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‘Equal opportunity to disabled a must’

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MUSCAT: Oman, as a signatory to a United Nations (UN) con-vention on the disabled, should ensure the rights of persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others, says an offi cial at Ebdaah, a UAE-based special-ist training and capacity building consultancy.

Oman is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Per-sons with Disabilities and certain obligations are stipulated in the convention, said Andrew West-erman, director of education and training at Ebdaah.

Ebdaah, which means ‘crea-tivity’ in English, aims to deliver support and solutions to staff

and organisations in the area of disability management to trans-form the lives of people with spe-cial needs.

Speaking to Times of Oman, Westerman said multi-discipli-nary consultancy was established in Oman in April and strives to empower people with disabilities by giving them opportunities and removing the existing obstacles. The organisation’s mission is to

bring about a shift from a ‘medi-cal’ model of disability to a ‘so-cial’ model of disability, he noted.

Explaining his statement, Westerman said, “The medical model would look at people with disability as objects for charity who need help and physical inter-vention with the main things.

“However, we want to shift it to-wards a social model where peo-ple understand that if we remove

the barriers, the disabled people can utilise their potential.”

Pool of skillsHe said that just because some-body has a disability it does not mean that he or she cannot per-form excellent jobs or be a won-derful employee.

“So there is a pool of skills and talents, which people are miss-ing,” he added. >A3

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Americans notifi ed of extremist web posting

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MUSCAT: The US Embassy through its website has notifi ed the American community of a recent anonymous posting on an extremist website which encour-aged attacks against American and other western teachers in the Middle East.

“The website specifi cally refer-enced teachers at schools in Jed-dah (Saudi Arabia) and Maadi (Egypt) as examples of locations with high concentrations of po-tential targets,” a posting in the US Embassy website said.

It went on to add, “The em-bassy is unaware of any spe-cifi c, credible threat against any American or western school or individuals in Oman. The

embassy continues to consult closely with the Government of Oman on all security relat-ed issues. Nonetheless, all US citizens should remain vigilant regarding their personal secu-rity and alert to local security developments.”

The embassy recommended individuals to follow personal security practices such as, “al-ways be aware of your surround-ings, ... If you are being followed or harassed by another driver, try to fi nd the nearest police station, hotel, or other public facility to call the police.

Never lead the person back to your home or stop and get out, whenever possible, do not set a specifi c day for shopping, er-rands and personal needs. >A2

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HM receivescable of thanks

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Abdelaziz Boute-fl ika, President of Algeria on his country’s National Day.

In his cable, HM the Sultan ex-pressed his sincere greetings and wishes of good health, happiness and a long life to the president, praying to the Almighty Allah to return this occasion on him and his country’s people with further progress and prosperity. — ONA

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a cable of thanks from King Fe-lipe VI of the Kingdom of Spain in reply to His Majesty’s greet-ings cable on the occasion of his country’s National Day.

In his cable, King Felipe VI expressed his utmost thanks for His Majesty the Sultan’s greet-ings and best wishes. He affi rmed the deep relations and strong ties binding the two friendly coun-tries, wishing HM the Sultan good health and happiness and the Omani people further pro-gress and prosperity. — ONA

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MUSCAT: Oman has taken big strides in empowering the disabled but the pace of progress should be faster, says the co-founder of ‘Basma’, an Oman-based group that aims to help children with disabili-ties realise their potential.

Speaking to Times of Oman, the Omani co-founder of the group said that Oman has progressed a lot in ad-dressing the needs of the

disabled and the fact that Oman is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities shows its determination, but there is still a long way to go.

“The foundations have been laid. However, the pace of progress should be faster,” he noted. He highlighted the importance of designing and building the infrastructure, malls, schools and other facilities in such a way that they would be accessible to persons with disabilities. >A3

‘Pace of progress in empowering the disabled should be faster’

A2Oman reaches out to the French

OMANZubair to give local art global aspect

1Three artists from Japan, Australia and the UK will each come to Bait Al Zubair

for one month over the winter season to explore their artistic practice, create, exchange and showcase a wide variety of art genres and styles. >A3

PAKISTANOil firm divestment on despite price dip

2Despite a dip in share prices, the government will divest 7.5 per

cent stake in the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited to secure the next $1.1 billion tranche of the International Monetary Fund loan. >A7

WORLDSri Lanka survivors saw warning signs

3Sniff er dogs were deployed on Friday to search for mudslide

victims in Sri Lanka as survivors said they had seen warning signs of the disaster, such as cracks in the ground and livestock fl eeing. >A9

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Nilofar veers away from Oman, but rains make wadis overfl owREJIMON K [email protected]

MUSCAT: Muscat and South Sharqiyah regions witnessed light to moderate rainfall during the past 24 hours resulting in waterlogged roads and overfl owing of wadis.

While wadis in and around Quri-yat were overfl owing due to the in-termediate rain, roads in Muzra, Dabab, Fins and Al Khabourah along with Seeb, Al Khoud and, Rusayl were inundated. Roads in Jalan, Sur and Al Ashkara were also under water.

“Intermediate rains during the last two days have resulted in wadis overfl owing. We have also heard that many roads were cut off because of the rains,” said resi-dents in Quriyat.

Last Wednesday, the Oman met department had forecast isolated rains in South Al Sharqiyah and Muscat governorate till Thursday evening, and Muscat did report light rainfall.

According to weather forecasts, the isolated rain was because of tropical cyclone Nilofar in the Arabian Sea, which had been inch-ing closer to the Omani coast from Sunday last.

However, from Wednesday it deviated to the east and headed to-wards Pakistan and India.

The cyclone had crept some 450 kilometres closer to Masirah Is-land before veering off .

Residents of Masirah Island were apprehensive of the cyclone hitting the coast, but they were re-lieved when it changed course and

saved them from certain disaster.“We only witnessed light rains.

The Almighty has heard our prayers,” said some other residents of Masirah Island.

“Ferry services, which were stopped due to the unstable weath-er conditions, resumed their oper-ations on Thursday,” they said.

The Royal Oman Police issued multi-lingual pictorial advisories to the public to remain safe and to avoid crossing overfl owing wadis.

Thursday’s messages were aimed at residents in Amerat.

“Please be careful of the water-logged areas of Amerat, and don’t risk crossing them,” they said.

On Wednesday, civil defence personnel had to rescue people who were caught in an overfl owing wadi in Quriyat following the rain.

In 2011, cyclonic storm Keila produced torrential rains over Oman resulting in the death of half a dozen people.

In 2010, cyclone Phet made a landfall in Oman. Police had issued an emergency evacuation notice to the residents of Masirah and Ras Al Hadd and around 10,000 people had been moved to safer areas.

In 2006, cyclone Gonu made a landfall in eastern Oman and re-portedly killed 60 people and dam-aged property worth millions.

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LIGHT RAINS: Areas in Muscat and South Sharqiyah witnessed

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THRILLS & SPILLS ON SECOND DAY OF OMAN INTERNATIONAL RALLYThe Oman International Rally, which is revived by the Oman Automobile Association after a gap of seven years,

as a candidate event of the Middle East Rally Championship was full of excitement on the second day. The picture

shows Oman’s Saif Al Harthy (co-driver Saif Al Hinai) driving through a tough terrain. — A.R. Rajkumar/TIMES OF OMAN

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan, chief minister of India’s fastest-growing major state, Madhya Pradesh, a state larger than Italy and more populous than the UK, wants to emulate China, Japan and South Korea to help its 73 million people become richer. >B2

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SAINT MALO, (France): Oman’s Ministry of Tourism is promoting the Sultanate among French trav-el agencies and tourists visiting Saint Malo in northwest France to see one of the biggest sporting events in the country.

The Route du Rhum sailing race attracts millions of visitors to Brit-tany in the port city of Saint Malo which gets underway tomorrow, and the fl agship boat of the Sultan-ate, Musandam-Oman Sail, will

line up against 10 other giant mul-ti-hulls. The competition is held every four years.

“The ministry started support-ing Oman Sail from last year and sees this event as an important op-portunity to introduce Oman and what it has to off er to visitors,” Ab-dullah Al Saddi, from the Ministry of Tourism, told Times of Oman.

The pavilion set up by the min-istry, which is one of the biggest, draws hundreds of visitors every day who are familiarised with Oman and its tourists attractions through various sections set up there. Al Saddi explained that the stall began working on October 24, and people at the reception give information to visitors about the Sultanate, answer any question they get and distribute brochures.

The traditional Omani dress and artefacts are also on display in the pavilion, and there is a section where women and children can sit in a tent and get henna designs done on their hands.

The ministry representative also said that a quiz with questions about Oman is held every day and fi ve lucky winners get the chance to tour the Omani boat.

The questions included in the quiz are about Oman Air’s Muscat-

Paris direct fl ights, Oman’s tradi-tional boats, Oman’s beaches and the name of Oman’s sports boat.

Also, there will be a big lucky draw on November 20 for four tickets to Muscat, winners of which will also have the privilege to stay 5 nights in a hotel. Around 400 people participate in the quiz every day and about 500 take part in the draw, stated Al Saddi.

Rania Khodr, who works at Oman’s Ministry of Tourism’s representative offi ce in France, said that a session was held for 13 French travel agents on the Rum Jungle boat. Speaking to Times of Oman, Gerard, a visitor, said that he did not know about Oman be-fore visiting the stall. However, he said that he was provided with good information in the pavilion and he was hopeful of visiting the country.

Alain, another visitor, said that he had heard about Oman on TV and knows that there are good in-vestment opportunities in the Sul-tanate in various areas.

The stall has been designed in an interesting and informative way, he added. People getting hen-na patterns done on their hands found it very interesting. There were a lot of people waiting to en-joy the experience.

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Turkish ambassador bids adieu to Oman SARAH [email protected]

MUSCAT: Kerem A Kiratli, the outgoing ambassador of Tur-key, bid farewell to the Sultanate when he hosted celebrations to mark the 91st Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Turkish Re-public on Wednesday evening.

Kiratli, who has been the am-bassador since 2012, said it was an honour and privilege to share the celebrations for a fi nal time with the guests in Oman. The oc-casion commemorates the foun-dation of the Republic of Turkey by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on October 29, 1923 following the Turkish War of Independence.

Kiratli, the eighth Turkish ambassador in Oman, described the relationship between the two countries as “special” and thanked His Majesty Sultan Qa-boos bin Said and the Omani government for their support to the Turkish embassy and community.

“The past two years I’ve wit-nessed remarkable develop-ments in bilateral relations and cooperation,” he said.

Kiratli said relations between

the two countries are continu-ing to grow, especially in busi-ness, defence, maritime travel and education, but there is room for more progress yet. The joint trade between the countries has almost doubled in the last two years from $271 million to $524 million, a trend he hoped would continue.

“I’m also pleased to have wit-nessed personally a substantial increase in our bilateral trade and exchange of commodities both ways,” Keratli said, adding that he hoped more businesspeo-ple would take advantage of this strong atmosphere of growth and explore each other’s markets.

During his time as ambassa-dor Kiratli oversaw a number of high-level offi cial visits between the two countries, including an exchange of visits by the minis-ters of foreign aff airs, and a visit to Turkey by the chairman of Majlis Al Shura Khalid bin Hilal Al Maawali.

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OMAN OVERSEAS: The traditional Omani dress and artefacts are also on display in the pavilion, and

there is a section where women and children can sit in a tent and get henna designs done.–TIMES OF OMAN

HM sendscondolences

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MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a ca-ble of condolences to Guy Scott, the interim president of the Re-public of Zambia on the death of President Michael Sata of the Republic of Zambia. His Majes-ty the Sultan expressed his sin-cere condolences and sympathy to the interim president, the de-ceased’s family and the friendly people of Zambia. — ONA

MUSCAT: On the conclusion of their meetings of the Social Work Strategy Conference: Fu-ture Vision, organised in the Sultanate on October 29 and 30, the participants have sent a cable of thanks and gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

The participants reaffi rmed that the care His Majesty the Sultan accorded to further im-prove the standard of living of citizens and their basic needs was one of the pillars of the comprehensive development in the Sultanate.— ONA

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US alert

“Be unpredictable, ensure all of your family members are briefed on security measures.

“All US citizens in Oman are reminded to be aware of their surroundings, to avoid large crowds, to vary their routes and times when travelling or commuting, and to continually assess their personal security habits. Any suspicious activity should be reported to the Royal Oman Police by dialing 9999 from anywhere in Oman,” the positing suggested.

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Facilities for disabled is ‘human right issue’

This is from an employment point of view but from the point of view of a person with disabil-ity, it is a ‘human right issue’, said Westerman.

Commenting on the UN con-vention, he noted that it calls for the elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility as well as equal opportunities in all areas, including employment.

“To enable persons with dis-abilities to live independently and participate fully in all as-pects of life, parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities ac-cess, on an equal basis with oth-ers, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communica-tions technologies and systems, and to other facilities and ser-vices open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas,” reads part of the Conven-tion on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Westerman said that for in-stance, buildings should be built in such a way that suits the spe-cial needs of the disabled.

For example, the entrance and exit of the buildings should be convenient for use by people with disabilities, while hotel rooms and corridors should be designed having these members of the community in mind, he added.

“Once, I stayed in a hotel in an-other country, where the corridor lighting was so low that, let alone people with disabilities, even I had diffi culty seeing things,” he recalled.

Westerman said that people with disabilities do not want to feel diff erent and only want the barriers to be removed so that they can access everything easily and pursue their ambitions.

Focus on abilitiesInspired by the belief that the disabled have a lot to off er and the focus should be on their abilities, Ebdaah helps build up the capaci-ties of the disabled individuals for companies and holds confer-ences, seminars, and meetings to

raise awareness and shed light on its mission.

“It is not only about employees in a company, but also about those who want to access their servic-es,” said Westerman, adding that Ebdaah is seeking to contribute to eff orts to make the country more disabled-friendly.

“It is a journey. We are not

criticising anybody. The point is we can learn lessons from what has happened in other places in the past.”

Society’s attitudeAsked how the society’s at-

titude toward the disabled has changed and how disabled friend-ly Muscat is, he said, “I would say that things are beginning to change, and people are getting more aware. They are becoming more understanding.”

Westerman said that partner-ship between the private and the public sectors is important and Ebdaah is keen to work with both of them.

Ebdaah’s activities cover sev-eral areas, including education, hospitality, leisure and tourism and transportation.

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Developers of various facili-ties and providers of services should put themselves in place of the disabled and see whether they can use them conveniently, he said.

He added that segregating the challenged people from others is inappropriate and the society should be ‘uni-fi ed’, where both groups can work alongside each other.

In addition, he called on all members of the society, especially employers, to revise their attitude towards the disabled and increase their understanding about them.

In addition, Haider Jawad Sultan Al Lawati, board member and media com-mittee chairman at Oman Association for the Disabled (OAD), said that the Sultan-ate’s progress in fulfi lling and protecting the rights of the challenge people is ‘visible’ in light of the UN convention.

“The eff orts to provide the best services and developing plans and services for the disabled is gaining momen-tum through the associa-tions and institutions work-ing in this fi eld,” Al Lawati told Times of Oman.

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Bait Al Zubair Residency to give local art global aspectTimes News Service

MUSCAT: The Bait Al Zubair International Residency Pro-gramme will commence at the end of November and provide art-ists based outside the Sultanate of Oman with the opportunity to work in Muscat.

Three artists from Japan, Aus-tralia and the UK will each come to Bait Al Zubair for one month over the winter season to explore their artistic practice, create, ex-change and showcase a wide vari-ety of art genres and styles.

The Residencies are non-pre-scriptive and process-based, al-lowing visiting artists to develop projects in response to their new environment, or to conduct re-search benefi ting from Bait Al Zubair’s resources.

The fi rst artist to arrive is Tet-suro Kano from Japan. He gradu-

ated from Tokyo Zokei University majoring in design and received his Masters in Fine Art from the same university. In his recent work Tetsuro, he has been creat-ing new landscapes by combining ready-made objects and plants such as seeds and fruits, creating installations which, in his world, objects and space are deviated from their original purposes and meanings. For the audience their sense of value and recognition hangs in the air for questioning.

In the New Year, Australian artists Damon Kowarsky will join Bait Al Zubair. Damon studied printmaking at VCA and Glas-gow School of Art and Advanced Figure Drawing with Godwin Bradbeer at RMIT. The recipient of numerous prizes and awards including the Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award, and Australia Council Asia-Australia

Creative Partnerships Grant, Damon has travelled extensively in South Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

One of Damon’s many medi-ums of expression is charcoal with architecture and the colours of earth and sky inspiring much of his work.

To complete the season British artist Amanda Agyei will spend a month in Muscat in March 2015. Amanda graduated from Car-diff Metropolitan University in 2012 having specialised in print-making. Since graduating she has been lucky enough to be an art resident, technician and art teacher at The Owl barn Resi-dency and The Nelson’s Trust in Gloucester.

A year after graduating she co-founded a 10-day artist residency in Atina, Italy with its main prem-ise being collaboration.

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AESTHETIC HORIZONS: Above, sketches by Damon Kowarsky and

right, Amanda Agyei’s work. Three international artists will come to

Bait Al Zubair for one month over the winter season.– Supplied photo

Nilofar spurs fish prices upsurge

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MUSCAT: Fish prices have shot up as fi shermen were barred from fi shing in the sea following cyclone Nilofar, says fi shermen.

“I have not gone fi shing in the deep seas since last week ever since the news of cyclone poured

in,” said Ajit Kr Das, a Bangladeshi fi sherman from Masirah Island.

Das told Times of Oman that closer to shore he was able to catch only small fi sh and crabs, “For the bigger fi sh I would have to go to deeper waters but my

company and crew were not will-ing to go further.”

Supply of fi sh fell this week after the government urged that fi sher-men and seafarers should avoid venturing out into sea ever since Nolifar developed in Arabian Sea.

“The closure of fi shing has di-rectly aff ected the fi sh supply and anyone who has been in the fi sh market and came out very little fi shes,” said Mohammad Al Sham-si, a fi sherman at Masirah Island.

Al Qabab fi sh, which normally sells for OMR 800 a kilogram, was fetching OMR 1.6 a kilogram. Pric-es of other common fi sh species also soared, with sherry fi sh being sold at OMR 4 per kilogram from OMR 1.5, hammour at OMR 6 from OMR 3.5 and kanaad at OMR 5 kg from OMR 2 a kg.

He added that the boat owners were waiting for authorities to al-low them to return to the sea and assess their losses. “Some of the fi shermen left their fi sh and boats at sea when the alarm was made and now they don’t know about the fate of their boats,” he said.

While many residents who had gone to the fi sh market on the week-

end were shocked by the prices, some said they knew the problem was temporary.

Safety paramount“Safety is more important than fi sh,” said Mohammad Ali, an In-dian expat shopping at the market. “We understand the sea is not safe for the fi shermen now and we can sacrifi ce fi sh for other dishes for at least a week.”

A fi sherman of Muttrah munici-pal fi sh market, Abdul al Shaqsi, said: “There is a lot of demand es-pecially in the weekends but the supply is less,” he said.

Before the news of cyclone came in, 1kg kingfi sh cost anywhere be-tween OMR3 and OMR4 depend-ing on the size, but the price has now crossed OMR5; the price of tuna, which was OMR2 per kilo, has risen to OMR3.

The fi sh like Doversole – which

was selling at OMR1.5 is now sell-ing over OMR2.

“Similarly, the price of middle sized shrimp, which was between RO2 and RO3, has touched more than OMR5 a kilo. The same is the case with other fi sh like mackerel, sardine, red snapper, barcoda, sar-dines and markel. The supply is less so we have increased the sup-ply of fi shes from India,” the duty manager of shopping mall said.

Normally, nearly 40 to 50 tonnes of fi sh are supplied to Muttrah every day from Salalah, Seeb and other places. Now, the supply has dwindled to less than 30 to 50 tonnes, according to fi sh sellers.

Ahijit Seal, a resident of Qurum who buys fi sh from Muttrah, said, “My family and I have been buying fi sh from the Muttrah market for years. The prices have skyrocketed and now I am buying Bangladeshi fi sh from Hamriya.”

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VIOLENT PROTESTS: A Palestinian protester carries a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli

troops, following an anti-Israel demonstration over the entry restrictions to the Al Aqsa mosque, at

Qalandia checkpoint near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday. – Reuters

The idea that only good things in western community—the ‘West and the rest’—this is a very destructive idea of human rights

Mohammad Javad Larijani, Secretary general of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights

Kurdish peshmerga all set to enter besieged Kobane

SURUC/WASHINGTON: US-led air strikes hit IS positions around the Syrian border town of Kobane on Friday in an apparent bid to pave the way for heavily-armed Kurdish peshmerga forces to enter from neighbouring Turkey.

The predominantly Kurdish town, besieged for more than 40 days, has become the focus of a global war against the militants, who have captured expanses of Iraq and Syria and declared a “ca-liphate” straddling the two.

Its militants have slaughtered or driven away members of dif-ferent communities who do not share their ultra-radical brand of religion. They executed at least 220 Iraqis in retaliation against opposition to their takeover of ter-ritory west of Baghdad this week.

The siege of Kobane—known in Arabic as Ayn Al Arab—has turned into a test of the US-led coalition’s ability to stop IS’s ad-vance, with weeks of air strikes so far failing to break the insurgents’ stranglehold.

Kobane’s defenders, outgunned by the militants, are hoping the arrival of peshmerga forces from Iraqi Kurdistan with badly-need-

ed weapons including cannons and truck-mounted machine-guns will help them turn the tide.

An advance guard of 10 pesh-merga briefl y entered Kobane on Thursday to discuss a joint strat-egy with leaders of the YPG, the main Syrian Kurdish armed group defending the town.

Armoured vehicles came and went from a former cotton pro-

cessing warehouse near the Turk-ish border town of Suruc on Fri-day, where the wider contingent of around 150 peshmerga fi ghters were preparing for their deploy-ment. Tankers from the convoy emerged from the compound, guarded by Turkish security forc-es, to fi ll up at a local fuel station.

“For the past 15 days, IS has been attacking to try to take con-trol of the border gate, including with car bombs. But we are resist-ing,” said Enver Muslim, the top administrative offi cial in the Kob-ane district.

“While the peshmerga convoy passes, US jets will be overhead

and warplanes from the coalition ... will be fl ying over Kobane to ensure their security,” he said by phone. Around 200 fi ghters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) - an umbrella term for the dozens of armed groups fi ghting Syrian President Bashar Al Assad - have also entered Kobane from Turkey to support the struggle against IS.

The Britain-based Syrian Ob-servatory for Human Rights said on Friday preliminary informa-tion indicated that at least 21 IS members were killed in coalition air strikes around Kobane, includ-ing a Danish militant.

A local journalist in the town

said there had been several air strikes overnight and a news cor-respondent saw one early on Fri-day to the east of Kobane.

US Central Command said on Thursday there had been 10 strikes near Kobane since the previous day, hitting two small insurgent units and destroying seven fi ghting positions and fi ve buildings. The peshmerga were given a heroes’ welcome as their convoy of jeeps and fl atbed trucks crossed Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast this week, making their way towards Kobane from their base in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region. — Agencies

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Clashes erupt in occupied West Bank after prayersOCCUPIED WEST BANK: Clashes erupted in the occupied West Bank on Friday after weekly prayers while security forces de-ployed heavily around occupied Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque which reopened following the killing of a Palestinian by police.

Al Aqsa, in the Old City, and adjacent neighbourhoods have seen months of violence, and the mosque compound has been a rallying point for Palestinian re-sistance to perceived Jewish at-tempts to take control of it.

Occupied Jerusalem was rela-tively calm on Friday a day after youths clashed with police follow-ing the shooting dead of Muataz Hijazi, a Palestinian suspected of trying to murder hardline Jewish rabbi Yehuda Glick, linked to the tensions at Al Aqsa.

Heavy deploymentDuring the unrest on Thursday, Israel ordered a rare closure of the mosque compound, but the area reopened on Friday.

Fearing unrest after Hijazi’s killing, hundreds of additional police were deployed around the Al Aqsa mosque, restricting entry

for men to those over 50. Prayers were more sparsely at-

tended than usual but held with-out incident, an AFP correspond-ent said. Azzam Al Khatib, head of the Islamic Waqf body which oversees occupied Jerusalem’s holy sites, gave a sharp sermon at Al Aqsa, calling Thursday a “black day” and a “catastrophe”.

Shortly afterwards, a handful of Palestinian youths outside the Old City threw stones at police, who quickly dispersed them, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a statement. In the occupied West Bank about 300 Palestinians threw stones at Israeli security forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint just north of occupied Jerusalem.

The Israelis responded with live fi re and rubber bullets and wounded around a dozen people, Palestinian security sources and medics said. Occupied Jerusa-lem’s Old City was teeming with additional police, including many in riot gear, after an Israeli clamp-down on the compound. The clo-sure was the fi rst for decades and prompted a spokesman for Pales-tinian President Mahmoud Abbas to condemn the move as an Israeli

“declaration of war”. The resident imam at Abbas’s headquarters in occupied Ramallah echoed the president’s words, saying the clo-sure had been a “declaration of war ...” and calling for people to “defend” Al Aqsa.

Police, some in riot gear, manned a series of checkpoints leading from the Old City’s outer gates all the way to the compound, an AFP correspondent said.

They checked identity pa-pers of people passing between the barricades, both those on their way to pray and those who worked nearby.

Zuheir Dana, 67, said he was unable to get from his shop to his home. “I wanted just to get home, which is about 50 metres (yards) away from the Al Aqsa compound, but police didn’t let me through,” he said. Markets in the Old City, normally bustling on a Friday morning, were nearly deserted due to the security measures.

In the Gaza Strip, meanwhile, thousands turned out at the call of organisations Hamas and Islamic Jihad to honour Hijazi, whom Is-lamic Jihad claimed as one of its members. — AFP

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Iran hits out at West over accusations of rights violation

GENEVA: Iran defended itself on Friday against Western accu-sations of repression and a sharp rise in executions, including that of a woman hanged for murder-ing a man she accused of trying to rape her.

Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary general of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, part of its judiciary, lashed out at what he called attempts to “impose your lifestyle under the banner of hu-man rights”.

The exchange took place dur-ing a more than three hour-long review in the UN Human Rights Council of Tehran’s record.

Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged on Saturday in Tehran’s Evin pris-on for the killing. The dead man’s relatives had refused to grant her a reprieve within a 10-day deadline set by law, in force since 1979.

“We were not successful to so-licit forgiveness from the hearts of victims ... We are very sorry that two nationals lost lives, but capital punishment or ‘qisas’ is a unique particularity of our system. I think it is worth it for Western countries to look into it,” Larijani said. “The idea that only good things in west-ern community—the ‘West and the rest’—this is a very destructive idea of human rights,” he said. Larijani said he had asked the man’s rela-tives to forgive Jabbari and spare her life. “Unfortunately we were not able, perhaps one reason for that was the huge propaganda that was created against this case.”

Canada’s ambassador Elissa Golberg told the UN council she regretted “Iran’s failure to apply standards of due process and rule of law” in the case.

Shadi Sadr, an Iranian lawyer who defended Jabbari at her fi rst two trials, said at a briefi ng later she had reported having been tortured. The man she killed had worked for intelligence forces, ac-cording to Sadr, who fl ed Iran in 2009. — Reuters

R E V I E W

STANDING GUARD: A Kurdish man rides a moped past members of the special Turkish police force standing guard outside the gate of a

camp hosting Peshmerga fi ghters in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on Friday. – Reuters


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Raja, 18 others charged with money laundering

NEW DELHI: Former Telecom minister A. Raja was in “conniv-ance” with MP Kanimozhi, DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal and other co-ac-cused in “parking” of illegal gratifi -cation of Rs20 billion in Kalaignar TV, a special court on Friday said and put them on trial on money laundering charges.

If convicted, Raja and others will face a maximum sentence of upto seven years.

This is the second case in the 2G spectrum allocation scam in which Raja, Kanimozhi and oth-ers, including Swan Telecom pro-moters Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, will face trial for their al-leged involvement in the scam.

Framed chargesThe court on Friday framed charg-es against 19 accused — 10 individ-uals and nine companies — under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and fi xed the case for commence-ment of trial on November 11.

It said there was enough mate-rial on record which makes out a “prima facie” case against all the accused who were chargesheeted by the Enforcement Directorate on April 25, for committing an of-fence punishable under the PMLA.

“Accordingly, I fi nd that there is enough material on record to make out or to presume a prima facie case against each accused for com-mitting an off ence of money-laun-dering as defi ned under section 3 and punishable under section 4 of the (PML) Act,” Special CBI Judge O. P. Saini said.

Besides Raja, Kanimozhi and Dayalu Ammal, the individual co-accused in the case are Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka, Directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegeta-bles Pvt Ltd Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, Kalaignar TV (KTV) MD Sharad Kumar and its Director P Amirtham and Bollywood produc-er Karim Morani. All of them are out on bail.

The court, in its 208-page order, said, “A Raja in connivance with M. K. Dayalu, K. Kanimozhi and

Sharad Kumar, was actually in-volved in parking the illegal grati-fi cation of Rs20 billion received from Shahid U Balwa and Vinod K Goenka in KTV.”

“He (Raja) was also actually in-volved in the process of refund of the proceeds of crime of Rs22.35 billion in order to wriggle out of the charges of crime. Thus, Raja has committed the off ence of mon-ey-laundering as defi ned under section 3 of the Act,” it said.

The court also framed charges against the nine accused fi rms —Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd (STPL), Kusegaon Realty Pvt Ltd (for-merly known as Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd), Cineyug Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd (formerly known as Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd), Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd, Dynamix Realty, Eversmile Construction Company Pvt Ltd, Conwood Constructions and De-velopers (P) Ltd, DB Realty Ltd and Nihar Constructions Pvt Ltd.

ED, in its charge sheet, had al-leged that all the accused were in-volved in the Rs20 billion money

transaction which was not “bon-afi de” and “genuine” and it was a “bribe for grant of telecom licences to DB Group companies” by Raja.

As soon as the judge pronounced the order, he asked the accused as to whether they were pleading guilty to the off ence or face trial.

To this, all the accused said that they will go for trial on charges against them.

While framing charges, the court observed that not only the roles of each accused were nar-rated in ED’s complaint but there were “factual and credible allega-tions” against each of them.

The court also noted that the ac-cused tried to project the “tainted money as untainted” and gave it a “colour” of regular business trans-actions with the intent to conceal its true nature. - PTI

The court on Friday

framed charges

against 19 accused

— 10 individuals and

nine companies —

under the provisions

of the Prevention of

Money Laundering

Act and fi xed the case

for commencement of

trial on November 11

Union Carbide ex-chief Warren Anderson is deadNEW YORK: Former Union Carbide chief Warren Ander-son, wanted in India in connection with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which claimed over 3,000 lives in one of the world’s most lethal industrial accidents, has died in the US state of Florida aged 92. Anderson, a Brooklyn carpenter’s son who ascended to the top of the Union Carbide Corporation, died on September 29 at a nursing home in Vero Beach, Florida but his death was not announced by his family and was con-fi rmed from public records, the New York Times reported. The Indian government made multiple requests to extradite him, and offi cially labelled him a fugitive. A judge also called him an “absconder”. Anderson reached Bhopal four days after the ac-cident, where he was immediately arrested. But after quickly paying bail, he never returned to face trial.

Outgoing tax boss to help in black money probeNEW DELHI: Senior IRS offi cer and outgoing CBDT Chair-man K V Chowdary was on Friday appointed by the Govern-ment as an Adviser to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing black money cases. An expert on tax issues and fi nancial investigations, Chowdary will take charge of the new post from today on his retirement after serving over three dec-ades in the Income Tax cadre of the Indian Revenue Service.

Petrol price cut by Rs2.41NEW DELHI: The price of petrol was on Friday cut by Rs 2.41 a litre, the sixth reduction since August, and diesel by Rs 2.25 per litre on back of falling international oil rates. The re-duction in rates of petrol and diesel, which was deregulated for the fi rst time in more than a decade, Indian Oil Corpora-tion, announced. - Agencies

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ED, in its charge sheet,

had alleged that all the

accused were involved

in the Rs20 billion

money transaction

which was not

‘bonafide’ and ‘genuine’

and it was a ‘bribe

for grant of telecom

licences to DB Group

companies’ by RajaACCUSED: Former Telecom Minister A. Raja, an accused in 2G spec-

trum allocation case, arrives at the Patiala House Courts Complex in

New Delhi on Friday. -PTI

Somali pirates free Indian sailors MOGADISHU: Somali pirates have freed seven Indian sailors de-tained for close to four years in ex-change for an undisclosed ransom, Somali offi cials said on Friday.

At one time the pirates made millions of dollars in ransoms from seizing ships sailing the Horn of Africa nation’s waters, but increased patrols by inter-national navies on the Indian Ocean have reduced incidences

of piracy. The sailors, held since the pirates hijacked the Panama - fl agged ship MT Asphalt Venture in September 2010, were freed on Thursday. Eight of their col-leagues were freed by the pirates along with the ship in April 2011 for a ransom.

Their captors said at the time that they would only release the seven sailors when their fellow So-mali pirates held by Indian author-

ities were freed. It was not clear if their demand had been met.

Kenyan-based Ecoterra Inter-national, which monitors mari-time activity on the Indian Ocean, confi rmed the sailors’ release.

“The remaining seven hos-tages... were fi nally freed by their captors against a ransom and ar-rived in Mogadishu, from where they will be fl own to India,” Eco-terra said in a statement. -Reuters

F O U R Y E A R C A P T I V I T Y


GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW: A mahout cleans the

tusk of his elephant as he prepares for the fi rst elephant

ride of the tourist season at Kaziranga National Park,

some 280km from Guwahati, on Friday. Assam state For-

est Department will reopen Kaziranga National Park for

tourists on November 1. It was closed following fl ooding

during the monsoon season. - AFP

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Fadnavis takes oath as chief minister

MUMBAI: Devendra Fadnavis was on Friday sworn in as Chief Minister of the fi rst BJP govern-ment in Maharashtra at a grand ceremony where Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray made a last-minute appearance.

Forty-four-year-old Fadnavis, a third time MLA and the second Brahmin to occupy the top post in the state, was administered the oath of offi ce and secrecy by Governor C Vidyasagar Rao at the Wankhede Stadium in the pres-ence of Prime Minister Narendra

Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, several Union ministers and veterans L. K. Advani and M.M. Joshi among others. Chief min-isters of BJP-ruled states includ-ing Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan), Anandiben Patel (Gujarat), Mano-har Parrikar (Goa), Raman Singh (Chhattisgarh) and Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana) and those gov-erned by allies including Chan-drababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh) and Parkash Singh Badal (Punjab) also attended the event.

Top industrialists along with other eminent personalities, in-

cluding from Bollywood, and Fad-navis’ banker wife Amruta, were present at the packed venue when seven cabinet ministers and two ministers of state also took oath.

Former ally Shiv Sena chief Ud-dhav Thackeray, whose party had decided to boycott the event cit-ing “constant humiliation” by BJP ahead of government formation, attended the event after a last-minute call by BJP Amit Shah. Thackeray’s presence indicated a possible rapprochement between the two estranged parties which fell apart just ahead of the Assem-

bly polls following failure of seat sharing talks.

Minority governmentWith 121 BJP MLAs in a House of 288, Fadnavis is heading a mi-nority government that has been asked to prove majority in two weeks. Sharad Pawar’s NCP with 41 MLAs has already declared un-conditional outside support to the new government.

Cabinet Ministers who were sworn in are Eknath Khadse, Su-dhir Mungantiwar, Vinod Tawde, Pankaja Munde — all members of the BJP’s state Core Committee — Prakash Mehta, Chandrakant Pa-til and Vishnu Savara. The Minis-ters of State are Dilip Kamble and Vidya Thakur.

Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ravishanker Prasad, Prakash Javadekar and Radhamohan Singh were present on the occasion.

Groomed in RSS tradition and handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Fadnavis has be-come the 27th chief minister of Maharashtra and the 18th person to hold the post. He is the fourth politician from Vidarbha region to become chief minister. - PTI

With 121 MLAs in

a House of 288,

Fadnavis heads a

minority government

in Maharashtra and

has to prove majority

in two weeks

Modi lauds Sardar Patel, targets Congress over anti-Sikh riotsNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to build on the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for a “shresth” (great) India at a “Run for Unity” Friday, using the occasion to de-nounce the Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Just before thousands jogged down the Rajpath up to the In-dia Gate monument nearly two kilometres away, Modi lavished praise on Sardar Patel — “Iron Man of India” — on his birth an-niversary — and incidentally the death anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

Sardar Patel “gave us one India” which people need to “turn into a shresht Bharat”, Modi said before walking down the boulevard in the heart of the capital along with thousands of mainly young people who virtually mobbed him, creat-ing a scare for the outnumbered security personnel.

Modi referred to Sardar Patel’s key role in integrating princely states after the 1947 independ-

ence to build the modern India. Patel, born October 31, 1875, was India’s fi rst home minister.

The prime minister adminis-tered a pledge to the gathering, and asked them to embrace the mantra of national unity.

Modi said October 31 also marked the death anniversary of Indira Gandhi, who was prime minister for 16 years and who was shot dead on this day in 1984 by

two of her Sikh bodyguards, trig-gering a wave of anti-Sikh violence.

Modi said the riots that left some 3,000 Sikhs dead, mainly in Delhi, was “like a dagger pierced through India’s chest”.

Modi said India was a country of diversity, a “guldasta” (bunch of fl owers). “Our culture and legacy is of unity in diversity. Let us rise over diff erences of creed, community, language.” - IANS

B I R T H A N N I V E R S A R Y

Government considers

ban on e-cigarettes,

sale of single smokes

NEW DELHI: India is consider-ing a ban on electronic cigarettes over the risks to public health that they may cause, a senior Health Ministry offi cial said.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in August called for stiff regulation of e-cigarettes as well as bans on indoor use, in the latest bid to control the booming $3 bil-lion global market.

Such devices use battery-powered cartridges to produce a nicotine-laced vapour but there is a lack of long-term scientifi c re-search that confi rms they are safe. Some critics fear they could lead to nicotine addiction and smoking.

“We see it as a backdoor entry, it doesn’t have tobacco but it has nicotine,” said the offi cial, who de-clined to be identifi ed because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Recommended“Expert panels have recommend-ed regulation or a ban. India can-not regulate easily,” the offi cial added, saying that the government would consider the ban in the next month or two. The European Un-ion has agreed to requirements around advertising and packaging to ensure the safety and quality of e-cigarettes. The US Food and

Drug Administration has proposed banning sales to anyone under 18.

Up to 900,000 Indians die every year of tobacco-related diseases, and that number could reach 1.5 million by 2020 if users do not kick the habit, the International Tobac-co Control Project estimates.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is taking sev-eral steps to curb India’s tobacco consumption. It has increased taxes on tobacco products and ordered companies to print more health warnings on packages.

While most e-cigarettes are imported and sold by small fi rms, India’s largest cigarette maker ITC started selling the devices in August. ITC did not comment di-rectly on the likely ban, but said India should not be left behind in technology development of such products. India has also proposed a ban on the sale of single conven-tional cigarettes. The offi cial said the ministry had proposed amend-ments to tobacco control laws and a cabinet note had been circulated for comments.

Indians smoked more than 100 billion cigarettes in 2012, accord-ing to Euromonitor International, and it is common for vendors to sell them individually. - Reuters

H E A L T H R I S K

NEW REPONSIBILITY: Devendra Fadnavis being sworn-in as the

new Maharashtra Chief Minister by Governor Vidyasagar Rao in

Mumbai on Friday. - PTI

RUN FOR UNITY: Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during the

‘Run for Unity’ at Rajpath on the occasion of Sardar Vallabhbhai

Patel’s birth anniversary in New Delhi on Friday. - PTI

900,000Indians die every year of tobacco-related diseases, and that

number could reach 1.5 million by 2020 if users do not kick

the habit, the International Tobacco Control Project estimates

ANNUAL FAIRHot air balloon carrying tourists fl y

during Pushkar Camel Fair on Friday.

Thousands of animals, mainly cam-

els, are brought to the annual fair, in

Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan to

be sold and traded. -PTI

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Government to divest 7.5% stake in oil firm

ISLAMABAD: Despite a dip in share prices, the government will complete its plan to divest 7.5 per cent stake in the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) in order to secure the next $1.1 billion tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, the country’s top pri-vatisation czar said.

Talking to reporters at a news conference in Islamabad, Priva-tisation Commission (PC) Chair-man Muhammad Zubair said the next tranche of the $6.7 billion bailout programme was tied up with the OGDCL transaction.

“Yes, it is a depressing time… it isn’t the right time for a capital market transaction… but the gov-ernment does not have the option of postponing the deal,” he said when asked about the signifi -cant decline in the share values of OGDCL.

The transaction will be carried out at London Stock Exchange and Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) simultaneously and the book-building process will take place between November 5 and 7. The change in OGDCL’s share value has so far resulted in the an-ticipated loss of over $100 million or Rs10.3 billion.

Initially, the government was anticipating $815 million to $850 million in receipts by selling 7.5 per cent shares of the company since its shares were being traded for Rs250 at the time, Khurram Schehzad, a member of the PC board, said.

On Thursday, the OGDCL’s shares dipped by 3.88 per cent over previous day’s trading and closed at Rs227.77, according to KSE’s website. On the basis of the current value of the share, the an-ticipated earnings will be around $730 million. The indications are the government will also off er dis-count to the investors on the clos-

ing share value, which will further reduce its earnings.

Compromise on price“Sometimes one has to make a compromise on price on hope of better returns for the country in long terms,” said Zubair. He said there could be an argument that the transaction might be de-layed for a better time but there was no surety that the markets will improve.

Still, he said, there were four working days left before the book building process begins and hoped that the share prices may recover.

On the other hand, he blamed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s sit-in and a stay order issued by Pesha-war High Court for the ‘loss of precious time’. “The government would have been in a better posi-tion if these two things didn’t hap-pen,” the PC chairman said.

The OGDCL transaction has been planned to arrange funds for budget fi nancing besides shor-ing up foreign currency reserves that are again on the decline. The reserves held by State Bank of Pa-kistan (SBP) decreased to $8.568 billion by October 24 — a dip of $219 million in a single week, ac-cording to SBP. - In exclusive arrangement

with The Express Tribune

The transaction

will be carried out

at London Stock

Exchange and

Karachi Stock

Exchange (KSE)

simultaneously

PM announces cut in petrol prices by Rs9.43ISLAMABAD: Petrol prices have been reduced by Rs9.43 per litre to provide relief to public, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif an-nounced on Friday while address-ing the special meeting of Cabinet in Islamabad.

The prime minister said the government is drastically reduc-ing petroleum prices despite sit-ins and protests causing huge losses to the national economy.

“The government is committed to bring economic change in the country and provide relief to the people,” said Nawaz, adding that the country was moving towards economic stability, but sit-ins and protests had disrupted the devel-opment process. Earlier, rejecting an audit report on infl ated elec-tricity bills, Nawaz ordered con-cerned authorities to refund over-charged bill money to consumers.

The audit report submitted to the premier revealed that energy consumers were charged over Rs2 billion in over-billing in July.

The report was presented dur-ing a special cabinet meeting called to discuss the issue of over-billing and performance of vari-ous ministries particularly Minis-try of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Planning and Reform and Ministry of Railways.

Nawaz concluded by touching upon petrol prices and urged the chief ministers of all provinces to focus on reducing transport costs so that the public could reap the benefi ts of lower costs. After the premier announced that petrol prices will be reduced, the Kara-chi Transport Ittehad said that they will not reduce their fares until diesel prices aren’t brought down to Rs93. - Express Tribune

B I G R E L I E F

TAILSPIN: Brokers sit near an electronic board displaying stock

prices at a trading session at the KSE. On Thursday, the OGDCL’s

shares dipped by 3.88 per cent over previous day’s trading and

closed at Rs227.77, according to KSE’s website. - Reuters fi le photo

Judgement on Musharraf’s plea for joint trial reservedISLAMABAD: A three-judge special court on Friday reserved its judgment on an application by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, seeking joint trial of all civil, judicial and military leaders who were part of the setup when emergency was im-posed in the country on November 3, 2007. The court would an-nounce its decision on November 21. During Friday’s proceed-ings, Farogh Nasim — who is representing Musharraf — told the court the judiciary has in past provided cover to unconstitutional steps taken in the country. “No PCO judge can be treated as a sa-cred cow particularly after promulgation of 18th constitutional amendment,” he argued. Nasim presented a transcript and DVD of former prime minister Shaukat Aziz’s speech in which he took full responsibility for the decision to impose emergency.

Nawaz orders curriculum overhaul for schoolsISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to make amendments in the curriculum of compulsory subjects, such as Pakistan Stud-ies, English and Urdu, of all schools, colleges and universities, after due consultation and approval of the provincial govern-ments. According to a hand-out issued by PM Offi ce on Thurs-day, the proposed amendments will include chapters aimed at promoting the appreciation of the constitutional democracy for the country’s progress. It will also include merits of pluralism in international and national context. The curriculum is for both public and private institutions.

Bullet-riddled bodies foundQUETTA: Three bullet-riddled bodies were found dumped in a desolated place of Pishin district, about 45 kilometers away from Quetta, on Friday. “The bodies are not too old. They were shot in the head and dumped in the Khanozai area in Pishin,” a Balochistan Levies offi cial said. - Express Tribune

B R I E F S

The government is committed to bring economic change in the country and provide relief to the people

Nawaz Sharif, Prime minister

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Former British Prime Minister Har-old Wilson once said that a week is a very long time in politics. If that is true,

France’s 2017 presidential election is an eterni-ty away, and any speculation at this point is pre-mature, even imprudent. Nonetheless, some interesting preliminary developments merit consideration — specifi cally those concerning perceptions of President François Hollande and his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, neither of whom would be likely to win an election today.

The French electorate’s disapproval is among the only things that Hollande and Sarkozy — two men with strikingly diff erent personali-ties and approaches — have in common. In fact, Hollande was elected in 2012 precisely because he presented himself as the “anti-Sarkozy.”

Today, a signifi cant majority of French vot-ers cannot stomach the prospect of seeing ei-ther leader on their television screens for fi ve more years. Both Hollande and Sarkozy have been relegated to the category of “unwanted incumbent.” Some might blame France’s rejec-tion of Hollande and Sarkozy on the challenges facing Europe today. Given rampant distrust of politicians and widespread frustration with the state of the economy, it would be diffi cult for any leader — except perhaps in Germany — to campaign successfully for re-election.

But this explanation fails to account for those political fi gures — such as Sarkozy’s predeces-sor, Jacques Chirac, and former Prime Minis-ter Alain Juppé — who are popular precisely because of their experience.

Indeed, while only 20 per cent of the French electorate view Hollande favourably, and nearly two-thirds of them do not want to see Sarkozy return to the Elysée Palace, more than two-thirds hope that Juppé will play an impor-tant political role in coming years.

That makes the 69-year-old Juppé, who has announced his intention to run in 2017, the country’s most popular political fi gure.

Nonetheless, Sarkozy appears convinced that, despite his inglorious departure from the presidency, he can recapture the approval level enjoyed by Juppé, who, like Sarkozy, is affi liated with the Union for a Popular Move-ment (UMP). Sarkozy, who has never stopped viewing himself as the saviour that France ur-

gently needs, seems to believe that Hollande’s plummeting popularity must mean that his fellow citizens are ready for his return to the centre stage. What Sarkozy has failed to grasp is that the reasons for his loss to Hollande in 2012 — such as his extreme nervousness and apparent untrustworthiness — are not only still relevant; they have been compounded by an ev-ident desire for revenge. And there is little that he can do to diminish the salience of that. Few voters seem to care about Sarkozy’s quick and determined response to the 2007 global fi nan-cial crisis. In politics, what you do matters less than how you are perceived.

Just as public perceptions are undermining Sarkozy’s political prospects, they are fuelling Juppé’s irresistible rise. Though Juppé, like Sarkozy, is no stranger to scandal — he was temporarily barred from public offi ce for abuse of public funds during Chirac’s tenure as mayor of Paris — his age is reassuring to French voters, who consider him wiser and mellower now (he was also widely viewed as Chirac’s scapegoat).

Indeed, as the very successful mayor of Bor-deaux, Juppé — unlike Hollande and Sarkozy — seems at ease with himself, both personally and politically. Moreover, if Juppé makes good on his promise to seek only one term, he would be able to focus on badly needed — but not neces-sarily popular — reforms, without fear of losing the next election. But there is one more factor fuelling Juppé’s popularity: the spectre of the socially conservative, economically protection-ist National Front, which is trying to capitalise on widespread rejection of the French political establishment to consolidate its political foot-hold. Juppé’s fi rmly centre-right stance pro-vides a reliable alternative, even if he is deeply pro-European. Against this background, while Sarkozy may well become the UMP’s presi-dent in November, when the post is contested at a special party congress, his selection as the UMP’s presidential candidate is far from as-sured, given the resurrection of Juppé. At this point, the public-opinion gap between Sarkozy and Juppé is only widening.

It is far too early to say who will be the next president of France. But Juppé’s surging popu-larity is a reassuring sign that the French have not given up on reason and hope. – Project Syndicate

France needs neither Sarkozy nor Hollande

Only 20 per cent of the French electorate view Hollande favourably, and nearly two-thirds of them do not want to see Sarkozy return to the Elysée Palace, more than two-thirds hope that Juppé will play an important political role in coming years

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The British Government excels at providing good reasons for allowing people to die. It doesn’t pay ransoms because it only encourages more hostage-taking — cold comfort to the likes of

the late Alan Henning and his family. Likewise, it doesn’t contribute to European eff orts to save the lives of would-be asylum-seekers cross-ing the Mediterranean in fl imsy, overcrowded boats For the past year Italy has carried out one of the most disinterested and compassionate programmes — called Mare Nostrum or “Our Seas” — ever launched by a European government. At a cost of €9m (£7m) per month, and with the involvement of an average of 900 crew members at any one time, its naval and coastguard ships have scoured the Mediterranean for the wretched little refugee boats, rescuing an average of more than 400 people every day. So far 160,000 have been plucked from the sea. But now Italy plans to run it down. A new initiative by Frontex, the Eu-ropean frontier agency, will patrol southern Europe’s coasts, but will not venture on to the high seas where many of Mare Nostrum’s survi-vors have been picked up. Britain remains fastidiously detached from both eff orts, as if the problem did not concern us.

Mare Nostrum was a magnifi cent exercise in compassion but it was not a solution. As the Refugee Council points out, the world is in the grip of the greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War — but because immigration is a toxic issue, no serious attempt has been made to address it. If Europe is as civilised as it likes to believe, this cannot go on. The people-traffi cking scourge must be attacked at source: the drastic reduction in Somali-based piracy brought about by concerted international action could show the way. European govern-ments, including Britain’s, need to recognise that the further shores of the Mediterranean are in desperate turmoil, there are many in genu-ine and urgent need of asylum and they must be allowed to seek it in a dignifi ed way.- The Independent

Help the asylum-seekers

The European Union continues to lead by example on the issue of climate change. Last week, the union’s 28 members agreed to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 per cent, com-

pared with 1990 levels, by 2030. This is, of course, just a number. Goals are easy to set but harder to meet, and many details of how Europe gets from here to there remain undecided. But the plan is an important step forward as well as a clear signal to other big emitters of greenhouse gases to set ambitious goals of their own in the months leading up to the next United Nations summit meeting on climate change sched-uled for December 2015 in Paris.

Europe has already made impressive progress. In 2012, European Union greenhouse gas emissions were 18 per cent below 1990 levels, just shy of the 20 per cent threshold that the union had set for 2020. Some of that reduction resulted from the deep recession many Euro-pean countries suff ered after the fi nancial crisis. But the shutdown of many coal-fi red plants and major investments in energy effi ciency and renewable energy sources like wind and solar also played a big part.

The union will now have to redouble those eff orts. Less-developed members of the European Union like Poland and the Czech Repub-lic, which still rely heavily on coal to generate electricity and are not as energy effi cient as the rest of Europe, will fi nd it harder to reduce emissions than countries like Britain and Sweden. European leaders shrewdly, and rightly, off ered fi nancial incentives to the laggards to get them to sign on to the new agreement. However, they gave only a broad outline of how they intend to reduce emissions. Nor did they off er a plan to strengthen the union’s pioneering emissions trading programme, which uses a system of permits to force power plants, steel mills and other industries to lower emissions of carbon dioxide, the main green-house gas. Although the programme played a role in Europe’s success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it was not particularly well de-signed or stringent to begin with; in recent years, the price of permits has collapsed, reducing the incentive for industry to lower emissions.

Another problem is that the energy policies of the European Union countries are not well coordinated, hurting opportunities to curb emissions. For instance, the lack of transmission lines connecting European countries means that solar and wind farms in Spain or Por-tugal cannot sell the surplus electricity they generate beyond their borders. And because each national government supports its favoured source of energy through subsidies and other policies — nuclear in France, for instance, and renewables in Germany — there is no single European electricity market. European leaders made only vague com-mitments last week to establishing a more coherent system. Europe is moving faster and more aggressively than any other large economy to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level — a level formally acknowledged at the Copenha-gen summit meeting in 2009 as the point beyond which the impacts of climate change could become unacceptable. The rest of the world needs to match Europe’s ambitions. - The New York Times News Service

Let us strive to match Europe’s climate goal

Yemen has become a safe haven for Al QaedaIn an interview, soon after she won the coveted and prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, Yemeni activ-ist Tawakkul Karman reiterated that her winning the prize was an international recognition of the causes for which the Yemeni youths were out on the streets. It was a moral victory of the people of Yemen. We did not dispute the claims of the Nobel laureate, the fi rst Arab woman who won the prize. But where is she today and where did the movement of the Yemenis lead the country? I believe Yemen is in no better situation than under the dictato-rial rule. Yemen today is one of the safest havens for extremists and Al Qaeda.Fareed Al HabsiMuscat

Congo is an aff ront to the global conscienceDarkness permeates everything in the Democratic Republic of Congo like nowhere else in the world. Hope is an alien concept in the country. Despondency is all-pervading. The appalling scale and eff ects of violence against its civilians, especially women, has left the population in a state of perpetual trauma. To remain alive in Congo is unusual. Mass violence against women has left the country absolutely ravaged. Over ninety per cent of the Con-golese women between fourteen and fi fty fi ve suff er traumatic gang rapes at least two or three times a year. It is a hell on earth, a blot on our civilisation and a rude aff ront to the global conscience. Mariam Azaiba

Even government military forces use child soldiersThe use of child soldiers is actu-ally driven primarily by the tacti-cal considerations of government militaries and rebel forces rather than being deviances of individual leaders. In a global study of 109 civil wars from 1987 to 2007, it has been fond that child soldiers (under 15 years old) were used in 81 per cent of the confl icts that raged during the period. Within these confl icts, rebel groups employed child soldiers nearly 71 per cent of the time, while government forces employed them roughly 55 per cent of the time. Thus, the supposedly law-less rebel groups are not the only parties responsible for the use of child soldiers.Eric StromayerQurum

The world is still not one bit safe from extremismWe were promised by former US president George W. Bush and Britain’s former prime minister Tony Blair that the wars they launched will free our planet of the malady of terrorism. And they gave their wars a fancy name as well — War on Terror. For over a decade the wars have been going on but have they made our socie-ties, countries and cities even a bit safer than what they were prior to 9/11 attacks. We do not have the exact fi gure but it will certainly not be an exaggeration if we say that at least 200 people are still dying everyday in our planet because of terrorism. And this proves that we are still not safe. West’s mission has failed.Rose DickensAl Ghubra

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DEVASTATED: Sri Lankan military and police personnel stand with sniff er dogs during a search operation at the site of a landslide

caused by heavy monsoon rains in Koslanda village in central Sri Lanka on Friday. – Friday

HSBC board member’s ‘slave’ comment angers Hong Kong residentsHONG KONG: Thousands have signed an online petition denounc-ing reported comments by an HSBC Holdings board member in which she likened Hong Kong pro-testers’ demands for democracy to the emancipation of slaves.

Laura Cha, who is also a mem-ber of Hong Kong’s policy-making Executive Council, chairwoman of the city’s Financial Services Devel-

opment Council and a member of China’s parliament, was quoted as making the comments at an event in Paris. “American slaves were lib-erated in 1861 but did not get voting

rights until 107 years later. So why can’t Hong Kong wait for a while?” the Standard newspaper on Thurs-day quoted Cha as saying, referring to demands for free elections in the former British colony.

Cha said democracy could not be reached in just one step and warned that investors’ confi dence in Hong Kong was at a critical point, the newspaper added. Cha,

who is also a member of HSBC’s Conduct and Values Committee, said in a statement that she meant every country’s path to democ-racy was evolved in its own his-torical context. She added she did not mean any disrespect and was sorry her comments had caused concern. HSBC’s Asia-Pacifi c chief Peter Wong said he had noticed the speech from Cha but that he would

stick to the bank’s principle and “refrain from commenting on po-litical items and issues”.

The Financial Services Devel-opment Council did not immedi-ately respond to a request for com-ment. The comments triggered outrage on social media and nearly 6,000 people had signed the peti-tion by Friday evening.

The web site of the petition said

it had been launched by Jeff rey Chan from Hong Kong. It only ap-peared to be in English.

“We, the Hong Kong public, will not stand these remarks likening our rights to slavery, nor will we stand the kind of voter disenfran-chisement her and her associates attempt to perpetrate on the pub-lic,” said the petition, that sought an apology from Cha. — Reuters

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Sri Lanka survivors saw warning signs

COLOMBO: Sniff er dogs were deployed on Friday to search for mudslide victims in Sri Lanka as survivors said they had seen warning signs of the disaster, such as cracks in the ground and live-stock fl eeing.

An estimated 100 people are still listed as missing, according

to the national Disaster Manage-ment Centre (DMC), two days after dozens of tin-roofed homes were buried under tonnes of mud at the Meeriyabedda tea estate, 200 kilometres (125 miles) east of the capital. Military offi cers su-pervising the massive rescue op-eration said only a handful of bod-ies had been found and there was scant hope of fi nding anyone alive.

Survivors have recounted how drinking water streams turned muddy, cracks appeared in the ground and cattle and goats start-ed running down the mountain slope just before tragedy struck.

“I shouted to our parents to hurry... I saw my mother close the front door and at that moment, a huge mound of earth crashed onto our house, Gajani Ravichandra, 14, said. “It all happened right in front of our eyes. All I could do was scream and scream,” she said at a temporary shelter. Her parents perished but her grand-parents and brother survived.

Gajani’s brother Suresh Kumar, 12, said he saw an unusual sight of cattle and goats running down a slope just before the landslide.

A six-year-old girl was lost in the mudslide as she walked to school with her older brother who narrowly escaped, offi cials said, adding around 85 students were among 227 people who escaped the mudslide.

Entire families lostSome people lost entire families. One driver recounted how his wife, two sons, daughter-in-law and a six-month-old baby girl had been swallowed by the mud.

Shanthi Selvadurai, 23, said she was trying to fl ee the mudslide when she suddenly found herself buried to the neck.

“My mother managed to get to safety. She came back with two men who dug me out,” Selvadurai said, nursing a leg injury.

Textile store worker Vijaya Kantha, 23, said he saw danger signs of unstable ground and rushed back to collect his identity card from home.

But just before he reached his dwelling, he heard a loud noise and saw his house swallowed by

mud. The region’s top military of-fi cer, Major General Mano Perera, who is supervising the recovery eff orts, said sniff er dogs had indi-cated several sites where people might be buried.

“In some places, we will have to dig 20-to-30 feet (six-to-nine me-ters) to remove the new layer of soil,” Perera said.

“Rains and soggy conditions are impeding our progress, but we will keep this recovery eff ort go-ing,” he said. Several countries, including India and the United States, have off ered help.

More than 1,200 people living in neighbouring tea plantations, have sheltered in two schools fearing more mudslides in the picturesque, but geographically unstable tea-growing mountain region, offi cials said.

Sri Lanka, a tropical island at the foot of India, is prone to weather-related disasters—espe-cially during the monsoon season when the rains are often wel-comed by farmers.

If the death toll does reach three fi gures, the disaster would be the country’s worst since the December 2004 tsunami when 31,000 people died. — AFP

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In Dublin, Roberto Binaschi, 56, wrote the words “Attenzione Ebola” on the lid of a disposable coff ee cup as a prank on his daughter during an Aer Lingus fl ight from Milan to Dublin on Thursday.

Italian arrested, fined for ‘sick’ Ebola joke in Dublin

DUBLIN/WASHINGTON: An Irish court on Friday ordered an Italian man arrested at Dublin air-port after “a sick joke” about Eb-ola during a fl ight to pay a $3,126 (2,500-euro) fi ne for charity.

Also on Friday in the United States, a judge ordered an Ameri-can nurse who treated Ebola patients in Africa to stay away from public places and maintain a three-foot distance from others.

In Dublin, Roberto Binaschi, 56, wrote the words “Attenzione Eb-ola” on the lid of a disposable cof-fee cup as a prank on his daughter during an Aer Lingus fl ight from Milan to Dublin on Thursday.

When a member of the cabin crew spotted the words on the lid in the waste bin, it triggered an alert. IT businessman Binaschi, who was travelling to a confer-ence, was asked if he had written the words. When he said he had, the cabin crew alerted the authori-

ties at Dublin airport. Binaschi, his wife and daughter were all arrested after emergency protocol was en-acted at the airport and a cordon placed around the plane, which was carrying 142 passengers.

At the District Court in the Irish capital on Friday, Binaschi apolo-

gised and said he never intended to cause concern.

“My daughter ordered a cup of coff ee and I drank from it before she did,” Binaschi told the court, local media reported.

“Knowing the fact that she is quite keen on cleanliness, I took

one of the pens she was using to study and wrote that sentence and I put the cup in front of her.”

Judge Anthony Halpin said: “It cannot be described as anything but a sick joke”.

In United States, Kaci Hick-ox insists that she is perfectly healthy and has bitterly criticised eff orts of US authorities to keep her in quarantine for 21 days, the incubation period for the virus, since returning home to Maine.

In a temporary order, district judge Charles LaVerdiere barred her from public places such as shopping centres and cinemas, and ordered her to maintain a three-foot (one-meter) distance from others when walking or jog-ging. The order comes after Hick-ox and her boyfriend left their home in the town of Fort Kent in the northeastern state on Thurs-day to go on a bike ride in the full glare of TV cameras.

LaVerdiere demanded that Hickox submit to direct, active monitoring, coordinate her travel with public health authorities and avoid commercial and public transport. The White House and public health offi cials have criti-cized measures taken by some US states that quarantine medics returning from treating Ebola-in-fected patients in west Africa. — AFP

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Cosmopolitan Afghan fi rst lady backs French ban on full veilKABUL: Afghanistan’s cosmo-politan new fi rst lady has backed France’s controversial ban on the niqab, comparing the full veil to “blinders” as she prepares to cam-paign for more respect for women in her homeland.

Rula Ghani shocked Afghan ob-servers earlier this year when she appeared with her husband during the country’s presidential cam-paign, a rare example of a political

wife sharing the spotlight. Now the Lebanese-American of Christian heritage is set to carve out a role for herself as the patriarchal and the nation’s fi rst high-profi le fi rst lady.

ReminiscedIn an interview with AFP at the presidential palace, Ghani, who speaks fi ve languages, reminisced about her time as a student at the prestigious Sciences Po university

in Paris which she attended during the late 1960s.

Wearing a vintage Hermes scarf over her hair, she recalled in fl uent French that “all the young women at Sciences Po had their head-scarves which they would wear as they stepped out of school”.

“When issues began to arise around the veil and hijab in France, I was a little shocked, people seem to not have a very long memory.”

Wearing the full veil in public was banned by French law in 2011, igniting a fi erce debate over the value of religious freedom against social cohesion. Ghani said she supported the ban. “Regarding the French law against the niqab and burqa which prevent women from being able to move freely and see, because the niqab is a bit like blin-ders, I am in full agreement with the government of France,” Ghani said.

It is a typically forthright view from a woman of strong opinions who has already taken a far more prominent role than her predeces-sor, Zeenat Karzai, who was prac-tically invisible during the 13-year rule of her husband Hamid Karzai.

Karzai came to power after a US-led coalition toppled the hardline Taliban government that banned women from leaving their homes without male guardians. — AFP

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17 killed, 29 hurt in Turkey bus crash

Fire ravages iconic French radio building

ANKARA: At least 17 people were killed and 29 injured on Friday when an overloaded bus carrying agricultural workers crashed in the Isparta region of southern Turkey, the Dogan news agency reported.

The workers, mostly women, were on their way to pick apples at an orchard in the region when the bus turned over onto its side due to brake failure, it said.

The severity of the accident was compounded when the bus carried on moving some 100 metres (330 feet). Quoting local offi cials, the agency said that there were a total of 46 people on the bus when its le-gal capacity was just 27 people.

Investigators believe the excess weight may have contributed to the brake problem that caused the accident, it added. However a four-and-a-half year old boy survived the accident sitting in the hands of his grandfather, who was one of the apple pickers. The grandfather was badly injured.

Reports said that the workers were on a daily salary of just 35 Turkish lira ($16) a day.

The incident came amid new questions about Turkey’s dreadful workplace safety record coming after a fl ood at a mine in the Kara-man region this week left 18 min-ers trapped. — AFP

PARIS: A fi re broke out on Friday on the seventh fl oor of the “Maison de la radio” (“Radio house”), a vast circular building in Paris housing several media operations.

Firefi ghters said the blaze start-ed on the seventh fl oor, which is currently under reconstruc-tion, and employees were quickly evacuated from the building. Two radio stations, France Info and France Inter, stopped transmis-sion due to the blaze but restarted shortly afterwards.

Fire service chief Gabriel Plus told reporters: “I can confi rm that at the moment I’m speaking, there are no victims of the blaze.”

“The fi re has not been extin-guished, but it has been contained where it started. There is therefore no risk of it spreading to the rest of the fl oor,” Plus said.

“We don’t yet know how bad the damage is, but it seems consider-able,” French President Francois Hollande told reporters at a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The fi re is an “extremely trau-matic event” in central Paris, Hol-lande said, adding that it was a “symbolic” building.

Thick black smoke was seen bil-lowing from the building, an iconic structure in the plush 16th district of Paris that has been undergoing signifi cant renovation. — AFP

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BEIJING BOOSTER TO AFGHAN ECONOMYAfghan labourers drink tea after work at a chalk factory as the sun sets on the outskirts of Mazar-i-sharif, on Thursday. China on

Friday hailed an international conference on Afghanistan that it said agreed to launch dozens of programmes to boost devel-

opment. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that under a ‘Beijing Declaration’ the meeting agreed to start 64 programmes

covering issues such as trade, investment, infrastructure, disaster management and education. — AFP



STRICT MEASURES: US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power gets her temperature

taken at John F. Kennedy airport in New York, on Thursday. Power returned after a brief visit to Ebola-

stricken West Africa and will report her temperature twice daily to the New York state health depart-

ment for the next 20 days. – Reuters

CARVING ROLE FOR SELF: Af-

ghan First Lady Rula Ghani. – AFP

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Subash stuns Suhail; Pranav, Sharan enter U-16 semis

MUSCAT: Talented teenager Subash Pillai played some of the best table tennis one has seen from him when he caused the big-gest upset at the Villeroy & Boch Hansgrohe Open Table Tennis Tournament organised by the In-dian Social Club Muscat.

Subash scored one of his big-gest victories when he scored a brilliant victory to send the men’s top seed, Suhail Khan crashing out and qualifying for the quarter fi nals of the open men’s singles.

In the crucial third round of the men’s singles, Subash went all out against the seasoned campaigner who has time and again shown the ability to come out of tight corners.

But this time, he met his match in Subash who displayed brilliance and a sound temperament to rally from a game down to stun the top seed 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 12-10.

Suhail fought back from 0-4 in the second game before Subash won it to level the scores and went on to win the third game.

Suhail stayed in the match winning the fourth game and in a thrilling fi fth game decider, Su-hail overcame the early defi cit and

put Subash under pressure. Sub-ash kept his cool and dominated the long rallies. Suhail saved two match points before Subash gained another. The fi nal point was the highlight of the match as both ex-changed a long rally which fi nally went Subash’s way.

In other men’s singles third round matches, third seed Ken-neth Vaz held his nerves to edge to a nerve-wrecking 15-17, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 victory over Said Al Qarni to move into the last eight.

Gopalakrishnan R put in a dogged eff ort and shrugged off a two-game defi cit to defeat Omani singles fi nalist Anwar Al Balushi 8-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 and Na-bil Al Mahrami adved to the quar-ter fi nals after posting a 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 victory over Ronan Machado.

Italian Marconi Leonaardo beat Ismail Al Suleimani 14-16, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7 to advance to the last eight.

Pranav Vinod advanced to the semifi nals of the boys under-16

singles with a brilliant eff ort to upset third seed Subash Pillai 11-7, 10-12, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8 to line-up a date with second seed Armaan Sattikar who dropped the fi rst game before defeating Shou-nak Kelkar 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7.

On a day of upsets, P. Sai Sharan dumped fourth seed Yash Tan-na11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 8-11, 11-8 to meet top seed Kenneth Vaz in the semis. The top seed coasted to a 11-7, 11-3, 11-1 win over Murli Vai-bhav in the quarterfi nals.

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STARS OF THE DAY: Subash Pillai, who stunned Suhail Khan, and U-16 semifi nalist Pranav Vinod

Ryder gets WC lifeline

WELLINGTON: Aggressive top-order batsman Jesse Ryder was passionate about rekindling his career after he was thrown a World Cup lifeline by being named in a New Zealand ‘A’ team for One-day matches in the UAE next month. The 30-year-old has been kept out of the na-tional side after he broke team protocols by drinking the night before a Test against India in February, the latest in a long line of off -fi eld disciplinary issues for the burly left hander. — Reuters

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ISM trounce ISAS in Under-19 matchMUSCAT: Indian School Muscat (ISM) defeated Indian School Al Seeb (ISAS) by a massive 8-wick-et margin in a Khimji Ramdas sponsored 40 overs a side Junior League Under 19 match played at the Ministry ground at Al Amerat.

Opting to bat after winning the toss ISAS scored 207 for the loss of 9 wickets off the 40 allotted overs. Requiring 208 for victory ISM with ease got to their target losing 2 wickets off 28.3 overs.

Brief scores: ISAS 207 for the loss of 9 wickets off 40 overs (Moham-med Adil 59 and Sohail Mohammed 44; Nishit Paresh 4/27, Vatsal Vinesh 2/26 and Karthik Rajan 2/35) lost to ISM 209 for the loss of 2 wickets off 28.3 overs (Tejas Bhupendra 63 N.O., Akshay Jathar 42no, Bharath Krishna 47 and Vatsal Vinesh 31). Points: ISM 2 points and ISAS Nil points.

Kamran spurs PSM Kamran Ali batting at the No.3 scored an elegant 75 (58b, 7x4) and thereafter claimed 4 wick-ets conceding 36 runs off 8 overs to help Pakistan School Muscat (PSM) register a mammoth 188 run win against Indian School Wadi Kabir (ISWK).

Brief scores: PSM 324 for the loss of 6 wickets off 40 overs (Syed Hussain 80, Iftikhar Ahmed 80, Kamran Ali 75, Danish Shuja 32 and Shahooq Shahid 21no; Dhruv Asher 2/50 and Abhishek P.C. 2/57) beat ISWK 136 all out off 28 overs (Leslie 23 and Abhishek P.C. 21; Kamran Ali 4/36 and Syed Hus-sain 2/17). Points: PSM 2 points (2 games – 2 points) and ISWK Nil points (2 games – Nil points).

Jonathan shinesOpening the batting Jonathan Isaac scored a blistering 132 (67b, 1x6 and 17x4) to help Indian School Muscat (ISM) record an easy 282 run win against Al Hail School of Cricket (AHSC) in an Al Turki Enterprises sponsored 25 over Junior League U-16 match played in Ground No.2 at Al Amerat.

Brief scores: ISM 326 for the loss of 3 wickets off 25 overs (Isaac Jona-than 132, Paritosh Bhatt 55, Wasim Ali 50 and Sanat Kumar 41no) beat AHSC 44 all out off 11.2 overs (Hemil Kumar 3/11, Saif Ali 2/3 and Mo-hammed Faisal 2/6). Points: ISM 2 points and AHSC Nil points.

ISWK winIn another Al Turki Enterprises sponsored Under 16 match at the Municipality Ground No.3 at Al Amerat, Indian School Wadi Ka-bir aided by a brilliant 111 (82b, 10x4) from opening batsman Karan Koshy defeated Indian School Darsait by 81 runs.

Brief scores: ISWK 210 for the loss of 2 wickets off 25 overs (Karan Koshy 111 and Ivan Manjila

62) beat ISD 129 all out off 23 overs (Moin Qureshi 30 and Prathyakash 32; Ivan Manjila 3/29 and Raj Dam-ani 2/10). Points: ISWK 2 points (2 games – 4 points) and ISD Nil points (2 games – Nil points).

MCCC ‘A’ winAt the same venue Muscat Cricket Coaching Centre ‘A’ (MCCC ‘A’) de-feated Muscat Cricket Coaching Cen-tre ‘B’ (MCCC ‘B”) in a T20 Junior League Under-13 match organised by Oman Cricket.

Brief scores: MCCC ‘B’ 124 for the loss of 6 wickets off 20 overs (Zayed Ali Khan 25 no) lost to MCCC ‘A’ 127 for no wicket off 10.2 overs (Muzahir Raza 75no and Steve Man-jila 29no). Points: MCCC ‘A’ 2 points and MCCC ‘B’ Nil points.

ISG lose In another Under-13 match played in the morning session at the adjoining Ground No.4 at Al Amerat, Indian School Wadi Kabir (ISWK) recorded a 23 run win against Indian School Al Ghubra (ISG).

Brief scores: ISWK 160 for the loss of 7 wickets off 20 overs (Joshin 37no, Aditya Surayanrana 32no and Yash Rajesh Toprani 33; Dhruv Faraswal 2/32 and Parth Mahesh 2/32) beat ISG 137 for the loss of 5 wickets off 20 overs (Ary-an Shinde 47 and Vrishab Dhavale 21no; Vishnu Gopalakrishnan 3/17). Points: ISWK 2 points and ISG – Nil points.

SLSM winSri Lankan School Muscat (SLSM) recorded a thumping 8 wicket win against Pakistan School Muscat (PSM) in an Al Turki Enterprises sponsored 25 overs a side Under-16 match played at the same venue.

Brief scores: PSM 137 for the loss of 9 wickets off 25 overs (Obaid Ullah 65no and Nisar Tajmal 20; Yoshitha Shockman 3/26 and Indunil Udara Palihawadana 2/19) lost to SLSM 140 for the loss of 2 wickets off 21.4 overs (Indunil Udara Palihawadana 36no, Wenogk Romeno 33 and Wi-kum Dananjaya 21no). Points: SLSM 2 points (2 games – 4 points) and P S M – Nil points.

ISM girls winIndian School Muscat (ISM) re-corded a 7-wicket win against Indian School Al Ghubra (ISG) in an Al Turki Enterprises sponsored Girls Under 19 Inter School T20 match played during at the Munic-ipality Ground No. 1 at Al Amerat.

Brief scores: ISG 148 for the loss of 3 wickets off 20 overs (Su-nyana D. 30no and Royela 22) lost to ISM 149 for the loss of 3 wickets off 18.5 overs (Sujan S. (Retd. out) 38, Shruthi S. 29no and Hensi Kara 29no). Points: ISM 2 points and ISG Nil points.

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It’s advantage Pakistan after Younis’ double ton

ABU DHABI: Australia were left with a daunting task to save the second Test and series after Younis Khan hit an epic double hundred to put Pakistan in com-mand yesterday.

Younis notched a memorable 213 for his fi fth double hundred to steer Pakistan to 570-6 declared in their fi rst innings on a fl at Sheik Zayed Stadium pitch in Abu Dhabi.

At the close on day two Australia were 22-1 with David Warner on 16 and nightwatchman Nathan Ly-one, still trailing by 548 runs with nine wickets intact on a day when Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq (101) and Azhar Ali (109) also en-joyed the run feast. Opener Chris Rogers fell caught behind to pace-man Imran Khan for fi ve, putting Pakistan in a strong position to press for their fi rst series win over Australia since 1994.

It was Younis, who hit twin hun-dreds in the fi rst Test, who once again dominated Australia’s hap-less bowling during his eight-and-half-hour stay, hitting 15 bounda-ries and two sixes.

Younis Khan hit Glenn Maxwell for a towering six and, in the spin-ner’s next over, took a single to complete 200.

He was fi nally bowled while playing Peter Siddle across the line and was given a standing ovation by a 12,000 holiday crowd and his team-mates. When on 181, Younis

completed 8,000 runs in his 93rd Test, becoming the third Pakistani batsmen to reach the milestone behind Javed Miandad (8832) and Inzamam-ul Haq (8829).

In all, 28 batsmen in the world have scored 8,000 or more Test runs. Misbah also completed his hundred with a reverse sweep off Maxwell, taking 166 balls for the mark before he gave a return catch to Steve Smith.

Misbah hit 10 boundaries and a six and added 181 runs with Younis to further hit Australia badly.

At 63 Misbah also became the highest scorer as Pakistan captain, beating Imran Khan’s 2408 runs in 48 Tests. This is Misbah’s 31st match. The Younis-Misbah stand

fl ourished in the afternoon after the Australian bowlers toiled hard in the morning session to get only one wicket, that of Ali.

Pakistan added 101 in an ex-tended two-and-a-half-hour ses-sion due to on Friday prayers after resuming at 304-2.

Younis added 236 with Ali to erase the previous highest third-wicket stand against Australia of 223 held by Javed Miandad and Taslim Arif from a 1980 match in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Australia had another unusu-ally sloppy day in the fi eld as Da-vid Warner failed to hold a sharp chance at point from Younis’s push off paceman Mitchell Johnson in the third over of the day. Younis was then batting on 112.

Nine runs later Younis edged a Siddle delivery which fell short of Brad Haddin, who hurt his right shoulder in an attempt to hold the catch. Haddin had to walk off the fi eld and Warner, who replaced him be-hind the stumps, spurned a stumping chance off spinner Lyon as Younis was well out of his crease on 125.

But Warner made amends as he took a good catch off Ali’s glance off paceman Mitchell Starc for a consolation wicket. Ali’s 250-ball knock had six boundaries, while Starc was the best bowler with 2-86. — AFP

At the close on day two Australia were 22-1

with David Warner on 16 and nightwatchman

Nathan Lyone, still trailing by 548 runs with

nine wickets intact on a day when Pakistan

skipper Misbah-ul Haq (101) and Azhar Ali

(109) also enjoyed run feast

STARS OF THE DAY: Pakistani batsmen Younis Khan, left, and Misbah Ul Haq run between wickets dur-

ing the second day of the second Test cricket match in Abu Dhabi. – AFP

Pakistan 1st innings:A. Shehzad lbw b Lyon 35 M. Hafeez c Haddin b Johnson 45 Azhar Ali c Warner b Starc 109 Younis Khan b Siddle 213 Misbah-ul Haq c and b Smith 101 Asad Shafi q b Starc 21 Sarfraz Ahmed not out 19 Yasir Shah not out 1 Extras: (b-10, lb-11, nb-4, w-1) 26 Total: (for six wkts; 164 overs dec) 570 Fall of wicket: 1-57 (Shehzad), 2-96 (Hafeez), 3-332 (Ali), 4-513 (Misbah), 5-537 (Younis), 6-561 (Shafi q) Bowling: Johnson 25-7-59-1 (2nb), Starc

27-3-86-2 (1w), Siddle 31-8-75-1 (1nb), Lyon 37-1-154-1, Marsh 12-2-32-0, Maxwell 16-2-78-0, Clarke 6-0-24-0, Smith 10-0-41-1 (1nb) Australia 1st innings D. Warner not out 16 C. Rogers c Ahmed b Khan 5 N. Lyon not out 1 Fall of wicket: 1-21 (Rogers) Total: (for one wkt; 5.2 overs) 22 Bowling: Khan 3-0-18-1, Hafeez 2-0-4-0, Babar 0.2-0-0-0 Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (ENG) and Nigel Llong (ENG) Tv umpire: Marais Erasmus (RSA) Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

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An and Oriol joint leaders at AlmoujMUSCAT: Gusting afternoon winds around the Almouj Golf, The Wave course made for some testing conditions for much of the fi eld on Day 2 of the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic as Ko-rea’s Byeong-hun An and Spain’s Pedro Oriol shared the lead on seven-under-par 137 at the half-way mark after rounds of 65 and 68 respectively.

“I hit it really well out there,” said the An, who has already sealed graduation to The 2015 Race to Dubai having earned €120,326 this season. “I can defi -nitely enjoy my golf a little more now that I have sealed my card. It takes a lot of pressure off . In last year’s excellent event, I wasn’t in this situation, I was under a lot of pressure, but it’s been really relax-ing the last couple of weeks and I think that’s why I’m playing better. It’s nice weather here, no rain and it’s just a great place to be.”

Joint leader, Pedro Oriol, said: “It was windy from the very start but I only made one mistake to-day. The rest was very solid, like yesterday. I love it here. The views are spectacular, the design is great and I just love it. I feel really good here in Oman.”

Despite the windswept con-ditions the players were full of praise for the tournament and the Almouj Golf The Wave course.

Denmark’s Lasse Jensen, who shot a second round three over

73 to share third place with Pelle Edberg (70) and Pontus Wide-gren (69) on fi ve under par, said: “This is a fabulous tournament on a great golf course in a beauti-ful setting. It’s a wonderful event that all the players look forward to playing.”

Northern Ireland’s Gareth Shaw, who shot a fi rst round 68 on his birthday yesterday and but followed with a seven over 79 in the second round, said:

Ricardo Gouveia, from Portu-gal, who shot 3-under par 69 in the fi rst round, and followed with a four over 76 said: “This is my fi rst time competing in the Mid-dle East. I love the golf course and I love the layout alongside the ocean. It’s spectacular.”

England’s Matthew Fitzpat-rick, who was one of the world’s leading amateurs until he turned professional recently, said: “This is a great event. Greg Norman’s layout is outstanding and the or-ganization of the whole tourna-ment couldn’t be better. We’re all very well looked after and the hospitality is second to none.”

The tournament the cut was made at 4 over par at the end of Day 2 (Friday) when around half the fi eld who had scored a specif-ic number or under go forward to play Round 3 and Round 4 while those under that score will miss the cut and are eliminated from the tournament.

N B O G O L F C L A S S I C

GREAT GOING: Byeong-hun An played a dream game to share the

day’s honours with Pedro Oriol. – Supplied photo

Qatar’s Abdul Aziz on top

MUSCAT: Sheikh Khalid Al Qas-simi’s face said it all when he came out of his Citroen DS3 car along with his navigator Chris Patterson. The seasoned rallyist looked quite disappointed as a technical glitch hampered his chances to take the honours for the second consecu-tive day in the Oman International Rally (OIR) yesterday.

The leader of the Abu Dhabi Racing Team was sitting pretty on top of the leaderboard, thanks to his spectacular show in the spectator-friendly Super Special Stage under the lights at the Oman Automobile Association facility on Thursday.

He used his experience and driv-ing skills to perfection on the grav-el and tarmac surfaces to fi nish the 3.54-kilometre stage in just three minutes, 30.5 seconds, a clear 6.8 seconds ahead of Qatar’s Abdul Aziz Al Kuwari.

Al Qassimi hoped to extend his lead when the second day began with the third Special Stage at Am-erat. As he revved up his engine and cruised along the gravel track, his drive shaft broke midway through. It meant he lost valuable two minutes and 30 seconds in the fi rst stage itself.

Meanwhile, Al Kuwari and his

co-driver Killian Duff y capital-ized on the situation, steering their car to the fi nish lane without any glitches. The impressive show earned him a lead of 1 minute 03.33 seconds over Al Qassimi in the third Special Stage.

The youngster widened the lead with each passing stage, and he fi nished the day clocking 51 min-utes, 22.8 seconds, a remarkable 2 minutes, 22.6 seconds lead over his nearest rival.

And the Qatari minced no words in expressing his happiness over the achievement.

“It was a great day. Everything went well according to our plan. It is always nice to begin the third day on an advantageous position. We could have widened the lead had we lost a few minutes in the seventh Special Stage,” he said.

Meanwhile, Al Qassimi said he would push hard to cut down the lead on the fi nal day (Saturday).

“The track gave us a lot of trou-ble. Rocks hit the body parts and I broke my drive shaft. But I am happy to cut Al Kuwari’s lead after the fi rst service and I hope to con-tinue the momentum,” said the veteran, who timed 53 minutes, 45.4 seconds.

Another experienced driver

from the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdulla Al Qassimi (navi-gator Catherine Derousa) of Al Qassimi Racing Team, was at the third overall position (55 minutes, 17.5 seconds), trailing the leader by three minutes, 54.7 seconds.

However, Abdulla Al Qassimi asserted his supremacy in Group N4 (over 2000cc) with an unas-sailable lead of over fi ve minutes to his nearest competitors.

“The stages were too much rocky, so we drove very carefully. And we are very much satisfi ed with our performance.”

But it was a bad day in offi ce for a majority of drivers from Oman with just three out of the 12 teams fi nishing the special stages on the second day.

Saif Al Harthy (N4, RC2 catego-ry), Haitham Khalid Soomar (A4, RC 4) and Said Al Manji (N4, RC2) fi nished at No.10, No.10 and No. 12 positions, respectively.

Sultanate of Oman’s brightest hope Khalid Al Minji broke his car’s axle broke during the seventh

special stage, but he said he would rectify the issue and would com-pete on Saturday.

On Thursday night, thousands of motorsports lovers assembled at the Oman Automobile Association to witness a colourful opening cer-emony of the Oman International Rally. International Automobile Federation (FIA) vice-president Sheikh Nasser bin Khalifa Al At-taya from Qatar fl agged off the event in the presence of Oman Automobile Association (OAA) Board Chairman Brigadier Salim Bin Ali Al Maskary and OAA board member Colonel Jamal Al Tai.

Provisional Classifi cation (After Special Stage 7, Naviga-tors’ names in bracket): 1. Abdulla Aziz Al Kuwari (Duff y K), 51:22.8; 2. Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi (C Patterson), 53:45.4; 3. Sheikh Ab-dulla Al Qassimi (Derouss) 55:17.5; 4. Abdulla Al Kuwari (Sherry) 59:08.8; 5. Mohammed Al Muta-waa (McAuley) 59:13.4; 6. Bin-towq S (Harryman) 1:01:05.9; 7. Belhelei M (Al Kendi), 1:02:08.6; 8. Al Falasi (Higgins), 1:03:13.9; 9. Saif Al Harthy (Al Hinai, Oman), 1:04.53.5; 10. Haitham Soomar (Al Sibani, Oman), 1:07.03.1; 11. Said Al Manji S (Al Manji N, Oman), 1:10.50.6

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Microsoft unveils $200 fi tness band, related free health appSEATTLE: Microsoft unveiled an activity-tracking wristband and related Internet-based service that can track and analyse health, fi tness and sleep data, jumping into the crowded wearable-com-puter market.

The $199 Microsoft Band, on sale from Thursday, works with the company’s free Health appli-cation, which uses machine learn-ing to interpret data and can run on its Windows system, Apple’s iOS mobile software and Google’s Android, said Yusuf Mehdi, vice president of devices and studios. Starting in January, the app will work with other devices, includ-ing Apple and Android phones and smartwatches.

Microsoft is entering the bur-geoning market for connected wearable devices — now dominat-ed by smaller companies like Fitbit — at the same time as Apple pre-pares to debut its own smartwatch.

Microsoft’s band and the cloud-based app play to an area that Chief Executive Offi cer Satya Nadella sees as a strength of Microsoft’s: using advanced algorithms and

data- analysis tools to tie informa-tion together and draw insights.

“All these devices are great in their own right, but they are all their own individual islands,” Mehdi said.

“We think there is another chap-ter where you as an individual can have access to all the data you get from whatever set of devices you use.”

The band and app will track statistics such as how much deep sleep a user gets, whether calories burned are from fat or carbohy-drates, and suggested recovery time from a particular type of ex-ercise.

It can tell a person if caff eine helps a workout or whether spirits aff ects his or her sleep.

It comes pre-loaded with work-outs from Gold’s Gym, as well as programs from Shape and Men’s Fitness magazines, and works with apps from RunKeeper, MapMyFit-ness and Jawbone.

Worldwide, wearable-device shipments are projected to jump to about 113 million in 2018 from six million last year, said Ramon Lla-

mas, an analyst at IDC. Microsoft’s device and app stand out for their information-analysis capabilities, he said.

“The real value in this is really with Microsoft Health,” Llamas said. “One thing health and fi tness

trackers do incredibly well today is tell you about your past, but you would be hard-pressed to fi nd de-vices that do a decent job of giving you actionable information.”

Microsoft Band, which includes 10 sensors such as a GPS, can also

send notifi cations from a user’s Windows Phone and lets consum-ers automatically pay for Star-bucks Corp. beverages.

The device includes Microsoft’s Cortana voice-controlled personal assistant, as well as e-mail, weath-

er, stock prices and access to Twit-ter and Facebook.

Offi ce linksIn the future, Microsoft will let users choose to link the app and band to Offi ce programs, remind-ers and calendar data, which could track how much someone exercises while traveling or how well a person sleeps in a week with a lot of meet-ings, said Zulfi Alam, Microsoft’s general manager of personal devic-es. Microsoft plans to initially make the band available in limited quanti-ties online and at its own stores in the United States because the com-pany is planning to gauge demand and adjust the product according to feedback, Mehdi further added.

Llamas notes the device costs more than some other fi tness bands. Fitbit’s Charge activity tracker, for example, costs $130. He said Mi-crosoft Band will also be compared with Apple Watch, which goes on sale early next year starting at $349. “As eager as I am, Microsoft will have to beat the drum very loudly to move signifi cant numbers,” Llamas said. — Bloomberg News

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Traders say no guarantee Saudi Arabia will repeat oil price cut

TOKYO: Asian traders are split on whether Saudi Arabia will deepen the crude price cuts that propelled oil into a bear market this month.

State-run Saudi Arabian Oil will announce offi cial selling prices (OSP) for supplies to buyers in Asia for December next week af-ter cutting prices to the lowest in almost six years for a month earlier. The world’s biggest oil ex-porter will further discount sup-plies, according to seven respond-ents in a Bloomberg survey of traders. Six people forecast prices to be unchanged and two predict an increase.

Saudi Arabia’s decision may sig-nal whether the biggest producers in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will of-fer bigger discounts to defend mar-ket share as the highest US output in three decades boosts global sup-plies. After the most recent price cut on October 1, Brent crude tum-bled nine per cent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) slumped 11 per cent amid speculation that Opec won’t reduce production.

“The Saudis will have to reduce prices to remain competitive in Asia,” B.K. Namdeo, the refi neries director at Hindustan Petroleum Corp., India’s third-largest state refi ner, said by phone yesterday. “The only other option is to curtail output if they are desperate to hold on to prices.”

Saudi Arabia cut prices for all grades and to all regions for No-vember. The Asian price of the Arab Light grade was lowered by $1 a barrel to a discount of $1.05 to the average of Oman and Dubai crudes, the benchmark published by Platts, the energy-information division of McGraw Hill Financial Inc. That’s the lowest since De-cember 2008.

Price cutsIran followed with its own price reductions a week later, also sell-ing its oil to Asia in November at the biggest discount in almost six years. Kuwait and Iraq also low-ered offi cial prices.

The discounted supplies show how Middle East oil producers are seeking to hold on to customers in Asia, where they face increased competition. Cargoes from the US to Russia and Latin America to Africa are fi nding buyers in the region amid a surplus in interna-tional markets.

“There is an upcoming Opec meeting later this month and Saudi Arabia will probably not change its policy ahead of the meeting,” Takashi Hayashida, the chief executive offi cer of Ele-ments Capital, said by phone from Tokyo. — Bloomberg News

O I L S U P P L I E SECB all set to take over as banking watchdog

BRUSSELS: The European Central Bank (ECB) takes over as Europe’s banking watchdog on Tuesday in a historic shake-up of the fi nancial system aimed at preventing a repeat of the crisis that nearly led to the collapse of the euro.

The ECB, in charge of monetary policy for the single currency countries since the start of 1999, has seen its role of central bank

drastically redrawn in the fi nan-cial and economic storms that have battered the region during the long years of crisis.

Long seen as the only European institution capable fi xing the eu-rozone’s fi nancial woes, the ECB has had to charge to the bloc’s rescue repeatedly, each time with ever more daring — and contro-versial — measures.

But taking on the role of bank-

ing supervisor will prove to be one of the most profound and far-reaching so far, observers say.

New watchdogThe new watchdog, the Single Supervisory Mechanism or SSM, will be responsible for the direct supervision of the eurozone’s 120 largest banks, representing 85 per cent of total banking assets in the euro area.

Around 3,500 “less signifi cant” credit institutions will continue to be monitored by the national authorities of the individual eu-rozone countries, but under the overall oversight of the ECB.

The idea is that the ECB, as an independent institution, will en-sure banking supervision from a Europe-wide perspective.

‘Tough, fair and independent’The SSM is one of the three main pillars of a future European bank-ing union, next to a single banking rule-book and a Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) in charge of winding up failing banks.

Supervision will be “tough, fair and independent,” vowed the SSM’s new chief, Daniele Nouy.

Until now, each member state has been responsible for super-vising its own banks, with varying degrees of success, as the long and debilitating crisis all too clearly demonstrated.

In addition, the ECB has built up over the years a vast expertise in analysing fi nancial institutions and markets.

“Supervision in Europe is right-ly expected to be better than what 19 national supervisors could achieve with national means,” ECB executive board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger said.

“The new system of supervision should be neutral and not wedded to national thinking and tradi-tions. It should, where appropri-ate, produce a level playing fi eld.”

However, not everyone is com-fortable with having the ECB in charge of both monetary policy and banking supervision at the same time, as it could potentially give rise to a confl ict of interests.

‘Not completely unproblematic’“Having monetary policy and

banking supervision under one roof is not completely unproblem-atic,” German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said recently.

The concern is that the cen-tral bank’s monetary policy deci-sions could be distorted if it is too closely involved with the banking sector, leading it, for example, to setting low interest to assist weak banks.

In order to circumvent this, the banking supervisory and interest-rate setting bodies will be strictly separated from each other, not only organisationally but physi-cally, too. — AFP

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Consumer spending in US declines unexpectedlyWASHINGTON: Consumer spending in the US unexpectedly dropped in September as incomes rose at the slowest pace of the year, indicating the economy will have diffi culty sustaining a pickup in growth into the end of the year.

Expenditures decreased 0.2 per cent last month, weaker than any economist projected in a Bloomb-erg survey, after rising 0.5 per cent in August, Commerce Depart-ment fi gures showed on Friday in Washington. Incomes increased 0.2 per cent, the smallest gain since December.

Wages that are barely outstrip-ping the pace of infl ation may be restraining spending by some households, while slower increas-es in home prices and volatility in the stock market is also limiting wealth gains. Continued improve-ment in employment will be need-ed to further boost confi dence and give consumers the means to spend at companies such as Kroger, the largest US grocery-store chain.

“The decline was on the heels of a pretty outsized gain in Au-gust so some payback should have been expected,” though the size of

the pullback was a surprise, said Tom Porcelli, chief US economist at RBC Capital Markets in New York and the best forecaster of spending during the last two years according to data compiled by Bloomberg. “The quarter ended on relatively soft footing from a spending perspective, however consumer fundamentals remain fairly sound.”

Shares surgeStock-index futures held earlier gains after the report. The con-tract on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index maturing in Decem-ber rose one per cent to 2,009.1 at 8:50am in New York, signaling benchmark indexes may rally to new records, as an unexpected boost in stimulus from the Bank of Japan spurred optimism in the global economy.

The median estimate of 81 economists in a Bloomberg sur-vey called for a 0.1 per cent gain in spending. Forecasts ranged from a 0.1 per cent decrease to a 0.3 per cent advance.

A report on Friday from the Labour Department showed em-ployment costs rose 0.7 per cent in

the third quarter, more than fore-cast and matching the increase in the previous three months. The gain was paced by a 0.8 per cent advance in wages and salaries that was the biggest since the second quarter of 2008.

Friday’s consumption data showed that after adjusting con-sumer spending for infl ation, which generates the fi gures used

to calculate gross domestic prod-uct, purchases dropped 0.2 per cent last month after a 0.5 per cent gain in August.

Spending breakdownSpending on durable goods, in-cluding automobiles, decreased 1.9 per cent after adjusting for infl ation following a 2.3 per cent gain. Purchases of non-durable

goods, which include gasoline and clothing, declined 0.3 per cent.

Household outlays on services rose 0.1 per cent after adjusting for infl ation. In addition to health care, the category also includes categories such as utilities, tour-ism, legal help and personal care items. This typically makes it dif-fi cult for the government to esti-mate accurately in the prelimi-nary report.

Friday’s report gave the month-ly breakdown of the third- quarter data issued on Thursday.

That report showed consumer spending, which accounts for al-most 70 per cent of the economy, climbed at a 1.8 per cent pace af-ter growing at a 2.5 per cent rate in the second quarter. The weak reading at the end of the quarter gives consumption little momen-tum heading into the last three months of the year.

Friday’s report also showed that prices tied to consumer spend-ing rose 1.4 per cent in the year ended September, matching the downwardly revised reading from the prior month. Federal Reserve policy makers aim for increases of two per cent a year. — Bloomberg News

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NEW DYNAMIC ROLE: ECB taking on the role of banking supervi-

sor will prove to be one of the most profound and far-reaching

changes so far. — Bloomberg fi le picture


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VOLATILE GROWTH: Spending on durable goods, including auto-

mobiles, decreased 1.9 per cent after adjusting for infl ation follow-

ing a 2.3 per cent gain. — Bloomberg fi le picture

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T he chief of India’s fastest-growing ma-jor state says it’s time to build wealth through factories instead of farmland.

Madhya Pradesh, a state larger than Italy and more populous than the UK,

must emulate China, Japan and South Korea to help its 73 million people become richer, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in a recent interview. The landlocked state’s economy grew 11 per cent in the last fi nancial year, twice as fast as the country as a whole, government data shows.

“In the fi eld of agriculture, Madhya Pradesh has reached its peak,” Chouhan, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party who has governed the state since 2005, said in In-dore as he hosted an investment conference. “Now we need to move toward industrialisation.” Modi is

pushing to lure foreign investment into manufac-turing to boost growth and improve living standards that are the lowest among major emerging markets. He needs to work closely with state leaders to make that a reality, Frederic Neumann, an economist at HSBC in Hong Kong, said by phone. “The federal government isn’t as powerful in India as is often claimed,” Neumann said. “You need the cooperation of states and for them to follow the same agenda, otherwise ambitions of national reform will falter.”

State powersIndia’s constitution gives states control over deci-sions that are central to attracting investment, a de-volution of power at the root of uniting a nation with 1.2 billion people who speak as many as 780 lan-guages. While the federal government can give tax

incentives to industries and environmental permits for specifi c projects, state leaders have power to pro-vide land-use permits along with electricity and wa-ter supply. Modi called on states to adopt business friendly policies during an address to the Madhya Pradesh investment conference. China, Japan and the United States had pledged a combined $100 bil-lion in investment into India, he said.

“Now it is the turn of the states to capitalise on the opportunity,” Modi said. “The roads are wide open. The states that are ready can walk away with a major share.”

Madhya Pradesh is one of four Indian states where agriculture accounts for more than 20 per-cent of gross domestic product, according to an HSBC report last month. To attract more invest-ment in industry, it needs a very reliable power sup-

ply, better road and rail connections to the ports and a reduction in the red tape, the report said.

Industry strugglesMadhya Pradesh’s farmers have helped its econ-omy surge over the past decade. The agricultural sector grew 23 per cent last year, the most of any Indian state.

Chouhan said the government and private inves-tors pledged to invest Rs6.9 trillion ($113 billion) during last week’s conference, without specifying a timeframe.

Leading India industrialists including Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, and Gau-tam Adani, founder of the Adani Group, pledged more than Rs800 billion ($13 billion) in invest-ments into Madhya Pradesh. - Bloomberg News

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Sony’s half-year loss hits $1bTOKYO: Sony said on Thursday its net loss for the April-Septem-ber period ballooned to nearly $1.0 billion, as the embattled elec-tronics fi rm continues to struggle in the cutthroat smartphone busi-ness. The fi rm said its net loss came in at 109.1 billion yen, way up from a 16.5 billion yen shortfall in the same period last year.

Sony’s operating loss of 15.8 bil-lion yen reversed a profi t of 49.4

billion last year, although sales ticked up 6.5 per cent to 3.71 tril-lion yen, it said.

Earnings outlookThe announcement came after Sony in September downgraded its annual earnings outlook, re-vealing that it would lose a whop-ping 230 billion yen in the year to March, more than four times its earlier forecast.

The company also said it would cut the smartphone unit’s global staff by 15 per cent — about 1,000 jobs — and not pay dividends for the fi rst time since its shares started trading in Tokyo in 1958.

The smartphone business, Sony said on Thursday, has been hit by weaker-than-expected results in emerging markets, as it battles global rivals including Samsung and Apple. — AFP

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Samsung shares jump

SEOUL: Shares of Samsung Group companies surged, led by the biggest three-day rally in Samsung Electronics in six years, amid growing speculation of a shareholder-friendly restructur-ing at South Korea’s biggest con-glomerate.

Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone maker, jumped 5.3 per cent to 1,244,000 won at the close in Seoul, extending its three-day gain to 14 per cent after saying on Thursday it would detail a share-holder return policy during its fourth-quarter earnings release. Samsung Securities climbed to an eight-week high on plans to buy back shares, while Samsung Life Insurance closed at a record level.

Anticipation for a restruc-turing of the family-run group, whose revenues amount to about a quarter of Korea’s gross domes-

tic product, escalated after the hospitalisation of 72- year-old pa-triarch Lee Kun Hee in May put a spotlight on the fi rm’s succession plans. Cheil Industries, the de fac-to holding company of Samsung Group, and Samsung SDS, seen as key to funding a restructuring, are in the process of completing ini-tial public off erings in Seoul.

Rising expectations“Market expectations continue to rise for imminent group reorgani-sation,” said Edward Kim, man-aging director and head of Korea equity sales at Bank of America. in Seoul. Cheil sits atop Samsung Group through direct and indirect stakes in key affi liates including Samsung Electronics, the mak-er of Galaxy smartphones, and Samsung Life.

Cheil is also central to the group’s succession planning be-

cause Lee’s only son, 46-year-old Lee Jae Yong, was the biggest shareholder as of June with a 25 per cent stake.

The Financial Services Com-mission approved Lee Jae Yong’s plan to buy less than 0.1 per cent stakes in both Samsung Life and Samsung Fire & Marine Insur-ance Co., according to an e-mailed document on Friday.

Lee Kun Hee is South Korea’s richest person with a net worth of $12.2 billion, while his son has a net worth of $4.2 billion, accord-ing to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. A spokeswoman for Sam-sung Electronics declined to com-ment in an e- mail on Friday.

Share saleSamsung Electronics on Thurs-day reported net income, exclud-ing minority interests, decreased 49 per cent to 4.14 trillion won ($4

billion) in the three months ended September, the smallest profi t since the fourth quarter of 2011.

The company’s earnings are “bottoming out,” Greg Roh, an ana-lyst at HMC Investment Securi-ties Co., said by phone from Seoul. Samsung Group companies are also rising on “Samsung SDS’s IPO and Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae Yong getting the right to buy Samsung Life’s stake,” he said.

Samsung SDS, which provides technology services to construc-tion and manufacturing compa-nies, will start taking orders on November 5 for an IPO that could raise 1.16 trillion won ($1.1 bil-lion), an October 22 regulatory fi ling shows.

Cheil may raise about $1.5 bil-lion, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg News, making it the country’s biggest in more than four years.

The price range of the IPO is 45,000 won to 53,000 won per share, the company’s shareholder Samsung Card Co. said in a regu-latory fi ling on Friday.

Political pressure is mounting on Samsung Group to unwind a web of cross-shareholdings that allow the family to maintain con-trol of about 70 companies with less than a two per cent total stake. President Park Geun Hye’s gov-ernment has banned the creation of new cross-shareholdings and off ered tax breaks for restructur-ing in a bid to improve corporate governance and make the family-run chaebol business groups more transparent. — Bloomberg News

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jumped 5.3% at

the close in Seoul,

extending its three-

day gain to 14% after

saying that it would

detail a shareholder

return policy during

its fourth-quarter

earnings release

Nintendo reports profi t in fi rst halfTOKYO: Nintendo posted second-quarter profi t that beat analyst es-timates, helped by a weaker yen that boosted the value of overseas sales and demand for new games including Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart 8.

Net income was 24.2 billion yen ($224 million) in the three months ended on September 30, compared with a loss of 8 billion yen a year earlier, according to fi gures de-rived from fi rst-half results the Kyoto, Japan-based company re-ported on Friday. That compares with the 5.74 billion yen average profi t of four estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The company booked a 15.5 billion yen gain in the fi scal fi rst half from the weaker Japanese currency.

President Satoru Iwata is re-leasing new titles and a lineup of fi gurines that interact with games to help revive the Wii U game con-sole during the holiday shopping

season as overseas sales are bol-stered by the sliding yen. Nintendo maintained its annual forecasts as it counts on software to drive demand for hardware and stem a shift by consumers to smart-phones and Sony’s PlayStation 4.

Second-quarter sales fell to 96.7 billion yen from 115 billion yen a year earlier. Nintendo left un-changed its forecast for full-year profi t of 20 billion yen and sales of 590 billion yen.

Weaker yenThe Japanese yen has weakened 2.5 per cent this year amid Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s eff orts at spurring infl ation. The yen traded at 108.01 against the dollar as of 4:06pm in Tokyo on Friday. Iwata, Nintendo’s president since 2002, underwent surgery in June to re-move a bile-duct growth. He said he’s back working a regular sched-ule at the company. — Bloomberg News

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fi gurines that interact with games to help revive the Wii U game

console during the holiday shopping season. — Bloomberg fi le picture

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Hint of economic revival in debt-rating upgrades of Indian firmsNEW DELHI: Debt-rating up-grades for Indian companies are exceeding downgrades by the most in three years, underpinning pre-dictions for an economic revival.

Rankings for 119 fi rms were raised last quarter at Crisil, the local unit of Standard & Poor’s, beating the 61 cuts. The upgrades to downgrades ratio of 1.95 was the highest since April-June 2011.

Ratings improved for Mahindra & Mahindra and Gujarat Pipavav Port while Jindal Steel & Power and Vadilal Industries were among companies that slipped.

“Quite clearly, there is an im-provement in the credit profi le of companies,” D.R. Dogra, managing director at CARE Ratings in Mum-bai, said in an October 28 e-mail in-terview. “The economic indicators

all seem to be moving in the desired direction, which is a comfort.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government eased rules this week for foreign investment in property development, seeking to spur the economy’s rebound from the worst slowdown in a decade. The Finance Ministry now fore-casts the fastest annual growth in three years, while bad loans at

Indian banks have declined from an eight-year high and the S&P BSE Sensex index of local shares surged 29 per cent in 2014.

The risk of Indian companies re-neging on their debt in 12 months fell to a three-year low, Bloomb-erg’s default risk model showed last month. The median probabili-ty of nonpayment dropped to about 0.45 per cent from a 2013 peak of

0.75 per cent and as much as 1.3 per cent during the 2008 credit crisis, according to the gauge, which is based on factors including share performance and debt metrics.

Economic pickupAsia’s third-largest economy ex-panded 5.7 per cent in the three months ended June 30, the most in more than two years. Modi, who

swept to power in a landslide elec-tion victory in May, has scrapped diesel subsidies and seeks to end a 40-year state monopoly on mining and selling coal as he pushes ahead with his plan to spur growth. The government also has set a target to narrow the budget defi cit to a sev-en-year low of 4.1 per cent of gross domestic product in the 12 months through March. — Bloomberg News

E C O N O M Y

Bank of Japan boosts monetary easing plan

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan ramped up its vast monetary eas-ing programme on Friday — send-ing the yen plunging and stocks soaring — in a surprise move aimed at reviving growth just as the Federal Reserve winds down its own stimulus spree.

Speaking after the central bank wrapped up its latest policy meet-ing, BoJ chief Haruhiko Kuroda said the fresh measures were cru-cial to keeping Japan on track in its war on defl ation, and hinted more policy moves could follow.

“The Japanese economy is now at a critical moment in the pro-cess of getting out of defl ation,” he told reporters in Tokyo, adding that the BoJ would “not hesitate”

to pull the trigger on more easing if necessary.

Policymakers said they would infl ate the central bank’s asset-buying stimulus plan by as much as 20 trillion yen ($182 billion), bringing it to an eye-popping 80 trillion yen annually.

The BoJ also slashed its eco-nomic growth forecast by half, and trimmed consumer price ex-pectations as a much-touted in-fl ation target looked increasingly out of reach while Tokyo’s bid to kickstart the economy stalls.

The yen dived below 111 against the dollar, levels not seen since January 2008, following the an-nouncement while Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 stock index soared more than

fi ve per cent to a seven-year high. The move is the fi rst since Ja-

pan’s central bank launched its huge bond-buying scheme in April last year as a cornerstone of To-kyo’s wider plan to jumpstart the world’s number three economy.

Friday’s decision throws into fo-cus the sharp contrast of fortunes for the US and Japanese econo-mies after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday brought an end to six years of bond-buying and consid-ers an interest rate hike.

“Just when the Fed takes the punch bowl off the table, the BoJ arrives with a case of sake,” said Jonathan Sudaria, a broker at London Capital Group.

UK-based CMC Markets

added that the BoJ’s move was “fi lling the void left by the US central bank”.

‘Defl ationary mindset’On Thursday the Commerce De-partment said the US economy expanded an annualised 3.5 per cent in July-September, beating expectations of 3.0 per cent.

Japan’s economy, on the other hand, contracted 7.1 per cent on an annualised basis in the second quarter -- its steepest quarterly drop since the 2011 quake-tsu-nami disaster — as it was hit by a sales tax hike in April. That has stoked fears about another down-turn in July-September, which would technically put the country in recession. A BoJ statement said the decision on Friday passed by a narrow 5-4 majority vote.

The bank acknowledged that the levy hike had put its target of 2.0 per cent infl ation by sometime next year in trouble, and said that had prompted Friday’s decision.

“Japan’s economy has contin-ued to recover moderately as a trend and is expected to continue growing at a pace above its poten-tial,” the BoJ said in a statement.

“However, on the price front, somewhat weak developments in demand following the consump-tion tax hike and a substantial decline in crude oil prices have been exerting downward pressure recently. — AFP

Speaking after

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policy meeting, BoJ

chief said the fresh

measures were

crucial to keeping

Japan on track in its

war on defl ation, and

hinted more policy

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US growth, Japan stimulus lift Indian stock marketsMUMBAI: Indian markets on Friday ended the week with a bang with Sensex zooming 519.50 points and Nifty soaring 153 points to new highs for the second straight day in line with a strong global rally after Japan unexpect-edly increased its monetary stim-ulus and US grew at a robust pace.

Hopes of more reform meas-ures from Modi government, ex-pectations of better growth in the second half of the fi scal and heavy buying by foreign funds, also had a positive impact.

Barring consumer durables, all 11 other sectoral indices fi nished with gains between 0.45 per cent and 2.66 per cent. Capital goods, oil&gas, IT, power, banking, phar-ma, auto and realty segments lead the winners.

Overall, 29 out of 30 Sensex-based scrips fi nished higher while only Bharti Telecom ended the day in the red. HDFC, Infosys, L&T, RIL, HDFC Bank, TCS, SBI Tata Motors, ONGC and ICICI

Bank among others kept the mar-ket tempo upbeat.

New historic highThe benchmark S&P BSE Sensex resumed strong and continued to move upwards to settle at its new historic high of 27,865.83, show-ing a rise of 519.50 or 1.90 per cent. During the week, it shot up by 1,014.78 points or 3.78 per cent and 1,866.49 points or 7.18 per cent in last nine out of ten days.

The 50-issue CNX Nifty of NSE also fl ared up by 153 points, or 1.87 per cent, to end at new peak of 8,322.20. The Sensex and Nifty also logged new intra-day highs of 27,894.32 and 8,330.75 on Friday.

This was after they hit previous highs of 27,390.60 and 27,390.60 on Thursday.

“Much-needed reforms from the new government, strong Q2 performance by India Inc, Fed’s low-interest rate regime com-bined with Bank of Japan’s sud-den stimulus announcement, gave

markets across a sentiment boost,” said Hiren Dhakan, Associate Fund Manager, Bonanza Portfolio.

Sentiment was also boosted after the US released forecast-beating economic growth data on Thursday. The world’s biggest economy grew 3.5 per cent in the September quarter. In overseas markets, Asian stocks rose be-tween 0.28 per cent and 4.83 per cent. The Japanese central bank expanded the size of its govern-ment bond purchases to the equiv-alent of about 80 trillion yen a year, an increase of 30 trillion yen.

European stocks were also trading higher in their early trade as key indices in France, Germa-ny and UK rose by 1.07 per cent to 1.84 per cent.

In overseas markets, Asian stocks rose between 0.28 per cent and 4.83 per cent after upbeat US economic growth data and sur-prised move by the Bank of Japan to expand the pace of its quantita-tive easing. — PTI

S E N S E X , N I F T Y

Rupee snaps four-day fall

MUMBAI: The rupee contin-ued to rule listless throughout the week, but snapped its four-day of losing string to end higher by nine paise at 61.36 against the Greenback on record break-ing local equities amid heavy capital infl ows.

Fresh dollar selling mainly by exporters and some banks also aided the rupee rise while strong dollar overseas kept the rupee rise under check.

At the Interbank Foreign Ex-change (Forex) market, the local unit commenced better at 61.39 a dollar from previous close of 61.45 and was trapped in a nar-row range of 61.33 and 61.4450 before settling at 61.36, showing an overall rise of nine paise or 0.15 per cent.

Meanwhile, in the forwards market, premium ended steady to better on stray payments by banks and corporates.

The Reserve Bank of India fi xed the reference rate for dol-lar at 61.4080 and for the Euro at 77.1899. — PTI

C U R R E N C Y

ACTION PLAN: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks

to the press at the BoJ headquarters in Tokyo. — AFP


WWW.TIMESOFOMAN.COMSECTIONB LIFE & STYLE S AT U R DAY, N OV E M B E R 1 , 2 0 14

had given up all hope of fi nding her misplaced Apple iPhone 5C, worth more than £300, after los-ing it in a pub in the West Mid-lands, in early August.

But on Monday October 27, Ap-ple contacted the 38-year-old to tell her the missing mobile had been found in a nursery in China.

The Californian tech giant in-formed Kerrigan, from Coventry, that her iPhone had been traced to the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

Kerrigan is now able to use the Find My iPhone application to watch the movements of her lost iPhone 5C, and its new owner, more than 5,975 miles away from her family home.

As a mischievous silver lining to the theft, Kerrigan said: “If I press a button on the app then I can make the phone make a noise in China which is funny.”

Stolen British handsets are of-ten shipped out to China or Africa because Apple’s software makes it impossible to reactivate the de-

vices within the UK. Kerrigan ad-mitted: “It was lost in August. The Cedars pub in Coundon is the last place I had it.

“I had a night out with friends and we got several taxis and ended up at that pub and walked down the road.

“I either left it on the wall of the pub or in a taxi. It was a 5C so it was a bit slippy.

“I came home and fell into bed and the next day I had a look around the house and realised it was gone.

“I phoned the pub and taxi com-panies and local police and they all drew a blank.

“Then I got a new handset and I didn’t really think about it again until Monday night when an e-mail popped up saying it had been found.

“When it came up with Shenz-hen in China I couldn’t believe it.”

Although travelling to China is pencilled into Kerrigan’s ‘bucket list’ of things to do in her life, she says she is not going to make the trip just for an iPhone.

Kerrigan, who lives with daugh-

ter Elizabeth, six, and three-year-old son Michael, has been reas-sured by Apple that since her lost phone has been remotely locked, it is impossible to reactivate.

She added: “When it was lost I made sure it was wiped.

“I had a message saying I better be certain it was gone forever, as opposed to being wedged behind the sofa.

“I spoke to Apple and he said somebody has probably bought it online but the handset is useless because it is locked.

“He put my mind at rest and said there is no way it can be reactivat-

ed because I was worried about my personal details on there if it was.

“He seemed to think that it couldn’t be unlocked so some-one in China has my phone but can’t use it.

“He laughed and said if it was him he would just watch it.

“Normally if I look on the Find My iPhone app I can see all our stuff , usually in our home.

“Now I’ve got another phone popping up 6,000 miles away. I couldn’t believe it, I spent a lot of money on it and I’ll probably never see it again.”

Smartphones are extremely expensive in the Asian market-place, helping a growing black market to fl ourish.

Fuelled by hundreds of sto-len gadgets from Britain being shipped overseas in suitcases and fruit containers, the illegal goods are sold at discounted prices.

Asked about the latest move-ments of her iPhone thief – or black market customer – Kerrigan laughed: “It hasn’t moved too far since Monday.”— Aaron Brown/Daily Express

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WHO LOST HER IPHONE

SOME 80 DAYS AGO

IN A BRITISH PUB

WAS STAGGERED WHEN

IT WAS DISCOVERED

NEARLY 6,000 MILES AWAY

— IN CHINA

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WE have been looking at deciding between two possible trump suits. Of course, to have this quandary, two suits usually have to be bid and raised. And in this direction, if a fi t is found and one player has a two-suiter, he often should show his second suit, especially in a competitive auction.

For example, look at today’s deal. Both South and West can help their partner’s high-level bidding decision.

After South opens one spade, West passes, North raises to two spades, and East overcalls three clubs, what should South do?

If a jump to four spades would silence the opponents, that would be a sensible choice (although it is an overbid). But what if West competes with fi ve clubs? Should North-South let them stew or go on to fi ve spades? Neither player knows. However, if South rebids three diamonds, showing his second suit, North will be aware of the double fi t and can happily bid on at the fi ve-level.

And, yes, West can also make a good bid. Over South’s three-diamond rebid, West should advance with three hearts. This cannot just be advertising a long heart suit and suffi cient values to compete at the three-level, because West did not intervene on the fi rst round. This bid shows heart length and club support (although admittedly not necessarily as good as queen-fourth).

Now look at the full deal. You will see that fi ve clubs is unbeatable for plus 600. But fi ve spades doubled goes down only two, minus 500.

When you have a double fi t, it is usually best to declare, especially with the minority of the high-card points.

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PHARMACIESRound the clockAl Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24783334; Appolo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24782666; Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24702542, Salalah: 23291635; Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra: 24503585; Ruwi 24811715Muscat RegionApollo, Al Hamriya. Tel: 24787766Muscat, A Seeb Market. Tel: 24421691Muscat, Al Khuwair. Tel: 24485740Muscat, Al Hail South. Tel: 4537080Dhofar RegionMuscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah. Tel: 23291635

HOSPITALSAl Amal Medical & Health Care Centre: 24485052Atlas Hospital: Ruwi: 24811743/ Ghubra: 24504000Al Musafi r Specialised Medical Clinic: 24706453Hatat Polyclinic LLC,Ruwi: 24563641, Azaiba: 24499269, Sohar: 2683006Al Raff ah Hospital: 24618900/1/2Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory: 24566435Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre: 24499434Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24787766, 24787780Capital Polyclinic: 24707549Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi: 24799760/1/2Capital Clinic, Seeb: 24420740Ceregem National Raak: 24485633Dr Harub’s Clinic: 24563217Elixir Health Centre: 24565802Emirates Medical Centre: 246045401st Chiropractic Centre: 24472274Hamdan Hospital: 23212340International Medical Centre LLC: 24794501/2/3/4/5Kims Oman Hospital: 24760100

24 Hrs Emergency: 24760123Lama Polyclinic, Sohar: 26751128, MBD: 24799077, Al Khuwair: 24478818Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital: 24568870Muscat Private Hospital: 24583600Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair: 24477666Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC: 22004000

ROYAL OMAN POLICEEmergencies and inquiries: 9999General Directorate of Passport and Residence: 24569603Directorate General of Customs: 24521109Traffi c violations inquiries: 24510228Public Relations Admin: 24560099

ACCOMMODATIONAl Bahjah Hotel: 24424400Al Bustan Palace: 24764000 Al Khuwair Hotel Apartments: 24478171Al Madina Holiday Inn: 24596400Al Maha International Hotel: 24494949Al Fanar Hotel: 24712385Al Falaj Hotel: 24702311Al Qurum Resort: 24605945Azaiba Hotel Apartments: 24490979Beach Hotel: 24696601Bowshar Hotel: 24491105Coral Hotel Muscat: 24692121Crowne Plaza Muscat: 24660660Crystal Suites: 24826100Golden Tulip Seeb: 24510300Grand Hyatt Muscat: 24641234Haff a House Hotel: 24707207Hotel Muscat Holiday: 24487123InterContinental Muscat: 24680000Majan Continental Hotel: 24592900Marina Hotel: 24711711Midan Hotel Suites: 24499565Mina Hotel: 24711828Muttrah Hotel: 24798401

Nuzha Hotel Apartments: 24789199Oman Dive Centre: 24824240Park Inn: 24507888Qurum Beach House Hotel: 24564070Radisson Blu Hotel: 24487777Ramee Dream Resort Seeb: 24453399Ramee Guestline Hotel: 24564443Ruwi Hotel: 24704244Safeer Hotel Suites: 24691200Sheraton Oman Hotel: 24772772Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa: 24776666The Chedi Muscat: 24524400The Treasurebox Muscat Hotel: 24502570

AIRLINE OFFICESMuscat Airport Flight information (24 hours): 24519456/24519223Aerofl ot: 24704455, Air Arabia: 24700828, Air France: 24562153, Air India: 24799801, Air New Zealand: 24700732, Biman Bangladesh Airlines: 24701128, British Airways: 24568777, Cathay Pacifi c: 24789818, Egypt Air: 24794113, Emirates Air: 24404400, Ethiopian Airlines: 24660313, Gulf Air: 80072424, Indian: 24791914, Iran Air: 24787423, Japan Airlines: 24704455, Jazeera Airways: 23294848, Jet Airways: 24787248, Kenya Airways: 24660300, KML Royal Dutch Airlines: 24566737, Kuwait Airways: 24701262, LOT Polish Airlines: 24796387, Lufthansa: 24796692, Malaysian Airlines: 24560796, Middle East Airlines: 24796680, Oman Air: 24531111, Pakistan International Airlines: 24792471, Qatar Airways: 24771900, Qantas: 24559941, Royal Jordanian: 24796693, Saudi Arabian Airlines: 24789485, Singapore Airlines: 24791233, Shaheen Air: 24816565, SriLankan Airlines:

24784545, Swiss International Airlines: 24796692, Thai Airways: 24705934, Turkish Airlines: 24703033

MUSEUMSBait Al Baranda: Corniche (seafront opp fi sh market), Open from Saturday to Thursday 9am to 1pm and 4 to 6pmNatural History Museum: Al Khuwair, Tel: 24604957, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm; Thursday: 9am to 1pmMuseum of Omani Heritage: (former Omani Museum), Madinat Al Alam, Sat-Wed 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday - 9am to 1pm, Tel: 24600946Armed Forces Museum: Bait Al Falaj, Tel: 24312651, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm; Thurs 9-12pm and 3-6pm; Fri 9-11am and 3-6pm. Al Hoota Caves 24498258; Turtle Beach 96550606/96550707Children’s Science Museum: Shatti Al Qurum, Tel: 24605368, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pmOman-French Museum: near Muscat Police Station, Tel: 24736613, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm, Thurs: 9am to 1pmBait Al Zubair, Muscat: Tel: 24736688, Al Saidiya St., [email protected] from Sat to Thurs: 9:30am to 6pm.National Museum Ruwi: Tel: 24701289, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pmSohar Fort Museum: Tel: 26844758, Open from Saturday to Wed: 8 to 1:30pm Thurs: 9am to 1pmMuscat Gate Museum: at Al Bahri Road, Muscat open from Sat to Wed 8am to 2pm

Dhuhr 11.55pm

Asr 3.09pm

Maghrib 5.34pm

Isha 6.45pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 4.56am

Sunset 5:29pm

Sunrise (Tomorrow) 6.12am

High tide 2:14pm 3.56am

Low tide 9.01am 10.32am

PRAYER TIMINGS

B7S AT U R DAY, N OV E M B E R 1 , 2 0 14

W E A T H E R

OMAN

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Max 30Min 25

Max 31Min 24

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Max 35Min 25Max 33

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Max 29 Min 24

Mainly clear skies over most of the Sultanate with chances of convective cloud development and isolated rain occasionally thundershower associated with fresh downdraft and hail

over al-Hajar mountains and adjoining areas during afternoon may extend to the coastal areas of Oman Sea. Chance of low level clouds or fog patches along the coastal areas during late night to early morning.EXPECTED WINDS: Along the coastal areas wind will be northeasterly to easterly light to moderate, occasionally fresh along Arabian Sea coast and over the rest of the Sultanate wind will be southeasterly light to moderate.

SEA STATE: Rough along southeastern coast with maximum wave height of 3.0metres and moderate along the Omani coast with maximum wave height of 2.0 metres.HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Good over most of the Sultanate becoming poor during fog and rain. THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Mainly clear skies over the Sultanate with chances of convective clouds development with isolated rain over al-Hajar mountains and adjoining areas. Chance of low level clouds along the coastal areas during late night and early morning.

Max Min

GULFAbu Dhabi 36 26Doha 34 26Dubai 34 26Kuwait 30 17Manama 31 26Riyadh 33 18

WORLDAthens 17 12Baghdad 25 15Beijing 15 6Berlin 17 8Boston 10 3Cairo 25 20Colombo 29 24Frankfurt 17 7Hong Kong 28 23Istanbul 13 9Johannesburg 28 13Kuala Lumpur 31 23Lisbon 20 14Paris 20 14Perth 29 16Singapore 31 27Tokyo 19 17Toronto 6 1

WORLD

Max 12Min 5

Max 29Min 18

Max 17Min 12

Max 32Min 23

Max 20Min 13

Max 34Min 13

Max 4Min -2

Max 32Min 24

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

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (Route 36)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 15:00 Quriyat 16:30 Daily15:00 Sur 18:00 Daily15:00 Jaalan 19:30 Daily

FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (Route 36)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41)06:30 Sohar 08:50 Daily06:30 Buraimi 11:00 Daily08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri13:00 Sohar 15:45 Daily13:00 Buraimi 17:40 Daily16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41)07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily

TO SINAW (Route 52)17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily

TO SINAW (Route 52)07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily

To Yanqul (Route 54)14:30 Nizwa 16:50 Daily14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily

To Yanqul (Route 54)06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily

TO SUR (Route 55)07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily

TO SUR (Route 55)06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (Route 62)06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (Route 62)12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily

TO DUBAI (Route 201)06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily

TO DUBAI (Route 201)07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (Route 100)07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (Route 100)07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:50 Daily

SALALAH TO DUBAI (Route 102)15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily

DUBAI TO SALALAH (Route 102)15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI) TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

LISTINGS

Source: www.met.gov.om

SATURDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA WY676 JEDDAH 0005WY406 CAIRO 0005WY682 RIYADH 0005WY648 KUWAIT 0010WY816 BANGKOK 0015WY824 KUALA LUMPUR 0055WY916 SALALAH 01054H583 DACCA 0115PK225 KARACHI 0210TK774 ISTANBUL 0215QR1132 DOHA 0345ET624 ADDIS ABABA 0350EK866 DUBAI 0355GF560 BAHRAIN 0405EY384 ABU DHABI 0405FZ041 DUBAI 0415MS930 CAIRO 0430WY902 SALALAH 0630WY674 JEDDAH 0640WY638 ABU DHABI 0650WY658 BAHRAIN 0700WY686 RIYADH 0700WY324 KARACHI 0700WY668 DOHA 0710WY674 JEDDAH 0730WY602 DUBAI 0805WY202 BOMBAY 0815WY102 LONDON-HEATHROW 0820WY342 LAHORE 0835FZ043 DUBAI 0850G9114 SHARJAH 0915WY236 HYDERABAD 0920WY226 COCHIN 0930PK191 TURBAT 0930WY242 DELHI 0935EK862 DUBAI 0940WY346 ISLAM ABBAD 0940WY252 MADRAS 0940WY212 TRIVANDRUM 0940IX443 COCHIN 1010QR1128 DOHA 1010EY382 ABU DHABI 1015IX549 TRIVANDRUM 10209W530 TRIVANDRUM 1035WY3302 MUKHAIZNA 1045WY282 BANGALORE 1100WY3922 DUQUM OMAN 1105WY604 DUBAI 1110WY372 COLOMBO 1130IX337 CALICUT 1155FZ037 DUBAI 1200WY424 BEIRUT 1205WY904 SALALAH 1215PA450 LAHORE 1215BG023 CHITTAGONG 1245NL771 PESHAWAR 1300WY606 DUBAI 1330IX817 MANGALORE/ABU DHABI 1440WY918 KHASAB 1440WY906 SALALAH 1445WY3304 MUKHAIZNA 1445WY656 BAHRAIN 1530WY632 ABU DHABI 1535SV532 JEDDAH 1550FZ045 DUBAI 1555WY274 JAIPUR 1640MP95 AMSTERDAM 1645WY204 BOMBAY 1710WY292 CALICUT 1720WY610 DUBAI 1730WY246 DELHI 1730WY264 LUCKNOW 1735WY232 HYDERABAD 1740QR1126 DOHA 1745WY664 DOHA 1745EK864 DUBAI 1800GF564 BAHRAIN 1810WY3306 MUKHAIZNA 1845G9116 SHARJAH 1915WY254 MADRAS 1920RG125 BATEEN AIRPORT OF AUH 1930FZ047 DUBAI 1945WY914 SALALAH 1950WY434 TEHRAN 2000WY434 TEHRAN 2000WY152 MALPENSA/ZURICH 2100WY152 ZURICH 2110WY116 FRANKFURT 2115WY312 CHITTAGONG 2125WY624 DUBAI 2125AI973 DELHI 2125WY134 PARIS 21306.00E+81 BOMBAY 2130WY414 AMMAN 21359W534 COCHIN 2140AI907 MADRAS 2200QR1134 DOHA 2210UL205 COLOMBO 2225GF566 BAHRAIN 2240EY388 ABU DHABI 2250BA073 LONDON-HEATHROW/ABU DHABI 2255WY908 SALALAH 2255AI985 AHMEDABAD/BOMBAY 2310WY662 DOHA 2315LX242 ZURICH/DUBAI 23209W540 BOMBAY 2325WY654 BAHRAIN 2330LH618 FRANKFURT/ABU DHABI 2330WY612 DUBAI 2335WY636 ABU DHABI 2350WY696 DAMMAM 2350WY928 SALALAH 2350WY910 SALALAH 2355WY717 ZANZIBAR/DARESSLAM 2355

SUNDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA

WY406 CAIRO 0005WY682 RIYADH 0005WY676 JEDDAH 0005WY648 KUWAIT 0010WY916 SALALAH 01054H585 DACCA 0115NL669 SIALKOT 0200TK776 ISTANBUL/BAHRAIN 0300QR1132 DOHA 0345ET624 ADDIS ABABA 0350EK866 DUBAI 0355EY384 ABU DHABI 0405GF560 BAHRAIN 0405FZ041 DUBAI 04154H586 DOHA 0600WY902 SALALAH 0630WY638 ABU DHABI 0650WY658 BAHRAIN 0700WY686 RIYADH 0700WY324 KARACHI 0700WY668 DOHA 0710WY674 JEDDAH 0730WY672 MEDINA 0745WY602 DUBAI 0805WY202 BOMBAY 0815WY102 LONDON-HEATHROW 0820WY422 BEIRUT 0830FZ043 DUBAI 0850NL768 LAHORE 0900G9114 SHARJAH 0915WY236 HYDERABAD 0920WY226 COCHIN 0930WY242 DELHI 0935WY252 MADRAS 0940EK862 DUBAI 0940WY212 TRIVANDRUM 0940QR1128 DOHA 1010EY382 ABU DHABI 1015IX549 TRIVANDRUM 10209W530 TRIVANDRUM 1035WY282 BANGALORE 1100WY342 LAHORE 1100WY272 JAIPUR 1100WY604 DUBAI 1110WY346 ISLAM ABBAD 1110G9841 RAS AL KHAIMA 1120PK223 PESHAWAR 1120WY372 COLOMBO 1140IX337 CALICUT 1155FZ037 DUBAI 1200WY384 MALE 1205WY332 KATHMANDU 1210WY904 SALALAH 1215WY3302 MUKHAIZNA 1230WY826 KUALA LUMPUR 1230WY818 BANGKOK 1235WY606 DUBAI 1330WY918 KHASAB 1440WY906 SALALAH 1445WY656 BAHRAIN 1530WY632 ABU DHABI 1535FZ045 DUBAI 1555WY664 DOHA 1625WY204 BOMBAY 1710WY292 CALICUT 1720WY3304 MUKHAIZNA 1730WY610 DUBAI 1730WY246 DELHI 1730WY264 LUCKNOW 1735WY232 HYDERABAD 1740QR1126 DOHA 1745EK864 DUBAI 1800GF564 BAHRAIN 1810WY646 KUWAIT 1900WY3922 DUQUM OMAN 1900G9116 SHARJAH 1915WY254 MADRAS 1920RG125 BATEEN AIRPORT OF AUH 1930TG507 BANGKOK/KARACHI 1935FZ047 DUBAI 1945WY914 SALALAH 1950WY434 TEHRAN 2000WY614 DUBAI 2030KL441 AMSTERDAM/DOHA 2120WY312 CHITTAGONG 2125AI973 DELHI 2125WY624 DUBAI 21256.00E+81 BOMBAY 21309W534 COCHIN 2140AI907 MADRAS 2200QR1134 DOHA 2210UL205 COLOMBO 2225WY338 KATHMANDU 2235GF566 BAHRAIN 2240EY388 ABU DHABI 2250BA073 LONDON-HEATHROW/ABU DHABI 2255AI985 AHMEDABAD/BOMBAY 2310WY662 DOHA 2315LX242 ZURICH/DUBAI 23209W540 BOMBAY 2325LH618 FRANKFURT/ABU DHABI 2330WY654 BAHRAIN 2330WY612 DUBAI 2335WY696 DAMMAM 2350WY910 SALALAH 2355WY717 ZANZIBAR/DARESSLAM 2355

FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD AI986 BOMBAY 0005LX243 DUBAI/ZURICH 0020BA072 ABU DHABI/LONDON- HEATHROW 00259W539 BOMBAY 0025SG062 AHMEDABAD 0030LH619 ABU DHABI/FRANKFURT 0050WY811 BANGKOK 0105WY685 RIYADH 0105WY211 TRIVANDRUM 0110WY251 MADRAS 0110WY201 BOMBAY 0120WY225 COCHIN 0125WY235 HYDERABAD 0135WY601 DUBAI 0150WY345 ISLAM ABBAD 0150WY341 LAHORE 0150WY151 ZURICH/MALPENSA 0155WY241 DELHI 0155WY423 BEIRUT 0200WY281 BANGALORE 0200WY657 BAHRAIN 0205WY637 ABU DHABI 0205WY371 COLOMBO 0210WY123 MUNICH 0210WY323 KARACHI 0210WY115 FRANKFURT 0215WY133 PARIS 0215WY667 DOHA 02204H584 DACCA 0245TK775 ISTANBUL 0310PK226 KARACHI 0310ET625 ADDIS ABABA 0450EK867 DUBAI 0455FZ042 DUBAI 0510QR1133 DOHA 0520EY385 ABU DHABI 0525MS931 CAIRO 0530WY3301 MUKHAIZNA 0715WY3921 DUQUM OMAN 0720GF561 BAHRAIN 0745WY903 SALALAH 0800WY603 DUBAI 0800WY291 CALICUT 0920WY263 LUCKNOW 0920WY273 JAIPUR 0930FZ044 DUBAI 0935WY231 HYDERABAD 0955WY245 DELHI 0955G9115 SHARJAH 1005PK192 TURBAT/GWADUR 1015WY605 DUBAI 1030WY905 SALALAH 1030WY203 BOMBAY 1030WY311 CHITTAGONG 1040WY253 MADRAS 1040WY717 ZANZIBAR/DARESSLAM 1045EK863 DUBAI 1055EY383 ABU DHABI 1105WY655 BAHRAIN 1110IX554 TRIVANDRUM 1110IX442 COCHIN 1115WY3303 MUKHAIZNA 1115QR1129 DOHA 11159W533 COCHIN 1135WY917 KHASAB 1140WY331 KATHMANDU 1205WY631 ABU DHABI 1225IX350 CALICUT 1255PA451 LAHORE 1315WY101 LONDON-HEATHROW 1325WY663 DOHA 1330WY413 AMMAN 1330WY433 TEHRAN 1340BG024 CHITTAGONG 1415FZ048 DUBAI 1415WY927 SALALAH 1415WY609 DUBAI 1420WY405 CAIRO 1430NL668 SIALKOT 1430WY3305 MUKHAIZNA 1515IX818 MANGALORE 1530WY913 SALALAH 1545WY675 JEDDAH 1630SV533 RIYADH/JEDDAH 1650FZ046 DUBAI 1700WY613 DUBAI 1700MP95 DUBAI WORLD CENTRE/ SINGAPORE 1815WY623 DUBAI 1820QR1127 DOHA 1845WY681 RIYADH 1845WY907 SALALAH 1850GF565 BAHRAIN 1855WY647 KUWAIT 1900WY661 DOHA 1900WY695 DAMMAM 1910WY653 BAHRAIN 1910EK865 DUBAI 1915G9117 SHARJAH 2005RG126 BATEEN AIRPORT OF AUH 2015WY611 DUBAI 2025WY635 ABU DHABI 2030FZ048 DUBAI 2040WY915 SALALAH 2050WY909 SALALAH 2215WY817 BANGKOK 22359W529 TRIVANDRUM 22406.00E+82 BOMBAY 2245AI908 MADRAS 2300AI974 DELHI 2310QR1135 DOHA 2320GF567 BAHRAIN 2325UL206 COLOMBO 2335WY673 JEDDAH 2350EY381 ABU DHABI 2350WY901 SALALAH 2350

FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD AI986 BOMBAY 0005LX243 DUBAI/ZURICH 0020BA072 ABU DHABI/LONDON- HEATHROW 00259W539 BOMBAY 0025LH619 ABU DHABI/FRANKFURT 0050WY671 MEDINA 0105WY685 RIYADH 0105WY211 TRIVANDRUM 0110WY251 MADRAS 0110WY201 BOMBAY 0120WY225 COCHIN 0125WY235 HYDERABAD 0135WY341 LAHORE 0150WY345 ISLAM ABBAD 0150WY601 DUBAI 0150WY241 DELHI 0155WY281 BANGALORE 0200WY657 BAHRAIN 0205WY637 ABU DHABI 0205WY371 COLOMBO 0210WY323 KARACHI 0210WY667 DOHA 0220WY383 MALE 02354H585 DOHA 0245NL772 PESHAWAR 0330WY271 JAIPUR 0350TK777 BAHRAIN/ISTANBUL 0350ET625 ADDIS ABABA 0450EK867 DUBAI 0455FZ042 DUBAI 0510QR1133 DOHA 0520EY385 ABU DHABI 05254H586 DACCA 0700GF561 BAHRAIN 0745WY903 SALALAH 0800WY603 DUBAI 0800WY3301 MUKHAIZNA 0800WY291 CALICUT 0920WY263 LUCKNOW 0920FZ044 DUBAI 0935WY231 HYDERABAD 0955WY245 DELHI 0955G9115 SHARJAH 1005WY815 BANGKOK 1010WY605 DUBAI 1030NL769 LAHORE 1030WY905 SALALAH 1030WY203 BOMBAY 1030WY253 MADRAS 1040WY311 CHITTAGONG 1040WY717 ZANZIBAR/DARESSLAM 1045EK863 DUBAI 1055EY383 ABU DHABI 1105IX554 TRIVANDRUM 1110WY655 BAHRAIN 1110QR1129 DOHA 11159W533 COCHIN 1135WY917 KHASAB 1140G9842 RAS AL KHAIMA 1210WY663 DOHA 1210PK224 PESHAWAR 1220WY631 ABU DHABI 1225IX350 CALICUT 1255WY337 KATHMANDU 1310WY101 LONDON-HEATHROW 1325WY3303 MUKHAIZNA 1330WY645 KUWAIT 1340WY433 TEHRAN 1340WY113 FRANKFURT 1345WY141 MALPENSA 1400WY153 ZURICH 1405WY121 MUNICH 1415FZ048 DUBAI 1415WY609 DUBAI 1420WY131 PARIS 1420WY405 CAIRO 1430WY3921 DUQUM OMAN 1515WY913 SALALAH 1545WY675 JEDDAH 1630WY613 DUBAI 1700FZ046 DUBAI 1700WY413 AMMAN 1725WY623 DUBAI 1820WY681 RIYADH 1845QR1127 DOHA 1845GF565 BAHRAIN 1855WY647 KUWAIT 1900WY661 DOHA 1900WY695 DAMMAM 1910WY653 BAHRAIN 1910EK865 DUBAI 1915WY909 SALALAH 1940G9117 SHARJAH 2005RG126 BATEEN AIRPORT OF AUH 2015WY611 DUBAI 2025FZ048 DUBAI 2040TG508 KARACHI/BANGKOK 2040WY915 SALALAH 2050WY635 ABU DHABI 2050KL442 DOHA/AMSTERDAM 2230WY421 BEIRUT 22309W529 TRIVANDRUM 22406.00E+82 BOMBAY 2245WY411 AMMAN 2250AI908 MADRAS 2300AI974 DELHI 2310QR1135 DOHA 2320GF567 BAHRAIN 2325UL206 COLOMBO 2335WY673 JEDDAH 2350EY381 ABU DHABI 2350WY901 SALALAH 2350

A I R L I N E S

BORN today, you are something of an oddball, in that you don’t seem to fi t into any one group in the expected way. What is remarkable, however, is that despite this, you are able to mix with almost any group of people with ease. Your ability to communicate, listen and share with others is perhaps your greatest strength. You genuinely care about others, and though there may be some who cynically assert that this is motivated by self-interest, the fact is that they are merely jealous of you and your ability to reach out and make a diff erence in the lives of those around you.

You are full of good ideas, and you are always looking for ways to put those ideas into motion. You are never at a loss for words when you feel there is something important on the line; you will express yourself openly, honestly and eff ectively in order to make an impact, with the hope of inspiring those around you to action.

Also born on this date are: Jenny McCarthy, television personality; Lyle Lovett, singer-songwriter and musician; Robert Foxworth, actor; Stephen Crane, author; Toni Collette, actress.

You’ll be able to pick up the pace, but take care that you don’t leave teammates in the dust. You must work together!

VIRGO [AUG. 23-SEPT. 22]

LIBRA [SEPT. 23-OCT. 22] LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL[S[[[S[S[S[[S[SS[SSSS[S[[[[SSSSSSSSSS

SCORPIO [OCT. 23-NOV. 21] S[

SAGITTARIUS [NOV. 22-DEC. 21] S[[[[[[[[[[[[[[

AQUARIUS [JAN. 20-FEB. 18]

It’s important that you stay in touch with those who seem to be on the right track. You can use a little of their guidance at this time.

Someone who aff ects you in ways you do not entirely understand is likely to be more prominent today than in the recent past.

You may have a diff erence of opinion with someone in charge. Take care that you don’t try too hard to have the last word.

You’re eager to see your team gel a bit more, but you also understand that such things take time. Use the power of suggestion.

You may have fun experiencing something for the fi rst time. There is more than mere pleasure to be gained from this, of course.

You’ll want to look very carefully at what remains after something unexpected passes through. You can uncover some surprising evidence.

You’re eager to see your plans develop. You may receive information that you can put to good use immediately.

PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20]

You may feel as though you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, but that all depends on what you’re ready to do.

GEMINI [MAY 21-JUNE 20]

CANCER [JUNE 21-JULY 22]

LEO [JULY 23-AUG. 22]

CAPRICORN [DEC. 22-JAN 19]

Y O U R B I R T H D A Y

ARIES [March 21-APRIL 19]

TAURUS [APRIL 20-MAY 20]

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The time of day or night might become an important factor in determining when to take a prescription

drug according to a study showing that diff erent parts of the body become active at diff erent times on a 24-hour biological clock. Scientists have for the fi rst time mapped the daily and nightly pat-terns of gene activity in a dozen organs and tissues around the body and found wide unexpect-ed variations that could aff ect any drugs targeted at those parts of the body.

The liver has turned out to have the strongest 24-hour cycle, be-ing most active in the late even-ing just before midnight, while the genes of the adrenal glands have the highest activity in the early morning, just after 6am, the study found.

Although the research, pub-lished in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci-ences, was carried out on labora-

tory mice, the researchers believe the fi ndings are likely to be rele-vant to patients taking prescribed drugs targeting diff erent parts of the body.

The scientists found that the activity of about half of the genes of the mouse oscillated predict-ably over a 24-hour schedule. Meanwhile, most of the best-selling prescription drugs are designed to target the proteins controlled by these oscillating genes, and yet have only a rela-tively short life once inside the body, they said. While 43 per cent of genes were found to show a 24-hour rhythm, the scientists found 56 of 100 top-selling drugs and 119 out of 250 of the WHO’s “essential medicines” work on the products of these oscillating genes, the scientists said.

Taking a drug at a particular time of the day or night might therefore be critical because the medicine may have only a rela-tively limited time-span to overlap with the activity of a target organ,

said Professor John Hogenesch of the University of Pennsylvania.

“Most of these drug targets were not known to be clock-regulated. Because this isn’t appreciated, few of these drugs have been evalu-ated for time-of-day-dependent effi cacy, metabolism or toxicity,” Professor Hogenesch said.

The study analysed the produc-tion of a biological molecule called “messenger RNA” which is in-volved in protein synthesis based on the genetic code of the genes. By measuring mRNA levels, the scientists were able to judge gene activity in each of 12 diff erent sites in the body.

“The genome is under much more clock control than we once thought. Since only a few organs were studied previously, we were only looking under the lamppost. Now we have the most compre-hensive survey to date,” said Mi-chael Hughes, a member of the research team, now at the Univer-sity of Missouri, St Louis.— Steve Connor/The Independent

New study suggests diff erent drugs work at diff erent times on our body clocks

‘Take your medicine at the right time of day’

Playing alcoholic was a bit diff erent: Akshay Kumar

SUPERSTAR Akshay Kumar, who is doing a cameo in his upcoming production venture The Shaukeens, says he found it very diff erent to play an al-coholic in the comedy drama. The 47-year-old actor said he is a teetotaller in real life. “I am playing an alcoholic in the fi lm. It was a very diff erent shade to pull off . In the fi lm, I am play-ing an angry man too. So, these are various shades which have been put in my character and

I am not really of that kind in real life,” Akshay said during the promotion of the fi lm. In the fi lm, Akshay is teaming up with Anupam Kher, with whom he is also shooting Neeraj Pandey’s movie Baby. “I never face any problem when shoot-ing with Anupam Kher. There is always a positive environ-ment when he is on the sets. We did many fi lms together. I did my fi rst fi lm with him. In the middle there was no as-sociation between him and me. But now we are again doing many fi lms together. I really enjoy working with him. We do loads of fun when we work together,” Akshay said. Asked about the dialogue where Akshay says he still has not won any national award, the Holiday: A Soldier is Never off Duty star said, “It’s just a dialogue in the fi lm and please don’t take it seriously... I don’t mind if I don’t get a national award in the future.” The actor-producer said he has only borrowed the concept from the 1982 Basu Chatterjee movie and put it in a contemporary setting.

Read reviews only if they are funny, says SRK

BOLLYWOOD superstar Shah Rukh Khan has confessed he stays away from reading fi lm reviews and catches them only if they are funny. “I don’t read reviews (not taking away from the importance of reviews),” SRK told mediapersons. “I have a sense of humour and most of the time my sense of humour is about how I can make fun of myself, about 70 per cent of the time, and 30 per cent of the time it is about making fun of others. But they take it very, very, seri-ously so I stopped doing it,” he added. SRK was in Kolkata to

celebrate the success of his latest release Happy New Year. “So, I do it just about myself and if it’s a review I try and catch it only if it’s funny. If it’s serious about how fi lmmaking should be, I am really serious about fi lmmaking, so I don’t really want to get into that,” he said. The Farah Khan-directed Happy New Year, which released on October 24, is yielding profi ts at the box offi ce — it crossed Rs100 crore in the opening weekend itself. Produced by Shah Rukh’s Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd (RCE), the fi lm raked in Rs.108.86 crore.

Bipasha loving sun-soaked holiday in Thailand BIPASHA BASU is loving every bit of soaking in the sun on the sands of Koh Samui in Thailand. “Burnt crisp in the #kohsamui sun! Love the sun sea sand! Love to tan:) Blisssssss,” Bipasha posted on Twitter yesterday. The actress is in a complete holiday mood — or so it seems from her re-laxed photographs with her “soul sister” Deanne Panday, a celebrity trainer.

Rishi Kapoor out of hospitalVETERAN ACTOR Rishi Kapoor has been discharged from the hospital where he was admitted after suff ering from malaria, said a source. The 62-year-old was hospitalised on Wednesday at the Lilavati hospital, and he was discharged on Thursday night.” Rishi Kapoor is absolutely fi ne now and he got discharged last night (Thursday night),” a source close to the family said. The actor of Bobby and Karz fame, was re-cently seen in Do Dooni Chaar and Student of the Year. —Agencies

BR I E FS

Most of these drug

targets were not known

to be clock-regulated.

Because this isn’t

appreciated, few of these

drugs have been evaluated

for time-of-day-dependent

efficacy, metabolism

or toxicity

Professor John HogeneschUniversity of Pennsylvania

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DAILY GUIDEEmail: [email protected] classifi [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461

FOR RENT

3 BHK fl at available for rent in

Al Hail North. Rent R.O 280/-

Contact – 97661432

1 Room with attach toilet.

Rent R.O 130/- in Al Hail North.

Contact – 97661432

2 Rooms, 1 hall, 1 kitchen & 1 toilet

fl at available for rent in Al Khoud.

Rent RO.250/- Contact – 97661432

For rent apartments: An apartment

in old Muscat at Oman Arab Bank’s

building. 3 bedrooms + 3 bathrooms,

dining room, living room and a

kitchen. Air conditioned apartments.

2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms, living

room, dining room area and kitchen

in an excellent location in

Al Khuwair opposite the court of fi rst

instance. For further information

call 97072976

Industrial land in Al Rusayl 1000 m

squared. For further information

call 97072976

2BHK Flat at Old Muscat. Contact: 91393005

Indian School Muscat, 3 minutes

by walk, very spacious 1 BHK fl at, 2

bathrooms, brand new well main-

tained building, ground fl oor OMR

275/- per month. Contact 99310180

Shop for rent in Ruwi near Bank

Sohar. Contact- 97452727 /

99358615

Room for rent near Al Falaj Hotel /

Ruwi Church, single room with A/C

with balcony. Contact 96917382

Fully furnished luxury 2 bedroom

fl at for rent at Ghala for long term or

short term basis. Contact 91786526

Available for rent – Labor camp in

Barka for 300 workers along with

provisions : Catering, Dining Hall.

Also available open lands for

rental in same place. Contact

24564460 / 61, GSM: 99430943

Email : [email protected]

2 bedrooms fl at for rent at Mumtaz

Area near Al Burj Hotel. Contact

99104418, 99345914, 99884924

Deluxe one, two, three bedroom fl ats

in Wadi Kabir, Ruwi, Darsait, Wat-

tayah with immediate possession.

Contact 24707340 / 99472457

1 BHK for commercial MBD RO

280/-. Contact 92144045

2 BHK without A/C RO 300/-.

Contact 92144045

1 BHK Mumtaz Area RO 250/-.

Contact 92144045

2 BHK without A/C Wadi Kabir.

Contact 92144045

1 BHK without A/C Darsait.

Contact 92144045

1 BHK near ISD Darsait.

Contact 92144045

1,2,3 BHK fl ats & villas.

Contact 92144045

Spacious 2 BR fl at in MBD.

Contact 99713489

Flats, Amerat Souk. Contact

99647903 / 98026234

C2 S AT U R D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 , 2 0 1 4

Room for rent at Athaiba for single

male/ lady OMR 125/- E&W shared

B/K. Contact 92162032

Small offi ce for rent in Azaiba North.

Contact 92294409

Villas / fl ats / store / labor /

accommodation. Contact 99776071 /

99057348

2 BHK fl at in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99792181

Studio fl at for rent in Ruwi.

Contact 99792181

2 BHK fl at in Mumtaz area.

Contact 99792181

Labour camp for rent in Wadi Kabir

(50 to 60 people can stay).

Contact 99792181

100 +140+180+200 sq mtrs offi ce

space in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99792181

1 bedroom and 2 bedrooms fl at

available for rent at Ghubrah, close to

Grand Mall, near Atlas Hospital next

to Diwan’s Offi ce. Contact 24562526,

99833747

Offi ce/Store space for rent at Ruwi

near OC Centre. Contact 92924000

Flat for rent 2 BHK fl at with 3 toilets

near Muscat Bakery, Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99885169, 99897223

New fl at in Hamriya, 3 rooms, 2

bathrooms and kitchen with split AC

RO 240. Contact 99639909

Room for rent in Ruwi.

Contact 95372192

Beautiful villa for rent next to post

offi ce in Al Qurum, 5 bedrooms, hall

and kitchen. Contact 99311454

Warehouse for rent 200 SQM at

Ghala near Bridgestone, Ghala.

Contact 99349311

Industrial land for rent available at

November 2014, Ghala Area 3.500

SQM way #5251 next to Naseem

Workshop opposite Rimsigns Indus-

try LLC Ghala. Contact 99349311

Single & 3 bedroom fl ats behind

German Embassy near to Al Nahdha

Hospital. Contact 99203954

Shops available for rent in Honda

road and Ruwi. Contact 24833972

OR GSM 99367448

2 BHK beautiful fl at with split AC

available for rent at Qurum near PDO

Gate No-2. Contact 94057023

Excellent fl at for rent in Ruwi,

Mumtaz Area and Al-Hail South.

Contact 98051159

Flat for rent in al Amerat.

Contact 99209264

Flat in Bousher with 3 rooms, living

room RO 400 net, house in Sadab

with 3 room living room

RO 250. Contact 99131232

1,2,3 BHK Flats & Villas.

Contact 97799175

Villas for rent. Contact 97799175

1 BHK near Oman House, Muttrah.

Contact 99233116

Offi ce/shops near Oman House,

Muttrah. Contact 99233116

2 BHK pent house R. 360, 2 BHK

RO.340, 1BHK RO.250/- Bldg #1619

way# 1322 adjacent to Indian

Nursary Darsait.

Contact – 99476728 / 99831047

Flats & shops for rent in Al Amerat.

Flats only for family 3 rooms,

3 attach bathrooms & 1 kitchen.

Flat RO.230/- & shop RO.150/-.

Contact – 98046005

Store in Ghala, behind Komatsu.

Contact 99414644

BHK, 2 BHK fl at for rent near ISM

Darsait. Contact 95158570

5 bedrooms villa with 2 halls, 4

bathrooms in Darsait near Khimjis

Mart. Contact 24700120, 92584715

Showroom in Washal Area near

Oman House Area 225 SQM, Rent

RO 3 per meter. Contact 95501858

Bachelor villa at Al Ansab.

Contact 98458542

5 bedrooms villa, 2 halls, 4 bath-

rooms in Darsait, behind Khimjis

Mart. Contact 24700120 / 92584715

2 B/R Fully Furnished Executive

Apartment @Azaiba Near Zubair

Showroom. 2 B/ R Fully Furnished

Executive Apartment @ Al Khuwair

33 Near Zhaker Mall. 5 B/R Luxury

Fully Furnished villa at Azaiba with

servants quarter. Contact: Atlas Real

Estate & Rent A Car LLC : 99249069

/ 92888376/ 93201688,

Email: [email protected]

2 BHK, 2 Bath, Split A/C,

Wadikhabeer, Near Indian elementry

school. Way 6926, building 1733.

99441193, 93004802.

Commercial villa for rent in Sarooj

next to Thailand Embassy

Contact :96969824

2 bedrooms fl at in Muttrah,

Corniche. Contact 99414644

5 Bedroom Villas at Al Ansab

(Near express highway).

Contact 99199365

Large fl at of 2 bedrooms, hall & 3

bathrooms with split A/C’s in Al

Ghobra North 18 Nov Street RO.360.

Contact - 93191111

Rooms available near Qurum Park

with separate bathroom for

family and bachelor.

Contact 99664703

For rent fl at and showroom,

Al Azaiba, Ghala, Ghubrah, al

Khuwair-33 and Mabelah. Contact

93651633, 24485240, 24485241

We have 1 BHK Ghubrah, 2 BHK

Ruwi, Mumtaz, Rex Road and Darsait,

2 BHK in Ghala, 1 BHK in Ghala,

2 BHK full furnished fl at in Ghala,

1 BHK & 2 BHK offi ces in Ghala and

full furnished offi ces in Ghala, 20

SQM, 25 SQM, 5 BHK villa in Ghub-

rah, 2 BHK fl at in Qurum.

Contact 93782735 / 99208033

7 Bedrooms Commercial Villa is

available for lease at Al Ghobrah

North, Way No. 3234 H. No. 2189.Built

up area 530 sq.meters,. Additional

contents three sitting halls and

6 toilets. Contact 99411607

New 1 and 2 B/R near Bank Muscat,

Bausher directly from owner.

Contact 92158031

Café Shop for Rent at Ghubrah North.

Contact 99359755

3 BHK fl at available for rent in

Al Hail (North), rent RO 280/-.

Contact 97661432

2 rooms, 1 hall, 1 kitchen, 1 toilet fl at

available for rent in Al Khoudh, rent

RO 250/-. Contact 97661432

1 BHK fl at in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99277787

8 Rooms villa in Al Khuwair for rent

opp. Rawasco, way 4104, villa 341.

Contact - 99361589

1 BHK Flat in Ghobra. Contact

99792181

For rent Flat 2 bedroom attach bath-

room opp Ruwi police station Ruwi.

Contact 99311209/ 99013580

Building with four fl ats near Pizza

Hut Mawaleh. Contact 99044164

5 Rooms, main living room +

Women living room+2 halls, 6 toilets,

kitchen in Azaiba near Al Fair

800 RO. Contact 99888873

1,000 sq mtrs industrial land in Mis-

fah Industrial area near to Khanco.

OMR 1,500 Monthly. Electricity and

Boundary wall will be provided. Tel:

99333479 or 95215360

Land and Shops in Rusayl.

Contact 99323957, 95490842,

fax : 24452534

Flat for rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99383569

Flat for rent opposite Gharnata

Shoes, Ruwi. Contact 99358331,

99218484

Flat one bedroom in Wadi Kabir

with split AC. Contact 99313274

I BHK Flat Wadi Kabir. RO 180/-.

Contact 99376454

Flat for rent in Ruwi, Mumtaz Area

and Al-Hail South.

Contact 91409778

Villa for rent in Muscat 6 rooms.

Contact 96116767

Furnished / unfurnished apartments

available for rent on long term /short

term basis, near Vacha’s hypermar-

ket in Ghala. Contact : 97677211

1 BHK fl at in Wadi Kabir. RO 215/-.

Contact 99358589

2 BHK fl at - near Kuwaiti Mosque,

Wadi Kabir. Contact 24816774 /

97608564

Small house for rent at Ghubrah.

Contact 95032152

For rent one room with kitchen, bath,

small hall in Sidab.

Contact 93233440

DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 , 2 0 1 4 C3

6 Seater sofa set & dining table with

6 chairs, good condition. Contact

99327247

For Sale Well running Pharmacy at

primelocation. 93240949

New Villas in (Al Ghobra/

Al Khoudh / Al Mabella).

Contact 24505072/ 91155779

Fax 24507045

Building Material Shop for sale

in Mabela. Contact 95094141,

95099335

Parlor for sale in Ruwi near Honda

Road. Contact 97452727 / 99358615

Running studio for sale at Amerat

Souq. Contact 97621737

Running restaurant with all ameni-

ties for sale. For further information

contact: [email protected]

Shop for sale in Al Hail North main

road near Bank Muscat ATM. Serious

buyers only. Contact 96435935

23,886 Sq Mtrs Agriculture land

with water well in Al Salwa, Barka.

OMR 260 Thousand. Tel: 99333479

or 95215360

Leather sofa for sale, brand new

unused black color. 3+2+1+1.

Contact- 99349311

Villa in Mawaleh for sale town

house style near Sahwa roundabout

taamer road. Contact :96969824

Shop for sale behind ROP building.

Honda Road, Ruwi.

Contact 92130636

Electrical & Building Material Shop

in Muscat for sale.

Contact 95330905

For sale 8000 GLO Water Tanker

new. Contact 92906773

Lady Beauty saloon. Contact

97786792, 96644372

Shop for sale in Seeb near Bank

Muscat. Contact 99828343

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

BUYING/SELLING

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

Restaurant in a running and excellent

condition, ample parking space with a

capacity of 55 seating and a party hall

for sale. Contact - 99343735

We are dealing with sale of all beauty

salon equipments, furnitures & cos-

metics. # 942 888 61 / 942 888 63

Furnished room near Manam

Apartments executive bachelor/

working lady RO 140/-. Wattaya.

Furnished room for small family or

executive bachelor one/two Indian,

Sri Lankan at Darsait.

Contact 99454129

1 BR accommodation available at

Rex Road, suitable for bachelors.

Contact 99889590

Furnished room available for

Executive bachelor in Ruwi area.

Contact 99054542

Sharing fl at with A/C,

Al Wadi Kabir. Contact 95470129

Furnished room for Indian Bachelor

in Al Falaj/Ruwi & for lady in Wadi

Kabir Al Maya-RO 130/-.

Contact 96202458

Big room with attached bath near

Mabela Souq for working lady or sin-

gle couple.R.O. 110 –call 95208305

Sharing accommodation for a fam-

ily in W/K. contact 97167857

Room available for Executive

bachelor in Ruwi near Honda Road.

Contact 92241735

Sharing accommodation available

for family big room, hall & separate

toilet at Mumtaz, Ruwi.

Contact 97612335

Single room available for exclu-

sive bachelors in Azaiba villa

and complete ground fl oor with

Kitchen facility bedroom and

Hall in Darsait. Contact details –

98048207,99261773

Semi furnished room with Separate

T&B Split AC Wifi pref Filipino or non

cooking bachelor lady in Boushar

near Rehab Hotel RO.145/mo incl

W&E. Contact 99058225

Sharing accommodation available

bedroom, bathroom & sharing kitchen

for small family near Indian School

Wadi Kabir. Contact 99209727,

Sharing one big room with AC and

bathroom, kitchen sharing for lady or

single person near OC Centre, Ruwi

RO 130 Rials. Contact 99410160

Sharing room with AC available.

Contact 95470129

Looking for purchase of Used Portable Compressor (350 CFM,

7 Bar Pressure) powered with Diesel

run Generator. Kindly contact :

99014686 or

[email protected]

ACC. WANTED

FOR RENT

Sharing accomodation required

for a non- cooking executive lady.

Contact - 99360615

Vegetable shop for sale in Wadi

kabir, Cont : 92786449

Flats For Sale in Boushar: OMR 35

Thousand 1 bedroom. OMR 45 Thou-

sand 2 bedroom. Monthly income

1 bedroom OMR 270 and 2 bedroom

OMR 350.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

Restaurant for sale. Contact

95901870

If you have any properties /

Inquiries. Contact us

[email protected] .

Tel 24505072/ 91155779

Fax 24507045

Logistic Company with new equip-

ments, contracts sale. Contact

99438523 / 94252527

AVAILABLE

Established Restaurant for rent

with sponsorship.

Contact 97628242

Party & Wedding equipment rent-

als. Full line, from Tables, Linen

& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,

Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chaf-

ing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to Large

Sound Systems and spectacular

lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222 for

Catering and

Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound &

Light. www.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: [email protected]

Executive bachleor accomodation

available at north al hail. Near wave.

Contact : 91325959

1 room with attach toilet

rent RO 120/- at Al Hail North.

Contact 97661432

Big room, bathroom, kitchen near

Riyam Park, Muscat. RO 110.

Contact 95094028

Independent rooms in Qurum /

Hail. Contact 95529970

Fully furnished bathroom attached

room in Darsait, sharing kitchen

RO 170/-. Contact 94052928

Furnished single room with

bathroom, Al Khuwair area only for

ladies. Contact 96059431

1 BR accommodation available

at Rex road, suitable for bachelors.

Contact 99889590

NRI

Looking for an experienced A/R

conditioner and deep freezer Tech-

nician to independently handle

a running refrigeration service

center in Kannur Kerala. Attractive

terms off ered. Please send CV to

vfi [email protected]

For Astrological consultation, Jathakam. Contact 99860435 /

97102599

2 BHK with A/Cs Mutrah behind

Oman house. Contact 99896838

1 BHK fl at near Star Cinema, Ruwi.

RO 240/-. Contact 97079146 /

95570288

Flats in Darsait, 2 and 3 rooms,

price RO 250, RO 300.

Contact 99357586, 97500025,

97884787

Small offi ce for rent in Azaiba

North. Contact 92294409

3 BHK Flat Ghubra close to ISG Way

4041, Building 4390.

Contact 99319880

3 rooms, 3 bath & Kitchen Oman

House Muttrah.

Contact 99319149

Flats, shops basements, location,

Ruwi MBD area, Honda road, Qurum.

Contact 96942749 / 97293708

Big Villa at Bowshar 8 rooms,

8 bathrooms, kitchen, maid room &

Majlis. Contact 91183117

M.V. FOR SALE

2007 Mitsubishi Lancer 1.3 ltr Manual, 1, 94,000 km expat driven.

Contact 92678975

Expat driven single user Honda

CRV 2009 model. 100,000 km.

Contact 95392848

For sale – Camry 2011, Mazda 6

2006, Lancer 2010, Civic 1996.

Contact 96408433/ 93806625

Lexus GS300, 2006. #93218349

Toyota Yaris auto 2009, 142 k,

RO 2,500. Contact 93289652

PROTON GEN 2 FOR SALE: Manual

Gear. Good condition. Single owner.

Silver colour. 1st registered August

2009. Full insurance till August

2015. Price OMR 1,680.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

M.V.WANTED

Required Nissan Tida / Toyota yaris

/ Suzuki swift / hyundai hatchback

car in good condition.

Contact : 95405033

MATRIMONIAL

LOST

Indian Doctor, Businessman look-

ing for working lady in Oman for

marriage, any nationality,

Muslim preference self.

Contact 96290792

Keralite Hindu Nair, Male 33 yrs

divorcee 6.1, working in Ministry

as Administrator seeks suitable

alliance. Please send details on

[email protected].

Contact 93139524

Mangalore Sunni Muslim, seek-

ing suitable bride (preferably from

Dakshina Kannada) for their son

working as Logistics Manager.

Contact 92198085

Hussnaath Ahmed Ahmed Sulthan

has lost Pakistani

Passport No. P21156462.

Finder please report to ROP

DAILY GUIDEC4 S AT U R D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 , 2 0 1 4

DAILY GUIDE

DOMESTIC HELP

DOMESTIC HELP

DRIVER

EDUCATION

SKILLED / UN SKILLED

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT

MEDICAL

MEDICAL

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED


SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

Housemaid for Indian family in

Al-Khuwair. Off er Salary, Visa,

Accommodation, Food, ticket.

Call 99316937.

Required a cook. Contact 99209264

ADMIN/HR

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

DRAUGHTSMAN

DESIGNER

DRIVER

Email: [email protected] classifi [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461

ENGINEERS/TECH..

Light driver. Contact 98537756

Light driver looking for job.

Contact 93181200

Pakistani male having 2 yrs exp in

light vehicle driving, knows English

& Arabic also looking for job.

Contact 92399605 / 95168660


Contact 92014540

Bangladeshi male, Light Driver

experience 12 yrs looking for job in

any Company any Offi ce.

Contact 99165961

Light driver seeking job with visa,

10 yrs experience has Dubai License

until 2019, 32 yrs old Bangladeshi.

Contact 93977320

Indian light driver having good

experience wanted urgently job.

known language - English, Hindi &

Arabic. Contact 97366822


Contact 94216536

Driver require job with visa.

Contact 92073175 / 95803184

2 yrs experience. Release available

& seeking job in any company for

light driver. Contact 93966254 /

95151738

Bangladeshi male having 2 yrs exp

in Light Vehicle Driving.

Contact 98487511

5 Years exp light driver. Contact – 95884504

Sri Lankan driver looking for job.

Contact - 97387112

Coordinator for Transport/ Heavy

Equipment Company and Light Driver salary RO 175 + Accommoda-

tion. Contact 99454425

Required Indian driver. Contact 99209264

Wanted driver. Contact 97469823

Risk & Compliance Manager with

10 years experience in International

Bank, currently in Muscat looking for

suitable opportunity.

Contact 91252808.


Sr. Accountant M.Com (Finance),

14 years experience (1 year in Oman)

in fi nance & Accts. NOC available im-

mediate joining. Contact 92404608.

Email : jin_75@rediff mail.com

Indian Male: B.COM, 4 years experi-

ence in Accounts, in Manufactur-

ing Co Oman, Working Knowledge

With Tally ERP- With Oman valid

D/L,Presently working in Muscat

NOC Available Looking for Suitable

position in Reputed Company,

Contact; 95745287 and Email:

raiforeveryone@rediff mail.com

Indian Male, 24 MBA Finance,

1+ years experiences in US Health

Care in Accounts looking for a

suitable job. Contact 92239445

Indian Female 29 Yrs, B-Com Gradu-

ate with Basic Computer Knowledge

and Tally, having 6 yrs experience in

accounting seeking for the placement

in Account Assistant, currently on

visit visa in Oman Contact: 95478149


Chartered Accountant Indian

(Female) having valid Omani DL and

work experience of 1 year in a Big

4 Audit fi rm (India) seeks suitable

placement. GSM: 99484368

Sr. Accountant, Indian Male, 35

yrs, B.Com, PGDCA, having 13 yrs

experience in Accounts/Finance up to

fi nalization. 8 yrs in Oman.

Contact 95593273

Indian Female, MBA, Finance,

1 year 6 months experience in Oman

seeking suitable placement.

Contact 97349904.


Looking senior positions for a Char-

tered Accountant (CA) with 12 years

post qualifi cation experience, now

working as head of fi nance at a lead-

ing construction company in Muscat.

Contact:97916442

Indian male, 30 yrs MBA Finance, 5

yrs experience in Accounts, fi nance

and Insurance, well versed in ERP

Tally 9, MS Offi ce, valid Oman D/L.

NOC available. Contact 97366016

ACCA Member, currently working in

UAE as a Senior Accountant seeking a

job in Oman (Pakistani Male).

Contact for details CV 94066698

Female, Indian having 2 years

experience in Muscat, currently on

visit visa seeks suitable placement.

Qualifi cation : B.Com MBA (Finance).

Contact 95742787

Financial Manager, Egyptian, experi-

ence 10+ years. Contact 91676723

28 yrs, female, B. Com, 6.5 years ex-

perience in client servicing in Indian

markets for wealth management,

fi nancial products & Banking domain

knowledge. Excellent communication

skills, seeks immediate placement,

family visa. Contact : 91242128.

B.Com, 16 years experience in Stores,

accounts and procurement seeks

suitable position. Local release

available (NOC). Contact 98606546 /

91680124

Chief Accountant with 20 years

experience in reputed companies

looking for suitable placement.

Contact 97385562

MBA (UK) B.Sc (Hons), 24 yrs male

professional with ACCA background

and Masters in International Busi-

ness Management from UK is cur-

rently seeking employment

on immediate basis.

Contact - +968-97941288,

email : [email protected]

Indian male, 39 years B.Com Gradu-

ate, 10 years experience in Accounts

fi eld looking for a job currently on

visiting visa. Contact 98510225 /

99165117

Chartered Accountant with 10 yrs

of Gulf & MNC experience, in depth

knowledge in Financial statements

including consolidation, treasury,

MIS, AR/AP, Insurance, Taxation,

Payroll etc looking for Senior posi-

tion in fi nance, NOC available.

Email : [email protected].

Contact : 96293649

SALES / MARKETING

Urgently required marketing person with minimum 4-5 years ex-

perience with good communication

skills and driving license (optional)

to work part time.

Fax – 24564459,

email: [email protected]

Wanted Marketing and Lawyer. Email : fmlawoffi [email protected]

Reputed building material company looking for outdoorSales executive having valid Omani

driving license with more than 2

years local sales experience in tiles/

sanitary ware.

Please fax your CV to 24798709 /

Email – [email protected]

Requirement: Sales Executive (Building materials/ lightings).

Experience: Candidate having mini-

mum 5 years experience of selling

building materials in Oman. Driving

License: Must Mail your CV to:

[email protected]

We are looking for a Site Supervi-sor Engineer (Civil) for Consultancy

Offi ce in Muscat. Minimum 2 years

experience and driving license.

Fax: 24536311

An established Construction Company requires the following

professional: 1-Graduate Civil Engi-neer, 5 years’ local exposers, 2-Civil Engineer (Diploma), 7 years’ local

exposers. Confi dent candidates with

relevant experience may forward the

CV’s through fax: 2200911, 99703972

Email: [email protected],

Grade 1 Construction Company re-quired Civil Quantity Surveyor – 1

No with 10 years of local experience.


Wanted civil Engineer, Civil Fore-man, Blocks and Tile Masons, Shut-tering Carpenter, Email :

[email protected]

5 years experience with Diploma Civil required urgently for an

excellent grade company. Email :

[email protected]

Required Civil Engineer (Diploma) with Oman experience

and NOC. Email –

[email protected]

Civil Engineer with 3 yrs Gulf expe-

rience with Driving License. Send CV

by mail to : [email protected].

Contact 98015925, 95049910

An Electrical Engineering and Con-

sulting Services Company is looking

for a Dynamic Marketing person; with strong valid contacts in GCC.

Must posses 3-4 years of experi-

ence in the relevant fi eld. Send your

updated resume with latest

passport sized picture at

[email protected]

Fire and Safety Company required

certifi ed, 1. Electrician for fi re con-

trol panel and fi re fi ghting system. 2.Pipe fi tter for fi re fi ghting system

and gas installation. Oman experi-

ence with NOC and Driving license

preferable. Send CV with expected

salary to [email protected]

Required mobile technician for Samsung, Iphone and other

Smartphones. Contact 97613774

Required for a reputed Medical

Center in Al Khuwair: 1-GP Doctor with MOH license, 2-Neurolab Technician, 3-X-Ray Technician. Please send CV to

[email protected]

Urgently required Lab Techni-cian either Locum (3 months) or

permanent for a hospital in Muscat.

wanted the following : Gynecologist

(female), Embryologist (Muslim),

Nephrologists, Nursing Superin-

tendant (female), Nurse (female with

MOH license), Dialysis Nurses,

all other medical specialist /

consultants. Email CV :

[email protected]

Required General Physician, Gynecologist, Lab Technician, Pharmacist, Staff Nurses. Contact 96064925.


Dentist male & female with MOH

License for a polyclinic near Sohar.

Excellent salary, accommodation

and commission.

Contact 99006915,

email : [email protected]

Indian Male, 36 yrs available on

visit visa, 14 yrs experience seeking

suitable placement in games devel-

opment / graphics industry.

Contact 98454245

AUTOCAD DESINGER, 3D, 3DMAX,

REVIT, PHOTOSHOP PH : 93837973

B.Tech, AutoCAD, Indian Electrical 4

yrs experience in designing, drawing,

testing commesioning of transform-

ers D.G. Sets HT Panels, LT Panels,

LT and HT, cable laying looking

immediate placements.

Contact- 94516624.


Urgently required Tile Masons for

an excellent grade company.

Contact 99882565

Required Tailor. Contact 95204145

Electrical cum plumbing foreman capable of handling site by himself.

Free food and accommodation

salary negotiable.

Contact – 24811425 / 99410979

Experienced in fi eld operation – in-

ventory controlling safety & admin-

istration. Holding IOSH & OSHA with

D/L. Contact – 91710274

Indian Female MCA (Computer

Science) looking for placement in

Admin/Purchase/Sales Coordina-

tor/Offi ce, currently on family visa.

Contact 95462266.


HR & Admin Assistant, 26 yrs

Indian Male having 6Years of experi-

ence looking for suitable position.

Contact No: +968-93264616

Indian female MBA, HR 1 year

experience in India seeking suitable

opportunity. Contact 99889718

Indian male MBA 32 yrs having 10

yrs of exp seeking suitable place-

ment in Admin/ HR/ Operations/

Coordination/ Logistics etc. Holding

valid Oman D/L Contact - 99054786

Indian male, MBA 23 years having

1 year of exp seeking suitable place-

ment in Admin/ HR/ Marketing/

Coordinator/ Logistic etc.

Contact 97014369.


MBA, 30 yrs male, Indian fresher

seeks suitable post in HR, Supervi-

sor, Admin. Contact 96329315

Male, 27 years with MBA in HR/

MKT having 2 years exp in respec-

tive fi eld looking for suitable

placement in leading organization.

Contact 91705051

Indian female, 25 yrs, HR, MBA,

Marketing having 2 yrs experience,

residing in Wadi Kabir. Contact

91208916

Experience PRO Oman Male, 36

Yrs, 16 yrs experience in PRO/ HR &

Administration, Prefect English lan-

guage speaking & writing with D/L,

Seeks suitable placement, Can join

immediate. Contact 91221773

Omani female with 9 yrs exp look-

ing for PRO job with Oman D/L.

Contact 97917333

Required Teachers for English,

Physics & Art. Only eligible candi-

date with the required experience

and qualifi cation may apply within

a week’s time at

[email protected]

Urgently required - For a reputed

British English Training Insti-

tute - English Teachers - 02 nos - Candidate should be qualifi ed in

respective fi eld and have experi-

ence min 5 years in TEFL courses

and preparation of certifi cations

like CELTA, TOEFL and IELTS etc.

Interested candidates may send CV

to [email protected]

MISCELLANEOUS

Experienced Salesman with 5 years

experience vehicle looking for job.

Contact 93079087

Indian male with over 19 years of

qualitative experience in Automo-

bile fi eld, expert in providing techni-

cal advice on repairs and servicing

seeks jobs in sales/ service in ma-

negerial capacity. #91-7736048460.

[email protected]

29 yr old indian male graduate 5yrs

oman exp in sales and marketing

with valid oman driving license

looking for suitable job.Noc available

ready to join immediately

Contact 95136784

Indian B.Sc. Maths+PGDCA - well

experienced, seeks suitable place-

ment as Admin/Commercial/

Logistic Executive or Document

Controller/Customer Service Execu-

tive; expected on short visit by Nov.

1st Week; Contact 99702383. Email:

[email protected]

Accountant 10 years Oman exp,

M.Com, upto fi nalization available for

part time works, timing 2 pm to 6 pm.

Contact 96247295

MBA, Finance, Indian male, 2 yrs

experience in Accounting experience,

seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92045306

Indian male, 44 yrs, Account Man-

ager, B.Com & MBA, 20 yrs above

experience, 9 yrs experience seek-

ing suitable position, NOC available,

currently visa expires.

Contact 97438194

Senior Position for CA with 24

years of experience: Managing Fi-

nance, Accounts, Audit, Bank Loans,

Budgeting, Business planning,

Strategy, Operations management of

SAOG, group of companies.

Mobile 91799262

Indian male age 30 having

10 yrs experience in Finance &

Accounts seeking suitable place-

ment. mob.93675399

Part time Accountant with 19 yrs

exp in Accounting Management.

Contact 95857199

Indian Male Draughtsman (Civil)

in ITC having 12 years experience

in India now available in Oman in

visiting visa seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact 93858650

AutoCAD Draughtsman looking for

suitable position. Contact 94436180

AUTOCAD D/MAN, STEEL STRUC-

TURE, 3 YRS DME, AUTOCAD,

TEKLA , EXP, PH : 93837973

Draughtsman, 2D & 3D (DCSE) with

2 years experience for any vacancy.

Contact 91781227

Autocad d man experienced (arch /

str) revit, 3dmax, Photoshop.

Contact : 93837973

Sri Lankan housemaid looking for a

job. Contact 99529499

Indian male, 27 yrs, NOC available.

Offi ce boy, helper degree B.Com,

exp 1.8 months, Oman. Contact

93764069, room boy (watchman

building maintenance)

Looking for full time/part time job,

cleaning, cooking, personal care

taker, ladies and kids.

Contact 97882204 / 98562066

IBH Multispeciality Medical Center- Seeb, requires the follow-ing faculty: 1) General Practitioner. 2) Gynecologist. 3) Dermatologist. 4) Nurse. 5) Pharmacist. E-mail CV : [email protected]

Contact: 97884856

Masters in Banking and Finance,

UK University, 6 months experience

as Account Analyst at UK

seeking suitable position in reputed

companies. Contact 99883502,

97422558

Indian Document Controller,

15 years, GCC experience, release

available. Contact 99324617

Accountant 8 years experience in

Oman seeking part time job.

Contact 99867456

Indian female Senior Accountant

with 10 years experience in Ac-

counts, Finance, Audit & Tax Man-

agement. Contact 96263157

Indian male 32 Years 6 years expe-

rience in Building material outdoor

Sales with valid Oman D/L.

Contact 97462080

Indian male, 22 yrs, MBA(HR) BCA

looking for suitable position. Pre-

ferred Admin, Accounts, HR, Sales,

Purchase Co-ordinator.

Contact 94512430

Sr. Accountant M.Com (Finance)

14 years experience (1 year in Oman)

in fi nance & Accounts. NOC

available. Contact 92404608.


Recruitment 1- Marketing Execu-tive. 2 - Chemical laboratory.3 – Designer. Experience in Marble,

Granite or ceramic industry with

minimum 3 years, experience

preferred. Send detailed CV with

expected salary -

[email protected]

Sr. Accountant M.Com (Finance) 14

years experience (1 year in Oman) in

fi nance & Accounts. NOC available.

Contact 92404608.


M. Com/PGDCA having 15 years

of experience in Oman, looking

for a new placement in the fi eld of

Accounts and administration. NOC

available. Contact : 92425421 /

Email: [email protected].

Indian male, MBA Having experi-

ence in Accounts, looking for suit-

able job. Contact 92045306

Indian male MBA (HR& FIN) exp one

year as HR, EXP now we have visit

visa, looking opportunity in Admin

–HR/ hospitality / purchase, seeking

suitable placement as soon as pos-

sible. Contact 93662430



DAILY GUIDESITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

DRIVER

MISCELLANEOUS

INFORMATION TECH

INFORMATION TECH

EDUCATION

HOSPITALITY

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

MEDICAL

PHARMACIST, D PHARM , EXP,

PROMETRIC OMAN EXAM PASS,

PH : 99506977

Indian female, 30 years, MBA in

Health Care Services (MBA HCS)

looking for suitable job in hospital.

Contact 92606341

Female dentist (BDS, P.G. certi-

fi ed) with MOH license and 5 years

experience (India + Oman) presently

in Oman seeking job as Dentist.

Contact 93471581

Female Dentist, Indian, MOH Pro-

metric Passed, more than 3 years

experience presently in Oman on

visit seeks suitable position.

Contact 99879755 / 92932440,


Senior Staff Nurse with MOH

license and more than 20 years of

experience presently on family visa

seeking suitable placement in

capital area. Contact 99630557

Indian Male GP with MOH License

and NOC, having 10 years of excel-

lent hands on experience in Oman

with corporate culture.

Contact 98140024


Nursing caregiver, qualifi ed Nurse/

Asst. Nurse (male/ female) medical

staff seeks placement for Hospital/

clinic. Contact 92989109 (Oman),

0091 – 9555427742 (India),

[email protected]

Land Surveyor : Indian male, 1 year

experience in India, using total

station, Auto Level and AutoCAD

seeking suitable placement.

Contact 95140761, 99208290,


22 yrs female completed MBA

looking for job in any or-

ganization willing persons

can contact:92441525 OR

email:[email protected]

Indian male, senior Miller fl our

mills, 24 yrs exp. including erection

& QC, presently working in India.

Contact 0091 9744167051

27 Years Pakistani male in (Crimi-

nology having 4 years experience in

security and management seeking

suitable placement as security

offi cer. Contact 99191701


Indian male, 3 years experience in

Automobile Service Engineer seeks

suitable placement.

Contact 95936331

Licensed Electrical Engineer Gulf

experienced looking for suitable job.

Contact 98063081

Indian Female, 25 years, Electronics

& Communications Engineer from

Vishwarya Technological University

with 3 yrs experience in Technical

Support and Sales looking for suit-

able placement, currently on visit

visa. Contact 91713423

B.Tech Electrical & Electronics

Engineer having 1 year experience,

looking for a suitable placement -

91164021 /92287307

Bangladeshi male, Plumbing

Supervisor, 32 years experiences

Mechanical Diploma Engineering

having UAE D/L holder with

24 yrs practical experience in the

Gulf countries looking for

a suitable job. Contact 97357960 /

91306037

Diploma Civil Engineer looking for

suitable job. Contact 95659028

Indian male - 23 yrs-Mech Engi-

neer-on visit visa-1 year exp-

Contact: 99669889 -


Mechanical Engineer 2 years

experience in HVAC. Now in Oman

on visit. Seeking suitable placement.

GSM:91744764


Indian male B.E. Electronics & Com-

munication, from Anna University,

Chennai and also done a BSNL certi-

fi ed optical fi bre optic course on

visiting visa, looking for a suitable

job. Contact 91530768,


Electrical Engineer (24), female,

fresher looking for suitable jobs,

Falaj Al Qabail, Sohar.

Contact 94347258,


Instrumentation Engineer, Indian

male having 2 years experiences in

process instruments seeks suitable

placement. Contact 95954385

Sudanese Mechanical Engineer, male, 5 yrs experience

looking for job in Oman.

Contact 91762602

Indian male (23), Diploma in

Computer Engineering, 1.5 years

experience in IT Company in India.

IT skills including Web Design and

Development, Computer Hardware

Maintenance and BPO, looking for a

suitable placement,

currently on visit.

Contact 92689778 / 92150123,


Indian Female, University 1st rank

holder in M.Sc Computer Science

seeking for suitable placement

available in Muscat on a visit visa.

Contact 93778682 / 95378696

Telecom Engineer with 8 yrs exp

from India in IT Networking seeks

suitable opportunities now in Oman.

Contact 99002635 Emal :

[email protected]

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer with

Quality Controller certifi cate looking

for a job. Contact 94525819.


MSc. Chemistry Teacher (5 y EXP.)

Pakistani female looking for a job in

School/college 96580101

Indian Male 25 MBA in Sports

Management; Looking for job in

Sports administration/Sports

events/sports facility management

and Sports related Organisations.

Exp. as sports development of-

fi cer in schools,Project Manager in

Syncotts international Bangalore

& part of World Hockey Series of

India-2012 as Production Runner.

Presently on Visit visa in Oman.

Contact; 96398569.


Indian Female 25yrs,

M.Sc (IT)+B. Ed with 2 yrs ex-

perience of full time teaching in

Indian school (Maths, Science and

Computers) seeking for suitable

placement. M: 97065049,

[email protected]

MANAGER/ SUPER

Carpentry / joinery manager with

over 15 years experience and valid

Omani Driving License.

Contact 97373979

Professionally qualifi ed Manager with Financial and Commercial

experience at a Group level with

diversifi ed operations across the

Middle East. Contact 98480428 ,

[email protected]

General Manager/working partner

20 years advertising agency experi-

ence. Contact 93031168

Purchase & Logistics Manager -

(12 + yrs Exp. in Oman) With D/L,

looking for suitable position.

Contact: [email protected] ,

Gsm: 93826090

Male 26 yrs, B.Tech Engineer (EIE),

with 4 years experience looking for

a good position in oil and Gas fi eld,

automation fi eld, DCS fi eld. currently

on Visit Visa, willing to join immedi-

ately. Contact 92453908, Email I’d:

yousuf_Omair [email protected]

Indian male, Civil Engineer (B.Tech)

with 4 yrs & 6 months experience in

Gulf & India, presently on visit visa,

seeking suitable position at Capital

region in Oman.

Contact 93453417, Email :

[email protected]

Civil Engineer, with 4 year experi-

ence in Gulf as Site Engineer, seeks

suitable position.

Email: [email protected].

Contact: 96305224

BMS CAD Engineer, total 8 years

exp, 3 yrs exp in Oman BMS De-

signing and drafting Diploma in

Mechanical Eng. Looking for BMS

designing and drafting job.

Contact 91237089.


Civil Engineer 10 years experi-

ence with valid Omani Driving

License, India No. 00917558957784,

00914742519390

Graduate Mechatronic Engineer with Diploma in product design and

analysis, seeking a job.

Contact – 98584349 /


Electrical Engineer having 2

yrs of experience, substation/

maintenance seeking for suitable

placement. Contact 97698493 /

99253909

Civil Engineer with 8 years experi-

ence and valid Omani D/L looking

for suitable placement. Ready to join

immediately. Contact 95326194 /

99525367

Indian female, Civil Engineer, 10 yrs

experience QS, valid Oman D/L look-

ing for better opportunities.

Contact 95719108

6 years experienced, NET WEB

DEVELOPER (Software Engineer)

available in Oman on visit visa &

looking for opportunity.

Contact 91125896

Civil Engineer, Indian male with 5

yrs experience in building looking

for immediate opportunity.

Contact 99126087

Sudanese Electrical Engineer, Bsc.

Degree with more than 8 Years Ex-

perience in Projects Field available

on Visit Visa 96160749`,


BSc Mechanical Engineer, 6 years experience Master of Project

Management (USA), energy gradu-

ated study. Contact 99487902. Email

[email protected]

Diploma in Electronics Engineering

with 5 years experience in Oman

as Customer Service Coordinator,

Inventory Control and Indoor Sales

Executive seeks suitable job. Speaks

Arabic, English & Hindi.

Contact 95681406.

Email [email protected]

Mechanical Engineer,(BTech in

Mechanical) with Certifi ed quality

controller - NDT level 2 qualifi ed as

per ASNT - SNT-TC-I A, with

1 & half yr exp. as quality control

engineer, presnetly in India seeks

suitable placement

Cont : 95405033

[email protected]

Indian Male, 26 yrs, graduate in

hospitality science, with New Zea-

land business diploma and previous

Oman experience in Customer

service seeks suitable placement in

hospitality/salesmarketing/ logis-

tics/ admin. Contact 91383167

Female 21 yrs, Tally 1 year experi-

ence, looking for visa.

Contact 95330720

Male 22 Housekeeping front offi ce

Hotel management degree course.

Contact 96732520

B.E (Chemical), 23, Indian male

with 1 year experience (production)

in Chemical Plant, on visiting visa

seeking for a suitable job.

Contact: 94525650,


Indian male 30 yrs seeking suit-

able placement to work as forklift

operator, having 5 yrs of exp. NOC

available. Contact – 94370085

Indian male 28, completed

B.H.MCT 4 yrs exp in food &bever-

ages department. Looking suitable

job for senior supervisor.

Contact – 9108857 /

[email protected]

Piping/Pipeline engineer, 3+ yrs

exp with B.E degree (Mech), familiar

with CAESAR-2, PDMS, AutoCAD,

stress analysis and piping of criti-

cal lines for hydrocarbon industry.

Contact: 95785479,


SALES / MARKETING

SKILLED/UN SKILLED

MBA Graduate with 2 years of

experience as working as Executive

assistant in Dubai is looking for a job

(full time) other than as an Execu-

tive Assistant / Offi ce Assistant.

Contact 91615322

29 years, Indian Male with PGDM

and B.Com, experience 4.5 years in

administration, corporate sales and

marketing seeking suitable place-

ments, willing to join immediately.

Contact 99720370,


Indian male, Graduate, 23 yrs on

visit visa looking for suitable posi-

tion in Sales and Marketing.

Contact 91757222,


Indian Male, 26 yrs old having 3

years experience in Networking and

Sales in KSA, have valid GCC driving

license, CISCO Certifi ed and BBA

Graduate, visiting visa, looking for a

suitable placement.


Indian female having 8 years

experience in Sales & Marketing

in oil and gas fi eld as commercial

manager, looking for a suitable

placement-NOC available -Contact -

Email- [email protected]

Mob: 96311709

Looking for Sales/Marketing job : Indian male with 5 years experience

& GCC Driving License.

Contact +91 9916918977,


15 years experience in Sales / Mar-

keting FMCG and Building Materials,

Indian male seeking suitable posi-

tion with Oman D/L. NOC available.


10 years Oman experience in Sales

and Marketing with valid D/L and

NOC available from current sponsor.

Can join immediately.

Contact 96491505

Sr. Procurement and logistics Ex-ecutive with 8 years experience (in

middle east), in Oil and gas as well

as Industrial projects and an overall

16 years of total job experience

together in India and Qatar is on the

lookout for a suitable placement.

Valid GCC driving license.

Contact: 91750084

Indian male, 24 years, Com-

pleted MBA(Marketing & HR)

with one year experience in sales,

Now in Oman on visit, seeking

for placement. GSM:94535493,

Email:[email protected]

5 years experience, valid Omani D/L,

4 years warehouse experience look-

ing for good placement. Release letter


Indian male, MBA (USA) having 5

years of International experience in

Sales and Marketing.

Contact 98853309.


Indian male, 26 with own vehicle

and Oman D/L can work in any fi eld

like Sales, Marketing, Technical side,

transportation etc. Contact 91692439

/ 97464052

Bsc computer-science gradu-

ate, MCSE certifi ed & diploma in

.netframework, Java, SQL, UML,

ASP.NET with good experience as

computer technician, seeking for

suitable position in IT & sales.

Mob: 95853895


Indian Female, working as IT Pro-

fessor in India since 2009, M. Phil

& MBA (Dist edu) M.Sc IT, seeking

for suitable placement in data base

management systems.

Contact 91105949. Email:

[email protected]

MBA (Operations) with 13 years

experience in IT Infrastructure

enterprises, voice network, unifi ed

communication, MS Certifi ed Lync

Avaya Polycom is on visit visa

seeking a suitable placement.

Contact 94535700.


B.Sc (Information Technology),

MBA Finance, 26 in search of job.

Accountant, Accounts Executives,

Commercial Assistant. Currently

under visit visa till 20th November

2014 seeks suitable placement.

Contact 92486255

Indian Male 23yrs, BBM With 2.5

yrs of exp. in Sales & Marketing.

Looking for a suitable placement in

sales & Marketing/Counter sales,

Store keeper or Supervisor.

Contact 92092248

WELDER, TIG, ARC, 6G, GULF EXP

PH : 93837973

Welder cum fabricator tig, 3g 6g ,

gulf experienced, PH : 93837973

Indian Male, 25 yrs in FMCG Busi-

ness looking for Senior position D/L

available. NOC available.

Contact 99015946

I have release and want job in any

company. Contact 95151738

Indian female, 32 yrs, MBA

(Marketing), holding Omani D/L

seeks suitable placement.

Contact 95041134.


Indian male, 15 years experience

in Sales & Marketing dealing with

Building Materials, construction

equipments, industrial tools,

automobile, cleaning and agricul-

tural equipments seeking suitable

position with Oman D/L. NOC


24 years Pakistani male having 3

years experience in Pre Sales and

Distribution / Marketing of FMCG

products is looking for a job.

Contact 96955096

Indian male, MBA, 6 years of experi-

ence looking for suitable placement

in Marketing and Sales.

Contact 91780948

MBA with 15+ years of experience

in Senior/Middle Level Mgt in India

and GCC with various MNC’s is on

family visit looking for a suitable

opening. Contact 97330734

Indian male, MBA (Marketing) hav-

ing more than 3 years experience in

Marketing & Sales, currently on visit

visa seeking suitable placement.

Contact 96301626.


Indian Male, MBA in Marketing and

Finance, 10 years’ Sales & Business

Development Experience with valid

D/L of Oman & UAE looking for a

suitable placement. NOC Available.

Contact: 93969961

e-mail [email protected]

Indian Male, 28 yrs, having 5

years experience in FMCG Sales in

visit visa, Looking for any suitable

jobs in Oman. Contact 98531486/

98988824

Pakistani male, 30 years looking

for a suitable position in Market-

ing/ Sales having 8 years relevant

experience, Graduate in Business

Administration with fl uent English

in Muscat on visit visa.

Contact 96528508

Sales/ Marketing / customer

service release / NOC available UK

+ Oman experience valid Oman D/L,

excellent communication & organ-

izing skills, can join immediately,

Email : [email protected],

gsm 92342060 / 96761225

SECRETARIAL

SALES / MARKETING

North Indian female, Commerce

Graduate with good communication

skills, looking for a job as Reception-

ist / Data Entry Operation / Offi ce

Staff at reputed companies.

Contact 91289686

Electrical Engineer, Indian, 2.5

years experience at Thermal Plant,

(erection and commissioning). Now

in Oman on visit seeking suitable

job. Contact 95836714.

Email – [email protected]

Srilankan B.Tech Quantity Surveyor

with 6 years exp (3 yrs GCC) looking

for a suitable placement with NOC.

Contact 98357512.


BE Civil Engineer, fresh graduate,

male 24 yrs, Indian looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact 95117509

Indian male Diploma in Mechani-

cal Fitter (Marine) having 3 years

experience seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact 93435399, 97858235.

Email : [email protected],

[email protected]

Indian female (25), M.Tech

(Electronics/VLSI) seeking place-

ment in Electronics/ Education

(Teaching)/ Admin.

Contact 91712140 / 93937141.


Biomedical Engineer with driving

license, 1 year experience willing to

work out in the fi eld, perfect English

language speaking, writing.

Contact 95902585

Indian male (34), IT System and

Network Manager, 8 years experi-

ence within Tunisia MS Exchange

SQL Backup Exec, trouble shooting

network on family visa. # 97441102

IT support, 1 yr experience in Oman,

5 yrs in India looking for suitable job.

Contact 97311847

Microsoft Certifi ed Systems En-

gineer (Hardware)-5 years experi-

enced Systems Engineer (2 years in

UAE as plant IT operations) search-

ing for job in Oman -

Contact 92254218 / 99412003

Searching for job BSC Computer

Science. Contact – 97923444

[email protected]

Light driver looking for job, 5 years

exp in Saudi Arabia + Oman 2 yrs.

Contact 96088707

Pakistani male, light duty driver.

Contact 95963682

Experienced Light Driver available.

Contact 95076476

Light driver urgently looking for

driver with offi ce boy job, family,

personal driver. NOC ready. Visa

required. Contact 91291108

Mechanical Engineer (B.E), Indian

Male, 8+ years experience in Manu-

facturing/Production/Project Plan-

ning seeking placement.

Contact 98359944,


Civil Engineer 8 years Exp (2 in

Angola with DAR AL HANDASAH,

4 months in Oman) as a site engi-

neer. He holds a Diploma in project

management, fl uent in English &

Arabic. Contact: 99170315

DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624





CLASSES

WEBSITE

WEB, ERP and Business Intelli-

gence (BI) creation and man-

agement at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

COMPUTER

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

GULF INTERNATIONAL LLC

all kind of pest control. # 92326955

Civil maintenance, Electrical &

Plumbing work. Contact 99557080 /

96236476

Truck body making, Misfah

Industrial Area. Contact 92326955.

BRIDGE GULFA LLC

House Shifting. Contact 99708138

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your

marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

Pest Control Treatments, termites,

cockroaches, bedbugs. Oman

Center LLC - Contact 99344723

Carpet and Sofa shampooing.

Oman Center LLC – Contact

99884591

Building construction & mainte-

nance. Contact 95659028

For All Your Maintenance Solutions,

A/c Servicing & Fixing, Painting,

Cleaning, Electric.

Contact No. 99002390

Civil Maintenance, Painting Elec-

tric, Plumbing, Decor, Tile Fixing,

Lecithin Copra Board fl at stifl ing ,

Carpet Cleaning and A/C Servicing.

Contact 97897831 (Indian keralite)

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QA-

BAS- 99320217 /24788722

Split & window A/C servicing &

repairing. Contact 99557080

A.M Trading Pest control.Contact 99067923

Painting Interlock plumbing

maintenance. Contact 92142319

For HT cable jointing and

termination works 33KV/11KV.

Contact 99056438 /


Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QA-

BAS- 99320217 /24788722

Door to Door Computers repair

specialist laptop software Website

cartridges. Contact 99199376

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile pol-

ishing, pest control & anti-termite

treatment, general cleaning paint-

ing, Plumbing, Electrical, shifting.

Contact Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading.

L.L.C. # 24810137, 99450130

Catering services We do industrial

catering service, Canteen/ mess,

3 times packed meals,

and all types of catering events.

Contact 92188777/ 99249899

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Learn Driving from professional

instructors. Contact 94022250

Learn driving automatic from

scratch. Contact 98599675

DRIVING

Industrial Catering services for

labor camps staff accommodations

available. Contact 92253080 /

95682773 / 98524867

Civil maintenance, Electrical &

Plumbing work. Contact 99557080 /

96236476

Electrical Plumbing Painting

Contract and Maintenance.

Contact 98456535

Waterproofi ng, light weight Screed,

Antitermite and MS Fabrication.

Contact 92888337

Waterproofi ng, light weight Screed,

Antitermite and MS Fabrication.

Contact 92888337

Window & split unit A/C servicing

& maintenance.

Contact 96236476

Split & window A/C servicing &

maintenance. Contact 93769089

FOR HIRE

TRUCK FOR HIREIsuzu 10 ton cargo body truck

(2012 FVR) with UAE experienced driver

available for long term / short term rent.

Contact: 95346950

Cuplock System Scaff olding. Contact 99828343

We provide all heavy duty equip-

ment, tractor & trailers & all type

of trucks. Contact 97722507

Running truck wash for rent in

Ouhi Sunia Sohar. Serious people

can. Contact on 97864747

50 seater bus with PDO specifi ca-

tion for rent or lease.

Contact 99839898

MANPOWER

Housemaid , driver/operator (heavy & light Gulf D/L), house boy, cleaner, all skilled and unskilled cat-

egories process, (embassy agreement

and immigration). Contact 95175192,

EMAIL. [email protected]

*Classifi ed Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon

for next day’s publication. * Subject to space availability


DAILY GUIDESITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours

Al- Ainain Marine Tours Contact-

98029602, 92808636

TOURS

RENT A CAR

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation. Contact 97838217

Transportation available car with

driver. Contact 98475141

Transportation available driver

with car-Muscat. Contact 97361454

Transportation available.

Contact 95068976



Transport. Contact 99664703


Transportation for women only

from Muscat area only. Contact

97007934 / 92629232

BUSINESS

BUSINESS

We assist in new business set up

local sponsorship, real estate ser-

vices, assist in company formation

services. Contact - 93166088

Increase your income on

commission basis with our land-

scaping & gardening services

provided for big, small projects &

maintenance contracts.

Contact +968 99242207


We want to buy car workshop any

place in Oman or any other good

running business up to RO 20,000.

Please contact 99157377,



Transportation. Contact

96538078

GOOD NEWS

Ayurvedic treatment for backache,

paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,

All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact 24475280 / 95371554 /

92504980 , www.siddhayur.com

Ayurvedic treatment for joint

pain, backache, paralysis massage,

steambath, obesity, spondylitis,

IDEAL CARE Ayuvedic Clinic,

18 November Street Azaiba.

Contact 99639695

FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know

more about Islam, please call:

99425598, 96050000, 99353988,

99253818, 99341395, and

99379133. For ladies: 99415818,

99321360, 99730723

Orvisit: www.islamfact.com

Genuine Ayurvedic treatments

& massage, ayurvedic clinic at

Al Khuwair. Contact 24478618 /

97263637/ 93309131

Transportation. Contact: 97897833

Transportation Available

Contact: 97180655


Draughtsman 10 years experience

in Oil/ Gas, looking for suitable job

immediate joining NOC available.

Contact 968 98628657

Email [email protected]

Indian male, 26 Years. AutoCAD

M.E.P. Draftsman (Plumbing &

mechanical) having 4 years Oman

experience. Presently working in a

reputed company in Oman. Seeks

suitable placement.

Contact 97351786 / 96143708.

Accountant 4 years Exp (2 in UAE)

as a Business Developer & HR. CMA

holder, Fluent in English & Arabic.

Contact: 93447760

7 Yrs exp Driver Keralite.

Contact 93412587

Sudanese Mechanical Engineer, 5 years experience looking for a job

in Oman, male.

Contact 91762602

Indian female BE Electrical & Elec-

tronics with 2.8 years of Experience

in Software Company. Presently in

Muscat on Residence Visa, seeking

suitable Placement. Ready to join im-

mediately. Contact : 93422434,

[email protected]

Civil Engineer 12 years experience

GCC with valid D/L in Oman.

NOC available. Contact 91531213

Indian male, 23, Mechanical

Engineer looking for suitable job

vacancies. Contact 91623313 Email :

[email protected]

Indian male, Diploma in Civil Engi-

neering having 17 years experience

in India & 5 months experience in

UAE, now available in Oman in visit-

ing visa seeking suitable placement

GSM- 93097757,

e-mail :[email protected]

Electrical Engineer with 7 years

experience. Looking immediate

placementPh# 91293519

Pakistani driver looking for a job.

Contact 99805236

IT support Engineer: Indian male,

5 years experience Hardware & Net-

working in suitable Job. #97311847

Indian male B.tech Mechanical

Engineer with 3years experiance

looking for suitable job. Currently on

visit visa. Mob:96268488

[email protected]

B.Tech Mechanical. Indian male

with 1 year experience in Oman look-

ing for suitable job. NOC available.

Contact: 96542340.


Indian Male B.E & MBA, 20 yrs expe-

rience in Civil construction including

7 yrs in Oman, Looking for project

manager (Civil) readily available with

NOC. Contact 97906977,


Indian male, B.Tech (Mech), 15 yrs

experience, in Oman more than 3

yrs in Manufacturing Industry with

valid Oman D/L. Exposure in Op-

erations, Quality Management and

Admin seeks suitable placement.

NOC available, can join immediately.

Contact 91301625.

25, Male, ACCA fi nalist, have good

experience upto fi nalisation of ac-

counts and statutory audit, seek-

ing for part time or project based

job,GSM-97654769,email id-

[email protected]

Having Experience in Junior Sys-

tem Administrator Cybex Solutions,

Cochin , Assembling & Dissembling

PC, A+, Networking Essentials. PRES-

ENTLY WORKING IN INDIA

Please contact-97239854-Ashe

Sudanese Civil Engineer has

15 years experience in contracting

and construction in Gulf, looking for

a job in Oman, on visit visa.

Contact 95963355

Civil Engineer 8 years Exp (2 in

Angola with DAR AL HANDASAH, 4

months in Oman) as a Site Engineer.

Holding Diploma in project manage-

ment, fl uent in English & Arabic.

Contact: 99170315

Party booking & sugges�ons 99320065, 99341643

Indian, Arabic, Chinese dishes, Buffet Lunch

(On Friday)Indoor & Outdoor, Catering, Party hall

availableTake Away & Home Delivery

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