An APPEAL to all Knowledgeable Muslims regarding Fraudulent Hadith Collection and Quran

I have come across this website http://one-islam.org by a certain Frank O’Collins who also owns another

 website  http://one-heaven.org and http://www.onejerusalem.org/ on his first website he has narrated a collection

 of Hadith narrated by 'HIMSELF'.And a lot of hadith directly contradict the well known and Shahih Hadith of 

Shahihs which brings me to the conclusion that this hadith collection cannot be considered authentic Fraudulent

 Hadith Collection. Furthermore he claims he recieved revelations from Allah and that they didn't stop after 

Prophet Muhammad PBUH also he has made a Covenant and in his fake revelations he says that all true 

Muslims should follow it He also goes ahead and calls all other hadith collections and Islamic Law false 

and abolishes it,this website is very dangerous because its high on Google and,no one knows what is their

 original agenda is.Read more.....

Arjun Rampal sports beard for upcoming film!

Actor Arjun Rampal’s sporting a beard for his upcoming film, in which he will play the role of a RAW agent.“It’s all for a film” he says.

Arjun said: “This new look is for Nikhil Advani’s ‘D-Day’, that’s the tentative title for it. I play a RAW agent in it.”

Arjun will start shooting for the film on October 1. He also said that the movie will have a lot of awesome action scenes.

Meanwhile, he is also gearing up for the release of Prakash Jha’s “Chakravyuh”, which is based on the Naxalite movement.

Good cinema simply means good cinema, proves 'OMG!

Who says you need a big name and a huge budget to pull off a hit? Paresh Rawal as Kanji Lalji Mehta in OMG, reinforces our faith in the fact that even today good cinema simply means good cinema. 

Go Goa Gone' role not similar to 'F.A.L.T.U': Puja Gupta

Actress Puja Gupta says her role in upcoming film Go Goa Gone is nowhere similar to her debut film F.A.L.T.U.

If Puja essayed a college fresher in her debut movie, in Go Goa Gone she is cast as a college graduate trying to save herself from zombies. But unlike her first film, her role in this movie is more inclined towards action.

"I am one of the boys. I am playing this girl who finishes her college and goes with her friends. This girl is more action girl. It's not at all like F.A.L.T.U," Puja told IANS.

Co-directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. and produced by Illuminati films, Puja's co-stars in the film are Kunal Kemmu, Vir Das and Saif Ali Khan.

However, despite being the most senior, Saif did not make anyone else feel inexperienced or junior, says Puja.

"Saif sir is like the senior-most amongst us but he is like a kid. He would come to the set all smiling and sit with us. So, he never made us feel that he is senior," she said.

"I am the youngest one on the set. Kunal Khemu, Vir Das and all of them are older and senior to me. All of them have been around and we had a great time," she added.

The actress is also excited about her first romantic role opposite Neil Nitin Mukesh in director Susi Ganeshan's upcoming romantic thriller Shortcut Romeo.

Puja, 26, is keeping her fingers crossed and said that she is "hopeful" about it.

"In the first half, I get to play an extremely glamorous girl and in the second half I get to play a simple girl who comes from a poor family. I get to play two roles. It's the same character and she gets to play two parts," Puja said adding that Neil helped her in improvising her role.

"If people would like me for my acting, I would give credit to Neil because he really helped me," she said.

Shortcut Romeo will also see actress Ameesha Patel in a negative role.

Sonakshi turns whistleblower for Ajay Devgn

The bindaas girl, Sonakshi is all set to light the silver screen this Diwali with her forthcoming film 'Son of Sardaar'!

And we hear that Sonakshi has one hidden expertise which no one knows about. Apparently this unknown talent of hers is the street skill of 'Whistling'!! Yes, this secret was recently unleashed on the sets of 'Son of Sardaar' recently. Buzz is that while taking a break in midst of shooting, she kept the cast of 'SOS' thoroughly entertained throughout their shoot with her rowdy seeti's. Everyone was so amazed and loved it so much that the team on the spot decided to incorporate her whistles in one of the songs sequence that was being filmed!

A source close to the team said, "Sonakshi while taking a break completely took us by surprise with her bindaas whistling skills. When we heard her doing this the entire team immediately decided that we had to put her whistling scene in the song 'Rani tu Main Raja' since it's a dream sequence and was a perfect fit with the fun loving character she plays!"

Need for Speed Most Wanted: Burnout in a Helmet

You may not be wondering why the drivers in Need for Speed Most Wanted are wearing helmets. You may not have even noticed, actually.

If you have noticed, however, you may be wondering what a bunch of reckless hoons are doing rocking stack hats while they cruise around town. The exceedingly boring motive is simply licensing reasons confirms Leanne Loombe, producer at Criterion, during a preview event in Sydney. I’m reminded of a chat I had with Driver: San Francisco creative director Martin Edmondson a few years back when he mentioned they deflected a similar demand, insisting helmets on drivers outside the context of a racetrack would look ridiculous.

The History of Hitman

The perfect assassin is never seen, nor heard. The target dies in their sleep or in some freak accident while their killer leaves the scene of the crime undetected. His methods range from brutal to sublime, but his greatest weapon of all is anonymity.

Names are for friends, so he doesn’t need one. But his reputation elevated a small Danish company retreating from financial disaster into a world-class developer with a recipe for the perfect murder.

Invitation to a Party

The European demoscene of the early ‘90s became prime recruiting ground for ambitious game publishers. Scavenger, Inc. specialized in finding those pre-made groups of digital artists and programmers -- often through the cutting-edge video art they released -- and turning them into full-fledged development crews. As a business model, throwing eager young talent into an exploding games market worked remarkably well. Zyrinx, a Copenhagen-based demo group formed in 1992, soon emerged as their star team.

iPad mini debuting this month?

"Major Apple investor" says press invitations for iPad mini going out October 10, release expected later in the month.

Apple's long-rumored iPad mini may not be far off. A "major Apple investor" speaking to Fortune has heard it from "multiple sources" that the Cupertino, California technology behemoth will distribute press invitations for an iPad mini event on October 10.

Is Apple going small for its next iPad revision?

If press invitations do go out on October 10, and if Apple sticks to its previous scheduling tactics, the event itself may take place a week later on or around October 17. If this is the case, the iPad mini could launch to consumers the following week.

Press invitations for Apple's iPhone 5 event went out on September 4, with the event itself taking place on September 12. The new smartphone went on sale September 21 and has sold over 5 million units thus far.

Nothing is known about the iPad mini, but competition in the tablet market has ramped up of late. Last month, Amazon announced revisions to its Kindle Fire line; Google has its quad-core Nexus 7; and the Nook HD from United States bookstore Barnes & Noble ships next month.

The third iteration of the iPad was released in March, and sported a 9.5-inch screen. An earlier report suggests that the iPad mini will boast a 7.85-inch screen.

Star Wars: First Assault Headed to Xbox Live

Star Wars: First Assault is headed to Xbox Live Arcade. Spotted by the NeoGAF forums, cover art for the game is currently hosted on Xbox.com and bears the “Arcade” banner, confirming that the game will come to Microsoft’s platform at some point in the future.

The image confirms trademarks and a domain that emerged in August, including StarWarsFirstAssault.com, which currently forwards to StarWars.com. At the time, trademarks mentioned "interactive entertainment software" in addition to merchandising rights, but no details on platforms were made available.

We reached out to LucasArts about Star Wars: First Assault and received the following statement: “It is an exciting time at our company right now, however we don't have any announcements at this time.”

In addition to Star Wars 1313, which is currently in development and has been shown off recently, we last heard that Star Wars: Battlefront III could be in development at Spark Unlimited. For now, though, 1313 is the only Star Wars project that has been officially announced.

Keep checking back to IGN for news on Star Wars: First Assault once it’s fully unveiled.

TV Channels Are Uploading Videos On YouTube Despite Country Wide Ban

Lo and behold, Pakistani TV Channels, usually considered the ethical champions, have become so desperate for their businesses that they are violating YouTube ban, imposed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, by uploading video content on YouTube.

Almost all TV channels (except a few) are regularly updating their YouTube channels with videos of their latest TV shows. It is unclear so far that how these channels are accessing Youtube website despite severe ban in the country imposed by the regulator.

This also translates into a situation where PTA has failed to completely block the access of YouTube in Pakistan.

In a related news, we are receiving reports that Pakistani internet service providers have re-configured the YouTube filter and are allowing secure protocol for accessing the website. This re-configuration is being done to allow other-than-YouTube Google services to run smoothly.

Check below screens, shared by a ProPakistani reader, showing updated Videos on YouTube.

YouTube Isn’t Opening in Pakistan Anytime Soon: Officials

Reports that we are getting from Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Ministry of IT and Telecom and from what it appears from Google’s stiff position and decision for not deleting anti-Islam video or even blocking its access locally in Pakistan, we are somewhat certain that YouTube isn’t getting unbanned in the country anytime soon.

YouTube ban in Pakistan, which has now entered into its third week, is seemingly going to last for long, especially when Google is not in any mood of blocking the access of anti-Islam video in Pakistan, unlike it has done in several other countries.

PTA and MoIT officials, during their interviews with ProPakistani, were determined that YouTube will remain blocked unless Google decides to take the video offline – internationally or at least locally in Pakistan – since the decision is covered by a court order.

PTA officials, who wanted to remain unnamed, told me that procedures were initiated to get the video clips blocked in Pakistan, but YouTube didn’t respond positively as Pakistan has no legal control over the company.

When asked if MLAT (Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty) – an agreement between two countries for gathering, exchanging and enforcing public and criminal laws – is an obstacle because Pakistan hasn’t signed MLAT with USA, the PTA officials explained that USA doesn’t have MLAT with Libya, Indonesia or Singapore too, where the company chose to block the video due to US government pressure or on-ground offices in those states.

PTA officials said that countries, where Google has its physical presence or has infrastructure (datacenters) in place, were better positioned to get the movie clips blocked.

“Unlike Google, Facebook had removed the blasphemous content from its website for users in Pakistan and was hence unblocked after two weeks in 2010. Google, however, has decided otherwise and this is why it will remain blocked until it acts”, the official said.

When asked about the future of YouTube in Pakistan, PTA officials said that Google will have to play sensibly by removing the video clips from its website if it wants to retain its customers in Pakistan.

“Prime Minister will not order the restoration of YouTube, unless the anti-Islam video is accessible in Pakistan”, confirmed us an MoIT official who is keeping a close eye on the whole situation. Statement of MoIT official made more sense at a time when PPP government is facing reputation issues and is vigorously preparing itself for next general elections.

YouTube ban has disrupted variety of other Google services, causing serious performance issues for individuals and businesses in the country. Android, Google’s mobile operating system, is so badly impacted that almost no service, including Gmail, Maps, Contact Sync, Play Store, is functional making all Android devices almost useless. There are sorts of Google’s web services also not accessible to users in Pakistan due to YouTube ban.

Call Rates to Pakistan Increase by 300-800% With ICH in Place from Today

In middle of severe opposition from Competition Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and Ministry of Information Technology today lead the LDI operators to implement International Clearing House (ICH) from today.

It maybe recalled that ICH will streamline all incoming international traffic through a centralized gateway (operated and maintained by PTCL) through which all LDI operators will share the revenues for international incoming traffic based on their current market share with fixed termination charges.

Competition Commission has expressed its concerns relating to implementation of ICH and has said that commission could litigate the matter if ICH is implemented.

However, PTA – backed by Ministry of IT – went ahead with the plan and ICH is principally considered operational starting today.

All public listed companies have notified their shareholders (and stock exchanges) of their participation in ICH regime.

Call Rates to Pakistan Increase

Move, which is said to eliminate gray or illegal traffic coming to Pakistan, has increased call pricing for those calling to Pakistan from abroad. Calls from USA to Pakistan are likely to be charged at as high as 16 $cents per minute, up from 4-6 $cents per minute charged before ICH implementation.

We are receiving reports from all over the world indicating that rates for calls to Pakistan increased by 300 to 800 percent, depending on respective state and network.

Skype has also increased per minute charges for calls to Pakistan, which is now charging 14.5 $cents per minute as standard tariff. Skype has also taken back special calling plans (bundles) that it used to offer for Pakistani calls.

According to industry experts, monthly incoming international traffic to Pakistan is around 1.5 billion minutes per month, which will translate into US 120-150 million dollars of increased burden on Pakistani expats for making calls to Pakistan.

 CCP has said that it is receiving complaints from overseas Pakistanis over the issue of ICH and increased call charges for making calls to Pakistan.

Economic impacts are yet to be fully calculated with the implementation of ICH.

Can CCP Block ICH?

Technically speaking Competition Commission of Pakistan can’t bar PTA from implementing ICH.

CCP as a anti-competition body can’t restrict the government from implementing any policy, such as ICH in this case. This doesn’t come under CCP’s mandate to issue show-cause notice or to penalize a government body, such as Ministry of Information Technology.

Legal experts tell ProPakistani that CCP’s laws have been violated through a MoIT policy directive (upon which ICH is being implemented). Breach of CCP’s laws can’t be justified with an MoIT policy directive only, instead a legal framework or legislation is required to compensate CCP’s legal obligation.

However, at the same time, CCP is not entitled to issue show-cause notice to a government body to cap it from issuing a policy directive. Hence there’s no way it can restrict private companies from implementing ICH, which is covered by a policy directive.

The only way left behind to challenge ICH is by filing a lawsuit against the implementation in the courts, which can be done by any individual or a company. But we will have to see if that happens. Reportedly, no individual or company is yet ready to go legal against the implementation of ICH.

Karachi Stock Exchange notices for Implementation of ICH:

Cybernet Holds Introduction Events for its Cloud Solution

Cybernet recently held events to introduce their infrastructure service to the IT market in Pakistan.

The events, titled “Leveraging the Cloud to Build a Smart Organization” took place in Lahore and Karachi on the 18^th and the 26^thof September respectively.

The service, branded as RapidCompute is claimed by company as Pakistan’s first cloud computing service and falls under the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IAAS) category of cloud computing.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Imran Khan (VP Corporate Sales) explained the idea of building a smart organization in detail. He touched upon the ways through which an organization can engage IT infrastructure and services experts to manage their IT needs and as a result, find more time to concentrate on their core businesses. According to him, RapidCompute provides organizations with the flexibility to instantly scale up or down their IT resources to match their business requirements.

The second speaker, Mr. Zaeem Arshad (Division Head – RapidCompute) identified the criteria to assess an enterprise cloud offering. This includes storage, network, security, support and automation. He provided a basic demonstration of RapidCompute’s self service portal, which allows customers to provision their RapidMachines at practically the blink of an eye. He also mentioned the applications – CRM, ERP, HR and Payroll among others that can be run on RapidCompute with significant ease. He felt that backup and Disaster Recovery are two areas where cloud can serve the customers really well. In his opinion, the sole involvement of local engineers to setup RapidCompute was the most important achievement for Cybernet.

Mr. Salman Siddiqui – Channel Sales Lead, Microsoft Pakistan was also at hand to talk about RapidCompute’s Service Provider License Arrangement with Microsoft. This allows RapidCompute to bundle licensed Microsoft software with its RapidMachines at monthly charges. These charges are a fraction of the cost that companies have to bear today for perpetual licenses. He stressed upon the commitment that Microsoft being one of the largest global software vendors has to partner and support cloud computing in Pakistan.

The event was concluded by Mr. Danish Ali Lakhani (Chief Operating Officer) who thanked the attendees and explained that Cloud is the next evolutionary step in terms of computing. A Pakistan based cloud computing service such as RapidCompute is a step in the direction of providing sustainable computing infrastructure services for the local industry.

TV Channels Are Uploading Videos On YouTube Despite Country Wide Ban

Lo and behold, Pakistani TV Channels, usually considered the ethical champions, have become so desperate for their businesses that they are violating YouTube ban, imposed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, by uploading video content on YouTube.

Almost all TV channels (except a few) are regularly updating their YouTube channels with videos of their latest TV shows. It is unclear so far that how these channels are accessing Youtube website despite severe ban in the country imposed by the regulator.

This also translates into a situation where PTA has failed to completely block the access of YouTube in Pakistan.

In a related news, we are receiving reports that Pakistani internet service providers have re-configured the YouTube filter and are allowing secure protocol for accessing the website. This re-configuration is being done to allow other-than-YouTube Google services to run smoothly.

Check below screens, shared by a ProPakistani reader, showing updated Videos on YouTube.

Telenor Gains More Control Over Mobilink

In a bid to gain controlling stakes in VimpelCom – the parent group of Mobilink – Telenor has purchased 3.5 percent preferred shares in Russian telecom group to acquire majority stakes in the group.

With this recent most transaction, Telenor bought 3.5% (voting) stake from Weather Investments II for US$113.6 million.

With this sell out of voting rights, Weather Investment II of Naguib Sawiris is left with 0.04 percent common shares in VimpelCom, who had gained controlling stakes in the group in 2010 against 51.7% of Orascom Telecom Holding and 100% of Wind Italy.

The transaction had been opposed by both Altimo (partner in VimpelCom) and the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of Russia, and it is likely that Russian Anti-Trust body may block this transaction which would grant a non-Russian investment controlling stakes in a Russian firm.

VimpelCom Ltd. Ownership Structure:

As of October 2nd, 2012, ownership structure of VimpelCom is as following:

Shareholder	% Economic Rights	% Voting Rights
Telenor	35.7%	43 %
Altimo	51%	40.5%
Weather Investments II	0.04%	0%
Bertofan Investments Ltd.	0	6.0%
Minority Shareholders	13.3%	10.5%

Telenor is also looking to buy more voting rights from Bertofan Investments which are practically controlled by with Russia’s Altimo to form equal coting rights with Altimo.

Telenor said that it seeks no change to the corporate governance structure of VimpelCom Ltd., including the current board structure. Currently Telenor is represented by four board members out of nine in VompelCom.

With this latest transaction, Mobilink, the largest operator in Pakistan falls further into Telenor’s hands in terms of revenue gain and control over its management. To better understand this, majority stakes (51.7%) of Mobilink are owned by VimpelCom which is now majorly owned by Telenor.

Telenor International, according to current date ownership structure, holds 18.46 percent economic rights and 22.23% voting rights for Mobilink. It is anticipated that Telenor will further increase its investment and hence will gain more control over Mobilink.

Telenor Group also operates in Pakistan through fully owned Telenor Pakistan, which is second largest cellular operator of the country.

Neither Competition Commission of Pakistan nor the competition cellular operators have shown concerns over this increasing control of Telenor over Mobilink, which can potentially create anti-competitive scenario in Pakistani telecom market.

Affordable Nokia Lumia 610 Launched in Pakistan

Nokia Lumia 610, claimed to be the most affordable Lumia series smartphone, is now available in Pakistan. It was released worldwide in April 2012.

Powered by a Windows 7.5 OS, Nokia Lumia 610 offers the sleekness of the Windows smartphone coupled with the affordability and reliable warranty of Nokia.

The Nokia Lumia 610 is designed as the perfect introduction to Windows Phone for a younger audience. Running on the Windows Phone 7.5, the Nokia Lumia 610 comes with Nokia Music with Mix Radio, Creative Studio, WiFi tethering, Flip-to-Silence and Play To.

The device comes preloaded with Nokia’s suite of experiences including Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive and Nokia Transport, in addition to over 100,000 apps to choose from on the Windows Marketplace., the built-in Microsoft Office app and Xbox Live. People Hub makes it easy for people to keep in touch with friends, providing instant access to social networks and bringing all mobile, email, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn contacts into one place.

"The Nokia Lumia 610 will introduce Windows Phone to a new generation of local smartphone users, offering them something different and valuable in terms of pricing and features," said Arif Shafique, GM Operations, Nokia Pakistan. "With Nokia services, quality apps and a plethora of built-in features coupled with a fast and friendly interface, Nokia Lumia 610 has everything in the package to make it an instant hit among the aspiring youth of Pakistan.”

Nokia Lumia 610 Specifications:

• OS: Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
• Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon
• CPU: 800 MHz ARM Cortex-A5
• GPU: Adreno 200
• Design:
• Dimensions: 119 x 62 x 12 mm
• Weight: 131.5 g
• Display:
• Type:TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
• Size: 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches
• Memory:
• Internal: 8 GB storage, 256 MB RAM
• Card Slot: No
• Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, USB
• Camera: 5 MP, autofocus, LED flash
• Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• Battery:
• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh (BP-3L)
• Stand-by: Up to 670 h
• Talk time: Up to 10 h 30 min
• Music play: Up to 35 h
• Price: Rs. 20,000

Get Mobilink Number with 03000 Series

Mobilink has said that it will be giving away one million new numbers from 03000 series, with no mention of special pricing for the series.

Mobilink has announced the availability of a new series from its 0300 lot, the prestigious numbering plan from its early days, the 03000 numbers.

However, it is assumed that special numbers, also called as golden numbers, (such as 0300-01111111) will come at hiked rates ranging from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 100,000.

03000 numbers are available for both prepaid and postpaid customers.

Unlike Warid, Telenor or Zong, Mobilink is yet to establish a procedure for booking numbers online. so if you want to buy a number from 03000 series then hurry up and rush to Mobilink service Centers to avail the offer.

Nexus 7 Takes on Its Competitors in Comparison Table

The new Nexus 7 Tablet has got some killer hardware coupled with a respectable software, i.e. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which is already receiving positive reviews.

While its main competitors will be either Amazon Kindle Fire or Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, we think that it has enough skills to take on even the best in tablet business.

Does it succeed? let’s find out:

	Google Nexus 7	Kindle Fire	iPad 3	Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0*	Asus Transformer Prime
Weight	340g	413g	652g	344g	586g
Thickness	10.5mm	11.4mm	9.4mm	10.5mm	8.3mm
Operating System	Android 4.1 Jelly Bean	Android 2.3 Gingerbread customized	iOS 5.1	Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich	Android 3.2, upgradeable to 4.0
Display size	7 inch	7 inch	10.1 inch	7 inch	10.1 inch
Resolution	800 x 1280	600 x 1024	1536 x 2048	600 x 1024	1280 x 800
Memory	8/16Gb	8Gb	16/32/64Gb	8/16/32Gb	32/64Gb
Card slot	No	No	No	Yes upto 64Gb	Yes upto 32Gb
Processor	1.3Ghz quad-core	1Ghz dual-core	1Ghz dual-core	1Ghz dual-core	1.3Ghz quad-core
RAM	1Gb	512Mb	1Gb	1Gb	1Gb
Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass	Accelerometer	Accelerometer, gyro, compass	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass	Accelerometer,gyro, compass
Camera	No	No	5mp, 1080p Full HD video	3mp, 720p HD video	8mp, 1080p Full HD video
Front-facing camera	1.2 mp, 720p HD	No	VGA	VGA	1.2mp
Price in PKR	25-30K	25-30K	49,990	31,990	57,990

*some versions of this tablet support voice and video calls as well

I’ll mention it again that Ipad 3 and Transformer Prime aren’t Google Nexus 7’s main competitors, but still thanks to its great hardware, it can compete with those too in some, if not all categories.

PTCL Brings Free Double Balance for Vfone Customers

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched double balance package for its Vfone customers, giving absolutely free additional balance equal to the loaded amount.

PTCL’s Vfone customers can avail this double balance offer if their Vfone account has not been recharged after January 1, 2012. The validity of free balance will be 30 days.

Vfone has the country’s largest WLL coverage and is available with both prepaid and postpaid options. Its customers have the liberty of unlimited free calls from Vfone to Vfone and Vfone to PSTN in ‘Family & Unlimited packages’ against a nominal daily line rent. Customers can also avail extremely low unbeatable rates of Rs.1.30/min only for any network through Vfone’s ‘Exciting Smart package’.

Supported by high-speed Internet with CDMA 1x technology, Vfone also offers SMS facility to and from all networks at a nominal rate of 30 paisas per SMS only.

“PTCL continues to offer most affordable telecommunications packages and special offers to its customers,” said PTCL Senior Executive Vice President Commercial, Naveed Saeed. “Our aim is to exceed customer expectations by offering affordable rates and quality service.”

“Keeping in mind the needs of the customers, we will keep upgrading PTCL’s services,” said PTCL Executive Vice President Wireless, Omar Khalid. “PTCL Vfone offers unmatched voice quality and SMS service with access to high-speed Internet and mobility.”

Qubee Brings Triple Dynamite in July

It should be noted here, the broadband service providers traditionally offer double volumes to their customers, however, this is the first time that a service provider has changed the practice and offered triple volume

.

Qubee has launched this promotion in July 2012, named as the Triple Dynamite offer. The campaign provides all new & existing customers with three times the volume of their chosen package.

On the occasion, the Chief Executive Officer of Qubee, Mr. Jamal Nasir Khan said “Qubee is a customer-centric organization with a focus on rewarding users for their loyalty. Therefore, this summer, we have offered all new sign-ups to Qubee with triple volume in July & August, whereas for our loyal customer base we have already given them triple volume on their current package free-of-cost”

As per the rules of the campaign, the promotion is valid from 1^st to 31^st July 2012, where triple volume is awarded to customers irrespective the package they sign-up on.

wi-tribe Offers Summer Hungama

Wi-tribe Pakistan has launched this new offer called the ‘Summer Hangama’, which will allow its customers to use two days of endless internet (fair usage policy applies), every weekend on Saturday and Sundays!

And most importantly this is free. Simply keep your wi-tribe account current to avail endless internet for all weekends in the next 30 days. You will receive a confirmation email within 3 days from the date of bill payment with activation details.

Note:

Endless package policy: Parameters will change and speed will be reduced upon utilizing 30GB on 512Kbps package & 40GB on 2 Mbps package in any given month.

Official Tourism Website Still Displays Adsense

Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation’s official website is again caught displaying adsense ads. This is not the first time when tourism.gov.pk is found displaying adsense ads to make few bucks – in fact they have done this in past too but had removed ads when wefirst reported about it an year ago.

www.tourism.gov.pk is considered to be an official gateway to Pakistan’s tourism corporation and having .gov domain it becomes a government property.

It is likely that the webmaster responsible for managing this website is displaying ads on individual level to make extra money other than the salary he/she gets per month.

But it is amazing that top officials of tourism ministry didn’t notice these ads, probably because they never visit their official web page or they don’t have any clue about adsense advertising.

Just to mention, tourism website is suppose to attract foreign visitors, who will get (God knows what kind of) strange impression after seeing this poorly designed website loaded with adsense.

Telecom Companies Seek Exemption of Sales Tax on Interconnection Charges

Mobile cellular operators in Pakistan have collaborated to collectively seek government’s exemption for collection of sales tax on interconnection charges that CMOs deduct from customers, reportedBusiness Recorder today.

Reportedly Federal Board of Revenue is currently in process of evaluating cellular companies’ request seeking exemption of sales tax on interconnection charges under section 65 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990.

If reports are to be believed then cellular companies have maintained that sales tax is not applicable on interconnection charges. It maybe recalled that interconnection charges of 90 paisas per minute are charged from customers for cross-network calls.

If sales tax is being levied after this request, then it should be adjusted and should be applicable from July 1, 2012.

The FBR is examining the issue and no notification has been issued in this regard. The draft of the notification is based under the provisions of section 65 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 which proposes that the FED in sales tax mode should not be collected prior to July 1, 2012.

Section 65 of Sales Tax Act, 1990 says:

Section 65: Exemption of tax not levied or short levied as a result of general practice. 

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, if in respect of any supply the Federal Government is satisfied that inadvertently and as a general practice:-

(a) tax has not been charged in any area on any supply which was otherwise taxable, or according to the said practice the amount charged was less than the amount that should have actually been charged;

(b) the registered person did not recover any tax prior to the date it was discovered that the supply was liable to tax; and

(c) the registered person started paying the tax from the date when it was found that the supply was chargeable to tax;

It may, by a notification in the official Gazette, direct that the tax not levied or short levied as a result of that inadvertent practice, shall not be required to be paid for the period prior to the discovery of such inadvertent practice.

Wateen Upgrades its Digital Cable Services

Wateen Multimedia is now better serving the needs of its customers after the installation of a new head-end for improvement of its digital cable services, claimed a statement issued by the company.

The head-end was built with state of the art equipment from Appear TV and is scalable to the current multimedia and digital entertainment and information of Wateen’s existing customer base as well as any future growth in subscribers.

As a result of this upgrade, Wateen’s customers will receive better quality cable as well as have access to digital channels with improved picture quality and reception, without interruptions.

The latest head-end combines an innovative modular approach that enables it to offer the most flexible portfolio of solutions for cable operators, with support for the delivery of video services most formats and enabling a rapid transition to IP-based networks.

The company’s solutions enable descrambling and multiplexing of content in a compact format allowing high capacity signals to be sent over the network. The streaming solutions support MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 HD and SD services. These solutions will enable Wateen to offer better quality services to the cable operators who carry its feeds to consumers.

The new head-end will go online immediately to allow Wateen customers access to the added benefits of this latest technology. It signed up multiple distributors over the last year to enhance its coverage.

Wateen claims to have 125,000 Cable service customers in Lahore and Multan.

Nokia Launches Asha 305, 306, and 311: Full Touchscreen S40 Phones

Nokia Launches Asha 305, 306, and 311: Full Touchscreen S40 Phones

Nokia has today unveiled three new full touchscreen devices running on their featurephone operating system S 40, that are aimed at low to mid-range customers.
Continuing its Asha family, first introduced in last October, Asha 305, 306 and Asha 311 will help Nokia achieve its next billion customers – that’s what at least they are hoping.
Nokia Asha 305, 306 and 311 are almost identical phones, except that Nokia Asha 305 has dual SIM card slot while Nokia Asha 306 supports single SIM.
And as for the Asha 311, it’s the Asha 305/306, but with 3G connectivity and a better camera, that is 3.2 megapixels versus 2.0 megapixels for Asha 305 and 306.