Archive for May, 2012

US HURTING ITSELF LONG-TERM IN PAKISTAN, BY BEING IDENTIFIED WITH CORRUPT & HATED ZARDARI REGIME

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Foreign Policy on May 1st, 2012

US policy makers are their own biggest enemies. By blindly supporting the most corrupt regime in Pakistan’s history, they are not only alienating Pakistani public, but also germinating more anti-US sentiment among THE. This policy of sheer ignorance of reality of the situation is akin to an ostrich-like head in the sand attitude. This is happening in a nation, which has one of the best intelligence agency in the world, the CIA, which provides factual analysis of global situation to policy makers. But, no intelligence in the world can succeed, if the policy makers ignore their briefs and follow an ad hoc approach. It is unfortunate, that a nation like the US, which has produced some of the greatest minds of century, should follow such a naive and ignorant approach.

Naive US Policies create an environment, where rational thinking Pakistanis, end-up, if not supporting, but sympathizing with enemies of US. US policy makers must wake-up and STOP SUPPORTING THE CORRUPT ZARDARI REGIME. FATA region has become a crucible for birthing fanatics, because of sheer ignorance of US foriegn policy makers. How can US win hearts and minds of Pakistanis by supporting the most hated man in Pakistan, Asif Zardari? From Gilgit to Karachi and from Thar to Khuzdar, tales of Zardari and his cohorts robbery of Pakistan’s resources abound. His son, who keeps a low profile but part of the same corrupt machine fondly hopes to be next in line to rule the country. Both of these ignorami do not realize, that earning the hatred of Pakistani people can lead to disastrous consequences. In Pakistan Army, there is seething anger against Zardari and his gang of crooks, who have hijacked Pakistan.

How exposing corrupt regimes can serve US security

Foreign corruption undermines development, US interests, and ultimately US security. The fight against foreign corruption and the success of US policy are linked. That’s why the US needs to implement country reports on corruption to increase transparency and encourage change.

By William Courtney, Louise Shelley, and Kenneth Yalowitz / May 25, 2011

Corruption in many foreign countries, ranging from Pakistan to Mexico, directly threatens American security interests. It’s high time for the US government to recognize this and attack the problem head on, starting with the issuance of annual country reports. Like the widely praised US Department of State country reports on human rights, the corruption summaries would name names and detail abuses. Some foreign leaders will object, but this risk is worth running.

The fight against foreign corruption and the success of US policy are linked.

In Afghanistan, the legitimacy of President Hamid Karzai is undermined by a half-brother who is said to be a drug lord and crooked power broker.

In Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zadari has only a tenuous hold in part because of his notoriety for greed. In one case, he reportedly obtained a $200 million kickback from Dassault Aviation, and in another, a Swiss court convicted him of money laundering.

The 2010 Transparency International index of corruption perceptions reveals a striking correlation. Places where US troops are fighting and dying, or where America faces serious nuclear threats, are among the most corrupt. Of 178 countries ranked, the bottom one-fifth includes: Pakistan, Iran, Libya, Russia, Venezuela, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

How country reports will help US interests

How can country reports on corruption serve US interests?

First, exposing corruption may reduce security risks. If over the years more had been done to unveil corruption in Pakistan and Afghanistan and help those countries to develop and reform, conflicts there might be diminished.

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Indian call centre workers selling UK financial data for 25p per customer

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Corruption on May 1st, 2012

Indians are using a very clever ruse against UK and US. They spread rumours that Chinese are stealing their cutting-edge technology. This creates a diversion for UK and US monitoring authorities, while, they focus on Chinese (who actually have better technology in some areas and have no need to “steal,” Western Technology). Its India who is lagging behind in civil, as well as military technology. Indian culture nurtures copying and plagiarizing instead of using human natural creativity to invent and discover. In the mean-time Indians have penetrated areas of most cutting-edge technology development. Technology hubs :

According to: John Trumpbour, Research Director, Labor & Worklife Program, Harvard Law School: ” To start with India, leaders of the pharmaceutical industry, specifically Ranbaxy, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, and Aurigene, indicated that a majority of the PhDs in drug discovery received their degrees in the USA. With several Big Pharma firms based in the USA slashing scientific jobs in recent years, Indian pharmaceutical firms marvel at the expanding talent pool, and they have been diligently recruiting South Asians with U.S. experience for work in India. The pharmaceutical companies are the highest spenders on R&D across all industry sectors in India. To start with India, leaders of the pharmaceutical industry, specifically Ranbaxy, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, and Aurigene, indicated that a majority of the PhDs in drug discovery received their degrees in the USA. With several Big Pharma firms based in the USA slashing scientific jobs in recent years, Indian pharmaceutical firms marvel at the expanding talent pool, and they have been diligently recruiting South Asians with U.S. experience for work in India. The pharmaceutical companies are the highest spenders on R&D across all industry sectors in India.”

Indian call centre workers selling UK financial data for 25p per customer

Indian call centre staff are selling UK broadband customers’ financial data, including credit card numbers and security codes, for as little as 25p each for bulk purchases.

An investigation by The Sun uncovered a former call centre worker known as Deepak Chuphal who sold the bank account details, credit card numbers and the three-digit CVV security code of 1,000 customers for £250.

CIFAS, the UK’s fraud prevention service, described the news as an “absolute bombshell”.

“I am astounded. The information being traded is everything a criminal needs to clear out an account or steal an identity,” said CIFAS communications manager Richard Hurley.

“That this is happening on an industrial scale is enough to make anyone shudder. This is a wake-up call. Security processes and staff vetting need to be reviewed.”

Chuphal claimed to have 25 contacts in nine call centres who would double their salaries by accepting bribes of £400 a month to steal the data. He could supply 5,000 British credit card numbers, 25,000 bank accounts and the personal profiles of 50,000 people a week, he said.

“Even ‘soft’ personal details like email addresses are massively valuable for criminals. You don’t need someone’s online banking password to set them up for multiple scams designed to steal money,” explained Paul Vlissidis, technical director at security testers NGS Secure.

“People put their trust in banks and ISPs which will no doubt have hammered home the importance of their customers keeping passwords unique and private. But who is drilling them on their own security practices?”

The investigation broke as The Sun‘s owner, News International, faced questions from the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee over the news that the company’s outsourced email contractor, Indian firm HCL Technologies, had deleted hundreds of thousands of emails on nine occasions.

The deletions were totally normal, HCL Technologies insisted, and included 200,000 “delivery failure messages” and various defunct accounts. News International had also pruned its email databases in September last year, it was revealed.

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IAF (Indian Air Force) Chief NAK Browne urges scientists to beg, borrow or steal technology

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Corruption on May 1st, 2012

IAF Air Chief Norman Anil Kumar Browne has urged scientists to “beg, borrow or steal technology to develop indigenous products. The concept is now being used worldwide and India lags behind with its outdated technologies.”

US, UK, AND EUROPE WATCH-OUT

Theft of Technology is promoted by the Indian Air Force Chief:

We Kid you Not!

Shreyas Menon

20 October, 2011

IN WHAT may be called yet another attempt to step up the country’s defence prowess, IAF’s Air Chief Norman Anil Kumar Browne urged the defence scientists to ‘beg, borrow or steal’ technologies that can catapult India’s positioning in the world of defence.

The idea mooted by the top commander of the IAF may sound inspirational, considering that this is what most nations do, championed by China, but with rampant delays in the functionalities of autonomous organisations like the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), the urge to make it in the top league maybe a bit delayed – which explains the Chief’s exhortation.

Browne was speaking at a seminar organised by the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Delhi. At the seminar he tried to motivate the scientists to develop an indigenous fighter aircraft, something that has not taken place in the last thirty years. Earlier DRDO, who was assigned to build on the same project, was given a sanction of $500 million. The Kaveri engine programme that was supposed to fill in the responsibilities of an aeroengine for the Light Combat Aircraft (LAC) is yet to be fully developed and right now the American GE engines are fructifying the LCA’s needs. A few months back, the LCA was again tested on the Russian made Ilyushin-76 transport aircraft test range. While speaking at the seminar Browne was quoted as saying by IANS, “This (aeroengine) is an area where we need to focus. This is one of the core technologies required by the nation”.

Apart from the indigenous aeroengine that Browne emphasised to build, he also asked the defence scientists to focus on building the recent Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. AESA for quite a while is being deployed in the air force around the world

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US INDUSTRY ALERT: Indian sentenced to year in prison for stealing trade secrets

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in India on May 1st, 2012

An Indian ex-employee of Bristol-Myers-Squibb, who admitted stealing trade secrets from the drug manufacturer for his planned business venture in India, was awarded a year in jail today, a sentence he has already served. Shalin Jhaveri, 30 is expected to be deported to India soon.

Indian sentenced to year in prison for stealing trade secrets

BOSTON: An Indian ex-employee of Bristol-Myers-Squibb, who admitted stealing trade secrets from the drug manufacturer for his planned business venture in India, was awarded a year in jail today, a sentence he has already served.

Shalin Jhaveri, 30 is expected to be deported to India soon.

US District Judge Norman Mordue sentenced Jhaveri to his time served in a New York jail.

Mordue also imposed a USD 5,000 fine and ordered Jhaveri to forfeit the computer equipment he used to steal the formulas.

Federal immigration agents took Jhaveri into custody and would transport him to a detention centre where he will face deportation proceedings in 10 days.

Jhaveri sobbed in court as he apologised for betraying the trust of the company and his family, the Syracuse Post-Standard reported that

“I have failed in my most significant purpose of being on this earth, and I am ashamed,” Jhaveri said.

Jhaveri had pleaded guilty last year to a one-count charge of theft of trade secrets. He was arrested in February 2010.

A Syracuse, New York resident, Jhaveri worked as a technical operations associate in Bristol-Myers’ management training programme.

He had worked at the company since November 2007 at its Syracuse facility, where it develops and manufactures biotechnology medicines for clinical and commercial use.

While he was employed, Jhaveri stole the company’s trade secrets and devised a plan to put them to his own use.

At the time of his arrest, he was meeting with an investor who was willing to finance Jhaveri’s business venture planned in India.

Jhaveri had taken more than 1,300 documents from the company starting in late 2009.

He downloaded the information to his laptop and portable hard drives over the course of several days and shared these trade secrets with his potential investor.

The trade secrets included formulas for producing a drug under development at Bristol to treat a rare and deadly form of skin cancer.

In December 2009, Bristol-Myers’ corporate security had notified its in-house computer security experts that Jhaveri was taking confidential material.

Jhaveri, who came to the US eight years ago on a student visa, has a doctorate in chemistry from Cornell University.

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PTI Feb 18, 2011, 10.12am IST

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How Indians Steals US & UK Technology? Several Thousand US & UK Pharmaceutical Scientists are of Indian Origin.

Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in India on May 1st, 2012

Meri (US) technology loot rahi thi, aur main khaamosh tha

Translation: My (US) technology was being looted, and I was silent…

In the United States, it takes over $1 billion to develop a new drug, and Indian firms develop drugs for $300 million. Along with lower labor and facility costs, there are far fewer obstacles to carrying out clinical trials in India.

Due to the generosity of the US Govt towards a fellow Democracy, Indians have access to several thousand visas. This loop-hole in the “TECHNOLOGY DIKE OF US, has been fully exploited by Technology thieves from India. Indians have penetrated areas of most cutting-edge technology development. Technology hubs :