CCTV Cameras on seurity checkpoints in Pakistan, Use of technology towards National Security
Posted by K. Shahzad in National Security on March 11th, 2010
CCTV cameras at Checkpoints in Pakistan (Translates to: Cameras are Watching You)
There are not many public places in Pakistan where the security cameras are installed by the government however the private organizations, banks, institutions and markets install the cameras. Recently some government security checkpoints have claimed to be using the security cams at their places, as you see in the image, this picture was taken on a highway inside Rawalpindi which is under both Military police from Pakistan Army and Punjab police. Specifically this one is in Cantt area.
A little cabin have also been seen on the same check-post which seems to be the control or monitoring room for these cameras. It is encouraging the now security checkpoints in Pakistan have also started making use of technology, the security cameras in this case. In case of any violations even if the criminals get away, the guys at the check-posts will at least have some video footage featuring the faces of criminals.
This reminds me of an incident when a robber in Pakistan entered into a bank’s ATM cabin, killed the person when he resisted and got away with the money. But later when the footage from the CCTV camera inside the ATM cabin was released to media and telecasted on some private TV channels in Pakistan, the criminal was spotted by a TV viewer and caught when that viewer called in to report the location of that person.
So if in case these cameras are installed effectively to cover the whole area of checkpoint and closely monitor the vehicles passing through, it will be great help in catching the criminals who got away without being caught.
One more thing which could have been done was not to let the people know by the boards that cameras are watching you because these boards can result in the criminals covering their faces or being little careful while passing the checkpost. Another important thing is either they maintain the recorded footage of last few days or not, they must have idealy have the videos of all passed times or atleast of last few days in other case. These can be used to track a vehicle which may have been entered via that checkpost in case the tracking is required.
Anyways this is good that now the technology is being used for security purposes but this was just the beginning, if really things have to be achieved the concerned department will have to bring in much more gadgets along with the real people who know how to operate them. This will help in having the fool proof security.
Takmeel-e-Pakistan resolution by Zaid Hamid in Lahore on 23rd March
Posted by K. Shahzad in Occasions on March 8th, 2010
A new resolution called Takmeel-e-Pakistan proposed by Zaid Hamid is going to be passed on same place, the Minar-e-Pakistan where 70 years back Pakistan resolution was passed and resulted in the current existence of Pakistan as a country on world map.
The idea is that Takmeel-e-Pakistan resolution will be initiating the Takmeel-e-Pakistan movement which will come up with a new struggle to lead the country towards the achievement and the true essence of those purposed which Pakistan as a country had to achieve.
This resolution comes up with the vision to work only and only for the country to make Pakistan the greatest country of the world. Apparently it demands us to analyze things regarding why as a nation Pakistan is having bad times, why we are unstable at the moment, why instead of rising on map of world we are being pushed backwards and then after we have all our reasons start the struggle to rise on the map of world.
The resolution insists on the struggle to regain our lost Honor and Dignity that we were suppose to have. Also it insist on the struggle to make the Pakistan the country which Iqbal and the founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah had envision.
I personally loved the idea of Takmeel-e-Pakistan as it at least makes us think that there are things which are on wrong track, things which need to be fixed once and for all. It was good idea because it come with thought and reminds everyone once again that there is some role that every one have to play once again for their country to regain the honor.
Hope on the D-day it does not come as a bunch of wishes but also brings up a road map which one can follow or at least the solid points with reasoning on what is wrong and how it can be fixed. Overall it is just a reminder for everyone to keep putting your efforts to lead your country to the path which goes towards the prosperity and not the one which leads to the spot where our sovereignty is in question.
I am seeing this initiation of Takmeel-e-Pakistan struggle as a new horizon which leads the country to be the best in the world in all fields.
Following is the video that was released officially and tells you more about this resolution.
A specially website have also been launched in connection to this campaign and that can be reached at www.takmeel.pk
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Crazy vehicle modifications in Pakistan, Pictures of Suzuki Mehran with butterfly doors
Posted by K. Shahzad in Automobile on March 7th, 2010
When we talk of vehicle modifications, specially car modification not every one go for it here in Pakistan but you most see lots of people with modified cars etc. Lots of people go for conventional modifications of their old cars to add a new style to their ride, but sometimes you come across some really crazy ideas which you will not find anywhere else in world.
Few days back we attended a car racing event in Islamabad where lots of people were there to watch the on going races, among audience there were much of people with modified rides.
There was one freak who had applied a crazy idea to his Suzuki Mehran which I never seen any one else to have applied to their small car. He had turned the Mehran conventional doors to the butterfly doors which on same time open outwards and above the body of car. These doors normally come in high-end sports cars only. Following are pictures of that car.
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More videos from the bahria town drag racing event, Drag Battle Fest Feb 2010
Posted by K. Shahzad in Sports on March 7th, 2010
Here are two more videos that cover the full drag racing event held few days back in Barhia town Phase 8. Watch the full action and don’t forget to share with others.
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Bahria town Islamabad Drag racing event Drag Battle Fest Race Videos
Posted by K. Shahzad in Sports on March 1st, 2010
The most of race videos have been combined to bigger video which is posted below. This video covers the most of Drag races from the Drag battle fest Racing event which held in Bahria town on 28 Feb 2010. Hopefully we will be coming up with one or more such videos.
So here we go!
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Drag Battle fest pictures, the racing event held on 28 feb 2010 in Bahria Town
Posted by K. Shahzad in Sports on March 1st, 2010
Drag battle fest held in Bahria Town Phase 8 Islamabad, many racers from Rawalpindi/Islamabad and other cities of Pakistan have taken part in the race. Also a large number of audience was there to see the drag races. We will shortly be coming up with proper videos of event, for now here are following pictures of the event to give you an idea about the number of audience participating in the event as well as very few stills from races.
The event was overall gone very well and was without any mishap of any kind, was off course organized well. We will be soon coming up with the video or two covering most of the races of the event, so hang on.
Pakistan cricket team gets Waqar Younis as new coach
Posted by K. Shahzad in Sports on February 27th, 2010
Waqar Younis
Performance by Pakistan cricket team in recent past have not been any thing normal where they lost a number of first class cricket matches in a row. Pakistan Cricket Board now again seem to do measures to make things better. I this regard Waqar Younis have been offered the bowling coach position and he have accepted this offer.
Currently Waqar is living in Sydney Australia with his family but he accepted the offer and told that he will be glad to take this challenge at these hard times. Waqar Younis have been the bowling coach of Pakistan Cricket Team for 2 years in 2006 – 2007. He also have been team captain for test matches.
Waqar Younis is soon expected back at home to sign the contract for his position. Waqar is coming on the position of Intikhab Alam who’s contract ends in November and he have been promoted to head coach this early.
Hopefully things will get better after these appointments & promotions and cricket fans will have some nice action to witness.
Second T20 Pakistan VS England won by Pakistan
Posted by K. Shahzad in Sports on February 21st, 2010
The twenty twenty cricket match which was played on Saturday won by Pakistan by four wickets. England bated well in their inning and scored a good total 148 on loss of 6 wickets in designated 2o overs. From Pakistan bowling side Arafat proved to be most successful bowler by taking 3 wickets for just 32 runs.
From Pakistan batting side Abdul Razzaq was the one who put the match on the winning track by his brilliant batting otherwise looking at the total from England this match was also going the wrong way. Razzaq hit 46 brilliant runs on just 18 balls. Pakistan easily chased the target in within 19 overs. So it was convincing victory from Pakistan side.
This victory came after too many time, specially after losing both one day International and Test series as well as the T20 match against Australia. The start of this T20 series against England as well was not good as Pakistan had lost the first T20 match. Now Pakistan have leveled the series with England 1:1 by winning this match.
Bahria town Drag battle Fest 2010, Drag racing event in Islamabad
Posted by K. Shahzad in Events on February 19th, 2010
A drag racing event is being organized at Bahria Town Phase 8 Islamabad on 28th of Feb 2010. First of such events was also organized in Bahria town last year 2009 and was proved to be very successful without any mishap of any kind. This event is named as Bahria Town Drag Battle Fest 2010 and will be starting at 11 O clock in the morning.
Bahria town drag racing event - Drag Battle Fest
If you want to participate in the event your car the registration fee is Rs. 1500 only. For audience the ticket is just 100 Rupees. The participants will park cars in their own slots in a way that audience will have the chance to meet them personally and discuss about their cars.
Additionally event will also house the refreshment and automobile accessories stalls. Also there would be live music played to keep the audience enjoying the event. Executive enclosure is provided so that families can also participate in the event.
The participating cars have been divided into six categories. This division is on base of CC your car engine have got, minimum car must have 1000 cc to participate in this event. The categories start from 1000 as least value and go above to more than 3000 CCs. Following graphic gives full details about this.
Bahria town drag battle fest 2010 Categories
As the event is scheduled on 28 Feb 2010 Sunday, so its great way to have fun on the weekend. Subscribe to our email updates and twitter, Facebook pages from right side of this page, to keep yourself updated.
Register complaints against email or website hacking in Pakistan, Complain against online identity theft in Pakistan
Posted by K. Shahzad in Services on February 19th, 2010
Now like other countries of world also in Pakistan the Crime Investigations Cyber Crimes division is actively working. This department is working under Federal Investigations Authority(FIA) and Named as National Response Center for Cyber Crimes (NR3C). Scope of their work is not limited to Identity theft or hacking etc, they are responsible to take care of all kinds of potential illegal activity which may take place using online mediums inside Pakistan.
They also provide the ways through which people can complain against any kind of online illegal activity and actively monitor and investigate the complaints submitted to them. Complaints may vary on variety of issues, e.g. If you are running a website and someone have hacked that website, just register a complaint with NR3C and even if the website is recovered back they will be investigating and will eventually find out the hacker who had done this by using logs and other data which is stored with the service providers for specific websites.
Also if some one have hacked your email address, don’t forget to register a complaint and expect an action. They also act well on identity theft. For example if someone have took a photo of you from any where online and using it in a fake Facebook or any other social networking website with your name or even any other name as profile picture, you can register a complaints and it will be made sure that the fake account is deleted and person made and using this is caught.
Also if you are receiving any threats via emails etc, you can complain with NR3C to get the culprit caught and punished. Even if the emails are being generated by random or custom scripts other than using the real email account the origin of sender may be traced very much easily. A computer professional with some knowledge can do it, but the people we are talking about here are the experts who are very good at this.
Another problem our society have, if someone uploads the photos in their profile or somewhere else online, they are copied and may websites or people start using those photos elsewhere. If any of such event have occurred with you or any website or individual have published your pictures without any reason or without permission from you, don’t hesitate to complain against it with NR3C.
So either your email or website is hacked, someone using your photos or identity illegally or someone threatening you using any online medium, don’t hesitate complain with National Response Center for Cyber Crimes (NR3C)
For complaints you can use following contact information.
Email: helpdesk@nr3c.gov.pk
Phone: 051-9260944
Fax: 051-9262376
NR3C Website: www.nr3c.gov.pk
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