Omani tennis prodigy bags doubles crown in LagosSTAFF REPORTER

MUSCAT: Omani sensation Fatma Al Nabhani clinched the doubles title in the com-pany of Italian partner Gioia Barbier at the $25,000 ITF Pro Circuit Tournament in Lagos, yesterday.

She had to settle for the second place in the doubles event in the back-to-back tournament at the same place last week.

According to the informa-

tion received here from the Nigerian capital, fourth seeds Fatma and Gioia stunned their second-seeded oppo-nents Conny Perrin of Swit-zerland and South African Chanel Simmonds 1-6, 6-4, 10-8 in the fi nal.

Earlier in the semifi nals, Fatma had taken sweet revenge against top-seeded British rivals Naomi Broady and Emily Webley-Smith, who had defeated the Omani lass and her partner Cristina

Dinu of Romania in the fi nal of the fi rst tournament.

However, this time, Fatma pairing with Gioia, defeated the British duo 6-1, 6-1 in straight sets.

Fatma also took part in the singles event but her challenge ended in the second round when she lost to Austria’s Mel-anie Klaff ner 6-4, 6-1. Fatma has taken part in the back-to-back $25,000 ITF Pro Circuit Tournaments in Lagos to improve her rankings.

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Facebook a key source of news: StudyWASHINGTON: Facebook is becoming a key source of news for users of the huge social net-work, even if people discover ar-ticles mostly by happenstance, a study showed.

The study by the Pew Research Centre, in collaboration with the Knight Foundation, found 64 per cent of US adults use Face-book, and nearly half of those get some news from the service. That amounts to 30 per cent of the over-all US population who are “Face-book news consumers,” Pew said.

But the survey found 78 per cent of this group get news mainly when they are on Facebook for other reasons, such as checking on friends or sharing photos.

“People go to Facebook to share personal moments — and they discover the news almost inci-dentally,” said Amy Mitchell, Pew Research Centre’s director of jour-nalism research.

“The serendipitous nature of news on Facebook may actually in-crease its importance as a source of news and information, especial-ly among those who do not follow the news closely.”

Most heavy news consumers do not describe Facebook as their main source of information on current aff airs: Some 38 per cent of Facebook news consumers who say they follow the news “all” or “most of the time” describe the so-cial network as an important way

they get news. But that number ris-es to 47 per cent among those who say they follow news just “some of the time” or less.

Younger adultsThose in the 18- to 29- year-old age bracket account for about a third of Facebook news consumers. These younger adults often turn to the social network for breaking news and see the site as important source of news.

The study authors write that

Facebook “exposes some people to news who otherwise might not get it” by delivering news through shared links from friends.

“This study adds to our under-standing of the way social media is transforming how news is shared and consumed,” said Mayur Patel, Knight Foundation vice-president.

“The implications for media organisations are signifi cant — through the data they can gain insights on the behaviour and preferences of the people they are

trying to reach, and identify new engagement opportunities.”

Roughly two-thirds of Facebook news consumers say they at least sometimes click on news links, and 60 per cent at least sometimes “like” or comment on stories, the researchers found.

DiscussionAbout four in 10 post or share links themselves at least sometimes, and 32 per cent discuss issues in the news with other people on Fa-cebook, the survey found.

The study found Facebook users click on a news link most often be-cause of their interest in the topic or a friend’s recommendation, and just 20 per cent said they did so be-cause of the news organisation.

About a third of Facebook news consumers have news organisa-tions or individual journalists in their feeds, Pew found.

The researchers also found that Facebook users are also con-suming news on other platforms. Some 42 per cent of Facebook news consumers often watch lo-cal television news, compared with 46 per cent of all US adults. But just 21 per cent often read print newspapers, compared with 27 per cent of the popula-tion overall, Pew found.

The researchers interviewed 5,173 US adults including 3,268 Facebook users from August 21 to September 2, 2013. -AFP

P E W R E S E A R C H C E N T R E

EU calls for new pact with US after ‘spying scandal’

BRUSSELS: A widening scandal over US spying on its friends and allies put the fi ght against terror-ism centre stage yesterday as EU leaders called for a new under-standing with Washington on in-telligence gathering.

At the close of a summit over-shadowed by the spying row, all 28 EU leaders “stressed that intelli-gence gathering is a vital element in the fi ght against terrorism”.

European Union lawmakers will seek a response from US ad-ministration and intelligence of-fi cials next week to accusations of widespread spying on EU citizens and governments.

Members of the European Parlia-ment’s civil liberties committee will fl y to Washington on Monday for the talks and explore “possible legal

remedies for EU citizens” resulting from the alleged surveillance. They noted “the close relationship be-tween Europe and the USA and the value of that partnership”.

Revelations of US covert surveillance based on leaked documents from former US in-telligence contractor Edward Snowden have sparked out-rage in the European Union where data protection is a very sensitive issue.

The scandal widened this week with the German chancellery say-

ing it has information that US in-telligence is spying on the mobile phone exchanges of Chancellor Angela Merkel, prompting Berlin to summon its US ambassador over the issue. “Spying between friends, that’s just not done,” Merkel said.

EmbarassmentIn another potential embarrass-ment for Washington, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he would call in the US am-bassador to Madrid to explain

reports of American spying on the country.

“We do not have evidence that Spain has been spied on ... but we are calling in the ambassador to get information,” Rajoy said at a closing press conference.France and Germany will “seek bilateral talks with the US” to reach an understanding by year’s end on the conduct of intelligence gathering among allies, EU Presi-dent Herman Van Rompuy said.

Van Rompuy said other coun-tries could join if they wished.

Britain — which has very close intelligence links with the United States formed over many years — meanwhile robustly defended its secret service.

Cameron defends US“Every year (they) ... help to keep our people safe, help to keep peo-ple safe in other European coun-tries,” Prime Minister David Cam-eron told reporters.

He said the EU leaders state-ment was “good and sensible” and that he was struck by how much his colleagues do not want “a breach in the relationship” with the United States.Cameron attacked Snowden, who is seen by some as a hero, as some-one who “is going to make our world more dangerous”.

Snowden and the newspa-pers which publish the docu-ments “make it a lot more dif-fi cult to keep our people safe,” Cameron said.

The terrorist attack on a Ken-yan shopping mall earlier this month only highlighted the dan-gers, he added.

Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo said fi nding a balance was essential. “The objective must re-main the same — to fi ght against terrorism but also respect priva-cy,” Di Rupo said.

“Everyone can understand the need for exceptional meas-ures given the danger of terror-ism ... but we are not in the po-sition where we should spy on each other.” -Agencies

EU lawmakers will

seek a response from

US administration and

intelligence offi cials

to accusations of

widespread spying

on EU citizens and

governments

RAGING ROW: An agitated German Chancellor Angela Merkel summoned the US ambassador and

said ‘spying between friends, that’s just not done’. British Prime Minister David Cameron and Merkel

were in Brussels yesterday. -AFP

NEWS CONSUMERS: The study by the Pew Research Centre, in

collaboration with the Knight Foundation, found 64 per cent of US

adults use Facebook, and nearly half of those get some news from

the service. -AFP

Saudi women drop plans for ‘drive-in’

RIYADH: Activists pressing to end Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving have dropped plans for a “drive-in” today after threats of legal action and have opted instead for an open-end-ed campaign.

“Out of caution and respect for the interior ministry’s warn-ings ... we are asking women not to drive tomorrow and to change the initiative from an October 26 campaign to an open driving campaign,” activist Na-jla Al Hariri said yesterday. -AFP

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OMANAllowance for Omani staff in private sector

1Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, Minister of Manpower, on Thursday

issued a ministerial decision fi xing the minimum allowance for Omanis working in the private sector, as well as the regulations for its payment. As per the Article No. 1 of this decision, the minimum annual allowance for Omanis working in the private sector will be 3% of the basic salary. >A2

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2 A car bomb explosion killed 20 people and wounded dozens more

near a mosque in the Damascus province town of Suq Wadi Barada yesterday. The town is under rebel control and ringed by troops loyal to President Bashar Al Assad. >A4

MARKETDubai’s Emaar logs 50% surge in profi t

3 Emaar Properties said third-quarter profi t increased by 50 per

cent amid growing signs that the emirate’s property crisis is receding. Net income rose to Dh581 million or 10 fi ls a share, from Dh387 million, or 6 fi ls, a year earlier, as recurring income from assets like shopping malls climbed. >B1

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HM SENDS GREETINGS TO AUSTRIAHis Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Dr Heinz Fischer, President of the republic of Austria, on his country’s National Day anniversary. In his cable, His Majesty the Sultan has expressed his sincere greetings and wishes of good health and happiness to President Fischer and his country’s people further progress and prosperity. —ONA

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INFORMATION MINISTER MEETS EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Dr Abdulmunim bin Mansour Al Hasani, Minister of Information, met on Thursday with the chief editors of the Oman News

Agency and local newspapers. During the meeting, the minister reviewed the role of media in strengthening the nation’s

identity and community partnership. He also reviewed the opportunities that the ministry can provide to those working in

media, such as training, through partnership between the ministry, Sultan Qaboos University and other institutions, both

within and outside the Sultanate. The editors-in-chief expressed their gratitude for the eff orts made by the Ministry of Infor-

mation in overcoming diffi culties faced by journalists during their work. — ONA

Oman Air backs women at work

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Oman Air has reaf-fi rmed its commitment to sup-porting women at the workplace.

The national carrier of the Sul-tanate of Oman pursues a proac-tive policy of recognising talented and qualifi ed women and provid-ing appropriate levels of support to assist them in excelling within their chosen careers.

The percentage of women em-ployed by the airline currently

stands at more than 30 per cent, representing a range of roles, including cabin crew, fl ight op-erations, engineering, airport management, airport services, marketing, customer services, sales and communications.

Oman Air’s positive approach to the employment and career development of women is in line with His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s directives regarding the empowerment of women, as mir-rored in broader Omani society.

The country is now recognised as one of the Gulf region’s leading supporters of gender equality.

Oman Air’s Chief Executive Of-fi cer, Wayne Pearce, added, “For

some time, Oman Air has been in the vanguard of recognising the talent, experience and commit-ment that women off er within the fi eld of employment. We have

worked hard to ensure that their contributions and achievements are recognised and that barriers to progress are removed.

“As a result, women are making a vital contribution in every area of our operations, to Oman Air’s on-going success, and are increasingly taking up positions at highest levels of management, both at Oman Air and with subsequent employers.

Continuing commitment“It is, therefore, a pleasure and an honour to reaffi rm our com-mitment to employing women throughout Oman Air, to thank the many women who have contribut-ed so much to Oman Air’s success, and to welcome those women who have just joined us.”

One employee who has seen Oman Air emerge as an acclaimed international carrier, following its time as a regional airline, is Jamila Al Hassani, Staff Travel Manager, Commercial Unit.

She said: “I have worked with Oman Air for more than 20 years and during that time I have seen it undergo many changes, not least in terms of the number of women it employs and the positions they now occupy within the company. When I fi rst started, there were few women on the payroll and they were mainly employed as fl ight at-tendants. “Now, of course, there are still a lot of women employed as fl ight attendants, but there are also women in key positions throughout the company, playing a really important role in Oman Air’s success. It makes me really proud, both as a woman and as a member of Oman Air’s staff , and the example being set for younger women is incredibly positive.”

Oman Air’s commitment to em-ploying and supporting women in the workplace is part of a broader human resources strategy for rec-ognising the skills and abilities, re-gardless of their backgrounds.

The carrier is now recognised as one of the

Gulf region’s leading supporters of gender

equality as the proportion of women in its

workforce is over 30 per cent

KEY ROLE: Women are making a vital contribution to Oman Air’s

ongoing success and are increasingly taking up positions at highest

levels of management.

Finnish artist paints Oman’s vibrant beauty on canvasSTAFF REPORTER

MUSCAT: An exhibition by Finnish artist Matti Sirvio, which refl ected both his impres-sions of Oman and his deeper philosophical and religious ideas, opened on Thursday evening at Ghalya’s Museum of Modern Art in Muttrah.

Titled ‘When Lakes Meet Oceans’, the exhibition featured 26 canvases fi lled with intense, vibrant colours and primarily ab-stract subjects. Sirvio, a 56-year-old who studied art in university but then took a 28-year hiatus from painting to pursue other in-terests, said his work expresses his impressions of diff erent plac-es he has lived and visited and his thoughts about religion, life and death and other topics that aren’t always easy to talk about.

“I think art is a great way to relate to some touchy issues that can’t be verbalised so easily but through pictures you can deal with them one way or another,” Sirvio told Times of Oman.

Some reoccurring themes in his work include death, holiness and the connection between heaven and earth.

Sirvio, who describes himself as fast, explosive painter, said the beauty of abstract art, such as his,

is that it can connect with people in diff erent ways. People who see his work can also bring their own thoughts and ideas to his canvas-es, too, he noted.

“I want people to look into them and discover things that aren’t even there. I love that. That’s how art should be!” he said.

Though he was born and raised in northern Finland, in an area dominated by blue tones and oth-er sombre colours, Sirvio’s work relies heavily on vivid oranges, reds, yellows and bright turquoise shades. He says these are a re-fl ection of his own character and the infl uences of the cultures he has explored.

His fi rst painting from Oman, for example, is a glowing shade of mango, much like the bright sun-light he experienced.

The exhibition included 13 paintings Sirvio created in Oman. They not only refl ect that warm light, but also the architecture, nature and people, whom he says seem to be artists themselves.

“People here have a strong sense of beauty. They are very soft, tender people. I would call it their spirituality or sensitivity,” he said thoughtfully.

The exhibition was inaugu-rated by Her Highness Sayyida Basma Al Said, and it will be on display until November 8.

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BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL: Matti Sirvio’s fi rst painting from Oman is a glowing shade of mango,

much like the bright sunlight he experienced.

I want people to look into them and discover things

that aren’t even there. I love that. That’s how art

should be!

Matti SirvioFinnish artist

Minimum allowance for Omani staff raised MUSCAT: Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, Minister of Manpower, on Thursday issued a ministerial decision fi xing the minimum allowance for Omanis working in the private sector, as well as the regulations for its payment. As per the Article No. 1 of this decision, the minimum annual allowance for Omanis working in the private sector will be three per cent of the basic salary. To be eligible for the allowance, the employees should have spent at least six months in the organisation and should not have received a ‘poor’ performance rating in their annual evalua-tion reports. The decision makes it to raise the minimum yearly allowance as per article No. 1 of this decision. It also cancelled the said ministerial decision No. 32/2012 and all that contra-venes with the decision or contradicts with its provisions. -ONA.

Ibri-Yanqul project tenderMUSCAT: The Tender Board on Thursday fl oated the 32-km second stage of the Ibri-Yanqul dual-carriageway project. The terms call for specialised fi rms that can bid for this tender to reg-ister with the Tender Board under the excellent category. Pref-erence will be given to contractors who will provide the highest level of Omanisation and local product procurement rates. -ONA

B R I E F S

The Times of Oman Open Quiz Contest (TOOOQC), is scheduled for Friday, November 1, 2013, at the City Amphitheatre in Qurum. Oman’s

favourite quizmaster Giri ‘Pickbrain’ Balasubramaniam will be back to conduct the much-loved event at the City Amphitheatre. Over the

years, the ‘knowledge game’ has gathered real momentum and this is the 17th edition of TOOOQC. Since its inception in 1995, this quiz event

has attracted tremendous response from quizzers of all age groups. The organisers have taken pride from the fact that residents all over

Oman have eagerly looked forward to this event, which has only got better with every passing year. Through this photo feature captured by

Times of Oman photographers over the last few years, we reminisce the wonderful and nostalgic journey of this quiz event down the years.

This year, the quiz will have an exclusive audience round with lots of prizes to be won just before the action unfolds with the eight teams on

stage. Besides, lots more is planned for the audience. Watch out this space for more information.

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DRIVE SLOWER LIVE LONGER 20 killed, dozens hurt in Syria car bombing

DAMASCUS: A car bomb ex-plosion killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens more near a mosque in the Damascus prov-ince town of Suq Wadi Barada yesterday, a monitor said.

The town is under rebel control and ringed by troops loyal to the regime of President Bashar Al As-sad, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

“At least three of the dead were children,” said Observatory direc-tor Rami Abdel Rahman.

‘Terrorists’ blamed State news agency SANA also reported the blast, and blamed “terrorists,” the term the Assad regime uses for forces fi ghting to oust it.

“The car exploded while the terrorists were packing it with ex-plosives near the Osama Bin Zeid mosque. Terrorists and civilians were killed,” said the agency.

“Two bodies have arrived at the Moassat hospital, including a sev-en-year-old child’s. There are also 30 wounded people, most of them critically,” it added.

But anti-regime activists blamed loyalists for the blast.

Amateur video shot after the explosion showed clouds of smoke rising above a burning car, while cries of men and women could be heard amid the chaos that followed the blast. The foot-age also showed people carrying away casualties of the explosion.

Car bombings have plagued

Syria in recent months, killing scores across the country.

Elsewhere, at least 24 rebels were killed in an army ambush in Otaybeh, east of Damascus, said the Observatory.

SANA said however that 40 re-bels were killed.

Population in povertySyria’s war has destroyed liveli-hoods and collapsed the economy, leaving more than half the coun-try’s population in poverty, ac-cording to a report commissioned by UN agencies this month.

Some 115,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since the war broke out in 2011, and the report warned that the economic devastation wrought by

the confl ict could be felt for years to come.

“More than half the popula-tion now live in poverty, with 7.9 million people becoming poor since the beginning of the crisis, of whom 4.4 million now live in extreme poverty,” the report said.

Unemployment has soared to 48.6 percent, education in Syria “is in the midst of a silent disas-ter” with 49 percent of children out of school, and the health sec-tor faces “signifi cant collapse,” it warned.

Syria’s GDP is in a state of “spectacular collapse,” the report said, having contracted by 34.3 per cent in the fi rst quarter of 2013, and 39.6 per cent in the sec-ond, compared to 2012. - Reuters

The car exploded

while terrorists were

reportedly packing it

with explosives near

a mosque, SANA

said. However, the

anti-regime activists

have blamed Assad

loyalists for the blast

More than half the

population now live in

poverty, with 7.9m people

becoming poor since the

beginning of the crisis,

of whom 4.4m now live in

extreme poverty

UN reportIN PAIN: Relatives of victims and medics help a casualty after a car

bomb exploded near a mosque at Souq Wadi Barada in Damascus

countryside, at a hospital, yesterday. – Reuters

Iran, six world powers to meet for nuclear talks BRUSSELS: Experts from Iran and six world powers will meet in Vienna on October 30 - 31 to prepare the next round of high-level talks on the contested Iranian nuclear programme with hopes of a breakthrough rising thanks to a diplomatic opening from Tehran. Western diplomats say the meeting, scheduled to take place a week before the next round of ne-gotiations in Geneva in November, could be instrumental in defi ning the contours of any preliminary agreement on Iran’s uranium enrichment campaign.

Egyptian police use teargas to disperse Mursi loyalistsCAIRO: Police used teargas yesterday to disperse demonstra-tions by supporters of ousted president Mohammed Mursi in Alexandria, and in Suez. Mursi’s supporters have staged fre-quent protests in towns and cities across Egypt, many of them following Friday prayers, since the army deposed him on July 3 in response to mass protests against his rule.

12 killed in Iraq violence BAGHDAD: Ten bombings and a shooting killed at least 12 people and wounded 19 in Iraq yesterday, offi cials said. Nine bombs exploded in and around the city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, killing a total of seven people and wounding eight, a police offi cer and a doctor said. - Agencies

B R I E F S

Tunisia’s ruling party, opposition start talks

TUNIS: Tunisia’s ruling party and the opposition began talks yesterday to form a caretaker government and prepare for elections under an agreement to end months of unrest in the country that inspired the “Arab Spring” revolts.

The North African nation has been in turmoil since July when the assassination of an opposi-tion leader ignited protests that threatened to derail a demo-cratic transition once seen as a model for the region.

Ennahda has agreed its gov-ernment will resign at the end of three weeks of talks to appoint a non-partisan cabinet, which will run the country until elections.

“The train out of this crisis is on the tracks, and we are now on the way to fi nishing our tran-sition to elections,” Ennahda chairman Rached Ghannouchi told reporters. - Reuters

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RAINS WREAK HAVOC IN ANDHRAA resident walks through a fl ooded house following heavy rain in Saroornagar, a low lying area on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Heavy rains continued to lash Andhra Pradesh yesterday, leaving 17 people dead and forcing the evacuation of 67,419 others

from low-lying areas. - PTI

Rahul’s ISI remark over UP riot victims fl ayed

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Po-litical parties yesterday attacked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over his claims that intelli-gence agencies in Pakistan had ap-proached victims of Muzaff arnagar riots to lure them into terrorism, with BJP questioning his author-ity in having access to such details while seeking an answer from the home minister in the matter.

BJP demanded a probe into the matter and action against the err-ing offi cials, even as it criticised the

Intelligence Bureau (IB) as to how it could brief a Member of Parliament or a party offi ce-bearer.

Samajwadi Party, which ex-tends outside support to United Progressive Alliance (UPA), and Communist Party of India (CPI), criticised Rahul for raking up is-sues that sought to link Muslims to terrorism and could create ha-tred among the community.

“If Rahul Gandhi is saying that ISI is in touch with the youth in

India, what action is the govern-ment taking?

“The Home Minister must an-swer. If these (basis for the Con-gress vice-president’s remarks) are IB inputs, the Home Minister owes an explanation on Rahul Gandhi’s revelations. This is very serious. We can’t take politics to-day to that level where Congress wants to take it,” BJP spokesper-son Prakash Javadekar said.

Modi questioned how the intel-

ligence agencies could have “re-ported” to Rahul and briefed him on such sensitive matters, saying that if the government has infor-mation about ISI being in touch with the youth in UP, it should act, rather than “just giving the news”.

Questioning the basis for Ra-hul’s statement, Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agrawal said it cast doubts on the Muslim communi-ty, which was not good.

“Putting a question mark on Muslims is not good. To link Mus-lims with terrorists is not a good thing,” said Agrawal, adding that if Rahul provided more details, Uttar Pradesh government would get the matter investigated.

Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Atul Anjan said that by making such statements, Ra-hul was trying to create hatred for Muslims in the country.

“I do not know who writes Ra-hul Gandhi’s speeches. By making such a statement about the mi-nority community over the Mu-zaff arnagar violence, he is once again trying to create tension and hatred in the country,” he said.

In Jammu, BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said that Ra-hul’s statement had been made in an election environment and urged Election Commission to take action against him. -PTI

Rahul had claimed

that intelligence

agencies in Pakistan

were approaching

some of the victims

of the Muzaff arnagar

riots to lure them into

terrorism, sparking

a political row

Chinese media calls Singh’s trip ‘historic’BEIJING: India and China have made history during the just con-cluded visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by working on a new set of rules for the smooth development of bilateral ties and reshape the world, the Chinese media said yesterday.

“History can be made in a mo-ment, especially when two of the world’s most populated nations are determined to do so,” a com-mentary by the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

“As Chinese Premier Li Ke-qiang and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shook hands in Beijing and cheered exchange of visits, the two Asian giants have come to a common view of facing up to the future, rather than look-ing back,” it said summing up the offi cial mood here about the out-come of Singh’s three-day visit.

As two emerging economies with over one-third of the world’s population, “China and India are working on a new set of rules that

will not only lay a smooth track for bilateral ties, but also help re-shape the world,” it said.

Nine agreements including the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA), besides a new MoU on trans-border Rivers were signed during Singh’s visit.

“In a bid to build greater trust and confi dence, China and India signed BDCA. Both sides hailed the agreement as a powerful tool to maintain peace and tranquilli-ty on the border, a ‘foundation’ for the growth of China-India rela-tionship,” the commentary said.

Singh held talks with both President Xi Jinping and Pre-mier Li on all most all aspects of Sino-Indian relations.

Singh in his speech at Chinese Communist Party Central School where top leaders gets trained also enunciated a broad outline for future relations between the two countries to maintain close ties while addressing their mu-tual concerns. - IANS

B I L A T E R A L R E L A T I O N S

Putting a question

mark on Muslims

is not good. To

link Muslims with

terrorists is not a

good thing

Naresh AgrawalSamajwadi Party leader

SPARKING A POLITICAL ROW: Con-

gress vice-president Rahul Gandhi

addresses a public rally in Indore,

on Thursday.– PTI

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INDIA

Ensure proper disposal of garbage.

Don’t litter a beautiful country like OMAN. PM has no cellphone,

email account to hack

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not own a mobile phone or use personal email, giving New Delhi “no cause for con-cern” about new US hacking revela-tions, his offi ce said yesterday.

The Guardian newspaper re-ported yesterday that US spies eavesdropped on the phone con-versations of 35 world leaders after White House, Pentagon and State Department offi cials gave them the numbers.

Asked if Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was concerned, his spokesman replied: “The prime minister doesn’t use a mo-bile phone and he doesn’t have an email account.

“His offi ce uses email, but he has no personal email... We have no information and no cause for concern,” he added.

India has witnessed a mobile tel-ecom boom in the past decade with the latest fi gures from the national telecom regulator showing 876 mil-lion phone connections in the coun-try of 1.2 billion people. But the in-dustry is also at the heart of one of

the worst graft scandals affl icting Singh’s embattled administra-tion with ex-telecom minister A. Raja on trial over allegedly cor-rupt allocation of phone licences in 2008.

India initially played down the impact of spying by the US Na-tional Security Agency, saying that information gleaned from its activities had helped prevent terror attacks and loss of life. But following allegations that com-puters and phones in the Indian embassy and its UN mission in New York had been compro-mised, it took a slightly tougher line, saying it would seek answers from Washington.

Coal scamOn Thursday, while returning from a trip to Russia and China, he told journalists that he would be happy to be questioned by po-lice over an alleged coal scam amid growing speculation he will be called to give evidence. He also defended his legacy.

“I am doing my duty. I will con-

tinue to do my duty. What impact my 10 years of prime ministership will have is something which is for historians to judge,” he added.

Meanwhile, an impartial probe into the coal scam can only take place once Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh steps down from offi ce, BJP said yesterday in re-action to his off er to face CBI in a coal block allocation case.

Singh’s questioning by Cen-tral Bureua of Investigation will be “meaningless” as the agency comes under the Prime Minister’s Offi ce purview, BJP said as it once again raised the call for the Prime Minister to resign over the alleged scam. The opposition party ac-cused Singh of “hiding” things and having made similar statements in the past. The party cited the ex-ample of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Spectrum scam, saying Singh never appeared be-fore it despite a strong demand for the same and had instead off ered to do so before the Public Accounts Committee, which anyway had no power to summon him. - Agencies

Following allegations

that computers

and phones in the

Indian embassy and

its UN mission in

New York had been

compromised, it took

a slightly tougher line,

saying it would seek

answers

I am doing my duty.

I will continue to do

my duty. What impact

my 10 years of prime

ministership will have

is something which is

for historians to judge

Manmohan SinghPrime Minister

NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister’s Offi ce (PMO) yesterday handed over the fi les relating to allocation of coal blocks in Odisha to Hindalco to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), informed sources said.

“We have given entire fi les relating to the Tala-bira coal block to the CBI. We have taken a receipt from them and told them that any information needed further will be provided,” a source said.

The probe agency had on Tuesday named Hin-dalco along with Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla and former coal secretary P.C. Parakh in its 14th FIR in the allocation of coal blocks.

It wrote to the PMO seeking fi le details of Talabira-II and Talabira-III coal blocks in Odisha allocated to Hindalco in 2005 following a PMO decision. The agency fi led a fresh case for alleged ir-regularities and criminal conspiracy in the al-location of these two coal blocks. The CBI wants to review the fi les before proceeding with the probe. The CBI’s move comes after the PMO had October 19 defended the allocation of coal blocks to Hindalco. - IANS

Hindalco coal fi les handed to CBI: PMO

Ceasefi re violations impossible without Sharif’s consent: OmarJAMMU: Hitting out at Nawaz Sharif over ceasefi re violations, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Min-ister Omar Abdullah yesterday maintained that these incidents cannot be without the consent of the Pakistan prime minister.

“As the prime minister of Pa-kistan, the violation of ceasefi re cannot be without his consent,” Omar told a large gathering of af-fected people in the border belt of R S Pura of Jammu district.

“If that is so, then what is the use of talking friendship and dia-logue by the Pakistan premier,” he asked. Omar said if Sharif wanted to go the “extra mile” to make peace with India, he must ensure there is no ceasefi re violation.

Appreciate“I appreciate that Nawaz Sharif wants to walk the extra mile, and if he really wants to walk the extra mile, let him make sure that the ceasefi re holds,” he said, adding, “That’s the only extra mile he has to walk.”

Omar said he failed to under-stand when Sharif talked of peace and resolution of issues amicably through dialogue, why Pakistan indulged in violation of ceasefi re.

Expressing deep concern over the ceasefi re violations, the brunt of which has to be borne by civil-ians living near the border and

Line of Control (LoC) areas, the chief minister said, “This is in nobody’s interest but only endan-gers life of people in border areas.”

Noting that ceasefi re mainte-nance is not the responsibility of one country, Omar said, “When there is fi re from one side, the other side will obviously retaliate.” -PTI

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Denied FB access, teen hangs herself

MUMBAI: A 17-year-old has committed suicide after a row with her parents who told her she had to stop using Facebook, police said yesterday. College student Aishwarya Dahiwal was found hanging in her bedroom on Wednesday after an argument with her parents in Maharash-tra’s Parbhani city, police said.

“On Wednesday night, she had an argument with her parents who told her not to just use Fa-cebook and her mobile all day for chatting,” the offi cer said. “They told her to focus on her studies. After the argument, she locked herself in her room and was found hanging later, with a sui-cide note nearby,” he said. - AFP

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ASSESSING DAMAGE: Army men examine a car damaged by a

mortar shrapnel allegedly fi red from the Pakistan side in Garkhw-

al at Pargwal sector of Akhnoor near Jammu, yesterday. – PTI

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ARTILLERY REMAINSResidents of the border village of Joyiawala in Pakistan’s Sialkot district show remains of artillery allegedly fi red by Indian

troops on Thursday. Both India and Pakistan, have reported an increase in the number of cross-border attacks since the

current Pakistani and Indian prime ministers held their fi rst face-to-face meeting last month in New York and agreed on the

need to reduce tensions. — PTI

Never condoned drone attacks, asserts Gilani

ISLAMABAD: A former Paki-stani prime minister strongly de-nied on Thursday that he had qui-etly authorised US drone strikes inside his country, but he didn’t rule out secret deals made with-out his knowledge.

A day earlier, a Washington Post report detailed how the United States and Pakistan communi-cated about, and in some cases co-ordinated, dozens of drone strikes in Pakistan from late 2007 to late 2011. But Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was the country’s prime minister from 2008 to 2012, said it was “totally absurd” to suggest that his government had condoned the attacks.

“During my government, there was no such support given to drone strikes whatsoever,” Gilani said in an interview, adding that he had discussed with President Barack Obama in 2010 “how this strategy with drones was counter-productive and undermining our anti-terror eff orts.”

He said he could not rule out that the two nations had com-municated about planned drone strikes during his tenure. But if they did, he said, the parties in-volved would have been the CIA and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency, under condi-tions set by Pervez Musharraf, the former military ruler.

‘With you’“The permission must have been given earlier,” said Gilani, who was also cited in a 2010 WikiLe-aks report as being privately sup-portive of some strikes. “After 9/11, the US rang up Musharraf and said, ‘You are either with us or you are not with us,’ and he said, ‘We are with you.’ “

In an interview with CNN last year, Musharraf admitted to authorising “a few” U.S. drone strikes before he stepped down in 2008. Pakistan’s Express Tribune newspaper reported on Thursday that a former top-ranking mili-

tary commander who had served under Musharraf, retired Lt. Gen. Shahid Aziz, is calling for Mush-arraf to be charged with extraju-dicial murder for his role in the drone campaign. Musharraf is un-der house arrest in Islamabad on several charges stemming from his autocratic tenure.

But The Post’s report details coordination as recently as 2011, causing some analysts to sus-pect that Musharraf’s succes-sors also were aware of some US strike targets.

“This puts cold water on the hype,” said Talat Masood, a retired Pakistani general and a military analyst, referring to the public an-ger in Pakistan over U.S. attacks. “I think people knew it already, but this makes it much more obvi-

ous, and the [Pakistani] media and others will have to cool off .”

Pakistan’s current prime minis-ter, Nawaz Sharif, who took offi ce in June, has made stopping the drone campaign a top priority. He raised the issue during a meeting with Obama at the White House on Wednesday. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said on Thurs-day that the government remains united in seeking an end to the strikes. — The Washington Post/Bloomberg

News Service

The former prime

minister said in a

statement that there

was no such support

given to drone strikes

whatsoever, during

his government

BONE OF CONTENTION: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani

said he could not rule out that the two nations had communicated

about planned drone strikes during his tenure. But if they did, he

said, the parties involved would have been the CIA and Pakistan’s

Inter-Services Intelligence agency, under conditions set by Pervez

Musharraf, the former military ruler. — File photo

Yousuf Raza Gilani

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‘Aafi a case shouldn’t be linked to Dr Afridi’ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Of-fi ce spokesperson has stated that Dr Aafi a Siddiqui’s extradi-tion should not be linked with Dr Shakil Afridi’s fate, Express News reported yesterday.

Afridi was sentenced to a 33-year jail term in May 2012 for helping the CIA determine the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and for his links to a banned mili-

tant group. Aafi a is the Pakistani scientist who was sentenced to 86 years on September 23, 2010 af-ter she was found guilty on seven counts, including attempted mur-der. She is currently being held at an American maximum security prison in Fort Worth, Texas.

The spokesperson said, “The decision regarding Shakil Af-ridi’s fate will be decided ac-

cording to Pakistani law. He has broken the law and will be punished accordingly.”

Sharif’s visit to USThe Foreign Offi ce’s comments come against the backdrop of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ’s offi cial visit to the United States.

To a question about Dr Aafi a Siddiqui and Dr Shakil Afridi,

the premier had said the United States did raise its concerns, as did Pakistan. “They discussed Dr Shakil, we did Dr Aafi a. Now we will review the situation after we reach Pakistan.”

During the visit, Chairman of the US House Foreign Aff airs Committee, Ed Royce, had urged Nawaz to release Dr Shakil Afridi. — Express Tribune

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Musharraf custody extended till Oct 29ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court extended the custody of former president Pervez Musharraf on Friday, dampening hopes he would be able to leave the country any time soon, following months un-der house arrest and legal wran-gling over his fate.

Musharraf was arrested two weeks ago on charges of murder-ing Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, the prayer leader of the Red Mosque in a 2007 raid on the mosque — just as his lawyer announced the former ruler was free to leave the country after being granted bail in another, unrelated case.

“The judicial magistrate extend-ed the custody of Musharraf till October 29,” Iftikhar Chattha, an investigation offi cer, told Reuters, adding that the investigation had not yet fi nished.

Musharraf seized power in a 1999 coup but was forced into exile nine years later after a showdown with the judiciary. He returned to Pakistan this year to contest May elections but was barred from

standing by a fl urry of court cases.The arrest of Musharraf — a

former army chief — was unprec-edented in a country ruled by the powerful military for more than half of its life.

Despite his arrest, Musharraf is not being held in a jail with com-mon criminals.

Friday’s hearing was held at his villa on the outskirts of Islamabad. The house has been declared a sub-jail by the authorities. — Agencies

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Pervez Musharraf

Tunnel project haltedISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the Margalla Tun-nel Project to be stopped as the status of Margalla Hills National Park is to be maintained, Express News reported yesterday.

The court ordered a halt to any construction and digging into the hills.

Park surveyThe Supreme Court also asked the Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) to form a com-mittee that will conduct a survey regarding the Margalla Hills Na-tional Park and prepare a report. The report is to be submitted to the registrar of the Supreme Court within two weeks.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muham-

mad Chaudhary remarked that progress on developmental work is appreciated, but preservation of national and environmental heritage should also be given im-portance. He further added that if a tunnel is dug through the hills, it will serve as a passageway for heavy goods traffi c.

Trade corridorThe National Highway Authority (NHA) had argued the construc-tion of a tunnel would not harm the spirit of Margalla Hills Park.

The government had been con-sidering the construction of a tun-nel through the Margalla Hills – connecting Islamabad to Haripur – as a part of Pakistan-China trade corridor. — Express Tribune

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Technological advances can make an almost imperceptible slip from the sci-fi to the blasé, often with surprisingly little fanfare. In our retina-scanning, embryo-cloning, 3D-screening modern day, it’s hard to recall a world where Bluetooth

seemed like witchcraft. There was once a time, though, when the concept of an unmanned aircraft hovering over a distant country fi ring on targets before swooping back to base could have been dis-missed as the chilling vision of a fi ction writer.

Today we have all accepted that drones exist. We know too, that drones are regularly deployed by the world’s foremost military power. We know that they have killed. We know that they are still in use, and likely to be an increasing feature of contemporary combat. We know, though, very little else.

In a major new report published today, the most comprehensive study of the US drones programme conducted from a human rights perspective, Am-nesty has reviewed the use of drones in Pakistan’s north-western tribal areas where most drone strikes have taken place.

The report condemns the almost complete ab-sence of transparency around the US drone pro-gramme and concludes that the USA has carried out unlawful killings, some of which could amount to war crimes.

Amnesty reviewed all 45 known drone strikes that took place in North Waziristan in north-western Pakistan between January 2012 and August this year. Contrary to offi cial claims that those killed were “terrorists”, Amnesty’s research indicates that in a number of cases the victims were not involved in armed activity and posed no threat to life.

Cases like that of Mamana Bibi, a 68-year-old grandmother who, last October, was picking veg-etables in the family fi eld outside her home, with her grandchildren. No men of “fi ghting age” were anywhere near her. She was horrifi cally killed in a double strike, apparently by a Hellfi re missile.

A second volley of missiles was fi red a few minutes later, gravely injuring some of the children who ran to the place where their grandmother had been. It is hard to know how a grandmother and her grandchil-dren could have posed an imminent threat to life.

Hard to imagine also, how anyone could claim that in the immediate aftermath of an initial strike, a pilot thousands of miles away could determine who the people who ran to the scene of the incident were, and whether they were legitimate targets.

In this instance, they were children who were maimed. These so called “rescuer attacks” are a grim signature feature of the drone attacks documented in the report. International law prohibits arbitrary killing and limits the lawful use of intentional lethal force to exceptional situations. In armed confl ict,

only combatants and people directly participating in hostilities may be directly targeted. Outside armed confl ict, intentional lethal force is lawful only when strictly unavoidable to protect against an imminent threat to life. In some circumstances arbitrary kill-ing can amount to a war crime or extrajudicial ex-ecutions, which are crimes under international law.

The USA continues to rely on a “global war” doc-trine to attempt to justify a borderless war with Al Qaeda, the Taliban or other “enemies” of the USA. It also claims that its drone strikes are extremely ac-curate based on vetted intelligence and that the vast majority of those killed have been linked to Al Qaeda and its allies. The world has to take this on faith, since the US administration refuses to disclose key facts, such as details of who is targeted and on what basis. Certainly the fi ndings of Amnesty’s research today put a signifi cant dent in that faith.

The fi rst rule about the drones programme is, ap-parently, that you don’t talk about the drones pro-gramme. Although that rule has not been universally adhered to, almost every element of the operation is surrounded in a veil of secrecy.

The USA’s promise to increase transparency around drone strikes, underscored by a major policy speech by President Barack Obama in May, has yet to become a reality and the USA still refuses to divulge even basic factual and legal information.

This secrecy has enabled the USA to act with im-punity and block victims from receiving justice or compensation. As far as Amnesty is aware, no US of-fi cial has ever been held to account for unlawful kill-ings by drones in Pakistan. The secrecy surrounding the drones programme essentially gives the US ad-ministration a license to kill beyond the reach of the courts or basic standards of international law. That secrecy extends to the involvement of other states.

Amnesty is calling too for the UK government to refrain from participating in any way in US drone strikes that violate international law, including by the sharing of intelligence or facilities, or the trans-fer of specialist components, which we know has happened in the past. The use of drones is rapidly be-coming one of the big moral challenges of our time, and if we are not careful, their use will continue un-der the radar, and beyond the scope of public scru-tiny. There are debates to be had about how techno-logical advances are deployed and there needs to be accountability without exceptions.

For now, we are dealing in the dark, without ac-cess to the quantitative data that experts need ac-cess to and reliant on compiling testimony from be-reaved families like the Bibis who lost a wife, mother and grandmother when she was blown to bits from a pilotless aircraft in the skies.

How common is that tale of woe? The truth is at the moment we really don’t know. It’s time for the US to drone up. - The Independent

America is still killing civilians from the sky

The USA’s promise to

increase transparency

around drone strikes,

underscored by a

major policy speech

by President Barack

Obama in May, is yet

to become a reality

and the USA still

refuses to divulge

even basic factual

and legal information

Indira Gandhi still evokes strong emotions in IndiaThis refers to the letter, As-sassination of Indira Gandhi was tumultuous (October 24). Today, enjoying the benefi ts of the hindsight, on the 29th death anniversary of India’s (argu-ably) most charismatic prime minister, I found myself more preoccupied with the legacy left behind by the lady, Priyadarshini, who, actually shaped modern India and matched up with her charismatic statesman father Pandit Jawharlal Nehru. In fact, even 29 years after her demise, opinion about her and her legacy remains as divided as it was when she was alive. There is abso-lutely no consensus at all and it is indeed surprising that Indira Gandhi still evokes such strong emotions even 29 years after her

death. There are, in fact, many who hate her legacy and there also are numerous admirers. True, her life and career as a politician and statesman had almost equal share of good and bad, success and failures, and ups and downs. However, in totality, it was per-haps with a unique coexistence of both crimson blossoms and stark colourlessness of a grey snowy evening. And yet, no one like her has been so minutely analysed, dissected, or so intently loved and intensely hated! Anu ShaikhWadi Kabir

India has forgotten the emergency Indira imposedThis refers to the letter, Assas-sination of Indira Gandhi was tumultuous (October 24). What

surprises me the most is the general amnesia about her biggest misdeed or blunder—declaration of Emergency. And even the most vociferous of her critics have in-explicably shoved her declaration of Emergency into the backyards of their memories. Though the RSS was banned and Jan Sangh leaders were locked up, the BJP hardly ever mentions the issue. And most surprisingly, the BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, in an in-terview described the emergency as, “That is a small matter”. I have often tried to fi nd a reasonable an-swer to the general amnesia about Indira Gandhi’s greatest misdeed. And I must admit that except for describing the phenomenon as an irony, I do not have any logical explanation to justify the phe-nomenon. I would like to take this opportunity to say that her great-

est success was her ability to hold the country united against some of the heaviest odds ever faced by any previous and subsequent prime ministers in India. Sumit ChatterjeeQurum

The power of radio has not been tapped fully as yet It is unfortunate that except in a few European countries and in the United States, the potential of radio has not been either fully tapped or harnessed. The FM, in particular, across the world has become an entertainment chan-nel, which I feel is a perverted misuse of one of the most power-ful and potential media outlets in the world.Minu DuttaMuttrah

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DRONE ATTACKS

“Insure with

New India and

be secure”

Stunning new details continue to emerge from Edward Snowden’s leaks about the vast electronic data mining carried out by the Na-tional Security Agency, setting off one diplomatic aftershock af-

ter another. The latest was spurred by reports in Le Monde this week that the agency had gained access to the records of more than 70 mil-lion calls inside France in one 30-day period. The American ambassa-dor was summoned to the French Foreign Ministry for an explanation; President François Hollande told President Obama by telephone that the data sweep was “unacceptable,” and the matter has already become an issue in a visit to Paris by Secretary of State John Kerry intended to focus on Syria. Previous reports based on Snowden’s information have alleged American eavesdropping on Germany, Britain, Brazil, Mexico, European Union offi ces and European diplomatic missions. More revelations are likely. The Obama administration’s response has been that the United States seeks to gather foreign intelligence as other na-tions do. That is not in dispute, and no doubt much of the public indig-nation by France and other governments is largely rhetorical.

But the very scale of America’s clandestine electronic operations appears to be undercutting America’s “soft power” — its ability to in-fl uence global aff airs through example and moral leadership. Brazil has complained about the reach of American surveillance, while the European Parliament has revived an eff ort to enact privacy legisla-tion that could impose restrictions on American Internet providers and further complicate talks on a trans-Atlantic trade and investment agreement.

Kerry said the United States was working to fi nd a balance be-tween protecting privacy and providing security in a dangerous world. Obama has pledged to review electronic intelligence gathering, as well as the institutions charged with judicial and political oversight, a vow he must honour given the scope of the NSA’s operations.

The fact is that most nations practice electronic surveillance and that citizens everywhere surrender personal data voluntarily to digi-tal services and social networks. That is why free countries must place stern limits on the security institutions allowed to function in the shadows. - The New York Times News Service

New leaks, new repercussions

We fought the good fi ght, we just didn’t win, said John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives and in theory the most powerful politician in Congress, after the

deal that re-opened the US government and averted the calamity of a debt default. The truth is somewhat diff erent. Boehner’s Republi-cans fought an ignoble and pointless fi ght that infl icted deep damage on their country. And to observe that his party did not win is putting it mildly. It achieved nothing of what it was seeking, most notably a postponement of President Obama’s signature health care reform. In-stead it suff ered a crushing defeat that — and this is the sole redeem-ing feature of the entire wretched episode — may just bring the party to its senses. That outcome, alas, is anything but guaranteed. Judging by reactions that came immediately after Senate and House ended the crisis, the ultra-conservative minority that has been holding America to ransom shows little sign of changing its ways.

In the meantime America must count the cost of this completely unnecessary exercise in futility. The $20bn direct loss to the US econ-omy is only the start of it. Boehner’s “good fi ght” has further poisoned the atmosphere on Capitol Hill, and distracted attention from far more important legislative issues, such as immigration reform and climate change. Then there is the damage to the country’s reputation and fi -nancial standing. Worst of all, the deal has settled exactly nothing. The government is being funded again, but only until mid-January; the Treasury may borrow, but only until early February. There is absolute-ly no guarantee that the zealots, unchecked by Boehner, will use these deadlines to provoke a repeat shutdown and a new round of brinkman-ship on the debt ceiling.

True, under the agreement, a bipartisan joint House and Senate panel is being set up, with instructions to work out by 13 December a blueprint to balance the budget, and thus resolve the arguments un-derlying this latest and previous confrontations between Obama and Congress. But few would give it much chance of succeeding where previous attempts have failed, in reconciling the vast diff erences be-tween the parties on taxes and spending. Ultimately, the impasse is not economic but political, and will only be settled at the ballot box. The best hope of averting a new crisis lies in the approach of the 2014 midterm elections, and Republican fears of a brutal backlash from vot-ers. A clear majority of Americans blame Congressional Republicans, not Democrats, for the autumn folly on Capitol Hill. If Republicans do bring about a repeat early next year, then they will surely bring down on their heads the electoral disaster their party both needs and de-serves. - The Independent

Republicans may infl ict deeper damage

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Call for Hasina’s exit as 5 protestors killed

DHAKA: Five demonstrators were killed across Bangladesh and more than 100,000 opposi-tion activists rallied in the capital Dhaka yesterday to demand that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quit and order polls under a care-taker government.

Police said the protestors died after offi cers and border guards opened fi re in three towns as the supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its extremist allies rioted across the country.

Two protestors were killed and several others were injured

by bullets in the southern resort district of Cox’s Bazaar when bor-der guards opened fi re at several thousand supporters of the Bang-ladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

Defying ban“The border guards opened fi re af-ter the BNP activists defi ed a ban on rallies and attacked the forces,” Cox’s Bazaar district deputy po-lice chief Babul Akter said. “Two persons were killed and a few more were hit by bullets.”

Two more were killed by bullets in the central district of Chand-pur after BNP activists clashed with police and ruling party sup-porters, local police chief Amir Jafar said.

“Police fi red after the BNP sup-porters attacked them with arms and small bombs,” he said.

A demonstrator died in the northern town of Jaldhaka after the elite Rapid Action Battalion opened fi re at about 10,000 ram-paging supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, a key ally of the BNP, area police head Moham-mad Moniruzzman said.

The clashes occurred as the BNP and its allies called nation-wide mass protests to force Hasi-na to resign ahead of the January 2014 elections and set up a tech-nocrat-led caretaker government to oversee the polls.

BNP leader Khaleda Zia ad-dressed a rally of over 100,000 supporters at a national memorial in central Dhaka, renewing her threat to boycott the polls and set-ting Hasina a new weekend dead-line to hold a dialogue on her de-mand for a caretaker government.

“There will be no election un-der Hasina. We won’t allow any one-party election. The election must include all parties and be conducted by a neutral caretaker government,” Zia told the crowd, announcing a nationwide strike for Sunday to Tuesday to press her demands.

Local Dhaka police chief Sirajul Islam put the number of the crowd at the rally at “over 100,000”. Wit-nesses and BNP offi cials said the fi gure was double.

Deadline rejectedTensions have been rising in Bangladesh since Hasina’s rul-ing Awami League (AL) party re-jected an October 24 deadline set by the BNP for accepting its de-mands. The AL instead called on its activists to take to the streets to face down the opposition.

Zia, who has twice served as premier, branded the government “illegal” as of yesterday, citing a le-gal provision that requires a neu-tral caretaker government to be set up three months before elec-tions slated for January 2014.

But the ruling AL abolished the provision in 2011, handing the job of overseeing polls to a reformed Election Commission.

The government has deployed thousands of police and paramili-tary border guards in Dhaka, in the port city of Chittagong where the ruling party called a rival rally that was peaceful, and other po-tential fl ashpoints.

“We’ve sent BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) troops to 20 major cities and towns,” BGB director colonel Hafi z Ahsan said. — AFP

Police opened fi re in

three towns while

more than 100,000

opposition activists

rallied in the capital

Dhaka yesterday

demanding that Prime

Minister Sheikh

Hasina step down

and order elections

under a caretaker

government

RAGE: Firefi ghters try to control a fi re in a bus in Bangladesh’s

capital Dhaka, yesterday. — Reuters

Serial rapist freedMADRID: A Spanish court freed a serial rapist 17 years into his 30-year sentence under a European human rights ruling that also ben-efi ts terrorism convicts, offi cials said yesterday.

Antonio Garcia Carbonell, 76, became the fi rst non-terrorism convict to benefi t from the ruling.

The European decision over-

turned a Spanish judicial doctrine that retroactively cut remission earned through prison work, most-ly for jailed members of the armed Basque group ETA.

An offi cial in the Catalonia regional courts service said on Friday that a Barcelona court had ordered Garcia’s release the previous day. — AFP

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Children more prone to radiation cancer

VIENNA: Infants and children can be more at risk than adults of developing some cancers when exposed to radiation, for example from nuclear accidents, a UN sci-entifi c report said yesterday.

Children were found to be more sensitive than adults for the de-velopment of 25 per cent of tu-mour types including leukaemia,

and thyroid, brain and breast cancer, it said.

“The risk can be signifi cantly higher, depending on circum-stances,” the United Nations Sci-entifi c Committee on the Eff ects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) added in a statement.

UNSCEAR said it began work-ing on the report in 2011, the same year as Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident, although the world’s worst such disaster in 25 years was not mentioned in the statement.

The committee said in May that cancer rates were not expected to rise after the Fukushima accident.

Studies into the 1986 accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine have, however, linked thyroid cancer to radioactive iodine. The thy-roid is the most exposed organ as radioactive iodine concen-trates there. Children are deemed especially vulnerable.

Yesterday’s report, presented to the UN General Assembly, said children and adults should be considered separately following

exposure in order to predict risk more accurately.

“Because of their anatomical and physiological diff erences, radiation exposure has a diff er-ent impact on children compared with adults,” Fred Mettler, chair of an UNSCEAR expert group on the issue, said. “It is not recom-mended to use the same generali-sations used for adults when con-sidering the risks and eff ects of radiation exposure during child-hood,” he added.

Children are generally as-sessed along with adults in epi-demiological studies, the UN committee said.

Nuclear accidentsUNSCEAR said it had reviewed 23 cancer types, some of which were “highly relevant for evaluat-ing the radiological consequenc-es” of nuclear accidents and of some medical procedures.

For about 15 per cent of can-cer types such as colon, children were found to have the same ra-diation sensitivity as adults, and for 10 per cent of cancer type-schildren were less sensitive than adults, it said.

“Data were too weak to reach any conclusions for 20 per cent of cancers,” UNSCEAR said. — AFP

According to a UN

scientifi c report,

children were found

to be more sensitive

than adults for the

development of 25 per

cent of tumour types

including leukaemia,

and thyroid, brain and

breast cancer

SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES: UNSCEAR said it had reviewed 23

cancer types, some of which were ‘highly relevant for evaluating

the radiological consequences’ of nuclear accidents and of some

medical procedures. — AFP File photo

Tsunami warning issued as 7.3-quake rattles Japan TOKYO: A 7.3 magnitude quake struck off Japan’s east coast early today but no destructive widespread tsunami was expect-ed, the Pacifi c Tsunami Warning Center said. The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres at 3:10am local time (1710 GMT Fri-day), 320 kilometres southeast of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefec-ture, according to the US Geological Survey. The USGS intially said its magnitude was 7.5, and issued a green alert on its web-site, signalling a low probability of deaths or economic losses. More than 18,000 people died when a 9.0 magnitude sub-sea earthquake sent a towering tsunami barrelling into Japan’s northeast coast in March 2011 in the country’s worst post-World War II disaster.

Two fatally stabbed in China’s Forbidden CityBEIJING: Two people were stabbed to death yesterday at Bei-jing’s Forbidden City, the vast former imperial palace that is China’s top tourist attraction, by a man who then attempted suicide, police said. The violence at the world heritage site was a brawl among employees, Beijing police said. Police identifi ed the assailant as a 49-year-old Beijing resident surnamed Zheng and said he was taken to hospital after trying to kill himself follow-ing the knifi ng. The offi cial Xinhua news agency cited museum sources as saying no tourists were hurt.

Greek couple who bought baby for $5,500 arrestedATHENS: Police in Athens yesterday said they had arrested a Greek couple suspected of having purchased a Roma baby for $5,500. The couple, a 53-year-old man and his 48-year-old wife, told police that they had received the baby girl, then only a few weeks old, from a Roma woman in March. The woman then un-successfully tried to register the baby as her own child. — AFP

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Inspired Im goes one clear

MUSCAT: A little touch of broth-erly love helped Daniel Im to the lead at the midway point of the inaugural National Bank of Oman Golf Classic, as the American carded a three under par second round of 69 with his brother on the bag to move one clear yesterday.

Im admitted that he had not been very close to his younger brother growing up due to a fi ve-year age gap but they have re-cently bonded as the older of the two began his quest for European Tour stardom.

It certainly gave him a fi llip on day two at the stunning Almouj Golf, The Wave as he moved one clear of the chasing pack on six under, thanks to fi ve birdies and two bogeys.

Im currently lies in 21st position in the Challenge Tour Rankings and needs a big fi nish to the sea-son if he is to move into the crucial top 15 and secure graduation to The European Tour, barely a year after travelling to Europe for the fi rst time.

Im believes his brother has brought the perfect blend of added

expertise and mental tranquil-lity to the equation, having taken on the job of Daniel’s caddie at last week’s Foshan Open, Chi-na, where ‘Team Im’ fi nished tied 12th.

“I’ve been hitting it really well all year and just haven’t been making the putts but my brother has been helping me with my putting stroke and I think it’s working,” said the 28 year old.

“He’s my younger brother and he also plays but he has some time off now so he just said, ’bro I want to come out and help you out’.

“He makes me laugh sometimes when I’m heated and that keeps me in a good mood. He will be with

me next week at Grand Final and hopefully for a while longer.”

There were three players tied for second place heading into the weekend including Finland’s Roope Kakko, who currently lies in 17th position in the Challenge Tour Rankings.

He is chasing a big result to climb into the top 15 with next week’s season-ending Dubai Fes-tival City Challenge Tour Grand Final hosted by Al Badia Golf Club looming large.

He carded a three under par 69 to move to four under par for the tournament.

Marco Crespi is also just one shot off the pace after a second

round 67 and his goals are a little diff erent as he attempts to con-solidate or better his 14th position in the Rankings, the Italian edging closer to a rookie season on The European Tour.

They were both joined by prom-ising 20-year-old South African Brandon Stone, who carded a four under par 68.

Local duo miss the cutWith three players on 4 under par and four on 3 under par tomor-row’s third round is going to be a closely fought day.

Current leader of the European Challenge Tour, Italy’s Andrea Pavan, is fi ve shots off Im’s lead

after rounds of 72, 71 but he’s close enough to produce a big fi nish and hold on to his lead.

England’s Nathan Kinsey is the only amateur to survive the halfway cut after rounds of 71, 72. Oman amateurs Azaan Al Rumhy and Ali Hameed both missed the cut, the former with 168 (86, 82) and the latter with 170 (83, 87), along with the Qatari amateurs Ghanim Al Kuwari and Saleh Al Kaabi with scores of 168 and 1 76 respectively.

Faisal Al Salhab shot two rounds of 88 for a 176 total. The best of the Arab amateurs, Hamad Mubarak shot two rounds of 80 for a credit-able total of 160.

At the midway point of

the NBO Golf Classic,

Daniel Im moved one

clear after carding a

three under par 69

in the second round

at the stunning

Almouj Golf

MUSCAT: Two of Oman’s golf-ing stars of the future enjoyed the experience of a lifetime when they took part in an 18-hole putting contest alongside the professionals competing in this week’s National Bank of Oman Golf Classic at Almouj Golf The Wave, Muscat.

The youngsters were each paired with a professional as they competed in a two-player team better-ball format on the practice putting green.

Coming out on top was the talented Rashad Al Harthi and his professional partner Daan Huizing of the Netherlands, who combined beautifully to return a score of 10-under-par.

In what was a closely con-tested and highly entertaining

duel, the NBO’s Humayun Kabir – an adult amateur who was paired with UAE profes-sional Ahmed Al Musharrekh – returned a matching score

of 10-under. A play-off ensued with Al Harthi and Huizing despatching a birdie at the fi rst extra hole to take the victory. RashaAl Harthi’s brother had

the honour of partnering Chal-lenge Tour Rankings leader Andrea Pavan of Italy and the pair combined to return a score of 5-under-par for third place.

Omani juniors enjoy putting challenge

LIFETIME EXPERIENCE: Paritcipants, from left, Andrea Pavan, DaanHuizing, Rashad Al Harthi,

Humayan Kabir, Hamood Al Harthi and Ahmed Al Musharrek. – Supplied photo

MUSCAT: David Edwards may be universally regarded as the most entertaining trick-shot artist in the game but it’s not just the ap-plause that gives him a kick - he gets a bigger buzz from involving his audiences, particularly the youngsters, and explaining how it all works.

“It’s good to get feedback from your audience,” says David, who used to earn his living as a PGA club professional back in the UK. “I get a real buzz out of entertain-ing people and I love to draw the youngsters into the show and try to introduce them to the game from a diff erent angle.

“There would be many more people playing golf if we could only

break down the barriers of people who feel self-conscious about tak-ing up the game. It’s a daunting experience for newcomers coming into golf and I think we all have a duty to show that golf is fun and a game to be enjoyed.

“I love it when the kids get in-volved in the show. I enjoy doing impersonations of the big name players and encouraging the youngsters to have a go and share in the fun and games.

“I’ve performed my trick-shot shows all over the world and I’ve been having a particularly wonderful time this week with the crowd at Almouj Golf, The Wave Muscat.

“Many people who have been

watching the show don’t know a great deal about golf, which makes it all the more rewarding for me to show them the ropes.

“The number of schoolchildren who have joined in the show this week has created a lot of fun for all of us and I’d be surprised if some of these youngsters don’t take up the game.

“All they need to do is go and see the PGA professional at their local golf club and take it from there.”

David will also be entertain-ing the golf fans with his trick-shot show on the driving range near the Almouj Clubhouse today (10.00 am, 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm) and tomorrow.

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TRICKS FOR A CAUSE: David Edwards poses for a group photo with kids. – Supplied photo

Vettel dominates both

practice sessions

GREATER NOIDA: Sebastian Vettel promised to treat the Indi-an Grand Prix like any other race, despite a fourth successive title beckoning, and lived up to his word in yesterday practice with the sort of domination Formula One fans have come to expect.

Red Bull’s 26-year-old Ger-man was fastest in both ses-sions, with Australian Mark Webber the closest to matching his teammate.

Despite Vettel’s speed, it was not all smooth running for the champion who had a problem with the KERS energy recovery system and complained about the soft tyres degrading too quickly.

“The tyre has too much energy, just gives up. Same for every-body,” he told reporters. “Sunday it could be a short stint on the option tyre but usually the track rubbers in and things improve.”

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, the only man who can mathematical-ly deny Vettel the title tomorrow, suff ered a gearbox problem after six laps in the morning but was fi fth fastest at the end of the day.

“The situation is not that dif-ferent to recent races. We are a bit behind in performance terms and tomorrow we must try and get a good starting position to get away well in the race and make it to the podium,” said the Spaniard.

Alonso has to fi nish in the top

two tomorrow to have any chance of denying Vettel the title on Indian soil.

Vettel, who has a 90-point lead over the double champion with four races worth 100 points in total remaining, is the runaway favourite to win the race.

Such is Vettel’s mastery of the Buddh International Circuit, a track swathed in a haze of pollu-tion south of New Delhi, that he can boast of being top in every practice session held there since the opening day of the race’s de-but in 2011.

Yesterday his best lap of one minute and 25.722 seconds, in the afternoon after clocking 1:26.683 in the earlier session, made him the only driver below the 1:26 mark.

Webber, who is leaving the sport at the end of the season, was 0.188 seconds slower in the fi rst practice and 0.281 off the pace in the afternoon when Frenchman Romain Grosjean was third with a best time nearly half a second slower than Vettel’s.

Germany’s Nico Rosberg was the best of the rest for Mercedes in the morning with a lap 0.216 off his compatriot’s best eff ort.

Vettel has won the previous two Indian Grands Prix frompole position as well as lead-ing every competitive lap at the circuit. - Reuters

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Dhofar on top after draw with Sohar

MUSCAT: Dhofar moved to the top of Omantel Profes-sional (OPL) table despite a goalless draw against Sohar at Al Saada Sports Complex in Salalah yesterday.

Dhofar now have 11 points same as Seeb, who lost 0-1 to Suwaiq on Thursday, but occu-py the top place thanks to their better goal average.

In the second match of the double header at Al Saada Sports Complex, Saham defeat-ed Al Ittihad 3-1.

On Thursday, Al Musannah and Al Shabab played out a goal-less draw at Seeb Stadium.

Al Nahda, who are third with 10 points, take on Sur at Sur Sports Complex today.

Suwaiq, Saham and Al Mu-sannah, who all have 10 points, are behind only to Al Nahda in that order owing to their goal average.

Sur, Fanja and Al Shabab, with nine points apiece , are in the seventh, eigghth and ninth places respectively. They are followed by Al Nasr and Sohar with seven and six points re-spectively.

In today’s other matches, Majees meet Al Nasr at So-har Sports Complex and Fanja face off against Al Arouba at Seeb Stadium.

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South Africa rattle Pakistan again

DUBAI: Pakistan were staring de-feat in the second Test in the face after South Africa out-batted them and then bowled well on the third day here yesterday.

South Africa, seeking a series-levelling win, once again rocked Pakistan’s top order with three early wickets after compiling a mammoth 517 in their fi rst in-nings for a big 418-run lead at Dubai stadium.

At the close, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq (42) and Asad

Shafi q (28) were at the crease but they still need a whopping 286 runs to avoid an innings defeat or bat out two days to force a draw. The duo have added 62 for the fi fth wicket and would need a Hercu-lean eff ort to avoid defeat.

But South Africa’s bid for vic-

tory, and keeping their seven-year unbeaten away series record, was tainted when they were docked fi ve penalty runs by the onfi eld umpires after television replays showed Faf du Plessis apparently trying to tamper with the ball in Pakistan’s 31st over.

But even that South African setback couldn’t save Pakistan as they continued to slump after fi nding themselves on two for two at lunch.

Dale Steyn gave South Africa an ideal start as he removed Shan Masood with the fourth ball of the

innings, having him trapped in front of the wicket with a sharp delivery for nought.

It became two for two when Khurram Manzoor fell for his sec-ond duck of the match, caught off a miscued drive off Vernon Philan-der from the fi fth ball of the sec-ond over. Manzoor had made 146 in Pakistan’s seven-wicket in last week’s Abu Dhabi Test.

Azhar Ali and Younis added 46 for the third wicket before part-time spinner Jean-Paul Duminy struck with his fi rst ball, trapping Ali lbw with a low delivery for 19.

Duminy could have taken You-nis on 28 but Kallis failed to hold a low catch in the slips.

Younis was fi nally bowled for 38 by leg-spinner Imran Tahir off a strange shot, who took a career-best 5 for 32 to dismiss Pakistan for a paltry 99 in the fi rst innings.

In the morning session, South Africa lost their last six wickets for the addition of 57 runs after resuming at 460 for 4. Off -spinner Saeed Ajmal fi nished with fi ve for 161 while paceman Moham-mad Irfan took 3 for 102. De Vil-liers (164) was the fi rst man to go, caught behind off Irfan in the fi fth over of the day.

He completed an all-time South African fi fth wicket record part-nership of 338 with Smith. - AFP

At the close, Pakistan

captain Misbah-ul Haq

(42) and Asad Shafi q

(28) were at the crease

but they still need a

whopping 286 runs

to avoid an innings

defeat or bat out two

days to force a draw

ANOTHER VICTIM: South Africa’s JP Duminy, second top, celebrates after dismissing Azhar Ali of Paki-

stan during the third day of their second Test in Dubai yesterday. – AFP

Pakistan 1st innings 99 South Africa 1st innings A. Petersen lbw Babar 26 G. Smith c Younis b Ajmal 234 D. Elgar c Ali b Ajmal 23 J. Kallis lbw Ajmal 7 D. Steyn b Irfan 7 AB de Villiers c Akmal b Irfan 164 JP Duminy b Irfan 7 F. du Plessis not out 17 V. Philander b Ajmal 8 M. Morkel c Younis b Ajmal 7 I Tahir c Misbah b Ajmal 2 Extras (b-5, lb-8, w-2) 15 Total (all out, 163.1 overs) 517 Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-91, 3-119, 4-134, 5-472, 6-478, 7-486, 8-505, 9-515.Bowling: Irfan 34.3-5-102-3 (w-1), Khan 31.3-2-105-0 (w-1), Ajmal 55.5-8-151-6, Babar 36.2-2-124-1, Ali 5-0-22-0.Pakistan 2nd innings S Masood lbw Steyn 0 K Manzoor c Kallis b Philander 0 Azhar Ali lbw Duminy 19 Younis Khan b Tahir 36 Misbah-ul Haq not out 42 Asad Shafi q not out 28 Extras (nb-1, w-1, pen-5) 7 Total (4 wkts: 55 overs) 132 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-2, 3-48, 4-70.Bowling: Steyn 10-4-17-1, Philander 8-2-16-1 (nb-1, w-1), Morkel 9-4-18-0, Tahir 16-3-47-1, Kallis 3-2-1-0, Duminy 9-0-28-1.

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Proteas penalised for ball-tampering

DUBAI: South Africa were docked fi ve penalty runs for ball-tampering on the third day of the second Test against Pakistan yesterday.

Television replays showed South African fi elder Faf du Ples-sis rubbing the ball on his trou-sers which had a zip on them, in an apparent attempt to tamper with the ball.

Umpires Rod Tucker of Aus-tralia and England’s Ian Gould called South African captain Graeme Smith, changed the ball and added fi ve runs to Pakistan’s score. Pakistan were struggling at 62 for three with Dale Steyn about to start the 31st over when the umpires took notice of the ball and took the decision.

Under International Cricket Council (ICC) rule 42.1 on tam-pering, if an umpire spots a change in the condition of the ball but doesn’t know who is the culprit, he will issue a fi rst and fi nal warning to the captain and the ball will be changed.

In case the ball is tampered with again, the bowling team will face a fi ve-run penalty and um-pires will not only change the ball again but the captain will be held responsible and reported.

But in this case the umpires saw Du Plessis rubbing the ball in an apparent move to tamper with

the ball and they called Smith and docked fi ve penalty runs.

An ICC spokesman confi rmed the incident.

“As per 42.1 of the ICC playing conditions, the umpires replaced the ball and fi ned South Africa fi ve penalty runs for ball tamper-ing,” said an ICC spokesman.

The level two off ense of changing the condition of the ball carries a fi ne of 50 to 100 percent match fee or a ban of one Test, two one-day or two Twenty20 whichever comes fi rst for South Africa.

Pakistan is the only other team to have been penalised with fi ve penalty runs, during the infa-mous Oval Test against England in 2006.

In a sharp reaction to Austral-ian umpire Darrell Hair’s deci-sion, Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq walked off the fi eld.

Hair then ruled that Paki-stan had forfeited the match—the only such instance in Test cricket history.

Former Pakistan pacemen Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, all-rounder Azhar Mahmood and leg-spinner Shahid Afridi have been banned for tampering in the past. India’s Sachin Tendulkar and England’s Mike Atherton were also suspended and fi ned for tampering. - AFP

C A U G H T C H E A T I N G

Bangladesh, NZ share spoilsDHAKA: The second Test be-tween Bangladesh and New Zea-land ended in a draw yesterday after rain washed out the fi fth and fi nal day’s play at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

The result ensured the two teams shared the spoils in the series after the fi rst Test in Chit-tagong also ended in a draw.

Match offi cials called off play at 2:08 pm local time after overnight showers and continuous drizzle made the ground unplayable.

Bangladesh were 269 for 3 over-night in the second innings, lead-ing New Zealand by 114 runs.

Left-handed middle-order bats-man Mominul Haque remained unbeaten on 126 alongside former captain Shakib Al Hasan on 32 not out. Several hundred fans left the stadium dejected as they had been hoping to see Mominul complete a double century.

Bangladesh were under pres-sure on the fourth day, trailing New Zealand by 155 runs in the fi rst innings before Mominul and Tamim Iqbal wiped out the defi cit and put Bangladesh in front, add-ing 157 runs for the third wicket.

Mominul, who also made 181 runs in the fi rst innings of the fi rst Test and aggregated 376 runs in the series, was named both man of the match and of the series.

Bangladesh captain Mushfi qur Rahim praised the consistency of his side.

“If you talk about the whole se-ries, it was our target to consist-ently play well throughout,” Mush-fi qur said after the match.

“It was not easy for us. We played a Test match after nearly fi ve-six months. We didn’t get that many chances to play longer-ver-sion matches. It was a challenge for us.

“It is a good sign that some play-ers played well under pressure. We tend to play one Test well followed by a bad performance in the next one. “It was nice to see that we have backed our performance in the fi rst Test with a good showing in the second one.”

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was frustrated at fail-ing to win the series but hailed his side’s batting.

“I think obviously we came here and we wanted to win this Test se-ries and we were expected to do so as well,” said McCullum.

“But if we strip it right back I think that the cricket we’ve played through the series has been very good. “The two teams will now play three One-day Interna-tionals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 international.

The fi rst ODI will be held the Sher-e-Bangla on October 29. - AFP

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TIED SERIES: C Bangladesh captain Mushfi qur Rahim, left, his New Zealand counterpart Brendon Mc-

Cullum share the trophy in dhaka yesterday. – PTI

Two spectators

ejected from

Dubai stadium

DUBAI: Two spectators were thrown out of the Dubai cricket stadium yesterday for alleg-edly taunting Pakistan cap-tain Misbah-ul Haq during the second Test.

The two, later identifi ed as Pa-kistani expats Siddiq Ameen and Mushtaq Ameen, were escorted out of the ground by security men before the lunch break on the third day after Misbah com-plained of their behaviour.

A Dubai Sports City spokes-man said: “Two individuals were shouting comments in contravention of the ICC Anti-Racism Code, which prohibits the use of language that is of-fensive, insulting, humiliating, intimidating or vilifying.

Disappointed“The Pakistan captain fol-lowed the correct protocol and brought this to the attention of the umpires who, in turn, alert-ed the match referee.

“Venue security was in-formed and the two individuals were identifi ed and removed from the venue.”

Siddiq expressed disappoint-ment over his eviction.

“We only requested Misbah to include Younis Khan in the one-day team,” Siddiq told re-porters, after Younis was axed from the fi ve-match one-day se-ries against South Africa which follows the two Tests.

“We travelled from Abu Dha-bi to watch the match and did not use any abusive language or throw any object at play-ers,” said Siddiq. Pakistan were struggling at 134 for 4 to save the second Test. - AFP

F O R T A U N T I N G

Rain threatens fi fth ODI

between India, Australia

CUTTACK: Fear of another washout looms large as India take on Australia in the fi fth One-day International (ODI) here today, faced with the challenge of win-ning the remaining three games to clinch the seven-match bilateral cricket series.

The visitors held on to the 2-1 lead as rain had the fi nal say in the fourth ODI in Ranchi and it could well be a similar result tomorrow given the bad weather.

The ground reality here is in fact grimmer due to torrential rains for the last four days following the for-mation of a low-pressure area in the Andhra-Telengana region.

The Met department has fore-cast more showers in the next couple of days.

The pitches in the centre are under a three-layer cover with certain patches in the ground still damp and water-logged to deny

both teams practice on the eve of the match. The groundsmen were the ones in action working over-time to make the stadium ready as hosts Odisha Cricket Associa-tion were fearing a repeat of 1996, when a match between both the teams was washed out without a ball being bowled.

“It rained heavily the pitches are covered with a width of 30ft and are intact. If the rain stops today, we can get the ground ready,” local curator Pankaj Patnaik said.

The OCA, which is hosting an ODI for the fi rst time since No-vember 29, 2011 when India won against the West Indies by one wicket, has grand plans of drying up the fi eld using choppers but more rain could hamper that.

Despite the non-stop showers for the last four days, tickets for the 45,000-capacity stadium have almost been sold out. - PTI

F E A R O F W A S H O U T

Australia ill at ease as England arriveMELBOURNE: As England ar-rived in Perth yesterday confi dent of winning a fourth consecutive Ashes series, Australian media were already nominating scape-goats in the event of another crushing defeat.

Australia lost the fi rst of back-to-back series 3-0 away, but fail-ing to turn around the result on home soil would be infi nitely more galling for the cricket-loving nation. The hosts’ 3-1 loss in the 2010-11 series which ended Eng-land’s 24-year winning drought Down Under remains the lowest point in Australia’s recent crick-eting history and triggered root-and-branch reviews in a bid to ensure no repeat.

Nearly two years on, the nega-tivity remains pervasive and Aus-tralia is still locked in introspec-tion four weeks before the fi rst test gets underway in Brisbane.

The prevailing mood has con-trasted with the game’s general

fi nancial health, which embattled Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland described in rosy terms on Thursday.

Revenues soared 68 percent to A$684 million in the four-year cy-cle from 2009-12 compared to the previous period, propelled by me-dia rights deals. CA hopes to crack A$1 billion in revenues by the end of the decade. But as local pundits pointed out, fans would be happy for the game to be awash in red ink if their Test team were winning.

“The graphs and slides depict-ing Australian cricket in a strong state of fi nancial and strategic health... will mean little if Austral-ia sinks to a fourth consecutive Ashes defeat,” The Age’s cricket writer Chloe Saltau wrote.

Broad bracedSutherland has been a target of much of the criticism for Aus-tralia’s struggles, accused of be-ing asleep at the wheel when the

national teams were in their hey-day prior to 2007, before the re-tirements of a golden generation of cricketers.

The exhaustive Argus review into team performance in the wake of the 2010-11 Ashes defeat has done little to arrest Australia’s slide, and players have banded together to present their own rec-ommendations to CA on how the game should be run.

Sutherland says he stands above the team’s troubles, and CA’s chairman Wally Edwards backed his position after jilted former coach Mickey Arthur said the long-serving chief executive’s head could be on the block if the Ashes went awry.

“If we lost the series 5-0, James Sutherland will still be the CEO of Australian cricket,” Edwards said.

Australia’s Ashes candidates have been divided between play-ing India in a commercially-de-signed one-day series or warming

up for the home summer in the domestic one-day tournament.

England, however, arrived en masse in Perth, barring batsman Kevin Pietersen, who was excused on bereavement leave. The visi-tors will have more preparation in longer-form cricket than Aus-tralia before the series starts.

Despite the long-haul fl ight and the arrival after midnight, pace-man Stuart Broad made light of being the villain Down Under af-ter being criticised for not ‘walk-ing’ when he nicked a thick edge to the slips during the Ashes and was not given out.

Australia coach Darren Leh-mann called Broad a “cheat” dur-ing the Ashes and called on local crowds to give the bowler a hard time in the return series

“It was an alright fl ight, but long,” Broad told local reporters.

“I’m expecting a lively recep-tion from the crowds out here, but that’s all in good fun.” - Reuters

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INDIA MAY SWEEP $15B IN SUBSIDY COSTS INTO NEXT YEAR’S ACCOUNTSA worker arranging food packets inside a retail store in Kolkata, yesterday. India’s fi nance minister is fi nding it harder and harder to meet the government’s

budget promises and may sweep as much as $15 billion in subsidy costs into next year’s accounts to ensure he hits fi scal targets ahead of national elections,

said ministry offi cials. - Reuters

Dubai’s Emaar logs 50% surge in profit

DUBAI: Emaar Properties, the skyscraper builder that accounts for about a fi fth of Dubai’s main stock index, said third-quarter profi t increased by 50 per cent amid growing signs that the emir-ate’s property crisis is receding.

Net income rose to Dh581 mil-lion ($158 million), or 10 fi ls a share, from Dh387 million, or 6 fi ls, a year earlier, as recurring income from assets like shopping malls climbed, the Dubai-based company said in a statement. The average of six analyst estimates was for earnings of Dh389 million.

Emaar, builder of the world’s tallest tower and the biggest shop-ping mall by fl oor space, was at the centre of Dubai’s real-estate driven rise and fall at the end of the last decade. Now the emirate’s biggest developer is seeing rising profi ts as a surge in home prices followed a rebound in hotel visi-tors and shopping tourists.

“These results are strong and should support the stock’s perfor-mance,” Taher Safi eddine, an ana-lyst at Shuaa Capital with a buy recommendation on the stock and a price estimate of Dh7.01, said in a note to clients. Emaar’s main

real estate markets, residential, hospitality and retail, “continue to build on the healthy recovery seen in recent months.”

Steady growthHome values, which climbed at the fastest pace in the world in the second quarter, stoked con-cern that the market may be over-heating, prompting the emirate’s government to double property transaction fees as it tries to rein in the speculators.

Property price increases will slow down over the next 12

months after the return of specu-lators sparked ‘unsustainable’ gains, Jones Lang LaSalle said on October 3. Earlier this month, Goldman Sachs said concerns that a property bubble is forming are exaggerated as new regula-tions focused on curbing specu-lation and increasing supply will keep values down.

Construction driven by bor-rowing and speculation made Dubai into the world’s fastest-growing property market in the years leading up to 2008.

The credit crisis hit near the

end of that year, causing home prices to fall by as much as 65 per cent and driving the emirate to the brink of bankruptcy.

While Emaar’s profi t tumbled in the two years through 2009, it avoided net losses that many of its peers suff ered. That’s partly be-cause some of its biggest projects, including the Dubai Mall and the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, were fi n-ished or near completion when the market collapsed.

Recovery incompleteReal estate values are still 36 per cent below their 2008 peak even after rising by about a third from a low in the second quarter of 2011, Goldman Sachs said. Emaar said third-quarter revenue climbed 43 per cent to Dh2.35 billion from a year earlier. The cost of sales rose 48 per cent to Dh1.2 billion.

“The results are likely to be received very well by the market as they show sustained growth in Emaar’s recurring revenues and strong real estate deliveries in local and international mar-kets,” said Jan Pawel Hasman, a Cairo-based analyst at EFG-Hermes Holding.

The expense fi gure climbed 18 percent to Dh589 million in the quarter, Emaar said in the earn-ings statement. The bulk of the Dh1.1 billion in property sales in the third quarter may have come from the sale of completed inven-tory in Dubai, Shuaa said. Land sales may also account for some of the revenue. - Bloomberg News

The whopping rise in

third-quarter profi t

growth is attributed

to signs that the

emirate’s property

crisis is receding

Average wealth per adult in Oman grows 2% Times News Service

MUSCAT: The average wealth per adult in Oman and Bahrain grew 2 per cent from mid last year, according to a global wealth report released by Credit Suisse Research Institute. But the report did not give the wealth of Omani people in absolute terms.

Qatar recorded the highest aver-age wealth per adult of $153,294 in mid 2013 in the Middle East and North African (Mena) region, grow-ing 2 per cent from the same period last year, while UAE followed closely with $126,791, rising 4 per cent. Ku-wait was placed third in the region with an average wealth per adult of $119,101 but declined 0.3 per cent from last year.

Average wealth per adult in Sau-di Arabia, the largest economy in the region, rose 0.7 per cent from mid 2012 to reach $37,346 while Egypt’s wealth per adult fell 12 per cent to $7,285.

However, in terms of total wealth, Saudi Arabia ranked fi rst with an estimated $0.6 trillion, closley followed by the UAE with an estimated $0.5 trillion.

Household wealthThe report said that from mid-2012 to mid-2013 aggregate global household wealth increased by 4.9 per cent in current dollar terms to $241 trillion, despite the continu-ing challenges posed by the eco-nomic environment.

North America gained $8.4 tril-lion, an increase of 11.9 per cent, fueled by a recovery in house pric-es and a bull equity market in the United States. It became the lead region in terms of total net wealth for the fi rst time since 2005, over-taking European holdings, which

added $5.5 trillion, an increase of 7.7 per cent. As a result of a 22 per cent depreciation of the Japanese yen against the US dollar during the period, household wealth in Japan dropped 20.5 per cent to $22.6 trillion, dragging down total wealth in Asia Pacifi c by 3.7 per cent to $73.9 trillion. However, Asia Pacifi c ex-Japan continued to register stable wealth growth by 6.2 per cent to $51.3 trillion in mid-2013.

Emerging marketsThe report said wealth is to rise by nearly 40 per cent in the next fi ve years, reaching $334 trillion by 2018. Emerging markets are to in-crease their share of global wealth to 23 per cent by 2018, with China alone expected to represent over 10 per cent of global wealth then.

The US is to remain the undis-puted leader in terms of aggregate wealth, with total net worth ap-proaching $100 trillion by 2018. Eurozone wealth per adult in 2013 has recovered more than half of the large loss experienced 12 months earlier, mainly due to rising equity prices. Switzerland ranks highest in average wealth, breaking the $500,000 level to hit a new high of $513,000 per adult. The number of millionaires worldwide is to in-crease by about 16 million reach-ing 47 million in 2018.

G L O B A L W E A L T H R E P O R T

ON RECOVERY PATH: Emaar Properties, the emirate’s biggest de-

veloper, is seeing rising profi ts as a surge in home prices followed

a rebound in hotel visitors and shopping tourists. – Bloomberg News

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Malaysia targets

5.5% growth as

govt pledges

fi scal prudence

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia forecast growth of as much as 5.5 per cent next year as Prime Minis-ter Najib Razak pledged to support the economy while taking steps to meet the government’s budget-defi cit reduction goals.

Gross domestic product may expand 5 per cent to 5.5 per cent in 2014 from an estimated 4.5 per cent to 5 per cent this year, accord-ing to the Ministry of Finance’s 2013/2014 economic report re-leased yesterday in conjunction with the budget speech.

The fi scal defi cit will shrink to 3.5 per cent of GDP next year from 4 per cent in 2013, meeting the tar-get set previously.

“While supporting the growth momentum, we are fully aware of the need to be fi scally responsible,” Najib said in the report. “We are also pursuing better targeted, ef-fi cient and eff ective government expenditure. One of the measures towards this goal is to gradually carry out subsidy rationalisation, with complementary measures to assist the vulnerable groups.”

Credit ratingNajib, 60, began shifting his focus to improving government fi nances and averting a credit rating down-grade after cementing his leader-ship of the country in a May gen-eral election and retaining his grip on the ruling party this month. Having given handouts to the poor and pay increases for civil servants to woo voters earlier, he is now un-der pressure to introduce a poten-tially unpopular consumption tax and curb spending.

Stocks, bonds and the ringgit ad-vanced this week on optimism the prime minister will follow through on politically unpopular revenue-generating measures after Fitch Ratings cut Malaysia’s credit out-look to negative in July, citing ris-ing debt levels and a lack of budg-etary reform. - Bloomberg News

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THE HINTS FOLLOWED COMMENTS BY CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ROBERT IGER, WHO SAID ON A CONFERENCE

CALL THAT THE BURBANK, CALIFORNIA-BASED COMPANY PLANS TO ANNOUNCE NEW ATTRACTIONS IN DISNEYLAND, THE ORIGINAL

PARK IN ANAHEIM OPENED BY FOUNDER WALT DISNEY IN 1955. DISNEY ACQUIRED “STAR WARS” MAKER LUCASFILM LAST YEAR FOR $4.1 BILLION.

“We’re going to continue to invest in Disney-land. We’ve got some pretty exciting things that we’ll

be announcing over the next couple of months.”Robert Iger, Disney Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer

CHRISTOPHER PALMERI WALT Disney, known for teasing fans with clues to new attractions, used a conven-

tion in Anaheim, California, to hint that “Stars Wars” would play a role in a new round of theme-park improvements.

Disney placed crates with “Star Wars” references in an area of the D23 Expo highlighting new attractions. One

was labelled “lightsaber assortment.” Another sported a cutout of R2-D2, giving the appearance the robot character had escaped from the box. The three-day gathering for fans

ended on Sunday. The hints followed comments by Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer Robert Iger, who said on a confer-

ence call that the Burbank, California-based company plans to announce new attractions in Disneyland, the original park

in Anaheim opened by founder Walt Disney in 1955. Disney ac-quired “Star Wars” maker Lucasfi lm last year for $4.1 billion.

“We’re going to continue to invest in Disneyland,” Iger said. “We’ve got some pretty exciting things that we’ll be announcing

over the next couple of months.”The crates were addressed to Disney’s Imagineering theme

park design group and stamped “speculation beyond imagination” and “Project Orange Harvest,” with some of it in lettering similar to

the “Star Wars” logo.Disney has said it wants to use characters like the robot C-3PO and

Chewbacca the Wookiee in parks, movies and television programming. The world’s largest entertainment company will release its fi rst “Star

Wars” fi lm, the seventh in the series, in 2015.Since the Lucasfi lm acquisition, Disney-oriented websites have spec-

ulated about the location of a “Stars Wars” park attraction. In June, theme-parkinsider.com reported that the company was planning a “Star Wars” land

at Disney’s Hollywood Studios park in Orlando, Fla. Dis-ney earned 19 per cent of its almost $10 billion in operat-ing income from the parks division last year.

Thomas Staggs, the chairman of Disney’s parks and resorts division, declined to comment on new Disn-eyland attractions or the possibility of a standalone “Star Wars” park, when asked at the convention.

David Koenig, who has written four books about Dis-ney, said the company may be considering remodelling the Tomorrowland section of Disneyland with a “Star Wars” theme or building a new park on land it owns nearby.

“They like to cluster them,” Koenig said of the company’s theme parks.Todd Regan, founder of the website MiceChat.com, said on a recent podcast that the plans may include a “Star Wars” cantina in Florida. Disney owns 461 acres in Anaheim and has a long-term lease for an additional 49 acres, according to its annual report. The company operates two theme parks there, the original Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.The company already operates Star Tours, a space travel thrill ride that was done in collaboration with “Star Wars” creator George Lucas.

The company spends billions of dollars upgrading its parks and developing new ones, such as the Shanghai resort scheduled to open in late 2015. The world’s largest theme-park operator more than doubled annual investments in its resorts division between 2008 and 2012, spending $2.24 billion last year on projects such as the remodelling of California Adventure and a new cruise ship. The D23 Expo is held every other year for fans of the company, off ering peeks at future fi lm releases, updates on park attractions and talks by company executives and its creative teams. The name is a reference to 1923, the year founder Walt Disney arrived in Hollywood. The ap-pearance of the crates was reported on InsidetheMagic.net, a website for Disney fans that isn’t affi liated with the company. - Washington Post-Bloomberg News

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MARKET

Chips drive Samsung’s record profit

SEOUL: South Korea’s Samsung Electronics said yesterday its net profi t spiked 25.6 per cent to an-other record in the third quarter, driven by soaring revenue from memory chip sales.

The world’s largest technology fi rm by revenue said July-Septem-ber net profi t rose to 8.24 trillion won ($7.8 billion), from 6.56 bil-lion won a year ago. The previous record was 7.77 trillion won set in the second quarter.

“Despite currency depreciation in emerging markets, increased price competition and global mar-ket uncertainties, we were able to reach record earnings driven by solid earnings in our core busi-nesses including memory chips

and smartphones,” said Robert Yi, senior vice-president and head of Investor Relations.

“Although we expect demand to increase next quarter due to peak seasonality, lingering macro-economic issues and intensifying market competition will remain in the fourth quarter,” Yi said.

Galaxy S smartphonesOperating profi t soared 26 per cent on-year to a record 10.2 billion won in the third quarter, in line with the estimates Samsung provided ear-lier this month.

Stagnant growth in sales of the company’s fl agship Galaxy S smartphones was off set by strong sales growth in the cheaper end of

the smartphone market. The sem-iconductor business saw the big-gest gains, with a 12 per cent spike in revenue over the previous quarter to 9.74 trillion won. The bulk of that came from the memory chip busi-ness which attracted revenue of 6.37 trillion won.

Semiconductor business“Looking ahead, mobile DRAM shipments will stay strong with the release of various low- to high-end smartphones as the holiday season nears,” the company said. Third quarter operating profi t in the semiconductor business more than doubled from a year ago to 2.06 trillion won.

Samsung’s mobile unit still accounted for two-thirds of the company’s operating profi t in the third quarter, but has been slowing down as the market for premium smartphones becomes increas-ingly crowded and prices drop.

Analysts estimate Samsung sold between 85 million to 89 million smartphones during the quar-ter, including the company’s lat-est Galaxy S4 smartphone. “An

upswing in shipments of mass market models helped to improve earnings,” the company said.

Oh Young-Bo, an analyst at Han-mag Securities, said Samsung’s mobile segment had performed better than expected, with the strong sales of low and middle-end smartphones covering falls in profi t margins.

“This is something positive,” said Oh, who predicted that overall op-erating profi t would touch a new re-cord of around 11 trillion won in the fourth quarter on seasonal sales.

“Memory chip prices will stay high and sales of graphic DRAMs will go up with the new Sony Play-station model to hit the market soon,” he added.

Samsung’s consumer electron-ics unit—the company’s second largest in terms of sales —contin-ued to struggle. - AFP

South Korean electronic giant’s net profi t

spiked 25.6% in the third quarter helped by

soaring revenue from memory chip sales

Britain’s economy grows at fastest pace in three years LONDON: Britain’s economy grew at the fastest rate for more than three years during the third quarter, as the recovery picked up speed, offi cial data showed yesterday. While the govern-ment welcomed the news, Bank of England governor Mark Car-ney warned that the country’s economic recovery needed to be more broadly based.

Gross domestic product (GDP) — the total value of goods and services produced in the econo-my — rose by 0.8 per cent in the July-September period. That compared to GDP growth of 0.7 per cent in the second quarter, the Offi ce for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.

This was the strongest expan-sion since the second quarter of 2010 when the economy grew by 1per cent, before contracting. The ONS added that GDP grew by 1.5 per cent in the third quar-ter compared to output in the equivalent period in 2012.

“Output increased in all four main industrial groupings within the economy in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the second quarter of 2013,” the ONS said as it gave its initial estimates for the third quarter.

“Output increased by 1.4 per cent in agriculture, 0.5 percent in production, 2.5 per cent in con-struction, and 0.7 per cent in ser-vices. Output from services is now slightly above its previous peak in Q1 2008, prior to the economic downturn,” the ONS added.

Path to prosperityA spokesman for the Treasury said the data showed “that Britain’s hard work is paying off and the country is on the path to prosper-ity”. But late on Thursday, Carney warned that while the recovery was gaining traction it was coming from a low base and warned that it was heavily balanced towards household spending.

“What we are seeing is that the rate of growth in the UK is towards the top end of the advance econo-mies but it is coming from a very, very low base,” he told reporters.

“The balance of that growth is weighted more heavily to-wards the household sector at this stage. Investment is still relatively modest and the export side is challenged,” he said. Brit-

ain’s household spending has im-proved in part thanks to govern-ment schemes aimed at boosting the country’s housing market.

The government launched a programme called ‘Help to Buy’ earlier this year, offering interest-free loans for a set time period to help buyers with only a 5 per cent deposit to pur-chase properties.

Sustainable recoveryFollowing the latest GDP data meanwhile, Royal Bank of Scot-land economist Ross Walker said that “the acceleration in UK economic growth reinforces the sense that a more sustainable re-covery is taking root”.

He added: “2013 has brought something of a normalisation in the data, in contrast to the pre-vious period between 2011-12 where there were short bursts of growth but expansion was rarely sustained.

“The third quarter outturn leaves the UK on track for full-year expansion of close to 1.5 per-cent ... and the fi rst year where all four quarters reported positive growth since 2007,” Walker said.

Carney said on Thursday that the Bank of England (BoE) stood ready to provide easier credit to Britain’s banks to help them cope with the scaling back of current liquidity measures. - AFP

T H I R D Q U A R T E R

Volvo to cut 2,000 jobs as profi t declines

FRANKFURT: Volvo, the world’s second-largest truck-maker, plans to cut 2,000 admin-istrative jobs after investments in new vehicles and a rising krona caused a surprise drop in third-quarter operating profi t.

Earnings before interest and taxes fell 18 per cent to 2.4 bil-lion kronor ($380 million) from 2.92 billion kronor a year earlier, Gothenburg, Sweden-based Vol-vo said in a statement yesterday. Profi t missed the 3.15 billion-krona average of 12 analyst esti-mates. Revenue slumped 4.9 per cent to 64.9 billion kronor.

Cost savingsThe workforce reductions are part of an already-announced strategy to generate annual cost savings of 4 billion kro-nor through 2015. Volvo also outlined plans on October 16 to scale back production in Eu-rope in the next two years, shift-ing production among plants in diff erent countries in a project aff ecting another 900 employ-ees, including 700 in Sweden.

“We are currently taking de-cisions and implementing ac-tions at a high pace to improve the group’s competitiveness and profi tability,” chief execu-tive Olof Persson said in the statement. “Over the coming two years, we will furthermore work hard to increase produc-tivity and cost effi ciency.”

Currency eff ects cut earn-ings by 1.07 billion kronor, Vol-vo said. The Argentinian peso dropped 21 per cent against the krona in the 12 months through September and the Brazilian real fell 11 per cent. - Bloomberg News

P E R F O R M A N C E

SMART STRATEGY: The world’s largest technology fi rm by revenue

said its July-September net profi t rose to 8.24 trillion won ($7.8b),

from 6.56 billion won a year ago. The previous record was 7.77 tril-

lion won set in the second quarter. – AFP

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GDP — the total

value of goods and

services produced in

the economy — rose

by 0.8% in the July-

September period.

That compared to

GDP growth of 0.7%

in the second quarter,

said the Office for

National Statistics

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Twitter fl oating public issue of shares with 27% discount SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter’s $10.9 billion initial public off ering (IPO) valuation is as economical as its 140-character tweets.

The San Francisco-based com-pany is seeking a valuation of 9.5 times 2014 sales in its IPO next month, according to data released in a fi ling with the Securities and Exchange Commission and ana-lyst projections. That’s 27 per cent cheaper than the 12.9 times 2014 sales that Facebook currently trades at, and 29 per cent lower than LinkedIn’s multiple of 13.4 times sales, the data show.

The discount Twitter is off ering underscores how the six- year-old

short-messaging site is working to avoid the fate of Facebook, Grou-pon and Zynga, which all lost more than half of their value within six months of their initial off erings.

Twitter chief executive Dick Cos-tolo has taken a diff erent tack from the start, fi rst by fi ling confi dentially to go public to avoid the hype that drove up Facebook’s pre-IPO valu-ation, and now by pricing the com-pany more modestly than some of its Internet peers. The moves have left Twitter positioned to capitalise on a revival in investor appetite for social-media stocks.

“It’s fair to say they’re learning from Facebook’s mistakes,” said

Michael Scanlon, managing di-rector at Manulife Asset Manage-ment in Boston, who helps manage $3 billion. “It’s hard to imagine this deal isn’t oversubscribed and then they’ll have to gauge what

they think the opportunity is to in-crease the price.”

$10.9 billionTwitter is planning to sell 70 million shares — or a 13 per cent stake — at

$17 to $20 each to raise as much as $1.4 billion, according to a fi ling on Thursday. The $10.9 billion valu-ation at the top end of the range is based on the 544.7 million common shares outstanding after the IPO.

Twitter’s valuationsOn a fully diluted basis, includ-ing restricted stock and options, Twitter will have about 695.2 million shares outstanding. By that measure, at the top end of the range Twitter would be valued at $13.9 billion.

The sale would be the largest IPO for an Internet company since Facebook debuted on the stock

market in May 2012 and raised $16 billion. At the time, Facebook was valued at $81.3 billion based on the number of its common shares, or $104 billion based on a fully dilut-ed share count. The Menlo Park, California-based company rode a wave of hype and bumped up its off ering price range to $34 to $38 after initially seeking $28 to $35.

Facebook in its IPO was priced at 107 times trailing 12-month earnings on a fully diluted basis, making it more expensive than 99 per cent of all companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index at the time. The company quickly saw its stock sink. - Bloomberg News

P R I M A R Y I S S U E

Wadi Sal-Ras Al Hadd road work awarded MUSCAT: The Ministry of Transport and Communications has awarded Wadi Sal-Ras Al Hadd road in the South Al Sharqi-yah Governorate to the contractor who will design and construct the road the next month, said a source at the Ministry of Trans-port and Communications. The 47-km-long vital road, which will connect a number of village and wadis, comes in implemen-tation of the royal orders of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. This project has a socio-economic importance as it will extend bridges of communication among residents in the nearby areas and promote tourism in the wilayat of Ja’alan Bani Bu Ali wadis.

Amazon sales jump ahead of holiday shopping season SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon.com is stepping up spending on warehouses and Web-based services, boosting costs to a record level in a drive to sell more products during the holiday season. The world’s largest online retailer reported that third-quarter revenue grew 24 per cent to $17.1 billion, topping analysts’ av-erage projection of $16.8 billion, according to estimates. That helped curtail net losses, which narrowed to $41 million from $274 million a year earlier. Investors cheered the results, push-ing shares up 8.4 per cent.

GAIL India profi t declines 7% on cooking gas loss NEW DELHI: GAIL India, the biggest natural gas distributor of India, reported a 7 per cent decline in second-quarter profi t after it made a loss on cooking gas sales. Net income dropped to Rs9.16 billion ($149 million), or Rs7.22 a share, in the three months ended September 30, compared to Rs9.85 billion, or Rs7.77, a year earlier, the New Delhi-based company said in a statement yesterday. That missed the Rs9.27 billion median estimate of 36 analysts. Net sales rose 23 percent to Rs139.4 billion. GAIL fell 2.4 per cent to Rs343.60 at the close in Mumbai. The shares have dropped 3.7 per cent this year, compared to a 6.5 per cent gain in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex. - Agencies

B R I E F S ICICI Bank earnings show quantum jump

MUMBAI: ICICI Bank, India’s second-largest lender by assets, posted a 20 per cent increase in second-quarter profi t, beating an-alysts’ estimates as lending mar-gins expanded.

Net income climbed to a re-cord Rs23.5 billion ($382 million), or Rs20.33 a share, for the three months ended September 30, from Rs19.6 billion, or Rs16.91, a year ear-lier, Mumbai-based ICICI said in an exchange fi ling yesterday. That sur-passed the Rs21.4 billion median of 43 analyst estimates.

ICICI, led by chief executive Chanda Kochhar, expanded its loan book by 16 per cent in the

quarter as lower corporate lend-ing rates helped win more com-panies after central bank meas-ures to bolster the rupee caused money-market rates to surge. An increase in low-cost retail de-posits helped the bank expand lending margins.

“The sharp expansion in mar-gins surprised everybody,” Nitin Kumar, Mumbai-based banking analyst at Quant Broking Ltd., said by phone before the earnings were released. “The large share of low-cost deposits and retail lend-ing is helping them.”

Shares of ICICI traded 0.8 per

cent higher at Rs1,029 in Mumbai following the earnings. The stock slumped 10 per cent this year, less than the S&P BSE Bankex Index’s 13 per cent drop.

Wider marginsNet interest margin, a measure of lending profi tability, expanded to 3.31 per cent from 3 per cent a year earlier, the lender said in an e-mailed statement. Comparatively lower lending rates helped ICICI weather the surge in interbank borrowing costs that followed the Reserve Bank of India rais-ing the price at which it supplies

cash to lenders on July 15. The three-month interbank off ered rate has climbed 131 basis points since to 9.52 per cent yesterday. It touched a four-year high of 11.59 per cent on September 4. ICICI’s base rate, below which the bank doesn’t lend, is set at 10 per cent. The bank’s net interest income, or revenue from lending minus payments on deposits, rose 20 per cent to Rs40 billion.

Low-cost deposits, compris-ing of funds in current and savings accounts for which ICICI pays a lower rate of interest than on bulk deposits, formed 43.3 per cent of the bank’s funding as of September 30, the statement shows. That com-pared to 40.7 per cent a year earlier.

Total outstanding loans at ICICI increased by 16 per cent to Rs3.2 trillion at the end of Sep-tember from a year earlier.

Loans at Indian lenders grew al-most 18 per cent in the 12 months to October 4, fortnightly central bank data show.

That compares to an 18.2 per cent expansion in the year to Sep-tember 6, which was the fastest pace in 15 months. - Bloomberg News

Net income of India’s

second-largest lender

by assets climbed

to a record Rs23.5b

($382m), for the

three months ended

September 30, from

Rs19.6b a year earlier LENDING GROWTH: ICICI, led by chief executive Chanda Kochhar,

expanded its loan book by 16 per cent in the quarter as lower cor-

porate lending rates helped win more companies. – Bloomberg News

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WHY THE IPO IS CHEAP Twitter is planning to sell 70m shares or 13% stake for a price

between $17 and $20 each to raise $1.4b. The discount Twitter is off ering underscores how the six- year-old short-messaging site is working to avoid the fate of Facebook, Groupon and Zynga, which all lost more than half of their value within six months of their initial off erings

Led by metalmakers, Sensex declines; Indian rupee steadyMUMBAI: Indian stocks de-clined, with the benchmark index ending three weeks of gains. In-dustrial and metal companies led the retreat.

Bharat Heavy Electricals declined to a one-month low. Hindalco fell the most in two months, sending a gauge of metalmakers to its biggest drop in a month. ITC slid after its sales trailed estimates.

The S&P BSE Sensex lost 0.2 per cent to 20,683.52 at the close, taking the week’s loss to 1 per cent. The rally that saw the gauge briefl y exceed its record closing high on Thursday will falter as higher interest rates curb eco-nomic growth, according to John Praveen, chief investment strate-gist with Prudential Internation-al Investments Advisers.

“The bias is towards tighten-ing rather than easing,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg TV India. “At these levels you should keep some cash.” Bharat Heavy fell to Rs137.35, the lowest price

since September 24. The S&P BSE Capital Goods Index dropped 1.6 per cent, ending a fi ve-day, 10 per cent rally.

Hindalco plunged 4.7 per cent to Rs109.2, the biggest de-cline since August 27. Tata Steel dropped 3.1 per cent, the most since September 30. The two stocks were the worst performers on the Sensex yesterday.

ITC, which has the highest weighting on the Sensex, lost 0.8 per cent. The company’s revenue in the quarter ended Septem-ber 30 climbed to Rs77.8 billion, trailing the rs81.1-billion rupee estimate. The stock had risen as much as 1.2 per cent before earn-ings were announced.

GAIL India retreated 2.4 per cent to Rs343. The nation’s larg-est gas supplier reported a 7 per cent decline in second-quarter profi t to rs9.16 billion, which trailed the Rs9.27 billion estimate in a survey.

Profi ts at 11 out of 12 Sensex companies that have posted

earnings so far for the quarter ended September have beaten or matched estimates, compared with 47 per cent that missed pro-jections in the previous quarter.

Rupee remains steadyIndia’s rupee dropped for a sec-ond week on concern faster infl a-tion will prompt the central bank to boost borrowing costs, putting at risk an economy that’s growing at the slowest pace in a decade.

The rupee fell 0.3 per cent from a week ago to 61.46 per dollar in Mumbai, according to prices from local banks. It was steady yesterday.

The rupee also fell this week amid speculation the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is looking at ending an emergency facility un-der which it has directly sold dol-lars to state refi ners since late Au-gust, a move that would increase demand for the greenback in the spot market.

One-month implied volatility in the rupeefell 138 basis points, or 1.38 points. - Bloomberg News

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Once, an hour with your therapist ran for about 60 minutes. But there’s been a steady time defl ation: fi rst there was the 50-minute “hour” and now we have

45-minute “hours.”Patients may wonder if they are

being shortchanged, or if they are paying more for less. Or did therapy somehow got more effi cient, so that less is now more?

It is hard to know as there is an aspect of arbitrariness in the idea of a one-hour therapy session. In truth, we have little available data on the question of the optimal ther-apeutic duration.

Are two 30-minute sessions as eff ective as a one-hour appoint-ment? Would a therapy marathon, say, two or three hours at once be two or three times as eff ective for a particular patient?

Psychiatrists deploy analogous strategies in other aspects of their practice. For example, if a patient has a phobia of blood, one eff ec-tive therapeutic course of action would be “fl ooding.” This could in-volve having the patient watch one surgery after another until his fear response diminished and disap-peared. Unpleasant? Probably, but also likely to be eff ective if the pa-tient can endure it.

Therapists weren’t always clock-

watchers. Freud, who was notori-ously unorthodox with his patients, was often lax about time. During the summer of 1910, Gustav Mahler, in a state of deep depression, sought Freud’s help. He was having heart problems and had learned that his wife, Alma, was having an aff air with Walter Gropius, a much younger man with a promising career as an architect. Freud and Mahler met in Leiden, where, during the course of some four hours, Freud conducted a peripatetic psychoanalytic consul-tation as he and Mahler walked lei-surely through the streets and along the canals of the city.

Mahler telegraphed Alma the next morning to say “Feeling cheer-ful. Interesting discussion.” After the consultation, Mahler apparent-ly recovered his potency and recon-ciled with Alma, though he died a year later.

There are rules and regulations that would make such treatment unthinkable, if not criminal, today. In fact, the current procedural ter-minology codes, which functionally regulate modern mental health care, eff ectively proscribe the kind of am-

bling therapy that was so helpful to poor heartsick Mahler. All mental health providers who want their patients to be eligible for insurance reimbursements are bound to use these codes that describe, in great detail, the services delivered. At pre-sent, there are essentially three CPT psychotherapy codes that insurers will pay for: therapy sessions that run 30, 45 and 60 minutes.

The codes, however, confuse most clinicians because they are predi-cated on a nonrigid, loosey-goosey sense of time. For example, a thera-pist can charge for a 45 minute ses-sion if it lasts between 38 and 52 minutes; a 30 minute session can run anywhere from 16 to 37 minutes.

These rather arbitrary time in-tervals seem to invite trouble. What patient would be happy to pay for a 30-minute session that lasted just 16 minutes? The CPT’s approach to time incites nostalgia for Jacques Lacan, the notoriously inscrutable French psychoanalyst who, among other things, introduced the varia-ble-length therapy session. The du-ration of these sessions was deter-mined by the whim of the therapist,

namely Lacan. Apparently it was Lacan’s view that the therapeutic encounter could be shrunk to but a few minutes.

One of Lacan’s former patients, Stuart Schneiderman, recounts in his book Jacques Lacan: The Death of an Intellectual Hero, that Lacan once arose abruptly from his chair shortly after Schneiderman started talking and announced, without ex-planation, that the session was over.

It is a therapeutic truism: Pa-tients often wait until the end of their session to mention the most emotionally revealing material pre-sumably because it is diffi cult to talk about. Perhaps Lacan thought unpredictable terminations would short-circuit such resistance. Whatever the rationale, it did not convince Lacan’s colleagues, who threw him out of the International Psychoanalytic Association largely for this behaviour.

The focus on time may obscure the more fundamental fact that we have little idea about what consti-tutes a minimally eff ective dose of psychotherapy. Largely because psychotherapy research receives

far less funding than drug research, there are scant dose-fi nding studies of psychotherapy.

Psychiatrists have solid scien-tifi c evidence of the therapeutic range for psychotropic medica-tions — so many milligrams of Pro-zac per day for four to six weeks, for example, but few can cite anal-ogous recommended dosages for psychotherapy.

The upside is that there are po-tential benefi ts to the shrinking shrink session. There is evidence that even a short period of psycho-therapy can be helpful. For exam-ple, one small study showed that depressed patients responded more quickly to a brief course of interper-sonal psychotherapy than they did to the antidepressant Zoloft.

Still, and despite the fact that most of us still orient ourselves around a time frame in which there are 60 minutes in an hour, the shrinking hour may fi t, ominously, in the context of what is a contract-ing culture. Sign up for an hour massage at a high-end spa, and you may fi nd that your service extends for just 50 minutes. How long will it be before lawyers shrink their bill-able “hour” to 50 minutes? And will sommeliers giving us the short pour be next? I’d explain, but, I’m sorry, we’re out of time. — Richard A.Friedman/

The New York Times News Service

What constitutes a good session at the psychiatrist?Is it long hours or short sessions?

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TREY Parker and Matt Stone, the co-creators of South Park, wrote this line for that show: “Sometimes what’s right isn’t as important as what’s profi table.”

At the bridge table, usually what is right will be profi table. In this deal, South is in four spades. West leads the heart queen. How should declarer plan the play? Did West have a more profi table lead?

Note South’s two-heart rebid. Do not miss the opportunity to show a major. North rebid two spades because he had a maximum minimum; if South was strong enough to bid a third time, North’s hand would be worth game. Then, when South did continue with three diamonds, North mentioned his heart feature.

South starts with fi ve losers: two hearts and three diamonds. He has nine winners: six spades, two hearts and one club. There are various chances for a 10th trick: hearts might be 3-3, but that is unlikely, especially given the opening lead; or East might have the diamond ace-king. (Even if diamonds are 3-3, declarer will probably lose one heart and three diamonds.) More profi table, though, is to remember that any time you can get a ruff in the shorter trump hand, it is probably the right line of play.

Declarer should take the fi rst trick on the board, discard a diamond on the club ace, and continue with another heart. If East could ruff , South would probably fail. Here, though, East follows. Declarer wins with his ace and leads another heart. When back in his hand, South ruff s his last heart with dummy’s spade queen. Then he should silently thank West for not fi nding a trump lead.

— By Phillip Alder

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Dhuhr 11.56pm

Asr 3.12pm

Maghrib 5.38pm

Isha 6.49pm Fajr (Tomorrow) 4.53am

Sunset 5.33pm

Sunrise (Tomorrow) 6.09am

High tide 2.30am 12.51pm

Low tide 7.07pm 8.32am

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Mainly clear skies over most of the Sultanate with chance of convictive cloud developments, thundershowers over Al Hajar mountains and adjoining areas during afternoon. And chances

of early morning low level clouds or fog patches over the coastal areas of Oman sea and governorates of South Al Sharqiyah and Al Wusta.EXPECTED WINDS: Along the coastal areas of Oman sea winds will be northeasterly light to moderate during day becoming variable light at night, and southeasterly light to moderate over the rest of the Sultanate.

SEA STATE: Slight over most of Oman’s coasts with maximum wave height of 1.25 metres.HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY: Good over most of the Sultanate and poor during rain and fog.THE NEXT 48 HOURS OUTLOOK: Chance of convictive cloud developments and thundershowers over Al Hajar Mountains and adjoining areas during afternoon. Chances of early morning low level clouds or fog patches over the coastal areas of South Al Sharqiyah and Al Wusta governorates.

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GULFAbu Dhabi 34 25Doha 32 24Dubai 34 25Kuwait 33 22Manama 32 19Riyadh 33 18

WORLDAthens 22 15Baghdad 30 15Beijing 16 4Berlin 20 14Boston 14 7Cairo 26 16Colombo 31 26Frankfurt 19 15Hong Kong 26 19Istanbul 17 11Johannesburg 24 12Kuala Lumpur 32 24Lisbon 20 16Paris 20 16Perth 24 14Singapore 32 25Tokyo 15 14Toronto 10 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM MUSCAT (RUWI) TO MUSCAT (RUWI)

LISTINGS

Source: www.met.gov.om

SATURDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA WY682 RIYADH  0005WY676 JEDDAH  0005WY916 SALALAH  00404H581 DACCA  0130BG021 DACCA-CHITTAGONG  0130PK237 KARACHI-ABU DHABI  0140ET624 ADDIS ABABA  0350WY3904 SALALAH  0350EK866 DUBAI  0355QR170 DOHA  0355GF560 BAHRAIN  0425MS930 CAIRO  0500TK778 ISTANBUL-BAHRAIN  0510WY658 BAHRAIN  0600WY412 AMMAN  0615WY122 MUNICH  0620WY904 SALALAH  0635WY638 ABU DHABI  0640WY674 JEDDAH  0640WY686 RIYADH  0640WY142 MALPENSA  0650WY114 FRANKFURT  0650WY154 ZURICH  0650WY692 DAMMAM  0705WY668 DOHA  0715WY644 KUWAIT  0720WY102 LONDON HEATHROW  0730WY132 PARIS  0745FZ043 DUBAI  0800WY432 TEHRAN  0800WY602 DUBAI  0800WY274 JAIPUR  0820WY202 BOMBAY  0825WY3902 SALALAH  0900WY282 BANGALORE  0910G9114 SHARJAH  0915WY236 HYDERABAD  0925WY242 DELHI  0925WY252 MADRAS  0930EK862 DUBAI  0930EY382 ABU DHABI  0950QR166 DOHA  10109W530 TRIVANDRUM  1045IX443 COCHIN  1050WY604 DUBAI  1100WY918 KHASAB  1125WY902 SALALAH  1140WY314 CHITTAGONG  1155PK191 TURBAT  1215WY3302 MUKHAIZNA  1230WY632 ABU DHABI  1245IX337 CALICUT  1305WY606 DUBAI  1330WY324 KARACHI  1350WY328 LAHORE  1415FZ045 DUBAI  1545WY346 ISLAM ABBAD  1545WY204 BOMBAY  1645PA450 LAHORE  1645WY246 DELHI  1700MP95 AMSTERDAM  1710WY292 CALICUT  1715WY264 LUCKNOW  1725WY3304 MUKHAIZNA  1730WY232 HYDERABAD  1740WY224 COCHIN  1745WY656 BAHRAIN  1745WY656 BAHRAIN  1745WY216 TRIVANDRUM  1800GF564 BAHRAIN  1810EY386 ABU DHABI  1815WY338 KATHMANDU  1830WY906 SALALAH  1835WY664 DOHA  1840WY3906 SALALAH  1855G9116 SHARJAH  1915FZ047 DUBAI  2020WY614 DUBAI  2020WY924 SALALAH  2030CV856 LUXORE  2100WY254 MADRAS  21109W534 COCHIN  2115AI973 DELHI  2125WY374 COLOMBO  2130BA073 LONDON HEATHROW-ABU DHABI  21306.00E+81 BOMBAY  2130QR168 DOHA  2135WY624 DUBAI  2145AI907 MADRAS  2200LH618 FRANKFURT-ABU DHABI  2225NL771 PESHAWAR  2230WY814 BANGKOK  2230LX242 ZURICH-DUBAI  2235EY388 ABU DHABI  2235GF566 BAHRAIN  2240WY636 ABU DHABI  2240WY912 SALALAH  2240WY116 FRANKFURT  2305AI985 AHMEDABAD-BOMBAY  23109W540 BOMBAY  2315QR172 DOHA  2325WY654 BAHRAIN  2335WY910 SALALAH  2335WY816 BANGKOK  2340WY662 DOHA  2340WY612 DUBAI  2345WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM  2345WY696 DAMMAM  2350WY648 KUWAIT  2355

SUNDAY

FLT NO ARRIVALS FROM ETA

WY682 RIYADH  0005WY676 JEDDAH  0005WY406 CAIRO  0030WY916 SALALAH  0040WY824 KUALA LUMPUR  01054H583 DACCA  0130BG021 DACCA-CHITTAGONG  0130TK776 ISTANBUL-BAHRAIN  0210EY384 ABU DHABI  0310ET624 ADDIS ABABA  0350QR170 DOHA  0355EK866 DUBAI  0355FZ041 DUBAI  0415GF560 BAHRAIN  0425NL669 SIALKOT  0600WY904 SALALAH  0635WY638 ABU DHABI  0640WY674 JEDDAH  0640WY686 RIYADH  0640WY658 BAHRAIN  0640WY668 DOHA  0715WY102 LONDON HEATHROW  0730FZ043 DUBAI  0800WY602 DUBAI  0800WY274 JAIPUR  0820WY202 BOMBAY  0825WY342 LAHORE  0900NL768 LAHORE  0900G9114 SHARJAH  0915WY236 HYDERABAD  0925WY242 DELHI  0925EK862 DUBAI  0930WY252 MADRAS  0930WY226 COCHIN  0935WY212 TRIVANDRUM  0935WY268 LUCKNOW  0935EY382 ABU DHABI  0950QR166 DOHA  10109W530 TRIVANDRUM  1045WY3302 MUKHAIZNA  1045WY604 DUBAI  1100WY3922 JAALUNI  1110WY372 COLOMBO  1115WY3902 SALALAH  1135WY902 SALALAH  1140IX549 TRIVANDRUM  1215WY324 KARACHI  1250IX337 CALICUT  1305WY606 DUBAI  1330WY632 ABU DHABI  1345IX817 MANGALORE-ABU DHABI  1425WY918 KHASAB  1435WY812 BANGKOK  1440WY906 SALALAH  1440WY3304 MUKHAIZNA  1445WY610 DUBAI  1525QR6162 DOHA  1530WY656 BAHRAIN  1545FZ045 DUBAI  1545WY346 ISLAM ABBAD  1545WY204 BOMBAY  1645WY246 DELHI  1700WY292 CALICUT  1715QR164 DOHA  1725WY664 DOHA  1740WY254 MADRAS  1740WY232 HYDERABAD  1740WY284 BANGALORE  1750GF564 BAHRAIN  1810WY646 KUWAIT  1840WY3306 MUKHAIZNA  1845WY908 SALALAH  1850TG507 BANGKOK-KARACHI  1900G9116 SHARJAH  1915WY910 SALALAH  1940WY614 DUBAI  2020FZ047 DUBAI  2020WY152 ZURICH  20309W534 COCHIN  2115WY312 CHITTAGONG  2115WY312 CHITTAGONG  2115KL441 AMSTERDAM-DOHA  2115AI973 DELHI  21256.00E+81 BOMBAY  2130WY144 MALPENSA  2130BA073 LONDON HEATHROW-ABU DHABI  2130QR168 DOHA  2135WY624 DUBAI  2145UL205 COLOMBO  2155AI907 MADRAS  2200LH618 FRANKFURT-ABU DHABI  2225EY388 ABU DHABI  2235LX242 ZURICH-DUBAI  2235GF566 BAHRAIN  2240WY912 SALALAH  2240WY636 ABU DHABI  2240WY124 MUNICH  2255WY414 AMMAN  2300WY116 FRANKFURT  2305AI985 AHMEDABAD-BOMBAY  23109W540 BOMBAY  2315WY134 PARIS  2315QR172 DOHA  2325WY654 BAHRAIN  2335WY662 DOHA  2340WY612 DUBAI  2345WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM  2345WY696 DAMMAM  2350WY3906 SALALAH  2350WY348 KUWAIT  2355WY406 CAIRO  2355

FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD BA072 ABU DHABI-LONDON HEATHROW  0001AI986 BOMBAY  0005QR173 DOHA  0025SG062 AHMEDABAD  00309W539 BOMBAY  0030WY685 RIYADH  0050WY251 MADRAS  0110WY201 BOMBAY  0115WY281 BANGALORE  0120WY313 CHITTAGONG  0125WY601 DUBAI  0140WY273 JAIPUR  0145WY235 HYDERABAD  0155WY657 BAHRAIN  0200WY431 TEHRAN  0200WY115 FRANKFURT  0205WY643 KUWAIT  0210WY637 ABU DHABI  0215WY903 SALALAH  0220WY241 DELHI  0225WY667 DOHA  0235WY691 DAMMAM  0235PK226 KARACHI  02404H582 DUBAI-DACCA  0300BG022 CHITTAGONG-DACCA  0300ET625 ADDIS ABABA  0450EK867 DUBAI  0500WY3901 SALALAH  0500QR171 DOHA  0540MS931 CAIRO  0600TK779 BAHRAIN-ISTANBUL  0600GF561 BAHRAIN  0730WY901 SALALAH  0740WY813 BANGKOK  0750WY327 LAHORE  0750WY603 DUBAI  0800WY3301 MUKHAIZNA  0800WY917 KHASAB  0830FZ044 DUBAI  0840WY223 COCHIN  0900WY923 SALALAH  0900WY345 ISLAM ABBAD  0915WY337 KATHMANDU  0930WY323 KARACHI  0930WY291 CALICUT  0935WY263 LUCKNOW  0935WY815 BANGKOK  0940WY215 TRIVANDRUM  0940WY631 ABU DHABI  0945WY823 KUALA LUMPUR  0950G9115 SHARJAH  0955WY245 DELHI  1000WY231 HYDERABAD  1010WY203 SALALAH  1025WY605 DUBAI  1035WY385 MALE  1040WY373 COLOMBO  1040EK863 DUBAI  1045EY383 ABU DHABI  1050QR167 DOHA  11159W533 COCHIN  1145IX442 COCHIN  1150WY253 MADRAS  1255PK192 TURBAT-GWADUR  1300WY615 DUBAI  1325WY3303 MUKHAIZNA  1330WY655 BAHRAIN  1345WY101 LONDON HEATHROW  1400IX350 CALICUT  1405WY905 SALALAH  1430WY3905 SALALAH  1450WY663 DOHA  1450WY405 CAIRO  1515FZ046 DUBAI  1630WY675 JEDDAH  1645WY613 DUBAI  1715PA451 LAHORE  1730WY623 DUBAI  1805MP95 SHARJAH-SINGAPORE  1830WY911 SALALAH  1840WY681 RIYADH  1850WY647 KUWAIT  1850GF565 BAHRAIN  1855EY387 ABU DHABI  1915WY695 DAMMAM  1930WY653 BAHRAIN  1935WY909 SALALAH  1935WY635 ABU DHABI  1940WY661 DOHA  1950G9117 SHARJAH  1955WY915 SALALAH  2040WY611 DUBAI  2045FZ048 DUBAI  21059W529 TRIVANDRUM  2230CV856 HONG KONG  2230WY673 JEDDAH  2235QR169 DOHA  22356.00E+82 BOMBAY  2245AI908 MADRAS  2300AI974 DELHI  2310GF567 BAHRAIN  2325NL668 SIALKOT  2330EY381 ABU DHABI  2330LX243 DUBAI-ZURICH  2335LH619 ABU DHABI-FRANKFURT  2345

FLT NO DEPARTURES TO ETD BA072 ABU DHABI-LONDON HEATHROW  0001AI986 BOMBAY  0005QR173 DOHA  00259W539 BOMBAY  0030WY685 RIYADH  0050WY811 BANGKOK  0100WY251 MADRAS  0110WY201 BOMBAY  0115WY211 TRIVANDRUM  0120WY225 COCHIN  0120WY601 DUBAI  0140WY273 JAIPUR  0145WY371 COLOMBO  0145WY267 LUCKNOW  0150WY235 HYDERABAD  0155WY115 FRANKFURT  0205WY123 MUNICH  0205WY133 PARIS  0210WY151 ZURICH  0210WY637 ABU DHABI  0215WY903 SALALAH  0220WY241 DELHI  0225WY657 BAHRAIN  0230WY667 DOHA  0235WY143 MALPENSA  0235WY341 LAHORE  0240BG022 DACCA  03004H584 CHITTAGONG-DACCA  0300TK777 BAHRAIN-ISTANBUL  0300ET625 ADDIS ABABA  0450EK867 DUBAI  0500FZ042 DUBAI  0500QR171 DOHA  0515EY385 ABU DHABI  0525NL772 PESHAWAR  0700WY3301 MUKHAIZNA  0715WY3921 JAALUNI  0725GF561 BAHRAIN  0730WY3901 SALALAH  0735WY901 SALALAH  0740WY603 DUBAI  0800WY323 KARACHI  0830FZ044 DUBAI  0840WY345 ISLAM ABBAD  0915WY253 MADRAS  0920WY291 CALICUT  0935G9115 SHARJAH  0955WY283 BANGALORE  1000WY245 DELHI  1000WY231 HYDERABAD  1010WY203 BOMBAY  1025NL769 LAHORE  1030WY605 DUBAI  1035WY905 SALALAH  1040WY311 CHITTAGONG  1040EK863 DUBAI  1045WY631 ABU DHABI  1045WY717 ZANZIBAR-DARESSLAM  1045EY383 ABU DHABI  1050QR167 DOHA  1115WY3303 MUKHAIZNA  1115WY917 KHASAB  11409W533 COCHIN  1145WY655 BAHRAIN  1145WY331 KATHMANDU  1225WY609 DUBAI  1235IX554 TRIVANDRUM  1305WY645 KUWAIT  1330WY413 AMMAN  1345WY663 DOHA  1350WY101 LONDON HEATHROW  1400IX350 CALICUT  1405WY405 CAIRO  1440WY907 SALALAH  1450IX818 MANGALORE  1515WY3305 MUKHAIZNA  1515WY909 SALALAH  1540FZ046 DUBAI  1630WY433 TEHRAN  1645WY675 JEDDAH  1645QR6163 DOHA  1700WY613 DUBAI  1715WY623 DUBAI  1805QR165 DOHA  1825WY911 SALALAH  1840WY647 KUWAIT  1850WY681 RIYADH  1850GF565 BAHRAIN  1855WY695 DAMMAM  1930WY653 BAHRAIN  1935WY635 ABU DHABI  1940WY661 DOHA  1950WY3905 SALALAH  1950G9117 SHARJAH  1955TG508 KARACHI-BANGKOK  2005WY611 DUBAI  2045WY915 SALALAH  2100FZ048 DUBAI  2105WY825 KUALA LUMPUR  21159W529 TRIVANDRUM  2230KL442 DOHA-AMSTERDAM  2230WY673 JEDDAH  2235QR169 DOHA  2235WY817 BANGKOK  2240WY3903 SALALAH  22456.00E+82 BOMBAY  2245AI908 MADRAS  2300UL206 COLOMBO  2305AI974 DELHI  2310GF567 BAHRAIN  2325EY381 ABU DHABI  2330LX243 DUBAI-ZURICH  2335LH619 ABU DHABI-FRANKFURT  2345

A I R L I N E S

BORN today, you are determined to better yourself. Even from an early age, you will be compelled to do those things that provide you with learning and growth at a remarkably accelerated rate. You are never content with staying in one place or simply spinning your wheels; you want to explore the world around you, near and far, and explore yourself as a part of that world. You never do anything, or interact with anyone, without considering what it means to you to do so, and how you may be different as a result of the experience. In this way, you are highly reflective and philosophical; you truly believe that “the unexamined life is not worth living.”

In your travels, you may discover that you have certain strong likes and dislikes, but you never let those limit you in any way. You will always try to experience the things you don’t like as well as those you do, and you understand that likes and dislikes can change as you grow and evolve.

Also born on this date are: Lauren Tewes, actress; Mahalia Jackson, singer; Jaclyn Smith, actress and model; Cary Elwes, actor; Pat Sajak, TV game show host; Bob Hoskins, actor; Jackie Coogan, actor.

You have time to do more than you have been assigned, but take care that you don’t suddenly fi nd yourself with too much to do!

VIRGO [AUG. 23-SEPT. 22]

LIBRA [SEPT. 23-OCT. 22] LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL[S[S[[S[[[S[[SSSSSS[[S[S[[S[S[SSSSSS

SCORPIO [OCT. 23-NOV. 21] S[

SAGITTARIUS [NOV. 22-DEC. 21] S[[[[[[[[[[[

AQUARIUS [JAN. 20-FEB. 18]

You must fi nd the time to check in with a family member who is dependent upon you for support at just the right moment. Don’t miss it.

You may experience an epiphany when you receive an unexpected message that throws some things into doubt.

It’s a good day to watch the world go by — though you will surely be tempted to take part when something special gets your attention.

You may discover that someone you thought was a critic of yours has actually been supportive of all your eff orts from the beginning.

You have a way of perfecting things others have not been able to perfect; today you can put the fruits of your labours on display.

A change in your behaviour may throw someone else off balance for a while until he or she comes to grips with your unusual motives.

You can do better for yourself than you have in the recent past, and this notion will inspire you to explore a new and exciting option.

Give yourself the credit you are due, while others do the same. You have something remarkable to be proud of, surely.

PISCES [Feb. 19-March 20]

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You must redouble your eff orts if you expect to overtake your No. 1 rival, who has recently moved ahead of you.

GEMINI [MAY 21-JUNE 20]

CANCER [JUNE 21-JULY 22]

LEO [JULY 23-AUG. 22]

CAPRICORN [DEC. 22-JAN 19]

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

ARIES [March 21-APRIL 19]

TAURUS [APRIL 20-MAY 20]

You can enjoy an unexpected frolic of sorts before the day is out, but much depends on your readiness when the opportunity arises.

Others are likely to gravitate toward you for reasons that escape you, but that doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy the attention!

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Rusail Hotel. Contact 99729858 /

99717791

Shop at Mawalah, behind City

Center. Contact 98087644

Full furnished room for rent weekly

70 OMR, Monthly 250 OMR.

Contact 99251975

Store Ghala behind Kumatsu 100

mtrs. # 99414644 / 93666201

2 Bedroom fl at in CBD ruwi for rent

near sheraton RO360.

Contact 99645124

New Building in Wadikabir (near

Indian Primary School) 2 bedrooms

RO 300/-, 1 Bedroom RO 270/-.

Contact 93333352

Commercial/ Residential 2 BHK at

Honda Road. Contact 98087644

Residential Commercial building in

Al Ghubra South (34) Flats and

2 showrooms. Contact 95202430

Residential Building in Al Khuwair

42 (16) fl ats look for one contract.

Contact 95202430

Are you looking for people to staff ,

we have a new Villa in Bausher

7 BHK. Contact 95202430

Shops basement-for rent location

Ruwi area Honda road, Hamriya.

Contact 92433127 / 96942749

2/3BHK fl at at Al Khuwair/

Al Azaiba/Baushar.

Contact 99776071 / 99057348

2BHK fl at available on lease, rental

subject to buy all furniture for sale.

Contact 99412790

Shop in Al - Khuwair for sale 2700

RO and low rent at prime location.

Contact : 95407510 & 92932809

3 BHK Rex Road. Contact92144045

Azaiba villa have 3 bedroom,

Sitting room, family hall, 4 toilets,

kitchens, maid room with AC and

parking. Contact 95999904

Al Ghubra North villa have 4 Bed-

rooms, Sitting room, family hall, 4

toilets, kitchens, maid room with AC

and parking. Contact 95999904

Villa in Ansab have 6 BR, Sitting

room, family hall, 7 toilets, kitchen

with AC. Contact 95999904

Villa at Azaiba, 3 bedroom.

RO 575/- call 99414767

1 BHK Flat in Ghubra, near sea

prime Location. Contact 93782735

New super deluxe villa at

Al Athaiba. Contact 99369081

DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 3 C3

Oil paintings For sale.

Contact 99737812

Shops with Built in Mezzanine,

Ideal for Wholesale, Showroom

facility for immediate sale: location

Al Ghubra. Contact 99345554 /

92955874

Sale for Beauty Parlor Mawalih.

Contact 95020852

Dental set up for sale. Contact

Urgently on 99359850 / 94003880

Three window A/Cs, furniture, kid’s

cycle, Samsung home theatre for

sale. Contact 95647872

Wallpapers, Carpet, Curtains, all

blinds. Contact 99834373/96642500

Shop near Fathima supermarket

building Rex road. Contact 99070860

Shop for sale. Contact 96260037

Shop for at Darsait in premier loca-

tion two shutter 3.8 meters width,

and length 11 meters each shut-

ter space suitable for offi ce show

room and store. Contact 93676713 /

94333453

1 Month old brand new furniture for

sale in Sohar. Contact 91026506

Furnished Shop for sale in Ruwi.

Contact 91143284 / 92260186 /

92292490

An Electrical Tools Shop in Al

M’abeela Industrial area is for

investment or sale. It has diff erent

stuff like fans, Lights and sockets.

The shop has 2 new Labour clear-

ances. # 98949690 / 92365667

For sale Electrical company Grade

D. Contact 93204143

Carpenter work shop sale, Wadi

Kabir. Contact 96231700

Warehouse area 1800 sqmt in Wadi

Al Kabir for sale. Residential build-

ing in Al Ghobra for sale 250.000/-

R.O. Commercial building in new

Ghala for sale 2,500,000/- R.O.

Contact 91155779

Electronics shop for sale at Ruwi.

Contact 24786370 / 96737199

Fully furnished offi ce with all

equipment’s for sale in Sohar.

Contact:- 968- 96948208

Household Furniture for immediate

sale. Contact 99840085

Queen sized Raha bed, wardrobes,

washing machine, fridge, TV, CD

Player, table, chairs, kitchen appli-

ances and other household items for

sale. Please contact 9730 8059.

For sale shoes & sand with high

quality & new shapes for all high

Gulf grade marks our prices is very

low for quantity. Shinas (Modern

Mandoos for shoes). # 92055570

Auto parts shop Wadi Kabir for sale.

Contact 95345345

Offi ce furniture for sale.

Contact 93826090

King size bed, good condition

RO 40/-, sofa set (3+2+1), excellent

condition, RO 150. Contact 96963167

Camp for sale Including Porta -

cabin, kitchen & Dining facilities

with RO plant. For more information.

Contact Nasser 99808067

FOR RENT

FOR RENT

FOR SALE

Flat in Al Khuwair near Taimur

Mosque Have 2 BR, family hall, 1

toilet, kitchen, balcony, store with

AC. Contact 95999904

Ruwi fl ats in front of Nahda Hos-

pital have 2 bedroom, family hall, 2

toilets, kitchen. Contact 95999904

2 B/R Flat for rent at Al Khuwair

Behind Sagar Polyclinic monthly

rent OMR 300/-. Contact 97048700

Shops in Al Ghubrah next to Indian

school Ghubrah, Ideal for offi ce

space/ warehouse/ Showroom.

Contact 99737562

2 BHK Wadikabir & Ruwi.

Contact 99024730

Fully furnished apartment on

rent at Al Khuwair OMR. 425/- per

month, near Radisson Blu.

Contact 99279300 / 92406715

1BHK / 2BHK, fl ats at Muttrah, near

Oman House. Contact 93231403

2 big new fl at in Al Amerat

(Al Mahaj) 1 fl at 4 BR, 4 toilet &

kitchen with AC, Second fl at 3BR, 3

toilets, kitchen with AC.

Contact 99339735

2 Brand New Luxurious Villas (no

411 and 413) for rent in Azaiba.

Each Villa with 6 bedrooms, servant

Quarters, 2 kitchens with all modern

Amenities which includes split A/C,

Dish washers, oven etc, Way no 4491

/ 4405. Contact 99462980

2 rooms fl at Ghoubrah near Muscat

Grand mall, opp Oasis rental RO

280/- Monthly. Contact 95395480

2 BHK RO 200 Behind Wadi Kabir

Indian School. Contact 99376454

170 sqm covered workshop Ideal for

Carpentry/ Aluminum/ Steel work-

shop at Wadikabir (near Al Ansari

Ware House). Contact 93216645 /

99375638

1 BHK Ghubra 250 RO.

Contact 92144045

2 BHK at North Azaiba 2 bedrooms,

1 hall & dining, kitchen 3 bath-

rooms from 1st November. Contact

99224748 / 99425665

Flat for rent in Wadi Kabir, opp.

Srilankan School R.O 260/-.

Contact 96674891

Well fully furnished 2 Bedroom

fl at for rent short term or long term

basis at Ghala. Contact 98665878 /

99881653

1 Bedroom RO100, 1 Bedroom at-

tached toilet RO 140, 2 Bedrooms

attached kitchen & toilet RO 200 in

Al Khuwair. Contact 95154331

Electrical, building material shop,

behind Bank Sohar Ruwi.

Contact 99359698 / 92139418

Industrial Land 5000 SQT.

Contact 99323957 / 95490842

Porta cabin and Container for sale.

Contact 99373256

Industrial Land 5000 SQT with an

Empty space in front of (opposite to

Mountain). #99323957/ 95490842

M.V. FOR SALE

Yaris 2007 Automatic 198000 kms

Interior, Exterior excellent condi-

tion dealer serviced insurance

valid one year RO 2500.

Contact 99883991

2006 Nissan Maxima 85000 kms

A/T full power options sunroof RO

2900/-. Expat owned well main-

tained. Contact 99339025

Toyota Camry Dec 1999- Diamond

color/175000 km well maintained

with special no. plate (price R.O

2500/-). Contact 99412790

2009 Model Toyota /Nissan/TCM

Diesel/Petrol 1.5/2 Ton fork Lifts

in excellent conditions for Immedi-

ate sale. Contact 99371732

Toyota Corolla (black), 2008 last

model, fully automatic, 11,4000

kms driven, valid mulkia (eight

months). Contact 95729549 /

95801101

Hyundai Tucson, 2007 model, V6,

2700 cc, company serviced, Expat

driven, 150000 kms , RO 3750.

Call 95882130.

Toyota Yaris 1.5, 2009 fully Au-

tomatic low mileage Expat driven

3,400/- Neg. Contact 95277959

Toyota Camry 2011 fully Automatic

low mileage, full service History,

Expat Driven 6,200/- Neg.

Contact 92782856

New Mitsubishi Pajero 3.5 Cool Box 2013 for sale. Contact

97413418 / 93955020

Subaru legacy, 2006 Contact 99328414

Mitsubishi Lancer 2003 manual

KM 195k Regn Nov,13 new tyers

+ battery for immediate sale for

RO.950 NEGOTIABLE.”

Contact 96764105

Daihatsu - Granmaz Van-Good

condition. Contact: 99545895 /

95451313

Toyota Camry 2003 model1 year

Mulkiya. Contact93806625

Well maintained Suzuki Desire car

for sale. Contact 96140131

ACC. AVAILABLE

ACC. AVAILABLE

Sharing accommodation one

room with attached bathroom only

for bachelor near Ghala khajoor

round about. Contact 92248407 /

92830203

Spacious room independent

bathroom in 2BHK fl at Darsait for

sharing. Contact 96934161

Room for rent in Ruwi.

Contact 95372192

1BHK near Indian Nursery-School

WadiKabir - 95234062

Non-cooking Indian bachelor, opp.

OK Centre. Contact 95246843

Single room with separate bath-

room available for Executive

bachelor or single family.

Contact 95052951

Sharing accommodation single

room with attached bathroom &

sharing kitchen available for small

family or Executive bachelor near

Indian School Ghubrah.

Contact 94478424

Room for rent in Al Khuwair.

Contact 92708300

Sharing accommodation for a fam-

ily in W/K with attached bathroom

& Wifi . Contact 97167857

One semi furnished room with

bathroom & kitchen sharing & inter-

net available, opp. Toyota Wathaya.

Contact 91094044

2 rooms with bathroom and shar-

ing kitchen near ISWK couple or

Executive bachelor. # 99330839

Spacious room with A/C for Execu-

tive bachelor /working lady in Wadi

Kabir, near Kuwaiti mosque.

Contact 99720561

Single furnished room in Ruwi.

Contact 24833609

Independent Qurum/ Hail rooms.

Contact 95529970

Sharing accommodation available

for working lady (Kerala only) near

Ruwi Church. Contact 96031747

Attached bedroom for family at

Wadi Kabir. Contact 95345345

Sharing accommodation with at-

tached bathroom, for a small family

in Ruwi. (Near Grand Hyp).

Contact 96656134

Sharing accommodation avail-

able in Al Khuwair area, near Hotel

Platinum (opposite Mars Hypermar-

ket). Single room with independ-

ent bathroom for Indian Executive

bachelors. Contact 93049510

Furnished single room for execu-

tive bachelor near Safeer hyper-

market, Azaiba. Gsm 99761216

ACC.WANTED

Single room with bath required for

an Executive lady in Ruwi/Darsait

area. Contact 99360615

Single room with attached bath-

room required for Indian bachelor

in Ruwi. Contact 99660610

Sharing room for rent near Darsait,

Sapil Perfume building. #96903485

1BHK fl at furnished at 300/- m

Madinat Sultan Qaboos near Al

fair1uilla furnished at AL Amerat.

Contact 95824768

Furnished 1BR with separate bath

sharing kitchen with internet OMR

175/-plus maintenance. #93200170

2 Bedroom fl at with attached

bathroom at Wattayah near Honda

showroom behind Manam Hotel

RO 220. Contact 95134135

Available Sharing Accommodation

in Ruwi, next to K.M Centre separate

room and bathroom RO 130/-.

Contact 92619102

Room for Indian, Ruwi R/A.

Contact 92581644

Sharing accom. available for

keralite family in Hamariah

nr School. Contact 95221165

Single room with toilet available

near Darsait roundabout.

Contact 92120626

Room for Indian, Ruwi R/A.

Contact 92581644

Rooms/ Store available in WK

with attached bathroom for Labor/

Executive/ Bachelor/ Family.

Contact 92384963

BUYING/SELLING

WANTED

Al Mayar National Ent. Civil & Elec-

tro Mechanical Ent We are looking

for building related Civil / Electrical

Main contract/ Subcontract works,

with/ without materials. Kindly

contact Mr. Arun 99887451 Our Ad-

dress: www.almayarllc.com Email

mayarprojects@almayarllc.com

Offi ce & House hold Furniture

& Electronics items. Contact

99834373/96642500

Good Quality Wooden Kicking

blocks available 1.2 mtr & 2.6 mtr

length. Contact ahastco123@yahoo.

com , Ph: 99318152

Wanted for purchase a medium

size licensed poultery farm in Seeb

or Barka areas. Contact + (968)

99315293/+ (968) 95884763

We Buy all types of Wooden

Scraps. mail- ahastco123@yahoo.

com , Ph: 24458759/ 98539316/

99318152

NRI

Plot for sale adjacent seaport air-

port road plots also in Tripunithura

Eroor Vennala Kakkandu Pal-

likara. Contact George 93577835 /

99363391

3BHK brand new semi furnished

ready to occupy kakkanad kochi.

Contact 24700174

12 Cent Square Plot for sale near

Amballur, Varakara, Trichur Kerala.

Contact 96917382

DBHK fl at for rent Ayanawaram,

Chennai NRI. Contact 99354340 /

9840582788

Premium Luxury new Villas for sale

at Ernakulam near by Choice Tower.

Email northhailoman@gmail.com /

northhailinternational@gmail.com /

99268075 / 96779185

New villa at Al Khuwair 33, 6 bed

rooms RO950/-Monthly.

Contact 99443834

Available 5 bedroom fl at with 5

toilets & kitchen for rent in Ruwi.

Contact 99316402

Offi ce space 136m in Ruwi.

Contact 99316402

1 and 2 BR Brand New Flats in

Azaiba. Contact: 96793675

Available 2 bedroom fl at & 160 m

warehouse & 1 showroom for rent at

Honda Road. Contact 99316402

1 and 2 BR Brand New Flats in

Azaiba. Contact: 96793675

Single room, non cooking bachelor

Rex road. Contact 95747799

Single Bedroom fl at near Indian

School Al Wadi Al Kabeer with

furniture rent RO 230/- month.

Contact 99840085

Non cooking bachelor or couple at

Wadi Kabir. Contact 99014325

Single room for rent non cooking

bachelor Rex road near Fathima rent

95 + W/E. Contact 95747799

Ghubra furnished room + attached

bath available. Contact 98267157

Oppo O.K. Centre. Single Room with

separate Bathroom for Indian Non-

cooking Exe. Bachelor. RO.120/- incl.

W&E. Contact 99502581

Oppo O.K. Centre. Single Bed space

with attached Bathroom for Indian

Non-cooking Exe. Bachelor. RO.75/-

incl. W&E. Contact 92605811

Furnished room for non cooking

Bachelor at Al Hail. # 92610769

DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com

C4 S AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 3

DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com

DOMESTIC HELP

ENGINEERS/TECH

EDUCATION

EDUCATION SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

MANAGER

MISCBEAUTY

ADMIN

CATERING

Florists: Experienced designer fl orists with gift wrapping skills.

Employment benefi ts cover: Salary,

Commission and Accommodation.

Send CV to info@fl owersavenue.net

or contact 99561116.

Wanted Filipino or Indian profes-

sional for salon. Contact 99892289

Required Experienced Lady Beau-ticians And Hairdressers. Call: 95724106.

Send CV ediedem@gmail.com

Urgent required Henna Designer visa available + (Food & accommo-

dation) at Al Khuwair.

Contact 99010520

Full time Housemaid wanted for a

Tamil family in Al Khuwair

preferred Tamil /Karela Housemaid.

Contact 96595230

Urgently need full time Housemaid for a South Indian Family, room,

food & good pay provided,

4-5 years experienced person.

Contact 99351678 or 98169210,

Email: trend1993@yahoo.com

Required Pilipino House maid for

full time, visa available.

Contact 96103792

Wanted housemaid to work in

Indian family, from 9 AM – 9 PM.

Contact 96226787

Wanted 1) Omani PRO- with English

knowledge and experience,

2) DEBT Collector 3) Marketing Executive for TBR

Tyre. Email CV to mohdautocentre@

gmail.com or Call 24816774

DRIVER

MEDICAL

MEDICAL

IT

Urgently wanted Waiters & Wait-ress, Secretary, Painters, Chefs for

Hotel in Salalah.

Send CV : roy1860@yahoo.com

Required Cook known Arabic and

Continental cuisines, good educa-

tion and speaks fl uent English,

prefer to Muslim and non smoking.

Send CV at Email: secretay.mus-

cat@mofa.gov.ae address: Post Box:

551, Postal Code: 111, C.P.O UAE Em-

bassy Muscat. Contact 98891237

Urgently required the following

position: - A person who have expe-

rienced in Restaurant Management, 1 experience Cook. #99364735 /

91214849, Fax 24712686 Email :

silverworld2006@gmail.com

Qualifi cation: B. A. English & B.Ed. English & experience interviews

from 8.00 am to 1.00 pm.

Contact 24705605

Wanted Principal /Vice Principal and Arabic Teachers for a Bilingual

(Arabic – English) School in Ghala.

Native Arabic speaking preferred.

Knowledge of English is an advan-

tage. Please apply to

schoolghala@yahoo.com

Doctor with MOH license urgently

needed, temporary or permanent,

salary no bar. Contact 91197842

jmjmedicare@gmail.com

A Leading Polyclinic in Oman

looking for a G.P Doctor or any

Specialist Doctor with M.O.H

License. Interested candidates can

send their resume to our email ID:

jobsoman0@gmail.com or

Fax 24810772 or call 95762646

Required Nurse and Laboratory Technologist for clinic in

Al Buraimi. Send CV to

drpkabbas@yahoo.co.in

Need a Dentist with M.O.H license

in Oman to work in new dental

clinic in Shinas. Contact: 99439989

Urgently required by a reputed company Asstt. Lab. Technician -SSC/ Diploma in Laboratory with

3-5 years of work experience in

industrial lab preferably plastic

industry. Send CV Email:

administration@munanoor.com

Fax: 24446619

Required Asst. Pharmacist with MOH license for a Pharmacy

in Capital area.

Contact 92820570

Wanted Pharmacist (B-Pharm) for

Sohar. Contact: 97832020

Wanted Staff Nurses (female) with

or without MOH license for a poly-

clinic near Sohar, excellent Sohar

Package. Contact 99006915,

dxbclinic@yahoo.com

Urgently required GP and Lab

Technician for a reputed poly

clinic. Please call 96721709

or send the CV to

manageribnalhaitham@yahoo.com

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION VACANT

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

Urgently required PRO cum Driver, (only for Oman nationals).

Contact 94267766

Urgently required experienced Driver. Contact 95396944

Wanted Web Designer with mini-

mum 2 years experience in ASP.Net,

C#, Ajax, Jquery, Telerik control &

Ms SQL. Contact:

info@hs-solutions.com

Wanted Salesman cum Computer Hardware Engineer for Computer

shop with minimum 2 years

experience. Contact :

info@hs-solutions.com

Wanted Software Engineer with

minimum 2 years experience in

VB.Net, C# and SQI.

Contact: info@hs-solutions.com

Sales & Product Manager:5 years sales experience in fl ower

and event businesses with good

management and computer skills.

Local or international Driving

license is required. Employment

benefi ts cover: Salary, Commission

and Accommodation. Send CV to

info@fl owersavenue.net or

contact 99561116.

We are looking a Transport Manager (Trailers) and Sales As-sistant for our company. Both can-

didates should got Oman D/L and

GCC Exp. Pl. Contact 96788082 or

hamood@omankmtc.com.

Urgently required Outdoor Sales Executive with Oman D/L for furni-

ture show room. Contact 93231403

Required urgently an experienced

Sales Manager with Omani D/L,

for our Fabrication and Carpentry

Division to work on Salary plus in-

centive basis. Interested candidates

may mail their CV to

elmechoman@gmail.com or

Fax to : 24487819

Urgently required Shop sales persons (only for Oman nationals).

Contact 94267766

Urgently required Field Sales Executives with Omani D/L, good

Communication and sales experi-

ence. Contact : 96545020

Required a young female Omani

temporary art gallery Manager. Fluent in spoken, written and read-

ing English. Should possess good

communication skill.

Contact :24566130 /

mobile 94359088

A reputed construction Co. having

projects in Govt & Private Sectors

require: Project Engineer, Site Engineer, Civil Foreman. All should have Oman experience.

Send CV : jobanestllc@gmail.com

Fire Safety Technician- Attested Diploma in Fire & Safety. Call

94051722 Email :

prestigeprojectsoman@gmail.com

Sales Executive- Diploma Elec-trical Engineering with driving

license. Call 94051722 Email :

prestigeprojectsoman@gmail.com

Urgently required a leading Electro

Mechanical Contracting company

required - MEP Quantity Surveyor with 5 to 7 years GCC experience,

MEP Maintenance Supervisor with

7 to 10 years experience and driv-

ing license. Email: amitco@omantel.

net.om Fax: 0968 – 24489667.

Urgently required Electrician with DCRP license. Send CV to

recruitmentoman001@gmail.com /

Contact 99545470

Urgently required 11 KV Cable jointer with license with GCC expe-

rience. Send your CV :

dsekar@gmail.com

Urgently required welder for metal

furniture. Contact 93231403

Private school in Al Hail North,

looking for computer teacher (fe-

male), excellent computer skills.

Contact 95339066

Required for a reputed medical

center in Al Khuwair, Pharmacist, Assistant Pharmacist,X-ray Technician. Send CV to

fax: 24488660

Email: bashayermedical@gmail.com

Looking for a GP with or without

MOH license to work in a clinic in

Saham interested candidate can

Contact: 99705760 / 95471402

Required young Sales Executive, with a valid Oman driving license,

sales experience in concrete prod-

ucts/ building materials preferred.

Forward detailed CV to

salejob98@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

Experienced Indian male looking

for part time accounting job based

on Tally ERP9. Contact 96934161

Accountant Indian male B. Com

having two years experience in tally

ERP 9. Ready to join immediately,

Contact 95534746.

Indian male 30 yrs having 5 yrs

exp in oil & gas maintenance dept

as fabricator in lamprell energy

Sharjah UAE looking for placement,

presently in visit visa.

Contact – 92084948

Email- sijojohn729@gmail.com

Chemist- Indian female, 3 years’

experience in analytical research,

seeking suitable placement. cur-

rently in Muscat on family visa. Can

joins immediately. Experience on

HPL, UV- VIS, IR, GC, Sprayview, PH

meter, KF titrator potentiometer etc.

Contact : 91044366

32 yrs, Pakistani male, 7 years of

banking experience, MBA Market-

ing, B. Com Accounting

seeking for placement. Contact

99130285, 98856216

Indian Expat female, B. Sc Physics

and Tally ERP 9 educated with valid

Omani Driving license seeks suit-

able position.

Contact : 00968 97386005

Civil Project Manager, Graduate,

Indian, 28 years experience,

22 years in middle east and of

which 18 Years in Oman, is looking

for a new challenging opening.

Contact 00968 98501208

Indian Male 24 yrs, B.com having

2 years experience in Accounting,

Finance & Admin with good knowl-

edge in Tally & Computers looking

for suitable position .

Currently in Muscat. Contact:

97840863

Indian female 29, Diploma in Hotel

Management, having experience in

teaching and front offi ce, looking for

similar full time or part time jobs in

Muscat area.

E mail: manu12.mov@gmail.com;

95193173/ 96022648

BSC B.ED educated Indian, Keralite

Female seeking suitable placement

in Primary/ Nursery school.

Immediately available.

Please contact #96128798

Indian female MCA., Mphil., 5 yrs

experience in software development

&programming lang., C, C++, HTML,

XML, Asp. NET,C#,SQL Server, ORA-

CLE and MySQL, seeking suitable

placement can join immediately.

Contact:97765173.

mail: dtkthillai@gmail.com

Indian female MCA., Mphil (Uni-

versity Rank Holder) in computer

Science having 5 yrs of experience

in teaching(Lecturer in college)

seeking for teaching position

(school or college).

Contact :97765173.

mail: dtkthillai@gmail.com

Indian, Male, Commerce Graduate,

12 years experience in Foreign Ex-

change, Secretarial, Administration,

Finance & Accounts,

seeks for a suitable post.

Contact (Mob): +968-95962800.

E-mail: sumeshks007@gmail.com

Male, 27, MBA specialized in mar-

keting , looking for suitable position.

Having valid oman driving license.

Contact. 99590408

Hotel and apartment maintenence

incharge, elect,plumbing,and,a/c,

Oman,exp,8,years

Contact 95452204

Indian Male. Having 7 years

experience in Electronics & home

appliances, IT products and fur-

niture Showroom in Oman GSM :

94043327 sadiksm@yahoo.com

Civil project manager, Civil Engi-

neering, Indian, 28 years experi-

enced, is looking for a challenging

new opening. Call 98501208.

Indian Male 36yrs, M.B.A with 12

yrs of Experience in Life and Non

life insurance fi eld 3yrs in oman

with Motor and non motor fi eld

Valid oman D/L, seeks suitable posi-

tion for same fi eld or any

sales and Marketing.

Contact +96898159932.

Indian male, M.Sc statistics with

13 years of GCC experience in

EXCH. & REMITTANCE as operation

manager/cheif teller seeks suitable

placement. Cont.94099066

Indian Male, MBA Marketing, 41

yrs. Experience in trading, export

and domestic sales and supply

chain management. Industries

handled : Marble & tyres, Seeks a

suitable career. Release available.

99823003

Indian Female - 2 years experi-

ence as Design Engineer/Interior

Designer. Experience and knowl-

edge in AutoCAD 2D and 3D, 3ds

Max, Revit Architecture, Sketch Up,

Adobe Photoshop. Qualifi cation -

B.Sc Interior Design and AutoCAD

Certifi ed. Contact -

padma31priya@gmail.com

Male Nurse with 8yrs experience

in emergency Department, MOH

License of Oman, ACLS, BLS Certifi -

cate, currently in Muscat seeking

suitable placement.

Contact 97141787, email

sreejithks2006@yahoo.co.in

Male Graduate 12 years experience

in Oman, seeks immediate place-

ment as offi ce coordinator or any

suitable job. contact 93393769

Male, 27, MBA specialized in Mar-

keting, looking for suitable position.

Having valid oman driving license.

Contact. 99590408

Male,25,ACCA finalist with driving

license, seeking for immediate

replacement,1 year accounting and

3 month audit experience in audit

fi rm, expecting audit job only. G.S.M.

No. 97654769, email id:abdullah.

nooralam@yahoo.com

Indian female, GNIIT, B.Sc, 7 years

experience in IT, worked for Tata

group, India, seeks suitable IT re-

lated jobs in Muscat. #94470601/

rajalakshmi.sivaraman@gmail.com

Indian, young, male, Pre-university

educated looking for sales/stores or

related job call 96914222

Indian male 25, having CA Inter

cleared with B.com having fi ve

years of experience in accounts

and auditing, presently working in

Oman looking for a better place-

ment. Mob 98097009,

Email: rameesnm@gmail.com

Lady wedding and event photogra-

pher/ designer with ten yrs experi-

ence in GCC looking for suitable job

in Muscat. contact 96439317

Indian Female - 2 years experi-

ence as Design Engineer/Interior

Designer. Experience and knowl-

edge in AutoCAD 2D and 3D, 3ds

Max, Revit Architecture, Sketch Up,

Adobe Photoshop. Qualifi cation -

B.Sc Interior Design and AutoCAD

Certifi ed. Contact -

padma31priya@gmail.com

Indian Male, B.Tech, 8 years Experi-

ence in Teaching & Admin, web de-

veloping ,c,c++,java,HTML,DHTML,

programming,looking for suitable

position. # 98290053,97068258

Email: vasanth.blessy@gmail.com

Filipina, 29 years old nursing aide

graduate with 2 years experience

as hotel receptionist in oman and 7

yrs exp in Hospital administration..

contact number 97205586

Indian female, 24 yrs, having 3

yrs experience in Hospitality & HR.

Presently working as Customer

Care Executive in a reputed fi rm.

Seeks suitable post. #94288397,

Email: rajeevrajan307@gmail.com

Accountant 25 yrs male hav-

ing bachelor degree, last 4 years

experience in Pakistan of UAE base

trading company, seeks suitable

position of accountant. Contact

00923453285697

Indian male 24 yrs Diploma in air

conditioning 3 yrs exp.

Contact 91045627

Indian male 28 years with more

than 6 years experience in sales

requires a suitable placement as

sales man in any fi eld. #94015209.

Email- babupezheril@yahoo.co.in

Pakistani male, Graduation, experi-

ence in warehousing / storekeeping

/ logistics worked with interna-

tional organization and skill with

MS Offi ce, currently here in Muscat

with visit visa and seeking suitable

post in Muscat / Oman, full time.

Contact # 99547791 email

malikrizwan2008@gmail.com

India male 36 yrs, MBA with 12

yrs of experience in life and non life

insurance fi eld 3yrs in oman with

motor and non motor fi eld valid

Oman D/L, seeks suitable position

for same fi eld or any sales and mar-

keting. Contact +968 98159932.

Indian male, B. Com with TallyERP

9.0 and Maharastra state CIT look-

ing for suitable job, call 95534746

Business Analyst and Business

Development, 6+ years of experi-

ence across all areas of pricing,

marketing, product development

and sales in telecom industry

seeking for job opportunities. MBA.

Contact: 99359870, 99031408.

Email: saikat_3@yahoo.com

An Indian Expatriate B. Com, with

PG in IT having Experience in Ac-

counts looking for a suitable place-

ment. Contact- 93918062

BE (Hons) in Electronic & Tel-

ecommunication, Paki male fresh

candidate, seeking suitable place-

ment in Oil & Gas or any electronic

industry, able to design electronic

circuits, well experienced in com-

puters electronic, Currently living in

Muscat. Contact# 98068695, Email

mzeeshanshaikh89@gmail.com

26 Years old Indian female Bach-

elor of Business Administration

with 1.5 years experience, Looking

for an Accountant Job,

Contact # 99068641

Indian male 36yrs, M.B.A with 12

yrs of Experience in Life and Non

life insurance fi eld 3 yrs in Oman

with Motor and non motor fi eld

Valid oman D/L,

seeks suitable position for same

fi eld or any sales and Marketing.

Contact +96898159932

Seek Job - Offi ce Boy & Cleaner

(Need Visa). Contact : 96136615.

Indian male M.Com, B.Com having

3 years experience, seeking suitable

accounts job in Oman. Contact :

94109304, 94236115

CIVIL FOREMAN, Indian male, 2

years experience in Oman, 4 years

experience in India seeking suitable

jobs. GSM:95306762

Project Engineer, Indian male 26

yrs, having 5.5 years experience

in oil & gas fi eld, With 2 years Gulf

experience and valid oman driving

license. Contact Ashok kumar:

+968 95262241

Indian female with GCC experience

in Offi ce Admin, Accounts and HR

seeks suitable placement.

Contact : 95584732.

Videographer for fi lming any oc-

casion or event, website videos, cor-

porate profi les, promotional fi lms,

ad fi lms. Also calendar, brochure,

logo, poster designing. # 99631986

Indian Female MCA,M. Phil., Com-

puter science 5 years experience

as a Software Engineer/ Program-

mer in .Net, SQL, MS-Access with

good Communication skills seeking

for immediate placement. Contact :

97765173 dtkthillai@gmail.com

Logistics & Operations/Accounts

MCom (Finance), 32 Years Indian

Male, 11 years experience (5.3 years

experience in Oman) with valid

Oman Driving License seeks

suitable placement. # 96442295”

Indian Female, 26 years ,MBA , cur-

rently on visit visa , 4 years experi-

ence in Administration skilled with M

S Offi ce and fl uent in language seek-

ing suitable position. # 95517914

Email : remyarajan05@gmail.com

Network Engineer, BE, Male, Indian,

3 Yrs experience in telecommunica-

tion fi eld, having CISCO certifi cation

seeks suitable position. Currently

on visit visa. Contact 9869 1245.

Email: sreejithrm@gmail.com.

Planning Engineer BE Mech

Female Indian 9years experience

in oil & gas (7years in UAE) seeking

suitable job, #97408929

Indian female on family visa, MA

(HR), one year experience in HR,

seeking suitable position in admin/

hr sector. Contact No : 91258981

Administration & Purchase Of-

fi cer with over 25 years of working

experience in offi ce management &

procurement is looking for a suitable

vacancy. Has worked with reputed

organisations in Oman and has valid

Omani driving licence -92048765

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Professional, Indian Female,B.Tech-

IT,Fresher,Currently in Resident

Visa,having C and JAVA Knowledge,

seeking Suitable Position in IT.

CONTACT : 97232497,99108857,

EMAIL : psharan24@gmail.

com,parthipan61@gmail.com

Indian Female 24YRS, 4Years Ex-

perianced in GCC Secretary Work&

Admin Work Looking for asuitable

Post GSM:95972831 / 99230946,

Email: pbroseangel@gmail.com

Indian Male,M tech-Infrastructure

(Civil Engineering),Fresher,looking

for post of Junior Level Planning

Engineer, Contact +968 97312086,

email:dhinu.90@gmail.com

Indian female 24 years, having 4

years GCC experience .Looking for

suitable post for Secretarial & ad-

min work. Contact no:95972831,

Email: pbroseangel@gmail.com

Indian female 24YRS, 4 Years Ex-

perienced in GCC Secretary Work&

Admin Work looking for a suitable

Post GSM:95972831/99230946,

pbroseangel@gmail.com

24 yrs female with driving license,

b.b.a plus I.A.T.A,3 years experi-

ence seeking suitable position in

secretarial, admin, hr, procurement,

travel. Contact 95337828 or

e-mail at hibhak@gmail.com

DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 3 C5

DAILY GUIDESITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

DRIVERS

DRIVERS

DRAUGHTSMAN

12 Years Experienced Projects

and Operations professional with

experience of Electrical, ELV and

IT projects in Oman and Other coun-

tries, Seeking senior position job.

Contact 98823248

Indian female B Tech (CSE) with

around 2.5 years teaching and

administrative experience in Engg

College, Looking suitable teaching/

technical/offi ce admin jobs. Profi -

cient in C/ Java/C++ Programming

and Microsoft offi ce suite.

Contact 97268414

Email : mejaida@gmail.com

Civil Engineer 22 years Oman in

Ministry Consultancy construction

as Projects Manager Q.S. R.E, look-

ing suitable senior position, D/L.

Contact 99663090

BE Mechanical Engineer, Indian

fresh Engineer presently in Oman,

looking for suitable job. Contact

98040214 / 99086842

Email bonskey2010@yahoo.com

Mechanical Engineer (B Eng)

male 24 yrs experienced in project

& Site Engineering, marketing &

Sales, recycling with a valid Omani

driving license, looking for a posi-

tion in manufacturing oil & gas, au-

tomotive, R & D. Contact 91165415

Email ja237le@gmail.com

Mechanical Engineer with 12

+years exp.(7 years in Oman) in Oil

fi eld & Construction heavy vehi-

cles/equipment. Presently working

with a logistic company Muscat

as workshop In charge. Avail-

able to join immediately. Contact :

95983518,sgk700@yahoo.com

B.Sc Civil Engineer, 2 years experi-

ence looking suitable placement in

construction or structural design

fi eld. Contact 93850440

Email: sdat33@yahoo.con

Diploma in Civil Engineer with 1

year experience in Site supervising

in India, now available in Oman.

Contact 93816032

Indian male 27 yrs B.Tech Auto-

mobile, 5.5 yrs experience both

in Toyota & Suzuki, Looking for

Service Engineer jobs.

Contact 92449426

Email: praveennair_s@yahoo.com

Indian female 25 yrs M.E Computer

Science, 3.5 yrs experience as Asst.

Professor looking for placement

at Schools & Colleges. Contact

92449426 / 93254268 Email :

praveennair_s@yahoo.com

Mechanical Engg with 6 yrs exp in

electromechanical work D/L, seeks

job. Contact:98520020

Indian male Diploma in Civil Engi-

neering 5 years Civil building con-

struction and telecom (Tower) ex-

perience with valid Oman driving

license, seeks suitable placement.

Contact 95035884 / 93567629

Email abhilash.m.k001@gmail.com

DESIGNER

Indian male 29 yrs, looking for a

3D job in MAYA/Max and Graphic

designing having a experience of 8

years, currently working in Oman,

Available to join immediately.

Contact 98567624/

+91 9886712424 Email :

sandeepsharmasolid@gmail.com

Web / Graphic/ UX Designer with

3+ years of experience from a lead-

ing IT Company in India, looking for

a job at Muscat.

Contact +968 95962963

Email - mohanasok@live.com

EDUCATION

Indian female M.Sc Physics, B.Ed 5

yrs experience in teaching, seeking

for suitable job. Contact 97367389

HSE 10 yrs exp in Oman, Seeking

placement valid Omani D/L.

Contact 92825053 IOSH NEBOSH

32 Indian female, B.Com, M.com B.

ED, M.ED, NET, PGDCA with 5 years

experience seeking placement as

Lecturer / Teacher etc. Contact

98846820 /97199457

Pakistani female M.SC (Master) Bi-

ology having 15 years of experience

of teaching biology & chemistry

to grades IX to XII seeking for part

time job .Contact 91280346

Mechanical Engineer with 5+ years

experience in project management

and estimation of oil and gas projects.

Looking for suitable change.

Contact: 95974435

Indian Female 23 years old,

Aeronautical Engineering graduate

with 1 year 6 months experience,

expert in MS Offi ce tools, Technical

documentation, reports and excel-

lent communication skill. mail:

sandhyamenon057@gmail.com

B.Tech Mechanical, 26yr Indian

male having 4 yr experience in

plant construction,structural fab-

rication & erection in India.

# 0091 9546418417 E-mail-

mail2umesh89@gmail.com

25 years Indian male, B.E

Aeronautical, 2 Years experience on

Maintenance repair and overhaul.

Hands on experience on Gas turbine

engine and Autocad 2007.

Contact 00919739656833

Email: midhu4u@gmail.com

QC Civil Engr 11 yrs experience in

Highway 8 yrs in Oman, Valid GCC

D/L. Contact 93590464

Electrical Engineer 7 yrs experi-

ence. Contact 94285868

Diploma Electrical Site Engineer

12 years experience in Oman

available driving license in Oman.

Contact 96570848 Email senthil-

kumar3081@gmail.com

Project consultant Engineer Bang-

ladeshi male B. Sc Civil Engineer

4 yrs exp as a Project Engineer in

Oman also know etabes, Autocad,

MS project. Contact 97145139

Indian male 28, DME with 7 year

experience (4year Oman) in au-

tomobile sales & service, seeking

suitable job from mechanical/auto-

mobile fi eld, Valid D/L. # 95566186.

Planning Engineer- Civil-5 yrs

exp, PRIMAVERA,MSP,SAP,

holds D//L GSM:93011346

email dewani835@yahoo.co.in

Indian male Mechanical Engineer

exp 3 yrs driving license Oman.

Contact 92372406 Email meet.

harshadharoon@gmail.com

Indian Civil Diploma AutoCAD

Architectural 23 yrs, experience

Oman 2 yrs male, single.

Contact 96309295

Email shihabpspu@gmail.com

Indian male Diploma in Electron-

ics seeking an opportunity for

highly skilled Electronic technician

with 10 years experience. Contact

93269820 Resi: +914802734079 /

+919946888723, Email:

davis.dinosh3@gmail.com

Iraqi Civil Engineer 13 years Inter-

national experience in Construction

and contracts, Administration,

seeking for suitable job. #93938672

Email : ekab77@yahoo.com

BE (Electronics and Communica-

tions) Indian male, 23 years having

1 year experience in India, seek-

ing suitable placement. Contact

92080713 / 99577909

Civil Engineer Diploma 8 years

experience 3 years Oman, looking

for suitable post. Contact 95648309

/ 93477358 Email : mohammad-

toslim@gmail.com

BE Mech HVAC Engineer Indian

male with 2 years experience, seek-

ing suitable position. #97122895

Indian male 25 years, B.Tech in

Electronics & Communication

Engineering (Automation or Instru-

mentation Engineer) with 1+ year

India experience in Automation PLC,

SCADA, DCS, HMI AC & DC Drives,

Seeking suitable placement. Contact

92151143/ 92151143

09 Years Gulf experience in

Automobile, Looking for Service

Engineer or workshop Incharge. Age

34 yrs, working experience in Oman

& having valid Driving license.

Contact 93121310

Civil Quantity Surveryor, Diploma

in Civil Engineering, 2 years QS and

site experience in building projects,

looking for suitable post in Oman.

Contact: 91378212/92959092.

Email: mohamednishil@gmail.com

AutoCAD draftsman 4 yrs experi-

ence in darting & designing

urgently seeking suitable place-

ment NOC available.

Contact 95208203

Email: anvarkhan848@gmail.com

Architectural & Interior Draughts-

man. 4years Gulf Experienced.

Knows 3dsMax&Photoshop.

Ph:98310977

Interior Draughtsman 7 years ex-

perience in AutoCAD & CNC, Seeks

suitable placement.

Contact 94238546

Looking for job Driver, 20 years

experience. Contact 98109185

Driver urgently looking for job

having valid Oman driving license.

Contact - 96502026

Wanted Driving job.

Contact 96741993

Driver job. Contact 95387829 /

98537756

Light Driver looking for job, 30 yrs.

Experience 7 years KSA valid D/L

Oman 1.5 years education HSC.

Contact 93940319

Accountant & audit services.

Gsm 99761216

Indian male, 31 yrs, MBA Finance &

B. Com, having 4 yrs experience as

an Accountant in Muscat, Knowl-

edge up to fi nalization & Audit &

Omani D/L, seeking Sr Accountant/

Accountant position.Mob-91157952

ADMIN/HR

ADMIN/HR

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

ACCOUNT. & FINANCE

CATERING

Indian Male, B.Tech, 8 years Experi-

ence in Teaching & Admin, web

developing ,c,c++,java,HTML,DHTM

L,programming,looking for suitable

position 98290053, 97068258

Email: vasanth.blessy@gmail.com

ARCH/ INTERIOR

Civil 2d & 3d designer Indian male

4 yrs exp in (3d designing , auto

CAD drawing , photoshop , Ms of-

fi ce) fi nished architectural design &

model course & draughtsman civil

(1 yr exp in Oman) Urgently seeking

for suitable job. Mob: 97294321

Email: sreejithsvtm@gmail.com

Iraqi Architect 23 years, experi-

ence 7 years in Oman, seeking for

suitable replacement.

Contact 97608513

Accountant female Indian MBA

fi nance worked with reputed com-

pany in Oman, UAE & India.

Contact 97197683

Chartered Accountant from India,

Post Qualifi cation experience 21

years, working in Muscat since

July 2011, at a Senior position in

a group of SME’s, seeks suitable

change. Contact 94201290

Email chakjain37@yahoo.com

Indian male, 39 Senior Accounts

professional, having 16+ years exp

in accounts, fi nance, audit can join

immediate. Contact 94207919

Male, 23, completed B.Com, Diplo-

ma in Accounts & fi nance, urgently

looking for suitable placement in

a company in Accounts & fi nance

dept, marketing or human resource

depts. Contact 96990810

Pakistani male, 26 Qualifi cation

MBA(Finance) have Omani Driving

license, seeking for vacancy.

Contact 94005442

Email hkhan036@gmail.com

Male 27 yrs, MBA ( Finance),

seeks placement fresher.

Contact 95130366

Email dolphy1963@hotmail.com

Indian female, having 4 yrs of ex-

perience in Accounts Customer Care

& Administration, seeks suitable

placement. Contact 92801607

Chartered Accountant Indian male

with 5 years of post qualifi cation

experience (4 in Oman) seeks suit-

able placement. Contact 93791700

Indian male 25 years B.Com /MBA

fi nance having 2 years accounts

experience with knowledge of tally

seeks suitable placement.

Contact 98250349

Part time accountant with 13 yrs of

experience in accounts, fi nance &

audit management. # 95380650

Indian male, 31, Accountant 5 years

exp in Oman (total 10), seeking suit-

able placement. Contact 99021031

29 yrs Indian male, Double post-

graduate in fi nance with 8+yrs

of experience in Oman and valid

Driving License seeking suitable

opportunities in Accounts, Finance

and Audit. Contact :98693256

Document controller, Indian male,

2 yrs experience in Saudi Arabia

also experienced in Networking

and MS Offi ce seeks for suitable

position, currently on visiting visa.

Contact 97187998

Email: nigilali@gmail.com

Indian male B.Com having 10 years

Oman experience Accounting fi eld,

looking for new job, having release,

independent handing accounts.

Contact 92258853

MBA Finance 4 years Audit & Ac-

counts experience, seeks place-

ment. Contact 91073728,

Email prth4111@gmail.com

Indian male, 27 yrs, B.Com Gradu-

ate having 5 years of Gulf experi-

ence in the fi eld of accounts up to

fi nalization seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact 97013048

Indian female, Accountant B.Com

3+ years experience 1 year and

6 months in Oman computers

Diploma in Tally and Busy.

Contact 96498424

Indian Male 23 years Qualifi cation

in NCVT Mechanical Course and

Professional Diploma in fi nance Ac-

counting requires a suitable place-

ment any fi eld. Contact 91031950

Email sinojmukundan@gmail.com

Accountant, 10 years experience,

M.Com, knowing Tally MS Offi ce

working in MNC. Contact 99464925

Indian male, Chartered Account-

ant & Cost Accountant; 24 years of

experience (10 Years in UAE). Has

worked as Financial Controller and

Accounts Manager. E mail is

raza_shuab@hotmail.com,

Please Contact +968 99857838 or

+971 50 8686746.

Experienced Indian Muslim In-ternational Chef (cook), looking for

part time job. Contact 92701548

Accountant, Indian, M. Com

with software knowledge, 7 years

experience, looking for an opening.

Contact: 95061310

Indian male 28 yrs CA, Intermediate

8 yrs experience in Accounts & Audit,

seeking suitable placement.

Contact 93455387

Capital Market Professional, 13+

yrs experience Finance trading,

Operations, portfolio Management,

Achieved target on revenue

generation, Investment Goals.

Contact 91136521

Indian Accountant with more than

32 years experience in Construction

(can handle both Financial & Cost

Accounting) seeks suitable place-

ment. Contact.98962945

Indian male, 23 yrs B. Com Graduate

having 2 years experience in Ac-

count and logistics (export & import)

knowledge in Tally 9, SAP, FICO M.S

Offi ce seeking suitable placement.

Contact 95426454

Accountant Indian female 10 year’s

experience 6 years in Oman seeking

suitable placement. # 97123002

email: premar@live.com

Accountant Indian male 35 yrs

B.Com Graduate with 10 yrs experi-

ence tally ERP9, MS offi ce seeking

suitable position.

Contact 96073232

Indian male 28 Chartered Account-

ant currently on a job visa, looking

for suitable placement in fi nance &

Audit fi eld. Contact 96357827

Email ubaiskeeran@gmail.com

Accountant Indian female B.Com

PGDCA 8 Years exp in Oman.

Contact 99058722 / 98896522

Indian male, Accountant - Tally MS

Offi ce presently working in Muscat,

driving license, seeks placement.

Contact 95791905

Manager Accounts & HR MBA

fi nance PGDHRM 10 yrs experience

in India 14 yrs experience in Muscat

Presently working in Construction/

Earth works co. in Muscat available

to join immediately. #91103856

Email: newjobs13@yahoo.com

Accountant looking for part time job

up to fi nalization (Qurum to

AL Khoudh area) after 4:30.

Contact 92917574

Senior Accountant (Indian Male

29- B. Com) with 7 Years Oman

Experience & D/L, Can handle Up to

fi nalization. Contact 99665529

Finance Manager, 16 + years gulf

exp. in accounts, MIS, budgets, stra-

tegic planning, cost control, working

capital management, commercial

manager seeks suitable job

pls call : 95379211

E mail :- vijay.564@hotmail.com

Indian female MBA Finance B.Com

CA Articles 4 years experience in

Accounts, Auditing, Tally (ERP 9),

looking for suitable vacancies.

Contact 93023103,

Email shamlashajuji@gmail.com

MBA Banking & fi nance, 2 years of

Accounting experience with Oman

driving license (Packages Tally,

Peachtree), ready to join. Email:

mushtaqhussain230@gmail.com

Contact 97334578

Accountant , Indian male B.com

+7 years experience in Accounts,

seeking suitable placement.

Mob:93903458 , 93417249.

Email:akkandyrijesh@gmail.com.

ACCA Graduation (U.K) 5 years

experience, 1 year Oman experience,

tally ERP-9 & MS Offi ce looking for

suitable placement.

Contact 95174220

Over 14 years of experience in

admin/ HR/ Offi ce Manager fl uent

in Arabic & English languages valid

driving license. Contact 95824598

Electronics & Communication

Engineer. MBA (HR & Marketing)

with experience, female, seeks job.

Contact 96963961

Indian male, 31 yrs, Commerce

Graduate (B.Com) with 9.5 yrs of

varied experience in Administra-

tion, operations, client relationship

& team management seeking suit-

able placement.

Contact 97268311,

loyedfernandes@gmail.com

31, Indian male, MBA having

8 years experience in logistics,

Sales & Admin, Presently working

in Oman with valid GCC Driving

license. Contact 93051506

Email fortune2210@gmail.com

Logistics/ Commercial Executive

6 yrs experience in trading & ship-

ping/ logistics companies, looking

for suitable position.

Contact 95687253

Indian male, 28 yrs, 5 yrs working

experience in Oman as Admin /

personal dept offi cer with valid

Omani driving license, seeking

suitable in similar fi eld or in any

applicable jobs. Contact 91309317

Indian male 34, PGDBA in Opns

management with 14+yrs experi-

ence in offi ce administration, sales,

EA, to top management, with Oman

D/L seeks immediate placement.

Contact 92769725

Indian female B.Com, 6 yrs experi-

ence (3 yrs Gulf) experience as

Offi ce Assistant, Arabic speaking.

Contact 94376201

Accounts Manager, MBA Finance

& PG Diploma in HR, total 24 yrs

experience, working in Oman since

14 yrs now working in Oman for-

construction co. in Muscat, can join

immediately.

Contact 91387354,

accounts242013@yahoo.com

Indian male Accountant 10 yrs exp

in Oman with Driving license, seeks

placement. Contact 91169487

ACCA fi nalist male 24 years

looking for suitable position in

accounts, fi nance, audit, currently

available in Muscat.

Contact 93864423

Chief Accountant well experi-

enced with reputed Group, seeks

placement. Contact 95598477 /

98803439

Indian male Accountant,B.Com with

6 yrs experience in Oman, seeks

suitable placement.

Contact 91057862.

e_mail umct777@ gmail.com

Indian male B Com looking for suit-

able placement in Accounts.

Contact 92576275

Seeking job with 2 years account-

ing experience in India, now in

Oman on visit visa.

Contact 97294281

Indian male 30 years Accountant,

5 years experience in Oman (Total

10) Tally ERP9, seeking suitable

placement. Contact 99021031

Part time Accountant available.

Contact 99013963

Indian male 21, B.Com Graduate,

knowledge in Accounts ( packages:

Tally, Peachtree) seeking for a suit-

able post. Tel : +968-94123495,

E-mail : zameelpv@gmail.com

Accounts part time / full time work,

fi nalization works.

Contact 96247295

Indian male 13 years working in

Oman as Senior Accountant with

MBA in Finance seeking for suitable

placement. Contact 95319707

Male Accountant single MBA IC-

MPA (fi nalist) 6.5 years experience

in fi nance accounting payroll audit,

administration FRP,SAP,TALLY,

seeking for good opportunity E-

mail: faisalsaeedbana@hotmail.com

Faisal Saeed : 97268088

Senior Accountant with 18 years

experience in Oman having

knowledge up to fi nalization with

driving license. Contact 93769860

/ 99609864

BEAUTY & HEALTH

Indian female Fitness Trainer look-

ing for job. Contact 95978449

Email : godwithbless@yahoo.com

Indian male, 24 yrs MBA, 2 yrs

exp seeks a suitable position in

Administration. Contact 97138676

Qualifi ed female HR professional

with MBA(HR),BE,PGDBM 5 years

work experience seeking suitable

role in HR profi le. valid oman D/L

contact 94129462

Offi ce ADMN /HR, MBA, BBA,

CHRP, female, on visa, seeks place-

ment . PH : 98818258

Corolla 2013 with driver.

Contact 96772324

Offi ce driver with car.

Contact 95615642

Light Driver. Contact 98077981 /

98946925

4 yrs Experienced Indian Driver

(Exp..in sales fi eld ) looking for job

as driver. 93079087

Indian male M.Com CA Inter 1st

group passed Accountant 3 years

in Oman 12 years India, tally knowl-

edge. Contact 98334532

Indian male having BE Chemical

Engg with 1year experience look-

ing for suitable position. Contact

98466650

B. Sc Civil Engineer Pakistani total

6 yrs exp 2 & have yrs exp in Oman

valid Omani D/L.

Contact : 97166543

Email: engr.mazik@yahoo.com

C6 S AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 3

DAILY GUIDE Tel. 24726666 Ext: 413 / 430 431 / 456 / 461Fax: 24812624

Email: dailyguide@timesofoman.com

SITUATION WANTEDSITUATION WANTED

INFORMATION TECH

MEDICAL

SALES / MARKETING

SALES / MARKETING

Indian female Keralite B.Sc Nurs-

ing with MOH license, 3 years

experience. Contact 99658395

presently in Oman.

Nursing caregiver, qualifi ed &

experienced Nurse & Assist Nurse

seeks good placement at home /

clinic. Contact 92989109 email:

medicoport@gmail.com

Obs/Gynae Medical Offi cer, MOH

licence,8 years experience in gulf

countries,searching suitable job in

Muscat. Contact 96260671

Male Nurse 8 years experience

MOH license Oman BLS ACLS

certifi cate, Currently in Muscat.

Contact 97141787

Email sreejithks2006@yahoo.co.in

Indian female Nursing professional

M.O.H License 8 years experience.

Contact 93441998/ 95886421

Email

sheena.thomas14@yahoo.com

Junior Psychologist with MBA

having 2 years experience in

Behavioral & Counseling activities.

Contact 96145006

Indian female Dentist age 29 yrs,

exp 4 years, looking for suitable

opening. Contact 93386632

Male Nurse with MOH license

valid GCC driving license.

Contact 93217438 / 91226236

MANAGER/ SUPER

MANAGER/ SUPER

20 years experiences in Oman,

male Indian Civil Engineer, exper-

tise in construction of commercial/

residential Buildings/Telecom

infrastructure with leading local

and global telecommunication

companies, having excellent track

record, able to manage Civil& Elec-

tro Mechanical/Telecom division,

manage resource and manage Pro-

jects, having valid Omani D/L, seek-

ing suitable position with reputed

organization. Contact: 92005211

Indian female with 17 years Gulf

experience as Executive Secretary

/offi ce Manager looking for suitable

position. Contact 98587275

Purchase / procurement offi cer,

gulf exp, having Oman driving

license PH : 93243846

Indian male 27 years 7 years

experience Electrical & Plumbing

Supervisor in Oman valid Oman

driving license. Contact 99165218

Email: alvinoth1985@gmail.com

Sri Lankan female 25 yrs looking

for suitable employment in cus-

tomer service, secretarial, admin,

and event management 5 years

experience in customer service and

administration for banking sector.

Contact 94262290

Email: samurdhi077@yahoo.com

Sr Manager Sales and Marketing

seeking suitable opening in Muscat

with offi ce Automation, IT, Home

Appliance, Telecom Companies,

has driving license Muscat, Dubai,

East Africa. Contact 98137062

SECRETARIAL/OFFICE

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

IT PROJECTS

Indian male, 30 yrs, M.B.A 6 yrs ex-

perience in Indian in sales and cus-

tomer service excellent in M.S. offi ce

and communication skills in Oman

on visit visa. Contact 91380575

Indian male B.Tech MBA,4 years

experience in sales & marketing on

visit visa seeking suitable place-

ment Ph 96010724,

neonitinm@gmail.com

10 years experience on Sales with

driving license needs placement.

Contact 95266485

Sales Exe with diploma / ITI in

electrical / net working/ fi re Safety

Engineering with D/L.

Fax: 24787258

Email: orisonmct@gmail.com

27 Years MBA having experience

in Purchase warehousing and logis-

tics, seeking suitable position, Im-

mediate joining. Contact 96129754

Business development /KEY ac-

count sales 6 yrs experience in

sales in GCC, & PAK, 29 yrs male

BBA (HONS) Pakistani on visit visa.

Contact +968 95342550

Indian male having 17 yrs Gulf

experience in Sales and Marketing

of various type of building materi-

als tools machinery etc, currently

heading Oman Branch, having valid

driving license of Oman, looking for

suitable placement. # 93690410

Indian male, MBA, 6 yrs exp in

Sales, Marketing, Market research

& operations, looking for opportuni-

ties. Contact 98823315

Indian male, (MBA Marketing)

having Omani driving license and

experience, seeking suitable job.

Contact 92023666

15 years of Oman exposure. Smart

Indian Male with MBA. Experienced

in Oilfi eld Products (Upstream)

& Security systems as Sales &

Marketing Manager, seeks suitable

placement in a senior position.

Contact 99639375

Indian male 24 yrs MBA special-

ized in marketing, 2 yrs exp seeks a

suitable position. Contact 97138676

Outdoor Salesman with 3 years

experience in the fi eld of Kitchen

equipment and Branded wrist

watches with valid Oman D/L,

Contact 91117948

Email arjunjob@yahoo.com

Indian Expat B.Com MBA( Finance)

with 5.5 years in GCC having valid

Oman driving license, seeking

opening in Marketing/ Sales / Cus-

tomer services. Contact 97881402

10 years experience in sales with

D/L seeks placement. #95266485

Indian, 4 years experience in

purchase & marketing D/L, 3 years

Dubai looking for immediate suit-

able placement. Contact 96325262

Indian male, 31 yrs, experience

10 years in Marketing Sales with

Oman license, speaking English,

Arabic, Hindi. Contact 94071996

Indian Expat B Com MBA (Finance)

with 5.5 years in GCC having valid

Oman Driving license, Seeking

opening in Marketing/ Sales/ Cus-

tomer services. Contact 97881402

Indian (MBA) working in Oman

for 12 years with reputed fi rm as

Branch Manager handling 2 depots,

looking for suitable position in

Sales. Contact 99066046

Indian male, 25 years, B.Tech +

MBA having Driving license with 2

years Oman experience in Sales &

Marketing. Contact 95943787

Senior Sales Engineer BE, MBA 6+

Years experience with valid Oman

driving license, seeking suitable

post. Contact 91256806

Email rexi4u@gmail.com

Indian male 25/ Sales/ Merchan-

diser looking suitable post on visit

visa. Contact 92942702/ 97366955

Indian male 27 years old, Masters

in Computer Applications with 4+

years experience, Key skills: Oracle

Pl/sql and .net Seeking Suitable

placement.# +919538345624

sujithchennat@gmail.com

Indian 4 years experienced SAP

ABAP & BI Consultant seeking suit-

able job. Contact # 94363446

Indian male 30 yrs, 7 years ex-

perience in Oman driving license

experience in FMCG Media & Ad-

vertising web applications product

& support MSC Graduate looks suit-

able job in IT Support Marketing.

Contact 95679586

Indian male, 27, B.Tech (IT) and

MBA with SAP-ABAP, 2 years ex-

perience as Network Engineer and

1 year experience in managerial

position, looking for good opportu-

nities. Contact 91165408 or

b2joseph@gmail.com

System Engineer with 6 yrs of exp

as desktop/ IT Support Engineer

currently in Muscat on visit visa,

seeks suitable placement. Contact

92933523 / 91378150 Email :

manumonm@hotmail.com

IT Support Engineer Indian male,

27 yrs currently in Muscat on visit

visa 6 yrs of exp as IT Support

Engineer, seeking suitable place-

ment.# 92933523 / 91378150 ,

Email : manojp14@gmail.com

Indian, 22 yrs, Diploma in Hard-

ware and Networking 2 years

Hardware experiences., looking

for Hardware and Networking job.

Contact 94413006,

Email abanaahil13@gmail.com

IT Engineer Indian with 5 years

Experience in support Engineer, IT

Tech Support, Quality Analyst, IT

Help desk, Customer Service and

Sales, Worked in Dell International

and in New Horizon Doha,

seeking suitable position.

Contact: 97320161,

mohdazeezuddin24@gmail.com

Indian male MBA with IT Enter-

prise level and System Networking

exp 2 years Maldives exp in Sys-

tem Engineer, looking for immedi-

ate placement. Contact 94480837

Email pems4499@gmail.com

Female 23 Indian Graduate in

Computer application and Diploma

in Java technology, seeking for a

suitable placement in IT sector

currently on visit visa. Contact

99809810 / 92105790

Indian male, MCA, MBA-HR, B.Com

with 9.5 yrs. Exp. looking for a suit-

able opportunity as IT Project Head

& SAP HR Consultant (Multi tasking)

presently come on visit visa in

Oman, Contact GSM : +968 92801761

E-mail : rishhi@msn.com

9 yrs Exp IT Desktop/ Network

support Filipino Male B.S. Comp Eng

CCNA W/ 5 yrs exp in Qatar visit visa

in Oman. Contact 91319643

Email hikaph2002@yahoo.com

Graduate, Indian Female with 28 yrs.

experience in HR/Admin/Purchase in

Oman holding D/L seeks placement

as Sr.Procurement/ PurchaseOffi cer

for Chemicals in Oil & Gas Industry.

Contact : 92591289,

Email : stis.oman@gmail.com

Omani with experience in Health

and Safety, Arabic and English

speaking. Contact 91141097

TOURS & TRAVEL

Egyptian female 25 yrs B.E fi ne

of arts, 2 yrs experience in photo

shop, Illustrator, with v/visa look-

ing for suitable position in design,

secretarial, admin, HR, procurement.

Contact 97078314

Email: melaart_88@gmail.com

ENGG. / TECHNICAL

Diploma Civil Engineering - 5 yrs

experience in contracting & consult-

ing fi eld with Autocad (D/L).

Contact: 98434603

Automobile Engineer, 3 yrs Au-

tomobile Diploma, 26 yrs, with 3

years work experience in India need

suitable placement in Oman. Contact

+919744457736, 96910545

BSC Civil Engineer 4.5yr Experi-

ence & 8 months experience in

Oman seeking suitable placement.

Contact 98052924

imdadulsagar@gmail.com

Indian male, 27 years, bachelors in

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

with 3 years experience in Oman

holding valid driving seeks suitable

placement. Contact 92156674

BE Mechanical, Indian male, 28

years currently on visit visa, having

6 years experience in piping PRE-

fabrication, erection, testing and

Re-instatement for oil and gas, petro-

chemical projects seeking suitable

placement. # 96429096 / 98694369

BE Civil Project Engineer 6 years

experience with valid Omani driving

license, seeking suitable placement.

Contact 95962450

Email solanki.ahmed@gmail.com

BE Electrical Engineer having 2

years experience with valid Omani

driving license, looking for suitable

position. Contact 97434767

Indian male B.E (E&C) 1years expe-

rience in sales, seeking suitable job.

Contact 91125082

Email: althafms.ms1@gmail.com

BE Electrical Engineer, 11 Year Exp

in Project Management with D/L,

seeking Placement Ph: 93905445

jrajplace@gmail.com

B. Sc in Civil Engineer with Oman

experience urgently

seeking suitable placement.

Contact +968 93523630 /

+88 01728 199656, Email

engg_shahalamce@yahoo.com

Civil Engineer, has 7 years experi-

ence (5.5 years in Iraq and 1.5 years

in Oman), a resident of Oman, has an

Omani driving License.

Email ahm_k_m@yahoo.com /

Contact 96545891

Indian female MCA (SQL Server

2008 Oracle 8i Database having

experience in ASP.Net technologies,

Accounts and knowledge in Qual-

ity control on visit, seeks suitable

placement. Contact 98132215

Email raofpakkuvetty@gmail.com

Sri Lankan Quantity surveyor (male) with 7 years experience

(including Gulf), looking for a suit-

able placement in Oman, available

in Oman for personal interviews and

discussions.# 91308391/ 96953676

Email msa.ifham@yahoo.com

Indian male 39 yrs, B.Tech (Mech)

16 yrs of experience in automobile

industries in several positions past

6 yrs worked with a reputed auto-

mobile fi rm in Muscat with valid

D/L, seeking a suitable placement

available immediate.

Contact 95574381

Indian female B.Tech Civil Engg,

3 years experience (6 months in

Oman) in QS, estimation, cost con-

trol and planning, seeks suitable job.

Contact 92047375

Email: vinujosephcm@gmail.com

Planning Engineer having M Tech

in Construction Management with

2 years experience. Currently

employed for a reputed company

construction company in Oman.

Profi cient in Primavera P3 and P6.

Mob; 98278801 / 99461643

e-mail id; asifkutiady@gmail.com

Electronics & Mechatronics, skilled

Engineer M.Tech (Nanotech) M.Sc

(Electronics) B.Sc (Electronics)

Indian male 35, with 9 years experi-

ence, seeks suitable placement in

production, R&D product develop-

ment, automation business manage-

ment and coordination.

Contact 92009640 / 97199457

Email: manojgilbert@gmail.com

IT professional Indian Male ME

in CSE, 12 years IT experience

(6 months in Oman, 3 years in

Dubai, Emirates Airlines/Project

management, Software devel-

opment in Dot Net, Training ,

Technical & Customer Support,

Marketing) looking for suitable

post, for immediate placement.

Contact 96437794,

email: ephin0204@gmail.com

Rigar Foreman, 6 yrs exp. looking

for job. Contact 95628657 /

0091 9430161950

Indian male, 28 yrs, B.Com with

over 8 years experience (4 years

in Oman) in accounting up to

fi nalization, experience in Tally

Erp9, fox pro, smart pos and expert

in MS Offi ce, D/L seeking suitable

placement. GSM : 93069890 Email

: ammuknpy007@gmail.com,

Female-26,BA qualifi ed,6 years

experience, can work from home,

looking for suitable job.

Contact -93060952 or

email-devi.t2009@gmail.com

Fisheries Graduate Indian male

28 years with certifi cate in

F.S.M.S and 4 years experience

in food processing Industry

seeks suitable openings. Contact

92123983 Email: vikasvelayud-

han@yahoo.com

Indian female 25 years, MSC

MICRO Biology, Looking for

placement in food or medicine

industry or laboratory experi-

ence one year in dairy farm.

Contact 92255983

Ind Ex Army 42, 5 yrs exp Ware-

house / Store, seeking suitable post

Omani Driving License, 01 month

visit visa. Contact 94050311

Fisheries Graduate Indian male

28 years with certifi cate in F.S.M.S

and 4 years experience in good

processing Industry seeks suitable

openings. Contact 92123983 Email:

vikasvelayudhan@yahoo.com

Indian 45 yrs, JCB Showell

operator 20 years exp, seeking for

suitable placement presently in

Oman. Contact 99633418 India

00914792359168

Indian male 20 yrs Gulf experi-

ence presently heading Oman

Branch, seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact 93690410

Indian male having 4 years experi-

ence in Sales & Marketing excellent

knowledge of Oman Market cur-

rently in Banking Industry, Looking

for Managerial position.

Contact 99657804

Indian male 22 years, Bachelor of

Mass Media BMM (in Adverting)

(on visit visa), seeking suitable

placements in any Advertising/

Marketing/ Media fi rm or in any

Organization for suitable post or

Sales Executive.

Contact 92564934 / 99333752

Email tehseen_khan34@yahoo.com

sg_khan786@yahoo.com

A Young Pakistani Male having

experience in Sales.

Contact 96782120

Indian male 25 years MBA

(Finance & Marketing) 2.5 years

experience in Marketing, looking

for suitable placement.

Contact 93473886

Email: shyjunavab@gmail.com

27 years Indian male 8 years’

Indian market experience in the

fi eld of Event Management, Sales

& Customer Service, looking for a

challenging opportunity in Muscat

in relevant fi eld.

Contact # 96167803

Experienced shop cashier + sales-

man looking for job with visa.

Contact 92495952

Young dynamic MBA Marketing

Graduate, seeking suitable post.

Contact 98744427 / 96909495

Indian male 28 years old with 8

years Oman experience, looking

for suitable retail jobs.

Contact : 96650828

Email : shaqkiller007@gmail.com

B.Com Graduate Indian male age

22 yrs, good communication skills

is looking for suitable placement

in the fi elds of store marketing

sales and admin. Contact 91092213

Email: azharmct@yahoo.com

Indian, male, B.Sc having 16 years

experience in marketing with valid

Oman driving license seeks suit-

able placement. Contact 92722408

27 Indian male MBA Marketing

fi nance with 4+ years experience

in Marketing, Admin, operations,

looking for suitable vacancies hold-

ing Oman D/L. Contact 93580289

Email: nshajudheen@gmail.com

Young Male Graduate BA Hons

(Marketing)- United Kingdom

with 2 years experience & driving

licence seeks suitable placement in

Business development/Brand

management/Logistics.

Call – 96402727

Indian male IT Based having over

12 years of experience in Sales, 1

year in Oman, holding Oman D/L,

looking for sales / Admin job.

Contact 96543983

Sales & marketing professional

total 18 yrs experience [14 yrs in

Oman] with D/L, seeking suitable

position. Contact 92387636 /

99897033

Highly exp & educated Indian male

with 15 yrs sales exp in Oman cur-

rently employed in Sohar & looking

after UAE market is looking for a

good break.

Contact: 95521437

Indian male BBM, 5 Years exp in

Sales & Marketing on visit visa im-

mediate joining. Contac 93080380

Email vijay.05reva@gmail.com

Indian male 6 years experience in

Marketing and Sales, Waiting for

Opportunities, having D/L.

Contact 93387195

Male, 32 yrs, 10 years experi-

ence sales, events, administration,

graphic designing seeking suitable

job. Contact 93850612

MBA (Marketing and HR) & B.Tech (Electronics and Biomedical Engi-

neering) with 1.5 years experience

in marketing and media fi eld.

Contact 96175799

Email: aadil.azis@gmail.com

Male Pharmacist 8 years experi-

ence in retail and marketing, re-

lease available. Contact 98645609

B.Sc Indian male 5.5 yrs exp

Airline / Travels, Diploma in

Travels. Contact 97099386

Indian Civil Quantity Surveyor –Total Exp(15yrs) GCC(4yrs)-

Diploma, D/L, Looking placement:

contact :khan.civilqs@gmail.com,

96608610

Manager Operation/ GM, 23 years

experience in Interior decoration,

designing in Joinery, painting POP,

MEP, Aluminum fabrication all

associated works related to interior

decoration, seeking suitable place-

ment. Contact 97608867 Email :

fi netouch100@yahoo.com

Excellent English, Communi-

cation, Masters in Journalism,

Finance, Oman experience, seeks

Corporate Communication/ Admin-

istration/ Credit roles. # 98179887

GOOD NEWS

Sponsor ship with legal and shop

for rent or sale. Contact 99342763

Party special decorative ban-

ners of any size (on foam sheet)

for birthday – marriage& festivals

(available only by advance book-

ing) Haridas Nensey Supermarket

–Ruwi.Contact 24750784

Festival special we accept orders

for roses – marigold – lotus - jas-

mine mix colour fl owers & Gar-

lands made from Marigold fl owers

(available only by advance book-

ing) Haridas Nensey Supermarket

- Ruwi. Contact 24750784

Ayurvedic treatment for joint pain,

backache, paralysis, massage,

steam bath, obesity, spondylitis etc.

Ideal Care Ayurvedic clinic, Azaiba.

Contact 99639695

Ayurvedic treatment for backache

paralysis arthritis etc. & massage

All Season (Vaidyaratnam).

Contact 24475280 / 95371664 /

92504980

FREE INFORMATION ABOUT ISLAM. If you would like to

know more about Islam,

please call: 99425598, 96050000,

99353988, 99253818, 99341395,

and 99379133. For ladies:

99415818, 99321360, 99730723

Orvisit: www.islamfact.com

Festival special fresh fl ow-

ers- decorative deepaks - mitti

pots (Garbas) – wooden & metal

dandiya sticks - All pooja items-

Idols- decoration Items& many

more, available. Haridas Nensey

Supermarket-Ruwi.

Contact 24750784

Genuine Ayurvedic treatments

&massage, ayuredic clinic AL

Khuwair. Contact 24478618/

97263637/ 97109295

MATRIMONIAL

Kerala Cheramar Christian girl, 30,

working in Oman us Nurse, proposal

invited for suitable alliance.

Contact 91312275

Email devasiachandi12@gmail.com

Nair boy 28 Makeeram from Palak-

kad B.Tech working as IT Engineer

in Muscat seeks suitable alliance.

Contact sudhask79@gmail.com

28 years Keralite boy, working in a

reputed medical company in Oman

looking for a suitable alliance

E mail : 923sas@gmail.com

Contact 93469632

27 Years, 160 cm height Knanaya

Catholic Keralite Girl, B.Sc Nurse

working in a reputed hospital in

Oman going on leave in Decem-

ber), seeking suitable alliance from

Knanaya Catholic boys. Contact

24701448 / 95641202

Hindu Ezhava Fair Girl. 30/163,

BSC Nurse working in Oman,

seeks suitable alliance.

Contact 99079774

MANPOWER

Wanted following manpower on

monthly basis Masson: 4 nos /

skilled labors: 8 nos (for digging,

laying and pulling and pulling

of underground cables) Contact

99236652 / 99215276

We can provide (supply) for 6

months or 1 year cleaners, of-

fi ce boys and helpers. Contact :

94151939/ 95788339

Email: alkindi07@yahoo.com

We Supply Mason, Carpenter,

Steel fi xer, Electrician, Plumber,

Driver, Labours, Enggs, operators etc,

All Categories.

Contact 94034550/ 95059766

Email rubinaokp@gmail.com

DAILY GUIDES AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 3 C7

ADVERTISE NOW! 24726666

EXT: 461 / 413 /430 / 431 / 456

TOURS

TOURS

Dolphin Watch, Dhow Cruise with

Buffet, & Land Tours Al Ainain

Marine Tours-Contact 98029602,

92808636

We arrange Tours to Jabel

Alakhdar / Shames wahiba Sands.

Contact 99839898

RENT A CAR

FOR HIRE

FOR HIRE

Cranes and excavators available on

hire. Contact 99209427

Crane Trailor Hiab. # 99354909

Party & Wedding equipment rent-

als. Full line, from Tables, Linen

& Skirting, Chairs & Chair covers,

Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Chaf-

ing 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

BUSINESS

Persons interested in starting any

new business please contact me

after 6 pm, Indian executive with

16 yrs exp in Oman & UAE markets

is looking for an investor & sponsor.

Contact: 95521437

Restaurant + coff ee shop with

seating capacity of 50 people and po-

tential to make 90 (with mezzanine

in running condition doing excellent

business in a prime

business location at Wattayah is

available for purchase / investment.

Interested parties may please call on

97414513 or 96344753

Well established Investor Company

in Oman, registered with tender board

as Grade 1 company and achieved

electrical contractors license DCRP

Grade “C” (11KV) wish to off er legal

partnership to those who can invest

for business development. Prefer-

ence will be given to real estate

investors in Oman, GCC countries

& India. Contact 00968 99760596

(Arabic & English) or

Email: npgpartner@gmail.com

CANADIAN company. for

immigration & manpower is looking

for a partner in Oman with license

!For contact evro21@gmail.com

0097333054453

A well running Civil contracting

company LLC doing ministry work,

looking for new sponsor and inves-

tor or partner. Contact 96726115

Looking for Omani partnerfor business development services.

Contact 93194825

Email: edumass4@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTEDCARGO

25/ 50 seater Buses for rent/ leas-

ing with drivers in PDO Specifi ca-

tion. Contact 99839898

For Rent Truck Tipper 18 m.

Contact 95120774

DAILY GUIDE

FOR LADIES

Indian ladies tailoring salwar

khamees, saree, blouse stitching.

Contact – 93694035

Latest collection of Indian and

Pakistani Casual & Party wear Shal-

war Kamees, exhibition for ladies

only on display from 10th OCT.

Between 10 am to 9 pm.

Contact 24491709

Special package for RO. 15/-

(Threading, facial, waxing, pedicure,

manicure, hot oil treatment) .

Contact 99722031

C8 S AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 3

DAILY GUIDE

SERVICES

MARBLE CRYSTALLIZATION restore the original shine of

your marble. Contact 24793614/

99314807

Split & Window AC Servicing &

repairing. Contact 99557080

Split & Window A.C Servicing &

repairing. Contact 99380307

GUARANTEED CLEANING: Carpet

& sofa shampooing,

Contact 99314807/24792998

Subcontractor solutions.

Contact 97163496

A/ C maintenance, servicing &

installation. Split A/C Servicing RO

10.000 Only. Contact 94217681 /

99210141

Marble polishing & crystalliza-

tion building cleaning fl oor, fl oor

polishing, carpet, sofa shampooing,

pest control, anti termite,

shifting, maintenance.

Contact 99504275

GULF INTERNATIONAL LLC

all kind of pest control. Contact

92326955

Door to Door Computers repair

specialist laptop software Website

cartridges.Contact 99199376

SPLIT / WINDOW A/C servicing

5/10 RO. Contact 95084850

Split & Window A.C Servicing &

repairing. Contact 93769089

House shifting, packing and

Transportation. Contact 99657644 /

98518013

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

Electrical Plumbing Painting

Contract and Maintenance.

Contact #98456535

Water proofi ng ABUQABAS-

Contact 99320217/24788722

Carpet, sofa- cleaning, glue remov-

ing, shampooing, house cleaning,

polishing & painting etc.

Contact – 99542979 / 98855815

Pest control water proof.

Contact 99067923

Marble Restoration, Mosaic tiles

polishing, carpet shampooing,

maintenance. Contact ABU QABAS-

99320217 /24788722

Catering and Other support Ser-

vices anywhere in Oman for Compa-

nies. Staff / Labour Accomodation.

available in Sohar, Barka and Nizwa.

Telephone No.94104987, 97884967,

95740387,

E-Mail : catering@gstoman.com

Painting Interlock plumbing main-

tenance. Contact 92142319

Carpet Shampoo, marble & tile

polishing, pest control & anti-termite

treatment, general cleaning painting,

Plumbing, Electrical, shifting. Contact

Mundhir Al-Rizaiqi trading. L.L.C. #

24810137, 99450130

Electrical Works, Maintenance,

Building Gas Pipelines, Fire Alarm

& Security systems. Contact Amjad

Majees Trading & Contracting:

99467936

For all your maintenance needs

including, Painting, Plumbing,

Electricity, Laying of interlock tiles,

marbles etc. Tel: 99383574

Mr Chandran

A/C service RO7/- , repairing &

installation, painting, building all

maintenance. Contact 95563858 /

99326786

SERVICES

WEBSITE

WEB, ERP and Business Intelligence (BI) creation and

management at rock bottom price. Contact: http//webviewoman

Computer Service at your doorstep.

Laptops desktops, and other hard-

ware. Contact 93838100.

Active Corner Computer special-

ist in repairing: Laptops, Printers,

Tablets & Smart Phones, Al Ghubra

North. Contact 92866876

CLASSES

CLASSES

Learn Arabic in two months, spoken

Arabic class for non Arabic speak-

ers by Gulf experience post Gradu-

ate Teacher in Ruwi. Free introduc-

tory class. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Contact 95244310

COMPUTER

Split /window A/C SERVICING

5/10R.O. Contact 95084850

Wallpaper, Furniture, Carpet fi xing,

furniture upholstery, painting,

shifting. Contact 99834373 /

96642500

A/C, Fridge & Washing Machine

servicing & Repairing. Painting

, Plumbing, Electrical & Carpen-

try Works. Contact 97014234/

24504281 / 99447257

Carpet, sofa- cleaning, glue remov-

ing, shampooing, house cleaning,

polishing & painting etc.

Contact – 99542979 / 98855815

Marble polishing & crystalliza-

tion building cleaning fl oor, fl oor

polishing, carpet, sofa shampooing

pest control, anti termite, shifting,

maintenance. Contact

99504275

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation. Contact 99509283

Transportation. Contact 99664703

Transportation only. Contact

99751397

Transportation. Contact 99077348

Transportation. Contact 98178135

Graduate driver with car.

Contact 98267157

Transportation. Contact 95199733

LOST

Mawarni Bt Yabosana Leko has lost

Indonesian Passport No. AK 250379.

Finder please handover to ROP

Transportation. Contact 99508282

Transportation. Contact

99664703

Transportation available.}

Contact 95068976

Transportation. Contact 93405941

Transportation. Contact 98546606

For transport. Contact 92548219

Transportation Contact 95570429

Learn Drawing & painting for

children. (MBD area Ruwi)}

Contact 95308320