Times of Oman - July 15, 2015

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OMANReport on Sohar plant

1Investigation report on the loss of power and water production at Sohar plant

has been published. >A5

OMANPatrolling by ROP

2Patrolling will be intensifi ed during Eid holidays, said ROP. >A6

INDIA27 killed in stampede

3A stampede on the banks of a holy river in India killed 27

pilgrims. >A15

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Iran’s nuclear deal will give Sultanate a lift

A E [email protected]

MUSCAT: Oman will be the most important economic benefi ciary among its regional peers once global trade sanctions on neigh-bouring Iran are lifted following the signing of the historic nuclear deal with world powers, econo-mists and market analysts say.

Iran and the world powers on Tuesday reached an accord in Vi-enna that would rein in its nucle-ar programme in exchange for an easing of the crippling sanctions against Iran.

Iran, in lieu, will get access to more than $100 billion in fro-zen assets after the Iran nuclear agreement is implemented. This depends on when UN nuclear watchdog certifi es Tehran’s curb-ing of its nuclear programme.

The Sultanate’s strategic geo-graphic position and its strong bilateral relation will defi nitely help the country benefi t from lift-ing of sanctions on Iran, Samra Al Harthy, an economist in Muscat,

told Times of Oman. “There will be signifi cant economic benefi ts,” she said, adding that the areas of cooperation could be tourism and healthcare.

“(However) it will take some time to put everything in work-ing,” added Samra. Oman will be in a better position to re-export Iranian goods and services to re-gional countries due to its prox-imity to Iran and the Sultanate’s better port facilities. The Sultan-ate can play the role of a trade fa-cilitator between Iran and other countries, which is also in line with the government strategy to develop Sohar as an important re-export hub. >A8 See also >A12

The historic nuclear

agreement with

the West, hailed

as a ‘new chapter’,

will benefi t Oman’s

fortunes through

trade and friendship,

say economistsMANAH: His Majesty Sultan Qa-boos bin Said has laid the founda-tion for ‘Oman Across Ages Mu-seum’ in the Wilayat of Manah in the Governorate of A’Dakhiliyah.

His Majesty was welcomed by the Main Committee Members of the project and shown pictures of museum design and contents, in-cluding the project model.

His Majesty was accompanied

by some ministers and army com-manders. The idea of the project has taken shape in accordance with the wise vision of His Maj-esty, who wisely decided to build

a museum showcasing the his-tory of Oman through ages in both sound and picture.

It will shed light on the miracu-lous achievements accomplished after 1970.

The museum will represent Oman’s divine nature and its geo-graphic diversity in an interactive way using modern narrative de-scription techniques. >A9

M A N A H

AUGUST FUNCTION: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said lays the foundation stone for ‘Oman Across

Ages Museum’ at Manah in the Governorate of A’Dakhiliyah on Tuesday. – Mohamed Mostafa

HM lays foundation stone for Arab world’s biggest museum

HISTORIC DEAL: EU offi cial Federica Mogherini and Iranian For-

eign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, in Vienna. - Reuters

Oman helped clinch Iran deal >A8

‘An achievement for HM’ >A8

His Majesty issues two Royal Decrees

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on Tuesday is-sued two Royal Decrees as fol-lows: Royal Decree No. 30/2015 establishes Oman Governance and Sustainability Centre and promulgates its bylaw.

Article (1) states that a centre to be named “Oman Govern-ance and Sustainability Centre” shall be set up and affi liated to the Capital Market Authority, and that the system attached to this decree shall be applied to the Centre. >A9 See also >B3 His Majesty exchanges Eid greetings >A9

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Beverages unit busted in BarkaTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Directorate General of Inquiries and Investigations of the Royal Oman Police (ROP) in Barka arrested six Asians for manufacturing and peddling al-coholic beverages.

An offi cial source from the ROP said that the accused had rented a house in A’Sallaha and used it to manufacture and bottle alcoholic beverages.

More than 3,200 cartons of alcoholic drinks and some ma-terials used for making the products were seized from their possession.

Legal procedures have been initiated against the accused and they have been referred to the

Public Prosecution for further.

Firecrackers seized Police offi cials at the Hafeet border post foiled an attempt by two citizens to smuggle in a large amount of fi recrackers, said a source at the Royal Oman Police (ROP).

The ROP seized around 132 toy guns and 10 boxes of ammunition for the toy gun and 10 boxes of cherry bombs which were hidden in the trunk of the vehicle.

In another case, customs offi c-ers seized fi recrackers hidden un-der the driver’s seat and the rear seat of a citizen’s vehicle.

ROP arrests 135 for theftA Royal Oman Police offi cial said

that around 135 people were ar-rested in 97 cases of theft in vari-ous governorates of the Sultanate.

Drug dealers arrestedThe Directorate General for Combating Narcotics and Psy-chotropic Substances of the Al Buraimi Police Department ar-rested three citizens for posses-sion of drugs with the intent of traffi cking and abuse.

The ROP source said that the three suspects were arrested at the new Al Sa’ara area in Buraimi while they were attempting to of-fer some drugs to a client.

More than 4,500 psychotropic pills were seized from their pos-session along with 15 bottles of methadone.

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Oman Cables fined for unfair dismissalTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Oman Cables In-dustry has been asked by the Primary Court in Seeb to pay OMR942,810.279 for unfair dismissal and various compen-sation elements, according to a disclosure statement posted by the company on Muscat Securities Market website on Tuesday.

This follows two disclosures made by the company on Sep-tember 12, 2013 and January 8, 2014 in relation to an indi-vidual labour case fi led against the company, before the Pri-mary Court in Seeb for unfair dismissal amounting to around OMR8.5 million.

“A 30 days appeal period is granted to both parties to pre-sent an appeal and the compa-ny will update the sharehold-ers on this topic,” the company said on Tuesday. “This verdict will not have major impact on the fi nancial results of the com-pany,” it added.

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TODAY’S DUAA‘O Allah, on this day, make me among those who love Your friends, and hate Your enemies, following the way of Your last Prophet, O the Guardian of the hearts of the Prophets.’

Hadith of the dayABU HURAYRA reported that the Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Allah, the Mighty

and Majestic said, ‘The most beloved of My slaves to Me is

the quickest to break the fast.”’ [At-Tirmidhi]

As Ramadan draws to a close we will be welcomed by Shawwal, the tenth Islamic lunar month. The fi rst day of Shawwal is Eid Al Fitr, the day of festival where all

sins are forgiven as a reward for fasting and prayers in the Holy Month of Rama-dan. One should continue to perform acts of worship after Ramadan to prevent sud-den emptiness of the soul. Because we have a tendency to believe that we have had a full month of worship and now we need to relax a bit. In Islam, consistency is impor-tant and worship is a continuous process without a break.

It is highly recommended to keep six fasts in the month of Shawwal. Muslims should take this opportunity of acquiring such an enormous reward from Allah. It is more preferable to start these fasts from the 2nd of Shawwal and keep fasting up to the 7th of it. However, if, they are kept in other days, the requirement also be ful-fi lled. The sooner you do them, the better.Allah, the Exalted says: “And march forth in the way (which leads to) forgive-ness from your Lord.” (Quran, 3:133).“I hastened to you, O my Lord, that you might be pleased.” (Quran, 20:84).

A Muslim should hasten to fast these six days of Shawwal because delaying may cause problems, but there is no problem if you do not hasten it and you delay it until the middle or end of the month.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “He who fasts Ramadan, and six of Shaw-

wal, it will be (in terms of rewards) as if he fasted a whole year.” (Abu Dawud, Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Muslim and Tirmidhi).

In commenting on the above-mentioned Hadith, As-Sananee said in Subul us-Sa-laam: “If the thirty days of Ramadan fasting are assimilated with the six days of fasting in Shawwal, it altogether makes 36 days. According to Shari’ah, each virtue is re-warded ten times.

Therefore, if we multiply 36 with 10, it makes 360 which slightly longer than a lunar year and next Ramadan he will fast again so it is as if he fasted his whole life.

The Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) said: “If one keeps the fasts of Ramadan throughout his life and keeps six consecutive fasts in Shawwal it will be as though he has kept a whole life time of fasts, and if one fasts for six consecutive days in Shawwal it will be as though he has fasted all year round.” (Muslim)

A woman should fi rst make up missed fasts from Ramadan due to monthly period and if she wants to earn the reward men-tioned in the above Hadith, then she should follow it with six days of Shawwal, and she will gain the reward mentioned in it. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “The one, who fasts in the month of Ramadan and then during six days of Shaw-wal, is as purifi ed of sins as he was born just today.” (Abu Dawud and Muslim).

Fasting six days of Shawwal after the ob-ligatory fast of Ramadan is Sunnah Musta-hab, not Wajib. The Prophet Mohammed

(peace be upon him) said: “Whoever fasts for six days after (Eid) Al-Fitr has com-pleted the year: (Whoever does a good deed (Hasanah) will have ten Hasanah like it).” According to another report: “Allah has made for each Hasanah ten like it, so a month is like fasting ten months, and fast-ing six days completes the year.” (Al-Nisaa’i, Ibn Majah and Targheeb Wal Tarheeb)

Benefi ts of fasting in ShawwalThe important benefi ts of fasting six days of Shawwal is that is makes up for any short-fall in a person’s obligatory Ramadan fasts, because no one is free of shortcomings or sins that have a negative eff ect on his fast-ing. On the Day of Resurrection, some of his Nafi l deeds will be taken to make up the shortcomings in his obligatory deeds.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The fi rst thing for which people will be brought to account on the day of resurrec-tion will be their Salah (prayer).

Our Lord, may He be glorifi ed and ex-alted, will say to his angels — although He knows best – ‘look at the Salah of My slave, whether it is complete or incomplete’, if it is perfect, it will be recorded as perfect, and if something is lacking, He will say, ‘Look and see whether my slave did any voluntary (Nafi l) prayers’, if he did some voluntary prayers, [Allah] will say, complete the oblig-atory actions of My slave from his voluntary actions.’ Then all his actions will be dealt with in a similar manner.” (Abu Dawud). (Excerpted from diff erent sources).

Virtues of fasting in ShawwalAnyone who fasts in the whole Month of Ramadan and follows it with six days of fast during Shawwal will have the reward for fasting the whole year, writes BY AFTAB H. KOLA

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Probe report on Sohar water plant’s tech problems releasedTimes News Service

MUSCAT: The report on the for-mal investigation into the loss of power and water production at Sohar 1 Power and Desalina-tion Plant, which resulted in critical interruption of water supply in North Al Batinah, has been released.

The report, issued by the Au-

thority for Electricity Regulation, investigated the loss of power and water production at the plant, owned by Sohar Power Company (SPC), on May 5 and 19, 2015.

At a press conference held on Tuesday, offi cials at the author-ity released the report, which includes recommendations to prevent the recurrence of such an incident.“The Sohar incident

caused extensive water shortage in North Al Batinah Governorate and caused much distress to the public. The authority conducted a formal investigation into the incident and is making the report available for public inspection,” said Qais Saud Al Zakwani, executive director and member of the authority.

The investigations revealed that the main cause of the incident was

a rupture of the seawater supply pipe to the Oman Oil Refi neries and Petroleum Industries Com-pany (Orpic) facilities on May 3.

This caused fl ooding in the sea-water intake area and the local switchgear and control room for the SPC seawater supply pumps with the water level reaching 1 to 1.5 metres above ground, revealed the report.

Although the plant remained op-erational while dewatering was in progress, the power plant tripped on May 5 resulting in loss of power and the desalination of water.

The seawater remained for around three days and in all prob-ability this led to the loss or com-promise of the cable insulation integrity. Loss of communication was because the communication

interface modules were going into a faulted state due to a number of fault alarms emanating from the fi eld instrumentation cables.

Field cables to pumps and oth-er signals in the seawater intake area were initiating numerous sporadic fault signals that ap-peared to be the reason for the communication interface mod-ules going into their faulted state.

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Boeing’s industry-leading services will ensure a smooth introduction of our 787s while controlling costs, minimising component maintenance time and optimising our fl eet’s performance

Salim Al Kindy, chief technical offi cer, Oman Air

TIMES OF OMAN-AL SHABIBA RAMADAN WINNERS ANNOUNCEDA senior government offi cial picked the winners of the Times of Oman-Al Shabiba Ramadan draw on Tuesday. Khalid bin

Rashid Al Khusaibi won OMR1,000 as the grand prize followed by Worain Correa and Asseel Issa Khamis winning OMR500

each. Twelve third prize winners won OMR250 each and remaining 135 winners won gifts sponsored by Lulu, City Seasons

Hotel, Al Mudhish, Malabar Gold, Sapil and Geepas.–Jun Estrada / TIMES OF OMAN

ROP calls for caution during Eid

Times News Service

MUSCAT: An offi cial of the Roy-al Oman Po lice (ROP) has stated that police patrols will be inten-sifi ed during the Eid break in highly populated areas such as mosques, public parks and resi-dential areas.

The offi cial also warned citi-zens not to indulge in anything that violated the sanctity of the holiday season.

Parents have been urged to keep their children away from fi reworks as well as prevent them from playing alone on the streets. The ROP said that they would be on constant standby for assis-tance should the need arise.

Speeding and racingThe ROP has also warned citi-zens on the dangers of speeding. Driving at excessive speeds de-

creases the ability of the driver to understand the road and con-trol the vehicle, and increas-es the chances of accidents, said the ROP.

During the celebrations, driv-ers tend to get excited and start racing on the highways, which could end up in accidents.

According to the traffi c law (1/50), drivers speeding on high-ways, or being reckless, or driving in a way that endangers lives will face up to one year in prison and a fi ne of not more than OMR500, or either of these punishments.

Drifting increases during the Eid breaks and is considered an unethical use of a vehicle due to the noise it produces when the wheels skid on the roads. It is done mainly to attract attention.

Drifting is an off ence under the eighth paragraph of the violations supplemented in the law on traf-fi c issues in Decision No 23 in 1998, warned the ROP.

Drowning accidentsFamilies, clubs and sports teams take advantage of the holidays by often organising group trips to the beaches and wadis. Most of the time these trips are trig-gers for numerous drowning ac-cidents where children are the usual victims, as they swim in ar-eas with high tides, rough waves or they are not skilled enough to tackle the waves. Often, parents also leave their children on the beach without monitoring them.

According to the

traffi c law, speeding

drivers will face

up to one year in

prison and a fi ne of

OMR500, or both

ON ALERT: The ROP said that they would be on constant standby

for assistance should the need arise.–File photo

Labour law cases

MUSCAT: The weekly report of the joint inspection team at the Ministry of Manpower has in-formed that the number of work-ers violating the Labour Law dur-ing the period from July 5 to 11, 2015 stood at 158. This included 113 commercial workers, 18 farm-workers and 27 housemaids and their equivalents. The Governo-rate of Al Dakhiliyah witnessed the largest number of cases (34) followed by North Al Batinah with 33 workers violating the law.-ONA

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Boeing, Oman Air in service contractTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Oman Air has con-tracted for a suite of services from Boeing to support the up-coming entry of its 787 Dream-liners into service.

“Boeing’s industry-leading services will ensure a smooth introduction of our 787s while controlling costs, minimising component maintenance time and optimising our fl eet’s per-formance,” said Salim Al Kindy, chief technical offi cer, Oman Air.

“This falls in line with our Shape & Size concept, as we con-tinue to expand our global pres-ence with a young, state of the art fl eet of aircraft. This extremely high level of technical support, combined with an award winning service, ensures we continue to stay ahead of our customers’ ex-pectations,” he added.

Boeing will support Oman Air’s 787s with its Component Services (formerly Rotables Ex-change) programme, Loadable Software Airplane Parts service and Airplane Health Manage-ment. With the Component Services programme, Oman Air will have access to a Boeing-

managed, dedicated pool of high-value, mission-critical parts, enabling the airline to greatly reduce their inventory manage-ment costs while improving component availability. Through the Loadable Software Airplane Parts service, Boeing will handle software confi guration and man-agement tasks associated with operating the 787.

Airplane Health Management will allow Oman Air to minimise maintenance delays and sched-ule disruptions by continuously monitoring airplane perfor-mance while the airplane is in fl ight, notifying ground crews in advance of potential main-tenance issues. Together, these services will help Oman Air mini-mise the time and cost of mainte-nance while increasing airplane availability.

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AL BATINAH EXPRESSWAY OPENSThe fi rst part of Al Batinah Expressway (Muscat- Barka

18 km) opened for traffi c on Tuesday. The road has

eight lanes, in addition to four interchanges.—ONA

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Growth in Oman-Iran trade to boost employmentMustafa Ahmed Salman, chair-man of United Securities, said that Oman government has to make all necessary banking transaction ar-rangements to ease trade between the two countries.

Al Salman said that it would take some time for Omani companies to establish themselves in Iran. Also, he said the presence of Ira-nian community in Oman is less than 1,000 people, while the UAE has around 400,000 Iranians.

“Things will have to move faster. Our neighbouring country is already making these arrange-ments,” noted Al Salman.

In fact, Oman’s imports from Iran grew 172.2 per cent to OMR215.77 million in 2013, over the previous year, according to of-fi cial statistics. Also Oman’s ex-ports and re-exports to Iran were around OMR124.26 million in 2013, an increase of 8.4 per cent from the previous year’s fi gure of OMR114.67 million. Therefore, the value of bilateral trade stood at OMR340.03 million in 2013, com-pared to OMR193.94 million in the previous year.

Another leading research head of an investment holding fi rm said that the high-level delegation

meetings between Oman and Iran in the recent past, prior to the deal, paved the way for taking advantage from the deal.

Iran sits on the world’s largest gas reserves, but it was prevented from exporting much of it because of western sanctions. Oman, which was reportedly mediating between Iran and the Western powers for lifting sanctions, responded quick-ly to secure gas when western states started negotiations.

Energy-hungry Oman’s land-mark agreement to import 10 bil-lion cubic metres of natural gas per year from Iran is expected to

give the much-needed impetus to the country’s ambitious plans to strengthen its industrial base.

Although the Sultanate has been trying for years to import gas from Iran, the detailed terms and a con-crete agreement for both gas im-port and the pipeline was signed only last year, when Iranain presi-dent Hassan Rouhani visited the Sultanate along with a high-pow-ered delegation.

The gas will be transported through a 260-km pipeline be-tween Iran’s Hormuzgan province and Sohar port within three years. The Sultanate will pay for the en-

tire cost of the pipeline, which is $1 billion, and it will be compen-sated over a period of time through revenues generated from the sale of gas. The Sultanate’s major gas-based energy intensive industries, including Vale Oman Pelletizing Company, Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel and Oman India Ferti-liser Company, are all ready with their master plan for massive ca-pacity expansion programmes for more than two years, but have been waiting for a fi rm commit-ment from the government on ad-ditional natural gas as feedstock.

The research analyst, who does

not want to be named, said that capital fl ows between Oman and Iran will happen. “But we have to see how much of oil to be allowed to trade, what would be the kind of investment and how it is go-ing to be implemented. There are a whole lot of unknown factors,” said the analyst, adding; “Clearly, Oman and the UAE will benefi t the most in the region.”

The better trade opportunities and investments will defi nitely create employment opportunities for Omani nationals, noted Suresh Kumar, head of research at Al Maha Financial Services.

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Oman ‘helped’ clinch Iran deal

SALEH AL [email protected]

MUSCAT: Oman’s decade long ef-forts as a peace broker working on the nuclear agreement between Iran and the United States has fi -

nally paid off with the six world powers sealing a deal with Teh-ran that could potentially trans-form the political scenario in the Middle East.

In Vienna yesterday, Iran con-cluded negotiations with US, Britain, France, and China, along with Russia and Germany. Speak-ing from the White House, US President Barack Obama claimed the deal meets “every single of the bottom lines…it is also a deal based not on trust but verifi cations.”

Diplomats in Muscat hailed the deal saying, Oman worked very

hard behind the scenes to make it work and paved the way for break-ing a long political standoff that would also open vast economic op-portunities as well.

“It has been nearly ten years that Oman has been involved as a major mediator between Iran and the US. Oman has pulled in other superpowers to help reach a fair settlement for both sides. It was not easy, but Oman can consider this a triumph and a reward for its hard work that will lead not just to world peace but immense eco-nomic gains in the region,” a west-

ern diplomat based in Muscat, who did not want to be identifi ed, told the Times of Oman.

Under the deal agreed upon yes-terday, economic sanctions im-posed by the US, European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) would be lifted in return for Iran agreeing to long-term curbs on a nuclear programme that the West has suspected was aimed at creat-ing a nuclear bomb.

Reaching a deal is a major pol-icy victory for both Obama and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, a pragmatist elected two years ago on a vow to reduce the diplo-matic isolation of a country of 77 million people.

Economic jackpotLocal economists said that the im-plementation of the successful set-tlements would mean Iran would be allowed to trade again with its international partners and Oman and its regional allies would be the biggest benefi ciaries.

“Oman particularly would hit the jackpot with the lifting of sanc-tions in Iran. We are its closest neighbours. Maritime trade be-tween us would receive an enor-mous boost. We will also have huge

access to the vast Iranian natural resources, particularly oil and gas and minerals. Retail business in livestock, fi sh, spices and items of clothing will be another benefi t. But it is not just Oman, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) coun-tries will also hugely benefi t as well from the opening of trade in the region,” said Ahmed Al Habsi, economic analyst at Capital In-vestment Company.

Business people and traders in Oman rejoiced at the news of the lifting of sanctions against Iran, saying the action would mean the expansion of their trades and re-moval of restrictions.

“Iran is an important market for us. Now we will have exchanges in trade freely without fear of break-ing the law. Business had been bad since the start of the sanctions for us because we could not import or export from Iran. It will also elimi-nate a lot of illegal trade in the Strait of Hormuz and save Oman’s police a lot of headache policing this stretch of water,” Mohammed Fayaydh, a Muscat-based trader told the Times Of Oman.

Musandam, the region in north-ern Oman would benefi t most, said traders in that area, because of its

proximity to Iran. “Business in Musandam will receive a tremen-dous boost. It will revive the econ-omy in the towns of this region like Khasab and Dibba. Musandam is the fi rst entry and export areas to Iran and the resumption of busi-ness between the two countries will generate a lot of wealth in northern Oman as a whole,” said Ismail Al Maskeen, a businessman based in Musandam.

Currently, local police run pa-trol boats in the Strait of Hormuz to stop illegal exports and imports between Oman and Iran. Inspec-tors from the Ministry of Com-merce and Industry conduct regu-lar inspections in shops to make sure Iranian goods are not traded in the Sultanate to comply with international sanctions imposed by the UN.

“Very soon, all the policing and such trade inspections will be eliminated,” said Al Maskeen.

Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Bu-saidi, secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs in a tweet said congratulations to the diplomatic community on all sides for the great eff orts in reaching historic win-win accord on Iran nuclear issue.

Diplomats in Muscat

hailed the deal

saying, Oman worked

very hard behind

the scenes to make

it work and paved

the way for breaking

a long political

standoff that would

open vast economic

opportunities as well

Nuclear deal is His Majesty’s achievement: Iranian envoy

ELHAM [email protected]

MUSCAT: Iran’s nuclear deal is an achievement for His Maj-esty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who navigated this boat to a safe berth with his peace-loving nature, said Iran’s ambassador to Oman.

“We consider this a great achievement for His Majesty in the fi rst place and secondly an achievement for Iran and other negotiating countries,” Iranian Ambassador Ali Akbar Sibeveih told the Times of Oman in an ex-clusive interview.

“The fact that these negotia-tions have come to fruition after so many years is because of the presence of His Majesty who has always been seeking peace, jus-tice and truth,” said Sibeveih.

Oman’s ruler played a ‘crucial’ role in keeping crisis at bay in the Gulf region and in bringing Iran and the world powers to the ne-gotiating table through its ‘media-tion’ eff orts, he added.

Sibeveih also noted that the success of His Majesty’s policies which are manifested in this ‘his-toric’ deal, should serve as an ex-ample for others in the region so that an atmosphere of peace and friendship prevail.

The ambassador said that Iran has always extended the hand of

friendship to its neighbours and is interested in co-operating with them in various sectors.

However, Oman holds a ‘special’ and ‘important’ place among Iranians as it stood by Iran in ‘the time of hardship’, he stated, adding that Iran will continue to show its ‘loyalty’ to the Sultanate.

The deal will positively aff ect trade between Iran and Oman, has opened up new invest-ment opportunities, and will expedite the ongoing projects, Sibeveih said.

The fact that Iran engaged in negotiations over its nuclear pro-gramme for so many years is it-self proof that Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons and its nuclear activities are transparent and exclusively peaceful in nature, he added.

Constructive interactionIn addition, it showed Iran’s inter-est in ‘constructive interaction’ with the world and its independ-ent policies and also put an end to hollow threats of military action against Iran, said the diplomat.

Sibeveih further noted that Iran hopes the deal will open new doors to co-operation be-tween countries in the region on tackling issues such as terrorism which have gripped not only this

region but also other countries in the world. The Iranian communi-ty in Oman has warmly welcomed the nuclear deal, saying that it marked a milestone in relations between Iran and the world.

“I was eagerly waiting for this news and hope that the deal will be implemented smoothly. It may take time for ordinary people to feel the results of the lifting of sanctions, but I am sure the agree-ment was a great morale booster for Iranians inside Iran and abroad,” said M Ahmadi, an Ira-nian engineer working in Oman for the past fi ve years.

“The unjust sanctions were hurting ordinary Iranians and had especially made life diffi cult for Iranian expatriates as they could not easily send money home or receive money because of bank-ing restrictions,” said Ahmadi.

Government’s eff ortsZ Ansari, another Iranian expa-triate in Muscat, appreciated the eff orts of the Iranian government and the negotiating team, saying that the lifting of sanctions will open up new investment opportu-nities in Iran.

“I just hope that the revenues that will be generated after the deal are managed properly so that everybody will benefi t from this long-awaited deal,” she said.

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UPBEAT: US President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the

nuclear deal reached between Iran and six major world powers in

Washington on Tuesday. -Reuters

With the advent of the Blessed Eid Al Fitr happy days, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has exchanged cables of congratulations with leaders of the Arab and Islamic States

His Majesty exchanges Eid greetings >A9

We consider this a great

achievement for His Majesty

in the first place and

secondly an achievement

for Iran and other countries

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His Majesty exchanges Eid greetings with world leadersMUSCAT: With the advent of the Blessed Eid Al Fitr happy days, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has exchanged cables of congratu-lations with leaders of the Arab and Islamic States.

In his cables, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere congratulations along with his best wishes of good health, happi-ness and a long life to them and the people of their countries further progress and prosperity, praying to Allah the Almighty for the re-turn of this and similar occasions on all Muslims with blessings and wellbeing.

In their cables, the leaders ex-pressed their sincere congratula-

tions along with their best wishes to His Majesty, praying to Allah the Almighty to protect His Majesty, grant him good health, wellbeing and a long life to achieve further progress and prosperity for his loyal people under his wise leader-ship. They also prayed to Allah the Almighty for the return of this oc-casion on His Majesty, the Omani people, the Arab and Muslims Na-tions with welfare and wellbeing.

His Majesty exchanged cables of congratulations with the Custodi-an of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the

United Arab Emirates, His Maj-esty King Hamad bin Issa Al Khal-ifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Ham-ad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, King Abdullah II of Jordan, King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco, President Beji Caid Essebsi of the Tunisian Republic, President Abdul Aziz Boutefl ika of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, President Ismail Omar Guelleh of the Republic of Dji-bouti, Field Marshal Omar Has-san Ahmed Al Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan, President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud of the

Democratic Republic of Soma-lia, President Dr. Fuad Masum of the Republic of Iraq, President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, Chairman of the Ex-ecutive Committee of the Pales-tinian Liberation Organisation and Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority, President Dr. Ikililou Dhoinine of the Union of the Comoros, President Abdel Fat-tah El Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of the Islamic Repub-lic of Mauritania, President Field Marshall Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi of the Yemeni Republic, Sultan Haji Hassan Al Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, King Almu’tasimu

Billahi Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah of Malaysia, President Dr. Ilham Heydar Alyev of the Repub-lic of Azerbaijan, President Dr. Ashraf Ghani of the Islamic Re-public of Afghanistan, President Joko Widodo of the Republic of In-donesia, President Islam Karimov of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Mamnoon Hussain of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, President Mohammad Abdul Hamid of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, President Gurbanguly Berdimu-hamedov of the Republic of Turk-menistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Tur-

key, President Idriss Deby of the Republic of Chad, President Ali Bongo Ondimba of the Republic of Gabon, President Dr. Yahya Jam-meh of the Republic of Gambia, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Imomali Rakhmonov of the Republic of Tajikistan, Presi-dent Almazbek Atambayev of the Kyrgyz Republic, President Nur-sultan Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President Abdulla Yameen of the Republic of the Maldives, President Mahamadou Issoufou of the Republic of Niger, President Mohammed Bukhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali. -ONA

B E S T W I S H E S

Oman-Switzerland agreement on double taxation ratifi edArticle (2) stipulates that the Cen-tre shall have a legal identity, en-joy fi nancial and administrative autonomy and empowered to own fi xed and moveable funds, manage them and expend them. The Centre shall be based in the Governorate of Muscat and it may have branches in other governorates.

Article (3) states that all alloca-

tions and assets of Oman Corporate Governance Centre at the Capital Market Authority shall be trans-ferred to Oman Governance and Sustainability Centre, and so shall all employees of Oman Corporate Governance Centre. The func-tionality of this transfer shall be in accordance with the mechanism agreed by the Chief Executive Of-

fi cer of the Capital Market Author-ity and the Executive Manager of the centre.

Article (4) Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oman Gov-ernance and Sustainability Centre shall issue the decisions and bylaws necessary for the implementation of provisions of the attached sys-tem after the approval of the Cen-

tre’s board of directors. Till such a time, the Centre shall be governed by the laws, systems and bylaws applicable to the Capital Market Authority, unless stated other-wise in the system attached to this decree and without prejudice to its provisions.

Article (5) states that all that contradicts or contravenes with

this Decree or the attached system shall be deemed null and void.

Article (6) states that this decree shall be published in the offi cial ga-zette and shall be enforced on the day following its date of publishing.

Royal Decree No. 31/2015 ratifi es an agreement between the Sultan-ate of Oman and the Swiss Federal Council on avoidance of double tax-

ation for income tax. Article (1) rat-ifi es the Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation for Income Tax signed by the Sultanate of Oman and the Swiss Federal Council in Soja, Switzerland, on May 22, 2015.

Article (2) states that this decree shall be published in the offi cial gazette and enforced on its date of issue. -ONA

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HM lays Manah Museum foundation stoneA press statement issued on the project ‘Oman Across Ages Mu-seum,’ is as follows:

“His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has placed the corner-stone for “Oman Across Ages Museum” which imitates the his-tory of Oman throughout ancient ages in both sound and picture. It will shed light on the miraculous achievements accomplished after 1970. The museum will represent Oman’s divine nature and its geo-

graphic diversity in an interactive way using modern narrative de-scription techniques.

The project will be established in the Wilayat of Manah in the Governorate of A’Dakhiliyah. Ac-cording to His Majesty the Sul-tan’s instructions, the Royal Court Aff airs, represented by The Royal Estate, will supervise the con-struction and carry out the project. With new visual techniques, the project will present the Renais-

sance achievements to the new generation in a personifi ed way. The main goals of the museum are: To evoke the past, to feel the pre-

sent and to anticipate the future. To acquaint Oman youth with

achievements, growth, develop-ments and success occurring dur-ing the blessed Renaissance era; bearing in mind the rich history across ages. To create a new experience

and an ingenious atmosphere that

helps to fi nd knowledge with a full interaction between visitors and narrative description. To provide a proper atmosphere

for research and museum study. To organise programmes and

regular and variable events with new creative and comprehensive ways. To anticipate the future vision

based on our glorious present. While executing the narrative

description; the project will take

into account the philosophy of employing the chrono-thematic representation based on modern specifi cations and principals ap-plied in museum science. This will help to create refi ned and amusing experience for all level of guests.

In accordance with the project vision; the museum will shed a light on all political, ideological, social, industrial aspects of life in Oman including the international relations since ages until the Re-

naissance era. These aspects will be well thought-out from a socio-historic perspective aims to make visitors connected with the Omani famous leaders and fi gures across ages by using digital medium and materialistic exhibits. Delighted to witness this remarkable event, the High Committee Members asked Allah Almighty to grant His Majes-ty health, prosperity and success; and to protect him with His care all over the years. -ONA

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T I M E S O F O M A NW E D N E S DAY, J U LY 1 5, 2 0 1 5 T I M E S O F O M A NA12

HISTORIC AGREEMENT

VIENNA: Major powers clinched a historic deal on Tuesday aimed at ensuring Iran does not obtain the nuclear bomb, opening up Tehran’s stricken economy and potentially ending tension with the West.

Reached on day 18 of marathon talks in Vienna, the accord is aimed at resolving a 13-year standoff over Iran’s nuclear ambitions after re-peated diplomatic failures and threats of military action. It was hailed by Iran, the US, the Europe-an Union and others but branded a “historic mistake” by Israel.

US President Barack Obama said the accord meant “every path-way to a nuclear weapon is cut off .” “This deal off ers an opportunity to move in a new direction. We should seize it,” he said in an address to

the nation. He vowed to veto any Congressional eff ort to block the deal, reached between Tehran and the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.

Tectonic shiftUnderscoring the tectonic shift in relations, Iranian state televi-sion broadcast Obama’s statement live, only the second such occasion since the 1979 revolution.

Iranian President Hassan Rou-hani said in his own live televised address that “Almighty has accept-ed the nation’s prayers” and that the accord would lift “inhumane and tyrannical sanctions”. “Iran will never seek a nuclear weapon, with or without the implementa-tion” of the Vienna deal, he added.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini described the agree-ment as “a sign of hope”, while Rus-sian President Vladimir Putin said the world had “breathed a huge sigh of relief.”

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad called the agreement a “great victory”.

The deal puts strict limits on Iran’s nuclear activities for at least a decade and calls for stringent UN oversight, with world powers hop-ing this will make any dash to make an atomic bomb virtually impos-sible. In return Iran will get sanc-tions relief although the measures can “snap back” into place if there are any violations. The interna-tional arms embargo against Iran will remain for fi ve years with de-liveries only possible during that time with permission from the UN Security Council, diplomats said.

Tehran has accepted allowing

the UN nuclear watchdog tightly-controlled “managed access” to military bases, an Iranian offi cial said. Iran will slash by around two-thirds the number of centrifuges, which can make fuel for nuclear power but also the core of a nuclear bomb, from around 19,000 to 6,104.

Painful international sanctions that have slashed the oil exports of OPEC’s fi fth-largest producer by a quarter and choked its economy will be lifted and billions of dollars in frozen assets unblocked.

World oil prices fell on Tuesday following the breakthrough, with US benchmark West Texas Inter-mediate for August delivery down $1.05 (0.95 euros) at $51.15 (46.46 euros). The accord — which was built on a framework fi rst ham-mered out in April — is Obama’s crowning foreign policy achieve-ment six years after he told Iran’s leaders that if they “unclench their fi st, they will fi nd an extended hand from us”. It also the fruit of Rouhani’s attempts since his elec-tion in 2013 to end Iran’s isolation.

The agreement may lead to more cooperation between Tehran and Washington at a particularly ex-

plosive time in the Middle East with the emergence last year of the IS militant group, a common enemy, which controls swathes of Syria and Iraq. Refl ecting the concerns, a senior US offi cial said Obama would soon speak to Israeli and other leaders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called the deal “a historic mistake for the world”.

Obama’s Republican opponents who control Congress will have 60 days to review the agreement. Dur-ing this time Obama cannot waive Congressional sanctions, which for Iran are the most painful.

Even if the agreement gets past Congress -- the Iranian parliament and the UN Security Council also have to approve it -- implementing the accord could be a rough ride.

France said it expected Security Council approval “within days”, while a US offi cial said a resolution could be introduced next week.

The UN nuclear watchdog will have to verify that Iran does indeed scale down its facilities, clearing the way for the complex choreog-raphy of ending UN, US and EU sanctions. - AFP

IRAN, WORLD POWERS

The deal is a “fi rm choice for stability and co-operation. The world has breathed a huge sigh of relief. Moscow would “do everything in its power” to ensure the agreement works.

The deal would “make the situation in the Mid-dle East healthier. It removes the barriers on the way to a broad coalition to fi ght the IS mili-tant group and other terrorist groups.

The agreement could help resolve the Middle East’s security challenges. It could serve as a vital contribution to peace and stability both in the region and beyond.

VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russia’s President SERGEI LAVROV, Russian Foreign Minister BAN KI-MOON, United Nations Secretary General

An Iranian opposition group reveals the existence of undeclared nuclear facilities. Iran invites the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to carry out inspections.

Timeline of 13-yearnuclear standoff

Iran International actors

2002

2003

August

Ahmadinejad inaugurates a heavy water plant at Arak, raising fears Iran might be seeking weapons-grade plutonium.

August

Iran says it has 3,000 centrifuges for enrichment, which would allow it to produce enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb in less than a year.

November

A US National Intelligence estimate report says "with high confidence" that in 2003 Iran halted efforts to develop nuclear weapons, but is keeping open an option to resume.

December

Second UN Security Council resolution comes with sanctions attached. The US and EU follow suit.

December

Tehran produces uranium gas, the precursor to enrichment for providing the core material for a bomb. European nations break off negotiations.

August

Iran agrees with Britain, Germany and France to suspend suspect activities.

2006

2007

US, French and British leaders announce Iran is constructing an undeclared enrichment site

September

Iran agrees to swap low-enriched uranium for reactor fuel.

October

2009

Iran begins enriching uranium to close to bomb-grade -- for nuclear medicine, it says.

February2010

An IAEA report, collating "broadly credible" intelligence, says that until 2003 Iran "carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device".

November

The US Congress passes legislation sanctioning lenders who deal with Iran's central bank.

December

2011

EU bans all member states from importing Iranian oil.

January

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vows in 2013 he is ready for "serious" negotiations. He and US President Barack Obama hold a historic phone conversation.

September

2013

Iran and major powers agree in Lausanne, Switzerland the main outlines of a final deal.

April

Talks begin in Vienna seeking to finalise the accord

June

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announce the conclusion of a deal

July 14

2015

Iran breaks IAEA seals on its Natanz enrichment facility and begins enrichment.

The IAEA refers Iran to the UN Security Council, which in July passes the first of six resolutions.

2004

2005

The IAEA found no evidence of a secret weapons drive but cannot rule out undeclared materials. In Paris talks, Iran agrees to suspend certain activities.

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WARM SEND-OFF: US Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as he prepares to leave the Austria Centre in Vienna, Austria, on

Tuesday. – AFP/Hnadout/US State Department

John, Javad — odd duo who blazed their way into historyVIENNA: At fi rst glance, a loyal supporter of Iran’s revolution and a Democratic former senator have little in common. Yet against the odds, John Kerry and Mo-hammad Javad Zarif have blazed their way into history.

The tall, lanky American secre-tary of state, in his expensive tai-lored suits towers over his short-er, stouter Iranian counterpart, Zarif, in his traditional collarless shirts when they gather for cho-reographed pictures.

But over months of risky, roll-er-coaster negotiations to strike an unprecedented nuclear non-proliferation agreement, they have both proved to be steely and

at times wily rivals. Even Kerry’s broken leg has failed to slow him down. They are on fi rst name terms, calling each other John and Javad. And while occasionally they share a joke, the relationship remains business-like, though tinged with obvious respect.

That’s perhaps no surprise, given their countries have not had diplomatic ties for more than three decades, and remain at odds over a slew of weighty issues.

But it seems John and Javad were the right men for the right season, brought together as the world sought to end rising con-cerns about Iran’s nuclear am-bitions. Already there has been

speculation of a possible Nobel peace prize nomination. The deal sealed on Tuesday to curb Iran’s nuclear programme will only in-crease such speculation.

American offi cials on the other hand had little contact with Ira-nian counterparts since ties were snapped, although as a senator Kerry, 71, was part of secret US talks in 2012 to explore the pos-sibility of reopening talks.

Zarif and Kerry fi rst met at the start of the talks at the United Nations in September 2013, when the Iranian diplomat sur-prised everyone with the huge smile which never seemed to leave his face. — AFP

S T E E L Y A N D W I L Y R I V A L S

RIGHT MEN FOR THE RIGHT REASON: Iran’s Foreign Minister

Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry. – Reuters


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W W W.T I M E S O F O M A N . C O M

Reached on day 18 of marathon talks in

Vienna, the accord is aimed at resolving a 13-

year standoff over Iran’s nuclear ambitions

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STRIKE NUCLEAR DEAL

Historic Iran nuclear deal would help “make our world a safer place” and said Tehran now had a “real opportunity” to benefi t from the pact economically.

The deal is “an important success”. This would be a vital contribution to the security situation in the whole region. I appeal on all sides to con-tribute to a speedy implementation.

The world is making headway. Now that Iran will have bigger fi nancial capabilities — as there will no longer be sanctions — we must be extremely vigilant on what Iran will be.

DAVID CAMERON, British Prime Minister ANGELA MERKEL , Germany’s Chancellor FRANCOIS HOLLANDE , French President

DUBAI: It is hard to picture Iran’s nuclear talks with world powers without the beam-ing face of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who, in reaching a deal, has shown the power of what Iranians call his ‘smile diplomacy’.

The 55-year old career diplo-mat led Iran’s negotiating team in concluding a deal with world powers in Vienna on Tuesday after almost two years of nego-tiations, to curb Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief after decades of tensions with the West.

But Zarif, who has spent long spells studying or working in the United States, needed the support of President Hassan Rouhani, and the cautious backing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, to protect him from domestic opponents whose distrust of the West has char-acterised Iranian policy since the 1979 revolution.

“Zarif is the most eff ective diplomat Iran has had since the revolution,” said Karim Sadjadpour, an analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “He is the only man in the world that can have a conversation with (US Secretary of State) John Kerry one day and Ali Khamenei the next, and reassure both of them that he shares their end game.”

Easy smileHis easy smile and mastery of English helped him build up a rapport with foreign diplomats, particularly Kerry, with whom he is on fi rst-name terms. He also shunned the bombastic and confrontational language that had become the hallmark of the Iranian offi cials. “When Zarif and his team started doing the negotiations in 2013, the whole atmosphere of the

room changed,” said John Lim-bert, former deputy assistant secretary of state for Iran at the State Department.

“Kerry and Zarif have a similar approach to diplomacy. What strikes me in both of them is that they understand the importance of being patient. They have the ability to listen, to be persistent and never give up.”

Zarif ’s familiarity with Western culture comes from time living in the United States, fi rst from the age of 17 as a student in San Francisco and Denver and subsequently as a diplomat to the United Nations in New York, where he served as Iranian ambassador from 2002 to 2007.

His seeming ease with Western ways has made him a divisive fi gure in Iran, and hardliners have lined up to lambast him for speaking so directly to the “enemies”.

“Zarif has spent almost all

his diplomatic life outside Iran and has a good grip of interna-tional aff airs - but this is his weak point, too,” said Hossein Rassam, former Iran adviser to Britain’s Foreign Offi ce.

Secretly fi lmed footage emerged in May of Zarif arguing furiously in a closed session of parliament with a lawmaker who branded him a traitor. Last month, the parlia-ment attempted to clip his wings with a new law imposing conditions on any nuclear deal.

Some hardliners have called him a coward for studying in the United States during the 1980s, rather than defending his country in the 1980-88 war with Iraq. US Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican opposed to a deal, copied the tactic by tweeting at Zarif in April: “you hid in US during Iran-Iraq war while peasants & kids were marched to die”. But Zarif responded by congratulating Cotton on the recent birth of his son, adding: “Serious diplomacy, not macho personal smear, is what we need.”

It was an example of what Hossein Mousavian, a former nuclear negotiator for Iran, calls Zarif ’s “zero tension” ap-proach to negotiations.

While Zarif ’s approach endeared him to his Western counterparts, he was always careful not to overstep his au-thority and constantly referred back to Khamenei, on whose support he depended.

Critics at home who accuse Zarif of subordinating those national interests to better re-lations with the West might do well to read his 2013 memoir, “Mr Ambassador”.

“You should always smile in diplomacy,” he writes, “but you should never forget you are talking to an enemy.” — Reuters

Zarif, his ‘smile diplomacy’ and the big deal

BEAMING WITH SUCCESS:

Iranian Foreign Minister

Mohammad Javad Zarif in

Vienna, Austria. – AFP

FINAL MOMENTS: Representatives of major world powers and Iranian delegation meet during a

plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday. – Reuters

OBJECTIVES MET: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in a live tel-

evised address in Tehran, on Monday. – AFP/HO/Iranian Presidency Website

NEW DIRECTION: US President Barack Obama, standing with Vice

President Joe Biden, delivers remarks on the Iran nuclear deal in

the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday. – AFP

TOGETHER IN THE END: A staff removes fl ags from the stage after a group picture with foreign minis-

ters and representatives of Unites States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the Euro-

pean Union during the Iran nuclear talks at Austria International Centre in Vienna, Austria on Tuesday.

Iranians take to streets in joyTEHRAN: Iranians poured onto the streets of Tehran after the Ramadan fast ended at sundown on Tuesday to celebrate the his-toric nuclear deal.

Shortly after the end of the day-time fast, a news reporter saw hun-dreds of people taking to the capi-tal’s main throughfare, Vale-Asr Avenue, with cars sounding their horns. “If you look at the street to-night it’s because we are happy,” enthused Giti, a 42-year-old woman who has lived in Canada and the United States and who had been thinking of going back to North America before the deal was struck.

“Maybe the economy is going to change, especially for the young people. I was thinking about leav-ing, but now I will stay to see what happens,” she said.

Young Iranian men and women cheered with a hope that the accord

will end years of economic sanc-tions and decades of international isolation. Millions of Iranians had followed the talks closely for months with the anticipation that the deal would allow the economy, battered by years of sanctions, to stabilise and make their daily lives easier.

Loud musicIn the capital’s affl uent north, mo-torists played loud music from car stereos and young people blew South African-style ‘vuvuzela’ horns, scenes that Tehran normal-ly witnesses only when the country qualifi es the football World Cup.

Residents said police turned a blind eye to the festivities, and some even joined in.

A woman in Vanak Square in north Tehran said that people were buying sweets and handing them out on the streets. Some young people

draped the national fl ag over their shoulders, brandished posters of President Hassan Rouhani, made victory signs and shouted “Rouhani, thank you!”

Some carried posters bearing the words “Never give up on hope”, a slogan associated with Mir Hos-sein Mousavi, an opposition poli-tician. Residents said public fes-tivities were more subdued in less well-off south and east Tehran.

A news conference announc-ing the deal achieved in marathon talks in Vienna was broadcast live on state TV. So was a speech by US President Barack Obama, an event almost inconceivable until recent months. Iranians gathered around TVs at home and in shops to watch it. “This is a fi rst step to becom-ing a friend with the world,” Bahar Ghorbani, 36, a housewife who lives in Isfahan said. — Agencies


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SIGN OF HOPE: European Union

Foreign Aff airs and Security

Policy Chief Federica Mogherini,

at the UN building in Vienna,

Austria on Tuesday. – Reuters

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After months of deadlines that turned out not to matter and fi nal demands

that weren’t met, the threat of a one-way ticket from the euro seems to have fi nally persuaded Greece to capitulate to its credi-tors. For all of France’s diplomat-ic scrambling last week to help Greece craft a settlement, it also turned out that there’s really only one voice that matters in Europe -- and it speaks from Berlin.

Once Germany raised the pos-sibility that Greece could be un-ceremoniously ejected from the common currency project, the situation quickly became binary for Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Now, it looks as if he’ll have to sell his electorate an even more demanding deal than the nation’s voters recently rejected.

“The most important currency got lost, and this is trust,” was how German Chancellor Angela Merkel summed things up as she entered 17 hours of negotiations in Brussels. Back in Athens, the Greek government responded with its usual hysterics. Ger-many is “destroying” Europe for the third time in a century, said Nikos Filis, the parliamentary spokesman for the governing Syriza party. “What’s happening to Greece at the negotiations is waterboarding.”

That kind of language helps explain why Merkel ran out of patience with Greece. By de-manding that Tsipras hand over assets worth as much as 50 bil-lion euros ($56 billion) to an in-dependent fund that could sell them off -- anyone want to buy a Greek island? -- Greece’s lend-ers are eff ectively obliging the government to cede sovereignty in return for more money. That’s harsh, but understandable; in re-

turn for billions of euros in addi-tional aid, the nation’s creditors have the right to demand intru-sive oversight on the progress of economic reforms.

Greece needs 22 billion euros to pay its bills just through the end of August, according to Mal-tese Finance Minister Edward Scicluna. That includes the 3.5 billion euros Greece is scheduled to repay the European Central Bank on July 20 and 10 billion euros for its banks.

“The Greeks have fi nally un-derstood that unless they get an injection of cash they are faced with a doomsday scenario,” Sci-cluna said at the weekend prior to the deal being reached.

The highest priority now is to replenish the nation’s fi nancial system so its banks can reopen. Capital controls in Cyprus lasted two years; ideally, with the sup-port of the ECB, Athens will move faster than that.

This deal, of course, could still unravel. Cutting pension spend-ing and increasing taxes will be deeply unpopular domestically; and while Tsipras said he’s won a debt- rescheduling programme, Merkel is still ruling out an out-right reduction in the burden. Now, the Greek parliament might balk. The Greek people, mean-time, must wonder what the wrangling of the past fi ve months has achieved, and why the aus-terity they just voted down is back with a vengeance.

“Trust has to be rebuilt, the Greek authorities have to take on responsibility for what they agreed to politically here,” Mer-kel said in the wake of this morn-ing’s deal. If Tsipras backslides on the economic reforms he’s now agreed to, Germany will be swift to reach for the euro-ejec-tor button. For now, let’s hope the deal sticks. - Bloomberg View

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27 pilgrims die in Andhra stampede

GODAVARI(Andhra Pradesh): A stampede on the banks of a holy river killed at least 27 pilgrims on Tuesday in southern India in a tragic beginning to a religious fes-tival season.

The stampede in Rajahmun-dry, on the Andhra Pradesh-Tel-angana border, erupted about two hours after the dawn start of the Maha Pushkaralu festival which sees thousands of people bathe in the Godavari river.

“Twenty-seven people have now been confi rmed dead in the

stampede and another 29 are injured,” Parakala Prabhakar, a spokesman for Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, said.

District offi cial H. Arun Ku-mar put the number of injured at 40 while confi rming that 27 people had died. While the iden-tities of all the victims had yet to become clear, police and other offi cials said most of the victims were women and included a 15-year-old girl.

Images broadcast on television showed tearful relatives grieving over lines of bodies on the river bank. Rescuers wearing life jack-ets could also be seen trying to haul lifeless bodies into their in-fl atable rafts which were patrol-ling the river.

A. Srinivasan Rao, a deputy su-perintendent of police in Andhra Pradesh, said the disaster hap-pened when crowds built up around one set of steps leading to the water, known as ghats.

“The fi rst set of worshippers

were coming out of the river af-ter taking a dip and then got in the way of others who wanted to be in the water at an auspicious time,” Rao said.

However Satyamurthy Chebo-lu, a volunteer for an organisation that helps run the festival, said the stampede happened when au-thorities sealed off a bathing ghat meant for the public in order to al-low VIPs privacy.

The crowd apparently grew angry at being made to wait, and started pushing past the barriers.

“The problem was that they let VIPs go into the water while keeping the public at bay, so even-tually the public got angry and de-manded they be allowed to enter the ghat too,” Chebolu said from the scene.

“Some people started pushing from the back of the crowd, and that turned into a stampede where peo-ple got trampled. The police tried to stop them but the crowd easily pushed the police away.

“The crowd was huge — there were maybe 20,000 people in the area, and maybe 3,000 people in the stampede. The ghat is just not built for that many people. It was also unbearably hot, so many people were anxious to cool off in the water.” - AFP

The disaster

happened when

crowds built up

around one set of

steps leading to

the water, known

as ghats, Andhra

Pradesh police said


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Bihar shut down call over caste census data

PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday attacked the Narendra Modi government for not releas-ing caste census data and said he would observe a protest fast on July 26 and the party would hold Bihar bandh on July 27 on the issue.

“He (Narendra Modi) claims himself to be a poor tea seller... Then why he is trying to throttle the poor by not making public their

actual socio-economic condition so that the development strategy could be revised,” he said.

Prasad quoting reports on Inter-net claimed every third person in village was landless and 75 per cent of the population has income of less than Rs5,000 per month.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi should make it public who are all these people. Which caste they

belong to,” he said. RJD and ally JD(U) has been demanding that the census which was conducted across the country be made public.

Prasad’s protest fast would be held a day after Modi’s tentative programme on July 25 to inaugu-rate IIT Patna. He said RJD would contemplate an indefi nite strike if the caste census was not released after its July 27 shutdown. - PTI

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emergency

landing on road

ITANAGAR/TEZPUR: A Pawan Hans helicopter on Tuesday made an emergency landing on a road due to inclem-ent weather at Gohpur Balijan in Sonitpur district near the east-Indian states of Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.

According to offi cials of the Civil Aviation Department of Arunachal Pradesh, the chop-per was on its way from Nahar-lagun to Guwahati with 19 pas-sengers and fi ve crew members on board. The helicopter made an emergency landing on a road connecting Gohpur with Itana-gar at Balijan due to inclement weather. - PTI

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Terrorism case lodged against Altaf over anti-army speechKARACHI: Pakistani police have registered a case under terror laws against the leader of a major political party who lives in exile in London over a speech criticising the country’s powerful military establishment.

The charges were fi led late on Monday against Altaf Hussain, the chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).

Altaf delivered a speech on Sunday, relayed by telephone link from London to Karachi, in which he accused government paramili-tary forces of torturing and mur-dering his party workers.

“Cases have been registered

against MQM leader Altaf Hus-sain under section six of anti-terrorism act and other clauses of the Pakistan Penal Code,” a Sindh police spokesman said.

The paramilitary Rangers have been carrying out an operation aimed at stopping the wave of po-litical, religious, ethnic and crimi-nal violence that has swamped the city in recent years.

The MQM, often accused by its critics of using extortion and murder to cement its power, has complained its workers have been unfairly targeted by security forc-es in a bid to curb its power.

In his speech Altaf accused the Rangers of torturing MQM work-ers and dumping their mutilated bodies on roadsides and said bad elements in the army had brought it into disrepute. — AFP

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It is truly amazing that humankind can go out and explore these worlds. And to see Pluto be revealed just before our eyes — it is just fantastic

Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator

Unmanned US spacecraft whizzes by Pluto in historic fl ybyLAUREL (United States): An un-manned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday, making its closest approach in the climax of a decade-long journey to explore the dwarf planet for the fi rst time, the US space agency said.

Moving faster than any spacecraft ever built at a speed of about 30,800 miles per hour, the nuclear-powered New Horizons — about the size of a

baby grand piano — snapped pic-tures of Pluto as it hurtled by on auto-pilot. The photos will reveal details of Pluto never seen before in the history of space travel.

“The New Horizons spacecraft passes its closest approach mark at Pluto after a three-billion-mile jour-ney,” a NASA commentator said as spectators waved fl ags in a crowded room at the Johns Hopkins Applied

Physics Centre outside the US capi-tal Washington.

The spacecraft was a bit closer to Pluto’s surface than initially planned, 7,750 miles — or about the distance from New York to Mumbai, India — and may have been one minute ear-lier than the 1149 GMT target time, the US space agency said.

“I have to pinch myself. Look what we accomplished,” mission opera-

tions manager Alice Bowman said.“It is truly amazing that human-

kind can go out and explore these worlds. And to see Pluto be revealed just before our eyes — it is just fan-

tastic.” New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern described what he called “a moment of cel-ebration,” with the promise of a “16-month data waterfall” ahead that will help scientists write whole new textbooks about Pluto.

“We have completed the initial reconnaissance of the solar sys-tem, an endeavour started under President (John F.) Kennedy more

than 50 years ago, continuing today under President (Barack) Obama,” Stern told reporters.

Never before has a spacecraft ventured into the Kuiper Belt, and New Horizons has been on its way there for more than nine years.

The spacecraft launched in 2006, the same year that Pluto was down-graded to “dwarf planet” status due to the celestial body’s small size.- AFP

E X P L O R E D W A R F P L A N E T

Saudi-backed forces wrest Aden airport

ADEN: Gulf-backed Yemeni forces recaptured Aden’s international airport from Houthi fi ghters on Tuesday as heavy combat took place across the port city follow-ing the collapse of a humanitarian truce, the exiled government said.

Forces loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi also took Aden’s central district of Khormak-sar, and aid sources reported fi ght-ing around the port area.

Backed by air support from a Saudi-led coalition, the loyalist forces launched a wide-ranging as-sault in Aden this week to reclaim

territory held by the Houthis.“Aden International Airport and

Khormaksar have been cleared of Houthi and Saleh elements by armed forces backing Yemen’s le-gitimacy and the popular resist-ance forces, in coordination with and with direct support by the coalition,” Yemeni government spokesman Rajeh Badi said.

He said he expected Aden to be cleared completely within the coming days. A coalition of Arab states has been bombarding Houhti forces, Yemen’s dominant power, since late March in a bid to rein-state Hadi. He was ousted from the

power when the Houthis took over the capital Sanaa in September then fl ed to Riyadh as Houthi forces closed in on Aden, where he had sought refuge.

A UN-brokered ceasefi re to allow delivery of aid to a city desperately short of food, medicine and other necessities collapsed on Monday after Saudi Arabia said it did not recognize the truce and continued air strikes.

“The fi ghting in Aden began in the morning as the forces ap-proached Aden from diff erent positions,” said Ali Al Ahmadi, spokesman for the Southern Popu-

lar Resistance, which is defending Aden from the Houthis.

Violent clashes“After violent clashes that contin-ued for hours the forces were able to enter the airport and Badr base and they killed a large number of the militias.” On the humanitarian front, the UN World Health Organi-zation managed to deliver medical supplies to Aden but it said food ra-tions have been delayed.

“It took us days and days and days to organise the safe passage...But it did arrive in Aden last Sat-urday. It was the fi rst time that we got a convoy into Aden for weeks,” Johannes Van Der Klaauw, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yem-en, said in Geneva.

The UN World Food Programme said a 40-truck convoy carrying enough food to feed 117,000 peo-ple for a month had reached Aden province after being held at a checkpoint for days.

But hopes of shipping 500,000 litres of fuel to Aden were still sty-mied by security problems. - AFP

Forces loyal to exiled

President Hadi

also took Aden’s

central district of

Khormaksar, and

aid sources reported

fi ghting around

the port area

Sri Lankan President censures party, predecessor

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Presi-dent Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday criticised a comeback bid by Mahinda Rajapaksa, the ri-val he beat in elections last Janu-ary, and his own allies for backing him to become prime minister.

A coalition led by Sirisena has nominated Rajapaksa to run in elections next month, offi cial documents showed on Monday, and the former wartime leader’s allies say he will stand for the post of prime minister.

Rajapaksa’s crushing of a 26-year Tamil Tiger insurgency in northern Sri Lanka 2009 won him support among the island’s Sinhalese majority, and he still has a strong following.

Sirisena said he decided to al-low Rajapaksa to run in the par-liamentary poll to prevent a split in the centre-left coalition led by his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). “In the event the SLFP-led coalition comes to the power, there are so many seniors apart from Rajapaksa who could be ap-pointed as the prime minister,” Sirisena said.

“I still oppose the nomination ... Mahinda Rajapaksa will con-tinue to lose,” he said, adding that as president he will be neutral in the campaign and ensure a free and fair election. Sirisena’s state-ment came a day after Rajapaksa told Reuters that he would lead the campaign, with the president as the chairman of the party, to form a SLFP-led government.

Sirisena came under heavy criticism from supporters for letting Rajapaksa run for offi ce as a coalition candidate. Some of the president’s supporters joined the centre-right United National Party (UNP) led by current Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

“Sirisena delivered a timely message and neutralised the campaign of the corrupt Raja-paksa,” said Keerthi Tennakoon, the executive director of Cam-paign for Free and Fair Elec-tion. “Now most of Rajapaksa’s supporters will try to dissociate from him.” -Reuters

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RECAPTURED: Armed militiamen loyal to Yemen’s fugitive Presi-

dent Abderabbo Mansour Hadi stand at the entrance to Aden’s in-

ternational airport on Tuesday which they recaptured from Houthi

rebels. - AFP


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Euro ............................................ 2.33

Pound ...........................................1.66

Indian Rs .............................164.69

Pak Rs ....................................259.74

Bangla Taka.......................199.40* Rates are as of Jul 14

Source: Bank Muscat

Indian Rs .................................. 164.50

Pakistan Rs ............................ 263.50

Sri Lanka Rs .......................... 346.60

Bangla Taka.............................201.70

Phil Peso .....................................116.75

* Rates as of Jul 14 Source: Oman UAE Exchange

Muscat 24ct per gm (OMR) .......14.80

Muscat 22ct per gm (OMR) .......14.30

Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) ............139.50

Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) .............132.50

* Rates as of Jul 14

Source: Malabar Gold & Diamonds

Type ............................Delivery...........Price

Oman Crude ............. (Spot) .........$57.25

Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) .........$57.05

Murban Crude ........ (Spot) .........$58.91

Arabian Light ......... (Spot) ..........$57.15

N.Sea Brent ............... (Spot) .........$57.32

West Texas Int ....... (Spot) .........$51.49

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Oman’s crude production rises marginally in June

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman’s crude oil pro-duction reached 29.78 million barrels (992,724 barrels per day) in June 2015 registering a 1.82 per cent increase compared to the production in May 2015, accord-ing to a latest report.

The monthly report released by the Ministry of Oil and Gas fur-ther said that 27.36 million barrels of crude oil (912,015 barrels per day) was exported in June which

represents a rise of 11.28 per cent compared to May 2015.

China was the biggest importer of Omani crude oil by importing 90 per cent of the crude oil. This represents a 12.10 per cent growth compared to the imports in May. Taiwan’s oil imports fell by 14 per cent compared to May.

Thailand’s imports, on the oth-er hand, increased by 2.6 per cent

this represents a total of four per cent of imported oil from Oman. Malaysia and Singapore returned to the oil importing list of Oman and imported 1.4 per cent of the total crude oil imports from Oman. The average price for the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil in the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) was $60.13 per barrel in June which is an

increase of 0.15 cents only com-pared to May 2015.

Brent crude’s average in the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) recorded an average of $64.12 per barrel which is a $1.79 decrease compared to May 2015.

It is safe to mention, that the world oil markets will need more support and time to balance it and retrieve their profi ts. Thompson

Reuters news agency expects the balance in supply and demand will be balanced during the rest of the year on the back of strong support from world demand for crude oil and weakness of supply.

Many factors negatively aff ect-ed the prices in June. The most important being OPEC’s decision for maintaining their current production levels.

Ministry of Oil and

Gas report states that

27.36 million barrels

of crude oil (912,015

barrels per day) was

exported in June,

representing a rise of

11.28% compared

to May

ROBUST DEMAND: China was the biggest importer of Omani crude oil by importing 90 per cent of the crude oil. — Times fi le picture

Carillion Alawi wins $124m BP contract

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Carillion Alawi awarded contract by BP in Oman worth approximately £80 million ($124.2 million).

Carillion’s market leading busi-ness in Oman, Carillion Alawi, has been awarded a contract by BP to build the operational base and accommodation complex for its Khazzan gas project, Carillion PLC said in a statement.

The contract involves the con-struction of accommodation fa-cilities, including an operational base, a residential complex for 250 personnel and other infrastruc-ture buildings in the Khazzan gas fi eld, approximately 350km South West of Muscat. Work on the con-tract is expected to start in Sep-tember 2015 and is scheduled for completion in mid-2017.

Commenting, Carillion chief executive, Richard Howson, said: ‘’We are delighted to have been selected by BP for this important contract, which I believe refl ects our reputation for safely deliver-ing high-quality, sustainable solu-tions and we look forward to work-ing with BP in Oman.”

Carillion is a leading integrated support services company with a substantial portfolio of public pri-vate partnership projects and ex-tensive construction capabilities.

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Bank Muscat net profi t grows to OMR90m in fi rst halfTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the big-gest fi nancial institution in the Sultanate, announced its prelimi-nary results for the six months ended on June 30, 2015. The bank posted net profi t of OMR89.82 million for the period compared to

OMR86.35 million reported dur-ing the same period in 2014, an in-crease of four per cent.

The bank’s net interest income from conventional banking stood at OMR115.45 million for the six months of 2015 compared to OMR112.20 million for the same period of 2014, an increase of 2.9

per cent. Net income from Islamic fi nancing was OMR9.21 million for the six months of 2015 com-pared to OMR8.22 million for the same period of 2014, an increase 12 per cent.

Non-interest income of the bank at OMR75.51 million was higher by 3.6 per cent compared

to OMR72.89 million for the six months ended on 30, June 2014.

The bank’s operating expenses for the six month period ended June 30, 2015 stood at OMR84.13 million as compared to OMR78.81 for the same period in 2014, an in-crease of 6.7 per cent.

Impairment for credit losses

for the six month period in 2015 was OMR27.60 million as against OMR27.36 million for the same period in 2014.

Recoveries from impairment for credit loss was OMR16.49 mil-lion for the six month period of 2015 as against OMR14.18 mil-lion for the same period in 2014.

Share of income from associates for the six months period in 2015 was OMR1.07 million against OMR271 thousand for the same period in 2014. Net loans and advances increased by 4.6 per cent to OMR6,392 million as against OMR6,113 million as of June 30, 2014.

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Oman to fl oat bonds worthOMR300m

MUSCAT: Oman’s apex bank - Central Bank of Oman (CBO) - on Tuesday announced the new issue of government develop-ment bonds (GDB) No 47. The size of the new issue is fi xed at OMR300 million with a matu-rity period of fi ve years and will carry a coupon rate of three per cent per annum.

The issue will be open for subscription from July 26 to August 2, 2015 while the auc-tion will be held on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. The issue set-tlement date will be on Sunday August 9, 2015. Interest on the new bonds will be paid on Feb-ruary 9 and August 9, every year until maturity date on August 9, 2020.

Investors may apply for these bonds through the competitive bidding process only. Investors may submit bids through com-mercial licenced banks operat-ing in the Sultanate. Investors with applications of OMR1 mil-lion and above can, if they so wish, submit their bids directly to CBO after getting them en-dorsed from their banks. Pro-spectus and application forms can be obtained from any com-mercial licenced bank operating in the Sultanate.

The bonds are direct and unconditional obligations of the government of Sultanate of Oman. — ONA

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SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft has announced plans for a celebra-tory debut this month of Windows 10 operating software designed to spread the United Stats software titan’s off erings across a broad range of devices.

Word that Windows 10 would be welcomed in grand style came less than a week after Microsoft said it will cut 7,800 jobs and write down the value of its struggling mobile phone division acquired last year from Nokia by some $7.6 billion.

The announcement represented the second major round of layoff s in a year for the US tech giant, which cut some 18,000 jobs a year ago as part of its eff ort to integrate the Finnish-based phone group.

Microsoft said in a statement that it would “restructure the com-pany’s phone hardware business to better focus and align resources.” Microsoft will make the latest version of its Windows operating system will available on July 29 for computer and tablet users.

Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Acer will have machines with Windows 10 for sale in stores on the fi rst day, Microsoft said in an e-mailed statement. The operat-ing system, which most customers will get as a download for existing machines, isn’t totally complete yet and so the fi nal version hasn’t been given to PC makers. - Agencies

S O F T W A R E Iranian merchants in Dubai awaiting relief

DUBAI: Loading goods onto ves-sels anchored along Dubai Creek, Iranian sailors and businessmen await the long hoped-for lifting of Western sanctions against Iran to boost business between the Gulf neighbours.

Iran and world powers on Tues-day reached an accord in Vienna that would rein in its nuclear pro-gramme in exchange for an easing of the crippling sanctions against the Islamic republic.

Global oil prices plunged even as details were still emerging of the deal that would end a 13-year standoff , in the fi rst sign of the huge economic impact of such a historic accord.

“If sanctions are lifted, our work will increase and it will become easier,” said Mohammed Hasan Zara, an Iranian captain at Dubai Creek, as he packed foodstuff , cut-lery, and auto and computer parts onto a wooden dhow destined for southern Iran.

Tough measuresSince 2006, the UN Security Council has imposed four sets of sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear ambitions. The United States and European Un-ion have enacted even tougher measures that target the country’s energy and banking sectors.

The sanctions have taken a

heavy toll and aff ected histori-cally strong trade ties with Dubai — home to a 400,000-strong Iranian community that runs a vast business network. “We used to go twice a month to Iran and come back. Now we can’t even get enough cargo to go once every month,” said Zara, a trader who speaks Arabic and Farsi.

Hossein Haghighi, vice presi-dent of the Iranian Business Council in Dubai, recalls that some banks in the United Arab Emirates had closed down the ac-counts of Iranians in the country. “If the sanctions are removed, some banks will start opening ac-counts for Iranians and business

will improve,” said Haghighi.Emirati businessmen dealing

with Iran — the UAE’s fourth-largest trading partner — had also faced restrictions, he added.

UAE Economy Minister Sultan Al Mansouri said last month non-oil trade with Iran amounted to $17 billion in 2014 but remains lower than the record $23 billion in 2011 before sanctions began to bite.

Centuries-old ties Dubai has long been at the fore-front of trade ties with Iran. Its rul-er Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum last year appealed for the sanctions against Iran to be lifted, complaining his emirate had suff ered from the punitive meas-ures imposed on its neighbour.

A hub for fi nance and transpor-tation, Dubai is home to Jebel Ali Port, the biggest and busiest facil-ity of its kind in the region which is expected to benefi t enormously from a relaxation of the sanctions. Haghighi said he expects trade be-tween the UAE and Iran to surge by between 15 and 20 per cent within the fi rst year of the sanc-tions being lifted.

“There are more than 10,000 companies in the UAE which one way or another have Iranian own-ership,” he said. - AFP

Since 2006, the UN

Security Council has

imposed four sets of

sanctions against

Iran over its suspect

nuclear ambitions

National Gas wins$810,000 SNG system contractMUSCAT: National Gas has been awarded the $810,000 SNG system contract by Oman Steel, Sohar, the company said in a fi ling to Muscat Securi-ties Market. The contract entails design, supply, fabrication, assembly, installation, testing and commissioning of SNG system together with LPG tanks and related equip-ment and accessories.

Oman United Insurance posts 18% profi t growthMUSCAT: Oman United Insurance’s half yearly net profi t this year increased to OMR3.19 million compared to OMR2.71 million for the same period in 2014, a rise of 17.7 per cent, according to a stock market fi ling. As per the unaudited results for the six months ended June 2015, the company’s gross written premium declined by 7.7 per cent at OMR22.40 million from OMR24.27 million for the same period last year.

Sembcorp Salalah net profi t falls 7% MUSCAT: Sembcorp Salalah net profi t fell by 7.04 per cent for the six-month period ending June 2015, the company said in a disclosure statement. Sembcorp Salalah posted a net profi t of OMR7.32 million compared to OMR7.87 million for the same period in 2014.

Oman Fiber Optic net profi t slumpsMUSCAT: Oman Fiber Optic half-yearly net prof-it slumped by 87 per cent. The company posted a net profi t of OMR522,000 for the six months ended June 2015 as against OMR3.90 million for the same period last year, it said in a disclosure statement to the Muscat Securities Market.

Taageer Finance approves resultsMUSCAT: Board of direc-tors of Taageer Finance at its meeting on Monday has approved the unaudit-ed fi nancial results for the six months ending June 2015. Net profi t rose 15.31 per cent for the half year at OMR2.11 million, com-pared to OMR1.83 million for the same period in 2014, the company said in a fi ling to the MSM.

- Times News Service

B R I E F S

TRADE TIES: The sanctions have taken a heavy toll and aff ected

strong trade ties with Dubai — home to a 400,000 Iranian com-

munity that runs a vast business network.- Bloomberg News

B3W E D N E S DAY, J U LY 1 5, 2 0 1 5

MARKET

Code of Corporate Governance gets regulator’s nod

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman’s Capital Mar-ket Authority (CMA) has ap-proved the Code of Corporate Governance, which was redrafted by the Corporate Governance Committee formed by the market regulator to upgrade corporate governance practices.

The second meeting of CMA board in 2015, which was chaired by Yahya Said Al Jabri, chairman of Daqum Special Economic Zone

Authority and chairman of board of directors of the Capital Market Authority, also discussed the pos-sibility of allocating initial public off erings (IPOs) to Omanis, in addition to the proposed amend-ments to the unifi ed motor vehi-cles policy and licensing rules for insurance agents.

Further, the board instructed to study pros and cons of allocating IPOs to acquaint with the inter-national practices in this respect. It also reviewed the study on the

trends and challenges facing the capital market in the Sultanate of Oman with the aim of enhancing the market.

Muscat depositoryThe meeting reviewed issues listed in the agenda in addition to several administrative and technical issues with regard to the capital and insurance mar-kets. The board memebers also reviewed the works of Capital Market Authority, a report on the performance and activities of Muscat Securities Market (MSM) and Muscat Claearing and Depository Company.

The Capital Market Authority board also

discussed unifi ed motor vehicles policy and

licensing rules for insurance agents

BankDhofar net profi t grows 10%Times News Service

MUSCAT: BankDhofar has achieved a consolidated net profi t of OMR22.63 million for the fi rst six months ended June 2015, as against OMR20.50 million for the same period in 2014, a growth of 10.35 per cent.

While Maisarah, the Islamic banking services of BankDhofar showed a whopping growth of 537.21 per cent, the convention-al banking grew 3.55 per cent, the company said in a stock market fi ling.

As per the unaudited fi nancial results, BankDhofar’s Islamic banking division posted a net profi t of OMR1.13 million for

the half year, as against a loss of OMR258,000 for the same period last year. The conventional bank-ing net profi t was OMR21.50 mil-lion compared to OMR20.76 mil-lion for the same period in 2014.

Total deposits rose to OMR2.63 billion in June 2015, an increase of 19.73 per cent. In the six months period of 2014, deposits were OMR2.19 billion. Loans and ad-vances to customers increased to OMR2.50 billion from OMR2.18 billion in June 2014. Total share-holders’ equity rose by 48.82 per cent at OMR341.72 million in June 2015 as against OMR307.22 million in June, 2014. Total equity includes perpetual bonds issue of $300 million in May this year.

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IN THE CHAIR: The meeting chaired by Yahya Said Al Jabri, chairman of Duqm Special Economic

Zone Authority and chairman of board of directors of the CMA, also discussed the proposed amend-

ments to the unifi ed motor vehicles policy and licensing rules for insurance agents. – Supplied picture

Tsipras faces hard sell on bailout dealATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was to hold meet-ings with his parliamentary ma-jority, faced with the tough task of selling a new bailout deal that requires Athens to push through draconian reforms within days.

Tsipras needs to secure backing for the deal from the Greek people, parliament and his radical Syriza party, which shot to power in Jan-uary on the back of promises to end fi ve years of bitter austerity under two previous bailouts.

The agreement struck on Mon-day to prevent Greece crashing out of the euro requires parliament to make sweeping changes to labour

laws, pensions, VAT (value added tax) and taxes by Wednesday, ac-cording to the deal document.

Only then will the 18 other eu-rozone leaders start negotiations over what Greece is to get in return: a three-year bailout worth up to €86 billion ($96 billion), its third rescue programme in fi ve years.

“Grexit has gone,” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said after the gruelling 17-hour talks, ruling out the threat of a departure from the euro, which could have potentially destabilised the global economy.

In Washington, the White House hailed the deal. - AFP

D E B T C R I S I S

ON GROWTH PATH: While Maisarah, the Islamic banking services

of BankDhofar, showed a growth of 537.21 per cent, the conven-

tional banking showed a growth of 3.55 per cent. – Times fi le picture

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MARKETW E D N E S DAY, J U LY 1 5, 2 0 1 5

MUSCATSECURITIES MARKET

SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR TUESDAY, JULY 14

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

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 1,324,898 ......200,089..................... 60 ............0.144 ........... 0.152 ...........0.144 ............0.151 ............. 0.139.............0.012 ............. 8.633 ................0.152 .............. 0.152...................0.000 ..................13,590,000 .........0.100

OM0000001087 ............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ............................... 964,450 ......... 299,738..................... 52 ........... 0.300 ........... 0.314 ...........0.300 .......... 0.310 .............0.287 ............0.023 ............. 8.014 ................0.314 .............. 0.314...................0.000 ..................31,000,000 .........0.100

OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 2,792,800.......761,108................... 196 ........... 0.265 ........... 0.278 ...........0.265........... 0.273 .............0.255 ............0.018 ............. 7.059 ................0.273 ..............0.272...................0.274.................... 5,733,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK ......................................................................65,000 ............ 14,400........................5 ........... 0.224 ...........0.224 ...........0.218 ........... 0.222 .............0.210 ............0.012 ..............5.714.................0.218 ............. 0.204...................0.220 .................316,358,024 ........0.100

OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 2,375,873 ...... 322,736...................144 ............0.132 ........... 0.137 ...........0.132 ............0.136 ............. 0.132............ 0.004 ............. 3.030 ................0.135 .............. 0.135...................0.136 ................... 39,437,367 .........0.100

OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ................................................... 106,707 ............. 51,215......................19 ............0.474 ...........0.480 ...........0.474 ........... 0.480 .............0.470 ............0.010 ............. 2.128 ................0.474 ..............0.474...................0.500 ..................29,040,000 ........0.100

OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 565,732...........110,753......................16 ............0.195 ........... 0.198 ...........0.195 ............0.196 ............. 0.192............ 0.004 ............. 2.083 ................0.196 .............. 0.197...................0.199 ................. 282,522,240 .......0.100

OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 833,949 .........483,082..................... 54 ........... 0.580 ........... 0.582 ...........0.578 ........... 0.580 .............0.570 ............0.010 ............. 1.754.................0.578 ..............0.574...................0.578 ................ 1,329,257,106 ......0.100

OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING ...................... 1,136,964 .......147,603...................108 ............0.130 ........... 0.135 ...........0.126 ........... 0.130 ............. 0.128............ 0.002 ............. 1.563 ................0.128 .............. 0.127...................0.128 ....................3,900,000 ..........0.100

OM0000004669 ...........SHARQIYAH DESALINATION .................................. 1,280 ...............4,992........................ 1 ........... 3.900 ...........3.900 ...........3.900........... 3.900 .............3.870 ........... 0.030 ............. 0.775 ................3.900..............3.900...................4.000 ..................38,142,842 .........1.000

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 156,000 ............21,528........................4 ............0.138 ........... 0.138 ...........0.138 ............0.138 ............. 0.137 .............0.001 ............. 0.730 ................0.138 .............. 0.138...................0.142 ..................276,043,165 ........0.100

OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ..............................................................28,599 ...............8,029........................5 ........... 0.280 ........... 0.283 ...........0.280 .......... 0.281 .............0.279 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.717.................0.283..............0.283...................0.288 .................434,068,721 ........0.100

OM0000001483 ............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................... 58,941 .............19,922........................3 ........... 0.338 ........... 0.338 ...........0.338 ........... 0.338 .............0.336 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.595 ................0.338 ..............0.332...................0.338..................453,160,065 ........0.100

OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ........................................................... 793,072 .........309,355..................... 54 ........... 0.394 ........... 0.394 ...........0.390........... 0.390 .............0.388 ........... 0.002 ............. 0.515 ................0.392..............0.390...................0.392...................19,500,000 .........0.100

OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT ............................................................15,000 ................7,710........................3 ............0.514 ........... 0.514 ...........0.514 ............0.514 ............. 0.512............ 0.002 ............. 0.391 ................0.514 .............. 0.516...................0.550..................170,068,573 ........0.100

OM0000001822 ............UNITED POWER ............................................................. 1,080 ............... 1,685........................2 ............1.560 ........... 1.560 ...........1.560 ........... 1.560 ............. 1.555 ............ 0.005 ............. 0.322 ................1.560 .............. 1.530...................1.560 .................... 3,120,000 ..........1.000

OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ........................................................ 56,015 ............84,020..................... 10 ............1.500 ........... 1.500 ...........1.495 ........... 1.500 ............. 1.500 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.500 ..............1.480...................1.500 ................. 300,000,000 .......0.100

OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 150,000 ............ 33,151..................... 28 ........... 0.223 ...........0.224 ...........0.219 ........... 0.221 ............. 0.221 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.219 .............. 0.217...................0.218 .................. 44,200,000 ........0.100

OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING ........... 2,164,360 ...... 267,916..................... 65 ............0.123 ........... 0.124 ...........0.123 ........... 0.124 ............. 0.124 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.123 ..............0.120...................0.124 ................... 15,112,500 .........0.100

OM0000002168 ............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES ................................ 90,000 .............36,871........................4 ........... 0.408 ........... 0.410 ...........0.408........... 0.410 ............. 0.410............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.410 ..............0.404...................0.410 .................. 121,447,610 ........0.100

OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ..........................96,327 ............. 23,118........................5 ........... 0.240 ...........0.240 ...........0.240 .......... 0.240 .............0.240 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.240 .............0.235...................0.240 .................. 29,975,510 .........0.100

OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ......................... 1,485,003 ...... 213,388..................... 76 ............0.142 ........... 0.146 ........... 0.141 ........... 0.144 ............. 0.144 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.142 .............. 0.141...................0.142 .................... 8,473,423 ..........0.100

OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. .......10,000 .............21,750........................2 ............2.175 ........... 2.175 ...........2.175 ............2.175 ............. 2.175 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................2.175 ............. 0.000...................2.175 ..................150,075,000 ........0.100

OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION .......................... 16,100 ............ 28,140......................14 ............1.745 ........... 1.750............ 1.745 ............1.750 ............. 1.750 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 1.750 ...............1.745................... 1.750 ................1,312,500,000 ......0.100

OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 191,350 ............ 53,223..................... 22 ........... 0.280 ...........0.280 ...........0.276 ........... 0.278 .............0.278 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.278 ..............0.276...................0.278...................78,422,258 .........0.100

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ...............................................23,300 ...............2,079........................5 ........... 0.090 ...........0.090 ...........0.089........... 0.089 .............0.089 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.089 ..............0.088...................0.089................... 15,575,000 .........0.100

OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER ....................................................2,000 ..................424........................ 1 ............0.212 ........... 0.212 ...........0.212 ........... 0.212 ............. 0.212 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.212 ..............0.212...................0.215 .................. 143,076,135 ........0.100

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 5,567,969 ...1,324,438...................234 ............0.241 ........... 0.241 ...........0.236........... 0.238 .............0.239 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.418................0.237 ..............0.236...................0.237................... 35,717,850 .........0.100

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 185,891 ...........143,769..................... 38 ............0.776 ........... 0.776 ...........0.772 ........... 0.772 ............. 0.776............-0.004 ............-0.515................0.772 .............. 0.772...................0.776 ................. 502,528,946 .......0.100

OM0000001962 ............AL MADINA INVESTMENT .....................................35,900 ............... 2,419........................8 ........... 0.068 ........... 0.068 ...........0.066........... 0.067 .............0.068 ...........-0.001 ............-1.471 ................0.068 ..............0.066...................0.068................... 13,879,143 .........0.100

OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .........................13,300 ............... 2,513........................5 ............0.190 ........... 0.190 ...........0.184 ........... 0.189 .............0.202 ...........-0.013 ........... -6.436 ...............0.184 ..............0.184...................0.190 ................... 17,962,560 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 21,307,860 ......5,001,162 ...........1,243 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ...... 31........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 497,846 ............38,757..................... 25 ........... 0.077 ........... 0.078 ...........0.077 ........... 0.078 .............0.076 ........... 0.002 ............. 2.632 ................0.078 ..............0.078...................0.079..................117,000,000 ........0.100

OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ............................. 70,000 ...............8,249........................7 ............0.118 ........... 0.119............ 0.115 ............0.118 ............. 0.115 ............ 0.003 ............. 2.609 ................ 0.115 .............. 0.116................... 0.118 ...................11,800,000 .........0.100

OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. .................. 304,102 ........... 12,404........................9 ........... 0.040 ........... 0.041 ...........0.040 .......... 0.041 .............0.040 ............0.001 .............2.500 ................0.041 ............. 0.040...................0.041 ....................3,485,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING....................................21,400 ............... 2,119........................4 ........... 0.099 ........... 0.099 ...........0.099........... 0.099 .............0.098 ............0.001 ............. 1.020 ................0.099 ..............0.099...................0.102 .................... 7,445,592 ..........0.100

OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK...................................................1,875 ...................150........................2 ........... 0.080 ...........0.080 ...........0.080........... 0.078 .............0.078 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.080..............0.079...................0.080 ..................78,000,000.........0.100

OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 1,883,703 ...... 290,331...................239 ............0.154 ........... 0.155 ...........0.153 ........... 0.154 ............. 0.156............-0.002 ........... -1.282 ...............0.154 .............. 0.154................... 0.155 ................. 225,240,625 .......0.100

OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES .......................................................10,600 .................. 562........................ 1 ........... 0.053 ........... 0.053 ...........0.053 ........... 0.053 .............0.054 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.852................0.053 ..............0.052...................0.054 ...................6,625,000 ..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 2,789,526 ...........352,571 ...............287 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

BONDS MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000004487 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES BONDS3.75 ............ 109,885.............15,933........................ 1 ............0.145 ........... 0.145 ...........0.145 ............0.145 ............. 0.145............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.145 .............. 0.141...................0.163 ................... 61,355,543 .........0.100

OM0000005971 ............B.MUSCAT COMPL. CONVR. B.B.3.5 ................... 1,164,157 ........ 115,251..................... 10 ........... 0.099 ........... 0.099 ...........0.098........... 0.099 .............0.099 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.098 ..............0.098...................0.100...................32,092,000 ........0.100

OM0000004867 ...........BANK MUSCAT C C B 4.5 ...........................................10,000 ............... 1,010........................ 1 ............0.101 ........... 0.101............0.101 ............0.101 .............0.102 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.980 ...............0.101 .............. 0.101...................0.105 ...................32,283,910 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 1,284,042...... 132,194......................12 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 3........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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 ........................................ 6,537.81 ...............6,491.56 ................... 6,534.55 ...................6,479.00 ..................55.55 ................... 0.86Financial Index .................................... 8,104.92 ...............7,966.64 ....................8,101.97 ................... 7,951.92 ............... 150.05 ................... 1.89Industrial Index ................................... 8,405.28 ...............8,369.69 ...................8,404.80 ...................8,365.54 ................. 39.26 ................... 0.47Services Index .......................................3,495.16 ...............3,485.95 ................... 3,485.95 ...................3,490.68 .................. -4.73 .................. -0.14MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................991.29 ..................990.05 ...................... 990.99 ...................... 990.05 ....................0.94 ................... 0.09

Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded25,381,428 ................. 5,485,927 ................. 1,542 ................15,180,425,795 ................20 ........................7 .................... 14 .........................41

MSM index edges up

MUSCAT: Propelled by the strong results in fi nancial sector, the MSM30 Index showed robust gains of 0.86 per cent to close at 6,534.55 points. The MSM Sharia Index closed at 990.99 points, up by 0.09 per cent. Al Anwar Hold-ing was the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. Tuesday’s top gainer was Al Shar-qia Investments, up by 8.63 per cent, while Port Services, down by 6.44 per cent, was the top loser.

As many as 1,542 trades were executed during the day’s trad-ing session generating turnover of OMR5.4 million with over 25 million shares changing hands. Out of 41 traded securities, 20 advanced, seven declined and 14 remained unchanged.

GCC and Arab investors were net buyers for OMR274,000 followed by foreign investors for OMR193,000 while Omani investors were net sellers for OMR467,000 worth of shares.

Financial Index continued its huge rally and crossed the 8,000 point mark to close at 8,101.97 points, a gain of 1.89 per cent. Al Sharqia Investments, Oman United Insurance, Ahli Bank, Bank Nizwa and Takaful Oman gained 8.63 per cent, 8.01 per cent, 5.71 per cent, 2.63 per cent and 2.61 per cent respectively. Al Madina Investment and Al Anwar Holding declined 1.47 per cent and 0.42 per cent.

Industrial Index advanced 0.47 per cent to end the session at 8,404.80 points. Gulf Interna-tional Chemicals, Galfar Engi-neering, Construction Materials,

Voltamp Energy and Al Hassan Engineering gained 7.06 per cent, 3.03 per cent, 2.50 per cent, 2.13 per cent and 1.02 per cent respectively. Oman Fisheries, down by 1.85 per cent, was the only sector loser.

Services Sector Index closed at 3,485.95 points, down by 0.14 per cent. Sharqiyah Desalination, National Gas and United Power gained 0.78 per cent, 0.52 per cent and 0.32 per cent respectively. Port Services, Phoenix Power and Ooredoo declined 6.44 per cent, 1.28 per cent and 0.52 per cent respectively.

Qatar to buy Spanish fi rmFormer Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani will take a 10 per cent stake in Spanish depart-ment store El Corte Ingles for one billion euros ($1.1 billion) as he builds his portfolio as a solo investor. He’ll get shares from the company’s treasury stock and a seat on the Madrid-based com-pany’s board after the deal, El Corte Ingles said in an e-mailed statement late on Monday. The sale will occur through “an in-strument convertible into shares within three years,” it said, with-out giving further details.

Sheikh Hamad, who played a key role in Glencore Internation-al’s takeover of Xstrata, is back as a private investor after injecting 1.75 billion euros into Deutsche Bank through his Paramount Holdings Services investment vehicle last May.

— United Securities/Bloomberg News

Top gainer was Al Sharqia Investments, up

by 8.63 per cent, while Port Services, down by

6.44 per cent, was the top loser.

Rains hold key to Indian central bank's interest rate moveNEW DELHI: Anyone placing bets on whether Indian central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan will cut interest rates again next month needs to look carefully at rainfall in July — and so far it’s not looking good.

Since India’s wettest month has an outsized impact on crop out-put, a shortfall risks stoking food prices that account for half of the infl ation basket.

Rainfall from July 1-12 was almost 30 per cent below nor-mal, according to India's weather department.

“July is the most important month,” Suvodeep Rakshit, an economist at Kotak Securities in Mumbai, said by e-mail. “Normal rainfall in July may provide room

for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut rates, and in case of a defi cit, the government will be un-der pressure to rein in infl ation.”

A halt to monetary easing after three cuts so far this year would make it tougher for Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi to spur growth before elections in mostly agrar-ian states over the next 12 months. With rural spending still weak, Ra-jan is closely monitoring monsoon data before an August 4 policy review. Rising infl ation pressures would exacerbate what’s already a faster than anticipated pace of gains in consumer prices. Infl a-tion accelerated 5.4 per cent in June, within Rajan’s target of six per cent by January for the 10th straight month but more than

economists had estimated. The central bank said price gains will rise to about six per cent by the start of next year.

Rakshit and most economists in a Bloomberg survey have ditched calls for a fourth cut in 2015 and predict Rajan will keep the benchmark repurchase rate at 7.25 per cent. Swap traders are pricing in the chance of a reduc-tion to seven per cent.

July receives about a third of India’s June-September monsoon rainfall. Most importantly, it has a 50 per cent co- relation with crop production, according to govern-ment data compiled by Kotak Securities. When rainfall was 54 percent below average in July 2002, foodgrain output plunged

22 per cent despite relatively better showers in the other mon-soon months.

In June, India’s rainfall was 16 per cent more than normal, raising hopes that government forecasts of a defi cient monsoon were incor-rect. That has tapered off recently. Overall, the monsoon is now about two per cent below normal, with roughly three months to go.

Consumer food prices rose 5.48 per cent in June from a year ear-lier, led by a 22 per cent surge in pulses, after a 4.8 per cent gain in May, the Statistics Ministry said on Monday. Wholesale data pub-lished on Tuesday showed food prices rose even as the overall in-fl ation gauge fell more than econo-mists predicted. — Bloomberg News

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Raghuram Rajan. — Bloomberg fi le picture

Indian rupee recovers by 13 paise

MUMBAI: Indian rupee recov-ered by 13 paise to end at 63.39 against the American currency on fag-end selling of dollars by banks and exporters.

The rupee resumed lower at 63.57 per dollar as against the Monday’s closing level of 63.52 per dollar at the Interbank For-eign Exchange (Forex). Market and declined further to 63.5850 per dollar on initial dollar de-

mand from banks and importers on the back of higher dollar in the overseas market in view of fall in crude oil prices.

However, it recovered after-ward to close at 63.39 per dollar on fag-end selling of dollars by banks and exporters, showing a gain of 13 paise of 0.20 per cent.

It hovered in a range of 63.3900 per dollar and 63.5850 per dollar during the day. The dollar index

was trading lower by 0.15 per cent against its major global rivals.

Oil prices tumbled further in Asia today on signs of an immi-nent deal between Iran and West-ern powers that would allow Ira-nian crude to fl ow back into the already saturated global market.

A strong US currency has also made the dollar-priced com-modity more expensive, denting demand, analysts said. - PTI

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Nissan Tiida now comes with unlimited Ramadan benefits

MUSCAT: The Nissan Tiida from the house of Suhail Bahwan Auto-mobiles comes with best-in-class fuel economy, advanced technolo-gy and features typically expected from far more expensive vehicles.

With dynamic styling and class-leading spaciousness, the Nissan

Tiida’s refreshed aerodynamic body shape blends sophistication with a sporty infl uence, comple-mented by widened and lowered stance, electric-folding mirrors and 17” alloys wheels.

Inside, a sleek, modern cabin welcomes the driver and passen-gers featuring quality materials and lifestyle-accommodating de-sign, says a press release.

Benefi t highlights • Scratch & Win (two assured gifts): Customers buying the Nis-san Tiida will receive a ‘Scratch & Win’ card which will entitle them to two assured gifts comprising free service up to lifetime of the car (minimum assured one year/ 10,000km PMS) and free fuel up to OMR1,000 (minimum assured

of OMR50)• Cash gifts: Customers will also walk away with assured cash gifts of OMR500 on any of the Tiida variants. • Unlimited benefi ts: Nissan as-sures customers free registration, six years’ extended warranty, easy fi nancing options, a loan term up to eight years and attrac-tive interest rates. • Additional Ramadan highlight of 2015: This year Nissan has in-troduced another exciting line up of Ramadan benefi t for their val-ued customers. Customers who already own a Nissan model and are making a second purchase will receive additional incentives from SBA where customers en-joy 10,000km additional service, they will receive special interest

privilege card and also be eligible for any trade-in benefi ts. • Special EMI rate: Customers can avail special EMI rate starting from OMR100 on the Nissan Tiida

Grand raffl eThe grand raffl e draw from Nissan is being held in association with Al Wisal and Merge FM where par-ticipants can enter the draw to win a sleek Nissan Altima (2 vehicles to be won); just SMS <Nissan Al-tima> to 90448. The lucky winner can walk away with a brand new Nissan Altima.

Easy fi nancing options SBA designed the Ramadan scheme to add to the pleasure and convenience of owning a Nissan model and ensure hassle and wor-ry-free driving at all times.

Nissan customers can also avail easy fi nancing option of a loan term up to 8 years with at-tractive interest rates from Bank Muscat. Flexible EMIs can also be tailor made for any individual requirement from in-house Auto Finance team.

Versatility at its best No matter what the day has in store, the Nissan Tiida’s owners can be sure of being able to take it in their stride. Class-leading spa-ciousness provides comfortable accommodation for up to fi ve adult passengers while the standard 60/40 split rear bench off ers the

option of tackling bulky loads.

Impeccable featuresThe Nissan Tiida 5-door hatch-back is available with the choice of two engines and fi ve well-equipped grades. Starting with the 1.6-litre ‘S’, which comes as stand-ard with 60/40 rear split bench, dual front airbags, ABS (Anti-lock Braking System), EBD (Electronic Brake Distribution), BA (Brake Assist), next Generation Xtronic CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) and keyless en-try, rising to the 1.8-litre SL Plus, with leather seats, 6 airbags and electrically-controlled sunroof. Available options include satel-lite navigation, 5.8” QVGA colour display and rear view camera and iPod connectivity.

Upbeat detailing The Tiida off ers numerous seg-ment defi ning attributes that en-hance the ownership experience and provide real customer value, including:• Aerodynamically curved body and distinctive racy contours. Every line and curve has been carefully considered to make the best-looking Tiida yet. It’s all new design also has a lower stance giving an aggressive edge to an al-ready stunning shape.

Roomy interior The Nissan Tiida is spectacularly spacious from inside. The interior

design and expansive windows give an incredible level of visibility.

The 60/40 spilt fold seating gives versatility and more spa-cious interior and styling with generous new cabin design, giv-ing both driver and passengers an abundance of headroom and knee-room and more cargo volume to transport equipment.• Power-train effi ciency: equipped with either 116hp (154Nm) HR16DE 1.6-litre or 131hp (174Nm) MRA8DE 1.8-litre en-gines and the new generation Xtronic CVT transmission, Tiida provides performance and fuel effi ciency. • An attractive multimedia pack-age is available with all-new Nis-san Tiida including Push to start engine, Bluetooth Hands-Free Phone System and Streaming Audio with iPod or portable MP3 player through USB port. 5.8” col-our touch display, Navigation, rear view camera, auto and rear A/C vents with dual climate control

Suhail Bahwan Automobiles (SBA) is largely committed to sup-porting Nissan’s growth in the Sul-tanate through major emphasis on customer satisfaction and by pro-viding world-class after-sales ser-vices in Oman. With a national net-work of more than 19 showrooms, 22 service centres and 35 parts outlets, SBA has further built upon its legacy of trust, excellent cus-tomer service and providing value for money to each of its customers.

With dynamic styling

and class-leading

spaciousness,

the Nissan

Tiida’s refreshed

aerodynamic body

shape blends

sophistication with

a sporty infl uence,

complemented by

widened and lowered

stance, electric-

folding mirrors and

17” alloys wheels

seaPearls ‘Factory Sale’ receives huge responseMUSCAT: seaPearls Gold and Diamond Jewellery has been re-ceiving positive response from customers and patrons on their ongoing Ramadan off ers.

With Eid celebrations on in full swing, their stores across the Sultanate have been witnessing footfalls from customers from all walks of life, says a press release.

Off er highlights: • Customers visiting the

seaPearls stores will receive up to 65% off on diamond jewellery products that include an entire range of rings, earrings, pendants, bangles and lightweight neck-laces across all their stores within the Sultanate.

• A special Factory Sale exclu-sively on their diamond collec-tion is currently available at their stores located in Ruwi and at the newly opened Avenues Mall, Bousher till August 20.

seaPearls Gold and Diamond Jewellery, Oman caters to the modern woman of today and is best known for the combination of precious and innovative materials

and distinctive designs, for glam-orous and exciting styles that fuses classic and contemporary.

The collections of diamond and gold jewellery range from daily wear — such as light weight neck-lace sets, chains, rings, pendants, bracelets, earrings and bangles — to more occasion-specifi c and ex-clusive designs.

It houses an array of signature jewellery collections, namely Is-hana, You & Me, Fella, Sol, Nava Graha and some unique Bestsell-ers among others.

Commenting on the positive response, P. A. Riyas, the general manager of seaPearls Gold and Di-

amond Jewellery said, “seaPearls introduces a new range of jewel-lery every month, catering to the demands and trends of the sea-son. It gives us immense pleasure to see our customers happy and satisfi ed with our off erings this time of the year.

"We believe in creating an ever-lasting memory with each of our customer.”

Riyas further added, “We always have special plans for our patrons, we understand that buying a dia-mond ring is an emotional choice and to encourage people to choose diamonds we now have over 40 de-signs at aff ordable price range.”

Social media platformValued patrons can get more infor-mation on the eclectic Diamond collection on the offi cial facebook page https://www.facebook.com/seapearlsjewelleryom. The page also provides a plethora of infor-mation on the wide range of gold collection on a daily basis to pro-vide the latest information at all times comprising pictorial galler-ies, aesthetic details, and unique collection features. The page also regularly runs contests to keep viewers enticed and engaged at all times. The aim has been to be at par with customers’ requirements and needs.

Riyas concluded saying, “Show-casing jewellery, exemplifying fi ne craftsmanship and exquisite de-signs, seaPearls Gold and Diamond Jewellery with over 10 years of ex-perience off er complete customer centric shopping experience.”

At seaPearls, Gold and Diamond Jewellery, passion and distinctive style is found in each of the design-ers and craftsmen, who collabo-rate each day to create some of the most unique jewellery.

R A M A D A N O F F E R

A special Factory Sale exclusively on their diamond

collection is currently available at seaPearls Gold and

Diamond Jewellery stores located in Ruwi and at the

newly opened Oman Avenues Mall till August 20

BreadTalk opens outlet

in Oman Avenues Mall

MUSCAT: Leading boutique bakery BreadTalk has opened the doors of its new fl agship outlet in Oman Avenues Mall.

Positioned in one of the Sul-tanate’s most vibrant and di-verse commercial locations, the new branch is set to treat Bread-Talk fans and shoppers alike, with its freshly-baked delicacies and other sweet delights, says a press release.

“As our fourth and biggest branch, this resembles exactly what BreadTalk is all about, fea-turing table service, an extended outdoor seating area within the mall, and a greater variety of beverages and trendsetting bites from a world-renowned brand,

all perfected with a relaxed at-mosphere and stylish décor,” said Jannat Moosa, Marketing Direc-tor at Bin Mirza International. “It is our philosophy to continuously off er customers the very best, and through our new pleasing design and service provisions, we are taking BreadTalk to the next level in Oman. The outlet is now open with further changes to the menu scheduled for the near future.”

She added, “Following our characteristic design of an open-plan dining area, including our ‘see thru’ kitchen, customers can be confi dent that we are operat-ing according to international best practices, as we deliver an unforgettable dining experience.”

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Insta8 event focuses on Islam, charityMUSCAT: One of the fastest growing platforms on Instagram, Insta8 is once again in the news – this time keeping the focus on Ramadan with messages on char-ity and Islam; hence being referred to as Insta8khairiya.

In a recently held gathering, eight speakers active in the fi eld of charity were selected to voice their thoughts, says a press release.

The event was lively and in-teractive as the young motivated Omanis voiced their thoughts and shared their experience. What was pleasantly surprising was to see the young generation actively sup-porting the causes of charity and that a majority of the participants were women.

However, most women present at the event were unanimous in stating that it should not come as a surprise as women, in general, are sensitive and giving.

“The focus on khairiya fi ts per-fectly with Ramadan; it spreads goodwill and shows that Omanis are socially aware and responsi-ble,” says Sahar Khalfan Al Asmi, manager Applications and Data Services at Omantel.

The company has actively sup-ported Insta8 right from its fi rst gathering as it appeals to the young Omanis between the age group of 18 – 25 years. This coincides with the target audience of Ozone, an innovative service by Omantel tar-geting Hayyak youth customers.

Khulood Al Hadhrami, Digital Media Specialist in ITA, shared in-formation on ITA’s portal that has made donations a simple, easy and secure process.

“Just log on to www.donate.om online or download the mobile app (donate.om) on Android and IOS devices and chose from 14 government recognised charities,” explains Khulood. One can choose what one would want to donate and even view statistics on past and current donations. Most im-portant, donation does not need to be restricted only for the month of Ramadan; one can opt to donate throughout the year wherein every month, OMR1 will automatically be directed to the charity organisa-tion of your choice.

Another speaker at the event

was Shorooq Abu Nasser who started the I-care initiative in 2011. The idea started with off er-ing cold water to the construction workers who work relentlessly on sites. Within no time, many oth-ers joined and before long, there was a team of enthusiasts handing over water and drinks to workers across Muscat.

Currently, there are about 12 team leaders who distribute in 12 areas of Muscat and for each event, participants volunteer and each team leaders could be working with anything between 80 – 100 participants.

From water, the idea has ex-panded to incorporate distribu-tion of bags, hats, T-shirts, reus-able bottles that are safe to drink from as well as phone credit. Par-

ticipants wanting to share their experience can do so on #oman-ichangemakers.

Fahmi Al Ma’awali, owner of Eventus who conceived Insta8, summed up Insta8khairiya by stating, “If a smile is the best charity we can give an individual, then Insta8 is the place to provide that smile.”

For those who are not yet fa-miliar with the Omani platform, it is when 8 motivators speak for 8 minutes about 8 moments addressing topics within the In-stagram sphere. Mainly reach-ing out to the young Omanis, it is an informal gathering where people gather to network, share abilities and skills, interact with like-minded people and increase their following.

I N F O R M A L G A T H E R I N G

Premedion Spa, now open at MGMMUSCAT: An indulgent new addition for mall visitors and guests, Muscat Grand Mall (MGM) welcomed the opening of Premedion Spa — adding a new wellness choice to Muscat’s favourite lifestyle destination. The Premedion Spa off ers unique wellness and fi tness solutions, in addition to traditional massage therapies with modern preven-tive treatments and exercises, all under one roof.

Located in the fi rst fl oor roof-top garden of Muscat Grand Mall, the club’s facilities include separate male and female fi tness centres, fully equipped Jacuzzi, steam room, a sauna and relaxa-tion room in addition to a Ham-mam and a wide arrangement of swimming pools — one ex-clusively for ladies, one for the children as well as a mixed pool. Premedion Spa also boasts the most advanced fi tness analysis machines available in the Middle East as well as fi ve dedicated Spa Suites, in addition to exclusive beauty salon and barber services for guests, says a press release.

Sean Andrews, Regional Spa Director, Premedion Middle East commented, “Premedion Pre-mium Club Oman provides an ex-clusive off ering of spa treatments, spa facilities, recreation areas, fi t-ness services and gym, VIP health care delivery for both adults and children. We are simply the best wellness centre in Muscat and in the best location that one could ask for — Muscat Grand Mall.”

He added, “Our spa concepts are unique and diff er from the general worldwide spa and fi t-ness concepts due to the combi-nation of traditional therapies and fi tness approaches with modern preventive treatments and exercises, all under one roof.”

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Bahwan Exel receives coveted certifications

MUSCAT: Bahwan Exel, the lead logistics provider to Petroleum De-velopment Oman, has been award-ed the coveted ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 & OHSAS 18001:2007 certifi cations.

The joint venture between Bahwan Cybertek and DHL start-ed their journey over a year ago and after successful completion of a stringent audit process were awarded with three internation-ally recognised management system standard certifi cations namely, ISO 9001: 2008 - Quality Management System, ISO 14001:

2004 - Environmental Manage-ment System and OHSAS 18001: 2007 - Occupational Health and Safety Management System, says a press release.

The certifi cations were pre-sented to Bahwan Exel by SGS, the world’s leading certifi cation body. Bahwan Exel is the fi rst logistics management company in Oman to receive all three certifi cations together from SGS.

Commenting on these three certifi cations, Jeremy Haysom, managing director of Bahwan Exel, said, “These certifi cations are a signifi cant accomplishment for our company and are a result of tremendous teamwork by our employees. Continuous improve-

ment is a key focus throughout our company and this milestone refl ects our ongoing eff ort as well as our commitment to safety, envi-ronment, quality and excellence in everything we do.”

Benoy Paul, QA & First Choice Lead of Bahwan Exel said, “We are truly proud of the three cer-tifi cations from SGS. This will help us to continually improve on our QHSE and operational per-formance and to ensure that our processes and practices are in line with the international stand-ard requirements. This recent achievement is an important rec-ognition for the hard work of the entire Bahwan Exel team.

Gary Stretch, HSE Manager and

Go Green Champion of Bahwan Exel said, “I am proud of everyone one who contributed to the amaz-ing success. This was a diffi cult journey that required commit-ment and dedication by a number of people, however the journey has only just begun, we now need to ensure we continue to deliver these high standards and improve on them where possible.”

The Bahwan Exel Manage-ment System is fully aligned and supported by DHL’s path to qual-ity management system, which is continually focused on improving the quality of service, achieving and maintaining operational ex-cellence and being fi rst choice for its customers globally.

The internationally

recognised

management

system standard

certifi cations were

presented to Bahwan

Exel by SGS, the

world’s leading

certifi cation body

Omran Chairman, team

review HCT ‘Eco-house’

MUSCAT: Students from the Higher College of Technology (HCT) have showcased a pio-neering environmental project to a visiting delegation of Omran of-fi cials recently, headed by Dr Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidi, chairman of Omran.

The visit comes as part of the government’s plan to support and encourage Omani youth initia-tives on themes of sustainability and environmental innovation. The delegation was received by Dr Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Ambo-saidi, dean of HCT and Dr Muna Al Farsi, supervisor of the HCT team, says a press release.

The ‘Eco-house’ project, de-signed by students, is an innova-tive residential villa featuring unique environmental specifi ca-tions which enables the build-ing to generate its own energy and dispose of waste water in an environmentally responsible manner. The project highlights a number of ground-breaking new technologies and design tech-niques and serves as inspiration towards the Sultanate’s plan to build a sustainable future for the coming generations.

Announced during the visit, and as part of the framework of support provided to higher edu-cation institutions by Omran, the company will be providing opportunities for students and staff to attend specialised urban

planning and architectural work-shops so that they may benefi t from the global expertise of con-sultants working on the master plan for the Hay Al Irfan project. Through such exchanges, aca-demic institutions will also con-tribute in the development of building standards through their research on construction and de-sign practices that compliment Oman’s traditional architecture and natural environment.

The HCT Eco-house project was fi nanced through a grant from The Research Council after win-ning a national competition for innovative environmental build-ing designs. The competition, similar to the famous US contest ‘Solar Decathlon’, saw the par-ticipation of a number of higher education institutions including the German University of Tech-nology in Oman, Nizwa Univer-sity, Sultan Qaboos University and Dhofar University. As part of the competition the teams were required to create eco houses and were judged on the three phases of their projects; concept, design and implementation.

The competition aimed to en-courage students to develop in-novative solutions for sustainable development and garner support and funding for higher education institutions from the private sec-tor in order to pursue green build-ing research and technology.

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The Wave Muscat, Dar Al Atta’a join hands to give back to community

MUSCAT: Embracing the spirit of compassion of the holy month, and reinforcing its commitment to the wider community, The Wave, Muscat has collaborated with Dar Al Atta’a on two projects to support families during the holy month.

Organised with Dar Al Atta’a, The Wave, Muscat distributed

toys and Qaranqasho sweets to 235 young cancer patients being treat-ed at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Khoula Hospital, Royal Hospital and Dar Al Hanan. The Wave, Muscat also contributed to Dar Al Atta’a campaign to provide Iftar meals for families around Muscat, says a press release.

“Ramadan reminds us of the im-portance of family, friends and the community. It is a time for gener-osity and an opportunity for us to refl ect on our own good fortune,” said Murtadha Al Lawati, Commu-nications Manager at The Wave. “The spirit of this holy month in-spires us, and it is our privilege to

be able give back and share with the wider community.”

As the simple act of giving and kindness remain in high demand, The Wave assists a variety of char-ities and events throughout the year, forming an integral part of The Wave’s CSR and community engagement agenda.

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Khimji Ramdas continues to spread message of sharing

MUSCAT: The Khimji Ramdas Group continues to spread the message of sharing during the holy month of Ramadan through its generous Ramadan gift boxes campaign. The company has dis-tributed over 2,000 care packages through organisations that work

with communities and special needs individuals across Oman, says a press release.

“The Khimji Ramdas Group, in its endeavour to uphold the message of Ramadan, has always reached out to communities, peo-ple and individuals in need of aid,

whether it be fi nancial or other-wise. And we are fortunate to have like-minded organisations to help us in our mission. Our gift packag-es, apart from touching lives, also unite people in brotherhood and sharing,” said Anil Khimji, direc-tor, Khimji Ramdas.

The conglomerate’s popular outreach programme donated hamper packages to various char-ity organisations across Oman, most recently, the Silent Volun-teers Group; Jalan Bo Hassan Football Team and the Al Ahli Sports Team at Izki.

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AHLIBANK RAMADAN CAMPAIGNJassim Al Ghilani, branch manager of ahlibank, Sur

presents a cheque to an offi cial from Oman Cancer

Association, South Sharqiyah as part of the bank’s

annual Ramadan campaign. — Supplied photo

Al Madina Takaful announces fourth promotion winnerMUSCAT: The popular and successful ‘Insure and Win-a-Mini Cooper’ promotion by Al Madina Takaful saw its fi nale at the fourth and fi nal draw held at Muscat Grand Mall.

The lucky winner for this quar-ter was Khairya Abdulaziz Al Qasimi. One lucky winner was picked out amongst hundreds of motor insurance policy holders, says a press release.

The promotion has attracted signifi cant interest from cus-tomers across car segments, and the fourth draw that was held on Monday included all newly ac-quired policies and renewals on comprehensive motor insurance that was done before June 30.

The promotion had started during Ramadan last year and was a year-long promotion where four cars were given away, one every quarter. Customers who signed up for a new comprehen-sive Motor Insurance Policy or renewed their existing compre-hensive insurance policy stood a chance to win a new Mini Cooper car, in a promotion draw that was held once a quarter.

Speaking at the draw event, Gautam Datta, CEO, Al Madina-Takaful, said: “Our congratula-tions to the winner of the brand new Mini Cooper. As the ‘Insure and Win-a-Mini Cooper’ promo-tion draws to a close with this fi nal draw, we thank all our customers.”

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Oxy Oman staff spread happiness in Ramadan

MUSCAT: Since Ramadan is the month of generosity, charity and mercy, Occidental of Oman, Inc. (Oxy Oman) decided to seize the opportunity by giving out 200 gifts.

In coordination with Dar Al Atta’a, Oxy employees volunteered to distribute the gifts to 200 social

securities’ families from diff erent governorates across Oman, says a press release.

Spreading happiness among these families has a special impact in Ramadan as the award of good deeds is multiplied in this time. The distributed gifts are electric household appliances including air conditioners, washing ma-chines, cookers and fridges. Since Dar Al Atta’a works closely with

these families, it is able to identify the actual needs for each family so that families would receive the items that they need more.

The initiative was started re-cently by giving gifts to low in-come families located in Mus-cat governorate. A group of Oxy Oman employees and members from Dar Al Atta’a volunteered to distribute the gifts.

Other groups of Oxy Oman em-

ployees volunteered to distribute the gifts next week to families lo-cated in other governorates.

This initiative comes within Oxy Oman’s endeavour and long term commitment to strengthen its social ties with the commu-nities where it operates and the wider Omani population and falls under the strategic partnerships and continuous collaboration with key stakeholders.

In coordination

with Dar Al Atta’a,

Oxy employees

volunteered to

distribute the gifts to

200 social securities’

families from

diff erent governorates

across Oman

omanoil campaign receives resounding success across nationMUSCAT: Joining in the festive spirit of the season, Oman Oil Marketing Company’s (omanoil) At’a campaign received resound-ing success across the nation.

With 10% of daily sales from a selected number of Ahlain stores now raised, the company has earmarked the funds to support various community empower-ment and child development programmes in the Sultanate. Under the theme ‘Together We Give More’, the Ahlain stores par-ticipating in the campaign were chosen based on high footfall in highly populated areas in Mus-cat, Al Batinah, Al Sharqiyah, Al Dakhiliyah, and Salalah, says a press release.

First launched on July 6, the 10-day campaign has been a strong refl ection of omanoil’s deeply rooted commitment to being an agent of change for the socio-economic development of Oman. The company aims to be a visionary corporate citizen and harness the very defi nition of being ‘Proudly Omani’ by inte-

grating the inherent values that are shared by an endearing na-tion not only into its corporate culture but into everyday busi-ness practices. To date, oman-oil’s diverse and far-reaching community welfare initiatives have included road traffi c safety and environment preservation awareness campaigns, volunteer-ism initiatives such as blood do-nation drives as well as extend-ing support to enhance people’s quality of life by contributing to non-profi t organisations includ-ing Dar Al Atta’a and the Omani Bahjah Orphan Society.

C H A R I T Y I N I T I A T I V E

QUOTES

The competition to hire the best will increase in the

years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their

employees will have the edge in this area.

— Bill Gates

When you’re in a start-up, the first ten people will

determine whether the company succeeds or not. Each

is 10 percent of the company. So why wouldn’t you take

as much time as necessary to find all the A players? If

three were not so great, why would you want a company

where 30 percent of your people are not so great? A small

company depends on great people much more than a big

company does.

— Steve Jobs

MUSCAT: Mistal Oman recently announced the winners of its much-awaited Instagram photo contest, the #IgersOman watches competition.

Faris bin Jamal Khodr was de-clared the lucky winner to walk away with the luxurious, limited-edition Bomberg Bolt-68 time-piece. The exotic timepiece has be-come a fashion statement among watch lovers and has a market value of OMR495. The Bomberg Bolt-68 prize was sponsored ex-clusively by Mistal Oman, says a press release.

Mistal, the luxury watch and jewellery boutique, offi cially launched the one-month contest on May 7. The one-of its-kind contest provided Instagram en-thusiasts a chance to fl aunt their wristwatches in the most creative manner to win the coveted piece of art. The #IgersOman contest which ended on June 7 created a huge upswing among Instagram followers, who shared the attrac-tively captured images of their watches in style.

The #IgersOman contest al-lowed users to click and share the image of their wristwatch in the most innovative style so as to cap-ture the judges’ attention. Partici-pants were allowed to either make use of a fancy backdrop combined with an artistic design that exoti-cally merges with the image of the wristwatch or use bold animations to the photograph itself. The con-test attracted numerous entries from all over Oman making the job

of picking the winner a tough task for the judging panel.

To have their entries valid, In-stagrammers had to follow @mistaloman and tag their pictures with a #MistalOman. The contest allowed one Instagram user to post a maximum of fi ve entries. Partici-pants were also given the liberty to use fi ve of their latest and fresh photos. Tags from private ac-counts remained invalid and were not featured.

Speaking about the contest, Dharmesh A. Khimji, managing di-rector, Mistal Watches, said, “We are glad that the contest has re-ceived a massive response, with so many users from all over the coun-try coming up with their creativity and skills. We have a highly active group of Instagrammers who regu-larly share images and contents of their watches. Hence we launched this contest to provide them with an exclusive platform to share their passion for our creations.”

“In today’s modern society, peo-ple of all ages are exploring the social space, connecting with one another, interacting and sharing contents of the brands they love. It is also a creative and conveni-

ent method for our activities to be noticed by the users’ followers and friends, ultimately spreading the message of the brand.

“After the huge success of this contest, we are keen to launch many more such competitions in the future. A special thanks to everyone who participated in our contest,” he added.

Delighted after winning the prize, Faris bin Jamal Khodr said, “I feel honoured and excited to be declared the winner of this con-test. I am delighted that my image was fi nally selected as the winning entry of the contest.

“Winning this gorgeous piece of art has indeed been awesome and thanks to Mistal Group for this amazing opportunity.”

Bomberg collections are avail-able in Oman through their sole distributors Mistal. A part of Ajit Khimji Group, Mistal is the ulti-mate luxury watch and jewellery boutique in the Sultanate that showcases some of the fi nest and luxurious watch brands in the world. Mistal showrooms at Sabco Commercial Centre, Qurum, and its fl agship store in Darsait provide a world-class premium experience.

MUSCAT: Customers looking for style, quality and value for money in their new car must hurry to make the best bargain. Kia Optima is available with a bundle of ben-efi ts ... but only till one more day, says a press release.

“Don’t wait any longer or you may regret. The off er will end on July 16 … so go for it now,” said an Optima customer.

The stunningly styled Kia Op-tima is on an exciting yet time-bound off er.

According to the Reliable In-ternational Automotive spokes-person, “During the off er period, every customer can avail a cash gift of OMR800. This can be used as part of the Down Pay-ment or the customer can choose to enjoy 1-year insurance with 30,000km/18 months service, to-gether with a cash gift of OMR300. The customer also gets a chance to strike it lucky in a Grand Raffl e of OMR5,000. There also are weekly

raffl e draws of OMR1,000, along with assured scratch & win cou-pons of up to OMR100.”

“This is a good time to own a Kia Optima. A uniquely styled Kia car that stands apart from others, the Optima not only delivers a fun-to-drive performance but is also duly fortifi ed by modern safety features,” felt an independent observer, “Some of Optima’s trail-blazing features include an inno-vative motor-driven ‘D’ shaped steering wheel.

“Just the feel of the wheel is enough to add a new thrill to the driving,” commented an enthusiast.

The Optima also features a drive selector with a choice of eco, normal or sport modes. Optima’s LED daytime front running lights (DRL), fog lamps and darkness-piercing Xenon headlamps light up the road ahead.

The Xenon headlamps also

have cornering lighting that an-ticipates corners and lights up the dark spaces. Adding to the safety is the vehicle stability management (VSM) system that keeps the Op-tima balanced and steady. This is further enhanced by the front and rear sensors. The Optima’ per-sonality is further enhanced with the fi tment of the newly designed 225/45 R 18 alloy wheels that add a scintillating touch to the sharp looks of the vehicle!

Optima’s 2.4 L (178 HP), dual exhaust engine is mated with a 6-speed auto transmission. The steering controls include Blue tooth/ cruise/paddle shifter/eco/audio/trip computer. The rear view camera and back warning sensors aid in parking the vehicle while the dual zone auto A/C& rear A/C vents keep all occu-pants comfortable.The panoram-ic sunroof and rear spoiler add to

its luxurious feel.Apart from these the Optima

includes driver and passenger airbags, anti-lock braking system (ABS), cool glove box, power lum-bar support, gull-wing type power folding outer mirrors with LED turn indicators, fog lamps and escort headlamp function, wood grain steering/ TGS knob.

The Optima is on display at the showroom for those who wish to have a closer look!

Reliable International Automo-tive (RIA), the distributor for Kia in Oman, provides a rewarding ownership experience for custom-ers. Excellent product attributes and unmatched facilities easily ensure their absolute satisfaction, every mile of the way. No wonder then that Reliable International Automotive has been ranked amongst the top Kia distributors worldwide and has been hon-oured with prestigious accolades including the ‘Good Partnership award, ‘Family Like Care’ Service award’, and ‘Kia ‘Distributor of Distinction’ award.

The prestigious ‘Kia Award for Overall Excellence and Outstand-ing Performance’ amongst Kia dis-tributors worldwide was bestowed most deservingly.

“You can like us on www.face-book.com/kiaoman and follow us on @kiaoman Twitter for the lat-est happenings on Kia in Oman,” invited the spokesperson.

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MUSCAT: In the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan and to sup-port the community, Bank Nizwa, in partnership with the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Aff airs and the Ministry of Education, sponsored the 2015 annual Quran Memorisation Competition.

Organised by Ka’ab bin Zaid School in the Wilayat of Seeb, the competition saw the participa-tion of over 950 students from 54 schools across the wilayat.

In honour of the competition’s third instalment, a special cere-mony was held under the patron-age of Sheikh Ahmed bin Saud Al Siyabi, secretary-general of the Offi ce of the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate. The fi nal round fea-tured male and female contest-

ants, from Grades I to XII, vying for fi rst place in the competition’s three categories, composed of the memorisation of the entire text, half and 10 chapters of the Holy Quran. The top three winners were Mohammed Hussni, Moosa Al Khroosi and Al Muhalab Al Abri each receiving OMR1,000, 500, and 250 respectively.

Committed to continue rais-ing awareness on Islamic Fi-nance across all demograph-ics, Bank Nizwa installed a dedicated booth at the event, where more than 300 attendees had the opportunity to seek ex-pert advice on Islamic banking and the wide range of Shari’a-compliant products and services available to them.

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Towell delivers Ramadan ration and Iftar to low-income familiesMUSCAT: Towell Group wel-comed around 200 low-income families across various regions within the Sultanate in deliver-ing a Ramadan ration and Iftar as part of the group’s annual corpo-rate social responsibility (CSR) initiative for the holy month.

The group’s CSR committee contributed to identifying and managing the distribution of the donations to all benefi ciaries.

Ali Shaban, general manager of Systems and Resources Manage-ment at Towell Group, said, “As part our CSR mission and drive to identify and deliver the com-munity’s needs, we have identi-fi ed low-income families to sup-port during this holy month and provide them with the necessary needs to help them experience the holy month with the necessary re-sources and support.

“At Towell, we are commit-

ted to engaging with members of our community on a personal level and meeting their needs and demands to create a sup-portive and growing environ-ment in the society.”

Community partnersIn order to engage diff erent com-munity partners, Towell’s CSR committee collaborated with the Silent Volunteers group to de-liver the donations to the fami-lies. Silent Volunteers have been

committed to driving the commu-nity through delivering a helping hand for over 10 years. Towell is committed to cooperating with local youth in organisations such as Silent Volunteers to support in serving the community and enable its growth.

Towell Group has been de-livering various CSR activities in the past few years, covering health, training, education and support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

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Mercedes delivers new Actros heavy-duty trucks to OBCCMUSCAT: Zawawi Trading Company (ZTC) Automotive and Oman Building and Contracting Company (OBCC) have entered into a long-term partnership with the successful delivery of a fl eet of 20 Mercedes-Benz new Actros heavy-duty trucks.

Meeting the exact require-ments of the leading construc-tion company, the fl eet of market leading vehicles comprises four Brackish Water Tankers, eight 18m3 Tippers and eight Prime Movers, says a press release.

“The New Actros is the ide-al partner for every transport need. OBCC has made a calcu-lated and strategic choice,” re-marked Daniel Fitzjohn, general manager, Commercial Vehicles, Mercedes-Benz Oman. “These powerful trucks have proven ro-bustness and fl exibility, and are designed for maximum reliabil-ity, safety and cost-eff ectiveness. Thanks to sturdy, proven com-ponents, the New Actros makes even the harshest conditions easy to handle, ensuring a safe and comfortable ride for drivers and goods alike.”

Taking delivery of the vehi-cles from ZTC were OBCC’s Haitham Musallam, Saed Mus-allam, Jimmy Christodoulides and Abdul Hameed.

“While the durability, fl exibil-ity and advanced safety features of the New Actros were big fac-tors in our decision to purchase

as our new Mercedes-Benz fl eet, our selection was also based on the expertise and experience of the Mercedes-Benz After-Sales Service Network, guaranteeing the highest availability from our trucks and giving us the peace of mind to concentrate on our core business,” remarked Musallam.

To date, over 760,000 award winning Actros trucks have been sold worldwide and it is in fact the highest selling truck in the Mid-dle East. All Actros parts, from en-gine to headlights, fully meet the highest international standards of effi ciency and reliability. The truck’s “V6” and “V8” engines, with outputs ranging from 310 to 480 hp, routinely yield top perfor-mance and generate the required power for the toughest transport tasks in the most diffi cult terrain and temperatures.

All components of the Actros powertrain are engineered to withstand the most challenging

conditions - from the double-plate clutch and large-size cool-ing system to the air cleaner and exhaust systems. Additionally, all the chassis features, including superb torsional rigidity of the frame, suspension with weight-optimised parabolic springs, planetary drive axles with Ax-leload compensation and the electronically controlled Telli-gent brake system with ABS - are designed to reliably handle the extreme loads common in heavy duty transportation.

Highly fl exible, the New Actros has three driver-focussed cab op-tions, covering a variety of trans-port tasks and each providing an ergonomic, safe and comfort-able workplace. Benefi ting from Mercedes-Benz’s safety innova-tions, the New Actros advanced electronic Telligent safety system prevents operating errors and provides optimal protection for driver, vehicle and load.

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MUSCAT: Oman’s football super-star Ali Al Habsi has signed a two-year contract on Tuesday with Championship side Reading FC in the United Kingdom.

The 33-year-old has been train-ing with Royals in a bid to earn a contract after he became a free agent following his release by Wigan Athletic.

Confi rming the news to Times Sport, Ahmed Al Habsi, the elder brother of the Omani skipper said the deal was signed after carefully studying several other off ers.

“He did receive few other off ers but after careful study we decided to go for Royals,” Ahmed said.

According to reports from the United Kingdom, the Royals (Reading FC) have acted fast to secure Al Habsi’s signature af-ter rumoured interest from other clubs, including Nottingham For-est, Middlesbrough and Stoke City.

Ahmed said the decision to sign the deal with Royals was made during Al Habsi’s training with the squad in Thailand last week.

Good news for Oman football“Ali (Al Habsi) feels that being part of Reading would give him more freedom to play as many matches he wants and that is more impor-

tant for any player. He passed his medical test on Monday and has signed the deal at the club on Tues-day,” Ahmed added.

Meanwhile, congratulations poured in for Al Habsi from all quarters of the country soon after the news of the deal was out.

Oman Football Association (OFA) chairman Sayyid Khalid Al Busaidi has expressed confi dence in the talented goalkeeper. “Read-ing is a good team. I sincerely hope that Ali can contribute in taking back Reading to where it deserves to be in the Premier League,” Sayy-

id Khalid said. According to Sayyid Khalid, Al

Habsi’s deal with Reading will in-spire thousands of young football-ers in the country. “The youngsters in this country are inspired to play football because of Ali and this is good news for us as it will further

inspire many,” Sayyid Khalid said. Al Habsi’s signature will take

manager Steve Clarke’s summer signings to fi ve players. Jonathan Bond, Paul McShane, Stephen Quinn and Orlando have all put pen to paper for Reading.

Al Habsi will be battling it out

with Bond for the no.1 jersey this coming season.

However, Sayyid Khalid said Omani captain deserves to play in the starting eleven. “Ali brings a lot of experience into this side. I think he deserves to play in the fi nal XI. I am sure he will all make us proud,” Sayyid Khalid added.

According to certain media re-ports, after signing Al Habsi, Roy-als boss Steve Clarke said: “Ali is exactly the type of experienced goalkeeper we need. He has good knowledge of the English game both in the Championship and the Premier League.

“He is a good shot stopper and has already impressed everyone with his abilities in the shooting sessions during training.

“Alongside Jonathan Bond and Stuart Moore, Ali brings the goalkeeping department to a very good level.”

JADHAV’S MAIDEN TON IN INDIA’S CLEAN SWEEPA maiden century from Kedar Jadhav helped India complete a clean-sweep of the three-match one-day International series in Zimbabwe with an 83-run victory at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday. >C3

It’s official, Oman’s Ali Al Habsi and Reading sign two-year pact The 33-year-old

Oman goalkeeper

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MY NEW JERSEY: Ali Al Habsi poses with Reading FC shirt after signing the two-year deal. He will serve the club next two years. – Supplied photo

Jatinder propels all-round Oman past Netherlands

EDINBURGH: Oman came up with a tidy all-round eff ort to coast to a comfortable win over the Netherlands in a Group B clash at the ICC World Twenty20 Quali-fi er 2015 at Myreside in Edinburgh on Tuesday.

Opting to fi eld, Oman’s pacers, led by Munis Ansari and Rajesh Kumar Ranpura, restricted the Netherlands to 135 in 19.4 overs.

When Oman batted, an unbeat-en 65 from Jatinder Singh helped it cruise past the target for the loss

of just four wickets in 19 overs, giving it its second win. With less than seven runs required per over in the chase, Oman went about its business in a composed fashion af-ter losing opener Zeeshan Ahmed, the debutant, early.

Zeeshan Maqsood and Jatinder shared a 38-run stand for the sec-ond wicket to keep it on track.

After Michael Rippon dismissed Maqsood for 29, the Netherlands came back into the game with two quick strikes when Vaibhav Wat-

egaonkar and Aamir Kaleem were dismissed in successive overs, re-ducing Oman to 82 for 4.

Jatinder, however, kept his calm and took Oman over the line with an unbroken stand of 56 with Sul-tan Ahmed.

Earlier in the day, the Nether-lands couldn’t consolidate after an opening stand of 51 between Stephan Myburgh and Wesley Barresi.

Barresi fell for 21, and was fol-lowed back to the hut by Ben Coop-

er soon after. Myburgh scored a 43-ball 41, and Max O’Dowd added a quick 32, but once Ansari got into his rhythm, the innings unravelled.

The Netherlands went from 134 for 5 to 135 all out, giving Oman a smaller target to chase than it might have expected.

Ansari fi nished with fi gures of 4 for 15, while Ranpura returned 3 for 30. Oman, with two wins in three games, is now placed third with four points in the group, while the Netherlands slipped to fourth.

Oman is up against Afghani-stan next on Wednesday, while the Netherlands takes on Canada on Friday.

Brief scores: Netherlands 135 all out in 19.4 overs (Myburgh 41, Munis Ansari 4 for 15, Rajesh Ranpura 3 for 30, Aamir Ali 2 for 26) lost to Oman 138 for 4 (Jatin-der Singh 65 not out, Zeeshan Maqsood 29, Sultan Ahmed 24 not out) beat Netherlands 135 (My-burgh 41, Ansari 4-15, Rampura ) by six wickets. — ICC

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ECSTATIC BUNCH: Oman players and offi cials rejoice after their emphatic win over the Netherlands. – Supplied photo

MAN OF THE MATCH: Jatinder Singh holds a trophy awarded to

him for the match winning knock. – Supplied photo

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Kenya 4 2 1 0 1 5

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Netherlands 4 2 2 0 0 4

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IPL in turmoil as top probe panel suspends two teams and off icials

NEW DELHI: Cricket’s Indian Premier League was thrown into turmoil Tuesday when a Supreme Court-appointed panel suspended two of the eight teams after offi -cials were found guilty of illegally betting on matches.

Chennai Super Kings, led by India’s one-day international captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Rajasthan Royals, skippered by star Australian batsman Steve Smith, had been hoping to escape with heavy fi nes.

But a tribunal led by former chief justice Rajendra Mal Lodha announced they would be banned from the next two editions of the annual six-week tournament to protect “the integrity of the game.”

Gurunath Meiyappan — the son-in-law of Narayanaswami Srinivasan, the Chennai franchise owner and the current boss of the International Cricket Council — was banned for life from cricket-related activities.

A similar punishment was handed down to Raj Kundra, co-owner of the Rajasthan team and husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. “Their conduct has aff ected the image of the game, the players and others associated with the tournament,” Lodha told re-porters while revealing his three-member panel’s verdict in the capital New Delhi.

Asked about the fi nancial losses of players from the two teams, Lodha said: “We did not consider fi -nancial losses to players and teams. That is not signifi cant. The integ-rity of the game is what matters.”

The outcome could have major fi nancial consequences for the glitzy Twenty20 league which draws some of the biggest names in world cricket and raises questions over the future of the two franchis-es which are both former champi-ons. It was not immediately clear whether the two franchises can be sold, thus allowing the cricketers to continue to be part of the IPL. There was also no immediate reac-tion from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

‘Fans feel cheated’“Huge injury has been caused to the image of cricket which is a passion for millions of people,” Lodha said. “They (Meiyappan and and Kun-dra) have brought the game to dis-repute. The purity of the game has been aff ected. Fans feel cheated and doubts abound if the IPL is clean.”

Lodha was appointed head of the sentencing panel in January after the Supreme Court had found Kun-dra and Meiyappan guilty of betting on the outcome of matches in 2013. “Meiyappan was an integral part of the team,” said Lodha. “By regu-larly placing bets he acted in gross violations of the rules of the game. He suff ered a loss of 60,000,00 ru-pees ($94,560) in bets.”

The hugely popular Chennai Super Kings are the most success-

ful team in the IPL, having won the tournament in 2010 and 2011. They fi nished runners-up in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2015.

Rajasthan Royals won the inau-gural event in 2008 under the cap-taincy of Australian spin legend Shane Warne, but have failed to make the fi nal since then.

The 2013 IPL season was mired in controversy after po-lice launched legal proceedings against several offi cials and three Rajasthan Royals players, includ-ing former Test fast bowler Shan-thakumaran Sreesanth, for illegal betting and spot-fi xing.

The IPL, which is broad-cast around the world, is hugely popular in India with its mix of sport and showbiz, with a number of teams fronted by big Bollywood names.

But it has been continuously dogged by corruption allegations and on Monday Hiken Shah, a fi rst-class player from Mumbai, was suspended over an approach he made to an unnamed team-mate before this year’s tourna-ment in April-May. - AFP

Chennai Super Kings,

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Singh Dhoni, and

Rajasthan Royals,

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Australian batsman

Steve Smith have

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Huge injury has been

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BANNED FOR LIFE: File photo of Rajasthan Royals’ co-owner Raj Kundra and Chennai Super Kings’ offi cial Gurunath Meiyappan who have

been suspended for life from any cricketing activity by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Committee on Tuesday in connection

with IPL scam. – PTI

NEW DELHI: The suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Ra-jasthan Royals is only a tempo-rary setback to the IPL and the Lodha Committee verdict will actually help restore people’s faith in the League, says Justice Mukul Mudgal, who headed the Committee which probed the IPL betting scam.

Two-time champions CSK and inaugural winners Rajas-than Royals (RR) were on Tues-day suspended for two years and their respective co-owners Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra were suspended for life from being involved in all activi-ties related to cricket matches for bringing game to disrepute.

“This is a very strong punish-ment. I think it will have a good aff ect on IPL, BCCI and the players. Many people feel it will have an adverse aff ect on the game but I think this is a tem-porary setback and cricket will come out cleaner and people’s faith on IPL will be restored,” Mudgal said.

The punishment was handed by a Supreme Court-appointed three-member committee head-ed by former CJI R M Lodha.

Former BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said BCCI could have avoided such a situation if it had taken proper action earlier on the matter.

“I think BCCI took whatever action was to be taken although it was slow. They did not visualise that this would go to Supreme Court. We could have avoided this earlier, we have to take a lesson,” he said.

Former BCCI president AC Muthiah said, “Whatever has happened in BCCI, nobody stood up for the wrong doing. All this rules were already in place but they were done to suit individuals. I think, IPL should be kept alive and BCCI needs to distance itself from IPL. It should be run by an independ-

ent body comprising eminent people.” BCCI lawyer, C Aryama Sundaram said he did not en-tirely agree with the decision to suspend the two teams for such a long period of time.

“It doesn’t surprise me that Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra have been found guilty and so the punishment wasn’t unexpected either. I do fi nd a slight problem on purely legal platform as to the suspension of the two teams for that long period,” he said.

“It was found it was an individual act, done by a person.

The team itself didn’t indulge in match fi xing activity. So unless you fi nd a team is collectively to be blamed, I do wonder if the team should be meted with such consequence. I think it is an upset for the entire league,” Sundaram added.

Former BCCI chief Inderjit Singh Bindra also hailed the decision. “A historic and landmark order. Beginning of the process of cleansing Indian cricket. I do hope that BCCI learns the right lessons,” he wrote on his twitter handle.

Bindra also said that ICC

Chairman N. Srinivasan, father-in-law of Meiyappan, should also be put to task by BCCI for his role.

“Srini is obviously guilty of protecting Guru and CSK. BCCI should take immediate action against him by withdrawing his nomination to ICC. NS (Srini-vasan) has no moral authority to continue as head of ICC. He should step down immediately, failing which Board should take action,” he tweeted.

Former India wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani said,” It is unfor-tunate that such malpractices have cropped in the game. I think it is unfortunate for the players of these two teams. They have been playing at the high-est level. So where they gonna go. But I guess it won’t matter as there are so many tourna-ments.” The social networking site was abuzz with reactions from former players such as Sanjay Manjrekar and Bishan Bedi. Manjrekar tweeted: “Whatever needs to be done to get complete trust of the fans in the game has to be done. Fans make or break this game.”

Bedi wrote: “Justice Lodha committee after Justice Mudgal fi ndings comes as breath of fresh air, but only just! There’s more muck for Cricket 2 breathe afresh!”. - PTI

Verdict will restore people’s faith in IPL, says Mudgal

CRICKET WILL COME OUT CLEANER: Justice Mukul Mudgal supports judgement.

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Jadhav’s maiden ton in India’s clean sweep

HARARE: Kedar Jadhav made Zimbabwe pay for a woeful dropped catch as his unbeaten century powered India to an 83-run victory in the third one-day international at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday and a series whitewash.

Jadhav was on 41 when Elton Chigumbura put down the sim-plest of chances off the bowling of Graeme Cremer, and the In-dian batsman went on to score his maiden ton in just his fourth ODI as India posted 276 for fi ve after being put in to bat.

The feat gave Indian cricket something to cheer about on the day that two Indian Premier League franchises were suspend-ed for two years and two offi cials were banned for life for their part in the 2013 fi xing scandal.

While Jadhav fi nished on 105 not out from 87 balls, Manish Pandey also provided a good news story as he made 71 on his long-

awaited international debut - the fourth-highest score by an Indian debutant in ODIs.

The pair allowed India to recov-er from the precarious position of 82 for four as they shared in a 144-run stand for the fi fth wicket.

“It was good that Manish was going nicely so it gave me some time to adjust to the wicket. Later on when I got set I played some shots,” said Jadhav.

“I told myself that whenever I get going, I will stay to the last and make sure that my team wins. I’m happy to have done that today.”

Pandey’s 86-ball knock came to an end when he holed out to long-on, but Jadhav helped In-dia add 50 runs in the last 19 balls of the innings and in the pro-

cess reached his century off 86 deliveries.

As he had in the second ODI, Chamu Chibhabha provided the sole bright spot in Zimbabwe’s reply, scoring 82 as the hosts were bowled out for 193 in 42.4 overs.

The next highest score for Zim-babwe was Regis Chakabva’s 27, as Stuart Binny swung the ball viciously on his way to fi gures of 3 for 55 in 10 overs.

Mohit Sharma, Harbhajan Sin-gh and Axar Patel provided excel-lent back-up and each took two wickets, leaving the Zimbabwe-ans to refl ect on a ninth straight defeat in completed ODIs.

“We are looking to improve, so please bear with us,” coach Dav Whatmore said. “We are trying re-

ally hard to get it right and we will need a bit more time.”

The two teams will now take part in a two-match Twenty20 se-ries that starts at the same ground on Friday. - AFP

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INDIAA. Rahane c Utseya b Madziva 15M. Vijay c Mutumbami b Madziva 13R. Uthappa c Chigumbura b Masakadza 31M. Tiwary c and b Utseya 10M. Pandey c Sikandar b Chibhabha 71K. Jadhav not out 105S. Binny not out 18Extras (1-b, 1-lb, 10-w, 1-nb) 13Total (5 wkts, 50 overs) 276Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Rahane), 2-33 (Vijay), 3-68 (Tiwary), 4-82 (Uthappa), 5-226 (Pandey).Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma.Bowling: Tiripano 8-0-46-0, Madziva 9-0-59-2, Chibhabha 8-0-55-1, Ma-sakadza 10-0-31-1, Utseya 10-0-41-1, Cremer 5-0-42-0.ZIMBABWEH. Masakadza lbw b Sharma 7C. Chibhabha c Jadhav b Binny 82R. Chakabva b Patel 27E. Chigumbura lbw b Vijay 10R. Mutumbami lbw b Binny 22Sikandar Raza b Harbhajan Singh 13M. Waller c Rahane b Binny 5G. Cremer c Rahane b Harbhajan Singh 0P. Utseya c Uthappa b Sharma 0D. Tiripano not out 13N. Madziva st Uthappa b Patel 3Extras (10-w, 1-nb) 11Total (all out, 42.4 overs) 193Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Masakadza), 2-86 (Chakabva), 3-97 (Chigumbura), 4-150 (Mutumbami), 5-160 (Chibhabha), 6-172 (Sikandar Raza), 7-172 (Cremer), 8-176 (Waller), 9-176 (Utseya), 10-193 (Madziva).Bowling: Kumar 6-1-12-0, Sharma 7-0-33-2, Binny 10-1-55-3, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-35-2, Patel 6.4-0-39-2, Vijay 3-0-19-1.Toss: ZimbabweUmpires: Simon Fry and J. MatibiriTV umpire: Russell Tiffi n (ZIM)

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DAY’S HERO: Indian batsman Kedar Jadhav in action during the

third One-day International against Zimbabwe in Harare. – AP/PTI

Srinivasan ‘should not represent’ BCCINEW DELHI: Aditya Verma, the petitioner in the IPL spot-fi xing scandal, hailed the Lodha Com-mittee verdict and demanded that BCCI should withdraw N Srinivasan’s nomination as its representative in the ICC.

A committee headed by former CJI R M Lodha, on Tuesday held that the betting activities Gu-runath Meiyappan, considered the face of CSK owners, and Raj Kun-dra, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals, have brought the game of cricket, BCCI and IPL into disrepute.

“I am very happy with the ver-dict of Justice Lodha Committee.

Those who have brought disre-pute to the game should be done away by the BCCI,” Verma, sec-retary of unrecognised Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), told PTI after the IPL verdict.

“I want BCCI to form a special committee and throw N Srini-vasan (former BCCI president) out of the Indian Cricket Board forever,” he added. Verma also

urged the BCCI to cancel Tamil Nadu strongman Srinivasan’s representation in the Interna-tional Cricket Council (ICC).Srinivasan is the also chairman of the ICC. “I also request the BCCI to cancel his (Srinivasan’s) BCCI representation in ICC af-ter this verdict. If BCCI does not adhere to my demands then I will take BCCI to court regarding this matter,” threatened Verma.

Asked if BCCI agrees to CSK demerger, Verma said, “The for-mer BCCI president has already opposed it as BCCI incurred Rs 50 crore loss because CSK shares being valued at Rs. fi ve lakh.” - PTI

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Mystery surrounds Haddin ahead of the Lord’s TestLONDON: Mystery surrounded Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin two days before the start of the second Test against Eng-land at Lord’s.

Sydney’s Daily Telegraph re-ported that Haddin did not train with the team on Tuesday and was expected to miss the match for “personal reasons.”

The newspaper said Peter Nev-ill would make his Test debut as Haddin’s replacement.

Australia fast bowler Peter Sid-dle, however, said the 37-year-old Haddin was still in line to play.

“He’s fi ne,” Siddle told a news conference. “Just had an easy day today. It’s been a long few months already that we’ve been away. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was out there for sure at the weekend.”

Cricket Australia could not be reached for comment.

Haddin had a poor game in Cardiff , dropping England centu-rion Joe Root on nought and fail-ing twice with the bat.

Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc is expected to be fi t despite struggling with an an-kle injury.

The 25-year-old Starc, who took seven wickets in the fi rst test in Cardiff which England won by 169 runs, has been bat-

tling an ankle problem.“Starcy got through well today,

bowled out in the middle off the long run, both ends, he’s feeling good,” said Siddle who did not play in the Cardiff test.

“I guess it’s just a waiting game at the moment for myself. Every-one’s fi t at the moment which is nice.” - Reuters

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Froome demolishes rivals on first Tour mountain test

LA PIERRE ST MARTIN: Chris Froome savagely ripped the heart out of his Tour de France compe-tition on Tuesday by streaking to victory on the fi rst mountain stage of this year’s race.

The 30-year-old Briton, who started the day in yellow, blitzed one rival after another before coming home alone at the end of the 167km 10th stage from Tarbes to la Pierre-Saint Martin.

The Sky team leader made his attack with a little over 6km left on the brutal 15km climb to the fi nish. At that point, reigning champion Vincenzo Nibali had al-ready been dropped and two-time former winner Alberto Contador was struggling.

They came home respectively 21st at 4min 27sec and 11th at 2min 51sec to see their overall ti-tle hopes shredded.

Only Colombian climber Nairo Quintana, and American Tejay Van Garderen to a certain extent, managed to limit their losses.

Quintana fi nished third on the stage at 1min 04sec, suff ering the insult of Froome’s domestique Richie Porte beating him to the line for second place to deny him a pair of bonus seconds.

The Colombian moved up to third overall, though he’s now 3min 09sec behind Froome, albeit with several mountain stages to come. Van Garderen rode a solid race to come home 10th at 2min 30sec and hold onto second over-all at 2min 52sec.

But it was a miserable day for French hopes Jean-Christophe Peraud, Thibaut Pinot and Ro-main Bardet who were dropped on the lower slopes of the fi nal climb.

In the fi rst half of the race, a two-man breakaway of Pierrick Fedrigo and Kenneth Van Bilsen built up a 15-minute lead on the peloton. But by the time they reached the foot

of the fi nal climb to the summit fi nish, their lead was down to just 2min 30sec, and their time in the sun was almost up.

Several of the favourites’ teams pushed the pace as their leaders fought to start the climb at the front of the peloton.

Van Bilsen gave up the ghost 13km from the end while Fedrigo lasted another 1.5km before the battle for the stage victory over-took him. By that point the pelo-ton had been shredded under the pace set by Quintana’s Movistar team to just 25 riders.

But already for the hosts it

made miserable viewig as Peraud, runner-up to Nibali in 2014, Pinot, third last year, and Bardet, sixth 12 months ago, were amongst the debris. As Fedrigo was caught, Dutchman Robert Geesink coun-ter-attacked alone.

But incredibly it was Nibali next to crack more than 10km out from the fi nish. Spaniard Rafael Valls had set off after Geesink and the two formed a tandem at the front with a 30sec lead.

Joaquim Rodriguez, the win-ner on the stage three Mur de Huy climb, and last year’s king of the mountains Rafal Majka were the

next to be dropped. Sky took up the pace-setting but Quintana’s teammate Alejandro Valverde attacked and the reaction from Froome’s team reeled in Valls as only a dozen riders were left in the yellow jersey group.

Porte took over pace-setting and Contador was next to feel the pace and drop off , with Valverde following shortly afterwards.

Van Garderen also cracked as Geesink was caught, leaving only Froome and Quintana in Porte’s wheel. But when Froome launched his decisive attack, he dealt a crushing blow to his rivals. - AFP

The 30-year-old

Briton, who started

the day in yellow,

blitzed one rival

after another before

coming home alone

at the end of the

167km 10th stage

from Tarbes to la

Pierre-Saint Martin

GREAT SHOW: Great Britain’s Christopher Froome celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the

podium at the end of the 167 km tenth stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France cycling race

between Tarbes and La Pierre-Saint-Martin, southwestern France. – AFP

England’s Lyth liking the Test lifeLONDON: England opener Adam Lyth believes he is becom-ing increasingly attuned to Test cricket as he looks to help the side extend their Ashes series lead over Australia.

The hosts head into the second Test at Lord’s starting on Thurs-day 1-0 up in the fi ve-match cam-paign after a convincing 169-run win over the Ashes holders in Car-diff last weekend.

Lyth has had an up and down time to his, as yet, brief interna-tional career with one hundred in six Test innings but with a next-best score of 37.

The Yorkshireman gained England selection on the back of some fl uent innings for the county champions and the 27-year-old left-hander does not believe any

major changes to his technique are required for him to nail down a Test berth.

“I’ve got to try and play my way,” he told reporters at Lord’s on Tuesday. “If it’s there to be hit, if it’s a half-volley, I’ll hit it. We know we’ve got to play to our strengths. I am an attacking bats-man, but respect the conditions.”

Australia boast one of the most formidable pace attacks in world cricket and a sanguine Lyth said: “Opening the batting against these quality bowlers, you’re going to get some low scores. “It’s about keep believing what my strengths are and I’m sure I’ll be fi ne.”

However, he accepted an-other big score would he timely, not least in an Ashes clash at the ‘home of cricket’.

“I’m doing okay at the minute,” he said. “Obviously, I’d like more runs. But I think the way I’ve gone about my business, opening the batting, has been good.

“I’ve got one hundred. I hope I can get out there this week, get past the new ball, cash in and try to get another one.”

Playing in an Ashes series is widely regarded as the pinnacle of the game for an England or Australia cricketer, with Lyth no exception.

“It’s been fantastic — to be a part of something very, very spe-cial is a great honour,” he said.

“It was great to be a part of a winning side at Cardiff . We out-played them in all three parts of the game. I’m moving well and playing well. I copped a decent

ball in the fi rst innings, and a great catch in the second innings,” add-ed Lyth, who made a score of six and 37 in the fi rst Test.

“So confi dence is very high in my game, and fi ngers crossed there will be some runs out there this week.”

Meanwhile Lyth, following in the path of James Anderson, be-came the second England player this week to e quizzed about the refusal of the Australian side to accept home captain Alastair Cook’s off er of a post-match drink in Cardiff .

Lyth said the invitation would still stand, come what may at Lord’s.

“I’m sure the door will be open and I hope we’ll share a beer,” he said. — AFP

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Broad wary of letting slip leadLONDON: Stuart Broad believes England’s recent history will help the side guard against complacen-cy when they head into Thursday’s second Ashes Test at Lord’s 1-0 up in the fi ve-match series.

England confounded many pre-series predictions with a 169-run victory over Australia in the fi rst Test at Cardiff ’s Sophia Gardens on Saturday — a win completed with more than a day to spare.

Fast-medium bowler Broad, of-ten a thorn in Australia’s side, took three for 39 on Saturday including the key wickets of Steven Smith and skipper Michael Clarke as the Ashes-holders lost four wickets

for nine runs. However, this year has seen England go 1-0 up only to be pegged back away to the West Indies and New Zealand in series that eventually ended all square.

“This group of players won in the Caribbean (and) lost the next one, then won at Lord’s and lost at Headingley (against New Zea-land),” Broad said.

“We’ve got a huge amount of moti-vation to put those results right,” he added. “Having been in a team who have lost the fi rst Test and are all up for winning the next one, if a team comes out and just hits you straight away with skill it can be quite defl at-ing. So we need to start well.” — AFP

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Oman team to participate in Hungary chess tourney

MUSCAT: Oman national chess team will take part in the Kec-skemet GM Chess tournament in Hungary from June 21 to 30, ac-cording to a press release received from the Oman Chess Committee.

Oman players are indulged in an intensive training camp in Sala-lah, which began on July 9 and will continue till July 18.

Training sessionsThe training sessions are being su-pervised by national coach Ismael

Karim, and he said all the players are tournament ready and brim-ming with confi dence.

“We are having intensive train-ing sessions every day and all the players are responding well and full of enthusiasm,” said Karim, who said the tournament in Hun-gary will help Oman players to gain more points.

Oman will be represented by Amer Al Mashani, Salem Al Amri, Mohammed Al Mashaiqi, Amir Al Ansi and Said Aadil.

Oman will be represented in the Kecskemet

Chess tournament in Hungary by Amer Al

Mashani, Salem Al Amri, Mohammed Al

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CAMP IN SALALAH: Oman national team players in action during an intensive conditioning camp in

Salalah which began on July 9 and will continue till July 16. – Supplied photo

There’s life in me yet: Woods

ST ANDREWS: Tiger Woods says that age and injuries have failed to diminish his will to win and that more major titles are still possible as he approaches his 40th birthday..

Speaking Tuesday ahead of his fi fth British Open at St An-drews, the former world number one spoke of recent hard times and the increasingly distant good times in his golf career.

Questioned at his pre-tourna-ment press conference if he had ever harboured thoughts of re-tirement during his bleak spell this year, Woods shot back: “Well, retirement? I don’t have any AARP (retirement) card yet, so I’m a ways from that.

“I feel like my body is fi nally healed up from the (back) surgery from last year.

“You know, they say it takes you about four-to-six months to get back, but I’ve heard a lot of guys on tour who have had the surgery and other athletes say it takes over a year to get back.

“I think they were there prob-ably closer to being right, it being a full year to get back.”

Woods feels that time is on his side as he continues his quest to add to the 14 major title wins he has and close the gap on the

all-time record of 18 held by Jack Nicklaus.

But his last win in a Grand Slam event came over seven years ago at the US Open, his last win in a British Open was at Hoylake at 2006 and his last at St Andrews was in 2005.

Injuries and changes to his swing pattern have dominated his game for the last two years reaching a nadir this year when he clocked up career-worst scores on the PGA Tour and in the US Open, where he missed the cut, and a best fi nish of tied 17th in the Masters. But St Andrews and the Old Course could, he feels, hold the key to helping him return to former glories.

It’s his favourite course any-where and if there is one place that can inspire him to revive his fl agging fortunes - alongside Au-gusta National - it is St Andrews.

-Old Course memories - He knows the Old Course like the back of his hand, having won his fi rst Open title there by eight strokes in 2000 and then again, by fi ve strokes, in 2005.

“You know, obviously it’s the Home of Golf, we all know that. But to me it’s brilliant, how you can play it so many diff erent ways,” he said.

“I’ve always wanted to play it one time -- before I die I want to play it one time backwards. I’d love to be able to play it that way, just one time. I think that would be just a blast.”

Despite his innate knowledge of the course, Woods was one of the fi rst golfers to arrive at St Andrews, teeing off last Saturday for the fi rst time since he tied for 23rd place in 2010.

He was surprised at what he found.

“It’s playing a little bit diff er-ently than we’ve had in previous Opens, or the previous Opens that I’ve played in,” he said.

“It’s a little bit softer and I’m sure it’s going to get even softer with the forecast (rain) for Friday. It’ll be playing a little bit diff er-ently this year.”

“The only time I’ve ever seen it like this was when we played the Dunhill Cup in ‘98. It was cold and soft then, and it’s obviously not as cold now, but it’s playing about the same type of fi rmness. It’s just not quite chasing.”

Woods has a mid-morning tee-time on Thursday going out in the company of 2010 champion at St Andrews Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and Australian shot-maker Jason Day. - AFP

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DRYING UP: Tiger Woods of the U.S. uses a towel to dry the golf balls as he stands on the driving

range ahead of a practice round ahead of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course in

St. Andrews, Scotland. – Reuters

Johnston replaces Bayliss as NSW coach

SYDNEY: Former Ireland cap-tain and fast bowler Trent John-ston was Tuesday appointed as New South Wales’s new head coach, replacing Trevor Bayliss who left to take charge of Eng-land. Australian-born Johnston, who had been interim coach since Bayliss was appointed to the England job in May, beat off a string of contenders, reported-ly including Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha.

“This is a very exciting oppor-tunity for me and I am ready to take this next step in my career,” said Johnston.

“I am passionate about cricket, I am passionate about coaching and I am passionate about NSW.”

The 41-year-old made his fi rst-class debut for NSW along-side Brett Lee in 1999 before moving to Ireland for family reasons. - AFP

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‘Tough to imagine IPL without Dhoni’

NEW DELHI: Former In-dia captain Sunil Gavaskar on Tuesday admitted that “it will be tough” to imagine an Indian Premier League edition without Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the Supreme Court Committee decided to suspend Chennai Su-per Kings for two years.

Asked about an IPL without Dhoni, Gavaskar said, “Yes, that is going to be very tough.Howev-er, MSD is only 34 years old and in a few years will be bidding good bye to international crick-et. In any case, it will be tough to imagine an IPL without Dhoni.”

Gavaskar also said that the players of CSK and Rajasthan Royals must be feeling terrible at the moment, especially being singled out for no fault of theirs as somebody else has been at fault. When three former Chief Justices give a verdict, you can-not question their credibility and integrity,” Gavaskar said. — PTI

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Russia sack Fabio Capello as coach

MOSCOW: Russian’s Football Union (RFU) on Tuesday dis-missed Fabio Capello as national team head coach, ending the Ital-ian’s three years in charge after a string of disappointing results.

“The Russian Football Union and the head coach of the national team, Fabio Capello, have mutual-ly agreed to terminate his employ-ment contract,” the union said in a statement. “The RFU sincerely thanks Capello for his work as the country’s national team head coach and wishes him success in his future professional activity.”

Capello — who is reported to be the highest-paid coach in inter-national football — took over the Russian team in 2012 and took them to the 2014 World Cup be-fore being given a lucrative new contract to stay in the job through to the end of the 2018 World Cup, which Russia will host.

The former England boss is expected to come to Moscow on Wednesday to formally end his contract with the RFU.

A source told Russian news wire R-Sport that the 69-year-old coach will receive around 930 million roubles ($16.3m, £10.5m, 14.8m euros) in compensation.

“That’s the way of the football world,” ITAR-TASS news agency quoted Capello’s assistant Oreste Cinquini as saying in comments

translated into Russian.“But we don’t have any hard feel-

ings towards the RFU.”

Poor resultsCapello has come under increas-ing pressure following a dismal run of results and the team’s lack-lustre performances in Russia’s

Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.Russia have just two wins to

their name from six matches in qualifying Group G — a 4-0 home victory over Liechtenstein last September before being awarded a 3-0 victory from the abandoned clash against Montenegro in Pod-gorica in March. They have been

held at home by minnows Moldova and suff ered two defeats to group leaders Austria.

Russia are third in the group with four matches to go, mean-ing their place at Euro 2016 in France this time next year is far from secure as only the best third-placed side from the nine groups

will qualify along with the top two sides from each section, and the rest going into play-off s.

The RFU has not named any candidates to replace the Italian at the helm of the country’s national side so far, although local press had earlier named CSKA Moscow head coach Leonid Slutsky, FC Krasnodar manager Oleg Konon-ov and former Russian assistant coach Alexander Borodyuk as pos-sible successors.

The union will need to fi nd a replacement for Capello as soon as possible as the country’s next Euro 2016 qualifi er is a potentially decisive fi xture at home to second-placed Sweden on September 5.

Discontent towards Capello started after Russia were knocked out at the group stage of the World Cup in Brazil last year.

Capello was widely criticised, and only the backing of the coun-try’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko prevented him from losing his job.

After last month’s 1-0 defeat at the hands of Austria in Moscow, a group of Russian football fans start-ed a fund-raising campaign aimed at collecting the sum of 21.4 million euros ($23.6m, £15.3m) needed to buy Capello out of his contract.

An opinion poll showed that 53 percent of football fans in the country wanted Capello to step down. Law-makers in the lower house of Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, praised the decision to let the Italian go.

“It’s a good step by both the RFU and Capello,” RIA-Novosti agency quoted an unnamed deputy as say-ing. “And without doubt it is a very courageous act by Capello. Despite the fact that he has failed to show his best here in Russia he is defi -nitely a great coach.” - AFP

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END OF CONTRACT: Acting President of the Russian Football Union

Nikita Simonyan gestures after an Executive Committee meeting in

Moscow, Russia on Tuesday. The Russian Football Union (RFU) said

it had ended its contract with national team coach Fabio Capello,

three years before the country hosts 2018 World Cup. – Reuters

OUT OF FAVOUR: A fi le picture taken on October 12, 2014 shows

Russia’s sacked head coach Fabio Capello from Italy gesturing dur-

ing the Uefa Euro 2016 qualifi er between Russia and Moldova. – AFP

Lampard, Gerrard among MLS stars to face SpursNEW YORK: Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard may be set for a swift midfi eld reunion after the former England stars were named Monday in a squad to face Totten-ham in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game later this month.

The riddle of how to success-fully pair Gerrard and Lampard stumped a succession of England managers before the duo quit inter-national football and opted to head to the MLS. Former Liverpool star Gerrard made his debut for the Los

Angeles Galaxy last Saturday in a 2-1 friendly victory over Mexico’s Club America while former Chel-sea star Lampard has yet to take the fi eld for New York City FC.

Both players only joined MLS clubs this month but each was made a special selection to the MLS roster by MLS commissioner Don Garber while fan voting nomi-nated 11 other players, eight of them US national team members.

MLS All-Stars coach Pablo Mastroeni will name 20 players

to line up alongside Lampard and Gerrard on the all-star roster on July 18. Fan voting does not ensure a spot on the squad but is consid-ered in deciding the fi nal 22-man roster for the July 29 game.

The MLS lineup will meet the

English Premier League side in suburban Denver. The MLS All-Stars defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 last year after being beaten 3-1 by Roma in 2013. Lampard has faced Tottenham 33 times in English Premier League play, netting seven

goals, while Gerrard has fi ve goals in 25 prior appearances against the Spurs. Lampard has played in the MLS All-Star Game before, tak-ing the fi eld for Chelsea in 2006, when the English side lost 1-0 to the MLS All-Stars, and in 2012, when the MLS All-Stars won 3-2. Lampard scored once and set up the other goal in 2012 encounter.

The MLS All-Star Game will mark the fi rst time Gerrard and Lampard have played alongside each other since last year’s World

Cup in Brazil. International play-ers selected in fan voting included Brazilian star Kaka from Orlando City, Spanish legend David Villa of New York City and Nigerian for-ward Obafemi Martins of Seattle.

US players on the MLS All-Stars roster include captain Michael Bradley for Toronto, Seattle’s Clint Dempsey, the Galaxy’s Omar Gonza-lez, Real Salt Lake’s Nick Rimando, Houston’s DaMarcus Beasley and Kansas City’s Matt Besler, Graham Zusi and Benny Feilhaber. - AFP

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LeisureSECTIONC L I F E S T Y L E W E D N E S DAY, J U LY 1 5, 2 0 1 5

Distinction is defi ned by the Oxford English dictionary

as “excellence that sets someone or something apart from others,” a lofty aspiration

for any hotel in Dubai, a city over-fl owing with properties promising ‘luxury’, perhaps

the most homogenised term in tourism. Yet that is exactly what the Ritz-Carlton

Dubai International Financial Centre is striving for.

Puttin’ On the Ritz in Dubai

By Scott Armstrong

LIFESTYLEC8 W E D N E S DAY, J U LY 1 5, 2 0 1 5

How does a property in one of the global capitals of ‘bling’ set itself apart from the opulent crowd?

Quite simply, it forgets the rest and focuses on its own standards of re-fi nement and service to make stays under its roof memorable.

From the outside, the stunning Ritz DIFC would seem more at home in the skylines of New York or Chicago, a fi tting addition to the growing sophistication of Dubai’s fi nancial district, which is matur-ing as a hub for culture and dining.

As you walk into the warm mar-ble of the lobby the design is wel-coming: grand, but not austere. The soft tones and elegant fur-nishings evoke a sense of style and substance, this is not death by crystals or overkill on opu-lence, this is a hotel purposefully created to put one at ease.

The smiles of the staff are con-vincing, less forced familiarity and more genuine hospitality than what one fi nds in many Dubai ho-tels. Here you don’t receive the mass market greeting of ‘Mam, sir’, but rather the ‘ah Mr Armstrong, delighted you could join us’.

If you book a Club Level room (thoroughly recommended) you will be taken to the plush executive lounge where you will enjoy a wel-come drink as all the check-in for-malities are taken care of for you.

You’ll chat with the aff able di-rector of rooms, Kevin Song (a cool guy according to my teenage boy), while your bags are whisked away.

Opting for the Ambassador Suite aff ords you the opportunity to let your jaw drop a little. While

‘wow’ seems too cheap a word, it neatly describes the ‘walk-through the door’ experience.

Some 1,400sqft of space is luxuriously divided into an entry lobby which leads to a spacious lounge and dining area where wall-to-ceiling windows open onto a grand balcony overlooking the DIFC.

Off the impressive foyer, the master bedroom features a king-sized bed outfitted with feather bed topper, down comforter, and 400 thread-count Egyptian cotton linens. The marble bath-room, complete with bath and monsoon rain shower, feels like a personal spa. Given the level of service and style, this hotel has perhaps unfairly been labelled as a business property, no doubt thanks in part to its location in heart of the DIFC. Though it is, without question, an excellent place for work meetings, the property has just as much to of-fer the leisure traveller.

Located just 15 minutes from Dubai International Airport and five minutes away from the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall (the emirate’s shopping malls offering Ramadan and Eid dis-counts galore this weekend), the Ritz provides a pretty fantastic home base for a quick retail-in-spired UAE shopping trip across the border.

The DIFC is also brimming with some of the best restaurants in the city. On-site, the hotel’s most memorable dining option, for this traveller at least, was Café Belge. The eatery, which ‘celebrates the vibrant spirit of 1920s Brussels’,

oozes charm and easy sophisti-cation, drawing a lively evening crowd for the jazz as much as for the excellent food. Here suits and ties sit comfortably next to hip-sters, refl ecting the cultural blend of the neighbourhood itself.

Alternatively, for those who opted for the Club Level, guests can indulge in some quiet time in the executive lounge, where in place of the typical hosted ‘hap-py hour,’ you will just find qual-ity food and beverages available all day, served in comfortable surroundings by attentive (but not overly so) staff. Featuring its own kitchen and chef, the menu changes regularly, so no sin-gle visit is the same as the last. The tone of the lounge it set by its director, the immensely lik-able Dara, whose competence and conviviality are perfectly

blended; his easy charm mixing with absolutely apparent ability. In many ways he reflects what makes Ritz-Carlton stand out in the crowd.

While you know the staff of the Ritz Carlton, from top to bottom, work tirelessly to make your stay memorable, absent is the feeling of trying too hard, of anything being forced. This is most likely thanks to the hand-picked team of hospitality pro-fessionals who know precisely what they are doing.

The result is a stay that is nearly eff ortless for the visitor, provided by a property for which the sci-ence of comfortable, stress-free travel has been refi ned to an art.

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T R A V E L T I P S

Being weighed down by heavy bags or wasting time waiting in baggage claim adds undue stress to trips,

especially shorter getaways. Do yourself a favour and take only the bare necessities on your next escape.

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Roll your clothes rather than folding them to save space and to prevent wrinkles. You can pack up to three pairs of rolled socks inside your shoes.

Choosing neutral colours so that you can mix and match trousers, tops, or skirts, re-cycling them at least once during your trip. Also, any new items you buy will pair with what you already have in your suitcase.

Wear, don’t pack, bulky items like hats, jackets, and heavy footwear. Layers come in handy on planes as the tem-perature often fl uctuates sig-nifi cantly during the fl ight.

Make a list ahead of time. If you remember something, write it down immediately, before you forget. Doing good research on the destination before your trip should help generate lots of ideas about what you will need.

If your trip is a week long or less, try to fi t everything into a carry-on bag. Start with the basics: medications, cosmet-ics, undergarments, and two simple outfi ts, and then add item from there. Just be sure all liquids you carry are with-in the permitted limits.

What to pack: Look at each item and ask yourself: “Do I really need this?” If you hesitate, leave it behind. Unless you are going somewhere remote, you can buy basically any ne-cessity on the road.

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Crescent“THE SKY IS WHITE. The sky shouldn’t be white be-cause it’s after midnight and the moon has not yet appeared and nothing is as black and as ancient as the night in Baghdad…But it’s white because white is the colour of an exploding rocket.” I re-read the opening sentences of Crescent over and over again, and every time I open this book, I get goose bumps as I scan the opening pages. Despite this scene of war, the book is actually about a quieter battle, a struggle to fi nd connection and community and love in the most uncertain of worlds. Interestingly, and chillingly, the book was writ-ten in 2003, before the American-Iraq war broke out. The author, Diana Abu-Jaber, drew on several very real themes from her own life as a Jordanian-American in craft-ing the novel. Abu-Jaber grew up with her immigrant father, a man

who lived in an in-between place, never feeling fully at home in his new country, yet unable to live com-fortably back in Jordan either. He found comfort and connection with his past in the kitchen, perhaps the only place where time had no eff ect on the pleasure and reality of the moment. His sense of longing and the intimate comforts of the kitchen are potent elements of her book, which is set in an academic Arab en-clave in Los Angeles.

The story revolves around an orphaned woman, Sirine, who spends her days cooking at a small Arabian café near the university and lives with her uncle, a profes-sor in the Near Eastern Studies Department. Throughout the book Sirine’s endearing uncle recites the tale of Abdelrahman Salaha-din, which is, as he puts it, “the sto-ry of how to love,” to a disinterest-ed Sirine. The adventures of this

folklore hero weave eff ortlessly with the more subtle struggles and every day dramas in the lives of the characters, which begin when a handsome, but slightly tortured, new Iraqi professor joins the de-partment, catching Sirine’s eye.

The book, set amidst the sway-ing palms of Southern California, is scented with cardamom, cori-ander, and simmering tea leaves. The book maintains a leisurely pace, unhurried, but no less im-pactful for it. This is not an ac-tion movie, it is a meandering dip into another world, a tiny, perhaps seemingly inconsequential world, but one in which the essence of the human experience, with all its quiet pain and pleasure, are po-tently distilled. I long to sit in the comforting presence of Sirine’s uncle, I desperately want her to be happy and not alone, and when I set down these pages, I feel in-

spired to get into my own kitchen and meditatively cook the same comforting dishes that she creates. Abu-Jaber’s words are so nakedly simple and so deeply true that they cut straight to the most vulnerable part of my heart. I savour my time in the world she has created, and I fi nd myself thinking back on the stories of Abdelrahman, about Sirine’s choices, and about what it means to embrace the world, despite all its ambiguities.

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MIAMI: Carnival Corp, the world’s biggest travel and leisure fi rm, plans to launch cruises to Cuba in May, following the historic thaw between the communist nation and the US.

The US Treasury Department and Commerce Department granted the company approval for the plans, Carnival announced on Tuesday, though it has yet to receive Cuban authorisation.

The cruises will leave from Miami, and will be operated by the company’s new brand called “fathom,” which of-fers positive “social impact” travel ex-periences to developing nations.

It will mark the first cruises from the US to Cuba since the two countries severed ties in 1961.

Under the initiative, some 37,000

travellers a year will either volun-teer or be immersed in educational and cultural exchanges in local com-munities, according to Carnival.

The Cuban trips will be full-week sailings, and will take place in addi-tion to similar voyages to the Domini-can Republic that will start a month earlier, in April 2016.

The announcement comes amid a rapprochement between Cuba and the United States that began in De-cember after half a century of enmity between the Cold War foes.

And just days ago, the two coun-tries announced they were formally re-establishing ties and reopening their respective embassies in each other’s country.

“We look forward to working with the Cuban authorities for their ap-

proval to help make the social, cul-tural and humanitarian exchanges between US citizens and the people of Cuba a reality,” said Carnival presi-dent and CEO Arnold Donald.

“We know there is strong de-mand from travellers who want to immerse themselves in Cuban culture, so this is a historic oppor-tunity for us to enable more people to experience Cuban society.”

Under US law and the existing economic embargo on the commu-nist island, tourism is still banned for Americans, who can only travel if their visit falls under one of 12 catego-ries, including for family, academic, cultural, sports or religious reasons.

Only 90 miles (145 kilometres) separate the southeastern US state of Florida and Cuba.

Half a dozen Florida companies received authorisation in May to fer-ry passengers between the two coun-tries, though several requirements must still be met, including receiving permits from Havana.

Carnival said the price of its weeklong cruises to Cuba will start at $2,290.

About 100,000 Americans visited Cuba last year, and Cuban authori-ties expect that fi gure to rise.

But American companies eager to break into the Cuban market have warned that Cuba lacks proper in-frastructure to handle a big increase in the number of visitors.

Last year Cuba received a record three million visitors and tourism revenue totalling $2.6 billion. —AFP

Carnival gets US approval for cruises to Cuba

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Equipped kitchen showroom

company for sale at Ghubrah, Muscat.

6 visa available,

Contact owner at 96303747

Computer set up for sale. Contact

94412557

A parlour well settled / well

equipped in running position at

Ghobrah for sale. Contact immedi-

ately on 97498898

Darsait near labor card Medical

business furnished offi ce for sale,

rent R.O 260/- p/m.

Contact: 91211117

Ladies beauty parlor sale in Mut-

trah, above Ahla supermarket.

Contact: 93231403

Used Super market Gandola RO

40.000 PER meter, double tube light

RO 2.000 per piece.

Contact: 96441670

Total Station Survey Instrument

S3 2” / Servo/ Trimble access

bundle - batch 9101025 – not used.

Contact: 94282782 / 95425747

6 bedroom, 6 bath rooms, sitting &

dining villa at Qurum.

Contact: 99342733

Turkish MDF door with frame for

sale, size 210 x 100 Price: RO 75/-.

Contact: 95899296 / 92141514

Sale & repair of Tyres 315/80

R 22.5 & 12.00 R 24.

Contact: 97477128

Offi ce space at Alasfoor Plaza

Qurum. Contact : 24566217

/24564686

For rent if require fl ats for rent in

Wadi Kabir please send me mes-

sages through Whatsapp.

Contact: 99376454

Luxury 3 BHK fl at in Al Wattaya

with split A/C & private parking.

RO.500/- Contact – 93191111

Flat for rent in Mabellah 8th.

Contact: 97147240

Flat in South Al Hail, 2 bedrooms,

Majlis, 2 bathrooms, kitchen RO

250/-. Contact 93221474

Flat in Ruwi Mumtaz 2 BHK

RO 300 or 1 BHK 250 RO.

Contact 98588240

2BHK with split AC near PDO Gate

no -2 at Qurum. Contact: 94057023

2 bed rooms, kitchen, toilet & car

park in Al Khuwair R.O 200/- .

Contact 95154331

Deluxe furnished / unfurnished

fl ats Qurum. Contact: 24566217 /

24564686

Commercial 3 BHK fl at in Al Ghobra

18 Nov Street. RO 700/-

Contact 93191111

2 BHK fl at in Al Azaiba near sea,

with split A/C. RO.340/- Contact

93191111

Villa of 5 BHK in Al Ansab with split

A/C. RO.650/- Contact – 93191111

For rent in Qantab European style 4

bedrooms, 4 baths, Guest toilet, fully

equipped modern kitchen, covered

car park for two cars, approximately

150 meters from the beach. For

enquiries, please Contact: Yasser at

92606005

1BHK, 2BHK, 3BHK new fl at

available at Mabela in front of Mod-

ern English School

Contact: 96239126

Deluxe 1, 2 BHK fl ats in Darsait,

AL Khuwair 1deal for offi ce &

residence. Contact 99369081

/99142314

Flat at Darsait. Contact 99326879

2 BHK Town house at Assarain

complex Al Khuwair for rent.

Contact 96365824 Rent RO 750

2 BHK near Kuwaiti Masjid Wadi Ka-

bir. Contact: 24816774 / 97608564

2 BHK, 2 bathrooms behind Abu

Nabil, Honda Road R.O 240/-.

Contact: 99737562 / 93887852

2BHK, 2 bathroom behind Sana

Wadi Kabir R.O 300/-.

Contact: 99737562 / 93887852

Luxurious room, fully furnished

with free WIFI and gas at Ruwi.

Contact : 95586937

Shop for rent/ sale in Ruwi near

Dish market good location, behind

City Cinema. Contact: 91318111

Flat for rent in Wadi Kabir with

3 rooms. Contact : 98555580 /

92800007

Flat for rent 2 bedrooms, sitting

room, store gym in ground fl oor in

Mumtaz area-Ruwi.

Contact 95135445

1BHK fl ats at Muttrah near Oman

house. Contact : 93231403

DAILY GUIDEW E D N E S D AY, J U LY 1 5 , 2 0 1 5 D3

FOR SALE

MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SALE

Urgent sell KIA CERATO 2012,

63200 KM Run Expat family

used,1.6L, Price R.O. 3300/-. Excellent

Condition. GSM 92286477

Volvo prime mover model 1998 for

inspection Contact: Mr. Mohammed

Al Harthy 99427071

Doctor driven, Toyota Corolla 2009,

Honda CRV 2009, low mileage

available at Bombay Medical, behind

Ruwi Police Station.

Contact 99326339

Toyota Corolla 1.8 ltr GLI excellent

condition 28,000 kms.

Contact: 97717152

Touareg 2011 Oman cars, 114000

KM, silver, 8500/-R.O. #92857111

Prado ,2012. Contact : 99336093

Peugeot 206-2007 Model, expat

driven. Contact 99209285

Sportage, 2013. Contact:99336093

Land Cruiser 2012. # 99336093

2 Prime Movers Man 2008 with 40

ton petrol tank each working at the

moment in Al Maha. Price OMR 35

Thousand each. Contact 97000155

or 92688692

2 Rooms & 2 bathrooms with

kitchen near al meera hyper mar-

kets, azaiba for executive bachelors

/ family. Gsm : 942 888 63

ACC. WANTED

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

Required a room in Darsait /

WadiKabir /Ruwi area.

Contact: 95405033

Fully furnished 1BHK with all

household items in Darsait near Lulu

on monthly Basis.

Contact : 99378397/99493500

1BHK sharing in Ruwi. Contact:

91214537

Sharing accommodation available

for working lady or couples near

Ruwi Church. Contact: 92837206

Room attached toilet and kitchen

near Indian School Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 95345537

Fully furnished room in Ruwi for

non cooking ex- bachelor.

Contact 94412557

*Classifi ed Advertisement space booking with text, should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s

publication. * Subject to space availability

Room with bath, kitchen Al Khuwair.

Contact: 99743569/ 97004265

Accommodation available with

Keralite family near W.K main

school. Contact: 95882866

/96575016

Single furnished room, attached

bathroom in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 92155261

Rooms for rent in Seeb for couple /

single/ working ladies.

Contact: 96996938

Furnished room AL Khuwair for In-

dian Sri Lankan. Contact: 96536307

Furnished room for Indian couples

or family near Honda Road (Walja).

Contact 98952904

3 cents plots-(12nos.) at walk-

able distance from Kovalm

Jn.,Trivandrum,Lorry site near to

main road-Bus route, for immediate

sale. 3 cents- 15 lakhs only.

Call 00968-95036240,

0091-9961034763 or

email- cfhd1@ yahoo.com

Centre For Housing Development-Trivandrum: Group of senior and

retired Engineers and Architects

provides service in the fi eld of

Design and Supervision of buildings

in Kerala.For appointments, E-mail

your site location and building

requirements to [email protected]. or

call 00968-95036240,

0091-9961034763.

38 cents plot with 2BHK house by

the river bank in Thrissur Dist. near

Irinjalakuda (Karavanoor).

Contact: 99347089

500 acre agricultural land suitable

for rubber plantation for sale in Rat-

nagiri Maharashtra. price 2 lakh per

acre, rubber board approved land,

minimum purchase 20 acre.

We provide care taking by expe-

rienced Malayalee team for your

plantation. please call ,

prasad 95760790

NRI

Brand new 4 BHK plus Maids room

in Barka, 2 Kms from Lulu.

Contact: 99347089

Well established medium size con-

struction company for sale. Equip-

ments, 30 employees &

ongoing projects.

Serious buyers only 99412020

Wall papers, grass carpets sale

& fi xing. Contact 99834373 /

97102699

Coff ee shop at Liwa main road.

Contact : 99515419

Commercial land for sale 3000 m

in quriyat road main high way can

use as a petrol station license

available asking price 350,000

For more information please call on

99070701 with out name

BUSINESS

New company seek partnership.

Contact: 96996938

General Investors. Gsm-99674870

2013 NISSAN MAXIMA FOR SALE.Single Owner,10 Months full cover

Insurance (UAE & Oman), 15,000

Km only. Intrested buyers can Call/

Whatsapp on 95692099

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting,

Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery,

Glassware, Chafi ng Dishes, Ice Sculp-

tures, to Large Sound Systems and spec-

tacular lighting. Call Andrea 9606 2222

for Catering and Croyden 9623 5555 for

Sound & Light. www.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: [email protected]

Furnished room attached bath for

lady in Wadikabir (Mars Hypermar-

ket) – 95941515

Independent rooms in Qurum /

Al Hail. Contact 95529970

Fully furnished room for a decent

expatriate. independent kitchen,

bathroom in Wadi Adai.

Contact 96243086 at 5p.m.

Furnished room with attached bath-

room in W/K. Contact: 97167857

Sharing for non cooking executive

bachelor in CBD area WIFI free,

Advance deposit.

Contact: 95094504

FOR HIRE

Silver Car, car for rent. Contact:

96166155 / 98402662

Volvo 12 Ton Truck for monthly

rent. Contact: 98713900

DAILY GUIDED4 W E D N E S D AY, J U LY 1 5 , 2 0 1 5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

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

CATERING

DESIGNER

ADMIN

ENGINEER

ENGINEER EDUCATION

SALES / MARKETING

DESIGNER

AUTO CAD/DRAUGHTS-

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Secretary (Female), Experience:

Minimum 1 - 2 years. Forward CV

to [email protected]

Required Offi ce Assistant

160+25+Acc, Contact 99454425

Mechanical Engineer, Indian 24

with 2 yrs experience in HVAC- MEP

Revit – MEP, AutoCAD – MEP Navis

solid works Catia PRO-E primavera.

Contact: 96975382

Email: [email protected]

2 years experienced Electrical Engi-

neer looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 98480509

SAP – SCM.MM Consultant B.Tech.

(Chemical), from NIT, working with

oil industry, seeks employment.

Contact: 98049288

Indian female 23, B.Tech (Electrical

& Electronics) & Diploma in

Electrical CAD on Visit Visa seeks

suitable placement.

Contact: 99278410 / 94027398,


ACCOUNTANT

BEAUTY

Indian CA with 15 yrs exp working

as Finance Head of MNC looking for

Job. NOC Available. 94047434

Indian male, 30 years, CMA(Inter),M.com, 4 out of 7 years

experience in Oman in Auditing/

Accounts/ Finance. Having NOC

and valid Oman D/L.

Contact: 96746420 ,


Indian male 32 years MBA, 6 out

of 14 years experience in Oman in

accounts / fi nance having NOC and

Valid Oman driving license last date

in Oman 01/AUG/2015.

Contact: 94051463


Indian male, B. Com having experi-

ence in Accounts or Sales on visit

visa. Contact - 98295101

Indian Male B.com, 11 Year (8 Years

in Oman as a Senior Accountant) ex-

perience in accounts having 5+ year

experience in construction industry.

Working knowledge with SAP,

AS400 & Tally –with valid Oman

D/L, presently working in Qatar,

will be available in Oman form 17th

July-21st July-2015 looking for a

suitable position in reputed

organization. Contact 00974

77181323 / 98065641,

email: [email protected]

Finance Manager, 10 years Oman

experienced MBA-Finance graduate

seeking suitable placement.

Contact 97745764

Assist Accountant Indian (m) 2

years experience in Oman looking

for a job immediate joining, cur-

rently working in Oman. Contact

Shaheed Shamsadin : 98427810

Accountant, Indian male, 10 years

experience in Oman. Can do upto

fi nalization and knowledge of Tally

ERP9 can be joined immediately

with NOC. Contact: 94134085


Married lady 25 years, Master

Accounts having 5 years experience

in Indian looking for full / part time

job. Contact: 95140332 /93223050

family visa holder.

Contact 95140332

Indian male, well experienced in

Accounts and Admin looking for a

suitable vacancy. Contact : 98717938

Indian female, M.Com Finance, DCA,

3 years experience in Accounts /

fi nance& knowledge in ERP & Tally

seeking suitable position in corpo-

rate fi nance / banking / consulting.


Contact: 96953705 now in family visa.

Indian male with total 5 year

experience (2 years experience in

Accountant cum sales co ordinator

in a FMCG Company in Oman) in

accounts fi eld and NOC available.

Looking for suitable job

Contact 92130188

Indian male, B.Com, Accountant,

10 yrs in Oman experience in

Accounts, knowledge of Tally ERP 9,

focus RT having NOC & D/L,

looking for suitable job.

Contact 93086105

Male 26 yrs, MBA in Accounts

and Finance, 2 years Experience in

Management and Accounts Fields,

and 1 year experience in Operations

in Oman Looking for a suitable job.

Contact 94374745

Indian male 22 yrs B. Com Graduate

1 year exp in Accounts, currently on

visit visa. Looking for suitable job.

Contact 94341848 /

Email – [email protected]

MBA Graduate with 6 yrs exp in

fi nance/accounts/ auditing. Special-

ized in accounts payable dept, Ora-

cle app user, profi cient in Sap (fi co)

end user & tally 9.0. lean &six sigma

certifi ed trainer on visit visa.

Contact – 91967213 / 99064780

Finance Manager, CPA, with more

than 15 yrs. of experience in GCC.

Fully knowledgeable in Finance,

General & Management Accounting .

NOC available. Contact 96209331

Sudanese Accountant seeking job

in Nizwa state experience 10 years

3 years in Saudi Arabia, 7 yrs in

Sudan. # 97796394 / 94003247

Chinese/ Arab/ continental cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970

Required experience Waiter / Supervisor/ Juice maker, Shawarma maker. Contact: 95395378

Urgently required Accountant B. Com with 4-6 years Gulf experience

in construction fi eld and good knowl-

edge in FOCUS accounting software.

Send CV : [email protected]

Urgently required a part – time female Accountant fl uent in English

with 2-3 years experience in Tally.


Fax: 24564459

Urgently required femaleaccountant with an experience

minimum 3years Email CV on

[email protected]

Urgently required Junior Account-ant. Please send CV:

[email protected]

SKILLED

SKILLED

IT

DRIVER

Urgently required an Electrician for an interiors fi tout company with

NOC available. Gulf experience is

must. Call 95103518 or send your CV

: [email protected]

Indian female B.Sc- Fashion De-

signer 21 years, fresher, One month

internship in a garment industry

2015 University best designer award

holder. Now looking for a creative

job, currently on residential visa.

Contact: 98297940 / 99741604.

Email : [email protected]

Architect and Interior designer, 8

years exp capable of managing turn

key projects, design, BOQ, Execution.

NOC available. Contact : 95273166

AutoCAD Draughts man seeks

Employment. Contact: 91889873

Electrical draftsman AutoCAD

switch gear & MEP control panel

7 years experience Qatar.

Contact: 92546203/96228100

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

Looking For offi ce support staff with driving license and having

good knowledge of all offi cial duty.

Contact .. 91624908, 93540898

Urgently required Male with 2

years’ experience in Admin Works,

fl uent in Arabic and English,

Computer knowledge,

preferably with driving license.

Working hours 6am to 2pm or 2pm

to 10 pm daily

Email: [email protected] or 99661980

Vacancy for lady Receptionist

at Sinaw Hala Medical Center - Flu-

ency in English and Arabic Omani

or non Omani. Contact: 25524180 /

91362141 Email:

[email protected]

Urgently Required: Administration with an experience minimum in

3 years in building construction,

required immediately join and MUST

have NOC.Apply, fax 00968–24605955,

emails [email protected],

[email protected].

MANAGER

A vending Machine for sale of coff ee products and Derivatives Company in Muscat having opera-

tions in Oman is on the lookout for

quality staff for the below positions:

Sales & Marketing Staff , Mechani-

cal maintenance mechanic, General

electric maintenance machines

with D/L. Send CV to

[email protected]

Urgently required Sales Executive and interior designer for furnish-

ing company with Valid Oman D/L

and minimum 3 years experience.

Contact: 93231403/

[email protected]

Experience building material Salesman required in Amerat shop.

Contact : 99641900

Required Sales man - 1 Person Quali-

fi cation. Gulf Experienced - Minimum

5 Years with Oman Driving Licence

Language - English Education:- Any

Degree Further Contact :

Mr. Abdul Hameed

Nashabat - Mobile No: 97414307 and

-92807399 [email protected]

Urgently required female Sales Promoters individual with pleasant

personality, excellent communica-

tions & presentation skills & experi-

ence in selling perfumes cosmetics

and skincare products would be

preferred. Send your CV & details

with recent photograph to

[email protected]

or fax no 24127484/ Tel: 24127485

Tyre / Spare parts outdoor Sales Executive with experience required

driving license and NOC. Send CV to

[email protected]

Wanted part time female Sales Executive with D/L for a reputed

company. Contact 94688874

A leading marketing company is

looking for outdoor Sales Execu-tives on part time or full time basis

in Salalah. Contact 92760281 /

96436719

Looking for Outdoor Salesman for

heavy equipment spare parts.

Contact - 93292015,


Urgently required Sales and Marketing Executive for Graphic de-

signing company. Contact: 96727631

mail: [email protected]

Minimum 2 years of experience

with valid gulf light driving license

interested candidates please

Contact: 99222086 /98585851

Required male or female candidate with 5 years experience in renting

of properties. Interested candidates

may please mail to

[email protected]

DRIVER

Urgently Required: Male – handles overall store operations of the Su-

permarket, Prior Experience a MUST,

knowledgeable in MSOffi ce. Send CV

to [email protected] or

fax to 244-92718.

Mason, C.C.T.V, Technician, Electrician cum Plumber.Contact - 99383044

Indian Female MBA, 3 years experi-

ence in Admin MIS, Family Visa.

Contact 98234427,

[email protected]

A Lady with 5 years experience in

HR/Admin is looking for suitable job

and can join immediately.

Contact : 94465835

Indian (male) MBA (MHA) with 5+

years of experience in HR. Looking

urgently for suitable position.

Ph-96395254, 24813065

[email protected]

Indian female with 1 half years ex-

perience in MBA / HR seeks suitable

placement. Contact 99257214

Indian female with 10 yrs of experi-

ence in HR/Banking/Operations

seeks a suitable placement.

Can be contacted on 98919015 or

[email protected]

Urgently required: HSE Engineer with an experience minimum in


MUST have NOC and immediately

join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955,


[email protected]

Urgently required Project Engineer for a reputed Construction Company

in Muscat with Civil Engineering

Degree/Diploma, 6 to 10 years expe-

rience, holding Oman/GCC Driving

License.E.mail: [email protected].

om or FAX: 24953530

Fire and Safety Technician with

NIFE or equivalent Diploma holder

preference to those having D/L. Send

CV to [email protected]

Required a part time steel Struc-tural Design Engineer for a reputed

steel fabrication company in

Muscat. Interested person may

Contact : 99451158

IND male WEB developer 5 yrs exp

B.Tech (comp science) PHP, HTML

MYSQL Java script CSS.

Contact: 95990529


Required Beautician for a parlor

in Ghubra. Contact: 94241385 /

97244766

Wanted experienced Beautician

for beauty parlor in Al Amerat 3.

Contact: 91107337 Indian male 2+yrs oman exp in HR.

joing immediatly. release available.

Contact :93671437

ADMIN

CATERING

Urgently Required: Civil Engineer with an experience minimum in


MUST have NOC and immediately

join. Apply, fax 00968–24605955,


[email protected]

Construction Company in Oman

urgently requires following candi-

dates: BE Civil Engineer, minimum

3-5 years gulf experience & Civil site foreman, minimum 5 years gulf

experience, diploma not required.


Leading Construction Company requires Quantity Surveyor (QS)

with 4-6 yrs Gulf experience. Send

your CV : [email protected]

(NOC required).

Required Civil Engineer (build-

ings) Oman experience 5+ years,

BOQ+ Tendering + site supervision.

Contact: 95218004


Construction Company in Oman

urgently requires the following:

B.Sc Civil Engineer, minimum 3-5

yrs Gulf experience. Civil Site Fore-man, minimum 5 yrs experience

with operating knowledge of Tally.

Please Email CV ;

[email protected]

Designer required for wooden

joinery company with excellent

knowledge of 3D Max, 2D Autocad.

Contact: 94249047


Professional Teacher Qualifi ed

M.Com Post Graduate in fi nance for

teaching Accounting subject.

Contact: 91251210

English Teachers wanted imme-

diately locations Muscat, Salalah,

Ibri, Nizwa, Buraimi, Khabourah and

Khasab. Contact : 91979343

Email: [email protected] male 38 yrs Senior Chef de.

De. Party pastry exp 15 yrs in fi ve

star hotels, 10 yrs exp Oman get NOC

looking for job in hotel & bakery.

Contact: 96460519

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Required urgently experienced Gardener and building care taker. Contact: 99231676

Well established company in

selling chocolate, Arabian sweets

and fresh fl owers, opening ITS fi rst

branch in Muscat seeking:

1- sweets and chocolates Sales man 2- fl ower arranger (Asian/

Filipino Nationality)

Contact: 94490011


A company from UAE require 2 merchandisers in retail food

supply, store keeper with English

and invoicing experience. Email:

[email protected]

Indian (Kerala) light driver seeking

for job, 12 years experience Oman.

Contact: 98175321

Pakistan male (27) light driver

seeking job, 4 years experience in

Oman. Contact 96346582

Light duty driver with 2 yrs experi-

ence looking for job.

Contact: 96342684

Light driver. Contact: 96961993

Indian (Kerala) light driver seek-

ing for job, 5 yrs experience in

Oman. Contact: 98029273

Looking for driving job. Contact: 98219182

Driver: 15 years Driving Experi-

ence in Saudi Arabia, Looking for

suitable place, Contact.. 91624908,

93540898

Driver available with car and with-

out car Education, B. A exp. 5 years,

language Hindi, Arabic, English.

Contact: 98522914

Bangladeshi male light driver seeking suitable placement 1 yr

experience. Contact: 94158238

Driver available with car driver &

without car. Contact 96771598 /

94039796

Driver, 42 yrs seeks for suitable

job KSA, 12 years Oman 4 years,.

Contact: 95796030

Heavy duty driver with PDO

license, 5 yrs Intl. exp. Contact:

95546585

Light driver. Contact:95779594

Driver looking for job.

Contact 99507039

Pakistani driving available.

Contact : 96913836

Wanted driver. Contact: 95112461

Driver heavy duty required urgent-ly for trailer. Oman / GCC experience

must. Those ready for immediate

joining. Contact: 99310859

MEDICAL

Required MOH licensed lady G.P Dentist Pharmacist, Asst Pharma-cist for Salalah based pharmacy

and clinic. Contact: 92732491 Email:

[email protected]

Urgently wanted Lady Ayurveda

Therapist. Contact: 91590083 /

92798678

Wanted female doctor GP. Interested

candidates can forward your CV to

[email protected]

Vacancy Lab Technician for inquiry

or send CV [email protected]

Contact 24571094 Fax: 24571097

Required Prometric passed nurse to

join clinic from end August.

Contact: 99352793

ADVERTISING

Looking for JOB. I have done BS

Hons in Mass communication and

media, Specialised in Public Rela-

tions and Advertising. I have upto

1 year of experience. Immediate

Available. Open for any JOB.

Sultan Zafar #97034134

Accountant 8 yrs experience

looking part time job.

Contact 99867456

Indian Accountant: Male, M com,

7 Yrs experience in Accounts up to

fi nalization, having knowledge

of ERP, Tally, seeks suitable

placment.Contact 93950138


Motivated and energetic male 25

having 4 years of experience in

fi nance with Master’s degree in Eco-

nomics and CAT Certifi ed seeking

opportunity in Accounts/fi nance/

audit in a reputable organization.

Cell no: 00968-94626209

E-Mail: [email protected]

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Urgently required experienced sub-contractors for Marble Floor-

ing / Marble Cladding / Grinding /

Carving works. Contact 92884177 /

99485595

Urgently required a silk Screen printer with good knowledge and

release letter or NOC. Contact:

93280288 or send CV to

[email protected]

Tanzanian male, 25 yrs Accountant

successful experience in Tanzania

looking for suitable placement in any

fi eld. Contact : 96710154

Content Executive, freshers with

good communication skills and will-

ingness to learn may apply on

[email protected]

Business development Manager/Executive. Preferably minimum of

2 years experience. Valid driving

licence can apply on

[email protected]

Indian Female 2yrs exp. in

Accountant 5 yrs exp. in Electronics,

seeking suitable Job.

Contact: 97162705,93705090

Omani Mechanical Engineer, has

3 years experience ,has HSE, H2S,

Riggers/Banks men Permit, Drawing

/ cad, SCBA, Safety Leadership and

Initial Fire Response Courses. good

with computer and English language

looking for suitable job.

Contact 99224319-98454500

Indian male 22 Mechanical Diploma

holder Engg with HVAC certifi ed,

having 1 year exp. seeking suitable

position. Currently available on visit

visa. Contact - 92835952



MEDICAL

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Indian male, B.E ( computer science

engineer), MBA (fi nance), OCA certi-

fi ed, having 5 years of experience in

oracle Dba/ oracle apps Dba, seeks

a suitable position in the fi eld of IT.

Contact: 96212062


Well experienced MOH Licensed

Indian GP Doctor looking for locum /

permanent position in the

Capital area. Contact 98140024

email:[email protected]

Indian male, B.com, diploma in ma-

terial management, 12+ years exp in

international / local purchase, ware

housing 4 logistics seeks suitable

placement NOC available.

Contact: 96477638 / 96477638

Production Manager 13 years

experience in cast Aluminium fab.

fi eld and good track record seeking

for a suitable job. NOC ready in Hand.

Contact: 96392319

Indian male, with 8 yrs exp. in

Oman (BA- Graduate) working as

a project Sales Coordinator, with

Oman D/L, looking for suitable job,

ready to join immediately with NOC.

Contact 95245057

ENGG. / TECHNICAL HOSPITALITY

Female Dentist Indian, Prometric

passed 63%,4 years of work experi-

ence, immediately available to join.

Contact 97469553,

[email protected]

Indian male GP doctor, 12 years

experience parametric passed with

74% seeks suitable post.

Email: [email protected].

Contact 97985325

Indian female Dentist MOH Oman

passed seeking a suitable place-

ment in capital region.

Contact– 91377681

[email protected]

Lab Technician, Civil (8yrs Gulf ex-

perience) looking for a suitable job

(NOC available) Contact-93344378

TOURS & TRAVELS

25 Indian female B.S.C. Fashion

Technology. 5 years experience in

textile industry as a merchandiser

and good in fashion marketing.

Currently available on visit visa,

seeking for a suitable job.

Contact : 96990368.


Civil Engineer, Diploma, Male 25,

3 years experience in site, CAD, 3d,

MS Project, Seeking job in Oman. #

92875345, [email protected]

Indian male accountants, 12 years

experience, tally also. Looking for a

part time/ full time job in accounts

or purchase. Contact- 98983122

Indian Female 2yrs exp. in

Accountant 5 yrs exp. in Electronics,

seeking suitable Job.

Contact: 97162705,93705090

Indian male, 14 years Experience in

maintenance & Supervisor in hotel

fi eld (Electrical, Ac Mechanical &

Plumber). NOC available #95253640

email = [email protected]

Female Candidate: Having experi-

ence (ISRO India) in Administration

(seeking suitable opportunities

&presently in Oman Mob:97239854,

Mail:[email protected]

Diploma civil Engineer seek-

ing jobs(positions suits me:

civil engineer ,site engineer,qa/qc

engineer,land surveyor ,total sta-

tion, auto level,draftsman (autocad,

microstation) mob:97239854,

Mail:[email protected]

MOH Indian Dentist 10 years experi-

ence in Oman. Can speak Arabic, has

driving license. Contact 98995321

or [email protected]

BRANCH-HEAD, MBA-BBA, Indian

Male having experience in UAE,

India, Oman total 5 years (including

MNC), looking for similar or same

openings.NOC available.

Mobile :92700670,

E mail:[email protected]

Qualifi ed Native speaking male

English Teacher with 18 years

experience seeks position. Salary

Negotiable. Whatsapp on +968 9334

1047 / +968 93952732 or e-mail me

on [email protected]

Indian female, IATA, B. Sc, look-

ing for suitable placement.Con-

tact-95514305, E mail id-

[email protected]

ACCOUNTANT, Indian male, 29

years, 8 years experience. Presently

working in Oman as a Senior Ac-

countant with Oman Driving license.

NOC available seek suitable opportu-

nity. GSM: 98184170

Iraqi Civil Engineer, 12 years expe-

rience with Omani driving license.

Contact: 94695595

Degree holder Civil Engineer hav-

ing 10 years experience with driving

license looking for better position.

Contact 98451844


Indian male, 38 years old, DME –

Mechanical Maintenance Techni-

cian 11 years Oman experience.

Ready for NOC, VISA transfer, ready

to join immediately,

Mob +968 95612870,


Indian male, 34 years old, DEE –

Electrical Supervisor 10 years Oman

experience. Ready for NOC , VISA

transfer and valid Oman driving

license light, ready to join imme-

diately. Contact +91 9740679094,

[email protected]

MBA having 4years Gulf experience

in Coordination with contracting com-

pany .NOC Available. Ph: 95405885

Indian female, BE, Civil engineer

with 1 year experience looking for

suitable vacancy, on visit.

Contact 95139583,


Indian male Safety Offi cer, 4+

years experience diploma in fi re &

safety Eng seeks suitable post.

Contact: 98843139

Electrical Engineer, B. Sc degree,

Filipino, 15 years experience in oil

& gas, power plant, substation, EPC

projects, testing & commissioning,

O & M with Oman D/L light.

Contact: 97090934

Electrical Engineer Indian male 29

years, having 5 years of experience

in industrial automation and utility

maintenance in India (MRF Tyres)

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 92789995


Structural Engineer of 2 years &

7 months experience, specialized

in Structural Design and Site Su-

pervision looking for a job. Contact:

94634906 / 94370767


Indian Civil Engineer (buildings)

available immediately as supply

contract. Contact: 93263834

Indian Male, IT Support Engineer,

2 yrs in Oman & 5 yrs Indian experi-

ence. Contact 97311847

Btech computer science graduate

2015 passout.. Android application

marketing.. Having good communi-

cation skills and mindset to work in

a team. Contact 91024385

Engineer with 3 yrs experience in

Indian in MEP, HVAC& mechanical

maintained fi eld on visit visa looking

for suitable job. Contact 99191535


B.E in ECE worked as Junior Scientist

Trainee in Chennai worked as System

Admin in Berik Honda Nagger coil

worked at Technical Support in Sam-

sung Service, presently in Bangalore.

Contact : 0091 7026267513

Indian female, B.Tech biotechnology with strong computer

skills and 2 years experience as

associate research analyst (Media

Monitoring) in Nasdaq Oman seek-

ing growth oriented jobs. Contact

92044603 /918056169148 or

[email protected].

Electrical Eng. Degree (MEP) need suit-

able job of construction 12 yrs exp.


MISCELLANEOUS

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

SALES / MARKETING

12 yrs exp FREELANCE 2d, 3d

Draughtsman (holding Omani driv-

ing license). Contact : 93790601

Sudanese male, 31 year, have 3 year

Diploma in Electrical Engineer, 6

years experience in construction and

electrical plant.

Mobile No ; +96894549609

Freelance Graphic Designer availa-

ble to assist in Photoshop, Illustrator,

InDesign and Corel Draw Projects.

Contact : 95811820

Indian Female Lawyer 36 Yrs

having 11 yrs experience presently

working in Oman as Legal Advisor

seeks placement in Legal/HR/Admin

NOC available Contact-94436960


23, Male, ACCA Affi liate, 2 years+

experience in Audit and Finance

in audit fi rm, Looking for suitable

permanent placement, NOC release

Available. Contact: #95140445

[email protected]

MBA - (F), M.Com, B.COM. Indian fe-

male having knowledge of accounts

with Tally looking for part time or

full time job. Presently on family

visa. Contact :- 91892264.

Email:- [email protected]

Indian Female 10 years exp as cook

in Oman. South Indian & Gujarati

special looking for part-time job

Contact 96733187.

Indian male-28 Years, Diploma in

Electrical Egg, having gulf experi-

ence. Specialization on Electrical

Installation and Maintenance, Opera-

tion. 7 years experience seeks for

suitable placement.

Mob – 968-95334580. E-mail

[email protected]

Seeking Teaching Position. Quali-

fi ed and experienced Native English

speaking teacher seeking posi-

tion in Muscat, I have a Teaching

Diploma , two Honours Degrees

and a CELTA Certifi cate. Position

at Language school will be suit-

able. Will e-mail CV. Whatsapp only

+96893952732

MBA (F), B.COM. Indian female

having knowledge of accounts with

Tally looking for full or part time

job. presently on family visit visa.

Contact :- 96259171.

Email:- [email protected]

Indian female MCA, 24 years seek-

ing suitable job. Contact 93439467

IT professional MCA Oracle certi-

fi ed 6 months training of PLSQL

data warehousing, PHP, 3 months

trained seeking job at good com-

pany. Contact: 95694330 Email:

[email protected]

B.E Computer Science, Indian male

looking for suitable job in the fi eld

of software or information technol-

ogy having good knowledge in Java,

ASP. Net, MS Sql, MS Word.

Contact: 91986919 Email:

[email protected]

Indian male 25 yrs exp in Adminis-

tration, Telecom, Optical Fiber Com-

munication, Networking, MS Offi ce.

Seeks any job. On visit visa.

Contact 91385373 /

[email protected]

Network system Engineer B.E / ECE

+ CCNA & Ms certifi ed with 4+ yrs exp

looking for a job. Currently in Oman

on visit visa. Contact: 92589502

IT

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male MBA 7 years experi-

ence in Hospitality industry, opera-

tion, sales & marketing looking for

suitable vacancy. Contact 92115860

Email [email protected]

MBA from UK with 9 yrs experience

in London, Dubai & Mumbai. Special-

ized GCC experience in top real estate

co & bank with driving license. NOC

available. #968 95168205,

[email protected]

B. Com & MBA Graduate on visit

visa seeks suitable placement.

Contact : 97372624 ,email :

[email protected]

Indian male 27yrs , diploma,3yrs

exp in oman in sales & supervisor ,

oman driving license holder, looking

for suitable placements.

GSM -96489211

B.Tech (MECH) MBA (Marketing)

having 20 years of experience in

sales, marketing, projects presently

working in Oman seek suitable place-

ment N.O.C available and ready to join

immediately. Contact: 91257781


Indian male 45+ yrs , 20 yrs exp as

sales supervisor in India looking for

indoor sales /stores /cashier or any

suitable placement can speak Hindi

, English, Malayalam, Tamil, kan-

nada can join immediately on visit

visa. Contact 93086105/33016546

Young Bangladeshi male 26 know-

ing coff ee shop work as watering

sandwich making juice marking

etc presently in Bangladesh if any

employer need please Contact

behalf of candidate with his brother.

Contact: 92278538

Indian male 31 visionary business

strategist having over 8+ years of

global experience seeking a chal-

lenging position that utilizes my

years of experience currently on

visit. Contact: 91902154

Management professional experienced in profi table manage-

ment with organization skills with

over 21+yrs exp. in Bombay, Saudi

Arabia, Dubai, UAE & in Oman11 yrs

as GM Publications, Printing, Media

& Advertising in entire operations,

Sales marketing & etc. Looking for a

reputed organization for a challeng-

ing position any industry, can Join

immediately with NOC. Contact :

+968 98864706/99574638

Mail : [email protected]

Indian female, Ph. D in Mech. Engg,

B.Sc, B.Ed, M.Sc & M.Phil in Physics

having 6 yrs Malaysia University/

College teaching exp +1 yr experi-

ence for research fellow seeking

good position in Oman. Contact

97793859 / 93621114,

[email protected]

4 Years experienced (Money

exchange services & Hospitality

services in Oman & India) - Indian

male 27 years, graduate in Hospital-

ity science, fl uent in English, Hindi

& Arabic seeks suitable placement.

Contacts: 91383167

Female Postgraduate searching

suitable job. Contact 97792820

Filipino Male looking for a job &

have experience in sales, waiter,

barista, technical support / customer

service with good communication

skills. Contact 91789465

Indian Female with over 9 yrs

experience with good

communication skills seeks jobs in

customer service or sales fi eld.

Contact : 96108289,

Email - [email protected]

Part- Time Accountant, well experi-

ence senior accountant ,doing all

type of accounting works, Finaliza-

tion, Budgeting available.

Contact: :98803439

13 Years UAE experienced in MNC &

reputed fi rms logistics distribution

looking for a suitable placement, on

visit visa contact 99838743,

[email protected]

Male Indian BBM Graduate 8 years

experience in logistics and ware

housing in a reputed company valid

driving license NOC available

looking for suitable position.

Contact : 96311786


SALES / MARKETING

Looking for Sales Assistant job

(having Oman driving license).

Contact: 95872634

Pakistani male 34 yrs Intermedi-

ate 2 yrs exp in sales & marketing

in Oman. Looking for suitable job.

Contact - 92146864

Indian male seeking job, 8 years

experience in Qatar in clerical/ad-

ministration/documents controlling

fi elds. Willing to work in customer

care or sale also. Qatar driving

license available. Job preferred in

Sohar and surrounding cities.

Contact 93285117

Indian male. 27, Post Graduate, 5+

yrs exp in Oman in Sales & Credit

Control, with valid Oman driving

License, NOC available,

looking for suitable placements.

Ph: 9199 3376

Indian Male, B.Com Graduate,

23, with experience in Sales looking

for suitable placements. .

Contact 98371144

Market research / Hospitality In-

dian male Graduate with nearly 30

yrs experience in Market research &

hospitality industry. NOC available.

Contact: 99347089

Looking for job as Mason, pipe fi t-

ter, Electrician and Aluminum fi xer

available. Contact: 93015630

Indian male Diploma, Civil engineer

4.3 year experience at building

construction and consulting

company with Oman driving licence

and N.O.C available

seeking suitable placement

Contact 95989500

email [email protected]

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


D6 W E D N E S D AY, J U LY 1 5 , 2 0 1 5

Indian male auto cad draughtsman

(civil) 8 years experience seeking for

part time job Mobile 99070584,

E mail: [email protected]

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male,29 years.8 years experience

.Presently working in Oman as a Sen-

ior Accountant with oman Driving

license. NOC available, seek suitable

opportunity. GSM: 97705854

Sudanese male (B.Sc Computer Sci-

ence) (Diploma Computer Engineer-

ing) 6 yrs. experience DBA Oracle PL-

SQL , MS SQL-server, MS visual studio

VBA, network. Contact :91415886

Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support,

Networking, Security systems, Serv-

er support, IT sales and marketing.

Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable


Indian Male, 34 years old, DEE –

Electrical Supervisor 10 years Oman

experience. Ready for NOC , VISA

transfer and valid Oman driving

licence light, ready to join immedi-

ately, Mob +91 9740679094,

[email protected]

24 years, Indian Chartered Account-

ant male with 3 yrs of experience

is seeking suitable placement in

Muscat, currently on visit visa &

ready to join immediately. Kindly

contact him on 98201476 or email at

[email protected]

Indian Male, 38 years old, DME –

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

11 years Oman experience. Ready for

NOC , VISA transfer, ready to join im-

mediately, Mob +968 95612870,

[email protected]

BSc Graduate, INDIAN male ,

seeking suitable jobs.

GSM: +91-8589820233.

MAIL ID: [email protected]

Young Indian Chartered Account-

ant, female, Having 6 years experi-

ence in Oman and India. Accounts

and Finance Manager, Auditor.

Urgently seeking suitable positions.

Contact 92530131,

[email protected]

Tunisian women looking for a job,

khnows english,frensh, italian and

arabic. Contact: 91171838

Indian male 25 years B.tech comput-

ers (Having 3 years of experience in

customer service/Admin/IT Support)

looking for suitable position. Visa

Transfer/NOC Available immediate

to join. Contact: 98402389,

Mail: [email protected]

Manager, Young Indian Male, MBA,

BBA. Having excellent manage-

rial experience (around 5 years) in

leading Multi-National-Company.

Looking for suitable positions.

Contact: 92700670,

[email protected]

Available for part time accounting

job, contact 99196621

Indian Female MA. B.Ed. with One

year three months Teaching

experience. Subject: EnglishSeeking

for a Better placement.

Now working in Oman.

Contact 93961142, 92184408,

Email:[email protected]



MISCELLANEOUS

PART TIME ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male, M. Com, 35 years, 12 Years

exp. in Accounts, 8 years in Oman.

Knowledge upto fi nalization. Having

valid D/L, seeks suitable Placement.

GSM: 96249124

Egyptian Civil Engineer, total expe-

rience 7 years - 2 years experience

in Oman. I am looking for Project

Engineer, I have good experience in

site & offi ce works.

Contact number:91148708

Indian Male 24 years, Looking for a

Suitable Job in Telecom / Network-

ing. 1 year sales experience. MSc.

Communications Engineering &

Valid Driving license. Ph: 91280121.

Email: [email protected].

Filipino Male looking for a job &

have experience in sales, waiter,

barista, technical support / customer

service with good communication

skills. # 91789465

ACCOUNTING – Indian male seeking

accounting job with 2 years

experience in accounting.

Contact: 94263445, E mail –

contactantonyxavieranand@gmail.

com

Sudanese male: 27 yrs, 2 years ex-

perience in accounting, other experi-

ence (purchasing – HR - Coordinat-

ing and Offi ce Management), looking

for a job Omani Driving License,

NOC. Contact: 94174403

24 year Indian Chartered Account-

ant male with 3yrs of experience is

seeking suitable placement in Mus-

cat, currently on visit visa & ready

to join immediately. Contact him on

98201476 or email at

[email protected]

Sudanese male (B.Sc, computer sci-

ence) (diploma computer engineer-

ing), 6 yrs. experience DBA oracle

PL-SQL, MS SQL - Server, MS visual

studio vba, network.

Contact 91415886

Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support,

Networking, Security systems, Serv-

er support, IT sales and marketing.

Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable


Over 15 years experience in Gulf.

Interior Architect, Lebanese Nation-

ality, on visit visa seeking a suitable

Placement. 96268005.

PRODUCTION OPERATOR – Indian

male seeking production operator or

related jobs with 4 years of experi-

ence in oil & gas fi eld.

Contact 94263445.


Indian Keralite Male 35 looking for

Scaff olding supervisor post having 5

years of Supervisor and HSE experi-

ence in GCC Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Fluent in English Arabic and Hindi .

Contact 96155921, or mail

[email protected]

Indian Male 28 yrs, having 7 years

Gulf + Indian experience in HR and

Admin fi eld, looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact: 97914340,


Indian Male 28 years MSM, B. Com

having 6years experience in Gulf and

India as a HR and Admin looking for

suitable placement.#97914340.


B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer Suda-

nese 3 yrs of exp. In industrial fi eld

available in muscat on vist visa

seeking suitable job .

Contact: 95868922, Email:

[email protected]

IT system and Printer engineer ME,

5Years bank IT Management exp in

India looking for full time job visit

visa contact 94462150

Indian male with 8 yrs experience in

FMCG in Oman as Sales Supervisor

looking for suitable placement.

NOC available. Gsm: 96495206







[email protected]

MCA IT Professional Indian Female

seek placement in Teaching/ Non

Teaching fi eld. Presently on visit

visa. 9588 7051,

[email protected]

ACCA Affi liate, Indian, 2.5Years

experience in Audit/ Finance in Big

6 Audit Firm and Oil Accounting in

PDO, For Permanent Placement for

Finance or Accounts or Audit. Re-

lease NOC Available on hand.

Contact #95140445,

[email protected]

Finance ACCA Affi liate, Worked as

an Auditor with 2.5 Years Experience

in reputed fi rm, Handled independ-

ent audit/fi nance assignments, Look-

ing for permanent placement, NOC

available. Contact 95140445.

[email protected]

Piping Design Engineer, Indian

male 27, looking for suitable place-

ment in Piping Design & Engineer-

ing. Having 7 years of experience in

AutoCAD. Also familiar with PDMS

(11.6 Version),CAESAR ll. Contact :

97351786 / 96143708, E-mail :

[email protected]

Sudanese male (B.Sc Computer sci-

ence) (diploma computer engineer-

ing) 6 yrs. experience DBA Oracle pl-

sql, MS sql-server ,ms visual studio

vba, network. Contact :91415886

Indian Male, Graduate, 11 years

Sales experience in Lighting /

Industrial products, ready to join im-

mediately. GSM: 9710 5356

Indian heavy duty driver with 8

years experience in oman available

with NOC. GSM : 93601943

GSM : 94496457

Indian male, 28 yrs MBA (HR/M) 2

years experience in Indian Oman in

HR & admin seeks suitable place-

ments. NOC available.

Contact 97484159


M.Sc 3+ years exp from France &

India in IT Support Engineer / Hard-

ware & Networking / Server support

/ scientifi c system support looking

for suitable positions. Indian, male

on visit visa, contact 98898781/

[email protected]

Looking for managerial post (full

time ), More than Ten years of expe-

rience in Team Development ,Train-

ing, planning, Administration, Sales

& Marketing, Advertisement and

Credit Control and Logistics. Contact

91076608 / 99322748. Release &

noc available

Indian male, 34years having 10

years of experience in Sales, Sales

Coordination and Administration.

Experienced in SAP and

MS Offi ce. NOC available.

Contact # 94686594

Indian Male MBA Marketing/HRM

3 year experience with Omani D/L,

seeking suitable jobs.

Contact: 97424188


Indian, Male, 23 years, BE Electri-

cal, having 2 years experience in

Electrical Works-H.T. cabling etc, &

Construction, looking for a suitable

placement. Contact +968 96927880

(Oman), +91 9765376109 (India),


Indian Female M.Com with Com-

puter Skills and Four Month Experi-

ence as Accountant ,Currently On

Family Visa Looking for a Suitable

Placement, Available Immediately.

Contact : 95846642,


ACCA Affi liate, Experience in audit/

fi nance of 2.5 years in Big 6 Firm

and Oil industry, looking for suitable

permanent placement, Release NOC

available. Contact: #95140445

[email protected]

B.Tech Computer Engineer Wanted

job to work on(IT/Banking/Admin-

istrator/Technical/Offi ce works)

having NOC with the limited time

from (04/06/2015 to 13/06/2015).

Mobile:98402389

email:[email protected]

British Beauty Therapist looking

for suitable position. #:97175240

Highly Qualifi ed & Experienced

Finance Manager Pakistani with

USA , UK & Canadian Degrees , CPA

,ACCA-UK . MBA-USA ,IFA- Financial

Consultants Canada , Corporate An-

alyst USA Professional of Banking ,

Audits ,ERPs & Profi t Maximizations

( NOC available ) call 94 504505 –

94403270

27 year Indian female who has 4

years of experience with logistics

function in distribution of spares

for both heavy machinery & wind

turbine parts. Kindly contact me on

+91 9790769104

E-mail: [email protected]

Indian male Executive Secretary

having vast experience in admin,

logistics & procurement well versed

with computer .seek suitable place-

ment. Contact : 99514286

Indian male MBA (U.K), 10 Years

of experience in Admin, Sales, HR,

stores and logistics seeks suitable

placement. Contact 99271903.

Indian Female MCA, 4 plus Years

of experience in Web designing, Ad-

min, P.A, seeks suitable placement.

Contact 99486374

8 Years successful experience,

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male,29 years. Presently working in

Oman as a Senior Accountant

with oman Driving license seeks suit-

able opportunity. GSM: 97705854

7 and half years experience working

accounts / inventory manager looking

suitable job. Contact: 96991782


Indian female , MCA BCA, certifi ca-

tion PL SQL , 6months training PHP,

date warehouse looking for suitable

placement. #95694330 Email:

[email protected]

B.Com with more than 5 yrs exp.

looking for an accounts part tome

job work. know with tally.

[email protected]

Part- time accountant, well experi-

ence senior accountant , doing all

type of accounting works, fi naliza-

tion, budgeting available.

Contact : 98803439

Indian male, looking for a part time

accounting job. Having additional

knowledge & experience in

HR admin & purchase.

Contact 99196621

Indian Female, 24yrs, M.COM (Ac-

counts) having 3yrs experience

in Accounts, HR, Administration,

Customer Service. Good Computer

Profi ciency. Seeking Suitable Posi-

tion. Visa Transfer/NOC Available.

Contact: 99654913

HSE Advisor, NEBOSH IGC, Indian

male, 4 years experience in con-

struction and oil fi elds, seeking suit-

able jobs. Gsm: 97458900,

Mail: [email protected]

Highly Experienced Finance Man-

ager, CPA ,ACCA-UK . MBA-USA , Pro-

fessional of Banking, Audits , ERPs

Sap , Management as Team Leader

and Problem Solver call 94 504505

/ 94403270

Indian male MBA Finance presently

OMAN IN visit visa, 26 years, look-

ing for an accountant job.

Contact 95240641, email Id

mohammadabdulazharuddin@

gmail.com

Admin Executive, 31, Indian Male,

having 9+ years exp. in reputed

companies. Seeking suitable place-

ment in any gulf region. Contact

+968 99276601 & 97693456. email :

[email protected]

MEP Quantity Surveyor-Estimation-

Project, 10 Years Experience

(3 years in Oman). Having NOC &

Oman D/L, looking for suitable job,

Contact - 98291626

Indian house maid looking full time

job. Contact : 98254909

B.E. Civil Engineer age 27, total 3

years of experience in Mumbai look-

ing for placement asap in oman now

on visit visa of 1 month ph 9571 3441

Email. [email protected]

Indian Male, 29 years, CCNP, MCITP

having Bachelor degree and 6 years

of experience in Networking looking

for job. 96760618 /

[email protected]

Sudanese male, 31 year old, have 3

year Diploma in electrical engineer,

5 years experience in diff erent activ-

ities . Mobile No ; +96894549609

ACCA affi liate, with 2.5 years

experience in Big6 audit fi rm and

Oil industry, looking for permanent

placement in Accounts/Audit.

Release available Contact :95140445

[email protected]

Indian Female, Commerce Gradu-

ate, Total 9 yrs of experience in

India. worked as Accounts Assistant

and Business executive seeking for

suitable placement.

Tel : 96173533/24222457


Indian Male, 29 years, CCNP, MCITP

having Bachelor degree and 6 years

of experience in Networking looking

for job. 96760618 /

[email protected]

Female Executive Assistant/Execu-

tive Secretary with 27+ experience,

worked with top management/Board

in fi nancial services with shorthand

skills & Omani driving license,

seeks suitable placement.

call 95941515

B.E. Civil Engineer from India with

3 years of experience looking for

suitable vacancy in oman now on

visit visa. Contact 9571 3441,

Email . [email protected]

Indian male 21 IT Eng. networking &

computer hardware diploma, 1 year

experience, currently on visit visa

looking for a suitable job.

Contact 96036273


Indian, 32 years, completed M.A.

English, M.Sc. Psychology and B.Ed

in English. Searching for suitable job

in the fi eld of teaching. To

Contact: 00968 99869535


Indian Male 24 years, Looking for a

Suitable Job in Telecom / Network-

ing. 1 year sales experience. MSc.

Communications Engineering &

Valid Driving license. Ph: 91280121.


26 years Indian male with MBA &

PGDFM, Total 3.8 years experience

in Administration, seeking suit-

able placement in any gulf region.

Holding Oman valid driving license.

Contact :94501423


SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise

with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours Contact- 98029602,

92808636

RENT A CAR

TOURS

DRIVING

Learn driving with professional

only automatic. Contact 94022250

TRANSPORTATION

Taxi in Muscat for any where and

any time just send whatssapp be-

fore one hour and we will confi rm to

you your appointment ,We have also

travel in Muscat. what you wait for

call: 99887282


Pick & drop anytime in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99764307

Transportation. Contact: 96538078

Transportation. Contact:98522914

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact: 98244078

Pick & Drop any time. Contact:

97014786

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


D8 W E D N E S D AY, J U LY 1 5 , 2 0 1 5

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

House shifting. Contact 99708138

Carpet, curtain, sofa, fl oor,

cleaning, shampooing, marble &

mosaic tiles grinding, polishing

and painting. Contact : 93630133 /

95821193

House shifting packing.

99657644 / 98518013

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.

# 24810137, 99450130

WEBSITE

WEB, ERP and Business Intelli-

gence (BI) creation and man-

agement at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

CLASSES

CLASSES

COMPUTER

IELTS preparation course, unlock

your educational and career oppor-

tunities with eagles to; achieve your

required band. Contact 91979343.

Split & window A.C servic-

ing & maintenance. Contact

93769089/95323517

Air condition maintenance split

and window services AC specialist

ducted and package type unites.

Contact: 98667326

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet

& sofa shampooing, Contact

99314807/24792998

Split & widow unit A.C servicing &

repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split & window unit A.C servicing &

maintenance.

Contact: 96236476

Window & split unit A.C servicing &

maintenance. Contact : 93769089 /

95323517

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance.Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

Carpet, Sofa Shampooing. Ocean

Center LLC. Contact: 99884591

AC servicing maintenance fi xing.

Contact: 99540621

A/C Maintenance & servicing, fridge,

washing machine & dish washer re-

pairing, painting & cleaning services,

electrical & plumbing.

Contact: 99447257 / 97014234 /

24504281

Pest control Treatments, termites,

cockroaches, bedbugs Ocean Center

LLC. Contact: 99344723

Hair dressing, facial massage &

other beauty treatment for women.

Contact: 94689448

FOR LADIES

8 yrs exp Site supervisor cum 2d,

3d Draughtsman (holding Omani

driving license) seeking job.

Contact : 93790601







[email protected]

Finance ACCA Affi liate, 2.5 years

experience in audit/fi nance and oil

company in reputed fi rms. Looking

for suitable permanent placement.

Release available.

Contact 95140445,

[email protected]

B.E Biomedical Engineer, having 5

years of experience in Diagnostics

division seeking suitable position.

94151658

SITUATION WANT-MANPOWER

SITUATION WANT-MATRIMONIAL

Syrian CSI boy 30/184, working in

a Automobile dealership at Muscat,

inviting proposals.m4marry ID:

3951195 Ph: 0091- 9656439949 /

94946429292

Indian male Roman Catholic Divor-

cee 40 yrs working in Muscat seeks

suitable alliance from widow/ divor-

cee/single. Contact: 96059801

Muslim boy, 32 years MBA, studied

and working in Oman as Sales

manager in a reputed organisation,

Tableeg Jamath invites proposals

from educated girls in Gulf prefer-

ably Malayalees. Contact 99357458

and 92656899

RC SC girl (Kerala) 28 yrs, 154cm

BSC Nurse working in Oman (SQUH)

seeks alliances from professionaly

qualifi ed employers.

Contact: 96228192

Kerala Christian Orthodox boy 29/185 Staff Nurse MOH Muscat

seeks suitable alliances.

Contact: 99461264

ACCOUNTANT: Indian male 25 hav-

ing 4years experience in accounting

& having well knowledge in tally.

Contact:968094535881,

0091 9037622048


ACCA Affi liate, 2.5years experience

in Audit/Finance in Global Big6

Firms and Oil company in Oman,

Looking for suitable permanent

placement. Release NOC Available.

Contact: #95140445,

[email protected]

Electrical Engineer, 29, Indian Male,

having 7+ years exp. in reputed

companies. Seeking suitable placement

in any Oman. Contact - 97693456.

Mail ID : [email protected]

BE. Biomedical Engineer, 5 years

experience in the same fi eld

(Hospital/company)looking for suit-

able placement.

Contact:92084807

Email:[email protected]

GOOD NEWS

Genuine Ayurvedic treatments

& massage, Ayurvedic clinic at

AL Khuwair. Contact: 24478618 /

97263637 / 93309131

Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain,

backache, paralysis massage, steam

bath, obesity, spondylitis IDEAL ,

CARE Ayurvedic Clinic 18 November

street, Azaiba. Contact 99639695 /

99117987

FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to know

more about Islam, please call:

99425598, 96050000, 99353988,

99253818, 99341395, and

99379133. For ladies: 99415818,

99321360, 99730723

Orvisit: www.islamfact.com

Ayurvedic treatment for backache,

paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,

All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact 24475280 / 95371554 /

92504980

www.siddhayur.comAdmission Open: CAMBRIDGE /

BILINGUAL CURRICULUM

admission started in Al Burj Private

School, Azaiba for KG and Grade I to

IV. Please register soonest.

Contact: 93211417 / 92887809.

SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

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