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SATURDAY

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On the occasion of the 19th National Day, 1989

FROM THE WORDS OF HIS MAJESTYTHE SULTAN

We must stand united against all trends which might damage the fabric of our society upon which the strength and prosperity of our land rests.

‘His Majesty’s Wisdom’

HM issues Royal Decrees

HM sends cable >A2

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said on Thursday issued three Royal Decrees.

Royal Decree No. 17/2016 declares the implementation of the Third Phase of the Railway Project (Fahoud-Duqm) as a public utility project.

Article (1) states that the Third Phase of the Railway Project to connect the area of Fahoud in the Governorate of Al Dhahirah to the Wilayat of Duqm in the Governorate of Al Wusta — as specifi ed in the memo and diagram attached to this decree — shall be deemed a public utility project. >A2

T H R E E D E C R E E S

Dams overfl owing due to excessive rains in SultanateTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Wadi Dayqah and Wadi Imti dams have started overfl owing and other several dams in the Sultanate are being full to the brim by excessive wa-ter resulting from the rain caused by the low depression over the Sultanate.

According to the Public Au-thority for Civil Aviation (PACA), moderate to heavy rain hit parts of Al Dakhiliyah, Al Batina North, Al Sharqiyah South and some parts of Muscat on Friday.

The rain was accompanied by active winds and snow in some parts of the Sultanate.

Rain was reported in Izki, Sa-mail, Amerat and many other areas in the northern parts of Oman, a weather enthusiast said, quoting residents.

“Moderate rain fell in Izki and in other areas. The small wadis (valleys) have started to overfl ow in Izki,” Bader Ali Al Baddaei, an administrator at www.rthmc.net, a local web-based forum that discusses weather in Oman, said. The National Multi Hazard Early Warning Centre at PACA, had said that the Sultanate will be af-fected by unstable weather from Wednesday onwards.

Will not be severeHowever, Jason Nicholls, a senior meteorologist at Accuweather.com, had said weather conditions will not be as severe as last week.

Public Authority for Civil Avi-ation advised the public to take precautions during the rain and avoid crossing wadis, as well as check the state of the sea before sailing. >A2

W E A T H E R U P D A T E

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The quaint charms of Nizwa

OMANTraffic Culture Week

1Traffi c Culture Week in Oman concluded with a closure ceremony held at

the Military Technical College on Thursday to raise awareness about traffi c safety in Oman. >A2

BUSINESSUS oil sales grows

3Three months since the US lifted a 40-year ban on oil exports, American

crude is fl owing to virtually every corner of the market and reshaping energy map. >B1

SPORTSExtreme Sailing Series

2Morgan Larson and his new Oman Air GC32 crew turned on the heat for the

third day of Extreme racing and recorded their eighth win. >A12

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

PICTURESQUEPicturesque views of Khour Al Batah

Suspension Bridge (Sur Hanging Bridge)

and Muttrah Corniche. — Pradipta Chakraborty and

Nanditha Raju

TARIQ ZIAD AL HAREMItariqh@timesofoman.com

MUSCAT: With 172 countries worldwide taking part in Earth Hour 2016, the call has gone out to business and residents alike in the Sultanate to do their part tonight.

At 8.30pm this evening a number of or-ganisations in Oman have already commit-ted to going dark as the global initiative be-comes more popular each year.

Lamees Daar, Executive Director of the Environmental Society of Oman (ESO) said that their campaign last year helped save 136,603 KWh (kilowatts hour) of electric-ity compared to only 20,000 KWh in 2011. With 350 to 375 people expected to take the pledge and join them for their campaign this year, they are hopeful that they will achieve a higher dosage of electricity saved.

“Our target focus is; which is more im-portant than these numbers, the awareness that is raised and the actions people take be-yond the tour,” said Lamees.

The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque has also taken initiative to switch of their lights.

Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah are organising

an event on Bandar Beach where guests and visitor will gather around a bonfi re and lis-ten to a live unplugged performance.

“Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa is committed to protecting the environment and its participation in Earth Hour rein-forces the awareness of climate change and corporate social responsibility activities as part of its ongoing environmental eff orts,” said a Shangri-La representative.

Leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer, Majid Al Futtaim will also take part in the initiative by dimming and switching off the lights for one hour as well as increase the temperature of the mall to a standard 24 degrees centigrade.

“Majid Al Futtaim shopping malls will avoid the emission of 35 tons of CO2, dem-onstrating the major impact of slight modi-fi cations in energy usage. The company’s sustainability experts estimate that up to $10,000 in energy consumption could be saved in Earth Hour 2016,” said a repre-sentative of Majid Al Futtaim.

British School Muscat (BSM) had signed the pledge to take part in the initiative. Many BSM students will go to bed by the time the 60 minutes of Earth Hour begins and the school has also allocated an hour on March 20 to turn off as much electricity as they can.

According to the 2015 Earth Hour Report published by the World Wide Fund for Na-ture (WWF) over 10,400 monuments around the world switched off their lights for one hour in support of the annual initiative.

Call has gone out to business and residents to participate

New device at Royal Hospital

MUSCAT: National Heart Sur-gery Centre at the Royal Hos-pital launched a 3D advanced cardiac catheterisation device, which is the fi rst of its kind in Oman to be used for patient suff ering from abnormal heart rhythm. Dr Najeeb bin Zahran Al Rawahi, Senior Cardiologist at the Royal Hospital said that the procedure, undertaken un-der local anesthesia, takes be-tween two to three hours.

New technique eliminates need for medicines prescribed to regulate heart rhythms. Moreover, the patient can re-sume his normal duties better than he could in the past. — ONA

C AT H E T E R I S AT I O N D E V I C E

Oman to turn off lights to raise Earth Hour awareness

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His Majesty sends cable

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of condolences to Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait on the death of Sheikh Mohammed Mohammed Al Salman Al Hamoud Al Sabah.

In his cable, His Majesty ex-pressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to Sheikh Sabah, praying to Allah to rest the be-reaved’s soul in peace and grant his family patience. — ONA

E M I R O F K U W A I T

HM issues Royal DecreesArticle (2) stipulates that the authorities concerned may ex-propriate, through direct imple-mentation, the properties and lands necessary for the afore-mentioned project, along with all the installations therein, in accordance with provisions of the Public Utility Expropriation Law promulgated by Royal De-cree No. 64/78.

Article (3) states that this de-cree shall be published in the Of-fi cial Gazette and enforced from its date of issue.

Royal Decree No. 18/2016 rati-fi es the agreement signed in Da-vos on January 22, 2016 between the Sultanate of Oman and the government of the United States of America on cooperation in the fi eld of science and technology.

Article (1) ratifi es the above-mentioned agreement in accord-ance with the version attached to this decree.

Article (2) states that this de-cree shall be published in the Of-fi cial Gazette and enforced from its date of issue.

Royal Decree No. 19/2016 transfers an ambassador to the Diwan of the Ministry of For-eign Aff airs.

TransferArticle (1) transfers Sayyid Fakhri bin Mohammed Al Said, the Sultanate’s Ambassador to Malaysia, to the Diwan of the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs.

Article (2) states that this de-cree shall be published in the Of-fi cial Gazette and enforced from its date of issue. — ONA

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Traffic safety issues in focus at key forum

Times News Service

MUSCAT: While the Traffi c Cul-ture Week in Oman concluded with a closure ceremony held at the Military Technical College on Thursday, the campaign to raise awareness about traffi c safety in Oman will continue, senior offi -cials attending the ceremony said.

The ceremony, organised by the Chief of Staff of the Sultan’s Armed Forces, was attended by offi cers of the Sultan’s Armed

Forces, Royal Guard and the Royal Oman Police (ROP), in addition to representatives of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of So-cial Development and the Muscat Municipality. These stakeholders, all doing their part in an eff ort to reduce road accidents in Oman and improve traffi c safety, pre-sented their eff orts by showing a fi lm about their activities to raise awareness, help the injured and send a message: “Your decision determines your fate.”

Dr Mohammed bin Saif bin Sultan Al Hosni, undersecretary at the Ministry for Health Aff airs, praised the eff orts of all those who played a part in fi ghting road ac-

cidents. “We thank the Sultan’s Armed Forces for their eff orts in creating awareness during the Traffi c Culture Week, since edu-cating diff erent parts of society on traffi c is a very important is-sue. Those who want to avoid the consequences of bad behaviour on the road, will have to think of the harm and the injuries and dis-abilities it has caused,” he stated.

The campaign to raise aware-ness with the public that their fate is in their own hands while driv-ing will continue also after the Traffi c Culture Week.

Mohammed bin Awadh Al Ru-was, general director of Traffi c at ROP, said the campaign will focus

on speeding and the use of mobile phones. “We hope that the ‘Driv-ing without Phone’ campaign will achieve its aims. During the com-ing period, new initiatives will be undertaken to limit speeding and the use of mobile phones while driving. Speed is the main cause of accidents, followed by the use of mobile phones,” he stated.

“We are stressing on the im-portance of refraining from using mobiles phones while driving. It is lethal,” Al Hosni said.

The ceremony itself also result-ed in some awareness about traf-fi c safety for the attendees. Omani poets recited their poems that told the stories of road accidents and the tragedies they cause within families and the loss of property and to society.

A play by a theatre group of the Omani Air Force, was well received by the public, and of-fered a mix of humour and drama to highlight the consequences of disrespect for traffi c rules and regulations, especially the loss of loved ones and its social and psy-chological impact.

At the end of the event, Al Hosni handed out prizes to those, who have worked hard to create aware-ness about traffi c safety.

The drive to raise

awareness among

the public that their

fate is in their own

hands while driving

will continue after

the end of the Traffi c

Culture Week

The Chedi Muscat to host key French culinary event Times News Service

MUSCAT: French gastronomy will be celebrated at The Chedi Muscat, which announced that it has been selected to partici-pate in the culinary event “Gout de France” also known as “Good France.”

This global event will simulta-neously take place on March 21, along with 1,000 selected chefs from fi ve continents.

The project is supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Aff airs and International Development, as well as celebrated French chef, Alain Ducasse.

Chefs of every kind will cel-ebrate the excellence and diver-sity of French cuisine on the same evening as they delight diners with a specially crafted menu.

Expert culinary teamFrench-born Executive Chef at The Chedi Muscat, Sébastien Cas-sagnol will be leading the event with his expert culinary team at the award-wining The Beach Res-taurant, with a menu that is sure to please. Born in the south of France and raised in a typically traditional French culinary background, Cas-sagnol’s cooking philosophy and style has evolved over 16 years of

international experience, having worked in countries, such as Aus-tralia, New Zealand, Lebanon and Indonesia to name a few.

In accordance with the guide-lines of “Gout de France,” the menu will consist of a traditional French aperitif, a cold starter, a hot starter, fi sh or shellfi sh, meat or poultry, a French cheese (or cheeseboard), a chocolate dessert all paired with French vintages and digestifs. Highlights from the French-inspired menu include lo-cal ingredients, such as an entrée of Omani prawns served with a vegetable pot-au-feu, followed by a main course that includes grilled tuna steak with ratatouille gar-nished with black olive foam.

“It fi lls me with great pride to have been selected to share my heritage of French cuisine amongst our guests at The Chedi Muscat. My inspiration for this menu combines my own personal gastronomic journey as well as the beautiful and fresh local produce of the Sultanate of Oman,” said Cas-sagnol. The seven-course menu in-cludes paired vintages, which will be served exclusively for one night only at The Beach Restaurant on March 21. The menu is priced at OMR89 (plus applicable taxes) per person.

G O U T D E F R A N C E

MEGA SHOW: The event will take place on March 21, along with

1,000 selected chefs from fi ve continents. — Supplied picture

WELL DONE: The ceremony itself also resulted in some awareness

about traffi c safety for the attendees. - Supplied picture

We are stressing on the importance of refraining from using mobiles phones while driving. It is lethal

Mohammed bin Saif bin Sultan Al Hosni

Nearly 332

rescue calls

received

During last week’s rain, the Pub-lic Authority of Civil Defence and Ambulance’s (PACDA’s) opera-tions centre had received 332 res-cue calls. PACDA data recorded 255 water rescue operations, 37 land rescue operations, 29 fi re extinguishing operations, eight ambulance-related calls, and four search operations. As for calls re-corded based various governorates, Al Batinah North registered the biggest number, which resulted in 95 rescue operations, followed by Al Dhakhiliyah, which recorded 67 rescue operations.

Muscat came in third with 51 rescue operations being conduct-ed, followed by Al Buraimi, which recorded 43 reports. Al Sharqiyah North recorded 27 such incidents, Al Batinah South 26, Dhahira 23, while only one rescue operation was carried out by PACDA in Al Sharqi-yah South. The death toll from the thundershowers and fl ash fl oods, which hit Oman last week, rose to eight after two more children were found dead.

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A1 RNO celebrates the arrival of Sadah vesselMUSCAT: Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) celebrated at Said bin Sultan Naval Base the arrival of Sadah vessel to its navy fl eet. The celebration was held under the patronage of Maj. Gen Mat-tar bin Salim Al Balushi, Com-mander of the Royal Army of Oman (RAO) in the presence of a number of senior SAF, mili-tary, security and RNO offi cers.

The chief guest and invitees were briefed on the vessel and departments which were equipped with state of the art marine equipment that meet the needs of RNO.

Harib bin Rashid Al Rahbi, Director of Operations and Planning at Royal Navy of Oman headquarters’ said that the ves-sel is one of four advanced ves-sels that will be built for RNO by Singapore Technology and Engineering Company to enable RNO to play its national roles effi ciently. On the sidelines of the event, RAO Commander handed over the operational ef-fi ciency shield to captain of Al Shamikh vessel of RNO. — ONA

R O Y A L N A V Y O F O M A N

ADVANCED VESSEL: The vessel is one of four advanced vessels that will be built for RNO by Singapore Technology and Engineering

Company. - ONA

Education ministry’s programme concludesMUSCAT: Directorate-General of Human Resources Develop-ment at the Ministry of Educa-tion on Thursday concluded at Majan Inter-Continental Hotel Muscat a programme in the prep-aration of research plan and the use of electronic programmes in the statistical analysis with the participation of 30 educational researchers and members of studies in the educational gover-norates.

The programme dealt with several themes, including the scientifi c signifi cance, its impor-tance, its concepts, steps, types, diffi culties, research ethics, and

how to set up the research plan and objectives, its contents and requirements.

The programme held in at Majan Hotel dealt with the im-plementation of some training activities to enrich the groups and their interaction to achieve the desired objectives and meet the training requirements of the participants, including educa-tional and life problems, how to solve them, and the ethics of scientifi c material and scientifi c research, in addition to a practi-cal side about statistics and the use of electronic programmes to conduct statistical analyses. - ONA

R E S E A R C H P L A N

CRUISE SHIPS VISIT SALALAH PORTDutch cruise ship Rotterdam visited Salalah Port on Thursday with 1,607 passengers on

board including 1,003 tourists from diff erent nationalities as part of its tour programme

to several ports around the world. Costa neo Riviera cruise ship is also expected to visit

Salalah Port on Friday with 1,049 tourists on its board. — ONA

Oman to host Libyan team in Salalah

Times News Service

SALALAH: Oman will host the meetings of the Constitution Draft-ing Assembly to draft the Libyan constitution under UN auspices. It is scheduled to begin these meet-ings in the Salalah City on Saturday, March 19, ONA reported.

Meanwhile, Mustafa El Sage-zli, Director General of the Libyan Programme for Reintegration and Development (LPRD) said in an interview with Al Shabiba that ad-dressing the issue of the power vac-uum in Libya is the key for handling the security issues.

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THE QUAINT CHARMS OF NIZWAOne of the oldest cities of the Sultanate, Nizwa is the largest

city in the Al Dakhiliyah Region in Oman. Located about

140 km from Muscat it boasts of a huge fort, wich is a very

popular tourist destinations. Tourists attractions, apart from

the 17th century Nizwa fort, are the Nizwa souk, where famous

handicrafts and agricultural products of the region are traded,

the Falaj Daris, and the palm farms. Photos by Shabin E

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‘Syrians forced to survive on grass in Daraya, Deir Al Zor’

GENEVA: Some Syrians in the besieged areas of Daraya and Deir Al Zor have been reduced to eating grass because food supplies are cut off , the UN World Food Pro-gramme said on Friday.

“In the most severe cases, they are enduring entire days without eating, sending children to beg and eating grass or wild vegeta-tion,” a report said.

Deir Al Zor is under seige by IS forces, while Daraya is besieged by government forces and has be-come a focus of UN eff orts to get aid to all of Syria. Syria’s govern-ment has not yet granted permis-sion for aid to go to the city.

Households in the two cities were unable to eat more than one meal per day and giving priority to children, said the WFP report, a survey of Syrian food market con-ditions in February.

Fresh bread was “sporadically

available at an extortionate cost” in Daraya, 30 times above the market price in nearby Damascus. Rice was 17 times higher than Da-mascus prices.

Despite a widespread truce that has lasted almost three weeks, Syria’s government has refused to give permission for UN aid con-voys to enter six areas under siege by its forces, including Daraya.

UN humanitarian advisor Jan Egeland said on Thursday that countries backing the Syrian peace talks had given the Syrian government seven days to answer a UN request to deliver aid.

“It is in violation of internation-

al law to prevent us from going,” he said, adding that the six areas were no more strategic or sym-bolic than other areas that had al-ready received aid convoys.

“In Daraya there has been fi ght-ing, but we had a very clear im-pression that we will not be hav-ing any problems in delivering if we get the two sides to agree to the cessation of hostilities so that we can deliver to the few thousand people there, civilians who are in a very, very diffi cult position,” Ege-land said.

With no hope of getting convoys into Deir Al Zor by road, the UN hopes to do air drops of food. But

a fi rst attempt failed because the plane had to fl y so high and fast to avoid the threat of surface-to-air missiles, causing the parachutes to fail because of the severe jolt when they opened.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed in a phone call with Iranian For-eign Minister Mohammad Ja-vad Zarif the implementation of ceasefi re in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a state-ment on Friday.

“The need for a stable political process with the participation of representatives of the Syrian gov-ernment and a wide range of op-

position groups.... was stressed,” the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

UN mediator Staff an de Mistu-ra after a fi fth day of peace talks said on Friday that Syria’s govern-ment must do more to present its ideas about a political transition and not merely talk about princi-ples of the peace process.

“We are in a hurry,” de Mistura told reporters after an “intense” day and meetings with Syria’s gov-ernment delegation and the main opposition, the High Negotiations Committee.

De Mistura said he had given both sides homework to do so that the negotiations could go faster on Monday, and during the second week of talks he would try to build a “minimum common platform” for a better understanding on the political transition.

Meanwhile, Syrian rebel fac-tions on Friday condemned a dec-laration of federalism in Kurdish-controlled regions of northern Syria and vowed to resist it by force, a day after those areas voted to seek autonomy.

A statement from a number of Syrian insurgent groups, some of whom are represented in the main opposition body that is participat-ing in peace talks, said the federal-ism announcement was a “project to divide” Syria.

Syria’s Kurdish-controlled northern regions voted on Thurs-day to seek autonomy under a federal system, drawing rebukes from the main opposition’s High Negotiations Committee, the Da-mascus government, Turkey and Washington. — Reuters

Syrians in besieged

areas are enduring

entire days without

eating, sending

children to beg and

eating grass and

wild vegetation

said report

Iraqi cleric’s supporters begin sit-in

BAGHDAD: Supporters of Iraq’s powerful cleric Moqtada Al Sadr began a sit-in outside the walls of Baghdad’s fortifi ed Green Zone on Friday to press the government to see through a move to stem en-demic corruption.

Leveraging his ability to mobi-lise grassroots pressure on the gov-ernment, Sadr wants Prime Min-ister Haider Al Abadi to replace cabinet ministers with non-party technocrats to tackle systemic political patronage that has fos-tered graft. Sadr rejected calls to cancel the sit-in prompted by fears of clashes between his support-ers and security forces guarding the highly sensitive Green Zone, which hosts major government offi ces and foreign embassies in the Iraqi capital. There were no reports of disturbances. A senior Sadr aide, Ibrahim Al Jabri, said the protest would last for 10 days if needed, until the end of a 45-day deadline Sadr gave on February 12 to Abadi for a cabinet overhaul.

Thousands of demonstrators held Friday prayers in a main street leading into the Green Zone nearby, then set up tents to accom-modate those staying on for the sit-in. The Interior Ministry said it had not granted approval for the sit-in and riot police initially blocked roads and bridges leading to the Green Zone, before relent-ing and allowing demonstrators to march almost to its entrance.

On Al Jumhuriya (Republic) Bridge, riot police moved aside and let the demonstrators pull aside barbed wire barriers. Sadr pub-lished a statement on his website thanking the police for “their co-operation”. — Reuters

P R O T E S T

EU fears new surge of migrants from Libya, plans missionBRUSSELS: Nearly half a million people displaced in Libya could travel to Europe, the EU’s foreign policy chief has told the bloc’s for-eign ministers in a letter, urging ac-tion to prevent another escalation in the region’s migration crisis.

In the message seen by Reuters, Federica Mogherini warned that people traffi ckers were operating freely in Libya and said the EU was working on sending a civil-

ian security mission to boost the country’s police, border forces and counter-terrorism operations.

The letter, sent on March 12, came in the build-up to a series of top-level meetings on the migra-tion crisis, including one hosted by Britain in Brussels on Friday with Mogherini and leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Malta.

Diplomats and activists have said they are concerned Libya could be

forgotten while the bloc focuses on reaching a deal with Turkey to return refugees from Greece. An eff ective deal with Turkey may also push traffi ckers to focus on other routes to smuggle migrants to Eu-rope. “There are more than 450,000 internally displaced persons and refugees in Libya who could be po-tential candidates for migration to Europe,” Mogherini wrote.

The European Union is work-

ing on helping Libya boost its in-stitutions and on ensuring that a UN-backed government, currently based in Tunis, can operate from Tripoli. The North African oil producer plunged into chaos after rebels ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, backed by British and French air strikes supported by the United States.

London and Paris struggled for months to win broader EU sup-

port for sanctions on three Libyan leaders seen as blocking the UN process to establish a government in Tripoli.

They fi nally won support this week to go ahead with prepara-tions to impose asset freezes and travel bans, though the sanctions have yet to be adopted.

Beyond such measures, Mogh-erini said she was exploring “all possible options” that could help

combat people traffi ckers in Lib-ya. The EU and the United States hope they will be in a position to act quickly if a unity Libyan gov-ernment is strong enough to call for foreign assistance.

EU defence and foreign aff airs ministers will hold a joint meet-ing focussed on Libya on April 18 in Luxembourg to discuss Mogh-erini’s plans, an EU offi cial said on Friday. — Reuters

N A T I O N A T W A R

Militants fi re rockets at Algerian plantOSLO/ALGERIA: Militants at-tacked an Algerian gas plant oper-ated by Norway’s Statoil and BP with rocket-propelled grenades on Friday, causing no casualties or damage but forcing the facility to be closed as a precaution.

Algeria’s energy infrastruc-ture is heavily protected by the army especially since the 2013 militant attack on the In Amenas gas plant, also operated by BP and Statoil, during which 40 oil workers were killed. Statoil said in a statement that the In Salah gas facility was hit by explosive munitions from a distance. “In the early morning, three or four rocket propelled grenades hit a central processing facility, there were no casualties or damage re-ported,” an industry source.

The Algerian army were con-trolling the area and pursuing the attackers. BP said in a statement that the facility had been closed down as a safety precaution.

According to BP’s website, In Salah started production in 2004 from three fi elds Krechba, Teguentour and Reg. In February, it announced the start up of devel-

opment of the Gour Mahmoud, In Salah, Garet el Befi nat and Hassi Moumene fi elds, to bring output to 9 billion cubic metres a year.

The 2013 In Amenas attack was carried out by militants linked to veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who US forces say may have been killed in an air strike in Libya last year. Al

Qaeda has denied he was killed.Belmokhtar’s group Al Murabi-

toun or “Those who sign in Blood” has been blamed for several at-tacks across the region. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has also claimed recent attacks in the Ivo-ry Coast, Mali and Burkina Faso.

Attacks and bombings in Al-geria, one of Europe’s main gas

suppliers, have become rarer since the North African coun-try emerged from a 1990s war with hardline fi ghters that killed around 200,000 people.

But Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and its affi liates, and fi ghters allied with IS, are active in remote pockets of the country, mainly in the desert south and the mountains east of the capital Al-giers. Algeria and other North Af-rican countries are also increas-ingly worried about the rapid expansion of IS over their border in Libya, where the militant group has taken over the city of Sirte and attacked oilfi elds and ports.

Meanwhile, Russia will de-liver 40 Mi-28NE attack heli-copters to Algeria in line with a bilateral contract, Interfax news agency said on Friday, quoting a source in Russia’s arms export-ing bodies. The Mi-28 helicopter, dubbed “Night Hunter” by the Russian military, is said by arms experts to be among the best in the world in its class. It is capable of carrying out missions day and night and in most adverse weath-er conditions. — Reuters

S A L A H G A S F A C I L I T Y

MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF: A Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy heads towards the villages of Al Foua

and Kefraya in Idlib province, Syria on Thursday. – Reuters

ATTACKED: Technicians stand at a Krechba gas treatment plant,

about 1200 km south of Algiers, in this December 14, 2008 fi le

photo. – Reuters Files

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There is no change in our stand. We have told them that a new government should be formed on the basis on conditions that existed earlier

Ram Madhav, BJP general secretary

‘Hindu rate of growth a thing of past, need to go even faster’

NEW DELHI: Pitching for more reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the world no longer ridicules India of clock-ing ‘Hindu rate of growth’ and eco-nomic liberalisation has helped it grow at a faster pace.

The constituency that favours reforms on Friday, he said, is much more than those who op-pose it and the country can grow at a faster rate generating more resources to eff ectively fund anti-poverty schemes.

“Right till about 40 years of in-dependence, India was growing at about paltry 2-2.5 per cent. The world was ridiculing us and the Indian economy, and its growth

was referred to globally as the Hindu rate of growth.

“So, anybody who grew slowly and was satisfi ed with that growth level was sarcastically referred to as Hindu rate of growth,” Jaitley said at the Skoch event here.

The moderate growth recorded till 1980s was described by econo-mists as the Hindu rate of growth.

After economic liberalisation in 1991, India has been growing

at a much faster pace and in some years also crossed the 10 per cent mark. He said as the economy grows faster, people get more jobs, wealth is generated, people are pulled out of poverty lines and then a resource-full state is able to generate a lot of anti-poverty pro-grammes.

“If we continue to follow the (reforms) path... we will probably be able to write a new chapter in

that history,” he noted.Making a point that the eco-

nomic literature of 1970s and 1980s “taunted” India for low growth, Jaitley said: “1991 was a defi ning moment for India. It was India’s misfortune that what hap-pened in 1991 should have started 20 years before. Had it started 20 years earlier, the 1970-80s would not have been the wasted decades as far as the Indian economy is concerned.”

He said that in the two decades, the ultimate objective was to have a restrictive regime where the government of the day instead of focusing on increasing productiv-ity and wealth generation concen-trated on distribution of existing inadequate resources, which dis-tributed poverty.

Jaitley regretted that even a few years ago, India started going back to the pre-1991 days, where slo-ganeering was given more priority over growth.

“Again, redistribution of exist-ing resources rather than increas-ing productivity... But at the end of the day, the idea was rejected and India realised that only when you grow faster that you pull up a ma-jor part of people and start a lot of poverty alleviation programmes,” the minister stressed. - PTI

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Bid to revive BJP-PDP government in J&K fails

NEW DELHI: Attempts to revive the BJP-PDP coalition in Indian-administered-Kashmir failed on Friday with Bharatiya Janata Par-ty ruling out government-forma-tion on the basis of conditions.

A day after Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti met BJP chief Amit Shah here, her party sources also indi-cated that the back-channel talks between the two sides on formation of a new government have failed.

BJP General Secretary, Ram Madhav, party’s pointsman in the state, went on record to say that the stalemate that existed ear-lier continued and that conditions cannot be the basis for govern-ment formation.

“There is no progress. As far as we are concerned, there is no change in conditions that existed when Mufti Mohammed Sayeed sahab was chief minister. The only change is that Mufti Saheb is no longer there and it was for PDP to appoint a new leader and carry on,” he told reporters here. Reply-ing to questions on Mehbooba-Shah meeting, Madhav said “there is no change in our stand. We have told them that a new government should be formed on the basis on conditions that existed earlier.” - PTI

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Small savings interest rates reducedNEW DELHI: In a move that will hit the common man, the Indian government on Friday slashed interest rates payable on small savings including PPF and Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) in a bid to align them closer to market rates.

As a part of its February 16 de-cision to revise interest rates on small savings every quarter, the interest rate on Public Provident Fund (PPF) scheme will be cut to 8.1 per cent for the period April 1 to June 30, from 8.7 per cent, at present. Similarly, the interest rate on KVP will be cut to 7.8 per cent from 8.7 per cent, according to a Finance Ministry order.

While the interest rate on Post Offi ce savings has been retained at 4 per cent, the same for term

deposits of one to fi ve years has been cut. The popular fi ve-year National Savings Certifi cates will earn an interest rate of 8.1 per cent from April 1 as against 8.5 per cent, at present. A fi ve-year Monthly Income Account will fetch 7.8 per cent against 8.4 per cent now.

Girl-child saving scheme, Su-kanya Samriddhi Account will see interest rate of 8.6 per cent as against 9.2 per cent. Senior citizen savings scheme of fi ve-year would earn 8.6 per cent interest com-pared with 9.3 per cent.

“On the basis of the decisions of the government, interest rates for small savings schemes are to be notifi ed on quarterly basis,” the order said announcing the rates for the fi rst quarter of fi s-

cal 2016-17. Post Offi ce term de-posits of one, two and three years command an interest rate of 8.4 per cent but from April 1, a 1-year Time Deposit will get 7.1 per cent, 2-year Time Deposit will earn 7.2 per cent and 3-Year Time Deposit will attract interest of 7.4 per cent.

Five-year time deposit will fetch 7.9 per cent interest in the fi rst quarter as against 8.5 per cent while the same on fi ve-year recur-ring deposit has been slashed to 7.4 per cent from 8.4 per cent.

The government had on Febru-ary 16 announced moving small saving interest rates closer to market rates. On that day, rates on short-term post offi ce deposits was cut by 0.25 per cent but long-term instruments such as MIS,

PPF, senior citizen and girl child schemes were left untouched.Post offi ce savings of 1, 2 and 3 year term deposits, Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) as well as 5-year Recur-ring Deposits till now earned 0.25 per cent higher interest than the government securities of similar tenures. This advantage has been withdrawn with eff ect from April 1, 2016, the Finance Ministry said.

On February 16, the govern-ment had left Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme and the Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) — which com-mand 0.75 per cent, 1 per cent and 0.25 per cent higher interest rate respectively than G-secs — un-touched, saying they are linked to social security goals. - PTI

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Two militants shot dead in encounter

SRINAGAR: Two unidentifi ed militants were killed in an en-counter with security forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara dis-trict in Indian-administered-Kashmir on Friday.

“Two terrorists have been gunned down so far by the army in an ongoing operation at Petha Wadar of Handwara area in the district,” an army offi cial said.

Acting on specifi c informa-tion about the presence of mili-tants in the area, security forces last night launched a search op-eration there, he said.

Operation in progressThe hiding militants fi red upon the security forces triggering an encounter in which the two militants were killed, the offi -cial said.

He said the identity of the slain militants has not been as-certained yet. The operation is in progress and further details are awaited, the offi cial said. - PTI

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HONOUR: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents Skoch Challenger Lifetime Achievement

Award to Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Aff airs, M. Venkaiah Naidu dur-

ing the 43rd Skoch Summit in New Delhi on Friday. - PTI

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Musharraf leaves Pakistan after ban on travel lifted

ISLAMABAD: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf left Paki-stan on Friday for medical treat-ment in Dubai after the govern-ment lifted a travel ban imposed on him as he awaited trial on trea-son and other charges, his spokes-

man said. Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the government on Wednesday to lift the travel ban, paving the way for Musharraf to leave.

“General Pervez Musharraf has left the country for Dubai,” his spokesman Mohammad Amjad

said. The departure of Musharraf, who has faced a battery of court cases since returning home from self-imposed exile in 2013, will re-move a source of friction between the army and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Media showed images of Mush-

arraf leaving his home in a heav-ily guarded convoy for the air-port in the port city of Karachi. He entered the airport through a gate reserved for staff and left for Dubai on an Emirates fl ight.

“I am a commando and I love my homeland,” Musharraf told Pakistani media at the airport.

“I will come back in a few weeks or months.” His lawyers have argued that he needed to travel abroad for medical treatment and to visit his ailing mother in Dubai.

Interior minister Chaudhry Ni-sar Ali Khan said on Thursday the former ruler was being allowed to travel abroad for treatment after a commitment from his lawyers that he would return in 4-6 weeks to face the charges against him.

Musharraf came to power in 1999 in a bloodless coup against Sharif and stood down nine years later when threatened with im-peachment.

He returned to Pakistan in March 2013 after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to con-test elections, despite the possi-bility of arrest and death threats from the Taliban.

He was acquitted earlier this year of the murder of a separatist leader in 2006.

Musharraf has also been charged in connection with the 2007 assassination of for-mer prime minister Benazir Bhutto and the murder of a prom-inent cleric.

Pakistan’s military has ruled the South Asian nation for almost half of its 69-year history. It sets foreign and security policy even when civilian administrations are in power. But the powerful generals have meddled far less in politics than in Musharraf’s era, preferring instead to let civilian governments take the heat for Pa-kistan’s failures. -Reuters

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OFF TO DUBAI: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf left Paki-

stan on Friday for medical treatment in Dubai after the govern-

ment lifted a travel ban imposed on him. - Reuters fi le photo

Two injured as chartered plane crash-lands at Karachi airport

KARACHI: A chartered plane with 18 people on board crash-landed at Karachi’s Jinnah Inter-national Airport on Friday, Express News reported. Two people were reportedly injured in the incident.

Reports suggested the plane had to make an emergency landing as soon as it took off .

Rescue teams and Civil Avia-tion Authority (CAA) offi cials ar-rived at the scene and the runway was closed.

It was initially reported that at least 10 passengers received ‘mi-nor’ injuries when the plane land-ed due to a burst tyre; however, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) denied the claims, saying all pas-sengers remained unhurt and that fl ight NL-142 landed at the airport and shortly afterwards went off the runway.

A medical report revealed the pilot was intoxicated and fatigued at the time of landing. - Express Tribune

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Pakistan desires to see Turkmenistan join CPEC ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is keen to see Turkmenistan join the China-Pakistan Economic Cor-ridor (CPEC) in order to promote linkages with the southern port of Gwadar and the Arabian Sea, says the minister of commerce.

“As we move forward to im-prove regional connectivity, we could further align our economic and trade interests,” said Khur-ram Dastgir while speaking at the fi rst Pakistan-Turkmenistan Business Forum on Thursday.

He underlined Pakistan’s com-mitment to forging strong rela-tions with regional states in an at-tempt to give a boost to trade and

economic activities. He called the holding of the fi rst business fo-rum a step in the right direction, which would be instrumental in deepening linkages between business communities of the two countries and raising the level of bilateral trade.

Dastgir noted that extensive in-teraction between the Pakistani and Central Asian leadership refl ected the fact that the two regions were coming closer and clearing the way for realising the dream of strong inter-regional connectivity. He highlighted that the western route of CPEC would provide landlocked countries of

Central Asia the shortest trading route with East Asia.

“Opportunities like the CPEC emerge in decades and in eco-nomic signifi cance it is compara-ble to the great trade route discov-eries of the world,” he remarked.

The minister, however, pointed out that trade between Pakistan and Turkmenistan stood quite low at $25 million and had the po-tential to go higher.

The factors that continued to hamper expansion of trade were lack of direct cargo links, safe and direct land routes, knowledge of Pakistani products and visa facili-tation. - Express Tribune

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Cheaper way tobattle recessionNoah Smith

What should the US government do to fi ght recessions? What should it do to fi ght slow growth? This is the eternal question

of so-called countercyclical policy. The two main-stream ideas are fi scal and monetary stimulus. The fi scal version works by having the government bor-row and spend money, either on useful things like infrastructure, or by simply mailing people checks. The typical monetary variety works by having the Federal Reserve swap money for fi nancial assets, which lowers interest rates.

Unfortunately, both of these methods have major drawbacks. Fiscal stimulus is dependent on Con-gress, which these days doesn’t tend to respond in a rapid, reliable or even a responsible way. Monetary stimulus just doesn’t seem to work very well when interest rates are near zero — the impact of quan-titative easing, for example, was questionable. Be-cause of these limitations, macroeconomists have been trying to dream up alternate ways of stimulat-ing the economy. One of these ideas is the so-called helicopter drop -- have the central bank print mon-ey and give it to people.

A second idea is to make interest rates very nega-tive, which would probably require forcing people to use electronic money rather than physical cash.

A third new idea is to have the government lend people money at very low interest rates. The basic reasoning is that people have constraints on how much they can borrow — not everyone can get a mortgage, or take out a large loan on a credit card. This creates limits on how much they can spend. The government, on the other hand, can borrow almost unlimited money, at far lower interest rates than normal people. The interest rate on one-month Treasury bills is just a bit more than 0.25 per cent, while credit-card interest rates are about 15 per cent: T-bill and credit card graph.

Suppose the government off ers loans to citizens at 0.5 per cent, up to some maximum amount per-person. If people repay the loans, the government makes a profi t. If they don’t, the amount they don’t pay back acts as fi scal stimulus. Either way, people will tend to spend the money they borrow, giving a bump to aggregate demand in the short term. Be-cause some people will pay back their loans, the cost to the government — and thus to the future taxpayer — is lower than for pure fi scal stimulus.

This approach was suggested by University of

Michigan economist Miles Kimball, in a 2011 pa-per entitled “Getting the Biggest Bang for the Buck in Fiscal Policy.” He called the proposal “national lines of credit.” More recently, it has been suggested by the University of California-Berkeley’s Brad De-Long, under the name of “social credit.”

Now, some research suggests that the US gov-ernment may have already done a version of this during the Great Recession, and that it helped fi ght the slump. In a conference paper entitled “Credit Policy as Fiscal Policy,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology fi nance professor Deborah Lucas documents more than 150 programmes that the government used to lend to or encourage lending to consumers. Here, from Lucas’ paper, is a picture of total non-emergency federal loans, including direct loans and guarantees: federal loans

Lucas calculates the impact of these loans on ag-gregate demand, using standard estimates of fi scal multipliers. She fi nds that federal lending did as much as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to stimulate demand and keep the econ-omy from crashing during those dark years.

Obviously, if federal lending can be used to stimu-late aggregate demand at a much lower cost than fi scal stimulus, it’s something to consider. However, there are some potential drawbacks.

One potential problem is that when the govern-ment lends to lots of individuals, it changes the re-lationship between citizens and their government. The Treasury will want to make sure that as many people as possible repay their federal loans, since defi cits look bad politically. But since the govern-ment also controls policy regarding loan repayment, this gives leaders an incentive to make defaulting on debt much harder.

This is happening with student loans. The fed-eral government — which owns most student loans — has proven to be a ruthless debt collector. When you borrow from a bank and can’t pay it back, the government can step in to protect you with personal bankruptcy law. When the lender is the govern-ment, such protection may not be forthcoming.

A second, related problem is fairness. If the gov-ernment is lenient in collecting debts, then people who pay back their loans may feel cheated when their neighbours fail to repay. So there are serious political problems with using national lines of cred-it. But the evidence shows that it can give a big boost to demand, so the challenge is to fi nd ways to mini-mise the political problems. - Bloomberg View

Need for parents to get more involved This refers to the story Indian school Board meeting postponed (March 17). I’am sorry to say that it is very unfortunate that it had become a practice of the outgoing boards to select members of

their choice in the School Management Committee at a time when they had only couple of days left to remain in offi ce. I am not all surprised with the news that while nominating new SMC chairman for the ISM, the committee did not follow the laid down rules, as over the years manipulation to select people of their personal choice whether they deserve or do not, has become a thumb rule for them. Perhaps the present Board, the Chairman and his favoured supporters have taken the thing for granted thus a foolproof method is the need of the hour. Parents should no longer behave like silent spectators and must come forward to put all kinds of administrative and fi nancial irregularities if any, under check. The matter should be brought to the notice of Embassy as well as the Ministry of Educa-tion if needed. No one should be allowed

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Defiant North Korea fires missile

SEOUL: North Korea fi red at least one ballistic missile which fl ew about 800km (500 miles) before hitting the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Fri-day, as the isolated state stepped up its defi ance of tough new UN and US sanctions.

A US offi cial told Reuters in Washington it appeared to be a medium-range missile fi red from a road-mobile launcher. That would mark North Korea’s fi rst test of a medium-range missile, capable of reaching Japan, since 2014.

The missile, launched from

north of the capital, Pyongyang, fl ew across the peninsula and into the sea off the east coast early Fri-day morning, South Korea’s Offi ce of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

It appeared the North may have fi red a second missile soon after from the same region, with a pro-

jectile disappearing from radar at an altitude of about 17km, the statement said.

South Korea did not confi rm the type of the missiles. But 800km was likely beyond the range of most short-range missiles in North Korea’s arsenal.

The North’s Rodong missile has

an estimated maximum range of 1,300 km, according to the South’s defence ministry. Friday’s launch quickly provoked a barrage of criti-cism and appeals. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang urged North Korea to abide by UN resolutions and not do anything to exacerbate tensions. The US State Department in a statement urged North Korea to focus on taking concrete steps toward fulfi lling its international commitments and obligations. Japan lodged a protest with North Korea through its em-bassy in Beijing, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament.

Self-restraint“Japan strongly demands North Korea to exercise self-restraint and will take all necessary meas-ures, such as warning and surveil-lance activity, to be able to respond to any situations,” Abe said.

South Korea’s Unifi cation Min-istry said Pyongyang should focus on improving the lives of its peo-ple and that provocative actions would help nothing.

North Korea often fi res mis-

siles during periods of tension on the Korean peninsula or when it comes under pressure to curb its defi ance and abandon its weapons programmes.

Last week, the North fi red two short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast and its leader Kim Jong Un ordered more nuclear weapons tests and missile tests.

That came after North Korean media said the North had minia-turised nuclear warheads to fi t on ballistic missiles and quoted Kim as calling upon the military to pre-pare for a “pre-emptive nuclear strike” against the United States and South Korea.

US President Barack Obama imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday over its nu-clear test and satellite launch. The sanctions freeze North Korean government assets in the United States, bans US exports to, or in-vestment in, North Korea, and expands a US blacklist to anyone - including non-Americans - who deal with North Korea. North Ko-rea conducted its fourth nuclear test on January 6 and launched a

long-range rocket on February 7 in defi ance of existing UN Security Council resolutions.

The North has reacted angrily to annual joint military drills by US and South Korean troops that be-gan on March 7, calling the exercis-es “nuclear war moves” and threat-ening to wipe out its enemies.

The US and South Korea remain technically at war with the North because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armed truce instead of a peace agreement. Over the last several weeks, the two Koreas have suspended economic ties over the mounting tensions.

South Korea and US offi cials this month began discussions on deploying the advanced anti-mis-sile Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system to the US military in the South, despite Chinese and Russian objections.

On Wednesday, North Korea’s supreme court sentenced a visit-ing American student to 15 years of hard labour for crimes against the state, a punishment Washing-ton condemned as politically mo-tivated. — Reuters

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Lion wanders into Nairobi; captured after injuring manNAIROBI: A male lion that strayed into rush hour traffi c in the Kenyan capital on Friday injured one man before being captured and taken back to a reserve that lies on the edge of the city, the Ken-ya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.

KWS, which manages the country’s safari reserves includ-ing the Nairobi National Park on the outskirts of the capital, said its units had caught the lion after images posted on social media showed it wandering along a main road near the park. “A man who was injured by the lion (has been) taken to hospital,” KWS said on its Twitter feed.

KWS spokesman Paul Udoto told Kenya’s NTV that the elderly man was in a stable condition af-ter the black-maned lion attacked him when it became agitated by the hooting of car horns by pass-ing motorists.

The images on social media showed the lion walking along a grassy verge next to the busy road and past some people who

looked on from behind a closed iron-bar gate. Inside Nairobi Na-tional Park, which lies on the city limits, tourists enjoy views of li-ons, rhinos, giraff es, zebras and other wildlife against a backdrop

of high-rise buildings. Lions are occasionally spotted in the city close to the park after fi nding a way through fences that protect the built-up areas near the re-serve. — Reuters

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EXACERBATING TENSIONS: A man watches a TV screen showing

a fi le footage of the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at

Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday. – AP/PTI

ON THE LOOKOUT: A guard of the Kenyan Wildlife Service, which

manages the country’s safari reserves including the Nairobi Na-

tional Park on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital. – AFP

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Born in Bad-Honnef, near Bonn in western Germany in 1961, former German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle trained as a lawyer and was elected to the Bundestag lower house of parliament in 1996.

EU, Turkey clinch deal to stem illegal migrant flow

BRUSSELS: European Union leaders approved a controversial deal with Turkey on Friday intend-ed to halt illegal migration fl ows to Europe in return for fi nancial and political rewards for Ankara.

The accord aims to close the main route over which a million migrants and refugees poured across the Aegean Sea to Greece before marching north to Germa-ny and Sweden in the last year. But deep doubts remain about wheth-er it is legal or workable.

After a morning of talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, European Council President Donald Tusk recom-mended that the 28 EU member states approve the text without changes and they rapidly agreed at a summit lunch in Brussels.

“Agreement with Turkey ap-proved. All illegal migrants who arrive to Greece from Turkey starting March 20 will be re-turned!” Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka tweeted from inside the meeting.

A senior EU offi cial said Davu-toglu had indicated Ankara would

accept the proposal if the EU lead-ers approved it. Under the pact, Ankara would take back all illegal migrants who cross to Greece, in-cluding Syrians, in return for the EU taking in thousands of Syrian refugees directly from Turkey and rewarding it with more money, ear-ly visa-free travel and progress in its EU membership negotiations.

Migrants who arrive in Greece from Sunday will be subject to be-ing sent back to Turkey once they are registered and their asylum claim is processed. A senior Turk-ish offi cial said the returns would begin on April 4 and resettle-ment of Syrian refugees in Europe would begin simultaneously.

The EU also agreed to acceler-ate disbursement of 3 billion eu-ros already pledged in support for

refugees in Turkey and to provide a further 3 billion by 2018 once Ankara came up with a list of pro-jects that qualifi ed for EU assis-tance. While the talks were in pro-gress, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the EU of hypoc-risy over migrants, human rights and terrorism after supporters of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) set up protest tents near the summit venue.

Erdogan said Europe was “dancing in a minefi eld” by di-rectly or indirectly supporting terrorist groups. “At a time when Turkey is hosting three million, those who are unable to fi nd space for a handful of refugees, who in the middle of Europe keep these innocents in shameful conditions, must fi rst look at themselves,” he

said in a televised speech. Facing a backlash from anti-immigration populists across Europe, the EU is desperate to stem the infl ux but faced legal obstacles to blanket re-turns of migrants to Turkey.

The summit discussions ex-posed considerable doubts among member states and EU lawyers over whether a deal could be made legal under international law, and human rights groups denounced the planned agreement as a sell-out of European principles.

The EU leaders pressed Ankara to change its rules to extend inter-national standards of protection to non-Syrian migrants, a condi-tion for Greece to be able legally to return asylum seekers to Turkey.

“All new irregular migrants crossing from Turkey into Greek

islands from 20 March, 2016, will be returned to Turkey,” the draft joint EU-Turkey statement seen by Reuters said. “This will take place in full accordance with EU and international law, thus ex-cluding any kind of collective ex-pulsion.”

It did not say whether this would entail changes in Turkish legislation. Turkey’s four-decade-old dispute with Cyprus had been a key stumbling block. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in-sisted there could be no opening of new “chapters” in Turkey’s EU talks until Ankara allows Cypriot traffi c to its sea and airports - a result of a refusal to recognise the Cypriot state. But the issue was sidestepped because EU leaders agreed to open a negotiating chap-ter that was not one of the fi ve blocked by Nicosia. An EU offi cial said they would open chapter 33 on budget policy and accelerate preparations for negotiations in other areas.

Much of the debate among EU leaders on Thursday focused on ensuring that a plan that has out-raged human rights groups could guarantee that those returned to Turkey would receive full protec-tion, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

Turkey’s human rights record has drawn mounting criticism amid a crackdown on Kurdish separatists, arrests of critical journalists and the seizure of its best-selling newspaper.

EU offi cials said Greece also needed time to set up legal and administrative structures to carry out the deportations and grant migrants individual asylum and appeal hearings.

EU partners were expected to pledge additional manpower and resources to help Athens cope with the new challenge and with a backlog of 43,000 migrants bot-tled up on its territory since its northern neighbour Macedonia closed its border. — Reuters

The accord aims

to close the main

route over which

a million migrants

and refugees poured

across the Aegean

Sea to Greece before

marching north

to Germany

and Sweden

Former German foreign minister Westerwelle dies at 54

BERLIN: Former German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has died from blood cancer at the age of 54, his foundation said on its website on Friday.

Westerwelle was leader of the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) from 2001 until 2011 and foreign minister during Chancel-lor Angela Merkel’s second term from 2009 until 2013.

His foundation announced in mid-2014 that he had been diag-nosed with acute leukemia. He last appeared in public in November, presenting a book on his battle with blood cancer called “Between Two Lives”. “We mourn Guido Westerwelle. Our sympathy goes out to his husband and his family,” the FDP said in a short statement.

“I’m lost for words. Guido has fought so hard. The grief is great,” FDP leader Christian Lindner said in a tweet. Westerwelle was com-mitted to promoting free markets and small government, with tax cuts at the heart of his party’s elec-tion programmes.

Born in Bad-Honnef, near Bonn in western Germany in 1961, he trained as a lawyer and was elected to the Bundestag lower house of parliament in 1996.

He became chairman of the FDP fi ve years later and was widely credited with broadening the ap-peal of the party, especially among younger voters.

In the run-up to the 2002 fed-eral election, Westerwelle tried to stir up voters with an American-style campaign, travelling around Germany in a bus dubbed the “Guidomobil”, but fell well short of his declared target of winning 18 per cent of the vote and remained in opposition.

Seven years later however, the FDP won nearly 15 per cent of the vote, its best-ever election result.

Westerwelle became foreign minister and vice-chancellor un-der Merkel but quickly ran afoul of the German media. — Reuters

B L O O D C A N C E R

Abu Sayyaf leader wanted by US wounded

MANILA: Philippine security forces wounded a leader of an Al Qaeda-linked militant group wanted by the United States in a clash on Friday but he escaped, an army general said on Friday.

Radullan Sahiron, a one-armed leader of the Abu Sayyaf militant group, has been on a US State De-partment wanted list with a $1 mil-lion reward for his capture since his involvement in the kidnapping of US tourists in 2001.

“There’s an intelligence report that Radullan Sahiron was wound-ed in the fi refi ght,” General Alan Arrojado told reporters referring to a clash between soldiers and about 100 militants on the south-ern island of Jolo.

“We don’t know where he was hit but one of his assistants was shot in the leg.”

Several other militants were wounded while seven militants and a soldier were killed, he said.

Security forces were chasing the fl eeing militants, he said. — Reuters

P H I L I P P I N E C L A S H E S

Paris attacks suspect caught in Brussels: MediaBRUSSELS: The most-wanted fugitive from November’s Paris at-tacks was wounded and caught in a shootout with police in Brussels on Friday, Belgian newspaper Derni-ere Heure and other media said.

Other newspapers reported two people had been arrested, though there were confl icting accounts and French President Francois Hollande said there was no confi r-mation of the detention of Salah Abdeslam, the 26-year-old French suspect from Brussels.

Gun fi reSeveral exchanges of gun fi re rang out in the city’s Molenbeek area - the scene of past investigations - and police offi cers were seen surrounding an apartment block there. Hollande and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel left an EU leaders meeting on the migration crisis going on at the same time in the Belgian capital and met to dis-cuss the operation, offi cials said.

Television footage showed masked security forces guarding a street. Reporters at the scene de-scribed white smoke rising from

a rooftop and a helicopter hover-ing overhead. A police spokes-woman said an operation was on and gave no more details. Belgian police had found fi ngerprints of Abdeslam at the scene of an apart-ment raided on Tuesday, prosecu-tors said earlier. The Belgian fed-

eral prosecutor’s offi ce also said an Algerian killed during that ear-lier operation was probably one of the people French and Belgian investigators were seeking in rela-tion IS attacks in Paris on Novem-ber 13 last.

It later said in a separate state-

ment that Mohamed Belkaid was probably the man who went under the name of Samir Bouzid and was killed on Tuesday.

Public broadcaster RTBF said it had information that Abdeslam, whose elder brother blew him-self up in Paris, was “more than likely” one of two men who police have said evaded capture at the scene before a sniper shot dead 35-year-old Belkaid as he aimed a Kalashnikov. Other Belgian me-dia were more cautious, however, saying only there was evidence Abdeslam had been there.

A man named Samir Bouzid has been sought since December when police issued CCTV pic-tures of him wiring cash from Brussels two days after the Paris attacks to a woman who was then killed in a shootout with police in the Paris suburb of St. Denis.

She was a cousin of Abdelha-mid Abbaoud, a Belgian who had fought in Syria and is suspected of being a prime organiser of the attacks in which 130 people were killed. Both died in the apartment in St. Denis on November 18.

France’s BFM television said the fi ngerprints were found on a glass in the apartment, where four police offi cers, including a Frenchwoman, were wounded when a hail of automatic gunfi re hit them through the front door as they arrived for what offi cials said they had expected to be a relative-ly routine search.

Belgian offi cials said earlier in the week that police had not ex-pected to fi nd armed suspects at the apartment and that the pres-ence of French offi cers was not an indication the raid was of special importance to the investigation.

Abdeslam’s elder brother was among the suicide bombers who killed themselves in Paris dur-ing a shooting rampage in which 130 people died. The younger Ab-deslam was driven back to Brus-sels from Paris hours later.

Belgian authorities are holding 10 people suspected of involve-ment with him, but there has been no report of the fugitive himself being sighted. There has long been speculation in Belgium that he could have fl ed to Syria. — Reuters

M O S T W A N T E D F U G I T I V E

Policeman dies in southeast Turkey blast, embassies issue warningDIYARBAKIR (TURKEY): A bomb attack by Kurdish militants killed a police offi cer in southeast Turkey on Friday and another device was defused outside a lo-cal government building, as em-bassies issued security warnings about expected demonstrations this weekend.

Turkey has been on high alert since a suicide bombing, claimed by a Kurdish militant group, killed 37 people in the capital Ankara on Sunday. Germany shut down its diplomatic missions and schools in Turkey, while the US and other European embassies warned citi-zens to be vigilant.

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were believed to have staged Friday’s attack on the ar-moured police vehicle during se-curity operations in the town of Nusaybin, near the Syrian border,

security sources said. In the town of Hani, also in the mainly Kurdish southeast, police found a vehicle loaded with 150kg (330 lb) of ex-plosives which they believed was to be detonated during events to mark the anniversary of a World War One battlefi eld victory at Can-akkale on Friday, state authorities said. “Thanks to the alertness of security forces, there was no loss of life or damage. Eff orts to ensure peace and security for our people will continue decisively and unin-terrupted,” the provincial gover-nor’s offi ce said.

‘Avoid busy locations’The Spanish and Italian embassies urged their citizens to avoid busy locations, celebrations and ral-lies on Sunday and Monday, when Kurds celebrate the Nowroz New Year festival.

At the height of the PKK insur-gency in the 1990s, the festival was often marked by violent clashes between Kurdish protesters and the security forces. It coincides with the spring thaw, a time when in previous years PKK fi ghters re-

entered Turkey from mountain hideouts in northern Iraq.

NATO member Turkey also faces a threat from IS militants, blamed for several attacks in-cluding a suicide bombing in Is-tanbul in January that killed 10

German tourists. Germany said it was keeping its diplomatic mis-sions and schools closed until the weekend due to a highly credible security threat. Der Spiegel maga-zine reported that US and Turkish intelligence, as well as Kurdish se-curity sources, had warned Berlin of a planned suicide attack, linked to IS, on German diplomatic mis-sions or schools. A PKK ceasefi re collapsed in July, triggering daily violence which has killed more than 1,000 militants, security force members and civilians.

In the latest clashes, 10 PKK militants were killed in fi ght-ing in the southeastern towns of Yuksekova, Sirnak and Nusaybin on Thursday, the Turkish mili-tary said. European leaders have expressed concern about the loss of civilian life in military op-erations and have urged Turkey

to use proportional force.President Tayyip Erdogan re-

torted: “Our struggle against terrorism is measured and le-gitimate... Every terrorist organi-sation active in our region and in Turkey has unifi ed against Turkey.

“Many states, primarily West-ern countries, still cannot display a principled stance against these groups,” he added in a speech on Friday. “Europe’s continued reck-less behaviour is like dancing in a minefi eld... I am telling nations that directly or indirectly embrace terrorist groups: you are nursing a viper in your bosom,” he said at Canakkale commemorations.

The Istanbul governor’s offi ce has dismissed the German clo-sures, accusing Berlin of taking ac-tion on the basis of “unconfi rmed rumours” without consulting Turkish authorities. — Reuters

I N S U R G E N C Y

ACCORD: Turkey’s Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, talks with French President Francois Hol-

lande, right, and Britain Prime minister David Cameron, centre, during the European Union summit at

the EU Headquarters in Brussels on Friday. – AFP

OPERATION: A Belgian policemen walk in a street during a police

action in the Molenbeek-Saint-Jean district in Brussels. – AFP

TIGHT SECURITY: Police offi cers search a car during a security

control check in central Ankara, Turkey on Thursday. – Reuters

So the match that the subcontinent was waiting for is upon

us. The last time the two old rivals met a couple of weeks back in neighbouring Dhaka turned out to be a damp squib as India ran out easy winners despite getting shaken up a bit at the start of their reply to the meagre total that they were asked to chase.

Both teams would have learnt plenty from that game and will therefore be better prepared this time around. The pitch will also be diff erent even though Kolkata is not that far away from Dhaka. The Eden Gardens pitch will not have grass on it. If anything it will be bereft of any green and the ball will likely turn more than it will seam.

India will be under more pressure as it is a must win game for them. They lose this and they are pretty much out of the tournament.

They have only themselves to blame for they made a mess of a small total that New Zea-land had set them and then went on to lose by a big margin too which makes it tough for them in case it boils down to the net run rate for qualifi ca-

tion for the semifi nals. Credit to New Zealand

spinners for the way they exploited the pitch and more to their think tank that went in with the extra spinner and dropped their seamers.

India will most likely go in with the same eleven since Dhoni is a big believer in not changing combinations if he can help it.

With the Pakistan seam attack being its strength India will stick with Pandya and not go for an extra spinner in his place. The Baroda youngster who can hit the ball long has

been found wanting against quality attacks. Such is his potential though that Dhoni will want to take a chance with him to come good in this crucial game.

Ahmed Shehzad showed against Bangladesh why it was a mistake to have dropped him from the Asia Cup squad. He is a classy player who can get the team off to a fl ying start along with Mohammed Hafeez, another terrifi c stroke player.

Pakistan will be hoping that Umar Akmal will come good for he is a player who has been an underachiever so far. However they will be looking at their skipper Shahid Afridi to make the impact that turns the game their way.

If the Pakistani skipper does that at the Eden Gardens he can be sure that he will be loved more in Pakistan than in India. - PMG

SPOR S

SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016

o the match that the subcontinent was waiting for is upon

us. The last time the two old rivals met a couple of weeksback in neighbouring Dhaka turned out to be a damp squib as India ran out easy winners despite getting shaken up a bit at the start of their reply to the meagre total that they were asked to chase.

Both teams would have learnt plenty from that game and will therefore be better prepared this time around.The pitch will also be diff erenteven though Kolkata is not that far away from Dhaka. The Eden Gardens pitch will not have grass on it. If anything itwill be bereft of any green and the ball will likely turn more than it will seam.

India will be under more pressure as it is a must win game for them. They lose this and they are pretty much out of the tournament.

They have only themselves to blame for they made a messof a small total that New Zea-land had set them and then went on to lose by a big margintoo which makes it tough for them in case it boils down to the net run rate for qualifi ca-

tion for the semifi nals. Credit to New Zealand

spinners for the way they exploited the pitch and more to their think tank that went in with the extra spinner and dropped their seamers.

India will most likely go in with the same eleven since Dhoni is a big believer in not changing combinations if he can help it.

With the Pakistan seamattack being its strength India will stick with Pandya and not go for an extra spinner in hisplace. The Baroda youngster who can hit the ball long has

been found wanting against quality attacks. Such is hispotential though that Dhoni will want to take a chance with him to come good in this crucial game.

Ahmed Shehzad showed against Bangladesh why it was a mistake to have dropped him from the Asia Cup squad. He is a classy player who canget the team off to a fl ying start along with Mohammed Hafeez, another terrifi c stroke player.

Pakistan will be hoping that Umar Akmal will come good for he is a player who has been an underachiever so far. However they will be looking at their skipper Shahid Afridi to make the impact that turns the game their way.

If the Pakistani skipper does that at the Eden Gardenshe can be sure that he will be loved more in Pakistan than in India. - PMG

Kiwis keep cool to beatAustralia

DHARAMSALA: New Zealand held their nerve to edge out Aus-tralia by eight runs in a tense World Twenty20 Group Two match on Friday and move closer to a place in the semifi nals.

On a high after beating hosts India in their opening game, New Zealand posted a modest 142 for eight before defending the total with disciplined bowling and tight fi elding against their trans-Tasman rivals. Australia came into the tournament with an em-barrassment of top-order riches and decided to open with Usman Khawaja and Shane Watson.

The decision meant no place for Aaron Finch, who was captain of the side barely six weeks ago and is the top-ranked batsman in this format of the game.

Khawaja (38) added 44 runs with Shane Watson (13) before Australia suff ered a collapse to slump to 66-4 at the halfway mark of their innings.

Glenn Maxwell (22) and Mitchell Marsh (24) tried their best but Australia kept losing wickets at regular intervals and needed 19 runs off the fi nal over sent down by Corey Anderson.

Anderson dismissed James Faulkner with the fi rst ball to dash Australia’s slender hopes of a narrow win as New Zealand rose to the top of the group table.

Mitchell McClenaghan justi-fi ed his selection at the cost of off -spinner Nathan McCullum, claiming fi gures of three for 17.

Earlier, Martin Guptill (39) gave New Zealand a fl ying start in a 61-run opening stand with skip-per Kane Williamson (24) who decided to bat fi rst on a dry track at the picturesque stadium in the north Indian hill station.

Guptill greeted Aston Agar by hitting his fi rst two balls out of the ground and a third six off the fi nal ball of the over ensured the left-arm spinner was swiftly re-moved from the attack.

Maxwell proved why he is such an asset for the side, taking a catch in the deep to send back the dangerous Guptill, dismiss-ing Williamson with his second delivery and sending back Ander-son in his next over.

The 27-year-old remained in the thick of things, taking anoth-er catch to dismiss Luke Ronchi and fi ring in a bullet throw to run out Mitchell Santner.

Grant Elliot struck a quickfi re 27 down the order but New Zea-land managed only 84 runs in the last 14 overs. - Reuters

On a high after

beating hosts India

in their opening

game, New Zealand

posted a modest

142 for eight before

defending the total

with disciplined

bowling and tight

fi elding against their

trans-Tasman rivals

NEW ZEALANDM. Guptill c Maxwell b Faulkner 39K. Williamson c Agar b Maxwell 24C. Munro c Faulkner b Marsh 23C. Anderson c Agar b Maxwell 3R. Taylor c Marsh b Watson 11G. Elliott run out 27L. Ronchi c Maxwell b Faulkner 6M.J. Santner run out 1A.F. Milne (not out) 2Extras (b-4, w-2) 6Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 142Did not bat: M. McClenaghan, I.S. Sodhi

Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-66, 3-76, 4-97, 5-117, 6-133, 7-140, 8-142.Bowling: N.M. Coulter-Nile 4-0-33-0; S. Watson 4-0-22-1 (w-1); A.C. Agar 1-0-18-0; J. Faulkner 3-0-18-2; A. Zampa 1-0-3-0; G. Maxwell 3-0-18-2; M. Marsh 4-0-26-1 (w-1).

AUSTRALIAU. Khawaja run out 38S. Watson c Williamson b McClenaghan 13S. Smith st Ronchi b Santner 6D. Warner c Guptill b Santner 6G. Maxwell c Williamson b Sodhi 22M. Marsh c Milne b McClenaghan 24A.C. Agar c Taylor b McClenaghan 9J. Faulkner c Guptill b Anderson 2N. Coulter-Nile b Anderson 1P. Nevill (not out) 7A. Zampa (not out) 2Extras (lb-2, w-2) 4Total (9 wkts; 20 overs) 134Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-51, 3-62, 4-66, 5-100, 6-121, 7-123, 8-124, 9-132.Bowling: C. Anderson 4-0-29-2; A. Milne 2-0-22-0 (w-2); G. Elliott 2-0-17-0; M. McClenaghan 3-0-17-3; M.J. Santner 4-0-30-2; K. Williamson 1-0-3-0; I.S. Sodhi 4-0-14-1.

India will be under more pressureCOMMENTARY

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SPORTSS AT U R DAY, M A R C H 1 9, 2 0 1 6

Oman Air extend overall lead after another cracking dayMUSCAT: Oman Air enjoyed an-other cracking day on the Muscat race course to put them in a strong position going into the fi nal day of the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series Act 1. And Morgan Larson got to experience his fi rst ever Optimist race against a fl eet of keen young Omanis from the Omantel Oman Sail youth squad as a warm up!

After recovering from a mid fl eet performance on the dinghies, Morgan Larson and his new Oman Air GC32 crew turned on the heat for the third day of Extreme racing and recorded their eighth win in 13 races and added a further podium place to extend their overall lead at the top of the table to 26 points over second-placed SAP Extreme Sailing Team with one day of rac-ing remaining.

The fi rst day of the Omani week-end saw crowds pile into the Ex-treme Sailing Series Race Village to enjoy the sunshine, on the race

course the heat translated to a con-stantly shifting breeze and racing was eventually shortened when the Almouj Stadium course ran out of wind altogether ending the day on four races.

Tricky for the fl eetIt was tricky for the entire fl eet, observed Oman Air’s mainsail trimmer Pete Greenhalgh but the team has gelled so well since it fi rst gathered for training last month in Dubai, that their ‘honeymoon’ could be set to last, whatever is thrown at them.

“There is a bit of a honeymoon period at the moment and we are enjoying that,” said Greenhalgh who has underpinned Oman Sail’s success in high performance cata-maran racing since 2010 with four series wins under his belt.

“This team has gelled very well and we are doing certain things well. Our communications pre

start are very good so it is easier to execute good starts. Morgan and James Wierzbowski are doing a great job at judging the line. “There have been some good opportunities

presented on the start line and we have been taking them, although some have fallen into our lap!”

Going into the Muscat event, Oman Air was conservative about

their chances as some of the other teams were showing great im-provements in their handling of the new foiling GC32 and fi tness and strength has become such a major part of the racing.

“Some of the teams made a massive leap between the train-ing week in Dubai last month and here,” he explained.

“In Dubai, we were mid fl eet all the time. We had plenty to learn but we have been able to step our game up again and things have gone well, although with seven more Acts to go, it is very early days.

“Later on in the year at events where there is a breeze, we are go-ing to have to step things up again because things could get pretty in-tense on these boats from a physi-cal point of view.

“We are having to place a very big focus on our fi tness so we can get the boat round the course in good shape, get the boards up and down and the sails to where they need to be.

“But these GC32s are great fun – with the foiling, the speed and the increased athleticism — it’s a great package.”

E X T R E M E S A I L I N G S E R I E S

IN THE LEAD: Oman Air, centre, are in a strong position going into

the fi nal day of the ESS Act 1. – JUN ESTRADA/Times of Oman

Pakistan hope to rewrite history against IndiaKOLKATA: Pakistan have never defeated India in a World Cup match but coach Waqar Younis is confi dent his team can break the jinx against the hosts who are smarting from a thumping de-feat against New Zealand in their tournament opener.

A defeat against their arch-rivals on Saturday at the Eden Gardens will push India towards an early exit from the World Twenty20 and Waqar feels it will be the best chance for Pakistan to end their poor record against their neighbours.

Pakistan, on the other hand, got off to a confi dent start in the tournament with a win against Asian rivals Bangladesh.

“They (Indians) have lost the last game, they must be worried that they can go out of the tourna-ment, that’s a huge worry when you are playing in your own coun-try in such a huge tournament,” Waqar told reporters.

“I am sure that they are feeling the heat. It is an added pressure on them, not on us. And in Kolka-ta, as I said, we have played really well in the past, and we have won the last game.

“I think that the monkey is off our backs now, so hopefully we will deliver the goods.”

While India off -spinner Ravi-chandran Ashwin called a match between the two countries as

a bigger contest than the tradi-tional rivalry of the Ashes, which involves Test matches between England and Australia, Waqar said the cricketers should be proud of the rivalry.

“I think fi rst of all, you have take it as a sport,” the former fast bowler added.

“Our rivalry is defi nitely there, there is a history between Paki-stan and India, not only culturally but also there is a cricket history given how we have played each other for 50 years.

“No other game is watched as much as this one, so we should all cherish that and we should all feel proud about it.”

Ashwin said India are well versed with handling pressure and have left behind the defeat against New Zealand.

“I don’t think we really see a lot of pressure in this game. We are used to playing a lot of that for India,” Ashwin said. “Every game that India plays is a pres-sure game as you can see with the amount of people here (at the news conference).

“A game like this... more than who we are playing against, it’s the T20 World Cup and we have almost put ourselves in a position where we have to win every game from here.

“I think that’s more important and pertinent.” - Reuters

P R E V I E W

Malinga ruled out of World T20

MUMBAI: Sri Lanka’s World Twenty20 title defence suff ered a huge blow after fast bowler Lasith Malinga was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury, the team said on Friday.

Malinga was forced to hand over the captaincy to Angelo Mathews last week due to a slow recovery from the injury and missed the Super 10 opener against Afghanistan on Thursday.

“Malinga’s knee injury fl ared up before the match against Afghanistan yesterday,” a team spokesperson said.

“He has been ruled out of the World Cup and has fl own back to Sri Lanka this afternoon.”

The 32-year-old paceman with blond-tinted hair and an unorthodox action is not quite the same player who was a key fi gure in Sri Lanka’s progress to three World Twenty20 fi nals in the last four tournaments.

He was, however, considered key to their success in India.

“Sri Lanka team management on tour have observed that Ma-linga whose niggling injury has been fl aring up would be better off resting it, and have recom-mended he return to Colombo,” Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.

Sri Lanka will take on 2012 champions West Indies in their second Group One match in Bangalore on Sunday. - Reuters

I N J U R E D

Root stars as England pull off 230-run chase

MUMBAI: England pulled off an astonishing 230-run record chase with Joe Root (83) leading an in-credible batting performance that powered them to a two-wicket vic-tory against South Africa in the ICC World Twenty20 here on Friday.

Required to score at almost 12 runs an over, England turned the chase on its head with Jason Roy and Alex Hales (17) putting on a blistering 48-run partnership for the opening wicket in just 2.3 overs.

Test specialist Root, the No. 2 ranked player in the world in the longest form of the game, threw caution to the wind during his whirlwind 44-ball knock studded with four sixes and six fours, as England succeeded in pulling off the second-best run-chase in T20 Internationals and best in World

T20 history by making 230 for eight in 19.4 overs, thus keeping their hopes alive in the mega-event.

The highest-ever second innings T20 total was put up by the West Indies, 236, also against South Af-rica in January, 2015, when they chased down the home team’s 231 for seven at Johannesburg.

Root came to the crease after openers Roy blitzed his way to 43 in just 16 balls with the help of three sixes and fi ve fours to

give England a superb blast-off in the Super 10 Group 1 game at the Wankhede Stadium.

Coming to the crease after Eng-land had rocketed off to 71 for 2 in 4.3 overs, Root attacked the bowl-ing with gusto and set up the vic-tory before departing, caught in the deep, when 11 were needed off the last 10 balls.

Amidst mounting tension Eng-land crossed the fi nish line after los-ing two more wickets with the ninth wicket pair of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid at the crease, the winning run coming off the former’s bat.

England, who lost to the West Indies in their tournament open-er here two days ago, next play against Afghanistan at Delhi on March 24.

Earlier, South Africa rode on belligerent half centuries from Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla and Jean-Paul Duminy to post a record-high total of 229 for four.

A near-century opening part-nership between right-handed Amla (58 in 31 balls) and left-handed de Kock (52 in 24 balls) set the stage nicely for left hand-ers Duminy (54 not out in 24 balls) and David Miller (24 not out in 11 balls) to fi nish the innings with a fl ourish with an unconquered stand of 60 in 27 balls.

Wicketkeeper batsman de Kock set the stage alight with an all-out attack in the power play before de-parting for 52, inclusive of 3 sixes and 7 fours. - PTI

Root threw caution

to the wind during

his whirlwind 44-

ball 83 as England

succeeded in pulling

off the second-best

run-chase in T20Is

SOUTH AFRICAH. Amla lbw Ali 58Q. de Kock c Hales b Ali 52A.B. de Villiers c Morgan b Rashid 16F. du Plessis c Roy b Willey 17J.P. Duminy (not out) 54D. Miller (not out) 28Extras (b-2, w-2) 4 Total (4 wkts, 20 overs) 229Did not bat: C. Morris, K. Abbott, D. Steyn, K. Rabada, Imran TahirFall of wickets: 1-96, 2-114, 3-133, 4-169.Bowling: D. Willey 4-0-40-1 (w-1); Topley 2-0-33-0; M. Ali 4-0-34-2; C. Jordan 3-0-49-0; B. Stokes 2-0-23- 0 (w-1); A. Rashid 4-0-35-1; J. Root 1-0-13-0.

ENGLANDJ. Roy c de Kock b Abbott 43A. Hales lbw Abbott 17B. Stokes c Morris b Rabada 15J. Root c Miller b Rabada 83E. Morgan b Duminy 12J. Buttler st de Kock b I. Tahir 21M. Ali (not out) 12C. Jordan c Duminy b Abbott 5D. Willey run out 0A. Rashid (not out) 0Extras (lb-2, w-20) 22Total (8 wkts, 19.4 overs) 230To bat: Topley Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-71, 3-87, 4-111, 5-186, 6-219, 7-229, 8-229.Bowling: K. Rabada 4-0-50-2 (w-2); D. Steyn 2-0-35-0 (w-1); K. Abbott 3.4-0-41-3 (w-2); Imran Tahir 4-0-28-1 (w-2); J.P. Duminy 3-0-31-1; C. Morris 3-0-43-0 (w-3).

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RATES CAN STILL FALL: ECB European Central Bank (ECB) still has room to cut interest rates should the euro area’s economic recovery falter, Executive Board member Peter Praet said. The ECB decided last week to increase bond purchases to €80 billion ($90 billion) a month from €60 billion. - Bloomberg News

From China to Europe, US overseas oil sales growing

LONDON: Three months since the United States lifted a 40-year ban on oil exports, American crude is fl owing to virtually every corner of the market and reshap-ing the world’s energy map.

Overseas sales, which started on December 31 with a small car-go aboard the Theo T tanker, have been picking up speed. Oil compa-nies including Exxon Mobil and China Petroleum and Chemical

have joined independent traders such as Vitol and Trafi gura in ex-porting American crude.

Spot crude pricesThe “growing volumes of exports” from the US are now “spooking the markets,” Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at consultants Energy Aspects in London, said in a note. The “fl urry of export activity” is helping to support spot oil prices in the US relative to contracts for later delivery, she wrote.

With American stockpiles at unprecedented levels, oil tankers laden with US crude have docked in, or are heading to, countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, China and Panama. Oil traders said other destinations are likely, just as sup-plies in Europe and the Mediter-ranean region are also increasing.

Small scaleThat said, the US is likely to re-main for the foreseeable future a small exporter compared to Organisation of Petroleum Ex-porting Countries (Opec) giants Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq and non-Opec producers Mexico and

Russia. Ian Taylor, chief execu-tive of Vitol, the company behind the fi rst export, believes exports will remain a “very marginal busi-ness.” Yet, tanker by tanker, over-seas sales are growing.

Enterprise Products Partners, one of the biggest operators of oil ports in the US, told investors this month it alone expected to handle exports of crude and condensates — a form of ultra-high quality oil — of about 165,000 barrels a day during the fi rst quarter, up almost 28 per cent from the 2015 average.

Cheaper transportOne reason behind the rise in ex-ports is cheap pipeline and railway fees to move crude from the fi elds in Texas, Oklahoma and North Da-kota into the ports of the US Gulf of Mexico. Another is that US oil pric-es have been trading at a discount to Brent crude, allowing traders to move oil from one shore of the At-lantic to another at a profi t.

The exports could relieve pres-sure on storage capacity in the US after stockpiles rose to the highest level in offi cial data going back to 1930.

The tanks at the oil hub of Cush-

ing, the biggest in the country and the delivery point for benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude, are 92.5 per cent full, accord-ing to the Energy Information Administration.

The risk is that the US could shift the glut into Europe and the Mediterranean, where there are higher-than-usual loadings from the North Sea and the arrival of the fi rst barrels of Iranian crude to the region since 2012.

Texas to SicilyThe export ban was imposed in the aftermath of a 1973 to 1974 oil embargo by the Arab members of Opec. It crippled the US economy and highlighted its dependence on imports. Before it was lifted, the US sold as much as 500,000 bar-rels a day overseas, from Alaska and a few other origins allowed under federal law.

Exxon in early March became the fi rst major US oil company to ship American crude from else-where, sending the Maran Sag-itta tanker from Beaumont, Texas, into a refi nery it owns in Sicily, Italy. Days later, Sinopec lifted on the Pinnacle Spirt tanker a cargo

of US crude, a fi rst for a Chinese oil group. Oil traders are starting to export American crude to store it overseas and profi t from a mar-ket condition called contango.

That’s where prices of oil for de-livery today are lower than those in future months.

Buyers with access to storage can fi ll up their tanks with cheap crude and sell higher-priced fu-tures contracts to lock in a profi t.

Gunvor Group, a commodities trader with main offi ces in Gene-va, plans to ship 600,000 barrels of US crude to a storage terminal in Panama. It’s then likely to ship the crude in Europe.

Oil traders are expecting more vessels to depart over coming weeks, with companies seeking to open new export routes from the United States West Coast and also moving barrels from new lo-cations, including directly out of Cushing. — Bloomberg News

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Negative rates have helped economy: IMF

HANOI: World economy would be worse off without negative in-terest rates, according to Interna-tional Monetary Fund (IMF) man-aging director Christine Lagarde.

Negative rates in Europe and Japan have helped support global growth and price gains, she said in an interview in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. The fi nance sector may need to implement new business models as a result, she said.

“If we had not had those nega-tive rates, we would be in a much worse place today, with infl ation probably lower than where it is, with growth probably lower than where we have it,” Lagarde said.

“It was a good thing to actually implement those negative rates under the current circumstances.

Central banks in Europe and Ja-pan have deployed negative inter-est rates to stimulate the economy, and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the United States cen-tral bank is taking a look at the tool “in the event that we needed to add accommodation.”

The policy moves have triggered concerns that they could have un-intentional consequences such as hurting bank profi ts.

Negative interest rates are a fairly new economic tool and more time is needed to assess the policy, Lagarde said.

China growth“So let’s see whether it kick starts the process of fuelling credit to the economy, changing the behavioural pattern of people and changing the strategy of banks as well,” she said.

Separately, Lagarde said the IMF may raise its 6.3 per cent growth forecast for China due to the na-tion’s planned economic reforms and stimulus. The fi gure could be raised “a little more” after an as-sessment of a recently announced economic package, she said.

“We believe China will continue to grow,” Lagarde said. “If those reforms are implemented and the stimulus announced also directed to the most effi cient leverage in societies, which we believe is more consumption than necessarily in-vestment that would be fueled by credit, then the recipe should be quite good for China to lead a con-tinued quality growth.”

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang opened the Congress by announc-ing this year’s economic growth target would be 6.5 per cent to 7 per cent. – Bloomberg News

G L O B A L E C O N O M Y

EU lobby says China should open market

BEIJING: China should open its markets to foreign busi-ness and implement overdue reforms if it wants to achieve its economic goals, a European business lobby said on Friday, weighing in on Beijing’s new fi ve-year plan.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said the country faces a tough battle to keep its economy grow-ing by at least 6.5 per cent a year over the next fi ve years while cre-ating more jobs and restructur-ing ineffi cient industries.

To breathe new life into the economy, leaders have put for-ward various plans to make the country a world leader in ad-vanced industries such as semi-conductors, robotics, aviation equipment and satellites.

The European Union Cham-ber of Commerce in China said it welcomed China’s goals to increase innovation, reform state-owned fi rms, and develop environmental technology as part of an economic plan for 2016-2020 set out at an annual session of parliament which closed this week.

However, a Made in China 2025 initiative to drive domes-tic innovation would only suc-ceed in tandem with markets that are “permitted to operate freely”, it said. rowth of 6.5 per cent would be welcomed by most countries. - Reuters

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RESHAPING ENERGY MAP: Exxon in early March became the fi rst major US oil company to ship American crude from elsewhere, sending the Maran Sagitta tanker from

Beaumont, Texas, into a refi nery it owns in Sicily, Italy. – Bloomberg News

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EXQUISITE WATCHA ‘Grandmaster Chime’ luxury wristwatch, produced by

Patek Philippe, is on display at the company’s booth dur-

ing the 2016 Baselworld luxury watch and jewellery fair

in Basel, Switzerland. Almost 1,500 companies from the

watch, jewellery and gem industries will display their

latest innovations and products to more than 150,000

visitors at this year’s luxury show. – Bloomberg News.

Apple is gearing up to unveil smaller iPhone

SAN FRANCISCO: Since Ap-ple introduced the fi rst iPhone in 2007, mobile handsets have only gotten bigger. Chief execu-tive offi cer Tim Cook will buck that trend on Monday when he presents a smaller iPhone, seek-ing to entice holdouts to upgrade to a new smartphone even if they don’t want a larger device.

The ambitions for the new phone may be commensurate to its diminutive size. Unlike previ-ous new iterations of the device, the 4-inch iPhone won’t be packed full of technological innovations intended to send hordes of Apple fans queuing around the block on launch day to snap it up. Instead, it’s meant to woo those still cling-ing to the more than two-year-old 5S or 5C, the last models with the more compact screen.

“It will really just replace the 5S at the low end of the lineup,” said Chris Caso, a New York-based Susquehanna International

Group analyst with a positive rat-ing on Apple shares. “The 5S is getting a bit old now and won’t run the operating system that well for much longer.”

Quarterly sales dipThe company is rolling out the new phone two months after say-ing quarterly sales were likely to decline for the fi rst time in more than a decade, highlighting concern that iPhone growth has reached its limits. While analysts from UBS Group to RBC Capital Markets predict that shipments of the iPhone SE — the expected name of the new model — will be about 15 million annually, its smaller size and lower price could encourage existing customers to step up at a time of year when sales often decelerate. Apple sold more than 231 million iPhones in 2015, with sales dipping between April and September, as has been the case in previous years.

Though the event is focused on the new products, Apple followers may pay more attention to any-thing Cook says about the com-pany’s legal fi ght with the United States government over an order that it help the FBI unlock a ter-rorist’s iPhone. After more than a month of sparring — in court fi l-ings, Congressional hearings and on national television — the two sides will present their cases on Tuesday before a magistrate judge in Riverside, California.

Upgrade slowdownCook may use the stage on Mon-day at the company’s headquar-ters in California to reiterate Apple’s argument that creating software to degrade the phone’s security features would inevitably endanger the privacy of hundreds of millions of users.

The company is introducing the new, smaller iPhone at a time when customers are holding onto

their handsets longer. Wireless carriers such as AT&T and Veri-zon Wireless are no longer subsi-dising new iPhone purchases like they once did, making customers question whether the improve-ments warrant the expenditure on new models. A slowing upgrade cycle is something Apple has ex-perienced with the iPad, which has seen sales steadily decline for several quarters.

“The replacement cycle for iP-hones has stretched to 27 months,” compared to the 23 months of two years ago, RBC analyst Amit Dar-yanani wrote in a note to clients this week. The new handset will “ensure that consumers who have a three-year- old 5S or 5C don’t switch to Android for lack of new iPhone products.”

App StoreAn older iPhone owner who’s looking to upgrade can currently either spend $549 on the basic version of the iPhone 6 — the 2014 edition — or buy a less-expensive Android-based phone.

Apple’s new lower-end model may persuade customers to stick with the company’s products, al-lowing it to sell services through the App Store or subscription-based products such as Apple Mu-sic and iCloud.

The new smartphone will boast a faster processor than the 5S, a person familiar with the details has said. Like the iPhone 5C, it may also be available in a variety of colours, analysts have said.

Cook will wield a new iPad at Monday’s event. - Bloomberg News

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NEW SMARTPHONE: Apple chief executive offi cer Tim Cook is

expected to present a smaller iPhone, The new smartphone will

boast a faster processor than the 5S, a person familiar with the

details has said. – Bloomberg News

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China home prices increaseBEIJING: China’s home prices rose at their fastest clip in almost two years in February thanks to red-hot demand in big cities, but risks of overheating in some plac-es combined with weak growth in smaller cities threaten to put more stress on an already slowing economy.

Average new home prices in 70 major cities climbed 3.6 percent in February from a year ago, quick-ening from January’s 2.5 percent rise, according to Reuters calcula-tions based on data released by the National Statistics Bureau (NBS) on Friday.

That was the quickest year-on-year increase since June 2014, and encouragingly, 32 of 70 major cit-ies tracked by the NBS saw annual price gains, up from 25 in January.

Ordinarily, that should be wel-come news for policymakers who have rolled out a raft of stimulus measures to support an economy

growing at its slowest pace in a quarter of a century.

Supply glutBut the divergence in home prices — surging values in bigger cities and depressed markets in smaller cities plagued by a supply glut — makes Beijing’s job harder as it looks to reanimate growth without infl ating asset bubbles.

“The government’s all-out en-couragement of housing sales seems to be working, but at the cost of surging prices in big cities,” said Rosealea Yao, an economist at Gavekal Dragonomics in Beijing.

“These surges in big cities are not sustainable and would in-crease uncertainties and instabil-ity in the overall housing market.” The data showed tier 1 cities, in-cluding Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, remained the top per-formers, with prices surging 56.9 percent, 20.6 per cent and 12.9 per cent respectively.

“Prices in fi rst-tier cities are very expensive now, it’s hard for new families to aff ord a home,” said Tan Huajie, vice president China’s biggest property fi rm Vanke.

The trouble is that speculators and ordinary investors, who have been shaken by the summer crash in mainland stock markets, are in-creasingly ploughing their money into the housing market — most of it going to the frothy sector in big centres. A slowing economy has also meant most jobs are in the biggest cities, drawing more peo-ple into these places. - Reuters

R E A L E S T A T E

Toshiba eyes improved profi t as it scales back on productsTOKYO: Toshiba said its profi ta-bility will improve in the next fi s-cal year as it scales back on prod-ucts such as personal computers and home appliances.

Operating profi t will be ¥120 billion ($1.1 billion) and revenue ¥4.9 trillion in fi scal 2016, the electronics maker said on Friday, in a presentation titled “A road map to a new Toshiba.” Analysts were projecting, on average, a profi t of ¥145.5 billion on sales of ¥5.77 trillion, according to data.

Toshiba, which makes every-thing from computers to nuclear power equipment, is seeking to revive profi ts by narrowing the scope of its business lines. An accounting scandal has left the Japanese conglomerate in tat-ters, facing record losses, job cuts and potential spinoff s. The com-

pany is selling its medical unit to Canon, home-appliance business to China’s Midea Group and is considering letting go of its PC operations.

“The trust we’ve lost won’t be regained overnight,” President Masashi Muromachi said at a briefi ng at Toshiba’s Tokyo head-quarters. “We must transform into a company that can deliver consistent growth.”

Nuclear power operationsFor the current fi scal year, which ends this month, Toshiba kept its operating loss forecast intact, at 430 billion yen, on revenue of ¥6.2 trillion. Still, the company is re-testing the value of its nuclear power operations. That business is at the center of an investiga-tion by the United States over al-

legations that it hid $1.3 billion in losses, according to two people familiar with the matter. Toshiba now expects the goodwill on its Westinghouse Electric to be ¥351 billion, from an originally antici-pated ¥385 billion.

Toshiba, which said it’s coop-erating with U.S. authorities on inquiries, disclosed in Novem-ber that the Westinghouse unit booked writedowns on new con-struction projects and automa-tion services in fi scal 2012 and 2013. The value of Westinghouse wasn’t impaired by the writ-edowns and the accounting was accurate, Yu Takase, a spokes-woman for the company, told Bloomberg News at the time of the disclosure.

Toshiba is also cutting back on hiring. – Bloomberg News

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Starwood Hotels gets binding $13.2btakeover bid

SEATTLE: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, owner of brands such as Westin, Sheraton and W, said it received a binding $13.2 billion takeover bid from a group led by China’s Anbang In-surance, a superior off er to one by Marriott International.

Anbang and its partners will pay $78 a share in cash for Starwood, according to a statement ON Fri-day. The off er is $2 a share more than the surprise bid the group made last week. It eclipses Mar-riott’s cash-and-stock deal, which Starwood agreed to in November and is currently worth about $68 a share. The announcement puts pressure on Marriott to counter.

‘Superior proposal’Starwood notifi ed Marriott that it and determined the Anbang bid constitutes a ‘superior proposal’ and that Starwood’s board intends to terminate the Marriott merger agreement and enter into a de-fi nitive agreement with the group. Marriott has until 11:59pm New York time on March 28 to negotiate revisions to the existing agreement.

An acquisition by Anbang, which requires approval by regu-lators and Starwood shareholders, would mark the largest-ever ac-quisition of a United States com-pany by a Chinese buyer, topping the 2013 purchase of Smithfi eld Foods Inc. for almost $7 billion including debt. Investors from China are pouring money into US real estate and seeking the prize of international hotel brands amid slowing growth at home.

Starwood also owns real estate worth $4 billion, including St Re-gis in Manhattan. - Bloomberg News

C H I N E S E G R O U P

NOKIA BETTING ON OZO, A VIRTUAL REALITY CAMERAAn employee using a Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset to demonstrate the Ozo, a virtual reality camera, manufactured

by Nokia Oyj, at the European launch in London, UK. The ball-shaped gadget has eight shutter sensors capturing 3D footage

for the creation of content for devices such as virtual-reality headsets, Nokia said in a statement. – Bloomberg News

Philippines at risk from $81m Bangladesh theft: Lawmaker

MANILA: Laundering of $81 million stolen from Bangladesh’s reserves through the Philippines could threaten the wider fi nancial sector and put the country’s credit rating at risk, the lawmaker head-ing the government investigation of the case said.

“If you push the consequences, the Philippines could become blacklisted as a money-laundering haven, our credit ratings could go down and the cost of doing busi-ness could go up,” Senator Teofi sto Guingona, who previously led gov-ernment investigations on corrup-tion that led to the indictment of lawmakers, said in an interview on Thursday. “If we don’t handle this properly it will aff ect us all.”

The government is probing how money stolen from Bangladesh’s

central bank was withdrawn from accounts set up at Rizal Commer-cial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and cashed out at casinos after passing through a local money changer, Philrem Service. The case has prompted central banks around the world to examine cy-ber security measures, and trig-gered the resignation of Bangla-desh’s central bank governor.

Authorities have blocked most of the illicit transfers and $20 million sent to Sri Lanka was returned. Still, almost all of the $81 million withdrawn in the

Philippines remains missing.

Taking action“There’s risk associated with this, and therefore we need to address that,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Amando Tetangco told reporters in Manila on Friday. “We have to show that action has been taken.”

Rizal Bank is the nation’s eighth-largest lender with assets of P410.4 billion ($8.9 billion) as of September, according to central bank data. It’s the sixth largest in terms of capital.

Maia Santos Deguito, the man-ager of the Rizal Bank branch from which the $81 million was withdrawn, has said she had ap-proval from senior bank execu-tives for the transfers. Guingona said separately that at least two other senior executives of the bank may have been involved, without naming them.

Deguito was the only branch manager in a network of 471 out-lets who “committed serious vio-lations of the bank’s systems, pro-cesses and controls,” the lender said in a statement.

Failed bank“Rizal Bank failed as an institu-tion,” Guingona said. “It’s either the branch or the headquarters that failed, but the point is, the bank failed. It could have been a system failure, human error or there was a conspiracy.”

The case is an isolated one and has nothing to do with the bank’s strength and stability, Rizal Bank said in the statement. “RCBC fol-lows global best practices but even the most stringent rules and restrictions are only as good as the people who must follow them.”

The bank’s internal investigation continues, Maria Celia Estavillo, Rizal Bank’s head of legal and regu-latory aff airs, said in a statement late Thursday. “Defi nitely we will sanction anybody found to be cul-pable within the bank.”

Rizal Bank shares fell 0.8 per cent at the close of trading in Ma-nila on Friday, having dropped as much as 2.5 per cent earlier. The Philippine benchmark stock in-dex rose 1.3 per cent.

The credit rating for the Phil-ippines was raised to investment grade by Fitch Ratings and Stand-ard & Poor’s in 2013. It’s now rated BBB by Standard & Poor’s and Baa2 by Moody’s Investors Ser-vice, two levels above junk. Fitch Ratings has the country at BBB-, one level above junk. – Bloomberg News

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Barclays Africa sees lower debt sales in 2016 as lending slowsJOHANNESBURG: Barclays Africa plans to issue less debt in 2016 as lending growth slows and the company’s parent consid-ers ways of reducing its stake in South Africa’s third-largest bank. “It’s too uncertain for us to go to the market right now,” Mike Har-vey, treasurer of Barclays Africa, said in an interview in Johannes-burg. “We’re going to hold back on issuance.”

The lender, which relies on debt capital markets for less than

10 per cent of its funding, is par-ing back on issuance as South Af-rica’s economy hovers near a re-cession and after average yields on rand-denominated govern-ment bonds jumped by over 140 basis points over the past year. Barclays, which holds 62.3 per cent of the South African bank, said March 1 it will reduce its stake to 20 per cent or less in the next two to three years. “We don’t need to raise debt funding right now,” Harvey said. - Bloomberg News

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Ford raises CEO’s salary by 17% over record profi t

MICHIGAN: Ford Motor in-creased chief executive offi cer Mark Fields’s 2015 compensation by 17 per cent to $17.3 million, ex-cluding changes in pension value, as the automaker posted record profi t on surging sales of sport util-ity vehicles (SUVs).

Fields, 55, in his fi rst full year as CEO, received $1.75 million in salary, $3.46 million in bonus and $13.36 million in stock and other compensation, for a total of $18.6 million, the company said on Fri-day in a regulatory fi ling. Exclud-ing a change in pension values, which fl uctuate year to year, and other compensation for perqui-sites such as traveling on corpo-rate aircraft, his total for last year grew from $14.8 million in 2014.

Fields rolled out the aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup last year, ne-gotiated a new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers and capitalised on falling fuel prices by pushing out more SUVs.

Yet Ford’s share price fell 9.1 per cent amid investor concerns that the good times may soon be over as theUS auto expansion peaks and earnings come under pres-sure. Fields reinforced those fears in January, telling analysts that Ford’s operating profi t margin in North America, its largest market, may decline this year as costs rise.

“Times are good, so if you’re go-ing to pay a CEO well, this is when you’re going to do it,” said David Whiston, a Morningstar Inc. ana-lyst in Chicago who rates the shares the equivalent of buy with a “fair value” price of $18. - Bloomberg News

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NEED FOR ACTION: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Amando Tetangco told reporters in Manila

on Friday that there is a risk associated with this, and therefore there is a need to show that action

has been taken. – Bloomberg News

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This is supposed to be the era of powerful central banks, ready to wield their fi repower world-wide. Yet the most pow-

erful of all central banks — the United States Federal Reserve — is also the most reluctant to acknowledge its global reach.

Like all central banks, the Fed has a local mandate, focused on domestic price stability and employment. But, unlike most central banks, the Fed has global responsibilities. This ten-sion is at the root of some of the most threatening problems facing the world economy today.

The Fed has global responsibili-ties for two closely related reasons, neither of which has much to do with the need to avoid the “currency wars” that so concerned former Brazilian Fi-nance Minister Guido Mantega.

First, despite the birth of the euro and talk of the Chinese renminbi’s ascendancy, the dollar remains the currency of choice for borrowing and lending around the world. When a bank or corporation in Kuala Lumpur, São Paulo, or Johannesburg borrows abroad, the loan is more likely to be de-nominated in dollars than in any other currency.

If local banks suff er a run, or if cor-porations have trouble rolling over their debt, they need to be able to borrow dollars from the local cen-tral bank, which in turn may have no choice but to get those dollars from the Fed. When the Fed in 2007-2008 entered into swap agreements with 14 central banks, including those of four emerging economies (Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, and South Korea), it de fac-to acknowledged that it is the world’s

lender of last resort in dollars. Yet the Fed, its governors argue, cannot be expected to do that on a regular basis. In a 2015 speech, Stanley Fischer, one of the most internationally-minded of the Fed’s governors, acknowledged that world fi nancial stability could be supported by a global central bank, yet concluded: “I should be clear that the US Federal Reserve is not that bank.”

The second reason why the Fed has global responsibilities is that its policies aff ect monetary conditions worldwide. There is mounting evi-dence that monetary-policy shocks aff ect risk premia, and that this chan-nel operates internationally as well as domestically, with sizeable eff ects. In the 2013 episode known as the “taper tantrum,” the mere hint that the Fed might slow the pace of its bond-buy-ing programme triggered large capi-tal outfl ows and asset-price drops in most emerging economies.

The traditional Fed response, ex-pressed eloquently by former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke at the 2015 IMF Research Conference, is simple: Float your currency. The standard tri-lemma of international monetary pol-icy holds that countries cannot have fi xed exchange rates, monetary inde-pendence, and free capital movement simultaneously, but they can have two of the three. Countries that fl oat their currencies can be free to set interest rates and determine fi nancial condi-tions at home, even with substantial international capital mobility. If they don’t fl oat — because they have tar-gets for exports or the real exchange rate — that is their problem. The Fed, Bernanke argued, cannot be expected to help them.

But Bernanke’s argument is not

entirely convincing. As London Busi-ness School’s Hélène Rey has argued, the “risk-taking” channel of monetary policy is so powerful internationally that Fed policy helps determine credit conditions in many countries quite independently of their exchange-rate regimes. When the Fed loosens policy, credit grows all over the world, and vice versa. So it is not a policy trilem-ma but a dilemma: capital-account re-strictions — not just fl exible exchange rates — may be necessary for central banks to exercise eff ective control over domestic credit conditions.

The Fed’s reluctance to serve as the world’s lender of last resort, or to ac-knowledge that exchange-rate move-ments cannot undo its actions abroad, would seem to condemn it to being a parochial and inward-looking insti-tution. But Donald Trump should not start applauding yet.

The Fed’s domestic mandate re-quires it to recognise, in Fischer’s words, that “the US economy and the economies of the rest of the world have important feedback eff ects on each other.” And those eff ects are get-ting larger.

When justifying its interest-rate de-cisions, the Fed has historically paid little attention to the eff ect of interna-tional conditions on the US economy. But it broke with tradition in Septem-ber 2015. Both the offi cial minutes of the rate-setting meeting and Chairman Janet Yellen in her press conference mentioned heightened uncertainties abroad, including weakness in the Chi-nese economy, as key reasons to delay the Fed’s increase in interest rates.

Other international linkages are also receiving greater attention. As the US economy becomes more open to

international trade and capital move-ments, the dollar’s value matters more because of its eff ect on infl ation and on domestic fi nancial conditions. In the current debate about what the Fed should do next, Governor Lael Brain-ard has been arguing that real dollar appreciation of 20 per cent in 2014 and 2015 reduces the need for further monetary-policy tightening.

Of course, caring about how the world aff ects the US is not the same as concern about the economic health of the rest of the world. And yet these small steps are signifi cant. Berkeley’s Barry Eichengreen has shown that in-ternational considerations have long played a key role in the conduct of Fed policy, and that the last three decades, in which the Fed turned mostly in-ward, were something of an aberration.

So perhaps the 102-year-old Fed is returning to its original tradition. Or perhaps its outlook already is quite internationalist — as its actions dur-ing the fi nancial crisis suggest — and it is only domestic political constraints that prevent this from being acknowl-edged openly.

Either way, even incremental move-ment in this direction is welcome, for the last thing the world needs is a pa-rochial Fed. Recent fi nancial history suggests that the next liquidity crisis is just around the corner, and that such crises can impose enormous eco-nomic and social costs. And in a large-ly dollarised world economy, the only certain tool for avoiding such crises is a lender of last resort in dollars.

The IMF could have been that lend-er, but it is not. The Fed is. The sooner the US and the rest of the world fully recognise this, the safer the world economy will be. — Project Syndicate

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FamilySECTIONB L I F E STY L E S AT U R DAY, M A R C H 1 9, 2 0 1 6

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DHA CHILD'S INVISIBLE STRUGGLE

Suzanne Lang fondly remembers asking her then fi ve-year-old son, Alec, what he wanted to be for Halloween. The king, he said, beaming. So they went to

the craft store and picked out red vel-vet and white fur for a cape. Lang made a sceptre out of cardboard and spray-painted it gold.

When I put the crown on his head, he looked at me with big eyes, full of confi -dence and joy, she says.

“Sadly, I wouldn”t see that look again for many years.”

There had been hints back in pre-school that something wasn’t right. Alec’s speech was slightly off . He had trouble in kindergarten with letters and words. But at the same time, he was very bright, creative and inquisitive.

In fi rst grade, things began to un-ravel. Every day the class would spend time writing in their journals. And every day Alec would try hard but only manage to write one word — and he’d spell it wrong, too.

School became unbearable for him. He began chewing through pencil eras-ers. He’d come home after school yell-ing or crying, feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. In third grade, when his

school evaluated him, he told the staff he was “stupid,” even though the evalu-ation found he actually had a very high IQ. My little ‘king’ seemed so far away, Lang noted.

Eventually, the Lang family dis-covered that Alec had dyslexia and attention defi cit hyperactivity disor-der (ADHD). These issues aren’t un-common: one in fi ve children strug-gle with brain-based issues related to reading, math, writing, attention and organisation.

Back then, all I knew was that I need-ed to start looking for ways to help my son, Lang says. “But I hit a roadblock I never expected; few parents wanted to open up to me about their children’s struggles.”

It’s an uncomfortable subject, after all. It’s also invisible — no one can tell by looking at a child that he can’t read or write.

I turned to the Internet, but it was beyond frustrating. Most websites were full of confusing education jar-gon. And if I found a site I liked, I kept wondering, “Can I really trust this in-formation?”

Lang spent countless hours track-ing down experts, eventually fi nding a

reading specialist named Margie Gillis. She helped us understand two very im-portant things: why my son was strug-gling and how I could help him, Lang says. That knowledge marked a turning point for the Langs. They found a mid-dle school that gave Alec the chance to meet other kids with learning and attention issues. This helped build his confi dence and gave him a sense of community. I remember him saying, “I never thought there were so many peo-ple like me,” Suzanne says.

Once he had the kind of instruction and support he needed, Alec started to make progress. By the end of middle school, he even started talking about wanting to go to college.

Even as Alec started to thrive, a sadness came over me, Lang says. “I thought, ‘How many other parents are out there looking for answers?’”

That’s when she embarked on a new mission — to help other parents whose children have learning and attention issues. That journey led her to join the team at Understood.org, a comprehen-sive resource that empowers parents of kids with learning and attention issues.

Understood was created by 15 non-profi ts that care deeply about kids

with learning and attention issues. Its mission is to empower parents with clear explanations and practical advice about learning and attention issues.

This powerful new resource off ers parents daily access to experts, per-sonalised support and connection to other parents in a safe online commu-nity. One of the site’s interactive tools, Through Your Child’s Eyes, allows par-ents to experience the challenges of liv-ing with learning and attention issues, like ADHD or dyslexia. All for free.

Understood launched in October 2014, and my greatest hope is that it becomes a lifeline to every parent who is looking for answers, Lang says. Alec is now a college freshman studying en-gineering. He’s on the dean’s list and is thinking about what he'll do after graduation.

I asked him when he visited over spring break if he knew what he wanted to do, having so many options, Lang says.

While Alec doesn’t exactly know yet, he did let his mother know that he wanted to do something cutting edge — something that will “change the world.”

He was confi dent, almost beaming, she says. Her “king” was back.-BPT

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13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily

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17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily

TO SINAW (ROUTE 52)

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12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily

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ACROSS1 Brief craze 4 Ready for customers8 Hunk of cheese 12 Caustic substance13 Long-handled tool14 Heavy reading? 15 Greets the moon 17 Three oceans touch it 18 Flip-chart stands19 Like some windshields21 England’s Isle of —22 — cit. (footnote abbr.) 23 Wisconsin farm 26 Brand X 30 Passe 31 Physique, slangily 32 Galleon cargo 33 Horseshoe Falls locale 36 The “f ” in f-stop 38 Oaters’ Lash La — 39 Overalls front 40 Scold 43 Puzzling occurrence47 Parroted 48 Ridicule or mockery 50 — shui 51 Work units 52 Lots of laughs 53 Monsieur’s pate 54 Headlong 55 Rock concert souvenir

Crossword Puzzle

Q u e s t i o n s & A n s w e r s

CDUR

It’s better not to argue with...Me (toastmaster debate winner)

If I had treasures I would

hide them...In a cupboard

One thing that puts me off ...

Poverty

One movie/book I can watch/

read over and over again...

Islamic stories of Sufi people

When I’m in doubt...I ask my family

The scariest thing that I have done...Gone alone to the washroom to see why my turtle is

making noise

One person I would trade

places with (real or fi ctional)UN Secretary (Ban Ki Moon)

I go crazy when...My brother

speaks nonsense (he always does)

If I met an alien I would...

Jadu jadu where is he (from the movie

koi Mil Gaya)

The best way to my heart is...Love and care for

each other

If I win a lottery...I would help the physically chal-

lenged people

If I have to describe myself

as a fl avour it would be...

As sweet as a sugar

If I could go back in history, I would

like to meetMaharana Pratap

Send your contributions to lifestyle@timesofoman.com. A good quality photo is compulsory. Lifestyle reserves the right to

publish the contributions.

TAABISH SUHAIL

DOWN1 Chimney pipe 2 Jean Auel heroine 3 — ex machina 4 By mouth 5 Easy mark 6 Barely make do 7 Got comfy 8 Attitude 9 Off-course 10 Yves’ girl 11 Droplet 16 Lewd look 20 Solar wind

component 23 Grandee’s title24 Spinks defeater 25 Wyo. neighbour 26 — — step further 27 “Arabian Nights” bird 28 401(k) cousin 29 Army off. 31 Kind of nuclear reactor 34 Ill will 35 Bering Sea bird

36 Complete 37 Kimono closers 39 Ice floes 40 Inflatable item, maybe 41 Dueller’s weapon42 Stooped down44 Freebie 45 Grimace 46 Klein of fashion 49 Baseball stat

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One skill I would like to learn...

Calligraphy

FACT FILE

(Exploring History, Science, and Nature) The Art of Making Paper

The word paper comes from the ancient Egyptian writing ma-terial called papyrus, which was woven

from papyrus plants. Papyrus was produced as early as 3000 BCE in Egypt, and in ancient Greece and Rome.

Ancient Egyptians made the earliest paper from the fi brous strips within papyrus stems. The strips were soaked in water, placed side-by-side and over one another, pressed fl at and dried in the sun. Parchment followed and was made using animal skins washed in wa-ter and lime and stretched onto a frame to dry. The high-quality white paper we are familiar with today can be traced back to China in A.D. 105.

The Chinese court offi cial Ts’ai Lun described the modern meth-od of papermaking in AD 105; he was the fi rst person to describe how to make paper from cotton rags. Grass, leaves and old rags were soaked in limewater until they turned to pulp. The mixture was strained and pressed into fl at sheets of paper. Paper was hand-made and expensive until the 19th century, when papermaking machines were developed which could make paper with fi bres from wood pulp. Although older ma-

chines predated it, the Fourdrin-ier machine became the basis for most modern papermaking. This machine worked by a continu-ous process: pulp was fed onto a belt of wire cloth that was con-tinually moving, so that the sheet was left on the surface while the

water drained through the wire. Today, there are many diff erent kinds of paper.

Recycling paperUsually made from the plant fi bre found in trees, paper can also be recycled. Recycling paper is fun,

but messy. You will need an adult to help you.

What you need:• Lots of newspaper• Food processor or blender• 2 tbsp glue • 2 or 3 cups of water

• Sink or small tub fi lled with 4 inches of warm water

• Old pantyhose• Coat hangers• Tape• Scissors• Rolling pin

Step one: To make the frame, bend and twist the coat hanger wire into a 6-inch-square frame. Tape the ends of the wire so they are not sharp (have an adult help). Stretch one leg of pan-tyhose over the frame, making it tight and fl at. Tie knots in the hose and trim off the excess. You will need one frame for each piece of paper you make.

Step two: Put a handful of torn-up paper and some warm water into the food processor. Mix until all the paper has dissolved; add more water if the mixture gets too thick. Add 2tbsp of glue to the paper pulp. Pour pulp into a sink or tub with 4 inches of water and mix well.

Step three:Slide the frame to the bottom of the sink. Spread an even coat of the pulp on top of the screen. Lift it out slowly, letting the water drain for about a minute. Place the frame, pulp-side up, on a stack of newspa-pers. Cover with more newspaper and roll with a rolling pin to squeeze out the water. Remove frame from newspaper and allow to dry com-pletely. Gently peel the paper from the frame. Trim with scissors and your homemade paper is ready to use.-lifestyle@timesofoman.com

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LIFESTYLES AT U R DAY, M A R C H 1 9, 2 0 1 6

All the words below appear in the puzzle - horizontally, vertically,

diagonally, even backward. Find them and circle their letters.

The leftover word spells the Teleword.

How to playFill empty cells with the numbers 1 to 9, so that each number appears once in each row, column and area.

Answer to previous puzzle

SOLUTION

E J W G Z O Y D L L E W X A M V U W S R T L M L L E D N A W A S E A T E I I M W E T T I G D T E I I A G A N E M T L C R N I K F I R R L B O H L P I E O N L Y L L O M N E I L A R T R K Y E L O R I W A Y E S T S A T S I L A C A M E L H A A I N O S I L A Y K Z S L C D P L H N S A U C R L H A O A E M L O A A J K C K O I A H R N A A L M R O E E W O L M R T A C C D W A P V B D R A M A T L N C E E H I E E N A L R A F C A M N N N A Y R E K P A H C S V B

TelewordSudoku

Alison, Baitz, Balthazar, Calista, Dave, Drama, Emmy, Family, Field, Flockhart, Greg, Harper, Holden, Holly,

Justin, Kevin, Kitty, Lowe, Luke, MacFarlane, Matthew, Maxwell, McCallister, Molly, Monica, Newman, Nora,

Ojai, Olin, Pasadena, Patricia, Rachel, Rebecca, Rifkin, Role, Ryan, Sarah, Schapker, Show, Star, Vancamp,

Wandell, Weekly, Wettig, William. Answer: Walker

CLUE: ‘BROTHERS & SISTERS’ (TV SERIES) SOLUTION: 6 LETTERS

Art for the Ages Children’s Poetry

The Silent Killer

Sharikha JabeenGrade XIndian School Wadi Kabir

I wandered here and there,Looking for someone I could tear.I was man’s worst enemyAnd I feared nobody at all.

I caused fi ghts and sadnessAnd wrenched tears from man’s eyes,I tore apart the smileAnd grabbed all his best memories.I cut out the threads of love forever.Until nothing of him remained,In this wretched place.

I am a silent killerI give no warnings to anyone.I don’t have a target,I am a blind murderer.I take the lives of old, young and new.

So beware of me, all lives on Earth,Because I am closer to you than you think.Surely we both shall meet,Either today or tomorrow.As, I am Death itself Addressing you at this moment.

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IELTS Coaching (academic)

required nearby wadi Kabir area.

Please call on mobile or

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Mobile no: 92927880/

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We, Modha HetanKumar Jayan-tilal (name of father as per the

passport, holder of Indian Pass-

port No. J9865189) and Modha Anishaben HetanKumar (name

of Mother as per the passport

holder of Indian Passport No.

J9863575) having permanent

address in 2 VrijBhuvan Soc, Opp.

Airport Nr. VasuBhai Teachers

House Porbandar – 360577 Gu-

jarat (complete postal address in

India) and presently residing at

the following address in Muscat

P.B. No. 491, PC No. 112, Sultanate

of Oman, hereby solemnly affi rm

and declare to change the name

of our child Miss Modha Aryashi Hetan (name as per present

passport), holder of Indian Pass-

port No. J9864146 date of issue

26.08.2011 issued at Ahmedabad.

The name of our child will be

henceforth known as Modha Ar-yashi HetanKumar (new name)

for all purposes. Any objection

towards change of name of our

minor child 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.

We, Modha HetanKumar Jayan-tilal (name of father as per the

passport, holder of Indian Pass-

port No. J9865189) and Modha Anishaben HetanKumar (name

of Mother as per the passport

holder of Indian Passport No.

J9863575) having permanent

address in 2 VrijBhuvan Soc, Opp.

Airport Nr. VasuBhai Teachers

House Porbandar – 360577 Gu-

jarat (complete postal address in

India) and presently residing at

the following address in Muscat

P.B. No. 491, PC No. 112, Sultan-

ate of Oman, hereby solemnly

affi rm and declare to change

the name of our child Master Modha Daivik HetanBhai (name

as per present passport), holder

of Indian Passport No. J9864147

date of issue 26.08.2011 issued

at Ahmedabad. The name of our

child will be henceforth known

as Modha Daivik HetanKumar (new name) for all purposes.

Any objection towards change

of name of our minor child may

please be communicated to

Embassy of India, Muscat, Diplo-

matic Quarters, Al Khuwair, P. Box

No. 1727, Postal Code 112, Ruwi,

Sultanate of Oman.

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Bobcat available for rent.

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Buying cars for cash.

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Wholesale Iranian best carpets

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94052713

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buyers send Email:

mohdhinai.mgp@gmail.com

Well running 30 yrs old irrigation

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99310450

Zanzibari coff ee shop for rent or

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400 sq mtrs Commercial/Resi-

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Block 2. OMR 165 Thousand.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360 or

97509955

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Well established coff ee

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92188777/98700760

Space for printing press available

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Shop for sale near Oman House,

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Almost new beach/ garden lounge

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Luxury Apartments in Bousher

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97201688

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Required single room for an

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Contact - 98591132

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220 M2 SHOWROOM

FOR SALE@ Sanaya/ Hospital

Road- SoharPLEASE CONTACT:

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Grader, roller, bobcat, JCB 3CX, JCB 4CX with breaker & water

tanker for rent. Contact:93218705 /

24478450

MV SALE

Toyota Yaris 2008 model, white,

color, automatic transmission,

expat driven km 140500. Call:

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Toyota Rav 4 2012 RO 5500. Con-

tact: 93835318

Nissan path fi nder model 2012

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Nissan Qashqai 2013 low mileage

30.000kms comprehensive insur-

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Pickup for sale, model 2013,

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94194399

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Keralite, Kollam Marthoma male

(27) yrs diploma in Civil (Muscat)

seeking alliances form suitable

families. Contact: 95253640

Christian RC boy 30/160 cm fair,

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solicited. Contact: 98788464

Ezhava girl 25yrs B. Tech working in

MNC Shudajathakam from Palakkad

looking suitable alliance Contact

99323085 / 99001726.

A Graduate Syrian Christian Pen-

tecostal boy, 27, working in Oman

as Store-in-Charge seeks propos-

als from parents of suitable girl,

preferably those working in Oman.

Contact 92411983

40 Years male divorced, working

in Muscat seeks suitable proposals,

Indian. Contact - 91346321

Malankara Catholic Male Nurse (28) from Thiruvalla working in

Nizwa Private Co. Alliance invites

parents/nurses working in Oman.

Contact: 968 98267338,

0091 9287215726

Indian male Roman Catholic 40yrs divorcee working in Muscat.

Seeks suitable alliance from widow/

divorcee/ single.

Contact: 96059801.

MANPOWER

Fully furnished 1BHK at Wadika-

bir near Al Hassan RO275/month

available for 4 months from

01/04/2016 to 31/07/16. Contact:

92577929

Furnished two rooms both

attached bath with common

kitchen in a new building with

compound in front & back side

for single bachelor or both rooms

for a family, Aint, Darsait.contact

99008069

1 BHK apartment for rent in

Al Khoud Shabiya near Ma-

zoon Mosque for rent. Contact :

93913224

Single room near Al Falaj Hotel.

Contact 99643845

Room with attached bathroom for

a family in Wadi Kabir. Contact

97167857

Room with kitchen available

at Ruwi. Contact 91214897 /

98049288

Spacious villa Al Ansab main

road, 8 rooms, 8 toilets & bath-

rooms, kitchen store. Con-

tact:96354553

Furnished bedroom with at-

tached bath and kitchen separate

entrance for bachelor for RO 150

per month all inclusive in a villa, opp. Star Cinema.#99314807

Room with toilet for working

lady. Contact: 91450718

Furnished room attached bath for

Indian bachelor, Al-Falaj Ruwi &

lady Wadi Kabir near Mars

hypermarket. Contact:

96202458/96761960

Furnish bedroom with attach

bathroom for executive bachelor.

Contact: 97704794

Room with attached bathroom and

sharing kitchen available for

Executive bachelor or small family

at wadikabir Contact 93049849

Room available in Mumtaz area

1 room, 1 Bathroom, Kitchen & 1

room, common bathroom. Inter-

ested please contact 92680041

Mr. Altaf

Room for rent with furniture.

Al Bustan village.contact

93687466

AVAILABLE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirt-

ing, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery,

Crockery, Glassware, Chafi ng Dishes,

Ice Sculptures, to Large Sound

Systems and spectacular lighting.

Call Andrea 9606 2222 for Catering

and Croyden 9623 5555 for Sound &

Light. ww.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: info@tunesoman.com

DRIVING

NRI

2 Acres of land for sale in Tamil

Nadu, Tirunevelli District, Kon-

danagarm, near Suthamalli, 7 km

from Tirunelveli town, off Cher-

anmahadevi Road. Contact:0091

7358518439 / 92324126

Urgent sale semi furnished 2BHK

Kanakia properties opposite Cin-

emax Mira Road Mumbai contact

99009686

Flats villas land for sale in Pune

Contact: 95272138/918139098275

URGENTLY REQUIRED

New/ Used Tower

Cranes

Contact - +968 92695608

Email – constpurchase16@gmail.com

FOR RENTStore space in Al

Wattayah.Contact

99382489 / 99263443

FORRENT

One good flat of 2 BHK for res/comm purpose in Al-Khuwair plaza building, situated on the main road of Al-Khuwair.

Contact: 99 44 60 12

Flats in Darsait. Contact -

94051789-97201688

Offi ces in Qurum opposite City

Center. Contact 94051789-

97201688

Duplex villa in Qurum 29.

Contact - 94051789- 97201688

Urgent sale of steel scrap only

serious buyers kindly contact

+968 96725423 for viewing the

items.

Single colorful Bed and Sofa

for Sale at Al Khuwair. Con-

tact 92881849 /What`s up No

97290565

HD Scaff oldings, 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

LOST

Waris Ali Rahim Bakhsh has

lost Pakistani passport No. KG

854522. Finder please handover

to ROP

DAILY GUIDEC4 S AT U R D AY, M A R C H 1 9, 2 0 1 6

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com classifi eds@timesofoman.comTel.: 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 /431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

DRIVER

MEDICAL

SKILLED LABOUR

DRIVER

EDUCATION/TRAINING

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ADMIN

CATERING

ADMIN

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Required Cook 5 yrs exp in Oman

for family. Send CV fax: 24703854

or abuakram_omer69@hotmail.

com. Contact: 90140203

Wanted a male front Offi ce As-

sistant minimum 3 yrs exp with

good communication skill. Visa

provided. Interested candidates

mention the expected salary and

send CV to bijimuscut@gmail.com

Urgently required Omani recep-

tionist for a trading company in

Muscat. Kindly send CV to email:

infooman@orchidinternational.ae

Required urgently a Legal Consultant/ Lawyer for reputed

law fi rm in Sohar, Muscat. Can-

didates should have 5-7 years

experience as a Legal Consultant/

Lawyer with good knowledge of

Computer & should be fl uent in

English both written & spoken.

Email C V to shejaanil66@gmail.

com or Contact 99153620

between 8am to 1pm & 2pm to

5.30 pm on Sunday to Thursday

Indian male good experienced in

Accounts, ERP Tally 9 & Admin in

India & Oman, presently on visit

visa, looking for suitable placement.

Contact 94834687

Indian male 25 yrs, Graduate in com-

merce, overall 5 yrs exp in accounts/

fi nance fi eld. On visit visa. Immedi-

ately available. Contact 92836216 /

muhammad.tausif623@gmail.com

DOMESTIC HELP

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Required Accounts Offi cer- en-

sure accurate processing of

revenue data into ERP systems

and invoicing module. Posting of

invoices to customer SAP portal

and delivery to customer offi ces

and interface with country man-

ager/ reporting to regional CEO.

Qualifi cations: BSc accounting.

Relevant experience & knowledge

on online accounting systems

especially the customer

SAP system. Submit CV to:

me-job@interwell.com

Accountant with gulf experience

in construction fi eld preferred with

Oman driving license. Interested

candidates send CV to:

Email: omanhari@yahoo.com

Gsm: 95892831/95197615

Urgently required an Filipino

Housemaid, interested people can

forward your bio-data to

careerhr1972@gmail.com

Housemaid required for full-time

for Indian family, Hindi/English

speaking CBD area Ruwi.

Contact: 96183093

Looking for a part-time cook-cum-housemaid in Azaiba.

Call 92450197.

MISCELLANEOUS

Required for leading Com-

pany:- Qualifi ed Accountant &

Marketing(male, female). Valua-

tor – real estate, English typist.

Email : hr16.careers@gmail.com

Required candidates for

following posts: Account-ant, Storekeeper, Foreman Building Maintenance, Van-salesman (water), Helpers. Candidates with Omani driving

license preferred.

Contact 99273774/

99202278

Looking for driver with motorbike

licenses for resturant delivery , con-

tact 95048797

Looking for motor cycle license holders for FMCG merchandising

contact: 92312112

Required a expat driver with

Omani D/L. Contact – 91409668

Part or full time Driver Required

call us 91120552

ENGINEER/MECHANIC.

REQUIRED PROJECT MANAGER

For an Infra/ Bldg project in Duqm/Oman

Graduate Engineer with 20+ years experience preferably

in Oman/ GCC with valid D/L and transferable visa,

computer literate. Send CV to Email :

omanproject2011@gmail.com

Wanted a Nurse for dental

clinic Seeb. Contact: 99722457 /

95706223

Urgently required female Gy-

necologist for a clinic at Samail.

Send CV: saemomar@gmail.com,

95498105

Wanted Nurse for a dental

centre in capital area. Interested

may contact – 93431024 or send

CV to – drasyanaseem@gmail.

com

Wanted Staff Nurse for

a dermatology clinic in Muscat .

Must have MOH license and NOC.

Attractive salary off ered. Email:

clinicvacancy2015@gmail.com

Required female Nurse, with

MOH license for private dental

clinic in Bowshar area, Muscat.

Contact: 92189807

GP doctor needed for reputed

clinic. Preferably with MOH

license or with Datafl ow & Para-

matics pass

Contact: 95388934

Required gynecologist GEN: practitioner lady lab Techni-cian and pharmacologist im-

mediately for a clinic in Suwaiq.

contact 95081010 Email:

umchealthcare@gmail.com

Indian male 23 Mechanical Engi-

neer (B.E) residing in Oman looking

for suitable job. Contact: 98530806

/ 99362006

Female B. Ed English teacher, 7 yrs

exp seeking suitable placement. Con-

tact : 99739415 / 92091528

Female Indian, M.Sc, Maths Teach-

ing experience College University

ready to join immediately. Contact

99835738

Indian female MSC,B.ED, MPHIL,

IELTS, currently on visit visa

seeks suitable placement. Contact:

96916534

SALES / MARKETING

TECHNICIAN

DESIGNER/DRAUGHTSMAN

AutoCAD Civil Draughtsman for

road, having 5 yrs experience work-

ing on X- Sec, L-Sec & alignment,

preparation of plan & profi le & cross

sections, preparation of structural

drawings, quantity estimation as

per drawing. Contact 94034544,

casper_c100@yahoo.com

Revit /Draughtsman experienced

expected salary 200. Contact :

92279784

AutoCAD Draughtsman seeking

job. Contact: 95516807

Indian Female, Bsc Fashion De-

signer with Oman driving Lisence,

looking for any good job.

Contact 98757582

Interior Designer Seeking suitable

job. On visit visa in Oman.

Contact - 92166130

Interior designer 3 years experi-

ence 1 year in Oman and 2 years

in Egypt, experience in interior

design, 3D max, AutoCAD,

Photoshop. Contact - 94762876

AutoCAD draftsman experience 2

years. Contact: 93738335 /95809393

Email: mammoosing@gmail.com

28/male/MBA - fi nance/B.Com -

Accountant with 4 years of Dubai/

India experience looking for a

suitable placement. # 90187483

shobinkarikkan1987@gmail.com

Dynamic Indian Male Account-

ant with 9 Years Experience seeks

suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact: 96902860

MBA Indian National 26 years

old Having (06) years experience

in FSM Industry Catering and

Restaurant, As An Accountant and

fi nalization of all accounts related

works, Available to join immedi-

ately kindly contact on

98315449.

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTA famous Italian brand is seeking for female applications for the

position of “Counter Sales” which will be located in one of Muscat’s most popular malls.

Qualifi cation required:Fluent English speaking, Arabic speaking is preferred,

good communication skills, basic knowledge with computers.Experience required:

Minimum of 1 years of professional experience in salesCandidates are requested to send their CVs on recruit

nomination.sales@gmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING

We, the storm shield in the talented candidates for the below

positions (Indian only): Maintenance Technician (male -1) should have knowledge of new

mobile devices & 3 years Oman

experience Contact: 94441111

Send CV to

email: gshield9@gmail.com

Screen printer in Ruwi. Contact

92831131 / 97752162

The Egyptian school requires chemistry Teacher for IG, English, Science & mathematics. Teacher’s

application should be submitted

by hand or by email –

egyptianschool98@gmail.com /

24603930

Male Accountant M.Com Accounts

& fi nance, 3 yrs exp in accounts

looking for suitable job on visit visa.

Contact: 95648575

Indian female MBA in fi nanc

currently on visit visa seeking

suitable placement in Accounts /

HR/Admin Contact: 92896110. E

mail: anoopodiyan@gmail.com

Indian male, M. Com with

3 yr Oman Exp in Accounts

with valid oman D/L, on

visit Visa, seeking suit-

able placement. GSM:94744575.

Email:sidharth673@gmail.com

Indian CA fi nalist, 7 yrs exp

having driving license with visa

looking for fi nance / accounts

position Email: rameesnm@gmail.

com, 98097009

B.Com Graduate, Indian male 24

yrs, 3 yrs exp in Oman looking for

Accounting, Sales, suitable jobs.

NOC Available. Contact:90615814.

Mail : adhilrahman.a@gmail.com

Fresher 24, ACCA Affi liate, Ad-

vanced diploma in Accounting

and Business seeking suitable

placement in Accounts, Finance or

Audit with Oman driving license.

Contact - 92430152

Email - raju.rd619@gmail.com

ACCA member with 6 yrs of

experience in Oman looking for

a suitable job in fi nance. Contact

99284193

Indian female MBA in fi nance

currently on family visa seeking

suitable placement. Contact:

96471025

Female seeking suitable place-

ment in reputed Company, 5 yrs

experience in Oman. Skills : Tally,

EKP9, Sage ACC, PAC, ITIL, MS Of-

fi ce. Contact 95483804, sararow-

shan344@gmail.com

4 yrs experience in Oman han-

dling Accounts. NOC available,

strong communications. Contact

95187454, rowshan.rafi ul@gmail.

com

Indian male B.Com Graduate,

6 yrs exp in auditing, accounts

and marketing 3 yrs exp in Oman

with DL looking for suitable

placement. Contact :96146287,

mubarakamk@gmail.com

Indian male, 32 yrs, B.Com having

8 yrs Accounts experience in Oman,

looking for suitable placement (local

release + Oman D/L available). Con-

tact 97494322 / 98093515

Accountant Indian male 25 yrs

BBA with Tally, having 3 years of

exp. plus Hardware, Networking

seeking for suitable placement:

98201244

Indian male 22 yrs B.Com with one

year exp in accounting auditing

with good working knowledge in

tally erp-9 looking for a suitable

placement now on visit visa

Contact: 97189500

Indian male 25 years of age,

Bachelor degree in B.Com, seek-

ing suitable place in Oman, on

visit visa. Contact – 91240544 /

98016928

Indian female MBA Accountant, 8

yrs exp in accounts seeking suit-

able placement. Contact: 96117303

Indian female Accountant 8yrs

exp in Oman. Contact:93726921

Part time accountant, up to fi na-

lization of accounts looking for job

after 5 PM (location prefers – MSQ

– to AL Hail). Contact: 95694737

Jordanian, Senior accountant, 15 yrs experience in Oman fi nance

& accountant. Contact: 92881223

Indian male 28 yrs MBA fi nance/

marketing and graduate in com-

puter experience 3 yrs seeking

suitable job, now family visit visa.

Contact: 93195378

Email: faisalme.beg677@gmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, with

13yrs experience, 6 yrs Oman in

manufacturing, trading & con-

tracting Cos, capable of handling

all accounting, fi nance, banking,

L/C, import, export & fi nalization

seeks placement. NOC Available.

Call+968-98932752,

mail:jjohnmuscat@hotmail.com

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT-M. Com

Finance-Indian with 7 years experi-

ence in Finance & Accounts up to

fi nalization. Currently employed

in Oman. Having D/L & NOC.

#94122464,

Email: cammk13@gmail.com

REQUIREDFull time

Housemaid For a reputed

Omani household. Age group

between 30 to 35 years only.Please call 99342737 between 9 am to 6 pm only.

CATERING

Cooks (Arabic Indian) gulf exp

looking job. Contact: 99531802

DOMESTIC HELP

Housemaid (overseas) Indian fam-

ily looking for job. contact

99531802

8 years of intensive Oman expe-

rience in procurement & supply

chain management looking for

suitable placement.#97755488

10 yrs experienced Omani PRO

looking for suitable position. Good

knowledge in HR Admin ROP, all

Ministries related aff airs. Contact:

99588154 / 93387833

MBA professional with 5 yrs exp

in the fi eld of HR , Administration,

Sales (Business Development)

and accounts, holding valid UAE

driving license on visit visa until

end of March. Contact: 91731542/

shanoj120@gmail.com

24 yrs, lady expat looking for

full time job with visa. Interested

fi elds are admin, back offi ce,

front-offi ce, reception. Contact:

96321431 or email: sharanya.

nair08991@gmail.com

Indian female BS, 2 yrs exp

looking for suitable position in

HR & Administration. Contact –

94656009

Urgently required Document

controller / material controller /

HR job 15yrs exp. D/L available

plz contact; 96777019/

92386043

Indian Female, MBA-HR having 8+

experience in Administration/HR,

Customer Support, Offi ce Coordina-

tor with good Computer skill, Now

on Visit Visa,looking for suitable

position. Contact: 90196235

Indian male MBA 33yrs having

10 yrs of exp seeking full time

suitable placement in Administra-

tion/ HR/ Operations/ Coordina-

tion/ Logistics. Holding valid D/L.

Contact 99054786

Indian male MBA- UK 18 yrs Gulf

exp in Administration/ HR & Public

relationship. Fluent in Arabic/

English with D/L. Looking for suit-

able position. Contact - 99897280

Young Omani male have experi-

ence 12 years as P.R.O, CLERK

Helper Supervisor Admin Super-

visor, 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

Filipino male with 13 years HR and

Administration managerial experi-

ence. MBA & CIPD holder. Currently

looking for job in Oman. Interested

employer Contact - 97728418.

Indian, 26 yrs , female , 5 yrs exp

in HR/ Admin with valid Oman

D/L seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98236033

Indian female, Masters in HR,

having 4 + years Oman experi-

ence in media management and

HR, looking for openings in HR,

Education, Admin, Corporate com-

munications. Contact 98252030

Pakistani male light vehicle driver

looking for job. Contact: 99521033

Bangladeshi male light driver look-

ing for job 3 yrs. experience. Contact:

94077119

Light Driver looking for work in

a family. Release ready. Contact

96693290

Experienced Indian Driver cum

Travel Coordinator, 20 yrs in Oman

looking for suitable job. Contact:

95113612 (NOC available).

Driver with car. Contact

95037759

Pakistani looking for job as

driver 4 yrs exp light duty. Con-

tact:97469730

Male 28 yrs looking for driver

job part time / full time. Contact :

97224035

Driver job wanted. Contact:

96393082

Light driver looking for job Oman

exp. Contact :95292621

Light driver with car 3 months exp.

Contact: 97118292

Light driver Indian 4yrs exp in

Oman having own car looking for

job, release available .

Contact: 93053917

Seeking driver job. Contact :

93499058

Pakistani driver with Elantra 2016

model car seeks job: 95873286

Pakistani light driver looking job

9 yrs exp in Oman.

Contact: 96048460

2 Years exp in driving, seeking

any job .Contact: 97460056

Seeking driver job with own car.

Contact: 98031620

Looking for job light duty driver

6 years experience NOC available.

Contact: 92381696

Bangladeshi male light driver

looking for job 3 exp.

Contact: 93254149

Indian light driver cum house

cleaner. Contact: 96255558

/99415443

Urgently required a Marketing Executive with 2 years experience

and driving license (GCC) for a re-

puted building material & electrical

showroom in Al Khoud.

Please send CV to –

startradingmuscat@gmail.com.

Contact - 94320909

Urgently required Sales Executives

(2 nos.) & Graphic Designer for sig-

nage / print media with minimum 1

to 2 yrs experience. Send CV at Email

: info.kkllc@gmail.com, 91275555

Require Salesman with D/L. E mail:

mailcv7@gmail.com

Required Sales staff 2 NOS Having

experience in Cosmetics Sales.

Send your updated CV to

james_kunju@yahoo.com

GSM 92683688

Urgently Required Steel Fabri-cated Products Salesman with

an experience in steel fabrication,

MUST have Oman driving license,

and immediately join. Apply,

fax 00968–24605955, emails

sbc@steelbuildingsllc.com,

sbeoman@yahoo.com

An Omani construction company located at Muscat looking for

Marketing executive with

GCC driving license & NOC

send C.V to kwk585@gmail.com

Required Sales Executive knowledge of building materi-

als.Full or part time. Contact:

99421513

Indian Male Accountant 10yrs Exp.

in OMAN Retail & Furniture Co. (Re-

lease Available) #92564955

Indian male 34 Yrs, Dual MBA

Finance and marketing with IT

skills, 7+ yrs of experience,

Looking for suitable placement.

Contact : 94879615,Email-

sajan_chacko1981@yahoo.com

Chief Accountant 25 years expe-

rienced looking for part/full time

accountant job.

Contact: 95598477/98803439

Indian male 25 B.Com (graduate)

2 years experience as accountant

in country club India with ERP

oracle r12, tally knowledge. On visit

visa immediately available.

Email: shabi.hyd@gmail.com

Contact- 9042-1161

Indian female 25 yrs, MBA HR &

Marketing, with one and half years

experience as accountant and

6 months experience in teaching,

now on a visit visa, seeking suit-

able position. Contact: 99624044,

mail: np.neethu1@gmail.com.

Required urgently experienced Civil Engineers having 2-3 years on

building construction jobs.

Contact: 99472795

ENGINEER/MECHANIC.

A construction company requires

Civil Engineer (degree holder) is

having minimum 7 yrs exp who

can independently handle the

site. Oman experience will be

plus point. Apply with bio data

to fax no: 24489096 or email:

tec_oman@hotmail.com. Contact:

99339661

Urgently required QA/QC Engi-

neer minimum exp 5yrs including

Gulf in fabrication tanks, vessels.

Certifi cate- CSWIP, NDT-L-2, ISO

Certifi cate – int. audit. Con-

tact:92746349. Email: mydeen@

mudest.com

Required Hydraulic Mechanical. Contact - 95251213

Civil Engineer with minimum 5/8

years experience with valid Oman

driving license. Contact Interested

candidates send CV to:

Email: omanhari@yahoo.com

Gsm: 95892831/95197615

DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, M A R C H 1 9, 2 0 1 6 C5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ENGG. / TECH./MECH.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERIndian male 30 years, having 5 years

of experience in industrial automation and utility

maintenance in India (MRF Tyres), holding valid Oman D/L.

Contact - 92789995Email: akhilabrahamlktr@gmail.com

IT

IT

Electrical Engineer, Indian male,

6 years industrial experience on

visit-visa, seeking job- ready for

any roles. Contact: 98750295

Email:bebala04@gmail.com

Building Site Supervisor working

in Oman since Mar 2010 with Oman

D/L looking for suitable placement

.contact:91507828

B.Tech electronics & Comm.Engg

with CCNA certifi ed with 2yrs exp.

Contact-99490930.

email; sujith8938@gmail.com

An Iraqi civil with more than 30

years experience in (Iraq and G.C.C)

looking for a job, (N.O.C) available.

Contact: 96561306

Email: iq.bgd.mnsr@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 11 yrs exp in con-

struction fi eld having Oman driving

license & NOC. Contact – 94194399 /

shiblyrock@gmail.com

Indian male 22, Chemical Engineer

residing in Oman looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 92379181

Engineer has 10 years local &

international experience in ready

mix concrete also in Oil & Gas fi eld

also in marketing & sales fi eld , has

Omani driving license. #92534098

Indian male, Mechanical

Engineer having 1year experi-

ence, on visit visa looking for

suitable job. Contact:97416564,

Email:jovinmathias@gmail.com

Civil Engineer diploma, 4 yrsexp

seeks suitable position ina reputed

company. NOC available. #96789711

Indian History graduate with diploma in Safety with

valid Oman Driving licence seeks suitable placement.

Contact-93361624, Email-dheerachpadikkala@gmail.com

HOSPITALITY

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian male Graduate hotel man-

agement 12 yrs exp operations &

sales oriented GCC driving license

and release available. #94525463

Hospitality/Hotel/ Restaurants

Dynamic result oriented hospital-

ity professional with 20 years of

international exp. MBA in Hotel

Management, specializing in

Hotel/Restaurant start ups, con-

cepts & Franchise development

with proven records. Seeking for

Challenging positions in reputed

groups as GM/COO/CEO/Business

Head. (NOC available) contact

96059470

35 yrs vast experience in Sales,

Marketing, Advertisement & distri-

bution at Senior position in Oman.

NOC available. Contact 99868330

/ 99848831, rwahedi458@gmail.

com

EXPERT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE For your BPR, guide fi nance &

HR & RM, advise product marketi ng & CRM, appraise IT system for reporti ng & communicati on. Contact: Tel - 96500729

k.profi toman@gmail.com

12 yrs exp with store incharge pur-

chasing having valid Omani driv-

ing license. Contact: 99004638

Wanted job as an offi ce boy or cus-

tomer service. Contact: 94640906

Indian male 37 yrs X-Ray welder

7 yrs exp (ARC, TIG, ARGON,

Welding) seeking suitable job.

Contact: 91360190/98223683

B.Com Graduate with fi ve and half

yrs exp in Oman as a purchaser. NOC

available. Valid driving license. Look-

ing for suitable placement

Contact: 96772166

Graduate, computer literate, experi-

enced in sales, credit control,

accounts, Omani D/L , seeks suit-

able placement. Gsm 98805474

A lady entrepreneur with BF Tech

1st Class (Fashion Technology)

since 2006 in Kerala like to make

change for better. Specialized in

designing, Production Manage-

ment, Fashion Art, Grading, Surface

ornamentation, Garment Construc-

tion. Email: prettyjinu08@gmail.

com Mobile: +919539397097.

Indian female on visit MBA

(International Business- Market-

ing & Logistics), BE (Computers &

Science Engg.) Trained in SAP-BI/

BW with 1 year experience

seeking for job Contact: 90228586

Email:fathimasha16@gmail.com

Bangladeshi male, University

M.Com, Working as an Accountant

& Administrator in Oman; search-

ing better job. Phone: 94864966

Email: sunrisetoiqbal@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

in Oman as a project engineer for

governmental & private projects.

Contact – 90164912

Procurement Engineer (27 years

single male with Oman Driving Li-

cense) having 7 years experience

(UAE 2, Oman 3) with expertise in

MEP, Water, Electromechanical,

Instrumentation seeking suitable

placements. Contact 95852033,

mail: hemal1988@gmail.com

Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian

male 24 years with 1+years Indian

experience,(Certifi ed 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:

mohammedamair.bin@gmail.com

Indian male Electrical Engineer, having 6 years gulf experience in

designing, assembling, commis-

sioning execution etc having valid

GCC license too looking for a suit-

able. Contact: 00968-98052942

Email: azamjeelani78@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 8 years experience

Structural buildings marine. Availa-

ble NOC release. Contact: 92451323.

Email: zubairali134@yahoo.com

HSE Engineer (B.E Mech+Diploma

Safety+NEBOSH+OSHA) over

10yrs. Exp, (Visa Release Letter

(NOC) available), seeking suit-

able placement, Mob:97061817,

Email:jayanammu1977@gmail.com

10 yrs exp in procurement, ten-

ders, importing, marketing and

sales, organizing events. Have car

NOC available. Contact: 94123939

Purchase/Planning & Logistics Manager MBA (Finance), 14yrs.

Oman Exp. with D/L, NOC avail-

able, looking for suitable position.

Contact: 93826090

jskanchan01@gmail.com

The Business Development Manager, Iraqi, Experience 15

Years Inside and outside Oman

following activities: tenders& real

estate& construction & marketing

projects& investments &

transportation & Marine

services& companies manage-

ment& develop business. Contact:

:- 92385033

General Manager MEP also man-

age civil, MBA, BE Electrical, 10

yrs exp in Oman valid D/L, release

available. Contact – 92447102

Indian male, with experience in

operations management, informa-

tion security, purchase & stores

mgmt, hold UAE driving license,

on visit visa, seeks suitable job.

#91904541

Email: naushers@yahoo.com

Production Manager 9 years

experience in Oman manufacture

and development factories .GRB.

GRC. GRG rubber molds and false

ceilings, fi berglass and executive

at site emadadly2000@yahoo.

com96149081

Indian Mechanical Engineer with

28 years of industry experience

in Sales & Marketing, Materials

Management seeks suitable open-

ing. Presently working with Indian

conglomerate in Oman. Possess

valid driving license and SUV.

CONTACT:+968 95901425

Male Dip.Civil Engineer, having 20

yrs exp (building & road) looking for

suitable job. Contact: 94720782

Pakistani Civil Foreman and PDO

civil permit holder looking for job

94768993

B Tech Mech, certifi cate attested,

exp in steel fabri. and autocad draft-

ing , salary -250 OMR. Contact :

96108187

B.Sc Civil Engineer 27 yrs Oman

exp as project manager, struc-

tural engineer looking for suitable

placement. NOC/local transfer

available. Contact: 99349578.

Email:farooqatm@hotmail.com

BE Mechanical Engineer 6 yrs

exp, 1.5 yrs in Oman in piping and

structure construction work. Re-

lease available. Contact: 96115463.

Email: jijoraju085@yahoo.com

Indian male 35yrs BE - Engg 15 yrs

exp in UAE Site Manager looking for

job. Email : vinoj_1979@yahoo.co.in

Indian male, 29 yrs, B.Tech (EEE)

with 5+ yrs of experience from re-

puted fi rms in the fi eld of Electrical

Site Execution & Project Coordi-

nation in HL, LT for various EPC

Projects, now on visit, seeks suitable

placement in related industries.

Contact 92310762, email :

write2man@gmail.com

Male, NDT, QA/QC Supervision

Mechanical 10 yrs experience

seeks suitable placement.

Contact 96954202, Email :

nasirarain86@yahoo.com

Civil Engineers exp 4 yrs of

Pakistan in building work. Contact:

95135608

Diploma in Civil Engineering 13

yrs exp with valid Oman D/L, NOC

available. Contact : 99612163

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

profi ciency in installation, seeking

a challenging position in a dynamic

organization. contact 96570891

Pakistani Civil Eng having 10 yrs

exp in consulting and building

fi eld looking for suitable job in

good running company with valid

driving license. Contact: 97425973

Indian male,24 yrs, Electronics

& Telecom, Graduate, Mumbai

University (2015 batch) looking for

entry level job in Engg.com hav-

ing good knowledge at telecom,

networking ,fi ber optic, Oraclellg-

SQL, PLSQL, now in Muscat on

3 months visit visa. Contact :

91868936 / 93101922. Email: sid-

diquiajmal42@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer (B.Tech)

looking for job. Contact:90623220

Electrical Design Engineer (MEP)

Indian male having 1.8 years of

experience in India. Available

on visit visa looking for suitable

placements. Contact: 92658569,

Email:mdraziuddin2@gmail.com

Indian female Project Engineer 15

yrs experience Project Management

quality data base management

data analytics marketing busi-

ness development having Omani

driving licenses seeks suitable

placement presently on family visa,

having Omani experience. contact

95783792

Network Engineer CCNA-MCSA

exp computer science with NOC.

Contact : 92346191

Indian Civil Engineer in UAE

seeking suitable placement in

Muscat-Contact 00968 99142171

Project Engineer 14 yrs exp of

project execution & operations,

all kinds Mech/civil and interior

decoration with license

Contact: 93260559

Sudanese Civil Engineer 4 years

experience –98093544

B.E Mechanical and diploma with

75%, age 28, 2yrs Hyundai Motor

and 3yrs in water treatment.

Contact - +91 9003612305.

prabugn28@gmil.com

MANAGER

MANAGER

MEDICAL

Male 25 age M.B.A, HRM, BE

Automobile 3.4yrs exp production

engineering. # +91 9841873619/

vickey040890pt@gmail.com.

Electrical Engineer with 18 years

exp in UAE. Contact: 98148034

Email: shassalih66@gmail.com

B.Tech Mechanical Engineer (In-

dian, 23yrs male) 1.5 yrs exp (IBM

India &Pvt Ltd & Zeuzer Engineers

(Pvt ltd) looking for suitable job.

Currently on visit visa

ready to join immediately

#93354092/990249660.

email:eapenbijoy92@gmail.com

Pakistani male Diploma Civil En-

gineer 4yrs exp in Oman bulling &

mega projects, valid license Oman.

contact:98921022

Mechanical Engineer having

Omani driving license and 2yrs

exp seeks suitable placement.

Email:malvindevachan@gmail.

com, Contact: 97411523

Project Engineer B.Sc Civil, 7.5 yrs

in Oman, need suitable placement,

NOC release available. #91129192

Sudanese Electrical Engineer, granted with distinction, hard-

working and can adapt to diff erent

work conditions. Contact: 98133281

Electrical & Electronics Engineer with 3 years GCC exp in sales, GCC

driving license. Seeking suitable

placement. Contact - 90301410

26 yrs Indian Male – B.Tech

(IT) - 6 yrs exp -sales & admin

-seeks suitable placement -

91848460 / 98304080; Email:

arun9895431989@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 6 yrs Exp in Oman

with license. Contact: 98975518

Sri Lankan Engineer (27 Years

old) – B.Sc Engineering (Hon)

Mining / Geotechnical Presently

in Muscat, 1.5 years experience.

Contact 91295802

acmfaslan123@gmail.com

Structural Engineer, 8 yrs expe-

rienced in fl at slab, post tensioned

& slab-beam multi story building

design & supervision with driving

license. Contact: 98256860

Mechanical Engineer M.Tech

2 years experience HVAC design

& site Engg revit MEP Auto CAD.

Contact: 90150913 Email:

mahmanmechengg@yahoo.im

Sudanese Telecom Engineer, 5 years experience, 3 years in Oman

PMP certifi cate. contact 93391008

Email: momen.awadallam@gmail.

com

Indian Male, IT System Engineer

having 4 yrs of experience in sys-

tem administration.CCNA,MCSE,

Linux. Looking for suitable job.

Contact :91272867

Indian female completed M.C.A

seeking for suitable jobs.

Contact: 91409481 /

97308719

ASP.NET WEB DEVELOPER ,

3 YR EXP, PH : 97947921

SALES / MARKETING

Indian male 23 yeas BBM & Diplo-

ma in logistic. Looking for Indore/

Outdoor sales & marketing suitable

placement, currently in one month

visit visa. Contact: 93180270/

faizanmck@gmail.com

Indian M/39 confi dent Keralite,

Dubai Bank experience with Oman

driving license & NOC seeks suit-

able placement in sales & market-

ing / coordinator. #94742666

Indian male, B.Com worked in

Bahrain (4 years) and currently

working in Oman from last 4 years

in accounts and sales looking for

suitable placement. Valid Oman

license and NOC available. Contact

number : 9954 8543.

Indian male, B.Com with Valid GCC

Driving License 5-year experi-

ence in Sales. Good Arabic/English

Mob-96970027

Having more than 5 yrs exp in

sales indoor & outdoor with driv-

ing license. Contact – 90126776

An experienced sales & market-

ing person having several years

experience in GCC with valid D/L.

Looking for a suitable position.

Contact – 92124669

Indian female civil engineer

B.Tech having 3 years experience

sound knowledge of software,

REVIT STAD PRO structural

detailing currently on family visa

seeks suitable placement contact

95345591

Civil Engineer (BE) having total

5 years experience in building

construction looking for a suitable

placement. D/L available

Contact 94450270

Bachelor Civil Engineer 6 Years

in Oman experience Valid Driving

License seeks suitable placement

Phone 97619722

Email – golamrob@yahoo.com

Road and Construction Engineer with 5 years exp in Oman.

Contact: 97667113

Diploma in Mechanical Eng pip-

ing system in AutoCAD work, 21+

years experience with Driving

license. Contact: 95267113

Email: rkakkaryil@gmail.com

7 Yrs Exp. PM in Mech. Engg in

the fi eld of Building Const. Oil &

Gas Seeking Job.94625598

Omani HSE supervisor. Email:

jeebal3000@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer with 3 Yrs

experience in international Oil &

Gas company looking for job Con-

tacts: Tel: 90164236 Email:

mustafaoshi-62@hotmail.com

Indian female, 31 yrs, 7 yrs experi-

enced as AutoCAD civil drafts-

man (2 yrs experience in Oman)

currently in Oman seeks suitable.

Contact 96789441

Email: simi5304@gmail.com

Indian Electrical Engineer Btech,

female 24 seeking job, presently

in oman having 2 year experience

in design and estimation of Ht &Lt

projects. Contact 968 97436557,

Mail id : sibinanoop1@gmail.com

Indian Male 23 years B.Tech

Civil having 2 years experience in

quantity survey and site manage-

ment looking for suitable place-

ment. Contact:- 95042656

Staff Nurse (female) with MOH

license. Looking for opportunity in

Muscat. NOC / release letter avail-

able. Contact - 99433415.

Pharmacist have license and ex-

perience, looking for job in Sohar or

Buraimi. Contact- 93878153

Indian Bsc Female Nurse with

6.5 years exp, 4 years in KSA.

Passed Oman Pro Metric with 69%,

completed data fl ow. Presently in

Muscat in visit visa looking for a

suitable placement.

Contact 94744900, 94742834,

jincyalphonese@gmail.com

Male GP Doctor with NOC 6 yrs

experience in Oman for perm/locum

job. Contact : 97746074

An experienced Sudanese female Dentist with MOH license look-

ing for job. Contact 96436517

/97396088

SALES / MARKETING

Sudanese B.Sc in business

administration, exp 8yrs in sales,

marketing & accounting. contact

96112453

Indian male with 6 yrs of GCC

exp in sales and service & 1 year

of exp in gym fi tness instructor.

Seeking job presently in Mus-

cat in family visit visa. Con-

tact: 90694335/ 99438360 or

email:sahildgreat99@yahoo.com

4 Years of experience in Sales

with driving license. #90615235

MBA graduate having 6 years exp

in Sales & Marketing, 4 years with

PEPSI, India, having international

driving license permit seeks suit-

able placement. #: 95308167,

Email : samir.pag@gmail.com

Indian Male 28 MBA Marketing

with 4 years of experience in sales

with good communication skills

now available in Muscat on visit

visa. GSM 95840153 /

Mail akbarshareef786@gmail.com

Indian sales marketing profes-

sional highly experienced in busi-

ness development in ME India and

Africa seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 97897611

B.Com male 2 yrs experience in

sales Computer knowledge,

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 98371144

email: nabilnazar22@gmail.com

Indian male, MBA Marketing

having 2.5 years Sales experience

immediately looking for a suitable

position. Contact: 91415145,

Email: shariqs88@gmail.com

Male 38 yrs Graduate 07 years

experience indoor / outdoor

electronic fi eld with D/License &

NOC available (as per new rule).

Contact: 92453375

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Executive Secretary/ assistant Indian female 9 years experience in

Oman, Diploma in Business

management. Valid D/L.

Contact: 96684705

Lady Secretary / Sales Co-coordi-

nator 12 years experience in Oman

in reputed companies, seek imme-

diate Employment. Call: 95244761

SKILLED / UNSKILLED

Mason, SH / carpenter, steel fi tter

gulf & Indian exp looking job.

Contact: 95175192

Indian 26 yrs looking for fresh

sales /coordinator /admin/logis-

tics & travel air fare, air audit expe-

rience 8 yrs in India on visit visa

looking for suitable post. Contact:

94894170 / 95618311

Filipinas lady having exp in

ticketing and preservation, call

center, secretarial and real estate

is now looking for job please

call.94054080

Five years in travel fi eld B.Com.

IATA & pursuing MBA including

experience in the travel desk of

(ITC managed) fi ve star hotel,

looking for suitable position.

contact 9470 5767, 9465 2485,

9536 4479

TOURS & TRAVEL

MISCELLANEOUS

B.Com Graduate with 4 year expe-

rience as an Accountant in Oman.

Also have Oman Driving License.

Best fl uency in English, Arabic,

Hindi & Malayalam, looking for

Job. Currently in Oman. Cont: +968

93943448, murshid4u@gmail.com

Indian Male,B.Com & Diploma

Logistics & supply chain man-

agement 2years experience

looking for job in Accounts/

logistics fi eld. Presently on Visit

Visa. Software knows MS offi ce

& Tally7.2 .MOBILE:93884951-

Email:mehreenraiz@gmail.com

HSE Engineer: 3.8 years experi-

ence in Oil & Gas. NEBOSH,IOSH,

& NDT Certifi ed, M Tech in

HSE,B Tech in Mechanical Engg.

CONTACT-krish.569@gmail.com,

Mobile- +91 9867016808

Looking for QHSE – Manager /

Asst. Manager job, Indian Male

– 39.Yrs, With 17.Yrs Experience

& NOC, NEBOSH – UK, MR – ISO

9001, 14001 & 18001, HSE Train-

ings, Audits, Pls Contact – haree.

krishnan9944@gmail.com

INDIAN male, pursued bachelor’s

of computer science having experi-

ence in desktop Engineer, looking

for IT job, on visit visa, seeking

suitable placement. Contact :

98784174 ,email : abdulmoyeed@

outlook.com

Indian female, 30 yrs, B.Tech &

MBA(I.T), 6 yrs work exp in India &

Oman exp in telecommunications,

confi guration & installation of au-

tomated solution systems seeking

for suitable placement. Contact :

92689823, jobymees2014@gmail.

com

Indian female, B.Tech gradu-

ate, with one and half years

experience as ‘web developer’

interested in web development

and has experience working in

HTML,CSS,Bootstrap, JavaScript

and Photoshop. Contact: 9592

7075 e-mail id:

mariarosejacob90@gmail.com

MSC (IT) male 32 age 4

yrs networking system ad-

ministrator. Seeking a suit-

able placement +918608247110.

email:samad3301@gmail.com

Indian female, B.Tech graduate,

with one and half years experience

as ‘web developer’ interested in web

development and has experience

working in HTML, CSS, Bootstrap,

JavaScript and Photoshop.

Contact : 9592 7075, e-mail id:

mariarosejacob90@gmail.com

Omani 26(M) seeks placement,

6 yrs excellent experience

networking hardware software.

Contact: 95356166

The Business Development Man-

ager, Iraqi, Experience 15 Years

Inside and outside Oman follow-

ing activities: construction(Very

strong and qualifi ed to bringing

business for civil work Or any

type of the construction work for

many million per year with a good

experience in pricing and collect

payment and cash management of

the company & marketing projects

& investments& tenders & real

estate. Contact 92385033

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SITUATION WANTEDEDUCATION/CLASSES/COMPUTER/WEBSITE

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

• Learn in two months• Satisfaction guaranteed

Tel: 95244310

Any time available transporta-

tion solution for house offi ce

shifting, TV fi xing, carpenter all

type of maintenance. Contact

Indian person : 95194801 /

96594592 Whatsapp

WEB, ERP and Business Intelli-

gence (BI) creation and man-

agement at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

SERVICESWe Provide Cleaners,

Offi ce boys, Cleaning Contracts, General cleaning etc.

Al Mudakhir Nati onal Est. LLC Contact : 94277020

Split & window A/c servicing &

maintenance. Contact 93769089 /

95323517

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet & sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

LEGAL SERVICEAn Indian lawyer Provides all legal

services in company matt ers. Labour issues, contracts, agreements, LLC formati on, legal help for starti ng new business in Oman, Civil, criminal

cases,.service issues.Ibrahim Al Massalhi.legal consultancy

Sarafudheen, LLB, MBA,Legal Advisor

Muscat. GSM: 97351649

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

House shifting. Contact: 99708138

Pest control treatments, Ocean center LLC .

contact:99344723

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

A/C maintenance & servicing,

fridge, washing machine & dish

washer repairing, painting & clean-

ing services, electrical & plumbing.

Contact: 99447257 / 97014234 /

24504281

Marble crystallization & grinding, cleaning & carpet shampooing.

Ocean center LLC.

Contact:99344723

Split A/C servicing R.O 10 only.

Contact: 94217681 / 99210141

Building maintenance. Contact: 96173326

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-ter-

mite treatment, general cleaning

painting,Plumbing, Electrical,

shifting. Contact Mundhir

Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.

Contact: 24810137, 99450130

House shifting packing.

Contact: 99657644 / 98518013

Pest control & Building cleaning all kinds of pest control building. Cleaning ti les /

Marble polishing monthly/ Yearly contracts available.

Contact: 98814733 /98814740 Al Husn Cleaning L.L.C

Villa cleaning, shifting,

marble crystallization, tiles

polishing, shampooing sofa &

carpet. Modern Eastern Arms.

92145560

Sahal Al Wadi White Trad. Specialist in repairing of cold

store, chiller, A/C & refrigerator.

Contact – 94528546

Al farzdaq Al Fedi Trad and Cont

Maintenance services electric,

plumbing and A/C. Contact:

96524904 / 94285064

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance.

Contact ABU QABAS- 99320217

/24788722

Marble crystallization & grinding, Ocean center LLC .

Contact:99344723

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SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED

SITUATION WANT-SIT. WANTED

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

Manager with 12 yrs of exp in

sales & marketing & business

development, MBA Graduate with

valid driving license looking for a

suitable placement. NOC available.

Contact: 98125226

MBA Indian male 2 years experi-

ence in fi refi ghting & security sys-

tems sales & marketing. Seeking

suitable job. Contact – 90634050

Diploma(Electrical Engineering)

From Government polytechnic.Age

27years, 6 years Experiance in

Maintenance, troubleshooting and

managing and Technical in sub-

station as a Electrical Engineer.

Seek suitable placement. Contact

GSM- 92995899,(a.abbas31@

gmail.com)

INDIAN MALE, 26 years, BBA

graduate, seeks suitable position in

automotive spare parts, Have 3 year

experience. Phone no:96026400,

Bineeshpn@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineering 6 years

experience. Contact: 00968-

998907110091-9841867534

Email: sayed.fortuner88@gmail.

con

Bangladeshi male, University

MA, Working as Store In-charge

cum Logistic Manager in Mus-

cat; searching better job. Phone:

91997605, email: mohamednaz-

rulislam2@gmail.com

25 years, male B.Com and

insurance Graduate with 6

year experience looking for an

opening in accounts, fi nance or

operations related only. Driv-

ing license and NOC available.

Contact-

lilommca@gmail.com and

95236312.

Civil Draftsman seeking job.

Contact-95516807

Admin Assistant, Having 5

years experience in admin de-

partment in reputed companies,

presently working in Muscat

(NOC Available). GSM. 00968-

98404122, Email -

panduru.jeevankumar@gmail.

com

Master’s in Petroleum Geology

looking for relevant job ready to

join ASAP, valid drivers license.

Email : mehdi.poorjahangiri@

gmail.com

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TOURS

TOURS

RENT A CAR

25 - 50 seater bus with PDO &

BP specifi cation for monthly rent

& small car with driver. Contact

99839898

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

TRANSPORTATION

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

SITUATION WANT-

ED

BUSINESSSITUATION WANT-

ED

BUSINESS

ONE STOP SHOP BUSINESS SERVICES

Contact Saleh: 96723485

Public relation services (PRO), Formation new

companies, LLC companies, investor visa, business setup,

prepare business & companies accounts, legal

services, representing you and your company.

Transportation. Contact

91703829

Ruwi, Muttrah, Al Khuwair,

Muscat, Qurum, seek transporta-

tion. Contact: 91132238

Transportation. Contact

99508282 /93113534

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact 92015894

Transportation available Ruwi to

Al Khuwair, Ghubra & Azaiba.

Contact: 91103909

Driver available with car. Contact:

96728056GOOD NEWS

Ayurvedic treatment for joint

pain, backache, paralysis, mas-

sage, steambath, obesity, spondy-

litis. Ideal Care Ayurvedic Clinic,

18 November Street, Azaiba.

Contact: 99639695 / 97397320

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 backache,

paralysis, arthritis etc & mas-

sage, All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact:24475280 / 95371664 /

92504980 www.siddhayur.com

RENT A CARBest Rates for Saloon

Contact: 97869042 / 95730550

sales@modernreem.com

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