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[Girls] Never Give Away Your Pictures to Anyone

PakBee — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:41:00 +0000

Never Ever Give Away Your Pictures / Videos [Especially if You are a Girl]

Most of us already know the seriousness of a situation when our private pictures or videos land in fraudulent hands. Still, we make mistakes – and are often embarked with this condition when suicide becomes the last option to save ourselves.

Night packages (the root cause of above mentioned problem) have bought our nation on the verge of social destruction. Every other mobile phone subscriber has a list of friends (of opposite gender) with whom they spend nights, every night in fact. Soon it becomes a habit and then a mental dis-order, depression, irritation, increases annoyance and what not.

Let’s forget the mental and physical health for time being and talk about even greater problem.

Lately, thanks to significant increase of Camera Phones, and almost zero MMS charges (with SMS/MMS Packages), the number of such incidents have increased where pictures and videos (at times with objectionable orientation) are shared with partners over internet and MMS.

Based on few incidents I recently came across, here are few recommendations:

Now Remember Following:

Never send your pictures to ANYONE, WHO EVER he/she is – no matter what relation he/she has got with you, or whatever level of trust you guys have between each other. (This doesn’t apply to your family members).
Never keep your private pictures in your phone – save them in your PC/laptop and delete from mobile phones. Your phone can easily get stolen/lost.
Make sure that privacy settings of your Facebook aren’t revealing the information you would not like to reveal otherwise. (Go to Facebook –> My account –> Privacy Settings –> customize setting)
Make sure you don’t have casual acquaintances mixed up with your family members or close friends on Facebook. Make proper lists with different level of privacy settings for each list.

NEVER EVER shot objectionable pictures/videos – because they will remain in your phone even after deleting them.
Never Trust Phone Friends: This is for those who make friends over phone and talk to them indefinitely. Never trust them. There are organized groups targeting both girls and boys to attain intimate information/pictures/videos to later blackmail them.

Deleted Pictures/Videos are Recoverable: If you think you have deleted a photo/video and you safe, then unfortunately its not the case. A deleted video/photo or any data is recoverable. So never shot videos / pictures at first place which you may not want to keep without self for ever. View this unfortunate video example for more details on this.

Fear Voice Recorders too: So if you are good with not giving photos, videos, you are still prone to voice recorders. Please make sure that you are using your mobile phone without any risk and with utmost care.

What to Do if pictures/videos are exposed? God forbid, if your pictures/videos are somehow in someone’s hands who is blackmailing you (for money or at times with some other demands) then do following:

Tell everything to your parents, they are going to be your best buddies in this bad time.
Lodge FIR at your nearest police station
Though Police station, lodge a complaint with FIA

Disclaimer: I highly recommend you to talk to your parents, however, approaching Police and FIA should be considered based on your circumstances. (Considering our police’s performance) I fear,that approaching police (if you don’t have high-level contacts) may ruin your life.

We need to be extra careful, especially, when there is no cyber law in our country.

At the end, I would say: Bad deeds meet bad consequences, so be sincere to your self, your parents and to your life.

via ProPakistan.PK

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Mobilink Introduces BlackBerry PlayBook

PakBee — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:27:45 +0000

Mobilink Indigo Introduces BalckBerry PlayBook in Pakistan.The Playbook a big black slab with a 7″ 1024 x 600 pixel display, measuring 193 x 130 x 10mm and weighing 400 grams. On the back is a 5 megapixel camera, on the front is a 3 megapixel camera – both cameras are capable of HD video recording, and the Playbook is also designed for videoconferencing use.

Initially, the Playbook will offer WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity only with 3G and 4G models following later. So if you want to use it with a cellular provider then you need to pair it with a compatible mobile phone, which does depend on you being able to use your phone for tethering.

Inside is a dual-core 1GHz processor with a huge 1GB of RAM, a highly impressive specification that makes the Playbook stand apart from many other competing devices.

BlackBerry PlayBook is available at Mobilink Customer Care Centres and offer valid till stock last.

BlackBerry Playbook Specification’s
Available:	Early 2011
Network:	3G and 4G optional during 2011
Data:	WiFi
Screen:	7″ 1024 x 600 pixels
Camera:	5 megapixels (back)3 megapixels (front)
Size:	Medium tablet 193 x 130 x 10mm / 400 grams
Bluetooth:	Yes
Memory card:	Not specified
Infra-red:	No
Polyphonic:	Yes
Java:	Yes
GPS:	Not specified
OS:	BlackBerry Tablet OS
Battery life:	Not specified

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Mobilink & Ufone Sign Agreement for Tower Sharing

PakBee — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:52:48 +0000

Mobilink and Ufone signed an accord to enter into an agreement for tower sharing.

The agreement was signed between Rashid Khan, President and CEO of Mobilink, and Abdul Aziz, President and CEO of Ufone at the Mobilink House.

This collaborative effort is in line with the initiatives taken by the Pakistan Telecom Authority and the Federal Government to encourage cellular providers to drive greater efficiencies while reducing the carbon foot print.

Sharing his views, Rashid Khan said,

“This alliance is mutually beneficial and will also facilitate us to better align ourselves with our strategic initiatives and become greener. This will further enhance Mobilink’s coverage footprint, already the widest, hence, bringing more value to the customer which is our top priority.”

Commenting on the accord, Abdul Aziz, CEO Ufone, said,

“Ufone has had a keen interest in exploring newer avenues for our “Go Green” initiative and this tower sharing alliance is another step forward to further enhance our initiative. With this alliance Ufone has moved ahead to ensure customers have seamless connectivity no matter where they are in the country. This follows similar alliances with other operators hence allows us to create a positive network layout most beneficial to the customer”

Through sharing of their network infrastructures the two cellular providers will be able to enhance the customer experience by offering a wider coverage footprint, driving synergies and reducing their respective carbon foot prints.

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Ufone Profits Up 82 %, Revenues Up 16 % in First Half 2011

PakBee — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:57:35 +0000

The revenue earned by PTML (Ufone), the wholly-owned subsidiary of PTCL, was higher by 16%, while the profit of PTML (Ufone) was recorded 82% higher in first half 2011 as compared to same duration last year, said the half yearly financial report published by PTCL.

Figures for profits and revenues were not made public, but according to Telecom Recorder’s estimates based on last year’s reports, Ufone’s revenues stood around Rs. 25 billion and profits remained at Rs. 2 billion during the reported duration.

Citing a PTA report, Telecom Recorder claims that Ufone received the highest traffic of SMS. It witnessed exchange of more than 10 billion SMS in July to December 2010.

In December only, the SMS sent on Ufone network was recorded 2.25 billion whereas the outgoing and on-net SMS numbers hit at 2.15 billion, further said the Telecom Recorder.

Ufone added a total of 725,902 subscribers during July-December 2010.

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Protest Against Telenor’s khamoshi Ka Boycott TVCs

PakBee — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:50:51 +0000

People of Multan are on the roll. Being always the first in any kind of resistance, NGOs and public in Multan staged a protest in front of Multan Press Club against Telenor’s “Khamoshi ka Boycott” TVCs.

The protest, on Sunday, was called by various NGO’s including Naveed Sehar Foundation, Save Future of the Child Organization, Young Pakistanis Organization, Rabita Pakistan Pasiban.

Protestors were holding banners to show their displeasure for Telenor’s “Kahmoshi ka Boycott” TVCs.

Senior officials of above mentioned NGO’s said that Telenor’s TVCs are not only spreading despair amongst Pakistanis but they are also negatively showing the culture of Pakistan which is hampering the image of the country.

They said that Telenor is presenting Pakistan’s culture in worst possible manner just for the sake of their marketing and subscriber count.

They said that gender discrimination and harassment is a global phenomenon. “While the ratio of sexual harassment incidents in Pakistan is way lower than other countries, Telenor is misrepresenting the facts just to spoil Pakistan’s image”, said a protestor.

“Telenor is trying to portray that due to gender discrimination, people don’t allow their sisters, daughters to work or to get education, which is not the case in real”, he added.

Protestors demanded Telenor to immediately stop airing these TVCs or these protests will be taken to next level.

Protestors demanded PTA to devise a policy for cellular company, so that national interest, national integrity and culture is not compromised in future TVCs from cellular companies.

Telenor Pakistan is airing a series of TVCs in which they are asking for the public opinion about various issues including:

* Booti Culture
* Parchi System
* Aurton ki Izzat (Women’s respect)

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PTA Committee Formed to Look into Mobilink’s Outage

PakBee — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:31:37 +0000

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has formed a Committee headed by Member (Technical) PTA, Dr. Khawar Siddique Khokhar to analyze situation that arose after Mobilink’s outage on Sunday.

This was mentioned in a statement issued by the authority.

Statement said that DG (Enforcement), DG (Licensing) and DG (Law) at PTA are also part of this committee that is likely to prepare a report based on facts gathered during their visit to Mobilink’s office to formulate a way for better crisis management during any such events in future.

Mobilink’s in-house investigation on incident will also be made part of this report.

The Committee is deliberating further action on the issue from all technical and legal aspects and how such incidents can be prevented in future, said the statement.

According to Daily Times, Mobilink’s outage was also discussed in senate’s standing committee meeting for IT and Telecom. Paper said that committee has directed the regulator to take action against the company by imposing fine and/or arranging compensation for the customers.

We are not sure of any possible fine imposition on Mobilink, however, after our conversations with multiple PTA officials, it looks that Mobilink may end up paying something to each customer as a compensation – but again, there’s nothing decided so far at authority’s headquarter, its something that’s just on the PTA’s cards for now.

After this incident, and other relating fire eruptions in past, PTA is looking into its options to make sure that this doesn’t happen again. For this, according to our sources, authority may regulate to make it necessary for all operators to maintain backups of all core-infrastructure equipment, also termed as disaster recovery setup.

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Mobilink Sponsors Ali Zafar’s Jhoom

PakBee — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:36:17 +0000

Ali Zafar, the renowned singer, song writer, actor, painter, also known as the Prince of Pop and the brand ambassador of Mobilink Jazz is releasing much awaited sufi album “Jhoom” today.

In his latest album, Ali explores his mystical side by touching upon Sufi and Semi-classical music.

Mobilink Jazz has sponsored Ali Zafar’s Jhoom and is carrying special promotional activities on its official facebook page. Along with, Mobilink has created a special page dedicated for the Jhoom: http://www.mobilinkgsm.com/jhoom/

According to Ali Zafar, Jhoom is a sufi album. He believes that Jhoom will take his music to another level.

“It’s different from anything I have ever done before. I think today’s music survives only for a month, and I believe that music should be timeless. I want to be remembered for my music.”, notes Ali Zafar

Our friends at KoomMuzone are following Ali Zafar’s Jhoom very keenly.

Download Jhoom Tones

You can download Caller Ring Back Tones for Jhoom Album with following codes

Jhoom: 143308
Allah Hu: 143774
Dastan e Ishq: 143775
Dastan e Ishq (Dhol Version): 143776
Jaan e man: 143777
Jab say dekha tujh ko: 143778
Janey na: 143779
Jee dhoondta hai: 143780
Jhoom R&B: 143781
Koi umeed: 143782
Nahin Ray Nahin: 143783
Yar Dhadi: 143784

Download Instructions

Dial 230, Select Language, Press 3 and enter the code.
Price: Rs 3.99 + tax / min, Rs 15 + tax / month

via=’KoolMuzone.com‘

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Emails Retrieved From Benazir Bhutto’s BlackBerry Phones Unveil Shocking Evidences

PakBee — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:12:30 +0000

We have seen cell phones being produced as evidences in very crucial historical cases, this time, it’s the Blackberry phones possessed by assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Recently, 2 Blackberry phones, belonging to Benazir Bhutto were handed over to the joint investigation team conducting an inquiry into her murder on Thursday, reported Express Tribune.

Today, the newspaper broke another news which claims that data from the blackberry has been retrieved by the investigation team which reveals that Benazir Bhutto was promised Prime Minister’s slot from highest authorities in both Pakistan and the United States that.

Paper claims that close to 60 e-mails, dozens of text messages and close to four hundred contact numbers have been retrieved from both the BlackBerry phones.

Express Tribune has produced few emails of Benazir Bhutto as following:

“Respected Prime Minister (Benazir Bhutto), the United States confirmed that a crucial message had been sent to intelligence agencies of Pakistan, specifically not to interfere in party affairs and stay away from the electoral process. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and director-general Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) have done a secret deal for your (Benazir Bhutto) premiership.

Congratulations Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and warm regards,” read an e-mail sent by a leading PPP leader on October 23, 2007, to Benazir Bhutto calling her “Respected Prime Minister”.

An email was sent by Benazir to Ron Suskind, an American journalist, some days prior to her assassination. The former prime minister, while referring to the then president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf said that he wrote to his friend that he (Musharraf) gave her an alarming message:

“You (Benazir) should understand that your security is based on the state of relations between you and me (Benazir and Musharraf).”

In another e-mail, dated October 26, 2007, the slain PPP leader wrote a letter to her advisor in Washington DC, Mark Siegel, in which she expressed dissatisfaction over her security.

She wrote:

“Nothing will happen, just wanted you to know. If it does, in addition to the names in my letter to President Musharraf, I would hold Musharraf responsible.

I have been made to feel insecure by his minions and there is no way what is happening in terms of stopping me from taking private security or using tinted windows of four police mobiles to cover all sides could happen without him (Musharraf).”

Bhutto also sent an SMS message to Daphne Barak, a famous interviewer who often writes for Mail Online. In reply to an SMS message, Barak wrote:

“Bibi, you are going to Pakistan. It’s a trap for you now. But you are insisting to go back.”

via ‘ProPakistani.PK‘

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Ufone Introduces Blackberry Bold 9780

PakBee — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:06:08 +0000

Ufone today announced the launch of Blackberry Bold 9780 Smartphone for its subscribers.

BlackBerry Bold™ 9780 smartphone comes with the advanced BlackBerry® 6 OS. It is equipped with a 5 MP camera, grouped social feeds and so much more to excite U.

BlackBerry Bold™ 9780 Specifications:

A faster interface and integrated social networking and email.
624 MHz processor
512MB installed memory, expandable to 32GB with micro SD card.
Improved web browser.
Wi-Fi connectivity.
5 megapixel camera.
BlackBerry OS 6.
3G/HSDPA
Wi-Fi 802.1 b/g with UMA
Bluetooth 2.1 w/A2dp
Gps with aGPS support
Music player.
QWERTY keyboard.
Screen resolution of 480 x 360 pixels.
Talk time 7 hours.
Video player with recorder.

Price and Availability:

Ufone is offering Blackberry Bold 9780 Smartphone for Rs. 45,000
Blackberry Bold 9780 is available at all Ufone Service Centers

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Ufone Offers 100,000 SMS to 1 Number Per Month for Rs. 10

PakBee — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:19:19 +0000

Which means, Ufone Uth customers can send 100,000 SMS to one Ufone number for Rs. 10 plus tax for one month.

Above equation seems pretty appealing, however, variables are increasing with every new offer coming from cellular companies.

With its current offer, Ufone is claiming that this is cheapest SMS rate in the world. Rightly so, however, this cheapest possible SMS could get the love juice from the whole world if it had come with a liberty of sending SMS from any Ufone number to anyone, on any network.

If you want to avail this offer, and are switching your number to Uth, then be informed, that there are daily charges of Rs. 1 per day with Ufone Uth Package. Here are complete details on Ufone Uth Package.

Here is what Ufone has to say about its claim:

These SMS rates are the lowest in the world. This is based on the SMS rates comparison given on the website of the cellular companies on 24th January, 2011.

For companies based outside Pakistan, the comparison is based on rates after conversion from Dollars to Rupees(as of 24th January, 2011). This comparison does not include packages based on location, time specific or packages with friends and family daily or monthly charges.

The charges do not include 19.5% FED and 10% Income Tax charges which will be charged as per the prevailing Pakistani law.

And just for a clue, anyone can beat Ufone’s this offer. Here are tips:

Get a new package with daily line rent of Rs. 10

Offer 1,000,000 (one million) SMS a month to one customer for this package and – Bang!

Never mind, Pakistani cellular users are now used to of such caps that come with mobile packages.

Here are interesting Facts, you may want to consider:

Seconds in one month (60 x 60 x 24 x 30) : 2,592,000
Time required to send one SMS: 7 seconds (on average – actual time may vary from 4 seconds to 12 seconds)
Total possible outgoing SMS in one month: 370,285

Just for records, if you send back to back SMS for one whole month, you won’t be able to send more than 370,285 text messages in one month. Just to mention, this doesn’t include composing time or anything else, these stats are for back to back SMS.

How to Activate:

To activate this offer simply send your desired number to 604

Mechanism:

To Add the number as FnF, SMS the FnF Number to 604
To Edit existing FnF number, SMS the FnF Number to 9104
To Query the FnF number, SMS ‘INFO’ to 9192
To Remove/Deactivate FnF package, SMS ‘UNSUB’ to 8104
19.5% FED on usage and 10% withholding tax at recharge or bill applies

Terms & Conditions:

This package is only available to Uth Package customers
FnF Number can only be an On-Net number
Only one On-Net number can be added as an FnF Number at any time
Customers can update/edit their FnF number as many times as they want by sending the FnF number to 9104
FnF update/Edit charges are Rs. 10+tax
SMS to all other numbers will be charged as per the customer’s tariff plan
Customer can also subscribe to the SMS Buckets along with FnF package
FnF Package will have the highest priority in case of subscription to SMS buckets, that is no deductions from Bucket SMS would be made in case of SMS to the FnF number
The FnF package is valid for 30 days from the time of the package activation
Upon the expiry of the FnF package after 30 days, the package will be renewed automatically
Unsubscription charges are Re. 1+tax
Query Charges are Rs. 0.5+ tax
All charges are exclusive of tax

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