It may be a mere twist of fate or a well thought-out strategy but all those so far given key assignments by the newly-installed PPP-led coalition government are closely associated with Asif Ali Zardari.
Read on here
Monday, March 31, 2008
A Poor Man Worksheet
A person has asked on PM Yousaf Raza Gillani to make a monthly worksheet of his family of four in a nice elegant manner.. I like his SYED style..
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Monthly Worksheet
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Monthly Worksheet
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Downsizing of Musharraf Loyals
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, the legal architect of almost every PCO which repeatedly subverted the Constitution, has been finally removed from his job along with other advisers and special assistants of the past military regime.
The outgoing cabinet secretary, SM Alam Rizvi, told The News on Tuesday that the Cabinet Division had issued a notification to bring to an end the long innings of Mr Pirzada, who joined President Musharraf on Oct 12, 1999.
All through these past years, the country saw four prime ministers under Musharraf but no one dared to relieve Pirzada, though a few of them were not very fond of him. On paper, Pirzada was senior adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs, law justice and human rights, but for all practical purposes he remained the top legal aide to President Musharraf.
With Pirzada's exit, President Musharraf is left with only one key aide outside the presidency – Attorney-General Malik Muhammad Qayyum, who too would be replaced within a few days time.
Musharraf's buddies, including IB Chief Brigadier Ejaz Shah and Information Secretary Anwar Mehmud, opted to resign before the coming into power of the new regime. President Musharraf is now left with only two aides – Tariq Aziz, Secretary National Security Council, and Maj-Gen (retd) Rashid Qureshi, media adviser to the president. Outside the presidency, the world has changed altogether for the president.
Though, a few loyalists are still hanging on, amongst them Punjab Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Khalid Maqbool, their future too is in limbo. According to the cabinet secretary, Prof Dr Attaur Rehman has also been removed from the office of adviser to the prime minister. Dr Atta, however, would continue as chairman of the Higher Education Commission. His fate would be decided by the new prime minister.
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf, who is also the chairman of the National Commission on Human Development, is also likely to be removed by the new prime minister. Four special assistants to the prime minister have also been removed by the Cabinet Division. These include Commander Khalilur Rehman, Dr Samar Mubarik, Dr Ashfaq Ahmad, Amar Lal and Yasin Malik.
Courtesy: THE NEWS on Wednesday 26th,2008
The outgoing cabinet secretary, SM Alam Rizvi, told The News on Tuesday that the Cabinet Division had issued a notification to bring to an end the long innings of Mr Pirzada, who joined President Musharraf on Oct 12, 1999.
All through these past years, the country saw four prime ministers under Musharraf but no one dared to relieve Pirzada, though a few of them were not very fond of him. On paper, Pirzada was senior adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs, law justice and human rights, but for all practical purposes he remained the top legal aide to President Musharraf.
With Pirzada's exit, President Musharraf is left with only one key aide outside the presidency – Attorney-General Malik Muhammad Qayyum, who too would be replaced within a few days time.
Musharraf's buddies, including IB Chief Brigadier Ejaz Shah and Information Secretary Anwar Mehmud, opted to resign before the coming into power of the new regime. President Musharraf is now left with only two aides – Tariq Aziz, Secretary National Security Council, and Maj-Gen (retd) Rashid Qureshi, media adviser to the president. Outside the presidency, the world has changed altogether for the president.
Though, a few loyalists are still hanging on, amongst them Punjab Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Khalid Maqbool, their future too is in limbo. According to the cabinet secretary, Prof Dr Attaur Rehman has also been removed from the office of adviser to the prime minister. Dr Atta, however, would continue as chairman of the Higher Education Commission. His fate would be decided by the new prime minister.
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf, who is also the chairman of the National Commission on Human Development, is also likely to be removed by the new prime minister. Four special assistants to the prime minister have also been removed by the Cabinet Division. These include Commander Khalilur Rehman, Dr Samar Mubarik, Dr Ashfaq Ahmad, Amar Lal and Yasin Malik.
Courtesy: THE NEWS on Wednesday 26th,2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
UFone Sim Blocking Non-Sense
I have been a victim of missing phone days back. If you have UFone connection and you think that the back-end services of theirs are awesome then mark my words. THEY ARE PATHETIC!!!
After the missing phone incident, i called on UFone customer service and told them to block my number. I was happy that the person who got my cell wont be able to call on my family numbers. After day or two, i then visited franchise and re-issued the SIM in the morning. But when inserted the SIM back in phone, the SIM wasnt working. I thought that it will take some time before the activation of SIM as the customer service people said so. But it was hour later that i got call from family wala that HAVE YOU BEEN CALLING ON MY CELL?
I said,"NO!!". But then yet another call from family member, and same question and answer repetition. After 3-4 more calls from family walas and i got fed up. I rang on customer service guys and they responded me back with this argument.
After re-issuance of SIM, the number got activated, but the SIM didnt got activated.
Now, WTF!!! i told them that the person on the other end is calling on my contact list (Female members) and you guys are telling me to WAIT!!!... This is totally non-sense. Logically, first SIM has to get activated and then NUMBER!!!.. but the customer service guy didn't had the answer.
after waiting for hours and hours, it was in evening that finally my SIM got activated and i was back in phonic world.
THREE CHEERS FOR UFONE!!! HIP HIP, HURRAY!!!
After the missing phone incident, i called on UFone customer service and told them to block my number. I was happy that the person who got my cell wont be able to call on my family numbers. After day or two, i then visited franchise and re-issued the SIM in the morning. But when inserted the SIM back in phone, the SIM wasnt working. I thought that it will take some time before the activation of SIM as the customer service people said so. But it was hour later that i got call from family wala that HAVE YOU BEEN CALLING ON MY CELL?
I said,"NO!!". But then yet another call from family member, and same question and answer repetition. After 3-4 more calls from family walas and i got fed up. I rang on customer service guys and they responded me back with this argument.
After re-issuance of SIM, the number got activated, but the SIM didnt got activated.
Now, WTF!!! i told them that the person on the other end is calling on my contact list (Female members) and you guys are telling me to WAIT!!!... This is totally non-sense. Logically, first SIM has to get activated and then NUMBER!!!.. but the customer service guy didn't had the answer.
after waiting for hours and hours, it was in evening that finally my SIM got activated and i was back in phonic world.
THREE CHEERS FOR UFONE!!! HIP HIP, HURRAY!!!
UK officials clueless about Asif’s degree
British officials responsible for maintaining record of all educational institutions in the country have failed to find any trace of the institution in London from where Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is claimed to have received his graduation or equivalent qualification.
Read the story here
Read the story here
Immoral Activities in CAT HOUSE - Islamabad
Police raided a guest house-cum-club in F-10/3 Saturday night leading to the arrest of 52 people including 20 women, some of them foreign nationals, and three MPs-elect.
Read the story here
Read the story here
Segregation in West
Check this out... all this time people were criticizing the segregation in Islam... now their own research and facts tell them its in best interest to segregate boys and girls... they are even doing that in elementary school! why?.. check tat link..
http://inarrators.com/content/view/580/104/
Islam is till day of judgment.. and it will prove itself anytime, every time
So I hope this gives encouragement to Muslim institutions that what they have been upon is good enough and not to blindly imitate the west.
http://inarrators.com/content/view/580/
Islam is till day of judgment.. and it will prove itself anytime, every time
So I hope this gives encouragement to Muslim institutions that what they have been upon is good enough and not to blindly imitate the west.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Mobile Beggars
Other day i received a begging message on my cellphone in which the person has asked for donating him Rs.10. Following was the statement...
If you believe in God and his prophet, then share balance of Rs.10. I am in desperate situation. Don't neglect it.God will be helpful with you.When you call back on those numbers, they are not attended. Mobile phone firms are saying to neglect any such messages.
How Petroleum prices are raised - Mind Blowing
The government, oil marketing companies (OMCs) and dealers are making billions of rupees by charging Rs14.94 on one litre petrol, Rs25.03 on HOBC, Rs9.84 on kerosene oil and Rs8.5 on one litre diesel, discloses detailed notification about raise in POL products effective March 1.
It is shockingly interesting for masses to note that the import parity price of petrol stands at Rs43.75 per litre, which is being sold to end consumers at Rs58.70 per litre with windfall profit of Rs14.94 per litre to the national kitty.
Similarly the landed cost of HOBC (high octane blending component) stands at Rs44.85 per litre, kerosene oil Rs28.89 and light diesel oil Rs27.63 per litre which are being sold at Rs69.88 per litre, Rs38.73 and Rs36.07 per liter respectively, showing that the government, OMCs and dealers are minting Rs25.03 per litre, Rs9.84 and Rs8.5 on one litre in the heads of taxation, distribution margin and dealers commission.
This pricing formula is so controversial that if revisited, the prices could be reduced to a reasonable extent. "Since the taxation on import of POL products is easiest mode to collect revenue, the government has increased the volume of tax to cover up the impending deficit in revenue, which the government is expecting because of the three day economic activities standstill triggered by December 27 tragedy in which Mohtarma Benzair Bhutto was assassinated."
With the increase in POL prices from March 1, the government has increased the general sales tax (GST) on petrol by 9.4 percent (66 paisa per litre) to Rs7.66 from Rs7.00 per litre; on HOBC by 7.6 percent (65 paisas per litre) to Rs9.11 from Rs8.48 per litre; on kerosene oil by 9.7 percent (45 paisa per litre) to Rs5.05 from Rs4.60 per litre and on diesel by 10.5% (45 pasia per litre) to Rs4.70 from Rs4.25 per litre.
The outgoing regime also increased the petroleum development levy (PDL) on petrol by 57 percent to 57 paisas from zero PDL. Likewise it has raised PDL by Rs4.3 percent on one litre of HOBC to Rs6.26 from Rs5.99 per litre.
In the newly notified POL products prices, the government increased the distribution margin of oil marketing companies on petrol by 12 paisa per litre to Rs1.64 from Rs1.52, on HOBC by 13 paisa to Rs1.77 from Rs1.64 per litre, on kerosene oil by 10 paisa per litre to Rs1.14 from Rs1.04 per litre and on diesel by 10 paisa to Rs1.06 from 0.96 per litre.
The government also increased dealers' commission on petrol by 4 paisa per litre to Rs1.88 from Rs1.74 and on HOBC by 15 paisas per litre to Rs 2.03 from Rs1.88 per litre. In the notified prices, rate of inland freight equalisation margin also increased on petrol by 82 paisas per litre to Rs3.10 from Rs2.28 per litre, on HOBC up by Rs1.50 to Rs5.86 from Rs4.36 pr litre, on kerosene oil swelled by 90 pasia per litre to Rs3.65 from Rs2.71 per litre, jacked up by 25 paisas to Rs2.74 from Rs2.47 per litre.
COURTESY : THE NEWS on
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
By Khalid Mustafa
It is shockingly interesting for masses to note that the import parity price of petrol stands at Rs43.75 per litre, which is being sold to end consumers at Rs58.70 per litre with windfall profit of Rs14.94 per litre to the national kitty.
Similarly the landed cost of HOBC (high octane blending component) stands at Rs44.85 per litre, kerosene oil Rs28.89 and light diesel oil Rs27.63 per litre which are being sold at Rs69.88 per litre, Rs38.73 and Rs36.07 per liter respectively, showing that the government, OMCs and dealers are minting Rs25.03 per litre, Rs9.84 and Rs8.5 on one litre in the heads of taxation, distribution margin and dealers commission.
This pricing formula is so controversial that if revisited, the prices could be reduced to a reasonable extent. "Since the taxation on import of POL products is easiest mode to collect revenue, the government has increased the volume of tax to cover up the impending deficit in revenue, which the government is expecting because of the three day economic activities standstill triggered by December 27 tragedy in which Mohtarma Benzair Bhutto was assassinated."
With the increase in POL prices from March 1, the government has increased the general sales tax (GST) on petrol by 9.4 percent (66 paisa per litre) to Rs7.66 from Rs7.00 per litre; on HOBC by 7.6 percent (65 paisas per litre) to Rs9.11 from Rs8.48 per litre; on kerosene oil by 9.7 percent (45 paisa per litre) to Rs5.05 from Rs4.60 per litre and on diesel by 10.5% (45 pasia per litre) to Rs4.70 from Rs4.25 per litre.
The outgoing regime also increased the petroleum development levy (PDL) on petrol by 57 percent to 57 paisas from zero PDL. Likewise it has raised PDL by Rs4.3 percent on one litre of HOBC to Rs6.26 from Rs5.99 per litre.
In the newly notified POL products prices, the government increased the distribution margin of oil marketing companies on petrol by 12 paisa per litre to Rs1.64 from Rs1.52, on HOBC by 13 paisa to Rs1.77 from Rs1.64 per litre, on kerosene oil by 10 paisa per litre to Rs1.14 from Rs1.04 per litre and on diesel by 10 paisa to Rs1.06 from 0.96 per litre.
The government also increased dealers' commission on petrol by 4 paisa per litre to Rs1.88 from Rs1.74 and on HOBC by 15 paisas per litre to Rs 2.03 from Rs1.88 per litre. In the notified prices, rate of inland freight equalisation margin also increased on petrol by 82 paisas per litre to Rs3.10 from Rs2.28 per litre, on HOBC up by Rs1.50 to Rs5.86 from Rs4.36 pr litre, on kerosene oil swelled by 90 pasia per litre to Rs3.65 from Rs2.71 per litre, jacked up by 25 paisas to Rs2.74 from Rs2.47 per litre.
COURTESY : THE NEWS on
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
By Khalid Mustafa
Pakistan Vehicle Tracking companies performance
If there was any trust that Amber Khan (not her real name) had in anti-car theft “tracker” companies, it was lost within minutes of discovering that her Daihatsu Cuore was stolen some weeks back, despite being under constant surveillance of the security company. “The first shock was the fact that my car was stolen. The second was the casual manner in which my complaint was handled by the tracking company which insisted that the fault was mine and not theirs,” she recalls.
Khan had purchased her car only some weeks back through UBL AMEEN, the Islamic car financing arm of United Bank Limited, one of the country’s leading banks. UBL AMEEN took care of the tracker company, in this case a Lahore-based company called Info-Track.
Khan says that she had trust in UBL but not in any tracking company. “They chose possibly one of the more dubious companies and as a result I lost my car,” she adds.A survey conducted by The News on the effectiveness of tracker companies operating in the city found that some companies were openly claiming that despite their state of the art systems, the system was useless for small cars and also not effective in theft cases. This is something neither Khan nor thousands of other customers who have taken the services of sub-standard tracker companies were ever told.
It may be recalled that many tracker companies started functioning in 2003 using a system called JASIM which directly connects to the network coverage areas of cellular companies. Initially, the companies showed good results as most car thieves were unaware of this technology. Then the Anti Car Lifting Unit (ACLU) Karachi, a specialised unit of the Karachi Police, discovered that several vehicles were “de-track-ed” by criminal gangs and taken away despite the hi-tech systems installed. These cars were then spirited off to other parts of the country.
Recently two major gangs involved in this practice of “de-tracking vehicles” were caught by the ACLU. During interrogation, the car robbers revealed that they could defuse the tracking system within five minutes. This has led to more questions being asked by the ACLU about the effectiveness of the system for which customers are paying millions of rupees collectively in special services being offered.
It may be mentioned that there are about 18 tracker companies working in Karachi and most of the companies have their head offices in Lahore. Karachi is seen as the hot-spot for car theft in the country.
Amber Khan recalled that when she took delivery of her Cuore car, before handing over the car the insurance company installed a tracker system. Officials of the company told her that their system was “the best system in the city and the safety of her car was their guarantee.” But after her car was stolen and she called the tracking company for her car’s location, the official refused to disclose the location of her car and told her that her car “was out of their screen and the criminals who had stolen her car had probably defused the tracking system.”
She asked why she was not told that defusing of a tracker system was common in the city. Despite repeated requests, the company has also not given any record of where her car’s last movements were recorded.
When contacted, Muhammad Zubair, Manager Operations of Info-Track stated that the tracker system of his company did not work for small cars when they were parked or when they were taken into a basement.
“Why was I not told of this?” asks Amber Khan. To this Info-Track officials have no answer, only an apology. Law enforcement officials and security experts say that such companies who claim to have hi-tech systems in place are “actually fleecing the people.”
Some say that the fault lies with the bank for making its customers compulsorily install this system. UBL President Atif Bukhari was contacted for his comments but there was no response from his side.
Not all companies are sub-standard. Many customers say that it depends on the service being offered by the company. Arsalan Ahmed Khan, a banker, told The News that he had a Toyota Corolla car installed with a tracking system. Once he was confronted by car snatchers at Teen Talwar in Karachi. As they snatched his car and tried to defuse the tracking system, Arsalan received an immediate response from the tracker company who alerted the police which encircled the criminals and caught them.
A police investigation officer said there is a prominent wire which is cut by the criminals and the tracking system is rendered useless. He warned that there were only three major companies whose system was different and criminals have been unable to crack their system.
However, due to the cost of installing a tracker system everyone cannot install the proper system and go for alternatives. The high end companies also disconnect the system when payments are not made by customers and this renders cars unsafe.
The officer said that the companies were using JASIM system, which is directly connected to the network of cellular companies. This was unreliable and would break down when coverage was down. More effective was the satellite system, he said.
The tracker system is fully effective at Super Highway, National Highway and RCD Highway but on the RCD to Balochistan Highway, it was noticed that after Hub, about 40 miles onwards, the tracker system did not work.
What is appalling is that most of the criminals held were former employees of the same tracker companies. To check this trend, the police have asked tracker companies to give records of those employees who were sacked by the companies so that they could follow this up in case of thefts. But the companies have not obliged so far.
One police officer recalled that a vehicle was stolen from Gulshan area in Karachi but after three days the car came on the screen of the tracker company giving location as Dadu. Immediate action was taken and the tracker company along with the police conducted a raid and recovered the car.
A police official commented that the system was largely effective and that in every ten vehicles, eight vehicles were recovered. At the same time, experts say that there are certain companies which are using low quality devices which at times malfunction. Some companies are using locally manufactured devices and software technology while others are using Chinese products and they don’t have proper guidance maps and proper management units to operate.
The tracker system works on GSM and GPS (Global Positioning System). GSM communicates with the car and GPS with the location. If the vehicle is out of the GSM coverage area, the GPS always points out the location of the car and if the company is a good one can always request the GSM operators to provide service to that particular area in order to recover the car.
However, it should be pointed out that the tracking of the car is not done 24/7. Only when the customer needs the location of their car, the location is provided. Or in the case of alarms going off, the company contacts the car owner and also does the tracking.
The reason given by some of the car tracking companies that the car lifters have defused or dismantled the device is seen as a lame excuse as it is the responsibility of the tracker companies to have efficient and fast mobile teams to track and reach the exact location of the stolen car, say experts.
There are some tracker companies using Beacon technology which is outdated. One such company, Star Track, was black listed for using outdated technology. Similarly, another company, Win Track, was also blacklisted.
Sohail Akram, Manager of the “Car Ijarah” facility at Bank Al-Falah said “car lifting is on the rise. We receive many complaints about car snatching and car lifting and there are car tracker companies which have failed to track the car. Due to this, some insurance companies have black listed such companies.”
Despite this poor record, what is worrisome is that leading banks, in a bid to offer attractive packages in their car loans, are falling for the temptation of signing agreements with low-tech car tracker companies. In this, customers who have seen their cars stolen have no recourse except to suffer in silence as their claims are processed over a period of several months though no fault of their own.
COURTESY : THE NEWS on
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
By THE NEWS correspondents
Khan had purchased her car only some weeks back through UBL AMEEN, the Islamic car financing arm of United Bank Limited, one of the country’s leading banks. UBL AMEEN took care of the tracker company, in this case a Lahore-based company called Info-Track.
Khan says that she had trust in UBL but not in any tracking company. “They chose possibly one of the more dubious companies and as a result I lost my car,” she adds.A survey conducted by The News on the effectiveness of tracker companies operating in the city found that some companies were openly claiming that despite their state of the art systems, the system was useless for small cars and also not effective in theft cases. This is something neither Khan nor thousands of other customers who have taken the services of sub-standard tracker companies were ever told.
It may be recalled that many tracker companies started functioning in 2003 using a system called JASIM which directly connects to the network coverage areas of cellular companies. Initially, the companies showed good results as most car thieves were unaware of this technology. Then the Anti Car Lifting Unit (ACLU) Karachi, a specialised unit of the Karachi Police, discovered that several vehicles were “de-track-ed” by criminal gangs and taken away despite the hi-tech systems installed. These cars were then spirited off to other parts of the country.
Recently two major gangs involved in this practice of “de-tracking vehicles” were caught by the ACLU. During interrogation, the car robbers revealed that they could defuse the tracking system within five minutes. This has led to more questions being asked by the ACLU about the effectiveness of the system for which customers are paying millions of rupees collectively in special services being offered.
It may be mentioned that there are about 18 tracker companies working in Karachi and most of the companies have their head offices in Lahore. Karachi is seen as the hot-spot for car theft in the country.
Amber Khan recalled that when she took delivery of her Cuore car, before handing over the car the insurance company installed a tracker system. Officials of the company told her that their system was “the best system in the city and the safety of her car was their guarantee.” But after her car was stolen and she called the tracking company for her car’s location, the official refused to disclose the location of her car and told her that her car “was out of their screen and the criminals who had stolen her car had probably defused the tracking system.”
She asked why she was not told that defusing of a tracker system was common in the city. Despite repeated requests, the company has also not given any record of where her car’s last movements were recorded.
When contacted, Muhammad Zubair, Manager Operations of Info-Track stated that the tracker system of his company did not work for small cars when they were parked or when they were taken into a basement.
“Why was I not told of this?” asks Amber Khan. To this Info-Track officials have no answer, only an apology. Law enforcement officials and security experts say that such companies who claim to have hi-tech systems in place are “actually fleecing the people.”
Some say that the fault lies with the bank for making its customers compulsorily install this system. UBL President Atif Bukhari was contacted for his comments but there was no response from his side.
Not all companies are sub-standard. Many customers say that it depends on the service being offered by the company. Arsalan Ahmed Khan, a banker, told The News that he had a Toyota Corolla car installed with a tracking system. Once he was confronted by car snatchers at Teen Talwar in Karachi. As they snatched his car and tried to defuse the tracking system, Arsalan received an immediate response from the tracker company who alerted the police which encircled the criminals and caught them.
A police investigation officer said there is a prominent wire which is cut by the criminals and the tracking system is rendered useless. He warned that there were only three major companies whose system was different and criminals have been unable to crack their system.
However, due to the cost of installing a tracker system everyone cannot install the proper system and go for alternatives. The high end companies also disconnect the system when payments are not made by customers and this renders cars unsafe.
The officer said that the companies were using JASIM system, which is directly connected to the network of cellular companies. This was unreliable and would break down when coverage was down. More effective was the satellite system, he said.
The tracker system is fully effective at Super Highway, National Highway and RCD Highway but on the RCD to Balochistan Highway, it was noticed that after Hub, about 40 miles onwards, the tracker system did not work.
What is appalling is that most of the criminals held were former employees of the same tracker companies. To check this trend, the police have asked tracker companies to give records of those employees who were sacked by the companies so that they could follow this up in case of thefts. But the companies have not obliged so far.
One police officer recalled that a vehicle was stolen from Gulshan area in Karachi but after three days the car came on the screen of the tracker company giving location as Dadu. Immediate action was taken and the tracker company along with the police conducted a raid and recovered the car.
A police official commented that the system was largely effective and that in every ten vehicles, eight vehicles were recovered. At the same time, experts say that there are certain companies which are using low quality devices which at times malfunction. Some companies are using locally manufactured devices and software technology while others are using Chinese products and they don’t have proper guidance maps and proper management units to operate.
The tracker system works on GSM and GPS (Global Positioning System). GSM communicates with the car and GPS with the location. If the vehicle is out of the GSM coverage area, the GPS always points out the location of the car and if the company is a good one can always request the GSM operators to provide service to that particular area in order to recover the car.
However, it should be pointed out that the tracking of the car is not done 24/7. Only when the customer needs the location of their car, the location is provided. Or in the case of alarms going off, the company contacts the car owner and also does the tracking.
The reason given by some of the car tracking companies that the car lifters have defused or dismantled the device is seen as a lame excuse as it is the responsibility of the tracker companies to have efficient and fast mobile teams to track and reach the exact location of the stolen car, say experts.
There are some tracker companies using Beacon technology which is outdated. One such company, Star Track, was black listed for using outdated technology. Similarly, another company, Win Track, was also blacklisted.
Sohail Akram, Manager of the “Car Ijarah” facility at Bank Al-Falah said “car lifting is on the rise. We receive many complaints about car snatching and car lifting and there are car tracker companies which have failed to track the car. Due to this, some insurance companies have black listed such companies.”
Despite this poor record, what is worrisome is that leading banks, in a bid to offer attractive packages in their car loans, are falling for the temptation of signing agreements with low-tech car tracker companies. In this, customers who have seen their cars stolen have no recourse except to suffer in silence as their claims are processed over a period of several months though no fault of their own.
COURTESY : THE NEWS on
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
By THE NEWS correspondents
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