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Founded 1975 . Volume 41 No. | Pages . Baisas 200 . Subscription OMR63 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company | Chairman/Editor-in-Chief: Mohamed Issa Al Zadjali | Printed & Published by Muscat Media Group
June 14, 2016 8 Ramadan 1437 AH
TUESDAY
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RAMADAN PRAYER TIMINGS
Dhuhr 12.12pm
Asr 3.30pm
Maghrib 7.00pm
Isha 8.22pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 3.52am
IFTAR
7.00PM
FAJR
3.52AM
To Senior State Officials, 1978
FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN
An official position is a duty and a responsibility rather than a means of acquiring power and influence.
‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’
THE GHOST WORKERS OF OMAN
His Majesty the Sultan sends condolences to Saudi Arabia
No trace of fuel pump employee
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Sal-man bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on the death of Princess Al Jawhara bint Fahad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to King Salman, praying to Allah the Almighty to rest the deceased’s soul in peace and grant her family patience. -ONA
REJIMON [email protected]
MUSCAT: Relatives and friends of John Philip, the missing fuel station employee, are increasing-ly concerned, as there is no trace of him since he disappeared on Friday night.
“We are worried. Police officials have given us no updates. How-ever, his colleague was taken into custody this morning (Monday). Our company owner, who was out of Oman, returned today. He is also worried about missing of John,” said Kashif Nisar, the manager of the company where Philip was employed.>A6
C A B L E
G O N E M I S S I N G
Duped traders count mounting lossesREJIMON [email protected]
MUSCAT: Two Omani business-men allegedly duped by an Indian in Saham said they expect to have lost more money than they had es-timated initially.
Ahmed Al Fasari and Ibra-him Al Fasari told the Times of Oman (TOO) that day-by-day the amount lost has been increas-ing and it may now have crossed OMR200,000 as fresh claims of duping mount.
“We are getting new claims. More bounced (cheques) are com-ing to us. We don’t know what can
be done. We trusted him. He has ruined us. Both of us are under pressure. Answering calls and explaining in detail what has hap-pened itself is tiring us,” the busi-nessmen said.
RV, an Indian company official, is missing since May 26, after defrauding the Omani traders of OMR200,000 in Saham.
“He was trading building mate-rials and electrical equipment. He bought goods on credit by produc-ing company cheques and his per-sonal cheques. He was reportedly selling them at a lower price and had collected money,” the busi-nessmen said. >A6
S A H A M
C1Spain beat Czech Republic
OMANMalls get set for Eid
1 Malls are expecting increased foot traffic as the first week of Ramadan ends. >A3
WORLDUS probes killings
2US authorities are probing whether anyone helped the Orlando gunman . >A16
MARKETDip in trade volume
3A declining trend in traded volumes is seen on the MSM. >B1
T O P T H R E E I N S I D E S T O R I E S
MIST ENVELOPS SALALAH AS MUSCAT SWEATSWhile Muscat has been
gripped by sweltering
heat, people in Sarfait re-
gion of Salalah are enjoy-
ing cool weather. The cur-
rent temperature recorded
by the Oman Meteorology
Department in Salalah is
30 degrees Celsius.
People in Salalah have
reported cooler tem-
peratures, and even fog.
Temperatures in the north
hit 50 degrees Celsius
yesterday, according to
weathermen. >A5
They queue daily for illegal jobs despite the law and the poor pay
REJIMON [email protected]
MUSCAT: No proper docu-ments. No proper job. No proper protection. A daily struggle just to find food.
They pay huge sums of mon-ey to “agents” back home and come to Oman at any cost, even through unofficial channels. They are illegal immigrants, but their efforts underpin Oman’s economy and Omanis hire them for their cheap labour.
They are the ghost workers of Oman, and even with the
odds stacked against them, they still come.
For many, it can all go wrong very quickly. Like Bikku Prasad, an Indian worker, who is battling for his life in a hospital after just three days at work, with no help or medical cover, as he is ‘un-documented,’ or the hundreds arrested daily during the course of labour law violation raids.
These workers risk everything to migrate because they can earn 10 times as much as they do back home. That money is then sent home to their families in some of the poorest parts of the world.
A year ago, 1,000 expatriate workers were caught in a raid in Hamriya, Muscat. Last week, thousands gathered at the same spot waiting to be hired for daily slave wages. Nothing has changed.
The raids seem to have made little difference in the cheap la-bour market.
Social workers and the Bang-ladesh Embassy have called for an amnesty so that workers can legalise their documents.
Hamriya is the go-to place if you want to hire cheap labour. The migrants know it, and so do
the Omani businessmen, who hire this cheap labour.
Even though hundreds of ‘free visa’ workers are arrested every week all over Oman, by 5am the streets of Hamriya are packed with hundreds of desperate workers queuing up to get picked to work on building sites around Oman. On average, nine out of 10 workers are looking for agents to do work that is not listed on their labour cards. While some know they are breaking the law, others don’t think they are.
expat workers
were caught in a
raid in Hamriya
last year but
still thousands
gather there in
search of potential
customers every
day
1,000
MORNING MINUTE
Paying huge sums
to traffickers, these
workers land in Oman
to earn a fortune
but many become
undocumented and if
caught, are repatriated
home empty-handed
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OMAN
Oman has just six interpreters for 15,000 hearing impaired people
BABA [email protected]
MUSCAT: Oman has the sec-ond largest number of hearing impaired population in the Gulf Cooperation Council region after Saudi Arabia and has just six sign language interpreters to aid them, officials from the Oman Asso-ciation for the Hearing Impaired (OAHI) said.
“Saudi Arabia has a hearing im-paired population of 88,000 and we have 15,000 according to our test survey. There could be more in the far away villages, where we haven’t reached yet,” Yahya Al Bar-ashdi, member of OAHI told the Times of Oman (TOO).
He said most of the hearing impaired population is concentrated in the Al Batinah region in the north (5,000) and Muscat (4,000).
In April, Oman hosted the 41st Arab Deaf Week under the slogan “Make the Pen and Book the Deaf’s Friends” during which a number of programmes were organised.
Sign language interpretersOAHI, which was established in 2013, has also announced the launch of Oman’s first sign lan-guage training centre.
“The Communication Institute of Training will train normal peo-ple, including bank executives, school authorities, employees of many departments for interpre-tation and sign language,” Hassan Ali, a sign language interpreter and special needs coordinator told TOO.
Ali, who is associated with OAHI, also confirmed the pres-ence of a mere six interpreters in Oman and said “we must create more such teachers to address
the needs of this huge population of deaf.”
He said some employees of Bank Nizwa have received some training and “we look forward to training more employees.”
Difficult“It’s very difficult for them to get jobs. Problem is they can’t com-municate and the normal people aren’t trained to handle them,” said Ali, who also teaches at the Al
Amal School for the Deaf. He added, “In the schools too,
they don’t have hearing equip-ment. If they don’t have hearing aid, they fail.”
The association has sought public
support and called for public interac-tion with the hearing impaired.
“Otherwise they feel ignored. They feel cut off from the rest of the population,” OAHI’s Al Bar-ashdi added.
The Oman Association for the Hearing
Impaired has sought public support and
called for public interaction with the
hearing impaired
Saudi Arabia has a hearing
impaired population of
88,000 and we have
15,000 according to
our test survey. There
could be more in the far
away villages, where we
haven’t reached yet, said
Oman Association for the
Hearing Impaired member
Yahya Al Barashdi
Workshop on sustainable tourismMUSCAT: A workshop on green sustainable tourism will be organised by German Uni-versity of Technology (GUtech), The Research Council and the Ministry of Tourism today.
The theme of the workshop will be “Green Tourism: An In-tegrated Economic Approach to Sustainable Tourism Develop-ment in the Sultanate”.
It will review the preliminary results of a survey conducted by a research team at the Depart-ment of Logistics, Tourism and Service Management at the Fac-ulty of Economics and Business Administration of GUtech.
The survey’s aim was to iden-tify legislative structures, regu-latory frameworks, incentive packages and laws as well as government companies to sup-port the foundation of sustain-able tourism development and its economic, environmental, cultural and social elements.
The survey included more than 20 government and quasi-government institutions, meet-ings with those involved identify the most important challenges in applying sustainability prin-ciples in the tourism sector.
The study focused on areas of water, electricity, waste, employ-ment, small and medium enter-prises (SMEs) and tourism sec-tor, which can play a pivotal role in achieving the goals. -ONA
GUTECH
Caught in a cleft stick, these workers take unwarranted risk“We know that it is illegal, but we have come here after paying a huge amount of money for the visa back in our home country by pledging land and taking loans. We have to clear them and take care of our family. We are always under fear that we may be caught at the work-place, but there are no other op-tions,” Shanthi Das, a worker from Bangladesh, said.
Das, like many others, had paid agents back in Bangladesh around OMR1,500 to get a visa, which he considers as his passport to wealth. “In my labour card, my designation is that of a salesman. But, I am not getting that job. Sponsors have told me that I am free to do any kind of job. I know electrical work. I go for that. However, it is not regular. I get work for around 15 to 20 days per month,” he added.
Das earns around OMR7 daily, out of which he has to buy food, pay rent, remit money to pay his loan and also pay his sponsor for the ‘free visa.’
Das, like many of his friends, pays OMR20 to his sponsor. “We can say that around 90 per cent (of
workers) here are doing a differ-ent job than what is mentioned on their labour cards,” he added.
Mohammed Hassan, a friend of Das, who is also in Oman on a ‘free visa,’ said he cannot afford to default in the payments made to the sponsor.
“If we do, the sponsor will file an absconding case and we will land in trouble,” Hassan added.
Mohammed Shajid, in his 20s, Kamal Hassan, Amir Hassan, in his 40s, Ahmed Babar, in his 20s, and Hussain Muqbal, in his 30s, also narrated similar stories.
Afraid of raids“We are afraid of raids, but we have landed here. We have to find work and earn some money,” Shajid said. He was lucky to find a job the day the Times of Oman (TOO) inter-viewed him.
Last week, a senior official from the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) told TOO that government raids to catch expats working with incor-rect visas will be stepped up.
“The government is aware that the Labour Law violations are a lit-
tle high, so the inspections are more frequent too. The number of expats is growing. Similarly, the violations are increasing. Sothe inspections will also be increased,” said Salem Al Saadi, an advisor to MoM.
Stabilising the marketAccording to the official, the gov-ernment wants to stabilise the market with legal workers.
Article 114 of the Oman Labour Law states that a non-Omani em-ployee, who works in Oman with-out a licence from the concerned directorate, or works with any employer, other than the employer who obtained a licence to bring him to Oman, shall be punished.
Additionally, any employer who wilfully allows any of his employ-ees to work with another employer will also be punished.
Shahswar Al Balushi, chief ex-ecutive officer, Oman Society of Contractors, said theTOO investi-gation has revealed that some are misusing the system.
“The existence of such a sys-tem persuades employers to hire cheap labourers,” Al Balushi said,
adding that the association is in the process of classifying con-struction companies in Oman to regulate the industry.
“The process to categorise the companies is underway. It’s with the Commerce Ministry. We are expecting that by the end of this year it will be approved,” he said.
According to Al Balushi, by cat-egorising the companies, they will be able to pinpoint who has a pro-ject and how many visas they need.
“This will streamline the proce-dure, rectify the system and clamp down on the ‘free visa’ system, which is also a threat for Omani job hunters,” he added.
Advice for workersMeanwhile, a senior official from the Bangladesh Embassy in Oman said they have advised migrant workers to listen to the govern-ment, and not to their friends, on visa related issues.
“We always say to them that there is no such thing as a ‘free visa,’ but they fail to listen to us and eventually put their job pros-pects and future at risk,” Zahed
Ahmed, the senior official from the embassy, said, adding that workers should perform only the job that is mentioned in their contract.
Mohammed Sanaulla, a Bangla-deshi social worker in Oman, said although some people are coming through the proper channels, it is very unfortunate that many blue collar workers from Bangladesh come to Oman on a ‘free visa.’
“We would like to suggest to them to verify proper job details/job agreement before taking steps to come here in order to avoid se-vere consequences later, which may include jail terms, deportation, an absolute economic breakdown for their families, risking their life, as well as risking future of their family back home,” Sanaulla said.
AmnestySanaulla added that it would be a blessing for the workers if the gov-ernment announces an amnesty allowing the workers to correct their job status.
“It would be a blessing for work-ers and at the same time, announc-ing an amnesty would allowwork-
ers to correct their job status, and will help streamline the job market too,” Sanaullanoted.
“When hundreds are arrested in raids for working illegally, I feel that announcing an amnesty is the need of the hour,” he added.
In a 2015 amnesty, around 7,300 Bangladeshis out of 23,186, who were registered during a sixmonth-long amnesty scheme, did not make use of the offer for amnesty.
Recent government data shows that as many as 130,511 expatriates are not registered.A monthly re-port from the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) also revealed that Oman’s popula-tion registered a growth of 2.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2016.
At the end of April, the 2.6 per cent rise in population from the same period last year, boost the Sultanate’s population to 4,428,946.
Expatriates constituted 45.5 percent of the total population. The total number of expatriates at the end of April rose by 4.5 percent to 2,014,348, up from 1,927,938 at the end of December last year.
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Hotel helps future Omani hospitality leaders pick right skills
DEEBA [email protected]
MUSCAT: Oman’s future lead-ers are being trained for industry through a management scheme at one of the city’s leading hotels.
At the Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz Carlton hotel, management have addressed Oman’s shift to diver-sifying its economy and boosting tourism, with a training scheme tailored for the tourism and hospi-tality sector.
The first set of 13 students at the hotel’s culinary academy recently graduated to become full-time chefs in the hotel’s kitchen.
Melanie Dorange, communica-tions director at the hotel, said one of the most important roles taken on by the company is the training and development of Omanis, and they hope to raise the Omanisation figure at the hotel in the coming years by employing more well-trained Omanis.
“We focus on Omani manpower, and today the hotel’s Omanisa-tion rate is close to 50 per cent. We want to train the Omani staff to be-come future managers.”
HandpickedFatma is one of the graduates of the programme, who was hand-picked by the National Hospitality Institute and recruited by the ho-tel’s culinary academy.
“I always wanted to work in ho-tels. I always thought you can learn so many things in hotels, which you cannot learn in other fields or in government positions”, she said.
Fatma had to quit her stud-ies after high school because her grades were not good enough to allow her to attend college, so she thought of doing something dif-ferent and the hotel industry be-came one of her options.
Although she is living her dream now, she did face some initial op-position from her family.
“My family did not exactly (want to) see me working in hotels. My mother, especially, was reluctant. I guess she wanted her daughter to join a government institution, in a safer and more comfortable place. However, my father always sup-
ported me in my decisions.”Fatma lives in a ‘Shabi’, a tradi-
tional Omani house with her family, in Al Seeb. She is the oldest daugh-ter and has set her goal to become head chef at the hotel one day.
“I want to be head chef, this is what I have in mind and, step by step, I will get there. I want to learn a lot.”
ExcitedShe also plans to travel abroad and learn more about food and cook-ing, and is very excited about an upcoming trip to Munich.
“Travelling and seeing differ-ent places will help me gain more knowledge and extend my horizons. I am very excited to go to Munich, since (this is) for the first time I will be travelling to Europe,” she noted.
Currently, the hotel offers em-ployees the opportunity to enroll in its three-year Culinary Acad-emy Programme. The programme includes the 11-month Omani Leadership Programme, and 18-month Voyage Management Training programme.
According to Melanie, the hotel is now planning to train Omanis in other fields linked to hospitality.
Zuweina is another Omani woman who was taught by Al Bustan Ritz Carlton’s training department to work in the guest relations department. Her story is particularly fascinating, as she was married at the age of 12 as the fourth wife to her husband, and had to overcome many hurdles be-fore reaching her current position.
Born in Sinaw, she was raised by
her oldest sister and stopped going to school soon after being married. Following her husband’s brother’s death, his children were automati-cally brought under her care.
She added that she later divorced and married a loving husband.
Urge to workShortly after this marriage, she felt the urge to work and remain active. Initially not able to speak English, she found a job as a tel-ephone operator and went on to impress her colleagues with her desire to learn.
Later, supported by her hus-band and family, she applied to work at a three star hotel. After working there for a number of years, she was hired by the Al Bustan Ritz Carlton.
She was initially trained in the housekeeping department, after which she gained experience in the hotel’s business center, before she moved to the souvenir shop.
TransformationFinally, she joined the guest rela-tions team where she still works, welcoming guests to the hotel with her warm smile and open arms.
Today, she has been transformed from a shy woman who was once disheartened by the troubles sur-rounding her life, to an active per-son who is independent, while also working to guide her children.
She offers tea and coffee to the hotel’s guests with a smile,while wearing beautiful traditional at-tire, and proudly introduces guests to the Omani art of hospitality.
O M A N I S A T I O N
New fees announced
for foreign vehicles
entering SultanateFAHAD AL [email protected]
MUSCAT: Foreign land transport vehicles, including heavy trucks and buses, will now have to pay a new fee to the Ministry of Trans-port and Communications, ac-cording to a decision announced by the Ministry of Legal Affairs on its official website.
Last year, the Ministry of Transport and Communications had imposed a fee on empty foreign land transport vehicles entering the Sultanate.
The new decision bans foreign land transport vehicles from un-dertaking any commercial trans-port activities between two points inside the country without prior permission from the concerned authorities, and directs them to pay a fee of OMR10 too.
The decision states that the vio-lators of this rule will have to pay a fine of OMR300.
Last year, a ministry decision had forbidden foreign land trans-
port company vehicles and their crews from staying in Oman for more than seven days unless they had obtained a permit from the Ministry of Transport and Com-munications in coordination with the Royal Oman Police, however the new decision adds OMR10 fee for every day.
The decision states that viola-tors will have to pay OMR50 as a fine if they fail to obtain the prop-er permit for overstaying in the Sultanate for more than a week. The decision excludes gulf coun-try citizens and other nationals from countries, which have signed agreements with the Sultanate.
The decision also bans the entry of foreign land transport vehicles heading to another country rather than the one it is registered in un-less it has obtained a permit from the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Such vehicles will have to pay an OMR10 fee for each land transport trip and will have to pay OMR50 of found vio-lating the directive.
M I N I S T R Y O F T R A N S P O R T
DOING IT RIGHT: The first set of 13 students at the Al Bustan Palace hotel’s culinary academy recently graduated to become full-time chefs in the hotel’s kitchen. – Supplied photo
M I N I S T R Y O F T R A N S P O R T
Indian minister comes to aid of ailing worker
Malls ready for more footfalls by Eid time
REJIMON [email protected]
MUSCAT: Bikku Prasad, the un-documented Indian worker bat-tling for life at a hospital in Oman, will be flown home by the Indian government if medics say it is safe to do so.
India’s Minister of External Af-
fairs, Sushma Swaraj, responding to messages about Bikku’s plight on her Twitter feed, said he will be flown home for treatment if his doctors say it is safe to do so and the Indian government will pick up the tab.
The Indian authorities acted less than a day after the Times of Oman revealed Bikku’s plight.
Responding to a tweet by Times of Oman reporter, the Indian minister had tweeted that Bikku will be flown back to India if the medics permit. “If Doctors permit travel we will contact his family and bring Bikku Prasad back to India,” the Indian minister tweet-ed on her official twitter handle.
Times of Oman reporter about Bikku on Monday’s edi-tion (http://timesofoman.com/article/85879/Oman/Health/Undocumented-Indian-worker-languishes-in-Oman-hospital).
Bikku had come to Oman hop-ing for a new life. Now, he is clinging to his old one--a man on a ventilator trapped in limbo, he collapsed just three days after get-
ting a job but his papers were un-der processing. He was on a visit visa for three months before get-ting a job.
Ill-advised moveWithout correct papers, he is also stuck in bureaucratic limbo, with nobody ready to pay his medi-cal bills. Had he come to Oman through proper channels, his hos-pital treatment would have been covered. Instead, he came on a visit visa and then found a job. He
had not received his labour card when he collapsed at work.
Meanwhile, a senior official from the Indian embassy said that they will be visiting Bikku and lend help tomorrow.
Kabeer CV, the social worker who brought the pathetic condi-tion of Bikku to people’s attention, expressed his thanks to Times of Oman and the Indian government for acting promptly.
“Good to hear that the Indian minister has taken up the case. Thanks a lot,” Kabeer added.
On the third day of accepting the job, Bikku fell unconscious.
Medics are saying that he has suffered a cerebral stroke and the chances of recovery are remote.
As his documents were under processing, it can be said that he is an ‘undocumented worker’ at this stage and he cannot claim any health insurance or is not going to get any compensation.
According to Oman govern-ment statistics, there are around 650,000 Indians working in Oman.
TARIQ ZIAD AL [email protected]
MUSCAT: Malls are expecting increased foot traffic as the first week of Ramadan ends and are looking forward to the coming weeks to boost their sales.
Earlier, Muscat’s mall manag-ers said they expect 80 per cent jump in sales during Ramadan but since the holy month started things are off to a slow start.
“The first week is very slow; people are still getting in the mood of fasting. There is not much hap-pening during the first week,” said Aruna Tavarkhed, deputy man-ager at the Panorama Mall.
“It picks up from the second and third week and the fourth week is the highest,” she added.
Avenues Mall’s Manager, Ben Watson, also said that during the first few weeks, visitors are fewer than towards the end of the month.
“For me, one indicator is foot traffic; so during the first one or two weeks of Ramadan the traffic is a little bit less and then during the last two weeks of Ramadan and Eid, the traffic is very high,” said Watson.
As people prepare for Eid-Al-Fitr celebrations, the managers expect a high number of visitors and sales to go up towards the end of the month, particularly during the last week before Ramadan ends and during Eid celebrations.
Jasmine Edward Nother, sen-ior operations manager, Vivid Su-perdry - Desigual, a fashion store, said the first week of Ramadan is slow, but it picks up as the month progresses.
“When Ramadan begins, to-wards the beginning of the week
people tend to adjust into the (rou-tine of ) fasting; so usually sales are very low during the morning, but they gradually pick up during the evening,” said Nother, adding that customers and sales do not increase before the fifth or sixth day of Ramadan.
When asked whether sales go up towards the end of Ramadan, she said, “They do. I don’t know about this year because Omanis have been very conservative with their purchases. If we compare with last year, we will tell you yes,
that would normally happen.”She added that the current eco-
nomic situation in the Sultanate is also a contributing factor to the reasons why people are not spending as usual.
Frequently boughtTavarkhed said fashion items, beauty products and bukhoor (frankincense) are the most fre-quently bought items during the Holy Month. “The food joints af-ter Iftar really come alive and they do quite well,” said Tavarkhed, explaining that food outlets in the mall are successful.
Watson said, “During Ramadan, you’ll find our food and beverage outlets doing quite well because of the Iftar menus and all kind of things... whereas the standard ap-parel brands and all of those guys will certainly benefit from the later parts of Ramadan and Eid.”
When asked about Ramadan spending in comparison with oth-er months, Watson noted, “Some-times during Ramadan, spending is high and certainly during Eid spending is very high; so if you put the two together, spending is higher than usual.”
Indian External
Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj
tweeted that Bikku
will be flown back
to India if medics
permit
AWAITING THE SALES SPIKE: During the first few weeks, visitors
are fewer than towards the end of the month. – File photo
Sushma Swaraj, Minister of
External Affairs, India.
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WORD
Misbahah, called tasbeeh in Iran and South Asia, literally mean “praise God,” and these strands of beads are aptly
used as devotional tools for Muslims. They are thought to have originally been pebbles held in the hand, and have
since evolved into strands of beads made of wood, amber, stone, or plastic. Typically strung with 33 beads, divided into three sections of 11 beads each, or 99 beads divided
into sets of 33, they represent the 99 names of Allah and are often used after prayers to repeat Subhan Allah
(glorious is God) 33 times, Alhamdulillah (all praise be to God) 33 times, and Allahu Akbar
(God is great) 33 times.
OMAN’S NEIGHBOURLY IFTARS
In neighbourhoods across Oman, before the sun sets during the Holy Month, neighbours begin exchanging
delicacies from their kitchens with one another, making for deliciously diverse Iftar spreads. This tradition began
to ensure that anyone in need had good food to eat, and has since evolved into a beloved tradition of generosity. “Neigh-
bours” often include friends who live miles away, or even strangers who are known to be in need.
WHERE TO SPEND YOUR ZAKAT The literal meaning of Zakat is ‘to cleanse’. In the Islamic faith, Zakat means purifying your wealth for the will of Allah by acknowledging that everything we own belongs to Him and as a means of working towards the betterment of the Muslim Ummah (community). Though Zakat is not always financial, and can include everything from volunteering your time to giving an encouraging word to your fellow man, according to Islamic regulations, Zakat is 2.5% of one year’s total cumulative wealth (there are various ways of calculating what should be counted), and when it comes to these financial donations to the less fortunate, it can be difficult to decide which causes speak most to your heart. We hope these charitable spotlights will help you decide.
{ Spotlight: Islamic Aid}
TODAY’S VERSE
And be dutiful to your parents.
(17:23, Surah Al-Isra)
PLACE OF WORSHIP
Ramadan presents a great opportunity to go pray in beautiful houses of worship that you might not otherwise see. Whether for Taraweeh prayers or Dhuhr, this month, take time to pay a visit to one of Muscat’s architectural monuments of faith.
{ Jama’a Al Muhalab Bin Abi Sufrah }
This majestic mosque is located in the hilly area of Madinat Al Ilam, near the Royal Oman Police base.
The building shines from a mile away with its glittery exterior and reflective tiling. Inside, it boasts airy,
honey-coloured tiled hallways, which form a spacious square that leads to the main prayer hall. The mosque
is filled with gentle, lovely touches, like white-washed wooden chairs that are perfect for sitting and
catching up after prayers. There is also a large hall for events and celebrations a few steps away from the
main building.
*This mosque has a Ladies’ Prayer Hall
Prayer Beads/ Misbahah
FASTING FITNESS
OMAN’S NEIGHBOURLY IFTARS
*This mosque has a Ladies’ Prayer HallHH
W H AT T H E Y D O : Islamic Aid is helping to provide children with quality education that is free of fear and on their door-steps.
They have established Islamic Aid in the US and continue to expand their support to vital projects in
parts of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
W H E R E : Islamic Aid has been helping tens of thousands
of children in parts of Asia, Africa, US, and Europe to access quality education and health care and give their
parents the skills and means to earn a decent living.They are registered with the Charity Commission
under Charity Registration Number: 1078489US 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organisation
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Mist rolls in to Salalah as Muscat and Suwaiq melt, feel the heat
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MUSCAT: While Muscat has been gripped by a sweltering heat wave, residents of Sarfait in Sala-lah are enjoying cool weather.
The current temperature re-corded by the Oman Meteorol-ogy Department in Salalah is 30 degree Celsius.
“People in Salalah have reported cooler temperatures, and even fog. Temperatures in the north hit 50 degrees yesterday,” according to weathermen.
Khareef seasonIt feels like the Khareef season,” Bader Ali Al Baddaei, the admin-istrator of www.rthmc.com, a local web-based forum that discusses weather in Oman, told the Times of Oman.
Basil Peter, an official at the Salalah Port, said they are blessed to have such a pleasant climate. “On Sunday evening, we experi-enced a drizzle in Salalah,” Peter said, adding that the temperature has been dipping every day.
According to the Oman Mete-
orology Department’s forecast for Tuesday, skies along the coastal areas of Dhofar will be cloudy, with a chance of intermittent drizzles.
On Sunday in Muscat the tem-
perature hovered around 46 to 47, while the temperature in Suwaiq was recorded at 50 degree Celsius, in many other places it hovered around 49 degree Celsius.
Siddique Hassan, a business-man from Suwaiq, said it had been unbearably hot and nearby areas and workers were seen struggling with the situation.
“Workers outside were strug-gling a lot. Even at around 5pm, it was like being in an oven,” Hassan added.
According to global meteor-ologists, temperatures have risen on average around 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the pre-industrial average—a threshold that’s being considered
by international negotiators as a new goal for limiting warming.
While an exceptionally strong El Niño weather phenomenon has provided a boost to temperatures in recent months, the primary driver has been the heat that has built up due to decades of unabated greenhouse gas emissions.
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Gold sales see only marginal decline despite economic slowdown in OmanMOBIN MATHEW [email protected]
MUSCAT: Gold sales in the Sul-tanate have experienced a slight dip since the economic downturn began, according to jewellers.
There has been a marginal drop in sales of jewellery outlets in the Sultanate, compared with previ-ous years, an official from an out-let confirmed.
“There is a small drop in sales, but we are getting normal busi-ness during the festive periods and during some promotional time,” Rajesh Govindan of Liali Jewel-lery told the Times of Oman.
“We are normally focusing on local customers as our outlet has modern ornaments and branded jewellery,” he added.
According to Govindan, demand for gold among the Asian commu-nity has fallen slightly.
“Asian expats have developed some sort of fear while spending their money on gold because of is-sues, such as job losses etc,” he added.
He also said people no longer con-sider gold as an investment. “People are not thinking of it as an invest-ment metal. Some say it is a dead investment,” Govindan asserted.
Speaking about their custom-er’s interest in buying gold, he said, “Customers are looking for ornaments nowadays and they are not that interested in buying coins and bars.”
“Some people who go for vaca-tions may choose a couple of bars, but other than that the majority of our customers opt for jewellery,” Govindan said.
According to Anto Ignatious,
country manager for jewellery brand Joy Alukkas, the chain is not facing any sales issues, owing to austerity in the economy.
“We are getting normal busi-ness at our outlets and we are ex-pecting more sales during Rama-dan,” he said.
“As we have a lot of options to suit the needs of our customers we haven’t felt the drop in our sales,” Ignatious asserted.
“People are afraid of the slow-down but that has not affected our sales so far,” he added.
Joy Alukkas currently has a good sale on for jewellery, coins and even in bars, he pointed out.
“We are registering strong sales for ornaments, as well coins and bars,” Ignatious said.
Speaking about their diamond business, he said, “Most custom-ers prefer gold jewellery; people choose diamond ornaments for some occasions so the sales are comparatively less, when com-pared with gold.”
He also said the gold business al-ways experiences fluctuations.
Another outlet official, who was unwilling to be quoted, said his sales have not been affected at all by the slowdown in the economy as they are mainly focusing on the Arab segment.
“Every year we used to buy gold but this year we have to think twice before buying some because the family expenditure has increased as petrol and food prices have also increased,” a homemaker said.
Jewellery outlets are expect-ing good sales across the coun-try as Eid Al Fitr approaches in three weeks.
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UNEXPECTED: There is a small drop in sales, but we are getting
normal business during the festive periods and during some pro-
motional time, said Rajesh Govindan of Liali Jewellery.
Hydrocarbon gas tech
seminar organised
MUSCAT: An introductory seminar on “Hydrocarbon Gas Technology” was held at the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) on Monday to highlight the importance of the use of hydrocarbon gas technol-ogy as an alternative to Chloro-fluorocarbon Gas, which is used in most air conditioning and refrigeration, heating and other equipment operating under pres-sure gas systems.
The seminar was organised by the Manar al Noor Company, in cooperation with OCCI.
The opening ceremony was sponsored by Mohsen bin Khamis Al Balushi, advisor to the Ministry of Commerce and In-dustry, who said the seminar ex-plained the use of Hydrocarbon Gas Technology as an alterna-tive to Chlorofluorocarbon Gas, which is less expensive and has fewer environmental side effects than the use of hydrocarbon gas.
Al Balushi also pointed out that international organisations concerned with the environment have fixed 2020 as the latest year for replacing Chlorofluorocar-bon Gas with Hydrocarbon Gas Technology. He explained that some countries have begun using
Hydrocarbon Gas Technology during the transition period and that a full replacement with this technology will take 15 years.
Nidhal bin Mansour al Masharafi, director general of the Manar al Noor Company, said Chlorofluorocarbon Gas is harm-ful for health and requires con-stant service and maintenance, adding that some countries had found an alternative nearly 16 years ago and used it as an alter-native, noting that the goal of the Manar al Noor Company is to bring this technology to the Sul-tanate and to educate users about its benefits.
Australian experts also lec-tured at the seminar. They said Chlorofluorocarbon Gas, which is used mostly in air condition-ing and refrigeration, heating and other equipment operating under pressure gas systems, is a chemi-cal toxic gas and is harmful to health as it can cause skin cancer and some respiratory diseases and is harmful to the environ-ment and the ozone layer.
The seminar was attended by Said bin Saleh Al Kiyoumi, chair-man of OCCI, and a number of stakeholders from government and private agencies. — ONA
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Indian embassy, Kerala officials approached
Philip has been missing since Friday night from a fuel station where he was working in Sunaina near Ibri, some 217 kilometres from Muscat. Philip hails from the south Indian state of Kerala.
Nibu Areeparambu, a relative of Philip, said the Kerala state government has been requested to provide help in finding him.
“We have approached the Kerala state government to find John. Oommen Chandy, a mem-ber of the state legislative as-
sembly, is helping us to learn about updates. Also, letters have been sent to the Indian embassy in Muscat,” Nibu told Times of Oman from India.
“John’s wife has been informed about the incident. She is dis-turbed. However, we have not yet told John’s father and mother,” Nibu added.
Philip was on night duty on Fri-day when he went missing. A col-league who arrived on Saturday morning found Philip to be gone
from the office, said officials.Officials have reported that
the oil field office was open and money was missing on Satur-day morning. Further, blood was found on the floor and close cir-cuit TV cameras were damaged.
After finding Philip missing, the colleague contacted the near-by fuel station in Hafidh and em-ployees contacted the police.
According to Kashif, between OMR4,000 and 5,000 was miss-ing from the fuel station.
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Role of PACP cadres praisedMUSCAT: Praising the great role played by the cadres of Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) who helped in protecting the rights of consumers, the officials com-mended the efforts made by the organisation in the past and its achievements in extending consumer protection to all the governorates. The Board of Di-rectors of PACP yesterday held a meeting under its Chairman Dr. Said bin Khamis Al Kaabi.
They said that the PACP contributed significantly to control the market and re-duced the negative practices that hurt consumers.
The meeting stressed the im-portance of creating an econom-ic environment that supports a balanced national economy and discussed a number of issues relevant to PACP activities, fol-low up of the external controller and other relevant topics.
The officials called for con-certed efforts among all service organisations to achieve the results and praised the coordi-nation among the government agencies and the importance of intensifying efforts and tighten-ing penalties relating to com-mercial fraud issues. -ONA
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Boost investment for growth: Majlis panel
MUSCAT: Given the task of studying economic crisis and its effects on the Omani society, the Majlis Al Shura committee has come out with a number of rec-ommendations.
The members of the commit-tee gave their inputs and remarks which include encouraging in-vestment, providing investment friendly environment, revising some of the laws to regularise the labour market and reconsider some government projects.
Majlis Al Shura Committee for studying economic crisis and its effects on the Omani society held its 12th meeting yesterday un-der the chair of Tawfiq bin Abdul Hussain Al Lawatia.
The Committee discussed the draft report prepared by it. The report includes a number of recommendations and propos-als that are likely to alleviate the financial burden on the general treasury and the rationalisation of the public expenditure.
The report covers the study on
the measures taken by the govern-ment in response to oil price dip in the world market, the effects on the state budget and the viable op-tions for the government in case of continuous oil price dip.
The report reviews the out-comes of hosting a number of of-ficials including Executive Presi-dent of the Central Bank of Oman, the Deputy Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Development.
At the end of the meeting, the Committee approved its final re-port . The report will be submitted to Majlis Al Shura for discussion in the coming sessions.
Distribution of landMeanwhile, Shura held its 21st regular meeting of its 1st annual sitting of its 8th term under its chairman Khalid bin Hilal Al Ma’awali..
The meeting reviewed a num-ber of topics including the reply of the Council of Ministers on the request to discuss with the Minis-ter of Housing the mechanism fol-
lowed in the distribution of land plots allocated for fuel stations on Muscat Expressway.
The Council of Ministers reply pointed out that getting land plots for petrol stations on Muscat Ex-pressway will be through tenders, as per the provision of sub article 3 of article 1 (bis) of the Govern-mental Land Entitlement System.
As for the approvals, some of them were given in response to the royal orders as compensation for some individuals for equiva-lent land plots.
Omani Penal Law The meeting also discussed the report of the joint committee with the State Council on the draft Om-ani Penal Law.
The office decided to invite Majlis Al Shura to hold a session on June 19 to discuss the articles highlighted in the joint commit-tee meeting.
The meeting also reviewed the circular sent by the chairman of the Arab Parliament to Majlis Al Shura at which he thanked mem-bers of Shura for their sincere ef-
forts during their participation in the main and sub-committees of the Arab Parliament.
Food, water security panel Food and Water Security Com-mittee at Majlis Al Shura held its 12th meeting of the 1st annual sitting of the 8th term under the chair of Hilal bin Said Al Yahya’ee, Head of the Committee.
The Committee completed its final report on review of mecha-nism related to subsidising food commodities and their availabil-ity to the consumer.
The committee, through the study, hosted several government agencies that oversee the subsidy process for food and fodder and the companies that receive sub-sidy of about OMR35 million each year of the 9th five-year plan.
The Committee also reviewed the general and specific recom-mendations of the report for each of rice, sugar, flour and fodder.
The Committee discussed the preparations for themes of the ministerial statements of the 2nd annual sitting. -ONA
The members of
the committee
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investment, revising
some of the laws
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labour market and
reconsider some
government projects
AUGUST HOUSE: Majlis Al Shura Committee for studying economic crisis and its effects on the
Omani society held its 12th meeting yesterday. -ONA
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“All of a sudden, he disappeared on the pretext that he was going to the airport to see off his broth-er-in-law, who was travelling to India,” the businessmen added.
Clearing the debtAccording to Sajil Kumar, a sen-ior official at the same company, the onus of clearing the debt has fallen on him.
“I introduced RV to the spon-sors. We trusted him. I even gave him thousands of rials on credit to run the business. I even bought him a new car for his business needs. That car is also missing. It seems he had plans to run away,” Kumar said.
Big amount“OMR200,000 is a big amount for us. Now, I am stuck. I cannot do the same to Omani businesses as RV did. I trusted him, but…,” Kumar trailed off while attend-ing to calls from customers and other company officials, who were demanding that their debt be cleared.
“RV has defaulted on payments of OMR31,000 and OMR20,000 at two big companies in Muscat.
Moreover, the banks are calling us in relation to cheque bouncing cases,” Kumar added.
The company has filed a case with the Royal Oman Police (ROP) and has also lodged a com-plaint with the Indian Embassy to track down RV.
Interpol“ROP officials are probing the case. If they find that RV has left Oman, then we will approach the Interpol. Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy also has assured us that they will to connect us with the authorities back in India,” Kumar added.
In 2015, at least a dozen com-panies were duped by a trad-ing firm in Muscat, which was owned by an Omani and run by an Indian manager.
The defrauded companies claimed they had suffered a loss of at least OMR1 million.
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41 embraced Islamin Oman last monthMUSCAT: The monthly statistics of the Islam Orientation Depart-ment at the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs pointed out that 41 embraced Islam in Oman last month and were given certificates of the same by the Ifta’a office.
They include eight women and a man from the Philippines, seven
women from Uganda six women from Sri Lanka,
Two men and two women from India, five women from Tanzania and 10 persons from other nation-alities also embraced Islam.
The Islam Orientation Depart-ment organises events for intro-ducing Islam to new Muslims. -ONA
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IMF deal ‘on track’ as Iraq cabinet approves reforms
BAGHDAD: Iraq has approved measures requested by the Inter-national Monetary Fund in order to unlock loans that should help overcome a cash crunch caused by declining oil revenue, a senior government official has said.
The agreement, reached last month between Iraq and the IMF, “is on track”, Mudher Salih, an ad-viser on financial policy to Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi, told Reuters late on Sunday.
Among the measures approved are settling by the end of the year all arrears owed to foreign oil companies operating in Iraq, Salih said. He did not say how much was owed.
The OPEC member has sought budget support to help it cope with a collapse in oil prices over the past two years. The drop in reve-nue that resulted caused the pub-lic deficit to widen and delayed payments to foreign oil producers.
The IMF in May agreed to pro-vide $5.4 billion over three years.
But the funds are conditional on Iraq’s implementing measures to cut spending, increasing non-oil revenue, and settling several billion dollars in arrears to oil companies.
The Iraqi government approved the measures at a meeting last week and informed the IMF, Salih said in an interview. Baghdad ex-pects the IMF board to approve by the end of June or early July the disbursement of a first tranche of about $600 million, he added.
The reforms include a tax in-crease, higher electricity fees and better banking supervision to fight corruption and money laun-dering, Salih said.
There were also plans to streamline state-owned compa-
nies and audit the bloated public payroll to purge so-called “ghost employees” who do not show up to work.
Global oil prices plunged just as Iraq needed more resources to fight IS, the ultra-hardline group that seized vast tracts of the north and west, displacing about 4 million people.
Salih said a recent increase in
oil prices, to $50 a barrel from be-low $30 earlier this year, would not delay the reforms.
The agreement with the IMF should unlock a total of $18 billion in international assistance over three years, Finance Minister Ho-shiyar Zebari has said.
He cited the World Bank and the Group of Seven leading indus-trialised nations as donors, along
with the IMF.Zebari said Iraq expects to sell
$2 billion in eurobonds in the last quarter of this year, when interna-tional aid starts coming in, help-ing to lower its cost of borrowing.
Iraq last sold international debt in 2006, when it issued about $2.7 billion of bonds due in 2028 with a coupon of 5.8 per cent.
Iraq hopes that international support will bring the bond yields down to 5 or 6 per cent, from about 10-11 per cent now.
Iraq’s existing bonds have been appreciating steadily since early May, when the understanding with the IMF was being worked on.
“We believe this is just a bit of profit-taking after the price had risen steadily since early May when the agreement in principle with the IMF was reached,” said Alan Cameron, an economist at Exotix in London.
Oil prices and the IMF deal con-tinue to be the main factors driv-ing Iraqi bond prices, he said.
Credit positiveMoody’s and Fitch Ratings last month said Iraq’s IMF deal was credit positive. Fitch rates Iraq’s long-term credit at B-, below in-vestment grade.
Meanwhile, Iraq said it had made arrests as it investigates al-legations that militiamen helping the army retake Falluja had ex-ecuted dozens of men fleeing Fal-luja, which is held by IS.
Iraqi authorities “are following up on the violations and a num-ber of arrests have been made,” government spokesman Saad Al Hadithi said after a regional governor said 49 men had been executed after surrendering to a militia faction.
Fears of killingsSohaib Al Rawi, governor of Anbar province where Falluja is located, said on Sunday that 643 men had gone missing between June 3 and June 5, and “all the surviv-ing detainees were subjected to severe and collective torture by various means.”
The participation of militias in the battle of Falluja, just west of Baghdad, alongside the Iraqi army had already raised fears of killings.
Iraq’s Defence Minister Khalid Al Obeidi said four military per-sonnel were arrested after video footage showed them abusing people displaced from Falluja.
He pledged on Twitter to pros-ecute any serviceman involved in such acts.
“Harassment of IDPs (inter-nally displaced persons) is a betrayal of the sacrifices of our brave forces’ liberation opera-tions to expel Daesh (Islamic State) from Iraq,” he said.
In the north of the country, troops fought with IS militants in the village of Haj Ali for the sec-ond day in a row, an Iraqi officer taking part said.
Haj Ali is near the Qayyara, a town under IS control which has an airfield that Baghdad’s forces seek to use as a staging ground for a future offensive on Mosul, about 60 km (40 miles) north. “Strict orders were issued to protect the civilians,” government spokes-man Hadithi said, adding that these instructions were also given to the Hashid Shaabi, or Popular Mobilisation Forces. — Reuters
The OPEC member
has sought budget
support to help it
cope with a collapse
in oil prices over the
past two years.
BLEAK TIMES: Iraqi Abu Abdul Razzaq, 74 years old, sits on a street in the Dahanna neighbourhood
of the capital Baghdad, as he sews a handmade blanket on Monday. —AFP
CIVIL WAR: Iraqi government forces and elite counter-terrorism
fighters patrol the outskirts of Fallujah’s southern Shuhada
neighbourhood during a military operation, backed by air support
from the US-led coalition, to regain control of the area from IS on
Monday. — AFP
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Bahrain arrests activist RajabDUBAI: Bahraini police de-tained Nabeel Rajab, a promi-nent rights activist, his wife said on Monday on her Twitter ac-count, nearly a year after he was freed from prison.
Sumaya Rajab said security forces searched the family house before they arrested her husband.
No reason for the arrest was given, the Arabic language Al Wa-sat newspaper reported her as saying, and there was no immedi-ate comment from authorities.
Rajab was jailed in May 2012 on charges of organising and par-ticipating in illegal protests and released two years later.
InsultIn January 2015, he was sen-tenced to six months in jail over remarks deemed insulting of the kingdom’s security es-tablishment.
He appealed against the verdict but an appeals court confirmed the ruling in May 2015. — Reuters
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Iran forces kill five Kurdish separatistsDUBAI: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards killed five members of a Kurdish separatist group involved in assaults last month in the north-west of the country, state media said on Monday.
The five were responsible for the killings of two members of the Revolutionary Guards in Sardasht last month and an engineer work-ing there, the Guards said in the statement. It did not say when the five were killed.
“A five-member team of the ter-rorist group PJAK were identified in a region near Sardasht... and were all killed by the Revolution-ary Guards army,” Tasnim news agency reported, citing the Guards’ statement.
Outlawed PJAKParty of Free Life of Kurdistan, or PJAK, is an outlawed group that seeks self-governance for Iran’s Kurds and has links to Turkey’s militant Kurdish Workers’ Party.
A ceasefire between the govern-ment and PJAK was signed in 2011, when Iran said it would suspend executions of Kurdish political prisoners if PJAK stopped its at-tacks. Both sides regularly violated the deal, but in recent months the number of clashes has climbed.
Iran’s seven million Kurds make up around 10 per cent of the population. — Reuters
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Italian with links to IS arrestedRABAT: Moroccan authorities have arrested an Italian national who was planning to carry out at-tacks on targets in the kingdom, the interior ministry said in a statement on Monday.
The suspected Italian militant, who lives in Belgium, was arrest-ed on June 8 when landing in the eastern city of Oujda, based on in-telligence showing that he had ties to the IS group and was involved in a plan to attack targets in Morocco, the statement said.
In 2014, he tried to travel to Syr-ia or Iraq but failed, and returned to Belgium, it said. — Reuters
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Government says working to secure release of woman abducted in Kabul
NEW DELHI: The Indian gov-ernment on Monday said it is working round the clock to secure the release of Judith D’Souza who has been abducted in Afghanistan even as her family wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to do his “utmost” in ensuring that she is reunited with them at the earliest.
“This is a very delicate mat-ter. Human life is at stake. We are working round the clock. I cannot share details,” tweeted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj while responding to a question on what steps government has taken to rescue the 40-year-old woman from Kolkata.
The Indian Embassy in Kabul has been in constant touch with the Afghan authorities. Official sources said government was in constant touch with Afghan au-thorities and they are making all efforts to trace and ensure her release. Meanwhile, keeping the hope alive that Judith will be home
soon, her family on Monday wrote to the Prime Minister, urging him to do his “utmost” in securing her release. Her father Denzil D’Souza, mother Gloria D’Souza, brother Jerome D’Souza and sister Agnes D’Souza wrote a common letter to Modi, whose copies were sent to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, West Bengal Chief Minis-ter Mamata Banerjee and Trina-mool Congress MP from the east Indian state Derek O’Brien.
AppealIn the letter, the family members have said the “brave, thought-ful, generous and compassion-ate” Judith had been working in Afghanistan for the well-being of the Afghan people and “as an ambassador of goodwill from In-dia’s people, participating in the developmental programmes of that country”.
Describing her as a “proud In-dian”, the family said, “as you can imagine, the news of Judith’s kid-
napping has shocked and stunned us. It has placed a shroud upon our family.” They added, “We were eagerly awaiting her arrival home on vacation in a week from now, and do hope she will be back with us soon.”
Judith, working for an interna-tional NGO Aga Khan Foundation as senior technical adviser, was kidnapped by suspected militants in the heart of Kabul three days back. She was scheduled to return to India this week. The family
members said the government has reached out to them in “our time of need and anxiety” and the Exter-nal Affairs Minister as well as an official of the ministry had spoken to them in the past two days.
“However, we still await con-crete details,” they said. “Sir, we appeal to you in your capacity as the leader of our great country and as the custodian of the well-being of our citizens, to please do your utmost to get dear Judith back home, among her family, her friends and her people. Please commit all levers you can bring into play to successfully reunite our family,” the family wrote in the letter to the prime minister.
The letter from Judith’s family members noted Modi’s remarks earlier that ‘Afghanistan’s success is a deeply-held hope and desire of every Indian’ and said it is so criti-cal to India’s engagement with the neighbouring country. “...we seek your active support under this no-ble sentiment as well.”
The family had words of praise for West Bengal’s Mamata Ba-nerjee government. “In Kolkata, where we have lived our lives and where Judith was born and edu-cated, the community, our peers and the government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, have left us overwhelmed with our warmth and solidarity in this hour of crisis for our family,” they said.
Earlier, the family members had said on Sunday that the Centre was doing its best to bring Judith back. “There has been lot of com-munication from MEA and the Union government. A joint secre-tary level officer is coordinating with us. We have full faith on the Indian government and the MEA, they are doing their best to bring my sister back. We have also spo-ken to the organisation my sister was working for,” Judith’s brother Jerome said on Sunday.
Swaraj had called up Judith’s family and assured them of making all-out efforts to bring her back. - PTI
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CONCERNED: Father of Judith D’Souza, who is kidnapped in Af-
ghanistan’s capital Kabul talking to media at their residence in
Kolkata on Friday. - PTI
BJP accuses Congress, Left of ‘negative politics’; lauds Modi
ALLAHABAD: The National Executive of the BJP on Monday showered encomiums on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for set-ting new dimensions for govern-ment’s transparent functioning even as it accused Congress and Left of resorting to “petty” and “negative’’ politics,
“This National Executive of the BJP congratulates our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central Government on achieving incredible success and fulfilling public aspiration within the first two years in power.”
The party said it deeply ac-knowledged Modi’s steps towards the provision of an accountable and transparent governance envi-ronment and the timely initiation and completion of schemes.
“The Central Government, keeping in mind the interests of all the classes of society has, through
aims for inclusive progress and objectives of national interest in-creased the respect for the social and cultural symbol of the values of an Indian life. It is due to this that the nation is progressing to-wards a qualitative change,” the party said in its political resolu-tion passed at the two-day meet.
Training guns on the main Op-position party, it said that in the light of such inclusive progress, the protests by Congress have been unfortunate.
“Diverse political ideologies and views should help in strength-ening of the country and in the evolution of new and better poli-cies but the Opposition has not been able to get above petty politi-cal issues and views which are af-fecting the country’s development and better and just distribution of its resources.
“Congress party has not hon-oured the decisive mandate of the people of this country and the Left is also propagating negative policies along with the Congress party,” the resolution said.
Lauding the government’s ini-tiatives in different spheres like opportunities and progress for the poor, making villages prosperous, cleanliness, it said that the BJP has laid the foundations of a his-toric and futuristic India through good governance, innovations and a reformist vision.
The resolution also lauded the prime minister for adding respect in the country’s image in the world through his visits.
Reaching out to Dalits, which are in sizeable number in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the resolution said that it is worth mentioning that the
prime minister also presented the human values of Ambedkar dur-ing his speeches in the United Na-tions and the American Congress.
Seeking to present the govern-ment as pro-poor, the resolution said that the poor, the labourer and the farmer of the country were now getting a sense of security and of being in the mainstream of development while the youth was now getting more confident.
Goods and Services Tax BillIndicating that the long-pending Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill can see a forward movement in the next session of Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley expressed confidence that “leg-islation activity” can proceed at a faster face with the increase in strength of those parties which support bills in the Rajya Sabha
and do not “obstruct”.“The fact is that BJP and NDA
and a lot of other parties which support legislation and do not obstruct have increased their numbers. I am hopeful legislation activity can proceed much more now,” he told reporters.
He was asked about the impli-cations of results of the recent Rajya Sabha elections that saw a dip in Congress numbers, and the prospect of the GST Bill, blocked by the main opposition party seeking amendments, which the government is not keen on.
Jaitley parried questions over Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan, whose continuation has been strongly opposed by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, and said “We do not discuss these mat-ters through media.” - PTI
The party said it
deeply acknowledged
Modi’s steps towards
the provision of
an accountable
and transparent
governance
environment and
the timely initiation
and completion of
schemesRALLY: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Minister Rjanath Singh, BJP President Amit Shah and other senior leaders during
‘Parivartan Rally’ at Parade Ground in Allahabad on Monday. - PTI
Court gives wings to ‘Udta Punjab’, overrules CBFCMUMBAI: The Bombay High Court set a strong precedent on Monday by allowing drug-themed Bollywood film Udta Punjab take flight, overruling the censor board’s suggestion of 13 cuts.
The Hindi film fraternity hailed the judgment as a victory of de-mocracy and freedom of expres-sion in the country.
A division bench of Justice S. C. Dharmadhikari and Justice Sha-lini Phansalkar-Joshi directed the Central Board of Film Certifi-cation (CBFC) to issue an ‘A’ Cer-tificate to the film, which will hit the screens as scheduled on June 17. “The court has set aside the 13 cuts demanded by the CBFCs’ Revising Committee and cleared the film for release with one cut -- that of the hero shown urinating in public — which we had already agreed to cut earlier,” said lawyer Amit Naik for the film producers who had filed the case.
The film has to carry three dis-claimers: “We do not promote the
use of drugs”, “We do not promote the use of cuss words”, and “We are not attacking any particular state” — and a reference to Paki-stan, which the filmmakers have agreed to comply with.
Soon after the judgment, Udta Punjab co-producer Anu-rag Kashyap, who has been at the forefront of the fight against the Central Board of Film Certifica-tion (CBFC), tweeted: “Thank you
to the honourable Judge, thank you all for the faith and support.Time to get back to work.”
A story based in Punjab, Udta Punjab tells the story of the drug menace in the state.
Assembly elections are due in Punjab next year, and the opposi-tion has made the drug abuse in the state a major campaign issue, upsetting the ruling Akali Dal-BJP coalition. - IANS
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Terrorist, woman killed in gunfight
JAMMU: A terrorist was on Mon-day gunned down after he targeted a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, about 170 km from here, police said, add-ing a woman was also killed in the incident while two other civilians were injured.
The terrorist, whose identity was not known yet, was travelling by a State Road Transport Cor-poration (SRTC) bus which was stopped by a joint team of CRPF and local police for checking at Kud in Udhampur district. The bus was on its way from Kash-mir Valley to Jammu and as soon as checking started, the terrorist opened fire at the security person-nel and a CRPF camp nearby.
“Police and CRPF were frisking all the Jammu-bound vehicles at Kral Nallah area in Kud when they stopped an SRTC bus and dur-ing its checking, an unidentified suspected militant opened fire at them this evening,” Director Gen-eral of Police (DGP) K Rajendra Kumar said.
In the cross-fire, one militant was killed and one AK-47 rifle and one pistol were recovered from him. Two women and a child were injured in the incident, police said, adding one of the ladies suc-cumbed to her injuries on way to the hospital. The state police chief said it seems only one militant was travelling in the bus. “It was just the random checking of the vehi-cles when the police and the CRPF team were attacked, while the mili-tant was gunned down, three civil-ians including two women and a child were injured in the firing,” the DGP said. He said while it seems that the attack was carried out by one militant, the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a combing operation to ensure that no other suspected militant was in-volved in the attack. - PTI
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CONTROVERSY: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt with ‘Udta Punjab’ film
actors Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt speaks at a press conference
organised by Indian Film and Television Directors Association
(IFTDA) in Mumbai on Wednesday. - PTI
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ACCRA: Terrorism is a scourge that knows no borders and it must be eradicated through the collective efforts of the civi-lised world, President Pranab Mukherjee has said while pledg-ing India’s support to Ghana for combating the menace.
Mukherjee, who is here on a two-day visit — the first by an In-dian president — said India has been a victim of terrorism for three decades and shares Gha-na’s concern that it has become a global menace. In his address at the banquet hosted by Ghanaian
President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday, Mukherjee said, “It is a scourge and knows no borders; it has no ideology except the ideol-ogy of wanton destruction. It must be eradicated through the collec-tive efforts of the civilised world. India is in solidarity with you as you confront this challenge.” Mukherjee’s visit is a part of In-dia’s outreach to Africa.
While Mahama quoted Ma-hatma Gandhi and recalled the bond shared between Ghana’s first President Kwame Nkrumah and India’s first Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru, both founding fathers of the Non-Aligned Move-ment, Mukherjee quoted a poem of Rabindranath Tagore titled ‘Af-rica’ in his address.
“Today the world order demands global governance structures that are consistent with the new chal-lenges that confront the global community. It is a serious anom-aly that India, home to every sixth citizen of the world and Africa, a vibrant hub of the global economy, still remain out of UN Security Council,” Mukherjee said.
On increasing investments by
Indian companies in Ghana, the President said Indian business groups understand the potential and would be happy to invest if the right opportunities are given to them.
“The people of India fondly re-member Dr Kwame Nkrumah, a great son of Ghana and a vision-ary leader of pan-Africanism. He embodied Africa’s dignity, and inspired the peoples and the gov-ernments of African countries to claim their rightful place in global affairs,” he said.
The elaborate banquet which saw traditional African dishes with Bollywood numbers play-ing in the backdrop was hosted at the flag staff college which has been constructed by a noted Indian builder.
Mukherjee presented to Ma-hama a photograph of India’s first President Rajendra Prasad meeting Nkrumah in Rashtra-pati Bhavan as he stressed that government of India seeks Gha-na’s continued support in fulfill-ing the vision of the Indo-African Forum Summit held in New Delhi last year.
Lauding Ghana’s efforts in re-ducing poverty levels to almost half and crossing the threshold to become a low income country, Mukherjee said India will con-
tinue to extend the hand of coop-eration as it marches on the path of prosperity.
Meanwhile, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday con-demned the worst mass shooting incident in the US that killed 50 people and said India condemns terror in “all its forms and mani-festations” while calling for im-mediate collective action to check the scourge of terrorism.
In a condolence message to President Barack Obama, Mukherjee, who is here in Gha-naian capital on the first-leg of his six-day visit to three African nations, said the attack was yet another “grim reminder” that the world must come together to ad-dress, comprehensively and ur-gently, the scourge of terrorism, its perpetrators and also those who support or harbour them.
“I was shocked and deeply sad-dened to hear of the deadly at-tack against innocent civilians in Orlando earlier today. I offer my deepest sympathies to all those who have been affected by this ter-rible tragedy.
“India condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. We believe that there can be no justification for such senseless acts of violence,” he said in his message. - PTI
President Pranab
Mukherjee said India
has been a victim of
terrorism for three
decades and shares
Ghana’s concern
that it has become a
global menace WARM GREETINGS: President Pranab Mukherjee received by the President of the Republic of Ghana John Dramani Mahama on his arrival at Flagstaff House in Ghana on Monday. - PTI
High food prices push India’s retail inflation upNEW DELHI: Rising for the sec-ond month in a row, retail inflation shot up to 5.76 per cent in May due to rise in prices of food items, in-cluding vegetables.
The rise may make it difficult for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to lower the interest rates.
The retail inflation measured on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April has been revised upwards to 5.47 per cent from the earlier 5.39 per cent, government data showed on Monday. It was 5.01 per cent in May 2015.
Inflation in the vegetable bas-ket more than doubled to 10.77 per cent in May as compared to 4.82 per cent in the previous month.
Similarly, the rate of price rise was sharp in protein rich eggs at 9.13 per cent as compared to 6.64 per cent in April.
Overall food inflation moved up to 7.55 per cent in May as against 6.32 per cent in the previous month, the data showed.
Cereal and related products, meat and fish, milk and its products, and fruits were dear-er in May as compared to the previous month.
As per the data, inflation in the fuel and light segment was mar-ginally down in May from the previous month. - PTI
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Bangladesh killings expose faultlinesK. S. Dakshina Murthy
The series of seemingly random, yet targeted, killings over the last four years in Bangla-desh has exposed a deep sociological fault
line which, if left untreated, could have serious consequences for the country and the region.
The terms random and targeted may come across as contradictory but the fact remains that the killings are just that. Random in the sense that there does not seem to be a reason for a particular individual to be the victim, at least in some of the cases. Targeted, meaning the victims are either secular or from among religious minorities.
Since February 2013, at least 39 people have been killed using guns, bombs and machetes. These killings have almost always occurred in broad daylight, amidst large crowds and the killers have invariably got away. While this clearly shows the brazenness of the killings, what is significant is the absence of popular anger. Yes, there have been sporadic protests and mid-sized rallies -- but not enough to stop the killings.
The pyrrhic response is in contrast to the mam-moth pro-secular Shahbag street rallies in Febru-ary 2013. In fact, these rallies triggered off the spate of killings by extremists that show no sign of abating.
The 2013 rallies were in support of the death sentences handed out by the courts to those who had worked against the independence of Bang-ladesh in the events leading up to the war of lib-eration against what was then West Pakistan in 1971. The extremists in Bangladesh had protested against the spate of judicial orders against the accused. Retaliating, the secular groups had or-ganised what was called the Shahbag movement, supporting the government’s move to punish the collaborators, who belonged to the Jamaat and other extremist groups. Bangladesh adopted secu-larism in its constitution and has a small number of Hindus and Christians. Until 2013 the schism between the secular groups and extremists was more often than not under the surface. But 2013 seemed to have caused a rupture in relations be-tween the two opposing mindsets. That the targets have expanded beyond the initial victims, secular bloggers, religious minorities and foreigners, is an indication that the killers have grown in impunity and are able to strike at will. In fact, since April,
there has been an upsurge in the killings. Five were killed in April, four in May and three so far in June. These have included an activist, an academic, a Christian grocer, a Hindu priest, the wife of a po-lice superintendent and an elderly Japanese man.
Some commentators, however, counter the widespread perception of a break between the extremists and secularists by saying Bangladesh has always had a history of killings, violence and attacks on minorities and the current crop of murders are part of the same narrative. Talha Ahmad, in Aljazeera, characterises the percep-tion of a clash between extremist puritanists and liberal secularists as a false dichotomy. He goes on to argue that it is a western perception of the situation in Bangladesh. Contradicting this, top Bangladesh police official Monirul Islam, quoted in the New York Times, says after investigations they have found that two groups – Ansar Al Islam and Jama’atul Mujahedeen Bangladesh – may be involved in the killings.
The sequence of events involving these two groups cannot but be traced to 2013, after the court-ordered life imprisonment and deaths to top leaders like Dilawar Hussein Sayeed and Motiur Rahman Nizami. A month after the February 2013 rally, the first killing occurred -- that of Ahmed Rajib Haidar, one of the organisers of the protest rally. The police traced the killing to the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami.
By all accounts, it is undeniable that the spate of killings since then has engendered a climate of in-security with the potential to destabilise intra and inter-community relations that threaten to wors-en. The leader of the ruling Awami League and the country’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has promised to nab the culprits and end the climate of insecurity. Reports quoting her say that the gov-ernment view is that the killings paint Bangladesh in poor light and affect its progress. Beyond the rhetoric, the police have made arrests in some cas-es. The job, however, requires a far more intense introspection than merely treating the killings as any run-of–the-mill crime. Sheikh Hasina and her government would do well to work out a strategy that effectively deals with the situation before it reaches a point of no return. - Exclusive to Times of Oman
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search of jobs. We cannot only blame the individuals, but Indian embassies and immigration authorities also have a role to check the documents to ensure that whoever travels to Middle East countries in particular has right documents. People who work on visit visa or temporary employment do not get resident cards. Resident cards are available to only those who have either employment status or family suppor-ting members. So, it‘s illegal to work on temporary visit visa. Although there are frequent reminders to people, they do not bother checking all reliable sources, instead in a hurry secure the visa by paying large amount of money. Awareness is one issue here, I believe. Bikku is simply one example here to highlight. There are many individu-als struggling to get their daily livelihood. People with incorrect documents cannot
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70% of Pakistan is ‘urban in terms of population density’ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is now predominantly urban.
“About 70 per cent of today’s Pakistan is urban in terms of population density,” concluded urbanist Reza Ali in a study based on satellite imaging.
Officialdom, however, contin-ues to believe that 36 per cent of the population lives in cities and towns. This anomaly is attributed to a definitional problem – as the census definition of ‘urban area’ was changed between 1971 and 1998 – limiting it to just places administratively incorporated as municipalities of some kind.
According to the World Popula-tion Review 2016, there are eight cities in urbanised Pakistan with a population of over 1 million.
There are about seven cities with a population of 500,000 to 1 million and there are around 51 cities with a population between 100,000 and 500,000.
Elsewhere in the world cities
with population of over 100,000 are powerhouses of growth and employment. In such cities, com-merce and industry thrive. They are like a magnet to the poor, pro-viding them with an opportunity to enter middle-class employment.
But not so in Pakistan; here we examine why not. Pakistani cities are identity-less as they are like
any element of self-governance.
Inexperienced civil servantsHalf of each city is bureaucrati-cally run by young, inexperienced civil servants who neither have the background to run such large cit-ies nor the commitment to learn about their management, since their average tenure is about a cou-
ple of years. For historical reasons, the other half of our cities is run by an army general, who too, like the bureaucracy, knows nothing of city management.
The people have no say in running their own cities. Nor is there any scope for visionary city management ever shaping the economy of these large pow-erhouses of growth.
Thus, our cities never attain their destiny. We argue they are an historical anomaly in that they provide no opportunity to anyone. City managers – both bureaucrats and generals – have favoured city designs that have no zoning for commerce, entrepreneurship, en-tertainment, public space, educa-tion and even poverty.
All Pakistani cities have been zoned only for single family homes with negligible space for activities like education, entertainment, pub-lic space, offices and poor housing.
Retail is forced into tiny three-
marla plots. There is no space for larger show rooms or department stores. City managers do not even have a concept of a warehouse. Not surprisingly, warehouses continue to be created in historic townhous-es in the old city of Lahore.
Housing in LahoreIn Lahore, for example, the hous-ing units with single-family dwell-ing units constitute as much as 54 per cent of the city; roads take 25 per cent parks 7 per cent, public schools/buildings 5-10 per cent, commercial 5 per cent and grave-yards 2 per cent.
Till 2010, Lahore planners gave equal land to death and life – as graveyards and commercial areas (shopping, offices, entertainment, leisure, hotels) occupied same pro-portion of the city area. But the De-fence Housing Authority (DHA) now occupies as much as one-third area of the metropolitan Lahore that caters to only 150,000 residents.
City space is required for all manners of activity as that is how people earn a livelihood and feed themselves. Employment needs retail, schooling, offices and public spaces. City centres with thriving commerce is a dire economic need of our country. Yet, our city man-agers continue to plan for cars, rich single family houses while completely ignoring the economic needs of our people.
Recently, the Supreme Court di-rected Islamabad to end the prac-tice of using houses for anything other than residences. The court blamed the businesses that were using houses and imposed a cost on them. They now have to move out and incur the loss of operating from a poor environment.
The court should have taken expert testimony and forced city administration to change their obsession with rich housing. In es-sence, the city managers are sub-sidising rich housing. - Express Tribune
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Pakistan, Afghanistan troops clash at Khyber Pass border
TORKHAM: Pakistani and Af-ghan soldiers clashed overnight at the main border crossing at the end of the Khyber Pass, officials said on Monday, with at least one killed and several wounded, fur-ther straining relations between the neighbours.
One Afghan soldier was killed and six were wounded, an Afghan official said. The Pakistani army said one of its soldiers was wound-ed in the fighting at the Torkham Gate crossing in the mountainous region of northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan.
Both countries blamed each other for starting the fighting, which broke out at roughly 9pm local time on Sunday and contin-ued into the night.
“We currently have agreed on a ceasefire with #Pakistan. We hope this problem will end through the work by diplomatic addresses,” the Afghan govern-ment’s chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, said on Twitter. “The current fight Pakistan started doesn’t help anyone’s interest.”
Relations between the neigh-bours have been strained in re-cent months. Kabul has accused Pakistan of harbouring militants seeking to topple the Afghan gov-ernment, including the Haqqani network, blamed for high-profile attacks in the capital.
Pakistan denies supporting mil-itants and said it was constructing a border gate near Torkham, a Pa-kistani town close to the frontier, to prevent militants crossing from Afghanistan into Pakistan.
Illegal movement“In order to check movement of terrorists through Torkham, Pa-kistan is constructing a gate on its own side of the border as a neces-sity to check unwanted and illegal movement,” Pakistan’s army said in a statement. “Pakistani secu-rity forces responded to Afghan firing effectively.”
Ayub Hussainkhil, border po-lice commander in eastern Af-ghanistan, said the fighting at the Torkham Gate stopped at 5am on
Monday. “We have received rein-forcement and are ready to defend our country until the last drop of blood in our bodies,” he said.
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border has long remained porous and disputed. Afghanistan has blocked repeated attempts by Pa-kistan to build a fence on sections of the roughly 2,200-km (1,370-mile) long frontier, rejecting the contours of the boundary.
Last month, Pakistan build a border post between Pakistan’s
South Waziristan and Afghani-stan’s Paktika province and handed it over to Afghan officials. Hours later, Afghan authorities shut the post, saying that the ac-tual border lay about a kilometre inside Pakistani territory. - Reuters
One Afghan soldier
was killed and six
were wounded in
clash at Khyber
Pass border. Both
countries blamed
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Clerics declare ‘honour killing’ against Islam
LAHORE: A group of Pakistani clerics has issued a fatwa, or re-ligious ruling, declaring ‘honour killing’ over perceived damage to a family’s reputation against the teaching of Islam, and anyone who carries out such an attack a heretic.
The ruling by the Ittehad Coun-cil, in Pakistan which includes more than 100 prominent clerics, comes after a string of particularly shocking killings.
“It seems we are moving towards an age of barbarism,” the council said in its fatwa issued on Sunday, a rare edict on the problem in the country of 190 million people.
Punjab provinceThe council is affiliated with the Barelvi sect, the largest sect in Pa-kistan, and it holds significant in-fluence in Punjab province, where half of Pakistanis live.
“Considering any killing in the name of honour to be justified is heresy,” the council said in a press release.
Last year, more than 500 men and women were murdered in such cases, according to the Hu-man Rights Commission of Paki-stan. The toll this year, as of Mon-day, was 233, the group said. Most suspects in honour killings are never prosecuted.
Religious councilThe religious council called on the government to amend laws that allow family members to ‘for-give’ perpetrators in killings over honour, which means charges are often dropped.
In February, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif praised an Oscar-winning Pakistani film on hon-our killings, raising hope among activists that long-pending leg-islation on the issue would be passed. However, no progress has been made. — Reuters
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Daunting task of identifying city’s unclaimed bodies
KARACHI: The Edhi Foundation and the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) have under-taken the daunting task of identi-fying the city’s unclaimed bodies.
Since the Edhi morgue in Sohr-ab Goth – the largest in the city with a capacity to hold up to 300 bodies — receives an average of 10 bodies a day, it is nearly impos-sible for Edhi workers to identify the unclaimed bodies and contact the families. So they bury nearly six of such bodies every day in their graveyard in Mawach Goth.
These bodies would have been left on the streets had it not been for the Edhi Foundation, the coun-try’s largest charitable organisa-tion. Save for small morgues pre-sent inside a few health facilities, a city as violent as Karachi only has Edhi’s morgue at Sohrab Goth to fall back on.
Under this new project, the charity organisation and CPLC of-ficials will use the National Data-base and Registration Authority’s (NADRA) biometric data to iden-tify unclaimed bodies.
For this purpose, a special desk was set up by the CPLC ata the Edhi morgue in October last year.
So far, the officials have been able to identify over 1,500 bodies and managed to contact the families.
Old waysThe officials are hopeful this pro-ject will help the police identify the suspects killed in encounters with law enforcers.
The government has failed to ad-dress the issue of unclaimed bod-
ies, forcing charitable organisa-tions to take up this task. In the last 24 years, over 80,000 unclaimed bodies have been buried at Edhi’s graveyard in Mawach Goth.
The traditional procedure was for the morgue administration to take snaps with available details of the bodies and keep it in their album, before burying the bodies. Usually, the bodies were kept at
the morgue for five days on aver-age before being buried. If fami-lies were looking for their loved ones, they would visit the morgue and identify their loved ones from the photos. With the new biomet-ric identification process, Edhi volunteers now approach the families first.
“An Edhi volunteer came to our house and informed us about the death of my brother,” said Aslam, the brother of Javed whose body was found from Landhi.
Not an easy jobEven after the biometric identi-fication, the officials find a hard time identifying the bodies, ad-mitted Edhi spokesperson Anwar Kazmi. “The biggest problem is the unavailability of computerised national identity cards (CNICs) as most of the deceased persons are drug addicts who died of natural deaths and don’t have CNICs or any record with NADRA,” he said.
The system is only effective as long as the deceased person has proper fingerprints and a CNIC. “It will not work in cases, such as bomb blasts and fires, as the victims lose their fingerprints,”
explained CPLC chief Zubair Ha-bib. “[Otherwise] it is an easy pro-cess,” he said. “After obtaining the fingerprints, we send them to NA-DRA for verification or identifica-tion and it takes only a day.”
Habib pointed out that the CPLC will continue this exercise at other morgues in the city.
Families’ refusalSometimes, the families of the
deceased person do not receive the body or approach the Edhi ad-ministration, even after knowing their loved ones have died.
“Sometimes, we see that the rel-atives or family members refuse to take the bodies of their loved ones even after identifying them,” he added.
He gave the example of Bilal Ali Shah, whose body was found from Lyari’s Kalakot area. Even after his identification through the bio-metric system, his family refused to take the body.
He was later buried in the Edhi graveyard. Ashraf Jafar’s fam-ily also refused to take his body for burial when Edhi officials ap-proached them. He was a drug addict and his body was found in Soldier Bazaar. – Express Tribune
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Artist wins award in Istanbul
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani artist Ghulam Mohammad has won the prestigious Jameel Prize 4 award for his works in contem-porary Islamic art.
In a ceremony held at the Pera Museum in Istanbul, Mohammad, who uses words and language as a medium to create paper collage, was awarded for his five works of paper collage – four untitled and one titled Gunjaan (2014).
The judges felt that Moham-mad’s work stood out for its excel-lence of concept and execution. The prize was presented by Ayşe and Ece Ege, founders of Turkish fashion label Dice Kayek and win-ners of Jameel Prize 3. Moham-mad, who lives in Lahore, works for almost 20 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Jameel Prize is an inter-national award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. It aims to explore the relationship between Islamic tra-ditions of art, craft and design and contemporary work.– Express Tribune
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ON GUARD: Afghan border policemen take their positions after overnight clashes with Pakistani forces on the border between
Afghanistan and Pakistan in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday. – AFP
CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS : The government has failed to ad-
dress the issue of unclaimed bodies, forcing charitable organisa-
tions to take up this task. – File photo
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ITALY: In this handout picture released by photographer Wolfgang Volz on the website ‘The Floating Piers’, workers start to encircle the island of San Paolo with the first floating elements in April 2016, as part
of an artistic project by artists ‘Christo and Jeanne-Claude’ on the lake iseo, northern Italy. Some 200,000 floating cubes create a 3 kilometres runway connecting the village of Sulzano to the small island of
Monte Isola on the Iseo Lake for a 16-day outdoor installation opening on June 18. – AFP
GREENLAND: Children play amid icebergs on the beach in Nuuk, Greenland. — Reuters
FRANCE: A customer smells a truffle (Tuber Melanosporum) on Tuesday in Sainte-Alvere, near
Bordeaux southwestern France at the opening of the annual summer market. – AFP
THE PHILIPPINES: Schoolchildren riding on a makeshift raft to attend the opening of classes
at a remote Casili Elementary School in Montalban, Rizal, Philippines, on Monday. — Reuters
INDIA: Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik puts the finishing touches to a sand sculpture at Puri
Beach some 65km east of Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, following an attack on a nightclub in the United
States city of Orlando. Law enforcement authorities have lowered the death toll from the weekend
massacre at a nightclub in Orlando to 50, the deadliest mass shooting in American history, explaining
that the shooter had been counted in the original tally. – AFP
BELGIUM: A young boy talks with the robot Pepper next to a nurse during a press conference on
Tuesday at the CHR Citadel hospital centers of Liege in Belgium. The CHR Citadel hospital centres of
Liege and AZ Damiaan of Ostend will welcome next week a humanoid robot intended to guide and to
inform the visitors who appear in their entrance hall. The new robot on which these hospitals decided
to buy, conscript Pepper, is more tall (140cm), more mobile and more adapted to the missions of
hospitality. It was adapted to the specific expectations of the healthcare professionals to support the
teams ready in the posts of reception. – AFP
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Emiratis watch a bullfight in Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. No
matadors, blood, or betting when bulls lock horns in Fujairah’s ring, but a winning beast might capture
the hearts of traders and bring its owner a small fortune. While believed to have been passed down
from 16th-century Portuguese conquerors, bullfights in the Gulf emirate are more similar to those
which take place in parts of Asia, pitting two bulls against one another. – AFP
BEIJING: China’s leader told Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday he did not want trade ten-sions with the European Union, a vital market for a huge economy facing falling exports, to descend into a trade war.
Merkel has already said she fa-vours, in principle, granting China market economy status at the World Trade Organisation, and Beijing hopes she can encourage more sceptical EU voices to accept the move.
“China has already fulfilled its obligations on joining the WTO. What’s needed now is for the other parties to fulfill the matching ob-ligations they had promised,” Pre-mier Li Keqiang told reporters in Beijing on Monday alongside the German leader.
“We don’t want to fight a trade war because this will benefit no-body,” he said, echoing a similar comment Merkel made on Sunday.
The European Commission is set to accept the WTO switch
that will mean China is no long-er treated as a state-controlled market, making it easier for Chi-nese exporters.
But the EU executive also wants to strengthen Europe’s ability to defend itself against heavily subsi-dised Chinese goods.
That reluctance to give up a method to defend against cheap imports has set up a looming dis-pute at the WTO and the prospect of broader trade friction.
Merkel, on her ninth trip to Chi-na as chancellor, said: “It does not help us to emotionalise the whole
subject. I am convinced that we can find a solution on the lines of what was promised 15 years ago.”
LiberalisationShe also pressed China on liberal-ising its banking industry in return for giving more access to the sector in Europe.
“We will certainly pay even more heed to reciprocity in the financial sector than in classic industry,” Merkel said, adding that German banks were restricted by a 20-per-cent limit on the size of stakes they can buy in Chinese banks. “Ger-many has always presented itself as an open investment market,” Merkel said.”We expect reciproc-
ity also from the Chinese side.”“In the banking sector, we are
at the start of a cooperation,” she said. Li said there were informal barriers in Europe for Chinese banks, which were disadvan-taged compared to European and US competitors.
“We need to talk more about how both sides will be treated equally,” he said.
Merkel said during a trip to China last year that Germany fa-voured granting China market economy status in principle but that Beijing still had work to do, in-cluding further opening its public procurement markets.
Heads of the European Com-
mission are expected to debate the issue in late June or July, at a time of heightened trade tension af-ter global rivals accused China of dumping cheap steel exports after a slowdown in demand at home.
Li said trade protection meas-ures would not help resolve the problem and that low-end steel was not something China wanted to produce or sell and was commit-ted to phasing out.
Delegates at a Sino-German cooperation conference on the sidelines of Merkel’s visit agreed 96 deals valued at $15 billion, ac-cording to China’s official news agency, Xinhua.
Airbus Helicopters finalised an agreement to build an assembly line on a Sino-German business park in China and to sell 100 heli-copters to a Chinese consortium.
Daimler AG and its Chinese partner, BAIC Motor, pledged to jointly invest 4 billion yuan ($608 million) to expand engine production. — Reuters
AMSTERDAM: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday he hoped British voters would decide in a June 23 referen-dum to stay in the EU, saying the bloc needed such a strategically important country with its strong trading and “seafaring” traditions.
The chances that Britain will vote to leave the EU increased sharply on Monday to 36 per cent, the highest level since the British Prime Minister David Cameron announced the refer-
endum four months ago, accord-ing to betting odds.
“Britain is a free market econ-omy facing outward, just like the Netherlands. We are both sea-
faring nations, used to trading and working with open borders. It’s of importance that a country with that kind of makeup remain,” said Rutte, whose country holds
the European Union’s rotating presidency.
“We see a lot of instability in the world. If one of the largest economies in the world from Eu-rope leaves, that would lead to a lot of popping champagne corks in many capital cities outside Eu-rope. I don’t want that,” said Rutte, speaking on the sidelines of an event in The Hague.
A study published last week by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) found that a Brexit would reduce
Dutch GDP by 1.2 per cent by 2030 due to lost trade.
Rutte, one of Cameron’s closest allies in the EU, also said he was “totally” against the concept of holding national referenda after his country passed a law last year making it easier for Dutch citizens to launch such popular votes.
Vote on ties with UkraineAnti-EU activists promptly gath-ered enough signatures to force a national vote on an EU treaty for closer ties with Ukraine.
Dutch voters rejected the treaty in an April referendum.
That rejection has given Rutte’s centre-right government a big headache as the treaty had al-ready been negotiated and ap-proved by all 28 EU member states -- including by both houses of the Dutch parliament.
“I am totally against referenda.And I am totally, totally, totally
against referenda on multilateral agreements,” Rutte told a meeting with EU lawmakers in The Hague.
Rutte has said his govern-ment will need time to figure out how to honour the outcome of the Ukraine treaty referen-dum, perhaps by negotiating an exemption to parts. The Dutch cabinet is widely expected to present its plan only after the British referendum. — Reuters
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INTERNATIONAL ALBINISM AWARENESS DAY Albino people walk at a clinic run by the NGO, Standing Voice, on Ukerewe Island in Tanzania’s Victoria Lake during Inter-
national Albinism Awareness day on Monday. Albinism affects the development of human eyes so eye checks are a vital
service needed by Albinos. Ukerewe island is home to many albinos. Many of the first albinos to live on the island were taken
there and abandoned by their families as children or fled from violence they had faced on the mainland. Ukerewe island is
now seen as a safer place for Albinos to live and integrate. — AFP
Netherlands’ Rutte urges ‘seafaring’ UK to stay in EUBritain is a free
market economy
facing outward, just
like the Netherlands.
We are both seafaring
nations, used to
trading and working
with open borders.
It’s of importance
that a country with
that kind of makeup
remain, the Dutch
premier said
PLEA: Dutch premier Mark Rutte delivers a speech during the closing Conference of the European
Affairs Committees, called COSAC conference, on Monday at the Ridderzaal (Knight’s Hall) in The
Hague. — AFP/ANP/Bart Maat
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Vote for Brexit needed to stop atrocity like in Orlando
LONDON: A group campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union urged voters on Monday to back a British exit from the EU, or “Brexit”, to prevent what it called “an Orlando-style atroc-ity”, a message condemned by rival campaigners.
Posted on the @LeaveEUOffi-cial Twitter account run by Leave.EU, a day after 50 people were killed in the Florida shootings, was a poster-style advertisement.
The @LeaveEUOfficial Twit-ter account is linked to the Leave.EU’s website.
The poster disappeared from the Twitter feed about an hour af-ter it appeared.
Several calls to representatives of Leave.EU, founded by insurance tycoon and supporter of the anti-EU UK Independence Party Arron Banks, went unanswered.
An email asking for comment and to clarify that the campaign had posted the advertisement also went unanswered.
The Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen was shot and killed by police who stormed the club early Sunday morning a a three-hour siege. The official “Vote Leave” cam-paign, which has distanced itself from Leave.EU, disassociated it-self from the poster. Former Lon-don mayor, Boris Johnson, one of the leaders of Vote Leave, told re-porters his campaign had nothing to do with the Leave.EU message and it was “very, very important” not to make political capital out of the shooting. — Reuters
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Deals worth $15b signed as Li, Merkel play down tensionsT R A D E T I E S
SEEKING COMMON GROUND: German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
centre left, attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping,
centre right, in Beijing, China, on Monday. — Reuters/Wang Zhao/Pool
Taiwan opposition
decries travel ban
on Ma to Hong Kong
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s opposition Na-tionalist Party slammed the self-ruled island’s new government as “suppressive” for barring former president Ma Ying-jeou from travelling to Chinese-controlled Hong Kong on the grounds of na-tional security.
Ma’s China-friendly Nation-alists lost landslide elections in January to President Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which has tradition-ally leant towards independence from China.
They said barring Ma from visiting the former British col-ony of Hong Kong was “com-pletely unhelpful for Taiwan’s internal political reconciliation and social harmony”.
“This suppressive style of the just-sworn-in DPP government is naked to all the people,” it said.
Give speechTsai’s administration said on Sun-day it had barred Ma from travel-ling to Hong Kong where he was due to give a speech at a Society of Publishers in Asia media awards ceremony on Wednesday.
“Based on the international situ-ation faced by Taiwan and in con-sideration of national security and interests, Hong Kong is a highly sensitive area (when it comes to) maintaining our national securi-ty,” the Presidential Office said in a statement, adding that it would be difficult to control the risks of such a visit.
It also said Taiwan and Hong Kong authorities had had no time to coordinate on preparations.
Wary of ChinaThe DPP has traditionally been more wary of China than Ma’s Nationalists.
Its caution comes after a group of Taiwanese were forcibly de-ported from Kenya to China for suspected fraud in China in April, a case that enraged Taiwan.
Some comments on Taiwan so-cial media at the time questioned whether a precedent was being set of Taiwanese abroad being “taken away” by China, drawing a parallel with the case of five book-sellers in Hong Kong who tempo-rarily went missing in mysterious circumstances. — Reuters
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US probes whether gunman in Orlando club massacre had help
ORLANDO: US authorities on Monday were investigating whether a gunman who killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando and declared his allegiance to IS militants had received any help in carrying out the massacre.
The FBI and other agencies were looking at evidence inside and in the closed-off streets around the Pulse nightclub, where New York-born Omar Mateen perpetrated the deadliest mass shooting in US history, and the worst attack on US soil since September 11, 2001.
Mateen, the 29-year-old son of Afghan immigrants, was shot and killed by police who stormed the club early Sunday morn-ing with armoured cars after a three-hour siege.
Law enforcement officials were looking for clues as to whether anyone had worked with Mateen on the attack, said Lee Bentley, US Attorney for the Middle District of Florida.
“There is an investigation of other persons, we are working as diligently as we can on that,” Bent-ley said at a news conference.”If anyone else was involved in this crime, they will be prosecuted.”
Officials stressed they believed there had been no other attackers and had no evidence of a threat to the public.
Mateen’s rampage began around 2am on Sunday (0600 GMT) when the club was packed with some 350 revelers.
Many fled as the gunman raked the crowd with bullets from an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle and a pistol.
An initial wave of officers charged into the club and trapped Mateen in a bathroom, Orlando Po-lice Chief John Mina told reporters.
That action allowed many pa-
trons to flee the club, though others were trapped in the restroom with Mateen, leading to the standoff.
“We were able to save and res-cue dozens and dozens of people,” Mina said.
Police negotiated with Ma-teen for about three hours before breaking a hole in the wall, which allowed hostages to escape.
Mateen also emerged from the hole and was shot dead by officers, police said.
Officials said on Sunday the death toll was 50.
On Monday they clarified that the figure included Mateen.
Some 53 people were wounded and 29 remain hospitalised at Or-lando Regional Medical Center, the hospital said on Twitter.
By Monday morning, all but one of those killed had been iden-tified and about half the families of the dead had been notified, officials said.
Other family members were desperate for news about their missing loved ones.
Julissa Leal, 18, and her moth-
er drove to the Florida city from Lafayette, Louisiana in search of her brother, 27-year-old Frank Hernandez.
They knew he was at the club with his boyfriend, who lost him in the chaos.
“We haven’t heard anything, don’t know anything,” Leal said, fighting back tears.”I’m going to see him again. I’m going to see him again.”
Mateen called emergency ser-vices during the shooting and pledged allegiance to the leader of
the militant IS group, officials said.Mateen’s father said his son was
not radicalised.His ex-wife described him as
mentally unstable and violent toward her.
IS reiterated on Monday a claim of responsibility.
The group’s claim of responsi-bility does not mean it directed the attack, as it offered nothing to indi-cate coordination with the gunman.
President Barack Obama de-nounced the attack as an act of ter-ror and hate and said on Monday
that the gunman seemed to have been inspired by extremist ideas.
“It appears that the shooter was inspired by various extremist in-formation that was disseminated over the internet,” Obama told reporters at the White House. “It does appear that at the last minute he announced allegiance to ISIL (IS), but there is no direct evidence so far that he was directed.”
Sharp point of disagreementThe attack reignited the debate over how best to confront violent extremist militancy, and immedi-ately became a sharp point of disa-greement in the campaign for the November 8 presidential election.
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, speaking on MSNBC, said the United States should walk a fine line in bolstering se-curity without demonising Mus-lims, and also called for tougher gun safety measures.
Trump, in interviews with CNN and Fox News, criticised the US Muslim population for not re-porting suspicions to authorities, and reiterated his call for a tem-porary ban on Muslims entering the country.
The carnage early on Sunday occurred in the heart of Orlando, about 15 miles northeast of the Walt Disney World Resort. — Reuters
Omar Mateen, the
29-year-old son of
Afghan immigrants,
was shot and
killed by police
who stormed the
club early Sunday
morning with
armored cars after a
three-hour siege
MOURNING: Flags at the Washington Monument fly at half staff to honour those killed in last weekend’s shootings at a club in Orlando, Florida, in Washington,
US on Monday. — Reuters
TRIBUTES: People write messages of support as they attend a vigil
for the victims of the Orlando shooting in Florida, in Hong Kong on
Monday. — AFP
HELPING HAND: A technician prepares to take a plasma donation
from Tiffany Stephens at the Oneblood blood centre on Monday in
Orlando, Florida. — AFP
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CURRENCY RATES* DRAFT RATES (OMR1)* GOLD PRICES*Forex rates vs OMR1*
US Dollar .................................2.58
Euro ............................................2.28
Pound ............................................1.81
Indian Rs .............................. 173.91
Pak Rs ...................................266.88
Bangla Taka.......................201.49* Rates are as of June 13
Source: Bank Muscat
Indian Rs ...................................174.30
Pakistan Rs .............................270.30
Sri Lanka Rs ..................................N/A
Bangla Taka........................... 203.50
Phil Peso .................................... 119.55
* Rates as of June 13 Source: Oman UAE Exchange
Muscat 24ct per gm (OMR) .......16.30
Muscat 22ct per gm (OMR) .......15.65
Dubai 24ct per gm (Dh) ............154.25
Dubai 22ct per gm (Dh) .............145.00
* Rates as of June 13
Source: Malabar Gold & Diamonds
Type ............................Delivery...........Price
Oman Crude ............. (Spot) ........$46.03
Dubai Crude ............. (Spot) ........$45.83
Murban Crude ........ (Spot) ........$48.85
Arabian Light ......... (Spot) .........$46.18
N.Sea Brent ............... (Spot) ........$49.70
West Texas Int ....... (Spot) ........$48.27
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Traded volumes tumble on MSM
Times News Service
MUSCAT: A declining trend in traded volumes is seen on the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) this month as investors keep away from the bourse on lack of trigger factors that prop up sentiment.
The average daily turnover of the market fell by 29 per cent so far this month to OMR3.36 mil-lion, from OMR4.74 million daily turnover in May. There were eight trading session so far this month, against 22 trading ses-sions in May.
“The first quarter results were good and crude oil also started
picking up to touch $50 per bar-rel. After the first quarter results, there was no additional trigger factor in the market,” said a mar-ket analyst, who does not want to be named. This led to poor li-quidity in the stock market and less participation of foreign in-vestors. Now, the stock market investors are waiting for the sec-ond quarter results. Sources also said that technically, the market is positive.
In fact, foreign investors were net sellers in the last couple of weeks. The foreign investors were net sellers to the extent of 3.9 per cent for the week ending June 2, while it was 19.47 per cent in the following week.
Market sources believe that a better than anticipated result in the second quarter will result in higher participation from both retail and institutionalinvestors, which could prop up trading vol-umes on the bourse. The second quarter results are expected in the second week of July.
In fact, market volumes were low in 2015 as investors kept away from bourse. The average daily turnover or investor partici-pation was down by 39.7 per cent to OMR5.6 million in 2015 from as high as OMR9.29 million in 2014. The Muscat bourse posted a turnover of OMR1,389.65 mil-lion on a turnover of 5733.82 mil-lion shares last year.
Average daily
turnover of the
market fell by 29
per cent so far this
month to OMR3.36
million, from
OMR4.74m daily
turnover in May
‘Oman looking to foreign market for additional funds’Times News Service
MUSCAT: Oman’s government is turning to alternative funding sources, such as procuring a $5 billion to $10 billion loan from the international market, said Hamoud Sangour Al Zadjali, ex-ecutive president of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO), in an in-terview with the Oxford Business Group (OBG).
Draining liquidityThe additional funds will be used to avoid draining liquidity from the local banking system.
The Sultanate had last week raised $2.5 billion from its first international bond sale in almost
two decades as it sought to plug a budget deficit caused by crude’s decline. The Sultanate sold $1 billion of five-year notes at a yield of 245 basis points over a bench-mark mid-swap rate and $1.5 bil-lion of 10-year bonds at a spread of 320 basis points, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Al Zadjali told Oxford Busi-ness Group that the drop in state deposits amidst the downturn in oil prices has led to a moderate liquidity squeeze in the banking sector.
The central bank chief was talking to OBG as part of the group’s research for “The Report: Oman 2017,” the firm’s forthcom-ing report on the Sultanate. > B4
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Iran planning refinery expansion worth $14b
TEHRAN: Iran plans to in-crease its refining capacity for crude and condensate by more than 70 per cent within the next four years as it works to improve the quality of fuel sold on the do-mestic market and wean itself off imported petrol.
Iran will raise capacity to about 3.2 million barrels a day by 2020 from 1.85 million currently by building five plants, Abbas Ka-zemi, managing director of Na-tional Iranian Oil Refining & Dis-tribution Co., said in an interview in Tehran.
The country also needs about $14 billion in investment to up-grade units at five existing refiner-ies to produce gasoline that burns more cleanly than grades current-ly available in the country, he said on Wednesday.
Iran, OPEC’s third-largest oil producer, is boosting energy out-
put after international sanctions curbing its access to oil markets were eased in January.
Since then, Iran has restored oil production near to pre-sanc-tions levels and raised output of natural gas at the offshore South Pars field, part of the world’s largest deposit.
One of the new refineries, the 360,000 barrel-a-day unit, is scheduled to start operating by March, Kazemi said. The refinery will process condensate, the light oil found in gas deposits. Iran is seeking to use its condensate to make gasoline or naphtha for use in chemical plants.
New refineriesPrivate companies are develop-ing the Siraf condensate refinery complex at the southern port of Assaluyeh. The planned complex of eight units, each with a capacity of 60,000 barrels a day, will pro-cess condensate from South Pars into naphtha.
“The only product they’re short is gasoline,” Tushar Tarun Bansal, an oil analyst at consultant FGE in Singapore, said on Thursday. Transforming condensate into gasoline will help Iran cut imports starting in the second quarter of 2017, he said.
The refineries to be upgraded
with $14 billion in investment are at Isfahan, Tabriz, Tehran, Bandar Abbas and Abadan, Kaze-mi said. The government will pay for Abadan plant’s modernisation and is seeking investors to fund the others. It’s in talks with con-tractors from South Korea and Ja-pan to participate, he said.
Iran plans also to build three new refineries: the 300,000 bar-rel-a-day Bahmangenoo plant at the port of Jask, a 150,000 barrel-a-day facility at Anahita in west-ern Kermanshah province, and the Pars refinery, which will pro-cess 120,000 barrels a day of con-densate. — Bloomberg News
Iran will raise
capacity to about 3.2
million barrels a day
by 2020 from 1.85
million currently by
building five plants.
One refinery will
open in March
Qatar National Bank raises $2.75 billionDUBAI: Qatar National Bank (QNB), the country’s biggest bank, raised QR10 billion ($2.75 billion) from capital-boosting perpetual notes in the single largest such is-sue in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
The privately placed Tier I notes will help strengthen the group’s capital adequacy ratios and sup-port growth across the group, the Doha-based lender said in an e-mailed statement on Sunday. The securities were the first issue of perpetual notes by the bank, ac-cording to the statement.
QNB agreed to buy National Bank of Greece’s Turkish unit for 2.75 billion euros ($3 billion) in December as part of its expan-sion plans across the Middle East and Africa. The perpetual notes add to several rounds of fundrais-ing the bank has carried out this year, including a 2.25 billion-euro three-year syndicated loan last
month and the $1.1 billion raised in April from a private placement of two-year floating rate notes list-ed in Taipei and London. Exclud-ing Monday’s issue, the bank has already raised $3.14 billion from privately placed bond issues this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Bank liquidity has tightened in Qatar after oil prices halved over the past two years and lending increased, worsening banks’ loan-to-deposits ratio to 130 per cent in April from 125.7 percent in March, according to central bank data. The country, the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, raised $9 billion from the region’s biggest bond sale last month to help bridge this year’s budget defi-cit. QNB had a Tier I, risk-based capital ratio of 15.8 per cent at the end of March, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
— Bloomberg News
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CLOSE WATCH: Iran has restored oil production near to pre-sanctions levels and raised output of natural gas at the offshore South Pars field, part of the world’s largest deposit. — Bloomberg file picture
Qatar National Bank. — Bloomberg file picture
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Bank Muscat becomes only Omani firm in Forbes list
Times News Service
MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the leading financial services provid-er in the Sultanate, has achieved the unique distinction of being the only Omani company to be ranked in the Forbes Top 100 Companies in the Arab World 2016.
The Forbes rankings featur-
ing listed companies across Arab countries were based on their financial performance as of De-cember 2015, according to a bank release.
The Forbes Top 100 Companies awards celebrated the region’s corporate success and their con-tribution towards economic de-velopment of the region. Najah Al Sulaiman, chief executive officer (CEO) of Bank Muscat’s Kuwait branch, received the award at a ceremony held in Kuwait in the presence of top corporate leaders of the region.
“As a forward looking financial institution, Bank Muscat strives to establish its leadership role in all realms of activities and is im-mensely proud to be ranked in the Top 100 Companies in the Arab World. The recognition endorses the bank’s unrivalled position in Oman, as well as the region, established by the global best practices pursued by the bank,”
said AbdulRazak Ali Issa, CEO of Bank Muscat.
The Top 100 Companies in the Arab World were recognised for contributions to diversification of economies in the region and carrying that success to interna-
tional soils. The Top 100 ranking also endorsed their resilience and passion to emerge as formidable corporations in the region.
“Time and again, the perfor-mance of Bank Muscat receives global recognition, reflecting
the consistency and innovative strategies, which have cemented the bank’s reputation in a tough market. Year-on-year, the bank adopts new initiatives to stretch its operational excellence,” added AbdulRazak Ali Issa.
As the flagship bank in Oman, Bank Muscat aims to deliver re-liable, dynamic and innovative banking services.
The bank draws on its expertise to provide the best banking prod-ucts and services to customers. A multi-award winning organisa-tion, Bank Muscat holds the rare distinction of being consistently voted the ‘Best Bank in Oman’ by all leading local, regional and glob-al institutions.
Bank Muscat posted a net profit of OMR43.8 million for the three months ended March 2016, compared with OMR43.3 million reported for the same period in 2015, reflecting an increase of 1.1 per cent.
The bank becomes
the only Omani
company to be
ranked in Forbes Top
100 Companies in
the Arab World 2016
AbdulRazak Ali Issa, chief executive of Bank Muscat.— Times file picture
Addleshaw Goddard makes two new appointmentsTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Addleshaw Goddard has strengthened its offering in Oman with the appointment of Oliver Stevens and Jamie Kellick.
The pair who were originally based in the firm’s Dubai office, join at a significant time for the Oman office as it looks to con-tinue to grow its corporate and
litigation offerings. Oliver joins as Head of Corporate for Oman and has worked in the region since 2012. With over twelve years’ ex-perience, he advises companies on the regional and international aspects of mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity in-vestments and general corporate governance matters.
Jamie, who will relocate to
Oman in 2017, specialises in com-mercial disputes advising govern-ment entities, local companies and foreign investors on construc-tion law, project disputes, fraud and regulatory matters.
Head of the Oman office, Roger Byrne stated: “I am delighted to welcome both Oliver and Jamie. Their appointments significantly bolster our capabilities in Oman
and this latest investment by us into two growth areas is a fur-ther commitment of our intent to deliver the best for our clients in this market. “Oman continues to be a destination for foreign in-vestment, with an emphasis on diversifying its economy away from the oil & gas sectors and with an increase in infrastructure and development projects, we are well
positioned to advise clients and local businesses on large-scale, high profile and value transac-tions that will continue to help drive Oman’s local economy.”
AG in Oman provides quality legal services in association with Nasser Al Hasbi & Saif Marmari Law Firm, which is a fully inte-grated practice forming part of the wider AG group.
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Oman signs deals with three ship classification societiesTimes News Service
MUSCAT: Oman’s government on Monday signed three agree-ments with ship classification so-cieties for small ships that do not abide by international treaties.
The agreements were signed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications with the Brit-ish (Lloyds Register of Shipping), Italian (Rina) and Emirati (Tas-neef ) ship classification societies.
Saeed bin Hamdoon bin Saif Al Harthy, undersecretary of Ports and Maritime Affairs, signed the deals on behalf of the ministry and the chief executive officers and regional directors represent-ed the classification societies.
The authorisation includes conducting a technical survey on ships holding the Omani flag, as well as the issue of interna-tional certification regarding maritime safety and the safety of life at sea, ships’ safety certifica-tion, maritime pollution caused by ships and hazardous material avoidance certification, collision avoidance certification, load lines certification, tonnage certifica-tion and other internationally re-quired certifications.
Small vesselsThese pacts will authorise the-three classification societies to supervise small ships that are not abiding by the international trea-ties in order to ensure their navi-gational validities, as well their compliance with maritime safety requirements in accordance with the provisions of small ships not complying with international treaties regulations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),
which the Sultanate has approved under a ministerial decision.
Navigation safetyAl Harthy also added that the ink-ing of these pacts with the inter-national classification societies is part of compliance under Omani maritime law, as well the inter-national maritime agreements regarding navigation safety.
He also stated that the Emirati (Tasneef ), British (Lloyds regis-ter of shipping) and Italian (Rina) ships classifications will be able to examine and inspect, on be-half the ministry, the small ships not complying with international
agreements. They will also be able to issue technical certificates for such ships.
The undersecretary noted that work is in progress to sign pacts with other international ships classification societies, thus pro-viding more options for shipown-ers in this matter.
This authorisation is part of the International Maritime Organi-sation decision and its amend-ments, as well articles for a set of IMO agreements, which demands the technical certificates for ships by a recognised classification so-ciety, which are approved by the maritime authorities of Oman.
M A R I T I M E D E A L
STRATEGIC AGREEMENT: The inking of these pacts with the
international classification societies came as a compliance to the
Omani maritime law as well the international maritime agree-
ments regarding navigation safety. - Supplied picture
Trading floors go quiet across Asian bourses
HONG KONG: Even by the boom-bust standards of Asia’s equity business, it’s been a turbulent 12 months. At this time last year, the industry was riding high as Chi-na’s stock market soared, volumes jumped to records and some of the biggest names in finance boosted hiring. Now, turnover is shrinking at the fastest pace since at least 2006 and banks are under growing pressure to either downsize their Asian equity desks, or exit parts of the business altogether.
Investors and issuersInvestors and issuers are re-trenching after Chinese shares crashed, the Federal Reserve tight-ened monetary policy and divisive political debates from the US to Britain weighed on sentiment. Revenue from trading stocks in China and Hong Kong could fall 30 per cent to 50 per cent in the first half from a year earlier, according to senior executives at four firms who spoke on condition of ano-nymity. Equity derivatives sales in Asia are on track to drop at least 50 per cent, while prime brokerage is down roughly 20 per cent, two of the executives said.
“Because overall revenue is down, further cuts are likely across the industry,” said Taichi Takahashi, Asia-Pacific head of equities at UBS Group in Hong Kong.
Asian equities units could be facing their worst year since 2012, when the European credit crisis roiled markets, according to two of the executives interviewed for this story, who asked not to be identi-fied because global banks don’t break out results for regional equi-ties operations. — Bloomberg News
S T O C K M A R K E T
B4
MARKETT U E S DAY, J U N E 14 , 2 0 1 6
MUSCATSECURITIES MARKET
SHARE PRICE BULLETIN FOR MONDAY, JUNE 13
REGULAR MARKET .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................OM0000001517 ............HSBC BANK OMAN ......................................................23,250 ............... 2,371........................2 ............0.101 ........... 0.102 ...........0.101 ........... 0.102 ............. 0.101 .............0.001 ............. 0.990 ................0.102 .............. 0.101...................0.103 ..................204,031,905 .......0.100
OM0000001681 ............OMAN AND EMIRATES INV. HOLDING ............... 5,000 .................. 695........................2 ............0.139 ........... 0.139 ...........0.139 ........... 0.140 .............0.140 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.139 .............. 0.138...................0.139 ...................17,062,500 .........0.100
OM0000001962 ............AL MADINA INVESTMENT ................................... 168,346 ............10,474......................12 ........... 0.062 ........... 0.063 ...........0.062........... 0.062 .............0.062 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.063 ..............0.062...................0.064 ..................12,843,386 .........0.100
OM0000002200 ...........AHLI BANK ............................................................................143 .....................25........................ 1 ............0.172 ........... 0.172 ...........0.172 ............0.172 ............. 0.172............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.172 .............. 0.166...................0.172 ..................245,106,217 ........0.100
OM0000002226 ...........AL JAZEERA SERVICES ............................................35,000 ................7,761........................4 ........... 0.222 ...........0.222 ...........0.221 ........... 0.222 .............0.222 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.221 ..............0.223...................0.229 .................. 13,587,349 .........0.100
OM0000002440 ...........AL SHARQIA INVESTMENT HOLDING ........... 138,226 ............19,326......................21 ............0.139 ........... 0.142 ...........0.137 ........... 0.140 .............0.140 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.140 ..............0.140................... 0.141 ...................12,600,000 .........0.100
OM0000002572 ...........OMAN OIL MARKETING ............................................2,500 ...............4,750........................ 1 ........... 1.900 ........... 1.900 ...........1.900 ........... 1.880 ............. 1.880............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................1.900 ..............1.880...................1.905 .................. 115,197,000 ........0.100
OM0000002796 ...........BANK MUSCAT ............................................................ 970,459 ......... 378,479..................... 23 ........... 0.390 ...........0.390 ...........0.390........... 0.390 .............0.390 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.390..............0.388...................0.392.................. 973,537,601 ........0.100
OM0000002820 ...........GULF INVESTMENT SERVICES ............................27,871 ............... 3,261........................5 ............0.117 ........... 0.117 ............ 0.117 ............0.117 ............. 0.117 ............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................ 0.117 ...............0.115................... 0.118 .................... 6,884,656 ..........0.100
OM0000003661 ............VOLTAMP ENERGY ............................................................. 55 .....................23........................ 1 ........... 0.420 ...........0.420 ...........0.420........... 0.420 .............0.420 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.420..............0.420...................0.428 ..................25,410,000 .........0.100
OM0000003711 ............SOHAR POWER ................................................................... 840 ..................244........................ 1 ........... 0.290 ...........0.290 ...........0.290 .......... 0.304 .............0.304 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.290..............0.296...................0.316 ................... 67,187,040 .........0.100
OM0000004669 ...........SHARQIYAH DESALINATION ......................................388 ............... 1,746........................ 1 ........... 4.500 ...........4.500 ...........4.500 .......... 4.700 .............4.700 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................4.500 ............ 4.500...................4.700................... 45,967,015 .........1.000
OM0000005005 ...........ALMAHA CERAMICS .................................................... 5,648 ...............2,542........................8 ........... 0.450 ........... 0.450 ...........0.450........... 0.450 .............0.450 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.450 ..............0.450...................0.454...................23,625,000 .........0.100
OM0000001160 ............NATIONAL GAS ........................................................... 565,020 ........ 294,006..................... 45 ........... 0.520 ........... 0.532 ...........0.520........... 0.520 .............0.522 ...........-0.002 ........... -0.383 ...............0.524..............0.520...................0.528...................28,600,000 ........0.100
OM0000002028 ...........GULF INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS ..............10,000 .............. 2,500........................ 1 ........... 0.250 ...........0.250 ...........0.250........... 0.250 ............. 0.251............-0.001 ........... -0.398 ...............0.250..............0.250...................0.254 ...................5,250,000 ..........0.100
OM0000003968 ...........OOREDOO....................................................................... 243,500 ......... 182,134........................3 ............0.748 ........... 0.748 ...........0.740 ............0.748 ............. 0.752............-0.004 ........... -0.532 ...............0.748 .............. 0.748...................0.760 ................. 486,906,284 .......0.100
OM0000001418 ............RAYSUT CEMENT ....................................................... 20,000 ............26,400........................ 1 ............1.320 ........... 1.320 ...........1.320 ........... 1.320 ............. 1.330............-0.010 ........... -0.752 ...............1.320 .............. 1.310...................1.320 ................. 264,000,000 .......0.100
OM0000003026 ...........OMAN TELECOMMUNICATION ........................ 138,564 ......... 223,743......................12 ............1.620 ........... 1.620 ........... 1.610 ............1.615 ............. 1.630............-0.015 ........... -0.920 ............... 1.615 ...............1.615...................1.620 ................ 1,211,250,000 ......0.100
OM0000003398 ...........BANK SOHAR................................................................ 1,588,116 .......282,685......................41 ............0.178 ........... 0.178 ...........0.178 ............0.178 ............. 0.180 ...........-0.002 ............ -1.111 ................0.178 .............. 0.176...................0.178 ..................285,600,883 .......0.100
OM0000002176 ............AL JAZEERA STEEL PRODUCTS ........................ 105,000 ............21,567......................14 ........... 0.205 ...........0.206 ...........0.205........... 0.205 .............0.208 ...........-0.003 ........... -1.442 ...............0.206..............0.205...................0.207 ..................25,604,082.........0.100
OM0000001525 ............OMAN INVESTMENT AND FINANCE ................87,000 .............17,252..................... 10 ........... 0.200 ...........0.200 ...........0.198 ........... 0.198 .............0.201 ...........-0.003 ............-1.493................0.199 .............. 0.198...................0.199 ...................39,600,000.........0.100
OM0000001772 ............AL ANWAR HOLDING............................................... 1,583,524 ...... 366,557...................144 ........... 0.232 ........... 0.233 ...........0.230............0.231 .............0.235 ...........-0.004 ............-1.702 ................0.233 .............. 0.231...................0.233...................34,667,325 .........0.100
OM0000003224 ...........RENAISSANCE SERVICES .......................................55,000 ............ 16,290........................6 ........... 0.300 ...........0.300 ...........0.292........... 0.296 .............0.302 ...........-0.006 ........... -1.987................0.297..............0.292...................0.297...................86,032,702 .........0.100
OM0000003521 ............GALFAR ENGINEERING AND CON. .................. 498,017 ........... 53,248..................... 45 ............0.109 ........... 0.109 ...........0.106 ........... 0.107 ............. 0.111 ............-0.004 ........... -3.604 ...............0.107 .............. 0.107...................0.108 ................... 31,027,928 .........0.100
OM0000004768 ...........AL MADINA TAKAFUL .............................................. 22,800 ............... 1,664........................2 ........... 0.073 ........... 0.073 ...........0.073 ........... 0.073 .............0.076 ...........-0.003 ........... -3.947 ...............0.073 ..............0.073...................0.074................... 12,775,000 .........0.100
.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 6,294,267 ...1,919,743...................406 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ......25........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PARALLEL MARKET ................................................................................................................................................................................. OM0000001368 ............CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IND. ...................... 5,000 .................. 160........................ 1 ........... 0.032 ........... 0.032 ...........0.032........... 0.032 .............0.032 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.032.............. 0.031...................0.032 ...................2,720,000 ..........0.100
OM0000004420 ...........BANK NIZWA ................................................................ 538,411 .............40,381..................... 10 ............0.075 ........... 0.075 ...........0.075 ........... 0.075 .............0.075 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.075 ..............0.075...................0.076..................112,500,000 ........0.100
OM0000004511 ............ALIZZ ISLAMIC BANK................................................10,000 .................. 590........................2 ........... 0.059 ........... 0.059 ...........0.059 ........... 0.059 .............0.059 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.059 ..............0.058...................0.059...................59,000,000.........0.100
OM0000004776 ...........TAKAFUL OMAN INSURANCE ..............................74,000 ...............8,880........................2 ............0.120 ........... 0.120 ...........0.120 ........... 0.120 .............0.120 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.120 ..............0.120...................0.125 ...................12,000,000 .........0.100
OM0000005963 ...........PHOENIX POWER ...................................................... 186,457 ............ 29,087..................... 10 ............0.156 ........... 0.156 ...........0.156 ............0.156 ............. 0.156............ 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.156 .............. 0.155...................0.156 ..................228,165,828 ........0.100
OM0000001566 ............OMAN FISHERIES ..................................................... 548,400 ............32,912..................... 22 ........... 0.060 ........... 0.061 ...........0.060........... 0.060 ............. 0.061............-0.001 ............-1.639................0.061 ..............0.060...................0.061 .................... 7,500,000 ..........0.100
.............................................SUM: .................................................................................. 1,362,268 .......112,010..................... 47 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. ........ 6........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
BONDS AND SUKUK MARKET ...................................................................................................................................................................... OM0000004867 ...........BANK MUSCAT C C B 4.5 .................................................410 .....................43........................ 1 ............0.104 ........... 0.104 ...........0.104 ........... 0.106 ............. 0.106 ........... 0.000 .............0.000 ................0.104 ..............0.104...................0.000 ..................33,882,124 .........0.100
.............................................SUM: ..........................................................................................410 .....................43........................ 1 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................... TRADED SEC. .........1........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ISIN ......................................SECURITY NAME .................................................................. VOLUME ..... TURNOVER ............TRADES ......OPEN PRICE ......HIGH ............. LOW ........ CLOSE PR. ...PREV. CLOSE...DIFF (RO).........DIFF % ............. LAST PR .....LAST BID .............LAST OFFER ........MARKET CAP .PAR VALUE
O M A N S T O C K S
INDICESIndex .................................................High .................Low ..................... Value ............... Prev . Value.......... Diff ...............Diff %MSM30 Index ........................................5,867.99 ...............5,847.40 ................... 5,847.44 ................... 5,868.41 ................-20.97 .................. -0.36Financial Index .....................................7,448.33 ...............7,436.95 .................... 7,441.61 ................... 7,455.99 ................-14.38 .................. -0.19Industrial Index .................................... 7,343.13 ...............7,309.65 ....................7,309.70 ....................7,343.13 ................-33.43 .................. -0.46Services Index .......................................3,266.51 ............... 3,251.91 ................... 3,253.29 ................... 3,267.54 ................-14.25 .................. -0.44MSM SHARIAH INDEX....................... 887.03 ..................885.06 .......................885.06 .......................887.57 .................. -2.51 .................. -0.28
Trading SummaryVolume ................ Turnover ..........Trades .............. Market Cap............. Up ............Down ............. Equal .........Sec. Traded7,656,945 .....................2,031,795 .................... 454 ................17,052,935,312 ...................1 ......................13 .................... 18 .........................32
MSM index ends lower
MUSCAT: Trading activity re-mained muted with the MSM30 Index closing at 5,847.44 points, down by 0.36 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index declined by 0.28 per cent to close at 885.06 points. Bank Sohar was most active in terms of volume, while Bank Muscat led in terms of turnover. HSBC Bank, up by 0.99 per cent, was the only gainer on Monday while Al Madina Takaful was the top loser, down by 3.95 per cent.
As many as 454 trades were executed on Monday, generat-ing turnover of OMR2 million with 7.6 million shares changing hands. Out of 32 traded securi-ties, one advanced, 13 declined and 18 remained unchanged. Oman investors remained net buyers for OMR186,000 while foreign investors were net sell-ers for OMR128,000 followed by GCC and Arab investors for OMR58,000 worth of shares.
Financial Index retreated by 0.19 per cent to close at 7,441.61 points. HSBC Bank, up by 0.99 per cent, was the only gainer on Monday. Al Madina Takaful, Al Anwar Holding and Bank Sohar declined by 3.95 per cent, 1.70 per cent and 1.11 per cent, respec-tively.
Industrial Index ended at 7,309.70 point, down by 0.46 per cent. Galfar Engineering, Oman Fisheries, Al Jazeera Steel, Ray-sut Cement and Gulf Interna-tional Chemicals declined by 3.60 per cent, 1.64 per cent, 1.44 per cent, 0.75 per cent and 0.40 per cent, respectively.
Services Index fell 0.44 per cent to close at 3,253.29 points. Renaissance Services, OIFC, Omantel, Ooredoo and National Gas declined by 1.99 per cent, 1.49 per cent, 0.92 per cent, 0.53 per cent and 0.38 per cent, re-spectively. - United Securities
HSBC Bank, up by 0.99 per cent, was the only
gainer on Monday while Al Madina Takaful
was the top loser, down by 3.95 per cent.
Dubai rents plunge most since 2014 as crude oil price rout threatens jobs DUBAI: Residential rents in Dubai, where the majority of the population is foreigners, declined the most on a monthly basis since the property peak of two years ago, according to Phidar Advisory.
“Landlords are finding it more difficult to rent homes, especially larger and more expensive ones,” according to Jesse Downs, manag-ing director at Phidar, an advisory firm specialising in real estate. That is mostly due to “recent job losses and a decline in job-growth rates.” Home rents fell by 1.3 per cent in May, the biggest drop since May 2014, Downs said in a phone interview on Sunday. Since the
peak, home rents have fallen at a compound monthly rate of 0.3 per cent. The decline signals fur-ther weakness in rents and prices ahead, Downs said.
Dubai is experiencing a delayed economic impact to the collapse in oil prices that has led some compa-nies to reduce spending and trim their workforce.
Many of those who lost their jobs, such as some banking and oil services employees, chose to remain in the city until the end of school year, she said.
“I’d be surprised if rents dropped by 10 per cent to 15 per cent be-tween now and September, as that
would suggest the impact of job cuts in Dubai was more aggressive that we thought,” said Asjad Yahya, the Dubai-based head of research at Shuaa Capital. Rents will prob-ably drop another 5 per cent over the summer months, he said.
While confidence in the econ-omy and clients’ willingness to spend improved in May compared with previous months, employ-ment growth was modest, accord-ing to an Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index published on June 9.
Firms continued to cut prices to secure new work even as costs rose, putting profit margins under
pressure, according to the report. Home rents and prices could start rising in the fourth quarter if there isn’t a sudden spike in the US dol-lar’s value or another sharp decline in oil, Shuaa’s Yahya said. Dubai’s currency, the United Arab Emir-ates dirham, is pegged to the dollar.
The bottom limits of asked resi-dential rents dropped by 4.1 per cent by the beginning of June com-pared to the same week in the pre-vious month, according to Phidar.
“This is a significant shift in rent trends and is an indicator the housing market is about to get sig-nificantly more affordable,” Downs wrote. — Bloomberg News
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RESIDENTIAL RENTS: Since the peak, home rents in Dubai have fallen at a compound monthly rate of 0.3 per cent. — Bloomberg file picture
Oman committed
to fixed dollar peg
The central bank’s drive to close-ly monitor and increase the flow of liquidity was explored by Al Zadjali in a wide-ranging inter-view with OBG.
Al Zadjali said CBO empha-sises on the importance of banks playing a larger role in project financing. “Due to the limited im-pact that local banks have on pro-ject financing, funding for large projects is expected to come from overseas through international banks or initial public offerings,” he said.
During the interview, the cen-tral bank’s chief also discussed the Sultanate’s commitment to maintaining a fixed peg with the dollar, despite speculation that it could be dropped.
The publication contains a de-tailed, sector-by-sector guide for investors, along with contribu-tions from dignitaries and lead-ing personalities, including His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said; Reggy Vermeulen, chief execu-tive officer (CEO), Port of Duqm;
Andre Toet, CEO, Port of Sohar; David Gledhill, CEO, Port of Sala-lah; Khalifa Al Barwani, CEO, National Centre for Statistics and Information; and Pankaj K Khimji, Director, KhimjiRamdas.
C E N T R A L B A N K O F O M A N
Hamoud Sangour Al Zadjali.
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oil market balancing
LONDON: Opec predicted that the global oil market will be more balanced in the second half of this year as demand rises and ri-val supplies falter, echoing views expressed by ministers at the group’s meeting this month.
The Opec kept estimates for world supply and demand in 2016 unchanged in its monthly market report. Disruptions in Nigeria re-
duced the group’s output to 32.36 million barrels a day last month, a little below the 32.6 million aver-age required to satisfy estimated demand in the second half.
“The expected improvement in global economic conditions should result in a more balanced oil market toward the end of the year,” the organisation said in a report. — Bloomberg News
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Ramadan offers make Pajero more attractive
MUSCAT: General Automotive Company, the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Oman, is providing its customers with attractive offers on the legendary Mitsubishi Pajero throughout the holy month of Ramadan.
The great bundle of benefits in-cludes free service, free registra-tion, cash gifts and more until the offer ends on July 24.
The offer allows all potential Mitsubishi Pajero buyers to benefit from a six years unlimited mileage
warranty, six years roadside assis-tance, up to a six years/100,000km service package, free registration, free insurance for the first year, and a cash gift of up to OMR3,000 together with a special Ramadan gift, says a press release.
Commenting on the new Rama-dan offer for the Pajero, Manoj Ranade, general manager of GAC, “Our Pajero has always been one of our most popular models, of-fering practicality and comfort together with immense off-and on-road capability. It represents the very best in power, reliability and performance that Mitsubishi
vehicles are known for. This com-bined with its competitive pricing and the wide-ranging benefits of our Ramadan offer makes it a very attractive SUV for any Mitsubishi fan this Ramadan.”
In its latest iteration, the 2016 Mitsubishi Pajero offers a modern look with a revised front grille and an aggressively shaped bumper with integrated LED daytime run-ning lamps. The legendary vehicle is packed with features that make it a pleasure to drive both on the road and off. From the power of its 3.5 or 3.8 litre MIVEC engine through to a comprehensive suite
of safety features, the Pajero was designed from the ground-up to cope with any kind of driving con-dition. Whether highway cruising, urban driving or more challenging off-road adventures in the wadis and dunes of the Sultanate, the Pajero has proved its mettle time and again.
“In addition to the Pajero, our Ramadan offer also extends to our Lancer EX, Attrage, Outlander, L200 and the new Montero Sport models; each of which represent the very best in performance, com-fort and reliability in their respec-tive classes. Furthermore, we are also offering trade-in bonuses of up to OMR500 on select models through our Diamond Approved Used Cars division,” added Manoj.
Additionally, for five weeks, with the first draw already held on June 6, anyone who test drives a Mitsubishi will be entered into a weekly draw with a chance to win a brand new iPhone 6S. Further-more, any customer who visits the showroom during the holy month of Ramadan will be entered into a separate weekly cash prize draw.
The great bundle of
benefits includes
free service, free
registration, cash gifts
and more until the
offer ends on July 24
OAD acknowledges
Khimji Ramdas for its
continuous support
MUSCAT: The Oman Associa-tion for the Disabled (OAD) ac-knowledged the KR Group for contributing care packages of food and daily essentials during Rama-dan – a tradition that the company has been following each year. The association has launched success-ful aid drives across the country, thanks to the assistance and gen-erosity of willing corporates such as the KR Group.
Commenting on the company’s
support, Mohammed Al Kalbani, OAD’s Projects and Funding Committee chairman said, “We would like to express our heart-felt thanks to the KR Group for their unconditional support of our initiatives, especially dur-ing the holy month of Ramadan when we bond together in unity and sharing. This goes a long way in supplementing our efforts at integrating differently abled indi-viduals into mainstream society.”
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MHD launches Ramadan campaign for all-new Volvo XC90MUSCAT: Paying special heed to customer rewards, excellent deals and beneficial campaigns, Mohsin Haider Darwish (MHD) recently announced a special Ramadan campaign for the all-new Volvo XC90 till July 9.
Along with being packed with numerous features, the XC90 also comes with a whole lot of rewards from MHD. The Ramadan cam-paign for the XC90 will ensure a 50% guaranteed buy back that plays a key factor to many car buyers. The Ramadan campaign also entitles XC90 buyers to the latest iPhone 6S 64GB and will also get an Akai 50” TV as a complimentary gift. Tak-ing note of factors that are crucial when buying a new car, MHD will also be awarding customers with a free 1 year vehicle registration and three years unlimited warranty, says a press release.
“The XC90 is an excellent luxury SUV that combines technology, in-novation and style,” said Vasudev Rao, director, Automotive Prod-ucts, Engg. Products & Commercial Vehicles Division. “To complement the XC90s exclusivity, we are giv-ing away special gifts on purchase of this grand SUV. The Volvo XC90 Ramadan campaign was launched keeping the interests of our cus-tomers in mind. We took this month as an opportunity to reward our customers for their faith, loy-alty and support which has helped us come so far. So this Ramadan, they will not only walk away with a magnificent car but also an assort-ment of gifts that will definitely be beneficial for them,” he concluded.
With a rich history of continued innovation through the years, the first Volvo was produced in Goth-enburg way back in 1927. Today the
brand has manufacturing units in Europe, USA and Asia producing a premium range of cars that in-cludes sedans, estates, sports wag-ons, cross country cars and SUVs which have all received much ac-claim throughout the world.
Its newest addition to the line, a luxury SUV, the Volvo XC90 has set a new benchmark in its segment
based on factors including innova-tion, comfort, design, safety, han-dling, driver satisfaction and value for money. With an eye on detail, this SUV is designed to make driv-ing simpler, more enjoyable, and less stressful. Uncompromising on luxury, this SUV delivers pow-er and excellent drivability along with fuel efficiency and low CO2
emissions. Equipped with individ-ual drive modes, like ‘Comfort’ and ‘Off-road’, it lets the driver choose an experience that suits perfectly. Each element is made from the fin-est materials with unique details like a crystal gearshift lever and ventilated front seats inspired by the human form. The Volvo XC90 features an all new platform, pow-er-train and semi-autonomous driving technologies that set a new standard for the luxury SUV seg-ment. All XC90s feature Volvo’s award-winning Sensus Infotain-ment System, which centers on an intuitive, tablet-like touch screen that puts all of the vehicle’s sys-tems and functions at the driv-er’s fingertips. Volvo City Safety, which includes Pedestrian Detec-tion with Automatic Emergency Braking, automatically applies the brakes should a collision be immi-
nent, has also become a standard. The available Pilot Assist semi-autonomous driving system con-trols vehicle speed and direction at speeds up to 40 km/h.
With features so advanced, the Volvo XC90 has earned significant recognition in different catego-ries. The Automobile Journalist Association of Canada (AJAC) announced the year’s 'Best New' category winners for the 2016 Ca-nadian Car of the Year Awards and winning the 2016 Best New SUV - CUV, over $60k, category was the 2016 XC90.
Stylish in all aspects, the Volvo XC90 also bagged the title of the Motor Trend’s SUV of the Year for the second time.
Earlier in the year, The XC90 was recognised as the Best SUV/Crossover by Doubleclutch.ca at their Annual Awards.
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Zubair SEC member opens renovated silver crafting shop in KhabourahMUSCAT: Mahfoutha Ahmed Al Baloushi, member of Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC), launched a renovated silver craft-ing shop in Khabourah with a new look and feel of the place.
The shop was inaugurated by Khalid Muhammad Al Zubair, managing director of The Zubair Corporation and attended by mem-bers from the local community and executives and representatives from The Zubair Corporation and Zubair SEC, says a press release.
As member of Zubair SEC’s Di-rect Support Programme for year 2015, Mahfoutha shared with the centre’s team of advisers the chal-lenges she used to face in attract-ing customers to her old shop that did not deliver the required im-pression and image that is up to the fine silver craft works she of-fered through the shop. The team hence put an image management strategy for Dar Al Khabourah which started with the design and launching of a new corporate iden-tity and logo last year, and followed by a full design, restructuring and renovation work of the shop that
reflects the new brand and im-age. The renovation work was fully funded as part of Mahfoutha’s membership privileges as winner of the Direct Support Programme for year 2015.
Dar Al Khabourah offers exqui-site superbly crafted silver works including daggers, swords, and men and women’s silver accesso-ries. Over the past few years, Dar Al Khabourah has gained immense popularity in the Sultanate as well as in other GCC countries. While the brand preserves a tradition of creativity and breathtaking crafts-
manship, it makes it a point to keep every design distinctive, and each creation a piece of art.
What makes Dar Al Khabourah exceptional is that, through her business the founder Mahfoutha achieved remarkable social im-pact. She has enabled and trained local women on crafting silver thereby trying to uphold a skill and craft that has been part of the tra-dition and custom of the wilayat.
Expressing delight at the open-ing of the new Dar Al Khabourah, Mahfoutha said, “It has been my long term aspiration to refur-
bish my shop. With the support of Zubair SEC, I have been able to make my silver craft shop more appealing and attractive. I wanted the products to be displayed in a better ambiance. I am certain that visitors and tourists who come to Al Khabourah will be impressed to see what is on offer now.”
She added, “This has been pos-sible because of the support of Zubair SEC during the last two years. They have helped me in every way possible. They have sup-ported me through funds, strategic advice, logistical support and con-sultancy services.”
Lauding Mahfoutha’s efforts, Khalid Muhammad Al Zubair said, “It gives us immense pleasure to see Omani entrepreneurs making an effort to sustain our culture and tradition through their business. Such businesses need to be sup-ported and empowered as they have a mission beyond profit generation and that is of cultural preservation and promotion. Young Omanis need to take forward the rich tradi-tion of the country so that it is pre-served for future generations.”
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Badr Al Samaa conducts CME
MUSCAT: Badr Al Samaa Sohar and Falaj organised a Continuing Medical Education Programme (CME) in Crowne Plaza recently, as part of their commitment to update the medical fraternity in academic advancements.
The topic on ‘An Approach to a patient with Chest pain’ was presented by Dr Benny Panakkal, senior consultant interventional cardiologist and group medical director of Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals, says a press release.
Dr Benny in his presentation stressed upon the ‘history taking’ in patient’s own words to be con-sidered the first warning signal in diagnosing chest pain.
He reiterated that history alone reveals around 70% of the disease. In the examination part, he suggested to take note of dis-secting aneurysm and tension pneumothorax which can alter
the peripheral pulses. He also presented a video of Cath Lab Angiogram, in which he dem-onstrated the narrowed right circumflex artery branch block which was corrected by radial ar-tery catheterisation angioplasty.
Manoj Kumar, branch man-ager, Badr Al Samaa, Sohar wel-comed the gathering and Dr Benny, the main speaker was in-troduced to the audience by Dr Preetha, dentist, Badr Al Samaa-Sohar. It was attended by doctors from various specialities practis-ing in around Sohar. Aneesh Mo-han, branch head, Badr Al Samaa - Falaj, pulled the banner down with his vote of thanks.
It was an interactive CME and when the session was opened for queries. Following the presen-tation, Dr Benny Panakkal was given a memento by Dr Kausalya, Dr Sajeevkumar and Dr Danish.
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MUSCAT: Hyundai has an-nounced its highly attractive Ram-adan scheme for the festive period.
The promotional scheme of-fers an extremely attractive inter-est rate of 3.29% coupled with an extended seven year payment pe-riod- while a 0% interest rate has been announced for loans up to two years. The promotion also of-
fers cash as gift of up to OMR2,000 which can be used as part of the down payment, along with benefits including warranty of up to 2 years / 30,000 kilometres, complimenta-ry insurance coverage for first year, AAA roadside assistance package, as well as a high value gift of LG Sound Bar, says a press release.
Promotion elements may vary for different models and exact details are available at all Hyundai showrooms.
Hyundai’s well recognised Flu-idic Sculpture design philosophy has given a new dimension to the aesthetics and sophistication of its cars. It is the combination of refinement, sophistication, tech-nology and high performance that together craft the Hyundai experi-ence. Every Hyundai represents a treasured space for its owners- a
space where brilliant moments are created and precious moments are shared between the customers and their family.
Hyundai’s range offers a wide choice to customers, starting from compact cars and sedans to robust SUVs and luxury sedans.
With a diverse range of mod-els to suit different lifestyles and needs of customers, Hyundai’s reputation for cutting-edge design, robust build-quality and feature-packed offerings have made it a clear favourite among the discern-ing automobile enthusiasts.
Hyundai has a strong presence in the passenger vehicles category in Oman with its wide range of se-dans and SUVs offered with various engine options and trim options. The company recently launched
the all new 2016 Elantra, the new-est edition of the brand’s best-sell-ing model in the region. The 6th generation of this compact sedan combines dynamic styling and high quality materials at a highly attrac-tive price point.
Hyundai offers a full array of se-dans in Oman including: Accent, Elantra, Sonata and Azera. Cars like the Hyundai Veloster&Veloster Turbo caters to special niche audi-ences while its ‘i’ series comprising the compact cars from the Hyundai stable. The Hyundai SUV range features the Tucson, Santa Fe & Grand Santa Fe.
The premium cars, Centennial and Genesis in the luxury car seg-ment have also carved a niche for themselves and won the hearts of analysts and customers alike.
The promotional
scheme offers an
extremely attractive
interest rate of 3.29%
coupled with an
extended seven-year
payment period,
while a zero percent
interest rate has been
announced for loans
up to two years
Jaguar partners with
Yas Marina Circuit
ABU DHABI: British luxury per-formance brand Jaguar is cele-brating ‘The Art of Performance’ with the announcement of a new strategic partnership with the world famous Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, UAE to offer car enthusiasts a unique and thrilling Jaguar Experience.
The collaboration, the first of its kind for Jaguar in the Mena region, will bring four of Jaguar’s stunning F-Type S Coupés, to one of the most artistic, adrenaline fused and performance-driven tracks in the world, Yas Marina Circuit, says a press release.
Whether they choose to be passengers or pilots, the Jaguar Experience will offer guests the chance to experience the sophis-ticated track that plays host to the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Jag-uar’s powerful, agile, and utterly
distinctive sports car, the award-winning Jaguar F-Type S Coupé.
Chris Wilde, brand director at Jaguar Land Rover Mena said: “The award winning Jaguar F-Type S Coupé is engineered for high performance and responsive handling to deliver an exhilarat-ingly instinctive driving experi-ence, and we are proud to be able to share this with Yas Marina Cir-cuit’s visitors.”
Al Tareq Al Ameri, CEO of Yas Marina Circuit, said: “We are delighted to announce this pres-tigious partnership with Jaguar - and look forward to a long future of collaboration. This alliance means that visitors to the Circuit now have even more choice of premium driver and passenger experiences. We look forward to welcoming guests to experience our most exciting new additions to the Yas Racing School fleet.”
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Delma named official timekeeper for Ocean Masters New York Vendee RaceMUSCAT: IMOCA Ocean Masters announced Swiss watch brand Del-ma as the official timekeeper for the New York Vendee Race presented by Currency House and SpaceCode.
Founded in 1924, Delma has been manufacturing high-quality, mechanical ladies’ and gents’ time-pieces in Lengnau, Switzerland for 92 years. As one of the last inde-pendent Swiss watch manufactur-ers specialising in chronographs and diver’s watches, Delma is committed to blending traditional craftsmanship, contemporary de-sign and functional complications.
Al Felaij Watches represent
Delma watches in Oman. All the new collections are available at the stores in Muscat City Centre, Mus-cat Grand Mall and Sabco Centre.
In 1975 Delma elevated its col-
lection to new heights with the in-troduction of the Delma Shell Star, its first professional diver’s watch. The Shell Star proved to be a land-mark for the company and a legacy for diver’s watches produced to date, brought to culmination with the Delma Santiago Blue Shark that features a water-resistance to 3000 meters. The 2016 collec-tion pays tribute to the heritage of the original Shell Star and Delma’s diver’s watch tradition with the re-launch of the Delma Shell Star and the Santiago Blue Shark II.
Andreas Leibundgut, Delma head of Marketing commented:
“We are proud to partner with the IMOCA Ocean Masters as the of-ficial timekeeper for the New York Vendee Race. Offshore sailing is adventurous and a true test for man and material, an undertaking where great skill, precision and robustness are the essentials for success. These attributes perfectly embody the spirit of the Delma brand and its watch models.”
Unique IMOCA Ocean Masters branded Delma Shell Star Auto-matic watches will be presented to the podium finishers, as well as the winner of the Delma 24hrs Speed Record for the race.
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Engie Stomo, ACWA Power, Nomac Oman join hands to clean Barka beaches
MUSCAT: Reinforcing their commitment to the environment, and true to the high global stand-ards they uphold, leading plant operators Engie Stomo (an affili-ate of Engie), ACWA Power Barka and Nomac Oman came together in partnership with the Barka Municipality and local schools to organise a campaign to clean the beach adjoining the sites of the Barka I &II Power and Desalina-tion Plants & the Barka III Power Plant, says a press release.
With the enthusiastic support of the management of both Engie Stomo and ACWA Power Barka/ Nomac Oman and of the respec-tive plant owners, a 300-strong team comprising staff from the two projects, and external stake-holders representing the Barka Municipality and young students from three schools in the Wilayat of Barka set out recently for a big beach clean-up.
Speaking on the occasion, rep-resenting Engie Stomo, Abdullah Al Rawahi, plant manager, Barka II; Tomaz Guadagnin, plant man-ager, Barka III; and representing ACWA PowerBarka, Ahmed Al Subhi, CEO, and representing Nomac, Hamoud Al Amri, plant manager, jointly said, “We are truly excited by the remarkable turnout to the campaign, and the support we have received from all stakeholders and the community for our initiative. In the past, the companies individually have rec-ognised and acted on this social
responsibility that is aimed at making a difference to the com-munity we operate in.
“But this is the first time that we are combining forces to make a bigger impact. Both Engie Stomo and ACWA Power Bar-ka/ Nomac Oman have secured the ISO 14001 Environment Management System standard, which is an internationally rec-ognised environmental manage-ment framework. The ‘Save the Beach’ campaign is an extension of our commitment and social responsibility.”
Salim Alsyiabi representing the Barka Municipality said, “It is exciting to see the shared enthusiasm between the or-ganisers, students and other stakeholders in protecting one of the many beautiful beaches of Oman. We appreciate the ef-forts made by Engie Stomo and ACWA Power Barka / Nomac Oman in this regard and for their partnership with the Barka Mu-nicipality and the student com-munity. Our best wishes to their teams, and thanks to all who took part in the initiative.”
The clean-up team braved the heat and spent over four hours collecting plethora of waste and debris from the sands. Bushra Mahmood Mohammed, Remas Faisal Saif Al Shabibi, and Ahmed Amaar Al Rayamia, students in-volved in the activity said, “This is exciting work and we are very proud to be involved.”
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Ramadan benefits on Renault SymbolMUSCAT: Reflecting its com-mitment of offering customers an unmatched buying experience, Renault Oman, from the house of Suhail Bahwan Automobiles, has announced special Ramadan of-fers on Renault Symbol. The Re-nault Ramadan promotion will go on till July 21.
As part of its strategic focus to enhance ownership experience, Renault Oman has put together unlimited offers for the customers of Renault Symbol.
Customers buying Renault Symbol, the status-enhancing yet affordable family sedan, will be entitled to receive free regis-tration, free unlimited warranty period of up to 6 years/ unlimited mileage, AAA road side assistance card and assured cash gift, says a press release.
A senior official for SBA said, “Renault Symbol is the perfect se-dan for families looking for value for money along with status and style. We are pleased to offer unlim-ited benefits to the customers who want to own a Renault Symbol.”
Those looking to purchase Re-nault Symbol during the scheme
period are assured of a cash gift of OMR500.
All customers purchasing Re-nault Symbol are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win any one of the products comprising Apple iP-hone 6s, Dell Laptop-Intel Core i5 or LG 32-inch LED TV.
Customers of Renault Symbol are entitled to a scratch and win card through which they can win an assured service package. Cus-tomers will be eligible to win an assured service package gift up to
100,000 km Periodic Maintenance Service with minimum assured service package of 30,000km Pe-riodic Maintenance Service. The other service package they are eligible to are 80,000km PMS, 60,000km PMS, 50,000km PMS or 40,000km PMS.
Customers purchasing Renault Symbol this season are entitled for warranty of six years or unlimited mileage. Renault Symbol customers will be eligible to receive free regis-tration for first year for Oman only.
Customers of Renault Symbol
will also get a AAA Roadside As-sistance card for the first year and as supported by AAA Oman.
Customers purchasing any of the Renault models during the scheme period will be eligible to participate in a raffle draw and stand a chance to win five Re-nault Symbols throughout the of-fer period.
Suhail Bahwan Automobiles has designed the Ramadan scheme in such a way that buyers can avail easy financing option with attrac-tive interest rates which in turn offers hassle free way to own a Re-nault Symbol.
SBA commitmentSBA is largely committed to sup-porting Renault Oman’s growth in the Sultanate through major emphasis on customer satisfac-tion and by providing world-class after-sales services in Oman. With a national network of more than 80 outlets – showrooms, service centres and parts outlets, SBA has further built upon its legacy of trust, excellent customer service and providing value for money to each of its customers.
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Bank Dhofar and GBSA launch Oman roundtables, seminars
MUSCAT: In partnership with BankDhofar, the Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association (GBSA) has launched its first industry work-ing group in the Sultanate to sup-port the growing interest among
Omani companies to tap into capi-tal market financing.
The inaugural roundtable took place recently at Grand Hyatt Muscat Hotel under the auspices of Abdullah bin Salem Al Salmi, executive president of the Capi-tal Market Authority (CMA), and was attended by senior govern-ment officials and representatives of the Sultanate’s leading banks, investors, legal firms and private
companies, says a press release.Al Salmi said, “The CMA fully
supports this initiative taken by the market players as a vibrant fixed income market is essential to the development, financial sta-bility and diversification of the re-gional economy including Oman. This is also an integral part of the overall strategy of the CMA to en-able the capital market to play its vital role as an alternative fund-
raising platform for companies in the economic development of Oman.”
Abdul Hakeem Omar Al Ojaili, acting chief executive officer of BankDhofar, said: “We are proud to support this initiative as an increasing number of companies worldwide are taking advantage of bond and Sukuk markets to extend their liability profiles and diversify their investor bases.
The GBSA Oman roundtables and seminars will definitely con-tribute to the growth of the local market following the new Sukuk Regulation by CMA that provides more certainty and improves the prospects for companies to fund in the capital market.”
On his part, Michael Grifferty, president of the GBSA, also added: “We are delighted to offer a plat-form that assists the growth of the Sultanate’s market. With these working groups we aim to bring together the top leaders of region-al credit markets to create a more collective voice on key issues af-fecting the financial industry.”
BankDhofar has been a leader in the Sultanate’s financial in-dustry, supporting initiatives that contribute to the growth and de-velopment of the sector. Today BankDhofar is one of the fastest growing banks in Oman, with a strong presence in personal and corporate banking, project fi-nance and various initiatives that pack the growth of the national economy and overall development across the Sultanate.
The inaugural
roundtable took
place recently at
Grand Hyatt Muscat
Hotel under the
auspices of Abdullah
bin Salem Al Salmi,
executive president
of the Capital Market
Authority
Workshop on WordPress
MUSCAT: Oman Advertising Agency (OmanAd), Seminar and Conference Division said that a 4-day hands-on workshop and training on WordPress, one of the most powerful software in web-designing, will take place in July, says a press release.
The course will be conducted by Lalit Singh, senior corporate trainer and India’s only Android ATC Certified Application Engi-neer with plenty of experience and who has conducted similar train-ing workshop worldwide. This will be an excellent opportunity for the government, public and private or-ganisations to train and update the employees with the latest practices in WordPress along with individu-als and students who wish to en-hance their career.
The workshop will be covering in-depth details on topics like: First post, functional overview, code overview, tour of the core, the loop, data management, plug-in & theme development, content aggregation, crafting a user experience, statis-tics, scalability, security, and spam, WordPress as a content manage-ment system, WordPress in the en-terprise, migrating to WordPress, WordPress developer community.
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Indian school principals review CBSE results
MUSCAT: A meeting of principals, vice principals and assistant vice-principals of Indian schools was held at Indian School Muscat recently to recognise the contributions of the Indian schools teaching community in achieving excellent results for the CBSE X and XII exams.
The meeting also aimed at re-viewing the results and drawing up plans for achieving greater academic heights in their respec-tive schools. The meeting was or-ganised under the auspices of the Board of Directors (BoD), Indian schools in the Sultanate of Oman, says a press release.
Wilson V. George, chairman, Board of Directors appreciated the hard work put in by the teach-ing community in overall devel-opment of the students. He also acknowledged the efforts and en-thusiasm by the students and the parents which helped the Indian schools in Oman to improve the academic results year by year. He
stated that the performance of the Indian schools in Oman in CBSE examinations stands among the top in comparison to other regions.
Dr. C. K. Anchan, chairman of the Academic Committee in the Board congratulated the princi-pals on their significant achieve-ment in raising the standards of education and said that the board would leave no stone unturned in giving the best education to the children of Indian schools. Dr An-chan lauded the hard work put in by the principals, vice-principals and teachers whose tireless efforts were paid off in the recently an-nounced Board results.
Mathew Abraham, education adviser, addressed the audience and briefed on the objectives of the meeting in his welcome speech.
Principals of different schools presented the results with specific reference to the salient aspects such as improved class averages, over-all uplift of low achievers and increasing number of high achiev-ers vis-à-vis the results of past two years. They also reviewed the grey areas and put forward their action plan for the current academic year.
The meeting was also attended by the Board Members Moham-med Faizi, P. J. Mani, Baby Sam and Sridhar Chitale.
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Bank Sohar supports Al Noor Association
MUSCAT: Marking its 4th dona-tion within the framework of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities for the year 2016, Bank Sohar recently extended its support to the Al Dakhiliya Branch of the Al Noor Associa-tion for the Blind.
The latest donation will go towards the purchase of Braille Sense devices and provide one-on-one training for members of the association to operate the new devices, says a press release.
Designed specifically for visu-ally impaired users, the innova-tive Braille Sense devices connect with a PC or Mac, incorporates word processor and spreadsheet functionality, and can also con-nect users to the internet to chat or message with friends and fam-ily. Bank Sohar has been support-
ing the Al Noor Association since 2009 and has in the past also ex-tended their support to the asso-ciation’s branches in Sohar, Sala-lah and Muscat.
The donation cheque was hand-ed over at Bank Sohar’s Nizwa Branch to Hamed Khalfan Said
Al Rashdi, chairman of Al Noor Association – Nizwa Branch, by Mazin Mahmood Al Raisi, AGM & head of Marketing and Cus-tomer Experience at Bank Sohar, in the presence of Juma Masaaod Al Dawudi, Senior Bank Sohar Branch Manager Nizwa.
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Mercedes-Benz launches service week in Salalah MUSCAT: Continuing to set the standard for safe driving in the Sultanate, Mercedes-Benz Oman has launched service week in Salalah to help customers prepare for the challenges of driving dur-ing the Khareef season.
From June 12 to 16, Mercedes-Benz owners in the Dhofar Gov-ernorate will be offered free-of-charge vehicle safety inspections and exclusive deals on repairs including a discount on parts and labour. Marking the launch of the Salalah Service Week, Mercedes-Benz Oman organised a special ceremony in spirit of the holy month of Ramadan.
“The Salalah edition of our highly popular Service Week Se-ries has been carefully timed to bring our drivers and their pas-sengers an extra level of reassur-ance and peace of mind and to ensure superior vehicle perfor-mance, optimum comfort, and the highest level of safety and reli-ability whatever road conditions the Khareef Season may bring,” commented Clive Hammond, CEO of Zawawi Trading Compa-ny-Automotive.
“Leading the way in automo-tive safety, Mercedes-Benz Oman recognises the vital role regular vehicle inspections have to play in safe driving.
“With this in mind, we have developed our Service Weeks as part of our uncompromising and on-going commitment to the comfort and security of our driv-ers and their passengers. ”
Available exclusively at Mer-cedes-Benz Oman in Salalah, the meticulous complimentary inspections are carried out by skilled and experienced factory trained Mercedes-Benz techni-cians using state-of-the art facili-ties, equipment and technology.
Following the checks, should any repairs or maintenance be requested by the owners, only Mercedes-Benz precision man-ufactured and thoroughly tested Genuine Parts will be installed. Due to the popularity of Mer-cedes-Benz Service Weeks, it is advised to book appointments in advance.
Salalah Service Week is the latest in an extremely successful series of Mercedes-Benz initia-tives, developed for customers of the leading automotive brand as part of its rigorous prioritisation of safety and continuing commit-ment to delivering the Best Cus-tomer Experience.
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BankDhofar launches Iftar campaign
MUSCAT: Reiterating its sup-port to the community and ex-tending its social responsibility initiatives during the holy month of Ramadan, BankDhofar has an-nounced the launch of the Iftar campaign in collaboration with the Oman Charitable Organisa-tion (OCO). Sami Omar Al Zad-jali, executive manager at BankD-hofar, said: “This initiative comes within the framework of our concentrated efforts to cement BankDhofar role as a responsible organisation.
We are committed to con-tribute to the development of the community through various channels, hence we joined hands with a number of organisations to make it accessible for people to donate through BankDhofar platforms. Our CSR initiatives are ongoing throughout the year and we have seen a growing re-
sponse from the public in the holy month of Ramadan.”
Iftar mealsThe Iftar campaign allows cus-tomers to contribute to the pro-gramme through BankDhofar various channels, including inter-net banking, mobile application, CDM network and also via direct cash deposit to account number 01040609090001 at any of the bank branches across the Sultan-ate. The programme provides Iftar meals for families and individuals who need support of the commu-nity during the holy month.
In another initiative, BankDho-far joined hands with the Minis-try of Endowment and Religious Affairs to give the opportunity to those who would like to pay their Zakat to deposit to account num-ber 01041226295001 via inter-net banking, mobile application,
CDM network and direct cash de-posit at all BankDhofar in all parts of Oman.
BankDhofar strongly believes in supporting the local communi-ty and works to promote such ini-tiatives among its employees and customers. The bank provides a platform for those who would like to contribute to the wellbeing of the society via voluntary work or by donations.
PartnershipIt has partnered with a number of pro bono organisations in dif-ferent parts of the Sultanate, in-cluding: Dar Al Atta’a, Oman As-sociation for the Disabled, Oman Charitable Organisation, Asso-ciation of Early Intervention for Children with Disabilities, Envi-ronment Society of Oman, Minis-try of Endowment and Religious Affairs, etc.
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Toyota Prado comes loaded with attractive benefits this Ramadan
MUSCAT: The Prado has been a favourite among the Toyota enthu-siasts for decades and continues to be so. Powerful, tough and stylish, Toyota’s Prado has lived up to its reputation of being legendary. No wonder its customer base has con-tinued to witness rising numbers year after year.
Toyota Prado is available with ‘Biggest Excitement Ever’ ben-efits from now until the July 21
(Thursday). These include 1 year insurance (Oman only) on 16YM models and assured cashback of OMR1,100. A gift voucher for shopping at a prominent local mall is also included in the benefits package and a grand raffle with four Toyota Prius E to be won, says a press release.
In lieu of benefits, a customer can ask for cashback (except Lulu voucher, 0% interest for 2 years and grand raffle) of OMR600 for 2.7 litre models and OMR700 for 4.0 Litre models. These benefits are applicable for all purchases except government organisations and ministries. Other conditions may apply.
This is the best time indeed, to own a Prado, a proven performer- both on-road & off-road. This is the 4WD about which an inde-pendent automotive writer said, “The Toyota Land Cruiser Prado is an incredibly impressive vehicle that reflects its off-road heritage.
A versatile interior and power-ful four-wheel drive performance combine to make sure the Land Cruiser Prado is equipped to meet the needs of modern drivers.”
Prado’s thrilling power and per-formance are complemented by its class leading-features. These in-clude 7-inch display audio with 6 speakers, steering-mounted audio, Bluetooth and MID controls, Opti-tron meter with TFT info display and Cruise control.
Its safety features include a rear view camera and driver, passenger, curtain, side (front) + knee (driver) airbags. Indeed, the Prado stands apart – and looks quite bold doing so! An imposing grille and bumper guard adorned with LED head-lamps and clearance lamps add to its macho stance.
Packed with a host of high-end luxury features, the Prado features leather upholstery, Woodgrain panelling, chrome-coloured side
protection moulding; muffler-cut-ter; chrome rear-lamp garnish and impressive alloy wheels. Prado’s interior is not just refined but also has plenty of room to easily ac-commodate up to seven occupants.
Cushioned seats offer wonder-ful under-thigh support. Second-row seats fold in a 40:20:40 split, offer enhanced utility with a slide function and walk-in accessibil-ity for facilitating easy ingress and egress for the third-row seats.
The third-row seats, fold in a 50:50 split. The Prado also of-fers steering angle display, active headrest, electric tilt & telescopic steering column, side step with il-lumination, smart entry & start/stop system, parking sensors and retractable outer mirrors (with turn signal).
A reassuring combination of active and passive safety systems ensures optimum protection for occupants in a Prado. DAC (Down-hill Assist Control), HAC (Hill-
start Assist Control), Airbags, VSC (Vehicle Stability Control) and A-TRC (Active Traction Control) are some of its advanced protection systems. Prado’s strong chassis offers excellent impact protection while the long wheelbase and wide wheel track give excellent han-dling and stability.
Prado’s unparalleled prowess is apparent on smooth as well as rough terrain. It has the power to hold its own and the performance to make its own path. In short, not much stands in the way of a Prado both on the road and off.
All specifications listed above are standard Toyota equipment. Safety kit (fire extinguisher, warn-ing triangle, tyre pressure gauge & first aid kit) is a dealer installed non-Toyota item provided on Toy-ota models as standard equipment.
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Travel Point organises
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MUSCAT: Vacations, the out-bound leisure division of Travel Point, Oman’s largest travel and hospitality consortium, has or-ganised a trip to Nasa for the Indian School Muscat students from June 9-21. The group con-sists of 70 students accompanied by nine teachers.
The touring students will un-dertake a five-day programme at the Kennedy Space Center and NASA and travel to Miami, Wash-ington and New York City. Along with the program at Nasa, the stu-dents will also visit popular tourist attractions like ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not’ Museum, Magic Kingdom, Sea World, Universal Studios, the Smithsonian Museum, the Nia-gara Falls on the Maid of the Mist steamboat, Liberty Island and Bat-tery Park and take guided tours of New York City and Washington.
Sunil Prabhakar, CEO com-mented, “Travel Point has been extremely happy and excited to or-ganise this educational trip for the students of Indian School Muscat. The itinerary is fun-filled and our local ground partners in the USA are proficient. We hope the stu-dents benefit from this trip and also enjoy themselves as they trav-el and have this novel experience.”
Vacations by Travel Point has over 10 years of experience in or-ganising such guided educational tours for students to many other
countries worldwide. They have also been successful in organis-ing Fixed Group Departures for families to various destinations for their holidays.
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students of Indian School
Muscat. We hope the
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themselves as they
travel and have this novel
experience
Sunil PrabhakarCEO, Travel Point
Exciting Ramadan incentives for Nissan Maxima customersMUSCAT: Nissan Oman from the house of Suhail Bahwan Au-tomobiles (SBA) is offering a wide range of rewards for the patrons of Nissan Maxima.
Assuring its customers of a special buying experience, Nis-san Oman has worked out attrac-tive bargains that customers of Nissan Maxima are guaranteed to find interesting.
The ongoing ‘Season of Re-wards’ offer ensures that custom-ers can enjoy attractive cash gift, free periodic maintenance service package, fuel card, free registra-tion and extended mileage war-ranty. With unlimited benefits on offer, this is the right season to book a Nissan Maxima known for its comfort quotient, smoothness and power.
Under the ‘Season of Rewards’
offer, customers can avail an as-sured cash gift of OMR1,000 on buying Nissan Maxima.
Customers buying Nissan Max-ima will get a scratch and win card which will entitle them to two assured gifts comprising free pe-riodic maintenance service upto lifetime of the car (minimum as-sured 1 year/ 10,000km PMS; of-fer includes new service intervals
of (10,000km) and free fuel up to OMR1,000 (minimum assured of OMR50).
Nissan Maxima patrons can en-joy extra benefits such as free reg-istration, 6 years unlimited mile-age extended warranty and loyalty card benefits among others.
Loyal customers stand to enjoy additional benefits on purchase of a second Nissan vehicle in the fam-
ily. To avail additional benefits un-der the scheme, the second car can be purchased either in the name of existing Nissan owner or his/her immediate family members.
Customers can avail a special EMI rate of OMR174 (terms and conditions apply) on Nissan Max-ima. SBA has designed some easy and convenient financing options to ease the convenience of owning a Nissan Maxima. Flexible EMIs can also be tailor-made for any individual requirement from in-house auto finance team.
Nissan patrons have a chance to win two X-Trails 2.5S 7STR CVT 16 MY in the “grand SMS and win raffle draw” that will be held on June 20 and July 18, 2016 at Qu-rum showroom.
Anybody can SMS to 90466 to enter the contest.
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3 lucky winners walk home with Toyota
Corollas from Geepas mega ‘Shop & Win’
MUSCAT: Geepas, leading con-sumer electronics brand, con-cluded the 3-month-long mega ‘Shop & Win’ promotion that ran all across Oman.
The final raffle draw took place on Sunday at Nesto Hypermar-ket, Mabelah, Oman. Three lucky winners walked home with three brand new Toyota Corollas, says a press release.
The lucky winners of the Toy-ota Corollas are: Ibrahim Salih Al Balushi, coupon number: 15044, Rashis Al Habsi, coupon number: 185616 and Jameela Al Balushi, coupon Number: 37712.
The grand raffle draw was held in the presence of Usuf Al Ghabri, key official from Ministry of Com-merce and Industry, along with
Sajeer KTK, country manager- Geepas, Haris, director of Nesto Hypermarket, among other key officials and representatives.
More than 60 winners walked away with brand new Geepas washing machines, televisions, refrigerators, cooking ranges and much more exciting prizes. Group brands, Royalford, providing pre-
mium tableware & kitchenware, and Clarkford, exclusive brand of fashionable watches also teamed up together to be a part of the Mega ‘Shop &Win’ Promotion.
Customers entered the promo-tion by purchasing products from ranges across all three brands i.e. Geepas, Royalford & Clarkford. With every spend of OMR10, cus-
tomers got a chance to get one coupon to enter the ‘Shop & Win’ Promotion raffle draw, and stand chances to winning three brand new Toyota Corollas along with top-of-the-line range of Geepas refrigerators, televisions, wash-ing machines, cookers, vacuum cleaners etc.
Nizar T. N, director of Op-erations, Western International Group, parent company of Geepas said, “The Mega ‘Shop & Win’ pro-motion was immensely success-ful. We have connected very well with our loyal customers and we are happy to have given back to them in such grand fashion. I am sure this will maximise the brand performance and growth in the years to come.”
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ODC takes part in ISM education fairMUSCAT: Oman Dental College, the only higher education institute dedicated to the field of dentistry in the nation, participated in the 9th annual ISM Higher Education Fair and Guidance Seminar.
Such seminars are vital to ODC’s goal of encouraging expatriate enrolment at the college and fur-thering the profession of dentistry nationwide. ODC’s student body comprises 18 nationalities.
Oman Dental College was one of several prestigious higher educa-tion institutions invited to partici-pate in guiding the next generation of business leaders in the nation.
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STAR OF THE DAY: Spain’s defender Gerard Pique (front) is congratulated by Spain’s defender Jordi Alba following his goal during the Euro 2016 Group D football match against Czech Republic. – AFP
Perfect Pique
TOULOSE: Reigning champions Spain left it late but Gerard Pique’s 87th-minute header earned them a deserved 1-0 victory over a dogged Czech Republic in their Euro 2016 Group D opener on Monday.
Pique headed in Andres Iniesta’s “incredible” cross to give Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech no chance after he had made several fine saves to put his side within sight of an unlikely draw.
Cech reacted well to deny Alvaro Morata and David Silva in the first half while Czech defender Roman Hubnik deflected Morata’s shot against his own post.
Spain were given a fright when a stretching Hubnik forced a save from David de Gea and Cesc Fabre-gas made a goalline clearance to keep out Theodor Gebre Selassie’s header.
But Pique’s late intervention en-sured the champions began with a victory to join Croatia on three points, a result which delighted King Felipe VI who congratulated the players after the match.
“We struggled a bit during the first half and we’d already had a lot of chances,” Pique told journalists.
“In the second half, we were lucky to score,” he added, before paying tribute to his brilliant team mate with the observation: “Ini-esta’s pass was incredible.”
Czech Republic started aggres-sively, but Cech was kept busy dur-ing the first half, setting the tone of the match with stops from Morata
and Silva, who was making his 100th appearance.
Spain’s rhythm improved as Czech intensity dipped, and while coach Pavel Vrba’s ploy of employ-ing two full backs on the right flank to deal with Jordi Alba was initial-ly successful, the left back began to find space.
Both Alba and Silva forced stops from Cech, while Tomas Necid struck a shot at De Gea before half time. “I think we played well,” Pique continued. “We controlled the match but the ball just didn’t want to go in.”
“We took the initiative throughout the match,” added Spain coach Vi-cente del Bosque. “We dominated.”
The Czechs swapped their ag-gressive approach for more dis-ciplined containment after the
break, although Morata’s cross forced Hubnik into a deflected er-ror which beat Cech but bounced back off the post.
Vrba’s side also served warning that they were capable of extend-ing their opponents’ miserable run of failing to win any of their open-ing tournament matches since 2008 with Hubnik and Gebre Se-lassie going close.
Ladislav Krejci was on hand to make a superb last-ditch tackle on substitute Thiago Alcantara as a Czech defence that conceded 14 during the qualifiers kept Spain’s wealth of attacking talent at bay.
Del Bosque introduced Aritz Aduriz for Morata, but it was an unlikely candidate, Pique, who ul-timately secured the winning start for the champions. - Reuters
Spain’s Gerard Pique
headed in Andres
Iniesta’s ‘incredible’
cross to give Czech
goalkeeper Petr Cech
no chance after he
had made several fine
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Republic within sight
of an unlikely draw
SPAIN 1 CZECH 0
Hard work starts now, says LoewLILLE: Germany coach Joachim Loew said his team would need work hard in order to suppress the attacking threat of Poland when the two sides meet in Euro 2016 on Thursday in a match likely to determine the winner of Group C.
Germany won their opener 2-0 against Ukraine on Sunday thanks to a 19th-minute header from stand-in centre back Shkodran Mustafi and stoppage-time goal from Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Yet they relied on three fine saves from keeper Manuel Neuer and a goal line clearance by Je-rome Boateng to take the points.
“We have both won,” Loew said of his side and Poland, who beat Northern Ireland 1-0 thanks to an Arkadiusz Milik goal. “So the game is really important for the future of the group. I think we will really have to put in some work.”
Germany and Poland played each other twice in the tourna-ment’s qualifying competition, winning one match each.
“Poland are in any case a strong
team. We’ve played them twice and of course we lost once. With (Robert) Lewandowski they are strong in attack. Like Ukraine a little, they have dangerous play-ers going forward.”
Toni Kroos, who was man of the match, admitted Germany had come under pressure in the final 15 minutes of the first half when Ukraine laid siege to their goal.
“We weren’t so strong and we couldn’t have complained if we had conceded,” he said.
“I can’t think of any chances in the second half. We are not at the level we want to achieve but it’s a good start,” he added.
Germany survived until half-time, when coach Loew was able to help restore order. “It’s normal that there’s a phase when you’re not so in control,” Kroos said. “He said that we needed to get back to the point when we started.”
Loew was also full of praise for Schweinsteiger. “I’m very pleased that after all he’s been through, the weeks and months, he has made a real comeback.” - Reuters
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Ireland own goal hands Sweden opening draw
PARIS: A Ciaran Clark own goal earned Sweden a fortunate 1-1 draw against a spirited Ireland side in their Euro 2016 Group E opener at the Stade de France on Monday.
Returning to the scene of Thier-ry Henry’s infamous handball for France that crushed their 2010 World Cup qualifying dreams in an unforgettable playoff, Ireland were the better side for most of the game.
They were rewarded for their domination three minutes into the second period when Wes Hoolahan scored with a splendid half-volley.
However, they then lost their composure under Swedish pres-sure and centre back Clark headed a Zlatan Ibrahimovic cross into his own net in the 71st minute.
“The boys were unlucky but we’ll take the point. We created a lot of chances,” said Hoolahan. “In the first half we were excel-lent and at the start of the second as well. The boys should be proud of themselves, it’s a great point in the end.”
Drawn in a tough group that also features Belgium and Italy, who meet in Lyon later on Monday, the two sides now face a battle to reach the last 16.
After both were eliminated in the first round at the 2012 Euro-pean Championship, Sweden and Ireland had a point to prove.
The Irish had the first clear chance in the 10th minute when Jeff Hendrick’s attempt from just outside the box was saved by An-dreas Isaksson.
John O’Shea, in front of an open goal, then missed the ball by millimetres after Clark headed on a corner.
Misplaced passesSweden were toothless in attack and misplaced several routine passes.
Ireland came close again on the half hour, Robbie Brady’s missile from 18 metres shaving the bar.
Three minutes later Hendrick’s curled effort smashed against the
woodwork as Ireland built some momentum but they could not make their domination count.
They continued to push forward after the break and in the 48th minute half of the Stade de France roared with joy as Hoolahan pro-duced a delightful shot from Sea-mus Coleman’s centre.
It spurred Sweden into action and Ireland defended stoutly until Ibra-himovic broke down the left, a rare foray by the striker, and his cross
was nodded into the net by Clark.With 10 minutes left Irish coach
Martin O’Neill sent on Robbie Keane for Hoolahan as his men re-fused to settle for a draw.
Ibrahimovic then went close in the 83rd minute, failing to connect with Martin Olsson’s cross.
Sweden, who remained unbeat-en against Ireland in seven com-petitive matches, next face Italy on Friday. Ireland take on Belgium on Saturday. - Reuters
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MOMENT OF JOY: Germany’s midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, right, celebrates with coach Joachim Loew, left, after scoring. – AFP
TOULOSE: If bookmak-ers introduced a bet on who would be named official man-of-the-match at tourna-ments, Andres Iniesta would be a short-priced favourite in every Spain match at Euro 2016. Given that honour in the World Cup final of 2010, he is still going strong six years later, with more than 30 major trophies for club and country.
The 32-year-old midfielder was again named for the indi-vidual honours after Spain’s 1-0 win over the Czech Re-public in Group D on Monday, earned by his precise cross for Gerard Pique to head in a late winner.
As an integral part of the side who won the last two European Championships either side of that World Cup triumph, he now bears even more responsibility as the main midfield cog since Barcelona club mate Xavi Hernandez retired from international football.
Not that it appears to be taking any great toll, judging by Monday’s performance.
“I always try to have high responsibility,” he said. “That’s how I’ve always done it. It’s all about a collective game and we all have to give that bit of ourselves.”
After so many big games for Barcelona and Spain he was hardly going to be surprised that the Czechs defended in numbers and attempted to stop the quick passing through the middle that has opened up defences down the years.
“It’s not the first time we’ve had that kind of game,” Iniesta added in his understated way. “It means opponents have a lot of respect for the way we play. You have to be calm and keep going forward. They had chances, but that’s the way we play. It’s a question of patience. We had a tough first game but we’re very happy to start with three points and we’ve taken a step forward.” - Reuters
Iniesta still running the show
LUCKY DRAW: Sweden’s players celebrate a goal helped in by Ireland defender Ciaran Clark (not in picture) during the Euro 2016 Group E football match at the Stade de France stadium. – AFP
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Hungary’s Kiraly to become oldest player at Euro
BORDEAUX: Hungary’s Gabor Kiraly, one of the great goalkeep-ing eccentrics, is poised to become the oldest player to appear at a European Championship in Tues-day’s opening Group F fixture against Austria.
Aged 40 and two months, he will overtake German Lothar Mat-thaeus’s record, set at Euro 2000.
The balding keeper is universal-ly recognised by his trademark jog-ging bottoms, first worn to protect his knees from rough surfaces.
Forced one day to change from black ones to grey, he has kept the colour ever since as one of numer-ous superstitions.
Playing against his country’s longstanding rivals will revive
happy memories for Kiraly, al-though his mind will have to delve back a long way.
It was 18 years ago that he made his international debut against the Austrians and saved a penalty from Toni Polster after just four minutes. Despite a three-year gap between 2006-09, he has slowly added to his tally of international appearances, becoming the most capped Hungarian with 103 and seeing off challengers for the jersey with heroic performances in the two playoff victories over Norway.
Meanwhile, he has appeared for three German clubs and five in England before coming full circle and returning to his first Hungar-ian team, Haladas.
Having finished only third in their qualifying group behind Northern Ireland and Romania, Hungary are one of the countries to have benefited from UEFA’s ex-pansion of the finals to 24 teams, enabling them to reach a first ma-jor tournament since the 1986 World Cup.
Austria, in contrast, surprised many observers by strolling through their group.
Nine wins and a draw even propelled them into the top 10 of FIFA’s world rankings for June, although they benefited from play-ing some modest opposition.
Narrow home wins against Mal-ta and Albania and home defeats by Turkey and the Netherlands since qualifying may have dented some of the initial optimism but Swiss coach Marcel Koller is ex-pected to persevere with his high-tempo pressing game.
They will use the versatile Bay-ern Munich defender David Alaba as a midfielder with licence to go forward in support of Marc Janko, the lanky striker who scored five goals in qualifying. - Reuters
The balding keeper is universally recognised
by his trademark jogging bottoms, first worn
to protect his knees from rough surface
England do not lack ‘passion or desire’LENS: England manager Roy Hodgson has hit out at critics who have questioned his team’s patriot-ism and desire ahead of their Euro-pean Championship clash against Wales in Lens on Thursday.
Wales striker Gareth Bale last week said his team had “more passion and pride” than England, who “big themselves up before they’ve done anything”.
Russian goalkeeper Igor Ak-infeev also labelled Hodgson’s men the weakest seeded team in the Euro 2016 prior to Saturday’s draw with England.
“I’ve been in the game suffi-ciently long to know every oppo-nent has got an opinion,” Hodgson told reporters.
“The other day it was Akinfeev saying we were the worst seeded team and now it’s Gareth Bale. They can have those opinions but I don’t have any doubts personally about our patriotism or desire and that’s the important thing.”
England midfielder Eric Dier, who scored the opener in Satur-day’s draw, said the match against Wales was identical to a Premier League game. “I think it might be a bit less like an international game and a bit more of an English game, especially with the play-ers involved,” said the Tottenham Hotspur player.
“It might be a bit different to all the other games you’ve seen in the tournament, so I think that’s good for the spectators as well. It’s a massive game for them and for us.”
England, who are bidding for their first major international title since the 1966 World Cup, will end their Group B campaign against Slovakia on June 20.
‘Kane not good enough’Harry Kane’s performance against Russia was not good enough and he could have no com-plaints if Jamie Vardy replaced him for England’s Group B clash with Wales in Lens on Thurs-day, former England striker Alan Shearer said.
The Tottenham Hotspur striker, the Premier League’s leading scor-er last season, failed to shine in England’s opening match and, ac-cording to Shearer, lacked energy.
Leicester City’s title-winning striker Vardy had to kick his heels
on the bench in Marseille where England were held 1-1.
“(England coach) Roy Hodgson would be within his rights to tell Harry Kane that his performance in Saturday’s draw against Russia was not good enough and he has to improve or he will change things up front — and rightly so,” Shearer told the BBC.
“I am a huge fan of Kane, and he has had another fantastic sea-son for Tottenham, but he looked very leggy and tired against Rus-sia on Saturday.”
Shearer still expects Kane to lead England’s line against Wales, but says he needs to step up.
“I would not alter anything about England’s starting XI or the system they played in Mar-seille for their next game against
Wales,” he said.“I would tell Kane — and also
Raheem Sterling, whose final ball was yet again very poor — that, although I am going to stick with you, if you do not do better then I will make those changes during the Wales game. It is up to them to respond.”
Kane played as the central prong in a three-man attack against Russia with Adam Lal-lana impressive on the right and Sterling less so on the left despite plenty of the ball.
Kane only touched the ball once in Russia’s penalty area.
“Just because you have one bad game does not mean you are a bad player and Kane will be looking to Hodgson to give him another op-portunity,” Shearer said. — Reuters
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STAYING FOCUSSED: England’s Roy Hodgson instructs players during training session. – Reuters
Aged 40 and two months, Gabor Kiraly
will overtake German Lothar
Matthaeus’ record, set at
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PORTUGAL’S NEW OPTIMISM ST ETIENNE: The resurgence of mercurial forward Ricardo Quaresma has raised Portu-gal’s hopes for Euro 2016 even though it is still far from certain whether he will start against Iceland on Tuesday. Quaresma was given a rare start in the final warm-up match against Estonia on Wednesday and responded with a virtuoso performance, even overshadowing Cristiano Ronaldo, as Portugal hit seven goals without reply.
There was a “trivela”, a “ra-bona” and a stunning dinked
goal and his exuberance rubbed off on his team mates as Portu-gal played with a verve that was missing from their qualifying campaign when they ground out seven successive wins by single-goal margins.
Coach Fernando Santos must now decide whether he wants to throw the always unpredictable Quaresma into the Euro 2016 fray, which would almost certainly be at the expense of former Man-chester United forward Nani.
An attack featuring Quaresma and Ronaldo would make Portu-
gal one of the most entertaining teams in the tournament but Santos, the wily former Greece coach, was making no promises even after the win over Estonia.
“It’s not a case of Quaresma plus 10, it’s Quaresma and anoth-er 22. There are 23 players in the squad and all have equal chances of playing but it’s an excellent headache to have,” he said.
Nani, who in complete con-trast to Quaresma often suffers from a lack of self-confidence, remained unruffled as his place came under threat. “I’ve never
had a guaranteed place,” he said. “I’m always prepared to fight for my place. It’s not a good sign when you don’t have to fight for your place. Our aim is to win the title and we have to believe in all the players.”
Portugal will need all the cre-ative talent they can muster in the Group F match in St Etienne against an Iceland side who are making their debut in a major tournament and are notoriously hard to break down. Quaresma was raised at the Sporting Lis-bon youth academy at the same
time as Ronaldo and many felt then that Quaresma was the more likely of the pair to set the football world alight.
Instead, Ronaldo went on to become three-times world play-er of the year while Quaresma’s misfortunes have included be-ing kicked out of Turkish club Besiktas for indiscipline and missing out on three successive World Cups.
He has, though, always been a crowd pleaser and Portuguese fans will hope that he will finally get a chance. - Reuters
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England can beat Wales, says BeckhamLONDON: England will beat Wales in their Euro 2016 Group B clash in Lens on Thursday if they match the team spirit of Chris Coleman’s side, according to for-mer captain David Beckham.
Wales top the group after their 2-1 victory over Slovakia at the weekend while England were held 1-1 by Russia in Marseille.
“It’s a big game,” Beckham said in a BBC interview.
“I think we will win but I don’t think it’s going to be easy. Chris Coleman has done such a great job and Wales have a great team spirit. It’s going to be a challeng-ing game.”
Beckham, at London’ Queen’s Club for the traditional grass-court warm-up ahead of the Wimbledon tennis champion-ships, said England’s players would go into the match buoyant despite conceding a stoppage-time equaliser against Russia.
“We played well and the per-formance was great but the goal at the end was unfortunate,” said Beckham, who captained England at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and 2004 European Championship.
“If we had scored the second goal, we would have raved about
the performance. But they played with the passion the fans want to see and the energy and didn’t seem to care too much about be-ing on the big stage. So that was good to see.”
England will be wary of Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale for a match that many predict will be like a Premier League tussle.
“It will be a great match to watch,” Beckham said.
“Bale has had a great season and scored a great goal (against Slovakia).” - Reuters
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Al Rawahi wins third place at WSK Night races in Italy
MUSCAT: Young Abdullah Al Rawahi of Oman Karting Team clinched third place in the WSK Night Edition races at Adria Inter-national Raceway in Italy on Sun-day night.
Abdullah Al Rawahi’s success which came in the KZ2 category is his first major karting achieve-ment of Oman in Europe. Italys’s Alessandro Pelizzari won the race while Russia’s Ivan Chubarov set-tled for the second place.
After the race, an elated Abdul-lah Al Rawahi said: “The participa-tion in a such championship was a big challenge as the competition has attracted the best kart drivers from different countries.”
Coach Hamad Al Wahaibi, said: “Abdullah Al Rawahi’s achieve-ment in a top European karting championship is a source of pride to the Sultanate.”
Al Rawahi will now be head-ing to Germany for another inter-
national karting championship, which will be followed by the World Karting Association Cham-pionship in Belgium and the world championship in Sweden.
He is also expected to partici-pate in the second round of the World Karting Association Cham-pionship in the coming months and is expected to represent the Sultanate in the finals of the Kart-ing Championship scheduled for November in Italy.
K A R T I N G
Oman tennis players to train in FranceMUSCAT: Oman national tennis players will undergo a training camp in France as part of their preparations for the Davis Cup Group Four competition to be or-ganised in Jordan.
According to a statement is-sued by the Oman Tennis As-sociation (OTA) on Monday, the national teams committee, headed by Siddique Al Hashmi, has decided to send the team to France for a training camp from June 25 to July 9.
Al Nabhani brothers Moham-med and Khalid will be the key players for the Sultanate’s squad while the committee has decided to have a competition among the other players who have been
called up for the camp to decide who will join Al Nabhani duo.
After a series of matches, the top two will join the national team for the Davis Cup duty.
The list of players called up for the camp include Abdullah Al Barwani,Younis Al Rawahi, Abdulrahman Al Hajri, Zakariya Al Suleimani, Fawaz Al Man-dhari, Abdulmalik Al Aufi and Amran Al Balushi.
The Davis Cup Group Four competition, which takes place in Jordan from July 12 to 16, will see participation of teams from Bah-rain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen and Tajikistan.
T E N N I S
England recall Bairstow for one-dayersLONDON: England recalled Jonny Bairstow to their One-day International (ODI) and Twen-ty20 squads on Monday follow-ing his outstanding form in the Test series win over Sri Lanka.
The wicketkeeper-batsman scored 387 runs, including two centuries, and was named man of the series after the final Test at Lord’s ended in a draw.
“I’m delighted to be back in the limited-overs squads. I feel like I’m striking the ball well,” Bairstow told reporters.
The five-match one-day se-ries against Sri Lanka starts in Nottingham on June 21. The one-off Twenty20 game is in Southampton on July 5.
ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (cap-tain), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Chris Jor-dan, Moeen Ali, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, James Vince, David Willey, Chris Woakes.
T20 squad: Eoin Morgan (cap-tain), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Chris Jor-dan, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, James Vince, David Willey. - Reuters
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Rain frustrates England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s
LONDON: The third and final Test between England and Sri Lanka ended in a draw after persistent rain allowed only 12.2 overs of play on the last day at Lord’s on Monday.
Sri Lanka, chasing 362 for vic-tory, went from 32 for no wicket to 78 for one between the showers but neither side had any chance of forcing victory and England won the series 2-0.
England fast bowler James An-derson trapped Kaushal Silva lbw for 16 with an excellent inswinging delivery to claim the only wicket. Di-muth Karunaratne finished unbeat-en on 37 with Kusal Mendis on 17.
Mendis hit the last ball of the match by Joe Root for six before the rain returned.
Jonny Bairstow was named man-of-the-match and England’s man of the series. Bairstow made a Test-best 167 not out in the first in-nings at Lord’s and in the series as a whole scored 387 runs at an aver-age of 129, including two hundreds.
Bairstow has been in superb bat-ting form since making 150 not out his maiden Test century, against
South Africa in Cape Town in January. The Sri Lanka series also saw wicket-keeper Bairstow hold 19 catches, although doubts about his glovework persisted after he grassed a couple of routine chances.
England won the first Test at Headingley by an innings and 88 runs, before defeating Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the second Test at the Riverside. Kaushal Silva was Sri Lanka’s man-of-the-series. Silva, who made a stylish 79 in the first innings of this match, said: “I’ve missed out on a hundred at Lord’s three times, hopefully I’ll get another chance next time.”
Sri Lanka resumed on Monday on 32 without loss. Karunaratne was 19 not out and Silva unbeaten on 12. In overcast conditions, stay-ing at the crease against the Eng-
land new-ball duo of Broad and Anderson was going to be a tough task for Sri Lanka, let alone reach-ing a target that would set a new record for the highest fourth-in-nings total to win a Test at Lord’s, surpassing the West Indies’ 344 for one against England in 1984.
Monday’s first over saw Silva edge Broad just short of England captain Alastair Cook at first slip. But Anderson, England’s all-time leading Test-wicket taker, struck when Silva, padding up after failing to pick an inswinger going against the Lord’s slipe, was lbw for 16.
No sooner had Silva been dis-missed then the umpires took the players off the field for rain. But the weather relented for play to re-sume after tea.
New batsman Mendis was fortu-
nate when, trying to evade a Broad bouncer, a top edge sailed over wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow’s head for four.
Sri Lanka to complainMeanwhile, Sri Lanka Cricket president Thilanga Sumathipala has said they will lodge a complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) against an “unaccep-table” reprieve for England bats-man Alex Hales in the third Test.
Nuwan Pradeep clean bowled Hales, then on 58, in England’s second innings on Sunday but it was adjudged a no-ball by umpire Rod Tucker, even though replays suggested a fraction of the pace-man’s shoe was behind the pop-ping crease. Hales capitalised on the reprieve to score 94 before he
was finally dismissed but his re-prieve prompted the visitors to briefly unfurl a Sri Lankan flag from the balcony in a perceived mark of protest.
“The management on tour is very sad about that decision and it will be reported to the ICC,” Sum-athipala, who termed it “unaccep-table”, said.
Coach Graham Ford, who com-plained to match referee Andy Pycroft after Sunday’s play, played down the unfurling of the flag by the team, who have al-ready surrendered the three-test series after crushing defeats in Leeds and Durham.
The SLC chief, however, saw it differently.
“The flag is a symbol,” Sum-athipala said. “It is a mark to say we are not happy with the deci-sion. (It was unfurled) To show solidarity and fight back.”
Ford said Tucker had apologised for the mistake and the coach was of the view that front-foot no-ball calls should be taken out of the on-field umpire’s hand.
England paceman James An-derson was reprimanded for “con-duct that is contrary to the spirit of the game” during the match, the ICC said in a statement. - Agencies
Sri Lanka, chasing
362 for victory,
went from 32 for no
wicket to 78 for one
between the showers
but neither side had
any chance of forcing
victory and England
won the series 2-0
DESERVING WINNERS: England’s Jonny Bairstow, left, and Alastair Cook pose with the winners’ trophy at Lord’s on Monday. – Reuters
England 1st innings: 416Sri Lanka 1st innings: 288England 2nd innings:233 for 7 declaredSri Lanka 2nd innings D. Karunaratne not out 37K. Silva lbw Anderson 16K. Mendis not out 17Extras (b-1, lb-6, nb-1) 8Total (1 wkts, 24.2 overs) 78Fall of wickets: 1-45.Bowling: S. Broad 11-4-27-0 (nb-1); J. Anderson 9-2-27-1; C. Woakes 2-1-7-0; M. Ali 2-1-4-0; J. Root 0.2-0-6-0.
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SPORTST U E S DAY, J U N E 14 , 2 0 1 6
Mark tops Volkswagen PowerPlay qualifier
MUSCAT: The Muscat Hills Golf and Country Club recently con-ducted the eighth and final quali-fying round of the Volkswagen PowerPlay 2016 Series, a unique golfing tournament exclusively sponsored by Volkswagen Oman, represented by Wattayah Motors.
The recent game marks the end of the qualifying events of the 2016 tournament and saw Mark Evans, Puli Sharma, and Nick Lewis as the top scorers with 52, 51 and 49 points respectively. As with the previous qualifiers, this latest event saw the participation of over 40 talented golfers from across the capital. The Grand Fi-nal is to be played in October 2016.
Andrew Squires, the General Manager of Volkswagen Oman, said: “The Volkswagen PowerPlay
tournament is easily one of the most unique and technical golf tournaments in Oman, offering players a unique risk versus reward mechanism that adds a new layer of depth to the game. Launched in 2014, the Volkswagen PowerPlay Series has grown in popularity over the past two years and has emerged as one of the must-play golf tourna-ments in the country.”
“On behalf of Volkswagen Oman, I would also like to con-gratulate the winners of each of the qualifiers so far, as well as wish the very best of luck to all the players in the upcoming Grand Fi-nal,” he added.
The Volkswagen PowerPlay se-ries sees players enjoy an innova-tive format of gameplay, which is unique in the Sultanate. The for-
mat for the Grand Final will see all Order of Merit contestants offered the chance of additional risk holes, with unlimited PowerPlay options available across all 18 holes in the final. This exciting format of golf adds another dimension to the game, which makes it dramatic and intensely competitive, with winners more often than not being decided on count backs.
Now that all eight Volkswagen PowerPlay qualifying rounds have concluded, each player’s best four rounds will be collated, which will then produce a Grand Final Or-der of Merit. Through this unique format, any player within the top 30 stands a chance of winning the Grand Final, which will consist of up to 60 players in the main field in October 2016.
G O L F
FIRST PLACE: Mark Evans receives his first prize. – Supplied photo
Young Star and Asfandyar XI win at PSC Ramadan tourneyMUSCAT: Young Star and As-fandyar XI advance to next round of Pakistan Social Club-organized Omantel presented Ramadan tape ball cricket tournament.
In the matches played on Sun-
day night, Young Stars recorded a seven-wicket victory over Omar Al Khayyam while Asfandyar XI eased to 16-run win over IT Work.
ResultsOmar al Khayyam 78 for 5 in
8 overs lost to Young Star 79 for 3 in 7.3 overs. Asfandyar XI 107 for 3 in 8 overs (Suhrab Khan 62 n.o.) bt IT Work 91 for 5 in 8 overs. Man of the match: Suhrab Khan of Asfandyar XI.
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Chahal stars as India rout Zimbabwe
HARARE: A clinical India clinched the three-match One-day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe, pulling off another fine all-round show to crush the min-nows by eight wickets for an unas-sailable 2-0 lead, here on Monday.
It was a dominant performance yet again from the new-look In-dian side whose bowlers first skit-tled the hosts for a lowly 126 in 34.3 overs and the batsmen hardly broke a sweat to get past the target in only 26.5 overs.
If India manage a ‘whitewash’ by winning the third ODI on Wednes-day, then it would be a hat-trick of series wins for the Indian teams, maintaining a clean slate in the Af-
rican nation after their victories in 2013 and 2015.
If young leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (three for 25) broke the backbone of the Zimbabwe mid-dle-order, it was Ambati Rayudu who hit 41 off 44 balls to finish the game with a flourish.
With the target hardly posing any challenge, last match’s centu-rion KL Rahul (33) added 58 runs in company of Karun Nair (39 off
68 balls) for the opening stand. The Rayudu-Nair pair added 67 runs for the second wicket. Nair, on his part, got much-needed con-fidence with some runs under his belt but the manner in which he played was more about self pres-ervation on a slightly tricky track.
When Nair was finally gone try-ing to sweep a straight delivery from Graeme Cremer, India needed only two runs which Manish Pan-
dey completed with a boundary. But it was Rayudu, who hit a flurry of boundaries -- seven in all to finish the match with 23.1 overs to spare.
With ball darting around a bit, the Indian batsmen were cautious and Nair for one was lucky to get a reprieve when he edged one off Tendai Chatara only to find that the bowler had overstepped.
He celebrated his charmed life with a down the ground hit off
the very next ball. Nair also drove and pulled Chatara for a couple of boundaries to settle down into a good rhythm. Chatara was also handed some rough treatment from Rahul who got a couple of bounda-ries with a cover drive and a cut shot. He also got a couple of bounda-ries off seamer Taurai Muzarabani.
Rahul looked solid for at least an-other half-century but he dragged one from Chamu Chibhabha onto his stumps. He had four bounda-ries in his 50-ball knock.
Rayudu, who was unusually sub-dued during his half century in the first game, started with a couple of boundaries off Chatara followed by a couple of fours each off Elton Chigumbura and Chibhabha.
When Rayudu came into bat, Nair was on 22 but was on even keel with his junior partner by the time they reached the mid-30s score.
In the end, it was another lopsided contest that went India’s way with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni not needing to even wear his leg guards for the second time in a row.
Earlier, Chahal scalped three wickets as India produced another professional bowling effort to dis-miss a fragile Zimbabwe batting line-up for 126.
Zimbabwe lost their last seven wickets for 20 runs to be bundled out in 34.3 overs. Indian pacers Barinder Sran (two for 17) and Dhawal Kulkarni (two for 31) per-formed their duties early on before leggie Chahal joined the party.
Zimbabwe chose to open with Hamilton Masakadaza (9) and Chamu Chibhabha (21) this time but the move did not work as lack of application from the top-order left them struggling at 39 for three in 10 overs. - PTI
It was a dominant
performance yet
again from India
whose bowlers first
skittled the hosts for
126 in 34.3 overs and
the batsmen hardly
broke a sweat to
achieve the target in
just 26.5 overs
DOMINANT DISPLAY: India’s Axar Patel, right, makes an appeal against Zimbabwe’s Taurai
Muzarabani during their second ODI at the Harare Sports Club on Monday. – AFP
ZIMBABWEH. Masakadza c J. Bumrah b B. Sran 9C. Chibhabha lbw D. Kulkarni 21P. Moor lbw B. Sran 1V Sibanda c K. Jadhav b Y. Chahal 53Sikandar Raza c K. Jadhav b Y. Chahal 16E. Chigumbura lbw Y. Chahal 0R. Mutumbami c MS. Dhoni b J. Bumrah 2A. Cremer not out 7T. Chatara b D. Kulkarni 2T. Muzarabani lbw A. Patel 5S. Williama absent hurt Extras (lb-4, w-5, nb-1) 10Total (all out; 34.3 overs) 126Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-21, 3-39, 4-106, 5-106, 6-107, 7-112, 8-115, 9-126.
Bowling: B. Sran 6-1-17-2, D. Kulkarni 9-1-31-2, J. Bumrah 6-0-27-1, A. Patel 7.3-0-22-1, Y. Chahal 6-2-25-3.
INDIAL. Rahul b Chibhabha 33K. Nair lbw Sikandar Raza 39A. Rayudu not out 41M. Pandey not out 4Extras (lb-1, w-9,nb-2) 12Total (2 wkts, 26.5 overs) 129Fall of wickets: 1-58, 2-125.Bowling: T. Chatara 8-1-40-0, T. Muzara-bani 3-1-13-0, C. Chibhabha 9-1-31-1, A. Cremer 3-0-17-0, E. Chigumbura 2-0-20-0, Sikandar Raza 1.5-0-7-1.
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Belgium edge India, Britain rout
Korea, Australia down Germany
LONDON: Indian captain PR Sreejesh’s lacklustre show under the bar saw the team succumb to a 1-2 defeat by Belgium in the 36th Champions Trophy at the Lee Val-ley Hockey Centre here on Monday.
Sreejesh would be disappoint-ed to concede two goals through his pads against the dominant Belgians, resulting in India’s first loss in three outings of the ongo-ing Champions Trophy.
Alexander Hendrickx con-verted a penalty corner in the 25th minute and India equalised through Devender Walmiki five minutes later, but Jerome Truy-ens won the day for the Belgians through his field goal in the 44th.
This loss leaves India on four points from three outings. They will now play South Korea on Tues-day. This was the first win for Bel-gium in three outings. They join In-dia and hosts Great Britain on four points each from three matches.
Britain outplayed South Korea
4-1 for their first win in the tourna-ment, while world champions Aus-tralia consolidated their position atop the standings with a 4-3 vic-tory over Germany. Australia are now on seven points, while Germa-ny are at the bottom with just two points. South Korea have logged three points in as many games.
Goals from German captain Florian Fuchs in the 12th minute and Tobias Hauke in the 14th gave Germany a two-goal lead in the first quarter before Australia’s strikers got into action.
Glenn Turner (17tth) and Tris-tian White (22nd) made flash strikes for Australia in the space of five minutes to draw parity, but an open play goal by Fuchs put the Germans ahead in the 30th minute.
In the fast-paced encounter, a part of which was played in rain, Australia gradually seized the initiative. Blake Govers re-stored parity at 3-3 with a pen-alty corner conversion in the 40th
minute, and the match-winner came through a field goal by Aran Zalewski in the 51st minute.
The loss seems to have dashed Germany’s hopes of making the final as they now have just two points from three games. Da-vid Condon scored two goals for Great Britain, who opened the scoring through a seventh minute penalty stroke conversion by Ashley Johnson. The stroke was awarded because of an obstruc-tion committed on captain Barry Middleton in the goalmouth by goalkeeper Hong Doo-pyo.
Condon leaned forward to de-flect a cross from left for Britain’s second goal in the 18th minute, but the Koreans shot back with a penalty corner conversion by You Seung-ju four minutes later.
Alistair Brogdon got into goal-scoring action in the 33rd minute on a penalty corner and Condon rounded off the scoring with an-other field goal in the 46th. - PTI
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DiningSECTIONC L I F E STY L E T U E S DAY, J U N E 14 , 2 0 1 6
It is said taste travels faster than anything else in this world. I had to experience it to believe in it. Years back while I was on my
first single sojourn to Paris, I had almost everyone telling me that even before I visit the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre Museum I must taste the authentic French cuisine, globally renowned for its finesse and flavours.
And so I did. For the next few days I immersed myself fully in France’s culinary culture. I had a generous share of baguettes found in many flavours, Pain au Chocolat that is croissant filled with soft and smooth liquid dark chocolate, and some finest French cheese.
I also got a chance to try the traditional steaks, soufflés, and tarts of France. But then sud-denly my taste buds grew home-sick if not the heart and I pined for something that was familiar
to my palate. And so began my quest for
some warm buttery naan, spicy curries, and in short everything that was Indian. On a lazy after-noon while walking on the cob-bled streets of Paris, my eyes fell on a signage that nearly made my heart skip a beat —The Gandhi Ji’s, Indian Restaurant.
Totally perplexed and also filled with curiosity to know what connection there could be between Indian history’s icon-ic leader and Indian cuisine, I walked inside the restaurant.
The smell of tandoori and the familiar names of Indian dishes were proof enough I had fi-nally reached the place where I yearned to be. But what really surprised me was to see that the restaurant had a real tandoor and the dishes were prepared in authentic Indian way.
A sneak peek at the menu and I made up my mind. That afternoon
it would be nothing more than a plate of butter chicken accompa-nied by Indian bread.
The mildly spiced curry was made even more milder keeping in mind the local palate.
The rich, creamy and satisfy-ingly spicy butter chicken turned out to be a real delight.
True it wasn’t like the one that we get to eat in India but when food is cooked to suit dif-ferent tastes it doesn’t lose its soul and that’s how it transcends the geographical and cultural borders. Having its strong roots in Northern India, butter chick-en that is also known as murgh makhani has truly traversed the world and has made its home everywhere, from the Swiss Alps, Berlin, and Austria to Ma-laysia and Indonesia. The waiter at The Gandhi Ji shared with us little details on how the Indian restaurants remained crammed with locals and tourists who
came specifically asking for but-ter chicken, palak paneer, and curries on weekends. This deli-cious restaurant-style dish can also be made at home with sim-ple ingredients. Here we go with an easy butter chicken recipe.
Ingredients 4 onions, sliced in thin strips 2-3 tablespoons butter 2 chicken breasts, cut into
cubes 1 tablespoon ginger, finely chopped 1 tablespoon of garlic, finely chopped 1 cup tomato puree + 1tbsp
tomato sauce 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons lemon juice 2/3 cup cream 1/4 cup plain yoghurt 1 tablespoon garam masala 1 teaspoon chilli powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 3-4 tablespoons fresh
coriander leaves 1/4 cup slivered almonds
Preparation Cook the onion in butter until they are limp and soft, about sev-en minutes. In the meantime, cut the chicken in cubes. Remove the onions from the pan when they are cooked, leaving as much of the butter as possible.
Turn up the flame a bit and add the chicken. When the chicken is cooked well add the spices, ginger and garlic and stir for a while. Add a few table-spoons of water and the pureed tomato. Put the sautéed onion back into the pan and set to sim-mer. Squeeze in the lemon juice.
In a separate bowl take one tablespoon of tomato sauce in a bowl and mix it with the cream and the yoghurt. Add ga-ram masala, chilli powder and ground cumin. Stir in the cori-ander leaves. You can also gar-
nish with almond slivers. Serve with steamed rice or any Indian bread.
Muscat PalateIn Muscat this all time favourite Indian dish, is served in most of the Indian restaurants. The best ones are at:
Omar Al Khayyam Alauddin, Branch MQ+968 2460 0667Grand Hormuz, Seeb+968 2435 0500Begum’s, Al Khuwair+968 2448 2299Trishna, near (ABA)+968 9651 3841Copper Chimney, CBD area+968 2470 6420Jashn, Al Khuwair+968 2448 8521Taste of India+968 2449 0034
Bon Appétit with Butter Chicken Story Swati Dasgupta
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TO MARMUL-SALALAH (ROUTE 100)
07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily
10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily
10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily
19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily
TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)
06:00 Marmul 16:50 Daily
SALALAH TO DUBAI (ROUTE 102)
15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily
TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)
06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily
06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily
13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur
13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur
15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily
15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily
TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)
07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily
07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily
07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily
TO MUSCAT (RUWI)
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FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (ROUTE 36)
05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily
05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily
05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily
TO AL BURAIMI (ROUTE 41)
07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily
07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily
13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri
13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily
13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily
13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily
17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily
TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)
07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily
TO YANQUL (ROUTE 54)
06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily
06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily
TO IBRI (ARAQI) (ROUTE 54)
15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily
15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily
TO SUR (ROUTE 55)
06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily
14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily
TO YIBAL - FAHUD (ROUTE 62)
12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily
12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily
TO SALALAH -MARMUL (ROUTE 100)
07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily
10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily
10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily
19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily
TO MARMUL (ROUTE 101)
06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily
DUBAI TO SALALAH (ROUTE 102)
15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily
TO DUBAI (ROUTE 201)
07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily
07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily
13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri
13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri
15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily
15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily
FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH/SHARJAH (ROUTE 204)
16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily
16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily
16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily
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SHATTIMe Before You - (2D) (Drama ) (15+)Cast: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer9:30PMWelcome to Me - (2D) (Comedy | Romance) (15+)Cast: Kristen Wilg, James Marsden, Linda Cardellini11:45PMMoney Monster - (2D) (Crime |Drama | Thriller) (12+)Cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell10:30PMWarcraft - (3D) (Action| Adventure | Fantasy) (PG12)Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster9:15, 11:45PM
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AZAIBA X-Men: Apocalypse (3D) (Action |Adventure | Fantasy) (PG12) Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence11:15 PMWarcraft (3D) (Action | Adventure | Fantasy) (PG12) Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster11:45 PMFrog Kingdom (2D) (Adventure | Comedy) (PG) Cast: Belle Thorne, Gregg Sulkin, Dallas Lovato
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SOHARX-Men: Apocalypse PG12 (2D) (Action | Adventure |Fantasy)Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender,
Jennifer Lawrence11:45PMWarcraft PG12 (Action| Adventure | Fantasy)Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster10:15PMHousefull-3 PG12 (Hindi | Romantic |Comedy)Cast: Nargis Fakhri, Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez10:30PMMe Before You (15+) (Drama)Cast: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer9:15PMTe3n Hindi | Thriller (TBC)Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Nawaz Uddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan11:15PMA. Aa (Telugu | Comedy | Romance)Cast: Nithin K Reddy, Samantha Ruth Prabhu9:00PM
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Go With Me (Thriller)Cast: Julia Stiles, Alexander Ludwig, Anthony Hopkins11.45 p.m.CP No :1136 (12+)
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Send us a colour photograph of the child (below 17 years) whose birthday you are celebrating, along with his/her full name, date of birth, address, telephone number and parents’/your name to Times of Oman, With Love, PO Box 770, PC 112, Ruwi or through e-mail to [email protected]
WITH LOVE
ZAEEM MOHAMMEDJune 13. 2015
LIFESTYLEC8 T U E S DAY, J U N E 14 , 2 0 1 6
Turnip SouffléTake 500g turnips and cook until tender. Drain and mash. Melt 4 tablespoons butter, blend in 1 tablespoon flour, stir in 1/3 cup cream and slowly add to turnips. Cook for 5 minutes, add salt and pepper and 1 tablespoon grated onion. Beat 4 egg yolks and stir in hot turnip mixture. Beat egg whites and add to mixture. Bake for 25 minutes at 200 degrees C.
TURNIP
Braised Turnip Take 1kg chopped turnip and blanch in boiling salty water for 2-3 minutes. Drain the turnips and in a large skillet, sauté 1/2 cup shredded chicken. In another wok take 2 tablespoons butter and add 1/2 cup onion and cook until soft. Add the turnips, 1/2 cup chicken stock, 3/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon salt. Cover it and let it cook for 15-minutes till the liquid dries. Add the cooked chicken, 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, lemon juice of 1 lemon, and salt and pepper to taste. Toss the mix-ture well and serve.
Turnip Soup Heat 4 cups of milk. Do not boil. Add 2 tablespoons chopped onion, 2 cups finely grated turnip, and salt and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Separately take 2 tablespoons butter and 1 table-spoon flour and blend well. Add this mixture to the milk and cook on simmer until the soup gets a thicker consistency. Stir in white pepper and sprinkle chopped parsley leaves.
Turnip Pancake Take 1 cup mashed turnips, 2 cups mashed potatoes, 6 tablespoons flour, 1/2 cup mashed carrots, 1/2 cup chopped celery, 1/2 cup chopped onions, 2 eggs, unbeaten, salt and pepper to taste, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1 can of tuna, and 1 cup corn flakes. Mix all these ingredients well. Take a skillet and sprinkle little oil. Take a ladle full of the mixture and pour on it. Flatten each cake with back of the ladle and shape into pan cakes. Fry to a deep, golden brown on each side.
Turnip Fries Take 8-10 turnips, 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoon onion powder, and 1 teaspoon powdered paprika. Cut the tur-nips. Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Spray a large baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray. In a sealable plastic bag combine cheese, onion powder and paprika and add the turnips. Place them on a baking sheet. Bake 15-20 minutes or until turnips are ten-der and golden.
A root vegetable that is white on the bottom and
light purple on top, turnips are known for their sweet flavour.
Bake or boil it, add it to your stews, soups, and stir-fries,
there are many ways to enjoy this tasty root.
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*Tourist visa arranged
Spacious 4BHK with split A/C’S, 4
bathrooms & storeroom, near Church
roundabout, Mumtaz area.
Rent:R.O 575, Contact:99349672
Office for rent in Al Ansab near
bank Muscat. Contact: 99466173
3 Rooms, 2 Toilets Flat for Rent.
18 November Street. Near Mars
Hypermarket and The Chedi.
Ghobrah -Good for Commercial or
Residential use. OMR 295/- month.
Call 94477222
1000.00M2 Industrial plot com-
pound wall & two room at Misfah
I/A. Contact: 99342733
1BHK new bldg with A/C curtains
near Khimji mart MBD.
Contact: 99061408/99024039
1000 Sqmtrs industrial land for
rent in Ghala suitable for ware-
house workshop etc.
Contact 24700120 /92584715
2 Bed rooms flat with hall,
2 bathrooms in Darsait near Mus-
cat Municipality.
Contact: 92584715/ 24700120
2 BHK flat near Indian school
Wadi Kabir. Contact: 24714625
/91173997
Office / showroom with area
approx.80m2 at Qurum prime loca-
tion. #: 24714625 / 91173997
Villa for rent at Azaiba, near al
Meera hypermarket. 4 Bedrooms,
3 toilets, kitchen, sitting room and
dining room. This will include
curtains and air conditioners.
Sharing is allowed ro.500/-.
Please call 99469203
Flats for rent near Indian school in
Wadi Kabir. Contact 99777122
Room for rent with sharing, kitch-
en in Al Khuwair behind Burger
King. Contact: 92994415
Shop, store for rent in Wadi Kabir.
Contact: 95455181
2 Bedroom villa with hall , 2 toilets
, parking in Mawalah near City
Center , 1 bedroom ,1 toilets , Kitchen
& hall. Contact: 93930352
Double bedroom flats and shops
available in Honda road, Ruwi
and Mabela. Please contact-
24833972/24833974 -
99367448
2 Bedroom centrally air con-
ditioned flat in CBD near cen-
tral Bank. Contact: 24714625 /
99053493
Athaiba 2 bed, 1 bath room,
sitting, kitchen with split AC
behind Zubair Showroom
rent 310 R.O. Contact: 99879939
Ghubra & Al Khuwair, 1 bed room,
hall. Contact: 90991079
Athaiba 2bed, 2 bathroom, sit-
ting, kitchen with Split a/c behind
Zubair show room rent 350/-R.O.
Contact: 99879939
Wadi Kabeer Industrial 80 sm
show rooms for rent 400/- R.O.
Contact: 99879939
Flat for rent in Al Qurum, 3 rooms &
hall. Contact: 91763660
Flats in Muttrah. Contact
94051789 / 97201688
Flats for rent in Mumtaz, 2 bed-
rooms , hall Way no 3352 building
no. 3447 & 3668. Contact: 90991079
Two bedrooms flat behind Ger-
man Embassy near to Al Nahda
Hospital. Contact: 99209354
Villa for rent four spacious bath
attached bed rooms, private swim-
ming pool. gymnasium (common)
with electrical equipment and free
maintenance secured compound
at Madinat AL Ilam.
Contact: 98027975
Apartment 2 bed room + sitting
room with split A/C at Al Ansab
heights R.O 300 monthly.
Contact: 93993354
4 BHK villa Qurum R.O 550/-.
Contact: 92144045
1BHK Al Khuwair R.O 220/-.
Contact: 99138696
1 BHK Ghubra R.O 275/-.
Contact: 92144045
1,2 BHK Mumtaz. Contact: 92144045
1,2 BHK Darsait. Contact: 92144045
3 BHK at Al Khuwair. Contact: 92144045
Flats in Darsait. Contact 94051789 / 97201688
Flats in Wadi Kabir. Contact
94051789 / 97201688
Flat for rent 2 BHK in Darsait
North near Indian School about
200 mtrs, rent RO 300/-.
Contact: 94101134
Fully Furnished apartments in
Boucher (35). Contact 94051789 /
97201688
Offices and flats in Ghala.
Contact 94051789 / 97201688
Offices & Showrooms in Al Khood.
Contact 94051789 / 97201688
Flats in Qurum. Contact
94051789 / 97201688
Flats in Ghobrah. Contact
94051789 / 97201688
Brand new villas in Al Ansab.
Contact 94051789-97201688
Flats in Al khuwair. Contact
94051789-97201688
2BHK Wadi Kabir behind
Pioneer Hotel Apartment.
Contact: 99261522
5 BHK villa in Al Khuwair.
Contact 99792181
2 BHK flat in Ghubra.
Contact 99792181
One bedroom flat for rent near
Indian School Darsait. Contact:
99322363 / 95453813
Villa in Al Khuwair, 6 rooms,
living room & hall.
Contact: 91153933
Flat for rent in Darsait 1BHK.
Contact: 99357586 / 97500025 /
97500021
One bedroom detached unit Al
Hail South includes room, modern
kitchen, sitting & laundry R.O 175/-
Monthly including water, negotia-
ble. Contact: 99207840
Villa for rent at Azaiba, near Al
Meera hypermarket, 4 bedrooms,
3 toilets, kitchen, sitting room
and dining room, this will include
curtains and air conditioners.
RO 520/-. Contact 99469203
2000 sqft land with p/cabin,
toilets at YETI. Contact 99221683
/ 92830110
Flat for rent in Ruwi Al Mumtaz
area 300/- R.O 2BHK, sitting room,
hall, 2 bathrooms, kitchen with
A/C. Contact: 99268676
Flats, shops & store for rent in
MBD area Ruwi, Mumtaz area.
Contact: 97293708 / 92433127
Deluxe two bedroom flat at
Mumtaz area, two bathrooms, good
size living/dining room, modern
kitchen and a guest bathroom.
Contact 99310375
Villa for rent in South Mabellah,
3 bedrooms, sitting room, family
Lounge, kitchen, three Toilets Contact
92212212 between 10 AM to 5 PM.
Office 55SQ.Mtrs & 2B/R at Bausher
directly from owner.# 92158031
Ruwi office space for rent,
Saravana Bhava Building.
Contact: 95729549
Just 2 OMR / Sqm, Showroom /
store for rent Ground floor & base-
ment, area - 1100 Sqm, location
Seh Al Ahmer, 20 km to Rusayl.
Contact: 97714433 / 93437982
Flats for rent at Just RO 160/- 2
Bed room, hall, kitchen , 2 toilets,
location Seh Al Ahmer, 20 KM to
Rusayl, including AC & roof Garden.
Contact: 97714433 / 93437982
For rent 1BHK flat in Wadi Kabeer
160/-R.O. Contact: 99376454
Flat for rent in Al Mawaleh South
3, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, hall,
kitchen & store with air condition.
Contact 98575157
DAILY GUIDET U E S D AY, J U N E 1 4 , 2 0 1 6 D3
FOR RENT
2 & 3 BHK new flat in Wadi Kabir.
Contact 99792181
1 BHK furnish flat for rent in Ham-
riya roundabout. Contact 99792181
1 & 2 BHK flat in AL Khuwair.
Contact 99792181
3000 sq mtrs land in Rusayl.
Contact 99792181
3 BHK flat at Azaiba, Opp. Sultan
Centre. Contact 99261522
Shop for rent at Wadi Kabir Indus-
trial area. Contact: 99888390
1 B/R Fully Furnished Luxury
Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33, 2
B/R Fully Furnished Luxury
Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33, 4
B/R Unfurnished Apartment with
attached Split A/C @ Azaiba. For
Short Term or Long Term lease.
Contact: Atlas Real Estate & Rent A
Car LLC : 99249069 / 94617563/
99436312/ 92888376,
Email: [email protected]
3000 Sqr mtrs compound land in
Misfah. Contact 99792181
Flat for rent 2 BHK 2 split A/C,
2 toilets, Wadi Kabir near Kuwaiti
Masjid. Contact: 97007934 /
92629232
House in North Al Hail with 3
rooms, living room, hall, 4 toilets
300 RO. Contact 99738881 /
99439568
Plot at Barka next to Germany Col-
lege & next to Aramex Company,
next to Bahwan Warehouse, next to
Omasco warehouse 37,074 SQM2
required 0.250 Baiza per SQM.
Contact: 99888390
Flats in Al Khuwair, Al Ghubra,
Azaiba, Wadi Kabeer, Darsait,
Hamriya, Al Hail & Seeb.
Contact: 24182000 / 95250300 /
99110600
Shop in Seeb market. Contact:
24182000 / 95250300/ 99110600
Flat for rent in Al Khuwair 33.
Contact: 92277419
1BHK at Hamriya near Muscat
Pharmacy & 2 BHK at Mawaleh
near Mosque Sadiq Al Amin.
Contact: 99224748 / 99332297
Villa for rent in Al Ghubrah,
5 rooms, hall. Contact: 91763665
ACC. AVAILABLE
ACC. AVAILABLE
LLC Company for sale with one
investor visa approval.
Contact : 98532470
Email: [email protected]
Expat Leaving, Electronics and
Furniture for sale - Excellent Con-
dition, LG TV 60” 3D Smart, Onkyo
Receiver, A Show Case, Full length
designer curtains, Dishwasher Sie-
mens, Samsung Fridge, Washing
Machine Samsung, portable table
for TV, Inflatable beds and camp,
sofa cum bed.
Contact Rajesh 99145246
For sale land in Barka Saqsooq
industrial 1050 SQ with room in-
side the land for more information
.Contact: 98826915
Family restaurant for sale in Heart
of Wadi Kabir party hall for 120 pp.
Contact: 99321792
3 BHK flats for sale/ rent at Greater
Muttrah, Dar AL Maha.
Contact: 99321792
Show room for sale in Al Ghubra
prime location. Contact : 91317523
Luxury Apartments in Boucher
(35) / Ghala / Qurum. Contact
95056808 / 97201688
Shop for sale opp Towell Service
Center, Wadi Kabir.
Contact 99221683
Atlas Copco Explorac R50 Drill
Rig suitable to drill 100 mm to 600
mm dia hole mounted on Scania
P124, 4x4 HZ 2007 model with
12” class DTH Hammer & 500 mm
bit. Atlas Copco Air compressor
XAHS 536 (25Bar, 1136 CFM) in
good condition, prices negotiable.
Contact: 95244907 / 95229292
Book Shop in a busy shopping
mall for sale, interested parties
please contact 99851255
Separate entrance attach bath for
exertive bachelor.
Contact: 93231403 /93324458
Sharing room at Ruwi for RO 50/-.
Contact: 99385287
Sharing accommodation (fur-
nished & with A/C) with kitchen
facility available near Al Falaj hotel
in Ruwi. Contact 92704439
Furnished apartment for rent,
two rooms, majlis, hall, kitchen.
Near Carrefour al-mawalah.
Contact 99336776
One room available in 2BHK in Al
Falaj area for Executive bachelor
only. Contact 99131742.
Room for rent in Qurum attached
bathroom and kitchen.
Contact: 99664703
Sharing accommodation
near ISD. Contact: 99657340
Furnished sharing accommoda-
tion available at Walja family /
Ex bachelor. Contact: 93223278
Room with attached bathroom for
a family in Wadi Kabir.
Contact: 97167857
Room available for Executive
bachelor at Al Hail.
Contact 96234708
Independent room in Qurum /
Hail. Contact: 95529970
Furnish bedroom with attach
bathroom for executive bachelor.
Contact: 97704794
1 BHK appartment for rent in
Al Khoud Shabiya near mazoon
mosque for rent (next to alkhoud
medical center and squ)
MOB: 93913224
Room with attached bathroom
and sharing kitchen available for
Executive bachelor or
small family at wadikabir.
Contact 93049849
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Dental chairs for sale sparingly
used dental units for sale.
Contact Mr. Ansari 92616343.
Kumar 99570284
Shop for sale near Oman House,
Muttrah. Contact 99024362.
Shop for sale at Ruwi high street.
Contact: 98787853
Furnished office at Ruwi near
Sheraton Hotel. Contact: 93993897
Running pharmacy for sale on
main road in Barka with Pharma-
cist. Contact: 99452755
1No brand new containerized
package type STP 100 m3/ day
with blower equipments (suitable
for camps). Serious Buyers may.
Contact: 99445367
Double Shutter 80 sq mtrs corner
textile shop in Seeb Souq for sale.
Contact 99326339
HD Scaffoldings, Shuttering
Jacks, Wooden Planks, Shuttering
wood assorted, Tower hoist (lift),
Concrete Mixer, Bending Machine,
Steel Fabrication Machinery
(Searing/Cutting, lathe & Welding)
including tools for immediate sale:
Contact 99273774/ 99202278
Working beauty parlor for sale
Al Ghubra. Contact: 98178135
Single colorful Bed and Sofa for Sale
at Al Khuwair. Contact 92881849 /
What`s up No 97290565
Steel Scrap materials for im-
mediate sale. Contact 99273774/
99202278
Space for printing press available
at wadikabir with or without
machinery. Contact 99328430
Almost new beach/ garden
lounge chairs /bar stools/ counter.
Photos can be sent 95865457
Villa for sale in Mabela 6 rooms,
living room & hall. #91763665
Urgent sale of steel scrap only
serious buyers kindly contact
+968 96725423 for viewing the
items.
Flat for rent in Al Khoud, 2 rooms
& hall. Contact: 917633665
2BHK split A/C 200/- Monthly
& 1BHK spilt A/C 150/- monthly
new building good location Barka
Market. contact 99342661
1 Bed room, sharing K& T, R.O 100,
2 bedrooms , sharing K& T R.O
200/- in AL Khuwair.
Contact: 95154331
Warehouse at Wadikabir - total
area 3500 sqm - covered ware-
house (500sqm), office, ac-
commodation (1000sqm), open
area (2000sqm) please contact:
99273774 - 99202278
Flat in Al Khuwair opp
grand mall 4 room 3 toilet + hall
kitchen in 3 floor 400.
Contact 99420346
Flat for rent in South AlGhubrah
3 rooms, hall and 3 toilets, kitchen
rent 450/-. Contact: 99335580
For rent New flats at Darsait
Al Sahail. Contact: 99777351
Villa for rent in Al Khoud, 6 rooms,
hall. Contact: 91763665
2 bed rooms flat with hall,
2 bathrooms in Darsait near
Muscat Municipality.
Contact: 92584715/ 24700120
1 BHK and 2BHK Flats available
near Lulu Darsait
(Main road, Opp. to Min. of Defense).
Contact : 93202733
02 BHK residential flat opposite
to Al Nahdha hospital.
Contact: 99342733 /99795241
5 BHK Villa in Al Khuwair, for Staff
Accommodation. Contact 99792181
2 & 3 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair &
Ghubra. Contact 99792181
1700 sqr mtrs open Land + small
store + garage for Rent in Ruwi.
Contact 99792181
4 BHK Villa in Bowsher Heights.
Contact 99792181
Flat for Rent 2 bed room Near ISM
muscat Indian Scoole Dar sate
Tel : 00 968 95158570
Furnished office (61M2) for sale
/ rent Al Khuwair near Zawawi
Mosque. Contact: 95611569
Clinic license for Sale and Phar-macy for lease : specialized Clinic
license with Pharmacy license for
sale. Send your enquiry:
Contact: 97092099 / 97253669
Executive lady room & bathroom
in Wadi Kabir & room, bathroom
for executives in Wadi Kabir.
Contact: 99336206
FORRENTContact
96177505
In MSQ. Near ABA school one villa for rent 6 rooms
+ 4 bathrooms+ house maid room +AC split unit + swimming pool
One fl at in CBD 2 bedrooms + sitting room + 2 bathrooms + Kitchen
One fl at in Qurum 29 – two rooms + AC split unit + 2 bathrooms + Kitchen
In Al Hail one offi ce space – (Near Main Road) one room attach with bathroom and kitchen.
2BHK Big Size Flat Behind Bank
Muscat, Wadi Kabir. Near ISWK.
97826454, 24815012.
2BHK split A/C for rent Muttrah
near Oman House.
Contact: 97007934 / 92629232
FOR SALESHUTTERING
PLYWOOD
SIZE : 4’ X 8’ X 18MM
GSM:92835445,93205253,93205423
I KunhAbdulla Kannadi Poyil (holder of Indian passport No.
G2361117) Son of Mohammed
Kannadipoyil having permanent
residence in Kothchalih Narath
Kannadi Paramba, Kannur Dt.
Kerala ( complete postal address
in India ) and presently P.B No. 141
PC 112 Ruwi (complete postal in
Oman) intend to change my name
from Kunhabdulla Kannadi Poyil
(old name) to Abdulla Poluppi-
yil ( new name) for all practical
purpose. Any objection towards my
name change may please be com-
municated to Embassy of India,
Muscat, diplomatic Quarters, AL
Khuwair, P.Box No, 1727 postal code
112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.
Room available for family / bachelor
opposite to o.K. Center, Ruwi. Gsm
942-888-63
Furnished room attached bath for
Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj Ruwi &
lady Wadi Kabir near
Mars hypermarket.
CONTACT 96202458/96761960
Sharing Accommodation avail-
able for working ladies opposite
Al Nadhah Hospital. Preferably
Indians. Room with seperate toilet
and sharing kitchen.RO.90.
Contact 96524717
Room available in Mumtaz area
1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1
room, common bathroom. Inter-
ested pleasecontact 92680041
Mr. Altaf
ACC. WANTED
Urgently required Villa with 8
rooms near Bausher/Ghala/Al
Ansab area for accommodation of
Staff from a reputed company in
Oman. Interested party may con-
tact - Mr. Pramith 99694150
Roseline Machoka Araka has lost
Kenyan Passport No. A 1871261.
Finder please handover to ROP
*Classified Advertisement space booking with text,
should be done till 12.00 noon for next day’s publication.
* Subject to space availability
DAILY GUIDED4 T U E S D AY, J U N E 1 4 , 2 0 1 6
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
DRIVER
MISCELLANEOUS
ENGINEER/MECHANIC.
ACCOUNTS
CATERING
BEAUTICIAN
ARTIST
SKILLED / UNSKILLED
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
ACCOUNT. & FINANCE
DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN
DOMESTIC HELPER
ARCHITECT
MEDICAL
IT
Required Indian Mason – 5 nos., eligibility (minimum 5 yrs experi-
ence in road construction field).
Contact: 99882127
Email: [email protected]
Required Shop Sales man + Hard-ware Technician for IT Company
with minimum 2 years experience.
Contact: 98825806 / 98825806,
Email: [email protected]
ADMIN
House maid cooking cleaning
experienced with babies required
immediately. Contact: 95584060 /
98920399
House maid for Omani family.
Contact: 99773100
Indian 50 years, B.Com MBA
Finance Manager 26 years Gulf
experienced English, Arabic speak-
ing driving license with NOC.
Contact: 95588565
Indian male Chartered Account-
ant 2 years experience in Oman
having Oman driving license
looking for suitable placement in
finance or audit field NOC avail-
able. Contact : 96357827
Email: [email protected]
Accountant Having 5 Years expe-
rience in reputed companies.
Currently working in Muscat
(NOC AVAILABLE) GSM.91367217
Email [email protected]
Indian/MBA/male Chief Accountant 18Yrs Experi-
ence, MIS, C.Flow, Budgeting,
ERP, Cost accounting &Liasing
with auditors. NOC available.
Contact: 92254691/97826674
email: [email protected]
Indian male 27 yrs, MBA finance
with 4 years experience currently
in Muscat on visit visa seeking
suitable placement in finance /
admin. Contact: 90921724
Required candidates for following
posts: Accountant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driving
license preferred.
Contact 99273774/99202278
Filipino Cabin steward / Linen
vallet is looking for suitable job in
Oman. Contact: +968 91065438 or
email: [email protected]
CATERING
Urgently required heavy duty Drivers with licence. Contact 99344112
Wanted a experience Driver for Capital and Interior work.
Gsm : 942-888-63
Required Omani Driver for a restau-
rant. Contact 95929911
Urgently required Driver & A/C technician. Contact: 94147874 /
24504281/ 97014234 Email:
Building materials company need Sales Engineer with engineering
graduate Omani driving license
good experience, speak
English fluently. Please send the
CV through below mail
Testing / Protection Engineer with minimum 05 years of experi-
ence and should have
Oman DCRP license, Interested
candidates send resume to
Indian male 43 yrs accountant pres-
ently on tourist visa looking for suit-
able placement in a company 18yrs
experience in managing finance in
Indian and abroad.
Contact: 90190648
Young Indian male 28 years CA
Final first group completed MBA
finance BBM 3 years CA training
experience looking for suitable
placement currently in visiting visa.
Contact: +968 99782750 Email:
Indian male 25 yrs Bachelor degree
computer science with 1 year experi-
ence accountant & System Adminis-
trator presenting visiting looking for
suitable placement Software project
management office and field.
Contact: 93356490 / 93672954
Email: [email protected]
Accountant Indian male, 6 years
experience up to finalization in tally
with reporting knowledge & good
knowledge of payroll, having Oman
D/L, NOC. Contact: 92540313
Accountant , female , 1 &half
years experience up to finalization
in tally, good knowledge in report-
ing, pursuing ACCA, valid D/L.
Contact: 95373751
Chief Accountant/Finance Man-
ager – Indian male, CA Finalist,
having 20 years’ experience in
Finance, Accounts, Audit, Finaliza-
tion of Accounts, preparation of
Project Reports etc., looking for
immediate placement. 12 yrs. in
Oman in Construction and Consul-
tancy co., have Omani D/L,
knows Tally. Contact 94041048,
Email : [email protected]
Accountant MBA finance with 8
years experience on a visit visa.
Contact: 968 91736849
28/male/MBA - finance/B.Com -
Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/
India experience looking for a suit-
able placement. Contact 90187483
Care Medical Centre Al Seeb
requires Gynecologist and General Practitioner. Mail CV to:
Wanted Staff Nurse for
a dermatology clinic in Muscat .
Must have MOH license and NOC.
Attractive salary offered. Email:
Urgently required for a Medical Centre (male / female) GP Doctor, Pediatrician, Gynecologist with
MOH license, for job or
running the clinic. Send your CV
Contact: 97092099 / 97253669
Orthodontist for Dental Center in Muscat, Specialist Endodontist & General Dentist with MOH license
from Oman. Nurses & Marketing
female Executive. Contact:
GP doctor needed for reputed clin-
ic. Preferably with MOH license or
with Dataflow & Paramatics pass
Contact: 95388934
Urgently required experienced female Lab Technician, with knowl-
edge of histopathology & cytology,
with MOH release, for a well-known
laboratory in Al Khuwair. Contact:
95271561/98893034
Urgently required Pharmacist for a Pharmacy in Barka.
Contact: 99452755
Wanted a Nurse with MOH or
without MOH for work in private
clinic in Al Khuwair. Send the CV
Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Technician and pharmacologist immediately
for a clinic in Suwaiq. # 95081010
Email: [email protected]
SALES / MARKETING
SALES / MARKETING
Urgent Required, Outdoor sales 3-5 years of experience in spare
part. - Store Keeper 2 years experience. -Accountant 2-3 years experience.-4 Store labors. All Candidates should be Indian,
English speakers. NOC is a must.
Email: Muscat.supply13@gmail.
com Fax: 24504723
Air Conditioning company required experienced Sales Executive with driving
license. Send CV to
Fax: 24799442
Require Salesman with D/L for
construction, Ind materials,
hydraulic hoses & fittings.
Contact 99221683 / 92830110
Branch Manger required to
manage entire Business.
[email protected] 99110080
A Building material company is
looking for GCC experienced wood / false ceiling products sales person. Contact:
A Building material company
is looking for GCC experienced
hardware products sales person. Contact: [email protected]
Wanted Salesman for an elevator
company 3 yrs exp English lan-
guage must. NOC required.
Send resume to
pioneersoverall.operation@gmail.
com Contact: 968 94496661
A new Sanitary ware Company looking for a Salesman who has
experience in Oman markets not
than 5 years. Send C.V :
Required marketing / PR manager
for a modern restaurant group in
Oman , proficient in illustrator &
Photoshop charismatic , proactive ,
creative & flexible excellent writing
/ Editing skills degree in relevant
area fluent in English. Send CV to
Required smart, young, dynamic Sales & Marketing Executive hav-
ing 2-3 years sales experience for
a reputed manufacturing company
in Oman, having its Head Office in
Ruwi. Experience in building mate-
rials is an added advantage. Omani
Driving License and NOC is a must.
Attractive remuneration package.
Apply with photograph to
E-mail: [email protected]
Indian Female, MBA-HR having
8+ experience in Administration/
HR, Customer Support, Office Coor-
dinator with good Computer skill,
Now on Visit Visa,looking for suit-
able position. Contact: 90196235
Indian female MBA / HR, 2.5
experience seeking suitable job.
Contact: 99257214
Indian female, 27, MCA, 2 yrs
experience in Administration and
HR in India & Oman. Currently in
family visa seeking suitable jobs
preferably in Muscat.
Contact.99417993
Indian/ 23yrs female/ 5yrs GCC
experience with NOC looking for a
suitable position in HR/Admin/Ac-
counts/BD. Contact: +96890656997
Indian female with nearly 10
years of Oman experience in
Administration & HR, seeking suit-
able placement. NOC available.
Contact: 99242841
Filipino HRD especialist / material
controller supervisor with 18 yrs
experience looking for suitable job
in Oman. Contact: (+968) 98037142
/ (+968) 92659817
Young Omani male have experi-
ence 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK
Helper Supervisor Admin Supervi-
sor, H.R Manager have diploma in
H.S.E, IT and P.D.O license, looking
for H.R position or P.R.O part time
or full time. Contact: 95933288
A Muslim house cook required, not more than 40 years old. Please
fax your CV to 24953530 or email
at [email protected] or
Contact 92851558.
Shawarma / grill / Salad / Asian Cook. Contact: 95529970
WANTED Female Gynaecologist,
Female GP- Two Female Staff Nurse
(From India or Pilipino)and One
Female Dental Assist and
Female Lab Technician. With MOH Licence and Data Flow for
Al Saadi Specilised Medical Centre, Musanna.
Contact # 92025033, Email : [email protected]
An Omani Audit firm is seeking audit partner to join the firm, the
candidate should be completed
any certificate course CIA,CPA,
CA, ACC, and 4 years’ experience,
interested candidates to submit
their CVs to :
An Omani Audit firm is seeking audit partner to join the firm, the
candidate should be completed
any certificate course CIA,CPA,
CA, ACC, and 4 years’ experience,
interested candidates to submit
their CVs to :
Urgently required operator for a
new stationary block factory. Send
CV to [email protected]
Contact: 97092070
Accountant 8Years Experience
with D/L and NOC.
Contact 97712084
Accountant available with NOC,
7 years experience in Oman.
Ready to join immediately.
Contact 98263394
Chief Accountant well experi-
enced with reputed group.
Contact : 98803439 / 97413784.
Indian male 36 yrs B.Com having
10 yrs experience (5 yrs in K.S.A)
with valid GCC License account-
ing (Tally) & Marketing looking for
suitable placement available in
Oman visit visa.
Contact: 95352176
Email: [email protected]
Indian male, 34 years, B.Com,
experience in Accounts, Market-
ing & Administration over all more
than 9 years of experience in GCC
(Bahrain & Oman) is currently
looking for suitable job having D/L
& NOC. Contact: 99548543
Part time accounting workers up
to finalization, on monthly basis &
yearly finalization works.
Contact : 96247295
B.Com Graduate 10 years experi-
ence in Accounts & Auditing up
to finalization, Tally ERP with
valid driving license. NOC avail-
able. Contact: 95716128 Email:
Indian male with good experience
in Admin, Accounts, Tally ERP 9,
looking for a suitable position. NOC
available. Contact: 94834687
Well experienced Account M.Com
available with NOC, Tally & ERP.
Contact : 99035707
Indian female 28 yrs B.Com 4 yrs
experience in MNC’s currently in
Muscat seeking suitable place-
ment in Finance / Admin.
Contact: 94743790
Indian male 34 yrs, M.Com –
Finance with 5 yrs experience in
Accounts in India,
presently in visiting visa looking
for a suitable placement.
Contact: 93671785
Email: [email protected]
Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA
Finance and marketing with IT
skills, 7+ yrs of experience,
Looking for suitable placement.
contact 94879615,Email-
Sudanese Accountant, Alexandria
University Graduate bachelor of
commerce Diploma of Marketing
professional photographer worked
in PR and social media for 2 years
looking for a job in public relations
media, social media or marketing.
Contact: 96976240
ACCA member with 6 yrs of
experience in Oman looking for a
suitable job in finance.
Contact: 99284193
Indian, Kerala Male B.COM & B.PE,
Currently on Visit Visa. Looking for
a suitable job in Accounts, Store
Keeper, Sales etc. Ready to join as
early as possible.
Contact: 96988923
email:- [email protected]
Construction Company looking for Architect with experience in
Oman. Contact 97192707
Urgently required a Gulf experi-enced professional hair dresser cum beautician (lady) for a
reputed beauty salon. Immediate
appointment. Contact: 99816262
/ 98557585 Fax: 24796211 Email:
Beauty salon needs lady for
henna. Contact: 93336061
5 Years experienced front office &
Banking, Indian male 28 yrs, hotel
management Graduate. Search-
ing for suitable position, English,
Hindi, Malayalam & Arabic fluent.
NOC available. Contact - 91383167
Indian (Male) having 17+years
Experience in Trading & Health-
care seeking senior Position in
Accounts (11 years GCC Experi-
ence)currently on Resident Visa
(NOC Available) and has a valid
Omani Driving Licence. Contact:
91335026; [email protected]
Indian male age 26, Accountant
one year experience in accounts
looking for suitable job. Contact -
Email: Anishkhan991867@gmail.
Com Mobile: +968 9565 9415
Qualified and experienced MBA
post graduate with proven work
exposure in Middle East & India,
having more than 5.5 years of rich
experience in accounts , project
coordination and administration in
(3.5 years UAE experience) oil and
gas projects is currently looking for
suitable job. Contact 93953613,
Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in
commerce, overall 5 yrs exp in
accounts/ finance field. On visit
visa. Immediately available.
Contact 92836216 /
DRIVER
Driver with light duty license 10 yrs
exp. Contact: 94566432
13 years experience driver.
Contact 95068976
Experience driver 12 years experi-
ence in GCC, seeks suitable place-
ment. Contact: 93722881
Search job for light driver, experi-
ence 3 years, language Hindi, Eng-
lish & Arabic. Contact: 92458526/
97941771
Looking for job heavy license P.D.O.
Contact: 92073175 / 95606146
Looking for driver job (private).
Contact: 98053733
Looking for driving job. Contact: 93650209
SITUATION SIT. WANTED
SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED
Artist M.FA having 20 years expe-
rience of oil painting, water color,
wall picture making & portrait in
Oman seeking job with related Arts
field. Contact: 92635029
Architect looking for a freelance
work in designing am modeling
in 3D program and architecture.
Contact: 96041201
Architect Engineer seeking for
suitable job, 8 years experience.
GSM : 96075000, Email :
Indian female diploma architect
6 years exp in Oman Engineering
consultancy, valid Oman driving
license. Contact: 96683293 /
97750870
Architect female 5 years experi-
ence seeking job. Contact: 96146645
Email: [email protected]
ARCHITECT
Qualified banking & Accounts
management profesional seeking
suitable job opportunities. Current-
ly working in India with ICIC Bank.
Email: [email protected]
Contact# 919755550181
Qualified banking & Accounts
management profesional seeking
suitable job opportunities.
Currently working in India
with ICIC Bank.
Email: sheemoljohn@rediffmail.
com Contact# 919755550181
WANTED SALES ENGINEER A REPUTED TRADING COMPANY DEALING
WITH AGENCY PRODUCTS IN OIL & GAS, PETROCHEMICALS AND POWER
SECTORS, IS LOOKING FOR A SALES ENGINEER
HAVING AN EXPERIENCE OF 2-3 YEARS IN DEALING WITH PIPING MATERIALS,
VALVES, INSTRUMENTATION ITEMS, CABLES, FLARE PACKAGES ETC.
HAVING VALID OMAN DRIVING LICENCE AND CANDIDATES WHO CAN GET A NOC
FROM THE CURRENT EMPLOYER MAY APPLY TO :
URGENTLY REQUIRED
PROJECT MANAGER for a Construction Company.
The candidate should be a
Civil Engineer Graduate with
minimum 10 years Oman
experience with valid driving
license. He should have a
proven track record in the fi eld.
Please send CV to -
Required female person to work
at the retail shop/Marketing.
Please send your CV on e mail:
Architectural Draftsmen diploma
in construction technology with 6
years experience in drafting and
detailing as per British standard
in Oman with valid Omani license
looking for suitable opportunity
Noc available. Call 94375897.
Autocad works freelance, MEP, Civil
works, Interior, 2d/3d, BOQ etc.
Contact 97103168
Revit, Autocad D/man, expected
salary 200 OMR PH :92279784
Filipino Senior Revit/AutoCAD
Draftsman with 20 years profes-
sional experience is looking for suit-
able job in Oman. Please Contact:
96489798, (+974) 66653780.
Procurement ManagerSale Manager/B2C Expertise
Marketing Manager/ B2B ExpertiseShowroom Manager Store Manager
Warehouse Assistant Graphic Designer Cashier
Excellent grade construction company requires the following for its building material showroom
Kindly check conditions on our website & upload your CV in career page
WWW.DURAT.OM
URGENTLY REQUIRED
Minimum 2 years experience good
Fax # 24600217 or
Indian Male MBA (UK), 9 years experience in Dubai/London/
Mumbai in Management Consulting,
Sales & Marketing, Business
Development for Real Estate/Banking
seeks similar placement with D/L.
Contact: 95168205
DAILY GUIDET U E S D AY, J U N E 1 4 , 2 0 1 6 D5
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
EDUCATION/TRAINING
HOSPITALITY
ENGG. / TECH./MECH.
ENGG. / TECH./MECH.
Indian male 24 years dynamic &
professional B.Tech (Mech. Engg)
with 1 year experience working
on BPCL project in India seeks
opening for suitable post, currently
in Oman. Contact: 93672286 /
97772272
B.E Mechanical Engineer, age 24
with almost 1 year experience as
Production Shift Engineer, has
achieved training on HVAC
Engineering design and has good
hands on software like AutoCAD
and HAP.Currently in Oman on a
visit visa, looking for a suitable
placement.Contact: 95065955
email: [email protected]
Mechanical Engineer, B.Tech (Post
Graduate) looking for suitable
placement. Contact: 99576846
Email: rajeevt@modern-irrigation.
com
Civil Engineer holder three years,
exp UAE & Oman 9 years, I want
job in civil work civil site Engineer.
Contact: 95714327
Email: [email protected]
Indian Mechanical supervisor
(diploma) 17 yrs experience in pet-
rochemical construction (fabrica-
tion frection in all steel structural
and suitable placement.
Contact: 90924467
Email: [email protected]
Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech)
Indian male with 1 year experience
on visit visa looking for job, quali-
fication in QA-QC, HVAC& piping
engineering.
Contact: 90510800 Email:
Highly experienced mechanical/steel structural fabrication Engineer
looking for suitable placement. NOC
available. Contact: 99860714,
Email: [email protected].
Civil Engineer fresh Graduate with
Omani driving license looking for
job in any construction company.
Contact: 91745797 / 99190898
Email: [email protected]
8 years experience electrical
engineer have knowledge MEP
project have driving license can
join shortly. Contact: 96535204
Civil Engineer (QS) 2 yrs exp
seeking job UAE D/L. Contact:
+96895641991
Quantity Surveyor / Site Engineer
6 years experience in Omani have
valid driving license release avail-
able looking for immediate place-
ment. Contact: 96394948
Chemical Engineer with MBA &
experience looking for job.
Contact: 94908977
A Sudanese Mechanical Engineer Graduate from Malaysia, 6 years of
work experience in projects, fluent
in English & Arabic. NOC is avail-
able valid Omani driving license.
Contact: 95569340
Civil Diploma Engineer cum
Quantity Survey male 7 years ex-
perience in Oman valid Oman D/L.
Contact: 93356736
Email: [email protected]
Indian, B.Tech Civil Engineer, fresh, seeking suitable job.
Contact 99105402 / 91426175,
Email : [email protected]
Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) gradu-
ate with 3 years of experience in
the fields of BMS and Low current
systems and has good knowledge
about Electronic Security Systems,
currently working in Oman, NOC
Available. Contact:-94737033/
IT
IT
Mechanical Engineer 2 years
experience as HVAC design &
drafting, CAD, MEP Engg.
Contact: 90150913
Indian female 25years M.E (pow-
er electronics) 3years experience
in teaching profession looking for
suitable job contact no 97003267 &
94214909 [email protected]
HSE Engineer / Advisor safety Fire
Engineering Nebosh, OSHA & PDO
HSE courses 15 years exp. NOC
available seeking suitable place-
ment. Contact: 94568700 Email:
Electrical Engineer 1 year experi-
ence driving license, NOC avail-
able. Contact: 94879092
Automobile Mechanic ITI 3 years
experience marine mechanical
fitter 2 yrs experience.
Contact 93674847
Mechanical Engineer 7 years
experience HVAC, plumbing, fire-
fighting, metal formation, fluency
in Arabic & English, driving license
available. Contact: 90933863
Indian male Civil Engg. 11 years
experience having Omani driving
license, NOC available.
Contact: 95797286
Email: [email protected]
Sr. Quantity surveyor B.Tech (Civil
Tech) above 8 years (7 years in
Oman) having driving license NOC
available. Contact: 92324791
B. Tech Electronics and Com-
munication ENGINEER With 6
months experience in Dell, India,
CCNP, CCNA Certified, on visit visa,
looking for a suitable opening in
networking domain.
Contact: 99243214 / 99135638,
Email: [email protected]
Mechanical Engineer experience
maintenance of pumping stations
production line machinery turbine
for power plant good communica-
tions skills, planning follow up
Engineer projects HSE awareness
trained multiple design software
looking for job. Contact 949064473 / 96654019
MS Industrial, BSc Mechatronic Engineer 3 years experience of
maintenance & management with
NOC. Contact: 94887665
Email: [email protected]
Civil Engineer, young Indian
having almost 2 years experience
looking for a challenging position
seeks suitable position in Oman/
GCC. Please contact 92718490,
Email ID: [email protected]
Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp
seeks suitable position ina reputed
company. NOC available.
Contact 96789711
Civil Engineer 8 years experience
Structural buildings marine.
Available NOC release.
Contact: 92451323.
Email: [email protected]
Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in
designing, assembling, commission-
ing execution etc having valid GCC
license too looking for a suitable.
Contact: 00968-98052942 Email:
HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma
Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over
10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter
(NOC) available), seeking suit-
able placement, Mob:97061817,
Email:[email protected]
Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian
male 24 years with 1+years Indian
experience,(Certified in Staad
Pro/ Quantity Survey/ Auto Cad).
Looking for a Suitable position.
Available In Sultanate of Oman
(Muscat) on Visit Visa.
Contact 92835952. E-mail:
An Iraqi civil with more than
30 years experience in (Iraq and
G.C.C) looking for a job, (N.O.C)
available. Contact: 96561306
Email: [email protected]
Indian male, Mechanical
Engineer having 1year experi-
ence, on visit visa looking for
suitable job. Contact:97416564,
Email:[email protected]
Civil Engineer 8 years experience
in Oman as a project engineer for
governmental & private projects.
Contact – 90164912
Young Indian, Engineering in
Bio-technology, Bio-chemical and
Chemical, looking for a challenging
placement in Oman.
Contact 97607000. Email:
Instrumentation Engineer, Indian
male 25 years having over 2 years
experience in calibration, testing
and maintenance of field instru-
ments, looking for a suitable posi-
tion, available in Oman for visit.
Contact: 91228010
Civil Engineer with 6+ years in
Supervision designing & Q.C ex-
pert in much civil softwares,
NOC available. Contact: 90719263
Mechanical Engineer (Sudanese)
3 years experience : Fire fighting,
HSE, Design, Production.
Contact: 93642704
Email: [email protected]
Pakistani male Diploma Civil
Engineer 4yrs exp in Oman bull-
ing & mega projects, valid license
Oman.Contact:98921022
Electrical & Electronics Engr,
knows autocad & revit.
PH: 93837973
Civil Engineer (Indian male)
5 years experience in Oman with
valid Omani driving license & NOC
looking for suitable opportunity.
Contact: 93101283
Senior Land Surveyor 23 yrs Oman,
UAE & Egypt GPS, T.S
Construction roads infrastructure oil
feed electric works OHL, UGC grid ,
primary substation processing data.
Contact: 95326927 / 92928981
Email: [email protected]
Indian male, Structural Engineer
looking for job in structural design
field. Having 6 years of experience
in design field. Residing in Muscat.
Contact: 91176187
Electrical Engineer Indian male
30 years having 5 years of experi-
ence in industrial automation &
utility maintenance in India,
holding valid Oman D/L.
Contact: 92789995 mail:
Electrical Engineer with 16 years
experience in switchgear / trans-
former / over head lines & trading,
looking for sales / procurement &
project planning & Execution with
NOC & D/L. Contact: 95994727
Email: [email protected]
Sr. Electrical Engineer with17+ yrs
of exceptional exp in spear head-
ing strategic planning and project
management initiatives & execut-
ing various high rise residential
& commercial building as well as
roads and highway project with
proficiency in installation, seeking
a challenging position in a dynamic
organization.Contact 96570891
Indian male B-tech 8 years expe-
rience as senior electrical project
engineer / QC engineer on visit
visa seeks suitable placement.
Contact 94094543
Email: [email protected]
Site Supervisor, Diploma in
Civil Engg (cert attested) knows
autocad revit, salary exp: 250
Ph : 92279784
Indian female M.Sc Computer
Science seeking suitable place-
ment in Muscat area.
Contact: 98660672
Filipino Male: 35 yrs, with 3yrs
Technical & Customer Service,
2yrs Online Ad Serving, 1yr dmin-
istrative work experiences looking
for suitable job. Contact 97852816
Indian female MCA having 3 yrs
experience in teaching looking for
any suitable job in reputed organic
station on visit skilled in program-
ming language VB, JAVA ,C,C,TT &
also WEB development.
Contact: 90595322
SAP Business Objects / Data
Warehousing professional. 10
years experience with top 5 IT
global companies (HP and Accen-
ture) in team leading roles. Oman
family visa. Looking for jobs in
Muscat. Phone: 91487199
Indian female 30 yrs B.Tech (IT) &
MBA 6 yrs work experience in In-
dia & Oman experience in conduct-
ing video conferencing, configur-
ing automated solution systems,
seeking a suitable placement in
Oman. Contact: 92689823
Email: [email protected]
Indian Male, MCA Graduate, 15
yrs exp in ERP, CSM Certified,
seeking suitable role.NOC Avail-
able. Contact : GSM : 90189284
Email: [email protected]
Indian male Networking Techni-
cian having 8 years experience
(6 years in Gulf) seeking suitable
jobs. Currently on visit visa.
Contact: 98269614
Email: [email protected]
MANAGER/SUPER.
Chief Accountant/Finance Manager
– Indian male, CA Finalist, having
20 years’ experience in Finance,
Accounts, Audit, Finalization of
Accounts, preparation of Project
Reports etc., looking for immediate
placement. 12 yrs. in Oman in
Construction and Consultancy co.,
have Omani D/L, knows Tally.
Contact 94041048,
email: [email protected]
Indian male 33 yrs, having 10 yes
GCC experience (Oman, Qatar, UAE)
in business development with
driving license seeks suitable op-
portunity. Contact: 98260607
mail: [email protected]
Indian female staff nurse seeking
job for nurse with 6 years experi-
ence in India with visit visa passed
with 57% Oman parametric.
Contact: 99561826
M.O.H license Dentist, good expe-
rience looking for suitable position
preferably in Muscat.
Contact: 92522562
Indian female Dentist (BDS) hav-
ing MOH license & completed data
flow looking suitable job.
Contact: 98437191
Senior female staff Nurse with
MOH license, over 25 years experi-
ence in Operation Theatre, Gy-
naecology, Anaesthesia, General ,
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
looking for suitable opportunities
in Oman. NOC available.
Call: 92098423
D- Pharm Pharmacist 17 years
experience Ayurvedic Panchakar-
ma Masseur’s 3 years experience.
Contact: 93672452
MEDICAL
MEDICAL
MISCELLANEOUS
SALES / MARKETING
Indian male MBA Finance & Marketing 25 yrs
having 1.9 years of experience
Finance & Marketing
Contact: 95206140/ 96992013 Email:
ENGINEER W
Email: [email protected]
Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs exp seeking suitable
placement. Contact : 99739415 /
92091528
Indian male, M.Tech Graduate in
Chemical Process Control Engineer-
ing looking for lecturing jobs, cur-
rently in Oman. Contact : 98352288
Indian male in English, M.Phill,
B.Ed with 5 years experience in
College teaching & good admin-
istrative skill is looking for a
suitable placement in Education
Institutions or offices.
Contact: 98260529 / 97297939
Email: [email protected]
B.E Mechanical Engineer, age
33 with 6+ years experience in
GCC in MEP building construc-
tion field (execution and design of
HVAC,firefighting,plumbing),
with D/L, NOC available
Contact 96978380,
Email: [email protected]
Diploma Engineering Instrumenta-
tion Technician, 2 years experience
skills calibration & installation etc.
Contact: 98963344 / 96946408
Email: [email protected]
Construction Machinery repairs
Engineer, 5 years, driving license,
Contact - 94001961
Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc
Biotechnology, 1yr exp. in Micro-
biology, Looking for suitable job.
Mobile: 92619048,
Email: [email protected]
Indian female having D/L with
12 years experience in corporate
/ retail sales & B/D. Looking for a
suitable job in training / IT / Edu-
cation companies.
Contact: 91751077
Email: [email protected]
Sales & Marketing executive MBA
with 3 years exp , 6 months exp in
Oman with NOC , looking for suit-
able placement. Contact: 91345727
Indian female, BSC, Bed, MBA (Mar-
keting) 3years experience, seeks
suitable in the marketing section.
Contact: 95041134
Email: [email protected]
Sales & Marketing Executive Indian
national with valid Omani D/L with
good command of languages, 18 yrs
exp in Middle East. Looking for suit-
able placement. Contact - 98103829
MBA - HR. 10+ years of experience
(Age:29). Training, Team Manage-
ment, Client Relationship Manage-
ment and Customer Service. on
visit visa - Sunil Balu 95434193
Indian male 24 yrs Sales cum
Driver, 3 years experience in Saudi
with valid Saudi D/L, on visit visa.
Contact: 98154352
Experienced Salesman looking
for job with Omani D/L. Contact
97900338
Indian male 5+ years of experi-
ence as a sales & marketing execu-
tive with valid Oman D/L.
Contact: 95434902
Indian driver with car or car or
without needs jobs as a driver or
sales with good command of Lau-
rence and familiar in market.
Contact: 98103829
Indian male 25, brought up in
Oman, with MBA from UK & 2yr
W/E in Oman. Valid Oman D/L &
readily available to join. Presently
in visit visa. Looking for suitable
placement. Contact: 99513132
Seeking suitable placement in
purchase stone with 8 years expe-
rience in Oman, now in visit visa.
Contact: 97332401
Indian male 31yrs old with hotel
management degree,03 yrs experi-
ence in F&B services at 5 star hotel
Dubai, 05 yrs in American 06 star
cruiseliner has butler. Has oman driv-
ing licence. Contact No 99859150.
Indian male 28yrs Bcom 3yrs
exp. in warehouse operations
(including pharmaceutical). Well
knowledge in WMS & ERP, looking
for suitable job. Ph. 95576686, E:
[email protected] (UAE visa
holder, currently in Oman)
SECRETARIAL & OFFICE
Indian, 20 years experience in
Oman as personal assistant / office
manager / executive secretary /
administrator / business develop-
ment asst. seeks job change. Release
available. Contact 99168054.
Indian Female, 25 Years - MSc
Looking for suitable job.
Mobile: 92619048,
Email: [email protected]
Secretary coordinators 16 yrs
experience Indian male 42 yrs ow-
ing Oman driving license release
available. Contact: 98358897
Lady Secretary / Sales Co-co-
ordinator 12 years experience in
Oman in reputed companies, seek
immediate Employment.
Call: 95244761
Looking for part time job Secre-tarial / Data Entry / Documenta-
tion available every day after 5:00
pm Friday / Saturday full day area
preferred Ruwi/ CBD/ MBD /
Al Khuwair. Contact: 90414827
Filipino Male, 28 years Old. Looking
for job, Have experience in Rent a Car/
Cargo & Logistics / Real Estate/ Cus-
tomer Care Executive / Sale Executive
& Marketing/ Shop In- Charge. Hard
working w/ good computer and com-
munication skill. GSM: 97761075
Indian male GYM instructor fitness
trainer on visit visa looking for a
suitable job. Contact : 92802307
Indian male, 28, post graduate,
6+ yrs exp in Oman in sales (back
office) & credit control with valid
Oman D/L looking for suitable
lacements. NOC available.
Contact: 92066 523
Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech)
Indian male with 2 year experi-
ence, AREA OF INTEREST
Work on Oil Rigs, Work as an QA/
QC inspector, Ultrasonic testing,
Radiographic testing.
Contact: +91 9567526566
Email: [email protected]
DRIVER
BS in Electrical Engineering, Experience: 5 years(Power Plants).
Contact: 92475206 Email:
Staff Nurse seeking job for nurse
with 2 years experience in India with
visit visa, passed with 51% Oman
prometric. Contact: 91451935
Veterinary Doctor 7 years experi-
ence Indian male wife in MOH with
family visa need job.
Contact: 98107162
Email: [email protected]
( FWA O
G
diploma in I
F
Looking job L/Driving. Contact:
98726383
Driver with car Subaru 2008 model.
Contact: 99640986
Looking for driving job.
Contact: 99518533
Bangladeshi driver looking for job.
Contact: 97418036
Looking for driving job light
2 years exp. Contact: 91625977
Indian male 3 years experience in
IT as Linux Administrator & 1 year
experience in Amazon EC2 Cloud at
Wipro Technologies Bangalore seek-
ing for a suitable placement.
Contact: 92889678
Email: [email protected]
Indian male 4 years experience in
IT as Programmer / Web Support/
CCNA/ Network on visit visa seek-
ing placement. Contact: 93069694
Email: [email protected]
3 years experience in IT Software
field, seeking suitable jobs.
Contact: 96350234, Email :
4 years as Network Engineer (CCNA- MCTIP) very good in Ara-
bic & English, having valid license.
Contact: 99813988
Indian male 40 years BSc & diplo-
ma in logistics, 16 yrs experience
(6 yrs in GCC) in logistics, store-
keeping & spare parts, seeking
suitable placement. NOC available.
Contact: 98966849
IT Support Engineer, Exp 3 years
in Oman 2 years in India.
Contact: 94672759
DAILY GUIDED6 T U E S D AY, J U N E 1 4 , 2 0 1 6
Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Regin Accountant male Indian,
2 years experience doing accounts
in tally and excel searching for
suitable job.
EMAIL – [email protected],
Mobile No : +91 7373387282
Indian Female Electronics System
Eng. UK Graduate. Programmer Mi-
cro Controller Robot, Eng. Analysis,
Instrumentation & Control, Eng.
Projects, Integrated Circuit Eng.,
Electrical and Fluid Drives, Analogue
Electronics, Wireless Systems, seek-
ing suitable post,
on Visiting Visa. Contact: 97848075,
Indian male (B.E) Quality Control-
ler and Supervising. 3 year good
working experience. Better knowl-
edge in quality control technique.
Searching for suitable job. Mail:
Contact: GSM : +91 9786418033 /
968 91894487
Indian Male, 44 Years, Plumbing
Supervisor, holding Omani Driving
license, having 14 Years of experi-
ence in Oman and 8 years in India.
Looking for suitable placement.
Contact - 95154414
Email- [email protected]
Accountant male Indian, 2 years
experience, doing accounts in tally
& excel seeks suitable job.
EMAIL – [email protected],
Contact +91 7373387282
Indian male, 25 yrs, more than
5 years experience in Dubai, Looking
for a suitable placement for jobs
related to sales, marketing, coordina-
tion and support. Contact: 95140445,
Pakistani Male, Land Surveyor with
work experience in Dubai Seeks
suitable job in Oman.
Contact: 94347288
NRI
910 sq ft furnished flat at Qupem -
Goa. Contact: 97094797
For immediate sale an attractive
3 BHK villa with servant room plus
adjoining plot at Lonavala, India.
Contact 91 8308009040
WANTED
SIT.WANTED
SIT.WANTED
Urgently required looking to
immediately buy used Grit blasting
& airless spray equipment 1 No each.
Contact: 968 24810930 / 93203772
/ 93203773 / 93203778
IELTS Coaching (academic)
required nearby wadi Kabir area.
Please call on mobile or msg on
Whats up. Mobile no: 92927880/
99012165
GOOD NEWS
FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to
know more about Islam, please
call: 99425598, 99250777,
99353988, 99253818, 99341395,
and 99379133. For ladies:
99415818, 99321360, 99730723
Orvisit:www.islamfact.com
Ayurvedic treatment for back-
ache, paralysis, arthritis etc
& massage, All Season (Vaid-
yaratnam). Contact:24475280 /
95371664 / 92504980
www.siddhayur.com
Ayurvedic treatment for joint
pain, backache, paralysis, mas-
sage, steambath, obesity, Spondy-
litis, Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic,
18 November Street, Azaiba.
Contact: 99639695 / 97397320
BUYING
Used office house furniture
& electronic items. Contact:
99834373 / 96642500
Bobcat available for rent.
Contact 97623299
Buying cars for cash.#90202090
Indian Female 23 Years, Post
Graduated in Sanskrit (language),
Seeking for Suitable Jobs, (Teach-
ing or Clerical), Knowledge in MS
Office, Good Communication Skill
#96141317, 94614317, E-mail:
Indian male electrician (EEE),
2 years good working experi-
ence searching for suitable job.
Gmail id ; antonyajin15@gmail.
com, Contact; 918148336160 /
918300136160
Indian male 33 years, B.Com, hav-
ing 6 years experience in Oman.
Tally & ERP looking for suitable
placement. Mobile no :98492921
SITUATION WANTEDCOMPUTER/WEB./ EDUCATION/CLASSES
Karate and self defense classes
at Azaiba 18 Nov Street. RO 10 per
month twice a week Monday and
Tuesday 6. 30 TO 7. 30. PM.
Contact: 98294551
Spoken Arabic class for Non Arabic Speakers & English
class for Malayalam Speakers in Azaiba and Ruwi
earn in two monthstion guaranteed
Tel: 95244310
B. Com 2 years experience in Sales
Marketing Logistics Accounts and
Front office Contact 95506048
Sales 2 years B.Com male 24 yrs,
Indian. Contact: 00968 94212636
B.Com, Sales Executive 30 yrs,
5 years experience with D/L.
Contact: 94501264
Email: [email protected] /
Indian Male MBA, 5 years Build-
ing Materials Project Sales experi-
ence in Oman, NOC available,
seeking for placement.
Contact - 90655903,99325544
35 years male, Lebanese holding
British passport, 10 years of experi-
ence in procurement, Omani Govern-
ment tenders, setup marketing plans
& strategies, importing, Organizing
events, management, have car, NOC
available. Contact 94123939
Email: [email protected]
Looking for job Executive
purchase logistics 10 years
experience with NOC & d/license.
Contact: 91432512
Indian male 5 yrs exp in sales /
marketing seeking for job.
Contact: 98427473
27, Indian female B.Com Gradu-
ate with 4 years experience in
procurement and purchases on
family visa looking for immediate
and suitable placement. Contact:
95828986
Indian female 29 years Post Grad-
uate with computer Knowledge
2 years of Oman experience in
coordinator & 5 years of experience
in customer service, client relation
officer with excellent communica-
tion skill seeks suitable placement.
Contact: 95337665
Indian male 37 years MBA
graduate in marketing with 9yrs of
experience in UAE in field of brand
promotions & marketing with UAE
D/L on a visit seeking suitable
position. Conatct 95792820
Indian Male, 26 M.Com with
4 yrs of Experience in Accounting
& Administration in a Financial
Company in India, seeks suitable
job, Currently in India.
Contact: India:-+918907212253
Akhil:-93626288, Email:
Indian Male, MBA marketing 5 yrs
exp. in sales & 4 yrs in FMCG
sector, looking for best opportunity.
NOC available. Contact: 96001877
Indian male Graduate with 18
years of Marketing experience
presently in Oman on family visit
visa, looking for best opportunity.
Contact: 96168687
Email: [email protected]
SALES / MARKETING
AVAILABLE
Party & Wedding equipment rent-
als. Full line, from Tables, Linen
& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,
Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware,
Chafing Dishes, Ice Sculptures, to
Large Sound Systems and spec-
tacular lighting.
Call Andrea 9606 2222 for
Catering and Croyden 9623 5555
for Sound & Light.
ww.tunesoman.com,
E-mail: [email protected]
Indian male 33 yrs, MBA- HR, worked on
Recruitments,Training,Site-HR,
Omanisation and development
plans of nationals ,10 yrs exp.
Seeking a job.NOC avl. Contact
94179499
Indian Male, 23, BBA Graduate,
Fresher, on visit visa looking for
job in sales/marketing.
Contact - 94032041; Email -
Sudanese male. Bachelor geology
and mining with 2 years experi-
ence in MUD LOGGING & Training
in Soil Investigation.
Tel: 92956848
Indian male 25, Graduate in
commerce (B.com) having 4 years
of experience in Office Admin-
istration (admin) looking for a
suitable placement presently on
a visit visa. Contact: 93979084 /
97351786 E-mail:
Indian male, 30.System ad-
ministrator/desktop support
professional.5 years of GCC exp.
Visa status: visit (Dubai) mob:
00971565598176/
Indian male, 26 years 3 Years’
experience in Projects of Tanks,
Boilers and Steel structures
Aware of int. Standards, B tech in
Mech Engg. Contact-
Mob-00917350860889
Indian male 25, Graduate in com-
merce (B.com) having 4 years of
experience in same field looking
for a suitable placement pres-
ently on a visit visa. Contact :
93979084 / 97351786, E-mail :
Indian male 25, Graduate in com-
merce (B.com) having 2 years of
experience in same field looking
for a suitable placement presently
on a visit visa. Contact : 93979084
/ 97351786, E-mail :
Indian female, B.Tech Computer
Science with 3 years experience
seeking full time job in IT support,
Teaching, HR. Contact: 95933507 /
97485997
Indian male 26 yrs (MBA) Spe-
cialized in Marketing have 2 yrs
heavy equipment sales experi-
ence, have GCC driving license
looking suitable job in Oman.
Contact: 99180369
Email: [email protected]
Indian female, 31 years (B.A., D.Ed)
having 6 yrs of teaching experi-
ence in CBSE schools in India well
versed with electronics devices
teaching, good computer knowl-
edge presently on visit visa look-
ing for suitable job.
Contact: 97135319
Email: [email protected] Indian male Electrician(EEE)
2 years good working experi-
ence searching for suitable
job. mail ; antonyajin15@gmail.
com, Contact;918148336160 /
918300136160
Female, 31 yrs Accounts Assistant (MBA Finance),
5 yrs experience in Accounts field.
Contact 94068969
5 years experienced (Front
office & Banking), Indian Male
(28 years. Hotel Management
graduate), searching for suitable
position. English, Hindi, Malay-
alam, Arabic fluent. Noc available.
Contact:91383167
Indian male Electrician(EEE ).
Two years good working experi-
ence searching for suitable job.
Gmail id ; antonyajin15@gmail.
com, Name; Antony Ajin.
G : 918148336160 /918300136160
Economics Specialist: Female ,
MA & M.Phil/PhD_ in ECONOMICS .
10 years experience Banking/Lec-
turer/Customer Service/Trainer
currently Looking for job
Contact cell:97457248
Female Architect on visiting visa,
two years’ experience, graduated
from School of Planning and Archi-
tecture (under MHRD). Proficient
in AutoCAD, Google Sketchup
and creative visualization. Email
Contact 00968-94057427.
Indian male, 24 yrs, B. Com Gradu-
ate more than 1 year experienced
in accounts planning to come for a
family visit in oman seeking for a
suitable placement.
Contact : 99334770/ 997 43 709
Sudanese male, 5 years experi-
ence in supply chain (warehouse
management, logistics and pro-
curement) Contact : 90644186
Indian female , M.B.A, 8 Yrs of
Experience in Oil and Gas industry,
Trading & contracting companies.
working as an Unit Manager for
MNC, HR Coordinator and Office
admin for local companies. seek-
ing suitable placement immedi-
ately. Contact 99179709.
Indian male, 44 Years, Plumbing
Supervisor, holding Omani Driving
license, having 14 Years of experi-
ence in Oman and 8 years in India.
Looking for suitable placement.
Contact - 95154414
Email- [email protected]
Indian Male, Post graduate with
10yrs experience in Gulf & 4.6yrs
in Oil & Gas experience with SAP
and ERP exposure. Finalization,
MIS, Auditing, Budgeting, AP &AR,
Tax, etc., with Oman D/L seeking
suitable placement. NOC available.
Contact: 91743376
Indian Male, 24, B.Com Graduate
with 1 year experience in Oman
looking for a job in accounting.
Contact – 96619348
Indian male electrician(EEE ).
Two years good working experi-
ence searching for suitable job.
Gmail ; antonyajin15@gmail.
com. Antony Ajin.G, Contact: 91
8148336160 / 91 8300136160
Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate,
fresher, looking for a job in sales
(indoor). No driving license.
Contact: 94032041 Mail:
Skilled multilingual individual
with 33years of excellent experi-
ence in management and banking
at a nationalized bank; seeking
better job opportunities with
challenging responsibilities.
E-mail: [email protected],
call : 97848075
Sri Lankan female, 27 years, quali-
fied English Language professional
with 6 years of lecturing, manage-
rial, marketing experience, seeking
suitable position in education
industry. Contact (+968) 93017330,
(+968) 98445287 Email:
Indian male 24 ,B.E ( E.C.E ) gradu-
ate with 3 years of experience in the
fields of BMS ,Low current systems
and has good knowledge of HV and
LV, currently working in Oman,
NOC Available. Contact : 94737033,
mail : [email protected]
Indian Male, Post graduate with
10yrs experience in gulf & 4.6yrs
in Oil & Gas experience with SAP
and ERP exposure. Finalisation,
MIS, Auditing, Budgeting, AP &AR,
Tax, etc., with Oman D/L seeking
suitable placement. NOC available.
Contact: 91743376
Indian Male, 23, BBA graduate,
fresher on visit visa, looking for
a job in sales. Contact: 94032041
Mail: [email protected]
Indian female, B.Tech Computer
Science, 5 years experience in
teaching in India currently on visit
visa seeking for a suitable position
in teaching, IT or administration.
E mail: [email protected]
B.E (Mechanical) 12 years indus-
trial sales, 1 year Muscat experi-
ence, presently in India , immedi-
ately ready to join.
Contact :917338899372 , email id :
Indian female B.Com, 1 year
experience in Oman, experience in
wings account package and knowl-
edge of tally. Looking for Account-
ing job. Presently in Family visa.
Contact: 93491124 & 92054531
DAILY GUIDET U E S D AY, J U N E 1 4 , 2 0 1 6 D7
TOURS
TOURS
RENT A CAR
25 - 50 seater bus with PDO &
BP specification for monthly rent
& small car with driver. Contact
99839898
Al Ibtisama rent & leasing. Contact: 91374879 / 96627562/
99382001/ 24751177/
24751188
SITUATION WANTEDCARGO
Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with
Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain
Marine Tours contact 98029602,
92808636
We arrange tours & accommoda-
tion at all the beautiful places in
Oman. Contact 99839898
DRIVING
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation available Ruwi to
Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.
Contact: 91103909
Transportation available Al Khu-
wair, Ghobrah, Azaiba, Al Hail & Al
Khoud. Drop & pick.
Contact - 95250161
Transportation. Contact:96538078
Transportation. Contact94510847
Transportation. Contact 99508282
Transportation. Contact 92015894
Transportation required from
Qurum to WadiKabir at afternoon
only 1 PM. Contact - 99012165
SITUATION WANTEDBUSINESS
Omani investor has a real estate com-
pany in Shatti Al Qurum, looking for a
financial investor to participate in the
real estate company. For more details
contact me by 00968 96225852
Email: [email protected]
INVESTOR PARTNER REQUIRED
Please contact – 95213273Email:
muscatcoff [email protected]
For a successfully Catering Restaurant
Investor cum Partner is required.
Investor with fi xed returns also welcome.
ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS
SERVICES
Public Relation Service (PRO)
Document Clearance,
Business setup,
Formation new Companies,
LLC Companies,
Investor Visa, Legal Services.
Contact Saleh:
96723485
MATRIMONIAL
Ambulance available for rent
(2015 model), MOH & PDO
approved. Contact 96721709
SITUATION WANT-MATRIMONIALMV SALE
MV SALE
Mazda Cx 9 (2013 model) 89,000
KM and Geely Emgrad (2015 model)
24,000 KM. Both cars in excellent
condition, single owner, company
serviced. Please call 94194071
(Pradeep) for immediate sale
Toyota Yaris, 2008 model, full
automatic 1, 50,000km, RO 2.200.
Contact: 91013604
Nissan Qashqai 2013 Kms 30,000 VGC comprehensive
Insurance UAE / Oman.
Contact: 96995430
WEB, ERP and Business Intel-
ligence (BI) creation and manage-
ment at rock bottom price.
Contact: http//webviewoman
Parents of 28 yrs, Indian Boy
from Mumbai, ACCA working as
a senior accountant in Muscat,
seeks alliance from an Indian
Sunni Muslim family. Contact
no.(parent): 96408642 email id:
Nair boy, MBA, 28/173 cm, Rohini,
Pathanamthitta (district) working
in Oman, seeks suitable alliances,
Contact: 93722512/90651920
Ezhava male, 31yrs, height 5.6,
star Magham, B. Tech aeronautical,
administrative professional, par-
ents in Oman, native Aluva (ekm).
Mob-99550870
Ezhava male, 31yrs, height 5.6,
Star Magham, B-Tech Aeronauti-
cal, administrative professional,
parents in Oman, native Aluva
(Ekm). Contact 99550870
Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.
Seeks suitable alliance from widow/
divorcee/ single.Contact 96059801.
Parent of Thrissur based Hindu
Ezhava girl aged 20, Slim,Atham
star, Studying for B. Pharm seek-
ing alliance from well employed
Graduates, preferably in Engineer-
ing Contact :96425102
Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in
Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites
parents/nurses working in Oman.
Contact 968 98267338,
0091 9287215726
Kerala Christian male 28, work-
ing as Admin & Support in MNC
Muscat. Contact: 95826707
Prado 2011. Contact:
99336093
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DAILY GUIDE Email: [email protected] [email protected].: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624
MANPOWER
SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES
Y 0
GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,
Contact 99314807/24792998
House shifting & transporting.
Contact 92490422
Split & window A/C servicing, re-
pairing, installation ducted, package
etc. Contact Abbas : 98667326
All Maintenance and services
electric, CCTV Camera, Plumbing
A/C service and gas installation,
painting tiles. Contact: 96524904 /
94285064
A/C servicing maintenance.
Contact: 92279370
Split unit A/C & window unit A.C
servicing & maintenance.
Contact: 96236476
Split unit & window unit A.C ser-
vicing & maintenance.
Contact: 93769089 / 95323517
CAD drawings Archi/ MEP
CAD – comply BIM.
Contact: 91233975
Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile
polishing, pest control &
anti-termite treatment, general
cleaning painting,Plumbing,
Electrical, shifting. Contact Mun-
dhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.
Contact: 24810137, 99450130
Window & split unit A.C servicing
& repairing. Contact: 99557080
Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont
Maintenance services electric,
plumbing and A/C. Contact:
96524904 /94285064
A/C Maintenance & Servicing,
Fridge, Washing machine & Dish
washer repairing, Painting & Clean-
ing services, Electrical & plumbing.
Contact 99447257 / 97014234 /
24504281
Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles
polishing, carpet shampooing,
maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS-
99320217 /24788722
WE SERVE OMAN
MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of
your marble. Contact 24793614/
99314807
Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC
Contact: 99344723
Water proofing ABUQABAS-
Contact 99320217/24788722
Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC
Contact 99344723
House shifting. Contact
99708138
Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.
Ocean center LLC.
Contact 99344723
Pest control Gulfa international.
Contact: 92326955
House Shifting Packing. Contact: 99657644 /
98518013
FOR LADIES
Contact 99619409
Offer!! Treading Gold Facial &
Pedicure just for 10 RO,
Home service available, (Threading, facial, waxing,
Head massage) R0. 20