Franchisees Allege Cellular Companies for Pushing them for Fake Sales: ProPakistani

Franchisees Allege Cellular Companies for Pushing them for Fake Sales

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:59 PM PST

Issue of fake sales or fake registrations of cellular SIMs has made headlines recently, especially when a person was able to get a SIM registered in the name Rahman Malik, minister interior.

Media reports suggest that over two dozen men were arrested, those from NADRA, franchise staff, CPLC staff, and from other departments who were involved in leaking out the information of Minister upon which the SIM was issued.

But a million dollar question is, it was Rahman Malik who had all the resources (or call it Danda) to grab the culprits, but what if such thing happen with a common man like me or you? Will you be given the justice?

In a related news, franchisees of various cellular companies have written an open letter to authorities concerned, confessing that they are involved in fake registrations but they put responsibility on cellular companies' shoulders by alleging them for pushing franchisees to make fake sales in order to meet their targets.

Franchisees note that if they don't follow such instructions then their commission is omitted, and hence they don't have a way but to do fake registrations.

We are presenting you the scanned copy of original letter, but before I would like to put couple of questions here:

Why issues of great importance surface only when victim is a high profile dignitary?
If the allegations are true then for sure this was happening for long (for years I would say) then why franchisees remained quite and are now seeking justifications when Rahman Malik became a victim?
If allegations are true then why PTA was unable to detect it earlier? If they had prior knowledge of this then why they didn't take any action?
If these allegations are true then how many SIMs (out of 111 million) are fake?

Here you go now with the letter itself:

001 Franchisees Allege Cellular Companies for Pushing them for Fake Sales

002 Franchisees Allege Cellular Companies for Pushing them for Fake Sales

Intel Announces Winners at the National Science Fair

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:10 PM PST

Intel Pakistan marked the end of its national science competition by announcing the winners of the Intel National Science Fair, who will go on to represent Pakistan at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2012, to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

The grand winners of the Intel National Science Fair are; Shiza Ghulab, Mahnoor Hassan and Bushra Shahed from Institute of Computer and Management Sciences, Peshawar. The individual winners are; Musa Rahim Khan from Agha Khan Higher Secondary School, Chitral and Syed Shahzeb Hussain from Army Public School and College, Command and Staff College, Quetta.

Widely attended by youth from all across Pakistan, the National Science Fair showcased more than 85 science projects submitted by young scientists from all across the nation who qualified for a place in the National Science Fair after rigorous competition at district and provincial levels including the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which participated for the first time in 2011.

"Intel recognizes that curiosity, critical thinking and a strong foundation in math and science are necessary for tomorrow's workforce to compete for the high-tech jobs of the future. The National Science Fair encourages high school students to embrace and explore their interests in these subjects, and pursue paths that may lead to solving the world's most pressing issues," said Naveed Siraj, country manager at Intel Pakistan. "With their commitment and achievement in the various science subjects, these finalists have singularized themselves as Pakistan's top young researchers. Together with Intel we congratulate these exceptional students and commend the mentors, teachers, schools, and parents that have contributed to their success."

The National Science Fair, organized every year by Intel Pakistan in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, is part of Intel's efforts to contribute to science education reform in Pakistan. Projects displayed at the National Science Fair were assessed by a panel of renowned judges.

Intel ISEF, the world's largest pre-college science competition, enables more than 1,500 young scientists from all across the globe to gather on a single platform to exchange ideas and knowledge, showcase cutting-edge science, and compete for over US$ 4 million* in awards and scholarships.

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Friday, January 27, 2012