81,945 Cellphones Snatched in One Year: CPLC

By Kamran Bukhari · Monday, Feb 22, 2010 11 Comments

81,945 Cellphones Snatched in One Year: CPLC

CPLC has recently published the report on the cell phones snatched/theft incidents. According to their data which they collected from February 2009 to January 2010, a total of 81,045 cell phones were reported snatched or theft – across the country. Those snatch/stolen incidents which were never reported are other than this figure. CPLC has compiled...

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Telecom Advisory: Things to Remember During Current Security Situation

By Aamir Attaa · Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 0 Comments

Telecom Advisory: Things to Remember During Current Security Situation

Pakistan is currently in state of War, and we have been witnessing very unpleasant situation throughout the country. In this crisis, cellular phones happen to be the most crucial communication channel during any mishap. Please consider following things when you leave you home, just in case… (Allah Maaf Karay) Make sure that your cell phone battery...

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Caution: Your Cell Phone Can be used by Terrorists

By Mehwish Khan · Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009 0 Comments

The Pakistan Army is investigating mobile phone messages warning the recipients that their SIMs could be hacked by terrorists if they followed instructions given in some messages. One such message says: ‘Attention: If you receive a call on your cellphone informing you that they are from quality control department of a GSM company and checking your...

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Police Can Now Access Your Cell phone Data!

By Aamir Attaa · Thursday, Sep 18, 2008 0 Comments

There was a news in print media yesterday, that Police has been allowed to directly access cellular user’s information; this includes our incoming and outgoing call details and information regarding SMS that we send and receive. I am not sure if Police can also access the content of calls (voice tapes), as it was not explicitly mentioned in any of...

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