look out for online fraud
Topic: Computers
Well everyone with an email address is familiar with email spam but recently i got this mail from a guy in Karachi requesting a BRAND NEW PC !! and the reason given for this is that he is very poor and cannot look after his family. and somehow giving him a computer would solve all his problems.. Imagine!
And whats more intresting is that he specifically asks for a P4 or P3 atleast?! I remember I first started working on a P1, later upgraded to P2 and even now I have no requirement for a brand new P4 unless I wish to do a lot of programming on my PC. Everyone knows you donot need a new P4 to check your mails or simply get online.. even an old PC like a P1 for instance can sufficiently cater to your needs and hardly costs around Rs. 4000 yet he wishes to get a new P4 just to work online on some fake company promising hundreds of dollars per hour..
What he doesnot know is that the internet is full of spammers just like himself attracting foolish people, just like himself, for their own gains.. I just wish there was some Online Policing service that would expose such frauds and put an end to this menace.. I remember not too long ago there was this famous African group asking for people's personal contacts so they could transfer millions of dollars in some safe bank account in Pakistan.. the group was luckily exposed and are now behind bars.
So let this be an advice to all of you out there.. there is no such company online that would give you cash just like that! It only shows how vulnerable you are when you are online to such sham profit making schemes with no land-links or existence.

'Elite-istan' Day Parade.
Topic: Society
When the Quaid and his colleagues passed a resolution against discrimination of Muslims in British India some 65 years ago, this is certainly not what they had in mind. People classified and sub-classified into a staggering 10 categories. First of all there are the ‘Whites’. They comprise of the Super-Elite of the country, ones with green plates and the ones with red plates and plenty of stars. They occupy the largest space on the parade venue, ofcourse, as this is their show. All the soldiers salute them while passing by and the tanks lower their barrels in their honour. Whole avenues have been reserved for their chauffer-driven limousines for this occasion.

Then there are your average ‘Reds’ and ‘Blues’. Ever eager to join the Elite club, all they ever wish is to climb that ladder and be included among the ‘Whites’ the next time around. And then there are the unfortunate ‘Yellows’ and ‘Blacks’ comprising of lower ranking officers and public servants of little influence. They are crammed in small enclosures far far away and are not allowed to eat, drink, talk on phones and bring their children, all in the name of Security! Ofcourse, the Blacks belong in the back of the bus.

One might imagine this picture represents the medieval Europe, some British colony or Nazi Germany. Sadly though, this is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the year is 2005. Now don’t think such discrimination is rampant across our mosques, bus stands and other public places, but only because the Elites do not go there!

As for the forgotten common folk, like myself, having no influence whatsoever, they are simply not welcome at such chauvinistic charades. Yet we savour simple joys in life like a day off in the middle of the week!