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Pakistani school bus crash boy to visit US for cure

RAHUL [email protected]

MUSCAT: He nearly died in the 2014 Pakistan School bus crash, now eight-year-old Jawad Habib is preparing to travel half way around the world for treatment in the United States that his family prays this medical care will allow him to regain his life. Speaking to Times of Oman, Habibul Reh-man, the father of Jawad Habib, said the child has yet to begin liv-ing a normal life.

“He is still unbalanced and his left hand is not moving. He has started remembering a few things, but becomes very hyper in front of guests and always needs someone’s help. So we are plan-ning to fl y to Connecticut in the US in July for further treatment,” he said.

Jawad, and another student, Faizal Abdul Aziz, injured in the January 2014 bus crash, are un-dergoing treatment in Muscat and Pakistan. Both of them were sitting in front, after boarding the bus from Al Hail South, when it

met with the accident on Qurum Heights Road. Rehman said they have a relative in the US. “We have to try all options, since there has not been much improvement here,” he said.

Connecticut is located in the region known as New England. “There, my relatives know a few doctors whom we have been in touch with. We will undergo oc-cupational therapy and physi-otherapy classes,” he said.

Habibul Rehman will be in the US with his family for one month. “But Jawad and his mother will stay until he is better,” he said.

The condition of another in-jured student, Faizal Abdul Aziz, has not improved much. “They shifted him to Pakistan a few months back, though he is yet to regain his senses and is still bed-ridden,” his relatives said.

Faizal received injuries to his head, chest, arms and legs in the bus accident. “His injuries were severe because he was sitting next to the conductor’s seat,” they added. Besides Habib and Faizal, two boys and one girl – Sayyid Fahad, Awais Nazir, and Fareeha Parvez-- were killed in the crash.

The trial is now underway, with the next date set for the mid-dle of July.

One and a half years

after the January

2014 Pakistan

School Muscat bus

crash, two survivors

are yet to begin

living normal lives.

One of them, Jawad

Habib, is being taken

by his parents to the

United States for

treatment

YET TO RECOVER: Jawad Habib

injured in the bus accident.

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HM sends

greetings

to Djibouti

MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to President Ismail Omar Guelleh of the Republic of Djibouti on his country’s Inde-pendence Day anniversary.

In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sin-cere greetings and wishes of good health and happiness to the president and his country’s people further progress and prosperity. -ONA

I N D E P E N D E N C E D A Y

FAHAD AL [email protected]

MUSCAT: Three nationals died in a road accident in Saham on Thursday morning, according to a reliable source at the Royal Oman Police (ROP).

“The accident occurred at a di-version on the Saham roundabout at 3.42 am,” said the source.

The driver lost control of his vehicle resulting in the vehi-cle swerving out of control and

catching fi re, the source said. “The driver and two passen-

gers were burnt to death,” added the source.

There was another incident of fi re at a farm in Khoudh village, said a reliable source at Public Au-thority of Civil Defence and Am-bulance. “However, there were no casualties,” said the source.

The ROP’s statistics show that accidents have dipped 6.8 per cent in the fi rst fi ve months of this year as compared to last year. Records

show that there were 2,327 acci-dents until the end of May, 2015, compared to 2,500 accidents dur-ing the same period last year.

The accidents resulted in the death of 264 people compared to 335 last year. The number of those injured also witnessed a 55.1 per cent decrease from last year.

Altogether 1,272 nationals were injured in accidents during the fi rst fi ve months of this year com-pared to 3,000 during the same pe-riod last year.

T R A G E D Y

FATAL CRASH: Smoke billows from the vehicle involved in the accident. – Supplied

Three Omanis die in Saham crash

Oman criticises

Kuwait mosque

suicide attack

MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman has condemned the ter-rorist attack targeting Al Imam Al Sadeq Mosque in Kuwait, which led to the death of a num-ber of people and injury to oth-ers while performing their Ju-mah (Friday) Prayer, on Friday.

In a statement issued on Fri-day, the Foreign Ministry reaf-fi rmed the Sultanate’s opposi-tion and condemnation of all types of violence and terrorism and expressed its support to Kuwait’s government and peo-ple in confronting such crimes against the innocent people and humanity. —ONA

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

OMANSteps to curb import of damaged vehicles

2 To ensure the safety of those driving imported vehicles, the

ROP has taken steps and set specifi cations for these vehicles to meet as there has been an increase in the number of vehicles imported in Oman. >A3

OMANOmani flag flutters on North Pole

3In a fi rst for the Arab world, Oman’s fl ag fl uttered over the skies

on North Pole alongside fl ags of European, Asian, American countries and Australia after Omani activist Yahya bin Ali Al Salmani reached Point 90, the highest point on North Pole. >A3

OMANEfforts on to send Indian worker’s body

1 Social workers are coordinating with the Indian embassy to

repatriate the body of an Indian worker who was found dead under mysterious circumstances near his campin Nizwa. >A2

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

MASSACRE: Police offi cers control the crowd (rear) while surrounding a man (centre) suspected

of opening fi re on a beachside hotel in Sousse, Tunisia. -Reuters

TERROR ATTACK: Kuwaiti personnel carry a man on a stretcher at the site of a suicide bombing

at a mosque in Kuwait City, left, and French Gendarmes after the recovery of a decapitated head

outside a gas company in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon, France, on Friday. -AFP/Reuters

TUNISIA

KUWAIT FRANCE

DAY OF TERROR

TUNISIA/KUWAIT/PARIS: Scores of people were killed in separate attacks in Tunisia, Ku-wait and France on Friday.

Thirty-seven persons were killed when a man pulled a gun hidden in a beach umbrella and opened fi re at a packed Tunisian holiday crowd, in the country’s worst attack in recent history while a suicide bomber struck at a mosque in the Kuwaiti capital during Friday prayers, killing at least 27 people and wounding many in an attack claimed by IS.

In another incident, a suspect-ed militant launched a daylight raid on an industrial gas fac-tory in France, pinning a severed head to the gates in what Presi-dent Francois Hollande called a ‘terrorist’ attack.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Tunisia attack, but the IS group, which marks the fi rst anniversary of its ‘caliphate’ straddling Iraq and Syria on Monday, said it was be-

hind the Kuwait bombing.Witnesses described scenes

of panic after the shooting at the Imperial Marhaba Hotel on the outskirts of Sousse, about 140 kilometres south of Tunis. The health ministry gave the toll at 37 dead.

27 killed in Kuwait attackKuwait’s interior ministry said in a statement cited by the of-fi cial KUNA news agency that hundreds were wounded in the mosque explosion.

“Twenty-seven people have been martyred and 202 oth-ers wounded as a result of

the blast at Al Imam Al Sadeq Mosque,” the interior ministry statement said.

It called the attack a “terrorist bombing” and said it will provide more details later.

The wounded were admitted to fi ve public hospitals and were visited by Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah.

The French president said in Brussels that a vehicle driven at high speed by “one person, maybe accompanied by anoth-er” smashed into the factory, about 40 kilometres from Lyon.

The wave of grisly attacks shocked the world days after the IS group urged supporters to car-ry out Ramadan attacks.

The IS rebels were also ac-cused of killing 164 civilians in an off ensive on the Kurdish town of Kobane.On Tuesday, IS group spokesman Abu Mohammed Al Adnani had called for Muslims to engage in attacks and become martyrs during Ramadan. -Agencies

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Imagine Cup honour for OmanisTimes News Service MUSCAT: A group of Omani computer science students from GUtech have won the second place in the Regional Imagine Cup Competition 2015, a Micro-soft Global Competition recently held in Bahrain.

To inspire people to read books on their mobile phones, the stu-dents have invented a mobile reading app, called ‘ReadAthon’ – Regain the Joy of Reading.

“We believe our app will en-courage people to read more books,” said Alya Al Shanfari, Computer Science student at GUtech.

The students competed with 33 other Computer Science and Computer Engineering teams from throughout the Arab world.

“We are looking forward to next year’s competition with greater

imagination from our students’ beautiful minds. I think Oman should establish its own Imag-ine Cup, as there are many young Omani innovators and entrepre-

neurs who could truly excel on the world stage,” said Prof. Dr. Basel Dayyani, Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Sci-ence at GUtech.

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PROUD MOMENT: To inspire people to read books on their mobile

phones, GUtech students have invented a mobile reading app,

called ‘ReadAthon’ – Regain the Joy of Reading.–Supplied photo

Worker’s body to be repatriatedREJIMON [email protected]

MUSCAT: Social workers are coordinating with the Indian em-bassy in Muscat to repatriate the body of an Indian worker who was found dead under mysterious cir-cumstances near his camp in Ni-zwa on Wednesday evening.

“We have informed the Indian embassy to initiate steps to re-patriate Rama Rao’s body back to Andhra Pradesh, the south In-dian state,” social workers told Times of Oman, adding that the deceased’s parents have been in-formed about the death.

Rama Rao, the 36-year-old In-dian worker, had joined Dolphin

Trading and International LLC fi ve months ago.

Work was stopped for a few hours on Thursday morning af-ter Rama Rao’s body was recov-ered near the camp. On Thursday morning itself, an offi cial from the company while confi rming that a worker had committed suicide said that some workers were re-luctant to start work.

“It may be due to some mental reasons. It is a very rare case. (In the)Morning some workers were reluctant to start work. I don’t know how many. It’s a company with 3,000 workers,” the offi cial told Times of Oman while com-menting on the death of the In-dian worker.

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‘Experts pitch for commercial recycling of plastic garbage’

Times News Service

MUSCAT: To save the environ-ment more recycling centres are required to collect and recycle plastic containers dumped every-day into landfi lls, said an expert

on Wednesday. Speaking to the Times of Oman, Andrew Wilson, an environmentalist, said that right now there is no coordinat-ed collection system to save the environment.

“We should work towards mini-mising our waste. We should look

for ways to either re-use or recycle it,” he said.

Experts said collecting this waste and recycling it would help generate private investment in waste recycling plants such as an-aerobic digesters which generate energy from green waste.

“Landfi lls take up precious land and cause considerable pollution because plastic materials take many years to disintegrate. Be-sides, we can start a new industry in recycling that will create thou-sands of jobs in the long run,” said another environmentalist.

“Awareness about recycling must start at the grassroots level. We must educate our children so that they can save their environ-ment and at the same make mon-ey from rubbish they throw away,” said residents.

Cleanliness campaignsThis comes after the Muscat Mu-nicipality intensifi ed its eff orts to remove constructions, trees and waste residues from the roads, neighbourhoods, squares and

public places in diff erent loca-tions in the wilayats of Muttrah and Al Amerat.

The move comes under the in-tensifi ed campaign of cleanliness launched by the government to cover all governorates through-out the year in order to improve the cleanliness of the city and remove waste and raise public awareness.

The campaign seeks to en-hance best practices when deal-ing with waste and municipal laws and regulations concern-ing the protection and safety of public hygiene.

The public directorate of the Muscat Municipality in Muttrah carried out separate cleaning pro-cesses in Sifa and Wadi Kabir ar-eas. The campaign resulted in the removal of more than 356 tonnes of construction waste and 168 tonnes of trees waste.

The Directorate General of the Municipality in Amerat also con-ducted a campaign to remove con-struction waste from residential and commercial areas.

Landfi lls take up

precious land and

cause considerable

pollution because

plastic materials

take many years to

disintegrate. Besides,

we can start a new

industry in recycling

that will create

thousands of jobs in

the long run, said an

environmentalist

ECOLOGY PRIORITY: A new industry in recycling of plastic waste

can create thousands of jobs in the long run.

HM congratulates Madagascar MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratula-tions to President Hery Rajaonarimampianina of the Republic of Madagascar on the occasion of his country’s Independence anniversary.In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes to President of Mada-gascar and his country’s friendly people.–ONA

C A B L E

Ithraa explores opportunitiesin Malaysia

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Underlining the im-portance Oman places on Ma-laysia as a trade destination, top managers from Ithraa, Oman’s investment promotion and export development agency, recently went on a fact-fi nding mission to Kuala Lumpur to meet their coun-terparts at the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE).

Headed by Nasima Al Balushi, Ithraa’s director general of Export Development, Ithraa management held four-days of trade talks with representatives from MATRADE, the Export-Import Bank of Malay-sia, the Malaysian Investment De-velopment Authority and the SME Corporation Malaysia.

“Providing information and a platform for Omani non-oil ex-porters to explore international business opportunities and pen-etrate new markets is fundamen-tal to our mandate,” Nasima Al Balushi said.

Malaysia’s economy is set to grow between 4.5 per cent and 5.5 per cent this year, making it one of the 20 fastest-growing economies in the world. It is an economy with strong fundamentals that is on a steady and sustainable growth path.

Al Balushi went on to add, “The Sultanate is open for business and the government is committed to supporting non-oil Omani export growth and encouraging inward investment. This was the message we were delivering to colleagues in Kuala Lumpur.”

T R A D E A V E N U E S

ROP steps to curb import of damaged vehiclesTimes News Service MUSCAT:: According to statis-tics issued by the Royal Oman Police (ROP), there has been an increase in the number of vehicles imported into Oman across its land borders in recent years.

The director general of vehi-cle registration at the directo-rate general of traffi c, Lieutenant Colonel Saeed Mohammed Al Zarafi , said based upon inspec-tions of these vehicles, it is clear that some have been involved in serious accidents.

To ensure the safety of those using imported vehicles, the ROP has taken measures and set specifi cations that vehicles must meet. The most important requirements focus on the dura-bility of the chassis, fl oor and the vehicle’s body.

Technical inspections include measuring greenhouse gas emis-sions, functioning of brakes and suspensions, all lighting works

properly, that steering wheels are correctly located and that window tinting does not exceed 30 per cent, as per Omani law.

With respect to the registration of imported vehicles, Al Zarafi pointed out that all vehicles must undergo a technical inspection at registration to ensure compliance with specifi cations and safety re-quirements.

Further, he advises citizens to check vehicles they want to pur-

chase from individuals, exhibi-tions or outside the Sultanate, to make sure the vehicle has not been involved in a serious accident and later repaired. He stressed that imported vehicles must fulfi l all safety requirements, as set by Omani traffi c laws.

Al Zarafi added that if owners seeks to change the colour of a vehicle, they must approach the traffi c department and receive a permit before doing so. The colour

they choose must be recognisable, he said.

With regards to decorating, adding and upgrading vehicle body parts, he said that to ensure the safety of others, it is not per-mitted to apply additions or up-grades to vehicles. Applying stick-

ers and vinyl is a violation of rules, unless the ROP grants permission to apply decorations on the cars in celebration of a national occasion.

He also stressed the importance of vehicle maintenance and an-nual inspections to reduce traffi c accidents.

S A F E T Y F I R S T

Omani environmentalist hoists national fl ag on North Pole

MUSCAT: In a fi rst for the Arab world, the Sultanate’s fl ag fl ut-tered over the skies on the North Pole alongside fl ags of some Euro-pean, Asian, American countries and Australia, after Omani envi-ronmental activist Yahya bin Ali Al Salmani reached Point 90, the highest point on the North Pole.

Al Salmani participated in a sci-entifi c expedition that sailed from Murmansk in Russia onboard the Yamal, the world’s most powerful icebreaker operated by nuclear energy. “I was very happy to raise the Omani fl ag at the highest point on the North Pole. The Omani fl ag was the only Arab fl ag that fl ut-tered in the sky alongside those from other countries,” he said.

“The aim behind this self-funded expedition, which cost $30,000, was to represent my country. The expedition has been a good opportunity to meet with senior environmental activists. I have always cherished the dream of reaching Point 90, the top of the earth where dolphins and whales live. This area is called the white desert,” he added.

In earlier expeditions he went to Peru, Brazil and Amazon. He also visited Antarctica and the Alps 20 years ago, he said.–ONA

F L Y I N G H I G H

SAFE DRIVING: To ensure safety, the ROP has taken measures and

set specifi cations that vehicles must meet.–ROP

All vehicles must

undergo a technical

inspection at

registration

Lt Col Saeed Al ZarafiDirector general of vehicle registration

ON TOP OF THE WORLD: Omani environmental activist Yahya bin

Ali Al Salmani reached Point 90, the highest point on the North

Pole. –ONA

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REGIONThe man, dressed in shorts, pulled out a weapon he had hidden inside an umbrella he was carrying before opening fi re at the beach and pool and tossing an explosiveA witness

Vatican signsfirst accord with Palestine

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican on Friday signed a historic fi rst accord with Palestine, two years after offi -cially recognising it as a state.

The accord, a treaty covering the activities of the Church in the parts of the land under Palestin-ian control, was the fi rst since the Vatican recognised Palestine as a state in February 2013.

The product of 15 years of dis-cussions, the agreement was fi nal-ised in principle last month and bitterly condemned then by Israel as a setback for the peace process.

BlessingPalestinian Foreign Minister Riad Al Maliki, said at Friday’s signing ceremony that it would “not have been possible without the bless-ing of Pope Francis for our eff orts to reach it. “The minister said the “historic” accord enshrined Pal-estine’s special status.

Paul Gallagher, the British arch-bishop who is the Vatican’s de facto foreign minister, signed the accord in the presence of guests including Vera Baboun, the mayor of Bethlehem. — AFP

H I S T O R I C A G R E E M E N T

IS group militants kill 145 civilians in KobaneBEIRUT: IS group militants killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kob-ane and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as the second worst mas-sacre carried out by the hardline group in Syria.

Fighting between the Kurdish YPG militia and IS militants who infi ltrated the town at the Turk-ish border on Thursday contin-ued into a second day, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group and a Kurdish offi cial said. A separate IS assault on government-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka was reported to have forced 60,000 people to fl ee their homes, the United Nations said, warning as many as 200,000 people may eventually try to fl ee. IS has a re-cord of conducting large scale kill-ings of civilians in territory it cap-tures in both Iraq and Syria.

Biggest single massacreThe attack on the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobane and the nearby village of Brakh Bootan marked the biggest single massa-cre of civilians by IS in Syria since it killed hundreds of members of

the Sheitaat tribe last year, Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Ob-servatory, said. He said 146 civil-ians had been killed. Kurdish offi -cials said at least 145 had died.

The assault included at least three suicide car bombs. The dead included the elderly, women and children, he said. The IS fi ghters were reported to number in the dozens and entered the town in fi ve cars disguised as members of

the YPG and Syrian rebel groups.In their other assault on Friday,

IS fi ghters clashed with Syrian government forces in the south of Hasaka for a second day and shells hit areas in the centre, the Obser-vatory said. It appeared that IS was also fanning out towards the south-east of the city, which is divided into zones run separately by the Syrian government and a Kurdish administration that oversees the

YPG. The twin attacks which be-gan on Thursday showed the fi ght-ers returning to the off ensive after two weeks of defeats at the hands of Kurdish-led forces, supported by US-led air strikes. Earlier this week the Kurds advanced to within 50km (30 miles) of Raqqa city.

In the latest battles, IS has picked targets where it is diffi cult for the US-led alliance to provide air support to those fi ghting on the ground. In Kobane, also known as Ayn Al Arab, aerial bombard-ment risks civilian casualties in residential areas targeted in the attack. In Hasaka the IS targets were in areas controlled by Presi-dent Bashar Al Assad. The US-led coalition, which has been bomb-ing IS targets in both Syria and Iraq since last year, has ruled out cooperating with Damascus.

Kobane was the site of one of the biggest battles against IS last year. The Kurdish forces eventu-ally drove the militants out of the town in January with the help of US air strikes and Iraqi Kurdish fi ghters, after months of battles.

Recent weeks have seen mo-mentum shift repeatedly in the battle against IS. The fi ghters ad-vanced rapidly last month, seizing

cities in Syria and Iraq, before the recent Kurdish advances in Syria. IS militants have often adopted a tactic of attacking elsewhere when they lose ground. The group wrested control of at least one dis-trict of Hasaka city in its raid there on Thursday. The UN Offi ce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aff airs said an estimated 50,000 people had been displaced within Hasaka city while 10,000 had left northwards towards Amuda town, close to the Turkish border.

Speaking to Syrian state TV, the governor of Hasaka said the city was “safe and secure” and urged people to return home. The Ob-servatory said fi ghting was con-tinuing. Government forces were carrying out air strikes targeting areas south of Hasaka controlled by IS, it added.

State news agency SANA said scores of IS fi ghters were killed in the bombardments. This could not be independently confi rmed. As-sad has lost territory since March in areas of northwestern, south-ern and central Syria to a patch-work of armed groups, including IS, other hardline militants, and rebels who profess a more inclu-sive vision for Syria. — Reuters

M A S S A C R E

Major differences remain as Iran nuclear deal deadline loomsVIENNA: As a June 30 deadline for a fi nal nuclear deal approaches, ma-jor diff erences remain between Iran and world powers on several key is-sues including sanctions relief and UN access to Iranian sites, a senior Western diplomat said on Friday.

“The most diffi cult subjects need to be resolved in the coming days,” the diplomat told reporters on condition of anonymity in the Austrian capital, where talks be-tween the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and Iran have entered their fi nal phase. “The questions of access and transparency, PMD (possible military dimensions) and sanc-tions remain extremely problem-atic,” the diplomat added.

“We can fi nd an agreement on some points, but on major issues there are still big diff erences.”

Iran and six major powers set

themselves an end-June deadline for a long-term deal that would lift sanctions crippling the Iranian economy in exchange for limits on Tehran’s nuclear programme that would remain in place for at least a decade. But diplomats said the talks would likely run into July.

Slow and diffi cultSenior Iranian negotiator Abbas Araqchi told Iranian reporters that the current negotiations were a “slow and diffi cult process”.

But despite the major obstacles to overcome, a senior US offi cial suggested to reporters on Thurs-day that an agreement could be within reach. “Despite these tough issues, here’s really what it’s all about. We can truly see a path for-ward that gets us to a very good agreement here. We know what the pieces of it are,” the offi cial said

on condition of anonymity.”Western and Iranian offi cials

say the chances of success in Vien-na are greater than the likelihood of failure. But there is still no guar-antee they will get a deal.

“The next few days will be ex-tremely diffi cult. There will be overnighters and we will need to keep calm and have a lot of energy,” the senior Western diplomat said. “At this stage it’s not clear that Iran is ready to make the choices.”

US Secretary of State John Kerry departed for Vienna on Fri-day, boarding his aircraft from Joint Base Andrews, a military base outside of Washington, with a mechanical lift truck because of his broken leg. He remains on crutches following his May 31 cy-cling accident.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mo-hammad Javad Zarif is due to ar-

rive on Saturday morning, when he and Kerry are expected to meet to discuss progress and sticking points in the talks. Also arriving on Saturday is French Foreign Minis-ter Laurent Fabius.

Vast diff erencesBritish, German, Russia and Chi-nese ministers are expected to join in the coming days as well.

The diff erence on some issues are vast. Offi cials close to the talks say they have yet to agree on the speed and scope of lifting sanctions, how Iran will reduce its stockpiles of low enriched ura-nium, the future scope of Tehran’s enrichment-centrifuge research and development programme, and access for UN inspectors to military and other sites, as well as UN access to Iranian nuclear scientists. — Reuters

F I N A L D I S C U S S I O N S

European tourists among 37 killed in Tunisia beachside hotel attack

TUNIS: A gunman disguised as a tourist opened fi re at a Tunisian hotel on Friday with a weapon he had hidden in an umbrella, killing 37 people, including British, Ger-man and Belgian tourists, as they lounged at the beach and pool in a popular resort town.

Terrifi ed tourists ran for cover after the gunfi re and an explosion erupted in the Imperial Marhaba in Sousse resort town, 140 km south of the capital Tunis, before police shot the gunman dead, wit-nesses and security offi cials said.

It was the second major attack on Tunisia this year following the militant assault on Tunis Bardo museum when gunmen killed 21 foreign visitors.

AttackerThe body of the attacker lay with a Kalashnikov assault rifl e where he was shot. Local radio said po-lice captured a second gunman, but offi cials did not immediately confi rm the arrest or his role in the attack. “One attacker opened fi re with a Kalashnikov on tourists and Tunisians on the beach of the ho-tel,” said a hotel worker at the site.

“It was just one attacker. He was a young guy dressed in shorts like he was a tourist himself.”

The man, dressed in shorts, pulled out a weapon he had hidden inside an umbrella he was carry-ing before opening fi re at the beach and pool and tossing an explosive, witnesses said. A security source said another bomb was found on his body.

A health ministry statement said British, German and Belgian nationals were among the 37 dead. Six other people were wounded in the shooting, offi cials said.

Tunisia, which has been hailed as a model of democratic transi-tion since its 2011 protests is one

of the most secular countries in the Arab world.

Its beach resorts on the Medi-terranean are popular with foreigners.

No one immediately claimed the attack. But militants have attacked North African tourist sites before, seeing them as legitimate targets because of their open Western life-styles and tolerance.

Irishwoman Elizabeth O’Brien,

who was staying at a neighbouring hotel with her two sons, said there was panic on the beach when the gunfi re erupted.

“I honestly thought it was fi re-works and then when I saw people running... I thought, my Almighty, it is shooting,” she told Irish radio station RTE. “The waiters and the security on the beach started to say ‘Run, run, run!’”

Sousse, alongside nearby Ham-mamet and the island of Djerba, is the heartland of Tunisia’s most popular beach resorts, drawing visitors from Europe and neigh-bouring North African countries like Algeria.

Six million tourists, mostly

Europeans, visited Tunisia’s beaches, desert treks and souks last year, providing seven per cent of its gross domestic product, most of its foreign currency rev-enues and more jobs than anything but farming.

“This is a catastrophe, but we have to stay strong,” Tourism Min-ister Salma Loumi said.

Since its 2011 protest to oust autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has been praised for its peaceful democratic transition bringing free elections and a new constitution seen as a model for the region.

But the country has also strug-gled with the rise of hardline

movements as ultra-conservative preachers took advantage of the upheaval and young democracy to take over mosques and spread their hardline message.

Several thousand Tunisians have left the country to fi ght in Syria, Iraq and neighbouring Lib-ya, where some have set up mili-tant training camps and promised to return to attack their homeland.

IS militant group made some claim to the Bardo museum attack, but authorities blamed possible splinter fi ghters from the Okba Ibn Nafaa, a brigade of Al Qaeda-affi liated fi ghters, operating in the Chaambi mountains along the Al-gerian border. — Reuters

Terrifi ed tourists

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DEADLY ATTACK: Tunisian security forces stand in front of the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in the resort town of Sousse, south of the Tunisian capital, on Friday, following a

shooting attack. Right: Items belonging to tourists lie near the swimming pool. – Credit


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IN MISSION MODE: US Secretary of State John Kerry plays with his

crutches as he talks to reporters before leaving for Vienna, Austria,

at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington on Friday. – Reuters

FIGHTING CONTINUES: A picture taken from the Turkish side of

the border in Suruc, Sanliurfa province, shows Turkish soldiers

standing guard, front, as Syrian Kurds wait behind the barbed

wired on the Syrian side after they fl ed the Syrian town of Kobane,

also known as Ain Al Arab, on Friday. – AFP

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Modi government rule has brought back memories of Emergency: NGOsNEW DELHI: Claiming that the Centre’s style of functioning has brought back the memories of Emergency, members of civil society have raised concern over “centralisation of power” under the Narendra Modi government.

Addressing a meeting organ-ised here on Thursday to mark the imposition of Emergency by the then Indira Gandhi govern-ment in 1975, speakers from me-dia and various NGOs claimed that the economic policies of the government were an attack on the rights of farmers and workers.

“The attack on citizen’s rights, particularly those of peasants and workers, by present Modi government brings back memo-ries of Emergency,” former Jus-tice Rajindar Sachar said.

Ish Mishra, convener of NGO Janhastakshep, expressed fears over alleged concentration and centralisation of power by PMO under Modi.

Mishra termed the govern-ment’s land and labour reforms as “anti-labour and anti-peasants”.Referring to de-recognition of Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle, a group of student, by IIT-Madras recently, he said it was an attack on rights to expression.

During her address, senior jour-nalist Seema Mustafa made com-parison of present situation under the “macho militaristic Prime Minister” with pre-emergency days. She also spoke about how all decisions of various ministries are being controlled by PMO in “Indira-Sanjay Gandhi style”.

Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar, on his part, appealed to journalists and intellectuals to take on the present situation and urged them to challenge politics based on religion and caste.

Supreme Court lawyer Ashok Panda expressed concerns over

the government’s alleged attempt to scuttle and control judiciary by setting up National Judicial Ap-pointments Commission (NJAC) for “self-preservation as was done by Indira Gandhi during the emergency”.

“Many a commentators and political leaders are seeing the danger of Emergency from Modi Government’s drive.

“Undoubtedly, the develop-ments are in that direction.

“We should expose the off en-sive of Modi government and mo-bilise the people against this. We should particularly support and invigorate the struggle for civil liberties and democratic rights, particularly rights of struggling people. We should vigorously op-pose the attacks on religious mi-norities and minority nationali-ties which are being targeted by Modi Government,” a resolution issued by the NGOs stated. - PTI

M E E T I N G

BJP, Congress spar over Lalit’s tweets on Vadra

NEW DELHI: Lalit Modi’s claim that he had “run into” Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra in London triggered fresh war of words between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress on Friday in the escalating row over the help rendered to the taint-ed former IPL boss by two leaders of the saff ron party.

BJP alleged links between Lalit Modi and the Gandhi family while the Congress said it was a case of ‘chhota Modi’ helping ‘bada Modi’ (Narendra Modi) with lies”.

Lalit Modi had last night tweeted, “Happy to meet the Gandhi family... in London. I had run into Robert and Priyanka separately in a res-taurant”. BJP, which charged that it was these links which had “pre-vented” Lalit Modi’s extradition under UPA’s rule, demanded that Congress President Sonia Gandhi make a statement on the matter.

That invited a sharp attack from the opposition, which said that Lalit Modi’s tweets were a case of “chhota Modi” helping “bada Modi” (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) through “lies”. Seeking to

turn the tables on Congress, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “Today’s big revelation is the fact that Lalit Modi had met the Gan-dhi family. Only on Thursday he met Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra. Why have they met him? Let me categorically put today that the issue is about Lalit Modi and Gandhi family...

“BJP demands Sonia Gandhi make a statement why the Gandhi family has been in touch with Lalit Modi all these years.”

Patra further claimed that the then fi nance minister P. Chidam-baram “did not want Lalit Modi’s extradition from Britain despite the fact that UK was ready for ex-tradition”.

“Who was preventing them? The Gandhi family,” he alleged.

“The matter starts and ends at the door of 10, Janpath.”

But lashing out at BJP over the charges, Congress said that run-ning into anybody in a restaurant was not a crime and that Lalit Modi was working at the behest of BJP to divert attention to “non-issues”.

Red-herringsCongress’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that BJP should tell its “black money stoog-es to not rely on red-herrings” to divert attention from the issue.

The government must answer to the people about the allegations against External Aff airs Minister

Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, he added. “I can say with full re-sponsibility that neither Priyanka Gandhi nor Robert Vadra ever in-teracted with Lalit Modi socially. If you see somebody in a restaurant, it is not a crime. ‘Chhota Modi’ is helping ‘bada Modi’ with lies.

“It is a diversionary tactic of BJP to turn the attention towards non-issues. The government should speak about real issues and not hide behind Lalit Modi,” Surjewala told reporters.

Reiterating his party’s demand for the sacking of Swaraj and Raje, Surjewala said they had helped a fugitive accused of “fraud of gigan-tic proportions”. - PTI

Lashing out at BJP

over the charges,

Congress said that

running into anybody

in a restaurant is not

a crime and that Lalit

Modi was working

at the behest of BJP

to divert attention

to ‘non-issues’

IN THE NEWS: Priyanka Gandhi, right, daughter of Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi, and her

husband Robert Vadra arriving at a polling station to cast their votes in New Delhi in this fi le photo

taken on April 10. - AFP

900 pilgrims evacuated in Uttarakhand

DEHRADUN: A total of 900 per-sons were on Friday evacuated by choppers from Kedar valley, Hemkund Sahib and Badrinath areas with nearly half a dozen roads and bridges in Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts damaged by fi rst monsoon showers and yatra ( journey) to the Himalayan shrines severely aff ected for the second consecutive day.

Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma, who visited ar-eas close to Kedarnath and Badri-nath earlier in the day to assess the situation, said from Kedar val-ley, Hemkund Sahib and Badri-nath in Chamoli district a total of 900 persons were evacuated.

There are no pilgrims left in Kedarnath at the moment and all of them have been brought

down to Sonprayag, who may resume their journey when the weather improves, Sharma told reporters on his return from the aff ected areas.

Similarly, many of those stuck in Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib areas have been brought down to Joshimath and Ghanghariya, he said, adding, choppers will make sorties even ton Saturday to ferry pilgrims who are stuck on way to Badrinath and the Sikh shrine of Hemkund Sahib.

Chamoli District Magis-trate Ashok Kumar told re-porters in Gopeshwar that nearly 9,000 pilgrims are still stuck at diff erent places on way to Badrinath and Hem-kund Sahib even after Friday’s evacuation exercise.

However, Chief Minister Har-ish Rawat said the situation is “far from alarming” and the yatra has just been “regulated and not sus-pended”. - PTI

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remain stranded after roads

and bridges collapsed due to

heavy rainfall near Sonprayag,

in Kedarnath on Friday. -PTI

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Modi government

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UN off ers help to deal with heatwave as toll tops 1,150KARACHI/NEW YORK: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon off ered Pakistan assistance on Friday to deal with the deadly heatwave in Karachi and other parts of lower Sindh which has claimed at least 1,150 lives, Radio Pakistan reported.

“The United Nations would re-spond positively if a request comes from Pakistan to deal with the situation,” a spokesperson of the World Body Chief said, while ad-dressing the media in New York.

AssistanceHowever, the spokesperson added Pakistan has so far not requested for UN assistance in dealing with the crisis.

Meanwhile, sea breezes brought cooler temperatures on Friday to ease a heat wave that killed more than 1,150 people over a week around Pakistan’s teeming port city of Karachi during Ramadan

Power outagesThe extreme heat of up to 44 de-grees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) —the hottest since 1981 — coincided with power failures and triggered sharp criticism of the govern-ment’s response in the city of 20 million people.

By Friday, the daily high tem-perature was about 36 degree Celsius (97 Fahrenheit), accord-ing to Dr Mohammad Hanif of the Director National Weather

Forecasting Centre. The power outages left many without fans, water or light at the beginning of Ramadan, when many Mus-lims do not eat or drink during daylight hours.

“By Friday, at least 1,150 people have died in the government-run hospitals,” said Anwar Kazmi of the Edhi Foundation, a private charity that runs a network of am-bulances and morgues.

CrisisThe crisis — following a heat wave in India last month that killed about 2,500 people — illustrates how ill-prepared many develop-ing nations are for the extreme weather conditions that scientists

say will accompany global climate change in coming decades.

“These type of events are taking place across the world... we need to prepare ourselves and develop our strategy,” said Qamar uz Za-man Chaudhry, the Islamabad-based special adviser for Asia to the UN-World Meteorological Organization.

Blame game“It’s time to learn lessons, instead of getting into the blame game.”

Pakistan’s national and local political parties have blamed one another for the crisis, while much of the relief was provided by the military and private charities such as the Edhi Foundation. -Agencies

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NO RESPITE: Volunteers carry a heatstroke victim to a government

hospital in Karachi on Friday. The death toll from Pakistan’s killer

heatwave rose past 1,150. - AFP

Peshawar bomb attack suspect held in Italy

ROME: A Pakistani accused of or-ganising a 2009 bomb attack on a Peshawar market that killed more than 130 people, has been detained in Italy, police said on Friday.

Siyar Khan, 36, who is also sus-pected of involvement in a poten-tial plot against Pope Francis, was arrested on terrorism charges as he stepped off a fl ight from Islama-bad to Rome on Thursday evening.

In a statement, police said they suspected he had an “executive role” in what was one of the worst attacks in Pakistan’s history — the October 28, 2009 bombing of the crowded Meena Bazaar which left 134 dead, including scores of women and children, and more than 200 others injured.

Authorities at the time blamed the Taliban, which denied car-

rying out the attack. Italian anti-terrorism detectives believe Si-yar Khan was part of a extremist network based in Italy which was plotting terror attacks on Rome and possibly the Vatican to be car-ried by suicide bombers imported from Pakistan.

Suicide bombersThe suspect, who is legally resi-dent in Italy, is accused of shelter-ing one of the would-be suicide bombers, who entered the coun-try in March 2010 and is believed to be still at large.

The detention of Khan came two months after police on the island of Sardinia issued 18 arrest warrants as part of an operation against what they described as a terror cell led by two former body-guards of Osama bin Laden.

The cell allegedly operated out of Olbia, a Sardinian town which has a small, long-standing Paki-

stani community. Only nine of the suspects were actually arrested in April with the others mostly thought to have fl ed to Pakistan before the raids.

Mario Carta, one of detectives in charge of the investigation, said the Italian authorities consider Siyar Khan to have been the right-hand man of Sultan Wali Khan, an Olbia shopkeeper arrested in April whom they suspect of hav-ing planned and fi nanced the Pe-shawar attack. Carta said that the would-be suicide bomber arrived in Italy in March 2010 with the intention of mounting an attack, “perhaps on Rome, even the Vati-can cannot be ruled out.”

“We have not been able to es-tablish the identity of the kami-kaze (bomber)...but we believe he is still at large in Italy, most prob-ably in the region of Olbia, which had become a nerve centre of ex-tremist activity,” Carta said.

The operation against the al-leged cell followed a six-year investigation that began with a probe into an illegal immigration racket allegedly run from Sar-dinia. The prosecutor in charge of the case said in April that the existence of a possible conspiracy to kill the pope was based on wire-taps in which the suspects had spoken “in ironic terms” about the leader of the world’s Catholics.

At the time, the Vatican played down the signifi cance of the in-vestigation, saying it concerned a 2010 scenario that didn’t mate-rialise and insisting there was no need for additional measures to protect Francis.

Among the others arrested in April was Zulkifal Hafi z Moham-med, an imam who worked in Brescia and Bergamo in northern Italy and allegedly raised funds for radical groups.

The arrest warrants accuse the suspects of belonging to “an or-ganisation dedicated to transna-tional criminal activities inspired by Al Qaeda and other radical organisations pursuing armed struggle against the West and insurrection against the current government of Pakistan.”

Police said in April that two members of the network were part of Bin Laden’s security detail before his slaying by US special forces in Pakistan in May 2011 while others were in contact with the late Al Qaeda leader’s relatives.

According to police, the hard-line group based on Sardinia was involved in smuggling Pakistani and Afghan nationals into Eu-rope through Italy, via visa and asylum scams. - AFP

Siyar Khan, 36, who

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potential plot against

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charges as he

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from Islamabad to

Rome on Thursday

IN THE NET: A handout photo released by the Italian Police shows

Siyar Khan of Pakistan who is detained in Rome, on Friday. - AFP

SC reserves judgment

on military courts

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court reserved on Friday its decision regarding petitions challenging the formation of mil-itary courts.

A 17-member full bench of the apex court considered three questions regarding the 18th and 21st constitutional amendments and will issue its verdict based on these. The questions were, wheth-er or not the amendments have a constitutional structure, whether the 21st amendment is in contra-diction with the Constitution and if the Supreme Court can annul the amendments in question.

Earlier, Attorney General Sal-man Aslam Butt contended that while the judiciary has the prerog-ative of defi ning the Constitution, it cannot declare null and void a constitutional amendment or law with the single stroke of a pen.

Advocate generals of the feder-al capital and all four provinces,

representatives of Pakistan Bar Council, including Asma Jahang-ir, Ibrar Hasan and Khalid Anwer, also completed their arguments.

On the occasion, the advocate generals endorsed the arguments of the attorney general placed be-fore the court.

The apex court had received several applications regarding the constitutional amendments in question.

While the 18th constitutional amendment relates to the pro-cedure regarding appointment of judges, the 21st relates to the formation of military courts for the trial of militants, the lat-ter receiving most applications relatively.

On June 24, during the hearing of the 21st amendment, Attor-ney General informed the court that last year, 85 per cent of cases were outstanding in anti-terror-ism courts. - Express Tribune

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Flash fl oods kill 10 in Khyber

PESHAWAR: At least 10 people were killed and several others went missing when fl ash fl oods swept away a madrassa, several houses and shops in a market area in a mountainous district of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwest Pakistan.

Heavy rainfall triggered a sud-den rush of water from nearby mountains to the low-lying areas of Upper Dir district, destroying a madrassa, eleven shops and eight houses. So far bodies of three women, fi ve children and a cleric have been found, police said. - PTI

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Let’s see, America is prepositioning battle tanks with our East Europe-an NATO allies to counterbalance Russia; US and Russian military planes recently fl ew within 10 feet of each other; Russia is building a new generation of long-range bal-

listic missiles; and the US and China are jostling in the South China Sea. Did someone restart the Cold War while I was looking the other way?

If so, this time it seems like the Cold War without the fun - that is, without James Bond, SMERSH, “Get Smart” Agent 86’s shoe phone, Nikita Khrushchev’s shoe-banging, a race to the moon or a debate between American and Soviet leaders over whose country has the best kitchen appliances. And I don’t think we’re going to see President Barack Obama in Kiev declaring, à la President Kennedy, “ich bin ein Ukrainian.” Also, the lingo of our day - “reset with Russia” or “pivot to Asia” - has none of the gravitas of - drum roll, please - “détente.”

No, this post-post-Cold War has more of a WWE - World Wrestling Entertainment - feel to it, and I don’t just mean President Vladimir Putin of Russia’s riding horses bare-chested, although that is an apt metaphor. It’s just a raw jostling for power for power’s sake - not a clash of infl uential ideas but rather of spheres of infl uence: “You cross that line, I punch your nose.” “Why?” “Because I said so.” “You got a problem with that?” “Yes, let me show you my drone. You got a problem with that?” “Not at all. My cyber guys stole the guidance sys-tem last week from Northrop Grumman.” “You got a problem with that?”

The Cold War had a beginning, an end and even a closing curtain, with the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the post-post-Cold War has brought us full circle back to the pre-Cold War and the game of nations. There was a moment when it seemed as though it would all be otherwise - when it seemed that Palestinians and Israelis would make peace, that China would evolve into a more consensual politi-cal system and that Russia would become part of Europe and the G-8. That was a lifetime ago.

Now Western reporters struggle to get visas to China, no American businessman with a brain takes his laptop to Beijing, Chinese hackers have more of your personal data now than LinkedIn, Russia is still intent on becoming part of Europe - by annexing a piece here and a piece there - and the G-8 is now the G-1.5 (America and Germany).

When did it all go sour? We fi red the fi rst shot when we expanded NATO toward the Russian bor-der even though the Soviet Union had disappeared. Message to Moscow: You are always an enemy, no

matter what system you have. When oil prices re-covered, Putin sought his revenge for this humili-ation, but now he’s just using the NATO threat to justify the militarisation of Russian society so he and his fellow kleptocrats can stay in power and paint their opponents as lackeys of the West.

NATO’s toppling of the Libyan leader Muam-mar Gadhafi , the Arab Spring and the Moscow street protests that followed rattled Putin, said Sergei Guriev, the noted Russian economist now based in Paris.

“Putin understood that he lost the Russian middle class and so he started to look for legiti-macy somewhere else” - in hypernationalism and anti-Americanism.

But Guriev makes an important point. “If not for the Western sanctions on Russia, East Ukraine would already have been part of Russia today,” he said, adding that there is nothing Putin fears more than Ukraine succeeding in diminishing corrup-tion and building a modern economy that would be everything Putin’s Russia is not. Guriev is worried, though, that the anti-Western propaganda Putin has been pumping into the veins of the Russian public will have a lasting eff ect and make his suc-cessor even worse. Either way, “Russia will be a big challenge for your next president.”

The Chinese leadership is not as dumb or des-perate as Putin - and needs access to US markets more - so, for now, China’s leaders still behave with some restraint in asserting their claims in the South China Sea. But the fact is, as the Asia expert Andrew Browne noted in The Wall Street Journal, “the US-China relationship has lost its strategic raison d’être: the Soviet Union, the common threat that brought the two countries together.” They have not forged a new one, like being co-managers of global stability.

In short, the attraction of the US economy and the bite of US sanctions are more vital than ever in managing the post-post-Cold War game of nations. We may be back to traditional geopolitics, but it’s in a much more interdependent world, where the American economic clout is still a source of restraint on Moscow and Beijing. Putin doesn’t disguise his military involvement in Ukraine for nothing; he’s afraid of more US banking sanctions. China doesn’t circumscribe its behaviour in the South China Sea for nothing; it can’t grow without exporting to America. It’s not just our guns, it’s our butter. It’s why we should be expanding US-shaped free-trade deals with Asia and Europe and it’s why the most important source of stability in the world today is the health of the US economy. We can walk softly only as long as we carry a big stick - and a big wallet. — The New York Times

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The Cold War had a beginning, an end and even a closing curtain, with the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the post-post-Cold War has brought us full circle back to the pre-Cold War and the game of nations

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The British Medical Association is one of the most eff ective trade unions in existence. It might prefer to think of itself as a professional body rather than a union, and its chairman, Dr

Mark Porter, does not look or sound like Len McCluskey, but it fi ghts for its members with the same single-mindedness of any obstinate shop steward.

So when there is a sequence of motions on the agenda of a BMA An-nual Representative Meeting protesting that doctors should not have to do something that the government wants them to do, a natural fi rst reaction is to assume this is a union putting the sectional interests of its members before the good of the public. It has happened before.

The issue in this case concerns the working of the 2014 Immigra-tion Act, which was intended to lay to rest fears that the NHS is being abused by migrants who come to the UK as health tourists to take ad-vantage of free treatment.

The law, which came into eff ect in April, stipulates that people from outside Europe, Australia or New Zealand should be required to prove that they are entitled to free healthcare.

In this way, the government hopes to raise about £500m a year to-wards the cost of running the NHS, and at the same time deter eco-nomic migrants and maybe catch a few who are here when they should not be. But the Home Offi ce is not proposing to station an immigration offi cer in every doctor’s surgery or accident and emergency depart-ment to check every patient’s status. It wants NHS staff to do the job.

That is what has provoked objections from BMA divisions in Lon-don and Manchester.

The Tower Hamlets division wants the BMA to tell its members not to get involved in the question of whether their patients have a right to free treatment, and to undertake to protect any doctor who runs into trouble for arranging free treatment for a patient who was not entitled to it. — The Independent

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It should not have taken the deaths of nine blacks at the hands of a white supremacist in South Carolina to get politicians to ac-knowledge that the Confederate battle fl ag is a hateful symbol. But

elected offi cials in that state and the rest of the South can now show they understand by retiring the fl ag from all offi cial duties, ceremonial and otherwise.

On Monday, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Republican, standing beside the state’s two US senators, announced that it was time to take down the Confederate battle fl ag that fl ies in front of the state capitol. Anything less would be an insult to the families of the dead, as well as a continuing aff ront to the nation -- most especially to those whose ancestors knew the fl ag as a sign of subjugation, but also to those whose ancestors fought and died to preserve the Union, and others who have worked ever since to end racism.

The Civil War ended 150 years ago this month. There are few more powerful and meaningful ways to mark the occasion, and to celebrate national unity and racial equality, than for Southern states to stop conferring offi cial status on Confederate symbols.

A week ago, that would have been wishful thinking bordering on lunacy. But after Wednesday’s shootings in Charleston, it now seems entirely possible -- and essential.

Hours after Haley’s press conference, the Republican speaker of the Mississippi House issued a statement on his state’s fl ag, say-ing that the Confederate battle fl ag in its upper left corner “needs to be removed.” And on Tuesday, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliff e, Democrat, announced that the state would remove Confederate fl ag symbols from its license plates.

Other states have offi cial links to Confederate symbols. They should join South Carolina and Mississippi in reconsidering the meaning of these symbols. And voters are right to expect those who seek the na-tion’s highest offi ce to make their views on this issue clear.

Too many Republican candidates for president tiptoed around the South Carolina fl ag issue, calling it a matter for the state to resolve. As a procedural matter, that’s true. But as a political matter, this is a national issue. Giving offi cial state sanction to Confederate symbols undermines the unity of the nation -- and the fi ght for equality that didn’t end with the Civil War a century and a half ago. — Bloomberg View

Confederate fl ag should have no place in government

Quality of life should be good for all social classesThis refers to the online story, Oman stands seventh globally in quality of life (June 24). The ranking made is quite subjec-tive. In my opinion, the wealthy expatriates and Omanis will obviously be happy living in a beautiful tropical paradise. However, we mustn’t forget those less fortunate itinerant workers from Asia working long hours on meagre pay. We should try to make this environment happy for people from all walks of life.Oliver FerenthMuscat

Foreign aid organisations bent on creating chaosThis refers to the report that Paki-

stan has unsealed the offi ces of the British charity Save the Chil-dren in Islamabad. It is amazing that an organisation suspected of collaborating with US in espio-nage is being allowed to run. This is unacceptable as the country os-tracises local charitable organisa-tions on the ground they are alleg-edly helping extremists. It seems the government is not aware of its real friends and enemies as local outfi ts, however anti-state are still better than countries bent on creating chaos.Nasreen HimayatullahIbra

European countries need to stand up to US espionageThis refers to the report on Wednesday regarding the revela-tions by Wikileaks that the US

kept tabs on French President Francois Hollande and two of his predecessors. Although, Paris has condemned Washing-ton’s actions, it is unlikely any major diplomatic fallout will ensue. This should be expected as a similar report based on US whistleblower Edward Snowden’s fi les showed the Americans had been spying on the German leadership. In my opinion owing to the mammoth US aid during and after World War II to Western Europe, both military and fi nancial, the coun-tries are unable to confront their so-called cross-Atlantic ally. It is surprising that these countries do not embrace Eastern powers like Russia and China. Clemente PatrickMuscat

Branson should spend for betterment of the poor This refers to the report on the progress of the Solar Impulse, whose pilots claim to be on an epic journey. It seems the project is in doldrums as the chances of the plane ever continuing its journey look very bleak. The distance to Hawaii is great and in view of the inclem-ent weather conditions; I think it would remain in the Japanese airport’s hanger for days, if not weeks, to come. It is sad that the head of Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, is bent on wasting millions of dollars on a useless project when millions of people are living in poverty, lacking education and enduring unending confl icts. Faryal HashimBuraimi

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27 killed, 222 injured in Kuwait mosque attack claimed by IS

KUWAIT CITY: A suicide bomber struck a mosque in the Kuwaiti capital during Friday prayers, killing at least 27 people and wounding many in an unprec-edented attack claimed by the IS militant group.

Kuwait’s interior ministry said in a statement cited by the offi cial KUNA news agency that hundreds were wounded in the mosque ex-plosion. “Twenty-seven people have been martyred and 222 oth-ers wounded as a result of the blast at Al Imam Al Sadeq Mosque,” the interior ministry statement said.

Terrorist bombingIt called the attack a “terrorist bombing” and said it will provide more details later.

The wounded were admitted to fi ve public hospitals and were visited by Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah.

IS claimed Friday’s assault, the fi rst bombing of a mosque in Kuwait and also the fi rst “terror” attack in the Gulf country since January 2006.

The IS-affi liated group in Saudi Arabia, calling itself Najd Prov-ince, said militant Abu Suleiman Al Muwahhid bombed the mosque which it claimed was spreading teachings.

The Najd Province group has claimed similar bombings at mosques in Saudi Arabia in recent weeks. A security offi cial said “it is a suicide bombing”.

Witnesses also said a suicide bomber entered the mosque dur-ing the weekly noon prayers.

The top cleric at the mosque, Abdullah Al Mazeedi, told KUNA the bombing targeted the rear rows of worshippers who num-bered around 2,000 altogether.

He said the blast damaged the interior and caused several chan-deliers to fall.

The Emir, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sa-bah, immediately visited the site,

and footage on state-run showed him visibly moved by the scenes of carnage. He later said that the “criminal attack is a desperate and evil attempt targeting Kuwait’s na-tional unity”.

The channel broadcast foot-age of the destruction, and people posted online horrifi c pictures of the dead and wounded.

Kuwait’s cabinet went into emergency session as the interior ministry raised the alert level and

mobilised all security forces.A number of hospitals in the

country declared states of emer-gency to deal with the wounded, and the central blood bank ap-pealed for donations.

The interior ministry said it has launched a full investigation into the incident.

Three weeks ago, the ministry said it had raised the level of secu-rity around mosques following the bombings in neighbouring Saudi

Arabia. Friday’s attack was widely condemned.

Parliament speaker Marzouk Al Ghanem described the attack as “black terror”, adding that the uni-ty of Kuwaitis would foil any plot.

The two mainstream groups, the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) and the Islamic Salaf Alli-ance, denounced the attack.

The ICM, political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, decried the bombing as a “low criminal attack targeting the mosque”.

A statement from the second group said: “The Islamic Salaf Al-liance strongly deplores this hei-nous crime which is carried out only by traitors.”

Kuwait’s leading cleric, Sheikh Ajeel Al Nashmi, said on Twitter that the bombing was a “criminal act aimed at sowing seeds of dis-cord, and undoubtedly the terror-ists’ plot will be foiled”.

Independent Member of Parlia-ment (MP) Sultan Al Shemmari called on the government to “hit the terrorists with an iron fi st”.

Over the past few weeks, Ku-waiti courts have tried a number of people on charges of belonging to IS and sentenced at least one to several years in jail.

Several countries and organisa-tions deplored the bombing.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said that “terrorist gangs are a threat to all, and countries in the region and the world must seri-ously contribute to fi ghting them”.

Iran said “terrorist” attacks are the main threat to regional secu-rity and stability.

The six-nation Gulf Coop-eration Council (GCC), of which Kuwait is a member, called the attack an attempt to undermine national unity and stability of all its members.

There was also condemnation from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Russia and Spain among others. — AFP

The IS-affi liated

group in Saudi

Arabia said militant

Abu Suleiman Al

Muwahhid bombed

the mosque

Sri Lankan president dissolves parliamentCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday ordered the immediate dismissal of parliament, clearing the way for a snap election 10 months ahead of schedule.

President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the legislature “with ef-fect from midnight today” in an offi cial proclamation and said he would summon the new parlia-ment to sit on September 1.

The president decreed that elections would be held across the island on August 17, with candidates given a week ending July 13 to fi le nomination papers, according to the offi cial gazette notifi cation. Prime Minister Ra-nil Wickremesinghe has pressed for early elections to increase the majority of his United National Party (UNP), which sat in oppo-sition until Sirisena’s victory in

January’s polls. Wickremesin-ghe’s deputy, Harsha de Silva, said the UNP welcomed the election as an opportunity to increase the party’s strength in the legislature and ensure stability.

“Once the new government is established we will have our poli-cies spelt out and it will be good for everybody and for investment confi dence,” de Silva said.

The toppling of strongman Ma-

hinda Rajapakse, who had ruled for almost a decade, led to a minor-ity government which was unable to implement its legislative re-forms without the support of the opposition. But Sirisena inherited the outgoing parliament from his autocratic predecessor, who still controlled a loyal band of lawmak-ers who repeatedly blocked most of the reforms, including fi scal policy moves. However, Sirisena managed to restore the two-term limit on the presidency which Rajapakse had removed in 2010 and also reduce the presidential term and the life of a parliament to fi ve years, down from six. The parliament that will be elected in August cannot be sacked by the president for four and a half years. Previously, a president could dis-miss the assembly after it com-pleted one year of its full six-year

term. Wickremesinghe had also faced a no-trust resolution ini-tiated by the opposition, which commanded a majority in the 225-member assembly and would have remained until April 2016 if not for the dissolution.

UNP supporters burst fi re-crackers in cities across the coun-try as local media broadcast the news of the parliament’s disso-lution. The opposition had been resisting such a move, but opposi-tion leader Dinesh Gunawardena put on a brave face and welcomed the decision saying the minority government was not able to pro-vide stability. “The country was facing an economic crisis because the minority government was not able to get any bills approved,” Gunawardena told reporters. “Therefore we welcome the presi-dent’s decision.” — AFP

I M M E D I A T E D I S M I S S A L

South Korea passes lawto curb MERS outbreak

SEOUL: South Korea has intro-duced a new law designed to curb a MERS outbreak, tightening quar-antine restrictions and imposing jail sentences on those who defy anti-infection measures in a crisis that has now left 31 dead.

Fine for lyingUnder the new law, passed in par-liament late Thursday, people in-fected with the virus who lie to state investigators about how they came into contact with the disease will face a fi ne or a prison sentence. “False testimony would entail up two years in prison or 20 million won ($18,000) in fi nes,” said the Health Ministry. — AFP

S T R I C T R E G U L A T I O N S

PAIN AND GRIEF: Kuwaiti Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al Humoud Al Sabah, centre, consoles worshippers outside Al Imam Al

Sadeq Mosque after a suicide bomb attack following Friday prayers, in the Al Sawaber area of Kuwait City on Friday. – Reuters


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WELCOME MOVE: Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena,

right and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in this photo-

graph taken on November 26, 2014. – AFP File photograph

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Decapitated body found in France, suspect, wife taken into custody

S A I N T- Q U E N T I N- FA L L A -VIER (FRANCE): A decapitated body was found at a US-owned factory in southeast France on Friday after an assailant rammed a delivery van into gas containers at the site, triggering an explosion.

A source close to the investiga-tion said the victim was the boss of the suspect, a delivery man. The two had gone to the company to make a delivery but the assailant killed and beheaded his 50-year-old manager before entering the secured site in the vehicle.

The attacker was injured in the blast and arrested on the site. His wife was later taken into custody and authorities were questioning at least one other suspected ac-complice.

Speaking from a European Un-ion summit in Brussels, French President Francois Hollande de-scribed it as a terrorist attack and said all measures would be taken to stop any future strikes on a country still reeling from extrem-ist assaults in January.

‘Work together’Hollande called for nations to work together to combat security threats. “There is no other link other than to say that terrorism is our common enemy,” he told re-porters on his return to Paris.

Interior Minister Bernard Caze-neuve named the suspect as Yassin

Sahli. He said Sahli did not have a criminal record but had been under surveillance from 2006 to 2008 on suspicion of having be-come radicalised by hardline as-sociates. The attack happened at an industrial zone near the town of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier to the south of the city of Lyon. Its air, rail and road links have made it one of Europe’s major logistics hubs, with through-traffi c of 5,000 trucks a day.

Sources close to the investiga-tion said Sahli was a 35-year-old

professional driver who lived in the Lyon suburbs. Europe 1 radio interviewed a woman they identi-fi ed as his wife. “In the morning he left for work and didn’t come home between noon and 2:00, I was wait-ing for him,” she told Europe 1 ra-dio, saying she and her family of

three children lived normal lives. “My heart is about to give out.”

French BFMTV television fi lm-ing outside Sahli’s apartment showed pictures of police leading out a woman, her head covered by a blanket, into a waiting car. It said forensic police were carrying out searches on the ground-fl oor apartment of the modern, concrete apartment block.

The attack, which wounded two other people with the blast, underlined again the diffi culty for authorities across Europe and

elsewhere of protecting so-called “soft” targets against strikes by as-sailants operating by themselves or in small undercover cells.

Police sources earlier said the decapitated body was discovered at the site, along with a fl ag bearing inscriptions.

Local newspaper Le Dauphine said the head was also found hang-ing from a fence.

France, which has deployed air-craft to the international coalition fi ghting IS insurgents in Iraq, has long been named on hardliners’

websites as a primary target for at-tacks.

In January, gunmen killed 17 people in the offi ces of the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly and a Jew-ish food store.

In April, Prime Minister Ma-nuel Valls said no fewer than fi ve attacks had been thwarted in the country since then.

High threat levelNoting that hundreds of French nationals are in Syria where they risked being radicalised by mili-tants, Valls has said repeatedly that France has never seen a high-er threat level.

The site of Friday’s attack be-longed to Air Products , a US indus-trial gases and chemicals compa-ny. It was immediately ringfenced by police and emergency services.

Air Products said its crisis and emergency response teams were “working closely with all relevant authorities”.

The chairman and CEO of Air Products is Seifi Ghasemi, who in 2011 testimony to a US Senate committee described himself as Iranian-born.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack and the motive was unknown.

According to French regulations applicable to zones where gases and chemicals are handled, the site would have been required to implement security arrangements at the low end of the European Union’s so-called “Seveso” scale, named after the location of an in-dustrial accident in northern Italy in 1976. Jean-Paul Bonnetain, pre-fect of the local Isere region, said the vehicle used to gain access to the site had the necessary authori-sation to do so.

Cazeneuve said the government had ordered security to be stepped up around all sensitive sites and Hollande announced that security arrangements in the region would be placed at their highest level for the next three days. — Reuters

The assailant killed

and beheaded his

50-year-old manager

before entering the

secured site

in the vehicle

Afghan ‘superhero’ killed six Taliban insurgentsKABUL: He is called a superhero and feted with fi nancial rewards from Afghan politicians, but the lionisation of the soldier who sin-gle-handedly killed six attackers in parliament belies bubbling discon-tent over deteriorating security.

Essa Khan Laghmani, 28, was plucked from obscurity and catapulted to national fame this week after he shot dead the Tali-ban insurgents who on Monday launched a gun and grenade as-sault on the legislature, sending terrifi ed lawmakers scurrying for cover. “Taq Chapako!” — “Bang! and down” in Dari — meanwhile became an Internet meme after he used the phrase in television interviews to describe how he ef-fortlessly knocked down his tar-gets as though they were skittles in a bowling alley.

Laghmani’s feat off ered a rare glimmer of good news during the Taliban’s annual summer of-fensive, which has sent civilian and military casualties soaring and threatened major cities for the fi rst time in a decade. Presi-dent Ashraf Ghani awarded him

a three-bedroom apartment, for-mer warlord General Dostum gift-ed him a pickup truck and some lawmakers pledged him a month of their salaries and other cash re-wards to off er their gratitude.

That’s not all.His posters are splashed around

Kabul, a provincial governor has

named a major thoroughfare after him and Afghanistan’s starstruck youth have posted poems on so-cial media to extol his “heroism”.

“He killed six terrorists with six bullets. He saved the lives of MPs,” defence ministry spokes-man Dawlat Waziri told AFP. “His bravery deserves to be celebrated.”

But the celebration of Laghm-ani — or unnecessary glorifi ca-tion, depending on who you ask — glosses over growing public angst over a 13-year war that is infl icting a heavy toll on ordi-nary Afghans.

Record casualties“By hyping Essa Khan, the Afghan government (is trying) to hide its inability to prevent attacks on such a high-profi le target in the capital,” said one Afghan user on Facebook. “Khan has become a rich man. We saw MPs donating cash and their salaries to him. This assistance is not to honour his patriotism but to reward him for saving their own lives.”

War-weary Afghans are in for the bloodiest fi ghting season in a decade, experts say, with the stub-born Taliban insurgency spread-ing inexorably northwards be-yond its traditional southern and eastern strongholds. Afghan secu-rity forces, stretched on multiple fronts and facing record casual-ties, are struggling to rein in the militants even as the government

makes repeated eff orts to jump-start peace negotiations. “The Afghan government is desperate for something to cheer about -- and perhaps something to distract people from how frightening the situation is,” said Heather Barr of Human Rights Watch.

“They are also desperate to bol-ster the morale -- and the percep-tions -- of the security forces,” she told AFP.

Laghmani, a slender but well-built army sergeant wearing a slanted beret, recalled the mo-ment he turned into a national sensation.

“I pointed my gun at the ter-rorists and said Bismillah (in the name of god), and then ‘Taq Chapako!’,” he told AFP in the par-liament complex.

“My friends say if the enemy ever catches me they will skin me alive, but I feel no fear. I am only concerned that these cow-ards might try to harm my family,” said the father-of-three. Since the attack, “Taq Chapako” has even appeared on car bumper stickers and inspired online poetry. — AFP

P A R L I A M E N T A T T A C K

Russian former spymaster and premier Primakov dies at 85MOSCOW: Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primak-ov, who helped restore stability af-ter an economic crash in 1998 and shifted the focus of foreign policy away from the West, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.

A former Soviet Communist ap-paratchik, Primakov went on to become a spymaster and foreign minister who was seen abroad as a hawk but was revered in Russia as a statesman and crisis manager.

In March 1999, when he was prime minister, he turned his plane around over the Atlantic and aban-doned a trip to the United States when it became clear that NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia, a Russian ally, were imminent. For many Rus-sians, the incident came to symbol-ise Primakov’s refusal to kow-tow to the West. “One of our country’s greatest statesmen has died,” for-

mer Soviet leader Mikhail Gor-bachev said. “His passing is a great loss for all our society.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin had sent his condolences to Primakov’s family.

In his role as elder statesman, Primakov backed Putin over the Ukraine crisis although he said Russia had “somewhat overdone” its media coverage, seen in the West as propaganda.

Primakov, who succeeded pro-Western Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev in January 1996, set out a vision of a “multipolar” world to challenge what he called Wash-ington’s concept of a “unipolar” system dominated by the United States. The current Russian for-eign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said those principles remained central to Russian foreign policy today

and praised Primakov as “a great man, statesman, politician, scien-tist, journalist and publicist.”

Born in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in 1929, Primakov was brought up in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. After graduating as an Arabic scholar from the Moscow Institute for Oriental Studies in 1953, he became a correspondent for state radio and television and worked in the Middle East in the 1960s. He joined the Communist Party in 1959, entered the Soviet parliament in 1988, chaired the chamber from 1989 until 1990 and became a junior member of the ruling politburo under Gorbachev.

He played a prominent role in failed eff orts to avert the 1991 Gulf War when Gorbachev sent him to negotiate in Baghdad with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

After the collapse of the Soviet

Union, Primakov was made head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and then foreign minister, from 1996 until 1998. He was seen abroad as a hawk but won respect from peers such as US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dur-ing discussions on NATO enlarge-ment. President Boris Yeltsin ap-pointed Primakov prime minister in September 1998, seeing him as a compromise fi gure to help ease political tensions after a market crash and eff ective debt default.

Primakov was credited with re-storing a degree of stability but lib-erals accused him of freezing eco-nomic reforms and he was sacked in May 1999. Primakov later aligned himself with a left-leaning political bloc but dropped plans to run in the 2000 presidential elec-tion when Kremlin power brokers united around Putin’s bid. — Reuters

S T A T E S M A N A N D C R I S I S M A N A G E R .

Shebab rebels overrun African Union base

MOGADISHU: Dozens of sol-diers were killed on Friday when Somalia’s Shebab insurgents over-ran an African Union base, wit-nesses said.

“The fi ghting was the heaviest ever around this area. The Shebab fi ghters took full control of the base and killed many soldiers,” Alinur Mohamed, an elder in Lego village, 100 kilometres (62 miles) north-west of the capital Mogadishu, said.

Witnesses said they had seen as many as 50 bodies but the reports were impossible to independently confi rm. Some bodies had been reportedly beheaded. The military outpost was manned by some 100 Burundian soldiers who are part of the 22,000 strong African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

Residents said the dawn raid started with a suicide bomber driving a car loaded with explo-sives into the entrance of the base, before dozens of militants armed with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades began their assault. — AFP

I N T E N S E F I G H T I N G

THE CRIME SCENE: French Gendarmes stand guard next to a plastic sheet outside a gas company site at the industrial area of Saint-

Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon, France, on Friday. – Reuters

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‘BANG! AND DOWN’: In this photograph taken on June 24, 2015,

Afghan soldier Essa Khan Laghmani talks during an interview

with AFP at the Afghan Parliament compound in Kabul. – AFP

PASSED AWAY: Former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov,

leader of the opposition Fatherland-All Russia bloc, gestures on the

day of the parliamentary elections in Moscow, Russia, in this fi le

picture taken on December 19, 1999. – Reuters File photograph

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015

Yasir battles for Pakistan

COLOMBO: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed fi ve for 95 as Pa-kistan halted Sri Lanka’s march towards a big fi rst innings lead in the second Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Friday. Shah made up for the absence of injured pace spearhead Wahab Riaz to keep Sri Lanka down to 304-9 by stumps on the second day in reply to the tour-ists’ modest 138.

Opener Kaushal Silva top-scored with 80 and skipper Angelo Mathews made 77, but Sri Lanka lost six wickets for 112 runs after at one stage being 191-3. Rangana Herath (10) and last man Dush-mantha Chameera (0) will resume on the third day with their team leading by 166 runs on a pitch that is giving spinners plenty of bounce and turn. Pakistan missed Wahab, who has been ruled out for the rest of the series with a hairline fracture in his left hand that he re-ceived while batting on Thursday.

Wahab bowled nine overs on the fi rst day but did not take the fi eld on Friday, leaving Pakistan one

strike bowler short. Yasir, whose seven-wicket haul in Sri Lanka’s second innings fashioned Paki-stan’s 10-wicket victory in the fi rst Test in Galle, once again torment-ed the rival batsmen.

He had Lahiru Thirimanne caught at short-leg by Azhar Ali for seven before lunch, and then bowled both Dinesh Chandimal (one) and Kithuruwan Vithanage (three) in the afternoon session.

Yasir’s dismissal of Mathews gave the leg-spinner his 50th wicket in only nine Tests, making him the fastest among Pakistani bowlers to reach the mark.

Idol Warne boosted YasirYasir said he derived his confi -dence from an encouraging tweet

by Australian leg-spin legend Shane Warne, whom he regards as his idol. Warne had tweeted last year after watching Shah bowl on television: “I like the look of this leggie Yasir Shah, plenty of energy and nice variations of pace.”

“His words actually put me un-der pressure to live up to his appre-ciation and it has been good so far,” the 29-year-old Yasir said.

“The focus remains on bowling a good line and length and control my variations. One needs to be patient in Test cricket and that is what I am trying to do.”

Yasir said losing the services of Wahab hurt his team, but he remained confi dent that the Test was not out of Pakistan’s reach.

“We are a bowler short because

of the injury and the need is to con-tain Sri Lanka’s lead,” he said. “The pitch is still playing well, but it will off er more for the spinners on the last two days.”

Silva, who hit a century in Galle, once again anchored the team’s brittle batting. Silva and Mathews put on 72 for the fourth wicket to take the score to 191-3 when three wickets crashed in the space of 11 runs to open up the tail.

Silva was run out when he drove Zulfi qar Babar to mid-on and charged down the wicket for a sharp single, only for Mathews to send him back.

Sangakkara falls for 34Kumar Sangakkara, who resumed on 18 at the team’s overnight score

of 70-1, made 34 when he attempt-ed a big hit off left-arm spinner Ba-bar and was caught at long-on by Asad Shafi q. Sangakkara, 37, has still not re-sponded to media speculation that he will retire after playing the fi rst two Tests against Pakistan and one against India in August.

Sri Lanka were tottering at 202-6 when tailender Dhammika Prasad helped Mathews add 73 runs for the seventh wicket to boost the total.

Both batsmen were dismissed in successive overs as Prasad was trapped leg-before by Mohammad Hafeez for 35 and Mathews fell in similar fashion against Yasir. - AFP

Yasir Shah made

up for the absence

of injured pace

spearhead Wahab

Riaz to keep Sri

Lanka down to 304-9

by stumps on second

day in reply to the

tourists’ modest 138

Pakistan 1st innings: 138 (Mohammed Hafeez 42, Tharindu Kaushal 5-42, Dham-mika Prasad 3-43)Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 70-1):D. Karunaratne c Sarfraz b Junaid 28K. Silva run out 80K. Sangakkara c Shafi q b Babar 34L. Thirimanne c Azhar b Yasir 7A. Mathews lbw b Yasir 77D. Chandimal b Yasir 1K. Vithanage b Yasir 3D. Prasad lbw b Hafeez 35R. Herath not out 10T. Kaushal c Misbah b Yasir 18D. Chameera not out 0Extras: (b-6, lb-3, nb-1, w-1) 11Total (for nine wickets, 118.2 overs) 304Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Karunaratne), 2-98 (Sangakkara), 3-119 (Thirimanne), 4-191 (Silva), 5-194 (Chandimal), 6-202 (Vithan-age), 7-275 (Prasad), 8-275 (Mathews), 9-303 (Kaushal).Bowling: Wahab 9-2-19-0 (nb1), Junaid 27.2-5-80-1 (w1), Babar 32-8-82-1, Yasir 40-5-95-5, Hafeez 10-2-19-1.Toss: PakistanUmpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Sundaram Ravi (IND)TV umpire: Paul Reiff el (AUS)Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)

S C O R E B O A R D

DAY’S HERO: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah had a fi eld day during the second day of the second Test

cricket match against Sri Lanka. – AFP

India and Pakistan play thrilling drawANTWERP: The much an-ticipated Hockey World League (HWL) Semifi nal Pool A clash between traditional rivals India and Pakistan ended in a 2-2 stale-mate at the Brasschaat Munici-pal Park here on Friday.

Ramandeep Singh (13th and 39th) scored for world No.9 In-dia while his brace was matched by world No.10 Pakistan captain Muhammad Imran, who con-verted a penalty stroke and a pen-alty corner in the 23rd and 37th minutes respectively. India were the better team at the start with the players combining and coor-dinating well.

Pakistan got a great chance of going ahead as Shakeel Ammad set up Muhammad Waqas only for the latter to waste it. However, India got the crucial 1-0 lead in the 13th minute as Gurmail Singh drove the ball inside the Pakistan circle in a blistering speed and Ramandeep, lurking in front of the goal, made full commitment and threw his

body to defl ect the ball in.In the second quarter, the best

part of Pakistan was the way they managed the space in the fi eld while it seemed India, after get-ting the lead, were more focused on keeping their lead.

India won a penalty corner that was wasted by a lethargic strike from Manpreet Singh. Pa-kistan too earned a penalty cor-ner in the 37th minute that was converted successfully as Imran fl icked high into the net.

India responded two minutes later as Devindar got a pass from skipper Sardar Singh and surged into the rival circle to set it up for Ramandeep, who lifted the ball high into the net for his brace.

With the game still 2-2, India and Pakistan both wasted a pen-alty corner each in the fourth quarter as their stoppers failed to properly check the balls after the push. India, especially, missed the absence of a penalty corner expert. — IANS

W O R L D H O C K E Y L E A G U E

McCullum commits to another year

WELLINGTON: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum will skip tours of Zimbabwe and South Africa this year but will return to the side and be avail-able until at least next year’s World Twenty20 tournament in India, the country’s cricket gov-erning body said on Friday.

The 33-year-old’s playing future has been the subject of intense scrutiny following New Zealand’s recently completed tour of England, with sugges-tions he could retire.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said, however, that McCullum would stay with the team until after their home series against Australia next year before lead-ing them to India for the World Twenty20 in March.

He would miss tours of Zim-babwe and South Africa in Au-gust to rest after an “intense pe-riod of cricket”, it added.

McCullum has been nursing a chronic back problem for the best part of fi ve years and has often said he is unsure as to how much longer he can manage the injury before it forces him into retirement. — Reuters

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‘Sultanate of Oman’ moves to top

MUSCAT: Team work on Oman Sail’s GC32 “Sultanate of Oman” was back to its polished best on the second day of racing in the Bullitt GC32 Racing Tour’s Cowes Cup resulting in a string of podium places and a welcome hike to the top of the leaderboard.

Racing was delayed by almost two hours when the light breeze dipped to zero in the morning but when the competition fi nally got underway, it was Leigh McMillan

and his crew of Nasser Al Mashari, Pete Greenhalgh, Allister Richard-son and Ed Smyth who were among the fi rst to fi nd their form and by the end of the next race they had re-corded their fi rst win of the day.

There was a second win plus three second places in the next fi ve races leaving Sultanate of Oman neck and neck with Armin Strom Sailing Team at the top of the ta-ble with one race remaining which is precisely what it took to leap-frog their opponents and take the overall lead.

“We sailed better today (Thurs-day) but that was down to our growing familiarity with the boat,”

explained Peter Greenhalgh, speaking on behalf of McMillan who dislocated his index fi nger during a manoeuvre in the fi nal race and required treatment.

“We had a bit of a lightbulb mo-ment working out our crew rou-tines at the start and the roles eve-

ryone was playing and that made a big diff erence. We like being at the top and it puts us in a good position for the rest of the event.”

Nasser Al Mashari, who is also the bowman on Oman Sail’s Ex-treme 40 crew on The Wave, Mus-cat, is new to foiling but is turning

out to be a natural at trimming foils. He is relishing the oppor-tunity to try something new and having raced Sultanate of Oman to victory in Austria where there was no wind, is looking forward to the challenge of racing GC32s in 17 knots on Friday.

“Our boat handling was so much better today (Thursday) - it was a very good day, so hopefully when the wind blows tomorrow as it is expected to do, we can improve even more,” he said.

“We had three days training in the Solent before the fi rst event in Austria and it was windy but it will still be a massive learning curve.”

Racing in the Bullitt GC32 Rac-ing Tour’s Cowes Cup reaches its climax with a further six races to decide the winner of the Cowes Cup before all the GC32 boats take part in the annual JP Mor-gan Round the Island Race, a clas-sic in the British sailing calendar on Saturday.

Racing in the Bullitt

GC32 Racing Tour’s

Cowes Cup reaches

its climax with a

further six races to

decide the winner

of the Cowes Cup

before all the GC32

boats take part in

the annual JP

Morgan Round

the Island Race

CLOSE CONTEST: Boats in action on the second day of the Bullitt GC32 Racing Tour’s Cowes Cup. – Supplied photo

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We had a bit of a lightbulb

moment working out our

crew routines at the start

and the roles everyone was

playing and that made a

big difference. We like

being at the top and it

puts us in a good position

Peter GreenhalghSultanate of Oman

OFA welcome Fifa for strategic supportMUSCAT: Oman Football Asso-ciation’s general secretary Sultan Al Zadjali said the national foot-ball body is looking forward to a weekend with Fifa representa-tives who will visit Oman as part of ongoing support they have pro-vided in helping the OFA to build a strong strategic plan

Fifa have been visiting Oman for the past two years as part of work they undertake to help clubs develop their own business plans. And this weekend sees the OFA

Executive spend three days with Fifa personnel — during which the review should be complete.

“We receive great support form Fifa all year round on a number of initiatives,” said Sultan Al Zadjali.

“The strategic support they have given in the past two years has been extremely useful as we build the association. I have been involved in all the work we have done together, and we are all look-ing forward to the sessions this weekend.”

F O O T B A L L

Sultan Al Zadjali.

KING SMASHER, TITAN IN NEXT ROUNDKing Smasher and Titan CC moved into next round of the Pakistan Social Club organ-

ised Omantel Ramadan Cricket Tournament 2015. In the two matches worked off , Omar

Al Khayyam lost to Titan CC by nine wickets. Omar batting fi rst scored 59 for 8 (Yasir 20,

Saqib 14, Chetan 3 for 7) and in reply Titan CC made 60 for 1 (Wasim 39, Mahek 12, Tamrez

1 for 17). Chetan (in picture) was declared the man of the match. In the match that followed,

Pakistan School Muscat (90 for 5 in 8 overs, Ubaid Ullah 23, Rashid 20, Nasser 18, Adil Khan

2 for 21, Ail Ghori 1 for 20) were smashed by King Smasher (91 for 2 in 8 overs, Mohsin 42,

Sunny 15, Nassr 1/36) by eight wickets. — Supplied photo

Bhamara hopes historic pick will inspire India

NEW DELHI: India’s Satnam Singh Bhamara is hoping his his-toric selection in the NBA will kickstart a basketball boom in his cricket-obsessed home country.

The 19-year-old centre admit-ted he was incredibly nervous in the run up to the NBA Draft, which saw him become the fi rst India-born selection when he was chosen by the Dallas Maver-icks on Thursday. “Forget about sleep, I haven’t eaten even a mor-sel. I was certainly hopeful after coming this far but there is al-ways a big if,” said Bhamara, who hails from a family of farmers.

The 7-foot-2-inch (2.18m) Bhamara, originally from a vil-lage in northern Punjab state, is hoping he can generate enthu-siasm for the sport in India — in much the same way that super-star Yao Ming sparked a basket-ball frenzy in China.

“I feel that my entry will cer-tainly open the doors for many aspiring basketballers in India to dream big,” Bhamara speak-ing from the US during a confer-ence call with a handful of In-dian journalists. “At least there is now someone with whom the youngsters back home can iden-tify. A new road has opened up for them,” he said during the call, a recording of which was released to the wider media.

Bhamara, who moved to the

US in 2010 to train in Florida, be-came the fi rst player in a decade taken by an NBA team after not playing for a US college or over-seas pro team. He instead played for the IMG Academy squad.

The NBA has been forging ahead with plans to promote the game globally, hoping that India will be the next Asian power se-duced by the sport.

The NBA opened an offi ce in Mumbai in 2011, part of an in-ternational operation that has spread around the world.

In April, Canada’s Indian-or-igin player Sim Bhullar turned out for the Sacramento Kings, be-coming the fi rst player of Indian descent to score in the NBA. — AFP

Bhamara’s drafting was trend-

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NBA PICK: Satnam Bhamara

picked by Dallas Mavricks.

Blatter ‘did not resign’

LAUSANNE: Sepp Blatter has claimed that he “did not resign” as Fifa president, according to a report by the Swiss newspaper Blick. “I did not resign. I put my-self and my offi ce in the hands of the Fifa congress,” Blick re-ported Blatter as saying during a visit to the site of the future Fifa museum in the Swiss city of Zurich.

The 79-year-old Blatter an-nounced on June 2 that he would step down from the Fifa presidency at an extraordi-nary congress to be held be-tween December this year and March 2016.

That decision followed the crisis that engulfed Fifa with 18 people indicted in the United States on football-related cor-ruption charges.

Since then, sources close to Blatter have been reported as saying he was not ruling out the prospect of going back on his decision to resign after receiv-ing messages of support from Asian and African federations.

On Friday, Fifa confi rmed Blatter’s comments but said that they were “nothing new. They are exactly the words he used in his speech on June 2 when he explained that he would lay down his mandate and would continue with his mission until the elective congress.” — AFP

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Kuwait Airways receives its fi rst delivery of A330-200 jetsTimes News Service

MUSCAT: Kuwait Airways has taken delivery of its fi rst A330-200, becoming a new operator for the type. In February 2014, Kuwait Airways announced the lease of 12 Airbus aircraft includ-ing seven A320ceo and 5 A330-200s in addition to the purchase of 25 aircraft including 10 A350-900 and 15 A320neo Family air-craft marking the start of a major fl eet renewal plan.

Kuwait Airways’ fi rst A330-200 accommodates a three-class confi guration of 17 full-sleeper fi rst class modules, 30 very high-comfort business and 165 latest standard economy seats, a com-bination that shows a clear at-tention to comfort and effi ciency detailed in the features that also include the latest entertain-ment systems, and connectivity throughout the cabin.

“The delivery of our fi rst A330-200 marks a key milestone to-wards enhancing our fl eet,” said Al Rasha Al Roumi, Kuwait Air-

ways chairperson. “The addition of this highly effi cient aircraft to our fl eet ultimately translates to unbeatable operating costs, best-in-class services, unrivalled comfort and will maintain our schedule integrity and assist in increasing our load factors”

“We are pleased to welcome Kuwait Airways as a new A330 operator,” said John Leahy, Air-bus Chief Operating Offi cer, Cus-tomers. “With the A330, Kuwait Airways will benefi t from the air-craft’s low operating costs, prov-

en reliability and great passenger appeal — as well as high levels of technical commonality with its existing A320 fl eet.”

The A330 aircraft is one of the most popular wide-body aircraft ever and has to date won over 1,500 orders, with over 1,100 fl ying with some 110 operators worldwide. The A330 Family is part of the world’s most modern and comprehensive wide-body product line, which also includes the larger A350 XWB and double deck A380 aircraft.

A V I A T I O N

Japan, US closer to bilateral pact vital for Trans-Pacifi c dealTOKYO: Japan and the United States are likely to resolve out-standing bilateral issues so that a 12-nation Trans-Pacifi c Partner-ship (TPP) deal can be struck at a multilateral ministerial meeting expected in July, a senior Japanese offi cial said on Friday.

A deal between the United States and Japan, the world’s larg-est and third-largest economies, is vital to clinching the multilateral TPP pact, which would cover 40 per cent of the world economy.

Strategic rebalanceThe deal is a key part of US Presi-dent Barack Obama’s strategic rebalance to Asia in the face of a rising China.

The politically touchy matters of access to Japan’s market for farm products including rice and the US market for auto parts are among remaining bilateral issues, the offi cial said told Reuters.

“It is not anticipated that these remaining issues will be stumbling blocks for a US-Japan agreement,” the offi cial said.”We are confi dent we will be able to resolve them in

time for concluding TPP negotia-tions overall.”

After a six-week Congres-sional battle, the US Senate voted 60 to 38 on Wednesday to grant Obama “fast-track” power to ne-gotiate trade deals and speed them through Congress.

Making fi nal off ersJapan and some other countries had wanted fast-track to be ap-proved before making fi nal off ers on the trade deal.

The Japanese offi cial declined to give details of the negotiations.

Intellectual property protection including for newly-developed drugs ranks high among the issues to be resolved to clinch the multi-lateral TPP deal, which would har-monise rules and standards and lower trade barriers among the 12 developed and emerging nations.

“If not conducted satisfactorily, it could very well be a reason for the US Congress to reject TPP.

So it is a prerequisite for a TPP agreement to include high stand-ard protection for new drugs,” the Japanese offi cial said.

But the offi cial nonetheless sounded an optimistic note.

Political attention“I don’t think any remaining issues cannot be resolved if there is suffi -cient political attention and input required to solve these in time for the ministerial meeting that we expect to be held before the end of July,” he said. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has touted TPP as an engine of reforms to drive growth.

Japanese offi cials also hope the pan-Pacifi c deal will help anchor ally Washington in Asia and cre-ate a rule-based regime that would eventually draw in China.

If the TPP is agreed in late July or early August, the deal could be up for a fi nal vote in US Congress in the fi rst half of December. Other countries also have to seek law-makers’ approval. - Reuters

T R A D E

Greece off ered fi ve-month $13.4b bailout extension

BRUSSELS: Greece’s interna-tional creditors on Friday off ered Athens a fi ve-month, 12-billion-euro ($13.4-billion) extension of its bailout programme but said it must seal a deal this weekend to avoid an IMF default next week.

Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande discussed fi nancing plans with leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the eve of a “decisive” meeting of eu-

rozone fi nance ministers aimed at fi nding a deal to end the crisis.

The off er came after intensive talks in Brussels this week to end the standoff between Tsipras’s anti-austerity government, which has balked at further reforms-for-cash after fi ve years of bailout-im-posed economic hardship.

Creditors are ready to quickly disburse 1.8 billion euros in fi nan-cial aid to help Athens meet a 1.5

billion euro IMF debt repayment on June 30 as long as the Greek parliament approves disputed reforms, according to proposals seen by AFP.

German fi nance minister Wolf-gang Schaeuble said the chances for a bailout deal stand at about “50-50”, with European markets fl uctuating as Greece’s fate re-mains in suspense.

German Chancellor Merkel and

French President Hollande told Tsipras in brief talks on the side-lines of an EU summit that anoth-er emergency Eurogroup meeting of fi nance ministers on Saturday was now critical for an agreement.

“They reminded him that this meeting was crucial and decisive and that it was vital now to work towards a deal on a package that includes reforms, investment and fi nancing,” a source said.

Tsipras slams ‘harsh’ off erTsipras told Merkel and Hollande he could not understand their “harsh” stance.

“Alexis Tsipras informed the two leaders on the Greek proposal and stressed that the Greek side does not understand the persis-tence of institutions in such harsh measures,” a Greek governmental source told AFP. Eurozone fi nance minister talks on Thursday that had been supposed to produce a deal that EU leaders could rubber stamp at their summit next door broke down with no agreement.

Syriza party leader Tsipras was elected in January on an anti-austerity platform and has resisted ever since the creditors’ demands for pensions cuts and VAT reforms in return for unlock-ing bailout funds An extension to Greece’s massive 240 billion-euro

bailout to the end of November would be the third since Decem-ber and allow more time for heav-ily indebted Athens to negotiate future fi nancing from its Euro-pean partners.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup of fi nance minis-ters, said a deal had to be clinched on Saturday or there will not be enough time for it to get parlia-mentary approval.

“Tomorrow it really has to hap-pen, for the simple reason that it has to go through parliament, fi rst the Greek then of several member states,” the Dutch fi nance minis-ter told journalists in The Hague.

Under the creditor proposals, the immediate 1.8 billion euro dis-bursement — profi ts from Greek bonds held by the European Cen-tral Bank —would be paid “as soon as the Greek parliament has approved with a resolution the agreement with the (creditor) in-stitutions and adopted a fi rst set of legislative actions”, the plans said.

The proposal by the three main creditors — the European Com-mission, European Central Bank (ECB), and IMF — said a “fi ve-month extension of the current programme...would be feasible during which a total of 12 billion euros of fi nancial support would be provided.” — AFP

Creditors are ready

to quickly disburse

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fi nancial aid to help

Athens meet a 1.5

billion euro IMF debt

repayment on June

30 as long as the

Greek parliament

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THUMBS UP: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gestures as he

leaves the EU Council headquarters after a European Union lead-

ers summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday. - Reuters

Rajan warns of problems akin to Great Depression

LONDON: Global economy is “slowly slipping” into Great De-pression-like problems of 1930s, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has warned, asking central banks from across the world to defi ne “rules of the game” to fi nd a solution.

Rajan, who is among the few to have predicted the 2008 fi nan-cial crisis, said the problem was a “broader” one and for the entire world — not just for industrial countries or emerging markets.

The former IMF Chief Econo-mist, who has earlier warned against competitive monetary policy easing by central banks glob-ally, said the situation is diff erent in India on this front and RBI remains more focussed on bringing down the lending rates to spur invest-ments. “We need rules of the game in order to eff ect a better solution.

I think it is time to start debat-ing what should the global rules of the game be on what is allowed in terms of central bank action,” he said at a London Business School (LBS) conference. “I am not going to venture a guess as to how we establish new rules of the game. It has to be international discussion, international consensus built over time after much research and ac-tion,” he further added. — PTI

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

RICH HARVEST: Suzuko Yamauchi, 81-years-old, checks an Iyokan, a Japanese citrus fruit, after har-

vesting at her farm on Gogo Island in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, in this March 2013.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on March 15 that Japan will join negotiations on the US-led

TPP trade accord with 11 other member states. Government estimates show a trade deal could cut pro-

duction of agricultural and marine products by three trillion yen. - Bloomberg News

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Aviation boom drives airport building frenzy in China; $80b more to be spentBEIJING: When Mangshi opened its airport two decades ago, the small tropical city on Chi-na’s border with Myanmar was served by few airlines.

China’s recent travel boom has changed that — seven carriers brought in more than one million visitors last year.

“We had a hard time attracting airlines in the early days,” Li Ping, deputy chief of the airport’s ex-pansion steering committee, told Reuters.”Now we are struggling to accommodate fl ights.”

Mangshi is one of more than 60 inland airports under expansion, with another 30 new regional airports being built. Government planners estimate China’s air-ports will increase to 240 by 2020 from around 200 today.

Li Jiaxiang, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), said this week the coun-try would invest $80 billion in aviation projects this year alone.

The aviation market is being lifted by rising business travel and a surge in outbound tourism fuelled by an increasingly wealthy middle class in coastal and inland cities. The number of leisure trav-ellers going overseas for the fi rst time topped 100 million in 2014, offi cial data shows.

Foreign travel is tipped to grow another 10 per cent this year as the United States, France and Australia ease visa policies.

That has prompted Air Chi-

na, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines to fl y to New York, Paris and Sydney from Nanjing, Wuhan or Chengdu, or at least with a stopover in those second-tier cities.

Silk Road initiativeChina’s so-called Silk Road initia-tive is also certain to boost traffi c. Under the scheme, the govern-ment aims to extend its economic and political infl uence to neigh-bouring countries. A network of railways, highways and new air routes are part of the plan.

Last year passenger volumes at Chengdu’s Shuangliu airport and Chongqing’s Jiangbei airport rose

12.6 per cent and 15.8 per cent, respectively, beating Beijing’s 2.9 per cent gain and Guangzhou’s 4.4 per cent increase.

Xiamen’s Gaoqi airport han-dled 20.9 million passengers, far exceeding its designed capacity of 15 million, while Dalian is ex-pected to hit full capacity in 2016.

Sceptics warn about white elephant projects such as the barely used $6 million airport in Dachangshan island off China’s northeast coast. Many existing airports are also in losses due to huge upfront investments.

CAAC’s Li said the country’s airport expansion is supported by data showing rising passenger

numbers. “Airport building should be a bit ahead of the demand.

Judging from the experience of the developed world, our airport construction is far from enough,” Li said.”We are still unable to catch up with demand.”

Frantic boomEarlier this month, China ap-proved four additional new air-ports in provinces including Xin-jiang and Heilongjiang, costing 16.3 billion yuan ($2.63 billion).

Chongqing, an industrial city in the southwest, is in the middle of a 29.4 billion yuan expansion.

A little over three hundred kilo-metres to the northwest, Chengdu is preparing to build a second air-port with as many as six runways and four terminals at a cost of 69.3 billion yuan.

“The Chengdu airport is very busy and discount air fares are hard to get,” Rose Wang, a busi-ness woman who often shuttles between Shanghai and Chengdu, told Reuters.”

“Thirty or 40 per cent discounts were normal previously,” Wang added. On the coast, Xiamen and Dalian are creating artifi cial is-lands for new airports, with land-fi ll eff ort in Dalian alone costing 26.3 billion yuan.

The aviation boom is boosting sales for global suppliers Thales SA, Indra Industries, Raytheon Co, Lockheed Martin Corp and Honeywell Aerospace. — Reuters

S C O R C H I N G G R O W T H

Facebook reports small improvement in diversity of workforceSAN FRANCISCO: Facebook’s latest diversity numbers show that the company is still mostly white and male, underscoring the need for initiatives such as the require-ment that at least one minority candidate be considered for open positions.

The workforce at the world’s largest social network is 68 per cent male, compared with 69 per cent a year earlier, Facebook said on its website on Thursday.

The number of white employ-ees fell only slightly, to 55 per cent from 57 per cent. Facebook has more than 10,000 staff .

Silicon Valley has been under pressure to increase the number of women and minorities among technology workers.

The issue intensifi ed a year ago, when Google. published data showing that it lagged behind na-tional averages.

Dearth of female engineersThe dearth of female and minority engineers, startup founders and business leaders has long been a sore point for female executives including Facebook Chief Operat-ing Offi cer Sheryl Sandberg.

“While we have achieved posi-tive movement over the last year, it’s clear to all of us that we still aren’t where we want to be,” Max-ine Williams, Facebook’s global director of diversity, said in a statement.”

There’s more work to do.” Face-book’s gender and ethnicity fi gures

are broadly in line with other tech giants. Women made up about 30 per cent to 35 per cent of employ-ees in industries related to com-puters and software development in 2014, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics. Among the broader population, about half of the US workforce are women.

Rooney ruleThe company indicated earlier this month that the data would show only modest improvement.

The policy so far adopted by Facebook to consider at least one minority candidate is similar to the “Rooney Rule” the NFL used to increase diversity of the teams’ coaching staff .

The rule went into eff ect in some

Facebook departments in the past few months, a person familiar with the matter has said. If it helps in-crease the presence of people who are black, Latino or otherwise mi-norities, it will be implemented at the social network widely.

Facebook is also working with universities and students to at-tract more diverse talent and teaching managers about uncon-scious bias to address the issue.

While 32 per cent of Facebook’s workforce are women, they out-number men in non-technical po-sitions, according to the company.

Only 16 per cent of the compa-ny’s tech jobs and 23 per cent of its senior leadership roles were held by women, according to fi gures re-leased by Facebook. — Bloomberg News

J O B T R E N D S

Japanese infl ation remains tepid, spending rises in May

TOKYO: Japanese infl ation re-mained tepid while spending rose after 13 months of falls, offi -cial data showed on Friday, with analysts predicting more easing ahead as the central bank tries again to build up a head of steam.

Core infl ation, excluding vola-tile fresh food prices, was up 0.1 per cent year-on-year, beating market expectations for zero growth but coming still well short of the Bank of Japan’s 2.0 per cent target. Lower fuel prices and other energy costs helped curb infl ation, data from the internal aff airs min-istry showed.

Separate data from the internal aff airs ministry showed house-

hold spending rose 4.8 per cent on-year in May, posting the fi rst rise since Japan hiked sales taxes in April last year to help pay down a huge national debt.

But spending has not yet re-covered to the pre-hike level and analysts were sticking to the view that the Bank of Japan will almost certainly be forced to expand its monetary easing scheme to jack up prices and counter a downturn

in the economy. The good news is that the jobs market is improving.

Jobless rateWhile the jobless rate was un-changed at an 18-year low of 3.3 per cent in May, the labour min-istry said the ratio of job off ers to job seekers rose to a 23-year high of 1.19, meaning there were 119 off ers to every 100 applicants and suggesting even lower jobless

rate in coming months. “Unfor-tunately, though, there are scant signs that the tighter labour mar-ket has resulted in stronger price pressure,” said Marcel Thieliant, economist at Capital Economics.

“The big picture remains that there is still substantial spare capacity in the economy which is dragging down prices,” he said further in a note.

Economists at SMBC Nikko

Securities noted more and more housewives and senior people were joining the workforce.

“We should give heed to the fact that increasing labour supply is easing the tightening of the labour market and curbing wages,” they said in a note.

“The Bank of Japan’s scenario of higher wages leading to home-made infl ation is unlikely to hap-pen,” they said. - AFP

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cent year-on-year,

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Boeing CEO to get $3.9m in pension benefi ts for 15 years

CHICAGO: Boeing Chief Ex-ecutive Offi cer James McNerney could pocket at least $3.9 million in pension benefi ts annually for 15 years after he retires in 2016.

McNerney, who’s stepping down as CEO July 1, will be able to collect about $900,000 a year from two company-sponsored pension plans, according Chicago-based Boeing’s March 13 proxy fi ling.

He’ll also receive $3 million in each of the next 15 years from a separate retirement benefi t the company gave him to off set for-feited pension payments from his two most recent employers, 3M and General Electric.

Top spotBoeing, the world’s largest planemaker, announced on Tues-day that Chief Operating Offi cer Dennis Muilenburg, who’s been in that role for 18 months, will move into the top spot while McNer-ney, 65, will remain chairman and retire in February. During his 10 years as chief executive, McNer-ney presided over the decision to update the 737, Boeing’s cash-cow single-aisle jet, and oversaw the development of the Dreamliner.

John Dern, a spokesman for the aircraft manufacturer, declined to comment beyond the fi ling. Mc-Nerney’s pension benefi ts were valued at $46.6 million as of 2014 year-end, according to its proxy. That compares with $72.2 million for GE CEO Jeff Immelt, who’s run the Fairfi eld, Connecticut-based business since 2001. - Bloomberg News

P E N S I O N B E N E F I T S

POSITIVE MOVEMENT: Employees at Facebook are seen working

inside the Facebook European headquarters at Hanover Quay in

Dublin, Ireland, in this March 14, 2013. — Bloomberg fi le picture

MASSIVE SPENDING: A man walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, on Wednesday. The government’s backsliding on promis-

es to rein in spending puts the Bank of Japan in a bind, limiting its scope to expand its massive monetary stimulus when the economy

needs it, or ultimately to wind it back without causing chaos in the bond markets. - Reuters

SMOOTH LANDING: A China Southern Airlines aeroplane arrives

at the newly-built terminal building at Tianjin airport. - Reuters

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MARKET

APPLE’S SMARTWATCH LAUNCHED IN SINGAPOREApple watches are displayed at a luxury watch boutique in Singapore, on Friday. The Apple Watch Edition, which features 18-carat gold watch cases, retails in

Singapore from $15,000 ($11,160) onwards, according to an Apple representative. Apple’s smartwatch launched in Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain,

Switzerland and Taiwan on Friday. — Reuters

What’s troubling economic powerhouses in Germany?

FRANKFURT: All is not well in corporate Germany.

Be it Deutsche Bank or Deutsche Lufthansa, Siemens or RWE, the missteps plaguing the country’s fl ag-bearers have helped turn the DAX (the Ger-man stock market) into Europe’s worst-performing benchmark

index this quarter and a laggard compared with US gauges.

Some of the biggest companies in Europe’s economic power-house are in upheaval and fi nding themselves playing catch-up as competitors adapt more quickly to disruptive technologies and new challengers.

Deutsche BankThe problem: As European peers scale back fi xed-income trading and other investment-bank activ-ities, the bank that once boasted about making it through the fi nan-cial crisis without state aid has pledged to gain market share as others retreat.

The plan hasn’t quite worked out as regulatory demands to rein in risk are shaving profi t margins and prompting shareholders to question the bank’s strategy.

Deutsche Bank has appointed John Cryan to succeed Anshu Jain as co-chief executive offi cer and become sole chief execu-tive offi cer next year as the bank prepares to carry out a strategic overhaul not unlike the one Cryan undertook about six years ago as fi nance chief at the bank’s Swiss rival.

SiemensThe problem: Europe’s largest engineering company has fre-quently lagged the profi tability of its biggest competitors. CEO Joe Kaeser’s response has been to shed fringe businesses such as home appliances with annual sales of about 11 billion euros and focus on energy generation and industrial processes.

That bet has proven ill-timed, with a slump in oil prices prompt-ing even more job cuts. CEO Jeff Immelt started shedding the en-tertainment, fi nance and home appliances arms four years ago as he seeks to focus the Fairfi eld, Connecticut- based company on its industrial business

RWEThe problem: Germany’s largest power generator entered the mar-ket for renewables “possibly too late,” chief executive offi cer Peter Terium said last year.

In 2013, the company report-ed its fi rst annual loss since the Federal Republic was founded 66 years ago, and it still generates al-most 40 percent of its power from lignite and about 23 per cent from hard coal.

The precedent: Arguably Ger-man rival EON, although neither company has been quick to re-act to Germany’s energy shift, prompted by the Fukushima nu-clear disaster in 2011.

EON is splitting itself in two, spinning off fossil fuels to focus on renewables, and cut 26,000 jobs in the four years through 2014 as it sold assets for more than 20 bil-lion euros.

Deutsche LufthansaThe problem: Germany’s fl ag-ship airline underestimated the pressure on fares stemming from low-cost carriers’ expansion in Europe and is struggling to move short-haul traffi c to its German-wings unit.

Whether big names such as Ry-anair or easyJet, or smaller play-ers such as Norwegian Air Shuttle and Wizz, the price war is on.

The precedent: International Consolidated Airlines Group

The owner of British Airways Plc gave up much of the European traffi c that doesn’t feed its long-haul hub at London Heathrow and bought Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling SA to cover many short-haul routes.

AdidasThe problem: The sporting-goods maker has haemorrhaged market share in recent years to arch-rival Nike as well as upstarts such as Under Armour Inc.

CEO Herbert Hainer unveiled a turnaround plan which pledged to shift spending to cities such as New York and Paris, while seek-ing to sponsor more big-name athletes. The precedent: Nike beat Adidas to the punch by targeting young urban customers with its sportswear and hiring some of the world’s biggest sports stars.

The German company is mov-ing more of its designers to Brook-lyn to reclaim its urban cool.

VolkswagenThe problem: Europe’s biggest carmaker is close to becoming the world leader in terms of sales.

Yet its very public leadership struggle this year shows that all is not well in Wolfsburg. A cen-tralised decision-making struc-ture has made the company slow to adapt to trends like the rise of SUVs and contributed to VW’s failure to crack the American market. - Bloomberg News

Some of the biggest

companies are

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fi nding themselves

playing catch-up

as competitors

adapt more quickly

to disruptive

technologies and

new challengers

IndusInd to raise $698m in share sale

MUMBAI: IndusInd Bank, the lender backed by India’s billion-aire Hinduja brothers, is seeking to raise as much as Rs44.4 billion ($698 million) in a share sale to in-stitutions, according to terms sent to investors.

The company is off ering 51.2 million shares in a so-called quali-fi ed institutional placement at Rs835 to Rs867.15 apiece, the terms obtained by Bloomberg show. The top end of the range was the stock’s closing price on Thurs-day. Led by Managing Director Romesh Sobti, IndusInd is rais-ing funds to expand its business, including enhancing its capital adequacy ratio and bolstering its lending capacity.

The bank’s loans grew by 25 per cent in the year to March, com-pared with 9.7 per cent for India’s banking system, an exchange fi ling shows. The lender’s Tier 1 capi-tal ratio, a measure of fi nancial strength, fell to 11.2 per cent as of March from 11.5 percent a year earlier, according to the fi ling.

IndusInd had a total capital ad-equacy ratio of about 12 per cent in March. JM Financial., Morgan Stanley and Citic CLSA Securities are global coordinators for the sale, the terms showed. - Bloomberg News

I N S T I T U T I O N A L P L A C E M E N T

Tesco reports sales drop in fi rst quarter

LONDON: British supermarket giant Tesco reported a 2.0 per cent drop in sales for its fi rst quarter on Friday and warned of “volatility” but said performance was improv-ing following a record annual loss.

The company also reported a de-cline in like-for-like sales, which exclude petrol costs and sales taxes, in key Asian markets due to “external conditions”.

Tesco’s like-for-like sales dropped by 3.0 per cent in South Korea, where it is reportedly mull-ing a sale of its business for around $5.0 billion (4.5 billion euros) and by 2.0 per cent in Thailand.

In its core UK business like-for-like sales were down 1.3 per cent — an improvement from a drop of 1.7 per cent reported seen in the fourth quarter. Sales were also up for Tesco in central Europe. “Total group sales including VAT (value-added tax) and fuel declined by 2.0 per cent,” the company said in a trading statement, adding that like-for-like sales for the group in-stead rose by 1.3 per cent.

“Whilst the market is still chal-lenging and volatility is likely to remain a feature of short-term performance, these fi rst quarter results represent another step in the right direction,” it said.

Tesco also said its transforma-tion programme was “progress-ing” and the restructuring of its business in Central Europe was “largely complete”. - AFP

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FEATURES AT U R DAY, J U N E 2 7, 2 0 1 5

All sides are working hard to prevent Greece from

defaulting on its debt obligations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — and with good reason: Such an outcome would have dire consequences not only for Greece and Europe but also for the international monetary system.

The IMF’s “preferred creditor status” underpins its ability to lend to countries facing great diffi culties (especially when all other creditors are either frozen or looking to get out). Yet that capacity to act as lender of last resort is now under unprecedented threat. Preferred creditor status, though it isn’t a formal legal concept, has translated into a general acceptance that the IMF gets paid before almost any other lender.

And should debtors fail to meet payments, they can expect signifi cant pressure from many of the fund’s other 187 member coun-tries. That’s why instances of nations in arrears to the fund have been limited to fragile and failed states, particularly in Africa.

Greece’sfi scal odysseyThe IMF has been able to act as the world’s fi refi ghter, willing to walk into a burning build-ing when all others run the other way. Time and again, its involvement has proved critical in stabilising national fi nancial crises and limiting the eff ects for other countries.

Not long ago, it would have been improbable for the IMF to engage in large-scale lend-ing to advanced European econo-mies (the last time it did so before the euro crisis was in the 1970s with the UK). And it would have been unthink-able for the fund to worry about not get-ting paid back by a European borrower.

Yet both are hap-pening in the case of Greece. Moreover, compounding the unprecedented

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nature of the Greek situation, other creditors (such as the European Central Bank (ECB) and other European institutions) are in a position to help provide Greece with the money it needs to repay the IMF.

Yet that would only happen if an agreement is reached on a policy package that is implemented in a consistent and durable fashion.

If Greece defaults to the IMF, it would fi nd its access to other funding imme-diately and severely impacted, includ-ing the emergency liquidity support from the ECB that is keeping its banks afl oat. The result-ing intensifi cation of the country’s credit crunch would push the economy into an even deeper recession, add to an already alarming un-employment crisis, accelerate capital fl ight, make capital controls inevitable and, most probably, force the country to abandon Europe’s single currency.

The IMF also would be worse off .

A Greek default would be the largest case of nonpayment since the institution was created in 1945.

It would fuel both internal and external criticism that the fund had been co-opted by European politicians, adding to longstanding worries about the slow progress in reforming its out-moded governance, representation and some of its prac-tices (including the “tradition” that the head of the institu-tion always be a European). And it would make the IMF more hesitant to lend aggressively in other crises.

Fortunately, such a fate can still be avoided if Greece and its creditors succeed in complet-ing what have been painful negotiations for all involved.

If they don’t, we would have to add the IMF’s reputa-tion to the casual-ties of a crisis that already has infl icted horrifi c suff ering on millions of Greek citizens. — Bloomberg

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SECTIONB LIFE & STYLE WWW.TIMESOFOMAN.COMS AT U R DAY, J U N E 2 7, 2 0 1 5

MENTAL ILLNESS

AS THIRD WHEEL

DATING IS HARD. Dating when you are overweight is harder. Dating

when you are a big dude with a serious mental illness is nearly impossible. I have had a little success dating in the

nearly 10 years I have lived with schizophrenia. But there are a lot of obstacles. Schizophrenia is a terrifying word for many people. It conjures

ideas of murderous intent, lack of control and a host of other scary things.I live with this word, though; I am the word. But it is not a word you can just drop

into a conversation and follow with “It’s not a big deal, though.”I seem to fall in love easily, but it’s always with women who don’t feel the same way about me.

I have seen more rejection than I care to admit, putting myself on the line like that, and it’s been a chore for me not to let my emotions get the best of me.

If it’s not outright rejection, it’s something else that always seems to happen.I can remember one date I went on some months back. She was a big woman with blond hair, and eyes

that had that squinty “I’m up to no good” look. We met over Match.com, and I was struck by how much time she spent going to Phish concerts. Her profi le was scattered with a number of bands that I had loved at diff erent

points in my life. She was a teacher, and she mentioned in her profi le something along the lines that because of her love of sparkles, arts and crafts, and rainbows, she was a six-year-old in a woman’s body. Before I knew it, I was asking

if she wanted to go get a drink. She said yes, a little too eagerly, I thought.I got to the restaurant about 15 minutes early and ordered a drink, apprehensive knowing that eventually I would have to tell

her about my illness. Soon enough, she walked in, and I was struck by the fact that she seemed a little disappointed to be there. There was no smile as she sat down to join me. I asked how she was and, after almost 45 minutes, I felt I knew just about every detail of her life.

She had ordered a couch that was too big for her living room. She had a plumbing leak in her apartment. She had spent her weekend making tie-dye onesies for her infant niece. I barely said a word. Finally she asked me what I did for a living, and I told her I write about mental

illness. What came next were the inevitable questions:

How did I get into that? Did I have personal experience?At that point, I had no choice but to disclose my diagnosis, and after a trip to the bathroom to collect herself, she came back

with more questions. Was I dangerous? Had I ever killed anybody? Needless to say, the date was over shortly thereafter. Some-times, the stigma of mental illness is a deal breaker. Other times, I’ve noticed it’s me who can’t take the idea of being in a

relationship. Another fi rst date several months later, with a cute woman with black hair who worked in AmeriCorps, went better. We had started talking on OkCupid about our favourite comedians, then met at a brewery tasting room. Things were going well, and my disclosure to her about my mental illness was followed by the inevitable trip to the

bathroom. She came back, though, and told me that she had struggled with a pretty severe case of anxiety. If noth-ing else, we had that in common.

We texted back and forth for several days afterward, but this time, I noticed I was the one who couldn’t take the idea of being in a relationship. Whether it was fear at the thought of being committed to someone else, the raw vulnerability of

being that close to someone, the feeling that I was in over my head, or just the fact that the spark wasn’t there, I ended it. I’m still not entirely sure why. She was great, and I still feel guilty about it. Trust is a major issue for me - the crux of

my daily symptoms revolves around paranoia that people are judging me and making fun of me - so trusting some-one new that fast is, in the simplest terms, extremely diffi cult.

On top of that, one of the major obstacles of living with schizophrenia is the fact that if I feel overwhelmed, I kind of go a little wacky. The paranoia spikes, and I can re-

treat into a fog of depression that can last for months. Usually, it happens with pres-sure from work, but relationships are a huge source of stress. It’s tough to even think about. To say I’m scared would be an understatement. Contending with the elephant of schizophrenia that sits in the middle of the room is never fun. I’d love to get married someday, but for now, I’ve resorted to the mantra, “Don’t chase people; just keep being awesome and you’ll attract the right person.”

I’d like to just let it happen natu-rally. — Michael Hedrick/The New York Times

News Service

ENTERTAINMENTB6 S AT U R DAY, J U N E 2 7, 2 0 1 5

KHALIL Gibran, a Lebanese-American artist, poet and writer, said, “Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection.”

Yes, it is great to advance at the bridge table, but you had better halt — stop and think — occasionally; otherwise, your advance may resemble a rushing horde of lemmings.

In this deal, South is in three no-trump. West leads his fourth-highest heart, and East drops the seven under dummy’s 10. How should declarer continue?

Looking at the auction, South was (just) worth

a two-club opening and a two-no-trump rebid, which promised a good 22 to 24 points.

Then North was right to raise to three no-trump. With so few points, he did well to ignore those diamonds and just bid game in no-trump. Note that fi ve diamonds has no chance. (If North’s suit had been a major, he would have bid game in that suit, preferably via a transfer sequence.)

South seems to have nine top tricks: one spade, two hearts (given the lead) and six diamonds. However, the diamond suit is blocked. Declarer,

after cashing his three top diamonds, will need a dummy entry to get to those other three winners. What is that entry?

It must come from hearts and will do so only if South takes the fi rst trick in his hand with his heart ace. He must not accept the cheap heart trick being off ered.

Then, after unblocking his diamonds, he can lead a heart to force a way into the dummy.

Halt before advancing at trick one — whether declarer or a defender — and always watch your entries.

- By Philip Alder

How can you cross the great divide?

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ACROSS 1 Purpose 4 LP player (hyph.) 8 Writer — Morrison12 Lobster eggs13 Rembrandt paintings14 General — Bradley15 Roaring —17 Latch —18 Full19 Put on the block21 Stir-fry pan23 Dawn deity24 North Atlantic port28 Binding32 Pen part33 Wanted-poster abbr.35 Itinerary word

36 Praline nut39 Turns like an offi ce chair42 Fumble for words44 Big Band —45 Merlin’s profession49 Not relevant53 Slangy refusal (hyph.)54 Is more popular56 El — (ocean current)57 Bring to bay58 Chop off 59 Disco dancer (hyph.)60 LAX guesses61 Fabric meas.

DOWN 1 Martial — 2 Radar’s home 3 Make the acquaintance of 4 Bonfi re fare (2 wds.) 5 Livy’s trio 6 Kitty’s bane 7 Hand out 8 Foot, slangily 9 All, in combos10 Defence grp.11 Wrinkle remover16 Reporter’s forte20 Portable bed22 RV haven24 Stat for Greenspan25 Perjure26 Kindergarten trio

27 Mo. fractions29 — got it!30 Aught or naught31 Dental anaesthetic34 Blow away37 Reaction to pollen38 Kilt-wearer’s refusal40 Purple fl owers41 Wind indicator43 Took notes45 Carried a tune46 Buckeye State47 Ladder part48 Tentlike dwelling50 Band together51 Tramp along52 Recipe amts.55 Leaves in a bag

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Jurassic World (Action / Adventure)Cast: Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Ty Simkins9.30 pmCP No: 1495 (PG12)

Guardian (Action, Thriller) (15+)Cast: Sarah Carter, Tio Pakusodewo, Nino Fernandez9.30, 11:45 pmCP No: 1613 ( 15+)

Forbidden Empire 2D (Action/Fantasy/Mystery) (12+)Cast: Jason Flemyng, Andrey Smolyakov, Aleksey Chadov11:45pmCP No: 1614 (12+)

Premam (Mal) (Comedy) Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran and Sai Pallavi 10:00 pm at Cinema Main

Eli (Tamil) (Action/Comedy) Cast: Vadivelu and Sadha 9:30 pm at Cinema -2

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Love & Mercy (Biography, Drama) (12+)Cast: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks9:30 pm Jurassic World (Action, Adventure) (3D) (PG12)Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins 9:15, 11:30 pm Guardian (Action, Thriller) (15+)Cast: Sarah Carter, Tio Pakusodewo, Nino Fernandez11:45 pm ABCD 2 (Dance, Musical) (PG)Cast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, 9:45 pm

ABCD 2 (2D) (Dance/Romance) Cast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudheva, Raghav, Dharmesh9:00 pm

Guardian (2D) (Action / Thriller) (15+)Cast: Sarah Carter, Tio Pakusodewo, Nino FernandezGold Class: 11:15 pm

Just The Way You Are (2D) (Dance/Romance) (12+) (Language - Tagalog)Cast: Enrique Gil, Liza Soberano, Yves Flores11:45 pm

Jurassic World (3D) (Action/Adventure) (PG12)Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:15, 11:45 pmGold Class: 9:00 pm

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ABCD 2 (Dance/Musical ) – PGCast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudeva, Raghav and Dharmesh9.45 pm

SCREEN 2

Hamari Adhori Kahani (Romance/Drama) – PGCast: Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan and Rajkummar Rao9.45 pm

Jurassic World - 3D (PG12) (Action |Adventure | Sci-Fi) Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:15, 11:45 pm Premam - 2D (M) (PG) (Comedy | Romance)Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran, Jude Anthany Joseph9:00 pm Guardian (15+ ) (Action, Thriller)Cast: Sarah Carter, Tio Pakusodewo, Nino Fernandez 11:45 pm

ABCD 2 - 2D (TBC) Dance | MusicalCast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudheva,Raghav, Dharmesh 9:00 pm Love & Mercy (12+) DramaCast: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks 9:15 pm Forbidden Empire (12+) Adventure Cast: Jason Flemyng, Andrey Smolyakov, Aleksey Chadov11:30 pm

Jurassic World - 3D (Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi) (PG12)Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:15 pmPremam – 2D (Comedy, Romance) (PG)Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran, Jude Anthany Joseph9:00 pmGuardian 2D (Action/Thriller) (15+)Cast: Sarah Carter, Tio Pakusodewo, Nino Fernandez11:30pmForbidden Empire 2D (Action/Fantasy/Mystery) (12+)Cast: Jason Flemyng, Andrey Smolyakov, Aleksey Chadov11:55pm

Jurassic World (3D) (Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi) (PG12) Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:15, 11:30 pm

Jurassic World (3D) (PG12) (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi ) Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins9:15, 11:30 pmPremam (2D) (PG) (Romance, Comedy) Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran, Jude Anthany Joseph9:00 pmABCD 2 (2D) (PG) (Dance, Musical) Cast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudheva,Raghav, Dharmesh9:00 pmGuardian (2D) (15+) (Action, Thriller) Cast: Sarah Carter, Tio Pakusodewo, Nino Fernandez11:55 pmOut of the Dark (2D) (15+) (Horror) Cast: Frank Cuervo, Pixie Davies, Alejandro Furth11:45 pm

Guardian ( Action ) (15+) Cast: Sarah Carter, Tio Pakusodewo, Nino Fernandez.11:55 pmPremam (Mal) (Comedy | Romance) (TBC) Cast: Nivin Pauly, Anupama Parameshwaran, Jude Anthany Joseph9:00 pm

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HOSPITALSAl Amal Medical & Health Care Centre: 24485052Atlas Hospital: Ruwi: 24811743/ Ghubra: 24504000Al Musafi r Specialised Medical Clinic: 24706453Hatat Polyclinic LLC,Ruwi: 24563641, Azaiba: 24499269, Sohar: 2683006Al Raff ah Hospital: 24618900/1/2Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory: 24566435Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre: 24499434Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24787766, 24787780Capital Polyclinic: 24707549Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi: 24799760/1/2Capital Clinic, Seeb: 24420740Ceregem National Raak: 24485633Dr Harub’s Clinic: 24563217Elixir Health Centre: 24565802Emirates Medical Centre: 246045401st Chiropractic Centre: 24472274Hamdan Hospital: 23212340International Medical Centre LLC: 24794501/2/3/4/5Kims Oman Hospital: 24760100

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ACCOMMODATIONAl Bahjah Hotel: 24424400Al Bustan Palace: 24764000 Al Khuwair Hotel Apartments: 24478171Al Madina Holiday Inn: 24596400Al Maha International Hotel: 24494949Al Fanar Hotel: 24712385Al Falaj Hotel: 24702311Al Qurum Resort: 24605945Azaiba Hotel Apartments: 24490979Beach Hotel: 24696601Bowshar Hotel: 24491105Coral Hotel Muscat: 24692121Crowne Plaza Muscat: 24660660Crystal Suites: 24826100Golden Tulip Seeb: 24510300Grand Hyatt Muscat: 24641234Haff a House Hotel: 24707207Hotel Muscat Holiday: 24487123InterContinental Muscat: 24680000Majan Continental Hotel: 24592900Marina Hotel: 24711711Midan Hotel Suites: 24499565Mina Hotel: 24711828Muttrah Hotel: 24798401

Nuzha Hotel Apartments: 24789199Oman Dive Centre: 24824240Park Inn: 24507888Qurum Beach House Hotel: 24564070Radisson Blu Hotel: 24487777Ramee Dream Resort Seeb: 24453399Ramee Guestline Hotel: 24564443Ruwi Hotel: 24704244Safeer Hotel Suites: 24691200Sheraton Oman Hotel: 24772772Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa: 24776666The Chedi Muscat: 24524400The Treasurebox Muscat Hotel: 24502570Sifawy Hotel +968 24749111Juweira Hotel +968 23239600

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MUSEUMSBait Al Baranda: Corniche (seafront opp fi sh market), Open from Sat to Thur 9am to 1pm and 4 to 6pmNatural History Museum: Al Khuwair, Tel: 24604957, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm; Thur: 9am to 1pmMuseum of Omani Heritage: (former Omani Museum), Madinat Al Alam, Sat-Wed 8am to 1:30pm, Thur - 9am to 1pm, Tel: 24600946Armed Forces Museum: Bait Al Falaj, Tel: 24312651, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm; Thurs 9-12pm and 3-6pm; Fri 9-11am and 3-6pm. Al Hoota Caves 24498258; Turtle Beach 96550606/96550707Children’s Science Museum: Shatti Al Qurum, Tel: 24605368, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm, Thur: 9am to 1pmOman-French Museum: near Muscat Police Station, Tel: 24736613, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm, Thurs: 9am to 1pmBait Al Zubair, Muscat: Tel: 24736688, Al Saidiya St., [email protected] from Sat to Thurs: 9:30am to 6pm.National Museum Ruwi: Tel: 24701289, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm, Thur: 9am to 1pmSohar Fort Museum: Tel: 26844758, Open from Saturday to Wed: 8 to 1:30pm Thurs: 9am to 1pmMuscat Gate Museum: at Al Bahri Road, Muscat open from Sat to Wed 8am to 2pm

Dhuhr 12.15pm

Asr 3.33pm

Maghrib 7.02pm

Isha 8.25pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 3.55am

Sunset 6:57pm

Sunrise (Tomorrow) 5.22am

High tide 4:28pm 6:50am

Low tide 11.50pm 11.27am

PRAYER TIMINGS

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W E A T H E R

OMAN

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Max 46Min 32

Max 42Min 33

Max 44Min 28

Max 44Min 30Max 46

Min 26

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Partly cloudy to cloudy skies along the coastal areas of Dhofar Governorate and adjoining mountains with chance of intermittent drizzle. Mainly clear skies over rest of the Sultanate with chance

of blowing dust over deserts and open areas due to the fresh wind and chance of late night to early morning low level cloud or fog patches over the coastal areas of al-Wusta and south al-Sharqiyah Governorates.EXPECTED WINDS: Along the coastal areas of Arabian Sea wind will be southwesterly moderate to fresh, while it will be northwesterly to westerly moderate to fresh over rest of the Sultanate.SEA STATE: Rough along the Arabian Sea coast with maximum wave

height of 5.0 metres and rough along the coastal areas of Musandam Governorate with maximum wave height of 3.0 metres and moderate along rest of Oman’s coast with maximum wave height of 2.0 metres.HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Moderate over most of the Sultanate becoming poor during blowing dust.THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies along the coastal areas of Dhofar governorate and adjoining mountains with chance of intermittent drizzle. Chance of blowing dust over deserts and open areas. Chance of late night to early morning low level cloud or fog patches over al-Wusta and Al-Sharqiyah governorates.

Max Min

GULFAbu Dhabi 39 31Doha 41 31Dubai 38 31Kuwait 44 28Manama 38 30Riyadh 41 28

WORLDAthens 26 21Baghdad 40 28Beijing 32 22Berlin 22 14Boston 21 15Cairo 40 21Colombo 29 26Frankfurt 24 11Hong Kong 31 27Istanbul 23 18Johannesburg 19 2Kuala Lumpur 33 24Lisbon 34 20Paris 28 13Perth 20 8Singapore 33 27Tokyo 28 20Toronto 18 13

WORLD

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Max 38Min 28

Max 25Min 14

Max 37Min 20

Max 26Min 18

Max 19Min 8

Max 23Min 14

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LONG DISTANCE BUS TIMINGS (OMAN NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANY SAOC) *SUBJECT TO CHANGE

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (Route 36)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 15:00 Quriyat 16:30 Daily15:00 Sur 18:00 Daily15:00 Jaalan 19:30 Daily

FROM JAALAN-SUR-QURIYAT (Route 36)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 05:30 Sur 06:45 Daily05:30 Quriyat 08:30 Daily05:30 Ruwi 10:00 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41)06:30 Sohar 08:50 Daily06:30 Buraimi 11:00 Daily08:00 Buraimi 14:30 Daily via Ibri13:00 Sohar 15:45 Daily13:00 Buraimi 17:40 Daily16.00 Sohar 18.35 Daily16.00 Buraimi 20:20 Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41)07:00 Sohar 08:55 Daily07:00 Ruwi 11:40 Daily13:30 Ruwi 20:20 Daily via Ibri13:00 Sohar 14:55 Daily13:00 Ruwi 17:40 Daily13:00 Sohar 19:20 Daily17:00 Ruwi 22:15 Daily

TO SINAW (Route 52)17:30 Sinaw 20:50 Daily

TO SINAW (Route 52)07:00 Ruwi 10:25 Daily

To Yanqul (Route 54)14:30 Nizwa 16:50 Daily14:30 Yanqul 19:30 Daily

To Yanqul (Route 54)06:00 Nizwa 08:40 Daily06:00 Ruwi 11:00 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)08:00 Nizwa 10:20 Daily08:00 Al Araqi 12:30 Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54)15:40 Nizwa 17:55 Daily15:40 Ruwi 20:20 Daily

TO SUR (Route 55)07:30 Sur 12:00 Daily14:30 Sur 18:45 Daily

TO SUR (Route 55)06:00 Ruwi 10:45 Daily14:30 Ruwi 19:00 Daily

TO FAHUD - YIBAL (Route 62)06:30 Fahud 10:30 Daily06:30 Yibal 11:15 Daily

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (Route 62)12:30 Fahud 13:15 Daily12:30 Ruwi 17:30 Daily

TO DUBAI (Route 201)06:00 Sohar 08:30 Daily06:00 Dubai 11:30 Daily13:00 Sohar 15:30 Wed,Thur13:00 Dubai 18:30 Wed,Thur15:00 Sohar 17:35 Daily15:00 Dubai 20:55 Daily

TO DUBAI (Route 201)07:30 Sohar 10:50 Daily07:30 Ruwi 13:40 Daily13:00 Sohar 16:15 Thur-Fri13:00 Ruwi 19:10 Thur-Fri15:30 Sohar 18:45 Daily15:30 Ruwi 21:35 Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (Route 100)07:00 Salalah 20:00 Daily10:00 Marmul 20:30 Daily10:00 Salalah 23:30 Daily19:00 Salalah 07:40 Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (Route 100)07:00 Ruwi 19:50 Daily10:00 Marmul 13:15 Daily10:00 Ruwi 22:30 Daily19:00 Ruwi 07:30 Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:50 Daily

SALALAH TO DUBAI (Route 102)15:00 Dubai 07:00 Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101)06:00 Marmul 16:30 Daily

DUBAI TO SALALAH (Route 102)15:00 Salalah 07:00 Daily

TO DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 07:00 Fujairah 11.45 Daily07:00 Sharjah 13.30 Daily07:00 Dubai 14.00 Daily

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204)Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI) TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

LISTINGS

Source: www.met.gov.om

SATURDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA WY676 JEDDAH 0005WY424 BEIRUT 0005WY672 MEDINA 0005WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 0005WY682 RIYADH 0010WY648 KUWAIT 0015WY914 SALALAH 0020FZ131 DUBAI 0030WY3908 SALALAH 0035WY916 SALALAH 0120TK774 ISTANBUL 0135PK225 KARACHI 0215GF560 BAHRAIN 0325ET624 ADDIS ABABA 0335EK866 DUBAI 0350QR1132 DOHA 0355EY384 ABU DHABI 0400MS930 CAIRO 0410FZ041 DUBAI 0415WY114 FRANKFURT 05154H583 DACCA 0600WY658 BAHRAIN 0635WY638 ABU DHABI 0640WY902 SALALAH 0645WY644 KUWAIT 0650WY154 ZURICH 0700WY144 MALPENSA 0705WY692 DAMMAM 0715WY668 DOHA 0715WY674 JEDDAH 0735WY132 PARIS 0735WY102 LONDON HEATHROW 0740FZ043 DUBAI 0800WY408 CAIRO 0800WY602 DUBAI 0805WY422 BEIRUT 0805WY432 TEHRAN 0805WY346 ISLAM ABBAD 0812WY202 BOMBAY 0835WY236 HYDERABAD 0900G9114 SHARJAH 0905WY282 BANGALORE 0910PK191 TURBAT 0930EK862 DUBAI 0930WY210 GOA 0935WY242 DELHI 0935IX549 TRIVANDRUM 0955WY252 DELHI 0955QR1128 DOHA 1000EY382 ABU DHABI 1010WY918 KHASAB 1015IX443 COCHIN 1020WY844 MANILA 1020WY652 BAHRAIN 10409W530 TRIVANDRUM 1045WY604 DUBAI 1115GF562 BAHRAIN 1130WY372 COLOMBO 1140FZ037 DUBAI 1140IX337 CALICUT 1155WY332 KATHMANDU 1205WY384 MALE 1210WY705 DARESSLAM-ZANZIBAR 1215PA450 LAHORE 1215WY824 SINGAPORE-KUALA LUMPUR 1220WY818 BANGKOK 1220BG023 DACCA 1230WY904 SALALAH 1230WY634 ABU DHABI 1230PK291 ISLAM ABBAD 1235WY670 DOHA 1250NL771 PESHAWAR 1300WY324 KARACHI 1300WY606 DUBAI 1340WY3302 MUKHAIZNA 1350WY920 KHASAB 1400WY906 SALALAH 1440FZ045 DUBAI 1535SV532 JEDDAH 1550WY344 LAHORE 1605QR1126 DOHA 1645EY386 ABU DHABI 1650WY204 BOMBAY 1655WY292 CALICUT 1710WY656 BAHRAIN 1740WY216 TRIVANDRUM 1745WY664 DOHA 1745EK864 DUBAI 1745WY274 JAIPUR 1745WY232 HYDERABAD 1750WY246 DELHI 1750WY694 DAMMAM 1805GF564 BAHRAIN 1810WY632 ABU DHABI 1815G9116 SHARJAH 1905WY374 COLOMBO 1915WY646 KUWAIT 1920FZ047 DUBAI 19404H583 DACCA 2000PK259 PESHAWAR 2000RG125 ABU DHABI 2005WY386 MALE 2020WY224 COCHIN 2025WY614 DUBAI 2025WY338 KATHMANDU 2040FZ049 DUBAI 2100WY124 MUNICH 2105KL441 AMSTERDAM-DOHA 21059W534 COCHIN 2115AI973 DELHI 2125WY264 LUCKNOW 21306.00E+81 BOMBAY 2130WY254 MADRAS 2135BA073 LONDON HEATHROW-ABU DHABI 2140WY624 DUBAI 2150UL205 COLOMBO 2155AI907 MADRAS 2200WY684 RIYADH 2200WY312 CHITTAGONG 2210QR1134 DOHA 2225LX242 ZURICH-DUBAI 2225WY908 SALALAH 2235GF566 BAHRAIN 2240LH616 FRANKFURT-DOHA 2245WY328 KARACHI 2250EY388 ABU DHABI 2300WY910 SALALAH 23109W540 BOMBAY 2315AI985 BOMBAY 2325WY406 CAIRO 2330WY662 DOHA 2335WY654 BAHRAIN 2340WY636 ABU DHABI 2340WY928 SALALAH 2345WY816 BANGKOK 2350WY696 DAMMAM 2355WY612 DUBAI 2355

SUNDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA

WY672 MEDINA 0005WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 0005WY676 JEDDAH 0005WY648 KUWAIT 0015WY914 SALALAH 0020FZ131 DUBAI 0030WY3908 SALALAH 0035TK774 ISTANBUL 0135WY916 SALALAH 01404H585 DACCA 0200NL669 SIALKOT 0200PK225 KARACHI 0210GF560 BAHRAIN 0325ET624 ADDIS ABABA 0335EK866 DUBAI 0350QR1132 DOHA 0355EY384 ABU DHABI 0400FZ041 DUBAI 0415WY114 FRANKFURT 05154H586 DOHA 0600WY658 BAHRAIN 0635CV732 LUXORE 0635WY638 ABU DHABI 0640WY644 KUWAIT 0650WY326 KARACHI 0650G9841 RAS AL KHAIMA 0655WY686 RIYADH 0655WY154 ZURICH 0700WY144 MALPENSA 0705WY692 DAMMAM 0715WY902 SALALAH 0715WY668 DOHA 0715WY132 PARIS 0735WY674 JEDDAH 0735WY102 LONDON HEATHROW 0740FZ043 DUBAI 0800WY602 DUBAI 0805NL768 LAHORE 0830WY272 JAIPUR 0830WY202 BOMBAY 0835WY3932 SOHAR 0840IX817 MANGALORE 0840WY236 HYDERABAD 0900WY408 CAIRO 0900G9114 SHARJAH 0905WY282 BANGALORE 0910WY226 COCHIN 0920EK862 DUBAI 0930WY210 GOA 0935WY242 DELHI 0935WY212 TRIVANDRUM 0950IX549 TRIVANDRUM 0955WY252 MADRAS 0955QR1128 DOHA 1000EY382 ABU DHABI 1010WY918 KHASAB 1015IX443 COCHIN 10209W530 TRIVANDRUM 1045WY3922 DUQUM OMAN 1045WY604 DUBAI 1110GF562 BAHRAIN 1130WY372 COLOMBO 1140FZ037 DUBAI 1140IX337 CALICUT 1155WY332 KATHMANDU 1205WY705 DARESSLAM-ZANZIBAR 1215WY824 SINGAPORE-KUALA LUMPUR 1220WY818 BANGKOK 1220WY3302 MUKHAIZNA 1220WY904 SALALAH 1230WY634 ABU DHABI 1230WY670 DOHA 1250WY324 KARACHI 1300WY652 BAHRAIN 1325WY606 DUBAI 1340WY920 KHASAB 1400KU677 KUWAIT 1405WY906 SALALAH 1510FZ045 DUBAI 1535WY3304 MUKHAIZNA 1550WY344 LAHORE 1605QR1126 DOHA 1645EY386 ABU DHABI 1650WY204 BOMBAY 1655WY292 CALICUT 1710WY632 ABU DHABI 1710WY664 DOHA 1745EK864 DUBAI 1745WY246 DELHI 1750WY254 MADRAS 1750WY232 HYDERABAD 1750WY348 ISLAM ABBAD 1750WY656 BAHRAIN 1750WY610 DUBAI 1800GF564 BAHRAIN 1810WY264 LUCKNOW 1830TG507 BANGKOK-KARACHI 1900G9116 SHARJAH 1905WY374 COLOMBO 1915WY646 KUWAIT 1920FZ047 DUBAI 1940RG125 ABU DHABI 2000WY338 KATHMANDU 2010WY614 DUBAI 2025WY848 CHITTAGONG 2035WY434 TEHRAN 2055FZ049 DUBAI 2100WY124 MUNICH 2105WY908 SALALAH 21109W534 COCHIN 2115AI973 DELHI 21256.00E+81 BOMBAY 2130BA073 LONDON HEATHROW-ABU DHABI 2140WY624 DUBAI 2150UL205 COLOMBO 2155AI907 MADRAS 2200WY312 CHITTAGONG 2210QR1134 DOHA 2225LX242 ZURICH-DUBAI 2225WY414 AMMAN 2225GF566 BAHRAIN 2240LH616 FRANKFURT-DOHA 2245EY388 ABU DHABI 2300WY910 SALALAH 23109W540 BOMBAY 2315AI985 BOMBAY 2325WY406 CAIRO 2330WY662 DOHA 2335WY636 ABU DHABI 2340WY654 BAHRAIN 2340WY928 SALALAH 2345WY816 BANGKOK 2350WY696 DAMMAM 2355WY612 DUBAI 2355

FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD AI986 BOMBAY 00209W539 BOMBAY 0020SG062 AHMEDABAD 0030WY637 ABU DHABI 0105WY657 BAHRAIN 0110WY235 HYDERABAD 0110WY281 BANGALORE 0110WY201 BOMBAY 0115FZ132 DUBAI 0115WY251 MADRAS 0120WY643 KUWAIT 0120WY345 ISLAM ABBAD 0125WY601 DUBAI 0145WY371 COLOMBO 0155WY431 TEHRAN 0155WY123 MUNICH 0200WY241 DELHI 0215WY901 SALALAH 0215WY691 DAMMAM 0225WY667 DOHA 0225TK775 ISTANBUL 0230WY383 MALE 0230WY331 KATHMANDU 0245WY209 GOA 0255PK230 LAHORE 0315ET625 ADDIS ABABA 0435EK867 DUBAI 0450EY385 ABU DHABI 0500QR1133 DOHA 0500MS931 CAIRO 0510FZ042 DUBAI 0510WY651 BAHRAIN 06454H584 DACCA 0700GF561 BAHRAIN 0715WY917 KHASAB 0715WY903 SALALAH 0750WY603 DUBAI 0750WY669 DOHA 0835WY323 KARACHI 0835FZ044 DUBAI 0845WY823 KUALA LUMPUR-SINGAPORE 0900WY373 COLOMBO 0900WY215 TRIVANDRUM 0900WY815 BANGKOK 0905WY633 ABU DHABI 0910WY343 LAHORE 0915WY291 CALICUT 0915WY385 MALE 0945G9115 SHARJAH 0955WY231 HYDERABAD 1000WY3301 MUKHAIZNA 1000PK192 TURBAT-GWADUR 1015WY905 SALALAH 1020WY605 DUBAI 1020WY203 BOMBAY 1025WY245 DELHI 1040EK863 DUBAI 1045WY337 KATHMANDU 1050WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM 1050WY273 JAIPUR 1055IX554 TRIVANDRUM 1055QR1129 DOHA 1100WY919 KHASAB 1100EY383 ABU DHABI 1105IX442 COCHIN 1120WY311 CHITTAGONG 11359W533 COCHIN 1145WY223 COCHIN 1215GF563 BAHRAIN 1215FZ038 DUBAI 1225WY253 MADRAS 1255IX350 CALICUT 1255PA451 LAHORE 1315WY113 FRANKFURT 1320WY655 BAHRAIN 1325WY663 DOHA 1330WY693 DAMMAM 1330WY263 LUCKNOW 1330PK292 ISLAM ABBAD 1335WY131 PARIS 1345WY645 KUWAIT 1350WY143 MALPENSA 1350WY405 CAIRO 1350BG024 CHITTAGONG-DACCA 1400WY101 LONDON HEATHROW 1400WY153 ZURICH 1420NL668 SIALKOT 1430WY927 SALALAH 1430WY631 ABU DHABI 1450WY675 JEDDAH 1615WY683 RIYADH 1620FZ046 DUBAI 1620SV533 RIYADH-JEDDAH 1650WY671 MEDINA 1705WY613 DUBAI 1710QR1127 DOHA 1745EY387 ABU DHABI 1755WY327 KARACHI 1810WY907 SALALAH 1815WY681 RIYADH 1840WY623 DUBAI 1840WY647 KUWAIT 1845WY909 SALALAH 1850GF565 BAHRAIN 1855EK865 DUBAI 1910WY695 DAMMAM 1915WY653 BAHRAIN 1920WY661 DOHA 1920G9117 SHARJAH 1955WY913 SALALAH 2000WY3907 SALALAH 2015WY635 ABU DHABI 2015FZ048 DUBAI 2025WY611 DUBAI 2035RG126 ABU DHABI 2045PK226 KARACHI 21004H584 DACCA 2100WY915 SALALAH 2120FZ050 DUBAI 2145KL442 DOHA-AMSTERDAM 2220WY817 BANGKOK 22259W529 TRIVANDRUM 22306.00E+82 BOMBAY 2245AI908 MADRAS 2300UL206 COLOMBO 2305AI974 DELHI 2310WY705 DARESSLAM-ZANZIBAR 2310LX243 DUBAI-ZURICH 2325GF567 BAHRAIN 2325BA072 ABU DHABI-LONDON HEATHROW 2330QR1135 DOHA 2330WY407 CAIRO 2335WY673 JEDDAH 2350EY381 ABU DHABI 2355LH617 DOHA-FRANKFURT 2355

FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD AI986 BOMBAY 00209W539 BOMBAY 0020WY225 COCHIN 0105WY637 ABU DHABI 0105WY235 HYDERABAD 0110WY657 BAHRAIN 0110WY281 BANGALORE 0110WY211 TRIVANDRUM 0110WY685 RIYADH 0115WY201 BOMBAY 0115FZ132 DUBAI 0115WY251 MADRAS 0120WY643 KUWAIT 0120WY271 JAIPUR 0135WY601 DUBAI 0145WY371 COLOMBO 0155WY325 KARACHI 0210WY241 DELHI 0215WY847 JAKARTA 0215WY667 DOHA 0225WY691 DAMMAM 0225TK775 ISTANBUL 0230WY901 SALALAH 0245WY331 KATHMANDU 0245WY209 GOA 02554H585 DOHA 0300PK260 PESHAWAR 0310NL772 PESHAWAR 0330ET625 ADDIS ABABA 0435EK867 DUBAI 0450EY385 ABU DHABI 0500QR1133 DOHA 0500FZ042 DUBAI 0510WY3931 SOHAR 06354H586 DACCA 0700GF561 BAHRAIN 0715WY917 KHASAB 0715WY3921 DUQUM OMAN 0745G9842 RAS AL KHAIMA 0745WY603 DUBAI 0750WY903 SALALAH 0750CV732 HONG KONG 0800WY323 KARACHI 0835WY669 DOHA 0835FZ044 DUBAI 0845WY373 COLOMBO 0900WY823 KUALA LUMPUR-SINGAPORE 0900WY815 BANGKOK 0905WY633 ABU DHABI 0910WY291 CALICUT 0915WY343 LAHORE 0915WY253 MADRAS 0915NL769 LAHORE 0930WY651 BAHRAIN 0930WY3301 MUKHAIZNA 0930IX818 MANGALORE 0940G9115 SHARJAH 0955WY843 MANILA 0955WY231 HYDERABAD 1000WY605 DUBAI 1020WY203 BOMBAY 1025WY263 LUCKNOW 1030WY245 DELHI 1040EK863 DUBAI 1045WY905 SALALAH 1050WY337 KATHMANDU 1050IX554 TRIVANDRUM 1055WY347 ISLAM ABBAD 1055QR1129 DOHA 1100WY919 KHASAB 1100EY383 ABU DHABI 1105IX442 COCHIN 1120WY311 CHITTAGONG 11359W533 COCHIN 1145GF563 BAHRAIN 1215FZ038 DUBAI 1225WY3303 MUKHAIZNA 1230IX350 CALICUT 1255WY113 FRANKFURT 1320WY655 BAHRAIN 1325WY663 DOHA 1330WY631 ABU DHABI 1345WY645 KUWAIT 1350WY405 CAIRO 1350WY143 MALPENSA 1350WY101 LONDON HEATHROW 1400WY423 BEIRUT 1400WY413 AMMAN 1410WY153 ZURICH 1420WY927 SALALAH 1430WY609 DUBAI 1445WY433 TEHRAN 1445KU678 ABU DHABI-KUWAIT 1505WY675 JEDDAH 1615FZ046 DUBAI 1620WY907 SALALAH 1650WY671 MEDINA 1705WY613 DUBAI 1710QR1127 DOHA 1745EY387 ABU DHABI 1755WY681 RIYADH 1840WY623 DUBAI 1840WY647 KUWAIT 1845WY909 SALALAH 1850GF565 BAHRAIN 1855EK865 DUBAI 1910WY695 DAMMAM 1915WY661 DOHA 1920WY653 BAHRAIN 1920G9117 SHARJAH 1955WY913 SALALAH 2000TG508 KARACHI-BANGKOK 2005WY3907 SALALAH 2015WY635 ABU DHABI 2015FZ048 DUBAI 2025WY611 DUBAI 2035RG126 ABU DHABI 2045WY915 SALALAH 2100FZ050 DUBAI 2145WY421 BEIRUT 2200WY817 BANGKOK 22259W529 TRIVANDRUM 22306.00E+82 BOMBAY 2245AI908 MADRAS 2300UL206 COLOMBO 2305WY705 DARESSLAM-ZANZIBAR 2310AI974 DELHI 2310GF567 BAHRAIN 2325LX243 DUBAI-ZURICH 2325BA072 ABU DHABI-LONDON HEATHROW 2330QR1135 DOHA 2330WY673 JEDDAH 2350EY381 ABU DHABI 2355LH617 DOHA-FRANKFURT 2355

A I R L I N E S

BORN today, you have such a charming, even alluring personality, that there is virtually nothing you cannot get, nothing you cannot acquire and nowhere you cannot go, simply by prevailing on others with that charisma and beguiling them into granting all your wishes. To say that you have a magic touch may be an overstatement, but indeed you are able to get what you want with greater subtlety and success than most others — even other Cancer natives, all of whom are naturally adept at persuasion. Your future is likely to be golden, and you’re likely to want for very little — provided, of course, that you do not risk your life or happiness by performing only trivialities. You need to do something important!

You pursue your goals with great relish, and you’re often to be found laughing at your own fortunes and misfortunes. Indeed, humour is something that will stay with you through thick and thin, no matter what happens; your ability to laugh at yourself, others and the circumstances of life is great indeed!

Also born on this date are: Khloe Kardashian, television personality; Helen Keller, author and activist; Tobey Maguire, actor; Bob Keeshan, television personality; Vera Wang, fashion designer; J.J. Abrams, writer, director and producer; Lorrie Morgan, singer; Julia Duff y, actress; Norma Kamali, fashion designer.

It may be time for you to meet with someone in charge to get straight just who is expected to do what — and for how much.

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AQUARIUS [JAN. 20-FEB. 18]

You’re going to need an advantage in order to deal with someone who seems to know better than you what is really going on.

You can keep your fears under wraps, but at some point, you will have to acknowledge the thing that causes the most apprehension.

You may have to shake up your routine just a bit in order to accommodate a change of situation that is beyond your control.

You may have to remind someone that all you are doing — and all you are going to do in the days to come — is for him or her, exclusively.

Now is the time for you to make your intentions known to someone who is in a position to help you. If help is not granted, diffi culties arise.

What goes up must come down. Today it will be no diff erent, especially where your own emotions are concerned.

You may fi nd yourself racing against the clock at some point in order to meet a deadline that keeps getting moved up.

PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20]

You’re not likely to give another exactly what he or she wants — at least not before you understand fully just why it is so badly wanted.

GEMINI [MAY 21-JUNE 20]

CANCER [JUNE 21-JULY 22]

LEO [JULY 23-AUG. 22]

CAPRICORN [DEC. 22-JAN 19]

Y O U R B I R T H D A Y

ARIES [March 21-APRIL 19]

TAURUS [APRIL 20-MAY 20]

A meeting of the minds is forthcoming, but before that happens, you’re going to have to be sure your potential partner is on the up-and-up.

Anything you try to keep under wraps is going to come to light very soon, despite your best eff orts. You must get used to the idea.

You should be able to do more than one thing at once, even though multitasking in the way required is not your strength.

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EXTRAS AT U R DAY, J U N E 2 7, 2 0 1 5

Like women, men’s skin also requires proper nourishment and care to stay fresh. Skin care

should be an important aspect of lifestyle, irrespective of age, but the technique should change as one grows old, says an expert. Indu Ballani, dermatologist at Mantra Medi spa at Delhi, shares how men can take care of their skin:

Skin care at 20s: Skin at 20s has more oil content and tends to

have problems like acne. Since, men do not go for facial packs and home remedies, men at this stage should use products that will help in controlling oil and simultaneously, provide nour-ishment.

While buying products, be conscious about the ingredients of the products especially, if they are suff ering from acne problem. Although the skin is developing and young at this stage, following basic skin care such as cleansing,

moisturising and applying sun-screen will help them in main-taining a healthy skin.

Skin care at 30s: When com-pared to women, men are cer-tainly more exposed to sunlight. Additionally, at this stage, the sagging of the skin is visible. Not only due to the external factors, but also because the skin gets thinner at this age. Therefore, us-ing anti-ageing creams is worth considering.

Skin care at 40s and above: As we grow older, our skin loses its regeneration power therefore, needs some extra care. Apart from frequent use of a moistur-iser, men should also consider using anti-ageing creams. Men at this stage can also opt for medical procedures and fi llers to do away with the problem of skin ageing. They should not shy away from using under eye rejuvenating creams to fi ght the fi ne lines that develop under the eye. — IANS

Sang ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ song for love of Salman Khan, says Adnan Sami

SINGER-COMPOSER Adnan Sami, who features as a qawwal in Bhar do jholi meri, the latest song from Salman Khan starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan, says he agreed to lend his voice to the number purely out of love for the superstar. Pre-sent at an event to show-case his special rendition for the movie, Adnan said: “I share a great friendship and bond with Salman. Be-

ing a Pathan, for us, money never interferes between friend-ship and relationships. I sang this song completely out of love for him and nothing else.” He also went on to state that his only “condition” before agreeing to sing the song was that Salman showers a lot of love on him. The song also features Adnan singing as a qawwal.

Anurag Basu ‘restless’ over Kishore Kumar biopicANURAG BASU, who is already busy shooting for Ranbir Kapoor and Kat-rina Kaif starrer Jagga Jasoos and also tied down with a new TV show, says he’s feeling restless about the impending status of his biopic on cinematic legend Kishore Kumar. “The bi-opic is defi nitely on. Biop-ics are extremely hard to make in India. I don’t know when it will start. I’m get-ting really restless with it not going on the fl oors. I’ve worked on the script and waiting for shooting to begin since last two years,” Basu said at an event here. “Everybody associated with the fi lm has committed to doing the fi lm. The director is ready, producer is ready, the family of Kishore Kumar is ready, but the only issue is that the dates are not working out. But it could begin anytime sooner or later,” he added. Basu’s wait could be longer as his on-screen Kishore Kumar, actor Ranbir will fi rst complete Jagga Jasoos, Tamasha and then most likely, he will move to Ayan Mukerji’s superhero fl ick with Alia Bhatt and Karan Johar’s directorial with Anushka Sharma and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Meanwhile, Basu is helming a TV show Stories by Rabindranath Tagore for Epic channel.

Happiness wishes as actor Arjun Kapoor turns 30

ACTOR Arjun Kapoor turned 30 on Friday and Hindi fi lm fraternity mem-bers has wished him a year full of happiness. Ar-jun, who is the son of fi lm producer Boney Kapoor, worked as an assistant di-rector on Nikhil Advani’s Kal Ho Naa Ho in 2003. He also assisted Advani on his next directorial multi-star-rer fi lm Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love in 2007. But

his acting career began only with the 2012 fi lm Ishaqzaade, af-ter he lost oodles of weight. Arjun then portrayed a dual role in Atul Sabharwal’s crime thriller fi lm in 2013 Aurangzeb, fol-lowing which he was seen in movies like Gunday and 2 States. Not one to step back from experimentation, Arjun also fea-tured in a key role in satirical English language fi lm Finding Fanny, and then Tevar. Here’s what B-Town tweeted on his birthday: Abhishek Bachchan: Happy birthday @arjunk26 what’s goin on in there???? Big love brotherman. Have a great year. Sonam Kapoor: Happy birthday @arjunkapoor my lovely lovely brother... Love you a lot! Ayushmann Khurrana : @ar-junk26 Happy Bday fellow AK! You SuperMan! Love Ayush-Man. Shruti Haasan: Wishing dear Babloo @arjunk26 a very very happy birthday!!! Have a great day and year ahead! -IANS

No one off ering Karan a role after ‘Bombay Velvet’ FILMMAKER Karan Johar has said “he is not that stupid” to cast himself in his movies. Karan and fi lmmaker S.S. Rajam-ouli launched a new song of their epic drama Baahubali on Thursday. Asked about acting off ers, the producer said: “Not even one person has off ered me a role.

I’m waiting eagerly for some off er, at least a poor off er which I can refuse. “I tried my best but I think nobody wants to see me act on screen.”

Though Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet failed miserably at the box-offi ce, Karan Johar was one of the few actors who was appreciated for his magnifi cent act. —IANS

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Men of all ages need to care for their skin

Health tips for corporate employeesTAXING nine-to-fi ve jobs, long hours in front of a computer screen, uneven sleeping patterns and diet issues sum up the lives of most corporate employees.

To lead a healthy and fi t life, they should keep water handy, carry home cooked food and more, says an expert.

Suvro Ghosh, founder of a healthcare startup www.helpme-doc.in, shares health tips espe-cially for working segment of our society.

Carry a water bottle wherever you go: Keeping water handy is a good idea. Sometimes, if you’re working, you’ll just forget to drink water for a long period of time. Also, you should sip on water or a fruit-based drink.

Home-cooked food: Nothing substitutes a nutritious salad or a wholesome meal from home. It’s best if you eat home-cooked

rice and ‘dal’. If you happen to stay away from your family or if you’re too busy to pack your lunch, there are a good number of startups delivering home-cooked food and fresh salads. Try using the services of such startups instead of ordering from fast food joints, which do you no good.

Don’t go too hard on yourself: Your client can wait for a few min-utes. Close your eyes and relax for two minutes for every hour. This clears your mind and keeps you active.

Refrain from straining your back: Yes, it’s enjoyable to sit on that comfortable offi ce chair with

your back reclined in odd pos-tures, but it does actual damage to your spine and it’s high time that you start sitting in proper pos-tures. Be sure the back is aligned against the back of the offi ce chair. Avoid slouching or leaning for-ward.

Sleep pays off : Believe it or not, but getting even 30 minutes less sleep than your body requirement can have short and long-term con-sequences on health, mood and performance. It’s good to main-tain a regular sleep schedule, with at least eight hours of sleep every day, even on the weekends.

Kick the caff eine habit: It’s a well-known fact that caff eine in-terferes with your sleep.

Avoid tea, coff ee and soft drinks close to bedtime. Instead, go for a glass of fresh juice in the morning and a cup of green tea in the evening.—IANS

HEALTH

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FOR RENT

Basement Store, 146 SQM,

Wadikhabeer, Opposit Al-Hassan.

99441193, 93004802

Furnished room for rent at

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

Contact: 99251975

Villa AL Ghobrah, 6 bedroom 1200/-

R.O. Contact: 99340055/97557555

New building in Wadi Kabir, 2 bed-

room fl ats. Contact: 99313274

Workshop for rent Ground fl oor 126

SQM. Workshop fi rst fl oor 108 SQM

furnished offi ce with storage

accommodation for 50 Labors.

Contact: 92410691

1.2.3 BHK fl ats. Contact: 92144045

1BHK with A/C Mumtaz. R.O 250/-.

Contact 9779175

2BHK for commercial M.B.D R.O

300/-. Contact: 92144045

2BHK with A.C Darsait R.O 300/-.

Contact: 92144045

2BHK Wadi Kabeer R.O 300/-.

Contact: 92144045

2BHK without A.C Ghobrah R.O

325/- Contact: 92144045

Shop /Comn /Resi building 1 & 2

bed fl at available in Wadi Kabir (near

Lulu). Contact: 99451168

One bed rooms fl at RO 200/-

Wadi Al Kabir. Contact: 99451168

Misfa land for rent 1000 SQM.

Contact: 99451168

1 BHK fl at in Al Khuwair, 2 months

only. Contact 99792181

3 BHK Flat in Azaiba.

Contact 99792181

Labour Camp for Rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact 99792181

Shops at Muttrah opposite Port

Service Building on Main Road.

Contact 93387962

2 BHK Flat in Al Khuwair. Contact

99792181

4 BHK single villa in Al Khuwair.

Contact: 97616158

4 & 5 BHK villa in Al Khuwair.

Contact 99792181

5BHK villa available for rent, near

Hamriya roundabout.

Contact-99366191

For rent brand new villa 4BD.

Contact: 91963034

Flat for rent in Mabellah 8th.

Contact: 97147240

Two bed room fl at with attached

bathroom near Omani Boys School

Ruwi . Contact: 91214537

Spacious room with bathroom

(separate) available for small family

or couples near Oman Boys School

Ruwi. Contact : 91214537

Ruwi near Police Station: Flats with

4 Rooms, 1 Kitchen & 2 Bathrooms.

Contact 93387962

Seeb Souq opposite HSBC: Flat with

3 Rooms, 1 Kitchen & 2 Bathrooms

and Studio at Terrace.

Contact 93387962

506sqm space with mezzanine

available for rent in AL Wadi Al

Kabir, Suitable for carpentry / Auto

workshop and / or electrical shop

interested parties may.

Contact: 24703981

AL Khuwair 2 rooms, toilet & Kitch-

en sharing prefer Indian couples or

execute lades rent 200/- R.O include

Elect & water. Contact: 99546410

Villa for rent in Al Khuwair 33,

8 bedrooms & 5 bathrooms with

parking area near Taimur Mosque.

Contact: 99366624

Luxurious villa in Mumtaz area,

Ruwi with 3BR, 2 Lounges, Dining,

car park, kitchen. Contact: 99430943

C2 S AT U R D AY, J U N E 2 7, 2 0 1 5

Deluxe 3&4 bedroom, hall, kitchen

spacious living area with split AC,

at Ghobrah. Contact: 95282986

1BHK fl at one room, kitchen,

bath room near Wadi Adai R/A.

Contact : 96464598

3 Bedroom fl at with 3 attached

toilets, split A/C, brand new

available, behind Kims Hospital.

Contact 95225662

Apartments near Al Nahdha Tow-

ers/ Vachas Hypermarket Azaiba –

Ghala (1 & 2 BHK with split AC units).

Contact 94652485 / 99273774 /

99202278

1,000 sq mtrs industrial land in Mis-

fah Industrial area near to Khanco.

OMR 1,500 Monthly. It has Electricity

and boundary wall. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360

500 sq mtrs offi ce space on mezza-

nine fl oor near Royal Hospital. OMR

6.500 per sq mtr. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360

Villa for rent (family residence) :

New 4 bedroom villa with majlis,

family hall and outside kitchen. With

split AC in Al Khoudh phase 7 close

to Seeb polyclinic. Call 99332525

(owner).

Apartments near Indian School

Ghubra (2 BHK with 5 split AC units).

Contact 94652485 / 99273774 /

99202278

3 rooms with attached bath room,

hall Brand new in Mabelah near

Sharahe Noor. Contact 99663905/

99415119

Three bedroom fl ats for rent near

NIT Institute Darsait.

Contact: 93494098

Room with bath AC

furnished AL Khuwair.

Contact: 97004265/99643569

2 BHK Flats for rent Muttrah

near Oman house.

Contact: 97009734/92629232

Shop/Offi ce 68 SQM, Wadi kabeer,

Opposite Al-Hassan. Contact

99441193, 93004802

3BHK fl at for rent in Al Khuwair.

Villa type building with only 2 fl ats,

separate entrance, fully renovated.

Way No. 3922, building No 1839,

behind Al Aktham Restaurant.

Contact: 99462980

Flat for rent in CBD Ruwi.

Contact : 92820734

New fl ats for rent in Wadi Kabir.

Contact : 92130703 / 96045478

Brand new 6 BHK villa in Al Azaiba

with split A/C & lift. RO.1200/-

Contact – 93191111

2 bedroom fl at at Hamriya, main

road with A/C. Contact 99331448

Flat in South Al Hail, 2 bedrooms,

Majlis, 2 bathrooms, kitchen RO

250/-. Contact 93221474

Flat in Ruwi Mumtaz 2 BHK RO 300

or 1 BHK 250 RO. Contact 98588240

Flats for rent behind Indian School.

Contact 99777122

2 BHK, 2 baths, Split A/C, Wadi ka-

beer, Near Indian Elementary School.

Contact 99441193, 93004802

Shop/Offi ce, 56 SQM, Wadikabeer,

Opposite Al-Hassan.

Contact 99441193, 93004802

For rent in Darsait new fl ats.

Contact: 99777351

Luxury 3 BHK fl at in Al Wattaya

with split A/C & private parking.

RO.500/- Contact – 93191111

Villa of 5 BHK in Al Ansab with split

A/C. RO.650/- Contact – 93191111

2 BHK fl at in Al Ansab with split

A/C. RO.250/- Contact – 93191111

Villa for rent - Al Seeb/Al Mawelah

- Block 5 - 4 bedrooms with attached

bathrooms, Majlis, 2 halls, kitchen

and storeroom. split Ac and carpark.

Contact 99564616

Bath attached room for rent

Al Khuwair. Contact 99743569

Commercial 3 BHK fl at in Al Ghobra

18 Nov Street. RO 700/-

Contact 93191111

2 BHK fl at in Al Azaiba near sea,

with split A/C. RO.340/-

Contact – 93191111

For rent 3 industrial land.

Contact 92702891/ 95490842

Flats shops and store for rent in

Ruwi, MBD Honda road.

Contact 97293708 / 92433127

For rent in Darsait, new fl ats.

Contact: 99311525

Flats/villas owned by ROP pen-

sion fund available for rent in

Muscat. Contact 99349526

Apartment in Al Khuwair 33/1,

4 bedroom 550/-R.O. Contact :

99340055 / 97557555

Flats, shops and basement for rent

in Khuwair, behind RAWASCO.

Contact: 99441122 , 95893518

3000 sq mtrs Industrial landß,

in Barka Sanaiya, with electricity

400KW, shed, staff accommodation

and offi ce. Ready to start any kind

of factory. Contact 99384255.

Flat at Darsait. Contact 99326879

FOR SALE

Clinic for sale in al amerat.

Contact:93753655

Fully decorated & Equipped kitchen

cabinet and marble showroom for

sale at Mabela industrial area road

no – 10 only serious buyers can.

Contact: 99337670/97763560

Household furniture for sale.

Contact: 97094797

2,560 sq mtrs industrial land in

Wadi Kabir main road, First line on

way to Al Bustan hotel. Possible to

make petrol station or hotel. OMR

990 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360

60,000 Sq Mtrs Agriculture Land in

Misfah, can be changed to Industrial

Land. OMR 29 Per Square Meter.

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

Well furnished meat shop in

Amerat. Contact: services custom-

ers. Contact 92454250/96374850

2BHK fl at + store room in CBD,

Ruwi with Split A/c’s, secured

access, car parking. Rent 400/.

Contact 99603696

3BHK & 2BHK in Darsait.

Contact 94268564

2BHK 230/- south Hail near Cale-

donian collage. Contact: 97717962

PL 24538790

New two B/R fl at diretly from

owner in bank Dhofar bldg Bausher.

Contact: 92158031

One & two bedroom apartment

available for rent, near Grand Mall,

close to Atlas hospital next to Diwan

building. Contact: 99833747

Small old house for rent Al Ghobrah.

Contact 95112461

2 BHK commercial /

residential fl at at Honda Road.

Contact: 99342733/99795241

Room for rent in CBD (near Costa

coff ee). Contact: 96568110

Showroom available 250sqm – near

bank Sohar, CBD area ideal for phar-

macy, clinic, Travel agency, money

exchange, fast foods, departmental

store etc. Contact: Tel: 24707088

fax: 24706099 GSM: 98283633

Email: [email protected]

DAILY GUIDE

For rent if require fl ats for rent in

Wadi Kabir please send me mes-

sages through Whatsapp. Contact:

99376454

Flat for rent in Mabela 7, 2BHK

+ 3 bathroom 220/-R.O. Contact:

92712996

Double bedroom near

Lulu Wadi Kabeer. Contact:

92022816/99468133/99719471

Deluxe 1, 2 BHK fl ats in Darsait,

AL Khuwair 1deal for offi ce &

residence. Contact 99369081

/99142314

1BHK, 2BHK, 3BHK new fl at avail-

able at Mabela in front of Modern

English School Contact: 96239126

Furnished fl ats for rent in

Al Buraimi, daily, weekly, monthly.

Contact 97819981 / 93593336

DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, J U N E 2 7, 2 0 1 5 C3

AVAILABLE

FOR SALE

Party & Wedding equipment rentals.

Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting,

Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crock-

ery, 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.

www.tunesoman.com,

E-mail: [email protected]

MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SALE

Nissan Altima 2.55, 2008 Model,

Metallic Gold Colour, 60, 000 K.M,

Excellent condition, all routine main-

tenance updated & all four tyres new,

owned by diplomat & driven by own-

er. Contact 24684534/91382680

Dodge Challenger SRT Gulf spec.

Expat owned Warranty and insur-

ance by the end of 2015 Perfect

exterior and interior. All service done

at the original Dodge service Price

slightly negotiable 65750 km 2010

Automatic, price: 9500/- OMR.

Contact - 95909465

Echo 2002 for sale 300.000 km only

last price R.O 1000/-.# 95119655

For Sale Toyota Echo 2004 Model,

Registration up to Dec. 2015 Please

Contact: 99038311

Peugeot 206-2007 Model, expat

driven. Contact 99209285

Land Cruiser 2012. Contact

99336093

Expatriate driven Yaris 2008 model

100,000 kms & land rover 2005

model 93000 Kms, excellent condi-

tions. Contact : 97094797

2 Prime Movers Man 2008 with 40

ton petrol tank each working at the

moment in Al Maha. Price OMR 35

Thousand each. Contact 97000155

or 92688692

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

CHANGE OF NAMETransportation. Contact 99508282

Pick & drop any time. Contact:

98522914 / 99512270

Transportation. Contact: 98178135




Pick & Drop anytime Contact:

91653903

NRI

BUSINESS

General Investors. Contact

99674870

ACC. WANTED

LOST

Required a room or studio fl at in

Darsait / WadiKabir /Ruwi area.

Contact : 95405033

Villa for sale in Al Khoudh close to

Dan super market, 3room , 3 bath-

room , 1 hall ,1 setting room, 1 store

, kitchen & maid room with garden

plot 600sq with car parking

selling price 135.000/-.

Contact: 91010668

5 Flats of 1 bedroom for Sale in

Boushar: OMR 35 Thousand each.

Monthly income OMR 270

Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

23,886 Sq Mtrs Agriculture land

with water well in Al Salwa, Barka.

OMR 260 Thousand. Tel: 99333479

or 95215360

3 fl oor commercial building in

Muttrah behind Police. Generating

income of OMR 18 Thousand annu-

ally. Neat and well maintained. Built

on 197 sq mtrs land. 2 tailor shops

on ground fl oor and 6 fl ats. OMR

207 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or

95215360

Training center with license.

Contact: 91121277

Commercial land for sale 3000 m

in quriyat road main high way can

use as a petrol station license

available asking price 350,000

For more information please call on

99070701 with out name

Bed space available for ex-

bachelors at Al Khuwair.

Contact: 94143636

Furnished bedroom with Sep –

bathroom, sharing, and kitchen for

ex- bachelors at AL Khuwair.

Contact: 99636550

A/C attached furnished single room

with separate bathroom available

for executive bachelor near Grand

Hypermarket Ruwi.

Contact: 95149047/96567139

Fully furnished 1BHK with all house-

hold items in Darsait near Lulu on

monthly Basis. Contact : 99378397

One room for rent (A/C +bed +bath)

at Al Khuwair. Contact: 99382008

Large room Sep/ Entrance furnished

Wadi Kabir. Contact 99336206

Furnished single /sharing room for

ex bachelor at Rex Road with WIFI

available. Contact 92873832

Excellent room, with A/C kitchen

available for bachelor / family near

ONTC bus station (Ruwi).

Contact: 95885736

Furnished room with attached bath-

room in W/K. Contact: 97167857

Single furnished room.

Contact: 24833609

Furnished bath, attached sharing

accommodation available behind AL

Nahdha hospital. Contact: 99030037

Sharing for non cooking executive

bachelor in CBD area WIFI free, Ad-

vance deposit. Contact: 95094504

Excellent room, with A/C kitchen

available near ONTC bus station for

family / bachelor (Ruwi).

Contact 95569740

Single room attached toilet & bath

for Executive bachelor rent including

electricity & water. Contact: 99327158

Independent rooms in Qurum /

Al Hail. Contact 95529970

Acc. opp. OK Center for non cook-

ing bachelor. Contact 95126452

between 2 pm & 4 pm only.

Contact 95126452

Sharing fl at in Wadi Kabir.

Contact: 99335057

One room separate bathroom for

Indian Executive bachelor near

Al Khuwair R/A.

Contact: 99659513

Furnished attached bathroom at

Mumtaz area. Contact: 93103337 /

95212017

Furnished single rooms available

for Executive bachelors at Ruwi.

Contact: 98049288

Furnished room attached bath for

lady in Wadikabir (Mars Hypermar-

ket) – 95941515

We, Kerala Ramakrishna Iyer Duraisamy Sankarasubramanian (name of

father as per the passport holder of Indian passport No. F 8007576 and Neela

Sankarasubramanian (name of the mother, holder of Indian passport No. G

8659528) having permanent address in 1/184 –A, Krishna Kumar Apart-

ments, Flat F2, Vembuli Amman Koil St., Madipakkam, Chennai 600091, Ta-

mil Nadu presently residing at the following address in Muscat , P.B No. 3168,

P.C No. 112, Sultanate of Oman, hereby solemnly affi rm and declare to change

the name of our child Master Mohit Shankar (name as per present passport),

holder of Indian passport No. J 3401979 date of issue 07.12.2010 issued at

Pune. The name of our child will be henceforth known as Sai Charan (given

name) Sankarasubramanian (Sur Name) (new name for all purposes). Any

objection towards change of name of our minor child may please be commu-

nicated to Embassy of India, Muscat, Diplomatic Quarters, Al Khuwair, PB No.

1727, PC 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman.

Guramma Obulam has lost Indian

Passport No. K 4776925. Finder

please handover to ROP

Pick & Drop any time. # 97014786

Pick & drop with car & driver

available any time. Contact:

9615828/ 96502406/92218001

DAILY GUIDEC4 S AT U R D AY, J U N E 2 7, 2 0 1 5

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT

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CATERING

BEAUTICION

DOMESTIC HELPER

HOSPITALITY

ADMIN

ENGINEER

EDUCATION

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Cook required for an Omani family

having experience in preparing

all kinds of Omani & Arabic food.

Minimum 5 years experience. Send

CV to [email protected] or fax to

24706990, Tel. 24786072

Housemaid wanted for an Indian

family in Al Hail. Must be able to

cook and take care of baby. Full-time

position. 96532872

Small Omani family wanted

educated female House maid visa is

available. Contact - 98500222

Keralite family in MBD area (near

pizza hut) want a Keralite housemaid

on fulltime basis. Contact 94736916.

Urgently needed full time, live-in house maid for cooking Indian non-

veg. food. Visa will be given. Maids

with release will be preferred.

Contact 99349924.

Required looking for full time Housemaid for Omani family at

Mabela, visa available. # 92454170

SECRETARIAL & OFFICE

Required Offi ce Assistant

160+25+Acc, Contact 99454425

ACCOUNTANT

MISCELLANEOUS

Indian Female: B.Com & MBA-HR.

looking for full or part time job im-

mediately. Prior recruitment experi-

ence in Muscat and India.98460262.

System administrator with 3 years

experience hold a degree, MCITP,

CCNA , CCTV biometric , seeking job

in a company.

Contact: 99630084/98129845

Indian male 2+yrs oman exp in HR.

joing immediatly. release available.

Contact :93671437

MBA (international business) from

London, 4 years of UK experience in

operations with D/L, looking for suit-

able position. Contact 91710075

Male admin/ HR offi ce 6 years exp

with NOC. Contact: 93275467

Buyer / Purchases / Administration

/ Stores with 7+ years local experi-

ence seeking suitable placement.

NOC available. Contact – 94045405

Indian Male 27Yrs, Having 6+ yrs

(3 India + 3 Oman) experience in

HR/ Admin looking for suitable posi-

tion Contact 91507099.

Indian Female 25 MBA in HR look-

ing for a suitable opening in Admin/

Hr. Contact 97013375

Teachers required: Teachers for KG,

Grade I to IV class in English, Maths,

Science, Computer & Art. Qualifi ca-

tion: Degree in relevant subjects & B

Ed; IELTS or TOFEL plus two years

experience preferred. Please apply

to: [email protected]

Required professional Teachers

for teaching Science, Mathematics,

Accountancy, Business Studies &

English IELTS/ TOFEL in schools &

Universities. Contact 99674870

Male 24, B.Com /PGD having 2

years experience in accounts and

inventory fi eld looking for suitable

job on visit visa. Contact: 94129550

Accounts part time, up to fi naliza-

tion of monthly accounts. Handled

by a CA. contact 96293120

Accountant 8 yrs experience looking

part time job. Contact 99867456

Looking for accounting and Admin-

istration job have two and half years

experience in United Arab Emirates

in a trading company and I have

bachelor degree in Administration

nationality Indian. Contact: 93016252

Indian male, well experienced in

accounts and Admin looking for a

suitable vacancy Noc available.

Contact: 98717938

Senior accountant Indian male

35 years, MBA (fi nance) 8 years

experience in a multinational FMCG

company with valid Oman D/L NOC

available can join immediately,

looking for suitable position fi nance.

Contact: 95645945

Young, energetic 24, ACCA fi nalist,

Advanced diploma in Accounting and

business, seeking suitable placement

in accounts, fi nance or audit.

Contact: 92430152


13 years exp (7.5 years gulf exp)

B.Com Graduate, looking for Account-

ant job, GSM No:-92957064 with NOC.

Indian male, 30 years, CMA (Inter),

M.com.4 out of 7 years experience in

Oman in Auditing/Accounts/Finance.

Having NOC and valid Oman D/L.

Contact: 96746420


Sudanese female MBA experience 5

years in Banking sectors, 1 years exp.

as Accountant in Oman seeking for a

suitable job. Contact : 92962621


Indian male, with B.Com 1 year expe-

rience in Accounts or Sales, on visit

visa, Cont... 98295101

Senior Document Controller MCA

Indian male 9+ year’s total experience

5+ years experience in Gulf in oil &

gas sector and construction fi eld on

visit visa in Oman. Contact: 95388197


Indian male, B.Com, well experienced

in Accounts & Admin, knowledge

of Tally ERP 9 experience in Oman

with valid Oman driving license. NOC

available, looking for suitable job in

Oman, join immediately.

Contact 94245039

Sudanese Accountant seeking job

in Nizwa state experience 10 years 3

years in Saudi Arabia, 7 yrs in Sudan.

Contact : 97796394 / 94003247

Accounts & fi nance Indian male

B.com M.B.A (F) Tally ERP9, 35 years,

8 years experience 1.5 years Oman

family visa N.O.C available.

Contact: 93257426


Accounts part time works up to

fi nalization on monthly basis. Profi t

& loss A/C and fi nancial statements,

MS Reports Etc. Contact: 96247295

Indian male, 32 years, M. Com.

7 out of 9 years experience in Oman

in Accounts/fi nance. Having NOC and

valid Oman D/L. Contact 98277143,


Chinese/ Arab/ continental cook & helper wanted. Contact 95529970

Requires experience Cook for an Om-

ani family 1Nos. Contact: 99228046


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

Family in Muscat seeking to hire an experienced butler. Hotel experi-

ence is preferred. Candidate must

hold a valid driver’s license.

Please send CV’s on

[email protected]

Reputed Construction Company required Accountant experience in

Construction Company with

accountancy degree. Email:

[email protected]

Required Accountant with 3 yrs. exp.

in construction company.

Email : [email protected]

Urgently required Junior Accountant. Please send CV: [email protected]

MEDICAL

SKILLED

Specialist physiotherapy is

required from the Philippines prefer-

ably has a license to practice.

Contact :91257624


Required Gynecology, General Phy-sician, Dentist, Staff Nurses, Lab technicians, Pharmacists,X Ray technicians. Contact : 95133572 / 96064925


Urgently required G.P doctor with or

without MOH license for one month

from 01/07/2015.

Contact 93824902

Required Heavy Duty Truck Driver holding Omani driving license w/

5 years experience please

contact 92001111

Indian driver required for light ve-

hicle with construction experience.

Contact: 92888337

DRIVER

Required Sales man - 1 Person

Qualifi cation. Gulf Experienced

- Minimum 5 Years with Oman

Driving Licence Language - English

Education:- Any Degree Further

Contact :Mr. Abdul Hameed Na-

shabat - Mobile No: 97414307 and

-92807399 [email protected]

Required Salesman, Tailor andBarber. Contact: 96964767

Looking for Outdoor Salesman for

heavy equipment spare parts.

Contact - 93292015,


Wanted Sales man with Oman driv-

ing license in advertising company

visa ready. Contact: 96440587 /

94055643

Urgently required Sales and Market-ing Executive for Graphic designing

company. Contact: 96727631

mail: [email protected]

Urgently required a silk Screen printer with good knowledge and

release letter or NOC. Contact:

93280288 or send CV to

[email protected]

Chef for Yacht. International cuisine.

Minimum 15 years chef experience.

[email protected]

Urgent requirement Civil Engineers Nos for Supervi-sion 8 yrs experience. Contact:

99244481/24551029 Email:

[email protected]

Leading Construction Company requires Project Engineer, Degree

holder with minimum 5 to 6 years

experience in building construction

line. (NOC require) Send your CV to –

[email protected]

Required Site Supervisor with 5

yrs. exp. in construction company,

electronic technician with 3 yrs

experience in gate motors systems.

Email : [email protected]

Leading Construction company requires HSE Offi cer with minimum

4 to 5 years experience in building

construction line. Send your CV :

[email protected]

(NOC require).

Construction Company in Oman

urgently requires following candi-

dates: BE Civil Engineer, minimum

3-5 years gulf experience & Civil site foreman, minimum 5 years gulf

experience, diploma not required.


Construction Company in Oman

urgently requires the following:

B.Sc Civil Engineer, minimum 3-5 yrs Gulf experience.

Civil Site Foreman, minimum 5 yrs

experience with operating knowl-

edge of Tally. Please Email CV ;

[email protected]

ADMIN

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

SITUATION WANTEDSIT. WANTED

SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

Tanzanian male, 25 yrs Accountant

successful experience in Tanzania

looking for suitable placement in any

fi eld. Contact : 96710154

Tunisian lady has Professorship in

social and economical sciences and

accounting, diploma in Experimen-

tal Sciences degree in English for

media. Contact 95391050,

[email protected]

Required Large format printer operator – for HP. Graphic Designer. Send CV to [email protected]

DESIGNER

Vacancy for Omani PRO Email:

[email protected] Mob 94192526

Urgently Required: Administra-tion with an experience minimum

in 3 years in building construc-

tion, required immediately join

and MUST have NOC. Apply, fax

00968–24605955, emails

[email protected],

[email protected].

Urgently Required: Administra-tion with an experience minimum

in 3 years in building construc-

tion, required immediately join

and MUST have NOC.Apply, fax

00968–24605955,

emails [email protected],

[email protected].

Vacancy for Omani PRO for Customs duties in Sohar. Email:

[email protected],

Mob: 97990844

Indian male Diploma, civil engineer

4.3 year experience at building

construction and consulting com-

pany with Oman driving licence

and N.O.C available seeking suitable

placement contact 95989500 email

[email protected]

MBA Indian male looking for suita-

ble position having 2 years working

experience as an accountant now in

Oman a visiting visa.

Contact 99424803

Indian male 22 yrs B. Com Graduate

1 year exp in Accounts, currently on

visit visa. Looking for suitable job.

Contact 94341848 /

Email – [email protected]

MBA Graduate with 6 yrs exp in

fi nance/accounts/ auditing. Special-

ized in accounts payable dept, Ora-

cle app user, profi cient in Sap (fi co)

end user & tally 9.0. lean &six sigma

certifi ed trainer on visit visa.

Contact – 91967213 / 99064780

Finance Manager, CPA, with more

than 15 yrs. of experience in GCC.

Fully knowledgeable in Finance,

General & Management Accounting

. NOC available. Contact 96209331

ACCA affi liate , BSc Honors in ap-

plied Accountancy advance diploma

in Accounting and Business, CAT

Affi liate 1 year hand on working ex-

perience of Oman, with Oman driving

license looking for a suitable place-

ment in Audit fi rm. Having NOC can

join immediately. Contact : 98989970

Motivated and energetic male 25

having 4 years of experience in

fi nance with Master’s degree in Eco-

nomics and CAT Certifi ed seeking

opportunity in Accounts/fi nance/

audit in a reputable organization.

Cell no: 00968-94626209 E-Mail:

[email protected]

Indian male with total 5 year experi-

ence (2 years experience in Account-

ant cum sales co ordinator in a FMCG

Company in Oman) in accounts fi eld

and NOC available. Looking for suit-

able job Contact 92130188

Indian Accountant: Male, M com,

7 Yrs experience in Accounts up to

fi nalization, having knowledge

of ERP, Tally, seeks suitable plac-

ment.Contact 93950138 Email:

[email protected]

MANAGER

Urgently required for a fi rst grade construction company Graduate Civil Engineer (5 years experienced)

shuttering carpenter mason (Block,

Plaster, Tile Fixing) Civil Foreman

building work. Contact: 24700373/

99427674 Fax: 24701368


Marketing Executive for printing

press. Contact 93201718 Email:

[email protected]

A leading trading company is look-

ing for Sales Executives & outdoor sales coordinators with driving

license & release /NOC. Email CV:

[email protected] or

fax: 24701683

Urgently required outdoor Sales Ex-ecutive for furnishing company with

valid Oman D/L and minimum 3 years

experience. Contact 93231403 /

[email protected]

Required male or female candidate with 5 years experience in renting

of properties. Interested candidates

may please mail to

[email protected]

Minimum 2 years of experience

with valid gulf light driving license

interested candidates please

Contact: 99222086 /98585851

Need crane operator having two

years experience & need salesman

for mobile shop having two years

experience. Contact: 92891888

Marketing Executive for digi-

tal printing company. Contact:

94356769 / 96936564

Required sales man for spare parts

shop preferably with driving license.

Contact : 96378289

Required Beautician for Beauty

Saloon at Ghubra. Clearance / visa

available. Contact no. 95924910

Well established company in

selling chocolate, Arabian sweets

and fresh fl owers, opening ITS fi rst

branch in Muscat seeking:

1- sweets and chocolates Sales man 2- fl ower arranger (Asian/ Filipino Nationality)

Contact: 94490011


JCB operator -2 JCB operator with

GCC valid license expect Saudi Ara-

bia & Egypt, min.3 yrs exp. Required

& L/D driver-1 min, 5 yrs exp with

valid GCC driving license & site

Engineer civil -1 diploma with

5 to 8 years experience & foreman

civil-1- 5 years experience of

multistory building.

Contact: Fax: 24501448

Email: [email protected] or

[email protected]

A company from UAE require 2 merchandisers in retail food

supply, store keeper with English

and invoicing experience. Email:

[email protected]

Urgently required: (1) female dermatologist with minimum 3 years

experience (2) female Omani recep-tion coordinator for a medical center

in Qurum. Contact: 96062933

MISCELLANEOUS

Urgently Required: Male – handles overall store operations of the Su-

permarket, Prior Experience a MUST,

knowledgeable in MSOffi ce. Send CV

to [email protected] or

fax to 244-92718.

Mason, C.C.T.V, Technician, Electrician cum Plumber.Contact - 99383044

Indian male, B.Com, 1 year Exp in

Accounts/ Sales, on Visit Visa,..

Contact – 98295101

Senior Accountant 13 years experi-

ence FMCG & retail Noc available.

Contact: 93473942

Sudanese male (B.Sc Computer

science) (diploma computer en-

gineering) 6 yrs. experience DBA

Oracle pl-sql, MS sql-server ,ms

visual studio vba, network. Contact

:91415886

Indian male with 8 yrs experience

in FMCG in Oman as Sales Supervi-

sor looking for suitable placement.

NOC available. Gsm: 96495206

Indian Male, Graduate, 11 years

Sales experience in Lighting /

Industrial products, ready to join

immediately. GSM: 9710 5356


SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

DESIGNER

AUTO CAD/DRAUGHTS-

MISCELLANEOUS

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

Quantity Surveyor with 5 Years ex-

perience (one year in Oman) looking

for job. Contact 91090036

Mechanical Engineer, Indian, 24

years with Piping Engineering,

Autocad, Ansys NX- Cad, pro-e,

Catia & PDMS now on visiting visa

seek suitable placement. Contact:

99168054 / 96684345

Email: : [email protected]

BE ,Electrical Engineer with 5 Years

Gulf Experience in Underground

cable & Overhead line in HT and LT,

Distribution Substation, MEP. Oman

D/L available. NOC available.

Contact: 95054644,

00918807888109,

[email protected]

Diploma in Electrical Engineer exp

5 years any type of industrial main-

tenance and installation, building

wiring system. Contact: 94544663

Email: motiurrahaman1989@gmail.

com

B.Tech mechanical Engineer, Indian

1 years experience HVAC (MEP)

available in Muscat on visit visa

seeking suitable job.

Contact 93670280


Indian male , diploma in electrical

Engineering with 10 years of suc-

cessful experience , presently avail-

able on visit visa seeking suitable

positions in projects and mainte-

nance electrical fi elds.

Contact: 91270686

Email: ajithgopa@rediff mail.com

Iraqi male B.ch civil Engineering, 17

yrs experience in Oman experience

in project management with valid

Oman D/L NOC available and can

join immediately looking suitable

position in Muscat area.

Contact: 93809093


Controls & automation Engineer with 7 years experience in ( RO BOT

/PLC/CNC programming , LV panel

building , Installation & commission-

ing service & support of machines)

mostly overseas experience for com-

plete execution of Machine projects

in China, USA, Thailand ETC. Contact

: +97430847848,


Indian male Mechanical Techni-cian with 22 year experience (6.5

year in Oman)-as mill Wright fi tter &

maintenance fabrication work seeks

suitable placement NOC available.

Contact: 95922696

Chemical Engineer with 04 years

experience in petrochemical refi nery

sector seeking for & suitable position

in petrochemical oil & gas, refi nery

EPC Companies.

Contact : 00968-91748400

A male Civil Engineer is avail-

able holding 10 years experience

2.5years in Oman in Building pro-

jects, quantity canton, project bill-

ing, extension of time, variation and

in execution of project interested

person can. Contact: 968 91320917

Indian male Electrical Engineer

seeking for a job good core technical

knowledge as well as fl uent commu-

nication skill. Contact: 95980857

Electrical Engineer Indian male

having valid driving license and NOC,

BE 1 yrs experience sealing suitable

placement. Contact: 96347995


Indian seeking oilfi eld HSE fi re &

safety rigs studied 10SH risk assess-

ment fi re safety on visit.

Contact: 98723292

Civil Engineer, Female, 3 years ex-

perience on visit visa seeking suit-

able openings. Contact: 99195433

Indian male 24 yrs B. Tech (Mech.

Eng) on visit 1 yr experience in

production fi eld looking for suitable

placement. Contact: 98925685

BSc Civil Engineer, 6 months

working experience in UAE as a Site

Engineer currently in Oman on visit

visa and looking for a job.

Contact : 98157833


MEDICAL

Indian female Dentist MOH Oman

passed seeking a suitable placement

in capital region. Contact– 91377681

[email protected]

Indian male Nurse, 31 years

Oman prometric passed 6 yrs ICU

experience. Contact : 94195150 /

92758895

Lab Technician, Civil (8yrs Gulf ex-

perience) looking for a suitable job

(NOC available) Contact-93344378

Indian female looking for suitable

position 2nd rank in MSC microbiol-

ogy, fresher now on visiting visa.

Contact : 91633089


Omani Mechanical Engineer, has

3 years experience ,has HSE, H2S,

Riggers/Banks men Permit, Drawing

/ cad, SCBA, Safety Leadership and

Initial Fire Response Courses. good

with computer and English language

looking for suitable job.

Contact 99224319-98454500

Indian male 22 Mechanical Diploma

holder Engg with HVAC certifi ed,

having 1 year exp. seeking suitable

position. Currently available on visit

visa. Contact - 92835952

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

IT

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Indian male, B.E ( computer science

engineer), MBA (fi nance), OCA certi-

fi ed, having 5 years of experience in

oracle Dba/ oracle apps Dba, seeks

a suitable position in the fi eld of IT.

Contact: 96212062

email: [email protected]

Well experienced MOH Licensed

Indian GP Doctor looking for locum /

permanent position in the

Capital area. Contact 98140024

email:[email protected]

Warehouse in charge with 14 years

gulf experience 1.5 years in Oman

NOC available looking for suitable

placement contact 97440902

MCA Indian male 6 month experi-

ence India seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact 00918547068891


Filipino Male looking for a job &

have experience in sales, waiter,

barista, technical support / customer

service with good communication

skills. # 91789465

Indian material controller/ store

keeper seeking job in Oman NOC /

Release available. Contact: 91946174

Indian Female with over 9 yrs ex-

perience with good communication

skills seeks jobs in customer service

or sales fi eld. Contact : 96108289,

[email protected]

MCA, BCA with 2 yrs relevant expe-

rience seeking suitable opportunity.

Contact: 96377039

Part- Time Accountant, well experi-

ence senior accountant ,doing all type

of accounting works, Finalization,

Budgeting available.

Contact :98803439

13 Years UAE experienced in MNC &

reputed fi rms logistics distribution

looking for a suitable placement, on

visit visa contact 99838743,

[email protected]

Interior Designer: Indian male 31,

8 years exp. in GCC, NOC available.

95217586

Architect designer experience in

Architecture design in 2D, 3D visit-

ing to site : 2 years experience (in

Oman), fl uent Hindi & English. Email:

[email protected]

Contact: 94253074

20 Years exp Auto Cad 3DS Max

available for teaching part time.

Contact - 94412557

Electrical draftsman AutoCAD

switch gear & MEP control panel

7 years experience Qatar. Contact:

92546203/96228100

TOURS & TRAVELS

B.com, diploma in material manage-

ment having 12 years experience in

overseas / local puritans, logistics

ware house seeks suitable place-

ment NOC available.

Contact: 96477638

Indian male, with 8 yrs exp. in

Oman (BA- Graduate) working as

a project Sales Coordinator, with

Oman D/L, looking for suitable job,

ready to join immediately with NOC.

Contact 95245057

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Indian female (MTECH) having Gulf

experience in family visa seeking

suitable placement in Oman.

Contact : 94306164 / 91001194

Indian male MBA 7 years experience

in Hospitality industry, operation,

sales & marketing looking for suitable

vacancy. Contact 92115860

Email [email protected]

Indian male Science Graduate 11 yrs

of sales exp in India & Oman, having

valid D/L seeking job in sales with

family benefi ts. Contact – 94255249

A Graduate degree holder 4 years

experience in Marketing (mobiles)

in Oman & U.A.E and as well has

driving license with car. Interested

person can. Contact: +968 94164657

MBA graduate having 6 years exp

in sales & marketing, presently

working in PepsiCo India seeks suit-

able placement in Oman.

Contact: + 91 9895388937


Indian female B.com Graduate hav-

ing 8 years experience in Indian & 2

years experience in Oman as sales

coordinator, secretary, customer

service seeks suitable placement.

Contact: 95433987

Indian male with 5 years experi-

ence in building material sales and

marketing education qualifi cation

BA electronics. Contact: 92228538

Indian male. 27, Post Graduate, 5+

yrs exp in Oman in Sales & Credit

Control, with valid Oman driving

License, NOC available, looking for

suitable placements. Ph: 9199 3376

Indian Female having more than 8

years of experience in oil and gas

industry in sales and marketing & as

commercial manager, now in family

visa looking for a suitable placement

No. 94187012,

Email [email protected]

Indian Lady 24 yrs with fi ve years

experience as cabin crew in National

& International airlines seeking suit-

able job vacancy in good position.

Contact: 97623267

Procurement Manager with 17

years experience looking suitable

position. (Electrical Diploma Holder

with Oman D/L) Contact: 95979029.

[email protected]

Indian worked MNC 15 years Oman

experience as Marketing FMCG /

TRAD Purchasing with visa license.

Contact: 98796982

MBA Graduate with D/L looking for

sales or marketing jobs.

Contact 94143154


Male BA with D/L having 6 years

exp Oman wanted suitable job in

sales, inventory, procure.

Contact : 92191026

Indian female MSc, MPHIL (Chem-

istry) 3 years Teaching experience

currently on visit visa seeking suit-

able position. Contact : 96916534 /

91969756

SKILLED/UNSKILLED

Experience skilled candidate with driver license seeks position in

sales in Salalah. Contact: 98579382

25 Indian female B.S.C. Fashion

Technology. 5 years experience in

textile industry as a merchandiser

and good in fashion marketing. Cur-

rently available on visit visa, seeking

for a suitable job. Contact 96990368.


B.E IT Eng, 6 yrs exp TCS with oil &

Gas Industry (Java /Oracle).

Contact : 97835922

Omani Citizen searching a job in

the fi eld of computer especially in

data base professional in operating

Oracle SQL, PL/ SQL, form6i, Report

6i. Contact 96977368


Business development manager IT

& Non – IT, 7 years experience Oman

driving license seeks position good

prospects. Contact: 99329216

Indian male 25 yrs exp in Admin-

istration, Telecom, Ofc, Networking,

MS Offi ce. Seeks any job. On visit

visa. Contact – 91385373 /

[email protected]

CERTIFIED (CCNA) NETWORK AD-

MINISTRATOR 4 years experienced

looking for Suitable placement.

Contact: 99002390

Indian male 26 years B.Tech (IT)

M.Tech CCNA certifi ed MCSE certi-

fi ed 3 yrs experience currently a

visit visa looking for suitable job.

Contact: 91006851

B.E Computer Science, Indian lady,

with 2 years experience in Oman

looking for suitable job in Muscat

having valid GCC driving license.

Contact: 97738624

Computer Networking/Facility

Mgmt 5 Yrs of Exp Holds B.E(ECE),

CCNA Looking for Good Opportunity,

Indian - Visit Visa. Contact 91911792/

[email protected]

IT Desktop Support Engineer 2 years Oman 3 years in Indian Exp.

Contact 91937060

Network system Engineer B.E / ECE

+ CCNA & Ms certifi ed with 4+ yrs exp

looking for a job. Currently in Oman

on visit visa. Contact: 92589502


Sales /marketing experience 24

years old Indian male having valid

Omani license seeking suitable

position in FMCG company, pres-

ently working as a Supervisor of

the leading hypermarket in Oman.

NOC available. Contact: 91993785 /

93089757

Looking for good job 2 years

experience Oman sales marketing

valid driving license Indian Kerala.

Contact : 98626682

Pakistani male 34 yrs Intermedi-

ate 2 yrs exp in sales & marketing

in Oman. Looking for suitable job.

Contact - 92146864

Omani female exp in PRO with Oman

D/L. Contact: 91161736

Outdoor salesman with car looking

for job. Contact 91615715

Indian male, 39 yrs having 15 yrs

Gulf experience (UAE, Qatar, Oman)

in sales & marketing looking for a

suitable position with NOC.

Contact 94054730

8 years store experience Indian

male looking for placement. N.O.C

available. Contact: 98456535

8 years purchase experienced

Indian male looking for job. N.O.C.

available. Contact: 98161323

Indian male, B.Sc (Mathematics)

PGDBM (Marketing). 9 yrs of Oman

experience in sales in midlevel

management, NOC available.

Valid Oman D/L. Contact: 95278838


Indian Male, B.Com Graduate,

23, with experience in Sales looking

for suitable placements. .

Contact 98371144

Pakistani Female Bachelor of

Information Technology with 8

years’ experience in Banking, Sales,

business development, retail & cus-

tomer service seeking for a suitable

placement. Having valid D/L& NOC

available. Contact 94699970

[email protected]

Indian male 45+ yrs , 20 yrs exp as

sales supervisor in India looking for

indoor sales /stores /cashier or any

suitable placement can speak Hindi

, English, Malayalam, Tamil, kannada

can join immediately on visit visa.

Contact 93086105/33016546

MISCELLANEOUS

Content Executive, freshers with

good communication skills and will-

ingness to learn may apply on

[email protected]

Business development Manager/Executive. Preferably minimum of

2 years experience. Valid driving

licence can apply on

[email protected]

MBA, B.Com Indian female having

two yrs exp as lecturer seeks place-

ment in teaching fi led. Presently on

family visit visa. Contact – 96259171/


Indian female MCA, Three years

experience in teaching fi eld, seeks

placement currently on visit visa.

Contact: 93431567

Email: fi [email protected]

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

Driver with15 years experience in

Oman; speak Arabic & English &

Hindi, visa available.

Contact: 99191270

Looking for driving job. Contact: 98219182

Male driver is available 7 years in

Oman 3 years experience as a driver

7 month is Muscat driving license

holder. Contact: 92046159

Pakistani male light vehicle driver,

looking for job. Contact - 94435912

Light driver looking for job.

Contact: 99704122/ 97762303


Contact: 96435795

Pakistani light duty driver

2 yrs experience seeks placement.

Contact: 96342684


Contact: 98219599

Light driver. Contact: 99035942

Light driver looking for job, 4 yrs

exp in Oman. Contact: 94241385

Driver looking for job. Contact

94195818

Driver looking for job. Contact:

99507039

Paksitani Driver with 6 yrs experi-

ence looking for job. # 93985087

Driver with car 3 years experience

looking for job. Contact: 92041902

Light driver. Contact: 96313100

Driver available with car and with-

out car. Contact 96771598

Pakistani male light vehicle driver

with 2 yrs exp looking for job.

Contact : 96342684

Pakistani, male light vehicle driver

looking for job. Contact 97943750

Driver with car. Contact:

97705694/98988208

Looking for job driving Bangla-

deshi. Contact: 97418036

Light driver for job. Contact 95779594

Pakistani driving available.

Contact : 96913836

DRIVER

Egyptian Civil Engineer, to-

tal experience 7 years - 2 years

experience in Oman. I am looking

for Project Engineer, I have good

experience in site & offi ce works.

Contact :91148708

Mech Eng 10 yrs Oman exp P&M /

logistics in oil & gas industry.

Contact : 95774585

Project Coordinator (B.E Civil)

6.5 yrs in Oman having 9+ years

relevant experience working in

MOD & ROP project need suitable

placement. Contact : +986 91129192


Indian male B.Tech (ECE), MBA (HR)

2 years of experience in CCNA, CCNP

and hands on practice in Linux and

MCSE, looking for suitable job.

Contact: 93487225

Quantity Surveyor or Site Engineer

in civil, 5 years experience in Oman

have valid Oman driving license

looking for suitable posts, NOC avail-

able. Contact: 96394948/ 98294919.


Electrical Eng. Degree (MEP) need

suitable job of construction 12 yrs exp.


Civil Engineer, Expatriate Female, 3

yrs experience, on visit visa seeking

suitable placement.

Contact: 99195433

Iraqi Engineer specialized in

telecommunication net working &

PC experience in nuking network

and security systems. Contact:

92898329 / 99249124

Electronics & communications

Indian male, 2 years experience

seeking suitable placement.

Contact: 99456725 / 94678625

Indian male, 28 yrs, Electronics &

Instrumentation Engineer with 4 yrs

experience in Industrial Automa-

tion (SCADA) seeking suitable job.

Contact 93154156 / 98416190

Electrical Engineer Pakistani male

4 years B. Tech & 3 years’ diploma

seeking a suitable placement.

Contact: 96752080


Indian Male, IT Support Engineer,

2 yrs in Oman & 5 yrs Indian experi-

ence. Contact 97311847

Indian male, B.Tech Mechanical

having 4 years experience with QA/

QC / CSWIP looking for a suitable

position. Contact: 99447106


Btech computer science graduate

2015 passout.. Android application

marketing.. Having good communi-

cation skills and mindset to work in

a team. Contact 91024385

D.A.E Civil 4 years exp in land sur-

veyor and building work worked on

AutoCAD, T.S and G.P.S 1 year exp in

Oman looking for placement.

Contact: 92140890 / 98780156

Email: engrsafi [email protected]

Engineer with 3 yrs experience in

Indian in MEP, HVAC& mechanical

maintained fi eld on visit visa looking

for suitable job.

Contact 99191535


Indian female, B.Tech biotechnology with strong computer

skills and 2 years experience as

associate research analyst (Media

Monitoring) in Nasdaq Oman seek-

ing growth oriented jobs. Contact

92044603 /918056169148 or

[email protected].

Over 14 years of gulf experience

in Admin /HR /Logistics, fl uent in

Arabic & English with D/L looking

for suitable position.

Contact 95824598

Indian female with 10 yrs of experi-

ence in HR/Banking/Operations

seeks a suitable placement.

Can be contacted on 98919015 or

[email protected]

Indian female 29 MBA (HR) BSc,

4 yrs exp in HR& Admin looking

suitable placement.

Contact : 95619537

Innovative Indian Male 29, B.E &

M.Tech Web designer / developer

with over 5.5 years of work experi-

ence in HTML 5, CSS 3, SEO, Digital

marketing (DFP & DCM), Magento,

CMS, Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

Can join ASAP.

Mobile: 00968 9630 3055 / email:

[email protected]

10 YEAR Experienced PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER.

Currently working at Kerala, India.

Seeks placement.

Contact: - +968 95872030 ,

email: - [email protected]

Indian male 48yrs with driving

license looking for a job to work as

driver / salesman. Residing at Al

Khoudh. Contact: 99551310

Tunisian women looking for a job,

khnows english,frensh, italian and

arabic. Contact: 91171838

Young Indian Chartered Accountant,

female, Having 6 years experience

in Oman and India. Accounts and

Finance Manager, Auditor. Urgently

seeking suitable positions.

Contact-92530131,

[email protected]

ADMIN

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

English Teacher female (M. A. B.

Ed) Having 14 years experience with

11 years experience in Oman with

reputed institute and school.

Contact: 92289080 / 99318276


Indian male present in Oman can

join immediately. Diploma civil with

CAD & 3d.

Contact: 92875345 /92887561


DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624


C6 S AT U R D AY, J U N E 2 7, 2 0 1 5

SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

SITUATION WANT-

EDSIT. WANTED

Filipino Male looking for a job &

have experience in sales, waiter,

barista, technical support / customer

service with good communication

skills. # 91789465

PART TIME ACCOUNTANT, Indian

male, M. Com, 35 years, 12 Years exp.

in Accounts, 8 years in Oman. Knowl-

edge upto fi nalization. Having valid

D/L, seeks suitable Placement.GSM:

96249124

Egyptian Civil Engineer, total expe-

rience 7 years - 2 years experience

in Oman. I am looking for Project

Engineer, I have good experience in

site & offi ce works.

Contact number:91148708

Indian Male 24 years, Looking for a

Suitable Job in Telecom / Network-

ing. 1 year sales experience. MSc.

Communications Engineering &

Valid Driving license.

Ph: 91280121.

Email: [email protected].

ACCOUNTING – Indian male seeking

accounting job with 2 years

experience in accounting.

Contact: 94263445, E mail –

contactantonyxavieranand@gmail.

com

Sudanese male: 27 yrs, 2 years ex-

perience in accounting, other experi-

ence (purchasing – HR - Coordinat-

ing and Offi ce Management), looking

for a job Omani Driving License,

NOC. Contact: 94174403

24 year Indian Chartered Account-

ant male with 3yrs of experience is

seeking suitable placement in Mus-

cat, currently on visit visa & ready

to join immediately. Contact him on

98201476 or email at

[email protected]

Sudanese male (B.Sc, computer sci-

ence) (diploma computer engineer-

ing), 6 yrs. experience DBA oracle

PL-SQL, MS SQL - Server, MS visual

studio vba, network.

Contact 91415886

Syrian male 3yrs. exp in IT support,

Networking, Security systems, Serv-

er support, IT sales and marketing.

Valid Omani D/L seeking suitable

placement. Contact 91055584

PRODUCTION OPERATOR – Indian

male seeking production operator or

related jobs with 4 years of experi-

ence in oil & gas fi eld. #94263445.


SITUATION WANTEDSERVICES

House shifting & transporting.

Contact 92490422

Carpet, curtain, sofa, fl oor,

cleaning, shampooing, marble &

mosaic tiles grinding, polishing

and painting. Contact : 93630133 /

95821193

House shifting packing.

99657644 / 98518013

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-ter-

mite treatment, general cleaning

painting, Plumbing, Electrical,

shifting. Contact Mundhir

Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C.

# 24810137, 99450130

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance.Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

WEBSITE

WEB, ERP and Business Intelli-

gence (BI) creation and man-

agement at rock bottom price.

Contact: http//webviewoman

CLASSES

COMPUTER

ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS

WE ARE PROVIDINGACCOUNTING/ AUDITING

TAX/ CONSULTINGCONTACT: 24 567 251 / 95 498 033

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet

& sofa shampooing, Contact

99314807/24792998

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of your

marble. # 24793614/ 99314807

House shifting. Contact 99708138

Admission Open: CAMBRIDGE /

BILINGUAL CURRICULUM

admission started in Al Burj Private

School, Azaiba for KG and Grade I to

IV. Please register soonest.

Contact: 93211417 / 92887809.

Learn Cup cakes, exotic cakes, Icing

decorations, handicrafts.

Contact 95941515

SITUATION WANT-MANPOWER

Split & window A.C servic-

ing & maintenance. Contact

93769089/95323517

Air condition maintenance split

and window services AC specialist

ducted and package type unites.

Contact: 98667326

Pest control Treatments, termites,

cockroaches, bedbugs Ocean Center

LLC. Contact: 99344723

Carpet, Sofa Shampooing. Ocean

Center LLC. Contact: 99884591

AC servicing maintenance fi xing.

Contact: 99540621

MATRIMONIAL

MATRIMONIAL

Hindu Ezhava family, settled in

Muscat looking for suitable groom

working within Oman for their

daughter 25 yrs (MBA) working

with a reputed company in

Muscat. Contact 98689663

Alliance invited for a Nair girl 24 yrs, 5ft, 1”, fair, slim, B.Tech gradu-

ate reputed family of Ernakulam

dist. (Star Thiruvonam Sudha-

jathakam) fi nancially sound, from

parents of B.Tech nair boys from

Trissur, Palakkad and

Eranakulam dist. . Contact

00919495924302


Kerala Nair girl, B.Com, 22 yrs, 5.2”

very fair, slim, (Star Uthrattathi)

Presently working in infosis, Chen-

nai. Financially sound, from parents

of nair boys from Trissur,

Palakkad and Eranakulam &

Calicut dist. . Contact :

0091 8301865688


Indian female Nurse with 5 yrs

of experience, presently work-

ing in Oman, seeking for suitable

placement. NOC available can join

immediately. Contact: 98329941


Looking for part time jobs in Mus-

cat, Auto cad Draughtsman (Civil).

contact:-+968-99070584


Indian female MA. B.Ed. with one

year three months teaching experi-

ence. Subject: English Seeking for

a Better placement. Now working

in Oman # 93961142, 92184408

Email:[email protected]

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer Suda-

nese 3 yrs of exp. In industrial fi eld

available in Muscat on visit visa

seeking suitable job .

Contact: 95868922, Email:

[email protected]

Indian Male MBA with two year

experience in H.R as a H.R As-

sistant, Now in India, Seeking

for an urgent suitable position.

Contact:-98620260 / 93895992 ,

Email:[email protected]

Indian male auto cad draughts-

man (civil) 8 years experience,

seeking for part time job mobile no:

0096899070584


8 years successful experience.

Senior Accountant, Indian male,

29 years, presently working in

oman as a senior accountant with

oman driving license. NOC avail-

able. seek suitable opportunity.

gsm: 97705854

Indian Keralite Male 35 looking for

Scaff olding supervisor post hav-

ing 5 years of Supervisor and HSE

experience in GCC Qatar and Saudi

Arabia. Fluent in English Arabic and

Hindi . Contact 96155921, or mail

[email protected]

Indian Male 28 yrs, having 7 years

Gulf + Indian experience in

HR and Admin fi eld, looking for

suitable placement.

Contact: 97914340,


Indian Male 28 years MSM, B. Com

having 6years experience in Gulf

and India as a HR and Admin looking

for suitable placement.# :97914340.


B.Sc. Mechanical Engineer Suda-

nese 3 yrs of exp. In industrial fi eld

available in muscat on vist visa

seeking suitable job .

Contact: 95868922, Email:

[email protected]

IT system and Printer engineer ME,

5Years bank IT Management exp in

India looking for full time job visit

visa contact 94462150

24 year Indian Chartered Account-

ant male with 3yrs of experience is

seeking suitable placement in Mus-

cat, currently on visit visa & ready

to join immediately. Contact him on

98201476 or email at

[email protected]

MCA IT Professional Indian Female

seek placement in Teaching/ Non

Teaching fi eld. Presently on visit

visa. 9588 7051,

[email protected]

ACCA Affi liate, Indian, 2.5Years

experience in Audit/ Finance in Big

6 Audit Firm and Oil Accounting in

PDO, For Permanent Placement for

Finance or Accounts or Audit. Re-

lease NOC Available on hand.

Contact #95140445,

[email protected]

Finance ACCA Affi liate, Worked as

an Auditor with 2.5 Years Experience

in reputed fi rm, Handled independ-

ent audit/fi nance assignments,

Looking for permanent placement,

NOC available. #95140445.

[email protected]

Piping Design Engineer, Indian

male 27, looking for suitable place-

ment in Piping Design & Engineer-

ing. Having 7 years of experience in

AutoCAD. Also familiar with PDMS

(11.6 Version),CAESAR ll. Contact :

97351786 / 96143708, E-mail :

[email protected]


SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise

with Buffet, & Land Tours Al- Ainain

Marine Tours Contact- 98029602,

92808636

RENT A CAR

RENT A CAR

TOURS

GOOD NEWS

GOOD NEWS

Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain,

backache, paralysis massage, steam

bath, obesity, spondylitis IDEAL ,

CARE Ayurvedic Clinic 18 November

street, Azaiba. Contact 99639695 /

99117987

FREE INFORMATION ABOUT IS-LAM. If you would like to know more

about Islam, please call: 99425598,

96050000, 99353988, 99253818,

99341395, and 99379133.

For ladies: 99415818, 99321360,

99730723

Orvisit: www.islamfact.com

Ayurvedic treatment for backache,

paralysis, arthritis etc & massage,

All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact 24475280 / 95371554 /

92504980 www.siddhayur.com

Genuine Ayurvedic treatments &

massage, Ayurvedic clinic at

Al Khuwair. Contact 24478618 /

97263637 /93309131

Butter cup rent a car presents fantastic off ers all vehicles are model 2016.

Contact : 97249449

Available car with driver daily,

weekly and monthly basis.

Contact : 95518612

Ayurvedic massage backache, joint

pain & neck pain etc.

Contact: 98254909

DRIVING

Learn driving with professional

only automatic. Contact

94022250

DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624


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