Founded 1975 . Volume 41 No. | Pages . Baisas 200 . Subscription OMR63 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company | Chairman/Editor-in-Chief: Mohamed Issa Al Zadjali | Printed & Published by Muscat Media GroupFounded 1975 . Volume 41 No. | Pages . Baisas 200 . Subscription OMR63 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company | Chairman/Editor-in-Chief: Mohamed Issa Al Zadjali | Printed & Published by Muscat Media Group

April 6, 2016 28 Jumada Al Thani 1437 AH

WEDNESDAY

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On the occasion of the 20th National Day, 1990

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

The great ambitions of nations and peoples are not achieved accidentally or by depending on others. They are only achieved by self-reliance, hard work, creative efforts, wholehearted and responsible participation.

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

MORNING MINUTE

C3Excited to lead Oman: Lalcheta

Safe school transport plan in price limbo

DEEBA HASANdeeba@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: A safe transport plan, which was initiated by the Minis-try of Education (MoE) for school students with the Mwasalat bus service is still in limbo as the par-ties involved can’t come to an agreement with the price of ser-vices, according to an official at the Ministry.

In the wake of the recent bus ac-

cidents involving school children, the Ministry of Education (MOE) last year undertook efforts to im-plement the Mwasalat bus service for the transportation of students of private schools in the country to ensure better safety standards. The plan hasn’t been realised yet owing to a few factors including the price of services.

“We had a meeting with Mwasalat last year and have tried asking schools to hire their servic-

es, but some private schools can-not afford it. A few schools are us-ing Mwasalat, like the Azzan Bin Qais International School (AB-QIS) has been using Mwasalat’s services for its school transport for about four years now, but the smaller schools cannot pay for the services.” Fathiya al Owaisi, Director of the Ministry’s Qual-ity Assurance department told the Times of Oman.

Justified their pricingHowever, the Mwasalat side of the story has justified the pric-ing system calling it reasonable. “Our prices are justified because of our quality-in terms of the bus servicing and maintenance, num-ber of qualified drivers, number of buses,” said Ahmed Ali al Bulushi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mwasalat. >A6

Plan hasn’t been realised yet owing to a few

factors including the price of services, an

official at the Ministry of Education said

Staff Reporter

MUSCAT: Are you a quiz wizard? Do you know everything under the sun? Are you brave enough to face our quiz masters and leave them impressed with your answers? If yes, then get ready for Oman’s much-awaited and most popular quiz contest.

The qualifying rounds of the Times of Oman Inter School Quiz Contest (TOO-ISQC) will begin on April 10.

Last year, TOOISQC drew participation from around 1,400 teams from 19 differ-ent local and international schools in Oman.

The first venue for the qualifying rounds will be the Indian School Darsait, followed by Indian School Muscat, Indian School Wadi Kabir, Indian School Ghu-brah, Indian School Sohar, and Pakistan School Muscat on consecutive days.

Greycaps quiz masters Lloyd Saldanha and Bhavik Shah will host the qualifying rounds.

“Here we go again, the 2016 edition of the Times of Oman School Quiz. It’s the first event of the year on the quizzing calendar for us and I believe that it’s the perfect way to begin quizzing,” said Saldanha.

“Last year, the teams were outstanding and I don’t expect anything less in this edition. Students in Oman

are always well prepared and have exuberance written all over them,” he noted.

According to Saldanha, they have upped the tempo and are looking forward to the teams working out not only their questions but also their clues.

The teams selected from the qualifying rounds from each centre and the teams from schools with less than 15 teams, which gain direct entry, will appear for a mega prelims event to be held at Indian School Ghubrah on April 19.

The top scoring 12 schools will be selected from the mega prelims event to com-pete for the Essa Bin Mo-hammed Al Zadjali trophy, in both the junior and senior categories, on April 21 at the City Amphitheatre. >A6

Times of Oman Inter-School Quiz to start on April 10

MOBIN MATHEW BLESSONmobinmathew@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Indian School Muscat will be next Indian school to introduce “School Monitored Safe Trans-port System,” confirmed the Board of Directors’ Chairman of Indian Schools in Oman. >A6

Indian School Muscat to monitor buses

Female tennis ace winning laurels for the SultanateDEEBA HASANdeeba@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: She is one of the most famous faces in the country, and perhaps one of the first few young women in Oman to acquire a massive reputation in sports, not just in the country, but also in-ternationally—she is none other than Fatma Al Nabhani, Oman’s tennis star.

She first picked up a tennis racquet as a child, and has never looked back ever since. Her first international victory in the court came at the tender age of nine, when Al Nabhani picked up two gold and two silver medals at the West Asia Tennis Championship. This victory turned all eyes on her and made Al Nabhani an in-stant star overnight.

Although her interest in tennis is not surprising, as she comes from a family of tennis players, it was her passion for the game more than anything else that led her on this path. “My mother was my first coach, she taught me and my elder brothers Khalid and Mohammed as well, but no one forced me into it, I loved the game myself, it fascinated me as a child and it was in my blood.”

At 13, she was an Arab cham-pion, a GCC champion, and West Asian champion for four years in a row, and was eventually able to make her place among the world’s top 30 juniors. By 19, Al Nabhani was ranked 362nd in the world. Now at the young age of 25, Al Nabhani has won four singles and four doubles titles of the International Tennis Federa-tion (ITF), and is the only female professional tennis player in the gulf region.

She started the year with tour-naments in a few countries, and is quite happy with the way she is playing.

“I have played quite a few tour-naments since the year started—in Glasgow, Dubai, Qatar, Egypt, China and Bahrain, and I am in good shape and happy with the way I am playing.” >A6

O M A N P R I D E

OMANSri Lankan expats await voting rights

1Sri Lankans in Oman are optimistic about getting voting rights at home soon

as their country’s parliament is set to pass a motion enabling its citizens abroad to vote. >A3

WORLDIceland’s premier resigns over leak

2Iceland’s Prime Minister is to step down after documents from Panama

Papers showed his wife owned an firm abroad with big claims on collapsed Icelandic banks. >A16

BUSINESSListed firms in Oman expect drop in profit

3Major Omani firms listed on MSM are expected to post a marginal fall in net

earnings in the first quarter of 2016, while a growth could be witnessed in total revenue. >B1

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

POPULAR SPOT: Located in Wilayat Al Hamra, Al Dhakilya region, Jabal Shams is the highest peak

in Oman and is located at about 3,000 feet above the sea level and is a part of the Al Hajar Moun-

tains range. – Supplied photo

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OMAN‘Morbid obesity is rising in Oman’

MOBIN MATHEW BLESSONmobinmathew@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Number of patients suffering from morbid obesity is increasing in Oman, says the sen-ior nutritionist at the Centre for Obesity and Digestive Surgery (CODS) in India.

“We are receiving a large num-ber of patients from Oman who seek treatment for morbid obesi-ty,” Carlyne Remedios told Times of Oman on the sidelines of the International Medical Tourism

Exhibition and Conference at the Oman Exhibition Centre.

“Morbid obesity is a worldwide problem and bariatric surgery is the only long term solution to weight loss and weight manage-ment,” she added.

Morbid obesity is diagnosed by determining Body Mass Index, which is defined by the ratio of an individual’s height to his or her weight. The normal index ranges from 20-25.

An individual is considered morbidly obese if he or she is 100 pounds over his or her ideal body weight, has a body index of 40 or more, or 32 or more and experienc-ing obesity-related health condi-tions, such as high blood pressure or diabetes.

Leading centreAccording to Remedios, CODS, under the leadership of Dr. Muf-fazal Lakdawala, is one of the lead-ing centres in bariatric surgery in Asia, performing among the larg-est number of bariatric surgery procedures.

Dr Lakdawala is also credited with starting the first Indian Cen-tre for Excellence (ICE) for bariat-ric surgery.

He has over ten years of experi-ence in treating obesity cases and performed over 2,500 surgeries. He is also one of the only Indian

surgeons to have performed sur-geries in hospitals in most Asian countries and has performed the largest number of single incision laparoscopic surgeries (SILS) in the world.

“SILS is basically a scarless sur-gery, because the entire surgery is done via the belly button, leaving no scars on the abdomen,” Reme-dios said.

Speaking about the advantage of undergoing SILS, Remedious

said, “SILS helps maintain patient confidentiality because it leaves no scars, the patient has the privi-lege of keeping his surgery a secret and also has a cosmetic advantage, as there are no scars of surgery left behind.”

“Since it is only a single inci-sion, pain is much less and healing is much faster than other proce-dures,” she added. CODS treats patients suffering from many gas-trointestinal diseases.

“Since our beginning in 2004, we have helped thousands of pa-tients return to a normal life by using cutting edge technology and holistic care,” Remedious said.

According to Carlyne Reme-dious, there are five reasons to choose CODS for treatment.

“We have the most complete laparoscopic expertise, highly ex-perienced surgeons, outstanding facilities, global systems and pro-cesses, and a holistic approach to-

wards patients,” she explained.“We come to Oman every three

months and meet our patients for follow-up treatments,” Reme-dious added.

Recently, they published a guideline for patients in India, called Bariatric Nutrition Guide-lines for the Indian Population.

Post operative nutrition“Post operative nutrition is vital to the success of the surgery; We are dedicated to patient care and aca-demics, which is why we felt the need to publish guidelines that are specific to our population,” Reme-dious asserted.

“Since our population suffers from the effects of a western diet and lifestyle, it was important to have guidelines specific to our population,” she added.

“Now we no longer need to rely on American or European guide-lines to manage our patients post-op,” she continued.

According to Remedious, the guideline are also applicable in the Gulf region.

“When we consider the large population of expatriate resi-dents in Oman, such as Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis, these guidelines will help spe-cialists manage these patients more efficiently post operatively,” she noted.

Morbid obesity

is diagnosed by

determining Body

Mass Index, which is

defined by the ratio of

an individual’s height

to his or her weight.

The normal index

ranges from 20-25

Since our population suffers from the effects of a western diet and lifestyle, it was important to have guidelines specific to our population. Now we no longer need to rely on American or European guidelines to manage our patients post-operation

Carlyne RemediosSenior nutritionist at the Centre for Obesity and Digestive Surgery, India

Oman’s Jabal Shams: An all-year tourist destinationTimes News Service

MUSCAT: There are many rea-sons that makes Jabal Shams a distinct tourist destination for people, not just from Oman, but also from other neighbouring countries in the region.

A cool summer weather, breathtaking peaks, the spec-tacular view of the deep wadis (valleys) and the curvaceous road uphill that test the nerve of the driver—Jabal Shams offer adven-turous souls the perfect getaway into the hills to trek and enjoy the splendid beauty on foot. The re-gion is also blessed with nature’s bounty and is home to several indigenous plants and trees, thus attracting the attention of nature lovers as well.

Located in Wilayat Al Hamra, Al Dhakilya region, Jabal Shams is the highest peak in Oman and is located at about 3,000 feet above the sea level and is a part of the Al Hajar Mountains range.

As an initiative to increase the influx of tourists in the region and showcase Jabal Shams as the ide-al destination for adventure and challenge seekers, the Ministry of Tourism organised a trekking event recently in collaboration with Hussak Adventure Team from Al Hajar Adventures and Tourism.

The ‘Jabal Shams Trekking Challenge,’ as it was called, brought together 200 partici-pants from different age groups and nationalities to take up the challenge of trekking to the mountain’s peak.

The perfect weather made the 10-kilometre long trek enjoy-able for the participants, many of whom were visiting Oman for the first time. The winner received a cash prize of $3,000. The Ministry also worked closely with local in-stitutions in the area, who provid-ed logistics support for the event.

The trip to Jabal Shams starts with a route established by the Ministry of Tourism, which over-looks the scattered villages and farms underneath. The Ministry has undertaken the maintenance of over 12 routes in Al Hajar mountain range as part of its ef-fort to promote adventure tour-ism in the country.

What also makes Jabal Shams so popular is its climatic condi-tions. In winter, the mountain is covered with a beautiful veil of snow making it a great place to enjoy the chillness.

In summer, it continues to be pleasant through and cooler in the evening, given its distance from the sea level. This is ideal for an outing with friends and family throughout the year.

Places to VisitLife in the summit is something else. While being there, you can enjoy camping, and watching the sunrise and sunset. You can also visit the historical village of “Goul,” which is entirely built with rocks and mud, uniquely sit-ting on the edge of Jabal Shams, overlooking vast areas of farms. The village is called “Oman’s Grand Canyon” due to the fact that it overlooks a towering can-yon called “Shurfat Al Nakhr.” There are camping centres, an observatory, and places for hiking and balcony walks.

How to reachRequires a four wheel drive. Take the Nizwa road from the Al Sahwa roundabout, then take the road to Wilayat Al Hamra and from there turn left to Wadi Al Goul where you will see the mountain route. There are signs that will guide you all along the way.

Hiking and Balcony walkThese are on the way up to the mountain with signs to show you the routes and their purposes.

Shurfat Al Nakhr canyonWhile taking the route to the peak, you will find the canyon few miles before reaching the peak. The view of the canyon from the peak is spectacular.

T O U R I S M

Workshop on services for elderly

Times News Service

MUSCAT: A training workshop on the Integrated Elderly Com-munity Services Programme was organised on Tuesday at the Majan International Hotel.

The workshop was organised by the Ministry of Health (MoH) rep-resented by the Department of Pri-mary Healthcare (PHC) Support-ive Services and the Directorate General of Nursing, with the sup-port of the WHO (World Health Organisation) Regional Office.

The workshop was conducted in the presence of Dr. Saeed Hareb Al Lamki, director general of PHC, Heads of PHC and Directors of Nursing Services in the Sultan-ate’s Governorates.

Integrated servicesA number of medical and para-medical staff from PHC institu-tions participated in the workshop. The workshop introduced par-ticipants to the integrated services of two programmes namely; the Elderly Health Care programme

and the Community Nursing pro-gramme, aimed at training and equipping them with the skills and knowledge necessary to start the programme in their respective institution.

The clinical lectures involved the role of doctors, nurses, physi-otherapist, diet technicians and medical orderlies within the in-tegrated programme. Moreover, the workshop included the launch of the revised version of the inte-grated community and elderly pro-gramme booklets.

H E A L T H C A R E

Upon the completion of training, the integrated

programme for elderly and community nurses will

be implemented in all PHCs in all the governorates

Ministry of Health, Oman

DID YOU KNOW? Jabal Shams is GCC‘s

highest mountain

peak

Winter temperature

falls to 10 degrees

Consists of about 30

small villages

Population is made

up mostly of farmers

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Sri Lankan expats hopeful of voting rights in home countryREJIMON Kreji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Sri Lankans in Oman are optimistic about getting vot-ing rights soon as the Sri Lankan parliament is set to pass a motion enabling voting rights for its citi-zens abroad on Wednesday.

“If the parliament passes the motion, then we would be happi-est lot. Getting a say in our coun-try’s politics is not a small thing. The demand for voting rights for migrant Lankan workers is a long standing one. Hope it becomes a reality this time,” Deepal Palle-gangoda, country manager of Mi-hin Lanka in Muscat, said.

According to media reports, the possibility of enabling more than 1.5 million migrant Sri Lankan workers to vote at elections is to be examined by a Parliamentary Select Committee. A motion put forward by 23 parliamentarians was submitted last month and is

supposed to be approved by par-liament on Wednesday.

An official from the Sri Lankan embassy in Oman confirmed me-dia reports, saying that they are waiting for updates from Lanka. According to the official, there are around 25,000 Lankans in Oman. Bandulla Perera, a Lankan ex-patriate in Oman, said it’s a good move on part of the government.

“Lankan migrants contribute around 60 per cent of foreign ex-change revenue through remit-tances. When they play such an important role in the country’s economy, they deserve a say in their government forming too. Enabling voting rights is a wel-come move,” Perera, who is an of-ficial at HSBC Oman for the last eight years, said.

The motion also states that Sri Lankans overseas have been de-prived of the chance to vote until now though they make an invalu-able contribution to the suste-

nance of the economy of Sri Lan-ka by earning foreign exchange.

It states that creating the nec-essary background for the mi-grant workers to engage in their employment with dignity is the responsibility of the government and hence a Parliamentary Select Committee should be appointed to look into the difficulties faced by Sri Lankans employed over-seas and the possibility of provid-ing them with the opportunity to exercise their franchise in elec-tions and report to the parliament on the same with observations and recommendations.

All parties have agreed to pass the motion. The Universal Decla-ration of Human Rights (UDHR), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) and the International Covenant on the Protection of Migrant Work-ers and their families (ICMW) have guaranteed the voting rights of migrant workers.

M I G R A N T R I G H T S

Annual forum of Omani students in New ZealandMUSCAT: Omani Student As-sociation (OSA) of New Zea-land recently held its annual gathering in the North Island city of Auckland during the Easter break. Ninety Omani students from all over New Zealand attended the gathering, says a press release.

The three-day event started off with a celebratory dinner held at the University of Auck-land during which students were able to socialise and net-work while catching up with each other.

Welcome speechesThe second day started off with a ‘Catch The Flag’ game, which involved the attendees being divided into 10 different teams, and each team having to solve riddles in order to find out the location of their rivals teams base enabling them to therefore steal their opponents flags. The primary objective of the game was to allow the attendees to see as many landmarks of Auckland city as possible. The evening of the second day included an opening ceremony with welcome speeches by the student leaders and lots of creative videos filmed and designed by some Auckland students.

The final day kicked off with a kiwi-style burger BBQ and the event concluded with a char-tered cruise around Auckland harbour exclusively for Omani students.

Sought afterShihab Ali Al Busaidi, president of the Omani Student Associa-tion of New Zealand, was quoted saying: “The annual gathering is one of the most highly sought af-ter events by the vast majority of Omani students in New Zealand. I was extremely marvelled and impressed by the accomplish-ments of the Auckland associa-tion this year despite the very limited funding received from the Ministry of Higher Educa-tion due to the ongoing oil crisis in Oman. We sincerely hope that companies and organisations in Oman will consider supporting us in the future.”

Zainab Mujataba Al La-wati, president of the Omani Student Association of Auck-land, expressed her gratitude and appreciation to everyone in her team who took part in making this event a huge suc-cess and thanked all attendees for coming.

She further added that the gathering was a brilliant oppor-tunity for all students to show-case their unique talents and was also a wonderful opportu-nity for all students to gather away from all the stresses of studies.

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OMANOMR5m expansion plan for City Centre Qurum announcedTimes News Service MUSCAT: A retail expansion costing nearly OMR5 million for City Centre Qurum was an-nounced on Tuesday by Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure devel-oper across the Middle East and North Africa.

The expansion will house Centrepoint, the multi-brand re-tail concept owned by Landmark Group, as well as additional car parking spaces.

The expansion project, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2016, will add 3150sqm of incremental leasable area to ac-commodate Centrepoint as a new

anchor store, which will include Babyshop, Splash, Lifestyle, and Shoe Mart. The expansion will be built at the ground level of the mall in the existing parking space, and a new car park structure is being built to accommodate 160 addi-tional vehicles.

“We are excited to welcome Centrepoint to City Centre Qurum - a fantastic opportunity for us to better serve our loyal shoppers and to entice more customers to visit the mall. Expanding the mall underscores Majid Al Futtaim’s industry leadership and commit-ment as a positive contributor to the local economy and underlines our company’s vision to create great moments by providing cus-

tomers with a truly convenient and enjoyable shopping experi-ence,” said Watfa Humaid Al Har-thy, Senior Mall Manager at City Centre Qurum.

In 2014, City Centre Qurum ex-panded by introducing a family lei-sure precinct featuring a 7-screen VOX Cinemas (2,140sqm) and a new Magic Planet family enter-tainment location (490sqm).

With these additions com-pleted, City Centre Qurum will have approximately 26,500 sqm, offering more than 14 diverse din-ing options, 83 retail destinations and distinct entertainment op-tions, including Magic Planet and VOX Cinemas.

In the past year, Majid Al Fut-

taim has unveiled a number of de-velopments and expansions in its portfolio, including the recently opened City Centre Al Shindagha, which is the seventh City Centre mall in the UAE, and the 13th in the wider Middle East region.

City Centre MuscatIn November 2015, Majid Al Fut-taim announced the OMR35 million expansion of City Cen-tre Muscat. Also, in September 2015, Majid Al Futtaim opened City Centre Me’aisem, located in Dubai’s International Media Pro-duction Zone (IMPZ), and during the same month unveiled a AED1 billion multi-stage redevelopment of Mall of the Emirates.

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ATTRACTION: The expansion will house Centrepoint, the multi-

brand retail concept owned by Landmark Group, as well as addi-

tional car parking spaces. — Supplied photo

Robotic surgery here helped 200 Oman patients

RAHUL DAS rahuldas@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: More than 200 sur-geries on Omani patients were conducted using the Da Vinci robot at Apollo Hospitals in In-dia, which provides patients with advantages, such as quicker discharge time, reduced discom-fort and pain, minimal scarring, smaller incisions, enhanced mag-nification, greater accuracy, bet-ter precision and less blood loss than conventional laparoscopy offers over open surgeries.

Speaking to the Times of Oman, Dr K. Hariprasad, chief execu-

tive officer, Apollo Hospitals, said these surgeries were done in the last two years and were done with the help of Mazor renaissance spine surgery system at Apollo Hospitals.

“The robotic guided surgery is a method for performing surgery using very small tools attached to a robotic arm. The surgeon controls the robotic arm with a computer. The surgeon sits at a computer station and directs the movements of a robot.

Small surgical tools are at-tached to the robot’s arms. Sur-gery can be performed through smaller cuts than open surgery. The small, precise movements that are possible with this type of surgery give it huge advan-tage over standard surgical tech-niques. This can allow the surgeon to do a procedure through a small cut that could be done before only with open surgery,” he said. The four armed surgical robotic sys-tem is a breakthrough in surgical technology and is used in the spe-cialties of urology, gynaecology, cardiac, gastrointestinal surgery, bariatrics and paediatrics.

This technology provides the surgeon with a 10x magnified, high-definition, 3D-image of the body’s intricate anatomy.

Regarding the journey of Apol-lo Hospitals in Oman, Hariprasad said Apollo treasures its relation-ship with the Sultanate of Oman. “Our engagements in Oman dates back to the early 90’s and it has progressed well. Apollo has

earned the trust of the people of Oman from Muscat to Salalah. We have had many firsts too in the Sultanate, be it the liver trans-plant on the smallest baby in India (an Omani baby boy) or introduc-ing the first tele-health service in private healthcare or establishing the first full-fledged sugar clinic in Oman. We also have our fran-chised medical centre, which was recently upgraded as Apollo Hos-pitals. Now we are also looking at reaching out to other provinces. At the moment, we have upgraded our 25 bedded Apollo Muscat to a 60 bedded facility as hospital. A further expansion plan would be to look at other provinces and it’s at a discussion stage. Our lo-cal partner and MD of Apollo Muscat, V T Saileswaran is also holding discussions with MoH on specific projects. It’s too early to share more specifics.”

The cost of the procedures that an average Omani spends at Apollo Hospitals for a treat-ment could vary from OMR60 to OMR500, which basically ranges from health checks to minimally invasive procedures,” he added.

Dr K. Hariprasad,

chief executive

officer, Apollo

Hospitals, said these

surgeries were done

in the last two years

and were done with

the help of Mazor

renaissance spine

surgery system

Dr K. Hariprasad

Regarding the patients that were treated at Apollo Hospitals in Oman,

Hariprasad said he had received a substantial number of Omani nationals

at his hospitals especially at Chennai, Hyderabad and New Delhi.

‘It’s the biggest segment from GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) states.’

Millennium Resort Mussanah to host Leila’s art exhibitionTimes News Service

MUSSANAH: The Millennium Resort Mussanah has announced plans to host a major art exhibi-tion celebrating the expressive works of French-Tunisian artist Leila Allagui.

Held under the title “AL AHLA,” the exhibition premiered at the Omani-French Centre under the patronage of Abdullah Al Harrasi, chairman of the Public Authority for Radio and TV, of Roland Du-bertrand, ambassador of France, and Farhad Khlif, ambassador of Tunisia, and will take visitors of the resort on a cultural journey from April 9 to 27.

Presenting a large selection of the artiste’s most dynamic paint-ings, the resort will once again unite leading figures, enthusiasts, experts and guests for an inspiring showcase of one of the region’s ris-ing talents. With an artistic port-folio spanning over two decades, Allagui’s career as an international artist began in 1991, when she would participate in a major exhi-

bition in Algeria. Since then, her work has been celebrated in over eight exhibits, receiving critical acclaim in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Sultanate for their artistic representation of Oman for her work and dedication.

Maurice Derooij, general man-

ager of the Millennium Resort Mussanah, said, “Art is quickly becoming a pro-active and an inspirational medium of choice in Oman, a method for reaching and communicating with others through displays of creativity and ingenuity that touch the soul and develop cohesion. Now more than ever, it is integral that we reach out to our youth and inspire an-other generation of Arab artists. Despite bringing an exhibition of this calibre to Oman, our objective remains the same: to build bridges between cultures, connect people, inspire local artists, and preserve, as well as showcase the depth of talent in the Arab world.”

The exhibition will also reflect the Millennium Resort Mussan-ah’s prominent role in promoting art, culture, and communal devel-opment in Oman. The resort has also strived to support the growth of local art through a diverse range of programmes, initiatives and ex-hibitions that allow talented Oma-nis to hone their craft and reach new audiences.

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‘Oman changed my view of Arabs’REJIMON K reji@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Visiting Oman has changed my perceptions about an Arab country and Arabs a lot, said Aadil Hussain, a globally recog-nised Indian actor.

“My view of an Arab country was totally changed when I landed in Oman. People here are quite friendly. They always have a pleas-ing nature and attitude towards expatriates,” Hussain said.

“I have not been to any Arab country in the past. Have only heard about them. However, the lovable nature of Omanis leaves me surprised as it is quite con-tradictory of what I have heard,” he added.

Hussain, an Indian stage, tel-evision and film actor, who has worked in international films, such as the ‘The Reluctant Fun-damentalist’ and ‘Life of Pi’ – is in Oman to play the lead role in an In-dian movie being shot here.

The actor, who always loves to perform complex characters on stage and in front of camera, said Omanis, who love to act have to pursue their dream with pas-sion and look for opportunities to learn the craft of acting at global drama schools.

The movie entitled ‘Naval Enna Jewel’ is being directed by Renji Lal Damodaran. The story is in-spired by an Iranian novel and the script has been written by V K Ajithkumar, along with Renji Lal.

Priyah Prakash Pawani, a Mus-cat-based model, is also playing an important role in the movie.

Awesome experience“Its quite an awesome experi-ence to act in a movie in which re-spectable artists Aadil and others are there. Quite anxious,” Priyah said. According to Renny John-son, the executive producer of the movie, it is a story about human connections.

“The story revolves around the struggles of a female, who is forced to live the life of a male in disguise,” Johnson said.

“Swetha Menon, Indian model and actress, is playing the male role in disguise, and Reem Ka-dem, a Hollywood actress, is also

playing a role,” said Johnson, who is also the executive manager for Mezoon Travels, which has shot more than 20 movies in Oman.

Kadem made her debut in Hol-lywood opposite Kristen Bell in the film ‘Forgetting Sarah Mar-shall’ and Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) on the UPN series, “Veronica Mars.”

Indian actors Sudheer Kara-mana and Mythili Balachandran also are playing important roles in the movie.

“Many Indian movies, a few entirely and others in parts, were shot in Oman in the past. Oman’s inspiring landscapes and other facilities are helping us pro-duce more and more movies,” Johnson added.

Noted Indian actor

Aadil Hussain who

had never been to an

Arab country before,

says the very friendly

Omani people have

changed his opinion

of the Arab world

for the betterAadil Hussain is in Oman to play the lead role in an Indian movie being shot here. – Shabin E

Oman, Poland telecom officials hold talks on boosting relationsTimes News Service

MUSCAT: With a view of boost-ing bilateral cooperation, Dr. Hamad bin Salem Al Rawahi, executive president of the Tele-communications Regulatory Au-thority (TRA), Oman, welcomed a Polish delegation headed by Magdalena GAJ, president of the Office of Electronic Communica-tions of the Republic of Poland on Monday.

The official visit to the TRA Head Office is in continuation of the ongoing cooperation be-tween the two organisations for executing an MoU signed in the year 2013 that aims to exchange expertise, strengthen coopera-tion in areas of telecommunica-tions and posts in the two friendly countries, including boosting co-operation for SME projects and sharing of viewpoints in facili-tating future investment oppor-tunities in the telecom sectors in both countries. A number of is-sues will be discussed during a two-day workshop being held for the same purpose, where experts will exchange achievements and updates on telecommunications and posts in both organisations.

Issues relating to data indica-tors and the performance of the postal market will also be ad-dressed during the visit, as well as sharing knowledge on prac-

tices adopted in the regulation of quality of service, operation of database for porting of fixed and mobile numbers and the models used in the two countries.

Furthermore, the two sides also reviewed their experiences in the

field of consumer protection, cus-tomer complaints and procedures to resolve them.

As part of her official visit to the Sultanate, Magdalena GAJ also visited a number of relevant local institutions.

B O O S T I N G T I E S

The official visit to the TRA Head Office is in

continuation of ongoing cooperation between the two

organisations for executing an MoU signed in 2013 to

exchange expertise and strengthen cooperation

445 found violating Labour LawMUSCAT: Number of workers found violating the Labour Law between March 27 and April 2 stood at 445 according to the weekly report of the joint in-spection team at the Ministry of Manpower.

This number included 371 commercial workers, 39 farm workers and 35 housemaids or equivalents. Absconding work-ers number was 140, while 254 were astray workers and (23) workers with other violations.

North Al Batinah governorate accounted for the largest num-ber of workers found violating the law with 168, followed by the Muscat with 115. The com-petent authorities at the Minis-try of Manpower have initiated legal procedures against them.

Meanwhile, Manpower Min-istry statistics showed that 193 expatriate workers were deport-ed for violating provisions of the Labour Law and ministerial de-cisions executing the law. -ONA

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Parents of 4,000 students at ISM have requested

to start the safe transport system and a group of

people are working on it and will be operated soon

Wilson V George, Board of Directors’ Chairman of Indian Schools in Oman

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‘Different types of challenges’

“Parents of 4,000 students at ISM have requested to start the safe transport system and a group of people are working on it and will be operated soon,” Wilson V George told the Times of Oman.

Around 10,000 children study in the Indian School Muscat.

According to George, some chal-lenges have to be resolved before the safe transport system in ISM is implemented.

“We have different type of dif-ficulties because of the size of the school and also the space con-straint around the school,” he pointed out.

“But we will sort it out soon and will start the service soon,” George added. Indian Schools in Darsait, Mabellah and Seeb have already implemented the safe transport system.

Already started“Darsait and Mabellah schools have already started the safe trans-port system in August and it is fair-ly stable. The Seeb School was the latest to implement it in March,” he stated.

“Seeing the success of this ini-tiative, we are now focusing on it to stabilise the system rather than accommodate more students,” George added.

“In the coming years our schools are going to come up with the safe-ty system one by one,” he added.

He also said that other private transporters had also been forced to add more safety features and fa-cilities for their survival.

“We consider this a positive sign and a good thing; our main objec-tive is to make our children travel safely,” he asserted.

According to George, the school’s managing committee has also understood the importance of the system, especially after a lot of parents requested the implemen-tation of the system.

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‘A safe transport system for all the Indian Schools in Oman planned’

“We can’t compromise on the safety and quality; our buses have been operating with zero injuries till date. Moreover our prices cov-er administrative costs, it’s not for profit making” he added.

ParticipationThe debate saw participation from a lot of schools who were willing to hire the services of Mwasalat in their transport sys-tem, however it did not happen quite possibly because of the cost issues, according to al Owaisi.

“We really need Mwasalat ser-vices for schools because they have a standard of safety in their buses, they have everything the students’ need.” she added

To resolve the issue, al Owaisi said that another meeting is per-haps needed. “We need to meet with Mwasalat to facilitate the process. Some of the schools have smaller contractors on board to run their buses but some of these companies don’t have safety standards.” the official added.

In the processMeanwhile, Wilson George, Board of Directors of the Indians Schools in Oman said that the board was in the process of im-plementing a safe transport sys-tem for all the Indian Schools in Oman, and that three among the 19 Indian Schools have already seen this change.

“The Indian Schools in Oman had never contracted with bus companies for the transportation of their students, it is always the parents who have done that on an individual basis. However now we are hiring the services of bus contractors officially, implement-ing the safe transport system and keeping a watch on their safety and monitoring standards.”

It must be noted that there have been several bus accidents in the

past few years where children have been inflicted with injuries, sometimes even turning fatal. Re-cently, an Indian School al Wadi al Kabir’s Class 1 student had been admitted to Khoula hospital, following an accident which oc-curred when the student was try-ing to get down from the bus near her home.

Another Class III student of the Indian School al Seeb was dragged several meters along the road by a

school bus after falling over as he boarded.

Early this year, a school bus carrying students from Indian School Nizwa collided with a truck, killing the two drivers, three students and a teacher on the spot, and injuring several oth-ers. In January 2014, a school bus carrying Pakistan School Mus-cat pupils crashed into a rubbish truck, killing three children and injuring others.

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Shura Council clears new draft of Omani penal code

Times News Service

MUSCAT: A new draft Omani pe-nal code, which has been prepared to compliment the modern era, has been discussed and approved by members of the Shura Council.

The new penal code will extend the purview of the current law, which was issued in 1974.

“We currently abide by the pe-nal code issued in 1974, whose essential focus was on securing the safety of the society in the past,” said Dr. Mohammad Al Zad-

jali, head of Legal Committee in Shura Council.

Immense development“Looking at the immense develop-ment in different aspects of life, such as the economy, technology and society, the Sultanate feels that we need to keep up with the development by legislatively de-veloping a law that we can adhere to in this era,” he explained.

The new law was drafted to also combat “modern” crimes.

One of the excerpts of the draft states that the law will criminalise an Omani citizen if he commits a crime outside the Sultanate’s borders, which is also a crime in

Oman, and if the action is illegal in the state he committed it in.

Concerning residents; an expa-triate will be punished if the crime committed outside the Sultanate is also a crime in Oman, as well as it being punishable in the state of the crime to at least one year if he has not been claimed.

The project also includes that the maximum jail sentence should be no more than 25 years, as well as removes the minimum and maximum fine to fix all fines between OMR100 and 1000.

A special text was also added to apply the law to the advantage of the accused and his case.

Instigators of a crime will be

also be criminalised since they are the originators of it. They will face fines and a jail term of no more than three years.

The project will also be applied to life sentences, instead of execu-tions, for most crimes that threat-en the security of the Sultanate internally or externally, unless the judge determines otherwise.

Crimes of piracyCrimes of piracy and assault on shipping vehicles/vessels and public utilities has its own inde-pendent section in the new law.

Honour crimes, as well as in-herent crimes, such as indecent assault, rape, exploitation and

adultery and crimes that insult family, faith and the society will be extended and a harsher pun-ishment put in place. The law also distinguishes between accidental harm and purposeful harm.

Crimes of insults and profan-ity have been improved to specify whether they are committed on purpose or by accident.

Finally, the new law will imple-ment executions by a firing squad instead of executions by hanging.

“The new law project is an im-portant development for the judi-cial system and considered one of the main legislative documents in the Sultanate, which will protect the society,” said Al Zadjali.

Looking at the

development in

different aspects of

life, the Sultanate

feels that we need

to keep up with

the developments

by legislatively

developing a law

that we can adhere

to in this era, the

Shura Council Legal

Committee head said

APPROVED BY MEMBERS: The new penal code will extend the purview of the current law, which was issued in 1974. - ONA

‘Happy to see the way

sports is heading in Oman’

In Dubai, I played a good match against one of the top 100 players in the world, so that was great.”

Last year, Al Nabhani was awarded by the Emir of Qatar in Doha for sporting excellence in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Like most other sports play-ers, Al Nabhani’s tennis journey was not a smooth one, there were some challenges she had to face, but she was able to overcome them well due to support from her family and friends.

Being a Muslim Arab woman playing tennis, Al Nabhani ini-tially wanted to play with her hair covered, but ITF did not allow that. However when she

was 16, she managed to win an approval to cover up more than the usual outfit and now plays in a long-sleeved top and wears leg-gings under her skirt.

Currently Al Nabhani ranks

367th in the world and has a huge challenge of breaking into the top 300 if she wants to qualify for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this year. “I need to break into the top 300 or 200 if I have to qualify for the Olympics and this task although difficult, is not impossible, so I am working hard on achieving that.”

Al Nabhani is happy to see the way sports is heading in Oman and the level of enthu-siasm shown by young girls to join sports. “It’s great to see how women are excelling in sports in Oman and it’s even better to see that they are getting good facili-ties. Hope this continues in the right direction.”

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IMPORTANT POINTS MENTIONED IN THE CIRCULAR

The school

administration needs to

hire supervisors in all

the buses and choose

bus drivers carefully

MOE’s website (www.

moe.gov.om) offers

a service to parents

where, if a student is

absent from school, the

parents will be notified

The supervisor and

driver must have a full

list of students and

their parents, the

parents should also

have the numbers of the

driver and supervisor

The school should check

that the bus owner

is servicing his bus

regularly

The bus driver should

pick the child from in

front of the house, drop

them to the entrance

of the school, and drop

them back to the same

place.

In case if an untoward

incident occurs, the

school must file a

report on the same

The supervisor has to

check the number of

students every day and

notify parents in case of

a child’s absence.

He needs to ensure

that the students are

sitting properly inside

the bus and monitor

the driving of the

bus driver.

To ensure that all the

points are happening,

the supervisor and the

principal have to sign a

record that is kept in the

administration.

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State Council panel discusses economy

MECHANISM FOR OFFERING: The Committee also discussed the

availability of reports and studies on the mechanism for offering

new programmes, how far they are diversified to meet the needs

of the development process and the labour market. – ONA

TACKLING CHALLENGES: The Committee discussed its two studies on developing the capital market, the banking sector and the chal-

lenges facing growth of the private sector and work policies. –ONA

State Council panel hosts officials of private institutes

MUSCAT: Overlapping of the study programmes at the higher education institutions were dis-cussed when the Education and Research Committee at the State Council held its 8th meeting of the 1st annual sitting of the 6th term under the chair of Dr. Ab-dullah bin Mubarak Al Shanfri, Head of the Committee.

The Committee hosted Dr. Hilal bin Ali Al Hadhrami, Dean of the International Maritime College Oman (IMCO) and Dr. Moham-med bin Abdullah Al Muqbali, Assistant Chairman for Students’ Affairs at Sohar University.

The Committee discussed with them a range of key themes related to study including the mechanism for offering new study

programmes by the private higher education institutions, the level of coordination among public and private higher education in-stitutions, the bases on which the study programmes are selected, the accreditation of the scientific certificates and the number of stu-dents admitted to study programs.

The Committee also discussed the availability of reports and studies on the mechanism for offering new programs, how far they are diversified to meet the needs of the development pro-cess and the labour market and to what extent the current majors meet such needs.

The committee also addressed the challenges facing higher edu-cation institutions. -ONA

E D U C A T I O N

e-export, import service launchedMUSCAT: An electronic service through the single window “Bay-an” by which companies seek-ing permits for export or import can get the service electronically was launched by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in col-laboration with the Directorate General of Customs at the Royal Oman Police (ROP) on Tuesday.

The service can be accessed via the website www.customs.gov.om or through the smart phone appli-cation “Bayan”. The service aims at facilitating the procedures for companies and helping them pro-cess their transactions electroni-cally, thus eliminating the need to come to the Ministry’s premises.

Talal Hamoud Al Balushi, Head of Commercial Licences at the Commercial Affairs Administra-tion at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that companies seeking export or import permit should register at “Bayan” web-

site, select the import/export ser-vice, fill the data required, such as the type and number of items and then attach a letter addressed to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry alongside with the sam-ple of signature. -ONA

C O M M E R C E , I N D U S T R Y M I N I S T R Y

The service can

be accessed via

the website www.

customs.gov.om or

through the smart

phone application

“Bayan”

MUSCAT: Two studies on de-veloping the capital market, the banking sector and challenges inhibiting private firms were on the agenda of the Economic Com-mittee at the State Council, which

held its 8th meeting of the 1st an-nual sitting of the 6th term under the chair of Mohammed Abdullah Al Harthy, Head of the Commit-tee, on Tuesday.

The Committee discussed its

two studies on developing the capi-tal market, the banking sector and the challenges facing growth of the private sector and work policies.

The Committee hosted Abdul-lah bin Salim Al Salmi, CEO of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) and Eng Ahmed bin Hassan Al Dheeb, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce and In-dustry to discuss several themes related to the two studies.

The CMA CEO made a presen-tation on application of corporate governance. Eng. Al Dheeb also made a presentation on improv-ing the quality of public services and One Stop Station.

Banking sectorThe study on developing the capi-

tal market and the banking sector aimed at highlighting the status of the Omani capital market and how far the private and public invest-ments can contribute to the GDP.

The study called for revising the monetary policies and the perfor-mance of both capital market and banking sector to enable them to achieve the aims of the 9th five-year development plan.

The study on the challenges fac-ing the growth of the private sec-tor and labour policies stressed the need to revise the systems and regulations that hamper the growth of the private sector. It also called for introducing an in-tegrated system that enhances the growth of the sector and creates job opportunities for Omanis. -ONA

The panel hosted Abdullah bin Salim Al

Salmi, CEO of the Capital Market Authority

and Eng Ahmed bin Hassan Al Dheeb,

Undersecretary of the Ministry

of Commerce and Industry

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The Egyptian market was an attractive one, and any

short-term instability would not have a major effect

on the sentiment of the new Saudi investors, whose

investments were for the medium to long term

Syrian rebels shoot down warplane

AMMAN/BEIRUT: Rebels shot down a second Syrian warplane in less than a month on Tuesday and reportedly captured its pilot in an area near Aleppo where heavy fighting has erupted in recent days despite a cessation of hostilities agreement.

The Syrian army said the jet was shot down with an anti-aircraft missile - the same type of weapon it says was used to shoot down a warplane in western Syria in March - but rebels accused Da-mascus of fabricating the claim, saying the plane was downed with anti-aircraft guns.

Foreign-backed rebels have long demanded anti-aircraft weapons to fight against devastating aerial raids by Syrian and, since Septem-ber, Russian forces. But their back-ers, which include Western and regional states, are wary of deliver-ing weapons that could fall into the hands of hardline groups.

Heavy bombardmentThe aircraft crashed in the Talat Al Iss highland south of Aleppo city, an area where Al Qaeda-affiliated insurgents have come under heavy bombardment by Syrian and Rus-sian warplanes since capturing it in recent days, the Syrian Observa-tory for Human Rights said.

The pilot was seized alive by fighters from Al Qaeda’s Nusra

Front and taken to one of their headquarters in the area, the mon-itoring group said.

Videos circulated by pro-rebel accounts on social media showed what appeared to be the remains of the aircraft burning on an open patch of ground and surrounded by rebels. Some users separately posted an image of the man they said was the pilot.

Syria’s military confirmed that a plane on a reconnaissance mis-sion had crashed after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. The pilot survived and efforts were under-

way to rescue him, it said. The Ob-servatory also said the plane was mostly likely brought down by an anti-aircraft missile.

Rebels last downed a Syrian jet in the western province of Hama on March 12, when they also de-nied a Russian defence ministry report they had used an anti-air-craft missile. The Observatory said on that occasion a rebel group had used two heat-seeking missiles.

Ahmed Al Seoud, the head of a Free Syrian Army rebel group operating in northwestern Syria, said: “Not one faction in the op-

position has surface-to-air mis-siles.” A former rebel commander and army defector, Brigadier Gen-eral Ahmad Rahal, said he had information that the warplane in Aleppo was brought down by ar-tillery fire.

“The Syrian air force planes are old and so after a certain mileage they need overhaul and are forced to fly at very low altitudes. They risk getting hit” by gunfire, he told Reuters.

A Syrian military source, how-ever, said the incident was “a dan-gerous indication of the weapons

the terrorists are obtaining”. Aer-ial supremacy has been a major advantage for the Syrian army that has been battling insurgents seek-ing to overthrow President Bashar Al Assad.

A fragile truce has held in Syria for over a month as the various parties try to negotiate an end to the five-year-old civil war.

But the truce excludes IS and Nusra Front, and air and land at-tacks by Syrian and allied forces continue in parts of Syria where the government says the groups are present. — Reuters

Rebels used anti-

aircraft missile, seize

pilot, take him to local

Nusra headquarters

France hopes to reopen embassy in Libya soonPARIS: France hopes to reopen its embassy in Tripoli as a sign of support for Libya’s new unity government, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Tues-day, in what would be the first re-opening of a Western diplomatic mission there.

Western governments are growing increasingly concerned about IS’ success in establishing a firm foothold in Libya while two rival factions operating two gov-ernments fought for power.

The West is now backing a UN-brokered national unity govern-ment, which arrived in Tripoli from Tunisia last week and has been operating from a naval base as it seeks to establish its au-thority. “Tunisia has reopened its embassy... We are working on it if the security conditions are guaranteed... It would be an ex-tremely strong signal to show that we don’t give in to terrorists,” Ay-rault told reporters after a meet-ing with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Ayrault, who described the arrival of the government as an important milestone, said Paris hoped to open its embassy “as soon as possible”.

Western diplomatic staff were evacuated from Tripoli in 2014 amid heavy fighting between rival factions. European Union

sanctions, pushed by Paris, went into effect last week to pressure hardliners to accept the UN ef-forts to unite factions and mi-litias that have competed for power since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Paris took a leading role in the NATO air campaign that helped rebels overthrow Gaddafi, and French aircraft are now conduct-ing reconnaissance flights over

Libya while French military ad-visers operate on the ground in conjunction with Britain and the United States. Asked what fur-ther military aid Paris could pro-vide, Ayrault said: “If the Libyan government asks us for help to ensure its security, we are avail-able, but... there is no question of us deciding anything in their place, especially after what hap-pened in 2011.” — Reuters

S I G N O F S U P P O R T

Saudi businessmen investing $4b in different Egypt projectsCAIRO: Saudi businessmen are investing $4 billion in projects including the Suez Canal, energy and agriculture, and have already deposited 10 per cent of that sum in Egyptian banks, the deputy head of the Saudi-Egyptian Busi-ness Council told Reuters, two days before Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia visits Cairo.

Egypt has been struggling to at-tract foreign investors since an uprising in 2011 drove them away and left it short of the dollars that it relies on for imports of everything from food to medicines and petro-leum products.

“Ten per cent of the capital has been deposited in Egyptian banks, they will complete 25 per cent within three months,” Abdallah bin Mahfouz said in an interview. He said there would also be invest-ments in the medical sector.

EffortsMahfouz said the government had been making efforts to resolve difficulties faced by nine Saudi-owned firms in securing official permits for their projects, and that he expected to see progress soon. “A positive meeting took place on April 2 with Investment Minis-ter Dalia Khorshid and the Saudi commercial attache... along with

representatives of the companies facing hurdles,” he said.

Mahfouz said the Egyptian mar-ket was an attractive one, and any short-term instability would not have a major effect on the senti-ment of the new Saudi investors, whose investments were for the medium to long term.

At the end of 2015, there were 3,302 Saudi-owned companies in Egypt, with a total capital of $27.9 billion, Mahfouz said.

Egypt’s foreign currency re-serves have fallen from $36 bil-lion in 2011 to $16.56 billion last month. It says it is aiming for for-eign direct investment of around $8-10 billion in 2015/16. — Reuters

F O R E I G N I N V E S T M E N T

AMMAN: Syrian rebel forces closed in on a town near the Turkish border held by IS militants on Tuesday after seizing numerous villages from the group in the area, rebels and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The rebels involved in the offensive include fac-tions fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army that have been sup-plied with weapons via Turkey. They are advanc-ing towards the IS-held town of Al Rai.

“The battles are contin-uing... we have been able to liberate several villages very quickly from the IS gangs and will cleanse northern Aleppo,” Abu Yasser, a commander with Failaq Al Sham group, speaking to Reuters. Dur-ing the fighting, rockets were launched after Kurd-ish YPG units were able to make gains from Sheikh Maqsoud and disrupt the Castello highway, the main route for civilians and rebels into parts of the city. — Reuters

Fighters advance against IS militants

CRASHED AIRCRAFT: Rebel fighters and civilians gather around the wreckage of a Syrian warplane that was shot down in the Talat Al Iss

area, south of Aleppo, Syria on Tuesday. – Reuters

STRICT VIGIL: A member of the force assigned to protect, stands

infront of the headquarters of the municipal council of Tripoli in

Tripoli, Libya on Tuesday. – Reuters

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PM launches Stand up India to promote financial inclusion

NOIDA: Giving a push to govern-ment’s financial inclusion pro-gramme, Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi on Tuesday launched the Stand-up India scheme under which 125,000 bank branches will provide loans up to Rs10 million to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and women entrepreneurs.

At a function, which was organ-ised to mark birth anniversary of Dalit leader and former deputy prime minister Babu Jagjivan Ram, Modi flagged off 5,100 e-rickshaws.

Explaining the contours of Stand-up India programme, Modi said this will help in cre-ating 250,000 entrepreneurs throughout the country as every bank branch will be required to provide two such loans ranging from Rs1 million to Rs10 million without collateral for setting up a new enterprise. Stressing that it is not possible for the government to provide jobs to everyone, the

prime minister said the scheme will convert “job-seekers into job-creators...This scheme is going to transform the lives of people from Dalit and tribal communities.”

Stand up India, he said, aims to empower every Indian and enable

them to stand on their own feet.The scheme was announced by

Modi in his Independence Day address. Modi also took a dig at the Congress by pointing out that no previous government had or-ganised any function on the birth

anniversary of Jagjivan Ram, who as agriculture minister did a lot to usher the green revolution and was defence minister at the time of 1971 war. “It is unfortunate that contribution of such people is be-ing ignored,” he said.

Speaking at the function, Fi-nance Minister Arun Jaitley said his ministry, which is usually as-sociated with big business houses, in the last two years has tried to work for the betterment of the poor people.

Empower the poorHe recalled various schemes of the government like Jan Dhan Yojana, insurance and pension and MUDRA Yojana to promote financial inclusion with the view to empower the poor.

Jaitley further said that banks have given loans to 32.6 million beneficiaries totalling Rs1.35 lakh crore under Prime Minis-ter MUDRA Yojana in 2015-16, which is more than the target of Rs1.22 lakh crore fixed by the prime minister. Modi, who en-tered the launch venue on a deco-rated e-rickshaw, distributed keys to some beneficiaries and flagged of 5,100 e-rickshaws.

The prime minister appealed to e-rickshaw owners to edu-cate their children especially the girl child saying that the country cannot progress unless poor and Dalit get an opportunity to come up in life.

He said the e-rickshaw scheme is environment friendly as there will be a provision for recharging the battery from solar-powered battery station. “E-rickshaw will help in fighting global warming,” he said.

Although UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was absent, the function among others was at-tended by state Governor Ram Naik, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Fi-nance Jayant Sinha and MPs.

The state government was rep-resented by Food and Civil Sup-plies Minister Kamal Akhtar.

Under the scheme, SC/ST and women entrepreneurs who will avail loan would be given a Ru-Pay Debit Card for withdrawal, besides comprehensive support like pre-loan training, facilitating loan, factoring and marketing. - PTI

Modi said Stand up

India programme

will help in

creating 250,000

entrepreneurs

throughout the

country as every

bank branch will

be required to

provide two such

loans ranging from

Rs1 million to

Rs10 million

ELATED: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Finance Minister

Arun Jaitley and Minister of State Jayant Sinha launches the ‘Stand up India scheme’ in Noida on

Tuesday. - PTI

NOIDA: In a veiled dig at large corporate defaulters like Vijay Mallya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said while poor people are generous and honest some rich borrowers look for ways to flee after taking loans.

Addressing a function to launch government’s financial inclusion programme Stand Up India, he said under the Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana poor people were

encouraged to zero balance account but they deposited Rs 350 billion.

“This nation has seen the generosity of poor. Rich bor-rowers look for ways to run away after borrowing money from banks. The poor people were required to open zero balance account under the Jan Dhan scheme. Look at their honesty, their self respect.They opted to put money into their accounts... Rs 50, 100,

200. The deposits exceeded Rs 35,000 crore. This is the generosity of our poor people,” Modi said.

He, however, did not name Mallya whose group company owes over Rs 90 billion to 17 banks, had left the country on March 4 and currently is in the UK. Mallya’s financial dealings are being probed by several in-vestigative agencies, including CBI, Enforcement Directorate and tax department. - PTI

‘Poor honest, generous; rich try to evade repaying loan’

Cop, militant killed in Assam encounterJIRA (Assam): A policeman and a hardcore ULFA(I) militant were killed on Tuesday in an encounter in Assam’s Goalpara district, hours after a powerful blast at Dudhnoi, suspected to have been triggered by the outfit, claimed three lives.

Superintendent of Police Nitul Gogoi said in the wake of the blast at Dudhnoi, police stepped up vigil and received a tip-off about a group of ULFA (Independent) militants moving in Krishnai area of Goalpara district.

Officer in charge of Krishnai po-lice station, along with comman-dos, surrounded a house at Jira where the ultras were holed up and cordoned off the area, Gogoi said.

One of the police commandos died when the insurgents opened fire and in the ensuing gunbattle, one of the militants was also killed, he said. The remote control, which was suspected to have been used in Dudhnoi blast, was recovered from the slain ultra.

The SP said Monday night’s bomb blast that killed three per-sons and injured 20 others was not connected with the ongoing Assam Assembly elections as the militants took advantage of the forces moving out for deployment from the areas where first phase poll was held on Monday.

Director General of Police Mukesh Sahay told reporters in Goalpara, “There may be possi-bilility of violent incidents during the second phase of elections but we are prepared to tackle such at-tempts”. - PTI

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Fastest train Gatiman Express flagged off amid fanfareNEW DELHI: Heralding a new era of semi-high speed trains in the country, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday flagged off the first such train which will cover the 200km distance between Delhi and Agra in 100 minutes.

Train hostesses welcomed pas-sengers with roses on board the Gatiman Express, which will have a maximum speed of 160km per hour, as music floated in the air at Nizamuddin station from where the train embarked on its maiden journey.

“It is a happy occasion for us as the first semi-high speed train Gatiman starts today. We want to increase speed of all trains whether ordinary or express as part of our ‘raftar’ mission. It is

not an easy task. It will take time but we have made a plan,” Prabhu said. Painted in royal blue and grey colour combination with a yellow strip in between, the train has an-other first - train hostesses to wel-come passengers and Indian and continental food.

Equipped with a 5,500 HP elec-tric locomotive, two Executive AC Chair Cars and eight AC Chair Car coaches, the train has a high-power emergency braking system, automatic fire alarm, GPS-based passenger information system and sliding doors in the coaches.

The passenger amenities have been enhanced by providing better catering service, improved coach interiors with wide windows, bio-toilets besides free multimedia

services enabling passengers to view movies, news and cartoons during their journey to Agra.

Photographs of tourist spots in around Agra adorn the coaches. Hotspot devices have been in-stalled at coaches to enable pas-sengers to access multimedia ser-vices free of cost directly on their smartphones, tablets or laptops. The coaches have also been fitted with balanced draft gear couplers for reducing jerks and ensuring a smooth ride.

In the Shatabdi Express, the chair car fare is Rs540 and Rs1,040 for Executive Class. No conces-sions are admissible in the Gati-man train.

The 12050 Nizamuddin-Agra-Nizamuddin Gatiman Express

will run six days a week except on Fridays in both the directions.

According to the schedule, the train will start its journey from Ni-zamuddin at 8.10am to reach Agra at 9.50am. In the return, the Gati-man Express will depart from Agra at 5.50pm to reach Nizamuddin at 7.30pm.

Eyeing the tourism potential of the train, IRCTC has finalised tour packages involving bus service, sightseeing and lunch at Agra for tourists to coincide with the time table of this Gatiman Express.

Railways plans to roll out such trains on nine more routes includ-ing Kanpur-Delhi, Chandigarh-Delhi, Hyderabad-Chennai, Nag-pur-Bilaspur, Goa-Mumbai and Nagpur-Secunderabad. - PTI

F I R S T O F I T S K I N D

DAMAGES: Two shops were

damaged after a suspected IED

blast which killed two per-

sons and injured another 21 at

Dudhnai in Goalpara district of

Assam on Tuesday. - PTI

State polls driving Rs600b surge

in cash circulation, says Rajan

MUMBAI: Red-flagging a mas-sive surge in cash circulation dur-ing the ongoing state elections, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said money in peo-ple’s hands has gone up by over Rs600 billion which is “not nor-mal” and needs to be looked into.

“Around election time, cash with the public does normally increase... You can guess as to reasons why, we can also guess,” Rajan told reporters here after announcing his first bi-month-ly monetary policy review of this fiscal.

However, cash in people’s hands is up by more than Rs 600 billion at present, which is “not normal”, he added.

Unaccounted money“You see some (spike) not just in the state going to elections, but also in the neighbouring states.There is something... We need to understand it better,” Rajan said.

While Rajan did not get into the specifics about cash usage during

election time, almost every poll season sees cash-for-vote allega-tions flying thick and fast.

Also, quite often instances are reported about polling officials recovering huge cache of unac-counted money.

The election process is cur-rently underway in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puduch-erry. Out of these, Assam and

West Bengal had the first phase of polling on Monday.

These polls are being seen as very important for these states as also at the national level.

As per the latest data released by RBI, there was a 48 per cent increase in the currency in circu-lation at Rs2 trillion for the fort-night ended March 18.

This has led to speculations about the reasons, leading to calls for a need to keep a tab on the cash circulation.

For the same fortnight, the bank deposits growth also fell below 10 per cent, to 9.9 per cent, which was a 53-year low, while advances have picked up.

On this, the Governor said it is good that advances have started growing above the deposit rates.

And that “deposit rates at 9.9 per cent is not something that one must be sneezed at. This is a healthy growth trend,” he added.

Generally, RBI has observed that the cash goes up during festivities. - PTI

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MAIDEN JOURNEY: The newly launched Gatiman Express at Hazrat

Nizamuddin railway station in New Delhi on Tuesday. - PTI

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Yaqoob Khan Bangash

The recent events in India at the famed Jawaharlal Nehru Univer-sity (JNU) have thrown up several

questions.First, what does the idea of ‘national-

ism’ mean? Secondly, how should free-dom of speech and expression be exer-cised in the modern day? And thirdly, how should the academia and society un-derstand, respond and interact on these questions?

The fact that JNU is now at the fore-front of such a debate in India clearly shows the central role of the academia in the life of a country.

While a lot of people only mention the ‘applied’ part of research, it is the theo-retical work done behind the ivory tow-ers of the world’s great universities which nurtures new ideas.

After all, little did anyone expect that the monograph written by one Karl Marx in 1848, over a period of about six weeks, would change the world, half a century later. In our own land, the power of the pamphlet written in 1933 by ‘some stu-dents’ at Cambridge, ridiculed by even Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jin-nah when it was written, became a re-ality fourteen years later — such is the power of ideas!

Despite being the result of a very crea-tive process, Pakistan has always been wary of intellectual activity. Pakistan’s history is rife with intellectuals being jailed, banned, banished, etc. Some quar-ters have erroneously given the impres-sion that if these intellectuals are allowed to flourish, the state might disappear or God knows what catastrophe might befall on all of us. This, of course, was, and is, all nonsense.

I often wonder how many people who revere Allama Iqbal as a poet and thinker have actually read him, and those who have read him — have they really under-stood him? This is because every single time I read Iqbal, I think he was one of the most modern and forward-looking think-

ers in the world at that time and his vision was a dramatic reshaping of the world where the intellect would prosper.

However, all of us in Pakistan want a holiday on his birthday, but rarely do we care to implement his vision for the Mus-lims of South Asia, let alone the people of the world!

The place where I work has a phrase from Iqbal’s poem, Takhliq (Creation) as its motto, where the full verse reads, in translation: “New worlds derive their pomp from thoughts quite fresh and new/From stones and bricks a world was nei-ther built nor grew”. Here, in just one verse, Iqbal gives us the key for the crea-tion of ‘new worlds’. So, if we really want to achieve that ‘good life’ as Aristotle put it, we must allow for the germination and promotion of new ideas and thoughts. We will never develop if we choke the intel-lectual process and stifle freethinking. Iqbal knew it and said it clearly, but we have yet to listen.

Since Friday, we have been holding the Afkar-e-Taza festival at the Alhamra in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Inspired di-rectly from Iqbal’s verse above, this event attempts to do exactly what Iqbal wanted — nurture and promote new thinking.

When Dr Umar Saif established the Information Technology University a couple of years ago, it was his firm belief that this vision of Iqbal must be real-ised, and this is our small intervention in this realm.

So for three days, we will hear from scholars from all over the world — Oxford, Chatham House, Chicago, Yale, Berkeley, Australian National University, Aligarh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and several other places. We will hear from scholars of the calibre of Dr Faisal Devji, Dr Amin Saikal, Dr Maria Misra, Dr Peter Franko-pan, Dr Catherine Asher, Dr Rajiva Wijes-inha, Dr Steven Fish, Charles Allen, Dr Najaf Haider, and several others, and we will hear topics ranging from Mughal his-tory, the French in South Asia, the Silk Roads, modern Afghanistan and Iran, and of course, Iqbal. - Express Tribune.Universities should be a place of peaceful co-existence

This refers to the report, JNU, HCU among top central universities (April 5). It is really a delight to know that both Jawaharlal Nehru University and Hyderabad Central University have been ranked top

positions among the central universities in the first-ever domestic ranking list in India. This is a remarkable achievement for both the universities as they were recently among the rows hit by political controversies. This outcome is significant as perception among students, parents and the public would have been one of the parameters to evaluate the ranking. The students, teachers and the administrators of these universities can be proud of the achievement. However, universities should be a place of peaceful co-existence. — P. A. Jacob, Muscat

Heads need to roll after Pakistan cricket team’s dismal performance This refers to the report, Sarfraz Ahmed named Pakistan’s T20 captain, (April 5). After the dismal performance of the team

at the World Cup it was hope plenty of heads would roll. However, it seems the Pakistan cricket authorities don’t want to take responsi-bility and also don’t want punish players. — Munir Anis, Muscat

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More names, underworld shadow in ‘Panama Papers’ Part II expose

NEW DELHI: A now-deceased underworld don, a politician, in-dustrialists and an ex-cricketer are among those with alleged off-shore links, even as the agency that helped them set up the en-tities stonewalled New Delhi’s probe efforts, the Indian Express reported on Tuesday.

Amid these fresh reports, Re-serve Bank of India (RBI) Gover-nor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said not every off-shore company opened by an Indian national need be illegitimate, and that this will be primary task of the probe team in which the central bank has also been co-opted.

In a series of articles under

“Panama Papers Part 2” — as part of the global expose on people with alleged offshore links — the paper published its second list of Indian names, along with an arti-cle on how an aide of don Dawood Ibrahim used a set of 17 entities to buy properties abroad.

Named in the second list, with some repeats, are: Politician Anur-ag Kejriwal, industrialists Gautam and Karan Thapar, businesspeo-ple Ranjeev Dahuja and Kapil Sain Goel, jeweller Ashwini Kumar Mehra, former cricketer Ashok Malhotra, and pharmaceuticals maker Vinod Ramachandra Jad-hav. Also named in the list are IT consultant Gautam Seengal, agri-business owner Vivek Jain, retired government employee Prabhash Sankhla, and garment exporters Satish Govind Samtani, Vishal Ba-hadur and Harish Mohnani.

Modus operandiThe paper also gave glimpses of their alleged modus operandi.

On Monday, after the first list, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a multi-agency probe team on the expose, conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) along with over 100 global media organisations, dubbed the “Pan-

ama Papers”. “A multi-agency group is being formed to monitor the black money trail,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told report-ers here on Monday, after he met the prime minister.

“Details of assets worth Rs6,500 crore have already been found,” Jaitley added.

He also told the Indian Express that there were no “holy cows” for the government. “Action will be taken against whoever is found to be in default.”

Rajan sought to clarify a day later that the main tasks for the probe team will be to ascertain the legality of transactions. “We are in the investigation team on ‘Panama Papers’. We will have to see what’s legitimate and what’s not. That is a part of the investiga-tion process,” he said.

“It’s important to remember that there are legitimate reasons, too, to have accounts overseas.”

On Monday, the newspaper ran several pages of the investi-gation reports alleging, among other people, Bollywood super-stars Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai were directors in companies in Panama. Others named in the re-port were Sameer Gehlaut of Indi-abulls and K.P. Singh of DLF.

Them apart, Vinod Adani, elder brother of industrialist Gautam Adani, politician Shishir Bajoria from West Bengal and Anurag Ke-jriwal of Loksatta Party were also alleged to have companies in tax havens. All of them have since de-nied any wrong-doing.

Soon after Modi’s order, the fi-nance ministry announced that the probe team will comprise of-ficers from the Central Board of Direct Taxes’ Financial Intelli-gence Unit, its Tax Research Unit and also officials from the Reserve Bank of India.

Monitor“The group will monitor the flow of information in each one of the cases. The government will take all the necessary actions as re-quired to get maximum informa-tion from all sources, including from foreign governments to help in the investigation process,” the ministry statement added.

The expose by the Indian Ex-press on Tuesday said Mossak Fonseca, the Panama law firm that helped in setting up off-shore com-panies, sought to stonewall every effort by New Delhi to get into the bottom of the issue, even as in some cases the Indian authorities themselves floundered. - IANS

Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

ordered a multi-

agency probe team

on the expose dubbed

the ‘Panama Papers’

MUMBAI: Indian Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whose name figured in the Panama Paper leaks as alleg-edly having links with offshore entities in two tax havens, on Tuesday denied any connec-tion with those companies, saying his name may have been “misused”.

He also claimed that even the news report had not sug-gested any wrongdoing on his part.

Referring to the report, Am-itabh, 73, said, “I do not know any of the companies referred to by Indian Express — Sea Bulk Shipping Company Ltd, Lady Shipping Ltd, Treasure Shipping Ltd, and Tramp Ship-ping Ltd. I have never been a director of any of the above stated companies.

It is possible that my name has been misused.

“I have paid all my taxes in-cluding on monies spent by me overseas. Monies that I have remitted overseas have been in compliance with law, including remittances through Liber-alised Remittance Scheme (LRS), after paying Indian taxes. In any event the news re-port in Indian Express does not even suggest any illegality on my part,” his statement read.

The names of his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, her par-ents and brother also figured in the leaked documents as being directors in a firm in the Brit-ish Virgin Islands.

The newspaper quoted her media adviser Archana Sadanand, who raised ques-tions about the International Consortium of Investigating Journalists and said all the information the paper had was totally untrue and false. -PTI

Amitabh Bachchan says no link with offshore companies

A multi-agency group is being formed to monitor the black money trail. Details of assets worth Rs6,500 crore have already been foundArun Jaitley, Finance minister

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PAKISTANW E D N E S DAY, A P R I L 6, 2 0 1 6

BLAST TARGETS TRAIN NEAR QUETTA Pakistani passengers carry an injured train blast victim as they arrive at a railway station in Quetta on Tuesday. A bomb

planted on the track killed at least one train passenger and wounded four others in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Ba-

lochistan, officials said. The improvised explosive device exploded as the Jaffar Express from Rawalpindi passed over it 180

kilometres east of Quetta, local security official Naseer Ullah said. — AFP

US orders 9 combat

choppers for Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: United States Navy has awarded a $170 mil-lion contract for the manufacture and delivery of nine AH-1Z air-craft and nine auxiliary fuel kits for Pakistan, the US Department of Defence said in a statement on Monday.

The Bell AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine combat chopper based on the previous SuperCobra model developed for the US Marine Corps. It has a top speed of 420 kilometres per hour and a range of 610 kilometres.

The contract is “expected to be completed in September 2018”.

“Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $170,173,188 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year,” the Defence Department statement said.

The Naval Air Systems Com-mand, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity for Paki-stan, it added.

In April 2015, the US Depart-ment of State approved the possi-ble sale to Pakistan for 15 AH-1Z Vipers with Hellfire missiles and support worth up to $952 million. The contract covered the manu-facture and delivery of 15 Lot 12 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters, 19 Lot 12 AH-1Zs, one Lot 13 UH-1Y, and 21 auxiliary fuel kits for the government of Pakistan.

In February this year, the US government said it had approved the sale to Pakistan of up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lock-heed Martin Corp, radar and oth-er equipment in a deal valued at $699 million.

The Pentagon’s Defense Secu-rity Cooperation Agency, which oversees foreign arms sales, said it had notified lawmakers about the possible deal.

The agency said the F-16s would allow Pakistan’s Air Force to oper-ate in all-weather environments and at night, while improving its self-defence capability and bolstering its ability to conduct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations. — Express Tribune

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Bell Helicopter has been awarded the contract for the combat helicopters which will be manufactured and delivered to Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales Programme, the US Department of Defence said

Balochistan’s first female field officer breaks barriers

QUETTA: Just like its harsh and rough geography, the political landscape of Balochistan is almost unforgiving for government of-ficials. The province has been go-ing through a low key insurgency which intensified in 2006 follow-ing the assassination of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.

Against the backdrop of targeted killings, bomb blasts, enforced dis-appearances, sectarian tensions, ethnic hatred and kidnapping for ransom, many officers in the civil administration expressed their reluctance to be posted in interior Balochistan.

But one intrepid daughter of the soil, Sadaf Batool Assadi, accepted the challenge and opted to become the first-ever field assistant com-missioner of the province despite

its volatility. Speaking exclusively to The Express Tribune, Assadi – who belong to the besieged Haz-ara community – shrugged off the notion of being a female officer, saying “officers are a genderless species and custodians of the government.”

When questioned about the cul-tural impediments she might be facing in a male-dominated soci-ety, she said she viewed the culture of Balochistan as a strength, and not as a weakness.

“Traditionally there is a lot of

respect for women in Balochistan and in this context I receive much respect and honour when in the field,” she said.

Assadi also denied facing any political pressure while executing her duties in field.

Recalling her previous employ-ment as a lecturer of English Lit-erature at Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engi-neering and Management Scienc-es, she said teaching is also a noble profession and female teachers are doing a great job.

“However, if the locals will not serve the province then who else will do this job?” she asked.

After completing her training at the Civil Services Academy (CSA), Assadi was posted for some time in southern Punjab’s Rahim Yar Khan district as field assistant commissioner.

Referring to that experience, she said Punjab is much better in terms of services, administra-tion, having entirely different dynamics.

“But getting posted in Balo-

chistan, despite knowing that it is a conflict zone, is my own choice. I am a field person and I love being in the field as I love to accept chal-lenges,” she said.

Asked about the reaction of her family to her job, she said her fa-ther is a very cooperative and his reaction is positive.

She also expressed her special gratitude to Quetta’s Commis-sioner Qambar Dashti for being supportive to her. “I am so lucky to have a senior who has helped me understand many things about ad-ministration,” she said.

She also thanked the Hazara community’s social media cam-paign in her favour but said she does not limit herself to a particu-lar ethnicity.

“I, as a Pakistani citizen, repre-sent all the social groups in Balo-chistan,” she said.

Assadi’s husband, Muhammad Ishaq who is himself Quetta’s ad-ditional commissioner, said offic-ers were reluctant to perform in Balochistan. He said if females can perform in other provinces, they can also work in Balochistan.

“As regards my personal life, it has to be taken ahead with col-laboration and for that I don’t be-have like a traditional husband but rather share her responsibility at home, too,” he said. — Express Tribune

Sadaf Batool Assadi

shrugged off the

notion of being

a female officer,

saying ‘officers are a

genderless species

and custodians of the

government’

Getting posted in Balochistan, despite knowing that it is a conflict zone, is my own choice. I am a field person and I love being in the field as I love to accept challenges

Sadaf Batool AssadField officer

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CJ not for treating military court convicts as common criminalsISLAMABAD: Expressing con-cern over the recent spike in ter-ror attacks across the country on Monday, Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has questioned the wisdom of treating those directly waging war with the army as ordi-nary criminals.

Pakistan, according to the chief justice, is facing ‘foreign-spon-sored terrorism’ in addition to “active and routine” threats from some militant elements working within the country’s borders.

“How can those who don’t rec-ognise the country’s Constitution give references of the constitu-tional provisions related to fun-damental rights?” he asked Asma Jahangir, the counsel for those convicted by military courts. The chief justice is heading the five-judge larger bench that resumed the hearing of the convicts’ ap-

peals. Asma Jahangir stated that everyone should get justice. Ac-cording to her, innocent people should not be “penalised by pro-ceedings against them in haste in the name of terrorism”.

Calling the Supreme Court the last hope for the convicts, she sub-mitted that it would be a matter of concern if the apex court over-looked the matter of fundamental

rights in the name of security.However, the chief justice point-

ed out that there are international precedents of terrorists being pun-ished on the spot upon the comple-tion of their summary trial.

Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, an-other member of the bench, agreed with the counsel and said that those conducting the trial must ac-cept the Constitution and the law as well.

Meanwhile, Additional Attor-ney General Attiq Shah told the bench the record of the military court convicts is easily available.

The bench asked him to furnish the trial record of two convicts namely Aliur Rehman and Tahir Ghauri today (Tuesday) so that they could examine it a day before the hearing. The hearing of the case was adjourned until Wednes-day. — Express Tribune

T E R R O R A T T A C K S H E A V Y R A I N

FLOOD TOLL RISES: Pakistani residents walk along a flooded street following heavy rain on the out-

skirts of Peshawar on Tuesday. The death toll after heavy rain in Pakistan’s northwest and in Kash-

mir region rose to 71, officials said, as rescuers sought to evacuate dozens of people still trapped by

landslides. — AFP

Anwar Zaheer Jamali

Italy firms interested in making investments

LAHORE: More than 40 Ital-ian companies have expressed their willingness to explore the opportunities in the Paki-stani market, said Ambassa-dor of Italy to Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo.

Speaking at the first day of ‘Seminar on investment oppor-tunities in Pakistan’ in Italy, he said that this is a great occasion for the Pakistani businessmen to have a more structured ap-proach to Italian manufacturers and he hoped that fruitful part-nerships would follow.

Joint venturesPunjab Board of Investment and Trade CEO Amena Cheema said that SMEs are considered the backbone of Italy’s economy and there is great potential for cooperation through joint ven-tures between SMEs on both sides, particularly in the field of Information and Communica-tions Technology.

She spoke about the demand of Italian products in Pakistan and elaborated on the growing importance of the country with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor underway.

A documentary titled ‘Pun-jab- the land of opportunities’ was shown at the seminar after which Cheema also shed light on the potential of various sec-tors in Punjab province and the available projects for invest-ment through a comprehensive presentation. — Express Tribune

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Turkey to take 200 more migrants

ANKARA/LESBOS: Turkey is ready to take another 200 migrants deported from the Greek islands on Wednesday, a senior government official said, as it presses ahead with a disputed EU deal aimed at shutting down the main route for il-legal migration into Europe.

A first group of 202 migrants, mostly Pakistani and Afghan, were shipped back to Turkey on Monday under an agreement which will see Ankara take back all migrants and refugees who cross the Aegean to enter Greece illegally.

In return, the European Un-ion will take in thousands of Syr-ian refugees directly from Turkey and reward it with money, visa-free travel and progress in its EU membership negotiations. “This arrangement will prevent the Ae-gean Sea being turned into a cem-

etery for migrants,” Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in parliament of a deal meant to dis-suade migrants from attempting perilous illegal sea crossings.

France acknowledged that its intake of Syrian refugees had been slow and insufficient, but vowed to double efforts to meet com-mitments in light of a deal agreed between the European Union and Turkey.

“The number of people wel-comed is still extremely insuf-

ficient compared to our com-mitments and we will need to redouble our efforts,” Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told reporters during a meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The pact has been criticised by refugee agencies and human rights campaigners, who have cast it as inhumane, questioned its legal-ity, and argued Turkey is not a safe country for refugees.

Several dozen migrants being

detained at a holding camp on the Greek island of Lesbos protested behind the barbed wire fence of the compound on Tuesday, shout-ing “We want freedom!”

They were among thousands of refugees and migrants who have arrived on Lesbos on or since March 20 from Turkey and who are being held until their asylum requests are processed and they are accepted or sent back under the deal.

The first group of returnees

from Greece were brought from Lesbos and Chios to the Turkey’s Aegean coastal town of Dikili on Monday. They were then taken in buses escorted by gendarmes to a “reception and removal” centre in a fenced compound in the town of Kirklareli near the Bulgarian border, from where most are ex-pected to be sent back to their home countries.

“We will take in people through Dikili again tomorrow. We will take in around 200 irregular mi-grants,” the Turkish government official said, declining to be identi-fied because the plans have not yet been made public.

Monday’s group included 130 Pakistanis, 42 Afghans, as well as nationals of Iran, Congo, Sri Lan-ka, Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Ivory Coast and Somalia, people familiar with an internal European Com-mission report said. There were also two Syrians who had request-ed a return to Turkey, Turkish of-ficials said.

Davutoglu said a first group of 78 Syrians had been sent to Europe in return as part of the deal. Thirty-two went to Germany, 11 to Fin-land and another 34 were expected to go on Tuesday to the Nether-lands, the European Commission report said.

Rights groups and some Euro-pean politicians have challenged the legality of the deal, question-ing whether Turkey has sufficient safeguards in place to defend refu-gees’ rights and whether it can

be considered safe for them. The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has stopped transport-ing arrivals to and from the Moria camp on Lesbos, initially set up to register arrivals but which has since become what it calls a “de-tention centre”.

Paris promised in September to take 30,000 refugees over two years after European countries agreed to divide the numbers among themselves. Until now only hundreds have arrived in France compared to thousands in neigh-bouring Germany.

“We decided to relocate a part of the refugees that are in Greece to France and we want to participate on the implementation of the ac-cord with Turkey,” Ayrault said.

“Germany has started, but we will also do it. We will meet our commitments, but you need time. We have numbered com-mitments, (but) we have fallen a little behind.”

Through barbed wire at the camp, one man held up a piece of cardboard, which read: “Kill us if you want.” On the wall of the sprawling gated complex, which was once an army camp, graffiti read: ‘No one is illegal’.

UNHCR says there are some 600 people above capacity at Mo-ria, including pregnant women, lactating mothers and children, with insufficient food. Other aid groups have also pulled out from the site in protest at conditions there. — Reuters

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Khaleda surrenders, granted bail in bus bombing caseDHAKA: A former Bangladeshi prime minister surrendered to a court on Tuesday in connection an arrest warrant over a deadly fire bombing attack on a bus.

She was granted bail, a pros-ecutor said. A court issued a war-rant for opposition leader Khale-da Zia on March 30 in connection with the attack on the bus last year as her supporters tried to enforce a transport strike as part of efforts to bring down the government.

Khaleda, 70, surrendered be-fore the court under tight secu-rity in the capital, Dhaka. “The court granted her bail consider-ing her age and physical condi-tion,” public prosecutor Abdullah Abu told reporters.

More than 120 people were killed and hundreds injured last year during opposition trans-port blockades and strikes aimed at toppling the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Two people were killed and 30 injured in the bus attack that Khaleda is wanted for.

Khaleda did not speak to re-porters at the court. She has not commented publicly on the war-rant against her and 27 leaders and activists of her Bangladesh

Nationalist Party. The party has dismissed the accusation as politically motivated. Bangla-deshi politics has been mired for years in rivalry between Hasina and Khaleda.

Both women are related to for-mer national leaders, and they have alternated as prime min-ister for most of the past two decades. While the women feud, their country of 160 million, has seen a surge in violence. — Reuters

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Vietnam reports first Zika infectionsHANOI: Mosquitoes have in-fected two women with the Zika virus in Vietnam, health authori-ties said on Tuesday, in the coun-try’s first cases of a disease linked in Brazil to thousands of suspect-ed cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect.

A 64-year-old woman in the beach city of Nha Trang and a pregnant 33-year-old in Ho Chi Minh City fell sick in late March, and three rounds of tests have confirmed they are Zika-positive, health officials said. The suffer-ers are in stable condition and no further infections have been found among their relatives and neighbours, the health ministry said in a statement.

“After epidemic investigations, we consider the source of infec-tion could be mosquito,” Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said of the patient in Ho Chi Minh City. She is eight weeks pregnant, Long said in a Vietnam Television broadcast, but gave no details of the first woman.

Health officials have quaran-tined the living areas of the pa-

tient’s families and taken sam-ples from others living nearby for further tests, said Nguyen Chi Dung, head of Ho Chi Minh City’s department of preventive medi-cine. The World Health Organi-sation is working closely with Vietnam, a WHO official told a health ministry meeting to an-nounce the infections.

Zika is carried by mosquitoes, which transmit the virus to hu-mans. The WHO says there is a strong scientific consensus that Zika can cause microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis, though conclusive proof may take months or years. Microcephaly is charac-terised by unusually small heads that can result in developmental problems. Zika has been endemic in Asia, with infection cases con-firmed in Bangladesh, South Ko-rea, Thailand and China.

Brazil said it had confirmed more than 860 cases of micro-cephaly, most of which it consid-ers to be related to Zika infec-tions in the mothers. — Reuters

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UP IN ARMS: Pakistani and Afghan migrants protest inside the Moria detention centre in Mytilene on

the Greek island of Lesbos on April 5, 2016 against deportation to Turkey. – AFP

UNDER TIGHT SECURITY: For-

mer Bangladeshi prime minis-

ter and Bangladesh Nationalist

Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia

arrives at a court in Dhaka on

Tuesday. – AFP

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land to the United Nations in New York on Monday. – AFP

Iceland’s premier resigns over Panama Papers leak

LONDON/REYKJAVIK: Ice-land’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is to step down after leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm showed his wife owned an off-shore company with big claims on collapsed Icelandic banks, his party said.

Gunnlaugsson became the first prominent casualty from the rev-elations in the so-called Panama Papers, which have cast light on the financial arrangements of an array of politicians and public figures across the globe and the companies and financial institu-tions they use.

Earlier on Tuesday, Gunnlaugs-son had asked Iceland’s president to dissolve parliament in the face of a looming no-confidence vote and mass street protests over the revelations. Such a move would almost certainly lead to a new election. The deputy leader of his Progressive Party, Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, told reporters the party will suggest to its coalition partners in the Independence Party that he should become the new prime minister.

With the fallout from the leaks reverberating across the globe, British Prime Minister David Cameron also came under fire from opponents who accused him

of allowing a rich elite to dodge their taxes.

And in China, the Beijing gov-ernment dismissed as “ground-less” reports that the families of President Xi Jinping and other current and former Chinese leaders were linked to offshore accounts. The more than 11.5 million documents were leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. Among those named in them are friends of Rus-sian President Vladimir Putin, relatives of the leaders of China, Britain and Pakistan, and the president of Ukraine. The papers have caused public outrage over how the world’s rich and power-ful are able to stash their cash and avoid taxes while many people suffer austerity and hardship.

Thousands gathered outside the Icelandic parliament in Rey-kjavik on Monday to protest about what the opposition said was Gunnlaugsson’s failure to dis-close a conflict of interest over his wife’s offshore company, which

has big claims on Iceland’s col-lapsed banks. The prime minister has stressed his wife’s overseas assets were taxed in Iceland.

A government spokesman has said the claims against Iceland’s collapsed banks held by the firm owned by Gunnlaugsson’s wife - totalled more than 500 million Icelandic crowns ($4.1 million).

Iceland’s main commercial banks collapsed as the global fi-nancial crisis hit in 2008 and many Icelanders have blamed the North Atlantic island nation’s politicians for not reining in the banks’ debt-fuelled binge and averting a deep recession.

Icelandic government bonds saw their biggest sell-off in five months due to the uncertainty, with yields on 10-year bonds jumping 15.6 basis points to 5.891 per cent.

In Britain, the leader of the op-position Labour Party demanded that the government tackle tax ha-vens, saying it was time Cameron stopped allowing “the super-rich

elite” to dodge taxes. “There can-not be one set of tax rules for the wealthy elite and another for the rest of us,” Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said. “The unfairness and abuse must stop.”

He said Britain had a huge re-sponsibility since many tax ha-vens, such as the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, are British overseas territories, while others such as Jersey or the Isle of Man are British crown dependen-cies. According to media that have seen Mossack Fonseca’s files, more than half of the 200,000 companies set up by the firm were registered in the British Virgin Islands, where details of owner-ship do not have to be filed with the authorities.

Cameron has cast himself as a champion in the fight against tax evasion in British-linked territo-ries. But he was put on the spot by the leaks, which named his late father and members of the ruling Conservative Party among the list of clients who used Mossack

Fonseca’s services. Cameron said he did not own any shares or have offshore funds. “I have a salary as prime minister, and I have some savings, which I get some inter-est from, and I have a house,” he said. “I have no shares, no offshore trusts, no offshore funds, nothing like that.”

Other leading figures and finan-cial institutions responded to the leak with denials of any wrongdo-ing as prosecutors and regulators began a review of the investiga-tion by the US-based Interna-tional Consortium of Investiga-tive Journalists (ICIJ) and other media organisations.

Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands are among nations that have started inquiries.

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said Paris would put Panama back on its blacklist of uncooperative tax jurisdic-tions. The Central American na-tion is one of the most secretive of the world’s offshore havens and has refused to sign up to a global transparency initiative.

Mossack Fonseca has set up more than 240,000 offshore com-panies for clients around the globe and denies any wrongdoing. It says it is the victim of a campaign against privacy and that media re-ports misrepresent the nature of its business. Mossack Fonseca’s Hong Kong office said on Tuesday the firm had never been charged with or formally investigated for criminal wrongdoing in its nearly 40 years of operation. “We do not advise clients on how to operate their businesses. We don’t link ourselves in any way to companies we help incorporate,” the firm said in a statement.

“Excluding the professional fees we earn, we don’t take pos-session of clients’ money, or oth-erwise have anything to do with any of the direct financial aspects related to operating these busi-nesses.” — Reuters

Britain’s Cameron

denies offshore

holdings as Beijing

restricts coverage

of leaks and France

puts Panama back

on blacklist

New Zealand ex-premier wants to be next UN chiefUNITED NATIONS: Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark said on Monday she would campaign to be the next UN secretary-general, pledging to improve transparency and tout-ing her leadership experience in a bid to become the first woman to head the world body.

New Zealand submitted a let-ter on Monday to the president of the 193-member General Assem-bly formally nominating Clark, who heads the UN Development Programme, as a candidate to succeed Ban Ki-moon as secre-tary-general.

Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, will step down at the end of 2016 after two five-year terms. The top job at the United Nations has always been held by a man, since the body’s inception 70 years ago, and there is a strong push for a woman to be elected.

“I’m seeking election on the ba-sis of the skills that I have, and I would expect in the 21st century to be given equal consideration to any male applicant,” Clark, New Zealand prime minister from 1999 to 2008, told Reuters in an interview.

At least 53 countries, led by Colombia, want a female secre-tary-general. Several civil soci-

ety groups are also lobbying for a woman to lead the organisation.

New Zealand’s prime minister, John Key, said Clark has the right mix of skills and experience for the job.

“There are major global chal-lenges facing the world today and the United Nations needs a prov-en leader who can be pragmatic and effective,” he said. “Helen Clark has a vast amount of ex-perience in international affairs which will be hard for other can-didates to match.”

Seven candidatesClark is currently up against seven candidates, including three other women: UN cultural or-ganization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova of Bulgaria; Croatia’s former foreign minis-ter, Vesna Pusic; and Moldova’s former foreign minister, Natalia Gherman.

The other four candidates are former Macedonian foreign min-ister Srgjan Kerim, Montenegro Foreign Minister Igor Luksic, for-mer Slovenian president Danilo Turk and former UN High Com-missioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, who is also a former Portuguese prime minister.

Clark’s candidacy will come as

a major blow to ambitions of for-mer Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, who has been report-ed to be eyeing the top UN job.

The 15-member UN Security Council, including veto powers China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France, will recom-mend a candidate for election by the General Assembly later this year to succeed Ban.

“The biggest challenges (fac-ing the United Nations) are the changing nature of the peace and security issues - they are not what the UN was founded to deal with,” Clark said. “It requires a new set of tools.”

The General Assembly will hold a series of informal public meetings with each candidate next week.

“Coming from New Zealand, we live in a very diverse region, we have a very diverse country, so trying to reconcile differences, bridge gaps, has been in my DNA,” Clark said. “Those are very valu-able skills here at the UN.”

She said transparency was very important. When asked if she would like to see a UN freedom of information policy, Clark said: “Yes, I would like to see these policies operating... through the organisation.” — Reuters

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Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in IraqDIYARBAKIR: Turkey bombed Kurdish militant targets in north-ern Iraq on Tuesday and declared a curfew in a southeastern town after a rocket attack, as Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed Ankara would not step back in its crackdown on the rebels.

Gunfire rang out through the night in Silopi, near the Iraqi bor-der, where the curfew was im-posed after one police officer was killed and four were wounded when a rocket hit their armoured vehicle, security sources said.

In Iraq, Turkish F-16 and F-4 warplanes destroyed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) ammuni-tion stores and shelters overnight in the mountainous Qandil area, where the group is based, the army said. It also said 15 PKK militants had been killed in southeast Tur-key on Monday.

Pro-Kurdish politicians say An-kara should focus instead on reviv-ing peace talks launched in 2012 with PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan but President Tayyip Erdogan ruled out such a move on Mon-day, vowing to stamp out the in-surgency. Turkey should consider stripping supporters of terrorism of their citizenship, Erdogan said on Tuesday, adding that the gov-ernment had “nothing to discuss with terrorists”.

Erdogan vowed to stamp out the conflict in Turkey’s mainly Kurd-ish southeast, at its deadliest in two decades, once and for all.

Davutoglu reinforced that mes-sage in a speech on Tuesday.

“There will be no turning back in the fight against terror,” he told lawmakers from his ruling AK Party. “Turkey’s policy in the peace process was correct and its anti-terror operation is correct. Our people have given great support to both processes.”

In Silopi, local authorities de-clared a curfew from 4:30am (0130 GMT) in an announcement delivered by loudspeaker from minarets and police vehicles, wit-nesses said. — Reuters

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FIRST CASUALTY: Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson speaks to media outside

Iceland president’s residence in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Tuesday. – Reuters

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MUSCAT: Major Omani firms that constitute MSM 30 Index are expected to post a marginal fall in net earnings in the first quarter of 2016, while a growth could be wit-nessed in total revenue, as com-pared to the same period of 2015.

Net earnings of MSM 30 com-panies for the first quarter were estimated at OMR158.22 million, showing a marginal year-on-year fall of 0.3 per cent and an increase

of 741.5 per cent when compared on quarter-on-quarter basis, the Gulf Baader Capital Markets reported in a research note on Tuesday.

“The increase in corporate tax rate in Oman to 15 per cent from 12 per cent levels to impact the overall first quarter performance,” the note said.

The combined revenue of MSM 30 Index companies is estimated at OMR955.16 million, increase of 6.9 per cent year-on-year and a decline of 2.7 per cent on quarter-on-quarter basis.

However, the report noted that the combined revenue of MSM 30 companies, excluding invest-ment holding firms, is projected to increase by 3.3 per cent on year-on-year basis and a fall of 3.7 per cent on quarter-on-quarter basis to OMR893.76 million. This is on the back of continued stable performance from finan-cial sector companies. “While we do expect early signs of demand slowdown along with the prevail-ing macro uncertainties to im-pact, we believe the non-cyclical sectors to reveal higher growth.”

The net earnings of MSM 30 firms, excluding investment hold-ing companies, for the first quar-ter is projected at OMR147.19 million, registering a decline of 2.1 per cent on year-on-year and a significant increase of 741 per cent on sequential basis.

The earnings growth for the in-dex firms is predominantly driven

by the financial and investment holding firms.

Banking sectorThe banking sector revenues are estimated to show growth on year-on-year basis during the first quar-ter, despite tightened market liquid-ity, increase in funding costs and on incremental provisioning levels. Banking sector earnings for the first quarter is estimated to increase by 1.6 per cent on year-on-year and de-cline of 1.5 per cent on quarter-on-quarter to OMR84.64 million.

“We still believe few of the local banks continued to have stronger liquidity to cater to the credit de-mand,” added the report.

The overall incremental credit growth of banking sector is ex-pected to grow by 2 per cent or OMR400 million for the first quarter of 2016 on a quarter-on-quarter basis. In 2015, Oman’s banking sector credit (of both

conventional and Islamic banks) grew by OMR2.15 billion, regis-tering a growth of 12 per cent on year-on-year on the back of con-tinued government project draw downs and growth in retail credit.

The earnings of investment holding companies for the first quarter of 2016 is estimated at OMR11.03 million, an increase of 33.1 per cent on year-on-year ba-sis and 749.6 per cent on quarter-on-quarter (on low base) on the back relatively improved equity market performance in Oman and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region in March 2016, cou-pled with the dividends season.

For the first quarter, the total revenue of industrial sector is ex-pected to decline by 9.2 per cent on year-on-year and a fall of 16.2 per cent on quarter-on-quarter basis amid challenging market conditions along with the prevail-ing low commodity prices.

Net earnings of MSM 30 companies for the

first quarter were estimated at OMR158.22

million, showing a marginal year-on-year fall

Bank Muscat office in Iran to open this yearTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat said that all regulatory approvals are in place to proceed with a represent-ative office (non-transactional) of the bank in Iran.

“The bank is in the process of registering the representative of-fice and expects it to open later in 2016,” the bank said a disclosure statement posted on the Muscat Securities Market.

Meanwhile, Bank Muscat shareholders earlier approved the payout of 30 per cent dividend for 2015 at an annual general meeting last month.

Continuing the bank’s strong dividend payment track record, the shareholders approved 25 per cent cash dividend for the year 2015 which is consistent with the cash dividend paid in the last five years. In addition, 5 per cent divi-dend in the form of bonus shares was also approved.

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India cuts rates to five-year lowMUMBAI: India’s central bank lowered its interest rate for the first time in six months and said it would look for more room to ease as it watches monsoon rains.

Governor Raghuram Rajan cut the benchmark repurchase rate to 6.5 per cent from 6.75 per cent, the Reserve Bank of India said in a statement in Mumbai on Tuesday. That’s the lowest since March 2011.

The move was expected by 36 of 42 economists, while four predicted a reduction to 6.25 per cent. Two saw no change.

“The stance of monetary policy will remain accommodative,” Ra-jan said in the statement. “The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will continue to watch macro-economic and financial develop-ments in the months ahead with a view to responding with further policy action as space opens up.”

Easing policyAlong with slowing price pres-sures, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to narrow the budg-et deficit in February opened room for Rajan to join Indone-sia and Europe in easing policy. Water reservoir levels, global oil prices and a planned pay raise for civil servants will determine if more rate cuts are possible.

“It is accommodative through the rate front and by taking a positive view on liquidity, it is positive for the bond markets,” said Radhika Rao, an economist at DBS Bank in Singapore.

The rupee weakened 0.2 per cent to 66.3425 a dollar in Mum-bai, and the benchmark stock index was trading 1.4 per cent lower. The yield on the 10-year

sovereign bond rose 2 basis points to 7.43 per cent after ear-lier falling as low as 7.34 percent.

Better transmissionRajan praised the government’s moves to create a monetary poli-cy committee, stick with a plan to narrow the fiscal deficit and boost the rural economy. He also said that the reduction in small-sav-ings rates, changes to the liquid-ity framework and a new method for commercial banks to calculate rates “should improve transmis-sion and magnify the effects of the current policy rate cut.”

“Given weak private invest-ment in the face of low capac-ity utilisation, a reduction in the policy rate by 25 bps will help strengthen activity and aid the government’s initiatives,” Rajan said in the statement.

Rajan has now cut rates five times since January 2015. His scope for more easing is limited, mainly due to the risk of a third straight year of below-average rainfall. The June-September monsoon waters more than half of India. - Bloomberg News

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Port Services pulls out

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Times News service

MUSCAT: Port Services Cor-poration (PSC) said that the company-led consortium has withdrawn from participating in a tender for managing a dry port in South Al Batinah Logistics Area since the project was not found to be commercially and fi-

nancially viable. This was based on an intensive study and a let-ter of regret was sent to Oman Logistics Company on April 3, the company said in a disclosure statement posted on Muscat Se-curities Market website.

Earlier, Port Services Corpora-tion-led consortium was short-listed to participate in the tender.

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OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 586,944 .......... 119,768..................... 28 ........... 0.204 ...........0.205 ...........0.200 .......... 0.204 ............. 0.198............ 0.006 ............. 3.030 ................0.204 .............0.201...................0.205 ................. 40,800,000 ........0.100

OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .........................86,402 .............16,848..................... 10 ............0.195 ........... 0.195 ...........0.195 ............0.195 ............. 0.190 ........... 0.005 ............. 2.632 ................0.195 .............. 0.195...................0.200 ..................18,532,800 .........0.100

OM0000002648 ...........NATIONAL FINANCE ................................................ 20,000 ...............2,780........................ 1 ............0.139 ........... 0.139 ...........0.139 ............0.139 ............. 0.136............ 0.003 .............2.206 ................0.139 .............. 0.132...................0.139 ................... 37,686,426 .........0.100

OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ...................................................... 303,531..........294,872..................... 30 ........... 0.968 ........... 0.976 ...........0.968........... 0.972 .............0.956 ............0.016 ............. 1.674 ................0.976 ..............0.972...................0.976................. 194,400,000 .......0.100

OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ..................................................41,994 ............. 15,710......................12 ........... 0.370 ........... 0.378 ...........0.370 ........... 0.374 .............0.368 ........... 0.006 ............. 1.630 ................0.378 ..............0.376...................0.378...................19,635,000 .........0.100

OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER .................................................... 57,261 .............12,037........................4 ........... 0.207 ........... 0.227 ...........0.207........... 0.210 .............0.207 ........... 0.003 ............. 1.449 ................0.210 ..............0.210................... 0.211 ..................150,025,331 ........0.100

OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 1,699,577 ...... 660,166...................224 ........... 0.384 ........... 0.392 ...........0.384........... 0.388 .............0.384 ........... 0.004 ............. 1.042 ................0.386 ..............0.386...................0.388..................968,545,100........0.100

OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING ........... 155,986 .............16,107......................11 ............0.103 ........... 0.105 ...........0.103 ........... 0.103 .............0.102 ............0.001 ............. 0.980 ................0.103 ..............0.103...................0.104................... 12,553,125 .........0.100

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 2,762,881 ...... 581,574................... 145 ............0.210 ........... 0.214 ...........0.206 .......... 0.210 .............0.208 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.962 ................0.208............. 0.208...................0.209 .................. 31,515,750 .........0.100

OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ..........................23,057 ............ 36,084........................4 ............1.565 ........... 1.565 ...........1.565 ............1.565 ............. 1.555 .............0.010 ............. 0.643 ................1.565 ..............1.540................... 1.555 ................ 1,173,750,000 ......0.100

OM0000001087 ............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ...................................6,000 ............... 1,452........................2 ........... 0.242 ...........0.242 ...........0.242 .......... 0.242 ............. 0.241 ............0.001 ............. 0.415 ................0.242..............0.230...................0.248 ................. 24,200,000 ........0.100

OM0000001483 ............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 427,202 ..........111,068..................... 33 ............0.261 ........... 0.261 ...........0.259........... 0.260 .............0.260 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.260..............0.256...................0.260 .................383,443,132 ........0.100

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN ...................................................... 13,704 ...............1,346........................5 ........... 0.098 ........... 0.099 ...........0.098........... 0.098 .............0.098 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.099 ..............0.099...................0.100..................196,030,653 ........0.100

OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT ............................................................55,550 ............ 26,142........................2 ............0.476 ........... 0.476 ...........0.470 ........... 0.470 .............0.470 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.470 ..............0.444...................0.470.................. 155,510,174 ........0.100

OM0000002168 ............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ................................. 97,100 .............27,674........................7 ........... 0.285 ........... 0.285 ...........0.285........... 0.285 .............0.285 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.285 ............. 0.280...................0.285...................84,420,899.........0.100

OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 1,000,773 .......142,110......................18 ............0.142 ........... 0.144 ...........0.142 ........... 0.142 ............. 0.142 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.142 .............. 0.143...................0.144 ....................17,735,510..........0.100

OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES .............................................. 1,000 .................. 270........................ 1 ........... 0.270 ........... 0.270 ...........0.270........... 0.264 .............0.264 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.270.............. 0.251...................0.260 .................. 16,157,928 .........0.100

OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ........................74,000 ...............5,849..................... 10 ........... 0.079 ...........0.080 ...........0.078 ........... 0.079 .............0.079 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.078 ..............0.077...................0.078....................2,370,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE ......................................................... 1,000 .................. 130........................ 1 ............0.130 ........... 0.130 ...........0.130 ........... 0.130 ............. 0.130............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.130 ..............0.130...................0.142 ................... 42,419,414 .........0.100

OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ............................................................ 389,992 ........... 98,853......................17 ........... 0.257 ........... 0.259 ...........0.252........... 0.253 .............0.253 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.256 ..............0.256...................0.259..................429,897,954 ........0.100

OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 519,800 ........... 93,060..................... 20 ............0.180 ........... 0.181............0.176 ............0.179 ............. 0.179 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.176 .............. 0.175...................0.179 ...................52,026,533 .........0.100

OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER ..................................................10,000 ...............2,073........................2 ........... 0.207 ...........0.208 ...........0.207........... 0.207 .............0.207 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.208............. 0.208...................0.210 .................. 139,701,698 ........0.100

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO........................................................................ 40,000 ............ 28,640........................2 ............0.716 ........... 0.716............ 0.716 ............0.716 .............0.720 ...........-0.004 ........... -0.556 ...............0.716 .............. 0.716...................0.720..................466,076,069 .......0.100

OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ............................................................. 16,574 ...............4,654........................6 ........... 0.280 ...........0.282 ...........0.280 .......... 0.281 .............0.283 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.707 ...............0.282..............0.282...................0.285...................15,455,000 .........0.100

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............60,644 ...............6,286........................5 ............0.107 ........... 0.107 ...........0.103 ........... 0.104 ............. 0.105............-0.001 ........... -0.952 ...............0.103 .............. 0.101...................0.106 ....................9,360,000 ..........0.100

OM0000004735 ...........SEMBCORP SALALAH ................................................91,360 .............24,791........................7 ........... 0.274 ........... 0.274 ...........0.270............0.271 .............0.274 ...........-0.003 ............-1.095................0.270..............0.270...................0.272..................258,688,998 .......0.100

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ..............................................117,913 ............... 8,618......................16 ........... 0.074 ........... 0.074 ...........0.073 ........... 0.073 .............0.074 ...........-0.001 ............-1.351 ................0.073 ..............0.072...................0.074................... 12,775,000 .........0.100

OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 634,056 ......... 169,926..................... 49 ............0.271 ........... 0.271 ...........0.266........... 0.268 .............0.272 ...........-0.004 ............-1.471 ................0.266..............0.264...................0.266 ...................5,628,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK .........................................................................7,685 ............... 1,345........................ 1 ............0.175 ........... 0.175............0.175 ............0.175 ............. 0.180 ...........-0.005 ........... -2.778 ...............0.175 .............. 0.173...................0.178 ..................249,381,325 ........0.100

OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 3,625,608 ......308,007................... 162 ........... 0.086 ........... 0.088 ...........0.082........... 0.085 .............0.090 ...........-0.005 ........... -5.556 ...............0.084..............0.083...................0.084 ..................24,648,354.........0.100

OM0000003125 ............GLOBAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ................ 104,000 ............ 15,912........................3 ............0.153 ........... 0.153 ...........0.153 ............0.153 ............. 0.169............-0.016 ........... -9.467 ...............0.153 ............. 0.000...................0.153 ...................30,600,000.........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 21,076,896....... 3,917,898 ..........1,075 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......34........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 3,688,573 ...... 553,475................... 149 ............0.150 ........... 0.151 ............0.147 ........... 0.150 ............. 0.147............ 0.003 ............. 2.041 ................ 0.151 ...............0.151...................0.152 ..................219,390,219 ........0.100

OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. .................. 560,000 ............19,045......................17 ........... 0.034 ........... 0.035 ...........0.034........... 0.034 .............0.034 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.034..............0.033...................0.035....................2,890,000 ..........0.100

OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..................................................... 463,246 ............27,050......................18 ........... 0.059 ...........0.060 ...........0.058 ........... 0.058 .............0.059 ...........-0.001 ............-1.695 ................0.058 ..............0.058...................0.059.................... 7,250,000 ..........0.100

OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 2,048,257 ..... 152,394..................... 66 ............0.075 ........... 0.075 ...........0.073 ........... 0.074 .............0.076 ...........-0.002 ........... -2.632 ...............0.073 ..............0.073...................0.074..................111,000,000 ........0.100

OM0000001723 ............OMAN ORIX LEASING ............................................. 252,800 ........... 29,822........................6 ............0.118 ........... 0.118............ 0.115 ............0.118 ............. 0.122 ...........-0.004 ........... -3.279 ............... 0.115 ...............0.115................... 0.118 ...................29,622,649 .........0.100

OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 1,000,696 .........59,301..................... 38 ............0.061 ........... 0.061 ...........0.058 ........... 0.059 ............. 0.061............-0.002 ........... -3.279 ...............0.058 ..............0.058...................0.059...................59,000,000.........0.100

OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING.................................. 109,099 .............. 9,125......................15 ........... 0.086 ........... 0.086 ...........0.083........... 0.084 .............0.090 ...........-0.006 ........... -6.667 ...............0.083 ..............0.083...................0.086.................... 6,317,472 ..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 8,122,671 ...... 850,212...................309 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 7........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ...................................................................................................................................................................... OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ................... 240,001 ...........22,080........................3 ........... 0.092 ........... 0.092 ...........0.092........... 0.092 .............0.092 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.092..............0.092...................0.099...................29,822,868 .........0.100

OM0000004867 ...........BANK MUSCAT C C B 4.5 ......................................... 178,403 ............ 18,197........................2 ............0.102 ........... 0.102 ...........0.102 ........... 0.102 ............. 0.103............-0.001 ........... -0.971................0.102 ..............0.103...................0.106 ...................32,603,553 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 418,404 ........... 40,277........................5 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

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

O M A N S T O C K S

INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ....................................... 5,588.06 ...............5,569.54 ................... 5,569.96 ...................5,562.88 .................... 7.08 ................... 0.13Financial Index .....................................7,093.30 .............. 7,042.89 ....................7,043.77 ...................7,046.20 .................. -2.43 .................. -0.03Industrial Index ....................................6,743.39 .............. 6,722.60 ................... 6,728.45 ....................6,741.68 ................ -13.23 .................. -0.20Services Index .......................................3,124.97 ............... 3,112.55 ....................3,118.20 ....................3,112.55 .................... 5.65 ................... 0.18MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................847.80 ..................845.83 .......................846.10 ...................... 847.03 .................. -0.93 ...................-0.11

Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded29,617,971 ..................4,808,387 ..................1,389 ............... 16,555,114,840 ................ 15 ......................15 .................... 13 .........................43

MSM index ends higher

MUSCAT: Momentum driven by institutional buyers contin-ued in Oman with the MSM30 Index showing marginal gains of 0.13 per cent to close at 5,569.96 points. The MSM Sharia Index declined by 0.11 per cent to close at 846.10 points.

Bank Sohar was the most ac-tive in terms of volume as well as turnover. Gulf Investment Ser-vices, up by 4.72 per cent, was the top gainer while Global Financial Investment remained the top los-er, down by 9.47 per cent.

As many as1,389 trades were executed on Tuesday, generat-ing turnover of OMR4.8 million with 29.6 million shares chang-ing hands. Out of 43 traded secu-rities, 15 advanced, 15 declined and 13 remained unchanged. Foreign investors remained net buyers for OMR62,000 fol-lowed by GCC and Arab inves-tors for OMR54,000 while Om-ani investors were net sellers for OMR116,000 worth of shares.

Financial Index was stable at 7,043.77 points, down by 0.03 per cent. Gulf Investment Services, Al Madina Investments, Bank Sohar, National Finance and Bank Muscat gained by 4.72 per cent, 3.23 per cent, 3.23 per cent, 2.21 per cent and 1.04 per cent, respectively. Global Financial In-vestment, Oman Orix Leasing, Al Izz Bank, Ahli Bank and Bank Ni-zwa slid by 9.47 per cent, 3.28 per cent, 3.28 per cent, 2.78 per cent and 2.63 per cent, respectively.

Industrial Index retreated by 0.20 per cent to end at 6,728.45 points. Raysut Cement and Al Maha Ceramic gained by 1.67 per cent and 1.63 per cent, re-spectively. Al Hassan Engineer-ing, Galfar Engineering, Oman Fisheries and Gulf International Chemicals declined by 6.67 per cent, 5.56 per cent, 1.69 per cent and 1.47 per cent, respectively.

Services Index closed at 3,118.20 points, a gain of 0.18

per cent. OIFC, Port Services, Phoenix Power, Al Suwadi Power and Oman Telecommunications gained by 3.03 per cent, 2.63 per cent, 2.04 per cent, 1.45 per cent and 0.64 per cent, respectively. SemcorpSalalah, National Gas and OoredooOman declined by 1.09 per cent, 0.71 per cent and 0.56 per cent, respectively

European stocks fall Declines in carmakers and com-modity shares dragged Euro-pean stocks toward their lowest level in more than a month after a report signaled weakness in the German economy.

Peugeot Citroen tumbled 5.5 per cent after predicting that spending would weigh on profit in the coming years. ThyssenKrupp fell 5.2 per cent after Vale said the German steelmaker is buying its stake in a Brazilian joint venture. ArcelorMittal and BHP Billiton led declines in miners.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped 1.7 per cent in London, heading for its lowest level since February 25. All industry groups and most western-European benchmarks declined. The DAX Index tumbled 2.3 per cent after an unexpected drop in German factory orders signaled weakness in Europe’s largest economy.

“The expectation of a cool down has been confirmed,” said Guillermo Hernandez Sampere, head of trading at MPPM EK in Eppstein, Germany. “There has been no risk-on behavior since ECB’s last meeting. Investors’ confidence still hasn’t returned.”

A rebound in the Stoxx 600 since a February 11 low has stalled after reaching a two-month high on March 14, helped by optimism over the European Central Bank’s stimulus. Inves-tors sceptical of the recovery have withdrawn money from the region’s equity funds.

- United Securities/Bloomberg News

Gulf Investment Services, up by 4.72%,

was the top gainer while Global Financial

Investment remained top loser, down 9.47%

Saudi plans to double size of stock marketRIYADH: Saudi Arabia plans to almost double the size of its stock market, among the most closed in the world, by adding dozens of companies and making it easier for foreigners to invest.

Saudi aims to attract pri-vately owned firms to list while privatisation by the government will also boost the market, said Mohammed Al Jadaan, chair-man of the Capital Market Au-thority, the country’s regulator.

The Tadawul All Share Index will increase to 250 companies from about 170 now and its $380 billion market capitaliza-tion will grow to match the size of Saudi gross domestic product within seven years, he said.

The government wants to “make sure that the market be-comes a real representative of the economy in terms of size,” Al Jadaan said at the royal compound in Riyadh. The cur-rent value of listed companies stands at about 57 per cent of GDP, he said.

Aramco IPOThe project includes the initial public offering of a small stake in oil giant Aramco, the creation of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund and new budget measures that would raise at least an extra $100 billion a year by 2020, more than tripling non-oil income compared with now.

Developing the equity and debt markets by adding new listings and products is key to helping bring money into the economy. As well as broaden-ing the stock index, the Capital Market Authority also plans to foster derivatives trading, the debt market and introduce real estate investment trusts, Al Jadaan said. - Bloomberg News

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MARKETGlobal recovery weak: IMF chief

FRANKFURT: Global recovery is facing growing risks, and frustra-tion with inequality is increasing the lure of protectionism, Interna-tional Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde said.

The world economy’s outlook has dimmed over the last six months, exacerbated by China’s slowdown, lower commod-ity prices and the risk of financial tightening in many countries, La-garde said on Tuesday in the pre-pared text of a speech in Frank-furt. The expected passing of the “growth baton” from emerging markets to advanced economies hasn’t occurred, she added.

ProtectionismLagarde, fresh from winning a new five-year term at the fund’s helm, used the opportunity to cau-tion against being drawn to the kinds of forces that have fueled the populism-driven candidacies of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in the United States presi-dential election. While inequal-ity has been declining on a global scale, the perception remains that “the cards are stacked against the common man — and woman — in favour of elites,” said Lagarde.

“To some, the answer is to look inward, to somehow unwind these linkages, to close borders and re-treat into protectionism,” she said, without naming any politicians. “As history has told us — time and again — this would be a tragic course.”

Lagarde’s comments on the global economy add to signs that the IMF will downgrade its growth forecast when it releases its up-dated World Economic Outlook on April 12. Finance ministers and central bankers from the fund’s 188-member nations will gather later in the week. - Bloomberg News

E C O N O M Y PEIE completes Al Mazyunah free zone infrastructure work

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Al Mazyunah free zone is completing necessary infrastruc-ture work in line with the interna-tional standards for free zones.

“Major services have been com-pleted in the recent period in Al Mazyunah free zone, including the road network linking the free zone with neighbouring cities and markets, in addition to com-munication, electricity, water and sewage services,” said Rezq Olemat, free zone expert at Pub-lic Establishment for Industrial Estate (PEIE).

He was talking at a meeting or-ganised by PEIE for Yemeni inves-tors. “The strategic location of Al Mazyunah Free Zone on the bor-

der of the Sultanate and Yemen makes it the Gulf gateway for tran-sit trade to Yemen and Eastern Africa. Al Mazyunah Free Zone aims to attract local and interna-tional investments to increase the volume of trade exchange, attract advanced technologies, and create job opportunities.”

PEIE has organised a meeting on Tuesday to highlight business opportunities available in Al Ma-zyunah Free Zone at Grand Hyatt Muscat. The event was held in the presence of Hilal bin Hamad Al Hasani, chief executive officer of PEIE and Yemeni investors.

Olemat added that general in-centives are offered to the inves-tors, which include a 30 years of tax free operations, customs’

exemption, 100 per cent foreign ownership, no minimum capital requirement; Omanisation ratio in the free zone is only 10 per cent, in addition to facilitation of pro-cedures for non-GCC investors to obtain visa and residency permits.

“Additionally, Al Mazunah Free Zone offers several incentives in-cluding easy access of individu-als and investors to the free zone without entry visa required for Yemenis; Yemenis can work in Al Mazunah Free Zone without a working visa; in addition to its strategic location close to the Yemeni border, among other in-centives of benefit for the inves-tors,” he added.

Al Hasani stressed on the stra-tegic location of the Sultanate that

allows it to attract significant in-vestments noting that Omanhas been playing a dynamic role in advancing the various sectors and has realised significant achieve-ments in the economic sector.

Al Hasani briefed the Yem-eni delegation on the vision and mission of PEIE, its industrial estates, and the incentives and facilities offered to local and foreign investors.

The vision of PEIE is to en-hance the Sultanate’s position as a leading regional centre of man-ufacturing, ICT, innovation and entrepreneurship excellence, and its mission is to attract industrial investments and provide contin-ued support, through regionally and globally competitive strate-

gies, good infrastructure, value adding services, and easy govern-mental processes.

He highlighted the objectives of PEIE, which include attracting foreign investments to the Sul-tanate and localising the national capital; contributing to stimulat-ing the private sector to achieve sustainable economic and social development; strengthening rela-tions with the authorities to en-sure the overflow of investment process and overcome any obsta-cles faced by investors.

He also highlighted reinforcing cooperation with related interna-tional and regional organisations to boost the exchange of experi-ence, knowledge and techniques used; developing employees’ skills and performance through a set of training programmes; contribut-ing to creating new job opportuni-ties; encouraging exports, and in-crease the market share of locally manufactured products; stimulat-ing the economic sectors in the Sultanate including transport, tourism, banking, among others.

The Yemeni business owners expressed their admiration of the offered incentives and their will-ingness to have field visits to the free zone, while some of them said that they have already submitted investment applications in the various investment areas offered by Al Mazyunah Free Zone.

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Al Jassar displays multiple brands at product exhibitionTimes News Service

MUSCAT: A two-day product expo by Al Jassar Group, an or-ganisation with diversified busi-ness interests in the fields of telecom, training, service, real estate, healthcare, furnishing, contracting and manufacturing, was inaugurated by Indramani Pandey, the Indian ambassador to the Sultanate.

Scores of brands that are rep-resented by Al Jassar in Oman are on display and demo at the two-day exhibition at Jungle Res-taurant in Qurum. The exhibition is being attended by partners and potential clients.

“I am extremely delighted to be present at this expo of this wide range of products represented by an Indian firm. For sure, events like this can help boost morale of the firms while red carpeting newer clients to their database,” Indian ambassador told the me-dia after the opening.

The first venture of the group was in infrastructure market repre-senting a variety of global manu-facturers specialising in products for construction sector, water and waste water conveyance, road and other infrastructure and con-struction among others.

On the spotlight this time is the trendsetter in the industry are the advanced technology to separate oil and water from the sludge produced by big hotels and restaurants and a massive ceiling

fan for industrial purposes.

Corporate enquiries“We are excited to be holding this product expo for our existing cli-entele and potential buyers to facilitate product knowledge for them. Some of these products are making their debut in Oman mar-ket which have already received wide enquiries from various cor-porates,” V. T. Saileswaran, chair-man and managing director of the Group said.

P R O D U C T E X P O

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES: Public Establishment for Industrial Estate has organised a meeting on

Tuesday to highlight business opportunities available in Al Mazyunah Free Zone. - Supplied picture

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FEATUREW E D N E S DAY, A P R I L 6, 2 0 1 6

The global commodity slump and China’s economic slowdown have pummeled several African economies, making clear that the continent’s 'rise' was a myth

Now is the time to re-examine the basis of Africa’s recent “boom” and move from feel-good rhetoric to action that will drive genuine economic

transformation.Commodity exporters such as Angola,

Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia are reeling, with their currencies crashing since the prices of commodities such as oil and copper began falling sharply.

Moreover, fiscal and monetary policies are in disarray, with the risk of social unrest rising if the trend is not reversed in the near to medium term. The heart of the matter is this: African countries mistook a commod-ity supercycle-fed boom for a sustainable economic transformation. But a boom con-notes transient good fortune – enjoy it while it lasts, or save the proceeds for a rainy day. Most African governments opted for the former. To be sure, Africa benefited from higher gross domestic product growth and expanded opportunity over the last decade. But hundreds of millions of Africans have yet to be lifted out of poverty in the man-ner China has accomplished – a path that

other Asian countries, such as India and Vi-etnam, are following as well. Without ques-tion, many individual Africans have become stupendously wealthy and are playing more assertive roles in the world of business. Entrepreneurship is on the rise, especially among young Africans, gradually replacing the dead end of foreign aid. But the vast ma-jority of Africans lag far behind.

Despite the spread of formal democracy on the continent, the nature of domestic politics in most African countries has hard-ly changed. Real leadership involves not just mobilising citizens to vote for candidates, but also effective management, strategy, and execution of public policy. And yet pow-er often is sought for its own sake or to se-cure control of state resources on behalf of ethnic kin or co-religionists. Politics is not yet, as it ought to be, a contest of ideas and programmes affecting all citizens. Corrup-tion thrives in such an environment.

Moreover, a proper understanding of economics is necessary. The continent and its leaders have so far failed to under-stand – or, where they have understood, to apply – historical lessons concerning how the wealth of nations is created. Instead, we often see uncritical acceptance of the received but self-interested conventional wisdom of globalisation.

Achieving prosperity in the overarching context of globalisation requires creating a competitive economy based on value-added production and export. But it also requires selective engagement with international treaties that favour today’s competitive good producers but put at a disadvantage the developing countries that are increas-ingly the markets for these goods. Some of these treaties take away the very possibil-ity for African countries to join global value

chains, impeding their development.This is precisely why Africa’s biggest fol-

ly is to believe that mineral resources and other raw commodities are automatically a source of wealth. This misconception is why Africa is the world’s richest continent in terms of resource endowments, but at the same time the world’s poorest in terms of income per capita.

Africa’s future competitiveness and pros-perity lie in the opportunities afforded by science, technology, and innovation. From Nairobi to Lagos and Johannesburg, in-novation hubs are springing up. This is not surprising. It is the modern rebirth of Af-rica’s ancient talents in science.

Africa’s leaders in the public and private sectors have an opportunity to clear the policy bottlenecks that have prevented the commercialisation of African inventions, especially in large economies such as Ni-geria, South Africa (which has a more ad-vanced innovation policy than the rest of the continent), and Kenya. Innovation must be deployed to cost-effective, competitive manufacturing and service industries.

The commodity downturn need not stop Africa’s development. But if lasting pros-perity is to be achieved, today’s challenges must be regarded as an opportunity to reset the trajectory of the continent’s economies on a truly transformational path. – Kingsley

Chiedu Moghalu/Project Syndicate

*Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is Professor of Practice in International Busi-ness and Public Policy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and is the author of Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy’s ‘Last Frontier’ Can Prosper and Matter.

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Lexus GX claims top spot in J. D. Power 2016 Study

MUSCAT: Not many vehicles can pull off being tough and well-man-nered at the same time. But Lexus has done this with the GX.

Blessed with the proven on- and off-road DNA of its previous generations, the GX is as adept at providing a smooth, quiet highway ride as it is nimbly working its way through a rugged, terrain.

Recently the GX topped the Mid-size Premium SUV category in the 2016 J.D. Power Vehicle Depend-ability Study. The study examines problems experienced during the past year by owners of 2013 mod-el-year vehicles, and each brand’s overall dependability is determined by the number of problems experi-enced per 100 vehicles (PP100). A lower score reflects higher quality, says a press release.

The GX owes its well-rounded nature to the capable hardware

that lives beneath its polished wood, thick carpeting and soft leather. Not only does the GX have an adaptive suspension (with three driver-selectable modes) but it also sports adaptive sta-biliser bars. The latter perform their expected duty of minimis-ing body lean when rounding cor-ners, but they can also be disen-gaged off-road to allow maximum suspension travel.

Crawl Control endows the GX with even more off-road prow-ess. This feature automatically modulates throttle and braking to maintain a selectable speed and optimum control whether ascend-ing or descending a hill.

The Lexus GX is a seven-pas-senger luxury SUV offered in base and Premium trim levels. Stand-ard features on the base GX in-clude 18-inch alloy wheels, heated side mirrors, rain-sensing wipers, running boards, a sunroof, leather upholstery, a leather-wrapped

power tilt-and-telescoping steer-ing wheel, 10-Way power-adjust-able heated/ventilated front seats (with power lumbar), driver mem-ory settings, power-folding third-row seats, Three-zone automatic climate control and an auto-dim-ming rear view mirror. Also stand-ard are a back-up camera and an EMV DVD 17-speaker Mark Lev-inson Bluetooth audio and phone, satellite radio, iPod connectivity and an auxiliary audio jack.

The GX Premium adds adaptive variable suspension (with rear ad-justable height control), auto-dim-ming side view mirrors, adaptive xenon headlights, upgraded leath-er upholstery, heated second-row seats and rear air-conditioning.

Other options include front and rear parking sensors, wide front and side view cameras, power-folding exterior mirrors, a naviga-tion system, a rear-seat entertain-ment system with twin screens. The Premium trim is also eligible

for adaptive cruise control, the Crawl Control off-road system, a lane-departure warning system and a driver-attention monitor.

The Lexus GX is powered by a 4.6-litre V8 producing 292 horsepower (Net) and 44.7 KgM Torque. A six-speed automatic transmission routes power to all four wheels via a dual-range transfer case.

The Lexus GX460 comes stand-ard with antilock brakes, traction and stability control, hill descent control, hill start assist, front- and rear-seat side airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags and roll-sensing side curtain airbags spanning all three rows.

A collision mitigation system is included with the optional adap-tive cruise control and lane-depar-ture and distracted-driver alerts are also optional features.

Lexus is constantly looking to the future, driven by innovation. The process to create a Lexus ve-hicle is unique within the auto-motive industry. Taking inspira-tion from fields as diverse as the fashion industry, architecture, the arts and medicine, each vehicle is painstakingly crafted to meet Lex-us’ exacting standards.

In Oman every Lexus vehicle comes with special benefits and privileges such as six years unlim-ited extended mileage protection and Lexus Prestige Club Card that offers 24 hours on-road assistance from AAA.

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Galfar holds road safety initiativeMUSCAT: Galfar Engineering and Contracting recently held its 7th edition of road safety initia-tive that coincided with the GCC countries Road Safety Week.

The initiative also coincided with the government’s efforts to curb road accidents and global declaration of year 2011 to 2020 as Decade of Action for road safety. It was held in line with the company’s corporate HSE objec-tives and for improving driver compliance to best safety prac-tices, says a press release.

As part of this programme, the Wadi Adai Pipeline project team of Galfar had invited ROP officials to interact with Omani drivers in the project to educate them on road safety rules and defensive driving.

Enhancing road safety aware-ness among the members of public, young generation drivers and riders represents an impor-tant element in Galfar’s corpo-rate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. One of the main fo-cuses at Galfar has always been road safety.

“We have supported several campaigns which include small organisations involved in spread-ing social awareness in locations as far of as Salalah,” commented a senior Galfar official.

A senior Galfar representative commented, “We want to con-tinue promoting good driving and riding habits to motorists and to support it we organised several initiatives to promote some of the best practices in road safety.”

Nasser Abdullah Al-Hattali from Traffic Safety Institute (ROP) had visited the Wadi Adai project site recently and con-ducted a instructional training session for the drivers.

This exercise was successful and beneficial in creating better road safety awareness.

Several sessions were held for drivers on how to carry out daily vehicle checks.

Awareness sessions among drivers on the importance of wearing seat belts through dis-cussions and video tutorials along with roll over simulators were also conducted.

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PSM honours top achieversMUSCAT: Pakistan School Muscat held its annual prize dis-tribution ceremony recently to acknowledge and appreciate the hard work done by the students.

Naheed Naveed Atif, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Pakistan, was the chief guest. The ceremony started with recitation of verses from the Holy Quran by Qari Ra-heem, says a press release.

Welcoming the guests, Khalid

Jadoon, principal Pakistan School Muscat, congratulated the distinc-tion holders. He also presented the academic report of the session 2015-2016.

Later, the chief guest felicitat-ed students on their hard earned success and appreciated school management for conducting such an event to showcase pride, ap-plause and encouragement for the students.

Muhammad Adnan Shahzad, chairman of BoDs, commended the students saying that today is the day which marks the hard work of the students. He further encouraged them to keep working hard for even better results.

The newly designed school website was also launched by the chief guest.

On this occasion, the position holders were given shields and

gifts. Those presented the shields included Naheed Naveed Atif, Adnan Shahzad, Irfan Khokhar, Hafeez Malik, Waseem Iqbal, Us-man Lakhan, Khalid Saeed, Arif Mirza, Sajid Perveiz, members of BoD, Ata ullah Niazi, senior prin-cipal, Khalid Jadoon, principal and Munnazza Ghafoor, principal Junior Branch PSM.

The ceremony was concluded with the National Anthem of Pakistan.

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Nine West launches

summer collection

DUBAI: Nine West launched its brand new Spring-Summer col-lection with intriguing textures, exotic prints and pastel shades to gear up for the season.

Drawing inspiration from the Wander Woman, encompassing both feminine and athletic style silhouettes the collection re-ima-gines the modern woman’s life in the city, bringing new meaning to both style and comfort, along with interesting shapes that tell a story, says a press release.

Nine West offers the following trends for the season:

Wander Woman: Lead a glam-orous wanderlust lifestyle with rich saturated colours inter-spersed with soft pastel accents. Fringe, beading and metallic complete the globe-trotting look. Exotic prints and textures add di-mension to your style with natu-

ral accents as jute, wood grains, straw and canvas. Spring Sum-mer 2016 showcases its range of heels and flats in seasonal col-ours and durable materials inter-spersed with cross culture styles.

Pretty amazing: City streets come alive, while Spring flings give this ladylike collection a subtle edge. You could find them in pretty pastel shades along with muted metallic. This collection is reminiscent of feathery and fem-inine elements.

Playtime: Athletic-style silhou-ettes with high energy, high shine and high style that give you a sporty edge above others.

Flaunt your wander woman look this Spring Summer collec-tion, available at all Nine West stores in leading malls across the UAE.

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Jaguar Mena ‘Forward Thinker’ series

profiles Moroccan climber Abdeljalil

MUSCAT: As part of its ‘Forward Thinkers’ series, Jaguar Mena has launched its fifth film which cele-brates the outstanding life journey of adventurer Nacer Ibn Abdeljalil and his experience climbing some of the world’s highest mountains in the harshest of conditions.

Jaguar’s ‘Forward Thinker’ se-ries was launched as part of the brand’s ‘The Art of Performance’ communications platform with the aim of recognising perfor-mance that excites the senses and pushes past the limits of convention to become art, says a press release.

Collaborating with ‘Forward Thinkers’ from the UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon, KSA and Morocco, the project shares stories of different individuals, their accomplish-ments and dedication in each of their respective fields.

Continuously pushing bounda-ries, Nacer was the first Moroccan to ever climb Mount Everest. This climb represents one of seven which will see Nacer achieve his personal dream to make it to the top of the seven highest summits of each con-tinent within the next two years.

With his extraordinarily strong perseverance and commitment to high endurance activities, Nacer challenges himself day after day to break out of his comfort zone. Constantly looking for a new terri-tory to discover, Nacer has already made it to the peaks of Mont Blanc

(4,807m), McKinley (6,194m), Ac-oncagua (6,959m), Mount Ever-est (8,848m) in May 2013 and the North Pole.

Commenting on his experiences, Nacer said: “To deal with adversity or harsh conditions, I try to give at-tention to every single detail in or-der to be confident in my actions and to be really well prepared.”

Learning from his adventures, the former corporate banker founded 'Everest Conseil' in 2013 to inspire people to achieve their dreams. 'Ever-est Conseil' offers various workshops, events, and conferences across the region to help individuals attain their dreams,achieve success in challeng-ing conditions and manage stress.

Despite the warnings, Nacer re-mains relentless and eager to think outside the box and accept the next feat. Travelling to the South Pole next, Nacer commented: “The Art

of Performance is not about how much power you have, but about how you use this power regardless of the conditions.

“During my journeys, I person-ally experienced that agility is more important than speed – a sports car for example is not a real sports car due to its speed, but be-cause it can perform fast in differ-ent conditions and locations.”

Nacer’s film embodies the Jag-uar spirit and showcases perfor-mance cars with outstanding de-sign and exceptional agility that sets the pulse racing. With the belief that performance is more than a measurable statistic, Jag-uar is celebrating all types of art, craftsmanship, creativity and performance from across various industries in the dynamic Middle East region as part of its ‘The Art of Performance’ platform.

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Gulf Plastic Industries holds tree plantation programmeMUSCAT: Gulf Plastic Indus-tries (GPI) recently organised a tree plantation programme as part of its corporate social re-sponsibility initiative when it cel-ebrated ‘Gulf Plastic Industries Environment Day’.

GPI partnered with Nassara Al Yarobiya School in Samail and conducted its CSR initia-tive along with Green School programme held by the school management. The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Envi-ronment and Climate Affairs and Unesco also extended their sup-

port, says a press release. The school students took part in

GPI’s tree plantation inside their school campus. They planted ap-proximately 23 saplings of orna-mental and medicinal plants like neem tree, potted bay trees with colourful marigold plants, etc. to make their school look green.

To promote the drawing skills of the students and green environ-ment, a painting competition for the students was also organised.

Asok Kumar, general manager of the company said that Gulf Plastic Industries will continue

and extend its CSR activity to support the people of the Sul-tanate of Oman.

He thanked His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said and the Minis-tries of Education and Environ-ment and Climate Affairs and also Unesco for their great support.

He also thanked the school management of Nassra Al Yaro-biya to have given this opportu-nity to implement GPI corporate social responsibility programme of tree plantation along with Gulf Plastic Industries Environment Day activity enthusiastically.

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MUSCAT: The Maserati Levante is a turning point in Maserati’s his-tory. The luxury SUV, which made its World Premiere at the 2016 Ge-neva Motor Show, has now arrived in Oman.

The Levante name was inspired by a warm Mediterranean wind that can change from mild to gale force in an instant, mirroring the character of the first Maserati SUV. It enables the Trident to ac-cess the largest luxury segment in the world and contributes to creat-ing of the most complete product line-up in Maserati’s history, says a press release.

“This is the first ever SUV by Maserati, so it is a complete game-changer, particularly in this region. Maserati is renowned for exotic sports cars, so our mission was not just to build an SUV, but to build a Maserati. Exciting times are ahead and we are glad to be able to offer Maserati aficionados a completely new experience,” said Mohamed Al Zawawy, assistant general man-ager at Alfardan Motors.

The Levante is based on the evolution of the sedan platform,

designed exclusively by Maserati. The car chassis has been specifi-cally developed to offer unique on-road drivability and competitive off-road capability, with day-to-day comfort and practicality.

The Levante’s design is distinc-tive and attractive, embracing the most valuable aesthetic elements of Italian style. Its design brings a new concept to the SUV world, combining spaciousness and coupé lines while achieving the best aero-dynamic efficiency in its segment with a Cx coefficient of just 0.31.

The thoroughbred on-road han-dling typical of all Maserati cars

and solid off-road capabilities, as demanded in the SUV segment, describe the car’s overall dynamic. The Levante is here to excite any sports car driver counting on per-formance-oriented features, such as the extensive use of lightweight materials, ideal 50-50 per cent weight distribution and its lowest in class centre of gravity.

The Levante was designed to de-liver best in class comfort on rough terrains and handling on snow and ice. The aluminium “double wish-bone - five link” suspension layout comprises standard air springs and electronically controlled sky-

hook shock absorbers combined with the intelligent Q4 all-wheel-drive system and the newly intro-duced torque vectoring system.

The Levante is equipped with the latest evolution of the Masera-ti 3-litre V6 engines, globally ac-claimed for their unique Maserati signature sound and exceptional performance. The petrol Maserati V6 engine with latest GDI and twin turbo is available in two ver-sions: the top of the range 430 hp and the exciting 350 hp. The most powerful Levante makes it to 100 km/h in 5.2” and has a top speed of 264 km/h, while the figures for the 350 hp version are 6.0” and 251 km/h respectively.

The petrol version of the Ma-serati Levante adopt the eight-speed automatic ZF gearbox that provides seamless comfort and fast gear shifting, depending on the selected drive mode: Normal, I.C.E., Sport or Off-road.

The Levante has entered the SUV segment with a marked ad-vantage in terms of new options and content, including: Adaptive cruise control with stop & go func-tion, forward collision warning and brake assist system, lane de-parture warning, surround view camera, the capacitive 8.4” touch screen display with brand new ro-tary control and a high level of cus-tomisation. The result is a driving experience that is as unique as the Maserati brand and its customers.

A new state-of-the-art produc-tion line was set up exclusively for the Levante in the historic Mira-fiori plant. Maserati’s 100-year tra-dition of craftsmanship and cut-ting-edge technology guarantees outstanding quality right down to the tiniest of details.

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OAB launches E-Loans

MUSCAT: Oman Arab Bank (OAB) has announced the launch of Electronic Loans (E-Loans) application system as part of its efforts to significantly reduce personal loan processing time. E-Loans is a service that allows the bank to replace paper loan appli-cations with electronic ones.

The digital applications are collected in the bank’s branch, and receive timely approvals from relevant departments with-in OAB in a quick and efficient manner, says a press release.

The hassle-free and eco-friendly service reduces the amount of paperwork used by both customers and employees of the bank, boosting environmen-tal sustainability in the process. The application process begins with the customer ID informa-

tion automatically captured by a reader and ends with a digital signature on a pad.

The customer remains up to date with SMS texts for each step of the decision including at the time of final loan disbursement. The new system has been developed in-house and is on offer to customers across all OAB branches.

Fahd Amjad, general manager Retail banking at Oman Arab Bank, said, “With E-loans, our aim is to first and foremost pro-vide customers with a time ef-ficient seamless experience at our branches. Thanks to this new service, branch employees can simply complete the application on our servers digitally, slashing processing time, increasing cus-tomer convenience and saving paper along the way.”

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Malabar Gold presents Oman Bride ShowMUSCAT: East Expo, the most trusted name in bridal exposi-tions, brings a first of its kind in the Sultanate, the Oman Bride Show on April 8 and 9 at the InterCon-tinental Muscat, between 11am to 11 pm, which will be sponsored by Malabar Gold and Diamonds.

At the bridal show you’ll find everything you need with over hundred local and international wedding professionals. Miss India Earth, Alankrita Sahai will be the celebrity guest at the show. You can be sure the quality and selec-tion will be superior to all other bridal events combined, says a press release.

Fashion showThe first bridal show of the year allows one to see, experience and engage. Stage shows will take place throughout the day laced with a dazzling and spectacular fashion show in the evening at 7pm, so you can check out all the latest in bridal fashions, cakes, invitations, catering, DJ’s & bands, honey-moons, destination weddings and everything else you could dream up. Needless to say, if you’re go-ing to see one bridal show it’s the Oman Bride Show.

“This is a newly designed bridal

show, unlike any other seen in the past. We realised there is a strong desire and need of the local com-munity looking for something

very unique and different, and the Oman Bride Show accommodates us to provide that,” said Leena Dias, Voew Eventoos, the leading

wedding planner from India.The bridal show opens with a

decorated entrance, classical to fun music scattered, a dramatic food display of hors d’oeuvres, bev-erages if desired, and flowers that will make a bride’s wedding day beautiful and something that will be talked about forever, making this a true wedding planning party.

This elegant and classy planning party will engage the future bride and make her wedding plans start to come alive. “It promises to be a remarkable evening,” said Iyad, manager of East Expo.

Bridal gowns highlighted at this wedding planning party will show-case traditional and contemporary collections known for sophisti-cation, feminine detailing, and a modern approach to bridal designs that fall within every budget.

A variety of well reputed, known and established names in the wed-ding industry will highlight their exhibits, at this newly designed wedding planning party. The brid-al show will be open to the public on April 8. The fashion show is ex-clusively for invited guests.

The travel partner for the Bride Show is Mezoon Travels and it would present different honey-moon packages at show.

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Bank Sohar inks pact with InfolineMUSCAT: With a commitment to deliver customer excellence throughout all touch points, Bank Sohar has recently commis-sioned Infoline to augment its existing call centre in Oman and introduce upgrades that will offer an enhanced customer experi-ence when getting in touch with the call centre at 24730000.

An event to commemorate the partnership was held at Bank So-har recently. Representing Bank Sohar at the event were Mujahid Al Zadjali, DGM IT and Alter-nate Channel, Mustafa Moham-med Dhafarullah, chief manager Alternate Channels, and Fida Mohammed Al Balushi, chief manager of the Call Centre. Rep-resenting Infoline were Gaurav Sohal, senior manager, Business Development, Suresh Babu, IT manager, Nouman Rahim, Sen-ior Support engineer and Vatsala Mishra, marketing manager, says a press release.

Commenting on this initiative, Mujahid Said Al Zadjali said: “The Bank Sohar call centre has always been our primary touch point for customers providing them with support and assistance as well as providing a response centre for any enquiries. We pride ourselves on having a dedicated team that have undergone extensive train-

ing to deliver the very best service when it comes to assisting with any customer enquiry. This all comes as part of Bank Sohar’s vi-sion to continuously improve on its customer experience strategy throughout all aspects of its op-erations. The new initiative will provide yet one more tool for the dedicated team to enhance their capabilities and provide further convenience to anyone getting in touch with the bank’s call centre.”

The call centre team and bank management used a comprehen-sive methodology to evaluate the strength of each of the partici-pating vendors.

Commenting on the partner-ship with Bank Sohar, Manoj Mahanta, senior vice president of Infoline added: “Infoline is a leading player with valued expe-rience and expertise in the call centre technology and operations sector. With this Bank Sohar’s call centre project, we will re-inforce our reliability and posi-tion as the preferred choice for banking sector companies which serve millions of customers. We are delighted with this partner-ship and will do our best in facili-tating Bank Sohar in providing even better customer support and achieve their desired busi-ness outcomes.”

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Malaysia attracts interest as medical travel destination of choice from Middle East

MUSCAT: Malaysia Healthcare is participating in the 4th Inter-national Medical & Healthcare Exhibition & Conference 2016 (IMTEC Oman) from April 4-6, and the 8th Riyadh Travel Fair 2016 from April 12-15, showcasing Malaysia’s advantages as a health-care destination of choice, and to explore potential government-to-government (G2G) collaborations within the Middle East market.

Malaysia Healthcare seeks to establish a stronger brand pres-ence within the Middle East mar-ket, as well as to build greater re-lationships with Middle Eastern consumers and stakeholders, par-ticularly in the service sector, says a press release.

“We have conducted strategic assessments over the years and now have a more focused, niche strategy with a unique selling proposition for the Middle East. The Middle East market plays a key role in our development strategy, being one of our strong-est markets, and we are vested in

seeing how we can serve this mar-ket more efficiently,” commented Sherene Azli, chief executive of-ficer of the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council.

Moving beyond conventional promotion of its value proposition of highly accessible and afford-able quality healthcare, Malaysia Healthcare also strives to build sustainable collaborations in in-dustry and G2G initiatives, to raise the development of the country’s healthcare travel industry to the next level.

Malaysia was recently awarded as the top country for Muslim Travel in 2015 by Master Card-Crescent Rating Global Muslim Travel Index. The country’s af-fordable treatments with Ara-bic speaking translators avail-able upon request as well as its Muslim-friendly hospital envi-ronment are a sure appeal to the Middle East.

“As we forge ahead in our mis-sion, Malaysia Healthcare also seeks to build sustainable col-

laborations, domestically and abroad, to further strengthen our healthcare propositions and to create higher degrees of accessi-bility to our healthcare services for citizens of the world. Malaysia’s standing as a global halal hub gives it a niche appeal to markets with consumers seeking halal-compli-ant options and environments, not only for themselves but also for accompanying family members.

This, coupled with the favourable exchange rate, makes Malaysia an ideal healthcare travel destina-tion,” elaborated Sherene.

Partnering with Malaysia Healthcare for this Middle East agenda is KPJ Healthcare, a leading Malaysian provider for awards-winning healthcare ser-vices. The healthcare giant will feature specialists, general health practitioners and physiotherapists

from some of their premier hospi-tals as part of the Malaysian entou-rage, to give conference attendees at both events the opportunity for one-on-one conversations about healthcare options in Malaysia, and to offer free consultation ses-sions, mini-medical checkups and health talks, focusing on wellness, lifestyle and physiotherapy.

Malaysia Healthcare has grown from strength to strength in the last few years. The country was named the ‘Medical Travel Desti-nation of the Year’ at the Medical Travel Awards 2015 by the Inter-national Medical Travel Journal, and ‘Best Country in the World for Healthcare’ by International Living’s Global Retirement Index for three consecutive years since 2014. Malaysia was also honoured as the ‘2015 Public Private Part-nership Medical Travel Destina-tion of the Year’ at the 8th Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress in Orlando, Florida (USA) for its highly suc-cessful public-private partner-

ships and collaborations.“We strongly believe that Ma-

laysia has the right mix: excellence in quality care, ease of accessibil-ity and competitive affordability. To top it off, it is easy for travel-lers to communicate with health professionals here, where English is widely spoken, and matched with strong government backing and commitment from the private healthcare sector, Malaysia has everything it takes to achieve our ambition of becoming number one in the world for healthcare travel,” said Azli.

Additionally, Malaysia Health-care recently launched the ‘Ma-laysia Loves You’ campaign at the start of this year. The campaign aims to highlight Malaysia’s most unique qualities as a healthcare destination of choice, and in-cludes an online competition which is open to all. The lucky winner of this stands to win a 5-day 4-night health and wellness retreat at one of the country’s leading wellness facilities.

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Bank Muscat signs MoU to finance Al Hamra Classic Homes in Qurum

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flag-ship financial services provider in the Sultanate, and Oman Property Development company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide attractive baitu-na home finance for Al Hamra Clas-sic Homes project in Al Qurum.

Abdullah Tamman Al Mashani, deputy general manager – Insti-tutional Sales & Products De-velopment, and Abbas Al Ajmi, Promoter of Oman Property De-velopment, signed the MoU at the bank’s head office.

Al Mashani said: “Bank Mus-cat is proud to be associated with Al Hamra Classic Homes project and facilitate attractive baituna finance for prospective home

buyers. The real estate sector is a major component of the national economy and Bank Muscat is com-mitted to extending all possible support to achieve the objective of a ‘home for every family’, espe-cially youth. baituna home finance

is aimed at offering citizens and residents easy access to mortgage finance, thereby enhancing the role of the real estate sector in the national economy.”

Abbas Al Ajmi commented: “We are happy to join hands with Bank

Muscat to provide attractive home deals for citizens. The associa-tion between the two institutions will give a boost to the real estate sector and benefit citizens across Oman to fulfil their dream homes. Al Hamra Classic Homes project comprises 42 sophisticated apart-ments and is expected to be hand-ed over by August 2017.”

The attractive features of bai-tuna home finance include low interest rates with maximum loan tenure up to 25 years for Omani customers. With extended loan tenure and low interest rate, Bank Muscat facilitates the best home finance deals in the Sultanate. Citizens and residents can avail easy and convenient credit ap-

proval across the bank’s branches in the Sultanate.

Baituna home finance is de-signed to help families fulfil their dream homes, offering convenient mortgage plans to suit everyone’s needs with simplified documenta-tion, flexible repayment options, insurance coverage and process-ing across the bank’s extensive network of branches. All leading property developers are associ-ated with the bank, hence baituna facilitates access to prime residen-tial projects in Oman.

Baituna facilitates purchase and construction of new homes as well as land for residential use. Mortgage finance is offered to Omani nation-als, GCC nationals and expatriates.

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The best career risk management approach!

HOW can you mitigate career risk — otherwise known as the pitfalls of marketplace change, economic turndowns, downsizing, personal health and life changes and dis-tasteful company politics that can wreak havoc with one’s life?

The answer lies in building a career portfolio, a career risk management approach, similar to building a financial portfolio, that can help you develop four specific career assets, or “invest-ments.” Why four? Because these four ingredients offer a well-bal-anced opportunity for you to earn, learn, and help others throughout the rest of your life. And, like a financial portfolio, you can diver-sify risk so that you always have a number of career options on tap.

Begin with a personal purposeTo build a career portfolio, start by developing your personal pur-pose. Your personal purpose is your investment strategy that guides all of your career decisions.

Begin by answering the fol-lowing questions. How would I like to be remembered 100 years from now? What am I passionate about? Two projects when I made a difference in recent years are (list them):

Now think about the big pic-ture and write down the purpose of your life by filling in the blank: The purpose of my life is to ------. You can revise your personal purpose statement as needed. It will help you decide what types of opportunities are worth pursu-

ing. You will become purposeful rather than just “busy.”

Develop your career portfolioNow, it’s time to assess the kinds of career assets you either may want to develop. If you have two or more of the following career as-sets working in your life, you will be building optimal career wealth over time.

Primary Income Investment — your job, or business that you own, where the majority of your finan-cial income is earned.

Secondary Income Investment — an optional, alternate source of income that allows you to gain additional knowledge, career op-tions, income, and sense of pur-pose. Not everyone is destined to

own a business. However, those who choose to develop a business or occasional side project can start out small, and grow the busi-ness over time.

Volunteer Investment — find-ing one or more ways to reach out to your community in a way that is meaningful to you.

Lifelong Learning Investment — including mentorship, focused reading and education.

Once you identify your desired career assets, you can put together a step-by-step plan for building your career portfolio. Your overall life goals, available time, the abili-ty to balance work and family, and stage of your life all should factor into your decision-making. — www.quintcareers.com

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MUSCAT: Gaining immense popularity across the region and the world through legendary power, performance and luxury, Toyota’s SUVs have remained to-tally unchallenged.

The range comprises seg-ment benchmarks such as the Land Cruiser, Sequoia, Prado, FJ Cruiser, Fortuner and RAV4. Each of these is a favourite and counts among some of the best-loved names in Oman. Toyota is now offering attractive benefits on its SUVs, says a press release.

Toyota Sequoia has been hon-oured with many awards. It is equipped with a 5.7 litre, dual VVT-i, V8 engine that churns out class-topping horsepower and torque. Equipped with a wide range of features and technolo-gies, the Sequoia is available with 8 seats (with a third row versatile seater for 3 adults).

The Sequoia boasts of a driver and passenger power seat with seat heaters. At the present time, the Sequoia is available with an attractive service package appli-cable on 2015YM/2015 produc-tion and 2016YM models. In lieu of this, customers may opt to re-ceive cash back.

Born with the Toyota Land Cruiser DNA in its bloodline, the Prado takes Toyota’s enviable 4WD legacy way further. That explains why it is a top-seller in more than 170 countries and regions around the world. Driv-ability, reliability and function-ality are all here in abundance. Throw-in superior on-road & off-road performance and it is not hard to tell that this 4WD is one-of-a-kind. A full time 4WD with 4 modes and centre differential LSD, the Prado is packed full of top-end features.

The indomitable Prado can be owned with an exciting offer that takes care of the insurance for one year in Oman on 2015YM/2015 production and 2016YM models. In lieu of this, customers may opt to receive cash back on 2.7 litre model and on the 4.0 litre model.

A midsize SUV, the Toyota FJ Cruiser focuses on off-road per-formance and a style that invokes its heritage. The FJ is equipped with the powerful and muscular 4 litre, V6, dual VVTi engine which whips up a massive 268 HP. Op-timally matched with the drive train is the superior and sporty 5-speed automatic transmission, designed to deliver excellent per-formance, smooth gear shifting and lower noise levels.

FJ’s special touches include a

leather steering wheel with silver accents, audio control and blue-tooth switches.

The interior is loaded with fea-tures like water repellent fabric seats, USB+ auxiliary port, cruise control, bluetooth telephone kit, 8-way adjustable driver seat, keyless entry system, 10-speaker JBL audio system with subwoof-er. And now, the FJ comes with an attractive service package ap-plicable on 2015YM/2015 pro-duction and 2016YM models. In lieu of this, customers may opt to receive cash back.

Spacious, stylish and stronger than ever, the all-new 2016 For-tuner has arrived into Oman with a lot of fanfare. So get ready to embark on an excitingly new ur-ban adventure.

Completely redesigned, the all-new 2016 Fortuner enhances driving confidence on every level while setting a new standard for SUVs all around the world. It debuts a compelling design with a strong identity, expressing re-finement and innovation as well as being functional and tough. It also epitomises Toyota’s focus on developing even-better vehicles with impressive quality, durabil-ity, reliability and off-road ability. The result of this is a comprehen-sive revamp, creating a unique SUV that’s every bit as comfort-able on the urban roads as it is on the region’s off-road trails.

The new Fortuner offers a 4.0 litre V6-VVTi engine, mated with the new 6-speed automatic trans-mission. Off-roading enthusiast will appreciate that the Fortuner now offers High Ground Clear-ance of up to 279 mm. It has high end features that include B-beam LED headlamps with daytime running lights, trendy 18 inch al-loy wheels, and rear spoiler. The ultra-stylish dashboard of the Fortuner sports a leather-en-cased steering wheel with control switches, paddle shifters, cool glove box and more.

For those who wish to own the all-new 2016 Fortuner, in-surance for one year, in Oman is taken care of. This is applicable on 2015YM/2015 production and 2016YM models. In lieu of this, customers may opt to receive cash back.

RAV4 is a global model that is sold in more than 150 countries and regions globally. The RAV4 is equipped with a 2.5 litre four-cylinder engine with Dual VVT-i technology which enhances pow-er delivery efficiency by control-ling both intake and exhaust tim-ings to produce 177 horsepower with a 6-speed multi-mode auto-matic transmission.

The RAV4 is currently avail-able with an exciting cash gift of-fer applicable on 2015YM/2015 production and 2016YM models.

The offer benefits mentioned above are applicable for all pur-chases except those made by government organisations and ministries.

All benefits are model specific and may vary accordingly.

In Oman, the nationwide parts and service network of Saud Bahwan Automotive sup-ports Toyota’s outstanding product quality.

The range

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benchmarks such

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Sequoia, Prado, FJ

Cruiser, Fortuner

and RAV4

Dar Al Atta’a supports Al Kimzar Primary SchoolMUSCAT: Dar Al Atta’a Asso-ciation, in collaboration with ‘The Kayak challenge’ initiative, facili-tated a preschool classroom in Al Kimzar Primary School in Mu-sandam. The school was formally equipped with a wooden caravan as an extension of the main build-ing covered with carpet and a few simple educational tools, used in

the morning for preschoolers and in the evening for students with special educational needs.

The association provided a new caravan and equipped the classroom with suitable furniture including chairs, tables, carpets, books in ad-dition to a computer, air condition-ers and copy machine at a cost of OMR9,477, says a press release.

In this context, Maryam Al Zad-jali, chairperson of the association, said: “The environment in which our children receive their learn-ing has a great impact on their educational journey, Dar Al Atta’a has worked since its foundation on supporting students enrolled in educational institutions at dif-ferent levels, giving a specific at-

tention to the preschool phase due to its importance in moulding the meaning of education and com-munication in children. The pre-school class in Al Kimzar school will cover the education of 19 stu-dents between the ages of five and six years, we thank our partners for their hard work and dedication to giving to the less fortunate.”

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Dar Al Atta’a has worked since its foundation on supporting students enrolled in educational institutions at different levels

Maryam Al ZadjaliChairperson of Dar Al Atta’a

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HM’s Cup semis todayMUSCAT: The first matches of the two-leg semifinals of His Majesty’s Cup Football Cham-pionship will be played on Wednesday. Four-time champi-ons Al Nasr will travel to Sohar to take on Saham at the Sohar Sports Complex. The match will kick off at 5.45 p.m.

In the second match of the evening, scheduled to start at 8 p.m., Salalah will lock horns with Al Khabourah.

The second leg matches will be played on April 17.

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OFA all set to launch street football leagueMUSCAT: The Oman Football Association (OFA) will soon launch the Effect Street Foot-ball League.

According to information received from the OFA on Tuesday, the Sultanate’s soc-cer governing body’s decision to start an innovative football format comes after the success of recent OFA events in Muscat and Nizwa, and the announce-ment last week of a new beach soccer series.

The new league, to be spon-sored by the OFA’s energy drink partner, Effect, will be run on a trial basis. The OFA is planning to make it a season-long affair next season if it proves a success this year.

“For the Effect Street League, teams will be invited to sign up with the OFA events team and then take part in a four-week league format tournament with some fun new rules. The league format is designed to replicate the way that teams play across Oman,” the OFA said in a statement.

Alister D’Silva, the head of OFA Events, said: “This is a fun new format, and one we have decided to adopt after listening to the players who have been through our recent events. The OFA Events team will be tak-ing input from teams already playing in OFA Events to ensure that the regulations followed really are “Street Football” fo-cused and the event format will be flexible and allow changes if deemed appropriate. It will be a load of fun and we are really hopeful all our teams will love the format and help us create a nationwide event series in 2016-17.”

For further details contact the OFA via WhatsApp on 90158158.

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Allardyce seeks divine interventionLONDON: Sunderland manag-er Sam Allardyce will seek divine intervention ahead of Sunday’s clash with Premier League lead-ers Leicester City after watching his relegation-threatened side fail to convert dominance into goals last weekend.

Sunderland battered West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, registering 15 shots in total and six on target, but were thwarted by goalkeeper Ben Foster, who ensured his team returned from the Stadium of Light with a hard-earned point. — Reuters

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Sarfraz to lead Pakistan

LAHORE: Wicket-keeper bats-man Sarfraz Ahmed was on Tues-day named captain of Pakistan’s Twenty20 team, replacing Shahid Afridi who resigned from the posi-tion after the side’s dismal World Twenty20 campaign.

“PCB is pleased to announce ap-pointment of Sarfraz Ahmed as cap-tain of Pakistan T20 team. Sarfraz was appointed vice captain of ODI and T20 teams last year. He takes over the captaincy of the shortest form of the game from Shahid Afri-di whose term as captain came to an end after the ICC World T20 2016,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement.

Commenting on this develop-ment PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan said Ahmed was the natural choice for the leadership role.

“I spoke to Sarfraz this morning and conveyed to him that he was

our natural choice for this posi-tion. His appointment is open-ended. I wish him good luck in his new role,” he said.

Ahmed, who was vice-captain of the T20 and the ODI side, takes over at a time of intense turmoil for the team, which was knocked out of the World T20 in India after losing three of its four group stage matches. The disappointing show led to Afridi’s quitting captaincy.

Coach Waqar Younis also put in his papers on Monday, claiming that none of his advises were ac-cepted by the Board. The 28-year-old Ahmed has played 21 Tests in which he has scored 1296 runs at an average of 46.28.

His 58 ODI appearances have fetched him 1077 runs at an aver-age of 29.91.

In 21 T20Is, Ahmed has notched up 291 runs at 29.10. - PTI

PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan said Sarfraz

Ahmed was natural choice for T20 team

PCB’S NATURAL CHOICE: Pakistan’s newly-appointed T20 cricket team captain Sarfraz Ahmed ar-rives for a press conference in Karachi. – AFP

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Real Madrid to carry ‘Clasico’ winning impetus to Wolfsburg

MADRID: Real Madrid will carry their momentum from Saturday’s ‘Clasico’ victory over rivals Barce-lona into their Champions League quarterfinal first leg at struggling VfL Wolfsburg on Wednesday, coach Zinedine Zidane said.

Real scored their first league win at the Nou Camp since 2012, inflicting the first home defeat for Barcelona since February 2015.

“It is very important to have got the win here for our confidence and for the remainder of the sea-son and with it coming right before our Champions League game in Germany,” said Zidane.

“We know just how important the Champions League is and we want to advance, so winning here in Barcelona was very important.”

The Frenchman took over from Rafael Benitez at the start of the year and on Saturday came through his first big test with flying colours. “I liked everything about my players’ performance. We

put in a massive effort and I was pleased with everything, both de-fensively and attacking-wise,” said the 43-year-old, who as a player led Real to the Champions League title in 2002.

“When I see a team that is unit-ed and all together, with everyone fighting for their team mates and for their coach, there’s nothing better.”

Zidane has every right to be satisfied with the form of Madrid as they aim to keep alive their un-

beaten run in this year’s compe-tition in the quarterfinals. They have won six successive games in all competitions since losing 1-0 at home to Atletico on February 27.

With Cristiano Ronaldo and Ka-rim Benzema in goal-scoring form and Gareth Bale delivering assists, Real are an awe-inspiring prospect for mercurial Wolfsburg, strug-gling domestically this season.

Last year’s Bundesliga runners-up and German Cup winners

slumped to a 3-0 loss at Bayer Lev-erkusen on Saturday, putting Eu-ropean participation next season at risk. Wolfsburg, eighth in the Bundesliga, have also been strug-gling for goals in recent weeks, having scored just once in their last three league matches.

But Bast Dost, their top scorer last season, could make his come-back on Wednesday after being sidelined since January with a broken foot.

Wolfsburg sports director Klaus Allofs hopes the team will recover for what is the club’s biggest Eu-ropean game to date and their first ever last eight appearance.

“It would be fatal if we did not look forward to this game, a Champions League quarterfinal,” Allofs said.

“We have to enjoy this but also make sure we correct some things from our Leverkusen performance. I am convinced we will see a differ-ent VfL on Wednesday.” - Reuters

Real scored their

first league win at

the Nou Camp since

2012, inflicting the

first home defeat

for Barcelona since

February 2015

When I see a team that is united and all together, with everyone fighting for their team mates and for their coach, there’s nothing better. We know just how important the Champions League is and we want to advance

Zinedine ZidaneCoach, Real Madrid

Time to deliver for mega-rich PSG and Man City

PARIS: It is time to deliver for Paris St Germain and Manches-ter City as the two mega-rich teams prepare to lock horns in the first leg of their Cham-pions League quarter-final on Wednesday.

PSG, who were crowned Ligue 1 champions last month, are attempting to reach the last four for the first time since Qa-tar Sport Investment started in-vesting hundreds of millions of dollars into the club in 2011.

City, who have been backed by the wealth of Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi for the last eight years. are featuring in the last eight of Europe’s biggest club competition for the first time.

UnderdogsFrance midfielder Samir Nasri believes his Manchester City side are the underdogs. “Paris are the favourites,” said the for-mer Arsenal player. “They’ve got the experience.”

PSG, who knocked Chelsea out 4-2 on aggregate in the last 16, geared up for Wednesday’s game by thrashing Nice 4-1 with talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic bagging a hat-trick to take his goal tally in Ligue 1 this season to 30 goals.

City also warmed up in style with a handsome 4-0 win at Bournemouth but they have sev-eral injury concerns.

Manuel Pellegrini’s men are definitely minus captain Vin-cent Kompany and are likely to be without goalkeeper Joe Hart and midfielder Yaya Toure. All three players have calf problems. “It may be difficult for them to be fit for Wednesday,” Pellegrini said of Hart and Toure.

Good newsThe good news for City is that Nasri and Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne are fit again following lengthy injury layoffs.

PSG midfielder Marco Ver-ratti is sidelined with a groin in-jury although his team managed well enough without the Italian international when they beat Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge in the second leg last month.

Forward Javier Pastore, who is often used as a substitute, is missing with a calf problem but playmaker Angel Di Maria is set to return following a minor knee injury.

Ibrahimovic has been on fire in attack recently but midfielder Thiago Motta said it was more important how PSG fared as a team against City.

“It will not be Ibra against City but PSG against City,” the Ital-ian said. “Maybe he will make the difference if he scores a goal but that’s not what matters.

“What matters is that we win the game. If he puts himself un-der pressure saying he has to win the match it’s not going to go well.” - Reuters

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Excited to lead Oman in WCL Division 5, says Ajay Lalcheta

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MUSCAT: Forcing Ireland skip-per William Porterfield to play out a stingy first over (maiden) during Oman’s World T20 debut, left-arm spinner Ajay Lalcheta shot into in-stant fame.

Receiving praise from his bowl-ing coach Sunil Joshi and also a tweet from India’s ace spin-ner Ravichandran Ashwin, who termed the maiden over as ‘golden’, Ajay has come a long way.

Having knocked the doors of Saurashtra Ranji team, this Por-bandar (Gujarat) lad moved to Oman for greener pastures and his cricket stint with Al Turki opened doors for him in Oman and he was vital cog of the national team dur-ing the World T20 qualifiers and preliminary round.

Now that Oman has another mission in the World Cricket League (WCL), the news that he

has been named the captain of the national squad in place of sea-soned campaigner Sultan Ahmed came as a surprise.

“In the morning when I heard about the news, I was initially nervous and gradually it sunk in and I was excited,” said Ajay in his chat to Times Sport.

“Frankly, I was not expecting it,

but I am thankful to the selectors for showing faith in me,” he added.

According to Oman Cricket (OC) announcement, Ajay will lead Oman in the WCL Division 5 with another experienced campaigner Jatinder Singh named his deputy.

“I am excited to lead the team, and confident to take up the re-sponsibility,” remarked Ajay, who

appears to have already set sights on helping Oman rise from Divi-sion 5 and target a berth in the next World Cup, the 50-over version.

Ajay, who still plays for Al Turki in the Premier Division, is confi-dent of extending Oman’s success-ful run. “Our training schedule be-gins tomorrow,” said Ajay.

Wedding bells for JatinderFor Ajay’s deputy Jatinder Singh, the OC announcement came as a surprise gift.

When Jatinder, who is in India preparing for his April 10 wedding, came to know about the Oman Cricket announcement, he was full of excitement while talking to Times Sport. “When I came to know that I was named vice-cap-tain, it indeed was a good feeling,” said Jatinder from India.

“I am looking forward for the tournament (WCL Div 5) and also the challenge ahead,” said Jatin-der, who is expected to join the training camp on April 16.

It has to be said, Jatinder has al-ways been the back bone of Oman’s batting and is certainly ideal for the 50-over format than the bang-bang shorter version.

Earlier, Oman Cricket in an of-ficial statement announced an 18-member probables list for the internal camp.

“The 18-member team will be pruned to 14 before leaving for Jer-sey to play in the WCL Division 5,” said coach Duleep Mendis.

The tournament will be played from May 21 to 28 and Oman will be vying for honours with teams like hosts Jersey, Tanzania, Nige-ria, Guernsay and Vanuatu.

The two finalists of the ICC WCL Division 5 will earn a promo-tion to Division 4, which is sched-uled to be played later in the year.

Meanwhile, Oman Cricket expressed gratitude to Sultan Ahmed, who captained the team for some time now and guided the team to new heights in the T20 for-mat. “We are forever indebted to him for his commitment and ser-vices to Oman Cricket,” the Oman Cricket statement said.

Omani playersSufyan Mahmood, who impressed one and all with his performance against the United Arab Emirates in the Asia Cup, holds on to his place as the national player of the team.

However, the inclusion of highly talented Shuaib Ismail as the sec-ond national player among the probables is a welcome move.

Shuaib Ismail, who has been impressive in the Oman Cricket League this season, was bound to get the nod and it is hoped that he will get the chance to travel with the national team, which will give him a good exposure.

Meanwhile, there is only one wicketkeeper in the squad in Swapnil Khadye, and a general view is to have an additional keep-er considering the longer format of the game.

However, the selection commit-tee would have thought Jatinder Singh can take the responsibility of donning the gloves if necessary.

Probables list: Ajay Lalcheta (Captain), Jatinder Singh (vice-captain), Munis Ansari, Rajesh Ranpura, Sufyan Mahmood, Bi-lal Khan, Khawar Ali, Zeeshan Maqsood, Syed Amir Ali, Aamir Kaleem, Adnan Ilyas, Shuaib Is-mail Mohammed Al Balushi, Arun Poulose, Noorul Riaz, Mohammed Nadeem, Mehran Khan, Swapnil Khadye (wicketkeeper) and Vaib-hav Wategaonkar.

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Lalcheta and

Jatinder Singh, who

has been named

as vice-captain,

the Oman Cricket

announcement came

as a pleasant surprise

and the duo said

they are now looking

forward for the big

challenges ahead

VICE-CAPTAIN: Jatinder Singh OMANI TALENTS: Sufyan Mahmood and Shuaib Ismail Al Balushi.

I am thankful to the selectors for showing faith in me. I am excited to lead the team, and confident to take up the responsibility

Ajay LalchetaOman cricket captain

India should pick Test bowlers as per series: ZaheerNEW DELHI: Former India fast bowling great Zaheer Khan feels that Indian Premier League (IPL) should not be used as a yardstick to select bowlers for the rigours of Test cricket and also One-day Internationals (ODIs) as they re-quire different skills set.

The 37-year-old, who has 311 Test and 282 ODI wickets, made it clear that for Test series bowl-ers should be picked according to the conditions and opposition.

“I think it has to go format wise. T20 format is hugely dif-ferent from ODI format and so is ODI different from Test matches. I think when you judge players in T20 format, it should be based only on T20 performances,” said Zaheer, who would be playing his final IPL season for the Delhi Daredevils.

One of the finest exponents of reverse swing bowling, Zaheer said that four overs in T20 is completely different from bowl-ing “18 overs a day” in Test match scenario.

“In terms of higher level selec-tion, it all depends what kind of series we are playing. If it’s a Test series we have to look at bowlers differently. It is completely dif-ferent bowling four overs in T20

to bowling 18 overs a day in Test match scenario and looking to get wickets.”

Ashish Nehra’s performance has been a revelation and Zaheer said that his former new ball partner’s show has motivated him to keep training. However, watching Nehra make an inter-national comeback at 37, Zaheer said that he doesn’t regret his de-cision to retire.

“I am very happy with my de-cision and I am sticking to that. I am very happy to see Ashish Nehra do well. In fact, he has motivated me quite a lot to get back to training. I was very clear about walking away from inter-national cricket. I am just happy to play this form of cricket. You kind of give it back while guiding the youngsters. This is something that I enjoy,” said Zaheer.

Daredevils have been the per-ennial wooden spooners in the IPL and the wily seamer said that he knows how to “deliver in right areas but can’t promise anything”.

“I am not going to promise anything. I will focus on the ‘de-livery’, just hit the right area and things should take care of itself,” a smiling Zaheer gave a tongue-in-cheek reply. - PTI

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MUSCAT: Bisya Lions defeated AKCT Muscat by a narrow mar-gin to lift the trophy at the inaugu-ral cricket tournament organised by Indian Social Club (ISC) Goan Wing at Muscat Club in Al Wadi Al Kabir recently.

The tournament began at 6.30 am on Friday morning with 18

teams participating in a league-cum-knockout format.

Sandeep Dhuri, a former Ranji player of Goa who also played in the senior cricket league in Oman and currently running his own cricket academy at Bow-sher Olympic Centre, was the chief guest. Nitin Sujanani, Gen-

eral Manager Indian Social Club,. Praveen Thaker- Senior Man-ager Poly Products LLC, Santosh Bugde and Mrs. Sonia Dhuri were the attendees as special guests.

The player of the tournament was awarded to Waseem. Ali was declared the best batsman and Bi-lal Khan the best bowler.

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FIFA set to begin inspection of 2018 World Cup preparations

MOSCOW: A delegation from the Federation of International Foot-ball Associations (FIFA) will begin its third planned inspection visit to Russia to evaluate the coun-try’s preparations to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The current ten-day inspection visit of FIFA delegates kicks off in St. Petersburg, one of the 11 cities across Russia to host the matches of the much-anticipated global football tournament, reports Tass.

Besides Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg, the delega-tion is scheduled to visit the cities of Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Samara, Yekaterinburg and Sochi before April 14.

While visiting the Black Sea re-sort city of Sochi, the delegation will be provided with a virtual tour of the rest of the cities selected to host the

2018 World Cup matches, which are Kazan, Kaliningrad, Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Saransk.

The delegation is headed by Alexei Sorokin, the director gen-eral of the Local Organising Com-mittee (LOC) Russia-2018, and also includes among others FIFA competitions director Colin Smith and Christian Unger, the head of FIFA 2018 football championship preparation department.

During the previous two visits, the FIFA delegates closely inspect-ed Russia’s construction process of the stadiums and accompanying infrastructure for the upcoming world championship. This time FIFA inspectors plan to focus on how the work of all involved ser-vices at the stadiums would be

organised and coordinated during the World Cup football matches.

According to last month’s reports, newly-elected president of FIFA Gianni Infantino has been making plans to visit Russia this month to see how the country is preparing for the global football tournament.

Last Thursday, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko announced that Infantino’s provisionally set date of visit to Russia was April 20.

“When is he visiting? The pro-visionally set date is April 20,” Mutko, who is also a member of the FIFA executive committee and the president of the Russian Foot-ball Union (RFU), told journalists.

Speaking on March 18 in Zu-rich at his first news conference in his capacity as FIFA president

following his election to the post in late February, Infantino said: “I am sure that in Russia we will or-ganise together with our Russian friends the best World Cup ever.”

“We need to still work a little bit, but we are there to work, and we will organise the best World Cup ever,” Infantino said.

Russia is currently in full-swing preparations for the football championship after the country won the bid to host the 2018 World Cup at the FIFA Congress in Gua-temala on December 4, 2010.

The matches of the 2018 World Cup will be held between June 14 and July 15 at 12 stadiums in 11 cit-ies across Russia. Two of the sta-diums are located in the Russian capital of Moscow. - IANS

The current ten-day

inspection visit of

FIFA delegates kicks

off in St. Petersburg,

one of the 11 cities

across Russia to host

the matches of the

much-anticipated

global football

tournament

READINESS: A general view of the construction site of the new football stadium in St. Petersburg,

which will host matches during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. – AFP

Regret withdrawing

from race for FIFA

presidentship: Figo

MUMBAI: Portugal football leg-end Luis Figo on Tuesday said he regrets withdrawing from world football governing body FIFA’s presidential race but wished good luck to newly-elected chief Gian-ni Infantino.

The former Real Madrid and FC Barcelona star who with-drew from the race in May 2015, hoped that Infantino, who took over from former president Sepp Blatter, will deliver his best and bring back credibility to the gov-erning body.

Infantino was elected presi-dent in Zurich in February earlier this year, replacing Sepp Blatter, who saw his reign come to an end amid allegations of corruption at the world football body.

“In that moment with my press release, I said I didn’t have any chance to win in a democratic way. So I announced to leave, it was not that someone was tell-ing me. The facts and things that happened on the day of the Con-gress, I saw that I did not have any chance. But I regret it now,” Figo told reporters here.

Figo, the president of Premier Futsal, was here for the launch of the world’s first-ever multina-tional Futsal league, a franchise-based league will be played across eight cities in India from July 15 to July 24.

“I have hope on him (Infan-tino), because he is the person who I support. He was the one who helped me when I was a can-didate at that time. So I think we share ideas what the organisation needs to get back the credibility.

So I hope he can change every-thing,” he said.

The 43-year-old said that he is well aware of the Indian Super League (ISL) but is not interested to take up a coaching job some-time soon.

“I don’t have any licence to coach (in ISL). I am not thinking to be a coach right now. I have heard about ISL, and I have lot of friends who have come here to play in ISL and will probably come in the future. I think that everything that helps to improve the game in the country must take place,” the former winger said.

The former Portugal inter-national termed France, Italy, Spain, Germany and his country as favourites for the upcoming European Championship.

“Portugal has done well in the last editions. I think top players will always pressure, in all the games and all competitions. Ron-aldo is the most important player. He has that pressure, I think he can hold it. He has played whole life in high level and he is used to that. We have a good team theoretically. France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal are favourites for the tournament,” he said.

When it came to picking his best teams in the Champions League, Figo named FC Barce-lona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich as favourites to clinch the trophy.

“Barcelona, Bayern, Real Ma-drid favourites to win Champions League. They have experience and they have more history in that competition,” Figo added. - IANS

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The MachineThe car, which accelerates from 0-100km/h in 2.4 seconds, will reach speeds of 250km/h and above. The Running Showcars have been visiting locations around the world that would not normally host a Formula 1 event and in many instances giving people their first taste of Formula 1 in the flesh. There is no substitute for the ear-splitting roar of the engine, the haze of tyre smoke and smell of burning rubber.

The ManName: David CoulthardFriends call him: DCBorn on: March 27, 1971 in Twynholm, ScotlandSpecial talent: Television presentingPhilosophy of life: We all have our gifts and we all have our failingsMost important people in life: Family and friendsFavourite food: PastaFavourite music: The Cranberries, Oasis, and The Corrs

The HelmetDuring the Red Bull F1 Showrun, David Coulthard will wear the helmet designed by Daniel Parera, a design student at the Scientific College of Design in Seeb. Pare-ra won the Red Bull Helmet Art contest beating 70 people from various colleges across the Sultanate, along with several local artists, who participated in the com-petition. After the event the winner will go home with the autographed helmet.

HIGH OCTANE

STUFFDavid Coulthard will showcase

the thrills and frills of Formula 1

Racing to Oman on Friday

Come Friday, the Muttrah Corniche will be transformed into a high octane race-track when David Coulthard zips down the beautiful stretch on his ferocious Formula 1 car.

If you are a motorsports enthusiast, you should not miss the much-anticipated Red Bull F1 Show-run, organised by Red Bull Racing under the patron-age of His Highness Sayyid Taimur bin Assad Al Said and in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism.

Racing legend Coulthard will strut his stuff in the beautiful flowery stretch in Muttrah Corniche for the 90-minute event. Racing enthusiasts can look forward to Coulthard burning the rubber in a 1.1km stretch between Riyam Park Roundabout and Muscat Gate performing a full repertoire of donuts, burnouts, and speed stretches.

The event is scheduled to start from 2pm and will also see performances by some of Oman’s leading motorsport talents. Along with it, come epic propor-tions of Formula 1 style, glamour, thrills and excite-ment. And don’t be surprised to find yourself tapping your feet to some peppy tunes that should keep you entertained through the evening. —lifestyle@timesofoman.com

Watching TipsIt’ll be hot and humid out in the sun. To better enjoy the action, bring along your hats and sun glasses for extra comfort, wear your light summer clothes and trainers, and take drinking water, and snacks for your children.

Fire UpThe public who would like to see the car close up and hear the roar of the engine can attend a ‘Fire Up’ at the Omantel headquarters on April 7, 2016 at 2pm.

Harthy on Vulcan HypercarOman’s ace racing champion Ahmad Al Harthy will showcase Aston Martin as he gets behind the wheels of the Vulcan hyper-car along the Muttrah Corniche on Friday as part of the Show-

run. This is the British supercar manufacturer’s first ever street demonstration in Oman. Over 800bhp is produced through the rear wheels from the Vulcan’s monstrous 7.0-litre V12 engine, which is front-mid mounted. The car also features a six-speed se-quential gearbox, limited slip dif-ferential, Brembo racing brake calipers, and carbon ceramic discs for incredible stopping power.

How to get there?The action will unfold at the Mut-trah Corniche. Public can avail the shuttling service on the event day.

F1 fans can access the event via  Wadi Kabir by taking the Al Bustan Road instead of the Mut-trah Corniche Road. On reaching the Al Bustan roundabout, turn left and follow the signs to Parking A.

Shuttle service will be avail-able from Parking A to the event venue between 12 noon and 6 pm. A 10-minute travel by shuttling bus will get you to the race venue.

For those who travel from Dar-sait (which is not recommended) have to turn left at the Mina roundabout and follow signs to Jibroo Parking B.

Shuttle service is available to the event venue between 12 noon and 2pm. The service will re-sume at 4:20pm after the event has ended.-lifestyle@timesofoman.com

Event & Parking TimingsEvent Timing: 2:30pm- 4pmParking A: Open 12 noon - 6pmParking B: Open 12 noon - 2pm and resumes at 4:15pm

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ROYAL OMAN POLICE

Emergencies and inquiries: 9999

General Directorate of

Passport and Residence 24569603

Directorate General

of Customs 24521109

Traffic violations inquiries 24510228

Public Relations Admin 24560099

EMBASSIES IN OMAN

Afghanistan 24698 791/4

Algeria 24605 593

Bahrain 24 605 074/133

Bangladesh 24 698 660

Brazil 24640100

Brunei 24 603533

China 24 696782

Cyprus 24 699815

Egypt 24 600 982/411

France 24681 800

Germany 24835000

India 24684500

Indonesia 2469 1050

Iran 24 696 944/7

Iraq 24603642

Italy 24693727

Japan 24 601 028

Jordan 24692760/1/3

Kazakhstan 24 692418

Kenya 24 697664

South Korea 24 691490

Kuwait 24 699628

Lebanon 24 693208

Libya 24603466

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Netherlands 24603706

Pakistan 24603439

Palestine 24601312

Philippines 24605335

Qatar 24 691 153/2/4

Russia 24602894

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Senegal 24694139

Somalia 24697977

South Africa 24647300

Spain 24691101

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Sudan 24697875

Switzerland 24603267

Syria 24697904

Tanzania 24601 174

Thailand 24 602684/5

Tunisia 24603486

Turkey 24697050/1/2

UAE 24400000

United Kingdom 24609000

United States 24643400

Yemen 24600815

PHARMACIES (ROUND THE CLOCK)

Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi 24783334

Apollo Medical Centre,

Hamriya 24782666

Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi 24702542

Salalah 23291635;

Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra 24503585

Muscat Region

Apollo, Al Hamriya 24787766

Muscat, A Seeb Market 24421691

Muscat, Al Khuwair 24485740

Muscat, Al Hail South 24537080

Dhofar Region

Muscat, Al Nahdha Road,

Salalah 23291635

HOSPITALS

Al Amal Medical & Health Care

Centre 24485052

Atlas Hospital

Ruwi 24811743/

Ghubra 24504000

Al Musafir Specialised

Medical Clinic 24706453

Hatat Polyclinic LLC,

Ruwi 24563641

Azaiba 24499269

Sohar 2683006

Al Raffah Hospital 24618900/1/2

Al Massaraat Clinic &

Laboratory 24566435

Al Makook Medical

Coordinance Centre 24499434

Apollo Medical Centre,

Hamriya 24787766, 24787780

Capital Polyclinic 24707549

Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic,

Ruwi 24799760/1/2

Capital Clinic, Seeb 24420740

Ceregem National Raak 24485633

Dr Harub’s Clinic 24563217

Elixir Health Centre 24565802

Emirates Medical Centre 24604540

1st Chiropractic Centre 24472274

Lifeline Hospital Salalah 23212340

International Medical

Centre LLC 24794501/2/3/4/5

Kims Oman Hospital 24760100

24 Hrs Emergency 24760123

Lama Polyclinic, Sohar 26751128

MBD 24799077

Al Khuwair 24478818

Magrabi Eye and

Ear Hospital 24568870

Muscat Private Hospital 24583600

Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment

Centre, Al Khuwair 24477666

Al Hayat International Hospital, Al Ghubra

22004000, 94267068/97049520

Al Hayat Clinic, Al Hail 22009455

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Muscat Airport Flight information

(24 hours) 24519456/24519223

Aeroflot 24704455

Air Arabia 24700828

Air France 24562153

Air India 24799801

Air New Zealand 24700732

Biman Bangladesh Airlines 24701128

British Airways 24568777

Cathay Pacific 24789818

Egypt Air 24794113

Emirates Air 24404400

Ethiopian Airlines 24660313

Gulf Air 80072424

Indian 24791914

Iran Air 24787423

Japan Airlines 24704455

Jazeera Airways 23294848

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Kenya Airways 24660300

KML Royal Dutch Airlines 24566737

Kuwait Airways 24701262

LOT Polish Airlines 24796387

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Malaysian Airlines 24560796

Middle East Airlines 24796680

Oman Air 24531111

Pakistan International

Airlines 24792471

Qatar Airways 24771900

Qantas 24559941

Royal Jordanian 24796693

Saudi Arabian Airlines 24789485

Singapore Airlines 24791233

Shaheen Air 24816565

SriLankan Airlines 24784545

Swiss International

Airlines 24796692

Thai Airways 24705934

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15:00 Quriyat 16:30 Daily

15:00 Sur 18:00 Daily

15:00 Jaalan 19:30 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

06:30 Sohar 08:50 Daily

06:30 Buraimi 11:00 Daily

08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri

13:00 Sohar 15:45 Daily

13:00 Buraimi 17:40 Daily

16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily

16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

14:30 Nizwa 16:50 Daily

14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily

08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily

14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (ROUTE 62)

06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily

06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100)

07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily

10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily

10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily

19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

06:00 Marmul 16:50 Daily

SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)

06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily

06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily

13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur

13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur

15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily

15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily

07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily

07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

Dept Destination Arrival Operatingtime time days

FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (ROUTE 36)

05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily

05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily

05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily

07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily

13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri

13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily

13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily

13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily

17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily

06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily

15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily

14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily

12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100)

07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily

10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily

10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily

19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily

DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)

07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily

07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily

13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri

13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri

15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily

15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily

16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily

16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

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Packages at Alila Jabal Akhdar for Omani nationals and residents Alila Jabal Akhdar is of-fering a special package for Omani nationals and resi-dents that is too good to re-sist. Heralded as one of Condé Nast Traveller’s favourite ho-tels in the world in their Gold List 2016, Alila Jabal Akhdar sits perched above a dramat-ic 2,500 metres above sea level gorge, surrounded by awe-inspiring views of the Al Hajar Mountain. This beautiful, balmy setting is the perfect getaway from the city. Yoga, rejuvenating massages, and the renowned infinity pool overlooking the gorge provide more ways to find peace and quiet while pampering one’s body and soul. The package details are as follows:

Weekend SpecialStay for a minimum of two nights between Thursday–Saturday, from only OMR90 per night in a Mountain View Suite, including:

your family at 50 per cent off

Weekday SpecialStay for 1 night or more between Sunday-Wednesday from only OMR 90 per night in a Mountain View Suite, including:

your family at 50 per cent off.

Terms and Conditions

residents.

tax and service charge.

the specific inclusions as mentioned for the package stay.

Sail Away with Royal Caribbean this Summer B R I E F

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With options to sail from 6 to 12 nights you can choose to con-tinue your marital celebrations for as little or as long as life allows and with itineraries sailing out of Italy cruising around the historic Greek Isles or the beautiful west-ern Mediterranean on board Jewel of the Seas, or around cultural Coatia and Turkey on Rhapsody of the Seas, you’re sure for not only a healthy dose of ‘vitamin sea’ but also an unforgettable holiday with your loved one.

Discover the ancient, sunkissed cities of Athens, Mykonos, and Ka-takolon, home to the mythological legends of love, Eros and Aphro-

dite, after you depart on a 9–night voyage of passion from the Italian capital of Rome. If you’re after a more varied taste of the stunning scenery that this part of Europe has to offer, the 11-night Italy, Mal-ta, and Spain cruise on the elegant Vision of the Seas sails from Italy through to Barcelona and visits notable cities such as Valetta in Malta, Palma de Mallorca in the Balerics and Nice in France mak-ing for the perfect honeymoon of exploration, testament to the Vi-sion class ship itself, one of Royal Caribbean’s most popular roamers

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For reservations, email info@royalcaribbean-ara-bia.com or call +971 4331 4299. -lifestyle@timesofoman.com

Dramatic Cliff ViewBetween Taqa and Khor Ruri in Salalah there is a stretch of arid land where

you can see a lot of camel tents. You drive past the old mud building

of Taqa on the Sumurhum Street and get to the high stretch of land,

drive off road, and pass through the camel herds and tents to reach

the cliff. The amazing view of the turquoise roaring Arabian Sea during

khareef is a nature’s wonder with the dramatic brown cliff adding to

the ambiance of the drama. -Mohammed Shafeeqe

Location: 17°01’56.5”N 54°24’49.8”E

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Feeling stressed? Add-ing water to your plans may be one of the best remedies. Being around water is prov-

en to relax people, and 72 per cent of travellers polled reported feel-ing healthier after spending time on the water, according to a 2015 Discover Boating survey by Wake-field Research, aa market research agency based in the US.

For those who are working long-er hours, the need to take vacation time is greater than ever. One easy solution is to get out on the water and go boating. Surrounded by water, fresh air, and your favour-ite people makes a boat one of the rare places where you can focus on each other, forget about daily distractions and enjoy the out-doors. Here in Oman, we are sur-rounded by fantastic bays, seas, and wadis, so take advantage of their therapeutic properties. Take a ClassSign up for a boating lesson to hone those powerboating, sailing or watersports skills by mastering the basics while having fun along the way.Al Mouj Muscat Sailing SchoolCall: +968 2418 1400 Go for FishingOman is famous as a game fish-ing destination. Charter a boat for game fishing as the Omani cap-tains are experienced and have good sound knowledge about the best fishing places in Muscat wa-ters. Boats are equipped with pro-fessional fishing gears as well.Sidab Sea ToursCall: +968 9261 2729Raheeb Marine ToursCall: +968 9274 5623

Rent a Day BoatRental options are available on most waterways and provide hourly or daily access to a variety of boat types. Rental outfitters pro-vide tutorials on operating a boat, share safety instructions and offer suggestions on destinations.Al Raheeb Marine TourismCall: +968 9274 5623Azzaha ToursCall: +968 9942 5461

Charter an Overnight TripExplore new waters and experi-ence the boating lifestyle by char-tering an overnight boat trip with family or friends. MazayaCall: + 968 2418 0532Raheeb Marine ToursCall: +968 9274 5623-lifestyle@timesofoman.com with inputs from BPT

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2 R Flats in hobra near In ian School @ R.O. 36 -. 2 R Flats in hobra O osite MC S room @ R.O. 360 -. 2 R Flats in Al hu air behin Centre Point @ R.O. 430 -. 2 R Flats in Al hu air near Tech. Colle e @ R.O. 32 -. 2 R Flats in Al hu air behin FC @ R.O. 360 -. 2 R Flats in Al hu air behin Sa ar Pol Clinic @ R.O. 320 -. 2 R Flats in o sher near Al Ameen Mosque @ R.O. 400 -. 2 R Flats in Ru i next to R @ R.O. 360 -. 2 R Flats in a a a next to on a S.Room @ R.O. 320 -. 2 R Flat in Ma aleh behin Cit Centre @ R.O. 320 -

R Flats in on a Roa @ R.O. 240 -. R Flats in Amarat @ R.O. 0 -. R Flats in o sher near Technical Colle e @ R.O. 300 -. e room Flats in Ma aleh behin e etable Mar et @ R.O. 200 -. e room Flat in Al ho h near Sta ium @ R.O. 200 -.

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*Classified Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication.

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1. Qurum Top Finish New- Res-5 apartments- 2 bhk/maid room 550/450, 3 bhk- 550, 1 BHK-350

2. Al Kuwair New 3 bhk, posh. Kit.fur,s.pool-700, 3 bhk +maid,ind.villa-650/-3. Wadi Kabir 1/2 bhk-250/300/3504. Al Kodh Villa 5 Bhk- Compounded 550/-5. Qurum(Comm) Sama Center-Brand New 114/122/129 sq.mt6. Azaiba (Comm) U Tech bldn - A.C./ oorin /ceilin

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Madinat Sultan Qaboos :Showroom/O ce at round Floor, 340 Sq Mtr. Facing main RoadHAR Complex MSQ : 2,3-BHK Flats and 2 & 3 BHK villas with A/C,car parking, Swimming Pool ( ated Complex)Qurum : 6 BHK villa with garden, split Acs, shaded car parks, servant roomsMabella : 2 BHK Flats with AC (brand new building)Darsait : 1 & 2-BHK Flats with AC & Shop Ruwi : 2-BHK & 3-BHK Flats and shopsAl Amerat : 2 & 3-BHK Flat , 3 & 4-BHK Villa with A/C

DAILY GUIDE

3 Rooms, 2 Toilets Flat for Rent. 18

November Street. Near Mars Hyper-

market and The Chedi. Ghobrah -Good

for Commercial or Residential use.

OMR 295/- month. Call 94477222

Office & 2B/R with 3 toilets directly

from owner, near Dolphin Complex

Bausher. Contact 92158031

2 BHK fully furnished flat at Ruwi

MBD area. contact 93211557 /

24814853

Flat in Wadi Al Kabir 2 bedrooms, 1

living room, 1 family hall, kitchen & 3

bathrooms. Contact: 99277787

Semi furnished 2 & 3 BHK flats

at Bausher near Atlas hospital.

Contact: 99348493 / 93200424 /

24502254

Studio flat for rent in Al Khoud

R.O 150/- PM inc , W/E. Contact:

92815139

Flats in Darsait. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Fully Furnished apartments in

Boucher (35). Contact 94051789 /

97201688

Flats in Muttrah. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Offices in Ghala. Contact

94051789 / 97201688

Brand new villas in Al Ansab. Con-

tact 94051789 / 97201688

Offices & Showrooms in Mutrah.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Duplex villa in QURUM 29. Con-

tact 94051789 / 97201688

Offices & Showrooms in Al Khoud.

Contact 94051789 / 97201688

Flats in Qurum. Contact 94051789

/ 97201688

Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM

muscat Indian Scoole Dar sate Tel :

00 968 95158570

2Bedroom centrally air condi-

tioned flat in CBD prime location.

Contact: 24714625 / 91173997

New flat for rent in Al Amerat,

2 bedroom, 1 dining room & 1

kitchen. Contact: 91141097

Studio in Darsait RO 125/-. Con-

tact: 92144045

Room in Al Khuwair R.O 110/-.

Contact: 97799175

Spacious deluxe 5 B/R villa at

Ghubrah 2/3 BHK fully furnished flat

at Shatti Al Qurum, Qurum CCC & Al

Khuwair. Contact : 99369081

Flat in Al Khuwair, bedroom, hall.

Contact : 91979580 / 98003444

Flat in Mumtaz 1 bedroom, hall,

kitchen, toilet Way No. 3352

building no 3447 / 3668. Contact :

98003444 / 91979580

2 bed rooms for family with split

units with car parking shaded at Al

Hail North. Contact: 92676707

Luxury flat of 3 BHK in Al

Watayah. RO 500/-#91776665

2BHK Wadi Kabir R.O 300/-. Con-

tact: 92144045

Flat in Al Khuwair opp grand mall

4 room 3 toilet + hall kitchen in 3

floor 400. Contact

99420346

For rent 3 bedrooms, 2 toilets,

living room, kitchen & store in

Darsait. Contact: 92328142

1000 sq mtrs industrial land for

rent in Ghala suitable for ware-

house workshop etc. Contact

24700120 / 92584715

2 bed rooms flat with hall, 2 bath-

rooms in Darsait near Muscat Mu-

nicipality. #92584715 / 24700120

Flat at Bowshar, 2 bedroom,1 maid

room, 4 toilets European kitchen

for rent / sale. Contact: 99325263

Office for rent 880 sqm at Al Khu-

wair. Contact: 99325263

2BHK Al Khuwair R.O 375/-. Con-

tact: 92144045

2BHK at Ghubra R.O 325/-. Con-

tact: 92144045

1BHK Mumtaz R.O 250/-. Contact:

92144045

1,2,3 BHK Flats. #92144045

1BHK Darsait. Contact: 92144045

Sharing room available for

single bachelor in Ghala. Contact:

91109790

Room for rent,1 bed room with

separate toilet (in flat) for small

family Qurum Mars hypermarket

building. #95711449 or 96570147

1BHK near Medical Darsait R.O

175/-. Contact: 95076261

Flats for rent in Wadi Kabir. Con-

tact: 99376454

1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O

100, 2 bedrooms , sharing K& T

R.O 200/- in Al Khuwair. contact

95154331

2 BR, 2 bath, a kitchen, a yard

, with AC, separate enterance,

AlKhuwair near ibis hotel. PDC. RO

250 .. Call 97056443

Readymade office space for rent

(240sm) in Bank Melli Iran Build-

ing, MBD area, Ruwi, opposite

Center point. Contact: 99011352

Flat of 3 BHK in Al Ghobra South

opposite Royal Hospital. RO 380/-.

Contact – 91776665

Clean flat of 2 BHK in Al Khuwair

33. RO 330/- Contact – 91776665

1 BHK flat with 1split and 1 win-

dow AC, next to Indian School Ghu-

bra for rent at RO 270/-. Contact:

98867658 / between 4pm - 10pm

Amazing flat of 2 BHK in Remal

Building. RO 550/- #91776665

Shops / flats available in Honda

Road, Ruwi & Mabellah Indus-

trial area. Contact 24833972/

24833974/ 99367448

5 floor building for rent in Al Khu-

wair near Muscat Dunes hotel each

floor, 3 flats each flat with 2 BHK.

Contact : 93223324

Furnished office (61M2) for sale

/ rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi

Mosque. Contact: 95611569

Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah

3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen

rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580

2,200 sq mtr factory area & 800

sq mtr store with 8 accommoda-

tion rooms and 10 office cabins

available for rent in Barka indus-

trial area. Contact 91398381 / 80 /

78, email - agsan2005@gmail.com

Flats, shops and basement in

MBD area and Honda road.

Contact: 92433127/96291778/

92589235/97293708

2 BHK & 1 BHK Flats for rent

Muttrah near Oman house S/ AC.

Contact: 97007934 / 92629232

02 BHK residential flat opposite

to Al Nahdha hospital.

Contact: 99342733 /99795241

Two bedrooms flat in Al Ghobrah

near Oman Oil of 18 November Street.

OMR 330 Monthly.#99333479 or

95215360 or 97509955.

1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100,

2 bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O

200/- in AL Khuwair. #95154331

Luxury villa of 5 BHK in Al Khu-

wair 33 RO.650/- contact 91776665

OFFICES FOR RENT AT AZAIBAPrime location on service road (previously

occupied by A'Saffa Foods) near Al Turky

and Mazda showroom.

- 2 BHK flat available directly from the

owner, at Azaiba.

Contact: 99229263, 93221054, 95215289

FOR RENTStore space in Al

Wattayah.

Contact 99382489 / 99263443

Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C, 2

toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti

Masjid. #97007934 / 92629232

2 BR flats with 2Baths Kitchen

Al Amerat Aster Hospital #99366142

Warehouse at Wadikabir - total

area 3500 sqm - covered ware-

house (500sqm), office, ac-

commodation (1000sqm), open

area (2000sqm) please contact:

99273774 - 99202278

3BHK in Qurum P.D.O high 350/-

Monthly. Contact: 99342661

Dental chair and mobile dental X

Ray for sale. Contact: 92737149

Commercial flats of 3 & 2 BHK

in Al Ghobra North 18 Nov street

RO.650/- & 450/- #91776665

New flats for rent at Darsait near to

Ministry of Sports, Mumtaz area the

flats includes, 1 living room, 2 bed-

room, kitchen, 3 toilets, every rooms

with split A/C high quality finishing

rent per flat is R.O 340/- . Interested

candidates please#00968 92225523

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FOR SALE

FOR RENT

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirt-

ing, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery,

Crockery, Glassware, Chafing Dishes,

Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound

Systems and spectacular lighting.

Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering

and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound &

Light. ww.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

OMR-130.for family/ladies in

Darsait room w/AC, toilet & S/

kichen.95323562

Sharing Accommodation avail-

able for working ladies opposite Al

Nadhah Hospital. Preferably Indi-

ans. Room with seperate toilet and

sharing kitchen.RO.90. Contact:

96524717

2 room for rent bachelor Al Khu-

wair with A/C water & electricity,

RO 115/95. Contact: 94843712

Furnished bedroom with attached

bathroom available for working ladies

or small family at Mabela near Nesto.

Contact: 92214060

Room for rent available in a flat

for Executive bachelor at Azaiba

behind Al Meera Hypermarket with

attached bath with cot & A/C , rent

inclusive of water & electricity.

Contact 96404166 /

97433992

For rent and investment Land

industrial shops in Rusayl.

Contact: 99323957 / 95490842

Four bedroom two floors luxurious

and spacious residential villa in Al

Hail North, near to the sea and Oman

oil. Each room has its own bath-

room. It has splits A/C’s and shaded

car park. OMR 750 monthly. Tel:

99333479 or 95215360 or 97509955

New building Wattayah main road,

showroom & office space. #94300909

Flat for rent, 3 bedrooms, kitchen &

bathroom in wadi kabir for 260 RO.

Contact : 97771444

New commercial Exhibition possible

divided to shops in Sohar market close

Bank Muscat.# 93305643 / 94734801

2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly & 1BHK

spilt A/C 150/- monthly new building

good location Barka Market. Contact:

99342661

600 M2 showroom or office in Bousher

in front of Dolphin complex. RO.3.5 per

m2. Contact 91776665

Brand new 4 BHK villa in Al Fai com-

pound Al Khoud. RO.475/-#– 91776665

Villa of 3 BHK and sitting area in Al

Ghobra North. RO.525/- #91776665

Luxury and brand new semi

furnished 2 BHK flat in Remalbowsher.

RO.550/- #91776665

Spacious 1 BHK flat in Al Wattaya with

all split A/C’s and parking. RO.300/-

Contact – 91776665

2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank Mus-

cat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK. 97826454,

24815012.

Flat for rent 3 bedrooms + hall with

split units air conditioning at Al Amerat

near Aledl Mosque Ibn Sina road Al

Mahaj house No. 105. #99312628 /

95098277

1BHK new bldg with A/C, Curtains

near Khimji Mart MBD. Contact:

99061409 / 99024039

Villas in Al Khoud. Contact 95056808

/ 97201688

Luxury Apartments in Boucher (35).

Contact 95056808 / 97201688

For Sale sophisticated office furniture

used for 1 year. Contact: 90946764

Excavators 3nos (Hitachi 240/350,

2008/2013 model), Tipper 1 no. (Astra

2013 model). All are good condition,

sell on the maximum offer.#98999503

/ 99782930 / 98981112

Single colorful Bed and Sofa for

Sale at Al Khuwair.#92881849 /

What`s up No 97290565

Sharing for Executive females at

Mumtaz area. Contact: 97094797

2 bedrooms flat near Kuwait Mas-

jid Wadi Kabir. contact 97608564

/ 98498823

Small old house for rent in Al

Ghoubra. Contact : 97165972

Room available for Executive

bachelor at Al Hail. #96234708

Furnished apartment for rent, two

rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen. Near

Carrefour al-mawalah. #99336776

Room with attached bathroom for

a family in Wadi Kabir. #97167857

Room for rent with furniture.

Al Bustan village.#93687466

Furnished room attached bath

for Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj

Ruwi & lady Wadi Kabir near

Mars hypermarket. CONTACT

96202458/96761960

Furnish bedroom with attach

bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794

Room with attached bathroom and

sharing kitchen available for

Executive bachelor or small family

at wadikabir Contact 93049849

Room available in Mumtaz area

1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1

room, common bathroom. Inter-

ested pleasecontact 92680041

Mr. Altaf

STOCK CLEARANCE SALE

GSM phones and

accessories for bulk sale

at Muscat. Samsung,

Huawei, Nokia, Sony and

Alcatel models.

Contact 99883067 / 92429917 A well-established computer sales

and service outlet is available for

immediate release with or without

stock and fittings, usable for same

or different business. Locations:

Ghubrah- busy street. Contact:

24499404/ 99368761/ 99491761

Apartment for sale location

Bowshar apartment 105M has one

sitting room, Kitchen, Balcony,

2 rooms with cupboards and 3

toilets. Contact: 99822260

Furniture and other treatment

items for Ayurvedic clinic. Contact:

97986525

Steel Scrap materials for immedi-

ate sale # 99273774/ 99202278

Almost new beach/ garden

lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.

Photos can be sent 95865457

400 sq mtrs Commercial/Resi-

dential land in Mabela Phase 5

Block 2. OMR 165 Thousand.

CONTACT 99333479 or 95215360

or 97509955

A well running pharmacy for

sale at prime location. Contact-

99627621, 93240949

Space for printing press available

at wadikabir with or without

machinery. Contact 99328430

Shop for sale near Oman House,

Muttrah. Contact 99024362.

Urgent sale of steel scrap only

serious buyers kindly contact

+968 96725423 for viewing the

items.

HD Scaffoldings, Shuttering

Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering

wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift),

Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine,

Steel Fabrication Machinery

(Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding)

including tools for immediate sale:

Contact 99273774/ 99202278

DRIVING

LABOR CAMP FOR RENT

With a capacity of 30-35

labors/staffs at Ansab near MOD.

6 Rooms, 1 Kitchen, Bus Parking,

Storage Area, Toilets

A/C's are fixed. RO. 550/Monthly

Contact:99887057/24125600

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DOMESTIC HELP

DESIGNER

BEAUTICIAN

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Looking for a young dynamic Ac-

countant with knowledge of AX

Package for a multinational shipping

company. Email your CV to:

shippingseas@yahoo.com

HOUSEMAID for Indian family of

4 only. Visa and all other benefits

will be provided as per the law.

Contact 92725141.

Wanted house boy for an Indian

doctor family. Interested may con-

tact 94765020.

Omran Training Institute is look-

ing for a Graphic Designer and Web

Master. Send us your CV by Email:

admin@omrantraining.com till

11.04.2016 Tel: 24498423

Required Pedicurist, Manicurist

lady urgently, experience should

not be less than two years. Salary:

RO 170 + commission, location

Muscat Grand Mall, Nationality :

Filipina, Tickets : every 2 years,

medical Transport & accommoda-

tion company provided. Applicant

must be in Oman & can join imme-

diately. Contact: 00968 99475599

/ 00968 96447037

Wanted temporary driver with

Valid Omani License & good Eng-

lish knowledge. Kindly send your

resumes to abcon@omantel.net.om

or Fax us at +968-24792175 or call

us at 24792173/74.

Wanted driver. Contact :91025698

Wanted a dentist in Seeb. Contact:

99722457/ 92306398

Required Gynecologist, Lab tech-

nician, X Ray technician. contact

99030773 Email: kunoozghala@

gmail.com

Nurse required for a dental clinic

in Al Khuwair. Contact 95114616

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

ENGINEER/MECHANIC.

Required urgently for Mechanical

Engineer, B.E / Diploma having good

experience in Automobile & Engineer-

ing workshop. #98919238 Email:

nnoel1977@gmail.com

A well reputed building material &

contracting Company in Oman is look-

ing for staff: Project Manager (more

than 10 yrs experience), Engineer

(more than 5 years of experience),

Purchase Manager (more than 10 yrs

of experience). Contact:

99808868 Email: amtcbarka@gmail.

com

Constructions Job’s Engineer’s ,

Diploma Engineer’s . All Kinds of

Constructions staff required.

towershr70@gmail.com , Office Tel

NO. 24548382

Decoration Company looking for

Interior Design Engineer with expe-

rience in 3D and Supervision. Send

your CV with the design which you

have done and after the implemen-

tation. Email: alrih16@hotmail.com

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in com-

merce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/

finance field. On visit visa. Immedi-

ately available. CONTACT 92836216 /

muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

Wanted Restaurant Supervisor

with a flair for marketing with

driving license. #95485151

A Construction Chemicals Manufacturing company is

looking for Stores Cum Purchase

Assistant for Sharjah factory.

Candidates with Min. Bachelor

degree with 2 years working

experience with tally knowledge

can send CVs on: sharjahgic@

gmail.com

A reputed organization requires an

experienced expatriate lady Market-

ing Manager with valid Oman D/L

for marketing luxury products.

Contact: 24212307 or send CV with

a current passport size photo to

Email: awadiest@omantel.net.om

Note: Only candidates who have

NOC can apply.

An Interior fit out company

is looking for Sales Executive

with 5 years experience, diving

license & local release. contact

94619086

Required Sales Executive : 2-3

years of outdoor sales experience

in spare part., Indian, Male 25 to

35 year age. Diploma holder in any

discipline “ mechanical engineer

preferred”. Email:

mohammad.jwabreh@bearingcitysc

.com Tel: 24509477 Fax: 24509312

Urgently Required a Self motivat-

ed sales person for a leading Print-

ing & advertisement Co. Minimum

5 Yrs exp with valid Omani/GCC

Driving License. contact 99412020,

95728453, Email:

Baharalsuwaihara@gmail.com

A reputed organization requires an

experienced expatriate lady Sales

Executive with valid Oman D/L for

marketing luxury products. Contact:

24212307 or send CV with a current

passport size photo to Email:

awadiest@omantel.net.om Note:

Only candidates who have NOC can

apply.

28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com -

Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/

India experience looking for a

suitable placement. #90187483

shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

Indian male, 24 yrs, Graduated with

specialization in Accounting 2 years

experienced C.A.CPT completed.

#94628086 / 97315091

Accountant 8Years Experience with

D/L and NOC. Contact 97712084

Indian female 25 looking for Ac-

countant / Admin job having 5 years

experience in Audit, Accounts and

Admin departments presently on fam-

ily visit visa. Contact : 95656455

Indian male well experience in ac-

counts, Admin & ERP Tally 9 looking

for a suitable vacancy NOC available.

Contact: 92650835`

Qualified and experienced MBA post

graduate with proven work exposure

in Middle East & India, having more

than 5.5 years of rich experience in

accounts, project coordination and

administration in (3.5 years UAE ex-

perience) oil and gas projects is cur-

rently looking for suitable job. contact

93953613 , Email allen.mathew83@

gmail.com

Indian male 34 years MBA finance

& marketing 7 years experience in

Indian accounts / Administration cur-

rently in Muscat on family visa. Con-

tact: 98104991 Email: sureshkr01@

gmail.com

M. Com Accountant 3 years experi-

ence, 3 Star hotel Tamil Nadu Indian

immediately available. Contact :

92831400 / 96051737

Chief Accountant well experienced

with reputed group available for im-

mediate joining. Contact : 98803439

/ 97413784.

M.B.A male looking for immediate

Placement in Accounts,Valid GCC

Driving License Mob.94625495

Indian male B.Com having 14 years

experience seeking for suitable

position in accounts handling, stores,

sales logistics, banking sectors.

Contact: 96417641 Email:

nileshsuares@gmail.com

Indian male M.Com with 3 yrs Oman

exp with valid D/L and NOC on visit

visa looking for suitable jobs in Ac-

counts and sales. Contact:

94744575

ADMIN

ADMIN

Indian male with 26 yrs exp 1.5 yrs

in Oman in HR / Office / Adminis-

tration/ Sales/ seeking for suitable

placement. #93112346, Email:

sibyambadan70@gmail.com

Indian male 3 years experience

in IT as Linux Administrator at

Wipro Technologies with hand-

son experience in Amazon EC2 &

Oracle Virtualization looking for a

suitable placement. #92889678

Email: amalpathikal@gmail.com

Available camp boss visa transfer

rable with Oman driving licen 15

years exp. Contact: 98335796

/99328223

Driver 3/6 years experience, I

have 2 years experience out door

sales man in led light, Pakistani,

Oman experience 6 years. Contact:

94565993 / 92627855

Available L.M.V driver with 2

years exp. Contact: 94603496 /

96573622

Light Duty Driver with 2 yrs exp. in

Muscat seeks placement. Contact:

91659265

Driver with car. contact

93346085

Driver Indian 15 yrs Oman ex-

perience light vehicle. contact

98023050

Driver having experience in Em-

bassy seeks suitable placement

in Sales or driving, NOC available.

Contact: 92191698

Light Duty Driver, exp 1.5 years,

Language knowing English, Arabic

& Urdu seeks placement Contact:

96011572 / 94484181

Driver light vehicle from Bangla-

deshi 5 years experience in Oman,

24 years, Omani driving license

looking for job. Contact: 98591812

Family driver available. contact

92943094

Light duty driver seeks job. Con-

tact: 94182497

Pakistani male light vehicle driver

with 5 years experience looking

for job. Contact: 92171166

Looking for light driver. contact

99753474

Light car driving. contact

99578213

Looking for light driving job 2

years exp. Contact:

91625977

Jordanian Senior Accountant 15

yrs experience in Oman finance &

accounts. Contact : 92881223

CA finalist Indian with 7 years

experience having D/L & NOC look-

ing for Senior Accountant / Chief

Accountant position. #98097009

Email: rameesnm@gmail.com

Indian male 24 yrs B.Com, Tally-

ERP9 with one year exp seeking for

suitable placement. Now on visit

visa.Contact:94469269

SAP, Tally and Peach tree experi-

enced male/25 with 5 years experi-

ence in Audit and accounts. Avail-

able in Oman for suitable placement.

Contact 97190575

Indian female, MBA Finance, HR hav-

ing 2 years experience as an Admin-

istrative Officer with Computer skills,

now on visit visa, looking for suitable

job. #93235507 / 90649533

Indian male, 22 years of experi-

ence in finance dept is looking for a

suitable placement, valid Oman D/L

& release available , ready to join in

short period. Contact : 99641119

Indian, Executive with 5+ years

experience in HSBC etc, done with

MBA, M.Com, DMM, M. Phil seeks a

suitable position. Contact: 90369540

Email: abilashraji@gmail.com

Indian male 29 M.Com, MBA,

SAP B1, Tally, MS Office, Sage 5

years experience in Oman, India

currently working in Oman, NOC

available. Contact: 92840519

Female ACCA affiliate B.Com fresher

with Oman driving license seeks

placement in auditing / accounts

and finance. contact 92264638

/ 93108343 Email: mira.somya@

gmail.com

Indian female 32, MBA Finance, 7

yrs of experience in one of the lead-

ing bank in India in Treasury(in FX,

derivatives and money market), Risk

and Asset Liability Management ,

with valid Oman D/L seeking suit-

able placement contact 92206513

Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA

Finance and marketing with IT

skills, 7+ yrs of experience,

Looking for suitable placement.

contact 94879615,Email-

sajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

Indian Female recently pass out

BBA+MBA (Dual degree) International

Business and Finance, looking for suit-

able opportunities, presently in Muscat

on family Visa. #+968-95907828.

Email : stuti28sinha@gmail.com

Accountant available with NOC,

7 years experience in Oman.

Ready to join immediately. contact

98263394

10 yrs of Oman experience capable

of handling large accounts, looking

for suitable placement in senior

sales / business development posi-

tion. Contact : 98987654

Fresher 24, ACCA Affiliate, Ad-

vanced diploma in Accounting and

Business seeking suitable place-

ment in Accounts, Finance or Audit

with Oman driving license. contact

- 92430152

Email - raju.rd619@gmail.com

ACCA member with 6 yrs of

experience in Oman looking for

a suitable job in finance. contact

99284193

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

DOMESTIC HELP

Indian female 34 yrs single, 12 yrs

exp in Oman presently working

in Nursery baby sitter (Nany) in

Muscat, looking a job visa + ACC,

NOC available. Contact: 96516743

/ 98802081

3D & Multimedia Designer look-

ing for job, currently using family

visa. Contact : 95844940 Email:

chrisrimas@yahoo.com

An Excellent Grade Contracting Company has the following positions.

1. Mechanical Draughtsman with MEP 5 yrs min. Exp.

2. Electrical Draughtsman with MEP 5 yrs min. Exp.

3. MEP Site engineer (Electrical) min. 3 – 5 yrs exp.

4. MEP Site engineer (plumbing) min. 3 – 5 yrs exp.

5. HVAC Senior engineer with 5 – 10 yrs exp. in chiller

execution.

6. Senior MEP engineer min. 10 yrs exp.

7. HVAC design engineer 5 yrs exp.

8. Senior civil engineer min. 10 yrs exp. in building

construction. GCC experience mandatory.

Kindly forward your CV to the email : mep.jobsoman@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

Required candidates for following

posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Can-

didates with Omani driving license

preferred. #99273774/99202278

INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING FIRM WISHES

TO RECRUIT HIGHLY QUALIFIED ENGINEERS

HOLDING BE DEGREE CERTIFICATES FOR

ELECTRICAL PROJECT (400 KV REACTORS)

IN SULTANATE OF OMAN:

1) Project Manager (Minimum Exp. 20 years)

2) Grid Station Protection and Commissioning Engineers (Minimum Exp. 15 years)

3) Electrical Engineers (Minimum Exp. 10 years)

(Reactor, Grid Station & OHL/UG cable works)

4) Civil Engineer (Minimum Exp. 10 years)

5) SCS & Telecom Engineer (Minimum Exp. 5 years)

6) HSE Engineer (Minimum Exp. 5 years)

The candidates to send their CVs immediately confirming joining date and NOC if in Oman

CVs mentioning Oman tel. No. to be submitted to:omanengineco@yahoo.com

JOB VACANCYAn ISO 9001 certified & ASME accredited Oil & Gas Equipment

Manufacturing Company in Muscat requires the following

personnel

Manager- Business Development / Sales & Marketing: Result orientated preferably engineering graduate with minimum

10 years of work experience in the Oil & Gas (Upstream &

Downstream) sector in Oman or the Middle East region. Candidate

should have desirable experience in the sales of process equipment

and skid mounted packages for the oil & gas industries.

Interested candidate may forward the CV within 7 days toE-mail: hromienfab@gmail.com / FAX No: 00968-24446179

Indian, 20 years experience

in Oman as personal assistant /

office manager / administrator

seeks change of job with release -

99168054, mbkishore@hotmail.com

Indian male 32, looking for Admin

Assistant, Sales job having 9 years

of Sales / Admin experience in

Muscat. NOC available. #95116586

MBA HR & logistics Indian male

currently on 2 months visit having

experience on Admin / HR activi-

ties looking for Admin / Manage-

ment / Non – Management / HR

related jobs. Contact: 90653264

Indian male, 25, 4+ years of expe-

rience as an Office Administrator

looking for a suitable placement.

Contact: 92600859

Indian male, 31 yrs, 8 yrs experi-

ence in Oman as Admin Officer in a

contracting firm with valid D/L seeks

suitable placement. #97841805

MBA Graduate with 2 years experi-

ence in HR and general Admin seeking

suitable placement. Contact: 98820248

Email: sm24blue@gmail.com

Indian male 30 yrs, 6 yrs experi-

ence in Office Oman work at MBA

(H.R & organizational behavior), BSc

Food technology (food science &

Quality control). Contact: 97632020

Teacher female 27 yrs, MCA 5 yrs

experience in teaching in India cur-

rently on visit visa seeking for a suit-

able placement. Contact: 96709509

Email: viyannifd@gmail.com

Filipino HRD especialist / material

controller supervisor with 18 yrs

experience looking for suitable job

in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142

/ (+968) 92659817

Omani National looking for a suit-

able placement in Sales or Adminis-

tration. Contact: 94700691

Indian male 26 yrs MCA, 2 yrs ex-

perienced in System Admin & data

base controller. Contact: 92835125

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+

experience in Administration/HR,

Customer Support, Office Coordina-

tor with good Computer skill, Now

on Visit Visa,looking for suitable

position. Contact: 90196235

Young Omani male have experi-

ence 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK

Helper Supervisor Admin Supervi-

sor, H.R Manager have diploma in

H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking

for H.R position or P.R.O part time

or full time. Contact: 95933288

B.Com 3 years business process

outsourcing. Contact: 94657273

Indian male, MBA with 3 years GCC

experience seeks job in Muscat. Pos-

ses Valid Oman D/L. Currently under

visit visa and can join immediately.

E mail : tssavad@gmail.com contact:

00968 98896847

CANADIAN CO.- FREE CONSULTANCYFOR LEGAL JOB

- For Hotel Staff, Construction Staff, Medical, Gas

& Oil Staff.

- Free recruitment - free tickets, accommodation,

work visa, contract for 2 (two) years.

Contact : 93392630 Send CV on

muslimatservices@gmail.com

Required Salesman, tailor and barber.

Contact: 91114884

Required Sales and Marketing

Manager must possess excel-

lent communication skills. Fluent

English speaking, Arabic speaking

is preferred. Minimum of 2 years of

professional experience. Candi-

dates are requested to send their

CVS to polyplas@omantel.net.om

Seeking job 17 years Oman expe-

rienced MEP draftsman. Contact:

91110270

Electrical Draughtsman (Di-

ploma), Indian Male having more

than 8 years’ experience (4 years

in Oman). NOC available. Contact

93957480, 96903942. Email :

dennydavid007@gmail.com

CAD Technician Looking for

Job Diploma holder. experi-

ence: 5.5,Oman,Total12 years.

Mob:96534071 tayyab341@gmail.

com

Autocad, revit (arch) 3d, dip civil

engg (cert attested) exp salary

:250 OMR. Contact : 9227 9784

Revit autocad d/man , diploma cert

attsd. exp salary 200-acco.

ph: 9227 9784

Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD

Draftsman with 20 years profes-

sional experience is looking for

suitable job in Oman. Please contact

96489798, (+974) 66653780.

2D autocad Drafting (free lancer /

part time) arch, MEP, Shopdrawing.

Contact : 97103168

Revit, Autocad D/man, expected

salary 200 OMR PH :92279784

URGENTLY REQUIREDFor a reputed Food Stuff whole

seller and Catering Supplier.

1. SALES EXECUTIVE- 01 NO2. ACCOUNTANT- 01 NO

Minimum 3 years experience in

same field. Salary negotiable, good

communication skills, driving

license is must for Sales Executive.

Interested candidates may please forward their CV’s to:

nft49@yahoo.com

Lab Technician, Omani Female PRO

cum Receptionist, Male Reception-

ist cum Insurance Coordinator,

Specialist Doctor Radiologist, Gen-

eral Practitioners, Cont.95220350,

bmdcsg@yahoo.com

Doctor’s, Nurses, Pharmacist,

Lab Tech, any Nationalities. For

Dreams Clinic : Towershr70@

gmail.com , Tel No. 24548382

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately

for a clinic in Suwaiq.#95081010

Email: umchealthcare@gmail.com

Wanted Staff Nurse for

a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC.

Attractive salary offered. Email:

clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com

GP doctor needed for reputed

clinic. Preferably with MOH license

or with Dataflow & Paramatics

pass Contact: 95388934

SKILLED LABOUR

Required A/C Technicians, Car-

penters, Electricians, Plumbers,

Painters, General Helpers. Contact

94147874 / 24504281. Email :

globalaccessunited@gmail.com

DAILY GUIDEW E D N E S D AY, A P R I L 6 , 2 0 1 6 D5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERIndian male 30 years, having 5 years

of experience in industrial automation and utility

maintenance in India (MRF Tyres), holding valid Oman D/L.

Contact - 92789995Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

IT

Indian History graduate with diploma in Safety with

valid Oman Driving licence seeks suitable placement.

Contact-93361624, Email-dheerachpadikkala@gmail.com

Indian male, MCA

(Post Graduate) fresher seeking

suitable placement

anywhere in Oman, now on

visit visa.

Contact 92319677, Email :

ismabsc@gmail.com

Civil Engineer, 6 yrs experience with

Omani driving license, local release

available. Contact: 91693008

An Iraqi civil with more than 30

years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C)

looking for a job, (N.O.C) available.

Contact: 96561306

Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 11 yrs exp in con-

struction field having Oman driving

license & NOC. Contact – 94194399 /

shiblyrock@gmail.com

Indian male, Mechanical Engi-

neer having 1year experience,

on visit visa looking for suit-

able job. Contact:97416564,

Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp

seeks suitable position ina reputed

company. NOC available. #96789711

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

Structural buildings marine. Avail-

able NOC release. Contact: 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com

Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian

male 24 years with 1+years Indian

experience,(Certified in Staad Pro/

Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).Look-

ing for a Suitable position. Avail-

able In Sultanate of Oman (Muscat)

on Visit Visa. # 92835952. E-mail:

mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in

designing, assembling, commis-

sioning execution etc having valid

GCC license too looking for a suit-

able. Contact: 00968-98052942

Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com

HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma

Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over

10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter

(NOC) available), seeking suit-

able placement, Mob:97061817,

Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com

Indian female Quantity Surveyor

Civil 11 years experience, local

release available NOC.#95719108

Email: jishashibunair@gmail.com

INDIAN FEMALE, 23 years, BSC-

CS Diploma in IAD graphics, well

knowledge in computer applica-

tions 6 months experience pres-

ently in Sohar seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 96670907.

Email: ammuch.4@gmail.com

24 years Indian male B.SC (com-

putes science) with 2 years of

networking and IT help desk support

experience with Cisco certification

seeking a suitable placement. Con-

tact 96910605 Email: shaikzube@

gmail.com

Indian male B.Com Graduate seeks

suitable position in Computer net-

working & IT support with 4 years

of experience. Contact: 91282879

Email: ryazrh@gmail.com

Indian male 25 yrs B.Sc Computers

Science, 3 yrs work experience in

Computer hardware & networking &

CCTV, telephone system looking for

job (NOC) available. #93243372

Sudanese Network Engineer holding

IT Bachelor with 1 year experience

CCNA, CCNP, MCSA certified have

valid driving license. #92394485

INDIAN FEMALE COMPLETED

M.C.A seeking for suitable jobs. Con-

tact: 91409481 / 97308719

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Experienced teacher looking for

job M.Com B.Ed. Contact 97948330

nubinafaizal@gmail.com

Teaching or companies or training

centers. chemical laboratory analysis

acquired knowledge of laboratory and

chemical safety Sudan university

of science and technology. Contact

90644755. rehammrwan04@gmail.

com

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs

exp seeking suitable placement. Con-

tact : 99739415 / 92091528

Math Teacher 30 years experience

IGCSE, A& AS IB Bilingual. Contact:

98016336

Indian male 38 years B.Ed (English)

MBA (HR), 8 years experience as

English, Business Studies Teacher,

currently in Oman on visit visa,

#96982726, shiljujohn@gmail.com

BA in English, BCA exp. 3 yrs

including Oman, having valid Oman

driving license. Contact 96330962,

uneyism@gmail.com

Indian female 29 yrs MSc, MED

science on family visa 2 yrs experi-

ence in teaching field looking for a

suitable placement. Contact :

93717403 Email: sharipanidcer08@

gmail.com

An experienced Chartered Accountant

with over 25 years in varied

industries, presently working

with a reputed group in Muscat,

looking out for a suitable change.

96491030

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

MANAGER

SALES / MARKETING

A young dynamic post graduate

with 2 years work experience

in business operations looking

for suitable placement. Contact

98564880 or maccmuscat@

gmail.com

Indian male, 5 yrs exp in

marketing & trading (Oman),

dealt with International compa-

nies & product also having good

knowledge in logistic and Admin

with D/L & car, NOC available.

Contact 93639385 Email:

faizenqidwai@gmail.com

Indian male, completed bachelor

of business management with

2 years of work experience, cur-

rently on visiting visa in Oman

and seeking suitable placement

for immediate joining. Contact

94647421

35 years male, Lebanese holding

British passport, 10 years of expe-

rience in procurement, Omani Gov-

ernment tenders, setup marketing

plans & strategies, importing,

Organizing events, management,

have car, NOC available. Contact:

94123939 Email: 002015r@gmail.

com

M.B.A (MARKETING) with 1

year of FMCG Sales Experience

in Oman looking for immediate

joining in the same industry, Sal-

ary Negotiable Mob.94625495

Indian male 37 years MBA

graduate in marketing with 9yrs

of experience in UAE in field of

brand promotions & marketing

with UAE D/L on a visit seek-

ing suitable position. Contact No

95792820

Indian male 40 yrs SSLC, PDC

knows MS Office & Tally 1 year Oman

experience in Accounts & 2 yrs

marketing experience valid Oman

D.L. NOC available seeks suitable

placements in marketing. contact

92409891 Email: danomon@yahoo.

co.in

Indian male MBA having 12

years of Sales experience in

Oman seeking suitable position,

good in Arabic and having valid

D/L. NOC can be obtained (as per

new rule). Contact : 98908634

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

SKILLED/ UNSKILLED LABOUR

PROJECTS

Indian Male more than 10 years gulf

experience in Office / Sales Coordina-

tor, Admin, Secretarial and purchase

with good computer skills. Holding

Oman Driving license. Looking for

suitable placement. #99709336

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordi-

nator 12 years experience in Oman

in reputed companies, seek imme-

diate Employment. Call: 95244761

HSE OFFICER having

more than 10 yrs experi-

ence with D/L. NOC avail-

able. GSM:97881216/97131913.

Email:dipubenny@gmail.com

MEDICAL

Indian female dentist specialized

Endodontist looking for a suitable

placement, prometric completed.

Contact: 96410448

Indian female (MSC – Micro-

biologist) seeking suitable job.

#96791162 / 90618567

Indian lady Dentist with MOH Li-

cense and Gulf experience looking

for a job. Contact: 96698073.

Male job Nurse MOH license PDO

familiarization8 yrs experience in

Oman, release letter. #99385197

Email: waqar1010@gmail.com

Indian Bsc Female Nurse with 6.5

years exp, 4 years in KSA. Passed

Oman Pro Metric with 69%, complet-

ed data flow. Presently in Muscat

in visit visa looking for a suitable

placement. #94744900, 94742834,

jincyalphonese@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, 7 years exp,

NOC, GCC driving license looking

for suitable jobs in MEP services,

O & M of high voltage systems,

FMS. Contact: 96137008

Graduate civil Engineer having 19

years Gulf experience seeks immedi-

ate employment in reputed firms

in Muscat, NOC available. Contact:

99446786 / 93251306

Electronic Security System Tech

C.C.T.V telephone presently work-

ing in Oman with NOC. Contact:

99803912 Email: bijumonjk1@gmail.

com

B. Tech mechanical Engineer

having 8+ years exp having Omani

driving license seeking suitable

placement. Contact: 97841963

In Oman since 2010 March, build-

ing site supervisor with Oman D/L

looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 91507828

B. Sc Civil Engineer 27 yrs, Oman

experience as Project Manager,

Structural Engineer looking for suit-

able placement. NOC / local transfer

available. Contact : 99349578 Email:

farooqatm@hotmail.com

Indian male with 5 yrs experience

in CCTV (AV Technician) & 4 years

experience as Supervisor / Billing

section on visit visa now. Contact:

93570126

Indian male B-tech 8 years experi-

ence as senior electrical project

engineer / QC engineer on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.Con-

tact:94094543

Email: anwar425@gmail.com

DAE Civil engineering profession

surveyor experience 3 years, 2 years

in Pakistan, 1 year in Oman road

experience. Contact: 94791214

DAE Civil engineering profession

surveyor experience 5 years, 2 years

in Oman 3 years in Pakistan road

and building experience. Contact:

90334894

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer, on

visit visa looking for job, who has

done certification courses in quality

control, basic pipeline engineering,

ASNT NDT level II, also good knowl-

edge in HVAC. Contact:94743373

email:akasharavind1@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer having 5 years

experience in the field of managing

, supervising , testing & commis-

sioning of Electrical distribution

& substation projects. Contact:

92322906/90377916 Email:

mshameerbm@gmail.com

Senior Civil Engineer with NOC 20

years experience in infrastructure ,

utilites, Roads and buildings seeking

job preferably in consultants or sen-

ior level in contracting available on

immediate basis. Contact 92141592

Diploma in civil M/ 32 Indian

keralite 2 years experience as site

Engineer at Muscat with D/L Seek-

ing civil job. Contact: 97914623

B.E Mechanical with Automotive &

Industrial Maintenance specializa-

tion -11 yrs exp in Oman with Driving

license. Seeks suitable job on release

in Oman. Contact 92880593

Civil Engineer (B. Sc) Iraqi looking

for job with 2 years experience in the

practical field & design, professional

use engineering programs fluent

in English valid driving license.

Contact : 90187915 Email: alhasan.

kh@live.com

Diploma in Civil Engineering 13 yrs

exp with valid Oman D/L, NOC avail-

able. Contact : 99612163

Indian female, 25 yrs M.Tech

Structural Engineer 3 yrs experi-

enced in Analysis design & RCC

structures seeking for suitable

placement.# 97163040 / 96357196

Indian female Project Engineer 15

yrs experience in Project Manage-

ment Quality database management

data analytics marketing business

development haying Omani driving

license seeks suitable placement

presently on family visa having Om-

ani experience. Contact : 95783792

Site Supervisor, Diploma in Civil

Engg (cert attested) knows autocad

revit, salary exp: 250 ph : 9227 9784

Sales & Marketing specialist

with 16 yrs experience in Oman in

MNC retails telecom lubes

construction related industry

handled various projects, holding

valid Oman driving license,

release available.

Contact 96960991

TOURS & TRAVEL

HOSPITALITY

Filipina lady having exp in

ticketing and preservation, call

center, secretarial and real estate

is now looking for job please

call.94054080

Indian male B.H.M graduate 12

years exp in hospitality industry

G.C.C license release available look-

ing for suitable post in hospitality

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94525463

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Indian male B.Tceh (ECE) MBA

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prince.n@engineer.com

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Indian male Network cabling tech-

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Indian Pediatric consultant, md

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deemaild@gmail.com

14 years experienced light driver

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suitable job. Contact 99442481

PROCUREMENT OFFICER, Indian-Male

34yrs,M.Com with 14 yrs work Exp.(8 yrs

in Oman) working in Construction Co

LLC( for ROAD,CIVIL,ELECTRO-MECHAN-

ICAL & Others Projects ) and having

valid LT D/L, NOC available & ready to

join within a month-M:94064650,Email:

nagauae@gmail.com

Indian male: 24 years, diploma in

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having experience in hardware and

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tion skills having Omani driving

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Indian male auto cad draughts-

man (civil) 8 years experience,

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tures) Education B. Tech Civil Engi-

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Indian male 6 years exp in differ-

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Indian male B.A degree & diploma

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S.T.P Operator 20 years

experience in Oman. Contact:

93089468

Electrician with plumber look-

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contract, have driving license.contact

95600418

Indian female 23 years Mechanical

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looking for suitable jobs. Also inter-

ested in Sales & Marketing. Contact:

94743992 Email: selveena054@

gmail.com

Electrical Engineer 6 years experi-

ence in Oman experience in MEDC /

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Male QC inspector Mechanical,

NDT 20 years experience valid

Oman D/L , release available. Con-

tact: 91001104

Indian male 23 Mechanical Engi-

neer (B.E) residing in Oman looking

for suitable job. Contact: 98530806

/ 99362006

Indian female 24 yrs B.Tech (CSE)

having 1 year experience in PHP

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Also interested in teaching, avail-

able on family visa. #98676713

Indian female (M. Tech, Power

system) having Gulf experience

seeking suitable placement in Oman

currently in family visa. Contact:

94306164 / 91001194

Syrian Civil Engineer Graduate

2012 with Oman experience with

license. Contact : 92967785

16 years exp Engg document

controller, material controller HR

related job with D/L#96028635 /

92386043

An Electrical engineer with 4+

yrs of experience in Electrical

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computer skills seeking for work.

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+149922698343 Email:

e.kmmh@hotmail.com

Sudanese Mechanical Engineer 2

years experience, fire fighting HVAC

on visiting visa. Contact : 95630047

Electrical Engineer fresh Gradu-

ate NOC available, can speak Arabic

& English with driving license. #:

94879092

Mechanical Engineer 7 years

experience and 4 years experience

in pipeline projects. NOC available.

Contact: 91117089

Electrical Engineer 4.5 years

experience sub stations, water pro-

jects, oil & gas, fluency in Arabic &

English with driving license. contact

: 99525856

Indian male (23), completed B.E

Electrical and Electronics Engineer-

ing have no experience and studied

MEP, E-CAD AutoCAD P6 now on

family visa looking for a desirable

job. Contact: 98209070 Email:

panivinlal@gmail.com

Sudanese Civil Engineer holding

bachelor with 2 years of experience

in Oman have valid driving license

and residency with NOC looking for

job. Contact: 94393880

Civil Engineer male 26 years, ex-

perience 3 years. Contact: 96319928

Male QC Inspector Mechanical,

NDT 20 years experience valid

Oman D/L, NOC available. contact

91001104

Pakistani male Diploma Civil En-

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contact:98921022

Procurement Engineer (27 years

single male with Oman Driving Li-

cense) having 7 years experience

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placements. Contact 95852033,

mail: hemal1988@gmail.com

Electrical & electronics Engr,

knows autocad & revit. PH:93837973

Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+

yrs of exceptional exp in spear

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dential & commercial building as

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seeking a challenging position in a

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Network Engineer CCNA-MCSA

exp computer science with NOC.

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ARCHITECT

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Contact: 93238813 Email: moham-

medbardab@gmail.com

INDIAN male Architectural tech-

nician diploma in construction

technology with 6 years experi-

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per British standard in Oman with

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able. Call 94375897.

Indian male 40 yrs degree &

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ence (6 yrs GCC ) in storekeeping

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puter knowledge, seeking suitable

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98966849 / 96186573

MANAGER

Male Manager Resource plan-

ning Oman experience 11 years in

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binulukechacko@gmail.com

Egyptian male 36 years Warehouse

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ayman_mano1979@yahoo.com

General/Divisional Manager MEP

& Civil, MBA Operation, BE Electri-

cal, 10 years experience in Oman &

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available. GSM. 92447102

Indian MBA having 12 years

experience looking for job Prop-

erty Manager with Oman driving

license, NOC available. Contact :

93714141

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Indian 18 years experience in

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Contact : 99044724

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Kerala Christian Marthoma boy from Adoor, working in Oman

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Mumbai settled Hindu Ezhava

parents invite proposals for

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91235911.

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ence, Indian male currently in

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rienced looking for part/full time

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/ 98803439

Indian Female living in Ghubra -

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PART TIME ACCOUNTANT avail-

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management, UX , Product launch,

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visit. Contact : 95431357

Indian 32 years passed M.A. Eng-

lish , M.Sc Psychology and B.Ed in

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in teaching searching suitable job.

Contact: 99869535 Email:

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experience ( Down Hole Tools ),

3 years in Oman, Dip. Mechanical

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965 956 18.

Bangladeshi Male, Univer-

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In-charge cum Logistic Manager

in Muscat; searching better job.

Phone:91997605. email:

mohamednazrulislam2@gmail.com

8 plus years of experience in

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tion /conferences / Trainings /

Media representation. Having UAE

D/L. seeking Suitable Placement:

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outlook.com

Software Engineer Indian, 31 yrs,

8.5 years experience (IBM, Em-

phasis, cognizant), Oman driving

license looking suitable placement.

Contact: 93221395

Indian male, 19 years Oman exp

in purchase, Material control in

building construction & factory

production have good computer

skills & D/L & with NOC, looking

for suitable placement. contact

99008101 Email: mr.victor2015@

hotmail.com

Engg/ Tech/ Mech, ME. Mechani-

cal Engineer Indian male, 24 years

looking for suitable job, area of

interest Unconventional machin-

ing process, transmission system

used in automobile quality control.

Contact: 90444038 / 96736912,

ilango2507@gmail.com

Indian Male,Kerala,B.COM & B.PE

having 13Years of Physical Educa-

tion Teacher experience. Currently

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job. Contact:- 968 94106834.

email:-akhilrajkj@gmail.com.

Sudanese male, 5 years experi-

ence in warehouse management

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14 year experience in 5 star hotel

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on tourist visa looking for suitable

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# 91305978

Admin Assistant. Having 5 years

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in reputed companies, presently

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panduru.jeevankumar@gmail.com

BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).

Contact: 92475206 Email:

zahaibzafar007@gmail.com

Indian Female on a visit visa hav-

ing master degree seeking suitable

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year experience in HR .Contact :

+968 91467576

.

Experienced B.Com graduate +

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job. Mob. 91142997. NOC available.

Indian Female, 24 MA Eng. Litr

with 2 yrs experience in teach-

ing & 14 months in Administra-

tion cum Secretary, Currently

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Email:rohinis2010@gmail.com

Sri Lankan Male 34 BSc. (Physics)

5 years experience as a site man-

ager and administration supervi-

sor in Oman with valid D/L looking

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or v.chandramohan@yahoo.co.uk

Female Junior Architect Gradu-

ated from School of Planning &

Architecture, Vijayawada. Excel-

lence in Autocad, Sketching &

Modelling. Internship - KHAM

Designs, Bangalore. Presently with

Atulya Architects & Associates.

Email saatvika.frozenmusic@

gmail.com #00968-94057427.

2 years experienced male seeking

job related to safety. M. Tech in HSE,

MSc in Environmental Science and

IOSH certified. #94653264

Indian male 37 YEARS, BSC

COMPUTER SCIENCE having More

than 8yrs of experience with well

exposure in PDO, DALEEL & OXY

as IT SUPPORT / DESKTOP SUP-

PORT ENGINEER. Seeking suitable

placement. Contact rangaraj_vck@

yahoo.co.in / 968-99758320

Indian Female Electronics Sys-

tem Eng. UK Graduate. Program-

mer Micro Controller Robot, Eng.

Analysis, Instrumentation &

Control, Eng. Projects, Integrated

Circuit Eng., Electrical and Fluid

Drives, Analogue Electronics,

Wireless Systems. Seeking suit-

able post. Contact: 97848075,

s.dinesh1508@gmail.com

6 YEARS EXPERIENCE HR/Fi-

nance Indian female[29Years]

MBA. On family visa, Seeking

suitable placement-93908191,

email:aswathi.wnd@gmail.com

32year Indian Male MSC,MBA-

HR having 8yrs Exp(HR / Payroll

/ Admin) with Oman valid DL.

Seeking suitable opening in

Human Resource, Payroll &

Admin/ backend jobs. Con-

tact:00968-99322978

Electrical Engineer Indian male

23 yrs, 2 yrs experience HV/LV

Design experience in Oman based

projects experience in HV testing

(220/110/11kv) presently on visit

visa. Contact : 99729860 Email:

vivekcet888@gmail.com

Indian female B.C.A, B.E.D, IELTS

experience in Oman teaching

primary & secondary looking for

job. Contact : 97384206 Email:

rani_sweet786@live.com

Indian female, having 10 years

experience in logistics and sales

coordination, exp in SAP, MS Office

valid D/L currently on visit visa

looking for suitable placement.

Contact : 95251911

Accountant 31 years Indian male,

6 years experience in Dubai &

Bahrain with driving license good

computer skills seeking for suit-

able position. Contact : 92791218

Email: vmp2485@gmail.com

Sr Material controller, having

13 years experience in material

controlling in reputed companies.

Presently working in Muscat

(NOC Available). contact

00968-92944026, Email

charanjeet35@yahoo.co.in

Indian/male (25)/ MBA/2 years

experience in channel sales and

distribution management. on visit

visa. available for immediate join-

ing. Contact: 96914068, E mail:

mailanasap@gmail.com

Indian, BE Mechanical Engi-

neering with 1 yr exp as service

Engineer, looking for suitable

positions. Contact-90637918, E

mail: aquasharath@gmail.com

Senior Accountant, 5 yrs Oman,

10 yrs UAE experience in manu-

facturing & construction valid

D/L immediately available. Email:

irfan_syed2000@hotmail.com,

call: 95389018

MCA, Indian female, experience in

IT & Administration. #94133849

Email: abpraveena16@gmail.com

Indian male with 1 yr exp looking

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presently in Muscat on visit visa.

#92312978

Indian Male ,MBA Finance &

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oman D/L & NOC, Hospital ,Pharma

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struction A/c & sales , 93379044

Physiotherapist on visit visa

searching for a job. CONTACT

99767528 / 91317863

HSE Engineer, Indian male, 4

plus years experience in oil & gas,

working in shclumberger Nebosh,

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HSE. contact-krish.569@gmail.

com mobile- +91 9867016808

BE Mechanical Engineering

with one year experience now

on visit visa, looking for suitable

positions. contact 90637918 /

99335742,email: aquasharath@

gmail.com

Indian/male (25)/ MBA /2 years

experience in channel sales and

distribution management. on

visit visa. available for immediate

joining. Contact: 96914068, email:

mailanasap@gmail.com

Indian male, 8.5 yrs experience,

B.Com Graduate with GCC exp &

valid driving license looking for

better job opening in Muscat. Con-

tact: 92609935 / 94771365

Indian male network cabling tech-

nician (19 years Gulf experience),

seeking for suitable placement.

Contact : 0091-8089909265 (In-

dia), Email: mohithavp@gmail.com

Indian male, Kerala B.Com & B.PE,

looking for suitable Job in Sales,

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email:- sajith3969@gmail.com

B.Com Graduate with 4 year

experience as an Accountant in

Oman. Also have Oman Driving

License. Best fluency in English,

Arabic, Hindi& Malayalam. Looking

for Job. Currently in Oman. #+968

93943448, murshid4u@gmail.com

Commercial or Operation Manager 18

yrs in Oman – finance, purchase, sales,

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E mail: srjobsinoman@yahoo.com

Indian male at a Managerial position

having 12 yrs exp in sales & marketing,

Property Management looking for a

suitable position, MBA qualified with

Oman driving license. NOC available.

#98125226

Indian male BE Mechanical En-

gineer having 6 yrs exp in piping

and structural construction work,

looking suitable position, release

available. #96115463-email:

jijoraju085@yahoo.com

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, Indian

Male, 24 years, B.Tech in com-

puter science.3Years of experience

in technical support, software

development, troubleshooting and

managing, seek suitable place-

ment. Contact GSM- 98184170

Physiotherapist with MOH license

looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 92617235

Indian Male,B.Com & Diploma

Logistics & supply chain manage-

ment 2years experience looking

for job in Accounts/logistics field.

Presently on Visit Visa. Soft-

ware knows MS office & Tally7.2

.#:93884951-Email:mehreenraiz@

gmail.com

Indian male 31 yrs with over 10 yrs

sales & marketing exp seeking suit-

able placement NOC & Oman D/L

available in audition have proficiency

in Arabic language. Contact:95760969

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5years of Business/Accounts

tutoring and 2 years of Account-

ing License: 70914186. contact

96389047, Email: sharanizareen@

gmail.com

Export Manager/DM Indian

Male 38 Yrs B.Sc /CIPET 13 Yrs

Experience in Business Develop-

ment &Production with Oman D/L

seeks suitable placement. Contact

: 97221058 / 92058065, E-mail :

ckabdulmajeed@gmail.com

HSE Engineer: 3.8 years experi-

ence in Oil & Gas. NEBOSH,IOSH,

& NDT Certified, M Tech in

HSE,B Tech in Mechanical Engg.

CONTACT-krish.569@gmail.com,

Mobile- +91 9867016808

B.Com Graduate with 4 year expe-

rience as an Accountant in Oman.

Also have Oman Driving License.

Best fluency in English, Arabic,

Hindi & Malayalam, looking for

Job. Currently in Oman. Cont: +968

93943448, murshid4u@gmail.com

Electronics service Technician ,

4 Years experience as Electron-

ics service engineer. Knowledge

in all type of Electronics items.

Looking for suitable placement.

#99105043

MBA Indian male 2 years experi-

ence in firefighting & security sys-

tems sales & marketing. Seeking

suitable job. Contact – 90634050

Mechanical Engineering 6 years

experience. contact 00968-

998907110091 - 9841867534

Email: sayed.fortuner88@gmail.con

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9001, 14001 & 18001, HSE Train-

ings, Audits, Pls Contact – haree.

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graduate, seeks suitable position in

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Master’s in Petroleum Geology

looking for relevant job ready to join

ASAP, valid drivers license. Email :

mehdi.poorjahangiri@gmail.com

Diploma(Electrical Engineering)

From Government polytechnic.

Age 27years, 6 years Experiance in

Maintenance, troubleshooting and

managing and Technical in substa-

tion as a Electrical Engineer.Seek

suitable placement. Contact GSM-

92995899,(a.abbas31@gmail.com)

Bangladeshi male, University

MA, Working as Store In-charge

cum Logistic Manager in Muscat;

searching better job. #91997605,

email: mohamednazrulislam2@

gmail.com

25 years, male B.Com and

insurance Graduate with 6 year

experience looking for an opening

in accounts, finance or operations

related only. Driving license and

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gmail.com and 95236312.

Admin Assistant, Having 5 years

experience in admin department

in reputed companies, presently

working in Muscat (NOC Avail-

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Email - panduru.jeevankumar@

gmail.com

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Indian male network cabling techni-

cian (19-years gulf experience) Seek-

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- 0091-8089909265

(India) email: mohithavp@gmail.com

Indian Engineer, B. Tech (Mech),

MBA, MLM (Master of Labour

Management), 23 yrs experience,

5 years in Oman in the positions

of Operations Manager and Plant

Manager with Oman Driving

License seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 99744612. E-mail:

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IELTS Coaching (academic) required

nearby wadi Kabir area. Please call

on mobile or msg on Whats up. Mo-

bile no: 92927880/99012165

FOR HIRE

Hiab truck, payload 10 ton, unload-

ing boom 2 ton, available on monthly

rent. Contact Mb.

94052819, Email: mmanjani8@

gmail.com

Grader, roller, bobcat, JCB 3CX, JCB 4CX with breaker & water

tanker for rent.contact 93218705 /

24478450

DAILY GUIDEW E D N E S D AY, A P R I L 6 , 2 0 1 6 D7

TOURS

TOURS

RENT A CAR

RENT A CAR25 - 50 seater bus with PDO & BP

specification for monthly rent &

small car with driver. #99839898

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain Marine Tours contact 98029602, 92808636

We arrange tours & accommodation at all the beautiful places in Oman. Contact 99839898

SITUATION WANTEDBUSINESS

RENT A CARBest Rates for Saloon

Contact: 97869042 / 95730550

sales@modernreem.com

Looking for a villa in Amerat area.

Contact : 95405033

ACC WANTED

*Classified Advertisement space booking with text,

should be done till 12.00 noon

for next day’s publication. * Subject to space

availability

Investment RequiredMinimum OMR 500,000 to transfer

5 Excavators big + 5 Tippers 2015

Astra, working on good profitable

Excavation projects. Assured

income 36 %.

98867530 / 99120532engrfaheem@hotmail.com

MANPOWER

MV SALE

Honda CRV SUV 2008 model au-

tomatic, first registered in April

2009. Single owner, expat lady

driven. 72.000 kms. agency main-

tained. Free service contract valid

till October 2016. RO.4000/- nego-

tiable. Serious buyers #92737854.

Rav4 Indian lady Doctor owned

Pearl white May 2011 No. 2, 34,000

km under Toyota Service Contract

till 2017, 4 nos. brand new tyres R.O

8000/- negotiable. #91001129

Peugeot 206, 2006 model for sale

Reserve Price RO 400. #94052819,

Email: mmanjani8@gmail.com

Volkswagen Tiguan 2012 White

70,000Kms Expat Driven Insur-

ance: Oct 2016 Price: Rial 7500

Contact: 95121146

TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATIONPick and Drop Al Khuwair to

Rusayl# 96733572 / 91287470

Picking and dropping any time.

Contact: 97403088

Transportation.#99508282

BUYING

Buying cars for cash.#90202090

Bobcat available for rent. #97623299

Transportation. contact 92015894

Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

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DAILY GUIDE Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifieds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SERVICESWe Provide Cleaners,

O ce boys, Cleaning Contracts, eneral cleaning etc.

Al Mudakhir Na onal Est. LLC Contact : 94277020

Window & split unit A.C servicing &

repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split & window unit A.C servicing &

maintenance. Contact: 96236476

Split & widow unit A.C servicing &

maintenance.contact 93769089 /

95323517

Split & window A/c servicing &

maintenance. contact 93769089 /

95323517

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

A/C maintenance & servicing,

fridge, washing machine & dish

washer repairing, painting & clean-

ing services, electrical & plumbing.

#99447257 / 97014234 / 24504281

A/C Technician, cold store, freez-

er, chiller all kinds of A/C & re-

frigeration installation & service.

Contact: 92279370 / 92459357

Water proofing ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control building. Cleaning les /

Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC contact

99344723

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. contact 24793614/

99314807

House shifting packing.

Contact: 99657644 /

98518013

House shifting. contact

99708138

Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampoo-

ing. Ocean center LLC.contact

99344723

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services electric,

plumbing and A/C. Contact:

96524904 /94285064

Split A/C servicing R.O 10 only.

Contact: 94217681 / 99210141

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

All MEP & Civil shop draw-

ings. Contact : 93070771 Email :

designjob2014@gmail.com

We do industrial catering ser-

vice canteen / mess , 3 times

packed meals and all types

of catering events. Contact:

92188777/99249899

Engineering Drawing prepara-

tion Service for Civil Building,

Interiors, Steel Structure, Steel

Equipment etc at Genuine Rate.

Contact Mb. 94052819, Email:

mmanjani8@gmail.com

Workshop in Muscat, Expertise

in Aluminum Automatic Gates,

Manual/Swing Gates, Security

Grills, Louvers, Handrails, Contact

Mb. 94052819, Email:

mmanjani8@gmail.com

CAD drawings Archi/ MEP CAD –

comply BIM. Contact: 91233975

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-ter-

mite treatment, general cleaning

painting,Plumbing, Electrical,

shifting. Contact Mundhir

Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.

Contact: 24810137, 99450130

Marble crystallization & grind-ing, Ocean center LLC contact

99344723

SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED

SITUATION WANTEDSIT. WANTED

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian Male 47 years MBA-

Operations Management with total

25 Yrs exp inclusive of 9 yrs in

Oil & Gas sector in Oman, having

valid Omani D/L & NOC available

, seeks challenging position in

SCM/ Logistics/ Procurement in

any Sector. GSM-94236414. Mail

id – jayamurli@gmail.com

Structural Engineer Educa-

tion B-Tech in civil Engineering,

Work Experience More than 6

yrs # +968-91431483 E-mail:

mohsinyousuf86@rediffmail.com

Indian Female Accountant, now

in Oman on Visit Visa, looking for

suitable placement, #94250871

Indian Female MBA Finance, 6

years Oman experience as account

looking Full time/part time ac-

counting Jobs. Contact- 99044292

Indian Male B. Tech, 10+ years

of extensive work experience in

various aspects like Computer

Networking, Technical Support,

Management and Engineering

with good communications, inter-

personal and technical skills seeks

suitable opportunity. Now in Oman

on Visit Visa GSM : 9489 8009,

Email : bios4u@gmail.com

BBA MBA.Male, Indian Human

Resource/ Administration/ Office

work1 Year Experience Knowledge

in MS-Office, Photoshop Searching

for suitable job E-mail:

antonyshajan11@gmail.com.

Contact: +91 9655469680 +91

8754086178

Indian male 26 years MBA

finance, seeks suitable placement.

#92715032 / ajisd@yahoo.com

Indian male, 16 years Oil & Gas

experience (Down Hole Tools),

3 years in Oman, Dip. Mechanical

Engineer, Having D/L and NOC.

Email – jajisuni@yahoo.com,

Mob: 965 956 18.

Indian male: 24 years, diploma in

computer science and B.E (CSE) hav-

ing experience in hardware and net-

working seeks suitable job. #91170912

Email: sales2@witoman.com

Sudanese male. Five years

diploma in civil engineeringhave

five years experience in construc-

tion industry. Mobile: 96995670

Sri Lankan female looking for a

housemaid job. Please send details

to s.c.balthaza@gmail.com

Contact: 94036979

Land surveyor Experience: 8 years. Contact: 99585265 Email:

wajid.mohiuddin5251@gmail.com

Indian male executive secretary

having vast experience in admin,

logistics & procurement well

versed with computer .seek suit-

able placement. #99514286

Looking for a part time job

for drawings struc. BBS Q/S &

piping/pipeline auto cad work.

#92103713

Indian male, accountant 2 year

experience doing accounts in Tally

and Excel. Searching for suitable

job. Contact: subbayan_r@gmail.

com GSM: +918098637908

A young CA (ACA & ACCA qualified)

with 4 years experience in one of

top audit firms in UK & KSA seeks

suitable placement in Oman. Contact:

Kamran (hkamran112@gmail.com),

+44 7480 1196 74. +968 93595050

INDIAN-Male 34yrs, M.Com

with 14yrs Exp ( 8yrs in Oman &

6yrs in India)Presently working

as PROCUREMENT OFFICER for

ROAD,CIVIL,ELECTRO-MECHANICAL

& Others Projects in contg & Trdg co

LLC, Having Oman LT D/L, NOC avail-

able & willing to join immediately

within in a month - M:94064650,

Email: nagauae@gmail.com

BE Mechanical Engineering with

one year experience now on visit

visa, looking for suitable posi-

tions”#90637918 / 99335742,

email: aquasharath@gmail.com .

25 year old male B.Com and

insurance graduate with 6 year

experience looking for an opening

in accounts, finance or operations.

Driving license and NOC available.

Contact-95236312.

lilommca@gmail.com