dogged, 28-year-old left-hander who finished the contest with an angled smash on his third match point.

“I had a simple task out there to try to find a way to win and I wasn’t able to find that today,” the 25-year-old Raonic, who dropped serve five times, told a news con-ference. “I gave myself opportuni-ties on his serve, but the day is a lot easier for the other guy when I don’t serve well.”

Raonic will now turn his at-tention to the grasscourt season where he will spend three weeks working with seven-times grand slam champion John McEnroe.

Rogers throughWhen this year’s French Open draw was made just over a week ago, American Shelby Rogers was right near the back of the queue, just avoiding the qualifiers by scraping in on the direct entry list.

On Sunday the 108th ranked American, playing the tournament of her life, once again ended up in floods of tears after taking her place in the last eight by dispatch-ing 25th seeded Romanian Irina Begu 6-3, 6-4.

Sunday’s win made her only the ninth woman ranked outside the top 100 to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros since 1983.

Things are likely to get tougher still when she faces her next oppo-nent, fourth seed Garbine Mugu-ruza, who beat Svetlana Kuznet-sova 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last eight.

The fourth seed moved into the quarterfinals for the third year in a row with a solid display as she looks to become the first Spanish woman to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Arantxa Sanchez Vicar-io in 1998. — Reuters

The big-serving

Raonic could make

little impression

against Ramos-

Vilanos who finished

the contest with an

angled smash on his

third match point

GREAT GOING: Andy Murray in action against John Isner. – Reuters

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Oman take positives from Jersey performance to Division 4 in LA

MUSCAT: Oman are disappoint-ed in losing to hosts Jersey in the final of the ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 5 on Sat-urday but having already qualified for the Division 4, the Sultanate squad are hoping to take a lot of positives from their outing in the Channel Island to their next stop in Los Angeles.

Oman captain Ajay Lalcheta, speaking to ICC website right after Saturday’s final match, said: “Our batting did not come right, espe-cially the top order. We expected them to do better especially on wickets like these where the ball was seaming the whole day. And that is the main reason we lost.”

“Even our bowling, especially our spinners didn’t perform up to

mark, we got the top order early in the final, but couldn’t wrap it up af-ter,” he said.

Oman came into the tournament as top seeds, having performed be-yond expectation at the 2016 ICC World T20 in India, it remained unbeaten through the Division 5 tournament, until the final when Jersey pulled off a convincing 44-run victory.

The Oman captain said his team are not entirely disappointed, because the main objective was to gain promotion to Division 4, which the team achieved.

“We have a lot of positive signs to take forward with us. Our main players are getting runs and around four-five players have per-formed well in the tournament, and this is very important for us going into Division 4,” he said.

Oman’s players were consistent through the tournament, and lead the run-scorer and wicket-taker list. Opening batsman Zeeshan Maqsood topped batting chart with 321 runs, including the high-est score of 130, while Rajeshku-mar Ranpura shared top wicket-taking honours with Ben Kynman

of Jersey. Both bowlers finished with 14 wickets apiece.

Host Jersey lost only one match in the tournament, when it suffered a 58-run defeat against Oman.

According to captain Peter Gough that made victory in the fi-nal even sweeter. “It was a massive psychological battle, and the whole team came together,” he said.

“As we reduced the run-rate, the bowlers just came in and out to keep the batsmen on their toes. Our field-ers were stopping balls that could go for twos and threes, and not giving any runs at all, and that was frus-

trating for the Oman batsmen.”“Oman, we know, is a good team

and we like to pitch ourselves against those teams. We have come up short against them a few times now, so to come back in a de-termined way and beat them in the final was massive for us. We look forward to meeting them in divi-sion four.”

Oman and Jersey will now have a chance to lock horns once again in November, when they travel to Los Angeles to play the Division

4 tournament. Oman and Jersey have moved a step up the WCL ladder and have the opportunity to advance through the divisions to a place in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018, and earn po-tential qualification for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

The WCL is also the pathway into the ICC’s four-day Interconti-nental Cup competition and, there-after, Test cricket, further widen-ing the prospects for the Associate teams in these competitions.

Captain Ajay Lalcheta

said Oman team

are not entirely

disappointed,

because the main

objective was to gain

promotion to Division

4, adding ‘we have a

lot of positive signs

to take forward with’

POSITIVE SHOW: Oman team members pose for a group photo after their final match against Jersey.

We have a lot of positive signs to take forward. Our main players are getting runs and around four-five players have performed well, and this is very important for us going into Division 4

Ajay LalchetaOman captain

Shaharyar hints at stepping down as PCB chief in AugustKARACHI: The chairman of Pa-kistan Cricket Board (PCB) has indicated he might step down on August 20 after completing two years in office.

“Mind you I have taken no final decision as yet on whether I will step down or continue but when I was initially appointed as chair-man, the patron in chief gave me a two-year tenure which ends on August 20th,” PCB chief Shaha-ryar Khan said on Sunday.

Shaharyar Khan minced no words in expressing his disap-pointment at the prevailing crick-et culture in Pakistan.

“It is disappointing and drags you down that every time the team does not do well the knives are out for the board officials. If anything after the World T20, Sri Lanka who were the defending champions, Australia and Eng-land should all have been more disappointed than us at not per-forming well in the event. But in Pakistan the board is held respon-sible for everything,” he said.

Khan said people needed to un-derstand the board was there to facilitate the players, improve the cricket structure and earn reve-nues for cricket development and players. “We can only make the best appointments of technocrats the rest is up to them we can only facilitate them and we have been doing that regularly. If the team is not performing how can you hold board officials responsible for something the players and coach-es are supposed to deliver,” he said.

Khan made it clear he never craved for the job of PCB chairman.

“I lead a quiet retired life and I enjoy teaching assignments. I didn’t need this job as I had al-ready headed the board and I don’t take any salary. But two years back when cricket matters had gone to the Supreme Court the prime minister and Najam Sethi told me to come in and I initially agreed only for a year. But they told me I should be there for atleast two years as one year was not enough to get things done,” he said.

The PCB chief said he had faced lots of pressure in his career as a diplomat.

“I can take the pressure but ob-viously at my age it becomes ex-hausting for me. But it is my ear-nest desire to see things improve in Pakistan cricket to see our team doing well and most of all to see us resume bilateral cricket ties with India. These are chal-lenges for me.”

Khan confirmed he had at one stage decided to step down but was persuaded to continue till August 20th.

“I will be going to England for my annual vacation and will come back fresh and than take a deci-sion whether I should continue or not when my term expires. There is no doubt we have fallen behind other cricket nations and we need to make up time. We are confident that with a new management set up in the team, new selectors and administrative changes in the board’s cricket department things will improve soon.’ - PTI

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Saina eyes first title of season in Indonesia

JAKARTA: Saina Nehwal will continue her quest for a maiden title this season to boost her confidence ahead of the Rio Olympics when she begins her campaign at the US$900,000 Indonesia Open Super Series Premier starting with the quali-fiers here tomorrow.

After missing a few tourna-ments due to a nagging ankle injury, Saina recovered well to notch up a consistent run of form, reaching the semifinals in a slew of events, including the India Open, Malaysia Open and Asian Championship.

En route to Indian women’s team’s bronze medal winning feat at the Uber Cup, Saina won all the matches in the league stage but lost to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon and China’s Li Xuerui in the knockouts.

Saina, who had won the Indo-nesia Open title in 2009, 2010 and 2012, opens her campaign against Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po on Tuesday. - PTI

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Sanskar and Allan

enter under-13 final

MUSCAT: Sanskar Dubey will take on Allan Thiyagaseelan in the final of the boys under-13 singles at the annual table ten-nis tournament organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC) and sponsored by Muscat Insurance Services and Oman United In-surance Company.

Sanskar booked his place in the summit clash after registering a convincing 11-4, 11-3, 11-3 victory over R. Anirudh in the semifinal. In the second semifinal, Allan Thiyagaseelan dropped the third game but was always in control of the match before overcoming Ved-ant Bahirat 11-4, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6.

Fancied Kenneth Vaz quali-fied for the semifinals of the boys under-17 singles after securing a narrow 12-10, 11-9, 11-9 win over the hard-working Yash Tanna.

Shounak Kelkar also qualified for the last four after posting an 11-8, 11-5, 13-11 victory over Pra-khar Pateria.

MV Saiprem continued his im-pressive run and rallied to defeat fancied P. Sai Saran 7-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 to enter the semifinals of the boys under-17 event.

Yash Tanna avenged his defeat to Shounak Kelkar in the boys un-der-17 singles when he overcame the talented left-hander in a five-game thriller in the men’s singles.

In second round action, Yash rallied from a game down and held his nerves to scrape through to a narrow 9-11, 16-14, 9-11, 1-8, 12-10 win to enter the last eight.

In another second round match, veteran R. Subrama-nian struggled before getting his rhythm to overcome teenager Pranav Vinod 21-19, 11-9, 11-3.

Also moving into the last eight of the men’s singles competition was Karan Negi who pipped Si-mon Joseph 11-9, 11-8, 11-9 and P. Sai Saran who coasted to a fine 11-6, 11-2, 11-6 victory over Me-hul Vijay Sheth.

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MALABAR FC CLINCH CHAMPIONS TROPHYMalabar FC defeated Black & White Kerala 1-0 in the final of the Champions Trophy 7-a-side

football tournament organised by by Malabar FC in Seeb recently. In a closely-contested

final, Linson of Malabar FC scored the winning goal. He was later adjudged the best player

of the tournament. Al Hosny FC won the third place. Azad of Black & White Kerala won the

best goalkeeper award. The club handed over a special memento to Malabar FC goalkeeper

Ashique for his outstanding performances in three consecutive tournaments in Muscat.

The event was sponsored by Chickzone and New India Assurance were trophy sponsors.

Club president Ajnas, secretary Nasser , Managing Partner of Chickzone Noushad Kuttiyadi

distributed the prizes. — Supplied photo

Al Hail CT to host Ramadan cricket tourney

MUSCAT: Al Hail Cricket Club will organise the Ramadan flood-light tennis ball cricket tournament during the holy of month. Accord-ing to Al Hail Cricket Team man-ager Moula Baksh Al Balushi, the tournament is open for all teams with the exception of Oman Crick-et’s Premier and A Division squads.

The participating team are how-ever allowed to include two play-ers from Premier and A Divisions combined in their playing Xl. Po-cari Sweat, Cricket Cottage and Foodies Restaurant Muscat are the main sponsors of the tournament.

Besides fabulous prizes for the winners and runners-up teams, the organisers will also be present-ing exciting prizes, likes LED TVs and other electronic gifts, in vari-ous categories. To make it more exciting, the organisers have also decided to give surprise gifts on weekly bases to the spectators.

The organisers have also planned to create an exclusive children’s play area and to have food stalls at the venue for the en-tire duration of the tournament.

The registration forms are avail-able at Al Hail Cricket Ground and Cricket Cottage in Darsait.

For further details contact at the organisers (Ph: 95998056, 99623536) or email at alhailcrick-etteam@yahoo.com

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Al Hail CT manager Moula

Baksh Al Balushi.

Indian discus thrower Seema qualifies for Rio

NEW DELHI: Asian Games discus throw gold medal winner Seema Punia on Sunday quali-fied for the Rio Olympics with a 62.62m effort at the Pat Young’s Throwers Classic 2016 at Salinas (California) in the United States.

The 32-year-old Seema crossed the Rio Games quali-fication standard of 61.00m at the Hartnell College Throwers Complex with her season’s best effort of 62.62m.

She won the gold in the event and in the process pipped 2008 Olympic discus throw cham-pion Stephanie Brown-Trafton of United States of America for the gold.

This will be Seema’s third Olympic Games having taken part in 2004 and 2012 where she failed to get past the quali-fication round on both the oc-casions. She is the 19th Indian track and field athlete to have qualified for Rio Olympics. - PTI

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Zidane assured place in Real hearts if not a long future

MILAN: In leading Real Madrid to their 11th European Cup less than five months after inherit-ing an unhappy team from Rafael Benitez, Zinedine Zidane has ce-mented his heroic status at the Bernabeu and appears to have as-sured his immediate future.

Although neither Zidane nor Real’s notoriously trigger happy president Florentino Perez have confirmed whether the French coach would be remain charge, there could be no political capital gained from axing the coach now.

The Frenchman has enjoyed special status since his wondrous volley against Bayer Leverkusen won the 2002 Champions League, although he must know Satur-day’s shootout victory over Atleti-co Madrid does not guarantee him a long future at the club.

He only needs to look at the fate of the last two coaches to lead Real to European glory, Vicente del Bosque and Carlo Ancelotti, both sacked 12 months later, as a reminder of that.

The only Real coach to create any sort of dynasty was Miguel

Munoz, like Zidane a European Cup winner as a Real midfielder, who spent 14 years in charge, win-ning Europe’s top prize in 1960 and 1966 and nine La Liga titles.

Having conquered Europe with Real as a player, coach and as-sistant, Zidane’s next task is to wrest the La Liga title back from Barcelona, who finished a solitary point above his side. Zidane picked up more points than Barca and Atletico since succeeding Benitez on January 4, including victories

in the last 12 games, although the football his team played lacked the sparkle of Luis Enrique’s champi-onship-winning side.

The most graceful of players, Zi-dane has proved to be a great prag-matist as a coach, stressing on the eve of the final that his team’s plan was to “run, run and run”.

Happy atmosphereWith Cristiano Ronaldo clearly not match fit, Real’s win owed more to the gutsy determination

of defensive midfielder Casemiro and man of the match Sergio Ra-mos than the flair players Perez loves to recruit.

Zidane never tires of stressing the value of hard work and his team selections reflect that, side-lining the likes of James Rodri-guez and Isco, players overflowing with talent but reluctant to dig in and help the team out defensively.

Another key to Zinedine Zi-dane’s early success with Real Madrid has been to create a happy

atmosphere among a squad that never bonded with predecessor Rafael Benitez.

Zidane said: “What I’ve brought to Real Madrid is my positive at-titude. I believe in hard work, we already have a lot of quality in the team. But work is more important than quality.” Hard work may have delivered Zidane Europe’s biggest prize in his infancy as a coach, but he will need to oversee a higher standard of football if he is to re-main in charge long term. - Reuters

Zidane must know

Saturday’s shootout

victory over Atletico

does not guarantee

him a long future

at the club

MILAN: Diego Simeone may not have the stomach to reinvent Atletico Madrid again after they suffered another morale-shattering loss to Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champi-ons League final.

The Atletico coach left doubts in the air with vague answers about his future fol-lowing their second Champi-ons League final defeat in three seasons to the same opponents.

It would be perfectly un-derstandable if the combative Argentine decides he has taken Atletico as far as he can.

Having joined a club teeter-ing close to the relegation zone in 2011, he lifted them out of danger and won the Europa League title, the Copa del Rey and La Liga within three years. Each triumph saw key players

depart, invariably to richer clubs, yet Simeone always con-trived to rebuild his side.

“To be with Atletico is to be perseverant, competitive, never give up, fight against the difficulties and to know that there are opponents who are better than us,” he said at one stage. “Knowing they are better makes us more competitive to battle against them.”

The question is whether he will want to go through the whole process again.

Whatever he decides, it is al-most certain that Simeone will be back somewhere, more likely than not at a club looking to upstage more glamorous rivals.

Over the course of his career, he has made a habit of picking himself up, dusting himself down and starting all over again.

Simeone suffered a huge set-back relatively early in his career when he was in the Argentina team which infamously lost 5-0 at home to Colombia in a World Cup qualifier. Nevertheless, he went on to win 106 caps for his country and played in three World Cups, although those themselves all ended in disap-pointment. There was, though, also plenty of success amid the frustration including two Copa America titles with Argentina.

Revered wherever he has gone for his undying com-mitment, he helped Atletico Madrid to win a league and cup double in 1996 and repeated the trick with Lazio four years later. His coaching career has been a story of similar ups and downs.

It began in spectacular style as he led Estudiantes to their

first Argentine championship in 23 years. At one point, he was seen as favourite to replace Alfio Basile as Argentina coach but was swept aside when it became clear that Diego Mara-dona wanted the job.

His career then took a dive as he quit River amid a dire cam-paign which left him so angry that he broke his hand in one game after smashing it against the substitutes’ bench in a fit of rage. His philosophy has al-ways stayed the same and there was no change on Saturday.

“We just have to keep on working, and persisting,” he said. “Nobody remembers the team that comes second. It’s a failure when you lose two finals and that is something you have to accept and heal your wounds at home.” - Reuters

Simeone may not have the stomach to reinvent Atletico again

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Like any and many others, I too was so fascinated by the audio brand and its magic technology, producing sound like no other. For me premium had always meant Bose; but only this far. What I went through in the recent past has seri-ously shaken my faith in the brand.

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Kenya 24 697664

South Korea 24 691490

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Lebanon 24 693208

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Morocco 24696152/3

Nepal 24696177

Netherlands 24603706

Pakistan 24603439

Palestine 24601312

Philippines 24605335

Qatar 24 691 153/2/4

Russia 24602894

Saudi Arabia 24601705

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South Africa 24647300

Spain 24691101

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Sudan 24697875

Switzerland 24603267

Syria 24697904

Tanzania 24601 174

Thailand 24 602684/5

Tunisia 24603486

Turkey 24697050/1/2

UAE 24400000

United Kingdom 24609000

United States 24643400

Yemen 24600815

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 International Hospital, Al Ghubra

22004000, 94267068/97049520

Al Hayat Clinic, Al Hail 22009455

AIRLINE OFFICES

Muscat Airport Flight information

(24 hours) 24519456/24519223

Aeroflot 24704455

Air Arabia 24700828

Air France 24562153

Air India 24799801

Air New Zealand 24700732

Biman Bangladesh Airlines 24701128

British Airways 24568777

Cathay Pacific 24789818

Egypt Air 24794113

Emirates Air 24404400

Ethiopian Airlines 24660313

Gulf Air 80072424

Indian 24791914

Iran Air 24787423

Japan Airlines 24704455

Jazeera Airways 23294848

Jet Airways 24787248

Kenya Airways 24660300

KML Royal Dutch Airlines 24566737

Kuwait Airways 24701262

LOT Polish Airlines 24796387

Lufthansa 24796692

Malaysian Airlines 24560796

Middle East Airlines 24796680

Oman Air 24531111

Pakistan International

Airlines 24792471

Qatar Airways 24771900

Qantas 24559941

Royal Jordanian 24796693

Saudi Arabian Airlines 24789485

Singapore Airlines 24791233

Shaheen Air 24816565

SriLankan Airlines 24784545

Swiss International

Airlines 24796692

Thai Airways 24705934

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16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

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08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily

08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily

14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily

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06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily

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10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily

10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily

19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily

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06:00 Marmul 16:50 Daily

SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)

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13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur

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15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily

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TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily

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07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

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FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (ROUTE 36)

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05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily

05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily

07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily

13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri

13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily

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13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily

17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily

06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily

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TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily

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TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily

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TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100)

07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily

10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily

10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily

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TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

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DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)

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13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri

13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri

15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily

15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily

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< FROM PAGE C5According to many industry ex-perts, Bose Acoustimass speak-ers are only able to produce sound from the onward of 46Hz to 13.3kHz at + or - 10.5dB fluc-tuation, with a maximum decibel output of 85, implying Bose home theatre systems are not able to meet standard specifications ex-pected for DVD and CD content.

Because of a frequency gap be-tween the bass module and the cube speaker, the Acoustimass speakers lose all audio in the 200 to 280Hz frequency range, (the range of human voice). The Bose bass module is unable to repro-duce frequency ranges below 46Hz while DVDs have bass down to 20hz. The large 10dB fluctua-tion in frequency accuracy results in inaccurate sounds between 280Hz and 13kHz resulting in sound being louder or softer than the original recording.

The cube speakers have a frequency range of 280Hz to 13.3kHz at + or - 10.5dB. Compare this to the 50Hz to 45kHz at + or - 3dB of the SKR-980 2-way sur-round speaker of the ONKYO HT-S9700THX, which I tested later on, and found out to be way better than the Acoustimass 10, and still cheaper than the Bose.

In common terms, the Bose Acoustimass home theatre setup nullifies a quarter of the audible sound originally presented by DVDs and CDs. The remain-ing three-fourth is presented with a high degree of error, up to 10dB louder or softer than originally recorded.

Through acoustic tweaks like the reflecting design that sup-posedly creates a larger sound stage by reflecting sound off of side walls, Bose is able to create the illusion of accurate and full range sound. However, this does not change the fact that Bose

speakers are not accurately

reproducing the sounds, and the created soundstage is artificial.

Audiophiles chastise it, and rightly so, for being too over pricey, and sub-par in sound com-pared to other not-so-popular au-dio bigwigs.

However, one thing to note here is that Bose gained its ground by making things immensely easy for its customers.

The average music lover just wants exceptional sound with-out having to ascend the learn-ing curve, and that’s where Bose seems to take the game away. Bose is of the very few premium acous-tic brands which offer HIB (Home Theatre in Box) options. The rest have their endless lines of various components, and you are required to build your own custom set-up.

Setting up a perfect sound sys-tem is a very complex science,

with delicate nuances and subtle-ties. With a perfect sound system, the listener must not be able to detect where the bass sound is coming from; the sound should be ‘non-localisable’. The listener should feel as if it is coming from all around, blending seamlessly into the musical fabric.

If one is able to locate the ori-gins of the sounds, then either the system is poorly designed or the setup is not correct. Even a wrongly placed Sub could end playing spoilsport. You need ex-pert knowledge to achieve this seamless integration between the subwoofer and satellites for a smooth flawless response.

Bose with its Acoustimass sys-tem, employing their patent port design, produces ‘virtually invis-ible’ loudspeakers by building a bass module that could be hidden

anywhere in a room, and hav-ing small satellite speakers to reproduce the higher pitched notes, delivering an overall full-er sound experience, no matter even if a bit artificial.

Bose also adds very much to its appeal with its minimalis-tic designs and wireless setups (top of range models). Shifting the heavy woofers along with the sub woofer into bass mod-ule, Bose has been successful in hugely reducing the size of its surround speakers – or as Bose puts it: cubes, without compro-mising on sound quality.

To sum up, Bose is not the highest sound quality product on the market; it is more a pack-age of design and convenience, which is quite appealing to a significant percentage of the market. Bose has even played the high-price-tag card to its advantage, creating an illusion of exclusivity to its products. Consumers, who are not entirely aware of the world of acoustics and the other options available, consider Bose ‘high end’.

As many Bose owners as I could get in touch with swore by it simply for the reason that it were Bose and believed it was the best. Most even didn’t know what frequency range meant, or exactly what tech-nology Bose employed for that class-apart sound that they claimed it to have.

Through high priced market-ing, wide availability, and big time promotions, Bose has cre-ated a massive market for their speakers. Their state-of-the-art Bose showrooms equipped with demo-theatres create magic in controlled settings, playing only the content their speakers could cater well to. Common sense is not so common these days after all. Well played Bose.— faisal@timesofoman.com

LIFESTYLEC7M O N DAY, M AY 3 0, 2 0 1 6

Bose is not the highest sound quality product on the market; it is rather a package of design and

convenience, which is quite appealing to a significant percentage of the market

3D Model Shows How Sea Waves Move Materials Over Long DistancesMathematicians have developed a new 3-D model that reveals how invisible internal sea waves move over long distances microscopic organisms, contaminants and nu-trients necessary to support aquatic life. The simulation developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo showcases behaviour of underwater bulges called mode-2 internal waves. In the model, fluids of different densities are layered like

the layers of a cake, creating an en-vironment similar to that found in large aquatic bodies such as oceans and lakes. A middle layer of fluid, known as a pycnocline, over which the layers are closely packed togeth-er is created, and it is in this layer that materials tend to be caught, according to the study presented recently in the journal Physics of Fluids. “When the fluid behind the gate is mixed and then the gate is

removed, the mixed fluid collapses into the stratification because it is both heavier than the top layer and lighter than the bottom one,” said David Deepwell, who created the 3-D model along with Marek Stast-na of Waterloo. “Adding dye to the mixed fluid while the gate is in place simulates the material we want the mode-2 waves — the bulges in the pycnocline formed once the gate is taken away — to transport. We can

then measure the size of the wave, how much dye remains trapped within it, and how well the wave car-ries its captured material,” he added.The researchers found that the larger the bulge within the pycno-cline, the larger the amount of ma-terial carried by the mode-2 wave. The study can help researchers un-derstand how this type of wave in-teracts with underwater topography like sea mounts. — IANS

T E C H T A L K

Entertainment is taking to the next level, as the technology advances each passing day.

If TV has gone from pot-bellied to smart and slim, sound systems have advanced from stereo to Dolby digital

surround, and what not. The newest bling in the world of acoustics is going wireless. Forget the hassles of

managing and hiding all those cables from connecting speakers of your home theatre system.

What is a wireless home theatre? Has a set of wireless surround sound speakers synced to a system that incorporates wireless home networking.

RF or radio frequency: Use radio

signals to transmit data, in this case

audio, to the remote receiver.

IR or infrared based systems: Use

light transmissions to transmit data

to the remote receiver. Most wireless speaker systems do not have the bandwidth that can be provided

with their wired counterparts, so the wireless systems have a tendency to be less

accurate to the sound played.

The farther away the speaker receivers are from the transmitters, the more likely

you will have distortion.

Do proper market research prior to purchase. Don’t go by word of mouth.

Even the claimed best system might not be to your liking whereas a not so good

system might sound just perfect to you.

Communicate all your requirements and the dimensions of the place you intend to

set up the system at. Location and settings matter the most for the home theatre

system to perform to its fullest.

Source: Digihometheater.com

The A/V receiver amp transmits audio signals using radio frequency (RF)

or infrared (IF) waves rather than over audio cables. A transmitter device is attached to the speaker

connections on the audio source, and a receiving device

is attached to, or included in the speakers

to be placed remotely.

LIFESTYLEC8 M O N DAY, M AY 3 0, 2 0 1 6

GOING WIRELESS

FACTS AND FIGURES

WIRELESS SPEAKERS, HOW DOES IT WORK?

BEAR IN MIND

75%

of home theatre

owners have true 5.1

channel or greater

surround sound. said they were aware of DTS.

73%

of home

theatre owners

60%

of home

theatre owners

76%

of surround

sound owners

63%

of surround

sound owners

82%

said they choose

a sound format at

the beginning of

a movie.

said upgraded sound is the important

extra feature on DVDs.

Types of transmission media for wireless speakers

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D2 M O N D AY, M AY 3 0 , 2 0 1 6

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*Tourist visa arranged

Available for lease Open

Commercial Land of 21370 sqm

near AL Nahda Resort, Shaksuk,

Barka. Contact : 99337160

Office for rent in Al Ansab near

bank Muscat. Contact: 99466173

3 Rooms, 2 Toilets Flat for Rent.

18 November Street. Near Mars

Hypermarket and The Chedi.

Ghobrah -Good for Commercial or

Residential use. OMR 295/- month.

Call 94477222

Deluxe 1 & 2 bedroom flats, ideal

for office or residence at Qurum

near PDO. Contact: 97721313 /

95070421

Two flats, each flat consist 3

bedrooms, 3 toilets and kitchen

in South Al Mabella near Indian

School. Contact: 99757672

Flat for rent in Ruwi Al Mumtaz

area 300/-R.O 2BHK, sitting room,

hall, 2 bathrooms, kitchen with A/C

Contact: 99722838 / 93294878 /

93294877

Flat for rent in Al Wadi Kabir near

to the Kuwaiti Mosque 225 R.O,

1BHK, sitting room, bathrooms,

kitchen with A.C.

Contact : 93294878 / 93294877

Flat for rent in Al Wadi Kabir near

to the Kuwaiti Mosque 300 R.O,

2 BHK, sitting room, 2 bathrooms,

kitchen with A.C.

Contact: 93294878 / 93294877

Flat for rent in Al Wadi Kabir near

to the Kuwaiti Mosque 390/- R.O, 3

BHK , sitting room, three bath-

rooms, kitchen with A.C.

Contact: 93294878 / 93294877

Flat for rent in Ruwi Al Walja near

to the Honda road RO 200/-, 1 BHK,

sitting room, bathrooms, kitchen

with A.C. Contact: 93294878 /

93294877

1000 sqmtrs industrial land for

rent in Ghala suitable for

warehouse workshop etc.

Contact 24700120 / 92584715

2 BHK available Mumtaz area

Ruwi & Ghubra near Al Maha Hotel.

Contact: 99269751

1 & 2 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99792181

3 BHK Flat in Azaiba. Contact 99792181

60 + 100 + 180 + 600 Sqr Mtrs

Office Space for Rent in Al Khu-

wair. Contact 99792181

Flat for rent in Darsait 1BHK.

Contact: 99357586 / 97500025 /

97500021

Shop for rent in Ghubra prime

location. Contact: 94281797

Al Khuwair 17, villa 3 B. Rooms, 3

toilets, kitchen, hall owner.

Contact: 99385553

Ware house open type in Saham,

shared basis at OMR 150.00 P.M.

Contact +968 99450811 &

9921 3487,

EMAIL: Shiju@spec-link.com

Villa in Seeb near Dreams Resort

and close to the sea. Contact:

24182000 / 95250300/ 99110600

House in North Al Hail with 3

rooms, living room, hall, 4 toilets

300 RO. Contact 99738881 /

99439568

2 bed rooms flat with hall, 2

bathrooms in Darsait near Muscat

Municipality. Contact: 92584715 /

24700120

Plot at Barka next to Germany Col-

lege & next to Aramex Company,

next to Bahwan Warehouse, next to

Omasco warehouse 37,074 SQM2

required 0.250 Baiza per SQM.

Contact: 99888390

Shop for rent at Wadi Kabir Indus-

trial area. Contact: 99888390

Flat for rent in Al Khoud, 2 rooms

& hall. Contact: 917633665

Ruwi office space for rent,

Saravana Bhava Building.

Contact: 91120552

Flats in Al Khuwair, Al Ghubra,

Azaiba, Wadi Kabeer, Darsait,

Hamriya, Al Hail & Seeb.

Contact: 24182000 / 95250300 /

99110600

Shop in Seeb market. Contact:

24182000 / 95250300/ 99110600

Flats for rent near Indian School

in Wadi Kabir. Contact 99777122

Double bedroom flats available in

Honda road, Ruwi and Mabellah.

Contact: 24833972/ 24833974

Mobile 99367448

3 Bedroom well maintained flat

(villa Type only 2 flats in villa)

in Al Khuwair, behind Al Akhtam

Restaurant villa No 1841,

Way No 3922--- block no 239.

Contact: 99462980

Flat for rent in Al Qurum, 3 rooms &

hall. Contact: 91763660

Flat for rent in Wadi Al Kabeer

including 3 rooms with ACs.

Contact: 99333639

Staff Complex villa (Al Khuwair

17) 10 rooms, 10 toilets, 7 kitchens.

Owner Contact: 99385553

Villa for rent in Al Ghubrah,

5 rooms, hall. Contact: 91763665

1BHK Flats for rent, behind Shera-

ton hotel in Ruwi, rent R.O 250/-

per month. Contact: 96051941

Al Khuwair 17 a new room, toilet,

kitchen, deluxe owner.

Contact: 99385553

2 BHK at Azaiba behind Bahwan

half KM. Contact: 99224748 /

99332297

For rent New flats at Darsait

Al Sahail. Contact: 99777351

House in Darsait 3 rooms, kitchen,

1 bathroom with A/C.

Contact: 95522405

4 bedroom villa at Madinat Illam

Office / 1 BHK Ruwi. #95915154

1BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-.

Contact: 92144045

1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat

Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh

near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.

Contact: 99224748 / 99332297

3BHK Al Khuwair R.O 375/-.

Contact: 92144045

1BHK Mumtaz R.O 225/-.

Contact: 92144045

1BHK Darsait R.O 225/-.

Contact: 92144045

Room Al Khuwair R.O 110/-.

Contact: 97799175

New flats Wadi Al Kabir.

Contact: 92130703

Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Flat for rent in Al Khuwair 33.

Contact: 92277419

1 bedroom family / bachelors in

Al Khuwair R.O 100/-.

Contact: 95154331

Villa for rent in Al Khoud, 6 rooms,

hall. Contact: 91763665

3000 Sqr mtrs compound land in

Misfah. Contact 99792181

1 B/R Fully Furnished Luxury

Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33.

2 B/R Fully Furnished Luxury

Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33. 4

B/R Unfurnished Apartment with

attached Split A/C @ Azaiba. Con-

tact: Atlas Real Estate & Rent A

Car LLC : 99249069 / 94617563/

99436312,

Email: info@alshahiintl.com

5 BHK Villa in Al Khuwair, for Staff

Accommodation. Contact 99792181

2 & 3 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair &

Ghubra. Contact 99792181

Flat for rent Al Hail North to the

Wave Muscat ground floor with

furniture the price RO 250/-.

Contact: 99353433

Flat for rent 2 bedrooms in Ruwi

Mumtaz area. Contact: 91409667 /

24291500

Flats, shops & store for rent in

MBD area Ruwi, Mumtaz area.

Contact: 97293708 / 92433127

Offices and Flats in Ghala.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Fully Furnished apartments in

Boucher (35). Contact 94051789 /

97201688

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

Villa in Al Khoud consists of

6 bedrooms, 1 sitting & living

room. Contact: 91153933

4 BHK Villa in Bowsher Heights.

Contact 99792181

1700 sqr mtrs open Land + small

store + garage for Rent in Ruwi.

Contact 99792181

2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly

& 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly

new building good location Barka

Market. contact 99342661

Shop for rent good location main

road behind wholesale hyper mar-

ket Amerat space 11 MT long, 4 MT

Width. Contact: 92877449

Two bedrooms flat in Al Ghobrah

near Oman Oil of 18 November

Street. OMR 330 Monthly.

Contact 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955.

Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM

muscat Indian Scoole Dar sate

Tel : 00 968 95158570

Flats in Darsait. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Brand new villas in Al Ansab. Con-

tact 94051789 / 97201688

Flats in Ghobrah. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Flats in Muttrah. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Warehouse at Wadikabir - total

area 3500 sqm - covered ware-

house (500sqm), office, ac-

commodation (1000sqm), open

area (2000sqm) please contact:

99273774 - 99202278

Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C,

2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti

Masjid. Contact: 97007934 /

92629232

Furnished office (61M2) for sale

/ rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi

Mosque. Contact: 95611569

1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100,

2 bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O 200/-

in AL Khuwair. Contact: 95154331

Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall

4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3

floor 400. Contact 99420346

Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah

3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen

rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580

2 BHK flat at Ruwi Mumtaz area

RO 320/-. Contact: 99358589 /

97079146 / 95570288

Offices & Showrooms in Al Khood.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Azaiba Service Road (Previously Onear Al Turky and Mazda showroom.

95215289, 99229263, 93221054

FURNISHED OFFICES FOR RENT

95215289, 99229263, 93221054

azaiba service road

Just 2 OMR / Sqm, Showroom /

store for rent Ground floor & base-

ment, area - 1100 Sqm, location

Seh Al Ahmer, 20 km to Rusayl.

Contact: 97714433 / 93437982

Flats for rent at Just RO 160/- 2 Bed

room, hall, kitchen , 2 toilets, loca-

tion Seh Al Ahmer, 20 KM to Rusayl,

including AC & roof Garden.

Contact: 97714433 / 93437982

2 Bedroom Flat for rent located in

Prime location of Ruwi.

Contact: 92197959 / 92502497

2 Bedroom Townhouse with

Swimming pool, free Wi-Fi for Rent

near British School in Madinat

Sultan Qaboos. Contact: 92197959 /

92502497

Office for rent located in Prime

location of Azaiba Main Highway.

Contact: 92197959 / 92502497

1 BHK and 2BHK Flats available

near Lulu Darsait (Main road, Opp. to

Min. of Defense). Contact : 93202733

2 Bedrooms Flat for rent located in

Prime location of Al Khuwair. Con-

tact: 92197959 / 92502497.

Villa for rent in South Mabellah,

3 bedrooms, sitting room, family

Lounge, kitchen, three Toilets Contact

92212212 between 10 AM to 5 PM.

Office 55SQ.Mtrs & 2B/R at Baush-

er directly from owner.

Contact: 92158031

1BHK Mumtaz R.O 225/-.

Contact: 92144045

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FOR SALE FOR SALE

FOR RENT

02 BHK residential flat opposite

to Al Nahdha hospital.

Contact: 99342733 /99795241

Villa in Bousher consists of 5

rooms, 1 hall & living room.

Contact: 91153933

Villa in Al Ghubra consists of

5 bedrooms, 1 hall and living room.

Contact: 91153933

Room with 9 bathrooms in Boush-

er for rent. Contact: 91153933

Apartment in Al Khoudh consists

of 2 room & hall.Contact: 91153933

2 bed rooms flat with hall,

2 bathrooms in Darsait near

Muscat Municipality.

Contact: 92584715/ 24700120

Fully furnished offices in Ghala

main Street. Contact: 94300909

Flats In Qurum. Contact 94051789 / 97201688

2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank

Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK.

97826454, 24815012.

2BHK split A/C for rent Muttrah

near Oman House.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

1BHK Studio flat near Star Cinema

RO 180/-. Contact: 99358589 /

97079146 / 95570288

BUYING

Bobcat available for rent.

Contact 97623299

Used office house furniture

& electronic items.

Contact: 99834373 / 96642500

Buying cars for cash.

Contact: 90202090

Sharing accommodation availa-

ble large size room with bath, pas-

sage, and kitchen at Darsait (near

ISD School). Contact: 99419390

Executive lady room & Bathroom

in Wadi Kabir. Contact: 99336206

Room, bathroom for Executives in

Wadi Kabir. Contact: 99336206

Big single room with separate en-

try & attached toilet near Al Nadha

Hospital. Contact: 99228295

Room available with attached

bath & balcony for an Executive

bachelor near MBD area.

Contact: 95779616

Sharing accommodation for Ex-

ecutive bachelor / family near Badr

Sama Ruwi. Contact: 99008436

Furnished single room available

for Executive bachelor or small

family in Walja near Honda road

Ruwi. Contact: 99016546

Furnish bedroom with attach

bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794

Full Furnished room with at-

tached bathroom near Star Cinema

for ex. Bachelor/lady. Contact

92886715 / 99782133

1 big room with attached bath-

room with sharing kitchen avail-

able for small Muslim Family, Near

Spar, Mumtaz area, Ruwi, Muscat.

Contact 99662698.

Room with attached bathroom for

a family in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 97167857

1 BHK appartment for rent in Al

Khoud Shabiya near mazoon mosque

for rent (next to alkhoud medical

center and squ) MOB: 93913224

Small old house for rent in

Ghobra. Contact: 97165972

Room with attached bathroom

and sharing kitchen available for

Executive bachelor or small family

at wadikabir Contact 93049849

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

Running Coffee Shop at Hamari-

ya/Ruwi for sale with CR & Visa.

Contact : 92824153 / 99881187

Running pharmacy for sale on

main road in Barka with Pharma-

cist. Contact: 99452755

603 sq mtrs residential land in

Al Hail North Block 45 NE near

Radio station. OMR 95 Thousand.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955

Ladies fashion boutique for sale

in Al Khuwair. Contact: 24702870

Villa for sale in Mabela 6 rooms,

living room & hall.

Contact: 91763665

Dental chairs for sale sparingly

used dental units for sale.

Contact Mr. Ansari 92616343.

Kumar 99570284

Dental clinic for immediate sale

doctor going abroad. Contact:

92882209 / 96373097

2 Shops for sale at prime location

in Ghobra. Contact: 96381294

Bozlur

Apartment for sale location

Bowshar apartment 105m has one

sitting room, kitchen, balcony, two

rooms with cupboards & curtains

& 3 toilets. Contact: 99822260 /

94400777

6 Villas of six bedrooms each un-

der construction in one compound

in Bausher near Muscat Private

hospital. Prices range from 165

thousand to 179 thousand for each

villa. Each villa has three floors

and 369 sq mtrs build up area.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955

Luxury Apartments in Boucher

(35). Contact 95056808 /

97201688

Double Shutter 80 sq mtrs corner

textile shop in Seeb Souq for sale.

Contact 99326339

1No brand new containerized

package type STP 100 m3/ day

with blower equipments (suitable

for camps). Serious Buyers may.

Contact: 99445367

2 Nos brand new sea water re-

verse osmosis plants 500m3/ day,

containerized in knock down con-

dition with American PD pumps &

process pumps for immediate sale.

Serious buyers may

Contact: 99445367

400 sq mtrs Commercial/Resi-

dential land in Mabela Phase 5

Block 2. OMR 165 Thousand.

Contact 99333479 or 95215360

or 97509955

Steel Scrap materials for im-

mediate sale. Contact 99273774/

99202278

Shop for sale near Oman House,

Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

Space for printing press available

at wadikabir with or without

machinery. Contact 99328430

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

Single colorful Bed and Sofa

for Sale at Al Khuwair. Con-

tact 92881849 /What`s up No

97290565

Urgent sale of steel scrap only

serious buyers kindly contact

+968 96725423 for viewing the

items.

Almost new beach/ garden

lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.

Photos can be sent 95865457

Fully furnished room with access

to kitchen is ideal for a bachelor

or couple situated in Al Bustan

village, and is close to the beach

and the hotel.

Plz contact 99378964 / 96607448

Room available for family / bach-

elor opposite to o.K. Center, Ruwi.

Gsm 942-888-63

Furnished apartment for rent,

two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.

Near Carrefour al-mawalah.

Contact 99336776

Sharing accommodation

near ISD. Contact: 99657340

1 BHK for rent, Ideal for small

family or two bachelors, easy

access to main road with AC near

Sheraton hotel, CBD.

Contact: 96444400

Sharing Accommodation avail-

able for working ladies opposite

Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably

Indians. Room with seperate toilet

and sharing kitchen.RO.90.

Contact 96524717

Furnished room attached bath

for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj

Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near

Mars hypermarket. CONTACT

96202458/96761960

Room available in Mumtaz area

1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1

room, common bathroom. Inter-

ested pleasecontact 92680041 Mr.

Altaf

Room available for Executive

bachelor at Al Hail.

Contact 96234708

MV SALE

Mitsubishi Pajero model 2006,

full option, 6 cylinders, 3800 CC in

a very good condition .

Contact: 99376567

SITUATION WANTEDBUSINESS

WEB, ERP and Business Intel-

ligence (BI) creation and manage-

ment at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

IT Consultancy division available

interested person to handle the

above division can

Contact: 92162623

Want to market a product.

Contact: 92162623

INVESTOR PARTNER REQUIRED

Please contact – 95213273Email:

muscatcoff eeshop@gmail.com

For a successfully Catering Restaurant

Investor cum Partner is required.

Investor with fi xed returns also welcome.

ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS

SERVICES

Public Relation Service (PRO)

Document Clearance,

Business setup,

Formation new Companies,

LLC Companies,

Investor Visa, Legal Services.

Contact Saleh:

96723485

WANTED

Urgently required looking to

immediately buy used Grit blast-

ing & airless spray equipment 1

No each. Contact: 968 24810930

/ 93203772 / 93203773 /

93203778

IELTS Coaching (academic)

required nearby wadi Kabir area.

Please call on mobile or msg on

Whats up. Mobile no: 92927880/

99012165

Coffee shop for sale 7 visa avail-

able at Al Khuwair.

Contact: 98826793

NRI

910 sq ft furnished flat at Qupem -

Goa. Contact: 97094797

Two properties at Bangalore for

sale (1) 3 BHK Senior living apart-

ment with full fledged facilities &

services in Ozone Urbana Serene

project for the cost price of Irene

project. Handover by August 2016.

(2) 4 B/R villa (BUA 3600sq.ft,

4 floors, 3 Livings, 5 bathrooms,

maid’s room & car park) for sale at

JP Nagar. Contact Mrs. Mangala

Ph: 97903127, Email:

ravichandran.mangala@gmail.com

Warehouse available

FOR RENTIN BALADIA SANAYAH

AMIRAT(Floor area 600sqmtrs and

mezzanine of 500sqmtrs)

1100sqmts fully cover warehouse

& staff accommodations

Please contact: G.S.M

99417229/92621039

MATRIMONIAL

MATRIMONIAL

Sunni Muslim (Urdu) girl B.E,

MBA, 25 years HT 5.1” fair invites

alliance from Tamil Nadu Bangluru

/ Mysore. Contact: 99502581

Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from

widow/ divorcee/ single.

Contact 96059801.

Parent of Thrissur based Hindu

Ezhava girl aged 20, Slim,Atham

star, Studying for B. Pharm seek-

ing alliance from well employed

Graduates, preferably in Engineer-

ing Contact :96425102

Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in

Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites

parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact 968 98267338,

0091 9287215726

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MISCELLANEOUSENGINEER/MECHANIC.

ARCHITECT

BEAUTICIAN

SALES / MARKETING

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

DRIVER

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMANDOMESTIC HELPER

MEDICAL

IT

DESIGNER

Urgently required Offset Printer (5 years experience in the same

and well versed in any related

jobs. Contact: 93218176 /

Email: joboman88@gmail.com

Required Indian Mason – 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experi-

ence in road construction field).

Contact: 99882127

Email: georgymv@yahoo.com

Accountant 2.5 years exp in Oman,

NOC available with valid D/L.

Contact: 98870112

Email: rashadmeethal@gmail.com

B.Com Graduate 10 years experi-

ence in Oman accounts & auditing.

NOC available. Contact: 95716128

mail: jaigomesh.ganesh@gmail.com

Accountant available with NOC,

plus 10 years experience up to

finalization of Accounting, Inventory

Control on Tally ERP9, ready to join

immediately. Contact: 97667273

Email: babujashid@gmail.com

MBA female looking for job in

accounting or in marketing or

Administration department having

1 year experience have knowledge

of Tally ERP9, MS Word.

Contact: 95910427 Email:

ritashivprasad111@gmail.com

Indian female with B.Com & CA

Inter having overall 12 years experi-

ence in accounting / finance field,

now on visit visa. # 90651102

Required Shop Sales man + Hard-ware Technician for IT Company

with minimum 2 years experience.

Contact: 98825806 / 98825806,

Email: info@rns-group.com

ADMIN

ADMIN

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+

experience in Administration/HR,

Customer Support, Office Coordina-

tor with good Computer skill, Now

on Visit Visa,looking for suitable

position. Contact: 90196235

Indian female BE (EC) with 2 years

HR /IT/ Admin experience looking

suitable placement now in visit visa.

Contact: 93263169

Indian, 20 years experience

in Oman as Personal Assistant

/ Office Manager / Executive

Secretary / Senior Administrator /

Business Development Asst. seeks

job change. Release available.

Contact 99168054.

Tamil Nadu female BE, (ECE) MBA

(HR) 25 years, 6 months experience

business consult (HR) currently un-

der family visa looking for suitable

position. Contact: 99502581

Filipino HRD especialist / mate-

rial controller supervisor with

18 yrs experience looking for

suitable job in Oman. Contact: (+968)

98037142 / (+968) 92659817

Young Omani male have experi-

ence 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 part time

or full time. Contact: 95933288

Required Office Boy. Contact : 91120552

House maid for small Omani family.

Contact: 92158031

Required house maid part time in

Azaiba for Keralite family.

Contact : 96758982

A full time living Housemaid required for an Indian family in

Ghobrah. Contact: 97335255

Require experienced Beautician for parlor, visa available.

Contact: 92285241

Part Time Accounting, Audit

Preparation, Internal Audit, Monthly

Reports, Accounting set up for new

companies, Project Report for Bank

Loan purposes. GSM : 96975454,

email: ibfc.gcc@gmail.com

Indian male good experience in

accounts, Admin & ERP, Tally 9 NOC

available looking for suitable job.

Contact: 94834687

Senior Accountant 5 years experi-

ence NOC available up to finalization

valid D/L. Contact: 96339599

Email: ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com

Indian male 32 Chartered Account-

ant having 2 years Oman experience

looking for suitable placement in

finance & Audit fields.

Contact: 96357827

Email: ubaiskeeran@gmail.com

Indian (Male) having 17+years

Experience in Trading & Healthcare

seeking senior Position in Accounts

(11 years GCC Experience )

currently on Resident Visa (NOC

Available ) and has a valid Omani

Driving Licence. Contact: 91335026;

skumartp@gmail.com

Indian male 26 years MBA experience

in Accountant & Administration in a

MNC company currently on visit visa

ready to join. Contact: +968 92194987

email: achal1989@hotmail.com

Indian male age 26, Accountant one

year experience in accounts

looking for suitable job. Contact -

Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.Com

Mobile: +968 9565 9415

Wanted Steward / Deckhand for

Yacht in Muscat, Housekeeping

& Guest service duties. Contact:

Whatsapp 95887572

Email: alibadawy@gmail.com

Required candidates for following

posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driving

license preferred.

Contact 99273774/99202278

Indian female 25 years MSc food,

nutrition and dietetics looking for

suitable job as dietitian or food

quality Controller or

Nutritionalist. Contact: 98924131 /

96737147 Email:

swathysatheesh7@gmail.com

Filipino Cabin steward / Linen

vallet is looking for suitable job in

Oman. Contact: +968 91065438 or

email: blonglive@gmail.com

CATERING

Required Store keeper with valid

Omani light driving license, min.

experience 2-3 years.

Contact : 92341826

Driver required for a leading Cou-rier company. Send CV to

info@atsglobex.com

Contact: 00968-97461515

Salary: Negotiable.

Required Omani Driver for a restau-

rant. Contact 95929911

Wanted a experience Driver for Capital and Interior work.

Gsm : 942-888-63

Wanted driver. Contact:

97165972

Wanted experienced outdoor Salesman with computer knowl-

edge in designing with valued

Oman driving license or any other

GCC valid license holders for a

screen printing & Advertising firm.

Contact: 00968 94548749

Email: arscreens04@gmail.com

Urgently required Printing & Stationary Salesman (minimum

3 years experience in field.

Contact: 93218176 /

Email: joboman88@gmail.com

Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive having 2-3 years sales experience

for a reputed manufacturing com-

pany in Oman, having its Head

Office in Ruwi.

Experience in building materials

is an added advantage. Omani

Driving License and NOC is a

must. Attractive remuneration

package.

Apply with photograph to

E-mail: salesjobds@gmail.com

Urgently Required: MEP Man-ager Engineer- minimum 10years

experience with NOC in Oman

for immediately join. Interested

candidates may call us to our of-

fice telephone: 00968- 24696584/

24696585 or fax: 00968-

24605955 or email us to

sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com

Wanted Marine Engineer for

yacht in Muscat.

Contact: Whatsapp 95887572

Email: alibadawy@gmail.com

Indian Civil Diploma / ITI /Experi-

enced person with DL for a small

construction and maintenance

company in Muscat to work as

partner. Investment not required.

Contact 99039756.

Senior Accounts Executive, B.Com, 05 years experience in

India, seeking urgent job in Oman.

Contact 919900077458,

+968-98444359,

Email:syedtou23@gmail.com.

American Certified Manager (6 sigma, CPPM) with MBA, PMP

trained having 10 years, UAE cross

functional experience in procure-

ment, projects management, sup-

ply chain, facilities & Administra-

tion with UAE D/L seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 90772927

Email: callshebin@gmail.com

Indian male 34 yrs, M.Com –

Finance with 5 yrs experience in

Accounts in India, presently in

visiting visa looking for a suitable

placement. Contact: 93671785

Email: jeyan903@gmail.com

Bangladeshi want job with own

car. Contact : 93822195

Experience driver looking for job.

Contact: 95113612

Looking for a full time driver with

valid Omani license.

Contact 95454033

Light driver available.

Contact: 95501608

Light driver available. Contact: 91362475

Looking for weekly light driving

job, experience 5 years.

Contact: 92640278

Light driver. Contact: 99775728

Looking for driving job experi-

ence 5 years, Pakistani.

Contact: 96046242 / 93804176

Light vehicle driver. Contact:

95891087

Light driver with 6 years experi-

ence looking for job. Contact

92617293

Light duty driver 2 yrs exp.

Contact: 96393805

Indian female diploma architect

6 years exp in Oman Engineering

consultancy, valid Oman driving

license. Contact: 96683293 /

97750870

Indian Female, 3yrs exp. In Au-

toCAD draftsman with 3ds max &

rivet,. Looking for suitable place-

ment in Muscat now in visit visa

.Contact:95601266

Architectural Draftsmen diploma

in construction technology with 6

years experience in drafting and

detailing as per British standard

in Oman with valid Omani license

looking for suitable opportunity

Noc available. Call 94375897.

Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD

Draftsman with 20 years profes-

sional experience is looking for

suitable job in Oman. Please Con-

tact: 96489798, (+974) 66653780.

Urgently required Pharmacist & MOH licensed female Dentist

for a reputed polyclinic. Send CV :

manageribnalhaitham@yahoo.com

or call 96721709.

Wanted G.P Doctor, Pharmacist, Lab Technician and Staff Nurse for a running medical clinic near

Sohar area. Contact 95272672

Care Medical Centre Al Seeb

requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner. Mail CV to:sarita_h23@yahoo.com

Wanted Staff Nurse for

a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC.

Attractive salary offered. Email:

clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com

GP doctor needed for reputed clin-

ic. Preferably with MOH license or

with Dataflow & Paramatics pass

Contact: 95388934

Require a qualified Nurse to take

care of an elderly female.

Contact: 99425200

HOTEL MANAGERA new modern 3 star hotel located in a prime location

at Bawshar – Muscat is looking for a Hotel Manager. Th e

Candidate should be a holder of degree or an equivalent

qualifi cation in Hotel Management and should have at

least 5 years’ experience at the Hotel industry with 2

years at least as Hotel manager.

Interested Candidates can e-mail CV’s to

Qaisbahwan@yahoo.com

SALES EXECUTIVES

cv4gcc@gmail.com

Graduates with minimum 3 year experience in Sales may sent their resume to

Urgently required Designer minimum 5 years experience with

different design concept and any

related jobs

Contact: 93218176 /

Email: joboman88@gmail.com

Part Time Accountant, up to fina-

lization of accounts, looking for job

after 5 PM (location prefer MSQ to

Al Hail). Contact: 90935099

Sudanese accountant holding

BSC, CIB 8 Post Graduate Diploma

in financial management with

Banking experience in projects

finance. Contact: 99061339

Fresher 24, ACCA Affiliate, Ad-

vanced diploma in Accounting and

Business seeking suitable place-

ment in Accounts, Finance or Audit

with Oman driving license.

Contact - 92430152

Email - raju.rd619@gmail.com

Accounts part time services,

available to handle all accounts up

to finalization on monthly basis.

Finalization and audit works.

Contact: 96247295

Young Indian male ACCA finalist

with B.Sc (Hons) in applied Ac-

counting with 3 years experience

& holding valid Omani driving

license seeks immediate

placement, NOC available.

Contact: 92851056

Accountant available with NOC,

7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately.

Contact 98263394

ACCA member with 6 yrs of

experience in Oman looking for a

suitable job in finance.

Contact: 99284193

28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com -

Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/

India experience looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact 90187483

shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA

Finance and marketing with IT

skills, 7+ yrs of experience,

Looking for suitable placement.

contact 94879615,Email-

sajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria

University Graduate bachelor of

commerce Diploma of

Marketing professional photogra-

pher worked in PR and social media

for 2 years looking for a job in pub-

lic relations media, social media or

marketing.Contact: 96976240

Accountant 8Years Experience

with D/L and NOC.

Contact 97712084

Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE,

Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for

a suitable job in Accounts, Store

Keeper, Sales etc. Ready to join as

early as possible.

Contact: 96988923

email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

Accountant Assistant BBA, exp,

Tally have 2 yr valid VISA

PH : 98269281

Revit, Autocad D/man,

expected salary 200 OMR

PH :92279784

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately

for a clinic in Suwaiq.

Contact: 95081010

Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com

MAINTENANCE

MANAGER

For a reputed company

Well experienced in

building & villas -

all type of maintenance.

Please send your C V to

hralsom@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, Masons, Helpers, Shuttering, Carpenters, Steel fixers with 5 yrs experience in Oman.

Contact: 97491117

ENGINEER/MECHANIC.

SALES / MARKETING

Urgently required looking to im-

mediately buy used Grit blasting

& airless spray equipment 1 No

each. Contact: 968 24810930

/ 93203772 / 93203773 /

93203778

Required marketing / PR manager

for a modern restaurant group in

Oman , proficient in illustrator &

Photoshop charismatic , proactive ,

creative & flexible excellent writing

/ Editing skills degree in relevant

area fluent in English. Send CV to

marketingpr2016@gmail.com

Required female person to work

at the retail shop/Marketing.

Please send your CV on e mail:

Zeyanaalharmaly@yahoo.com

Qualified and experienced MBA

post graduate with proven work

exposure in Middle East & India,

having more than 5.5 years of rich

experience in accounts , project

coordination and administration in

(3.5 years UAE experience) oil and

gas projects is currently looking for

suitable job. Contact 93953613,

Email-allen.mathew83@gmail.com

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in

commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in ac-

counts/ finance field. On visit visa.

Immediately available.

Contact 92836216 /

muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

Indian female 27 yrs MBA HR

with 3.6 yrs exp in HR / Marketing

/ Customer relation currently in

Muscat on visit visa.

Contact: 97205038

Email: chandpriya89@gmail.com

Driver Pakistani exp 4 years, look-

ing for job. Contact: 94356465

Driver looking for job, 3 years

experience. Contact: 97468646

Bangladeshi driver looking for job.

Contact: 97418036

DAILY GUIDEM O N D AY, M AY 3 0 , 2 0 1 6 D5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

EDUCATION/TRAINING

EDUCATION/TRAINING

DRIVER

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Civil Engineer, B.Tech, 6 yrs expe-

rience with Omani driving license,

local release available.

Contact: 91693008

B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24

with almost 1 year experience as

Production Shift Engineer, has

achieved training on HVAC En-

gineering design and has good

hands on software like AutoCAD

and HAP.Currently in Oman on a

visit visa, looking for a suitable

placement.Contact: 95065955

email: mjs.jazeb@gmail.com

Project Manager Electrical with 6

years experience with EHV & MV

substation projects. NOC available.

Contact 91398559

B Tech Electronics and communi-

cation,1.5 years experience in India

as site engineer in automation

system of Reliance, Looking for

a suitable job. Currently in India,

Contact:-95657292

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer steel

fabrication & erection 6 years

experience with Oman D/L seeks

placement. Contact 97917250

B.Tech Civil Indian, 4 years expe-

rience in Oman with D/L.

Contact: 90902809,

Email: ackn1234@yahoo.com

Indian B.E Civil Engineer 1 year

Indian 5 months Oman experience

seeking Site Engineer position,

local release available.

Contact: 96411591

Indian Diploma Civil Engg 3 years

Indian exp 6 months Oman exp

seeking Site Engineer position,

local release available.

Contact: 96411950

Indian female on family visa

having M. Ttech degree in Biotech

seeking suitable placement in any

field. Contact: 91287047

Computer Hardware Technician,

experienced Indian Male on visit

visa seeking for suitable place-

ment as hardware technician and

Store Incharge. Contact: 95711667

Civil Engineer, young Indian

having almost 2 years experience

looking for a challenging position

seeks suitable position in Oman/

GCC. Please contact 92718490,

Email ID: uvais.pk82@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer Indian male

30 years having 5 years of experi-

ence in industrial automation &

utility maintenance in India,

holding valid Oman D/L.

Contact: 92789995 mail:

akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

Diploma Civil 5 years experience

in Oman with D/L & NOC.

Contact: 93772030

IT

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer having 8 years exp having Oman

driving license seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 97841963

Civil Engineer fresh Graduate

with Omani driving license look-

ing job in any company.

Contact: 91745797 / 99190898

Email: alio_abdo@hotmail.com

Electrical Engineer with 8 Years

Experience, looking for Job, hav-

ing driving License and NOC.

Ph#91293519

Email:nomee987@gmail.com

Diploma in Civil Engineer 3 years

experience (Surveyor) 1 year ex-

perience building work looking for

job. Contact: 94857668

Email: mudassarsh93@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer, B.Tech &

M.Sc, 3 yrs experience in Oman

having Driving License.

Contact: 91162085

Mechanical Engineer with 2

years experience in Quality Con-

trol / Mechanical Engineer has

achieved certification in NDT level

2, currently in Oman looking for

suitable placement.

Contact: 95632276, Email:

jassin.sudhakaran@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer with 16 years

experience in switchgear / trans-

former / over head lines & trading,

looking for sales / procurement &

project planning & Execution with

NOC & D/L. Contact: 95994727

Email: qurm340@gmail.com

Pakistani male Diploma Civil

Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bull-

ing & mega projects, valid license

Oman.Contact:98921022

Civil Engineer (Indian male)

5 years experience in Oman with

valid Omani driving license & NOC

looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93101283

Diploma in Civil Engineer (11 years Gulf experience +7

years India experience) Building

structure & finishing work NOC

available. Contact: 90458201

Email: siva6467@yahoo.com

Sudanese Civil Engineer 6 years

experience in Oman. # 95212902

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech)

Indian male with 1 year experience

looking for job, qualification in

QA- QC, HVAC & piping engineer-

ing. Contact: 90510800 Email:

muhammedjaseem07@gmail.com

Diploma Civil Engineer (8 years

Exp.) with driving license.

Contact 92429006,

francisprem123@gmail.com

Worked as Electrical & Instrumen-

tation Maintenance Engineer with

Global Gypsum Board Co. LLC, Sala-

lah (3 years) having valid Oman

driving license looking for a new

job urgently. Contact: 93363104

B.E Mechanical Engineer, age

33 with 6+ years experience in

GCC in MEP building construc-

tion field (execution and design

of HVAC,firefighting,plumbing),

with D/L, NOC available

96978380;prajithks@gmail.com

Electrical & Electronics Engr,

knows autocad & revit.

PH: 93837973

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp

seeks suitable position ina reputed

company. NOC available.

Contact 96789711

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

Structural buildings marine.

Available NOC release.

Contact: 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com

Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in

designing, assembling, commission-

ing execution etc having valid GCC

license too looking for a suitable.

Contact: 00968-98052942 Email:

azamjeelani78@gmail.com

HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma

Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over

10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter

(NOC) available), seeking suit-

able placement, Mob:97061817,

Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com

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:

mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

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

Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com

Indian male, Mechanical

Engineer having 1year experi-

ence, on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact:97416564,

Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

Young Indian, Engineering in

Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and

Chemical, looking for a challenging

placement in Oman.

Contact 97607000. Email:

sivasankarjayakumar@gmail.com

With over 25 years in varied

industries, presently working with a reputed group in Muscat,

looking out for a suitable change.

, CIPD HR With 13 years experience in GCC and Oman. Competent in Sales,

Interested employer please call 97728418

Sr. Sales & Marketing SpecialistIndian male, Diploma Engineer with BBA

& 16 yrs experience in Oman, worked with

MNC in retail (Telecom/ Lubricant sales)

and with construction industry handling

various products & subcontract projects.

Holding valid Oman D/L, NOC available.

Contact 96960991,

Email : sunap1968@gmail.com

Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+

yrs of exceptional exp in spear

heading strategic planning and

project management initiatives &

executing various high rise resi-

dential & commercial building as

well as roads and highway project

with proficiency in installation,

seeking a challenging position in

a dynamic organization.

Contact 96570891

Construction Machinery repairs

Engineer, 5 years, driving license,

Contact - 94001961

B.Sc Civil Engineer, MBA experi-

ence 5 years (15 months in Oman)

English & Arabic, driving license

looking for a suitable job.

Contact: 94162443

Indian male BE Mechanical with

11 years experience in Automo-

tive engineering and Industrial

maintenance in Oman. With valid

driving license seeks suitable job.

On release in Oman. 92880593

Indian 24 yrs exp SR civil Engg

with NOC, searching suitable job,

in any project Supervision.

Contact: 96602718

mishteyaqh@yahoo.co.in

Telecommunication Engineer res-

ident in the Sultanate, Sudanese

Nationality. Contact : 95000024

Site Supervisor, Diploma in

Civil Engg (cert attested) knows

autocad revit, salary exp: 250

Ph : 92279784

Indian male, Structural Engineer

looking for job in structural design

field. Having 6 years of experience

in design field. Residing in Muscat.

Contact: 91176187

syam036@gmail.com

Automobile Mechanic ITI 3 years

experience marine mechanical

fitter 2 yrs experience.

Contact: 93674847

Indian 14 yrs exp SR MEP – Elect

Engg with NOC, searching suitable

job, in field PMC, Fire consultants ,

Testing & com, project supervision.

Contact: 92437865

Email: maimran.mtech@live.com

Indian male B-tech 8 years expe-

rience as senior electrical project

engineer / QC engineer on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 94094543

Email: anwar425@gmail.com

License light heavy duty, PDO

license experience 8 years mechani-

cal experience vehicle.

Contact 92091528

Looking for driving job.

Contact: 98219182

Looking for driving job 6 months

experience. Contact: 93782260

Looking for driving job with

Toyota Camry car, driver available

with car or without car.

Contact: 97224035

Looking for driving job.

Contact: 99518533

Bangladeshi male looking for

driving job. Contact: 98140379

Light driver looking for job Gulf exp.

Contact: 91929556

Light driver / Salesman fluent in

English, Arabic well knowledge of

Muscat Areas. Contact: 97950869

IT Solution Architect,Indian fe-

male post graduate with 12 years of

IT experience. Looking for position

of IT Solution Architect/Consult-

ant/Project Manager, Valid driving

license. Contact 96563962

Indian male 4 years experience in

IT as Programmer / Web Support /

CCNA/ Network on visit visa seek-

ing placement. Contact: 93069694

Email: mrabrar14@gmail.com

Software Developer having two

years of experience in PHP Web

development & Microsoft CRM &

adx Portal experience looking for

a developer position in reputed

Software house or IT Dept bilal.

Contact: 95596711 / 92762313

IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years

in Oman 2 years in India.

Contact: 94672759

System IT Engineer with Linux &

UNIX System Administration skills

transferable visa. Contact: 99109332

Omani 26(m) seeks placement

6 yrs experience IT specialist.

Contact: 99025044

Indian female M.Sc Computer

Science seeking suitable place-

ment in Muscat area.

Contact: 98660672

Indian female M.Sc Biotechnol-

ogy, 3 years experience seeking

for suitable position, part / full

flexible for research, teaching

business development IT hospi-

tals. Contact 94710931

Email: skystars.hm@gmail.com

Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15 yrs

exp in ERP, CSM Certified, seeking

suitable role.NOC Available.

Contact : GSM : 90189284

Email: meetlibran@gmail.com

MANAGER

Indian male Graduate 10 years

experience in Oman seeks mid

management position with trading

/ automobile organization.

Contact: 92133277

Email: bijuma73@yahoo.com

Operations Manager – Interior

designing, Indian male, 20 years

experience in Interior Decora-

tion, Joinery, Gypsum Works, MEP

Works, BOQ preparation, costing,

looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 97608867

Purchase Head Indian 20 years

experience in MNC Civil, MEP,

FIRE, Oil& Gas, PDO Omani driving

license NOC available.

Contact: 93737496

Staff Nurse seeking job for nurse

with 2 years experience in India

with visit visa, passed with 51%

Oman prometric. Contact: 91451935

D- Pharm Pharmacist 17 years

experience Ayurvedic Panchakar-

ma Masseur’s 3 years experience.

Contact: 93672452

Indian female Dentist specialized

Endodontist looking for suitable

placement, prometric completed.

Contact: 96410448

MEDICAL

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Nithin Issac (Indian male)

bachelor degree & MSW Medical

& Psychiatry Hospital experience

for 4 years in public relations and

one year experience as Psychiatric

Social Worker.

Contact 98937662 / 90188131

Email: nithsknur@gmail.com

Indian B.Tech 37 years Project

Engineer , 12 + years experience

in construction, maintenance of

STP, Pumping stations, sewer lines,

drinking water distribution and ser-

vice reservoirs & pipe lines. Contact:

99364007 / +91-887422635

Email: mdzubair01@gmail.com

Indian male, 16 years experi-

ence in Telecom vas industry on

different Vas products, services &

Enterprise solutions, looking for

managerial position in relevant

field, visit visa on hand for three

months. Contact: 99744870 /

0091-9959171939,

Email: tsbabu@airhub.com

BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email:

zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

Cricket : 23 years, fast bowler (LAF)

Played OCC premier league, U-19,

Faisalabad region, Patron trophy

seeks suitable placement. Quali-

fication : Intermediate experience

in Stores. NOC in hand. Contact: M:

91241615 Pak : 03416102803

Procurement Coordinator Indian

male 30 yrs B.Com (Computers) 4

years experience in Saudi Arabia

Construction Company looking for

any suitable position on visit visa

till 18 June 2016.

Contact: 0968 98590811 Email:

ibrahimhashmi220@gmail.com

Indian male, 28, post graduate,

6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back

office) & credit control with valid

Oman D/L looking for suitable lace-

ments. NOC available. # 92066 523

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-co-

ordinator 12 years experience in

Oman in reputed companies,

seek immediate Employment.

Call: 95244761

Looking for part time job Secre-tarial / Data Entry / Documenta-

tion available every day after 5:00

pm Friday / Saturday full day area

preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD /

Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827

Indian male MBA Finance & Marketing 25 yrs

having 1.9 years of experience

Finance & Marketing

Contact: 95206140/ 96992013 Email:

bonnythomas007@gmail.com

ENGINEER With 2 years exp in Telecom sector, currently on visit visa, looking for suitable placement.

with 11 yrs. Experience in Gov/Private.

services management.

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable

placement. Contact : 99739415 /

92091528

Teacher available accounts busi-

ness and economics near MQ by

Indian lady Teacher.

Contact: 91254950

Diploma Engineering Instrumenta-

tion Technician, 2 years experience

skills calibration & installation etc.

Contact: 98963344 / 96946408

Email: anfeeranfu4@gmail.com

Indian female Mathematics Lec-

turer. M Sc Mathematics from a

Prestigious University. B.Ed quali-

fied, distinction holder.

7 Yrs experience with last 5 years

as Assistant Professor Math-

ematics in Engineering College.

Contact: 91360147.

Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc

Biotechnology, 1yr exp. in Micro-

biology, Looking for suitable job.

Mobile: 92619048,

Email: anusreeg1991@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

SKILLED LABOR

STP operator 20 yrs experience.

Contact: 93550661

Email: feroz1391@gmail.com

Indian male good experience in

Sales, Marketing, Admin & Accounts

looking for suitable job.

Contact: 96199690

Digital Marketer: MCA, 2.6 yrs. Exp:

SEM/SMM/PPC/SEO/SMO looking

for suitable positions. Contact,

Email: abeyve@gmail.com.

Contact 93594114

Indian Male, MBA marketing 5

yrs exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG

sector, looking for best opportunity.

NOC available. Contact: 96001877

Indian male 24 years B.com

2 years of experience in Sales

& Office Admin knowledge of

Tally ERP 9 & MS Office. Contact:

98613373 / 97359814, Email:

syedismailnoor@gmail.com

35 years male, Lebanese holding

British passport, 10 years of expe-

rience in procurement, Omani Gov-

ernment tenders, setup marketing

plans & strategies, importing,

Organizing events, management,

have car, NOC available.

Contact 94123939

Email: 002015r@gmail.com

Indian Male, 26 M.Com with

4 yrs of Experience in Accounting

& Administration in a Financial

Company in India, seeks suitable

job, Currently in India.

Contact: India:-+918907212253

Akhil:-93626288, Email:

Sumeshpsmkr1989@gmail.com

Indian male Graduate with 18

years of Marketing experience

presently in Oman on family visit

visa, looking for best opportunity.

Contact: 96168687

Email: dhibupaul@gmail.com

Indian male 37 years MBA

graduate in marketing with 9yrs of

experience in UAE in field of brand

promotions & marketing with UAE

D/L on a visit seeking suitable

position. Conatct 95792820

Pakistani male MBA 6 years experi-

ence, electrical & building material

in Oman seeking for placement.

Contact : 968 96789513

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA,

MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT, valid

Omani D/L seeking suitable place-

ment in IT/Network/Server sup-

port/Retail sales. Contact 91496939

Indian Male, Post graduate with

10yrs experience in gulf & 4.6yrs in

Oil & Gas experience with SAP and

ERP exposure. Finalisation, MIS, Au-

diting, Budgeting, AP &AR, Tax, etc.,

with Oman D/L seeking suitable

placement. NOC available.

Contact: 91743376

Indian male, 25 yrs, more than 5

years experience in Dubai, Looking

for a suitable placement for jobs re-

lated to sales, marketing, coordina-

tion and support.

Contact: 95140445,

syedfaraz97681@gmail.com

Indian female, B.Tech Computer

Science, 5 years experience in

teaching in India currently on visit

visa seeking for a suitable position

in teaching, IT or administration.

E mail: rincy87@gmail.com

Indian Male 47 years MBA-

Operations Management with total

25 Yrs exp inclusive of 9 yrs in Oil

& Gas sector in Oman, having valid

Omani D/L & NOC available , seeks

challenging position in SCM/ Lo-

gistics/ Procurement in any Sector.

GSM-94236414.

Mail id – jayamurli@gmail.com

Accountant male Indian, 2 years

experience, doing accounts in tally

& excel seeks suitable job.

EMAIL – regin1690@gmail.com,

Contact +91 7373387282

Filipino I.T. with 5 years experience

looking for suitable job in Oman.

Contact: +968 91183514 or email

delarama_ryan_t@yahoo.c om

B.E (Mechanical) 12 years

industrial sales, 1 year Muscat

experience, presently in India ,

immediately ready to join. Contact

:917338899372 , email id :

ganesh2008sep@gmail.com

Indian female B.Com, 1 year

experience in Oman, experience in

wings account package and knowl-

edge of tally. Looking for Account-

ing job. Presently in Family visa.

Contact: 93491124 & 92054531

Indian male, M.Com, 7 years

Oman experience in the field of

accounts and valid oman driving

license & NOC. Good knowledge in

SAP, Tally, Oracle, MS office and

Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733

ACCA affiliate, B.Sc Degree holder,

3 years experience in audit and

finance at Big 6, Male, Looking for

suitable placement. NOC release

available. Contact:95140445,

a.saran891@gmail.com

Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate

with approx. 2 years experience in

India and UAE is looking for job in

sales / marketing.

Contact: 94032041; Mail:

azzamsiddique1@gmail.com

Indian male electrician(EEE ).

Two years good working experi-

ence searching for suitable job.

Gmail ; antonyajin15@gmail.

com. Antony Ajin.G, Contact: 91

8148336160 / 91 8300136160

Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate,

fresher, looking for a job in sales

(indoor). No driving license.

Contact: 94032041 Mail:

azzamsiddique1@gmail.com

Male Indian, 8 years of experience

doing desktop engineer, software

implementation, system admin,

searching for suitable job. Email:

thiruvazhimarban.ciet@gmail.

com, mobile: +919171447997 /

+919894357260

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SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male 33 years, B.Com, hav-

ing 6 years experience in Oman.

Tally & ERP looking for suitable

placement. Mobile no :98492921

Looking for a part time accounting

job, additional experience in admin

& store - purchase. #99196621

Indian male with 5 year Oman

Sales Experience with valid

Oman D/L, looking for suit-

able position. Mobile:97221624,

Email:saileshpkhanna@gmail.com

B.E. (Mechanical) 12years indus-

trial sales one year Muscat experi-

ence, Presently in India,

Immediately ready to join.

Contact :917338899372 , email id :

ganesh2008sep@gmail.com

Male, Indian, 25, 5 years experi-

ence in Dubai; looking for perma-

nent placement in Oman for jobs

related to sales, coordination and

marketing. Contact: +971563664701

syed97681@gmail.com

Male, 23, with experience in UAE

& India, looking for job in sales /

marketing. Contact: 94032041

Sr. Accountant, WITH Oman D/L

& 8.5 yrs exp, 7.5 yrs Oman & 1 yr

India in manufacturing, trading

& contracting Cos, independently

handling all accounting, finance,

banking, L/C, import, export & fina-

lization seeks placement,

srjob12@gmail.com

Procurement/Tender & Contract

Procurement /logistics & freight

Specialist /Oil Field / petrochemi-

cal/Engineer /MBA /SAP certify

/ 15yrs Rich Experience/ Import

&export Specialist / Oil Field expe-

rience/ coordinator / World Wide

supplier network /Noc available

Looking for challenging Position

Contact: 97813849,

Email Id:vved76@gmail.com

Male, 23, with experience in UAE

& India, looking for job in sales /

marketing. Contact: 94032041

Indian Male Accountant. Com-

pleted MBA with 1 year experience,

good working knowledge in Tally

& Excel. Searching for suitable

job. Email : jovin8910@gmail.

com, Contact : 919715874548 ,

918015907437

Indian male electrician(EEE ).

Two years good working experi-

ence searching for suitable job.

Gmail antonyajin15@gmail.

com, : Contact; 918148336160 /

918300136160

Electrical & Electronics diploma

Engineer Indian male 23 years,

2 years experience in Electrical

field/good experience in Electron-

ics MCU projects currently in

visit visa please do not hesitate to

Contact; 93047707

Email: adilm89@gmail.com

Indian male 30 yrs, holding valid

driving license, having 5 years of

experience in sales, looking for

suitable position.

Contact # 90552942/94355626

Indian male Diploma in Electron-

ics, having 3 years of experience

in the hardware and networking

field, also worked in construction

company Mabela for 6 months

as supervisor, trying to get driving

license. Contact: - +96897017866.

Business Management Gradu-

ate with 12 years of experience

in Oman, Worked with catering,

medical, IT groups seeks suitable

placement in Finance/purchase/

insurance sector, NOC Available.

Email, saima.gangawali@gmail.

com, Mob 94258301

Mechanical Engineer, Indian,

Male,5 years experience in GCC &

India, looking for permanent place-

ment in Oman. NOC Release Avail-

able. Contact: 00968-95140445;

noorullahanas@gmail.com

Indian female (27 yrs) MBA(IT),

BCA,CCNA.2year experience in IT

operations in Oman. Graduated from

Oman with good analytical, com-

municating & programming skills,

presented in international confer-

ence, seeking suitable positions.

contact:93672143.e-mail id:fathima.

shoukath@gmail.com

Part- Time Accountant, well experi-

enced senior accountant ,capable of

doing all type of accounting works

up to finalization, Budgeting, Bank

financing requirements, taxation

work etc available.

Contact : : 98803439

BS in Electrical engineering,

experience : 6 years in electrical

installation and maintenance

Contact : 99817032,

Email : engmmg24@yahoo.com

Indian male, M. Com with 3 yr

Oman Exp in Accounts with valid

NOC & D/L on Visit Visa, available to

join immediately . GSM :94744575

Indian Female seeking a job in

Back Office and Accountancy,

8+ years proven experience as a

dynamic candidate with excellent

Excel & Communication skills.

Quick learner and Team player.

Currently on Family Visa.

Contact 94093154, 91746890,

Email: joyjohn_hhh@yahoo.com

Sri Lankan Male, 31 years. 6 years

experience as an Accounts Execu-

tive, (Languages can speak Urdu/

Arabic, English written & spoken) .

Contacts: 99782930/

lalindra1st@yahoo.com

HSE Engineer, Indian male, 5.5

Plus years experience in Oil & Gas.

Working in Shclumberger.NEBOSH,

IOSH, & NDT Certified, M Tech in

HSE. CONTACT-krish.569@gmail.

com Mobile- +91 9867016808

Sri Lankan Male, 31 years. 6 years

experience as an Accounts Execu-

tive, (Languages can speak Urdu/

Arabic, English written & spoken).

Contact 99782930/

lalindra1st@yahoo.com

Indian male with 10+ years of

working experience (security solu-

tions, event management) on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact 97945269,

hkkrishna@gmail.com

Indian male Network Cabling Tech-

nician (19-years gulf experience)

seeking for suitable placement. mo-

bile no: 0091-8089909265 (India),

email: mohithavp@gmail.com

Senior accountant ,NOC avail-

able, more than 5 years exp., born

& bought up in Oman, Account-

ing upto finalization, computer

skills tally9, Sage ERP accpac

500(6.0A), Vcams , Audit ,valid

Oman D/L, languages known

English ,Arabic, Hindi. can join im-

mediately. Tel: 96339599, mail-

ahmedmohdkhan@gmail.com

Petrochemicals Specialist, Chemical, MBA 18 YEARS EXPE-

RIENC IN OIL FIELDS COM, RAW

MATERIAL , polymer, SPACIAL-

ISED IN Procurement /COMME-

CIAL/ PURCHASE / LOGISTICS /

SCM/Planning & sound knowledge

of technical requirement for any

manufacture plant Forecasting,

Distribution, Vendors Develop-

ment, LC opening/ establishment

coordination with NOC available.

Contact:97813849

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

Indian Male, 24 yrs, looking for

any type of job, qualification is

Diploma in Electronics with 3 years

of experience in the hardware an

networking field an also worked

in construction company Mabelah

for 6 months as supervisor, having

valid D/L. Contact : - +96897017866.

33 year old Filipina with experi-

ence in Tele performance, Manila

call centre, now working as Wait-

ress in Qatar seeking suitable post.

Local contact 99022484

Indian Male 28 years, Mechani-

cal Engineer (Diploma) with 2

years’ exp., Automobile ITI NCVT,

CSWIP-BGAS Painting QC Grade-2,

NDT Level-2, ISO Lead Auditor

QA (IRCA), Piping QC & Isometric

Drawings, WPS & WPQR, available

on Visit Visa, seeks suitable job.

Contact: 90653733,

libinthomaslt@gmail.com

SCM / LOGISTICS/ PROCURE-

MENT - 25 Yrs exp - Indian Male

- Oil & Gas, Manufacturing Sector

- Having valid Oman D/L & NOC

available. Seeks Challenging sen-

ior position. GSM-94236414,

Email ID - jayamurli@gmail.com

Light Duty Driver, Fluent in

English, Arabic. Well knowledge of

Oman Areas looking for suitable

placement. Contact 97950869

IT Administrator with 6 yrs of GCC

experience, now in Dubai (visit

visa).seeking suitable placement in

UAE. Contact :00971-565598176,

email:aneeshngr@gmail.com

Indian Male: 23yrs, MBA in Market-

ing from UK (United Kingdom), look-

ing for a job, currently in Muscat in

visit. No: 97210361 / 95357513,

Email: sharanshetty3@gmail.com

Highly experienced mechanical/

steel structural fabrication engi-

neer looking for suitable place-

ment. NOC available.

Contact 99860714,

hussain20173@gmail.com.

Architect Engineer seeking for

suitable job, 8 years experience.

GSM : 96075000, Email :

haytham_201046@yahoo.com

B.E(Mechanical) 12years in-

dustrial sales one year Muscat

experience ,Presently in India

,Immediately ready to join ,Mobile

no :917338899372 , email id :

ganesh2008sep@gmail.com

Electrical & Electronics diploma

engineer Indian male 22 years,

2 years experience currently in

visit visa. Contact 93047707

adilm89@gmail.com

Planning Engineer, BE Mech Engg.

Indian Female having total 11 yrs

exp in oil & gas projects (8+ yrs in

Gulf) with valid Oman D/L, Seeks a

Suitable job. Contact: 92456003

Indian Male 48 Yrs with over 25

Years Oman experience in Sales &

Marketing with NOC & valid Oman

D/L Also Fluency in Arabic, seeks

suitable placement. Contact no.:

92210661/99224057

B.S.C in Electrical Engineering,

Experience: 5 Years (Power Plant).

Contact: 92475206

Email: zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

Fresh B.Com Graduate in visit

visa looking for a job. Contact:

93518923 / 99075027.

email: sheikcok@yahoo.com

Indian male,B.Com + Dip. Logistic

2year experience looking for a job

in Accounts/Logistics Field. Pres-

ently on Visit Visa # 93884951,

Email:mehreenraiz@gmail.com

Admin Assistant. Having 5 years

experience in admin department in

reputed companies, presently work-

ing in Muscat (NOC Available).

GSM. 00968-98404122, mail -

panduru.jeevankumar@gmail.com

Looking for a part time accounting

& admin job. Contact 99196621.

Indian male, 24 yrs, B. Com Graduate

more than 1 year experienced in ac-

counts planning to come for a family

visit in oman seeking for a suitable

placement .#99339544 / 99743709

Indian male, 40 Years, B. Com,

having 10 years experience in

Oman, Tally & ERP- looking for

suitable placement ( NOC and

Oman driving license available)

Tel- +91 89 43 109897

Rajeev. 252002@gmail.com

Import & Export professional,

Experienced as Asst. Commercial

Manager for 15 years, Proficient in

MS office, Male Indian, Seeks suit-

able placement, on Visit,

Contact 95484684

Indian male, 33 yrs, MBA-HR

generalist with 10 yrs including

training of Omani nationals.NOC

possible .Seeking a suitable job.

Contact :saiprasad_18@yahoo.com,

94179499

Indian male, 40 Years, B. Com,

having 10 years experience in

Oman, Tally & ERP- looking for

suitable placement ( NOC and

Oman driving license available.

Contact +91 89 43 109897

Rajeev. 252002@gmail.com

Safety officer, 3 years of experi-

ence in safety certifications: BE

(electrical and electronics engi-

neering), NEBOSH, IOSH, DHSE,

first aid. Contact +97474018995,

mail:midhunmich@gmail.com,

skype:midhunmike

Indian male, network cabling

technician (19 years Gulf experi-

ence) seeking for suitable place-

ment. NOC available. Contact :

0091-8089909265 (India),

E mail: mohithavp@gmail.com

Electronics Technician , 4 Years

experience as Electronics service

engineer. Knowledge in all type of

Electronics items. Looking for suit-

able placement. GSM- 99105043

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA,

MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT, valid

Omani D/L seeking suitable place-

ment in IT/Network/Server sup-

port/Retail sales. # 91496939.

Assistant Accountant - B.Com

Graduate with excellent overall

skills. 2 Years of experience. Ready

for immediate joining.

Contact: sharonravi00@gmail.com,

968-92049215

Software Engineer with 5 + plus

years of experience in Infosys

ltd on visit visa seeking suit-

able vacancy in oman. Email :

steffyraphel@gmail.com mob:

96896246205 / 96897032284

Indian male 26 years, Graduate in

BBM & having Diploma in Logis-

tics with 3 years of experience in

Banking and Accounts looking for

suitable placement. Contact :

+ 968 97166820/ +91 9895102356

Email :afsalrahman1989@gmail.com

Indian Female looking for a part

time opportunity (Graphic Design/

Teaching/Research Assistant/

Business Development/Admin-

istration) Contact: 95811820 or

sankarikm06@gmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com

Finance-Indian with 7 years expe-

rience in Finance & Accounts up

to finalization. Having D/L & NOC.

Mob:94122464,

caammk13@gmail.com

Tea boy looking for job Name:

Man Bahadar Contact: 97859837

Indian Female, M.Sc Computer

Science, Seeking suitable place-

ment in Muscat Area. #98660672

Indian Female, 29 Yrs Age, M.Sc

Microbiology, looking for Job any

reputed organization / Hospitals,

seeks suitable position.

Contact : 95218424 / 9610 6604.

On Family Residence Visa.

Indian female 10 years exp as cook

in Oman. South Indian & Gujarati

special looking for job,company or

restaurant. Contact 90559292

Indian Male B-Com Graduate

1 year, experience in market sur-

vey, Valid Driving License,

looking for any suitable post.

Contact: 92567020 / 96930392

Indian Male 30 year GCC driving

license and past experience as

project coordinator looking for a

suitable position. Project Coordina-

tion, Sales Executive, Marketing

Executive or any other suitable

post. Contact number -97070427

IT professional, B.E. in IT, CCNA,

MCSA, MCSE, 3yrs exp. in IT,

valid Omani D/L seeking suitable

placement in IT/Network/Server

support/Retail sales.

Contact 91496939.

Indian B-Com Graduate 1 year

Experience in market survey,

Valid Driving License,

looking for any suitable post.

Contact :92567020 / 96930392,

shwayanad@gmail.com

Indian male, M. Com, 11 years

experience in the field of account-

ancy and Stores. Good knowledge

in SAP, Tally, oracle, MS office and

Excel seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92859733

Indian male, M.Com, 7 years Oman

experience in the field of accounts

and valid oman driving license &

NOC . Good knowledge in SAP, Tally,

oracle, MS office and Excel seeks

suitable placement. # 92859733

Indian male 42, BE-Civil 13 years

experience in Road construction.

looking for suitable placement.

having valid Oman driving license.

Contact: 95225214, Email:

Sudheerrokkala73@gmail.com

Bachelor in Hotel Management

Having 13 years experience in

Catering Industry in all aspects of

Operations with D/L looking out

for a suitable placement.

Contact 90654826

Email: mailingsaikiran@gmail.com

Indian Female on a visit visa hav-

ing master degree seeking suitable

placement in any field, 1 ,5 year ex-

perience in HR .Contact 91467576.

Indian female 27 yrs, Diploma in

Aviation & Hospitality manage-

ment, seeking suitable placement.

Curnetly in Oman, NOC Available.

Contact 94880684

Female Dentist with MOH license

and NOC, 7 years experience 2 yrs

out of them in Oman looking for a

job. Contact 97401243

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RENT A CAR

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO &

BP specification for monthly rent

& small car with driver. Contact

99839898

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours contact 98029602,

92808636

We arrange tours & accommoda-

tion at all the beautiful places in

Oman. Contact 99839898

RENT A CARBest Rates for Saloon

Contact: 97869042 / 95730550

sales@modernreem.com

DRIVINGTRANSPORTATION

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rent-

als. Full line, from Tables, Linen

& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,

Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware,

Chafing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to

Large Sound Systems and spec-

tacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606

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pain, backache, paralysis, mas-

sage, steambath, obesity, Spondy-

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18 November Street, Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320

Ayurvedic treatment for backache,

paralysis, arthritis etc & mas-

sage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact:24475280 / 95371664 /

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FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to

know more about Islam, please

call: 99425598, 99250777,

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and 99379133. For ladies:

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Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Transportation. Contact:

96538078

Transportation. Contact:94510847

Transportation. Contact 9508282

Transportation. Contact 92015894

Transportation required from Qu-

rum to WadiKabir at afternoon only

1 PM. Contact - 99012165

Indian with 3 years for experience

in sales and marketing fluency in

English, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil and

Malayalam looking for suitable job.

Also hold valid Driving License,

currently in oman Mob : 93451439

Indian male network cabling tech-

nician (19-years Gulf experience)

seeking for suitable placement.

Contact 0091-8089909265 (India),

Email: mohithavp@gmail.com

Safety Officer 3 years of expe-

rience in safety certifications:

BE (Electrical and Electronics

Engineering),NEBOSH, OSH, DHSE,

first aid. Contact +97474018995,

email:midhunmich@gmail.com

skype:midhunmike

27 years old Indian male looking

hospitality jobs in Hotel. Experi-

ence in customer service, front

desk, housekeeping supervisor,

captain, cashier,guest relation

manager. Contact. +968-90351742

Email. samubaid6@gmail.com

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SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SERVICES

A/C Maintenance & Servicing,

Fridge, Washing machine & Dish

washer repairing, Painting & Clean-

ing services, Electrical & plumbing.

Contact 99447257 / 97014234 /

24504281

Regular container transportation

from Sohar sport to anywhere in

Muscat area OMR 100 per con-

tainer. Contact: 93731363

Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC

Contact: 99344723

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MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC

Contact 99344723

House shifting. Contact 99708138

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Split & window A/C servicing, re-

pairing, installation ducted, package

etc. Contact Abbas : 98667326

A/C servicing maintenance.

Contact: 92279370

Window & split unit A.C servicing

& repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split unit A/C & window unit A.C

servicing & maintenance. Contact:

96236476

Split unit & window unit A.C

servicing & maintenance. Contact:

93769089 / 95323517

CAD drawings Archi/ MEP CAD –

comply BIM. Contact: 91233975

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control &

anti-termite treatment, general

cleaning painting,Plumbing,

Electrical, shifting. Contact Mun-

dhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.

Contact: 24810137, 99450130

Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.

Ocean center LLC. # 99344723

Cleaning services, Sofa, carpet,

shampoo old house or new house.

Contact: 92179395

Water proofing ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services electric,

plumbing and A/C. Contact:

96524904 /94285064

House Shifting Packing. Contact: 99657644 / 98518013

SITUATION WANTEDCOMPUTER/WEB./ EDUCATION/CLASSES

Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English

class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi

earn in two monthstion guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

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