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MUSCAT: Five-year-old Basma Mohammad Faisal, who is suf-fering from multiple disorders, is set to fl y to India for further treatment.

Her father, Mohammad Faisal Raza, said he had applied for an Indian visa. “We will fl y to India as soon as we get the visa,” he told the Times of Oman on Wednesday.

A senior offi cial attached to the Indian Embassy said they are go-ing through all the documents submitted by Raza. “We will is-sue the visa once that is over,” the offi cial stated.

Basma is suff ering from a condi-tion under which she cannot take food as she is unable to digest it.

Even if she eats a little, she vom-its it out as the tube to the liver and pancreas is partially blocked. “She is not keeping well at all and is cur-rently admitted at the Royal Hos-pital,” Raza said.

Raza, a Pakistani national, plans to take his daughter to India for a liver transplant as soon as possible

as this facility is not available in Oman, or back home in Pakistan. “I had lost my elder daughter to the same disease about 11 years back. I don’t want to lose her (Basma) too and plan to get her operated at the Global Hospital, Chennai,” he said.

A spokesperson for the Global Hospital in India also confi rmed that they have sent a visa invita-tion letter to Raza. “We’ll try to help them in every possible way

when they are in Chennai,” the spokesperson said.

Raza’s elder daughter, Asfa Mo-hammed Faisal had died on De-cember 6, 2004 and was also suf-fering from liver cirrhosis. “Then also the doctors had suggested liver transplant, but we could not aff ord her treatment and she died,” Raza, who has been working in Sultanate of Oman since Novem-ber 1991, said.

A medical report submitted by the Royal Hospital has determined that Basma has a cirrhotic liver and needs a liver transplant, along with the reconstruction of her bil-iary structure.

A biliary stricture is an abnor-mal narrowing of the common bile duct, the tube that moves bile from the liver to the small intestine. Bile helps in digestion.

To conduct this operation, hospitals have quoted between $45,000 and $50,000.

“Until now, I have managed to save around OMR13,500, which is required for the operation,” Raza said.

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FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

Ideas cannot be suppressed. Our religion stands for ideas and the intellect, not the suppression of thought. Never. Our religion is tolerant, ethical and receptive to ideas. Every verse of the Glorious Quran calls for thinking, cogitation, etc. It does not call for narrow-mindedness, mental inertia and blindly going with the fl ow.

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

HM receives thanks cable

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a cable of thanks from President Nicolae Timofti of the Repub-lic of Moldova in reply to His Majesty’s congratulatory cable on the occasion of his country’s Independence anniversary.

In his cable, President Timof-ti expressed his utmost appreci-ation of His Majesty the Sultan. He expressed his confi dence that the friendship and coopera-tion between the Sultanate and the Republic of Moldova will witness a continuous progress to serve the joint interests of the people. -ONA

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MUSCAT: As Oman experienced heavy rainfall in many areas, res-cue personnel are gearing up to handle what they fear might be a series of possible accidents dur-ing the upcoming long holiday weekend.

A depression had formed over the Arabian Sea last week, which was said to be nearing Oman’s coast after causing rain on the In-dian coast.

As predicted, rain began to fall in Ibri, Jebel Shams, Rustaq, Buraimi, and other areas on Wednesday afternoon leading to wadis (valleys) overfl owing and fl ooding of roads.

“It’s raining heavily in Ibri. Wadis are overfl owing and roads

are fl ooded,” Ridhwan Bader Al Battashi, a weather enthusiast, told the Times of Oman (TOO).

According to a senior meteorol-ogist with Accuweather.com, the depression is located 600km from the Masirah Island.

“The low centre is hard to pin-point exactly, but it seems to be about 600km southeast of the Masirah Island,” Jason Nicholls, a senior meteorologist, told TOO.

Meanwhile, a top offi cial from the Public Authority for Civil De-fence and Ambulances (PACDA), told TOO that people should be careful during adverse weather

conditions. “We can’t prevent people from enjoying themselves, but they must be careful. Accord-ing to weather reports, heavy rains are being predicted in North and South Al Sharqiyah so people are advised to stay away from these areas, as well as keep themselves updated with the weather report about other aff ected areas,” the of-fi cial said.

PACDA has asked people to call on the telephone numbers 9999 or

24343666 in case of any emergen-cies during the rain.

Life is precious“Life is precious so people have to think about their family, friends and loved ones. Even religion teaches us not to put ourselves and others in dangerous situa-tions,” the offi cial added.

During last month’s rains, de-spite repeated warnings issued to the public to remain cautious

during rains and fl ash fl oods, po-lice rescue teams had to attend to 31 drowning cases, including 19 in Muscat alone, and 12 in the north-ern parts of Oman. Heavy rains had claimed six lives.

“Our message to citizens and residents is not to risk their lives and of rescuers. We advise peo-ple to follow the safety guidelines, which are constantly posted on Twitter and on popular sites in Oman, as well as follow other safety guidelines that people post on social media and on TV as well. Always stay cautious,” the police offi cial added.

Meanwhile, Mark Pudwell, training manager at Competence HR, said it was vital for everyone to listen to the warnings and ad-vice handed out in the press and over other media. “It is extremely sad when people ignore the advice of professionals, as their advice is given to protect people from unnecessary injury or untimely death, whether it’s advice about driving safety, imminent adverse weather conditions or general safety advice,” Pudwell said.

“Failing to listen is not only ir-responsible, but could cost you your life and potentially that of the would be rescuer,” he said. >A2

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MUSCAT: Rain, thunder-showers, hailstorm and strong wind are expected in Al Sharqiyah, Al Hajar, and Al Wusta region, according to Oman meteorology de-partment’s 48-hour forecast on Wednesday.

“The horizontal visibil-ity will be poor during fog formation and rain and the sea condition will be slight to moderate along most of the Sultanate of Oman’s coasts with maximum wave height ranging between 1.25 to 2.0m,” the latest forecast said.

Rain, thundershowers and hailstorm expected

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Oman into a knowledge-based economy, ITA is spearheading digital Oman strategy. >A2

OMANTeach business in schools: Al Khonji

2Entrepreneurship needs to be taught in schools, says Qais Al Khonji, who

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MARKETOman’s bank credit grows by 10 per cent

3Oman’s commercial banks have achieved a robust 10.6% growth in

total credit at OMR18.01b for fi rst eight months of 2015. >B1

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Search for Omani in Italy waters

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MUSCAT: Oman Sail has moved its search operation for missing Omani sailor, Moham-med Al Alawi, to Italian waters, it said in a statement.

Al Alawi, who was on board the MOD70, had gone missing last Wednesday, just south of Pula in Croatia, while the trima-ran was en route from France to Trieste in Italy.

“Sadly today, weather condi-tions in the area deteriorated with high winds, rain and low visibility preventing the light aircraft from taking off and the search for our missing crew member from continuing. The Italian coastguard has put its stations along the Adriatic on alert and we plan to continue searching the coastline tomor-row, weather permitting,” the statement added.

On Monday, the Croatian coastguard had ended its search operation.

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Pudwell further pointed out that wadis are inherently attractive areas for families to spend time camping and swimming, but adults must be aware of the dan-gers they present in the form of fl ash fl ooding, underwater hazards and eddies.

“A weather event many kilome-tres away can aff ect wadis being used for leisure and conditions may change rapidly so this re-quires everyone to be extremely vigilant. Any noticeable changes in water conditions should be treated seriously and everyone should be made to leave the area immediate-ly,” he added.

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A1e-Oman inspired by HM’s vision

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MUSCAT: Digital Oman Strategy, spearheaded by the Information Technology Authority (ITA), had taken its cue from His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s great vi-sion of transforming the country into a knowledge-based economy.

Dr Salim Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, Chief Executive Offi cer of ITA, said this at a seminar organised by the College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU).

Dr Salim was delivering a talk on “E- Oman: towards a knowl-edge based economy”, at the

Oman Knowledge Economy semi-nar recently.

“ITA works with a vision of transform the Sultanate of Oman into a sustainable knowledge soci-ety by leveraging information and communication technologies to enhance government services, en-rich businesses and empower indi-viduals,” the ITA CEO pointed out.

Three targets“The three economic develop-ment targets for Oman by 2020 are Omanisation, privatisation and diversifi cation. Omanis have the knowledge and skills and realise that creation of employ-ment opportunities for nationals is important.

An eff ective and competitive private sector will also play a big-

ger role in economy. The targets for 2020 foresee diversifi cation: the economy will not be reliant on oil and gas; but should be driven by industry, services and do-mestic investment. The e-Oman strategic pillars, include society and human capital development; e-government and e-services; ICT industry development; na-tional infrastructure develop-ment; promotion and awareness; and, governance, standards and regulation.”

Training activity“As part of the e-Oman initia-tives, ITA has trained 74,000 civil servants with the support of 200 certifi ed trainers. We have distributed 64,000 open source software DVDs across the coun-

try. Within the National Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Initiative, the ITA has established three FOSS labs for training and research and development. As many as 55,700 citizens have been trained in information technology through 11 community knowledge centres (CKS) established in dif-ferent parts of the Sultanate.

Promoting ICT“Specialised IT training has been given to 4,875 professionals. As of now, a total of 120,000 personal computers have been distributed among people. Special attention was given to promote ICT among persons with special needs,” the ITA CEO added. He also spoke about SQU’s award for excellence in e-governance.

Digital Oman Strategy, spearheaded by ITA,

had taken its cue from His Majesty Sultan

Qaboos bin Said’s great vision of transforming

Oman into a knowledge-based economy

ISM wins Jhankaar overall trophyTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Indian School, Mus-cat (ISM) won the overall cham-pionship trophy at Jhankaar Spectrum, the biggest art and cultural student festival organ-ised by ISM.

However, being the host school, ISM handed over the champion-ship trophy to the Indian School, Darsait, who were fi rst runner-up. Indian School, Salalah and Indian School, Al Wadi Al Kabir were declared the second run-ners-up.

More than 1,800 students from 17 schools participated in the competition. Various Indian schools showcased their talent in a series of 27 competitions at 20 venues through the day.

InaugurationJhankaar Spectrum was inaugu-rated by Indra Mani Pandey, the Indian ambassador to Oman.

The ambassador noted that Jhankaar Spectrum was not just a competition, but a celebration of talent and advised the youth

to become individuals with good character. He emphasised the role of schools in inculcating this quality.

He also exhorted the students to cultivate tolerance and con-gratulated the feats of ISM for its leading role.

A blend of talent was present-ed through the series of perfor-mances by the participants at the inaugural ceremony.

Jacob Zacharias, vice princi-pal, Middle Section, announced the winners, while the chief

guest, Wilson George, chair-man, Board of Directors and Col Chitale jointly presented the tro-phies to the champions and win-ners of Jhankaar Spectrum 2015, accompanied by a host of digni-taries. Avirat Vaishnav, president of the school management com-mittee, was also present.

Biju Varghese, event man-ager, highlighted the diverse features of Jhankaar Spectrum 2015. “Given the advance prepa-rations and high standards, the performance of the participants

was exemplary in this edition of Jhankaar Spectrum 2015,” he ob-served. The inaugural event was held in the presence of members of the Board of Directors of Indi-an Schools in Oman, members of the Indian School Muscat Man-aging Committee, principals of Indian schools, invitees, parents, and a large number of students, who turned the inaugural cer-emony into a superb talent show.

The inaugural function com-menced with greeting the digni-taries, followed by the Jhankaar light and anthem.

The chief guest addressed the gathering after unfurling the Jhankaar fl ag and declared the Panorama of Cultural events open. Representatives of various par-ticipating schools marched with their school fl ags onto the stage.

Formal welcome ISM Principal Srinivas K. Naidu accorded a formal welcome to the guests gathered.

Vice Principal Wilson deliv-ered a vote of thanks at the end of the inaugural ceremony.

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pated in the competition. – Supplied photo

120,000is the number of personal computers distributed among people as part of e-Oman initiatives

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Acclaimed Omani entrepreneur for teaching business lessons in schools

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MUSCAT: Entrepreneurship needs to be taught in schools, as young entrepreneurs face a lack of business education, said Omani businessman Qais Al Khonji, who has been named among the 50 most powerful Arab businessmen.

“Entrepreneurship must be taught in schools. So when a child graduates, he has a chance to be-come a businessperson,” he said.

The American business maga-zine Inc.com earlier named Omani

businessman Qais Al Khonji as be-ing among the 50 most powerful Arab businessmen.

It noted that Qais Al Khonji was recently named Social Entrepre-neur of the Year Oman by Business Worldwide Magazine.

He has also received the Inter-national Entrepreneur of the Year Oman Award.

Speaking to Times of Oman, he said he is thrilled for the maga-zine’s recognition.

“This came as a surprise to me,” he said.

Entrepreneurship Noting that there are at present only two job options, he said, “Om-anis can either enter the private sector or the public sector. There needs to be a third option.

“The scope must be widened, entrepreneurship can also create a large number of jobs.”

Regarding the challenges that entrepreneurs are facing in Oman, he said there are many obstacles young entrepreneurs currently face. “New products are very dif-fi cult to market in Oman, and we need to develop better marketing companies and people have to be creative,” he said.

Another obstacle entrepreneurs are facing are administrative is-sues. “The process for starting a company tends to be very slow, as the government takes a long time in getting things cleared. This problem has to be solved to lure more investors,” he said.

For instance, when Al Khonji set up his core analysis laboratory he needed to receive a permit from the Ministry, which took more than a month.

He also said Oman it is a very small market, so if an idea is not unique, it will be taken over by big companies. “The government pro-

motes entrepreneurship through diff erent programmes and initia-tives, but there is more to be done. There are not enough home grown products and services. There are a few industry-based businesses, but they are very small. I would love to see more brands from Oman, which would have a pres-ence all over the world,” he said.

With oil prices declining, he said tourism is another alternative to create jobs.

“I believe that if we develop more facilities, then tourism will contin-ue to grow,” he added.

As a powerful fi gure in both busi-ness and politics, Khonji is known for encouraging entrepreneurship and has been instrumental in hav-ing it included as a subject in the national school curriculum.

At just 37, Al Khonji is making a signifi cant diff erence in Oman as the owner of two companies — Qais United Enterprises Trad-

ing and Genesis International. He has also been campaigning for an organised angel investment struc-ture in Oman to provide fi nancing for business start-ups.

Rather than pursuing his fam-ily’s business, Al Khonji decided to go his own way at age 32 and has proven that he could leverage his entrepreneurial spirit, in only fi ve years, to make a signifi cant diff erence in the Arab world. His Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) laboratory services company is the fi rst outsourcing company to oper-ate within the oil and gas industry, the magazine said.

Other leading businessmen, who have been listed by the maga-zine, include Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, who is known in global banking, fi nance, and investments, and is estimat-ed to be worth $24.9 billion,the Kharafi family of Kuwait and the Kanoo family of Bahrain.

American magazine ‘Inc.com’ earlier named

Omani businessman Qais Al Khonji among

50 most powerful Arab businessmen

Qais Al Khonji

Attempt to jump off bridge foiled

Staff reporter

MUSCAT: Police on Wednesday foiled a woman’s attempt to jump from a bridge here.

The abayah-clad woman had reportedly tried to jump from a bridge opposite to Stars Cinema at around 3:45pm on Wednesday.

According to eyewitnesses, she

was standing on the shoulder of the bridge and threatening loud-ly to jump from there. She was speaking Arabic.

“However, police came to the scene and foiled her attempt,” witnesses said. The incident caused traffi c jam on the bridge to Wadi Kabir area. The nationality of the woman is not yet known.

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TROUBLE: The woman was standing on the shoulder of the

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ROP deports 94 illegal immigrants

German food festival gets good response

Foundation stone of Salalah II power plant

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MUSCAT: Ninety-four illegal immigrants of Asian nationali-ties were deported yesterday.

Earlier, they were all arrested while trying to enter the Sultan-ate illegally.

The ROP had similarly ar-rested 80 people of various nationalities for entering the country illegally last week and 29 of them were deported after initiating the necessary legal procedures.

Vehicle repair shops raided, eight arrestedThe Batinah Police carried out a raid at a vehicle repair work-shop in Sohar on Tuesday and seized 17 equipped vehicles.

The raid also resulted in the arrest of eight expatriates from diff erent Asian nationalities, who were accused of violating immigration rules and entering the Sultanate illegally.

On the other hand, another raid carried out in Ibri resulted in the arrest of four expatri-ates from Asian nationalities for violating work and residen-cy rules.

Muscat Interpol arrests three for theftMuscat Interpol offi cials have arrested three people, includ-ing one from a Latin American country, for their alleged in-volvement in theft.

The three accused alleg-edly stole OMR14,700 from an Asian, while he was transfer-ring the cash from one bank to another. The accused have been referred to public prosecution for further legal action.

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Featuring traditional German food and beverages, “Okto-berfest” received a good response at the Intercontinental Muscat Hotel.

Oktoberfest, currently on at In-tercontinental Muscat Hotel, will end on Friday. The inaugural event was held on last Thursday and was attended by around 200 guests at the Palm Lane.

Compared with the previous year’s event, this was the longest ever Oktoberfest held in Muscat. According to Maria Teresa Palma-ria, a PR executive at the Intercon-

tinental Muscat, the event was a huge success.

“Oktoberfest was an astounding success with great ambience, ex-cellent food and beverages, as well as entertainment,” Palmaria told Times of Oman.

“People are looking forward to next year’s event,” she added.

Chef Matthias Wittmann and his team had prepared 18 types of beverages, breads, salads, a main course and desserts to welcome the guest at this year’s Oktoberfest.

Wittmann, who works at the In-tercontinental Dusseldorf, is a tra-ditional Bavarian cooking master.

SALALAH: Foundation stone for the OMR240 million Salalah II independent power plant, the sec-ond stage for power generation in Raysut area in Salalah, will be laid on Thursday.

Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan Al Busaidi, Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar, will patronise over the ceremony.

The production capacity of the

plant is 445 MW using high effi -ciency turbine gases. Oman Power and Water Purchase Company (PWPC) signed last June an agree-ment to set up the second stage for an independent plant for.

The new plant will be connected to the electrical network in Dhofar Governorate. As per the agreement, Oman PWPC will purchase the power generated for 15 years. -ONA

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‘Omani Women’ photography exhibition at Gallery SarahMUSCAT: An exhibition of pho-tographs depicting the diversity of Omani women by Helen Couch-man is being held at Gallery Sarah.

Entitled “Omani Women” and launched to celebrate Omani Women’s Day, the exhibition was inaugurated by Greta C Holtz, the US ambassador to Oman.

Couchman has exhibited her work widely in the United King-dom, as well as held exhibitions in Beijing, New York, Hong Kong and now for the fi rst time in Oman.

She often produces new bod-ies of work during residencies and has published two books of her portraiture photography. In 2012, Couchman began her lat-est project, exploring portraiture and collaborated with women across the Sultanate. At Gallery Sarah, she has unveiled these photographic portraits and also launched her latest book “Omani Women,” which documents an artist’s journey and expeditions across Oman.

“She camped in the mountains, the desert and on the beaches of this beautiful country, in order to gain access to the communities living between the northern tip of Musandam and the southern bor-der with Yemen; between the edge of the Empty Quarter bordering with Saudi Arabia to the west; and along the length of the east coast and onto Masirah Island. On her travels, she met women walking or working and asked to take their portraits,” writes Sussan Babaie in the foreword for the book, “Omani Women - About a jour-ney,” which features the photo-graphs being exhibited currently.

The book has also been launched, along with the exhibi-tion The series depicts the diver-sity of Omani women, their self-

presentation, fashion, modesty and beauty in the country. These portraits depict a varied group of women and their individual style.

Couchman believes that pho-tography by its nature allows the viewer to consider the beauty in the details of how the women she met presented themselves. The portraits are a product of her journey through Oman, the many conversations with Omani wom-en and the quiet nights camping out under our starry desert skies.

“Couchman’s project bridges a gap as far as local memory allows. This collapsing of time through an artist’s journey runs as a backdrop to her experience of Oman. The rare privilege aff orded a woman artist to focus her camera lens on women of Oman makes this an unusual venture,” adds Babaie.

Located in the historical part of old Muscat and part of the Bait Al Zubair Museum complex, Gal-lery Sarah is a unique contempo-rary art gallery, which opened its doors in 2013.

The gallery exhibits artworks including, but not limited to paintings, graphics, calligraphy, installations, sculpture and pho-tography.

Apart from trying to create a strong connection between es-tablished and emerging Omani artists and the international art world, Gallery Sarah also sup-ports and has an appreciation for work by a wide variety of talented Arab artists from around the Gulf and many international artists. The exhibition will run until No-vember 7 from 9.30am to 6pm, Sunday to Thursday.

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HIGHLIGHTING OMANI WOMEN: Launched to celebrate Omani

Women’s Day, the exhibition was inaugurated by Greta C Holtz,

the US ambassador to Oman. – Supplied Photo

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Guardian Council ratifies Iran nuclear bill into law

DUBAI: Iran’s Guardian Council ratifi ed a bill on Wednesday ap-proving the nuclear deal reached by Tehran and six world pow-ers, state news agency IRNA and other agencies said, allowing the government to implement the agreement.

Parliament on Tuesday ap-proved the bill with a strong ma-

jority, in a victory for President Hassan Rouhani’s government over opponents of the July 14 deal, known as the Joint Comprehen-sive Plan of Action.

The Guardian Council, made up of six clerics appointed by the Supreme Leader and six lawyers elected by parliament, is charged with ensuring draft laws do not

contradict religious laws or Iran’s constitution.

“The majority of the Guardian Council did not fi nd the bill... to be against religious law and the con-stitution,” the council’s spokes-man Nejatollah Ebrahimian was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.

The exact stance of Supreme

Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last word on all mat-ters of state, is not known.

To date, he has neither approved nor rejected the agreement, but has commended the work of Rou-hani’s negotiating team.

Provided Khamenei does not openly oppose the bill, analysts expect Iran to begin shutting

down parts of its nuclear pro-gramme in the coming weeks. When completed, that process will result in most international sanctions, imposed on Iran since 2006, being lifted.

Meanwhile, the US State De-partment said late Tuesday, a mis-sile test announced by Iran over the weekend was an apparent violation of a UN Security Council resolution and Washington will raise it at the United Nations.

Iran said it tested a new pre-cision-guided ballistic missile on Sunday, signaling an appar-ent advance in Iranian attempts to improve the accuracy of its missile arsenal.

“We’ll obviously raise this at the UNSC as we have done in previ-ous launches,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner told re-porters, noting the test appeared to be a violation of UN Security resolution 1929.

He and White House spokes-man Josh Earnest both said the issue was separate from a deal Iran struck in July with six world powers. Ballistic missile tests by Iran are banned under Security Council resolution 1929, which dates from 2010 and remains valid until the July 14 nuclear deal goes into eff ect. — Reuters

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Assault launched to retake Baiji from IS

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi army and volunteer militia fi ghters launched an assault on Wednesday to retake the city of Baiji in northern Iraq from IS militants, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

Baiji is near the country’s larg-est oil refi nery and is only 150 km (90 miles) away from Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city which fell to the hardline militants of IS in June 2014. The city has since changed hands several times in fi erce clash-es. The Hashid Shaabi militiamen and Iraqi army soldiers began their assault from the south on Wednes-day and managed to fi ght their way into the center of the city, military spokesman Colonel Mohammed Al Asadi said.

The force was backed up by air strikes from the US and Iraqi air-force, Asadi said.

An offi cer at the regional mili-tary command center told Reu-ters in July that crude oil storage tanks and pipelines at the refi nery had been damaged beyond repair, while natural gas tanks and pro-cessing facilities, as well as the power station providing electricity to the refi nery, had suff ered dam-age. It was not immediately clear whether the fi ghting on Wednes-day against IS. — Reuters

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Israel begins setting up roadblocks in Palestinian neighbourhoodsOCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Is-rael started setting up roadblocks in Palestinian neighbourhoods in occupied East Jerusalem and de-ploying soldiers across the coun-try on Wednesday to combat a wave of Palestinian knife attacks.

In the latest incident, a Pales-tinian attempted to stab paramili-tary police at an entrance to occu-pied Jerusalem’s walled city and was shot dead, an Israeli police spokeswoman said.

Palestinian offi cials con-demned the security measures - the most serious clampdown in the occupied Jerusalem area since a Palestinian upris-ing a decade ago - as collective punishment.

Israel’s security cabinet had authorised the crackdown hours earlier in an overnight session after Palestinians armed with knives and a gun killed three Is-raelis and wounded several others on Tuesday.

Seven Israelis and 31 Palestin-ians, including attackers, children and protesters in violent anti-Israeli demonstrations, have been killed in two weeks of bloodshed.

The violence has been partly triggered by Palestinians’ anger over what they see as increased Jewish encroachment on occu-pied Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque compound. There is also deep-seated frustration with the failure

of years of peace eff orts to achieve Palestinian statehood and end Is-raeli settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli paramilitary border po-lice used their vehicles to block an exit at the edge of Jabel Muka-bar, an occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood home to three Palestinians who carried out deadly attacks against Israelis on Tuesday. Policemen carried out body searches and examined the identity papers of Palestinian mo-torists. Cars were then allowed to leave. Palestinians who live in oc-cupied East Jerusalem carry the same identity papers as Israelis

and, unlike their brethren in the occupied West Bank, can travel throughout Israel.

Dimitrii Delliani, an offi cial in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement, said closing entrances to Palestinian neighbourhoods was “collective punishment in violation of all in-ternational law”.

“(Israeli) cabinet decisions will not stop the Intifada (uprising). People of resistance do not fear new security restrictions,” said Hussam Badrawn, a spokesman for the Hamas group in the occu-pied West Bank.

The government said the im-mediate aim was to stem stab-

bings and other attacks by Arab assailants, many of whom re-sided in occupied Jerusalem’s eastern sectors.

One Israeli offi cial who briefed reporters on condition of ano-nymity said Palestinian neigh-bourhoods would not be sealed off completely, describing the meas-ure as “loose encirclement”.

Israel regards all occupied Je-rusalem, including the predomi-nantly Arab east captured and annexed in 1967, as its “indivisible capital” - a claim not recognised internationally - and its right-wing government is wary of being portrayed as dividing the city.

“No one is going to lock down occupied East Jerusalem,” Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said on Army Radio.

At a occupied Jerusalem bus stop where a Palestinian from Ja-bel Mukabar stabbed and killed an Israeli man on Tuesday before being shot dead, an Israeli woman sounded a defi ant note.

“They want us to be afraid so we have to do the opposite,” said the woman, who identifi ed herself only as Jana. — Reuters

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Moroccan collapses after hunger strikeRABAT: A prominent Moroccan intellectual who went on hun-ger strike a week ago, protesting against a travel ban and police har-assment, has collapsed and is in hospital, members of his support committee said on Wednesday.

Critics say Morocco’s king is let-ting slide freedoms that he prom-ised four years ago as a concession to protesters when he approved a new constitution devolving some court powers to parliament and the government in unheralded po-litical reforms.

It is the second time Maati Mon-jib, a professor of political history and African studies at the Universi-ty of Rabat and a writer for national

and international news organisa-tions, has been on hunger strike. He collapsed on Tuesday night. “He is still in the hospital, we were ex-pecting him to leave on Wednesday morning but doctors said that his blood pressure is not stable,” said Samad Ayach, a member of Mon-jib’s support committee.

Monjib started a second hun-ger strike last Wednesday after authorities banned him from boarding a plane to Norway for an international conference on journalism in Lillehammer. He went on three days hunger strike earlier this month when he was banned from going to a confer-ence in Barcelona. — Reuters

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IS militants fi ght Syrian

rebels in city of Aleppo

BEIRUT: IS militants battled ri-val insurgent groups on Wednes-day north of the city of Aleppo, where offi cials say the Syrian army is preparing an off ensive of its own backed by Iranian sol-diers and Russian jets.

A rebel fi ghter and a group monitoring the war said IS fi ghters took control of parts of the towns of Ahras and Tel Jabin, about 12km (8 miles) north of Aleppo, before being pushed back.

Supply linesGains by IS north of Aleppo would threaten the supply lines of rival rebels inside the city, which is divided between insur-gents and government forces. The Syrian Observatory for Hu-man Rights said the road used by Aleppo residents heading north to the Turkish border remained closed on Wednesday.

“Today there are fi erce bat-tles between us and SI in Ahras, Tel Jabin, and rural northern Aleppo,” said Hassan Haj Ali,

head of the Liwa Suqour Al Jabal rebel group.

His unit is one of several for-eign-backed insurgent forces which fi nd themselves fi ghting IS on the ground, at the same time as they are bombed by Russian jets and are bracing for further ground attacks by the army and its foreign allies.

“There are mobilisations by the regime in most parts of Aleppo, particularly in Bashkoy,” he said, referring to another town north of Aleppo, which before Syria’s civil war began in 2011 was the country’s biggest city and a ma-jor commercial and industrial centre. “There were advances (by IS) at dawn but we were able to recover Ahras entirely. There are battles in Tel Jabin,” said Ali, speaking to Reuters via an inter-net messaging system.

The Observatory reported fi ghting between IS militants and government forces trying to advance towards an air base be-sieged by the militant group in Aleppo province. — Reuters

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CLASHES: A Palestinian girl uses a slingshot to throw stones at

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India voices distress overIsrael-Palestinian violence

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Voicing India’s “distress” at the continuing violence in Middle East, President Pranab Mukher-jee on Wednesday called for a peaceful resolution of all disputes to which the Israeli Prime Minis-ter Benjamin Netanyahu respond-ed by affi rming that his country wanted to co-exist with Arabs but would fi rmly fi ght terrorism.

Mukherjee, the fi rst Indian President to visit Israel, made a

reference to the current violence in the region which has resulted in heavy Palestinian and Israeli cas-ualties, during remarks he made at the Israeli Presidency where he was accorded a ceremonial re-ception by his Israeli counterpart, Reuven Rivlin.

He said, “we are distressed at the recent violence. India con-demns all forms of terrorism. We have always advocated a peaceful

resolution of all disputes”.Rivlin, in his response, said that

India and Israel were “making history” by working together in a variety of fi elds and also in keep-ing “our peoples safe in the face of terrorism and fundamentalism”.

Mukherjee, who has been criti-cised by the Israeli media for not mentioning Palestinian “terror-ism” during his stay in Palestine prior to coming here, later told

Knesset, the Israeli parliament, that India believed that there is no better option than to resolve issues through negotiations and peaceful dialogue.

Speaking after the Indian lead-er at the Knesset, Netanyahu, in forthright remarks, underlined that both India and Israel were victims of terror which they have been fi ghting for years together as well as separately.

He made a reference to the Mumbai terror attack in which a Chabad house was also attacked.

Netanyahu spoke of the strong challenges created by extremist groups, such as IS, and asserted “we should tell extremists — it is enough”. Israel wanted peace but would stand upto terror which had to be defeated.

Mukherjee addressed Knesset during an hour-long session at-tended by his Israeli counterpart, Reuven Rivlin, Netanyahu and members from various parties.

He was given a standing ovation by the House.

On the penultimate day of

Mukherjee’s three-day state visit here the two countries signed a double taxation avoidance agree-ment as well as a cultural ex-change agreement.

Mukherjee, accorded the rare honour of addressing Knesset, told the house that relations be-tween the two countries were on a very “positive trajectory”.

It has been India’s consistent policy to build a strong, substan-tive and mutually-benefi cial rela-tionship with Israel.

“As we approach the 25th an-niversary of the establishment of full diplomatic relations, we both seek to expand the vision of our future partnership”, he said.

The president made a specifi c reference to the help provided by the Israeli government by rushing critical defence supplies to India during the Kargil war in 1999.

He mentioned the govern-ment’s ambitious “Make in India” campaign and said that Israeli in-novation and technology can com-bine with Indian engineering and scale to manufacture in India.

“Such a partnership, particu-larly in the defence sector, has the potential of creating new markets and generating more jobs, both in India and Israel”, Mukherjee told the parliament. - PTI

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Writers returning Sahitya Academy awards a

‘manufactured paper rebellion’, says Jaitley

NEW DELHI: Finance Min-ister Arun Jaitley on Wednes-day termed the steady stream of writers returning Sahitya Acad-emy awards as a “manufactured paper rebellion” against the gov-ernment in the wake of a “manu-factured crisis”.

In a facebook post titled “A man-ufactured revolt – Politics by other means,” he said, “The death by lynching of a member of minority community at Dadri was extreme-ly unfortunate and condemnable. No right thinking person can ever rationalise and condone such an action. Such incidents bring a bad name to the country.”

Jaitley recalled that when the NDA government came to power there were reports of series of at-tacks against the Christian com-munity, including on Churches.

“It was alleged that the minor-ity communities in the country are feeling unsafe. Each one of those ‘attacks’ was investigated and most of them were found to be incidents of petty crimes such

as theft or throwing bottles to break a windowpane. None of the attacks in and around Delhi could be attributed to religion or poli-tics,” he said.

The accused were arrested and are being prosecuted. The princi-pal accused in the case of raping a Nun in West Bengal was found to be a person of Bangladeshi origin.

“The protest at that time high-lighted two factors; fi rstly that this was an attack on institutions of minority community and sec-ondly, the prime minister was quiet about it. Once the truth of these ‘attacks’ as being the cases of crime was established the prop-aganda and propagandists have both disappeared,” he said.

Hard to fi nd a reasonFinance minister said the pro-testing writers have “struggled hard to fi nd a reason” for a cause against the Modi government.

“The rationalist M.M. Kalburgi was shot dead in Karnataka, a Congress ruled government. N.

Dabholkar, another rationalist, was shot down on 20th August 2013 in Maharashtra at that time ruled by the Congress and the NCP. Both incidents need to be condemned in no uncertain terms.

“It is the responsibility of the state government to maintain law and order and provide security to a vulnerable target of attack. Similarly, the Dadri incident took place in UP, which is ruled by the Samajwadi Party,” he said.

“There is no atmosphere of in-tolerance in the strategy. Combine the three crimes, camoufl age the truth and throw all of them in the basket of present Central Govern-ment,” Jaitley said, adding nobody has alleged any governmental complacency in these crimes.

“But to manufacture a revolt, it is necessary to obfuscate the truth and create the impression that the Modi government is responsible for these crimes even if they took place in the Congress and Sama-jwadi Party-ruled states.

“In fact, one of the protesting

writers in 2015, while return-ing her Padma Shri has cited the Sikh killings of 1984 as one of her reasons. It took thirty one years for this writer’s conscience to be aroused by the genocide of 1984,” the fi nance minister said.

Posing questions to protes-tors, he asked how many of them have courted arrests, protested or raised their voice against the dic-tatorship of Indira Gandhi during the emergency?

“Did the writers speak against the Sikh killings of 1984 or the Bhagalpur riots of 1989? Was their conscience not shaken by the corruption involving lakhs of crores between 2004 and 2014?,” he asked.

With the Congress showing no signs of revival and an insig-nifi cant Left lacking legislative relevance, the recipients of past patronage are now resorting to “politics by other means”.

The manufactured protest of the writers is one such case, he added. - PTI

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Clashes in Punjab leave two deadFARIDKOT (Punjab): Two peo-ple were killed and 75 others, including an IGP, were injured as clashes rocked a number of places in northern Indian state of Punjab, including Faridkot, Moga and Sangrur districts, over al-leged desecration of a holy book.

A major clash between pro-testers and police took place in Behbal Kalan village, some 20km from here, where activists of various Sikh organisations, including radicals, had set up a blockade.

“A police party was sent to clear the blockade set up by some activists near Behbal Kalan vil-lage. The protesters clashed with cops, pelted stones on them, forc-ing police to fi re in self defence, lob tear gas shells and use water cannons to disperse the mob,” Faridkot Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sukhwinder Singh said.

The clash left two youth, both in their 20s dead, and many in-jured, he said, adding “The situ-ation is tense, but under control.”

Earlier, protesters clashed with police at Kotkapura also in this district, he said.

Bathinda Zone IGP J. K. Jain was among 75 people injured, four of them seriously in these clashes. Clashes between pro-testers and police were also reported from some places in Sangrur and Moga. Police had to open fi re, use water cannons

and lob tear gas shells and cane charge the protesters to disperse them, offi cials said.

The protesters were agitated over reports of tearing of pages of a holy book.

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal have promised ac-tion against the miscreants and appealed for maintenance of peace. Sikh organisations are demanding action against those behind the incident of tearing of 150 pages of the holy book and Badal said the guilty would not be spared.

Sikh protesters had pitched their tents in Kotkapura town since Monday to protest against the alleged desecration of the holy book which was reportedly stolen earlier from a gurdwara at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village of Faridkot on June 1. - PTI

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Two websites, Facebook pages of IS propaganda blocked

NEW DELHI: Cracking its whip on terror propaganda being car-ried on Internet, government on Wednesday ordered banning of two websites and some pages on social networking site Facebook after it was found that they con-tained material detrimental to the country’s sovereignty.

The decision was taken during a high-level meeting in which offi -cials from Department of Telecom, Home Ministry and central securi-ty agencies participated.

The meeting was convened by Indian Computer Emergency Re-sponse Team (CERT-In), a nodal agency under Ministry of Com-munications, that deals with cy-ber security threats like hacking and phishing.

“On the request of the IB and some police, the CERT-In has blocked two websites belonging to IS, which were spreading out-fi t’s propaganda, and two Face-book pages which were being run by anonymous people in Jammu and Kashmir,” a senior govern-ment offi cer said. The two web-sites spreading IS propaganda had details of how to make bombs and training modules of the outfi t. - PTI

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RAGE: Sikh organisations

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leged desecration of religious

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Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP

Netaji secret fi les to be declassifi ed from January 23NEW DELHI: The secret fi les related to Subhas Chandra Bose will be declassifi ed by the central government beginning January 23 next year, Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi announced on Wednes-day as he met Netaji’s family mem-bers and declared “there is no need to strangle history”.

He said he will also urge foreign

governments to declassify fi les on Netaji available with them by writ-ing to them and personally taking up with foreign leaders.

His announcement regarding an issue that has been hanging fi re for seven decades came when he re-ceived 35 family members of Bose at his offi cial residence here and interacted with them for an hour.

“Process of declassifi cation of fi les relating to Netaji will begin on 23rd January 2016, Subhas Babu’s birth anniversary,” Modi tweeted. l

“Will also request foreign gov-ernments to declassify fi les on Ne-taji available with them. Shall be-gin this with Russia in December,” he said in another tweet.

Declaring that “there is no need

to strangle history”, he said “Na-tions that forget their history lack the power to create it.”

There have been demands by Netaji’s family and several others for declassifi cation of secret fi les as they hope that it will help an-swer questions regarding his mys-terious disappearance in 1945.

The Mamata Banerjee govern-

ment in West Bengal had recently declassifi ed 64 fi les which were in its possession.

“I told Subhas Babu’s family members — please consider me a part of your family. They shared their valuable suggestions with me,” the Prime Minister said, while remarking that “it was a privi-lege to welcome” them to 7, Race

Course Road, his offi cial residence.“We had a remarkable & exten-

sive interaction,” Modi said.During the interaction where

External Aff airs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Home Minister Ra-jnath Singh were also present, the family members requested for de-classifi cation of the fi les available with the government of India. - PTI

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Campaigning ends for phase 2 of Bihar polls

PATNA: The hustle and bustle of campaigning for the second phase of poll in 32 assembly seats in Bi-har ended on Wednesday evening with the sting video of a senior minister in the Nitish Kumar gov-ernment providing the BJP-led NDA with fresh ammunition to attack the grand secular alliance on corruption.

The 32 seats are spread across six Naxal-hit districts — Je-hanabad, Arwal, Gaya, Rohtas, Kaimur and Aurangabad.

The Election Commission has cut short the time for voting by one to two hours in as many as 23 constituencies that would go to poll on October 16, depending upon its perception of the threat from outlawed Naxalite groups.

Only 9 out of a total of 32 seats would see voting from 7am to 5pm. Twelve constituencies would wit-ness voting till 4pm, while 11 oth-ers would have balloting only till

3pm, Additional Chief Electoral Offi cer R. Lakshamanan said.

The sting video of JD(U) minis-ter Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha gave additional ammunition to the NDA for launching a spirited assault on the JD(U)-RJD-Con-gress combine during the elec-tioneering for the second phase of the fi ve-phase polls.

CorruptionPrime Minister Narendra Modi prominently raised the issue at his rallies in Jehanabad and Bhubua on October 12, a day after the damning video surfaced on the 113th birth anniversary of so-cialist icon Jayaprakash Narayan.

He attacked Chief Minister Nit-ish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, products of JP’s ‘Total Revolution’ movement, for “in-sulting” their leader, who fought against corruption, on his birth anniversary.

BJP chief Amit Shah and Home

Minister Rajnath Singh exten-sively toured the constituencies.

LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan, RSLP leader Upendra Kushwaha and Hindustani Awam Morcha’s Jitan Ram Manjhi, other three al-lies of BJP, too held a number of election meetings.

The Grand Alliance’s campaign was led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu.

Neither Congress president So-nia Gandhi nor her deputy Rahul Gandhi made any appearance for this phase of poll. On the last day of electioneering, Nitish and Lalu attacked Narendra Modi for his “delayed” reaction to the Dadri lynching incident.

Modi, in an interview to Bengali daily Ananda Bazar Patrika, had termed as “unfortunate” the Dadri episode following rumours of beef consumption. Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav toured some constituencies bordering

UP and slammed Nitish Kumar in particular.

Their arch rival in UP politics and BSP chief Mayawati also canvassed support for her party’s nominee in Sasaram bordering her state.

Battle royaleA battle royale is being witnessed for Imamganj seat where former chief minister Jitan Ram Man-jhi of HAM is locked in a straight contest with the Speaker of the outgoing assembly Uday Narain Chaudhary of JD(U).Chaudhary is a fi ve-term MLA from the seat.

Manjhi is also trying his luck from Makhdumpur.

Senior BJP leader and former minister Prem Kumar (Gaya town), former state unit chief of the saff ron party Gopal Narayan Singh (Nabinagar) and state min-ister Jay Kumar Singh (Dinara) are among those whose fate would be decided in this phase.

Stakes are high for the anti-BJP alliance in this phase as most of the 32 seats had gone to JD(U) in the last elections.

In 2010, JD(U) had won 19 seats followed by BJP 10, RJD 2 and In-dependent 1. This time JD(U) and RJD are contesting 13 seats each, while Congress has its candidates in the remaining six.

From NDA, half of the seats in this phase are being contested by nominees of BJP’s allies --- LJP, HAM and RLSP.

A total of 85,86,704 electors are eligible to vote to decide the fate of 458 candidates, 32 of them wom-en. Central paramilitary forces will be stationed at all 8,849 poll-ing stations. - PTI

The 32 seats that

would go for polls

on October 16 are

spread across six

Naxal-hit districts —

Jehanabad, Arwal,

Gaya, Rohtas, Kaimur

and Aurangabad

After PM remarks, Sena rakes up Modi’s past as chief minister during Gujarat riotsMUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s de-scription of Dadri lynching and opposition to Ghulam Ali’s con-cert in Mumbai as “unfortunate” on Wednesday led ally Shiv Sena to rake up his past when he was chief minister during the 2002 Gujarat riots and Congress to al-lege he suff ered from “selective amnesia.”

As the unease between Maha-rashtra’s ruling allies BJP and Shiv Sena grew, Sena MP Sanjay Raut made a controversial refer-ence to the post-Godhra riots, say-ing Modi “is known and respected due to Godhra and Ahmedabad.”

“If the Prime Minister has made such a statement (on Ghulam Ali), it is unfortunate,” Raut said.

“The world knows Naren-dra Modi due to Godhra and Ahmedabad and we respect him for the same reason. If the same Narendra Modi has called the controversy surrounding Ghulam Ali and (former Pakistan minis-ter) Khurshid Kasuri unfortunate,

then it is indeed unfortunate for all of us,” he told reporters in Mumbai.

Raut, however, seconded Modi’s views on Dadri lynching and said the incident was “highly unfortunate and it should not have happened.”

Breaking his silence, Modi to-

day described the Dadri incident and opposition to the concert by Pakistan singer Ghulam Ali from Shiv Sena as “undesirable and unfortunate” and that his govern-ment had nothing to do with them but accused the opposition of in-dulging in “pseudo secularism”

and politics of polarisation.Accusing Modi of suff ering

from selective amnesia and not taking appropriate action in the wake of the Dadri lynching, Con-gress said that it is not posturing that is needed but concrete action.

“Narendra Modi is suff ering from selective amnesia. He has forgotten that he is the Prime Minister of entire country and safety and protecting the life of 125 crore citizens of India is his responsibility,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in Delhi.

Surjewala said Modi selectively forgets that BJP government is in power in Maharashtra where Ali’s concert was cancelled or Kulkar-ni’s face was smeared with ink. JD(U) president Sharad Yadav also criticised the Prime Minis-ter saying that while he is quick to speak on the victories of the crick-et team, he was speaking on the Dadri incident after much delay.

He described the Dadri lynch-ing as a “Talibani act.” - PTI

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WOOING VOTERS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressing

an election rally at Gaya, Belaganj on Wednesday. - PTI

Narendra Modi is suffering from selective amnesia.

He has forgotten that he is the Prime Minister of

entire country and safety and protecting the life of

125 crore citizens of India is his responsibility

Randeep SurjewalaCongress chief spokesperson

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Seven die in blast at political party office

ISLAMABAD: At least seven people were killed while 13 oth-ers injured on Wednesday after a bomb exploded inside the po-litical offi ce of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA, Sardar Amjad Farooq Khan Kho-sa in Dera Ghazi Khan’s Taunsa area, Express News reported.

According to initial reports, the explosion caused a fi re at the of-fi ce of the MNA who was not pre-sent in the vicinity at the time of the blast.

“Seven people are dead, 13 oth-ers are wounded and have been shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Taunsa,” District Po-lice Offi cer Dera Ghazi Khan Ghu-lam Mubasshir Maken confi rmed.

Two candidates for union coun-cil chairman Zameerul Hasan Sangi and Akhtar Tangwani are also among the dead.

Rescue teams and fi re fi ght-ing vehicles arrived at the scene where investigation and rescue eff orts are underway. Further, police and security personnel cor-

doned off the area. Sources said the sound of the blast was heard from at least two kilometres. Meanwhile, the bomb disposal squad was also called at the scene.

“The blast occurred at my po-litical offi ce in Taunsa while I am currently in Islamabad to attend a meeting,” Sardar Khosa said, adding the attack could be a re-action to the on-going military operation, Zarb-e-Azb, against terrorists.

Condemning the attack as an

act of cowardice, the MNA point-ed out that he did not receive any threat or alert prior to the blast.

Splinter groupLater, a Taliban splinter group claimed the responsibility for the attack, saying it was behind the blast at the political offi ce of the ruling party’s MNA in DG Khan.

“The Tehreek-e-Taliban Paki-stan Jamaatul Ahrar has carried out the attack on the election of-fi ce of the PML-N lawmaker,” the

group’s spokesman Eshanullah Ehsan said.

The militant outfi t had parted ways with the Taiban over seri-ous diff erences last year. Secu-rity offi cials say majority of the Taliban leaders have crossed into Afghanistan and now op-erate from there. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and other political leaders have also condemned the attack. — Express Tribune

Two candidates for

the union council

chairman were

among those killed

in the attack that hit

Dera Ghazi Khan

CARNAGE: Pakistani local residents gather at the site of a suspected suicide bomb attack in Taunsa

town, near Dera Ghazi Khan city in the southern Punjab on Wednesday. — AFP

China concerned about its workersISLAMABAD: China has called for better security provision for its workers engaged in the Chi-na-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion dollars project aimed at starting new eco-nomic opportunities in the South Asian region.

These views were expressed by Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong during a meeting with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in Islamabad on Wednesday. Both offi cials dis-cussed issues related to terrorism, Chinese workers’ security and other regional matters, sources at

the Ministry of Interior sade.The interior minister informed

the Chinese ambassador about on-going projects under CPEC, where both countries were keen to invest around $50 billion to make it a more productive project, sources added.

Pursuing jointly“Islamabad is determined to exe-cute all projects sooner, a step for-ward for prosperity and peace of the region both powers are pursu-ing jointly,” a statement issued by the interior ministry quoted Nisar as saying. — Express Tribune

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The Dutch report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was not supposed to ap-portion blame.

Yet the report released Tuesday by the Dutch Safety Board clearly shows that no side is innocent in eastern Ukraine’s now- frozen confl ict.

The July 17, 2014 plane crash killed 298 people, causing endless grief in several countries and cata-lysing Russia’s international isolation.

It was after MH17 that Europe agreed to mean-ingful economic sanctions, including restrictions on the access of Russian state companies to Euro-pean Union debt markets.

Though Russia has vetoed a proposed United Na-tions- mandated tribunal, it is paying for the inci-dent every day, and even without offi cial fi ndings, its guilt is assumed, despite the Kremlin’s ham-handed attempts to defl ect blame.

The logic is clear: Pro-Russian rebels in east-ern Ukraine were the only party to the confl ict that needed to defend itself against a threat from the air, and they were -- and still are -- armed and aided by Moscow.

In that sense, the Dutch report changes little, showing -- without saying it in so many words -- that the Buk missile which destroyed the plane must have been launched from rebel-held territory.

Yet it stresses a point that Russia has repeatedly made in its defence: Ukraine, a country responsible for safeguarding its airspace, failed in its duty by al-lowing passenger jets to fl y over the confl ict area.

While there can be no moral equivalency be-tween arming or protecting the perpetrators of that crime, and failing to close the skies, the uncomfort-able truth laid bare by the report is that both sides in the confl ict were glaringly incompetent.

After ascertaining that MH17 was brought down by a Buk, the Safety Board did a thorough job of pin-pointing the location from which it was fi red.

It ordered three diff erent simulations of the missile’s trajectory, one independent, one from a Ukrainian research institute and one from Almaz-Antei, the Russsian producer of Buk systems.

The resulting spots fell within an area of 320 square kilometres: The data match reports by jour-nalists who traveled to the area and citizen journal-ists working with the Bellingcat blog.

They indicate that the Buk launcher was loaded onto a truck from a rental company taken over by

the separatists in Donetsk, driven to the small town of Snizhne, then offl oaded and driven south of town on the day of the MH17 crash. Snizhne is located in the top left-hand corner of the broad area on the Safety Board’s map. According to confl ict maps published at the time, pretty much the entire area specifi ed in the report was in rebel hands.

Almaz Antei must have realised it had submitted data that didn’t match the Russian propaganda line. On Tuesday, before the Dutch report was released, it gave a press conference to insist that, according to its simulation data, the missile was fi red from the area of Zaroschenskoye, then held by the Ukrain-ian military. The village lies to the west of the area highlighted in the report. The Safety Board wisely ignored that attempt to rewrite the story.

If anyone needed proof that the Buk was launched from rebel territory, the Safety Board’s data are un-equivocal on that count. Determining who manned the Buk and what happened to it afterwards lay out-side the scope of the technical investigation, but the latest Bellingcat report uses social media data to show the launcher had been moved to Russia after shooting down MH17.

Whether that indicates it had been supplied and manned by the Russian military or that Rus-sia merely helped the rebels hide the hot weapon is not particularly important. The names of specifi c Russian or pro-Russian fi ghters who brought down the airliner would add little to the story of a terrible mistake, the kind that makes war indiscriminately, senselessly cruel. I fi nd it hard to believe these peo-ple are still alive, anyway.

When a criminal investigation run by the af-fected countries presents its results sometime next year, it will probably also pin the catastrophe on the pro-Russian side: The evidence is by now overwhelming.

Ukrainian authorities were so preoccupied with their military operation against the rebels -- which was stepped up to include heavy airstrikes after Petro Poroshenko was elected president -- that they never really thought about any danger to passenger planes.

The governments of South Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and the democratic Republic of Congo have also failed to close their airspace during recent civil wars, though Muam-mar Gaddafi ’s Libya did. These countries are hardly examples for aspiring European Union member Ukraine. - Bloomberg View

Need to probe US claims of collateral damageThis refers to the online story, Panel of global experts ready to probe into US bombing of Afghan hospital (October 14). Such a panel would indeed be welcome. However, such investigations should take done for numerous other alleged atrocities committed by

Washington, which the superpower, for damage control, calls collateral damage. Such incidents include use of drones in Pakistan and the killing fi elds of Iraq and Afghanistan. In my opinion, no such probe will be carried out anytime soon. — Johnathan Samuels, Salalah

Di Mario not a team player This refers to the online story, Uru-guay lead 2018 race, Argentina strug-gle (October 14). The true depth of the Argentine football team is seen by these performances. The side currently does not have the injured Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero, and has to rely only on Carlos Tevez and Angel Di Mario. In the last World Cup, it was very obvious that like Messi, Di Maria too does not play for the country. Both these players only excel at their respective clubs. — Robert Wilson, Muscat

Spices needed for balanced diet This refers to the online story, Know your

spice: Cinnamon (October 14). All spices are extremely important for a balanced diet. However, many people consider their consump-tion as unhealthy. In my opinion, the blind faith on allopathy is the root cause this opinion. — Sadaf Fatima, Muscat

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Philippine army turns down militants’ call to begin talks

MANILA: The Philippine army on Wednesday rejected demands by militants to start negotiations for the release of three abducted foreign tourists and a Filipino woman and halt an off ensive on a remote southern island.

Two Canadians, a Norwegian and the Filipino, who were taken hostage at a resort on Samal island on September 21, have appealed by video to Philippine authorities to stop military operations on the tiny island of Jolo, to the west of Samal, and to Canada to help ne-gotiate for their freedom.

There has been speculation the four had been taken hundreds of miles west to Jolo, a stronghold of Abu Sayyaf, a small but violent militant group, known for bomb attacks, kidnappings and behead-ings in the southern Philippines.

“There is no negotiation that can be made with any of those who are perpetrating this crime,” mili-tary spokesman Colonel Restituto Padilla told a press briefi ng at the main army base in Manila. “We cannot, as of the matter, discuss operational details, but we can as-sure you the safety of the hostages is always foremost in our minds.”

Operations to continueThe army commander on Jolo, General Alan Arrojado, said the military would not stop operations against the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf because there was no proof the hostages were in that area. “It may be a mock up scenario, it could be taken elsewhere and made it ap-

pear to be on Jolo to stop our op-erations,” he said about the video appeal of the hostages. “There will be no let up in our operations.”

Asked about the video, a Cana-dian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the government was “pursu-ing all appropriate channels” to seek further information.

Armed men with covered faces were seen in the video standing behind the four hostages who made appeals to halt army off en-sives and to negotiate for their release. All of them were shown to be sitting in a jungle while the militants with covered faces held rifl es and machetes and shouted slogans. The militants’ leader spoke fl uent English, demanding the artillery attacks be halted and the negotiation of the release of the hostages. He did not identify what group they belonged to or their location.

“The positive thing that we derive from this video is that the kidnap victims are in good health, seem to be, and that is, as far as we are concerned, part of the good news that we got out of it,” Padilla

said. on Tuesday, two Canadians, a Norwegian and a Filipino woman appealed by video to the Philip-pines to stop military operations, and to Canada to negotiate for their freedom with militants who abducted them.

“Please, stop all these opera-tions so that negotiations can start,” said a man, who introduced himself as John Ridsdel on the clip circulating on YouTube, while a machete was brandished behind his head by a militant who was holding him. The man said there had been artillery fi re nearby, fl ights overhead and bombings and asked that they be stopped.

Another captive, who intro-duced himself as Robert Hall, also appealed to stop the bombings, saying his life was in grave danger. A third man who introduced him-self as Kjartan Sekkingstad was also made to plead for their lives. The woman seated beside Hall did not speak. The four were iden-tifi ed by the Philippines army in September as having been taken hostage. This was the fi rst video of them since their abduction. — Reuters

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Taiwan to boost forces on disputed Spratlys island

TAIPEI/BOSTON: Taiwan will increase its coast guard presence on a small island in the disputed South China Sea Spratlys, the coast guard chief said Wednesday, as rival China asserts its claims to the same chain.

Also on Wednesday, in a rebuff to China, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said the United States mili-tary would sail and fl y wherever in-ternational law allowed, including the disputed South China Sea.

Taiwan has largely kept out of disputes between China and its neighbours in the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei all have overlapping claims.

Coast guard chief Wang Chung-yi said Taiwan’s construction of a port on the island of Itu Aba, or Taiping as it is known in Taiwan, remains on track and will be able to support permanently stationed 100-tonne ships and allow 2,000- and 3,000-tonne vessels to dock.

He would not be drawn on China’s claims to the island but said the port, with an airstrip and hospital, was part of Taiwan’s ef-forts to bolster its humanitarian aid role.

“(When the port is done, the staff ) will probably increase by nearly 30 to 40 people, includ-ing those onshore and at sea,” he told reporters.

Meanwhile, Carter spoke after a two-day meeting between US and Australian foreign and defence ministers at which the long-time allies agreed to expand defence cooperation and expressed “strong concerns” over Beijing’s building on disputed islands.

“Make no mistake, the United States will fl y, sail and operate wherever international law allows, as we do around the world, and the South China Sea will not be an ex-ception,” Carter told a joint news conference. “We will do that in the time and places of our choosing,” Carter added.

He had been asked about re-ports that the United States had already decided to conduct free-dom-of-navigation operations inside 12 nautical mile limits that China claims around islands built on reefs in the Spratly ar-chipelago. — Reuters

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Experts demand probe into US bombing of Afghan hospitalGENEVA: An international pan-el of experts is ready to investigate the US bombing of a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Af-ghanistan but awaits a green light from both governments, MSF and the Swiss foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Hour-long air raidThe hour-long air raid on October 3 killed 22 people, including 12 MSF staff , and led to the closure of the Kunduz trauma hospital, depriving tens of thousands of Afghans of health care, the promi-nent medical charity said.

MSF has been demanding that the independent humanitarian

commission created under the Geneva Conventions in 1991 be activated for the fi rst time to han-dle the sensitive inquiry.

“The commission has already off ered its services to the govern-ments of the USA and Afghani-stan,” a Swiss foreign ministry spokesman said in an email to Reuters on Wednesday. “Any in-vestigation would require the agreement of both governments, however.” Switzerland, which pro-vides a secretariat for the Berne-based International Humanitar-ian Fact-Finding Commission, would welcome an “independent, eff ective and comprehensive in-vestigation”, he added.

The United States military has taken responsibility for the air strike, calling it a mistake. US President Barack Obama apolo-gised to MSF last week.

CommissionMSF, which said it could not rely on US, NATO and Afghan internal investigations to get to the bottom of the bombing, said the Commis-sion had been activated.

“The IHFFC is now await-ing the agreement of the United States and Afghanistan govern-ments to proceed,” MSF said in a statement. Both nations must give their approval for the investi-gation to begin. — Reuters

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IS or PKK behind Ankara bombings, says Turkey PM

ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Min-ister Ahmet Davutoglu told Reu-ters on Wednesday some of the suspects in suicide bombings in Ankara had spent months in Syria and that they could be linked to IS or to Kurdish militants.

He said Saturday’s bombing of an Ankara rally of pro-Kurdish ac-tivists and civic groups, the worst attack of its kind in Turkey, was intended to undermine his ruling AK Party at November 1 polls and deny it votes needed to form a ma-jority government.

“We are working on (investigat-ing) two terrorist organisations, IS and PKK, because we have cer-tain evidence regarding the sui-cide bombers having links with IS, but also some linkages with PKK groups,” Davutoglu said in an inter-view in Istanbul. “Some suspects were in Syria for many months.”

He rejected criticism that the authorities had not been robust in rounding up suspected mili-tants and described as untrue re-ports that the father of one of the main Ankara suspects had alerted the authorities about his son’s radicalisation a year ago and that nothing had been done.

InvestigationAn investigation was under way into whether there had been in-telligence and security failures in the run-up to the bombing; but he said Turkey had foiled previous such attacks and that Ankara’s police, intelligence and security chiefs had already been

removed from their posts. Pres-sure has piled on Turkey, not least from NATO allies who see it as a bulwark against Middle East turmoil, to do more to seal its 900 km (560-mile) border with Syria. Foreign and Turkish fi ghters have taken advantage of the mass passage of refugees to cross to IS-held territory, com-ing back to threaten attacks in Turkey and further afi eld.

“We are searching each and every individual and we have pre-vented other attempts in the past ... Even if you put a soldier every 100 metres you can imagine how diffi cult it is,” Davutoglu said.

He said Turkey was at war not only with IS but also the Kurd-istan Workers Party (PKK) and the leftist Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C), which claimed an attack on the US consulate in Istanbul in Au-

gust. Turkey had intelligence that PKK and DHKP-C militants had been trained as suicide bombers in northern Iraq and sent to Tur-key, Davutoglu said.

“We don’t see any diff erence be-tween IS and PKK. They are both criminals, both terrorist organiza-tions attacking Turkey, attacking civilians,” he said.

The sheer array of insurgent groups, along with interlinked fac-tions within these groups, high-lights the scale of the threat facing Turkey. Turkish leaders, however, have long seen Kurdish rebels as the greatest threat to the fabric of the country, fearing alliance with Syrian and Iraqi allies to form a Kurdish state.

Davutoglu said the Ankara bombing was mounted to thwart eff orts by the AK Party founded by President Tayyip Erdogan to re-gain the overall majority it lost for

the fi rst time in 13 years at June polls - partly as a result of the elec-toral success of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).

He said he was confi dent the bid would fail, with latest polls indicating support of 44-45 per-cent for the AKP. That would po-tentially be enough for it to govern alone, but not enough to carry out constitutional reforms Erdogan seeks to endow his presidency with strong executive powers.

Davutoglu, the architect of Tur-key’s “zero problems with neigh-bours” foreign policy, has faced criticism for his strategy in Syria of calling for President Bashar Al Assad to be ousted and his sup-port for hadrline movements in the region.

He said Turkey had the right to defend itself against growing risks emanating from Syria after Rus-sia’s military intervention, which

he said if anything showed the weakness of Assad. “As a neigh-bouring country we have serious concerns and we have certain rights ... based on international law to protect our homeland secu-rity,” Davutoglu said.

“Now there are more risks in Syria than before...these new in-terventions. But at the end of the day the Syrian people should de-cide on their own future.”

Asked whether Turkey would supply moderate Syrian rebels with weapons to face the Russian-led assault, he said the issue was one for the international commu-nity and not Turkey alone.

“This is not our problem only, this is the problem of the interna-tional community. It is a shame for the international community not to stop the war crimes of the Syrian regime and not to stop this barbaric Daesh group.” — Reuters

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ANKARA: Turkish secu-rity forces killed 10 Kurdish militants during ground and air operations in southeast-ern Turkey on Tuesday, the military said, days after the insurgents called a unilateral ceasefi re.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) ordered its forces on Saturday to halt all actions in Turkey, following a bomb blast at a peace rally in Ankara.

The government dismissed the truce declaration as a ploy ahead of November polls that will be contested by a pro-Kurdish party.

ClashesThree militants were killed in clashes during an operation by the military in Hakkari prov-ince, close to Turkey’s Iran and Iraq borders, the military said in a statement on Wednesday. Seven more were killed in sub-sequent air strikes.

Security sources said Turkish F-16 jets launched fur-

ther air strikes against Kurdish positions.

The confl ict has surged in ferocity since a two year cease-fi re collapsed in July, leaving

long-term peace negotiations in tatters.

Turkey is due to hold elec-tions on November 1 that could further exacerbate tensions

over security. It remains unclear who carried out the Ankara bombing, at a rally attended predominantly by pro-Kurdish groups. - Reuters

10 Kurdish militants killed in Turkish ground, air operations

Refugee policy row raises political heat on German chancellor MerkelBERLIN: A fall in support and a government row over the refugee crisis raised the heat on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, forcing allies to de-fend the integrity of her coalition.

Germany, a favoured destina-tion for migrants, expects 800,000 to a million new arrivals this year. Many Germans feel the country cannot cope with the record infl ux.

As tempers frayed, Merkel’s conservatives met fi erce resist-ance from their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners over plans for transit zones at border crossings to process refugees’ asy-lum requests. They have had to deny such centres would resemble concentration camps.

Asked whether the transit zone row heralded the end of the rul-ing coalition, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told Deutschlandfunk radio: “No! We shouldn’t talk about the failure of the coalition every time (there is an argument).”

A Forsa poll showed support for Merkel’s conservatives had dropped one percent to 38 per cent, its lowest level since June 2014. Merkel is trying to steer a course between pressure from her conservatives - especially the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), sister party of her Chris-tian Democrats (CDU) - to take a harder line on refugees and SPD opposition to the transit zones.

Bavaria is the fi rst point of entry for many migrants and the state has threatened to take the govern-ment to court unless it tries to lim-it the fl ow of asylum-seekers.

The CDU-run Interior Minis-try has drawn up a draft bill that provides for the transit zones, which would hold refugees at bor-der crossings so asylum requests

can be examined before they are allowed in. SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel has dubbed the centres “detention zones”. Responding to such criticism, CSU lawmaker Stephan Mayer told Deutschland-funk on Tuesday: “This is not about concentration camps.”

Merkel also faces increased pressure from her own conserva-tives to end the open-door policy she has pursued with the catch-phrase: “We can do this!”

A YouGov poll on Tuesday showed that 56 per cent of people surveyed thought there were al-ready too many refugees in Ger-many and that the country could not cope with more.

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Tuesday questioned

whether all refugees should re-ceive the same benefi ts as others in Germany.

“If we pay out from the fi rst day as much Hartz IV (benefi ts) to such people - who we fi rst need to teach to speak and write the (Ger-man) language - as to someone who has worked for 30 years and is now unemployed, what will a trade unionist say to his members?” he asked.

At a meeting of the conserva-tives’ parliamentary group on Tuesday, Merkel resisted pressure to tighten border controls and turn away refugees arriving via Austria.

“Her dominance over the party has suff ered a bit,” said Gero Neu-gebauer, political scientist at Ber-lin’s Free University.

But he added that she could aff ord to stand fi rm. “There is no one else who is ready to be chancellor,” he said. “That is Merkel’s strength.”

Meanwhile in London, out-sourcing group Serco has apolo-gised to the British government for the “inappropriate” use of a stretch limousine to transport asylum seekers from temporary accommodation near London to Manchester, 330 kilometres (205 miles) away. The luxury vehicle was used in July to pick up asy-lum seekers from Longford, near Heathrow airport, where recent arrivals have been held, and drive them to Manchester in the north-west, British press reports said this week. — Reuters

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South Africa police chief suspended over ‘misconduct’

JOHANNESBURG: South Af-rican President Jacob Zuma has suspended National Police Com-missioner Riah Phiyega, pend-ing an inquiry into allegations of misconduct, his offi ce said on Wednesday.

Zuma’s offi ce in September launched an investigation into the police chief’s role in the 2012 kill-ing of 34 miners by offi cers during a violent wildcat strike over pay at the Marikana mine run by plati-num producer Lonmin.

BoardThe presidency said a three-member board would look into whether the country’s fi rst female police boss and other senior po-lice offi cers had concealed infor-mation on decisions they took while handling labour unrest at Lonmin’s operations.

AppointedZuma’s offi ce also said he had appointed Johannes Khomotso Phahlane, the commissioner for Forensic Services, as acting Na-tional Police Commissioner.

The police spokesman was not immediately available to comment on behalf of Phiyega.

“The suspension is... pending any decision that is made follow-ing upon the recommendations of the Board of Inquiry into allega-tions of misconduct, her fi tness to hold offi ce and her capacity to execute offi cial duties effi ciently,” Zuma’s offi ce said in a statement.

The statement said her suspen-sion was “with immediate eff ect and on full pay.”

South Africa’s worst police kill-ing since the end of apartheid sparked intense public and media criticism toward the police, min-ing companies, unions, the ruling African National Congress and Zuma himself.

InquiryAn inquiry into the shootings blamed a mining company, police and unions for what became known as the “Marika-na massacre.”

Zuma appointed Phiyeka in June 2012, after sacking her pre-decessor Bheki Cele over the ir-regular signing of a lease for a new police headquarters worth nearly $100 million. — Reuters

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Twitter Inc appoints

ex-Google employee as

executive chairman

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter Inc appointed former Google execu-tive Omid Kordestani as its exec-utive chairman, holding good on a promise to appoint an outsider to work alongside co-founder Jack Dorsey in his second stint as CEO.

Twitter’s shares rose in early trading after Dorsey tweeted the appointment, but were down 1.4 per cent at $28.65 by mid-morning. Announcing Dorsey’s appointment as CEO last week, Twitter said it would look outside the company for a chairman to al-lay concerns about his dual role as head of mobile payments com-pany Square Inc.

Kordestani, 51, joined Google as its 11th employee in 1999 and stayed for 10 years. After a few years away, during which he was an adviser to the CEO, he re-turned full-time in October 2014 as Google’s chief business offi cer.

He became a senior adviser in August, helping the company through its rebranding as Al-phabet Inc. “It’s quite a coup,” said James Cordwell, analyst at Atlantic Equities. “He was very well-respected at Google both for his business skills and, appar-ently, his personnel skills.”

Twitter is working to rekin-dle growth after reporting in the last quarter its slowest rise in monthly average users since the company went public in 2013. It plans to lay off up to 8 per cent of its workforce.

Kordestani’s extensive sales experience at Google would prove a good foil for Dorsey’s product knowledge, analysts said. “He has incredible business acumen and can help fi ne-tune the strategy

and attract talent to Twitter,” said James Cakmak, analyst Mon-ness, Crespi, Hardt & Co.

Kordestani - a trusted adviser of Larry Page in Google’s early days - received a $60 million eq-uity award from Google in 2014, plus a one-time supplemental equity award worth $65 million.

He also received a sign-on bonus of $5 million when he re-turned as chief business offi cer - a position that gave him respon-sibility for revenue and market-ing. “It’s rare you get to be at a company with an amazing busi-ness that’s also transforming the world,” Kordestani tweeted. “I’ve had good fortune to be at three: Netscape, @google, and now @twitter.”

He hold a masters degree in business administration from Stanford University, according to his LinkedIn profi le.

Google wished Kordestani well at Twitter, saying he had been “instrumental in establishing Google’s business and helped us develop really close, longstand-ing partnerships across the in-dustry.” — Reuters

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We are searching each and every individual and we have prevented other attempts in the past ... Even if you put a soldier every 100 metres you can imagine how diffi cult it is

Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish Prime Minister

DAMAGED: Children play between damaged building after a security operation in Sur district

in the Kurdish dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, on Tuesday. – Reuters

LONG WAIT: Immigrants queue up for food at the Offi ce of Health and Social Aff airs (LAGESO) in Berlin

on Wednesday. – AFP

TWITTER LOGO: An employee

adjusts a screen that displays

the Twitter logo on the fl oor of

the New York Stock Exchange,

in this fi le picture. – Reuters Files

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Karunaratne century lays foundation for Sri Lanka

GALLE: Dimuth Karunaratne frustrated West Indies with a pa-tient unbeaten century to help Sri Lanka reach 250-2 on the open-ing day and stay on course for a big fi rst innings total in the fi rst Test at Galle on Wednesday.

With the pitch off ering little assistance to the bowlers and West Indies making it worse for themselves by spilling a couple of catches, the 27-year-old south-paw showed immaculate disci-pline and application to reach the close not out on 135.

Karunaratne hit 10 boundaries and a six in his sedate knock and was ably supported by Dinesh Chandimal (72), the duo accumu-lating 149 runs for the unbroken third wicket. West Indies stuck to their plans to use their pacers in short bursts but Karunaratne and

Kaushal Silva (17) still gave Sri Lanka their fi rst 50-plus opening stand this year after home skipper Angelo Mathews opted to bat fi rst.

The West Indian bowlers har-assed the openers with short-pitched bowling but it was a fuller-length delivery from Ke-mar Roach that earned them the breakthrough when Silva edged to wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin.

Lahiru Thirimanne (16) had a reprieve after lunch when Dar-ren Bravo dropped him at slip off Jerome Taylor but the batsman could not capitalise on it.

Thirimanne stepped out against leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and was caught at short mid-wicket. “We will get good rest tonight, come back tomor-row and work hard for wickets,” Roach said. — Reuters

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FINE TON: Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne, right, raises his bat

as he celebrates scoring a century. – AP/PTI

Sri Lanka 1st innings:D. Karunaratne not out 135K. Silva c Ramdin b Roach 17L. Thirimanne c sub b Bishoo 16D. Chandimal not out 72Extras (lb-5 nb-5) 10Total (for 2 wickets, 90 overs) 250Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-101To bat: A. Mathews, M. Siriwardana, K. Perera, D. Prasad, T. Kaushal, R. Herath,

N. Pradeep Bowling: J. Taylor 12-2-35-0 (nb-4); K. Roach 13-3-33-1; J. Holder 13-4-20-0; S. Gabriel 11-2-36-0 (nb-1); M. Samuels 18-4-42-0; D. Bishoo 22-1-78-1; C. Brathwaite 1-0-1-0Umpires: Marais Erasmus and Richard Illingworth TV umpire: Simon Fry Match referee: David Boon

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Dhoni inspires India to victory

INDORE: Under-fi re Mahendra Singh Dhoni marked his return to form with an unbeaten 92 as In-dia recorded a 22-run victory over South Africa in the second cricket One-dayer to level the fi ve-match series 1-1 here on Wednesday.

Electing to bat, Dhoni bailed In-dia out of trouble with his 86-ball knock to take the team to 247 for nine. His bowlers then ended the visiting side’s innings at 225 to record their fi rst win on South Af-rica’s current tour.

Going through the toughest phase of his international career, Dhoni played a captain’s knock and then made smart bowling changes to bun-dle out South Africa in 43.4 overs.

Axar Patel (3/39) and Bhu-vneshwar Kumar (3/41) shared six wickets between them, while Harbhajan Singh (2/51) scalped two in his comeback match.

The nudges, quick singles, shot-arm jabs, pulls, cuts, lofted shots over the bowlers’ heads — all were on full display as Dhoni answered his critics with a knock that was decorated with seven boundaries and four sixes. ‘Captain Cool’ bat-ted with the tail-enders with a calm head as India scored 82 runs off the last 10 overs to put on board a decent total, which at one stage looked impossible.

India were looking down the barrel at 165 for seven in the 40th over, but Dhoni found great sup-port from Harbhajan Singh (22), with whom he added 56 runs.

Ajinkya Rahane yet again bat-ted well, scoring a 63-ball 51 for his second consecutive half century.

Dhoni slams criticsCritics Later Dhoni slammed his critics saying that people wait with open swords wanting him to make mistakes. “Not an easy game played, a lot of people wait with

open swords and want you to make mistakes. We should have got more with the bats and we didn’t start well with our bowling, but our spinners did well and pacers also came into action later on,” Dhoni, who was awarded the man-of-the-match for his knock, said.

“Axar is not a big turner of the ball and he pitched it in the right areas. Bhajji has the experience and they didn’t try too many diff er-ent things and fl ighting or under-fl ighting the ball was needed and overall they did a good job,” he said.

The skipper believes the team has the capability to perform even better. “Overall not a very convinc-ing win but good win, we can play a lot better. We’re not playing to our capacity, not even 80 percent, in batting or bowling.

“As a batting unit, we didn’t per-form well but we bounced back well. We knew we needed two good deliveries when Imran Tahir and Kagiso Rabada were batting,” he said.

“I won’t say the game was in our hands but we had a good chance if we bowled in the right areas and needed only two good deliveries,” the 34-year-old said.

Dhoni also defended his play-ers by saying, “It doesn’t always go your way (talking about his bat-ting), the top order has been scor-ing loads of runs in the last two and a half years so lower order doesn’t get a big chance to bat.” - Agencies

Going through the

toughest phase of

his international

career, Dhoni played

a captain’s knock

and then made smart

bowling changes to

bundle out South

Africa in 43.4 overs

England survive after Malik magic inspires PakistanABU DHABI: Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali negotiated the rest of the fi nal session as England closed the second day of the fi rst test in Abu Dhabi on 56-0, after Shoaib Malik’s mammoth knock had inspired Pakistan to 523-8 declared. Captain Cook fi nished on 39 not out, with Moeen un-beaten on 15, as the pair showed good application to see out the fi -nal hour and a bit.

Earlier, the 33-year-old Ma-lik made the third-highest score ever by a Pakistan batsman against England before falling to Ben Stokes while attempting to drag the bowler from outside off stump through midwicket.

His shot found the hands of Ian Bell, who dropped two catches on the fi rst day but managed to hold on to the chance above his head.

Soon after, Pakistan declared their innings, which had at its heart Malik but also contained signifi -cant contributions from Moham-med Hafeez (98) on day one and Asad Shafi q, who fell leg before to the third ball after tea for 107.

The latter’s exit brought the end of a 248-run stand with Malik, the highest fi fth-wicket partnership for Pakistan against England. - Reuters

C R I C K E T

India favourites

for T20 WC: Lara

HYDERABAD: India play-ing at home is a very dangerous team and it will start as favour-ites in the T20 World Cup in India next year, former West Indian batsman Brain Lara said on Wednesday. “An Indian team playing at home is a very dan-gerous team. They proved that by winning 50-over World Cup in India four or fi ve years ago under (M.S.) Dhoni,” Lara said.

Lara was in Hyderabad for the launch of YuppTV, an internet based TV. “The guys are very ver-satile in their place. I expect them to start off as favourites. I know home pressure is always a pos-sibility but I think the guys have grown a lot. I believe they have a very good chance,” said Lara. — IANS

O P I N I O N

Pakistan 1st innings:M. Hafeez lbw b Stokes 98S. Masood b Anderson 2S. Malik c Bell b Stokes 245Y. Khan c Cook b Broad 38Misbah-ul Haq c Buttler b Anderson 3A. Shafi q lbw b Wood 107S. Ahmed c Bell b Stokes 2W. Riaz not out 2Z. Babar c Anderson b Stokes 0Extras (b-4 lb-21 nb-1) 26Total (for 8 wkts decl, 151.1 overs) 523Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-173, 3-247, 4-251, 5-499, 6-514, 7-521, 8-523

Bowling: J. Anderson 22-7-42-2; S. Broad 21-8-44-1 (nb-1); B. Stokes 17.1-3-57-4; M. Wood 22-5-58-1; A. Rashid 34-0-163-0; M. Ali 30-2-121-0; J. Root 5-1-13-0England 1st innings:A. Cook not out 39 M. Ali not out 15 Extras (nb-1 w-1) 2 Total (for no loss, 21 overs) 56 Bowling: R. Ali 4-0-12-0; I. Khan 5-0-16-0; Z. Babar 7-1-16-0; W. Riaz 4-1-10-0 (nb-1 w-1); A. Shafi q 1-0-2-0Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Paul Reiff el Match referee: Andy Pycroft

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STAR OF THE DAY: Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik plays a shot against

England at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. – AFP

MAN OF THE MATCH: Indian

skipper MS Dhoni. –Reuters

INDIAR. Sharma b Rabada 3S. Dhawan c Duminy b Morkel 23A. Rahane b Tahir 51V. Kohli run out 12M.S. Dhoni not out 92S. Raina c de Kock b Morkel 0A. Patel lbw b Steyn 13B. Kumar b Tahir 14H. Singh c de Kock b Steyn 22U. Yadav c de Kock b Steyn 4M. Sharma not out 0Extras (lb-2, w-10, nb-1) 13Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 247 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-59, 3-82, 4-102, 5-104, 6-124, 7-165, 8-221, 9-225Bowling: Dale Steyn 10-0-49-3, Kagiso Rabada 10-1-49-1, Morne Morkel 10-0-42-2, Jean-Paul Duminy 9-0- 59-0, Imran Tahir 10-1-42-2, Ferhaan Behardien 1-0-4-0 SOUTH AFRICAH. Amla st Dhoni b Patel 17Q. de Kock c Mohit b Harbhajan 34

F. du Plessis c Kohli b Patel 51JP Duminy lbw b Patel 36AB de Villiers c Kohli b Mohit 19D. Miller c Dhoni b Kumar 0F. Behardien c Dhoni b Harbhajan 18D. Steyn c Kohli b Yadav 13K. Rabada not out 19I. Tahir c Dhoni b Kumar 9M. Morkel c Raina b Kumar 4Extras (lb-3, w-2) 5Total (all out; 43.4 overs) 225Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-52, 3-134, 4-141, 5-142, 6-167, 7-186, 8-200, 9-221, 10-225Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 8.4-0-41-3, Umesh Yadav 8-0-52-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-51-2, Axar Patel 10-0-39-3, Mohit Sharma 5-0-21-1, Suresh Raina 2-0-18-0

Man of the match: M.S. Dhoni (India)Umpires: Aleem Dar and Vineet Kulkarni TV umpire: C.K. Nandan (India)Match referee: Chris Broad (England)Reserve umpire: Anil Dandekar (India)

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SPORTST H U R S DAY, O C TO B E R 1 5, 2 0 1 5

Azzan, Hamed, Ali and Rashad to represent Oman at Nomura Cup

MUSCAT: The Sultanate will be fi elding a four-member team at the Nomura Cup Men’s Asia-Pacifi c Teams Golf Championship, sched-uled to be organised at the iconic Yas Links in Abu Dhabi from Octo-ber 22 to 25.

For the much-anticipated ama-teur golf championship being held in the region for the fi rst time, the

Oman Golf Committee (OGC) has picked Oman’s Al Rumhy siblings Azzan and Hamed, experienced Ali Hameed and young talent Ra-shad Al Harthy.

The Omani delegation will be led by OGC Chairman Mundhir Al Barwani and vice-chairman Ahmed Al Jhdhamy will accompa-ny the squad as the team manager.

Oman has joined the other Arab nations in supporting the champi-

onship by fi elding a team in what will be their fi rst appearance at the biennial event.

The Omanis will be competing with golfers from 27 nations, in-cluding Australia, Bahrain, China, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Ma-laysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Chinese Ta-

pei, United Arab Emirates, Indo-nesia and Iran.

Well preparedThe Oman team will leave for Abu Dhabi on October 20 and they are scheduled to undergo a practice session on the following day before taking part in the event.

Azzan, who has recently re-turned to action after undergoing surgery with participation at the

Asia Pacifi c Amateur Champion-ship in Hong Kong, will be look-ing forward to do well at the the Nomura Cup.

Rashad, who is one of the most successful junior golfers in Oman, said: “We are well prepared and we can’t wait to participate in the tournament. Top amateur golfers from around the world are par-ticipating in this competition. So it will be a good exposure for us.”

OGC Chairman Al Barwani, meanwhile, said: “Our busy sea-son has begun. We are privileged to participate in this tournament. It will be tough competition, no doubt about that, considering the number of top entries. Let us see how best our golfers can perform.”

Team manager Al Jhdhamy said: “Our golfers are quite familiar with the conditions in Abu Dhabi’s golf courses. They are all prepared. We are hopeful of a good outing.”

The Nomura Cup, fi rst organ-ised way back in 1963, is a biennial competition rotated in the Asia-Pacifi c region.

Conducted by the Asia-Pacifi c Golf Confederation, each team consists of four players, contest-ing 18 holes of stroke play for four days. In each round, the total of the scores from each team constitutes the team score for the round.

The four-day (72-hole) total is the team’s score for the cham-pionship. The winning team re-ceives the Nomura Cup, which was named after Shun Nomura, the former Vice-President of the Japan Golf Association.

Oman has joined the

other Arab nations

in supporting the

championship by

fi elding a team in

what will be their fi rst

appearance at the

biennial eventAli Hameed Hamed, left, and Azzan Al Azzani Rashad Al Harthy

Cyril and Sudheer march into fi nalMUSCAT: Cyril Williams and Sudheer Raghavan scored thrilling come-from-behind 17-21, 21-17, 21-17 victory over Sharat Kumar and Sajan in the men’s open dou-bles semifi nals of the ongoing Na-tional Bank of Oman-sponsored Indian Social Club Muscat annual badminton tournament.

A brilliant combination of teamwork and never say die at-titude helped Cyril and Sudheer overcome their opponents, who snatched fi rst game despite trail-ing at 7-11.

In the second set, Sharat and Sajan took command with an 11-5

lead. However, Cyril and Sud-heer bounced backed into the game with consecutive six service points to take the lead at 12-11. From there they went on to level the score 1-1.

In the decider, the teams went neck-and-neck. However, Cyril and Sudheer scored a series of points to clinch the match.

Earlier in the quarterfi nals, Cyr-il and Sudheer swept past Moham-med Amir and Amjad 21-17, 21-17.

Cyril and Sudheer also stormed into the fi nal of men’s A doubles defeating Ronney Pereira and Kennedy 21-10, 21-12.

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WINNING RUN: Cyril Williams and Sudheer Raghavan

Don’t delay FIFA elections, Prince AliSINGAPORE: FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hus-sein of Jordan has warned that de-laying the February 26 elections would further harm the credibility of world soccer’s crisis-hit gov-erning body.

Ali’s chances of winning the vote improved last week when ri-val candidate Michel Platini, the UEFA president, was suspended for 90 days by FIFA’s ethics com-mittee along with current FIFA boss Sepp Blatter, pending a full investigation.

In the latest chapter of a cor-ruption crisis, both have denied wrongdoing and announced they will appeal, prompting two sourc-es say that FIFA was considering delaying the election.

Another candidate, South Ko-rea’s Chung Mong-Joon, was banned for six years by the FIFA ethics committee last week, but Ali said the election date should not be changed. Chung has said he will appeal his ban to the Court of Ar-bitration for Sport (CAS), sport’s highest tribunal.

“With FIFA’s crisis deepening, the organisation needs to move be-yond interim leadership and elect an accountable president,” Ali said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Delaying the scheduled elec-tion would only postpone needed change and create further insta-bility. It would tell the world that lessons haven’t been learned, that

the same backroom deals that have discredited FIFA in the fi rst place continue.”

Ali was beaten by Blatter in a presidential election in May.

He is one of a number of candi-dates who have said they would

like to stand in the race to succeed Blatter, who is in his fi fth term but who has announced he would step down amid the deepening crisis.

Former Brazil international Zico and former Nigeria interna-tional Segun Odegbami have both

indicated they will run, but have struggled to make headway.

Nominations to replace Blatter need to be submitted by October 26 and prospective candidates need to pass an integrity check based on FIFA’s ethics code.

Platini had been favourite to succeed the Swiss before his sus-pension last week, but the former French captain has yet to pass the integrity check.

A change in the date of the vote could see the entire election time-table change — providing poten-tially more opportunity for Platini or any other candidates who might want to enter the race once the eth-ics situation is clearer. Ali warned the FIFA executive committee, which is due to hold a crisis meet-ing next Tuesday, not to alter agreed plans on a February 26 election.

“Members of the FIFA Execu-tive Committee (EXCO) should remember that football associa-tions, players, coaches and fans the world over are watching,” he said. “The EXCO should not inter-fere with an ongoing process that was put in place by the ad hoc elec-toral committee.

“The election date of February 26 was set three months ago with a clear procedure that meets all of FIFA’s statutory requirements. Candidates have had plenty of time to declare and still do. The rules should not be changed after the game has started,” Ali added. - Reuters

F O O T B A L L

ZURICH: FIFA’s Ethics Committee banned former South African Football As-sociation offi cial Lindile Kika from soccer activities for six years on Wednesday, adding to a string of suspensions at the sport’s governing body.

Zurich-based FIFA has been in turmoil since May over corruption allegations. But its ethics investigators are believed to regard match-fi xing as the biggest threat to the sport as well as the tough-est to combat.

Immediate eff ectKika is a former head of referees and ex-member of the executive committee of the football association in South Africa, which hosted

the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The Ethics Committee said in a statement that the deci-sion to ban him for six years was related to FIFA regula-tions on conduct, loyalty, duty of disclosure and other issues. It said the ban takes eff ect immediately. A spokes-man was not authorised to discuss details.

“The proceedings against Lindile Kika were opened in November 2014 in relation to several international friendly matches played in South Af-rica in 2010. The investigation was led by the chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, Dr Cornel Borbely, in collaboration with the FIFA Security Division,” the statement read. - Reuters

Kika gets six-year banDjokovic sails through as Nadal toils in Shanghai

SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic breezed into the third round of the Shanghai Masters with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Martin Kli-zan on Wednesday but Ivo Karlovic made sure Rafa Nadal had to work a lot harder. Nadal eventually won through 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6(4) after two hours and 43 minutes of a closely-fought en-counter. French Open champion Stan Wawrinka also main-tained his winning run with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory over Viktor Tro-icki to set up a third-round contest with Marin Cilic. Third seed Andy Murray beat American Steve Johnson 6-2 6-4, Bernard Tomic eliminated seventh seed David Ferrer 6-4 6-2 and Japan’s Kei Nishikori overcame Australian Nick Kyrgios 1-6 6-4 6-4.

UEFA charges England and Lithuania for crowd troubleLONDON: UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against the English FA and Lithuanian Football Federa-tion (LFF) following crowd disturbances in their Euro 2016 qualifi er in Vilnius on Monday. UEFA said in a statement on Wednesday that the LFF also face proceedings over ticketing and blocked stairways.

Robin, Richard strike as Dynamos beat Pune CityPUNE: Robin Singh scored on return from national duty while Richard Gadzie proved to be the ‘Super Sub’ with a late goal as Delhi Dynamos notched up a narrow 2-1 victory over FC Pune City in the Indian Super League (ISL) football here on Wednesday. This was Dynamos’ second win in three outings, while the Pune suff ered their fi rst defeat at home at the Bale-wadi Stadium. - Agencies

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US Dollar ................................. 2.58

Euro ............................................2.25

Pound ...........................................1.68

Indian Rs ............................. 168.78

Pak Rs ....................................266.74

Bangla Taka.......................199.52* Rates are as of Oct. 14

Source: Bank Muscat

Indian Rs .................................. 168.60

Pakistan Rs .............................270.40

Sri Lanka Rs ...........................361.60

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

Phil Peso .................................... 119.30

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Muscat 22ct per gm (OMR) .......14.50

Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) ............140.25

Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) .............133.25

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Oman’s bank credit growsby 10% to OMR18 billion

A. E. JAMESbusinesseditor@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: Oman’s commer-cial banks have achieved a ro-bust 10.6 per cent growth in total credit at OMR18.01 billion for the fi rst eight months of 2015, from OMR16.28 billion for the same period last year, according to the Central Bank of Oman.

The incremental credit growth of all banks in absolute terms was OMR1,725.9 million in a year. It is more or less in line with the loan growth seen last year and was mostly driven by both corporate and retails segments.

“Credit growth remained strong in the fi rst three quarters, which was above market expectation,” said Kanaga Sundar, head of research at

Gulf Baader Capital Markets. There has been a strong demand for credit from both segments — corporate and retail, he added.

Orpic’s projectsThe demand for credit from the corporate sector is mostly for fund-ing projects, which are either state-owned entities like Oman Oil Re-fi neries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) or semi-govern-ment fi rms, he explained.

Orpic is implementing three major capital intensive projects — Sohar Refi nery expansion, Liwa Plastics Project and a 230-km-long

pipeline between Muscat and Sohar.Hamoud Sangour Al Zadjali, ex-

ecutive president of Central Bank of Oman (CBO) earlier said that the credit growth for the whole year would be in double digits and would probably hover around 10 per cent.

The pipeline of credit is still strong, which will continue for an-other two more quarters since lo-cal banks are also actively partici-pating in syndicated loan facilities for project funding.

Total deposits of Omani banks also rose by 5.78 per cent for the fi rst eight months of 2015 at

OMR18.24 billion, from OMR17.25 billion for the same period last year, according to monthly statistics re-leased by the apex bank.“Deposit mobilisation of banks showed a slowdown,” added Sundar.

Oil price gloomOman has seven conventional banks — Bank Muscat, Nation-al Bank of Oman, BankDhofar, HSBC Bank Oman, Bank Sohar, Oman Arab Bank and ahlibank.

Because of continued slackness in oil prices, the banks will be more conservative in lending in the sec-ond half and focus more on the

credit quality rather than quantity. The recent sukuk issue and de-

velopment bond issues of the gov-ernment is expected to absorb siz-able liquidity of banking system.

If government continues bor-rowing, bank liquidity will be tightened and the lending rates will not remain at the same level.

In the last couple of years, Om-ani banks had ample liquidity, re-sulting in a low interest regime.

Total assets of commer-cial banks by end-August 2015 touched OMR27.87 billion, show-ing a growth of 14.73 per cent over the same period last year.

Credit pipeline is

still strong, which

will continue for two

more quarters since

local banks are also

actively participating

in syndicated

loan facilities for

funding projects

ahlibank’s profi t rises14 per cent

Times News Service

MUSCAT: ahlibank’s net profi t for the fi rst nine months of the year has increased by 14.1 per cent to OMR21.8 million compared to OMR19.1 million during the same period last year.

Total assets grew 20.8 per cent to OMR1,924.3 million, and net loans and advances were up 12.9 per cent at OMR1,506 million, the bank stated in a stock market fi ling, disclosing the un-audited results for the nine-month period ended September 30.

Customers’ deposits also showed an increase of 27.4 per cent and stood at OMR1,324.9 million. In addition, a 13.5 per cent increase was reported in ahlibank’s operat-ing income in 2015, which reached OMR43 million.

Meanwhile, the bank’s operating expenses rose to OMR15.2 million from OMR12.7 million during the corresponding period last year, showing an increase of 19.7 per cent. The results are un-audited and subject to approval by the board of directors.

N I N E M O N T H S

Savannah starts drilling work in Oman concession areaTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Savannah Resources said it has commenced a reverse circulation drilling programme at selected concession areas, which has historical copper results, in-cluding the Aarja and Gaddamah prospects and in certain Block 4 permit area of Oman.

Savannah owns a 65 per cent share in Omani company Al

Thuraya, which is the owner of the Block 4 project and will undertake exploration activities in the area on behalf of Al Thuraya.

The announcement was re-viewed by Dale Ferguson, technical director of Savannah Resources.

Ferguson is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has suffi cient ex-perience, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of

deposit under consideration and to the activity, which he is under-taking to qualify as a competent person as defi ned in the December 2012 edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.”

Savannah Resources is a growth-oriented, multi-commod-ity, exploration and development company. It wholly owns Mat-

ilda Minerals, which operates the Jangamo exploration project.On December 31, 2014, Savannah an-nounced its maiden, 65 minferred mineral resource at 4.2 per cent total heavy minerals, with a 2.5 per cent cut-off grade for Jangamo.

The project is located in a world-class mineral sands province in Mozambique, which borders Rio Tinto’s Mutamba deposit, one of two major deposits Rio Tinto has

defi ned in Mozambique, which col-lectively have an exploration target of 7 to 12 billion tonnes at 3 to 4.5 per cent THM.

Savannah also has interests in three copper blocks in the highly prospective Semail Ophiolite belt in Oman. The projects, which have an indicated and inferred mineral resources of 1.7 metres at 2.2 per cent copper and high grade inter-cepts of up to 56.35metres at 6.21

per cent copper, with additional gold upside potential, provide Sa-vannah with an excellent oppor-tunity to potentially evolve into a mid-tier copper and gold producer in a relatively short time frame.

Together with its Omani part-ners, Savannah aims to outline fur-ther mineral resources to provide the critical mass for a central op-erating plant to develop these rich ore deposits.

C O P P E R M I N I N G

ROBUST GROWTH: Central Bank of Oman said that total deposits of Omani banks also rose by 5.78 per cent for the fi rst eight months of

2015 to OMR18.24 billion, from OMR17.25 billion for the same period last year. – Times fi le picture

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Ominvest’s nine-month

profi t increases by 18%

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman International Development and Investment Company, known as Ominvest, has reported an increase in profi t for both the group and the par-ent company for the fi rst nine months of this year.

The group’s profi t for the period increased by 18 per cent to reach OMR28.1 million compared to OMR23.79 million during the same period last year, the com-pany said in a stock market fi ling.

The parent company’s profi t rose by 62 per cent to stand at OMR12.88 million compared to OMR7.97 million in the corre-sponding period in 2014, accord-ing to initial quarterly fi nancial results for the nine-month period.

The group’s total income was reported at OMR89.05 million for the nine-month period in 2015 compared to OMR68.23 million during the corresponding period last year. The parent company’s total income also showed an in-crease of 68 per cent, reaching

OMR16.72 million compared to OMR9.94 million in 2014.

In addition, the total expenses for both the group and the parent company increased in the fi rst nine months of this year com-pared to the same period in the previous year.

Total expensesThe group’s total expenses in 2015 reached OMR60.95 mil-lion against OMR44.44 million in 2014 while the parent com-pany’s total expenses increased by 94 per cent to reach OMR3.83 million this year compared to OMR1.97 million last year.

The group results incorporate the unaudited results of subsidi-aries and associates. These re-sults are subject to subsidiaries and associates boards’ approval.

The company also stated that as per the merger between Ominvest and Onic Holding, the initial quar-terly fi nancial results incorporate the fi nancials of the merged entity from the merger approval date on the August 19, 2015.

C O R P O R A T E

Curbs tightened

on anonymous

investors

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s mar-ket regulator has further tight-ened its restrictions on anony-mous investors trading shares through brokers, citing the need to prevent money laundering and fi nancing of rebel groups.

The Capital Market Author-ity (CMA) told licensed brokers last week that they would have to open an account in the name of each client rather than using the name of the broker or some-one else, says a CMA circular.

The new rules apply to Saudi and Gulf-based brokers and banks which off er opportunities to invest in the Saudi stock mar-ket through funds called ‘nomi-nee accounts’. Under these arrangements, investors pool their money and the broker buys indirect ownership in stocks through participatory notes.

The new rules follow the in-troduction of regulations in 2012 that obliged Saudi institu-tions trading on behalf of clients to register ownership of shares under individual clients..- Reuters

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

OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ........................................................7,552 ...............3,393........................4 ........... 0.440 ........... 0.450 ...........0.440 .......... 0.450 .............0.430 ........... 0.020 ............. 4.651 ................0.450 ..............0.446...................0.450...................27,225,000 .........0.100

OM0000001319 ............NATIONAL ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS ............. 665,600 ..........151,874..................... 43 ........... 0.225 ...........0.230 ...........0.225........... 0.228 ............. 0.218.............0.010 ............. 4.587 ................0.228..............0.227...................0.228 ................... 7,654,291 ..........0.100

OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS .............................................................92,082 ............ 29,505......................17 ........... 0.320 ...........0.324 ...........0.320........... 0.320 ............. 0.312............ 0.008 ............. 2.564 ................0.324..............0.324...................0.330 ..................16,000,000 .........0.100

OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK .......................................................................19,152 ...............3,964........................4 ........... 0.207 ...........0.207 ...........0.207........... 0.207 .............0.206 ............0.001 ............. 0.485 ................0.207............. 0.202...................0.205 ................ 294,982,482 .......0.100

OM0000001533 ............OMINVEST .................................................................... 7,189,538 ... 3,608,664.....................40 ........... 0.500 ...........0.504 ...........0.500........... 0.502 .............0.500 ........... 0.002 .............0.400 ................0.502..............0.502...................0.504 .................277,536,544 ........0.100

OM0000001145 ............PORT SERVICES CORPORATION .........................10,000 ............... 1,660........................ 1 ............0.166 ........... 0.166 ...........0.166 ............0.166 ............. 0.166............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.166 .............. 0.150...................0.169 ................... 15,776,640 .........0.100

OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ..............................................................423 .................. 478........................2 ............1.130 ........... 1.130............ 1.130 ............1.105 ............. 1.105 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.130 .............. 1.100................... 1.130 ................. 221,000,000 .......0.100

OM0000001749 ............OMAN CEMENT ................................................................. 200 .....................86........................ 1 ........... 0.430 ........... 0.430 ...........0.430........... 0.444 .............0.444 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.430..............0.430...................0.444 .................146,907,483 ........0.100

OM0000001962 ............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 100,000 ..............5,900........................4 ........... 0.059 ........... 0.059 ...........0.059 ........... 0.059 .............0.059 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.059 ..............0.059...................0.060 ..................12,221,932 .........0.100

OM0000002168 ............AL ANWAR CERAMIC TILES .......................................370 .................. 126........................ 1 ........... 0.340 ...........0.340 ...........0.340 .......... 0.342 .............0.342 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.340.............. 0.312...................0.338..................101,305,079 ........0.100

OM0000002374............UNITED FINANCE .......................................................10,000 ............... 1,330........................ 1 ............0.133 ........... 0.133 ...........0.133 ............0.133 ............. 0.133............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.133 .............. 0.132...................0.133 ................... 41,331,737 .........0.100

OM0000002549 ...........BANK DHOFAR ................................................................4,200 ............... 1,025........................2 ........... 0.244 ...........0.244 ...........0.244 .......... 0.239 .............0.239 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.244 .............0.239...................0.248 .................369,190,122 ........0.100

OM0000003000 ...........ALMAHA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MAR. ......... 1,330 ...............2,594........................ 1 ............1.950 ........... 1.950 ...........1.950 ........... 1.950 ............. 1.950............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.950 .............. 1.950...................0.000 .................134,550,000........0.100

OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION .........................101,141 .......... 165,335..................... 25 ............1.635 ........... 1.635............1.630 ............1.635 ............. 1.635 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.630 .............. 1.630................... 1.635 ................1,226,250,000 ......0.100

OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO.........................................................................55,590 .............41,810........................8 ............0.752 ........... 0.756 ...........0.752 ........... 0.752 ............. 0.752............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.756 .............. 0.752...................0.756 ..................489,510,061 ........0.100

OM0000004735 ...........SEMBCORP SALALAH ................................................10,000 ............ 27,400........................2 ............2.740 ........... 2.740 ...........2.740 ........... 2.740 .............2.740 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................2.740 ..............2.700...................2.740 ..................261,552,714 ........1.000

OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL ............................................. 192,932 ............16,365......................13 ........... 0.084 ........... 0.085 ...........0.084........... 0.085 .............0.085 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.085 ..............0.085...................0.086...................14,875,000 .........0.100

OM0000004925 ...........AL BATINAH POWER ................................................ 225,650 ............48,515........................9 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.215 .............. 0.215...................0.216 .................. 145,100,797 ........0.100

OM0000004933 ...........AL SUWADI POWER .................................................. 251,465............ 54,065......................16 ............0.215 ........... 0.215 ...........0.215 ............0.215 ............. 0.215............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.215 .............. 0.215...................0.227 ................. 153,597,363 ........0.100

OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS ........................................................236 ...................114........................ 1 ........... 0.484 ........... 0.484 ...........0.484........... 0.488 .............0.488 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.484..............0.484...................0.490 ..................25,620,000.........0.100

OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN .................................................... 550,000 ........... 63,300......................17 ............0.115 ........... 0.116 ............ 0.115 ............0.115 ............. 0.116 ............-0.001 ........... -0.862 ............... 0.116 .............. 0.116................... 0.118 ..................230,035,971 ........0.100

OM0000002366 ...........AL BATINAH DEV. INV. HOLDING .......................... 9,600 ...............1,008........................2 ............0.105 ........... 0.105 ...........0.105 ........... 0.105 ............. 0.106 ...........-0.001 ........... -0.943 ...............0.105 ..............0.102...................0.105 .................... 3,150,000 ..........0.100

OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ......................... 495,000 ........... 49,545......................11 ............0.101 ........... 0.101............0.099........... 0.100 ............. 0.101 ............-0.001 ........... -0.990 ...............0.100 ..............0.100................... 0.101 ....................5,884,322 ..........0.100

OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 150,196 .............14,562......................16 ........... 0.097 ........... 0.098 ...........0.096........... 0.097 .............0.098 ...........-0.001 ........... -1.020 ...............0.097 ..............0.097...................0.099...................28,128,122 .........0.100

OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 2,277,357 .. 1,240,950................... 105 ........... 0.554 ........... 0.554 ...........0.540........... 0.544 .............0.550 ...........-0.006 ............-1.091 ................0.540..............0.540...................0.546................ 1,246,751,493 ......0.100

OM0000001483 ............NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN ................................. 181,759 .............55,253..................... 25 ........... 0.304 ...........0.306 ...........0.302........... 0.304 .............0.308 ...........-0.004 ........... -1.299 ...............0.302..............0.302...................0.304 .................407,575,916 ........0.100

OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES .......................................... 243,632 ......... 101,325........................7 ........... 0.420 ...........0.420 ...........0.412 ............0.416 .............0.422 ...........-0.006 ........... -1.422 ...............0.412 ..............0.410...................0.420 ..................25,460,978 .........0.100

OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR.................................................................. 45,316 ............... 7,810........................5 ............0.172 ........... 0.175............0.172 ............0.172 ............. 0.175 ............-0.003 ............-1.714 ................0.175 .............. 0.174................... 0.175 ..................247,927,680 ........0.100

OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ............ 165,432.............47,953..................... 33 ........... 0.290 ........... 0.293 ...........0.288........... 0.290 .............0.298 ...........-0.008 ........... -2.685 ...............0.288..............0.288...................0.290 ...................6,090,000 ..........0.100

OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES ..................................... 621,995 .........108,326..................... 53 ............0.174 ........... 0.176 ...........0.174 ............0.174 ............. 0.179 ............-0.005 ........... -2.793 ...............0.175 .............. 0.175................... 0.176 ...................50,573,278 .........0.100

OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 2,674,841 ...... 539,489................... 146 ........... 0.203 ...........0.206 ...........0.200 .......... 0.202 .............0.208 ...........-0.006 ........... -2.885 ...............0.201 ............. 0.200...................0.201 ................... 30,315,150 .........0.100

OM0000001087 ............OMAN UNITED INSURANCE ............................... 213,404 ........... 54,953......................19 ........... 0.260 ...........0.260 ...........0.255 ........... 0.258 .............0.266 ...........-0.008 ........... -3.008 ...............0.260..............0.255...................0.260 ..................25,800,000.........0.100

OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE .............. 358,385 ............65,567..................... 25 ............0.184 ........... 0.184 ...........0.182 ............0.183 ............. 0.189............-0.006 ............-3.175 ................0.183 ..............0.182...................0.183 ...................36,600,000.........0.100

OM0000002572 ...........OMAN OIL MARKETING ..........................................34,124 ............ 68,248......................11 ........... 2.000 ...........2.000 ...........2.000 .......... 2.000 .............2.080 ...........-0.080 ........... -3.846 ...............2.000 ............ 2.000...................2.080 .................122,550,000 .......0.100

OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING .............85,000 ...............9,880........................7 ............0.116 ........... 0.118............ 0.115 ............0.116 ............. 0.121 ............-0.005 ........... -4.132 ............... 0.118 .............. 0.116................... 0.118 ...................10,440,000 .........0.100

OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING ........... 360,000 ........... 40,128......................11 ............0.112 ........... 0.112............ 0.111 ............0.111.............. 0.116 ............-0.005 ........... -4.310 ............... 0.112 ...............0.111................... 0.112 ................... 13,528,125 .........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 17,403,502 ....6,632,499 ................688 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......36........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000001608 ............OMAN PACKAGING ....................................................10,000 ...............2,750........................ 1 ........... 0.275 ........... 0.275 ...........0.275 ........... 0.275 .............0.250 ............0.025 ............10.000 ...............0.275 ..............0.275...................0.000 ................... 8,919,862 ..........0.100

OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 6,940,986 ......514,616................... 137 ........... 0.074 ........... 0.076 ...........0.072........... 0.074 ............. 0.071............ 0.003 ............. 4.225 ................0.076 ..............0.075...................0.076..................111,000,000 ........0.100

OM0000001053 ............OMAN TEXTILE HOLDING .......................................... 600 ...................215........................ 1 ........... 0.358 ........... 0.358 ...........0.358 ........... 0.358 .............0.354 ........... 0.004 ............. 1.130 ................0.358 ..............0.346...................0.358....................2,148,000 ..........1.000

OM0000001855 ............MAJAN GLASS ................................................................. 1,000 .................. 210........................ 1 ............0.210 ........... 0.210 ...........0.210 ........... 0.220 .............0.220 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.210 ............. 0.000...................0.210 .................... 9,245,126 ..........0.100

OM0000002564 ...........AL HASSAN ENGINEERING.....................................10,715 .................. 996........................ 1 ........... 0.093 ........... 0.093 ...........0.093........... 0.093 .............0.093 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.093 .............. 0.091...................0.093....................6,994,344 ..........0.100

OM0000003083 ...........AL KAMIL POWER .........................................................2,322 .................. 720........................3 ............0.310 ........... 0.310 ...........0.310 ........... 0.312 ............. 0.312............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.310 ............. 0.300...................0.310 ...................30,030,000.........0.100

OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 616,279.............94,391..................... 72 ............0.154 ........... 0.154 ...........0.152 ............0.153 ............. 0.154............-0.001 ........... -0.649 ...............0.152 ...............0.151...................0.152 ..................223,778,023 ........0.100

OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE .............................. 28,815 ...............3,026........................7 ............0.105 ........... 0.105 ...........0.105 ........... 0.105 ............. 0.107............-0.002 ........... -1.869................0.105 ..............0.106................... 0.113 ...................10,500,000 .........0.100

OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK.............................................. 230,000 ............15,885..................... 23 ........... 0.072 ........... 0.072 ...........0.068........... 0.069 ............. 0.071............-0.002 ........... -2.817................0.070..............0.069...................0.071 ...................69,000,000.........0.100

OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES .......................................................48,310 ...............2,680........................6 ............0.055 ........... 0.056 ...........0.055 ........... 0.055 .............0.057 ...........-0.002 ........... -3.509 ...............0.056 ..............0.056...................0.059....................6,875,000 ..........0.100

OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. .................... 15,366 .................. 538........................2 ........... 0.035 ........... 0.035 ...........0.035 ........... 0.035 .............0.037 ...........-0.002 ........... -5.405 ...............0.035 ..............0.035...................0.036....................2,975,000 ..........0.100

.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 7,904,393 ......636,026...................254 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ...... 11........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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

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INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ....................................... 5,936.30 .............. 5,908.97 ................... 5,909.45 ...................5,928.98 ................ -19.53 .................. -0.33Financial Index ..................................... 7,350.79 ............... 7,275.31 ....................7,281.72 ....................7,317.48 ................ -35.76 .................. -0.49Industrial Index ....................................7,394.51 ............... 7,370.16 ................... 7,394.46 ................... 7,373.43 ..................21.03 ...................0.29Services Index .......................................3,285.31 ...............3,269.70 ................... 3,269.86 ...................3,288.44 ................ -18.58 .................. -0.57MSM SHARIAH INDEX.......................909.06 ..................905.26 .......................905.73 .......................907.41 ...................-1.68 .................. -0.19

Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded25,307,895 ................. 7,268,525 .................... 942 ................14,709,419,310 .................. 8 ......................21 .................... 18 .........................47

MSM index ends lower

MUSCAT: Shares on the Mus-cat Securities Market fell on profit-booking.

The MSM30 Index ended the week on a negative note at 5,909.45 points, down by 0.33 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index de-clined by 0.19 per cent to close at 905.73 points.

Oman International Develop-ment and Investment Company (Ominvest) was the most active in terms of volume as well as turnover. The day’s top gainer was Oman Packaging, up by 10 per cent, while Construction Ma-terials was the top loser, down by 5.41 per cent.

As many as 942 trades were ex-ecuted during the trading session generating turnover of OMR7.26 million with 25.3 million shares changing hands. Out of 47 traded securities, eight advanced, 21 declined and 18 remained un-changed. Omani investors were net buyers of OMR4.27 million, while GCC and Arab investors were net sellers of OMR3.8 mil-lion followed by foreign investors for OMR474,000 worth of shares.

Financial Index declined by 0.49 per cent to close at 7,281.72 points. Bank Nizwa, ahlibank and Ominvest increased by 4.23 per cent, 0.49 per cent and 0.40 per cent, respectively. Oman & Emirates Holding, Al Sharqia In-vestments, Oman United Insur-ance, Al Anwar Holding and Al Izz Islamic Bank fell by 4.31 per cent, 4.13 per cent, 3.01 per cent, 2.88 per cent and 2.82 per cent, respectively.

Industrial Index advanced by 0.29 per cent to close at 7,394.46 points. Oman Packag-ing, Voltamp Energy, National Aluminium and Oman Textiles increased by 10 per cent, 4.65 per cent, 4.59 per cent and 1.13 per cent respectively. Construction Materials, Oman Fisheries, Gulf International Chemicals and Galfar Engineering declined by

5.41 per cent, 3.51 per cent, 2.68 per cent and 1.02 per cent, re-spectively.

Services Index ended the ses-sion at 3,269.86 points, down by 0.57 per cent. National Gas gained 2.56 per cent to close at OMR0.320. Oman Oil Market-ing, OIFC, Renaissance Services and Al Jazeera Services de-creased by 3.85 per cent, 3.17 per cent, 2.79 per cent, 1.42 per cent, respectively.

Emerging stocks fallEmerging-market stocks fell for the fi rst time in three days, re-treating from a nine-week high as a bigger-than-estimated slump in Chinese imports spurred con-cern that the slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy will curb global growth.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index declined 1.3 per cent to 854.29 in the steepest one-day drop since September 23. China’s Cnooc led energy companies lower, while South Africa’s Im-pala Platinum Holdings was one of the biggest decliners among raw-material producers.

The Hang Seng China En-terprises Index fell from a sev-en-week high. Brazil’s real led declines among currencies as tension escalated in a political standoff that’s contributing to the country’s economic slump.

“The headline Chinese import number was bad, once again, con-fi rming that Chinese domestic demand continues to correct,” said Maarten-Jan Bakkum, a senior emerging-markets strate-gist based in The Hague.

China’s imports slumped for an 11th month in September to extend the longest decline in six years. Signs of further slowing in China rekindled concern over risks to the global economy fol-lowing the steepest weekly gain in four years in developing-nation equities. - United Securities/Bloomberg News

The top gainer was Oman Packaging, up by

10 per cent, while Construction Materials was

the top loser, down by 5.41 per cent

Sensex drops; rupee recoversMUMBAI: Disappointing sec-ond quarter earnings from blue-chips so far and muted global cues dragged the benchmark BSE Sensex lower for a third consecu-tive session on Wednesday with a fall of 66.87 points to 26,779.66 fol-lowing TCS Q2 numbers failed to impress investors.

Information technoogy and technology fi rms continue to bog market as TCS and Wipro with de-cline of 4.39 per cent and 0.47 per

cent, respectively, kept the barom-eter index under pressure.

After resuming lower at 26,760.32, the 30-share BSE Sensex hovered in a range of 26,869.08 and 26,713.28 before ending at 26,779.66 — showing a loss of 66.87 points or 0.25 per cent. The index has now lost around 300 points in three days. The 50-share NSE Nifty also fell by 23.80 points or 0.29 per cent to close the day at 8,107.90 after shuttling between

8,096.35 and 8,139.30 intra-day.

Rupee appreciatesSnapping its two-day losing streak, the rupee on Wednesday regained 15 paise to close at 65.03 per dollar on fresh selling of the US currency by banks and exporters on the back of weakness in greenback overseas.

The rupee resumed higher at 65.11 per dollar as against Tues-day’s level of 65.18 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market. - PTI

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Singapore eases policy as economy escapes recessionSINGAPORE: Singapore’s cen-tral bank eased monetary policy for the second time this year as the economy narrowly avoided a technical recession, saying weakening prospects for global growth will pose “headwinds” in the coming months.

The Monetary Authority of Sin-gapore, which uses the currency rather than interest rates as its main policy tool, said Wednes-day it will reduce “slightly” the pace of appreciation in the local dollar versus those of its trading partners.

Gross domestic product un-expectedly rose an annualised 0.1 per cent in the three months through September from the pre-vious quarter, when it shrank a re-vised 2.5 per cent, the Trade Min-istry said in a separate statement.

“The Singapore economy is projected to expand at a mod-est pace in 2015 and 2016, with growth slightly weaker than ear-lier envisaged,” the central bank

said. “The subdued global growth will exert a drag on the external-oriented sectors in Singapore in the quarters ahead.”

The export-dependent island nation is vulnerable to swings in global trade demand, and its performance has refl ected the regional fallout from China’s economic deceleration in re-cent quarters. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is seeking new sources of growth for the city state through a 10-year restruc-turing plan that includes reducing fi rms’ reliance on cheap foreign labor and boosting investment in research and development.

‘Token move’Singapore’s dollar gained 0.6 per cent to S$1.3940 against the Unit-ed State currency, after reach-ing S$1.3908, the strongest level since September 18. The GDP report was better than expected -- the median of 16 estimates in a survey was for a 0.1 per cent

contraction, with only four fore-casting an expansion. The policy easing was “much less” than what the market was hoping for, said Wai Ho Leong, a Singapore-based economist at Barclays.

The MAS left the width and center of the policy band un-changed. Sixteen of 25 econo-mists surveyed predicted it would boost stimulus, while the remain-der predicted no move.

“It would suggest a very to-ken move to signal that they’re providing some support,” Leong said. The economy’s “weakness is narrowly centered around manu-facturing. Services, if you look at labor demand, it’s still very tight,” he said.

Singapore is turning to its posi-tion as an Asian fi nancial hub to bolster services exports as over-seas orders for its goods falters. Services as a share of the island’s trade is set to increase with a rising middle class in the region boosting demand. - Bloomberg News

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India to pitch for Arab investment at Dubai forumTimes News Service

MUSCAT: India’s fi nance minis-ter will shed light on the business and investment opportunities in India regarding ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ initiatives at the inaugural Arab India Economic Forum, scheduled to be held on-November 16 and 17 in Dubai.

Arun Jaitley, who is set to launch the forum in the UAE emirate, will also highlight energy (traditional and renewable), infrastructure, fi nancial services and tourism, including medical and wellness tourism, according to a commu-niqué from Consulate General of India, Dubai.

The two-day event is expected to attract more than 300 delegates, mainly political and business lead-

ers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Egypt and India.

Arab India Economic Forum will feature discussions on the extensive economic opportuni-ties that can be leveraged between Arab nations and India for invest-ment as exemplifi ed by the activi-ties of leading companies from the region like Saudi Arabia Basic In-dustries Corporation, DP World, and Jumeirah Group.

The forum will also address the policy framework and guidelines required to draw the attention of Arab investors and industrialists while providing a strong platform for Indian businesses aiming to explore the Middle East market.

India’s fi nance minister will ad-dress an elite gathering of senior

dignitaries, government offi cials and business leaders from around the Arab region.

Jaitley will be joined by a panel of speakers from Dubai Depart-

ment of Economic Development and Mumbai Stock Exchange as well as invited speakers from Min-istry of Tourism, India; Ministry of Economy, UAE; Ministry of Com-

merce and Industry, Saudi Ara-bia; and Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Qatar.

Aimed at discussing strategies and solutions to meet investor challenges in India, the forum also builds on the new vigour which the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit brought to Indo-UAE relations in August 2015. His visit was followed by the India-UAE Joint Commission meeting on Technical and Economic Coopera-tion, co-chaired by Sheikh Abdul-lah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE for-eign minister, and Sushma Swaraj, India’s minister of external aff airs.

The Arab-India Economic Fo-rum is being supported by Consu-late General of India – Dubai with Bloomberg Businessweek Middle East as the media partner.

As per offi cial reports, India is the UAE’s second largest trade partner after China as trade be-tween India and the UAE crossed $59 billion per year, with Indian exports worth $33.3 billion to the UAE and $26 billion worth of UAE’s exports to India. The rela-tionship is set to get stronger under the new government which is keen to implement investor friendly policies. The ‘Make in India’ initia-tive is expected to provide a much needed boost to the Indian manu-facturing sector, much of which will be exported and re-exported via Dubai, UAE.

The relationship with the Arab region, especially the GCC states of UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Ku-wait, Oman and Bahrain, is incred-ibly valuable to India.

A R A B I N D I A F O R U M

Oman United Insurance netprofit falls 28%

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman United Insur-ance Company’s net profi t for the fi rst nine months of the year stood at OMR3.15 million, down by 27.9 per cent from the OMR4.38 million during the same period last year.

The company’s net investment income fell to OMR1.76 million against OMR3.31 million in the corresponding period in 2014, ac-cording to its disclosure of the re-sults for the nine-month period.

Management expensesIn the stock market fi ling, Oman United Insurance also reported that its management expenses had increased by 9.41 per cent to reach OMR2.57 million compared to OMR2.35 million in 2014.

In addition, the company’s to-tal comprehensive income for the period stood at OMR2.55 million, down 51.8 per cent compared to OMR5.3 million during the same period in the previous year. Earn-ings per share also dropped from OMR0.044 to OMR0.032 and the net asset value per share decreased from OMR0.277 to OMR0.265.

The preliminary results are sub-ject to statutory auditor’s review and approval of both audit com-mittee and board of directors.

N I N E M O N T H S

Opec members rule out production cut NEW YORK: The safe money for oil traders is betting that Ven-ezuela’s plan to resurrect Opec’s old price band mechanism, at-tempting to set a $70 fl oor for the battered market, will be doomed from the start.

Saudi Arabia, the group’s de facto leader, has shown zero in-terest in returning to a strategy of supporting prices; big produc-ers outside the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), namely Russia, have es-sentially ruled out cuts. And most analysts say attempting to set a price range is futile, or that the $70 price is unsustainably high, or both.

Yet a handful of experts and ob-servers say the proposal — articu-lated by former oil minister Ra-fael Ramirez in an interview with Reuters — may be a catalyst for moving away from Opec’s laissez faire approach to collapsing oil prices, which throttled invest-ment, shredded budgets and left some economies.

Even if the idea fails to ad-vance, it could represent the fi rst meaningful step in months toward fi nding common ground that could help stabilise the oil market. The plan, to be discussed at an October 21 meeting of tech-nical experts in Vienna, seems simple. - Reuters

E N E R G Y M A R K E T

Toyota to bank on fuel cells to reduce emissions by 90%

TOKYO: Toyota Motor said it’s targeting a 90 per cent reduction in emissions from its new vehicles by 2050 as it seeks to build on the success of its hybrid autos.

The maker of the hydrogen-powered Mirai sedan said on Wednesday that it aims to deliver more than 30,000 fuel-cell vehi-cles annually by around 2020.

The Prius seller also set a goal to reach more than 15 million cumu-lative deliveries of hybrids in the same span.

“The beautiful, diverse earth is being lost at a speed where the pace of past innovations is not keeping up,” chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, known as the father of the Prius, said at a forum in To-

kyo. “In order to be there for the global environment, we believe it is important to take up new chal-lenges with a vision for 20 and 30 years ahead.”

Toyota outlined its environmen-tal ambitions as the auto industry braces for broader fallout from an emissions scandal embroiling Volkswagen, which passed the Japanese automaker for the lead in global vehicle sales during the

fi rst half of the year.

Prius redesignWith more than 8 million units sold in less than two decades, Toyota is by far the industry’s top seller of hybrid vehicles, led by its Prius model. About 14 per cent of the cars and trucks it sold world-wide last year were hybrid or plug-in autos.

By the end of this year, Toyota

will begin Japan sales of the Prius hybrid after its fi rst redesign in almost seven years. The company also is due to begin deliveries in California this month of the Mirai fuel cell sedan, which uses hydro-gen to power an on-board battery and emits only water.

Prius engineers said on Tuesday they set out to match the perfor-mance of diesel engines, a choice of powertrain favoured by Volk-

swagen. The German automaker is now pivoting away from the technology and toward plug-in hy-brids and electric vehicles.

Volkswagen plans to develop standardised components for electric vehicles, including rede-signing its fl agship Phaeton se-dan as an all-electric model, the automaker said. Previously, Volk-swagen had said it planned to roll out 20 electric and plug- in hybrid cars by 2020. As of August, Toyota sold 30 hybrid passenger car mod-els and one plug-in hybrid.

Toyota also is further along in its electrifi cation strategy than General Motors, the world’s third-biggest auto manufacturer. The maker of the Volt plug-in hybrid has targeted putting 500,000 vehi-cles on the road in the US that are at least partially electric by 2017, from 180,834 last year.

By contrast, US deliveries of Prius hybrids passed the 500,000 mark in 2007, according to re-searcher Autodata. - Bloomberg News

Japanese auto giant

aims to deliver more

than 30,000 fuel-cell

vehicles annually by

around 2020

ECONOMIC FORUM: The inaugural Arab India Economic Forum,

scheduled to be held on November 16-17 in Dubai, is set to be

launched by Arun Jaitley, India’s fi nance minister. - Supplied picture

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ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY: Toyota has set a goal to reach more than 15 million cumulative deliveries

of hybrid vehicles in the next fi ve years. – Bloomberg News

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FEATURET H U R S DAY, O C TO B E R 1 5, 2 0 1 5

In the Wild West West world of cy-berspace, could a semi-secret private email server be more secure than a government system? Not likely. Feder-al agencies are under intense scrutiny

for failing to fend off hackers in several ma-jor cyber-attacks, including an intrusion at the Offi ce of Personnel Management (OPM) that produced one of the largest online data thefts in US government history. But in spite of these lapses, experts said that private email servers like the one used by Hillary Clinton when she served as secretary of State are typically much worse off when it

comes to cyber-security.

Classifi ed informationThe FBI is now looking into Clinton’s set-up

— her homebrew server was turned over to au-thorities on Wednesday afternoon — after intel-

ligence offi cials expressed concern that classi-fi ed information might have been compromised in

connection with the system. The referral from the intelligence community’s inspector general stated

that some of Clinton’s emails should have been “trans-mitted via a secure network” because of their content,

a reminder that the server in Clinton’s Chappaqua, New York, home was not specifi cally equipped to handle clas-

sifi ed information. The memo seems to add credibility to fears that the Clintonemail.com system was inferior to the

State Department networks when it came to cyber-security. While there is no evidence that hackers had access to Clinton’s

server, experts agreed that the system likely came under attack and that some intruders might have indeed broken in. “As the

Secretary of State, she was a high-profi le target and would have gotten the attention of elite [hacking] teams,” said Richard Be-

jtlich, chief security strategist at FireEye, a computer security fi rm.“My view is: if you can’t demonstrate the security of your system

through aggressive monitoring of what is going on with it, you should just assume that it has been compromised,” Bejtlich said.

Threat from hackersThe world of hackers — amateur, criminal and nation-state — moves at a pace and level of sophistication that was unthinkable a decade ago. Almost every system on the Internet gets probed for vulner-

abilities at one point or another, posing risks to personal, corporate and government networks alike, experts said. “At the end of the day, neither government nor private-sector servers are very secure,” emailed Fred Cate, a law professor and cyber-security expert at Indiana University. “That is the unfortunate but unmistakable bottom line.”

Recent intrusions into federal systems show just how persistent and far-reaching cyber-attacks can be, particularly when they come from nation-state adversar-ies. News broke earlier this year that not only had Russian hackers infi ltrated State Department networks, but they used that perch to penetrate parts of the White House sys-tem. China, meanwhile, is considered responsible for hack-ing databases at OPM and compromising information for 22 million people. In an acknowledgment of the systems’ vulnerability, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tues-day that it’s “very likely” the Russian and Chinese gov-ernments are reading his emails. “It is very possible,” Kerry said in an interview with CBS Evening News. “I certainly write things with that awareness.” This is the environment in which Clinton was running her own email system, which lacked suffi cient cyber-security protections, according to several analyses by experts. Confi guring security on a server, keeping the software updated, ensuring encrypted access and educating users about proper use are big tasks, and they don’t begin to approach the defensive meas-ures used by government agencies and large compa-nies, experts said. Though they might be constantly under attack, government networks generally have a leg up on private systems when it comes to cyber-se-curity sophistication and resources, said Richard Stien-non, chief research analyst at IT-Harvest, an IT research fi rm. “Any IT department has many more resources avail-able to protect email servers,” Stiennon wrote in an email.

“They can make sure patches to the operating system and the server software are applied,” he wrote. “They have gateway fi rewalls to restrict access. They have logging and alerting if an attacker is poking around.”

Government networks typically have quicker ac-cess to security fi xes for their software, said Daniel Gerstein, former acting under secretary for Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security. — ELISE VIEBECK/Washington Post-Bloomberg News

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CultureSECTIONB L I F E S T Y L E T H U R S DAY, O CTO B E R 1 5, 2 0 1 5

The world knows him

as a music composer,

performer and teacher,

but Ronnie Mathew

successfully combines

his knowledge

and skills to design

a cost-eff ective

sound studio at his

rented home in

Wadi Kabir

TEXT: T.A. AMEERUDHEENPHOTOS: A.R. RAJKUMAR

LIFESTYLEB6 T H U R S DAY, O C TO B E R 1 5, 2 0 1 5

Musicians always yearn for own crea-tive space where they can practise solos, blare guitars,

organise jam sessions, and record new tunes.

Setting up a studio is easy now-a-days, thanks to the availabil-ity of components at high-end music stores. But Ronnie Matthew Manap-pallil didn’t opt for the easy path as he toiled hard for one year to set up a customised studio that meets the world-class acoustics standards at his home.

A music composer, performer and teacher, Ronnie has been train-ing children at the Harmony Music Centre in Wadi Kabir. Besides, he has scored music for several al-bums, showcased his skills during stage shows and played bass guitar for leading South Indian singers in his 30 year-long career.

It was in 2013 that the idea of set-ting up a home studio struck Ronnie. “I was worried about the cost during the planning stage. But I didn’t want to backtrack. So I decided to put in my knowledge, eff ort, and skills to realise my dream,” Ronnie reminisced.

He spent long hours in front of the computer, browsing websites and sourcing pieces of information about the latest trends in the audio industry. The next step was to buy the equipment, including micro-phones, loud speakers, and comput-ers. “I purchased microphones from Muscat as well as through online stores. I was lucky to get high qual-ity, loud speakers and computers from the local market at a competi-tive rate. But it took many days to fi nd the equipment of my choice.”

Ronnie worked at his own pace as he didn’t set a deadline for com-pleting the project. “The work pro-gressed slowly as I took my own time. I enjoyed putting up pieces together. And I could not hide my joy when I manufactured all the 10 acoustic panels on my own.”

He bought logs, carved it with a chisel, cut it with an axe, and made a rectangular board before pasting wool on it. “The 10 acoustic panels, which eliminate echoes of the am-plifi ed music, are the highlight of the studio. I made it using high quality components,” he said.

ExperimentsRonnie now uses the studio for com-posing music for albums, jingles for commercials, and recording songs for special events, besides creating his own music. Recently, he produced a home-made talk box sampler with a horn driver and some plumbing parts.

A talk box is an eff ects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument. “Talk box directs sound from an in-strument into the musician’s mouth by means of a plastic tube adjacent to their microphone. The musician controls the modification of the instrument’s sound by changing the shape of the mouth, ‘vocalising’ the instrument’s output into a micro-phone,” said Ronnie.

“I played all guitar parts — rhythm, lead, bass — and vocal in my talk box experiment. Besides, I produced all drums and key programming,” he said.

Music became a passion for young Ronnie, who hails from the south Indian state of Kerala, during his college days. He was the vocal-ist in a band, but was forced to play guitar whenever a guitarist failed to turn up for a show.

After completing his Bach-elor’s Degree in Pharmacy, Ronnie launched a sound recording studio in his home town before making Muscat his second home.

“I have been teaching at the Har-mony Music Centre for the last seven years, and I am happy to produce talented young musicians. All my students have passed examinations conducted by Trinity College London with distinction. It is a great achieve-ment,” he said.

Music lovers approach Ronnie for suggestions on setting home studio these days. And he tells them to prior-itise before buying equipment. “One has to decide the quality and price of the equipment before buying it. Audio equipment will easily be-come obsolete if it is not purchased wisely,” he said. ameerudheen@timesofoman.com

CONTACT RONNIEIf you need any assistance on setting up home studio, contact Ronnie Mathew. Contact: +968 9848 7707. ronniemathew2001@gmail.com

INTERACTIVE SESSIONSWith an aim to teach children the nuances of live music shows, Harmony Music Centre has launched interactive class room sessions at its Ruwi branch. For details, contact: +968 9320 0864.

Talk box performanceA talk box is an eff ects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument. Talk box directs sound from an instrument into the musician’s mouth by means of plastic tube adjacent to their vocal micro-phone. The musician controls the modifi cation of the instrument’s sound. Watch Ronnie’s talk box performance at: youtube.com/watch?v=zQudWpoEpG0

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SOHAR

The Martian - 3D (PG) Action, Adventure Cast : Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen02:15, 08:45 , 11:30 PMCrimsom Peak - 2D (15+)Drama, Horror Cast : Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, 5:00, 9:30, 11:45 PMMomentum -2D (15+)Action | ThrillerCast :Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman 06:45 , 11:30 PMBefore We Go – 2D (15+)Comedy| Romance Cast : Chris Evans, Alice Eve, Emma Fitzpatrick2:45, 07:15 PMJazbaa - 2D (12+) Drama, Action & Adventure04:30 , 09:00 PM

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BURAIMI

Momentum – 2D (Action, Thriller) (15+)Cast: Ogla Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman2:30, 6:30, 10:00, 11:45PM Crimsom Peak – 2D (Drama, Fantasy (15+)Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, 2:00, 4:15, 11:30PMKung Fu Jungle – 2D (Action | Thriller) (12+)Cast: Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Baoqiang 4:45, 8:15, 9:45, 11:45PMLife of Josutty – 2D (Drama, Action) (PG12)Cast: Dileep, Jyothi Krishna, Kalabhavan Mani6:45PMJazbaa – 2D (Drama, Action ) (12+)4:30, 7:00PM

Singh is Bling– 2D (Action/Comedy/) (PG)Timings: 2:15, 9:15PM

SURMomentum (Action | Thriller) (15+) Cast: Olga Kurylenko, James Purefey04:00, 5:45, 11:55 PMCrimson Peak (Drama | Horror) (15+) 7:30, 11:55 PMWar Pigs (Action | War) (12+) CP#Cast: Dolph Lindgren, Luke Goss, Chuck3:45, 05:30, 10:10 PMJazbaa (Hindi) (Action | Drama) (12+) CP#Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bacchan, Irrfan Khan, 9:45 PMLife of Josutty (Mal) (Family) (PG12) 7:15 PM

SALALAH

The Martian (3D) (PG) (Action, Sci-Fi)

02:15/05:00PM

Crimsom Peak (2D) (15+) (Drama)

Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain,

Tom Hiddleston

10:00AM/02:00/07:30/11:35PM

Momentum (2D) (15+) (Action/Thriller)

Cast: Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Morgan

12:00/04:05/09:45/11:30PM

Pan (3D) (PG) (Adventure/Family/Fantasy)

Cast: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett

Timings: 12:15PM

Pet Pals In Windland (2D) (PG) (Animation )

Cast: Voice - Gerolamo Alchieri, Nanni Baldini,

Timings: 10:45AM/03:30PM

War Pigs (2D)(12+) (Action/War)

Cast: Luke Goss, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck

10:15AM/01:45/ 11:00PM

Jazbaa (2D)(12+) (Drama/Action/Adventure)

Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan,

Timings: 07:00PM

Kung Fu Jungle (2D) (12+) (Action/Thriller)

Cast: Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Baoqiang

Timings: 12:05/06:00PM

Wedding Pullav (2D) (PG) (Romance/)

Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Satish Kaushik, Upasna

4:45/ 09:15PM

Life of Josutty (2D) (PG12) (Mal) (Family)

8:00PM

FIND-IT-ALLDhuhr 11.58pm

Asr 3.18pm

Maghrib 5.47pm

Isha 6.57pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 4.49am

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TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

06:30 Sohar 08:50 Daily

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08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri

13:00 Sohar 15:45 Daily

13:00 Buraimi 17:40 Daily

16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily

16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

14:30 Nizwa 16:50 Daily

14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily

08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily

14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (ROUTE 62)

06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily

06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100)

07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily

10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily

10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily

19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

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SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)

06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily

06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily

13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur

13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur

15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily

15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily

07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily

07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

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05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily

05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily

05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)

07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily

07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily

13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri

13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily

13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily

13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily

17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily

TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)

06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily

06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)

15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily

15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily

TO SUR (ROUTE 55)

06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily

14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)

12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily

12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100)

07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily

10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily

10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily

19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily

TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)

06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily

DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)

15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)

07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily

07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily

13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri

13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri

15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily

15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)

16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily

16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily

16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

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LIGHT & SHADOW Enterpris-es is organising October Festi-val with a variety of events that showcase a bouquet of colours and art every weekend.

A fusion jazz concert, titled Stringstruck 2, will be held on October 17. Purbayan Chatterjee (Sitar), Gino Banks (drums), Anu-brata Chatterjee (Tabla), Sangeet Haldipur (keyboard), and Sheldon Desilva (guitar) are part of the Stringstruck 2.

Leading Arabic singer Alaa Zalzali’s concert will mesmerise the audience on October 24. The Lebanese singer has his own pro-duction company Zalzali Produc-tion. Alaa Zalzali had a passion in music since his early years.

After graduating from high school, Zalzali went to college to study Arabic literature, but left his studies in his second year to join the national conservatory.

Zalzali’s fi rst song Ahla Oyoun was released in 1990.

The song became a hit and helped pioneer Zalzali’s career in the music industry. His latest song is Dalouna, which was a great hit and is creating magic all over the Middle East. A tribute to legend-ary Hindi playback singer Kishore Kumar will be held on October 29.

Kishore Kumar’s sons Amit Ku-mar and Sumeet Kumar will give the audience an unforgettable ex-perience fi lled with memories, sto-ries, and music of their father.

The evening will be fi lled with humour, drama, comedy, laughter and reminiscences which will be etched in the minds of people for years to come.

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FOR RENT

One /two, B/R, Res / comm. fl ats

near Bank Muscat Bausher from

owner directly . Contact: 92158031

AL Khuwair 17/1, 2 single bedroom

fl ats at 150/-, 1 big studio at 120/- , 3

small studios at 90/- with electricity

& water. Contact: 99441798

Wadi Kabir 8 studios, each at 80/-

with electricity & water.

Contact 99441798

Mawaleh 3 bedrooms fl at at 450/-

with electricity, water.

Contact: 99441798

Brand new 2 bedroom fl at split

ACS near Sultan Center Arjan towel

project R.O 450/- PM.

Contact: 95278815

1BHK R.O 190/- & 2BHK R.O 225/-

near Medical Darsait Muttrah house.

Contact: 98748925

For rent one bedroom Majlis, 2

toilets, kitchen, balcony Greater

Muttrah near Muscat Electricity

distribution new building rent

R.O 230/-. Contact: 99243059

Deluxe 2 bedroom fl ats MBD, Ruwi,

Wadi Kabir. Contact: 99472457 /

24707340

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Flat 2bedrooms, 2 toilets, kitchen

and sitting room in Al Ansab.

Contact: 95302993 / 95216161

Offi ce/Shop 28 SQM, Wadikhabeer,

Contact 93004902

2BHK with Split Unit A/C ,

Wadikhabeer near Indian School,

99441193, 93004802

2BHK with Split Units ,

WadiKhabeer, 93004802.

Flats and shops for rent in Ruwi,

MBD Mumtaz area. Contact :

97293708 / 92433127

Al Hail Villa & Flats. Contact: 95282986

Apartment for rent, have fl at in

South Al Hail consists of 3 bedrooms

+ 3 baths + hall + kitchen car parking.

Contact: 92602050 / 93214010

Bedroom ground fl oor apartment

with sitting, 2 baths, big richen close

to Indian School near to Mars

hypermarket Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 98011224

Furnished room for rent at

Al Khuwair R.O 225/- for family only.

Contact: 99251975

2 BHK available Ghubra near

Al Maha hotel. Contact: 99269751

Brand new deluxe fl ats located near

Seeb fl y over on the right hand side

of the main road coming from the

Seeb palace roundabout, two bed-

rooms family, hall, kitchen, 3 toilets,

balcony & split unit AC.

Contact: 97755586

1BHK , 3BHK fl ats at Wadi Al Kabir

new building with split unit and lift

behind Muscat Bakery.

Contact: 99338133

3 rooms, Majlis, living room,

kitchen, 4 toilets & swimming pool

in Amerat Heights (phase one).

Contact: 99277377

Villa in Al Khuwair 17 /2 for rent,

near Ibis hotel, 2 spacious bedrooms,

spacious hall, Maid room front yard ,

private entrance kitchen and 3 bath-

rooms. Contact: 97056443

Um Obelah 5/1 just walking dis-

tance from the Nesto hypermarket

and opposite the new pullman mall,

2 bedrooms with two toilets and

seating area on 4th fl oor. only 250

omani rial. Contact 99203381

1000 sq mtrs industrial land in Gha-

la suitable for ware house, work shop

etc. Contact : 24700120 / 92584715

200 sqm basement available for

rent in AL Khuwair near Rawasco.

Contact: 93782735 / 93329476

We have 1BHK in Mabela 7 new

buildings 175/- R.O. Contact:

93782735 / 93329476

We have 3BHK villa fully furnished

in Ghubra 18th November street

650/- R.O. Contact : 93782735 /

93329476

We have 2 BHK in Ghubra 18th No-

vember street 2 rooms, 3 bathrooms,

large sitting, hall& Kitchen 325/- O.R.

Contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have shops for rent in Ghala

& Ghubra. Contact : 93782735 /

93329476

We have 100 sqm for rent in Ghala

new building 350/- R.O. Contact

93782735 / 93329476

We have 3BHK fl ats in Ghala

new building fl at with 3 rooms,

4 bathrooms, large sitting hall&

kitchen 425/-. Contact: 93782735 /

93329476

We have 3BHK villa near Grand

Mosque villa with 3 rooms, sitting

hall, majlis & car parking 700/- O.R.

Contact : 93782735 / 93329476

We have 2 BHK fl at in Al Khuwair

new Rawasco brand new building

325/- O.R. # 93782735 / 93329476

We have small building for rent in

Bousher, 4 studio & 1 shop building

commercial & residence can be used

for family, bachelors or store 750/-

O.R. contact : 93782735 / 93329476

Flat for rent, 3 bedrooms, kitchen &

bathroom in wadi kabir for 280 RO.

Contact : 97771444

3 BHK Penthouse Flat with Split A/

Cs, Free Unlimited Broadband WiFi,

Security access system, Pvt. Terrace

& Secured car park,

Opposite Kims Hospital Al Falaj,

Monthly Rent: 625/-.

Contact: 99657906 or 24702141

1BHK Wadi Kabir. Contact:

99024730

1& 2 BHK C.B.D. Contact: 99024730

2 fl ats with air-conditions in Al

Bustan each fl at has 3 bedrooms,

3 bathrooms, family hall, kitchen,

store laundry. Contact: 98919037

Duplex fl at Al Athaiba, near Sultan

Center 3BHK, 3 Bathrooms, hall &

living room family only 500/-R.O.

Contact: 92479515

Flat available for rent, 2 bedrooms,

hall, 2 toilets, 1 kitchen and balcony

with proper sun light & ventilator,

location on Mabela North very close

to Indian School Al Seeb.

Contact: 99432496

Flat AL Ghubrah near 18 Nov ST,

bedroom, living room, 2 bathrooms,

fi rst fl oor without ac family only

325/- R.O. Contact: 92479515

Villa Al Amerat behind Al Raff ah

Hospital 5BHK, living room, hall, 6

bathrooms, split ac family only 425

R.O. Contact : 92479515

Workers’ campus, shops, work-

shops, stores in a building in

Al Misfah, Wilayat Bausher.

Contact 98918090

02 BHK commercial / residential

(with split AC) Flat at Honda road.

Contac: 99342733 / 99795241

02 BHK residential fl at opposite

to Al Nadha Hospital. Contact:

99342733 / 99795241

1000sqm industrial and with com-

pound well & two rooms at Misfah.

Contact: 99342733 / 99795241

Readymade offi ce space for rent

(100sm) in Bank Melli Iran building,

MBA area, Ruwi, opposite Center

Point. Contact: 99011352

Shop / store for rent about 250 sq

mtrs area in the heart of Ruwi City

good for restaurant, store or general

sale. Contact 99326639

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SITUATION WANT-M.V. FOR SALE

Toyota Corolla 1.6, 2012 model.

Contact: 98402616

Honda Civic 97, manual. Contact 99045803

Well running shop at Hamriya (5

yrs old), for immediate sale. With 2

visa activity printing & stationery,

designing, corporate gift items, sig-

nage work. Contact: 96395770

New dishwasher LG 2013 for sale at

100 or. Contact-98125422

An Amazing excellent residential

land for sale in Barka at Al Muraysi

attached to road open from 3 sides

and surrounded by houses & shops.

Ready for construction to build twin

villa good investment in Barka 677

SQM, price RO 21000/-. #91010668

Institution for sale. well furnished

institution for sale in Muscat.

Contact 93657915

Bunk Bed with a large study

table and plenty of storage space.

Purchased from IKEA. Can be fl at

packed for transportation. RO 75.

Pictures can be shared on whatsapp.

Call – 99226485

2 BHK fl ats with split units in

Wadi Kabir. Contact 99720021

Flat Al Khuwair near Bader

AL Samaa, 2 BHK living room,

2 bathrooms, Kitchen split ac family

only 350 R.O. Contact 92479515

Flat 3 mint from Indian School,

2 BHK, living room, 3 bathrooms

without A/c, Ground fl oor family only

340/-R.O. Contact 92479515

Staff accommodation / 2 storey

full building available for rent in

Rusayl, near Industrial area. Contact:

99352441 / 98116480 / 99358724

2 bed room fl at at Al Khodh com-

mercial Street Souq. Contact :

99224748 / 99332297

First fl oor fl at in new building and

pent house, each 3 bedrooms serv-

ant room, laundry and 5 toilets very

spacious halls and family lounges Al

Khuwair 39.# 99207840 / 24494243

New Building in Mutrah, 2 B/D

Room Flat + Setting Room,3 Baths+

Kitchen with split unit Ac’s. Behind

Khimiji’s main offi ce/opposite to

Oman House Call 99419712

1,2,3 BHK Flats. Contact: 97799175

2bed room villa in Sidab, 2 Bedroom

villa in Wadi Kabeer. Contact :

95755953 / 95555162

Brand new residential fl ats in Wadi

Kabir near Muscat football club,

have 2 bedroom family hall, 2 toilets,

Kitchen with spilt AC for 250/- R.O.

Contact: 95999904 / 98585889 /

92383886

Villa for rent four spacious bath at-

tached bed room private swimming

pool gymnasium (common) with

electrical equipment and free main-

tenance secured compound at Madi-

nat Al Allam. Contact: 98027975

Offi ce for rent in CBD.

Contact : 92820734 / 95345909

Villa for rent in Wadi Kabeer.

Contact: 95562646 / 99059333

1BHK Mumtaz R.O 250/-.

Contact: 97799175

1BHK Commercial M.B.D R.O 280/-.

Contact: 97799175

2BHK Wadi Kabir RO 300/-

Contact: 97799175

1& 2 BHK Darsait. Contact:

97799175

2BHK Ghubra R.O 350/-.

Contact: 97799175

2 BHK Commercial Al Khuwair

R.O 375/-. Contact : 97799175

Running furniture showroom for urgent sale.

Ladies beauty parlor sale at Mutt rah.

Contact - 91135930

Running furniture showroom for urgent sale.

Ladies beauty parlor sale at Mutt rah.

Contact - 91135930

Showrooms/ Offi ces at prime location on the main road, near Police Station, Al Seeb.

Suitable for Travels, Money Exchange and Textile shops etc.

FOR RENT

CONTACT - 99888007

Private School License & Furniture available

for sale. KG to IVth Grade

Bilingual. Contact - 99261773

Email: burjschool@alhakkim.com

FOR SALE

1BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-.

Contact : 97799175

Furnished fl at for rent, 3 rooms with

attached bathroom, 1 dining room,

1 sitting room, 1 kitchen at Al Hail

South. Contact 99835995

For rent a full offi ce building of

3100 sq mtrs opposite to Central

Bank in CBD (Ruwi) for R.O 4 per Sq

mtrs. Contact: 95330200

600 SQT commercial fl at for rent

opposite Oman fl ourmill Darsait

more details. Contact 91214849/

99364735

1 room, 2 rooms, 3 rooms with all

supplements including water elec-

tricity and sewage. Also we provide

the following services free 1plumber,

electrician for any failed center for

garbage on price call on Farahat

98020768 , Hilal 96541263

New fl ats for rent At Darsait near to

Ministry of Sports, Mumtaz area the

fl ats includes1 living room,

2 bedrooms, Kitchen, 3 toilets, every

rooms with split A/C, high quality

fi nishing, rent RO 340 /-.

Contact: 00968 92225523

Fully furnished 2 BHK apartments

available at Bareeq Al Shatti.

Contact 92888063

1, 2 BHK in Azaiba. Contact:

99385835 / 99428143

1BHK fl ats available for rent in CBD

area. Contact: 98116480

1bedroom attached, toilet & kitchen

in AL Khuwair R.O 140/-.

Contact: 95154331

3BHK , 3bathrooms , 2balconys

NRAL Hassan W/ Kabir R.O 320/-.

Contact: 99384640

1 & 2 bedroom fl ats available for

rent in wadi-kabir (opp: pencil bldg),

ideal for company staff / families -

bulk corporate deal possible.

Contact: 97677170

Ready coff ee shop for sale or rent

available in Al Khuwair near Rawasco

Golden chance. Contact: 93782735

/93329476

A well running Pharmacy at prime

location for immediate sale. Contact

92548672 / 99627621 / 99516236

Attention to wholesalers, retailers

& manufacturers. We can Sell/Buy

your dead stock. Contact : 99742983,

95226989

Split A/C -2, Window A/C- 25, Iron

cot- 120, cupboard - 130, water cooler

- 2, Gas big - 2, small-3 ,

Grinder-1 , Chapatti tava-1 ,

stove-2, kitchen equipment etc .

Contact: 99328223

Offi ce for sale in Ruwi Cham-

ber Oman. Contact : 94241385 /

97244766

Excellent running building materi-

als shop cum Showroom and store

for sale in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 98871548 / 93412622

Homegym with cross trainer for sale.

Contact 95367937

Industrial land Wadi Kabeer 3470

sqr mtrs with warehouse + offi ce +

labor accommodation price 900,000

R.O . Contact : 99792181 / 99473751

Used furniture and steel racks at

Daiso showroom in Ruwi for im-

mediate sale. Contact 93411561 /

93991322 (Mr. Naveen)

Ice Cream & juices shop Ruwi good

location for sale suitable for beauty

parlor also. Contact: 92150455

Fast food style well furnished coff ee

shop for sale in new Salalah.

Contact: 91121215 / 97484825

Comm. & Res land in the heart of

Ruwi 2400 sq mtr for sale.

Contact : 91155779

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Urgently requires Heavy Duty Driver with valid Oman

driving license and electrical

foreman (Diploma holder with

6 years over head line experience.

Fax: 24814699 ,

Email: info@sajgloballlc.com

GSM : 93210740

Required light driver. Not for candidates on visit.

Contact: 99454425

Urgently Require good English speaking Omani drivers. Contact: 92870992

Required Indian driver with Omani

driving license and experience to

work in house.

Contact : 96255558

Driver with Oman driving licence

needed. Visa available.

Contact 94288863

Indian House maid looking for job.

Contact: 91834383

Sir Lankan Secretary with experi-

ence in recruitment fi eld.

Contact: 92809528

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DRIVER

Wanted Staff Nurses (female) with

or without MOH license for a poly-

clinic near Sohar. Excellent salary &

accommodation. Contact 99006915,

email : alhinaee.clinic@yahoo.com

Required Nurse for a clinic in

Al Buraimi S.O. Oman. Contact:

00968 92737149 CV to

drpkabbas@yahoo.co.in

Medical care center, Multispecialty

clinic, Seeb requires General Practitioner, medical lab techni-cian & pharmacist. Mail CV to -

sarita_h23@yahoo.com

or Call - 97884856

10 years Gulf & 4 years Oman ex-

perience in HR / Admin & logistics

fl uent in Arabic / English with D/L

looking for suitable position.

Contact: 95824598

HR/ Recruitment specialist with

8 years Oman experience in entire

gamut of HR functions like resource

planning, recruitment, HR policies &

procedures performance appraisal,

expatriate aff airs, exit interviews &

ticketing. Contact 93825307

Email: jarthath@rediff mail.com

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Required English Teachers (native

speaker), candidates for teaching

should have minimum bachelor de-

gree and having experience not less

than 3 years. Please submit your CV

through email till 15th of October

2015 for more information please

Contact: 24498423.

Email: info@omrantraining.com

Post Graduate researcher required. Contact 99229700

Required Sales Executive with

corrugated cartons manufacturing

background. Minimum 3+ years

experience. Omani D/L is a must.

Please send CV to this email: corru-

gatedpackagingoman@gmail.com

Urgently required: Sales Execu-tive- with 5 years experience in

aluminum and sales, MUST have

NOC and immediately join. Apply,

fax 00968–24605955,

emails sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com

Required Sales Executive for a

leading building material manufac-

turer in Oman having valid Omani

Driving License and 1-2 years of

sales experience. NOC from the cur-

rent sponsor is required.

Contact: 95646844

Sales & Marketing Executive for

travel and tourism.

Contact: 92890506

Software development and Sales

company in Oman, looking for a male / female, Marketing / Sales Executive with Oman driving

license. Please send the CV to

hr@ozoneunited.com

A trading company in Muscat requires Sales Executive with

minimum 1 yr experience & Oman

driving license & welding machine /

electronics / power tools technician

with min. 1 year experience.

Email: jobs.trading2015@gmail.com

Sales Co-Ordinator Required Urgently – Any Graduate with 1-2

years experience in DTP work with

good knowledge of MS Offi ce and

Internet, Age: 21-28 years can apply

to careers@teejanequipment.com

Looking for 3+years Exp in Insur-ance for Insurance Broker, Barka.

Email : lizjoseph27@gmail.com

A leading trading Group is looking for Outdoor Sales Coordinator with

driving license & release / NOC.

Email CV to alhajoil@omantel.net.

om or fax: 24701683

Wanted Sales man (experienced in

transporting etc).

Contact: 94007259

Email: smylackal@gmail.com

Primedia International is looking

for experienced Sales Executives having strong background of digital

and print media. Send your Cv’s at

SihamHalloubi@primedia-oman.

com or contact on 97002356

Required experienced Sales / Marketing Executives having light

license. Send your CV

ocean@omantel.net.om

Turning or Mechanical Engineer wanted to work in workshop if

interested please call: 96996884 /

98021385 / 99745330/ 95179003

Experienced construction Civil Engineer with qualifi cation

(attested) certifi cates & with Omani

driving license.

Contact: slayhawk@yahoo.com

Aluminum Foreman – with

minimum 5 years experience in

aluminium fabrication, MUST have

NOC and immediately join. Apply,

fax 00968–24605955, emails

sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com.

Urgently Required: Mechanical Engineer for a steel fabrication

welding workshop 10 yrs exp he

should know how to design drawing

with auto cad estimate & quotation

he must have exp to supervise job

of workshop & sites.

Contact: 97130671

Required foreman for a steel weld-

ing workshop 10 yrs exp.

Contact :97130671

A signage company looking urgently for Mechanical Engineer with 3 years experience in internal

and external signboards. Candidate

with knowledge of estimation / BOQ,

AutoCAD 2d /3d Sales experience,

will be preferred. Pls send CV to

rdawwad2@gmail.com

Required hydraulic Mechanic with

experience in Trucks & Heavy ma-

chinery. Contact : 99454425

Reputed electrical contract-ing company requires an Oman

experienced, capable “Electrical Contracts Manager”. Ideal candi-

dates should have relevant market

experience & connections.

Contact 94400671/ 91272871

Urgently required a Indian Diploma

Civil Engineer with 1-2 years of expe-

rience and should valid G.C.C driving

license. Email: smtcoman@gmail.com

ARCHITECT

Senior Architect, Indian male 15yrs

exp. having DL& NOC, Looking for

suitable position. Contact: 97239313

Email: abdul_muq2000@yahoo.co.uk

DRAUGHTSMAN

Draughtsman Civil with AutoCAD.

Contact 97105408

Autocad D/man Exp in Arch , Interior

, knows 3D, Photoshop Ph : 93837973

Indian male 28 yrs, Master degree

in Computer Application and CCNA

certifi ed, 2 years exp in Oman look-

ing for suitable placement.

Contact: 93295112 Email:

syedsadathali.mca@gmail.com

Sr. Accountant M.Com (fi nance) 15

years experience (2 years in Oman)

with a reputed fi rm, NOC available.

Contact: 92404608

Email: jin_75@rediff mail.com

Accountant Indian male Charted

Accountant and bachelor in Com-

merce having 3.5 years experience

in Auditing presently in Muscat

and seeking for suitable position.

Contact: 91656202 Email: sanoop-

varghese90@gmail.com

MBA(3.5) years specialty in fi nance

with an advance research in Islamic

and conventional banking experi-

enced remain an internee and remit-

tance offi cer and currently accountant

looking for post Assistant fi nance /

Accountant. Contact: 94515020

Accountant Indian male 32 years

B.Com 5 Plus years experience in

Oman, seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 94410485 / 98008164

10+ yrs UAE experienced Fin.

Controller looking for job change.

Contact: 98006226

Indian male 22 years B.Com done

tally ERP-9 Accounting and Inven-

tory, looking for suitable position.

Contact: 96067602

Email: saif24293@gmail.com

Accountant with 3 yrs exp in Oman

having driving license and Noc.

Contact: 91307632

MBA (F&M) experience 1.3 year.

Contact: 97445488

Email: abinbabygeorge@gamil.com

Part Time Accounting, Accounts

Finalization, Audit Preparation, In-

ternal Audit, Accounting System for

New Companies, Contact: 96975454,

email : ibfc.gcc@gmail.com

Sri Lankan Male Accountant, Age

26, BBA Spl, CA Inter, Having more

than 5 years’ Experience in

accounting fi eld seeking for Suitable

Placement NOC Available Contact:

97250638 msmnaja@gmail.com

Sr. Accountant (fi nance) 14 yrs Gulf

experience in trading & contract-

ing, valid UAE driving license (visit

visa) looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 98110814 / 99055679

Indian male with B.Com, MBA

fi nance & marketing 14 yrs exp seek-

ing suitable placement.

Contact : 0091 8697292219,

Email : rejesh.nair@gmail.com

Indian male 8 years experience hav-

ing B.Com and MBA ready to work in

HR customer service,

Admin banking & related fi eld.

Contact : 97436890 / 96939803.

Email: girimub@gmail.com

Indian lady, bachelor degree in

Preparatory Programme (BPP) and

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), com-

pleted training course in MS Word,

Excel, Power Point and Outlook from

KTI looking for full time / part time

job opportunity in Oman.

Contact 92437568, 96795853,

Email: linda_navs@yahoo.com

Accountant, Indian Male, 15 Years

experience (8 Years in Oman with

Driving License & NOC)

Seeks suitable placement,

Contact 94117616, 91238272

praveen78oman@gmail.com

Male, business Graduate having an

experience of 10 years in the fi eld of

banking & fi nance, administration ,

currently employed at EPC Contract-

ing Company as Finance & Admin

manager is looking for a suitable posi-

tion, NOC available can join within 2

weeks. Contact : 93235690

Chief Accountant, 12 years of Oman

experienced looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 99513082

Part time accountant, senior ac-

countant, doing all type of ac-

counting works, up to fi nalization.

contact.95254864

An Omani construction co. located

at Muscat looking for an expert

Accountant with minimum fi ve yrs.

experience with wide knowledge of

using tally and other software and

GCC driving license. Send C.V to

kwk585@gmail.com

Required Accountant present in

Oman. Not for candidates on visit.

Contact: 99454425

Wanted Accountant. Contact: 94007259

Email: smylackal@gmail.com

Required ACCOUNTS OFFICER to ensure accurate processing of

revenue data into ERP systems and

invoicing module. Posting of invoices

to customer SAP portal and delivery

to customer offi ces and interface

with Country Manager / Reporting

to Regional CFO. Qualifi cations : BSc

Accounting. Relevant experience

and knowledge on Online Account-

ing Systems especially the customer

SAP system. SUBMIT CV to :

me-job@interwell.com

Offi ce Assistant required in trading

company male and female 25 to 35

years old with good communication

skills, confi dence, smart and com-

puter skills. Visa provided.

Send your CV to

vacancy807@gmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with 13yrs

experience, 6 yrs Oman in manu-

facturing, trading & contracting Cos,

capable of handling all accounting,

fi nance, banking, L/C, import, export

& fi nalization seeks placement.

NOC Available. Call+968-98932752,

mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com

Finance Manager, 13 years experi-

ence B.Com, MBA, CMA (currently).

Contact: 92243552

Finance Manager 26 years experi-

ence (22 years Oman) with NOC.

Contact: 91335205 / 91302906

Part time Accountant accounts

fi nalization auditing.

Contact: 98157999

Indian male 25 years MBA fi nance

having 4 years experience in

accounts looking for suitable place-

ment presently on visit visa.

Contact: 95291085

Email: atharali9849@gmail.com

CIMP qualifi ed Accountant 5 yrs

exp immediately joining with NOC.

Contact: 95522109

Indian male, 8 yrs experience

in Oman looking for any suitable

vacancy Accountant / Asst. Ac-

countant/ Offi ce Admin local release

available. Contact 98492752 Email:

atiquehazique@rediff mail.com

Indian male MBA fi nance with 3

years experience in Accounts,

Admin, HR, on visit visa.

Contact: 91520930

Indian male, 8 yrs experience

in Oman looking for any suitable

vacancy Accountant / Asst. Account-

ant / Offi ce Admin local release

available. Contact: 98492752 Email:

atiquehazique@rediff mail.com

Finance Manager, 12 years experi-

ence in leading Construction and

manufacturing companies (9 years

in Oman) have strategic vision and

proven leadership ability. B.Com,

CPA- USA & modern accounting cer-

tifi cate from “AUC”. “NOC” in hand.

Contact: 97220505

CA (Ind) & CPA (Aus) qualifi ed In-

dian male with more than 20 years

experience (12 years in Oman) in

senior positions, currently on visit,

seeks immediate and suitable posi-

tion in a dynamic organization.

Contact : 93910095

Email: reji.thomas07@gmail.com

20 yrs exp in non Banking fi nance

co in Oman as Branch Manager,

credit analyst, risk, Debt Collect,

BR- operations, documentation, etc

with valid D/L now on visit.

Contact: 99055123

Part time accounting works up to

fi nalization on monthly basis.

Contact: 96247295

Accountant with 8 years experi-

ence in Oman with D/L & NOC ,

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 92994825. Email:

sanuchithranjali@gmail.com

Indian female 28 years M.Com,

Accountant having 6 years experi-

ence in Accounts, fi nalization, Tally

currently on visit visa.

Contact : 95595083 Email:

merlinfernandes16@yahoo.in

ACCA fi nalist, Recent B.Com Gradu-

ate, Indian female, looking for full

time employment in Accounting

and Audit. +968 96964379,

sangeethaumesh5@gmail.com

A fi berglass products manifest-

ing company required experienced

South Indian Cook. Interested can-

didates. Please email CV to

alhosnif@gmail.com or call on

99871101

Chinese/ Arab/ Continental Cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970

Urgently required a full time Indian Housemaid to work in

Sharqiya - for an Omani family (local

recruits preferred) please contact :

95164139, between 8 am – 5 pm

Looking for an Mangalorean Konkani speaking Housemaid for

Mangalorean family to look after

baby at Wadi Kabir.

Contact 96449951 / 95147107

Interior designer, advanced diplo-

ma interior, 3dmax maya coreldraw,

photoshop. Contact : 93837973

Interior designer with 6 years exp 3D

design MEP architectural with sound

knowledge in AutoCAD Sketch up

with VRAY, 3D Max looking for suit-

able position. Contact: 96789770

Email: sachinratnan@gmail.com

Looking for quality assurance / Supply Chain Lead. 25-35 years old

with good communication skills,

with experience related to food

processing or food service minimum

of 5 yrs. experience. Please send CV’s

to: admin-dept@daud.om

Urgent Requirement

SALES LADYFor Jewellery Showroom

1. Two years experience in sales.2. NOC is must. (send CV with current picture)

Email:vacancy299@gmail.com

ACCOUNTANT, Indian male 28

years, 6 plus years of GCC experi-

ence, presently working in Oman

as an Accountant, seeking for a

suitable job position, NOC avail-

able, Contact: 95089869 E-Mail:

anuchunda@gmail.com

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male having 7 years experience as

functional fi nance head, presently

working in Muscat as Asst. Finance

Manager seeking for a suitable posi-

tion. NOC available,

Contact 9178 9950 /

Email: igneshmlazar@gmail.comSITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

Wanted a Autocad Draftsman fulltime or part time

Contact 98963963 BY SMS

ADMIN/ HR

Light driver looking for job.

Contact: 96942547

Light driver Pakistani, Arabic &

English. Contact 95435008

Light driver looking job

exp. 4 years. Contact: 94208089

11 years experience as Driver in

Embassy, looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 92191698

20 years experience Driver D/L in

Oman, seeks suitable job.

Contact : 99775728

Light driver for job 5 yrs exp.

Contact: 92171166

Light driver for job 1yr exp.

Contact: 95582571

Bangladeshi male driver, 48 yrs,

exp 14 years, 9 years need job & visa,

got release letter.

Contact: 99165961

Pakistani driver seeks for job, hold-

ing license of Oman exp in driving in

Oman 6 years. Contact : 92604918

Indian male light vehicle driver,

10 yrs GCC exp looking for job.

Contact : 93060050

Indian driver 13 yrs exp. looking for

fulltime or part time jobs.

Contact: 91103909

12 years experience light duty

driver with car. Contact: 96467373

Driver. Contact: 95084826

Pakistani male light vehicle driver

looking for job. Contact: 96474528

Driver with car. Contact :91452930

Walk-In Interview on 18/10/2015Applicati ons are invited for the post of

Gynaecologist, Pediatrician, General Practi ti oners (Male & Female),

Insurance Coordinators, Sales & Marketi ng Representati ves, Sales &

Marketi ng Director and Recepti onist. Walk in interviews for these posts will be held at our head offi ce, building no 404, 18 th November Street, Opposite Baskin Robins, Al Athaiba on 18/October/2015

between 10:00 Am to 5 pm. Interested candidates can also send

resume to athirababylon@gmail.com, info@babylonmedicalcentre.com.

For more informati on call 24613069.

Of Asian origin to work at my residence with a very good

experience and knowledge of preparati on of Asian, Chinese & Conti nental food. Remunerati on for this service is commensurate

with experience.

Urgently required a DOMESTIC COOK

Candidate meeti ng the above requirements call at -

99880712

For their corporate offi ce.Ideal candidate should have

7-10 years experience in handling

Banking & Treasury functi ons, feasibility studies.

Ex Bankers shall be preferred

Multi nati onal Group is looking for a

FINANCE MANAGER

Please apply with a detailed CV to - recruiti n15@gmail.com

URGENTLY REQUIRED GYM Instructor (Lady),

Waitress (Lady), Carpenter (Male),

Painter (Male) For a reputed four star hotel 2 Years of Experience in the

same fi eld Please send cv at

hoteljbs@gmail.comFax -24593277

Urgently required HR Manager Omani National: Minimum 2 years

experience good command over

English & Arabic. Should be capable

of handling Administration, all type

of correspondence & routine offi ce

works independently, and good skill

in MS-Offi ce is must. Interested can-

didates may send in their CVs to

Fax # 24600217 or email on:

starmail@omantel.net.om

Required Pharmacist or Asst Pharmacist in a locum basis for one

month period in capital area from

15th Oct 2015to 15th Nov 2015.

Contact : 99372860 / 99008379

Immediate Opening for labora-

tory technician. Should have MOH

license to work in medical centre in

capital area. Excellent Package,

Accomodation will be off ered.

Contact 99340135

Indian female graduate fl uent in

English/Arabic(work purpose) with

5+ experience in Admin, Logistics

and 2 years in Insurance handling,

looking for suitable opportunity.

Contact 93221054,

email: nurinabhavania@ymail.com

Civil Engineer (Diploma) seeking

for placement. Contact: 95200650

Electrical Eng. Degree (MEP) need

suitable job of construction 12 yrs exp.

Email: mohd.ateeq.khan@gmail.com

C-SWIP 3.1 ASNT level 2 QC Mech.

Engr 5+ yrs exp Indian male 26

seeks suitable placement.

Contact : 91823331

Email: kannasekhar46@gmail.com

Electrical and Electronics Engi-neer with one year experience and

GCC licence holder seeking a job

mail – shyjalpk@gmail.com

Indian male BE Mechanical currently on 2 yrs free visa with

NOC & local release. Looking for

suitable job in Muscat.

Contact – 90296975 /

ali.syedausaf@gmail.com

HOSPITALITY

DAILY GUIDET H U R S D AY, O C T O B E R 1 5 , 2 0 1 5 C5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

EDUCATION

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

MEDICAL

IT

IT

MISCELLANEOUS

PROJECTS

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

BA Export Management, GCC, D/L

12 years Muscat experienced in

purchase / commercial seeks any

placement. Contact: 99775988

Maintenance foreman looking for

suitable position in real estate or

MEP work. Contact : 99526958

Indian male as building care taker,

8 yrs exp looking for job.

Contact: 99716008

Indian male 25 years, M.Sc Chemis-

try, 1 yr. experience in Quality Control

and assurances done HACCP level 3

certifi cated course seeking job in suit-

able placement. #99185354

Email: alexbabu199@yahoo.com

Indian female Diploma in Indian &

foreign Accounting having 1 year

experience in Oman seeking suit-

able placement. Contact: 95714285

Indian HSE Manager, Grad IOSH & I

Dip Nebosh aged 43 years with more

than 20 years of experience working

in reputed oil & Gas / construction at

Oman seeking suitable HSE Position

(Manager / Trainer / Advisor). NOC

available. Contact: 97926801

Email: johnkjoseph630@yahoo.com

Manager- Media & Advertising

industry-15 yrs Gulf exp - seeks suit-

able opening- 93031168

Highly skilled Transport Manager

Experienced in Oman & UAE, re-

quired for Reputed Mining Company

Located at Sultanate of Oman.

Contact: workatoman@gmail.com

Jordanian Engineer in MECHANICAL

& MANUFACTURING Good experience

Sheet Metal Fabrication, AutoCad,

Solidworks 3D, Storage Tanks & Silos,

Sales - Speaking Arabic/English/Rus-

sian -GSM#90198575 / 99201710

Civil Engineer, Indian M 29 5yrs exp.

having DL & NOC Looking for suitable

position. Contact: 94576233

Email: suhailmullah@gmail.com

ENGINEER

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

Indian B. tech Civil, 19 years exp ,

seeks suitable position.

Contact: 98365910

Email: kks.pkd1969@gmail.com

Omani Mechanical Engineer with

2years Experiences looking for new

opportunity . Contact:95993315,

alrus7idisaif@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer, B.Tech, with 8

years GCC experience (5 years in

Oman) in MEP & Oil/gas construc-

tion/Inspections side with NOC, is

seeking new assignments in Oman.

Has attested degree certifi cate and

Oman D/L. Contact No.96083636,

Email:tobineasow@gmail.com

Quantity Surveyor: 11 years

Experience (8 years Gulf & 3

years India)NOC & DL Available,

Contact 99806801 / 95899345,

Mail:asmani1984@gmail.com

Building Site Supervisor with

Omani D/L since Mar 2010 in Oman

looking for suitable placement.

Contact: 93061107

A senior professional with Engi-

neering background is available for

Executive lead in Contract Manage-

ment, Coordination, Execution in

construction establishments and

consultancies. Contact: 99703972

Experienced Civil Engg profes-

sional 12/26 years ran a company

as Working partner have estima-

tion, tendering of high rise building

infrastructure steels conc. Products

seeks suitable placement. Contact:

95360102 / 94460357

Civil Structural Engineer profes-

sional in R.C Structural design & Q.S

& shop drawings. C.N (97983610)

Project Engineer (Electrical) 5 years

experience in Oman primary substa-

tions + OHL, oil & gas, AutoCAD de-

sign driving license. NOC available.

Contact: 93210528 / 99410588

Civil Engineer, having 8 years expe-

rience in fi eld, 5 years in Oman & 3

years in EV with valid Oman driving

license. Contact: 96534115

B.Tech Software Engineer nearly

2 yrs Engineer nearly 2 yrs experi-

ence seeking job in Oman, currently

on visit visa. Contact: 95184451

B.Sc Electronics (course completed)

and holder at A+ Grade in mobile

phone technology & computer

hardware and Network Engineering

looking for suitable job in mobile

servicing / software and hardware

servicing / sales man.

Contact: Binu .B.G. 93607271

Indian B.E Electronics Communica-

tion Engineer available in Muscat on

visit visa 3+ years experience in au-

tomation system. Contact: 97439738

Civil Engineer with 8 yrs exp in

construction fi eld & all related work,

having Oman driving license & NOC.

Contact: 97613084

B.Tech Elec., Engineer, 8 yrs exp in

Oman valid D/L. Contact : 91456023

4 years experience Electrical Engi-

neer electrical primary substations

UG cables and OHL, fl uent in English

and Arabic. Contact: 91204243

Electrical Engineer 4 years experi-

ence oil and gas electrical substa-

tion water project fl uent in Arabic

and English primavera p6 operator.

Contact: 99525856

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer with

MBA in marketing & HR 3 yrs exp

seeking suitable placement.

Contact :0091 9846568080 /

0091 4772702080,

Email: jbabu4@gmail.com

M.Tech having 3 years experience in

Mechanical Engineering department

looking for any University to hire.

Contact: 90150913

Email: rahmanmechengg@yahoo.in

Civil Engineer, Indian male 29,

having 7 years exp in construction

fi eld& Auto Cad in Oman. Having

valid driving license. Fluent in Eng-

lish & Arabic. Looking for suitable job

in reputed fi rm. Contact - 99650569

Indian male, 26 yrs, B. Tech Com-

puter Science, 4 years experience

as System and Network Engineer

looking for suitable job.

Contact : 93125669

Email: amritrajgt18@gmail.com

B. Tech Bio Tech. Experience in food

& water industry, expert in chemical

& microbiological labs

Ph : 92940218

B. Tech, Engineer Civil exp total 12

yrs, Gulf exp 6 yrs, PDO exp 3yrs D/L

Oman. Contact: 96242773

Indian female, 30 yrs, Interior Designer

Bachelor degree with 5 yrs working experience seeking suitable

placement in Oman.

Contact 98499975, Email :

swasdesigner@gmail.com

M. Com B. Ed Indian lady

looking for suitable openings.

Contact: 97668603

Electrical Engineer Indian male

2.5Years Of experience Looking

for suitable Job. Contact:91845173

Email:er.joshidhaval@gmail.com

Indian Electrical & Electronics

Engineer + MBA (29 years) hav-

ing 7 years experience (2 years

in Gulf) & having valid interna-

tional driving license, seeks suitable

placement. Contact Ajay Haridas

(00971528254782)

B.Sc. Civil Engineer having 3 years

experience (2 years in Oman) with

construction companies seeking suit-

able placement. Contact: 97409350

Email: kamrul07cuet@yahoo.com

B.Sc Civil 9 years experience

looking for suitable placement

as a Residence Engineer having

valid Omani D/L. Contact : 94431917

Email: gmssohel.ce@gmail.com

Indian male, MEP Manager, Diploma Electrical having 15 years

experience in Oman looking for a

suitable post in a reputed fi rm, NOC

available. Contact : 99061823

Mechatronics (Electrical, Mechani-

cal) Engineer, 3 years of experi-

ence. Contact: 91234024 Email:

ammar.r.elerris@gmail.com

Pakistani DAE civil with experience

in Oman 2 years also holding license

of Oman seeks for job in Oman exp

in SAMAQADA & STFA. Contact :

93542055 / 99053438

Diploma Civil Engineer 11 yrs expe-

rience (9 yrs building construction

+ 2 yrs O&G) with valid Oman D/L

seeking suitable placement. Contact

: 97669006 / 99142744 Email:

shafi queam@gmail.com

Bangladeshi female Project Engi-

neer Civil having 5 years experience

or construction site currently or

visit visa looking a suitable position.

Contact 91207329

Email: dipabangladesh@yahoo.com

Male Project Engineer (Civil) 12

years experience Dubai + SA in con-

struction & water supply fi eld with

valid UAE D/L Currently on visit visa

looking suitable position.

Contact: 91206763

Email: delwar.civil.97@gmail.com

Young Indian male 23 yrs, BE -

Electrical Engineer 1.4 years experi-

ence in India, on visit visa looking

for suitable job. Contact: 93924395

Email: thomaspallathn19@gmail.com

Indian male, 26 yrs, 4 years experi-

ence diploma in Civil Engineering

fi eld on visit visa looking for suitable

job. Contact: 95585564

Email: safvanullal6644@gmail.com

Civil Engineer B.Sc -6 years experi-

ence with constructions companies

- 1 years in Oman - qualifi ed as Site

Engineer & Planning Engineer.

Contact+968-94682217

Degree Civil Engg total 9 yrs experi-

ence, 7 yrs in Oman Construction

Company with valid Oman driving

license. Contact: 99721926

Email: tanvircivil@gmail.com

Civil Engineer degree, diploma,

Staad pro, Auto CAD 18 months In-

dian exp seeks suitable opportunity.

Contact: 93682529

Aeronautical Engineer Indian

female 22 yrs, currently on family

visa looking for suitable position in

any air line / Engineering Industry.

Contact: 91705598

Email: nikhimnoushad@gmail.com

Engineer with 4 years Telecom

experience in Oman, having Oman

driving license looking for a suitable

opportunity. Interested in marketing,

NOC available. Contact : 98513495

IT System Administrator MCSA

Sudanese UAE experience.

Contact: 91302074

B.Tech prince 2 certifi ed IT Proff .

with 16+ yrs experience, 8 years ex-

perience in banking IT projects and

risk management, support vendor

management looking for a suitable

position on visit visa.

Contact: 92703635,

email : anilsingh@live.in

25 years old Indian male, BE,

ECE,MCITP,MCSA,CCNA with 3.5

years experience in system and

networking/IT support. Currently on

visit visa, Looking for a suitable job.

Contact no -98110873. Email:

blessonvvarghese@hotmail.com

Software Developer / Consultant

Manager 7+ yrs Experience

Mobile 92694166

Indian female (29), BCA, MCA, ASP.

Net certifi cation, SAP ABAP Certifi -

cation, 2 yrs of experience, seeking

placement, family visa.

Contact 99109121

Email: ashamaryphilip@gmail.com

Indian male, M. Sc Electronics, Di-

ploma in Network Engineering with 2

years experience including GCC expe-

rience in networking, IT support and

server support. Computer hardware

, MCITP and CCNA, MCITP certifi ed ,

Having Saudi driving license, now in

Muscat on visit visa looking for suit-

able job. Contact : 96133981 ,

Email: obinkavumkal@gmail.com

NOC / Network Engineer, Indian

male 27 years Indian having 5 years

experience as NOC/ Network Engi-

neer with CCNA certifi ed seeks for

suitable placement currently on visit

visa. Contact 97663834

Civil Engineer, Indian male, 25

years, B.Tech, have 3 years experi-

ence in building construction seeks

suitable positions. 92609893,

alenalexander123@gmail.com

SUPERVISOR: Indian male site

supervisor (AIR CONDITIONING)

25 years of experience with valid

Oman Driving lic

Contact: 97498809, 93391910

Email: hilariankj@gmail.com

Civil Engineer Pakistani 12+2 years

Oman experience D/L required

placement. Contact: 94392616

Engineer with 3 yrs experience in

Indian in MEP, HVAC& mechanical

maintained fi eld on visit visa looking

for suitable job. Contact 99191535

Email: fareed029@gmail.com

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 Email:

akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

Btech computer science graduate

2015 passout.. Android application

marketing.. Having good communi-

cation skills and mindset to work in

a team. Contact 91024385

Indian BE (MECH) aviation BE

degree diploma in material quality

management 17 years Navy aviation

13 years construction purchase

stores professional on visit.

Contact: 90205082 /98796982

BE Electrical Engineer 8 years

experience 4 years in Oman with

Oman driving license.

Contact 96942032

Indian diploma Civil Eng, 2 yrs

Infrastructure Projects (4G, Towers,

substation) landscaping & Auto

CAD. Contact: 94756183

Email: indianexpat1@gmail.com

Electrical Engineer (B.E) with 5

years experience (3 yrs in Gulf) NOC

available. Contact: 92119851 Email:

mayurdevadiga@gmail.com

Resident Engineer B.E civil 25 years

exp 12 yrs in Architecture consul-

tancy having Oman Dubai D/L NOC

available. Contact: 95732453

Email: milindj951@gmail.com

Indian female MDS Endodontics,

9.5 yrs experience recently cleared

Oman prometric 84% looking

for suitable placement. Contact:

95624156 / 97233074

MSc Nurse specialized in OBG,

3 years experience-certifi ed ACLS,

BLS, on visit visa, seeking suitable

opportunities Contact: 90125347

Indian female B. Sc Nurse with 3

years experience prometric passed

seeks suitable placement. #95782544

Indian female Bsc nurse with 3year

experience prometric passed seeks

suitable placement.# 95782544

Indian male Nurse, prometric

passed seeks suitable placement.

Contact 97284508I

Project/ Program Manager/ Finance professional

Qualifi cati on MBA PMP six sigma (GB)Countries exposure Canada & Middle

East, Industry any (experienced in bank, telecom, transport.

Nati onality-Canadian. On visit in Oman.

Contact - 97203531

Experience MBA (Hospital Manage-

ment) looking for a suitable posi-

tion. Contact: 95958597

Email: vipinpthomas28@gmail.com

Indian male 10+years of Gulf experi-

ence as a Sales Executive in FMCG

Industry with valid GCC license.

Contact: 93512696

Indian male 41 yrs Sales Coordina-

tor 16 yrs experience owing valid

Oman D/L. Contact: 93412622

BBA Keralite, male, 23 yrs, experi-

enced in Automotive Sales & Admin

on visit. Contact 94742679,

Email: jafarj4@gmail.com

Indian male, 4 years experience in

Sales. Oman experience with NOC

& driving license seeking suitable.

Contact: 96607645

Indian male, U.K Post Graduate M.A,

MBA, 3 years Experience, looking

position within Marketing, Branding,

Business Development & PR.

Contact: 91-8939165131

Email: greetings111@hotmail.com

Indian female 2+ years of experi-

ence in marketing / Sales business

development in Oman with D/L

seeks suitable position.

Contact: 98989784,

Email: alamelusara@hotmail.com

Male 24 years MBA Marketing

B.Com 2 years experience in the

fi eld of sales, marketing, business

development looking for suitable

position presently in Muscat.

Contact: 93268245

Email: gregjose1991@gmail.com

MBA qualifi ed sales and marketing

candidate having an experience of

1 and half years available in Oman

on visit visa seeks placement.

Contact: 97436706 Email: an-

shusamue10001@gmail.com

Indian male 21+ years Managerial

experience in Oman in FMCG Indus-

try seeking suitable placement with

NOC can head any Business / work-

ing partner. Contact: 95264562

Expatriate currently working as

Supply Chain Executive with an

intensive 8 years Oman experi-

ence in IM & T sector profi cient in

Procurement Sales support and

logistics capable to manage large

scale clientele oil & gas utilities and

public sectors. Contact 97755488

Experienced skilled candidate with

driving license seeks position sales

in Salalah. Contact: 98579382

Sales Executive experience in

Oman 4 years, has driving license.

Contact: 96039024

Centre Manager for Training Insti tute/ In House Training

ManagerMinistry approved Manager, With 18 years of exp in Oman with

proven records. Excellent contacts for major training

& Omanisati on projects. Seeking for challenging positi ons in

reputed organizati ons.NOC available,

Contact - 92406488 Mail: tt rg.mgr.oman@gmail.com

Filipino male 29 Graduate of BS IT

with GCC experience as Document

Controller and Executive Secretary

looking for employment.

Contact: +968 93929569

Indian male 28 yrs, Master degree

in Computer Application and CCNA

certifi ed, 2 years exp in Oman look-

ing for suitable placement.

Contact: 93295112 Email:

syedsadathali.mca@gmail.com

Computer & Network Engineering.

11 yrs experience looking for suitable

job. Contact 92811179/95882614

Email: khalido24@yahoo.com

Senior Project Manager approved

by Ministries with 23 years experi-

ence (Oman) in buildings and infra

structure available for placement.

Contact: 99608299

Marketing and Sales candidate

with 8 years experience in GCC

looking for suitable position. Having

NOC and valid Oman diving license.

Contact: 96669152

Indian male more than 8 years expe-

rience in UAE in Offi ce , Sales Market-

ing with good computer skills having

driving license looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 99369081

Email: shazulashraf60@gmail.com

Indian Marketing & Sales profes-

sional for telecom, hyper stores

& FMCG with over 7 years Oman

experience is seeking change / suit-

able placement. Contact: 99360975

Email: howru73@yahoo.com

Indian worked as Sales Supervisor

7 years MNC now working as Mar-

keting Manager from 8 yrs with visa

D/L. Contact : 90205082

Indian female holding Omani driv-

ing license M.B.A in Marketing and

fi nance from Birla Institute, Muscat,

1 yr. working experience in India.

Contact: 91746962

Email: aarathiajith@gmail.com

Indian male 28 B.Com M.Com, MBA

experience 2 years Ventex Global

UAE Marketing Executive, experi-

ence 1 year Al Majeed Group Market-

ing Executive with valid UAE D/L.

Contact : +968 92871946

Marketing or Purchase Executive,

1.5 yrs in Oman Indian male 27 yrs,

MBA with valid Oman D/L available

for immediate placement.

Contact: 96300958 / 24796010

Email: ashwanihegde@gmail.com

Male BS, with D/L having 7 years

exp in Oman wanted suitable job in

Sales inventory & procure.

Contact: 92191026

Indian male having 8 years experi-

ence in business development retail

sales logistics currently on seeking

job in Oman. Contact: 99052340

Email: pradee.ys@gmail.com

Indian female Graduate holder

valid driving license knowledge

about all kinds of cosmetic products

seeks suitable placement.

Contact 98697656

Indian male having 10 years work

experience ( Customer Service/

Back end sales/stores)and 1 year

work experience in Oman NOC in

hand, looking for Suitable Position

Contact no: 96526228 /

sravan.kumaraj@gmail.com

Indian male Sr. Sales Executive, 15 years exp in retail sector

looking for vacancies.

Contact: 96768382

Sales and marketing - male 27 yrs,

2 years experience seeking suitable

placement with Oman D/L.

Contact: 95642740 Email:

shaijichakkara@gmail.com

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Indian male more than 10 years

gulf experience in Offi ce / Sales

Coordinator, Admin, Secretarial and

purchase with good computer skills.

Having Driving license and NOC

available, looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact 95149624

Welder 6G, 3G ARC , Fabrication

gulf exp ph : 92858985

*Classifi ed Advertisement space booking with text,

should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication.

* Subject to space availability

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TOURS

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SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

FOR HIRE

Available for rent 1500 sqmt, se-

cured plot, suitable for keeping con-

tainers, construction equipments,

trailers etc, near Sohar Airport-

Contact 98236616

Bobcat Grader and roller for rent.

Contact: 94584688

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Transportation available.

Contact: 99867456

Pick & drop any time. Contact: 93598436 / 96743215

Pick & drop any time. Contact:

92218001/ 96502406

Transportation. Contact98505294

Transportation in Muscat.

Contact: 95530908

MANPOWER

We off er labour for loading and

unloading if any one required we

are providing this service. Contact:

95208185 /95456022

Leading manpower agency to hire Recruiter from India housemaids. Contact: 99226093,

Email: fesalwardi48@gmail.com

FOR LADIES

GOOD OFFER for ladies: (Golden facial

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Split & widow unit A.C servicing &

repairing. Contact: 99557080

Split & window unit A.C servicing

& maintenance. #96236476

Window & split unit A.C ser-

vicing & maintenance. Contact

93769089 / 95323517

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet

& sofa shampooing, Contact

99314807/24792998

Cleaning & carpet shampooing,

Ocean Center LLC. #99884591

Pest control treatments. Ocean

Center LLC. Contact: 99344723

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

House shifting & packing. Contact: 99657644 /98518013

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your

marble. #24793614/ 99314807

Air condition maintenance instal-

lation window AC, split a/c, ducted

AC and package type units.

Contact: 98667326

Window & split unit A.C ser-

vicing & maintenance. Contact

93769089 / 95323517

Pest Control Gulfa Intl .LLC. Contact: 92326955

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

One stop shop business services : Public Relation (PRO) formation new

companies, LLC companies, Investor

visa, business setup, prepare busi-

nesses & companies accounts, legal

services, representing you and your

company. Contact Saleh: 96723485

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-

termite treatment, general clean-

ing painting, Plumbing, Electrical,

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99450130

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SIT.WANTED

CLASSES

COMPUTER

SITUATION WANT-

ED

BUSINESS

We want fi nance for 3 (three)

months or renewable every 3

months from Omani nationals or

expatriates for trading business.

Contact: 99462591 or 93525028

Ware house space for rent at Ghala

and Barka up to 20000/- Sqm.

Contact: 99509460 / 93731363

Want regular fi nancing for profi table

business. Contact 91087526

Investors needed for well functioning

company Engaged in manufactur-

ing and supply of heating solutions.

Contact: 98871548 / 93412622

MISCELLANEOUS

MATRIMONIAL

Malankara Catholic girl Alappuzha

Dist BSc Nurse 28 yrs working with

M.O.H in Buraimi 28 yrs seeks alliance

from Keralite professionals Orthodox

Marthoma. Contact: 93264638

Seeking alliance for our son from

Muslim families. Interested families

Contact: 99889590

Well experienced management

fi nance specialist having 18 years

experience available for placement.

Contact.95602518

23, Male, ACCA Affi liate, OBU Bsc,

2.5 years of experience in audit and

fi nance in Big 6 Firms, Looking for

permanent placement in similar

fi eld. Release NOC available. Contact:

#95140445, a.saran891@gmail.com

22, Male, Indian, BBA (Marketing),

1 year experience in India, Looking

for suitable placement in Sales and

Marketing. #91897046,

azzamsiddique1@gmail.com

Indian Male,27,ACCA Part

Qualifi ed,B.COM with 7+ yrs exp in

receivables and credit control in

Oman looking for suitable place-

ments. NOC available.

Contact 9657 4343.

Indian Female, Science Graduate,

3 years Experience in Teaching back

home. Looking for a suitable job op-

portunity as a teacher, in Schools in

Muscat Region. Contact : 96431456

/ 95704814

Looking for a suitable job as Jr.

Accountant/ Jr. Administration in

a reputed company. NOC Available.

GSM # 93004738.

ACCOUNTANT, Male, 8 years experi-

ence, presently working in Oman as a

Senior Accountant with oman Driving

license. NOC available, seek suitable

opportunity. GSM: 97705854

Chemical Engineer Indian 2 years

of experience in production fi eld

Contact: 91247222

Email:sahadpoonchola@gmail.com

Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support,

Networking, Security systems, Serv-

er support, IT sales and marketing.

Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable

placement. Contact 91033395

Civil Autocad Draughtsman part

time work for job mob :96023726

Indian female, MBA, 25yrs Having

4yrears of experience in MNC, hands

of experiences in recruitment and

administration, fl exible for any suit-

able job placements currently in

visting visa. Contact Tel : 98864639

Email : neethuvijayan06@gmail.com

Indian Male, 25, Chartered Account-

ant, working with ICICI Bank India.

On a Visit Visa in Oman. Staying with

parents at Azaiba. Ph: 24492638.

Email: shyamal008@gmail.com

Indian Male, 26 Yrs, Business

Management, 6 years in Oman.

Knowledge of MS Offi ce and Arabic

Language. Seeks suitable position.

Contact 93931935

Indian Mechanical Engineer, 30, having 8yrs of UAE Sales/Busi-

ness Development. experience in

Electromechanical and Irrigation

sectors. Contact no- +971558763220

email id-sangowri@outlook.com

Indian male, with fi nance and Law

degree, having more than 25 years

of experience in Finance/ Accounts /

Audit (5 years of Oman experience)

seeks suitable placement. NOC avail-

able. Contact: 98421619.

E-mail: talemadhamu@yahoo.com.

*Classifi ed Advertisement space booking with text,

should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication.

* Subject to space availability

FOR SALE

Port cabin and Wooden pallets new,

used and renovated porta cabin

Wooden & steel sandwich panel

Wooden pallets and packing for

marble packing available.

Contact no. + 968 99318152

Tel. +968 24458759

Email: ahastco@gmail.com

Comm. & Res land in Darsait, opp.

Pakistani School, 900 sq mtr for sale.

Contact: 91155779

Used Fabrication machinery for

sale : Fabrication machinery and

tools in excellent condition for

immediate sale. Contact 94652485/

99273774/ 99202278

Comm. & res. land for investment for

25 years in Ghala heights.

Contact: 91155779

Comm. & Res land in Ghala heights

400 sq mtr for sale. Contact:

91155779

Shop for sale or rent at Ruwi City.

Contact: 99103077

For sale land in Amerat 3000 Sq.mt

with petrol pump permission.

Contact 99323957 / 92702891

ACC. AVAILABLE

NRI

3BHK+Puja Room, East Facing, 1549

Sq Ft, Independent Floor, Ansal

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Contact:99381769

Architect designed 5000 Square

feet exquisite Villa in 16 cents of

land at a scenic location on Aak-

kulam Road, Ulloor, Trivandrum for

sale. Contact +968 95372011

Furnished master b.room with

attached bath ,and Furnished

room with sharing bathroom fully

equipped kitchen immediately avail-

able in N. Azaiba. 95450250

Semi furnished two Bed room fl at

immediately available in N.Azaiba

.Contact -95450250

Furnished room for rent Indian fam-

ily near Honda road.

Contact: 99076546

Sharing accommodation available at

Darsait near ISD specious room, bath,

passage sharing kitchen. Preference

Vegetarian. Contact: 99419390

Room available at Walja. Contact:

96246625

Furnished room for IND EXE

bachelor near Al Khuwair.com R/A.

Contact : 99659513

Single room for Executive bachelor

with attached toilet & bath, for rent

including water & electricity in Ruwi.

Contact: 99327158

Sharing accommodation for family

or bachelors near Indian school Ghu-

bra. Contact : 99836676 / 99056701

Room available with kitchen from

fi rst November 2015 onwards at Rex

Road near Golden Oryx Restaurant.

Contact: 99768952

1 BHK available at Al khud in Baskin

Robbins building. R.O.200. Contact:

97261418, 94194876, 99478492

Single room attached bath

S/ kitchen at Mumtaz area.

Contact: 95212017 / 96916398

Studio fl at MBD Ruwi.

Contact : 95698714

Independent rooms in Qurum /

Al Hail. Contact 95529970

Room for Rent Alkhuwair - Behind

Al Aktham Restaurant. 120 RO.

With elec. and water.For executive

bachelors only. Contact : 98803261

Flat for rent available in CBD near

Costa Coff ee. Mobile no.92820734

Private room with toilet near Qurum

park incl. W& E, monthly RO 220/-.

Contact Hassan 99349990

Accommodation available for

indian executive bachelor’s (no

kitchen).RO:125 including water and

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Shippey Hussain has lost Bang-

ladeshi Passport no. F 2565048.

Finder please handover to ROP

I Suganya Gurusamy (holder of

Indian passport No. G 1021221 )

daughter of K. Gurusamy having

permanent residence in 11-5-53,

Vaniyan Kovil Street, Tiruppathur,

Sivagangai Dt, Tamil Nadu - 630211

(complete postal address in India)

and presently residing in

Wadi Kabir, P.Box. No. 438, P.C 100

(complete postal in Oman) intend

to change my name from Suganya

Gurusamy (old name) to Fatima

Al Zahra (new name) for all

practical purpose. I have changed

my religion from Hindu to Islam.

Any objection towards my name

change may please be

communicated to Embassy of India,

Muscat, diplomatic Quarters,

AL Khuwair, P. Box No, 1727

Postal Code 112, Ruwi,

Sultanate of Oman.

Noor Al Mawada for Cont ASSO company which is recorded under

the commercial register number

1100091 in the treading & industry

Al Batinah is going to change its

legaly shape from ASSO company to

L.L.C company And in accordance

with Article 13 of the Commercial

Companies Law No. 4/74 . This is

to inform any body who concerns

about that to 2 months from the date

publishing this advertising.

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