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Omani man commits suicide FAHAD AL MUKRASHI

fahad@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: A 38-year-old Omani man reportedly committed suicide in Al Gantaq area in the wilayat of Nizwa, on Thursday night, by hanging himself from the fan with a cloth. A Royal Oman Police (ROP) official told Times of Oman that the incident took place at the rented accommodation of the deceased. His body was transferred to the forensic laboratory for further examination.

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Health, education get lion’s share in new budget REJIMON K

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reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Funds set aside in the budget for education and health sectors will help transform both sectors and enable them to become the best in the region, said officials. The Ministry of Finance has allocated OMR4.6billion for both the sectors in the 2015 budget, constituting 33.6 per cent of the total government expenditure in the coming financial year. “Allocation of OMR3 billion for the education sector will be a shot in the arm for the education field. It will improve education in different ways, especially in terms of quality. With the funds allocated, focus should be more on improving the quality and bringing our education system on par with global standards,” Said Amur Said Al Rahbi, director of the qualifications, equivalency and recognition department, told Times of Oman. The budget has set aside funds to start 41 new schools in different wilayats and to provide training within the country and outside at a cost of OMR95 million. “Training will enable our graduates to excel in academics and prepare them for the job market, which is the need of the hour,” the director said, adding that more schools will give more opportunities to students in Oman to fulfil their dreams. Budget allocation for the education sector will be OMR3 billion, which constitutes 21.3 per cent of total expenditure.

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revenue front due to Meanwhile, a senior health professional serving in the Ministry of Health for a long time said that the funds allocated to the health sector will boost its growth. “Allocation of OMR1.6 billion and plans to set up 11 new hospitals will help Oman’s health sector to meet people’s demands. Funds can be used to set up modern facilities and turning fresh medical personnel into experts. In the long run, we can see Oman’s health sector turning into the best medical sector in the region,” said A. Saifudeen, a senior doctor at the Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah. Meanwhile, a well-known economist in the region said that the focus on education, which constitutes 21.3 per cent of total spending, health with 11.3 per cent and the related social spending is intended to build Oman’s human capital. “Given its young population and demographic structure, the focus on human capital investment is appropriate. Economic diversiﬁcation, innovation and productivity growth are both dependent on having a high level of educational attainment and a healthy population,” said Nasser Saidi, former chief economist and head of external relations at the DIFC authority. >A3

‘No foul play’ The ROP official said there was no evidence of foul play and the victim’s body was handed over to his family on Friday. The cause of the suicide has not yet been ascertained, said the official. This is the year’s first case of suicide in Oman. According to available figures, five people, mostly nationals, committed suicide in 2014, compared to seven in 2013.

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businesseditor@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: A higher budget expenditure announced on Thursday by Oman government for this year will definitely benefit the private sector, but challenges in generating revenue remain in view of slackness in prices of crude oil that constitutes 79 per cent of total revenue. The move to raise overall government expenditure by 4.5 per cent to OMR14.1 billion this year gives the much-needed confidence and fillip to the private sector, which largely depends on government expenditure for business. “It gives a confidence to the private sector in terms of continuity in project development spending programme,” Kanaga Sundar, head of research at Gulf

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Baader Capital Markets, told Times of Oman. “The key projects mentioned in the budget will auger well for the private sector. This is a positive development.” Oman government is determined to develop several mega projects in a wide spectrum of infrastructure and industrial sectors by investing billions of rials, which include the 265kilometre-long ﬁrst segment of National Railway between Sohar and Buraimi and dualisation of two segments of Adam-Thumrait road. In fact, the government retained its investment expenditure at OMR3.2 billion (22 per cent of total expenditure), which will immensely beneﬁt the private sector. Mohamed Al Khonji, chairman of Al Khonji Real Estate and De-

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velopment (Aqar), said that the growth in government spending would stimulate economic activity, which is a positive sign. Sources said that the oil revenue estimate at OMR9.16 billion (as well as OMR2.5 billion deﬁcit estimate) might have been based on an assumed oil price in the region of $80 per barrel or slightly lower. The deﬁcit estimate at OMR2.5 billion, which is equal to 21 per cent of revenue and 8 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), will be met by way of grants from foreign donors to the tune of OMR200 million, international loans OMR200 million, borrowing from the local market OMR400 million, state reserve funds OMR700 million, and previous years’ surpluses OMR1 billion, according to a Reuters report. The government did not clarify

whether the revenue estimates are based on its initial draft proposal ($80 per barrel), which was presented to the Majlis Al Shura more than a month ago. Total revenue estimate in the initial draft budget (discussed by the Majlis members) was OMR13 billion, against the actual revenue estimate of OMR11.6 billion — which is one per cent less than the previous year’s estimate. The actual deficit by the end of the year could be much higher than the initial estimate of OMR2.5 billion, if oil price does not recover this year from its fiveyear low of around $56 per barrel — a 48 per cent fall last year. Anwar Al Balushi, chairman of Anvwar Asian Investment, said the investments in infrastructure projects would definitely benefit the private sector. >A3

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Oman, Iran sign pact for research and Fog delays Etihad ﬂights at Abu Dhabi airport restoration of historical documents 1 ELHAM POURMOHAMMADI

elham@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Cooperation between Iran and Oman in the area of historical documents is a step towards utilising the untapped potential for cultural cooperation, said an Iranian official. Dr Hamad bin Mohammed Al Dhoyani, chairman of Oman’s National Records and Archives Authority, and Dr Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri, head of the National Library and Archives Organisation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Muscat on Tuesday.

“The MoU calls for the exchange of experience and expertise in the area of historical documents, especially restoration of these documents to save them from degradation,” Dr Mohammad Soltanifar, advisor to Dr Amiri, told Times of Oman in an interview. It also calls for cooperation on exchange of these documents, historical maps and photos, he said, adding that as part of the agreement, joint exhibitions will be held in Iran and Oman in the coming months. According to Soltanifar, the MoU is of high signiﬁcance given the historical commonalities of the two countries. >A3

Etihad Airways had to restructure its ﬂight schedule for Saturday night to enable the airline to recover from operational disruption caused by the severe early morning fog at Abu Dhabi International Airport. It has urged passengers to defer their travel to, from, or through Abu Dhabi, up to and including Tuesday. >A2

CULTURAL COOPERATION: Oman and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in Muscat on Tuesday. -Supplied picture

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Prophet’s (PBUH) path to peace

The day of the 12th Rabi Al Awal of Islamic calendar is of great signiﬁcance for Muslims around the world. It was on the day of this year that our creator decided to bless mankind with the arrival of His last and ﬁnal messenger. >A4

There is a huge gap between schools and children’s social services as the two sides fail to work together for the welfare of pupils. But the problem is that social workers lack in numbers to talk to parents to ﬁnd out how abused children can be protected. >A3

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Sur’s magical charm down the ages As the main dhow-building centre in Oman, Sur is central to Oman’s identity as a great seafaring nation as well as an economic power in the region for many centuries. It still builds Oman’s world famous wooden dhows, an art Omani craftsmen have mastered like few have. Sur remains a major tourist attraction to the outside world for a vast stretch of deserts in its neighbourhood — Al Sharqiah region of Oman, the hub of sand, sea, turtles and the land of rising sun. The dhow-building workshops are as old as one thousand years. Dhows, some capable of carrying up to 600 tonnes of cargo, left the shipyards here to sail to the Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and even as far as China and Australia. Shabin E captures the charm of magical Sur.

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Etihad flight plan hit by dense fog REJIMON K reji@timesofoman.com MUSCAT: Etihad Airways had to restructure its flight schedule for Saturday night to enable the airline to recover from operational disruption caused by the severe early morning fog at Abu Dhabi International Airport. It has urged passengers to defer their travel to, from, or through Abu Dhabi, up to and including Tuesday, to rebook flights through its global contact centres, yesterday. “Plans include the deferral of some flights into Abu Dhabi this evening, Saturday and Sunday morning. Flight EY11, an Airbus A380 service from Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow, has already been rescheduled to depart at 1am on Sunday, rather than its usual time of 2.35am,” said the airline’s statement on Saturday evening. The airline has urged passengers to defer their travel to, from,

or through Abu Dhabi, up to and including Tuesday, to rebook flights through its global contact centres. The airline has waived normal cancellation and refund fees during the disruption period. As the problem was exacerbated by the fact that the airport closure occurred during a holiday weekend in Abu Dhabi, and with major events occurring in the city, attracting a large numbers of visitors, additional support staff has been deployed to Abu Dhabi Airport to assist passengers. With flights unable to depart, thousands of guests were stranded at the Abu Dhabi terminal in check-in areas and at departure gates, while arriving guests faced major delays when their flights were either diverted or delayed for long periods. Etihad Airways is working around the clock to restore flight schedules and to ensure that guests can travel as soon as possible.

Indian Coast Guard ship’s visit today

Times News Service MUSCAT: To mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of India, the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Vijit will dock at Port Sultan Qaboos for four days from today. The opening of the Indian consulate in Muscat in 1955 was the ﬁrst step towards cementing the deep-rooted ties, time-tested friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries. A series of events have been planned throughout 2015 to celebrate the diamond jubilee of India-Oman diplomatic relations, and the visit of ICGS Vijit is the beginning.

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Schools need to focus on trauma scars

here is a huge gap between schools and children’s social services as the two sides fail to work together to meet the welfare of young pupils, especially those who are raised in domestic violence or have complex needs. While there has been a massive leap in the education system in terms of the curriculum improvement in the last ten years, the needs of many pupils outside the school walls are not met as they continue to live in conditions that need urgent attention. Reports that children turn up with bruises inflicted outside schools or demonstrate signs of psychological trauma while in classes are not uncommon. Social services can play a key role to safeguard the interest of pupils who suffer in the hands of their abusive parents or guardians at home. But the problem is that social workers lack in numbers to make home visits to talk to parents and find out how abused children can be protected so they can concentrate on their studies. But that is not the only problem. Social workers also complain that head teachers make it difficult for them to visit schools and make inspections. They also say teachers in basic education do not report abuses if they see it in the children they teach. The indifference shown by individual teachers and lack of commitment by the social services let down many pupils who could have excelled academically instead of suffering in silence. On the other hand, head teachers defend their schools by saying that they cannot pick up the phone and call social services when they see something seriously wrong with their pupils. There is no a well defined system where schools have a link with social workers to address the concerns of the

SCHOOL CHALLENGES: Most of the schools would let it go when it becomes evidently clear that a child is going through turmoil just because it's not their business to interfere. –File photo

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Teachers in basic education do not report abuses if they see it in the children they teach

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children in their care. Failure to address lower level issues can become serious over the length of time. For example, is it a police matter if a pupil regularly turns up in class with signs of physical abuse or is it the concern of social services? What is more important, what channel of reporting do head teachers use for such problems? Most of the schools would let it go when it becomes evidently clear that a child is going through turmoil just because it is not their business to interfere. They are paid to teach not to counsel such pupils or investigate the cause of their distress. A bad home atmosphere leads to truancy, grade fall, lack of study interest, school dropout and possible crime when they leave school. Yet, there is no urgency to ﬁx the problem.

But it is not only physical abuse and the trauma children go through outside the classroom environment but some have to deal with various handicaps that neither teacher nor social workers know how to handle. Both sides fail to understand that a child who does not do well, should have been registered disabled or has special needs and wants more support. Such problems can be detected very early but it is important that schools know exactly who to report to when teachers dictate the distressing signs in their students. Teachers providing student counselling may help with older students but it can be ineffective with six or sevenyear-olds. The two government bodies must put up a concerted effort to cooperate with each other. Schools need to start a dialogue with social workers

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or vice versa. Assessment of the problem that would target vulnerable children who do not perform because of domestic violence or disability should be a top priority. Instead of dismissing children as lazy when they don’t do their home works, teachers must look beyond that. Students can only home study when they have a happy environment at home. Such academic problem must overcome bureaucratic challenges to break the red tape. Half of anti-social behaviour by children and perhaps, teenagers are caused by bad home environment that teachers can work together with social services to ﬁx. It is not just how you add up in the mathematics class or put a sentence together in a language examinations that matters. We need to look further otherwise the system will keep failing children who need early intervention to give them a good start. saleh@timesofoman.com

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However, he noted that the government could delay some of the projects, based on priorities, to balance both sides — revenue and expenditure. Also, the government has to estimate oil on a fair price, which will avoid surprises at the end of the year. “By divesting stakes in stateowned companies and by cutting unnecessary investments that do not generate any income, the government could reduce deﬁcit. They can concentrate on investments that generate sustainable income and employment opportunities,” added Al Khonji. Ministry of Finance said that plans are afoot to divest stakes in state-owned companies over the next three years, after getting necessary approvals. The authorities can also think of marginally reducing fuel subsidies, without harming anyone. “It is time to partially lift fuel sub-

sidy, which will give some extra income to the government. Petrol prices in Oman are cheaper compared to its neighbours,” added Al Khonji. Total subsidy and exemptions are estimated at OMR1.8 billion, mainly for providing interest subsidy for housing loan, electricity and water, petrol and diesel and some essential food items. This is against OMR1.6 billion subsidy estimate in 2014. Al Khonji noted that he is against introducing additional taxes this year since it is a sensitive issue. Majlis Al Shura mooted several measures for generating additional revenue, including a hike in royalty fee from 7 per cent to 12 per cent for telecommunication service providers, revision in royalty paid by mining companies and a fair tax on LNG exports. Al Balushi said government would carefully study these proposals to take a wise decision.

Ramesh Mani, chief executive officer of Majan Glass, said that the budget is quite balanced. However, the government could have re-considered the recent gas price hike for phasing it out over a period of time, rather than implementing it in one go, which will help industrial sector to generate better results. According to him, the cost of production of industries using natural gas as feed stock has gone up substantially, reducing the competitiveness of these industries. Retaining spending for social sectors, especially education, health, housing and training programmes, at OMR9.6 billion is another welcome move, according to experts. A revision in subsidy estimate to OMR1.8 billion from OMR1.6 billion last year also indicates that the common man will not be affected with the budgetary measures. NAT I O NA L R E S OU R C E S

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“We have around 38,000 manuscripts, more than half of which are in Arabic,” said the official, noting that these can be valuable sources for research. Apart from the expertise in restoring historical documents, maps and images, Iran has vast experience in the area of inscription, which it is keen to share with Oman, he added. On the joint training programmes between Iran and Oman, Soltanifar said that Oman has been sending Omani nationals to Iran to visit the Iranian libraries and archive institutions and undertake certain courses related to this ﬁeld. He noted that a few weeks ago, one of these groups visited Iran as part of a programme about oral history, which concerns the collection and study of historical

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information based on interviews with people who have observed historical events. Their accounts of past events can be preserved as records for future generations, he said. Soltanifar, who was visiting Oman for the ﬁrst time, said that the meetings with Omani officials provided an insight into potential grounds for cooperation, which had not been explored properly in the past. “Now, we have a better understanding of the requirements and areas of mutual interest,” he said. The Iranian delegation visited the military museum of Oman as well but Soltanifar said that contrary to his expectation, he did not see any document about the military cooperation between Iran and Oman, especially during the Dhofar war.

"Importantly, education will need to endow young Omanis, particularly women, with the skills and knowledge that match the labour market requirements. Education for employment should be the motto,” said Nasser Saidi. “However, with lower oil prices, growth is likely to moderate or decline across the GCC countries and Oman’s export markets in Asia, Japan in particular, are likely to show lacklustre growth. The projected growth of 5 per cent is unrealistic, implying that non-oil revenues will be smaller than expected and the budget deﬁcit will be higher,” added Nasser. An investment expert in Muscat said that the 2015 budget sends clear messages of conﬁdence and growth with a path for certainty ahead.

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he day of the 12th Rabi Al Awal of Islamic calendar is of great significance for Muslims around the world. It was on the day of this year, known as the year of elephants (A’amul Feel) among the Arabs, that our creator decided to bless mankind with the arrival of His last and final messenger Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him (PBUH), on this planet which He describes in His final testament Al Quran, ‘We have sent you but as a mercy to the worlds.’ (Surah Al Ambiya: Aayat - 107) Though there is no specific religious celebration in Islam to mark the importance of this day, Muslims around the world gather to discuss the teachings of the Al Quran and teachings of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). In the year 570 CE, five years after the death of the Roman Emperor Justinian, a huge army of men, horses and elephants ruthlessly marched towards the city of Makkah, intending to completely wipe out the city. This army was led by the warlord who is referred to as Abraha in the history of Islam, and who after conquering and establishing his supremacy in Yemen was advancing towards the sacred city of Makkah to fulfil his ambition of bringing it under his fold. Seeing the size of this huge army camping on the outskirts of Makkah and knowing their intentions, one of the most respected nobles among the Quraish tribe of Makkah, Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib, the grandfather of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), felt quite helpless. He suggested that all the men, women and children residing in Makkah go up into the mountains to take refuge. Later, he locked the doors of the House of God (Ka’aba). But before he moved away to also take refuge he touched the doors of the Ka’aba and prayed, “Oh! Allah, we are not strong enough to fight these invaders. However, this is your House and it is only you who can protect your House and us (its caretakers).” For Abraha, victory seemed imminent, but when the army, headed by its lead elephant, decided to advance to the fringes of the city, the animal stopped unexpectedly and refused to go any further in the direction of Makkah. No amount of pushing could make the beast move. Yet, when the men forced it around, it was more willing to go back instead of forward. Suddenly in the distant horizon, a large flock of birds were seen flying towards the scene of the battlefield. These birds were carrying some kind of stones in their beaks and claws. They descended upon the confused army of Abraha like lightning and pelted them with the stones. These stones started to cut and tear away at the bodies of these aggressors and reduced them to helplessness. They all ran away in humiliation. Abraha and most of his army died on the way of the wounds they suffered from the stones and could not get back even to their safe haven in Yemen. It was nothing

short of a miracle, and established the supremacy of the Makkans over the other Arab tribes. It is for this reason, that the year is remembered by the Arabs as the ‘year of the elephant’ (A’amul Feel) and is considered very significant in the balance of power in the Arabian Peninsula. This event is described by our Lord in the Al Quran thus: ‘Have you not considered O Mohammad, how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephants? Did He not misguide them? And he sent against them birds in flocks, striking them with stones of hard clay that they began to resemble eaten straw.’(Surah Al Feel) However, it was another event which took place just 50 days later the same year, which changed the course of history forever. It was on this blessed day on the 12th day of the Islamic calendar month of Rabi’ Al Awwal (which falls on January 3, 2015) when Hazrat Amina, the wife of Hazrat Abdullah, who was the son of the most respected notable of Makkah, Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib, gave birth to a child. This child was later blessed with Prophet-hood. This was the child, who brought all the Arabian tribes under one umbrella and who brought the atrocities of the great empires of the world of that period to a standstill. This child was named Mohammad (PBUH). The name Mohammad was given to the child by his grandfather Abdul-Muttalib and it was not a very common name among Arabs at that time. The literal meaning of Mohammad is the ‘praised one’. The name of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is uttered and praised more times than that of any person who ever lived on this earth. In fact, it is not only men, women and children who praise him on this planet, but also Allah, the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth and the inhabitants of the heavens, the angels, ‘Allah and His angels bless the prophet. O you who believe! Bless him and salute him with a worthy salutation.’ (Al Quran, Surah Al Ahzab, Aayat: 56) The grandson of Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib and the son of Hazrat Abdullah and Hazrat Amina, was destined to become the greatest man ever to live on this planet and was blessed with prophet-hood by our creator when he turned 40. The early life of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) before his prophet-hood is highlighted by his sublime character and noble manners. The world into which Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was sent by our Lord was, at times, a world of idolatry, in which women and slaves had no rights whatsoever; a world in which men would cheat each other for small monetary benefits. Might is right was then the sole purpose and philosophy of life. However, right from childhood, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was unlike those around him. He was neither known to swear or talk in a vile manner, nor was he known to drink alcohol or gamble. His honesty overcame all that and he began to be known as Al Ameen (the trustworthy). In fact, it was this quality of honesty which attracted the masses to join him and support his noble mission which was bestowed by our Lord. The nature of the Arabs at the time of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was very barbaric and they would fight over the smallest of things. Even if a camel from

one tribe grazed on the land of another, it would often result in bloodshed which would last for years and take thousands of lives. The early life of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was wrought with quite a bit of unhappiness. He never saw his father Hazrat Abdullah, who died before he was born. At the age of six his mother, Hazrat Amina, passed away and he was entrusted into the care of his beloved grandfather Abdul-Muttalib. However, at the age of 12, Hazrat Abdul-Muttalib also passed away, and one of his uncles, Hazrat Abu Talib, took charge of him. With such distress and heartache so early in his life, one would think that this boy would grow up to be rebellious and troublesome. But that was not going to happen with Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Hazrat Abu Talib was a trader and businessman, and he sometimes took Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) along on his business trips. It was these journeys which eventually resulted in an alliance between Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and his future wife, Hazrat Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her). She was a wealthy widow in Makkah, who was known for her noble character and morals. Hearing about his honesty, efficiency and sincerity she requested him to look after her caravans and thus Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) started working for Hazrat Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her) as a manager for her trade caravans. It was this honesty and efficiency which led to Hazrat Khadijah’s proposal of marriage, and in consultation with his uncle they got married. It was in the year 610 CE at the age of 40, that Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) received the first revelation. It was the practice of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) before he was blessed with the Prophethood to often go up to the cave of Hira to meditate and pray to Allah alone in search of tranquillity and peace. On one such night during the month of Ramadan while he was meditating, an angel appeared before him. This was the angel Jibril (Gabriel), the very same angel who had brought down a revelation to the earlier prophets of Allah such as Jesus (Hazrat Issa) and Moses (Hazrat Moosa), peace be upon both of them. “Read!” the angel commanded him in a thundering voice. “I cannot read,” replied Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in all honesty. The angel grabbed hold of him and squeezed so hard that Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) thought he would die of suffocation. “Read!” the angel commanded again but the Prophet’s reply was the same. So the angel squeezed him again and again, each time harder than the previous occasion. But Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) continued to say the same thing each time. Finally, the angel released him and spoke the words which are remembered as the first words of the final revelation of our Lord to the mankind, “Read! In the name of your Lord who created! Created man from a clinging clot! Read! Your Lord is the Most Generous, Who taught by the pen. Taught man what he did not know.” (Al Quran -Surah Al Alaq: aayat 1-5) This was the beginning of the revelations from Allah to humanity through Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). It was the final incorruptible message which

mankind would have to live by and worship according to it till the last day of the existence of this planet. And this is how Mohammad, the son of Abdullah was chosen to be Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) to spread the commandments of our Lord. It is the great personal character of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) blessed by Lord, which was one of the main reasons for the acceptance of his noble mission bestowed to him by the Lord. As mentioned before, he never swore and he never spoke badly about anyone. But after his appointment as a Prophet of Allah, he not only absorbed these excellent qualities in himself, but also ordered all the Muslims to live their lives according to these noble traits. This is why we find that lying and cheating are totally forbidden in Islam. About lying, the Prophet (PBUH), said, “Lying leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to the fire of hell.” (Book of Hadeeth, Sahih Muslim) For the Arabs to stop cheating and lying it would mean turning their whole lives upside down. Cheating and lying during business transactions was a regular practice for the Arabs. Backbiting and slandering one another were totally forbidden and the Prophet was instructed by Allah to inform the people that backbiting another Muslim was comparable to ‘...eating the flesh of your dead brother.’ (Al Quran, Surah Al Hujrat, Aayat: 12) Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was known to laugh very little, if at all. When he was happy he would express his delight by smiling and he is reported to have said, “Too much laughter kills the heart.” (Book of Hadeeth, Al Tirmidhi) Similarly, when he was angry, he would not fly off the handle, shout or throw a tantrum, but his complexion would simply turn red. The generosity of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was so great that one of his companions, Hazrat Ibn Abbas compared his huge generosity to ‘the blowing wind’. (Book of Hadeeth, Sahih Muslim) Pre-Islamic Arabia was characterised by the evil crime of burying baby girls alive because girls were considered a shame for the family. Yet, it was Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) who spoke out vehemently against this great social evil. In fact, he preached of the great blessing and reward for those having and rearing female children. ‘Whosoever brings up two girls upon this religion, then me and him shall be like this in paradise (and he joined his forefinger with his middle finger).’ (Book of Hadeeth, Sahih Muslim) By the time of his departure from this world in the year 632 CE, almost the entire Arabian Peninsula had been brought under the Islamic umbrella of Allah’s guided rule of life. A million square miles lay at his feet. Yet, such was the humble nature of this great man that he would mend his own shoes, sew his own clothes, milk his own goats and sleep on mats made from date leaves. Such behaviour has inspired millions of people and has thus led them to the beauty of Islam. As a leader for his people he was a great example of humility and mercy. When his companions walked past his house they could hear him weeping during his prayer, so much so that it was compared to a ‘boiling pot’ (Book of Hadeeth, Abu Dawood). He would pray for

such long hours during the night that his feet would swell up. That was his dedication towards his Lord. On observing this, his wife once asked him, “Why do you pray so much, when your Lord has forgiven your past sins and your future sins?” And Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said, “Should I, therefore, not be a grateful servant of my Lord?” (Book of Hadeeths, Al Bukhari) The famous conquest of Makkah is an event which shall be remembered for the justice and mercy which was shown that day. Even though he had the option to punish those who were guilty of oppressing Muslims, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) issued a general amnesty by which the majority were forgiven. It was this behaviour which saw the amazing acceptance of Islam by almost the whole population of Makkah literally overnight. How different was this behaviour from that of the other conquerors of those days who, after conquering, looted and burnt towns, raped women on their way to success. The world before his blessed arrival was a crumbling place. The empires of Rome and Persia were locked in constant battle. The Chinese and Indian civilisations were in a kind of moral decline. Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Judaism were all religions which were fast losing their originality. The case of the Arabs was even worse and they were regarded as being at the bottom of this ongoing decaying pit. It was in the midst of this decadence that Allah, our Lord sent his last Prophet, Mohammad (PBUH) with His final testament ‘Al Quran’. He was a light in this world of ignorance. Like a lamp he shone in this abyss of darkness. It is very important here to note that Islam means total submission and obedience towards our creator, our Lord, the only one, who in Arabic is addressed as Allah. Islam is not a new religion preached by Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), but it is the first, the last and the only religion which has been preached by all the Prophets of the Lord sent on this earth time to time. Neither Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) nor other Prophets mentioned in the Al Quran, Bible and Taurat (Old Testament) sent before him came to change the basic doctrine of the belief in one Lord. But they all were sent by the Lord to reconfirm it, to renew it, to reaffirm it, and to guide and enlighten humanity towards their spiritual, moral and social responsibilities. ‘Be thankful for small mercies’ is a common saying by our elders in our part of the world. But the mercy which we have been given is far from small. Thanks to this greatness, this mercy will enable us to live and die with success and contentment. This mercy is the way of life preached by Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and through it we, by the will of Allah, will enjoy an everlasting life. ‘In the messenger of Allah you have a good example for him who hopes in Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah much.’ (Al Quran, Surah Al Ahzab: 33:21)

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Lebanon to impose visa restrictions on Syrians for first time BEIRUT: Lebanon is to impose visa restrictions on Syrians for the first time after being overwhelmed by an influx of more than 1.1 million refugees, according to documents published online. The new regulations, posted on the website of the General Security agency, come into effect on January 5 and lay out eight new visa categories, including for tourism and medical treatment. The requirement appeared to be the first time Lebanon has demanded that Syrians apply for visas. Citizens of both countries have for decades been able to travel freely across their shared border. The new rule is the latest in a series of measures taken by Lebanon

to stem the influx of Syrians fleeing their country’s brutal civil war. In October, Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas said Lebanon was effectively no longer receiving Syrian refugees, with limited exceptions for “humanitarian reasons”. A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, declined to describe the new requirements as visas, but acknowledged they were unprecedented. “This is the first time these kinds of instructions have been given,” he said. “The goal is to bring the security and economic situation under control and to monitor the presence of Syrians on Lebanese soil.” A spokesman for the United

Nations refugee agency UNHCR said they were still studying the new rules and had no immediate comment. But aid groups and agencies working with Syrian refugees have long warned that Lebanon, with a population of just four million people, has been overwhelmed by the inﬂux of Syrians. The document published online lists eight categories, including tourist visas, which require applicants to provide evidence of a hotel reservation and $1,000, as well as a valid passport or ID card. Other visas are available for business visits, medical treatment and schooling, as well as transit visas for onward travel. — AFP

STRICT RULES: Pedestrians walk along a street in Aleppo. Lebanon’s new regulations, posted on the website of the General Security agency, come into effect on January 5 and lay out eight new visa categories, including for tourism and medical treatment. – Reuters

Iran Council rejects draft law on the veil The 24-point plan contained 14 ﬂaws and it ‘contradicted the constitution and was not approved’

TEHRAN: A draft law that would give greater powers to Iran’s police and volunteer militias to enforce women’s compulsory wearing of the veil has been ruled unconstitutional, state media reported on Saturday. Under law in force in Iran since the 1979, women must wear loose clothing, known as hijab, that covers the head and neck and which conceals their hair. But many now

UNCONSTITUTIONAL: The draft law gives greater powers to Iran’s police and volunteer militias to enforce women’s compulsory wearing of the veil was rejected by the Guardian Council. – AFP FIle photograph

push the boundaries by wearing thin head scarves, tight leggings and fashionable coats rather than a chador, a long and traditional black garment that covers the entire body from head to toe. This

has led to claims from lawmakers and religious leaders that the rules are being skirted and not maintained by morality police whose job is to ensure dress code is complied with in public places. The draft law, called the “Plan on Protection of Promoters of Virtue and Vice” was rejected by the country’s influential Guardian Council, a 12-member group that scrutinises legislation. The official IRNA news agency, quoting a council spokesman, said the 24-point plan contained 14 flaws and it “contradicted the constitution and was not approved”. The report did not give specifics. Verbal caution However, the council’s decision is not the end of the law, under which lawmakers want to give members of the Basij, a religious volunteer force established by the country’s revolutionary leaders, power and protection to verbally

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caution women they deem improperly dressed. The council has sent the law back to parliament for amendment, IRNA said. The wearing of hijab is an emotive issue in Iran, with supporters saying it is an essential part of culture for women, but opponents argue that it is an ill-deﬁned legal requirement. The draft law, which was approved by parliament in December, also aimed to place responsibility on employers to ensure hijab is observed by workers, with companies facing ﬁnes for non-compliance. President Hassan Rouhani, who has been under pressure from hardline lawmakers to pursue a tougher police stand on the veil, distanced himself from the planned law in a speech on October 25. “We should not be overly focused on one issue, such as bad hijab, to prevent vice,” he said, alluding to the duty to promote virtue. — AFP

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Search under way for ‘bomb boat’ wreckage GANDHINAGAR: A search is underway for the wreckage of the mysterious boat, which exploded after being hunted down by the Indian Coast Guard in the Arabian Sea, as also the bodies of its four occupants, which will be crucial for investigators to reach a conclusion about their intent. The Coast Guard has also stepped up patrolling and aerial surveillance along the Gujarat maritime border in view of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and Vibrant Gujarat events, which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several foreign leaders next week .

A search operation is on for the bodies of the crew members and wreckage of the vessel, Coast Guard Commander (North-West Region) Kuldip Singh Sheoran told reporters here. The wreckage and the bodies would help investigators reach some conclusion about the intention. Giving details of the operation carried out in the intervening night of December 31 and January one, he said the Coast Guard intercepted the boat as it got suspicious about the identity of crew who did not resemble ﬁshermen from their dressing style and carried no nets. -PTI

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Cross border ﬁring kills three, triggers exodus Home Minister Rajnath Singh regretted that Pakistan is repeatedly targeting border areas of India despite being offered a hand of

FLEEING TO SAFETY: Villagers move to safer places with their belongings by a tractor after shelling from the Pakistani side, at Chilyadiya village in Samba district, of Jammu on Saturday. - PTI

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SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Two army jawans and a woman were killed while 11 people were injured as Pakistani troops targeted villages and security posts at various places in Indian-administeredKashmir since Friday night which triggered migration of hundreds of people from some border areas. While the ﬁring and shelling continued, Home Minister Rajnath Singh regretted that Pakistan is repeatedly targeting border areas of India despite being offered a hand of friendship. Pakistani troops violated the ceaseﬁre along the LoC near Kan-

haiyah Post on Friday night by ﬁring rocket propelled grenades into Tanghdar area, police officials said while citing the FIR lodged by the army. They said the Pakistani action caused death of two army jawans and injury to another. A BSF jawan, who was posted on duty in a nearby post of the force, was also injured in the incident, the officials said. Along the International Border, Pakistani troops targeted villages and 13 border outposts with heavy mortar shelling in Kathua and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to death of a woman and injuries to eight other people. Shelling of villages trig-

gered panic and migration from border villages and over 1,400 people have been evacuated from hamlets in Samba and Kathua district, officials said. Unprovoked firing “Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked and heavy firing and mortar shelling on posts and civilian areas along IB in Samba and Kathua districts since 2130 hours last night,” Inspector General of BSF Rakesh Sharma said. “BSF troops gave a befitting reply resulting in exchanges which stopped at 3am in the morning,” the IG said. Pakistan again started mortar

shelling and firing targeting civilian areas since 7am, he said. He said all BoPs in three battalion areas of Samba and Hiranagar sub-sectors in Kathua district were targeted. A woman identified as Tori Devi of village Mangu Chack has been killed in the shelling and four civilians have been injured in the firing and shelling, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Samba, Anil Magotra said. Four persons, including two women, were injured in Nauchak village in Kathua, Deputy Commissioner Kathua Shahid Iqbal said. IG BSF has also issued an advisory to the border people for evacution. - PTI

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Feast on world famous Hampi from air AFTAB H. KOLA

Our Correspondent BELLARY (Karnataka): Tourists will have a ﬁeld day at the Hampi Utsav, a three-day mega cultural festival of dance, drama and music, when they will be able to get an aerial view of the many monuments and ruins of the world heritage site by ﬂying in choppers. Hampi, a Unesco World Heritage site, is rich in history, massive in expanse, fabulous in sight and complex in nature, is a medieval city built between the 14th and 16th centuries by the Vijayanagara kings and one of

India’s most famous tourist sight. Hampi is not a simple set of standalone monuments but a large cultural landscape where more than 1,500 historic structures coexist with many living villages, fertile agricultural lands and numerous water bodies. Hampi Utsav will be held at the erstwhile seat of Vijayanagar empire from January 9 to 11, 2015. Hampi by sky offers to enliven the tourists as feasting on Hampi from the sky will be a lifetime experience. Helicopters and paraplanes will take the tourists to the skies this year. Paraplanes will take tourists to

the skies for a fare of Rs 2,500 per head, this year. The fare for ﬂying by helicopter will be known in a few days. A paraplane ferries only one tourist whereas ﬁve persons can travel by helicopter at a time. Bookings can be made online or at the office of the Tourism department two days before the Utsav, Deputy Commissioner Sameer Shukla said. The district administration had launched “Hampi By Sky” initiative last year to promote helitourism during the Hampi Utsav which was a huge success. Helicopters will operate from

the grounds opposite Mayura Bhuvaneshwari hotel. Preparations are on to ﬂy paraplanes from Mahanavami Dibba, the deputy commissioner said. The three-day cultural extravaganza will encompass performance by Kaivalya Kumar Gurav, T.S. Satyavathi, Parmeshwar Hegde (vocalists) as well as renowned Bollywood singers Himesh Reshamiya, Mika Singh, Richa Sharma, Shalmali Kolgodu among others. With a view to celebrate Hampi Utsav on a grand scale, we would be hosting around 2,500 artistes, from across the country.

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PM vows to facilitate research, cut red tape Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he has placed science and technology at the forefront of the country’s diplomatic

ONE FOR THE ALBUM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Nobel Laureates at 102nd Indian Sci-

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ence Congress in Mumbai on Saturday. Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan and the Governor of Maharashtra, C. Vidyasagar Rao are also seen. - PTI

MUMBAI: The ease of doing research is as important as ease of doing business, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he promised the scientiﬁc community that he will cut red tape and pitched for greater academic freedom and autonomy to universities. He also underscored the need for making investment in science and technology a part of corporate social responsibility and said digital connectivity must be “as much a basic right” as access to schools while calling for efforts to “revive the romance” of science in society and “rekindle” the love for it in children. National priorities “When I speak of ease of doing business in India, I also want to pay equal attention to ease of doing research and development in India.... We need to put science, technology and innovation at the top of national priorities,” Modi, D E B AT E S H O W

Vehicle torched as AAP, BJP workers clash

CHARRED: A charred vehicle after a clash between BJP and AAP workers in New Delhi on Saturday. - PTI

NEW DELHI: Many people were injured on Saturday in a clash between AAP and BJP workers following a debate show on a Hindi television channel, police said. The clash broke out over an issue after the debate show in Tughlakabad area of Delhi. Workers of the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party pushed each other and pelted stones. Both the parties accused each other of abusing and using derogatory remarks. The vehicle of an AAP candidate was also torched in the incident.- IANS

whose government has made a strong push for improving business environment to attract investment, said inaugurating the 102nd Indian Science Congress. Reaching out to scientists, who often complain of bureaucratic hurdles and funding troubles for research, he said, “We want our scientists and researchers to explore the mysteries of science and not of government procedures. We want them to consider publications not government approvals.” “Funding proposals should not take too long to clear. Meeting applications, requirements should not become more complex than research,” he said. Emphasising on the need for spreading knowledge of technology, particularly among children, Modi said, “Let us use Internet to bring our scientists in direct contact with our children and youth. Digital connectivity should become as much a basic right as access to schools.”

“Investment in science and technology activity should also become part of the expenditure on corporate social responsibility to be funded directly or through an autonomous fund,” he said. Progress Maintaining that a nation’s progress and its human development were linked to science and technology, he said China’s emergence as the second biggest economy was parallel to its rise to the second place in the field of scientific activity. Stressing on the need for placing universities at the “cutting edge” of research and development activity, he said investment in the field at present was “far too concentrated” in the agencies of central government and called for making it broad based. “Our universities must be freed from excessive regulations and cumbersome procedures. They must have a higher degree

of academic freedom and autonomy. There must be as much emphasis on research as on teaching. In turn, the universities must also subscribe to highest standards of academic excellence and accountability,” he said. Modi said he has placed science and technology at the forefront of the country’s diplomatic engagement. The Prime Minister lauded Indian scientists for putting ‘Mangalyaan’ in the Mars orbit in the very ﬁrst attempt for and saving thousands of lives through accurate forecast during cyclonic storm Hudhud. “We need to put science, technology and innovation at the top of national priorities.... Above all, we must restore the pride and prestige of science and scientists in our nation,” Modi said. The prime minister said he wanted India’s “vast pool of scientists” to spend some time teaching and guiding students in universities. - PTI

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Amit Shah says BJP looking at ‘all possibilities’ for J&K BENGALURU: As stalemate continued in Indian-administeredKashmir over government formation, BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday said his party is looking at “all possibilities” and hoped that a decision will come “anytime”. “All options are open for BJP in Jammu & Kashmir. We are looking at all possibilities to form government. I am hoping that a decision will come in this regard anytime,” he told reporters here. Hung verdict He was responding when asked about the status of government formation in Jammu and Kashmir where the stalemate is continuing for the last 12 days because of hung verdict in the Assembly elections.

BJP, which emerged the second largest party bagging 25 seats in the 87-member Assembly behind PDP (28 seats), has sought more time from Governor N. N. Vohra as it was holding talks with both People’s Democratic Party and National Conference (15 seats). When a reporter referred to NC leader Omar Abdullah’s recent tweet that there was no deal with BJP, Shah said “Do you believe that Omar Abdullah will reveal all truth to you? ...even I cannot tell about it.” Shah had said in Mumbai yesterday that, “Talks are on with both parties (PDP and NC). There has been no fruitful outcome (yet).” The Governor has set January 19 deadline for formation of the government in the state. - PTI

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The problem is more than mere maritime security

f the appalling wickedness of the people smugglers around the coast of Italy tells us one thing, it is that this problem is more than one of mere maritime security. Plainly, many of the people — such as the 1,400 or so who have been found aboard ships in the Mediterranean abandoned by their crews this week — are refugees from the wars in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. And plainly they are not simply looking to milk the social security system of whichever Western nation they wind up in. They are fleeing for their lives. Of course every assistance should be granted to the Italian and Greek authorities in their struggle against these evil traffickers, who, in their murderous disregard for human life, are no better than the masters who ran slave ships across the Atlantic two centuries ago. If European solidarity is to mean anything, it is that those countries on the “front line”, including tiny Malta, need financial and naval assistance to deal with this criminal activity. In addition, the countries that immediately border these conflicts need much more aid. Pakistan has more refugees than any other country; Lebanon the largest proportion in relation to its population. About half of refugees are children. Turkey, Iran and Jordan also have a much more serious problem with supporting refugees than any Western nation does. At times of humanitarian crisis, such as when the Yazidi people, hunted down by Isis in Iraq, had to find refuge in cold and inhospitable mountainsides, the world responds with generosity. For the most part, though, hundreds of thousands of refugees have to subsist in the quiet squalor of border camps with inadequate shelter, food and water. Even those in Europe who are most unsympathetic to their plight should, on their own narrow agenda, see that it is in the interests of Western states to help them survive and remain in those places, because otherwise they will be filling more rusty hulks aimed at the southern shores of the European Union. This crisis presents the West with even more fundamental and difficult political challenges however. For the waves of migration from the Middle East and North Africa will continue for as long as wars, civil wars and terror force families from their homes and livelihoods. This is why the answer to the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean and Adriatic lies in political solutions in places as diverse as Sudan and Syria. When we leave those territories to fester, we allow terrorists to group and regroup, most frighteningly in the case of Isis in Iraq and Syria, but also as we witnessed before in Afghanistan with Osama bin Laden’s followers. Now it is Isis and Boko Haram who are terrorising people and creating the refugee crisis. The problem is not the level of housing benefit in Britain. We do not — should not — always militarily intervene, but we cannot also simply walk away. - The Independent

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It is time for Obama’s Passage to India MARTIN FELDSTEIN

When airplanes go missing

or the second time in 2014, a passenger plane has vanished mid-flight. In March, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared and the most expensive search mission in recent aviation history followed. It is still missing. AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared off the coast of Indonesia. It took about two days for search teams to find debris. As of now, the reason for the accident is still unknown. These similar incidents suggest that the current system for tracking aircraft — via ground-based radar and satellite — is insufficient. It’s shocking that two planes carrying hundreds of people could go missing, especially given advances in wireless communication. From a technological standpoint, it’s possible to outfit aircraft to stream flight-data in real-time. Carriers have been reluctant to do so because in-flight disasters are rare, and streaming is costly. But shaken by the loss of Flight 370, the aviation industry and aviation regulators are coming around to the need for change. In the spring, the Malaysia Transport Ministry issued a preliminary report on Flight 370 with a single recommendation: that the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization examine the safety benefits of introducing a standard for real-time tracking. An industry group, the International Air Transport Association, released its own voluntary standard: Within one year’s time, all aircraft should report their positions at least every 15 minutes, and more often during emergencies. There’s reason to suspect that the 15-minute standard, which is far short of live-streaming, is too lax. In 2009, Air France Flight 447 disappeared over the Atlantic. Search crews found debris within days, but it took nearly two years to recover the “black box” containing flight data. That aircraft had been programmed to transmit its position every 10 minutes. The 15-minute standard also lags behind the most advanced airlines, like AirAsia, which, according to The Wall Street Journal, has already started modifying some of its aircraft to send position updates every 2 minutes. But the plane that disappeared had not been upgraded. Some carriers have objected to the IATA’s upgrade schedule as too aggressive. For Flight 8501, the process was too slow. - The New York Times News Service

Has power changed the British prime minister? How can we not agree that David Cameron has abrogated his moral responsibilities? In 2006, when an Israeli incursion in south Lebanon killed almost 1,000 people, Cameron was among the ﬁrst few British politicians to condemn the Jewish invasion. What, therefore, make Cameron remain silent in condemning the murders in Gaza? Has power changed his perceptions about Israel? This is most galling. When did we last hear from him about Britons feeling that the situation in Gaza is intolerable? We do not remember having heard anything to this effect when Israel launched its last bout of murderous attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza. Britain, on the contrary, has been rather consistent in championing Israel’s

“right to defend itself”, which is really surprising. Stephan Muscat

Conflicts in the Arab world are turning too dangerous What is emerging in the region stretching between Nigeria and Iraq is a complete new and dangerous type of conflict zone threatening the world, especially the Arabs, which would in the future redefine the region’s power equations. Fanatical dogmatism and imposition of brute force have already unleashed a vicious conflict primarily to establish religious and sectarian supremacy. As religious and sectarian identities are now becoming more important for existence in this part of the world, a clash between

So what is likely to be on Obama’s mind when he meets his Indian counterpart again, and what does he think can be done to cement bilateral ties? Three issues stand out — beginning with trade, which is as important politically as it is economically

ndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vigorous foreign policy in the seven months since he took office has surprised observers. After inviting the leaders of Pakistan and other neighbouring countries to his inauguration, he embarked on trips to China, Australia, and the United States. More recently, he welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to New Delhi and signed a large number of trade deals and orders to import Russian nuclear reactors. India, Modi is telling his fellow citizens, is strong and well regarded around the world. The US President Barack Obama will travel to New Delhi as Modi’s special guest at events commemorating Indian Republic Day just three months after the two leaders held substantive talks in Washington, DC. The visit should thus be regarded as a clear signal of Obama’s desire, no less than Modi’s, to strengthen US-India relations. So what is likely to be on Obama’s mind when he meets his Indian counterpart again, and what does he think can be done to cement bilateral ties? Three issues stand out — beginning with trade, which is as important politically as it is economically. Obama hopes that the Trans-Pacific Partnership will be concluded in 2015 and ratified by the US Senate. The TPP will not be as powerful a free-trade agreement as originally intended, owing to exclusions and a very long phase-in period. But it will tie the US and 11 other Pacific Rim countries (including Japan but excluding China) together in a new economic bloc. Obama should be eager to stress that India’s exclusion from the TPP is a matter solely of geography and that the US wants to increase bilateral trade and direct investment by American firms. The second issue is terrorism. The US authorities are worried that American citizens who have been fighting with the Isis and Al Qaeda in the Middle East will return home to commit terrorist acts. India has experienced horrific acts of terrorism on its own territory. Continued cooperation between the US and Indian intelligence agencies can help both countries prevent future incidents. Terrorism includes not just physical violence, but also assaults in cyberspace. A few countries including China and Russia have been the source of frequent cyber attacks on banks, companies, and government agencies; North Korea, the US

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alleges, was behind the recent breach of Sony Pictures’ computers. Though Obama presented evidence to Chinese President Xi Jinping of technology theft by hackers based in China, the Chinese authorities continue to deny it. More recently, Russia and others have been planting malware in the control systems of the US power grid and other sensitive networks. Looking ahead, the US worries about cyber attacks by non-state actors like the Isis and Al Qaeda. Although these groups’ members may lack the sophistication to commit such acts, they may try to hire individuals with the necessary skills. India has a large number of talented computer engineers, including some who might be sympathetic to the causes of Isis and Al Qaeda. The US and India could both benefit from cooperating to prevent and disrupt such recruitment efforts. The third issue on Obama’s mind is bound to be China’s asserted goal of dominating Asia and excluding the US from the region. Chinese hegemonic ambition runs counter to India’s strategic interests as well — reason enough for Modi’s eagerness to strengthen his country’s relations with its neighbours as well as with the US. Obama has already made it clear that the US understands that Modi’s willingness to cooperate with Russia, despite Western sanctions imposed on the country, stems from India’s desire to discourage a SinoRussian alliance against it. Modi won a landslide victory in an election that reflected the Indian public’s disappointment with the policies and performance of the previous government, led by the Indian National Congress. Though India had experienced annual real GDP growth of more than 8 per cent for several years, growth has slowed since 2010, to less than 5 per cent in 2013, owing to a populist shift in policies dictated by Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi. By contrast, the Modi government plans to pursue a pro-growth agenda that includes reducing bureaucratic delays, increasing infrastructure investment, stimulating manufacturing activity, and shifting to a simpler unified tax system. Modi’s agenda also evidently includes an active foreign policy — as it should. Cultivating India as a reliable partner in the global economy and in international affairs is a high priority for the US as well. Obama’s visit to India can help to realise that relationship’s potential. - Project Syndicate

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Have we been able to do away with racism? Today, racism is a taboo word across the world. We are taught from our infancy that discriminating on the basis of stereotypes is not just a crime but a sin. However, has this teaching erased the blight completely? We may have grown more conscious and avoid being too overt in expressing our racial feelings nowadays. The scourge, in fact, has now found a more subtler way of expression which is called microaggression. L. M. Nair Azaiba

Competitive geopolitics is renewing global tension Leading weapons sellers argue that their objective is not to heighten global tensions but to keep their domestic production lines alive. But can they deny that their business has thrived on a sense of insecurity, created and fanned by them? A fresh era of competitive geopolitics is fast emerging and Cold War-like rivalries are reshaping the world. Disintegration of Soviet Russia did not end wars. Competition among nations has not ended. Peace has not been established across the world and, instead, with every arms deal the merchants of weapons are taking us a step closer to renewed tensions, rivalries and friction. Anu Shaikh Wadi Kabir

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Pervez treason trial may be shelved The special court’s November 21 judgment regarding the treason trial attained finality after the federal government did not challenge the same. However, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, ex-law minister Zahid Hamid and former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, challenged the decision individually in the Islamabad High Court

Court proceedings of the Musharraf case stand at the same position from where it commenced on December 24, 2013, due to the special court’s November 21, 2014, judgment Pervez Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: After a costly exercise lasting a little over a year, the federal government is now considering shelving its treason trial against former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf. Perhaps it is just too difficult to exercise Article 6 of the Constitution. At least that much has been proven during the year 2014. Sources privy to the development revealed that the federal government wants the issue to linger on till the special court’s functioning becomes irrelevant. Already, the prosecution team has refused to prosecute abettors in this case, citing it as “unending process of

trial”. The federal government also backed the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision to suspend the special court’s proceedings for a few weeks. “This is part of a new strategy in the changing circumstances after the Peshawar incident,” commented an interior ministry official, adding that “it is also part of overall scheme of the federal government to improve the relations with the military establishment.” During a four-month long campaign of sit-ins staged by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), the treason trial proceedings against

Musharraf were delayed for a few weeks. Following the November 21 judgment of a three-judge special court regarding joint trial, the case currently stands at the same position from where it commenced on December 24, 2013. The legal wizards believe that a fresh process is required for joint trial, which means Musharraf would also be chargesheeted again. The three-bench special court comprising Justice Faisal Arab, Justice Tahira Safdar and Jus-

tice Yawar Saeed had conducted 80 hearings to dispose of some 26 petitions. No more interested The IHC barred the special court’s proceedings with the consent of the federal government till February 3 that means the federal government is no more interested in defending the actions of its own created court against such interventions. “Had it been based on purely

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Cleric probed over murder LAHORE,: Pakistan police on Saturday launched an investigation against a prominent cleric after a six-year-old boy was found strangled and dumped in a mosque after being sexually abused. “We have apprehended up to seven people including local cleric Qari Saqib, who is prime suspect in this case,” Ijaz Shaﬁ Dogar,

a senior police official in the eastern city of Lahore, told AFP. Moeen Yasin’s body was found in the grounds of a mosque in Lahore after he was reported missing by his father on Friday. “According to the post mortem report, the child was strangled to death after molestation,” Dogar said. Another local police official,

Abu Bakar Siddique, conﬁrmed the incident, adding that the investigation was currently focused on the cleric. In November last year, a sixyears-old girl from the minority Hazara ethnic community was strangled and dumped near a garbage heap after rape attempts in the southwestern city of Quetta in Balochistan province. — AFP

legal basis, it could not have faced these complications at the end of the year,” conceded Advocate Faisal Chaudhry, a member of Musharraf’s defence team. Justice Athar Minallah led single-judge bench with the consent of all the parties in the case including the federal government’s attorney stayed the proceedings to the special court till further order. The high court would decide ﬁrst whether or not it has powers to intervene in this matter.

As per budget document, the federal government has spent more than Rs57 million over the trial proceedings so far. According to the breakup, appropriations, expenditures incurred during the high treason trial, payment of fees and contingency and other expenses have cost the national exchequer Rs49.5 million. This amount has been spent by the Interior Division. Additionally, the cost of renovating the National Library building, where the special court is set up, comes in at around Rs7.7 million. It is widely believed that treason trial idea was result of a personnel vendetta of premier Sharif against Musharraf, who ousted him from power in 1999 through a military coup and brieﬂy put him behind bars in Attock Fort ﬁrst and then forced him for exile. — Express Tribune

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DUBAI: A Saudi delegation will travel to Baghdad in the coming week to start preparations to reopen an embassy in the Iraqi capital for the ﬁrst time in 25 years, official Saudi media said on Saturday. A thaw in the once chilly relations between Saudi Arabia and Iraq could help strengthen a regional alliance against IS militants have seized territory in Iraq and Syria. Saudi Arabia closed its Baghdad embassy in 1990 after the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. It has long accused Iraq of being too close to Iran, its main regional rival, and of encouraging sectarian discrimination, a charge Baghdad denies. The Saudi move would help return Iraq to the Arab nation “after an absence since the toppling of the Saddam Hussein regime and the penetration of the Iranian regime into the joints of the Iraqi state,” said Abdullah Al Askar, head of the foreign affairs committee on Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council, which advises the government on policy. Saudi Arabia began cautious moves towards rapprochement after the appointment in August of Haider Al Abadi as Iraq’s new prime minister. — Reuters

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Jakarta vows AirAsia probe after plane parts recovered porters described one of the debris pieces as the “suspected tail” of the plane, but strong currents were making it difficult to operate a remotely-operated underwater vehicle to get a picture of the objects that are 30 metres underwater. A statement from the Indonesian transport ministry spokesman J.A. Barata said AirAsia Indonesia had not been permitted to ﬂy the Surabaya-Singapore route on Sundays and had not asked to change its schedule. But the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said it had granted permission for the airline’s Sunday ﬂight.

The transport ministry said the aircraft had been ﬂying on an unauthorised schedule when it crashed, and the airline had been suspended from ﬂying the Surabaya to Singapore route

PANGKALAN BUN (INDONESIA): Indonesia pledged on Saturday to investigate flight violations by AirAsia, as search teams found four large parts of the airline’s plane that crashed into the sea last weekend with 162 people on board. The country’s transport ministry said the ill-fated aircraft had been flying on an unauthorised schedule when it crashed, and the airline has now been suspended from flying the route from the city of Surabaya to Singapore. “It violated the route permit given, the schedule given, that’s the problem,” director general of air transport, Djoko Murjatmodjo, told AFP.

GRISLY TASK: Indonesian Navy personnel prepare to transfer body bags containing dead bodies

recovered during a search operation for passengers of AirAsia ﬂight QZ8501, to Indonesian Navy vessel KRI Banda Aceh at sea on Saturday. — Reuters/Adek Berry/Pool

He said AirAsia’s permit for the route would be suspended until investigations were completed, while other airlines in the country would also be examined. “We will carry out an audit or an evaluation on all airlines in Indonesia over whether there are any violations related to route, time and schedule,” he said. Major parts of the Airbus A320200 were found in the Java Sea off the island of Borneo late Friday and Saturday, raising hopes that the remaining bodies and the

black box recorders, crucial to determining the cause of the crash, would soon be located. But no bodies have been found since Friday, when the total recovered stood at 30, because rough seas have prevented diving operations, officials said. “The height of waves hampered the search effort at sea. They are four to ﬁve metres (13 to 16 feet) high,” search and rescue agency chief Bambang Soelistyo told reporters late Saturday. “Up to now, with our geo-sur-

vey ship which has capacity to detect objects underwater, we have found four larger parts of the plane that we are looking for,” he said. Toos Sanitioso, an investigator from Indonesia’s KNKT (National Transportation Safety Committee), said he was hopeful they would ﬁnd the all-important black boxes within a few days. “It seems that they have found the major (plane) parts,” he told reporters in Surabaya. A presentation shown to re-

Without authorisation It was unclear how the airline, a unit of Malaysia-based AirAsia, had been able to ﬂy without the necessary authorisation from its starting point. AirAsia Indonesia chief Sunu Widyatmoko told reporters that the company would not comment until the results of the investigation were known, adding that the airline would “fully cooperate with the government in that evaluation process”. Before take-off, the pilot of Flight 8501 had asked for permission to ﬂy at a higher altitude to avoid a storm, but the request was not approved due to other planes above him on the popular route, according to AirNav, Indonesia’s air traffic control. In his last communication, Captain Iriyanto, an experienced former air force pilot, said he wanted to change course to avoid the menacing storm system. — AFP

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‘No deal’ with US to ship enriched uranium: Iran DUBAI: Iran denied on Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the United States to ship its surplus enriched uranium to Russia under new concessions aimed at clinching a comprehensive nuclear deal with six world powers. The Associated Press, citing diplomats, said on Friday Tehran and Washington had tentatively agreed on a formula to ship to Russia much of the material that could potentially lead to manufacture of atomic arms by Iran. It said negotiators had drawn up a catalogue for the ﬁrst time at their December meeting in Geneva outlining areas of potential accord. Iran’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said “no agreement on any nuclear topic” had been reached. “Such news is spread out of political motives and its goal is to tarnish the climate of the talks and make it more complicated to reach a settlement,” the state IRNA news agency quoted her as saying. The semi-official ISNA agency, citing an “informed source”, also denied the report: “The topic of transferring (enriched) uranium abroad has been circulating for a while, but we haven’t had any agreement in this regard.” The head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, told worshippers at Friday prayers that the long nuclear conﬂict was drawing to an end. “Have no doubt that the nuclear issue will be resolved in Iran’s favour and we will soon celebrate Iran’s victory,” he was quoted as saying by Mehr News. — Reuters

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Abu Anas Al Libi and Saudi businessman Khalid Al Fawwaz were due to stand trial on January 12 over the attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people and wounded around 5,000

NEW YORK: A Libyan accused over the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa died on Friday, days before he was to stand trial in New York, his lawyer and family said. Abu Anas Al Libi, 50, was on the FBI’s most-wanted list with a $5 million price on his head when he was captured by US troops in the Libyan capital Tripoli in October 2013. He and Saudi businessman Khalid Al Fawwaz were due to stand trial on January 12 over the attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people and wounded around 5,000. Libi, a computer expert, died at a hospital in the New York area on Friday, his lawyer Bernard Klein-

man told The Washington Post, saying the health of his client — who had advanced liver cancer — had deteriorated signiﬁcantly in the last month. Libi and Fawwaz both previously pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges. A third suspect, Egyptian Adel Abdel Bary, last year pleaded guilty to playing a role in the 1998 attacks. Libi’s son Abdel Mouin told CNN by telephone from Tripoli early Saturday that his father had been in a coma before his death and that the family holds the US government “fully responsible” for his demise. Libi, who also suffered from hepatitis C, was detained by US commandos on October 5, 2013,

and interrogated on board a US warship before being handed over to FBI agents on October 12 and flown to New York. He was questioned by the agents on board the flight, initially waiving his right to a lawyer, during which he made an incriminating statement. But Libi had sought to supress the statement in court, saying he was on hunger strike at the time, raising questions about the extent to which he was cognizant when he waived his rights. Investigators told the court Libi had informed them of the hunger strike during the flight, but that he had been hooked up to an IV and under medical supervision. He was responsive, understood his rights, knowingly waived them

and spoke willingly, and at no point appeared confused, investigator George Corey said. In an indictment, prosecutors accused Libi of discussing in 1993 possible attacks against the US embassy in Nairobi, and of carrying out surveillance of the diplomatic mission. Cut ties before attack In or around 1994, the indictment said, he received ﬁles concerning possible attacks against the embassy, the US Agency for International Development, and British, French and Israeli targets in Nairobi. However, defence lawyer Kleinman says Libi was innocent and had cut his ties with Al Qaeda before the 1998 attacks.. — AFP

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China rout injury-hit Oman While Oman lost their friendly match to China by a 4-1 margin, the injuries of Mohammed Al Musallami and Saad Suhail added to team’s worries ahead of the Asian Cup

SYDNEY: Amdist growing injury concerns, Oman squandered a one goal advantage to go down to China in a friendly match on Saturday. Alain Perrin’s youthful China side wrapped up their preparations for next week’s Asian Cup in clinical style by bouncing back from a goal down to thump fellow

TOUGH BATTLE: Oman’s Mohammed Al Siyabi, right, battles for ball possession with a Chinese player

as teammate Eid Al Farsi, left, looks on during their friendly match on Saturday. – OFA

ﬁnalists Oman 4-1. Mohammed Ali put the Sultanate squad in front in the 18th minute of the closed-door friendly in sweltering Sydney, where the

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Djokovic illness hands Murray Abu Dhabi title ABU DHABI: World No. 1 Novak Djokovic withdrew from the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championships in Abu Dhabi on Saturday handing Andy Murray his first title of the season. Serb Djokovic had dismissed Stan Wawrinka in the semifinals of the exhibition event on Friday but the defending champion revealed on Saturday he was suffering from a fever. Murray had himself complained of pain in his left shoulder during his 6-2, 6-0 win over Rafael Nadal in the last four. The 27-year-old Scot said: “I don’t know exactly what happened. I’ve never had anything happen to my left shoulder before. “It’s pretty sore and at the end of the match when I was reaching out to sign autographs it was quite painful.” Murray is set to undergo a scan before continuing his build-up to the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open, at the Hopman Cup in Perth next week. He will join Heather Watson to represent Britain at the mixed team event, with their opening match due to be against France on Monday. Nadal shrugged aside his defeat against Murray to beat Wawrinka 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 in the match for third place, in his first competition since undergoing an appendectomy at the start of November. - AFP CHENNAI OPEN

Somdev faces Lu in 1st round CHENNAI: India’s best hope and wild card entrant Somdev Devvarman will go up against sixth seeded Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei in the first round of the singles draw of the ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament which commences here on Monday. Last year’s finalist Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France takes on eighth seeded Gilles Lux Muller of Luxembourg in the first round while the top four seeds, defending champion Stan Wawrinka, Felicano Lopez, Roberto Bautista Agut and David Goffin received first round byes. The other Indian wild card entry Ramkumar Ramanathan faces Japanese Tatsuma Ito in the first round. In doubles, Leander Paes and South African Raven Klaasen, who were drawn to play Andreas Haider-Maurer and Lukas Lacko in the first round, received top billing ahead of the Dutch-German combination of Robin Haase and Andre Begemann. - IANS

LONDON: Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will join a Major League Soccer (MLS) team in the U.S. when he leaves Anﬁeld at the end of the season, the former England skipper told the English club’s TV channel on Saturday. Gerrard announced on Friday that he was leaving the Premier League club he has played for throughout his career and moving to a foreign team.

The 34-year-old has made 695 appearance and scored 180 goals for Liverpool after joining the club as an eight-year-old schoolboy. His former England teammate Frank Lampard left Chelsea last year to join New York City FC but he was loaned back to their Premier League rivals Manchester City and this week conﬁrmed he would stay at the Etihad Stadium until the end of the season. - Reuters

referee twice stopped play so both teams could get refreshments. Perrin’s side came roaring back, though, with Hao Junmin amongst the scorers as China extended their

unbeaten run to 10 games ahead of their Asian Cup opener against Saudi Arabia next Saturday in Brisbane. They also face Group B clashes with Uzbekistan and North Korea,

while Oman are in Group A alongside the hosts Australia, South Korea and Kuwait. Meanwhile, Frenchman Paul Le Guen-coached Omanis are facing more injury worries ahead of their opening Group A match against South Korea on January 10. According to news posted on Oman Football Association (OFA) official facebook page, two key defenders Mohammed Al Musallami and Saad Suhail are injured and underwent MRI scans. In Saturday’s defeat to China, Oman also missed the services of defender Jaber Al Awaisi and experienced forward Qasim Said, both of whom are carrying ‘light injuries’. Oman’s second choice goalkeeper Muhannad Al Zaabi, who was injured during a 2-2 drawn friendly against Gulf Cup champions Qatar last week, had already been ruled out of the Asian Cup. Though captain Ali Al Habsi of the Wigan Athletic, will be Le Guen’s ﬁrst choice to guard Omani citadel, the Frenchman has called up Suleiman Al Buraiki as Al Zaabi’s replacement. The team’s other goalkeeper is Mazen Al Kasbi. — Agencies

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SPORTS Sanga joins 12,000-run club, Wellington Test in balance SCOREBOARD

New Zealand 1st innings T. Latham c Jayawardene b Lakmal 6 H. Rutherford c Jayawardene b Pradeep 37 K. Williamson b Prasad 69 R. Taylor b Pradeep 35 B. McCullum b Lakmal 0 J. Neesham c Jayawardene b Pradeep 15 B. Watling c Chandimal b Mathews 11 M. Craig c Mathews b Lakmal 7 D. Bracewell b Prasad 16 T. Southee c Sangakkara b Pradeep 0 T. Boult not out 16 Extras (lb-1, w-3, nb-5) 9 Total (all out, 55.1 overs) 221 Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-62, 3-141, 4-142, 5-162, 6-181, 7-182, 8-194, 9-195.

Sangakkara has accumulated his runs in 224 innings, compared to Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, who both needed 247 innings to surpass the mark

WELLINGTON: Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest player to reach 12,000 Test runs and will look to rebuild Sri Lanka’s innings after they were left teetering on 78 for five at the end of the first day’s play in the second Test against New Zealand. Sangakkara was 33 not out while wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene was dismissed for six in the final over on Saturday in reply to New Zealand’s 221 on the green Basin Reserve pitch. Doug Bracewell took two quick wickets and Trent Boult another as New Zealand reduced the visitors to 29 for three.

FASTEST TO 12,000: Kumar Sangakkara. – AFP

The tourists then slumped to 58 for four after Tim Southee dismissed Angelo Mathews, before Bracewell had Prasanna Jayawardene caught in the slips in the final over. “We are definitely satisfied with

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the day,” Bracewell, who finished the day with figures of 3-23 from 7.4 overs, told reporters. “They’re 70 for five and we have an opportunity to make that 70 for six, 70 for seven tomorrow. I think it was a good day. The boys

are pretty excited about going into tomorrow and seeing what happens.” Sangakkara had entered the game needing ﬁve runs to become the ﬁfth man to surpass 12,000 runs, which he achieved with two off his hip into the leg side off Trent Boult. Sangakkara has accumulated his runs in 224 innings, compared to India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Australia’s Ricky Ponting, who both needed 247 innings to surpass the mark. The left-hander, who spent the majority of his career also keeping wickets, was given a standing ovation by the crowd of almost 5,000, though he barely acknowl-

Bowling: Lakmal 17-2-71-3 (nb-3), Pradeep 16-0-63-4 (w-2, nb-1), Prasad 11.1-1-50-2, Mathews 9-3-29-1, Herath 2-0-7-0. Sri Lanka 1st innings D. Karunaratne c Neesham b Boult 16 K. Silva b Bracewell 5 K. Sangakkara not out 33 L. Thirimanne c McCullum b Bracewell 0 A. Mathews c Watling b Southee 15 P. Jayawardene c Neesham b Bracewell 6 Extras (lb-1, nb-2) 3 Total (5 wkts, 25.4 overs) 78 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-25, 3-29, 4-58, 5-78. Bowling: Boult 7-1-18-1, Southee 9-2-30-1, Bracewell 7.4-1-23-3 (2nb), Neesham 2-0-6-0.

edged the milestone. New Zealand had been dismissed just after the tea break after they lost their last eight wickets for 80 runs. The hosts had been in control of the match having raced to 141 for two after lunch, with Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor well set. Nuwan Pradeep then sparked the collapse as New Zealand lost ﬁve wickets for 41 runs before tea with the visitors taking advantage of poor shot selection from the hosts, though Bracewell said the pitch was proving tricky to bat on. “I think its the sort of wicket where you can lose wickets in clumps,” he added. - Reuters

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West Brom stroll on, Amla, De Villiers lift South Africa Newcastle ousted LONDON: Tony Pulis’s West Bromwich Albion tenure began with a 7-0 demolition of nonleague Gateshead in the FA Cup third round on Saturday, while Leicester City eliminated managerless Newcastle United recording a 1-0 win. Swansea City joined Leicester in the fourth round after a 6-2 romp at fourth-tier Tranmere Rovers. Blyth Spartans of the seventhtier Northern Premier League looked poised to record the day’s biggest upset after going 2-0 up

at home to second-tier Birmingham City thanks to a double from captain Robbie Dale but went on to lose 3-2. The day’s biggest upset came at third-division Rochdale, who beat two-time Cup-winners Nottingham Forest of the Championship 1-0 thanks to a 12th minute spot-kick by Peter Vincenti. Meanwhile, Derby County, currently third in the Championship standings, needed an injury-time penalty by Chris Martin to see off ﬁfth-tier Southport 1-0. - AFP

CAPE TOWN: Captain Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers led the chase as South Africa cut the deﬁcit to 102 runs in their bid to haul in the West Indies total of 329 before rain ended the second day of the third Test at Newlands on Saturday. South Africa, 1-0 up in the threeTest series, have seven wickets in hand as they start the third day on 227 for three seeking the series success that will keep them top of the world Test rankings. Amla, unbeaten on 55, and De Villiers, 32 not out, shared an unbroken 70-run partnership after Faf du Plessis had contributed 68 and the West Indies took just one wicket in each session of the day. - Agencies

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West Indies 1st innings K. Brathwaite c Elgar b Steyn 7 D. Smith b Harmer 47 L. Johnson lbw Harmer 54 M. Samuels c Du Plessis b Van Zyl 43 S. Chanderpaul st De Villiers b Harmer 9 J. Blackwood lbw Steyn 56 D. Ramdin c & b Steyn 53 J. Holder c Van Zyl b Steyn 23 J. Taylor c Steyn b Morkel 13 S. Benn c Bavuma b Morkel 5 S. Gabriel not out 4 Extras (lb-5, nb-2, w-8) 15 Total ( all out, 99.5 overs) 329 Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-80, 3-131, 4-162, 5-172, 6-266, 7-299, 8-316, 9-319.

Bowling: Steyn 25-6-78-4 (w-3), Philander 19-2-73-0 (nb-1), Morkel 19.5-1-83-2 (nb-1, w-1), Harmer 26-5-71 -3, Van Zyl 8-2-13-1, Elgar 2-0-6-0. South Africa 1st innings A. Petersen run out 42 D. Elgar lbw Holder 8 F. du Plessis st Ramdin b Benn 68 H. Amla not out 55 A. de Villiers not out 32 Extras (lb-2, nb-8, w-12) 22 Total (3 wkts, 68.3 overs) 227 Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-112, 3-157. Bowling: Taylor 13-1-59-0 (w-1), Gabriel 122-41-0 (nb-5, w-3), Holder 14-3-46-1 (nb-2), Samuels 5.3-0-17-0, Benn 24-5-62-0.

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GME record easy victory MUSCAT: Global Money Exchange (GME) recorded a 44run win against King Travels and Tours (KT&T) in a G Division T20 match on Friday. Put into bat ﬁrst, GME scored 174 with main contributions coming from Suraj Rao (53), Ashok Patel (30), Jerrin George (27) and Rahul Rajeev (25). Shiyas K. I and Praveen Shetty scalped two wickets each. In reply, King Travels and Tours were restricted to 141 for nine in 20 overs with only Praveen Shetty (27) and Baiju Balan (22 NO) putting on any resistance. Anil Kulkarn, Libin Varghese and Jerrin George two wickets apiece for the winners. Brief scores: GME 174 all out in 19.5 overs (Suraj 53, Ashok 30, Jerrin 27, Rahul 25, Praveen 2/12, Shiyas 2/14) bt KT&T 141 for 9 in 20 overs (Praveen 27, Baiju 22 n.o.; Jerrin 2/18, Libin 2/32, Anil 2/34).

In another G Division, Bahihi Hexa defeated Teejan Furnishing by four wickets. Batting ﬁrst, Teejan scored 184 for seven in 20 overs. Bahihi achieved the target with four wickets and three balls to spare. Openers Arjun Pradeep (44) and Murad Khan (43) ensured a good start with a 87-run partnership in 8.3 overs. Later, Iqbal Mahmood (27) and Aslan Zeb Khan (26) remained unbeaten as the team eased to victory. Brief scores: Teejan Furnishing 184 for 7 in 20 overs (Shanawaz 74, Ferox 25, Shibu 23, Maduraj 3/21, Aslam 2/26) lost to Bahihi Hexa 189 for 6 in 19.3 overs (Arjun 44, Murad 43, Iqbal 27 n.o., Aslam 26 No, Saif 3/42, Feroz 2/25).

In a H Division match, Al Rehwan set a target of 153 and contained Ray International to 145 for nine in 20 overs. Brief scores: Al Rehwan 153 for 9 in 20 overs (Nithin 38, Nazeer 34, Imran 3/37, Prinson 2/37) bt Ray International 145 for 9 in 20 overs (Kodeeswaran 44, Anish 20, Arun 2/22, Aboo 2/30).

In an I Division, Caledonian College of Engineering (CCE) beat Dhofar Automotive by 20 runs after scoring 146 for nine in their 20 overs. In response, Dhofar Automotive were all out for 126 in 17 overs. Brief scores: CCE 146 for 9 in 20 overs (Shafeeq 45, Hamza 22, Shoyeb 20, Prajeesh 2/20, Shafeek 2/25) bt Dhofar Automotive 126 all out in 17 overs (Pappan 50, Faheem 22, Shafeeq 4/24, Ashiq 2/17, Bilal 2/18).

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DIALLING IN: Subscribers of pre-paid ﬁxed phone service (Sahl)

stood at 31,546 against 25,829 at the end of 2013. — ONA

Fixed-phone user base in Oman rises MUSCAT: Subscribers of fixed phone service in the Sultanate stood at 366,237 at the end of October 2014 against 351,411 at the end of December 2013, constituting a rise of 4.2 per cent. Statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) pointed out that subscribers of billed fixed phone service in the Sultanate stood at 280,333 at the end of October 2014 against 271,400 subscribers at the end of 2013. Subscribers of pre-paid fixed phone service (Sahl) stood at 31,546 against 25,829 at the end of 2013. The number of public phones all over the Sultanate stood at 6,801. The number of integrated services digital networks (ISDN) stood at 45,742 while the number of fixed wireless lines stood at 1,815.

The statistics also pointed out that the number of ﬁxed telephone line subscribers in the Governorate of Muscat stood at 179,741 by the end of October 2014, followed by the governorates of Dhofar with 25,573, A’Dakhiliyah with 21,999, South Al Batinah with 21,455 and North Al Batinah with 20,983, These were followed by the Governorates of North A’Sharqiyah at 14,704, A’Dhahirah at 8,381, Al Buraimi at 7,248, South A’Sharqiyah with 5,252, Musandam at 3,439 and ﬁnally Al Wusta

at 1,104. Subscribers of billed and pre-paid GSM service stood at 6,084,117 at the end of October 2014, compared to 5,617,426 by the end of 2013, constituting an increase of 8.3 per cent. Billed GSM services Subscribers of billed GSM services stood at 519,038 by the end of October 2014 against 495,703 during 2013, constituting an increase of 4.7 per cent. Subscribers of prepaid GSM service rose by 8.7 per cent to 5,565,079 against 5,121,723 by the end of 2013. The statistics also pointed out that the total subscribers of the Internet at the end of October 2014 stood at 169,177 compared to 158,678 subscribers at the end of 2013, constituting an increase of 6.6 per cent. The number of subscribers of the phone internet services at the end of October 2014 stood at 3,186 compared to 4,388 during 2013, a decline by 27.4 per cent, which included 3,169 subscribers of billed service and 17 of pre-paid cards. Subscribers of ﬁxed broadband service stood at 165,991 at the end of October 2014, compared to 154,290 at the end of 2013. The number of active subscribers of mobile broadband stood at 2,790,818 at the end of October 2014 compared to 2,443,296 at the end of 2013. — ONA

improvement in sentiment of Gulf investors who received assurances from officials that the GCC budgets will have many investment projects

ROBUST DEMAND: Stock markets with emerging values, such as MSM, attracted new investors who sought to achieve quick gains after it had achieved more than OMR900 million gains during the last week of 2014. — Times ﬁle picture

MUSCAT: The trading activity

assurances that wages and the standard of living of GCC nationals will remain unaffected.

in most Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock markets has proved the lack of accuracy of analysis and forecasts, which expected a decline in the stock markets, in correlation with the slump in oil prices.

During the last week of 2014, the GCC stock markets witnessed ten-year long record highs. The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) recorded the highest growth rate with 13.43 per cent, followed by the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) with 13.18 per cent, the Qatar Stock Market with 11.33 per cent and the Kuwait Price Index with 5.58 per cent. These were followed by the Saudi Stock Market with 5.15 per cent, the Abu Dhabi Stock Market with 3.93 per cent and ﬁnally the Bahrain Stock Exchange with 1.72 per cent. This increase is attributed to the remarkable improvement in sentiment of Gulf investors who received assurances from officials that the GCC budgets will have many investment projects. They also received

Such assurances enhanced conﬁdence in maintaining the dynamism of the market and kept it away from the consequences of the oil price slump through carefully studied measures that improved the growth of the Gulf economies. Moreover, markets with emerging values, such as MSM, attracted new investors who sought to achieve quick gains after it had achieved more than OMR900 million gains during the last week of 2014.

The slump in the market is thus attributed to the high sensitivity of major and small investors who do not realise that Gulf countries are still maintaining between three per cent and ﬁve per cent growth rates per annum. In addition, the GCC governments continue their subsidy and support for the capital markets. The GCC monetary systems are strong and stable. The ﬁnancial

reserves of the GCC countries should be a source of conﬁdence in the ability of these markets to achieve the prospective growth. The Gulf central banks have a very good reputation in meeting GCC governments’ obligations both locally and internationally. Major institutions and corporations, such as commercial banks, service and production companies are still doing their businesses as usual. We have not seen any bankruptcy cases like those taking place in the USA, Europe and some Asian countries. The GCC governments are serious in attracting more national and foreign investments and enhancing the role of the private sector. Historically speaking, the GCC governments have always been ready to provide the required subsidy to the stock markets by creating stability and other funds that help these markets remain resilient and continue their growth during crisis. The Capital Market Author-

ity (CMA), the regulatory body of MSM, said that it would prepare a feasibility study on creating a new stock market for SMEs. The study, which will be implemented in cooperation with the Taiwanese market, will take into consideration the nature of the Omani capital market and its economy. The launching of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) stock market is an attempt to help projects with small and medium capital to get the required ﬁnance to support their expansion and operation plans from the capital market. The SMEs stock market will also provide SMEs with the regulatory framework, which guarantees them certain kind of recognition. This recognition will help them in getting the conﬁdence of suppliers, official organisations and private companies. It will also enable them to get different services at affordable rates that will help them become competitive in the market. — ONA

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Billionaire Alwaleed ‘assails’ Saudi ﬁscal policy over deﬁcit

Alwaleed bin Talal. — Bloomberg ﬁle picture

RIYADH: Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has lashed out at the Saudi fiscal policy after projecting the largest ever budget deficit for 2015 following the slump in oil prices. “We have reached the danger point... after starting to withdraw from the reserves,” to meet the budget shortfall, Alwaleed said in a letter addressed to the finance minister.

Last week, the world’s biggest crude exporter announced an expansionary 2015 budget with the largest-ever deﬁcit of $38.6 billion. Projected spending It projected spending at $229.3 billion, a slight rise from last year’s estimates, and revenues at $190.7 billion, sharply down from $228 billion projected in 2014. Saudi Arabia, the lead pro-

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New lawsuit accuses Apple of storage space malpractice SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Friday faced a lawsuit accusing it of promising more available storage space than it actually delivers in iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices. The suit filed early this week in US District Court in Northern California argues that while Apple touts 16 gigabytes of digital storage on lower price models of gadgets such as hotselling iPhones, about a fifth of that is eaten up by the latest operating software. The percentage of advertised space available for digital content such as photos, video, or music shrinks further when Apple gadgets built with eight gigabytes of storage are considered, the suit filed on behalf of two Florida men maintained. The suit charges Apple with being deceptive in advertising that represents devices as having much more storage space than is really available to people who purchase devices. Once Apple gadget owners

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reach limits to data storage, the California-based technology titan prompts them to pay monthly fees for digital locker space online at its iCloud service, according to the lawsuit. “Using these sharp business tactics, (Apple) gives less storage capacity than advertised, only to

offer to sell that capacity in a desperate moment, eg when a consumer is trying to record or take photos at a child or grandchild’s recital, basketball game or wedding,” the lawsuit maintained. “Each gigabyte of storage Apple shortchanges its customers amounts to approximately 400500 high resolution photographs.” Apple offers all iCloud users five gigabytes of free storage, which arguably offsets the amount that the lawsuit contends is eaten up by the operating system. Attorneys behind the suit are seeking class action status along with punishments that include Apple turning over all profits from sales of gadgets at issue in the case. Apple declined to comment for this story. A suit filed in a trial court in Canada regarding how up front Apple was being with the actual amount of storage space in devices was dismissed. That dismissal was upheld on appeal in early 2012. - AFP

ducer in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, also said it estimates 2014 actual budget deﬁcit at $14.4 billion as both spending and revenues far exceeded projections. Alwaleed, a member of the Saudi ruling family and the wealthiest Arab private investor, said Riyadh should not have let spending rise above projections, especially after oil prices began to decline.

Oil income contributes about 90 per cent of public revenues in the Opec top producer which pumps around 9.6 million barrels per day. If the government had contained last year’s spending within projections, a surplus of at least $50 billion would have been posted, the prince said. As a result of failing to check rising spending, a total of $53 billion will be withdrawn from ﬁscal

reserves, estimated at $750 billion, in just two years, he said. Alwaleed also criticised the way Saudi reserves are invested, saying because most of them are invested in US and European bonds, they have low yields at around 2.4 per cent annually. The reserves are currently managed by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (Sama), or the central bank. - AFP

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Manufacturing in US expands at more sustainable pace WASHINGTON: Manufacturing moderated at the end of last year to a more sustainable pace of growth as US factories adjusted to weaker overseas markets and steady demand from domestic customers. The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index dropped to a six-month low of 55.5, less than forecast, from 58.7 in November, a report from the Tempe, Arizona-based group showed today. In October, the reading matched a three year-high. Order growth slowed as some companies anticipated falling energy prices would allow them to receive goods and materials at a lower cost. While other customers scaled back capital spending

plans with global markets cooling, production will probably hold up as employment gains and cheap gasoline boost consumer spending and the economy. “It’s more of a pause that refreshes than anything to worry about,” said Michael Montgomery, a US economist at IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Massachusetts, who correctly forecast the ISM reading. “Manufacturing is going to keep expanding. We’ll lose some ground on exports,” though in the US, ‘demand is growing’. A separate index of US manufacturing also fell in December. The Markit Economics gauge decreased to an 11-month low of 53.9 from 54.8 a month earlier.

EUROPE & CHINA US factories remain a standout among global producers. Euro-area manufacturing held close to a 17-month low reached in November , the Londonbased group said. The industry in China was the weakest in 18 months

US factories remain a standout among global producers. Euroarea manufacturing held close to a 17-month low reached in November, the London-based group said.

The industry in China was the weakest in 18 months, according to the latest government index of factory purchasing managers. Last year ISM ﬁgures greater than 50 indicate growth and the median forecast in a survey of economists called for a December reading of 57.5. The purchasing managers’ index averaged 55.8 in 2014, the best in four years. Stocks were little changed, erasing earlier losses, as gains in utilities and energy companies offset a slide in small-caps. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell less than 0.1 per cent to 2,058.2 at the close in New York. Eleven of 18 industries surveyed by the pur-

Russia and Iraq supply most crude in decades There is no respite in early 2015 from the glut that has pushed oil to its lowest in ﬁve years. Russian output rise 0.3%, while Iraq exported 2.94m barrels a day in December

LONDON: Oil supplies in Iraq and Russia surged to the highest level in decades, signalling no respite in early 2015 from the glut that has pushed crude prices to their lowest in ﬁve years. Russian oil production rose 0.3 per cent in December to a postSoviet record of 10.667 million barrels a day, according to preliminary data e-mailed yesterday by CDU-TEK, part of the Energy Ministry. Iraq exported 2.94 million barrels a day in December, the most since the 1980s, said Oil Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad. The countries provided 15 per cent of the world’s oil in November, according to the International Energy Agency. Oil slumped 48 per cent in London in 2014, the steepest decline since the 2008 ﬁnancial crisis,

as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) refused to pare output in response to the highest U.S. oil production in three decades. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, who met with some Opec members in November, said the nation will maintain output this year and expects prices to stabilise. “With the latest news from Russia and Iraq, the focus on rising supply remains a key negative driver for oil,” Ole Sloth Hansen, an analyst at Saxo Bank in Copenhagen, said yesterday by e-mail. Brent crude futures, at about $56 a barrel yesterday, may slip below $50 this year, he said. Russian output is increasing even after the US and the European Union imposed sanctions last year in response to the country’s annexation of Crimea and

what they say was support for separatists in eastern Ukraine. Measures included targeting the energy sector by banning exports to Russia of some equipment and technology. The country’s government gets about half of its revenue from oil and gas taxes. Iraq deal Iraq, Opec’s second-biggest producer, reached a deal with its semi-autonomous Kurdish region last month over the Kurds’ oil exports through Turkey, after years of disagreement on the territory’s right to independently develop its energy resources.

The agreement “looks to have had a positive effect on exports to the north,” analysts at consultants JBC Energy in Vienna said. The agreement allows the shipment of as much as 550,000 barrels a day of oil from northern Iraq to the port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean, along a pipeline to the Turkish border operated by the Kurdistan regional government. This includes 300,000 barrels a day from the Kirkuk oilﬁelds in northern Iraq, under the control of Kurdish forces since they moved to repel an offensive by rebels from the IS in June. Iraq exported 5.579 million barrels of Kirkuk oil in December, equivalent to about 180,000 barrels a day, Oil Ministry spokesman Jihad said by text message yesterday. That’s more than a six-fold increase from 836,000 barrels in November, says the Oil Ministry. Brent crude, used to price half of the world’s oil including Russia’s main export blend Urals, fell 3.2 per cent to $55.48 a barrel on the ICE Futures. - Bloomberg news

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chasing managers’ group posted growth, led by printers, metal producers and furniture makers. The December reading is a ‘still strong number’, Bradley Holcomb, chairman of the ISM factory survey, said on a conference call with reporters. The ISM group’s new orders gauge declined to 57.3 in December, the weakest in seven months, from 66. Some chemical products makers said sales are slowing as customers reduce inventory in anticipation of lower prices. Such delays in orders are unlikely to last, said Joshua Shapiro, chief US economist at Maria Fiorini Ramirez in New York. “You can only play that game for so

long. When people have to order, they have to order.” The group’s measures of production and order backlogs dropped, while an index of export demand suffered its biggest one-month decline in 2014. The factory employment measure increased from the prior month. A slump in crude oil helped push down input costs for factories last month. The ISM’s index of prices paid declined to 38.5, the lowest since June 2012. Thirteen manufacturing industries reported paying lower prices in December, led by chemicals, primary metals and plastics. Growth in the US will probably keep orders ﬂowing into factories in coming months. - Bloomberg News

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New Year brings cheer to Indian stock market All-round optimism in the domestic arena buoyed-up the market-sentiment and didn’t discourage the local investor mood during the week despite scarcity of global cues

MUMBAI: All-round optimism in the domestic arena buoyed-up the market-sentiment and did not discourage the local investor mood during the week despite scarcity of cues from the globallevel due to new year holidays as benchmark Sensex ended on a four-week high with Nifty surging to 8,400-level. Only two-days of the week witnessed a tepid trading hindered by weak-sentiment over political uncertainty in Greece as well as liquidity drench following lack of major foreign funds inﬂow due to New Year holidays in most of the global market. However, investors sentiments underpinned by optimism over the government growth oriented economic reforms, which was safeguarded by cabinet approval of taking ordinance rout to acquire land in key sectors. The two-day meet between ﬁnance ministry and bankers and insurers to revitalise the banking sectors also provided support for the sector stock momentum on the last day of week. FPIs turnaround from sellers to buyers further boosted the sentiment. They

BULLISH TREND: In the new year so far, Sensex ended on a four-week high with Nifty surging to 8,400-level. Shares from all sectors saw hectic buying, with capital goods, consumer durables, metals, power, banks, realty, auto, fast moving consumer goods sectors leading the pack. – Bloomberg News

injected $101.91 million on the ﬁrst four days of the week, as per Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) data. Shares from all sectors saw hectic buying, with capital goods, consumer durables, metals, power, banks, realty, auto, fast moving consumer goods sectors leading the pack that was well supported by shares from mid-cap and small-cap companies which outperformed the Sensex. The BSE 30-share barometer resumed the week higher and gradually moved up further to a high of 27,937.47 before settling at four-week high of 27,887.90, showing a gain of 646.12 points or 2.37 per cent. Similarly, the wide-based 50-issue CNX Nifty of the NSE traded between 8,410.60 and 8,214.70 before ending the week at 8,395.45, a net gain of 194.75 points or 2.37 per cent.

Major gainers Altogether 27 scrips out of the 30-share Sesnex pack ended higher while only three ﬁnished with losses. Major gainers were Bhel (9.39 per cent), SSLT (7.09 per cent), Tata Motors (5.49 per cent), Hindalco (5.19 per cent), HDFC (5.18 per cent), Axis Bank (3.87 per cent), NTPC (3.70 per cent), ICICI bank (3.30 per cent), Infosys (3.24 per cent), Tata Steel (3.18 per cent), Larsen (3 per cent), Bharti Airtel (2.93 per cent), Dr Reddy’s Lab (2.80 per cent), Tata Power (2.65 per cent and SBI (2.47 per cent). The BSE Midcap and the BSE Small-cap indices also jumped by 4.10 per cent and 3.79 per cent and did better than the Sensex. The total turnover at BSE and NSE rose to Rs118.92 billion and Rs561.95 billion respectively from the last weekend’s level of Rs95.176 billion and Rs553.20.

Coming off from 13-month closing low of 63.79 logged due to heavy month-dollar demand from importers, mainly oil reﬁners, the Indian rupee later bounced back to two-week high during the midweek on dollar selling by exporters some some banks before falling back some ground to settle the week at 63.29 against US dollar — up by 28 paise, breaking straight three-week of decline. The ﬁrst week of the new calendar year 2015 concluded on an optimistic note though on yearly basis it had lost 123 paise or 1.99 pct in calender year 2014. It had closed at 61.80 against the dollar in 2013 versus 63.03 in 2014. - PTI

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When will the energy sector start to recover? NEW YORK: Last year was an ugly one for the United States energy sector, and while the first trading day of 2015 pointed to continued weakness in oil, investors are starting to look to when the sector might start to recover. Crude oil prices fell 42 per cent in the fourth quarter. The fallout on corporate bottom lines isn’t yet known, but forecasts suggest it will be severe. Energy sector earnings are seen down 19.6 per cent in the fourth quarter, according to Thomson Reuters data; on October 1, the consensus estimate was for growth of 6.4 per cent. While the flip in expectations is bearish, analysts say the dramatic decline in the stocks means some investors are going to start looking for buying opportunities. “It won’t surprise anyone to see profits fall, so if you have no exposure this is a good time to step in,” said Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at St Louis-based Wells Fargo Advisors, which has an “equal weight” rating on the sector. “The market is ready for bad news.” Investors didn’t flee the group even as it fell in the last three months of the year. A total of 85 energy sector funds tracked by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company, shows five consecutive weeks of inflows dating to November, with more than $3.5 billion in inflows. Worst performers One of the buyers is Michael Matousek, head trader at US Global Investors, who said he was adding exposure “since these stocks are so cheap right now.” Matousek noted that the pain wasn’t spread equally across the sector. Denbury Resources and Noble were two of the worst performers in the S&P 500 last year, losing half their value, while big integrated oil and gas firms saw less severe share price declines. Exxon Mobil fell 8.6 per cent in

A total of 85 energy sector funds tracked by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company, shows five consecutive weeks of inflows dating to late November, with over $3.5b in inflows

2014 while Chevron lost about 10.2 per cent. Linn Energy and Civeo issued warnings this week, with both citing how lower prices have led to lower production. Acquisition Investors seeing the decline in share prices and concern about overleveraged companies could bet on weaker players getting taken out by bigger companies. The energy sector has already seen one big deal, in November, when Halliburton agreed to buy Baker Hughes Inc for $35 billion. “You could start seeing M&A take place, since it makes sense for the bigger players to start gobbling up smaller companies,” Matousek said. “They’ve got plenty of cash on hand and can use it to grow if they’re not growing organically.” While energy shares are viewed as one of the market’s bigger bargains, that comes with bigger risks. The supply glut that has devastated oil prices shows no signs of stabilising. “Certain areas of the sector have come down enough,” said Joshua Brown, vice president of investments at Fusion Analytics in New York. - Reuters

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oca-Cola just killed voicemail in the US. Should we care? In December, the company’s Atlanta headquarters shut down office phone messages. Now, if you want to reach someone, you’ll have to e-mail, text, or call their cell. The shift wasn’t about cost-cutting. (The price tag was a relatively measly $100,000 per annum.) It was about getting in synch with the way employees, especially younger ones, were already communicating. Axing voicemail is a sign of the times. In 2012, Vonage reported that voicemail traffic had dropped 8 per cent since the previous year. The media lit up, declaring the voicemail’s death. Given a choice, droves of users are abandoning conversation in favour of writing. Since 2008, the volume of text messages has surpassed voice calls in the United States. For young people, the mix is incredibly lop-sided. The Pew Internet Research Project reports that in 2011, teens texted an average of 60 times a day (with 100 daily for older teenager girls). In 2009, 38 per cent of teens talked on the phone daily; by 2011 that number had fallen to 26 per cent. My own research bears this out. In 2007, I studied how college students in four countries used their cellphones. Many chose to text rather than talk because it was “faster.” They didn’t have to listen to the other person. Even those of us residing between middle age and retirement understand the virtues of written communication. It takes longer to listen to the same stretch of text than to read it. Be honest with yourself— How many times have you heard the first few words of a voicemail, stopped listening, and simply called back? If you have a teenager, you know this procedure is de rigueur. (“Uh, Mom, I see you called. What’s up?”) When I want to talk with my 20-something son, who lives in Ohio, here’s my ritual: I first check Find Friends (a GPS app on my phone) to determine if he’s driving. If he’s home, I send a text to see if this is a good time to talk. When I’m lucky, my phone soon rings. E-mail

VOICEMAIL AND THE INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION

Voicemail has its ﬂaws, but it still carries the resonances of another live person

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and texting let us control exactly when and how we send and respond to messages. We’re unlikely to return an office call at midnight. But written communiqués are fine at any time of day or night — and particularly handy if travelling in another time zone. While pecking away at a keyboard or keypad, we have the option of multitasking. And we’re never going to get stuck too long on a text — just type and send. It’s true that written communication has its benefits. Anyone who’s tried phoning a live person in customer support at your favourite corporation knows the frustration of hunting down a phone number and (if you even find one) waiting interminable lengths of time to be connected with someone. Knowing what we were up against, why, we ask ourselves, did we bother? Yet for all its problems, human conversations matter. (Some people call customerfriendly L.L. Bean rather than ordering online just to hear a welcoming voice.) Spoken language is one of the indisputable features that distinguish homo sapiens from all other creatures. Yes, writing is another wondrous human invention, but it’s a relative newbie (less than 5,000 years old). And for all its potential power, it lacks the richness and immediacy of a spoken conversation. When I ask my undergraduates if spending time on Facebook ever makes them feel lonely, I’m saddened when they say yes. Linguist John L. Locke has worried about what he calls the de-voicing of society. And psychologists John and Stephanie Cacioppo worry that loneliness is becoming a modern epidemic. Voicemail has its flaws, but it still carries the resonances of another live person. Sure, it takes time to hear the message through. But part of living in civil society — or simply having basic manners — is giving other people a chance to have their say and for us to listen. Just how many of those “in real life” conversations are we willing to cede to text? If voicemail goes, which other uses of spoken language are next? Let’s not hang up on homo loquens. — Naomi S. Baron/The Washington Post

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Vice (2D) Action | Adventure (15+) Cast: Thomas Jane, Bruce Willis 5:30, 9:30 & 11:30 pm Legend Of Never Beast (2D) Animation | Adventure (PG) 2:00pm Legend Of Never Beast (3D) Animation | Adventure (PG) 4:15 & 5:45 pm Swelter (2D) Act | Thriller (15+) Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme 3:30, 7:30 & 11:45 pm Into the Woods (2D)Com|Family (PG) Cast: Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep 2:15 pm P.K (2D) Comedy | Drama(PG) Cast: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma 8:50 pm Unbroken (2D) Bio| Drama (15+) Cast: Jack Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, Domhnall 4:30 & 7:15pm Laggies (2D) Rom | Com) (PG) Cast: Keira Knightley, ChloĂŤ Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell 2:15 & 7:00 pm Woman In Black Angel Of Death (2D) (Horror | Thriller) (15+) Cast: Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine 9:45 & 11:45pm

Linga (Act|Drama) (Tamil) -(PG ) Cast: Rajnikanth, Sonakshi Sinha 3.30 & 6:45 pm Action Jackson (Act| Rom| Dr) (12+ ) Cast: Ajay Devgan, Sonakshi Sinha 10:00 pm

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Vice (2D) (Act | Adventure) (15+) Cast: Thomas Jane, Bruce Willis 1:30, 9:45 & 11:45 pm Gold Class: 3:45 & 11:15pm Legend Of Never Beast (2D) (Animation | Adventure) (PG) 12:30 pm

Cast: Kunchacko Boban, Indrajith Sukumaran, Suraj Venjaramoodu 12:00, 9:00 pm Laggies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2D (PG) (Com | Romance) Cast : Keira Knightley, ChloĂŤ Grace 5:00, 7:00 pm

Vice (Act | Adventure | Sci-Fi ) (15+) Cast: Thomas Jane, Bruce Willis 3:30, 6:30, 8:15, 11:45 pm Swelter (Act | Dr | Thriller) (15+) Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme 5:15, 7:00, 10:00, 11:30 pm P.K. (Com | Dr | Fantasy) (PG) Cast: Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt 3:45, 8:45 pm Legend of the NeverBeast - 2D (Animation | Adv | Family) (PG) 3:00 pm Legend of the NeverBeast - 3D Animation | Adv | Family) (PG) 4:30, 6:00 pm Cousins (Comedy) (PG) Cast: Kunchacko Boban, Indrajith Sukumaran, Suraj Venjaramoodu 7:30 pm The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death (Dr | Horror | Thriller) (15+) Cast: Helen McCrory, Phoebe Fox 10:00, 11:45 pm

Swelter (Act | Dra) (15+) Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme 3:00, 9:45, 11:45 pm Vice (Act| Adventure | Sci-Fi) (15+) Cast: Thomas Jane, Bruce Willis 5:00, 9:40, 11:30 pm

Legend of the NeverBeast(3D) (Animation | Adv | Family) (PG) 2:45, 4:15, 5:45 pm Cousins (Mal) (Comedy) (PG) Cast: Kunchacko Boban, Indrajith Sukumaran, Suraj Venjaramoodu 12:15, 7:15 pm P.K (Hindi) (Co | Dr | Fantasy) (PG) Cast: Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt 12:10, 6:45 pm

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (3D/PG12) (Adv/Fantasy) 11:45pm Vice (2D/15+) (Act/Adv/Sc-FI) 2:00, 5:45, 9:45, 11:45pm Swelter (2D/15+) Act/Dr/Thriller) 12:00, 7:45, 9:30pm Ironclad: Battle for Blood (2D/18+) (Action/Adventure) 3:45, 11:30pm Let the Bullets Fly (2D/18+)Act/Co 1:30pm Legend of the Never Beast (3D/PG) (Action/Adventure/Family) 4:00, 5:30pm Legend of the Never Beast (2D/PG) (Action/Adventure/Family) Voice Overs: Ginnifer Goodwin 11:00am, 2:30pm Unbroken (2D/15+) (Ro/Comedy) 4:00, 7:00pm P.K. (2D/PG) (Com/Dr/fantasy) 9:00pm The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death (2D/PG) (Dr/Horr) 12:30, 11:45pm Cousins (2D/PG) (Comedy) 6:30pm

Cast: Mindy Robinson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alfred Molina 6.00, 10.00 & 11.55 pm Ironclad: Battle for Blood (Action / Adventure) (15+) Cast: Michelle Fairley, Roxanne McKee, Danny Webb 4.00, 8.00 & 11.55 pm Unbroken (Drama)(15+) Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman 4.30, 7.00 & 9.30 pm Camp X-ray (Drama) Cast: Kristen Stewart, Peyman Moaadi 2.00 pm; CP No: 2673 (18+)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Adventure / Fantasy) Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage 2.00 pm; CP No: 2574 (PG12) Paddington (Comedy) Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins 2.00, 4.00 & 8.00 pm

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SUDOKU

Falsecards can be very effective

HOW TO PLAY Fill the empty cells with the numbers 1 to 9, so that each number appears once in each row, column and area. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Seven Galaxies

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B I G NAT E

ACROSS 1 4 8 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 26 28 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 43

J-N connection Razor-sharp Lie in the sun Stadium cheer Astrologers of old Jai â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lipstick color Hobby Not on board Attend a banquet Formic acid producer Longest constellation Household pets Extensive Gas-station freebie Recurrently Place for croutons 201, to Claudius Choler WWW addresses Yvetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home Serfsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; masters Distress signal Codgersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; queries Foam

46 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

Roused oneself Salt Lake athlete Kind of molding Elbow grease Head, slangily Culture dish goo Forever and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chromosome material

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 33 37 39

Houston school Desert st. Spring 1960s hairdo All-out ďŹ ght Under par â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kapitalâ&#x20AC;? Japanese dish Barracks bed Discourage

40 42 43 44 45 46

With regret Baja Ms. Han Soloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love 007â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alma mater â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fancyâ&#x20AC;? singer Flamboyant accessory 47 Turtle-to-be 48 Most of the earth 49 Staff

DOWN 1 Sedgwick of the screen 2 Dregs 3 Tea party host (2 wds.) 4 Retail giant 5 Chalet feature 6 Psychology topic 7 Warm-hearted 8 Flaky 9 Spinks defeater 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tome 11 Uncles and nephews 17 Oohed and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 19 Switch positions 23 Low-down critter?

Answer to previous puzzle

ALDOUS Huxley, an English novelist and critic who died in 1963, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.â&#x20AC;? At the bridge table, declarer can happily lie â&#x20AC;&#x201D; falsecard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because he can fool only the defenders. However, when a defender falsecards, it might mislead his partner into making a mistake, because he misplaced a key card. But there are some situations in which a falsecard is mandatory or likely not to cost. How does that apply in this deal? West leads his fourth-highest heart against three no-trump. What should happen after that? In the auction, Northâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-club rebid was New Minor Forcing. It announced at least gameinvitational values and asked opener to describe his hand further, giving top priority to showing threecard spade support. South begins with six top tricks: four diamonds and two clubs. He has good chances to gain sufficient extra winners from the black suits, but ďŹ rst he must surmount the heart hurdle. If East follows the textbook, he wins the ďŹ rst trick with his heart king, cashes the heart ace and plays a third round. Here, though, South wins with his queen and establishes two spade tricks for his contract. Yes, East might lead a low heart at trick two; maybe declarer would misguess. But better would be to win the ďŹ rst trick with the ace, in principle denying the king, then to return a low heart. South would surely play his 10. And West, after winning with his jack, would have no reason to do anything other than to lead another heart, giving the defenders four hearts and one spade. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; By Phillip Alder

PRATYUSH MANOJ January 4, 2005

GAURAV POOJARY January 4

MANN GULANI January 4, 2010

Previous puzzle Solution

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S U N DAY, JAN UARY 4, 2 0 1 5

PRAYER TIMINGS

Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha Fajr (Tomorrow)

Y O U R B I R T H D AY

BORN today, you can be rather stubborn now and then. This serves you well when you are faced with difficult situations, for you’re not one to vacillate or change your mind or question yourself when certainty is the key to progress. Certainty is your way of life! You do not respond well to those who would try to change your mind without pointing out some ﬁrm evidence that refutes your way of thinking. You won’t budge unless you are faced with incontrovertible proof that your way is the wrong way! You can be rather old-fashioned in your behavior, in the way you dress and in the way you communicate — but there is something rather charming in all of this. When someone else earns your trust and respect, he or she will have it always, through thick and thin. Your loyalty is never for sale, and you will support your allies no matter what hardship comes to you as a result. You are conﬁdent that you can come through any difficulties. Also born on this date are: Louis Braille, inventor; Sterling Holloway, actor; Don Shula, football coach; Michael Stipe, singer; Dyan Cannon, actress; Patty Loveless, singer; Julia Ormond, actress; Dave Foley, actor and comedian; Jesse White, actor; Augustus John, artist.

12.16pm 3.18pm 5.38pm 6.54pm 5.29am

Sunset Sunrise (Tomorrow)

5:33pm 6.49am

High tide Low tide

7.30am 2.35pm

8:55pm 2.21am

You’re in a position to learn a thing or two, and this can up your game in a variety of new and exciting ways.

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W E AT H E R

AIRLINES

Mainly clear skies over most of the Sultanate with chances of late night to early morning low level clouds along the coastal areas of Oman Sea and governorates of Musandam, Al-Buraimi, Al-Dhahira and south Al-Sharqiya. EXPECTED WIND: Wind will be northeasterly light to moderate along the coastal areas becoming variable light during night along Oman Sea coastal areas, whereas it will be northwesterly light to moderate over rest of the Sultanate. SEA STATE: Moderate along the southeastern coast of the Sultanate

with a maximum wave height of 2.0 metres and slight along the rest of Oman coasts with a maximum wave height of 1.52 metres. HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Good over most of the Sultanate becoming poor during fog formation. THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Mainly clear skies with chances of late night to early morning low level clouds or fog patches along the coastal areas of Oman Sea and governorates of Musandam, Al- Buraimi, Al-Dhahira, Al-Dakhliah, south Al-Sharqiya and AlWusta.

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WORLD Athens Baghdad Beijing Berlin Boston Cairo Colombo Frankfurt Hong Kong Istanbul Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur Lisbon Paris Perth Singapore Tokyo Toronto

15 17 8 4 14 18 30 3 19 8 31 32 15 6 36 32 11 7

5 4 3 1 8 8 23 -1 16 3 17 24 8 1 24 25 2 -9

L O N G D I S TA N C E B U S T I M I N G S ( O M A N N AT I O N A L T R A N S P O R T C O M PA N Y S A O C ) * S U B J E C T T O C H A N G E

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI)

AQUARIUS [JAN. 20-FEB. 18] Communication is key. If even one person doesn’t stay in the loop, then very little can happen. Don’t be that person!

PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20] You have a knack for getting others to support you even when you are straying from the recommended path. This will serve you well.

ARIES [March 21-APRIL 19] What appears to you as if in a dream will be as real as anything else by nightfall — especially if you share your vision with a certain friend.

TAURUS [APRIL 20-MAY 20] You are almost halfway down the road to a new discovery, but before you get any further, you’ll have to make a rather frightening decision.

GEMINI [MAY 21-JUNE 20] It’s time to get others working with you; you can do only so much on your own. Much depends on spreading the word broadly.

CANCER [JUNE 21-JULY 22] You may wake today with an idea that, if it comes to fruition, can set you on a new path throughout the entire year ahead. Exciting!

LEO [JULY 23-AUG. 22] You may hear something that you simply cannot believe, but the events of the day are likely to bear out the truth of this improbability.

VIRGO [AUG. 23-SEPT. 22] You have something to offer that others will ﬁnd more than just amusing, but actually quite beneﬁcial — once they get used to it.

LIBRA L [[SEPT. [S S 23-OCT. 22] A message sent once is a message received — in most cases. On one occasion, however, you may have to say something twice or even three times.

SCORPIO S [[OCT. 23-NOV. 21] Are you looking for bargains? Of course you are — and you’re likely to ﬁnd them where you least expect them.

SAGITTARIUS S [[NOV. 22-DEC. 21] This is a good day to focus on your overall effectiveness. Organisation is key — provided your priorities are all squared away.

QURIYAT - SUR - JAALAN (Route 36) Dept Destination Arrival Time Time 15:00 Quriyat 16:30 15:00 Sur 18:00 15:00 Jaalan 19:30 TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41) 06:30 Sohar 06:30 Buraimi 08:00 Buraimi 13:00 Sohar 13:00 Buraimi 16.00 Sohar 16.00 Buraimi TO SINAW (Route 52) 17:30 Sinaw

TO MUSCAT (RUWI) Operating Days Daily Daily Daily

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

08:50 11:00 14:30 15:45 17:40 18.35 20:20

Daily Daily Daily via Ibri Daily Daily Daily Daily

20:50

Daily

TO AL BURAIMI (Route 41) 07:00 Sohar 07:00 Ruwi 13:30 Ruwi 13:00 Sohar 13:00 Ruwi 13:00 Sohar 17:00 Ruwi TO SINAW (Route 52) 07:00 Ruwi

To Yanqul (Route 54) 14:30 Nizwa 14:30 Yanqul

16:50 19:30

Daily Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54) 08:00 Nizwa 08:00 Al Araqi

10:20 12:30

TO SUR (Route 55) 07:30 Sur 14:30 Sur TO FAHUD - YIBAL (Route 62) 06:30 Fahud 06:30 Yibal

08:55 11:40 20:20 14:55 17:40 19:20 22:15

Daily Daily Daily via Ibri Daily Daily Daily Daily

10:25

Daily

To Yanqul (Route 54) 06:00 Nizwa 06:00 Ruwi

08:40 11:00

Daily Daily

TO IBRI (ARAQI) (Route 54) 15:40 Nizwa 15:40 Ruwi

17:55 20:20

Daily Daily

12:00 18:45

Daily Daily

TO SUR (Route 55) 06:00 Ruwi 14:30 Ruwi

10:45 19:00

Daily Daily

10:30 11:15

Daily Daily

TO YIBAL - FAHUD (Route 62) 12:30 Fahud 12:30 Ruwi

13:15 17:30

Daily Daily

TO MARMUL-SALALAH (Route 100) 07:00 Salalah 20:00 10:00 Marmul 20:30 10:00 Salalah 23:30 19:00 Salalah 07:40

Daily Daily Daily Daily

TO SALALAH -MARMUL (Route 100) 07:00 Ruwi 19:50 10:00 Marmul 13:15 10:00 Ruwi 22:30 19:00 Ruwi 07:30

Daily Daily Daily Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101) 06:00 Marmul

Daily

TO MARMUL (Route 101) 06:00 Marmul

16:30

Daily

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

Daily

16:50

SALALAH TO DUBAI (Route 102) 15:00 Dubai 07:00 TO DUBAI (Route 201) 06:00 Sohar 06:00 Dubai 13:00 Sohar 13:00 Dubai 15:00 Sohar 15:00 Dubai

08:30 11:30 15:30 18:30 17:35 20:55

Daily Daily Wed,Thur Wed,Thur Daily Daily

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

TO DUBAI (Route 201) 07:30 Sohar 07:30 Ruwi 13:00 Sohar 13:00 Ruwi 15:30 Sohar 15:30 Ruwi

10:50 13:40 16:15 19:10 18:45 21:35

Daily Daily Thur-Fri Thur-Fri Daily Daily

FROM DUBAI VIA FUJIRAH & SHARJAH (Route 204) Dept Destination Arrival Operating Time Time Days 16:00 Sharjah 16:30 Daily 16.00 Fujairah 18.15 Daily 16.00 Ruwi 23.00 Daily

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PHARMACIES Round the clock Al Hashar Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24783334; Appolo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24782666; Muscat Pharmacy, Ruwi: 24702542, Salalah: 23291635; Atlas Pharmacy, Ghubra: 24503585; Ruwi 24811715 Muscat Region Apollo, Al Hamriya. Tel: 24787766 Muscat, A Seeb Market. Tel: 24421691 Muscat, Al Khuwair. Tel: 24485740 Muscat, Al Hail South. Tel: 4537080 Dhofar Region Muscat, Al Nahdha Road, Salalah. Tel: 23291635 HOSPITALS Al Amal Medical & Health Care Centre: 24485052 Atlas Hospital: Ruwi: 24811743/ Ghubra: 24504000 Al Musaﬁr Specialised Medical Clinic: 24706453 Hatat Polyclinic LLC, Ruwi: 24563641, Azaiba: 24499269, Sohar: 2683006 Al Raffah Hospital: 24618900/1/2 Al Massaraat Clinic & Laboratory: 24566435 Al Makook Medical Coordinance Centre: 24499434 Apollo Medical Centre, Hamriya: 24787766, 24787780 Capital Polyclinic: 24707549 Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic, Ruwi: 24799760/1/2 Capital Clinic, Seeb: 24420740 Ceregem National Raak: 24485633 Dr Harub’s Clinic: 24563217 Elixir Health Centre: 24565802 Emirates Medical Centre: 24604540 1st Chiropractic Centre: 24472274 Hamdan Hospital: 23212340 International Medical Centre LLC: 24794501/2/3/4/5 Kims Oman Hospital: 24760100

24 Hrs Emergency: 24760123 Lama Polyclinic, Sohar: 26751128, MBD: 24799077, Al Khuwair: 24478818 Magrabi Eye and Ear Hospital: 24568870 Muscat Private Hospital: 24583600 Welcare Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Al Khuwair: 24477666 Al-Hayat Polyclinc LLC: 22004000 ROYAL OMAN POLICE Emergencies and inquiries: 9999 General Directorate of Passport and Residence: 24569603 Directorate General of Customs: 24521109 Traffic violations inquiries: 24510228 Public Relations Admin: 24560099 ACCOMMODATION Al Bahjah Hotel: 24424400 Al Bustan Palace: 24764000 Al Khuwair Hotel Apartments: 24478171 Al Madina Holiday Inn: 24596400 Al Maha International Hotel: 24494949 Al Fanar Hotel: 24712385 Al Falaj Hotel: 24702311 Al Qurum Resort: 24605945 Azaiba Hotel Apartments: 24490979 Beach Hotel: 24696601 Bowshar Hotel: 24491105 Coral Hotel Muscat: 24692121 Crowne Plaza Muscat: 24660660 Crystal Suites: 24826100 Golden Tulip Seeb: 24510300 Grand Hyatt Muscat: 24641234 Haffa House Hotel: 24707207 Hotel Muscat Holiday: 24487123 InterContinental Muscat: 24680000 Majan Continental Hotel: 24592900 Marina Hotel: 24711711 Midan Hotel Suites: 24499565 Mina Hotel: 24711828 Muttrah Hotel: 24798401

Nuzha Hotel Apartments: 24789199 Oman Dive Centre: 24824240 Park Inn: 24507888 Qurum Beach House Hotel: 24564070 Radisson Blu Hotel: 24487777 Ramee Dream Resort Seeb: 24453399 Ramee Guestline Hotel: 24564443 Ruwi Hotel: 24704244 Safeer Hotel Suites: 24691200 Sheraton Oman Hotel: 24772772 Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa: 24776666 The Chedi Muscat: 24524400 The Treasurebox Muscat Hotel: 24502570 AIRLINE OFFICES Muscat Airport Flight information (24 hours): 24519456/24519223 Aeroﬂot: 24704455, Air Arabia: 24700828, Air France: 24562153, Air India: 24799801, Air New Zealand: 24700732, Biman Bangladesh Airlines: 24701128, British Airways: 24568777, Cathay Paciﬁc: 24789818, Egypt Air: 24794113, Emirates Air: 24404400, Ethiopian Airlines: 24660313, Gulf Air: 80072424, Indian: 24791914, Iran Air: 24787423, Japan Airlines: 24704455, Jazeera Airways: 23294848, Jet Airways: 24787248, Kenya Airways: 24660300, KML Royal Dutch Airlines: 24566737, Kuwait Airways: 24701262, LOT Polish Airlines: 24796387, Lufthansa: 24796692, Malaysian Airlines: 24560796, Middle East Airlines: 24796680, Oman Air: 24531111, Pakistan International Airlines: 24792471, Qatar Airways: 24771900, Qantas: 24559941, Royal Jordanian: 24796693, Saudi Arabian Airlines: 24789485, Singapore Airlines: 24791233, Shaheen Air: 24816565, SriLankan Airlines:

24784545, Swiss International Airlines: 24796692, Thai Airways: 24705934, Turkish Airlines: 24703033 MUSEUMS Bait Al Baranda: Corniche (seafront opp ﬁsh market), Open from Saturday to Thursday 9am to 1pm and 4 to 6pm Natural History Museum: Al Khuwair, Tel: 24604957, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm; Thursday: 9am to 1pm Museum of Omani Heritage: (former Omani Museum), Madinat Al Alam, Sat-Wed 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday 9am to 1pm, Tel: 24600946 Armed 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 96550606/96550707 Children’s Science Museum: Shatti Al Qurum, Tel: 24605368, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pm Oman-French Museum: near Muscat Police Station, Tel: 24736613, Open from Sat to Wed: 8am to 1:30pm, Thurs: 9am to 1pm Bait Al Zubair, Muscat: Tel: 24736688, Al Saidiya St., Muscat museum@baitalzubairmuseum.com Open from Sat to Thurs: 9:30am to 6pm. National Museum Ruwi: Tel: 24701289, Open from Saturday to Wednesday: 8am to 1:30pm, Thursday: 9am to 1pm Sohar Fort Museum: Tel: 26844758, Open from Saturday to Wed: 8 to 1:30pm Thurs: 9am to 1pm Muscat Gate Museum: at Al Bahri Road, Muscat open from Sat to Wed 8am to 2pm

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Shruti Haasan has six releases this year THE NEW YEAR is going to be extremely busy for actress Shruti Haasan, who is gearing up for the release of six ﬁlms — four in Bollywood and one each in Tamil and Telugu. In Bollywood, Shruti has Gabbar opposite Akshay Kumar, Rocky Handsome and Welcome Back opposite John Abraham and Yaara opposite Vidyut Jammwal. Down south, she has a yet-untitled Tamil and Telugu project each with Vijay and Mahesh Babu, respectively. “She’s been working tirelessly, round the clock juggling between her ﬁlm and brand commitments, while also making time for her music. Shruti has got a very interesting line up that spans various genres and ensures different looks and character graphs,” a source close to Shruti told IANS. Recently, she was signed on for an untitled Tamil-Telugu bilingual featuring actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and Karthi.

Don’t have the patience to direct ﬁlm: Malaika

Scientists ‘must be emotionally charged’ about climate change Professor Chris Rapley believes a narrative of insights based on experience provides a powerful alternative to ‘academic, fact-based approaches’

limate scientists must inject more emotion and personal experience into their communications with the public to underline the dangers of global warming, according to a leading professor. Chris Rapley, a professor of climate science at University College London, is urging colleagues to ditch “academic, fact-based approaches” to the subject in favour of “charged” narratives. He recently performed 2071, a one-man show giving a personalised account of what climate change means for him, at the Royal Court theatre in London and the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.

Professor Rapley was prompted to do his show amid a growing realisation that scientists were not communicating the dangers of climate change and the importance of tackling it as well as they could. “There is a growing recognition among the science community that results that are emotionally, ideologically or politically charged need to be communicated using a different approach to the traditional ‘information deﬁcit’ method,” Professor Rapley told The Independent. “A narrative approach in which the scientist offers the insights based on their personal experience provides a powerful alternative. But it is one with which academics,

Professor Rapley was prompted to do a show amid a growing realisation that scientists were not communicating the dangers of climate change well as they could

trained to adopt an ‘academic’, fact-based approach, and driven to satisfy professional norms of impartiality and objectivity, ﬁnd themselves uncomfortable.” He added: “Not all scientists have to engage with society as communicators or as participants in policymaking, but a sufficient number need to do so in order to justify society’s investment in their science,” he said. It follows the warning from the UN’s top climate-change official, Christiana Figueres, earlier this year that the battle against global warming is undermined by the use of “weird weirdo words” alienating the public and confusing policymakers. — Tom Bawden/The Independent

ACTRESS and popular item girl Malaika Arora Khan, who is also a film producer, does not want to try her hand at film direction. Malaika’s next production is Dolly Ki Doli, and talking about her experience, she told IANS: “It’s fun and different being a producer. You learn something new and see a different side of filmmaking.” What about direction? “As far as direction is concerned, I don’t think I have the aptitude or patience to direct a film. I don’t think I can do,” she added. Malaika, who became famous courtesy her dance atop a train in the song Chaiya chaiya from Dil Se, says it will remain her favourite song always. “Of all of them, Chaiya chaiya has been my favourite purely because it was my first song and shot differently. I love that song — you’ve never seen anything shot like that on Indian screens. For me, it will always be a song close to my heart.” In Dolly Ki Doli too, Malaika has performed a song titled Fashion khatam mujhpe.

Can’t change my equation with Hrithik: Zayed Khan SUSSANNE KHAN’S divorce from Hrithik Roshan has not affected the equation between the superstar and the former’s brother, actor Zayed Khan. Zayed, who will soon be seen on the big screen with Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene, says he continues to share a great equation with Hrithik. “People can’t change the equation between me and Hrithik. We are friends since childhood and we have immense respect for each other,” he said. Hrithik and Sussanne ended their end their 17-year-old relationship via an official statement Dec 13, 2013. Both dated for four years before ﬁnally tying the knot Dec 20, 2000. They were divorced on November 1, 2014. Meanwhile, Zayed is currently busy promoting Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene, directed by Gurmmeet Singh, and says he would like to don the director’s hat someday as well. “Direction is something which is certainly in my mind. I will direct a ﬁlm in future, but for now I want to focus on acting,” he added. -IANS

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We have 1 BHK, 2 BHK, 3 BHK ﬂats, 4, 5 bedrooms villa, open space ofﬁces & shops available in Ghala, Ghobrah, Qurum, Mabela, Ruwi, Darsait, Mumtaz, Wadi Kabir. All brand new buildings & very affordable prices. Contact 93782735 / 99208033

3 new Villas for rent, located in South Ghubrah behind American School, each has 11 bedrooms including 2 Majlis, 8 bathrooms and kitchen. For residential or institutional rent. Contact 99233729 / 98539366

1 BHK ﬂat in Al.Khuwair 25. Contact - 99792181

Flats in Al Khuwair 42 with 2 rooms, Majlis. Contact 96961306

2 BR, 2 toilets, kitchen at Al Mawaleh. #99444786, 99747560 300 Sqr mtrs store or labor camp for Rent in Wadi Kabir. Contact - 99792181 1,000 sq mtrs industrial land in Misfah Industrial area near to Khanco. OMR 1,500 Monthly. Electricty and boundary wall will be provided. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

2BHK, 2 Toilets, 1 Store, own desk, room size 4x4.Location: back of City Center Seeb, near Shell Station. Contact: Ms. Lyn 97004746 Flat for rent 2 bedrooms one hall in South Al Hail. RO 270. Contact 93221474 1 & 3 BHK flat for Rent in Darsait. Contact 99792181 Flats and shops. Contact 93009999 2 Bedroom flat at Muscat OMR.180). Call- 91393005 Studio flat in Ruwi.Contact 99792181

3 BHK ﬂat in Al.Khuwair. Contact 99792181 6 BHK commercial villa in Ghobrah. Contact - 99792181 Flat for rent in Al Khuwair consists of 2 bedrooms and living room at RO 350. Contact 99109094 2 BHK ﬂat in Wattaya. Contact - 99792181

3 BHK flat in Al.Khuwair 33. Contact 99792181 For rent (flats), 2 bedrooms +hall+kitchen, location: South Al Mawaleh. Contact 99870020 2 BHK flat in Wattaya. Contact 99792181 1 BHK flat in Ruwi. #99792181

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FOR RENT

OFFICES FOR RENT - Premium offices to let a very good location on the main road very close to Zakher Mall, Al Khawiar. Business Center has offices with sizes of 50m2, 110m2, 180m2, 207m2, 230m2, 437m2.

FOR RENT

FOR SALE

- Showroom also available at Business Center, Area 500m2 with central A/c. - Offices with Central Air-conditions, Security System with CCTV cameras, and Security presence in the building.

Contact: 97377355 / 95530121, Email id: aaleem@ggcoman.com

FOR SALE

ACC. AVAILABLE

We are dealing with sale of all beauty salon equipments, furnitures & cosmetics.#942 888 61 / 942 888 63

Furnished single room with separate bathroom near al meera hypermarket, azaiba. Gsm 94288863

Restaurant items on sale, like plates, spoons, soup spoons etc. please contact 93833107

Room available in Al Khuwair with sharing kitchen and bathroom for matured person near Blu Radisson Hotel. Contact 96930219

A newly opened Barber Shop for sale at upcoming industrial zone in Misfah. Expat leaving Oman. Genuine buyers call 93833107 (Sale Price Negotiable) 2 ﬂats building in Al Khuwair 17/1. Contact 99477009

1BHK Flat For rent MBD area. Contact 99737812 1 / 3 BHK Flat Ghobrah, close to ISG Way 4041, building 4390. Contact 99319880 Villa, ground ﬂoor in Al Khuwair. Contact 99743569, 97004265

&KZ Z Ed Show room on the main road Saham center total area 450 m sq. Contact: 99366558 / 99334226 For rent apartments: An apartment in old Muscat at Oman Arab Bank’s building. 3 bedrooms + 3 bathrooms, dining room, living room and a kitchen. Air conditioned apartments. 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms, living room, dining room area and kitchen in an excellent location in Al Khuwair opposite the court of ﬁrst instance. For further information call 97072976

New deluxe building in Misfah Industrial Area, 11 shops with A/C, ĞĂĐŚ ϰĐŵ ǆ ϵĐŵ͕ ĂŶ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ϭϮ huge spaces including kitchens and bathrooms which can be used for ŽĸĐĞƐ Žƌ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽǁ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŝŶ ƌŽĂĚ͘

Contact - 98880333

1 BHK at Ghobrah - Near Indian School. Contact: 99014885

1 BHK with attached toilet & bathroom behind Bank Muscat at Wadi Kabir. Contact 99373290, 24815012

2 B/ R Fully Furnished Executive Apartment @ Al Khuwair 33 Near Zaker Mall. 3 Bedroom Furnished executive apartment @ Al Khuwair 25 5 B/R Luxury Fully Furnished villas at Azaiba with servants, 3 Bedroom Unfurnished Villa @ Mawalah South Area 6 with Servant Quarter, 5 Bedroom Unfurnished Villa @ An Apartment that resembles a penthouse has 2 rooms with 2 toilets, living room & an elegant balcony. Fully furnished, suited for families. Final price RO.300/- Mabela 8 near German University. # – 99888400

2 BHK at Al Azaiba, Building No.5145 Way 4470. Contact 99224748, 99425665

Flats/villas owned by ROP pension fund available for rent in Muscat. Contact 99349526

Flats ground ﬂoor, 3 Rooms & AC, kitchen, hall, in Al Mabaila South. Contact 99377290

6 Nos. ﬂat for rent and sale in Mawaleh Block-5, each ﬂat area – 123 SQM, have 3 bedrooms, 3 toilet, Majlis and kitchen, rent RO 280 and sale – RO 40,000. Contact Said – 91174310, Adnan – 97777911 1 BHK & Single room in Wadi Kabir. RO 180/-. Contact 99376454

Apartments in Al Khuwair new area each apartment contains (2 bedrooms + living room) for RO 365. Contact 93181111 New Villa for Rent Two floors newly built villa in Maabillah, 8 Fullfledged Residential Area 6 Rooms, 8 Toilets, excellent finishing spacious Kitchen, Big Dining Rooms in Both Floors, Easy Access to Muscat and Sohar using Maabillah Bridge. Contact 92828303

Apartment with a twist in Al Mabela, spacious apartment 3 rooms, 3 toilets, dining area, living room & fully air-conditioned. Perfect for families. Final price RO.250/Contact - 99888400

Restaurant about 250 SQM @ 5/- SQM, heart of Ruwi Market in Plaza Hotel for sale / rent. Contact 99326339 / 24833314

23,886 Sq Mtrs Agriculture land with water well in Al Salwa, Barka. OMR 260 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

Shop for sale near ONTC bus stand Ruwi near Sun City Hotel on main road.#99326339 / 24789801

Restaurant for leasing/sale in Al Hail. Contact 94148970, 94148972, 97820877

Sale!, all household items, like fridge, freezer, cooking range, washing machine, window/split A/Cs, LCD TV, Laptop, tab and many more for attractive prices. Location : near Toyota service Center, Honda Road. Contact - 97048983, 95293643

Pharmacy for sale in Al Amerat. Contact 98994208

Port cabins – New & refurnished Porta cabin for sale and rent. Contact 96723468 Café Shop for Sale at Ghobrah North. Contact 99359755 Tables, chairs & shfandish for sale. Call 99368907

BUYING/SELLING Looking for purchase of Used Portable Compressor (350 CFM, 7 Bar Pressure) powered with Diesel run Generator. Kindly Contact 99014686 or operation@khancogroup.com Looking for commercial lands for sale in Al Ghobrah North (urgent serious buyers, commercial lands in al Ghobrah North (corners prime location). Contact 91155779

Al Qurum heights Sea view. Contact - 99249069 / 92888376/ 93201688

Well running Computer / Mobile Sale & Service Shop. Good location in Darsait with 2 clearances. Contact 98523634

For rent shops and offices in Al Mabela. Contact 99355330

Household items on sale. Contact 93833107

Furnished & unfurnished deluxe 2 BHK ﬂats with split A/Cs, ﬁxed wardrobes, kitchen appliances, CCTV, security access system & secured car park, opposite Kims Hospital, Al Falaj. Contact 99657906 or 24702141

Darsait Business Office furniture, Isuzu 4 ton brand new. Contact 91391363

Established Restaurant for rent with sponsorship. Contact 97628242

Running Electrical Building Material Shop for sale in Muscat. Contact 95330905

Building of 3 ﬂoors with 20 rooms in Mawaleh near Pizza Hut. Contact 99044164

3 floor Commercial building in Muttrah behind Police. Generating income of OMR 20 Thousand annually. Neat and well maintained. Built on 197 sq mtrs land. 2 tailor shops on ground floor and 6 flats. OMR 207 Thousand. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

Party & Wedding equipment rentals. Full line, from Tables, Linen & Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chaﬁng 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: info@tunesoman.com

Industrial Land in Misfah. Contact 93009999 2 BHK with A/C, commercial Al Khuwair. Contact 92144045 Flat one bedroom at Al Khuwair 33, owner. Contact 92800007

Flats for Sale in Boushar: OMR 35 Thousand 1 bedroom. OMR 45 Thousand 2 bedroom. Monthly income 1 bedroom OMR 270 and 2 bedroom OMR 350. Tel: 99333479 or 95215360

Used household & office furniture and electronic items. Contact 99834373, 97102699

AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE Single room available for exclusive bachelors in Azaiba and Ghubrah and complete ground ﬂoor with kitchen facility bedroom and hall in Darsait. # 98048207, 99261773

Single room at Walja, opposite MBD area available for executive bachelors or single working woman for OMR 100. Contact 93079877 Single room with sharing kitchen for Executive bachelor or working lady, Ruwi, in front of Apollo Hospital. Contact 98232567 / 91673718 Independent rooms in Qurum / Al Hail. Contact 95529970 Room for executive bachelor available at Al Ansab. Contact 98806430 Furnished room attached bath for executives in Mumtaz area. Contact 99743709 Single room with sharing kitchen (expat only) couple / ex-bachelor at Al Khuwair. Contact 94143636 Furnished spacious room attached toilet for working lady executive bachelor, ISM Darsait. Contact 97100472, 24797387 Flat for rent in AlKhoudh suq 3Bedrooms, 3Bathrooms, kitchen Ground Floor-350 OMR Contact95151522 Excellent 3 bedrooms , 2 sitting rooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen & store with A/C. 92817777 Room with attached bathroom available for rent in Al Khuwair 33 opposite Al Maya supermarket. Contact 97607198 Room + balcony + separate toilet for non cooking single Indian Bachelor, RO 140/-. Contact 98928458 Furnished single room with attached bathroom near Mars Hypermarket, Al Ghubrah. Contact 97312111, RO 150/- per month Furnished room in CBD Area for non-cooking bachelor free Wi-Fi, advance deposit call 99078540 2 Bedroom ﬂat for offices with furniture near Al Manaf Hotel, Ghala. Contact 99525743, 99439705 Excellent 3 bedrooms , 2 sitting rooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen & store with A/C. 92817777 1 BR accommodation available at Rex Road, suitable for bachelors. Contact 99889590

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SITUATION WANTED

SITUATION SITUATION WANTED VACANT

ADMIN/HR

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Indian male MBA 32 yrs having 10 yrs of exp seeking suitable placement in Admin/ HR/ Operations/ Coordination/ Logistics etc. Holding valid Oman D/L . Contact - 99054786

Indian Male, qualiﬁed ICWA, M.com with 2years experience in accounts, costing, auditing & SAP in reputed listed companies, seeks suitable placements. Mob: 94619453 Email: cmashahidkt@gmail.com.

Omani Man looking for a job with experience in HR/ Admin/ accounting. kindly contact me on: 99767666

Indian Male 25 years B.Com having 3 years of exp of Oman in Accounts/Administration.Well versed with computer knowledge looking for suitable position. Immidiately available. Contact:93207867 email:tambeazhar@gmail.com

Indian Male MBA Graduate 9 years experienced in Administration ,HR ,Operations, Finance /Accounts and Marketing, seeking suitable position. Currently on visit and ready to join immediately. Contact: 92493110 Young Indian male with British degree in business administration and 5 years Muscat experience in procurement and administration, with driving license seeks placement.ph:94400671 Indian male having NOC with 7 yrs Oman exp in recruitment, on boarding, general admin. Immediate joining. Contact - 96684424 Indian Male MBA 32 yrs having 8+ yrs of Exp (GCC, AFRICA), urgently looking job in HR/Admin/ /Operation/Purchase/Academics / BD. Now on visit visa, NOC available, join immediately. Contact 94535618, 95930705 Indian female with excellent communication skills, conﬁdent, dedicated to work and enthusiastic. Knowledge about ms office. Has 6 years of experience in customer service, telecommunication, HR.Looking for immediate placement. Contact # 97348819 Pakistani Male, 27 yrs, MBA in HR, BBA in Marketing and Finance having 2 yrs experience in Sales and Admin, on family visit till 15 February looking for suitable position. Contact 94543222, email: wajid_rais@hotmail.com

ADMIN

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

Looking for smart / dynamic, male for front desk office, preference ﬂuency in English. Contact 95176500 (Salalah)

Male Indian, 28 yrs MBA Finance, 3 yrs Building Material & Structural Steel Sales experience Omani Driving License. NOC available. Contact 98840669 / 97162513

Omani Female receptionist wanted. Location Ruwi. Contact - 24781011/1101 Ext 107

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE A leading construction company needs – part time Accountant, mason, carpenter, painter. Interested candidates should contact 96399457, 96576685. Send your CV to vsituation@gmail.com Required experienced Accountant Tally, excellent English & driving license. Contact – omanlaw.om@gmail.com / 24497762 / 92192510

ARCHITECT For reputed Consultancy at Al Ghubrah, Muscat requires Bachelor of Architect with minimum 10 yrs experience. Send your CV to email : almoheetgroups@gmail.com, Mr. Gireesh : 95265198, Mr. Raju : 99102175, fax : 24499913.

DRIVER Required heavy duty driver with Omani Driving License from locally or abroad. Clearance available. Please send CV to azatllc@ gmail.com, fax : 24422458, or call 99344279 Needed 2 drivers, offering good salary. Contact 99441798 Required driver for a Company in Ghala, preferably English speaking & present in Oman. Contact 99454425

DOMESTIC HELP Required House maid urgently in Al Khuwair (Indian or Srilanka). Contact. 96103792.

ENGINEERS STRUCTURAL ENGINEER (full time) Responsibilities: To work with architect, To provide of construction issue documentation for a projects. Desired candidate Proﬁle: min of 3-5 years experience in Structural Design, Should be AutoCAD competent. Please send your CV to Email: info@pak2pak.com Tel. 99196733, 99419766 Urgently required Omani/ non Omani looking for Electrical Engineer having 3 to 4 years Oman experience with good communication skills. Send CV to info@reddotsgroup.com

EDUCATION A well known private school in Seeb is in need of Physics teacher. Email : recruitment.oman@gmail. com, 98830787

ELECTRICIAN / TECHNIElectrician with driving license. Call 92341826 Fire safety technician. Call 92341826

OFFICE/ SEC Looking for smart/ dynamic male for front desk office, pref. ﬂuency in English.# 95176500 (Salalah)

Wanted driver. Contact 95112461 Driver cum building material salesman required. Send CV to sajimon2010@hotmail.com or fax 24834351 Light duty driver with Marketing knowledge. Send CV to jobs@prestigeprojectsoman.com or call 92341826

DESIGNER Looking for an Interior Designer with knowledge of AutoCAD 2D & 3D, basic Microsoft Office and can handle accounts. Contact 95342240, 97670666, Email CV at bhatiahmed@gmail.com

Accountant, 4 yrs experience in Oman, NOC available. Contact 96799714

MEDICAL General practitioner Doctor is required to work urgently in Dreams Clinic at Al Khoudh and must be resident in the Sultanate of Oman. Please send your CV to the following email: towershr70@gmail.com, balushi70@gmail.com & info@towersinternationalgroups. com, Mobile 99882340, Tel: 24545914 G.P. Doctor required with MOH license for a leading clinic in capital. Contact 99044345 / 99339396

Accountant, 2 yrs experience (purchasing, coordinator) with D/L and NOC. Contact 94174403

MEDICAL Urgently required Male Nurses and Lab Technicians for a reputed medical center in Muscat, email : jobsoman001@gmail.com, Ph : 93217982 Private Dental Clinic in Buraimi city needed a dentist have practice license in Oman. Contact 98379121 Dentist required to work urgently in dreams clinic at Al Khoud and must be resident in Sultanate of Oman. Please send your CV to the following email – towershr70@gmail.com / balushi70@gmail.com / info@towersinternationalgroups.com Mobile – 99882340 / 24545914 Medical Centre at Sinaw requires: General practitioners (GP), dental surgeons, gynecologist, pediatrician, staff nurses, X-ray technician, lab technician, pharmacist & physiotherapist. Contact 92104057 and send CV’s to halamedicalgroup@gmail.com Urgently required temporary/permanent General Physician & Gynecology Doctors. Contact 96064925, kunoozghala@gmail.com

SALES / MARKETING Required Salesman, Tailor and barber. Contact 91114884 A reputed Oil & Gas Supplies Company is looking for Sales/Marketing in-charge personnel. Send your CV to : rahbi_mohd@yahoo.com Highly reputed Perfume Company requires Omani Sales girl promoters. Contact 95663682, 92956876 Required an experienced person who has ideas to start a new business in electrical ﬁeld or supply with minimum cost. Contact 99426421

SITUATION WANTSIT. WANTED ED ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

SALES / MARKETING

Indian female, 25 yrs, bachelors of businesses management, having experience of 5 years as a fund/ﬁnancial administration, on visit visa,looking for suitable placement.#94662416 Apurwaverma@gmail.com

Required Marketing Executive with experience female / male (Arabic or English) in PR for a media & advertising company. Email : job08080@gmail.com

26 hrs Indian Accountant with 2 years experience, B.Com, seeking suitable position, available immediately, contact No:9821 3292, e-mail: Indite2faraaz@gmail.com

A leading Printing Press Firm requires – Offset Printer, Marketing Executives, Driver. Interested candidates should contact 96399457, 96576685. Send your CV to vsituation@gmail.com

Indian Male, 28 yrs old B.Com having 7 yrs experience (3 yrs in MCT) looking for a suitable placement in Accounts / Sales currently on visit visa. Contact 93128830, email: gopusree.gopu407@gmail.com

Salesman wanted for prestigious interior design and office furniture Supply Company. Experience and driver’s license needed. Excellent remuneration package. Email: tony@materials-plus.com

Male 25 Pakistani MA Economics/ CAT.4 years experience in utility sector flexible to do any role in finance/HR & supply chain. https://www.linkedin.com/profile/ view?id=186570782 no 94626209

B.Com, 6 yrs experience in finance & accounts operations at Mumbai, currently on visit visa, looking for suitable position. Contact 95941675 / 94302309. Email : mayurparmar83@gmail.com Indian male, Accountant, 7 yrs experience in Oman having valid Omani Driving License seeking suitable placement. NOC available. Contact 91208949 Indian male MBA, 29 yrs having 3+ years of exp (India) urgently looking for job in financial services, accounting, administrator. Now on visiting visa, NOC available, join immediately. Contact 92187116 28year Indian female (MBA) with 3+yrs experience (Oman) in Accounts is seeking suitable placement in Accounts/Admin. Contact 96141283 Accounts Assistant B.Com having 4 yrs of exp in accounts, well versed with computer languages like C, C++, SQL, HTML, VB Networking. Seeks suitable placement. Contact 93995483 Finance Manager, CPA, with more than 15 yrs. of experience in GCC. Fully knowledgeable in Finance, General & Management Accounting . NOC available. Contact 96209331 Accountant, Indian B.Com, 5 yrs experience in Oman in finance & Accounts with valid Oman D/L. Contact 95960600 Egyptian Female, 3 yrs experience in Finance & Accounts, Administration skills, speaking English fluently, good skills in computer. Contact 94067437 Indian Male, MBA 2 yrs experience in Accounts, Admin & HR on visit visa. Contact 92045306 Indian, Male, Chartered Accountant with 22 years of GCC experience seeks Senior Finance / Accounts position. Currently on visit and available immediately. Contact 94657378. (rmif1969@gmail.com)

B.Com Graduate, 5 yrs experience, Indian male 26 yrs, looking for Accountant job. Contact 93975526, email : afsarsabith@yahoo.com Male, MBA, 10 yrs exp in production in Marble Industry Sales & Marketing, Admin & Accounts. Ready to join. Contact 94670691 Indian male, 32 years, M. Com.7 out of 9 years experience in Oman in Accounts/ﬁnance. Having NOC and valid Oman D/L. Contact 98277143, Email: anzarks@gmail.com India Accountant: Male, M com, 7 Yrs experience in Accounts up to ﬁnalization, having knowledge of ERP, Tally, seeks suitable placement. Contact:93950138 Email: lijinrajan123@gmail.com

AUTOCAD AutoCAD 3D, 2D Photoshop, 3D max Ph: 97103168

DESIGNER Indian male, 8 yrs GCC experience in 3D & Architectural Designing with D/L. Contact 97263199 Interior Designer, UAE Experience, Knows Photoshop, Corel draw etc.. Ph : 97103168 Interior Designer, UAE Experience, Knows Photoshop, Corel draw etc.. Ph : 97103168

DRIVER Light Driver having own visa looking for job as driver Contact: 92303692 Driver with car. Contact 96954496 6 Years experience light duty driver. Contact – 96736744 Indian driver need job with car. Contact 91254539 Light vehicle driver available. Contact 96756014 / 97938893 Light driver looking for job. Contact 96794309 / 98335778 Bangladeshi male light vehicle driver, looking for job. Contact 93113447 Bangladeshi male light vehicle driver 12 yrs exp. looking for job in any company. Contact – 99165961 Pakistani male light vehicle driver 2 yrs exp. Contact - 96342684 Driver available with car. Contact 95068976 Light driver looking for job. Contact 92791678

DRAUGHTSMAN Auotcad, Well Experienced, Arch, Stucture, knows 3D, Revit Photoshop Ph : 97103168 Auto cad d/man, gulf exp, 3d, 3dmax, Photoshop, NOC available ph: 93772966 Civil Draughtsman, Indian Male, 23 yrs with 3yrs experience in AutoCAD 2D & 3D, MEP, HVAC, 3Ds Max and Photoshop looking for suitable position, presently in Muscat, Oman on visit visa. Contact 91764358, mohdsiraj02@yahoo.com

EDUCATION English Teacher (M.A, B.Ed) Indian Female with 1.5yrs of experience looking for suitable positions. Contact 91507099. Currently working as Lecturer of IT, (M.Sc IT) (M Phil computer Science) having experience for more than 5 years, looking for suitable placement. Contact 91105949

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FOR HIRE

SALES / MARKETING

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

TRUCK FOR HIRE Isuzu 10 ton cargo body truck

BE Civil, Worked with Indian Government for 25 years in IRRIGATION and Construction projects. 96758383

Quantity Surveyor (Civil Building) looking for Part time job Contact no:-94391712 E-mail addressinayathhussain@yahoo.com

Executive Post, MBA 14 years Experience in Multinational Groups in Marketing & Management. M.Z. 93190806.

D.C.E Engineer QS 7 yrs exp (total 15 yrs) GCC. Road & infrastructure, seeking placement in Oman with valid D/L. NOC available. #91376802 / niga2000@rediffmail.com

B.Tech Engineer QA/QC, 7 yrs GCC Oil & Gas experience API.570 CSWIP 3.1 NDT Level 2 seeking placement in Oman. NOC available. Contact sajinrj009@gmail.com

Purchase Officer, B.Com, Graduate, Indian, total 9 yrs experience in construction ﬁeld. NOC & release available. Contact 99188257.

BE Civil Engineer, 5 yrs experience. NOC available. Contact 98970233

Pakistani Male, 32 yrs, MBA Marketing, 6+1 experience in Sales/ Marketing/Business Development having valid Omani Driving License looking for suitable placement. Contact 95492039, shahid.mood@gmail.com

Diploma in Civil Engineer, 15 yrs Oman experience (total 28 yrs) looking for senior position with valid D/L, NOC available. Contact 99013465 B.Sc in Civil Engineering, 2 yrs experience (1 yr 3 months in Oman + 10 months in Bangladesh) knowing AutoCAD, MS Office & detailing, ﬂuent speaker in English, Hindi and Bangla. # 94038642 Email : shaikhhasib.ce@gmail.com Indian male, 24 yrs, BE (Electronics & Electrical) with 2 yrs experience seeking suitable placement. Contact 98201244 DAE (Civil) having 3.5 years Experience 2 years from Oman with driving licences, seeking for suitable position in Construction ﬁeld NOC and release available Contact 96968554 mehranahmad26@yahoo.com Mechanical Engineer 22 yrs Indian male having experience in fabrication, seeking suitable job placement. Presently on visit visa. Contact – 99796730 / padsalamilap123@gmail.com M. tech Electrical Eng. Female, now in visit visa. Contact +968-94654481. B. Tech Civil Eng. 3 yrs exp in Oman with driving license. Contact +968-93733627. Mail id : joinvisam@gmail.com, neethusprakash@gmail.com Mechanical Engineer, Gold Medalist, B.Tech with 3.5 yrs experience in Thermal Gas Power Plant in LDO, HFO Pipeline Fabrication erection boiler banker turbine. GSM: 97025338 Email : warisheyat329@gmail.com Presently in Oman on visit visa. Mechanical Engineer Indian male 6 yrs exp (3 yrs in GCC) seeking suitable placement in OIL & Gas sector. Have valid GCC D/L. Contact – 91228398 / msfebco@gmail.com Agriculture Engineer has 5 yrs experience in Landscaping, pest control and tenders in Oman. Contact 93340641 Civil Engineer B Tech , Site engineer Experienced, Drafting on Visit Visa Ph : 91642050 Mechanical Engineer BE with experience in maintenance & service of Heavy construction equipments, vehicles, cranes, inspection, safety, managing workshop & site. Contact: 97458641. Civil Engineer with 2 yrs experience (structural design – construction works-instructor of structural design soft ware’s), computer literacy (ETAB-SAFE-AutoCAD-Primavera). Contact 94634906 Sr. Site Supervisor (Civil) since March 2010 in Oman looking for better opportunity having Omani D/L (Release available). Contact 93061107 27 yrs, Male, Diploma in Civil Engineering, 7 yrs exp, 05 yrs in Oman as Site Engineer. NOC available seeking a suitable placement immediately. Kindly contact 98925718 / 94619501. Email: engineertanoli@gmail.com Sudanese Engineer, computer and network engineering, 7 yrs experience work in Oman 3 yrs. Contact 9916606 / 96272760 Indian Male, IT Support Engineer, 2 yrs in Oman & 5 yrs Indian experience. Contact 97311847 Sudanese Electrical Engineer working as a project manager in Oman for 2 yrs total experience, 5 yrs driving and Muzoon CEP license. Contact 91473717 Female, 26 yrs, B.Tech in Mechanical Engineer with 3 yrs experience in Piping Stress Analysis in Oil & Gas Sector, currently on family visa, looking for a placement. Contact 95890939, email : rita.debnath682@gmail.com Indian Male, 25 yrs M.Sc Tech applied Geology, presently on visit visa seeking for Geologist job. Contact 94076379, email: yasiralig786@gmail.com

BE Mechanical, 9 yrs experience in Sales & Business Development, Oil & Gas equipments like pumps etc. Contact 91139771 Indian, B Tech Electrical & Electronics, 5 yrs exp in India. On visit visa in Oman. Looking for suitable opening in Oman. Available for immediate placement. Contact 97879255. mail1605unni@gmail.com Civil Engineer (B.Tech), Indian Male, 24 yrs with 1+ yrs Indian experience (Certiﬁed in Quantity Survey/Primavera/AutoCAD) looking for a suitable position, available in Sultanate of Oman (Muscat) on visit visa. Contact 91303860, email: mdayubmak@gmail.com Jordanian Engineer Electrical 7 yrs exp. Consulting, site & shop drawing works. Ready to join immediately. Worked in UAE & Saudi Arabia. Contact - 00971555594733 Indian male, 24 yrs, diploma in Electronics, 2 yrs experience in Sales, with Oman, D/L seeking suitable placement. Contact 93195828, 99312081

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

INFORMATION TECH Female , B Tech, Software Professional 2 yrs exp in Oracle,SQL,Database,.Net and I yr exp in Teaching Ph : 94550127 Indian Male 23 yrs – IT / Prepost Sales Consultant / Business Analyst / Web Designing. 2 yrs. exp. Languages-HTML5, WebRTC, Java, CSS, C++, .Net, SQL, Oracle, ERP-Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Looking for suitable job. Contact: 98802504, email:shrihari26@gmail.com Indian male, 23 yrs, having 1 yr experience in IT hardware & networking & 3 months in Oman, currently on visit visa, qualiﬁcation B.Sc Electronics CCNA, MCITP, RHCE. ph : 92089719 Email : sujithvijayan119@gmail.com, Dual expertise – programming / networking, Indian male, 25 yrs, B.E, Computer Science, CCNA, certiﬁed, 2 yrs experience in programming, databases, server / network support & administration. Contact 91770547, mudassirdf@gmail.com

Civil Engineer B Tech, Site Engineer Experienced, Drafting on Visit Visa Ph : 91642050

Indian male, 24 yrs Post Graduate, MCA Certiﬁed in Microsoft MCSE, MCSE-Messaging, EMC 2 seeking for job in IT ﬁeld, 1 yr Indian experience as CCTMS Trainer, TCS Control Staff under Ministry of Home Affairs Project, India. Contact 98649167, email- rahulsathyagairairadhika@ gmail.com

Sudanese Mechanical Engineer, 3 yrs experience as Sit Engineer, HVAC System, and driving license, easy to transfer immediately. Contact 91135140

Omani citizen searching job in the ﬁeld of computers especially in data base professional in operating SQL, D/SQL FORMGT report. Contact - 96977368

B.E Civil 5 yrs exp (2 yrs in India) 2 yrs Oman & 1 year in Qatar. Salary expected RO.500/- above. Contact - 94412557

IT Professional, Indian male, B.Sc Graduate with 4+ yrs Gulf (UAE) good exp in System Administration, IT Support, Server Desktop, laptop, smartboard, datashow biometric, CCTV, currently on visit visa. Contact 98936548, vaseemj@yahoo.com

Electrical Engineer, 9 yrs GCC exp in Electrical Projects with valid Omani D/L, NOC available can join immediately. Contact 99148940 Email : jobluk.om@gmail.com. B.Tech Chartered Electrical Engineer from India with 4 years experience in various electrical projects, core strength in designing power scheme layouts, estimations, BOQs, execution, commissioning, testing etc. Contact 94638744, 96473165, email : ceng.shaz@gmail.com CAPTAIN-All Type Tankers Unlimited (Ind/UK) + STCW Certiﬁcation + 19Yrs experience and 3.5Yrs as Captain LPG/ OilChem with MNC SEEKS JOB at OMAN in PORT DEVELOPMENT/ DRYDOCK/ MARINE SUPDT./ MOORING MASTER. Visiting MUSCAT 25 Dec ~ 5 Jan shall be available for interview. Contact mstmariner@gmail.com or +968 99476560 B.Tech Indian Female, Electrical Engineer, 2 yrs experience in Kiriloskar Electric Co. & KSEB looking for suitable position. Contact 94564078, Email: elnaj19@gmail.com

Female, B Tech (Software Professional), Oracle SQL .NET Database, Experienced (Teaching & Engg) Ph: 94550127 IT Prof, MCA having 6+ yrs exp, seeks suitable position. Contact 94543668

MISCELLANEOUS Pakistani male, 34, College 2 yrs, 2 yrs experience as Sales Representative, 3 yrs experience as Clerk / Office Assistant, 3 yrs experience as Salesman in Oman, Computer Skill : Excel, BUSY, ERP, languages known – English, Arabic, Hindi and Urdu. Contact 96763346 Welder 6g, 3g, Tig, KSA Experienced Ph : 97103168 Logistics Officer, Experience in Store keeping. Contact : 99505934 Building Caretaker, Gulf exp, knows Arabic, Hindi Ph : 91218278

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Welder 6g 3g, Gulf Experienced Ph : 97103168

Project Manager, Civil Engineer, Total Experience 5 Years, 4 Years in Oman. Construction Building Experience .Fluent Arabic, English and V. Good Hindi. Good in Excel and AutoCAD. Contact – 97858589

Autocad 3Dmax , Photoshop Ph : 97103168

Indian Male, 22 yrs, B.Tech, Marine Engineer, presently on visit visa seeks suitable placement. Contact 93191777, email: ask.akash@gmail.com Experienced female Electrical Engineer.Contact 93800906

HOSPITALITY 21 yrs experienced in Hotels and Hospitality business, 14 yrs worked in leading hotels in Oman looking for a suitable management position Hospitality Industry. Contact 93191659 / 99149131

Indian Male, 39 yrs having Degree in B.Sc Maths and Diploma in Supply Chain and Logistics with computer knowledge having 14 yrs experience in store keeping within that 5 yrs in Dubai seeking opportunities in store, logistics or office assistants. Contact 96186573

Indian male Graduate with 20+ years of Administration, Operations & Management experience in IT, Oil & Gas & Hospitality Industry. 12 years in Oman with vast contacts, very strong management, operational, communication and interpersonal skills, can handle any size of business and projects whether it’s in initial stage or established. Can join immediately. Local release available on request. Contact: 9906 4589 Indian male Graduate with 20+ years of Administration, Operations & Management experience in IT, Oil & Gas & Hospitality Industry. 12 years in Oman with vast contacts, very strong management, operational, communication and interpersonal skills, can handle any size of business and projects whether it’s in initial stage or established. Can join immediately. Local release available on request. Contact: 9906 4589 Looking for job, holding valid Oman Driving License, experience in food & beverage, McDonalds & Retail Starbucks Coffee, UAE. Working now as House Manager in HB Excellency house Muscat. Contact 93407470, email : sanjeevmulla@gmail.com 15 Years experienced Indian male with D/L, joinery gypsum partition, gypsum ceiling, interior ﬁt outs and costing. Looking suitable placement. Contact – 99632862 General Manager / working partner 20 years in Dubai adverting agency experience. Contact 93031168 Management Professional, expertise in team building operations, project management, leadership, writing on visit visa till 19th January 2015. Contact 93516436, email: dsouza.amit@gmail.com

MEDICAL Indian female, B.Pharm, 12 yrs experience, MOH holder seeking immediate placement with NOC. Contact 99252636 Indian female Nurse, prometric passed, 64%. Contact 97916986, 96146016, 22068598 Indian Female, Dentist fresher looking for suitable placement. Contact 98857686, email : drsumbulahmad@gmail.com Pharmacist-Indian female having MOH license looking for new opportunities. On family visa valid up to Aug 2016. Contact: 92247993 Lab Technician, Civil (8yrs Gulf experience) looking for a suitable job (NOC available) Contact-93344378

MECH./TECHNICAL Welder 6G, 3G, TIG, ARC, Fabrication, Gulf Exp Ph: 97103168

SALES / MARKETING 15 years experience in Business Development , marketing, purchase – UAE & Oman-staff coordination, documentation, civil & technical maintenance, -valid GCC license-looking for working partnership or management post. Contact:91568362 / Email vpj555pem@gmail.com

Indian Male, MBA Marketing and IT, 1 yr experience currently on visit visa, age 24 yrs seeking suitable placement. Email: nithinsolamonbaby@gmail.com. Contact 94541453 Male, 26 yrs, M.Com, last 1 yr & 9 months in sales with Oman Driving License seeking for sales job. Contact 95116991

(2012 FVR) with UAE experienced driver available for long term / short term rent.

Contact: 95346950 JCB for hire. Contact 96399457, 96576685 Running truck wash for rent in Ouhi Sunia Sohar. Serious people can. Contact on 97864747 50 seater bus with PDO speciﬁcation for rent or lease. # 99839898

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Sales & Marketing Indian male MBA (marketing & sales) business development experience at all levels of management. Currently on visit visa. Contact – 91272819 Indian Male, MBA in Marketing and Finance, 10 years’ Sales & Business Development Experience with valid D/L of Oman & UAE looking for a suitable placement. NOC Available. Contact: 93969961 e-mail abhilash.pvrk@gmail.com Indian Male, 7 yrs experience in building materials trading having Oman D/L, immediate release available. Contact 98676713

SECRETARIAL/OFFICE Indian Female experienced front office executive on visit visa seeks suitable placement. #94284565 Email - priyamenon51@yahoo.co.in Indian male, 44 yrs, experience 22 yrs office boy, job required, NOC available. Contact 96162171 Indian female, well experienced in secretarial, administration, customer care & supervisory jobs. 5 years experience in Muscat. Immediately available for joining. Contact: 92139298

MISCELLANEOUS Indian male 31 yrs Automobile Diploma with various exp. currently on visit visa, seeking suitable placement. Contact - 91044994 Filipino Accountant with 13 years working experience in the ﬁeld of accounting looking for a suitable job in Muscat. Contact: 94547323

Licensed Engineering Consultancy (Chemical) Company looking for International or local partners to start operations in Oman. For enquiries call 99264162

Tunisian women looking for job, khnows english, frensh, Italian and arabic. Contact: 91171838

Wanted dentist or investor to buy a well-running dental clinic in Sohar immediately. Contact 92625962, 95904234

MECHANICAL ENGINEER (B Tech), Indian Mail, with NDT Level 2(ASNT), Autocad, Solidworks, 2 year above experience (as Mechanical Site Engineer and Design Engineer), Seeking suitable placement(on visit visa). Contact: 91591548, 00919447300022, Email: vishnu300022@gmail.com 3 Years experienced Administrative Executive seeking for Virtual Admin Opportunities. Can work for 6 hours/day from a virtual location for 100 RO/month. Call: 95811820 Indian Female, Graduate having good experience looking for suitable job. NOC available. Contact 91774397

TRANSPORTATION Pick & drop anytime in al Khuwair. Contact 99764307

Sales Executive with driving license, 5 yrs experience in IT seeks job. Contact 94263243, website : www.gulzeb7.webs.com

Transportation. Contact 98505294

Transportation. Contact 91379976

MANAGER/ SUPERVISOR

Indian Male, B.Tech E&I, 10 yrs experience in Sales, Procurement, BDM. 6 yrs Oman experience in Oil & Gas Sector. Seeking suitable placement. Oman D/L, NOC available. Contact 97233074

Indian female with nine years of experience in 5 Star hotels as Assistant Food & Beverage Manager looking for a suitable placement in a reputed Star hotel.Contact: 91219787

Indian male, 22 yrs, BBM Graduate looking for suitable job in sales/ marketing, currently on visit visa. Contact 91757222, email : danishdani460@gmail.com

Pick & Drop any time. contact 97014786

Qualiﬁed Manager: (12+ yrs. Oman Exp.) Vast knowledge in A/c & Admin, Costing, Banking, Credit Control, Insurance, International Purchase/ Logistics & Finance, With D/L looking for suitable position. Contact: jskanchan01@gmail.com , Gsm: 93826090

Male, 35 yrs looking for a job for LTV driving having good experience of official ﬁeld in UAE and Oman and good educated performance and Sales and Marketing experience. Spoken languages Hindi, English, Arabic. Contact 93529686

Transportation available. Contact 97924934

Transportation with car & driver. (VIP’s only). Contact 95040768 Transportation. Contact 93425167

Transportation. Contact 99664703 Transportation. Contact 99508282 Transportation available 99159277 Transportation. Contact 96538078 Transportation Available contact 97180655

We assist in new business set up local sponsorship, real estate services, assist in company formation services. Contact - 93166088 Omani National looking for expat investing partner in Restaurant in Al Amerat. Infrastructure almost ready. Jamal Adan Trading. Contact 98711083, email : faisal.patel0038@gmail.com

MATRIMONIAL Parents of Christian girl (Roman Catholic),27yrs,fair,5.5”, from Kerala working in TCS, Bangalore as Systems Engineer seeks suitable alliances. Call: +968 92010215 / +968 99278649 Kerala Muslim boy, 26 yrs, MBA Finance working as Accounts Manager in Oman seeking suitable alliance. Contact 92193672 Parents of Christian Girl (Catholic / Cheramar) age 30 yrs, 5.4”, medium complexion from Ernakulum district, Kerala working in a reputed hospital in Muscat as Pharmacist seeking for suitable alliance. # +91-9946510794 (Oman - +968 99066561) Christian Boy, 32 yrs Muscat Business looking for suitable alliance from reputed family. Contact 98003111 Proposals are invited from parents of professionally qualiﬁed Nair Boys for 24 year old Upper Middle Class Nair girl hail from Trivandrum, (171 cm, Star-Bharani) employed in a reputed Company in Oman. Contact: 0968-9950 2593 /99798041. (KM ID.2844689) Urdu speaking Sunni Muslim boy working as physiotherapist in MOH hospital seeking suitable bride. Cont: 93753655, Email: inayath777@yahoo.co.in

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Indian male 2 years experience in Light & Heavy motor vehicle Mechanic. Diesel & Petrol. Seek suitable placement Contact 99421537. Indian Female 23 years M.Com Graduate on visit visa having four month experience as an Accountant in a company at Muscat. Looking for a suitable job. Immediately available for joining. Contact: 95846642, Email:shreedhanya916@gmail.com B.Tech. (Civil), 2 years experience in designing, and training corporate professionals in Dubai in software, presently working in India, seeks suitable job opening. madhunambiarm@hotmail.com Manager Maintenance/Workshop/Purchase, 31 yrs. exp. in mechanical, electrical, electronics, parts fabrication, purchase dep’t, oman exp. 5yrs, have NOC, looking for job. Pls. contact pkv2k3@yahoo.com, 99331289 Senior Accounts Professional, Indian Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin) 8 years in Oman, with valid Oman DL and NOC available. Capable to handle accounts up to ﬁnalization. Contact 9602 3965. Indian female, 34 yrs, B.A, B.Ed (S.S), DCA, Doing M.A by distance, having 6 yrs experience in School (5 yrs in Indian School, Oman). Contact 98728700, 92458872 Indian female 24 yrs, MBA (ﬁnance) (1 year experience as administrator cum junior level accountant looking for suitable job & holding visiting visa. Contact 97481488, Email: ayeshaowasi12345@gmail.com Hotel Manager, Indian male, 25 years exp. in Budget & 3 Star Hotel, with Omani Driving License , Seeks Placement. NOC/Release Available. Contact: 99799774, Email: smoin_moinsb@yahoo.co.in Indian Female, IATA, BSc looking for suitable placement.#95514305. Email-jitureshmi@gmail.com M. Sc. Medical lab technician (Prometric passed) having 6 years experience in India. Currently on visit, looking for a suitable placement. Please contact 97248144, samiullah_ar@yahoo.co.in.

Indian male QA/QC Engineer-Civil (BE,ACQE)on visit visa, 10 years of experience in building construction projects in Qatar & U.A.E., holding valid GCC driving license. Mobile: 93958533, E-mail: sheikhnavid@yahoo.com 26,male, ACCA finalist, exp. upto finalisation of accounts, statutory and internal audit, expertise in using tally and focus & oracle software, have 2 years exp. in accounts till finalisation and statutory audit, seeking fill time / part time job,GSM-97654769,email idabdullah.nooralam@yahoo.com MBA & chemical Engineer having 20 yrs Purchase & Logistic experience in Petrochemicals & oil field seeking jobs in Oman/ Abudhabi/ Qatar/ SA . Contact 97813849 Indian male 22 Yrs, diploma in fire & safety, special Trainings completed from Cochin Port Trust Fire Service & The Travancore-Cochin Chemicals Ltd searching for a suitable placement, now on visit visa, Contact No. 96722632 Indian Male 26 years B.Com having 5years rich experience in Accounts and Admin looking for suitable placement. Contact: 96897914340, 00919902200486, E mail: sudhakaranchan06@gmail.com Indian Male, 24 yrs, MBA in HR/ Marketing. More than 1 years experienced in retail Banking (Axis Bank) Presently in family visit in Oman seeking for a suitable placement. Contact : 99892082 / 997 43 709 Indian Male 24 years, looking for a Suitable Job in Telecom / Networking. 1 year sales experience. MSc. Communications Engineering & Valid Driving license. Ph: 99027504. Email: jackrprasad@yahoo.com BCA graduate, 2 years experience in JAVA and .NET development looking for a suitable job. Mob. 98395032. For CV visit ‘http://muhammedswafuvan.weebly.com

10 yr GCC Exp Light duty driver (HOLDING OMANI DRIVING LICENSE) seeking job. Contact : 97485952 , 91660291

Indian male executive secretary having vast experience in Admin, Logistics & procurement well versed with computer . seek suitable placement. Contact: 99514286

Project Manager civil, Indian, seeking suitable placement, having 18 yrs exp (13 yrs in Oman) in tendering, contracting and managing projects, available with release. Contact: 99244245, 95321251

Civil engineer B.E, Indian male, having 18 yrs exp 11 yrs in Oman, with valid D/L, seeking suitable placement release available. Contact_95321251, 99244245, kader_fz99@yahoo.co.in

26,male, ACCA finalist, have professional experience up to finalization of accounts, statutory and internal audit, expertise in using tally and focus & oracle software, 2 years experience in accounts till finalization, seeking job, GSM-97654769,email idabdullah.nooralam@yahoo.com Indian Male 26 years BCOM having 5years rich experience in Accounts and Admin looking for suitable placement. Contact: 96897914340, 00919902200486, E mail: sudhakaranchan06@gmail.com Operation Manager, Indian male, 30 yrs exp. In Front Office Hotel Industry with Omani driving license seeks placement.NOC / Release Available. Contact - 99799774 Indian Male, B.COM, ICWA, CMA Australia, 24 years experience in finance, costing, accounts, internal audit. Valid Oman driving license. NOC available. Can join immediately. Contact 97917136 Indian female M.A B.Ed. with One year three months teaching experience. Subject: English seeking for a better placement. Now working in Oman Contact: 93961142, 92184408 Email:anoopkesavan78@gmail.com. Part- Time Accountant well versed with all accounting, Finalization, Budgeting available. Contact 98803439 B.Sc. Computer science graduate with CCNA certification and also with a working 2 years experience, looking for a suitable position in IT sector. Please contact: + 96892595819 Diploma in Civil engineering, male, 5 yrs experience in Oman, worked as Site Engineer at Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company. Beximco Engg Const Company, PHP Steel Mills Ltd seeking job urgently. Contact 97140857 Indian Male 23years B.E Electrical and Electronics Engineering having 1 year experience in Admin, Electrical Engineer, Electrical supervisor and Project Engineer looking for suitable placement. Contact : +96899682689, +91 8136994996. Email: thalus09@gmail.com Indian Male, 22 years, B.Tech Mechanical (Fresher) from NIT, Calicut. Software skills – ANSYS, PRO-E Solid works. # 91294510 / 99437002, email: nsp1618@gmail.com Pakistani Male with 18 yrs of experience in GCC in Sales & Marketing, excellent English & Arabic speaking, NOC available, looking for suitable placement. Contact 96383958 Diploma in Civil Engineering, Bangladeshi Male. Oman 5 yrs experience, seeks suitable placement. Contact 97140857 Indian female, well experienced in secretarial, administration, customer care & supervisory jobs. 5 years experience in Muscat. Immediately available for joining. Contact: 92139298 Civil draughtsman part time work for job mob: 96023726 20 years experience in Indian Air force with Mechanical Engineering diploma. 5 years in Administration 5 years experience in handling general engineering tool store management. 8 years in banking cash management service. Contact 95451097. jacobsam2010@gmail.com

Indian Male, Post graduate with experience as Document controller on visit seeking a suitable job. Please contact 97248144. samiullah_ar@yahoo.co.in

OPERATION MANAGER, Indian male, 30 yrs exp. In Front Office Hotel Industry with Omani driving license seeks placement.NOC / Release Available. #99799774

Indian Male having 10 years of Experience in Oman having Valid Omani Driving license working in Purchase Dept looking for a suitable position. Salary is negotiable. obarla313@gmail.com Mob: 92654817/ 97490313

26 years Indian male with MBA & PGDFM, Total 3.4 years experience in Administration seeking suitable placement in Muscat. Holding Oman valid driving license. Contact: 93359371,

B. Pharm, Indian Female, Oman MOH License holder, seeking job. Email:shivallath@gmail.com Contact no: 99665183 Indian Male, 24 yrs, MBA in HR/ Marketing. More than 1 years experienced in retail Banking(Axis Bank) Presently in family visit in Oman seeking for a suitable placement. #99892082 /997 43 709 Experienced Salesman with 5 years experience vehicle looking for job. Contact 93079087 Post Graduate with experience in sales and marketing on visit seeking a suitable placement. Please contact 94562734, dyasaakhan@gmail.com Indian Experienced Driver, can work also as Salesman. looking for a suitable job Contact 99551310 Senior Accounts Professional, Indian Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin) 8 years in Oman, with valid Oman D/L and NOC available. Capable to handle accounts up to finalization. Contact 96023965 Indian Female 31, B.Com, TALLY having 6 years experience in Accounts department in Oman, seeking suitable placement. Email: naibyjoshy@gmail.com, GSM: 92056034 Indian male 27year B.Com graduate 2year experience in marketing. Looking for good placement in any field, since from 4year in Oman. Contact 98765838 MBA in HR, 6+ years work experience in HR & Admin in MNC, Indian Female, 26, Good communications skills seeking suitable placement. Contact 97914669 Male 25 Pakistani MA Economics/CAT.4 years experience in utility sector flexible to do any role in finance/HR & supply chain. https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=186570782.cell no 94626209 MBA in HR, 6+ years work experience in HR & Admin in MNC, Indian Female, 26 Good communications skills seeking suitable placement. Contact 97914669 Male 30, 6 years Oman experience in Sales, Currently working with an UAE based Company operating in UAE and Oman Market with valid UAE and Oman D/L looking for suitable placement. Contact +968 91212407 (NOC not required) Diploma in civil Engineer, Male, 5 years experience in Oman as a Site Engineer, worked at Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company, JMB-1, 20 storied high rise building, Industrial building, sub-station, roads & highway at Indian Railway Construction Company, looking for suitable placement. Contact 97140857 Fish farming and inland pond development, management and research 5 years plus 1 year experience in Oman, fisheries training manual development. +98698262184.

Indian Male, B.Sc Fashion & Apparel Design having 4+ yrs of experience (in Retail Sector as Designer-Visual Merchandising & Marketing) seeking suitable placement in any sections. Contact 94535866, Email: tomsjon@gmail.com Accountant, Indian male, 25 yrs, BBM CA, Computer proﬁciency: TALLY9, C+, 1 yrs Experience in Oman, Seeks suitable placements. mob: 97145531

Infosys experienced male with engineering degree in Electronics and communication from a reputed University seeks suitable placement. Contact: 95786295/ azhar.mumtaz90@gmail.com 57 Yrs. Old healthy person seeking an opportunity in any area of works (Shop sales man, Painting, Store asst, traffic controller, Foremen, Controller) .Saudi experienced. Contact-97239854-Asher Indian male Engineer (B.E in E&C, MBA) with 5 years admin/professional experience looking for a suitable placement in a reputed company. Contact 91387463 email: i.career543@gmail.com

Indian Male, 24 years old on visit visa, 3 years Diploma in Civil Engineering, 3 yrs experience. Contact 98515106

Indian Male 38 years, Electronic Engineer with 14 yrs of Oman experience and proven track record as Sales & Marketing Manager (Electronics, Electrical & ElectroMechanical Products) with valid Oman D/L looking for a suitable placement in a reputed Organization. Please contact 92208744, Email: ebpadmakumar@yahoo.com

Indian Male, 22 years, B.Tech Mechanical (Fresher) from NIT Calicut, Software skills – ANSYS, PRO-E solid works. Contact 91294510 / 99437002. Email: nsp1618@gmail.com

Eight years experience in the ﬁeld of Sales, Marketing & Branch in charge & Having Valid Oman Driving License with NOC.Presently in Oman. Seeking for Placements # Sumesh: 92718716 onsumesh@gmail.com

Indian Female, BSC Nurse, on visit having 4 years experience in Medical Surgical with Prometric Certiﬁcate looking for a suitable placement. Contact: 98329941/ Email: ancyanish2011@gmail.com

B.Sc (Bio-Technology) & MBA having 4 years experience in Marketing and Sales currently on visit visa seeking suitable placement in Oman. Email: meersameer768@gmail.com, GSM: 94517678

Indian Male, 23 yrs MBA Marketing & Finance, 6 months experience as a Sales and Operations Officer looking for suitable job.#99106181, email : akram8145@gmail.com

29 yr old indian male graduate 5yrs oman exp in sales and marketing with valid oman driving license looking for suitable job.Noc available ready to join immediately #95136784

Civil Engineer, Diploma, Male 25, 3 years experience in site, CAD, 3d, MS Project, Seeking job in Oman. Contact 92887561, jubincivileng@gmail.com

Indian Male, 38 years, Electronics Engineer with 14 years of Oman experience and proven track record as Sales & Marketing Manager (Electronics, electrical & electro mechanical products) with valid Oman D/L for a suitable placement in a reputed Organization. Contact 92208744, email : ebpadmakumar@yahoo.com

Required Accountant job 4years experience visa exp 3.dec.14 Holding D/L. Contact - 98283400 Indian female 25 Yrs, IATA, B.Sc looking for suitable Placement. Contact-95514305. Email:raveendranmala@gmail.com Indian Female, M.Sc Software Engineering having 2 yrs experience in IT & Admin seeks suitable placement. Contact 94391214, anucherian@gmail.com Senior Accounts Professional, Indian Male, 35 years, M.Com, MBA (Fin) 8 years in Oman, with valid Oman DL and NOC available. Capable to handle accounts up to ﬁnalization. Contact 9602 3965. Marketing Executive male 23 years, 2 years exp with NOC available, GCC driving license, working in sales and warehouse management looking for suitable opening please Contact 94030909 Indian male-26 having 2 years experience in Oman as a store keeper looking for the good placement, NOC available by the current company. Contact 96671102, email: mohdparvez656@yahoo.com Indian Male, 22 years, B.Tech Mechanical (Fresher) from NIT Calicut, Software skills – Ansys, Pro-E solid works. Contact 91294510 / 99437002. Email: nsp1618@gmail.com MBA, Indian Male, 28 yrs, HR & Admin, Marketing sales, 1 yr experience in India. I have release looking for any suitable job in Oman. Contact 97484159

Indian Male, 24 yrs, MBA in HR/ Marketing. More than 1 years experienced in retail Banking (Axis Bank) Presently in family visit in Oman seeking for a suitable placement. Contact 99892082/ 997 43 709 Light vehicle driver, looking for job. Contact - 98120094 Indian Male having 20 years Experience in Travel Agency in Oman. Looking for suitable placement. Contact 95692050. Pakistani male 32 years IT network + Computer Hardware professional A+ MCSE Termination Technician work Experience in Salalah airport. 10+ years experience in IT ﬁeld and 2 years Oman working experience looking for a suitable placement contact no 96733205 Email faisalzaman24@gmail.com Indian Male, 23 years MBA (Marketing) (6 months experience as a Sales and Operation Officer looking for suitable job. Contact 99106181, Email: akram8145@gmail.com Civil Engineer, Indian Female, having one year experience in Quantity Survey, also knows AutoCAD, primavera etc seeks placement.#91690345 IT software professional looking for a suitable position in Desktop/Web application development. Visit www. muhammedswafuvan.weebly.com for more details. Reach me on (+968) 98395032.

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