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A few days back the Asian Human Rights Commission issued an urgent press release about a Pakistani, Dr. Afia Siddiqui, who has been missing from Pakistan for over four years, since 2003. Her kidnapping has since then been denied by both American and Pakistani governments but actually she has been suspected of being an operative of Al-Qaeda and has been on FBI’s wanted list. There is reason to believe that she is also one of the missing persons who had been ‘handed over’ to the Americans courtesy of Pervaiz Musharraf. Let us not forget that the missing persons case was a turning point in the history of Pakistan where Pervaiz Musharraf had a severe falling out with the then CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry who was investigating this case and probably stepped on a few toes definitely ended up rumbling a few skeleton locked within Musharraf’s treasure chest of hidden secrets

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“The American court acquits Dr Aafia Siddiqui” The ticker blinks on TV screens is followed by the screen flashes “Breaking News; The US court releases Afia Siddiqui” “The justice has been made by the exemplary American judicial system.”

The News anchors inform us that Pakistani Ambassador to the US Mr. Hussain Haqqani will hold a press conference shortly. At the same time, the tickers read “Quid-e-Tehreek Altaf Hussain has praised Americans for making justice and freeing the daughter of Nation” The news anchors announce that MQM chief has made a phone call to Aafia’s mother which is to telecasted on TV channels live. The audience listens to Altaf Hussain. He is followed by messages from President of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, Interior Minister, Mr Rehman Malik, chief of Pakistan Muslims league (N) Mr. Mian Nawaz Shareef, Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Syed Mushahid Hussain. Besides, shorts statements of different national leaders are displayed at TV screens, all congratulating Aafia’s family and praising US judicial system.  [Read the rest of this entry...]

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The launch of the iPhone 3GS in June 2009, also ushered the release of iPhone OS 3.0, which is a newer version of the mobile operating system developed by Apple for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This is compatible with all generations of the iPhone, OS 3.0 addresses many shortcomings of the previous iPhone software.

MMS

The first and foremost feature is the rudimentary Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). For two years since it launch, the iPhone was unable to send and receive messages that included multimedia objects such as images, audio and video. OS 3.0 brings this basic feature to the iPhone. In the US, support of MMS is expected to start by October, whereas Pakistani iPhone enthusiasts overcome this barrier via a minor software hack in order to enable MMS on a cellular network.

Mobile Me

Users with a tendency to misplace their mobile phones will fine the Mobile Me service included in the iPhone OS 3.0 quite useful. It takes about two minutes to locate your phone on Google Maps (Through the Mobile Me Web Interface). Users can also send an alert beep or an “Important Message”, deactivate it, or remotely wipe its contents.

Copy & Paste

Catering to the popular demand of iPhone users, OS 3.0 enables users to select text, copy it and paste it between applications.

Magnification

This is another useful feature not found in many smart phones. Unlike the zoom feature, which blows up the entire page, magnification can enlarge a section of static text around which a user’s finger is held down on the screen.

Internet Tethering

Internet tethering, although not officially supported and mentioned, is built into the new operating system and is available to OS 3.0 users through a minor hack that enables them to use their carrier-provided internet service on their computers.

Shake & Shuffle

Before, iPode Touch users could brag about this particular feature initially absent in the iPhone. Apple has now enabled this feature using the built-in accelerometer. Users no longer need to look for that forward button; a simple shake can change the song. Apple has also enabled the shake feature to undo changes made in a document.

Push Notifications

Unlike some smart phones, the iPhone does not support multitasking with applications. With OS 3.0, however Apple introduced a push notification system where an activated application could at least push data to iPhone – such as reminders for Namaz on iPray or chat messages on Fring – through the internet to notify users of application events and updates.