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- Archive-name: bit-pakistan-news-faq
- Last-modified: 1994/10/12
- Version: 1.4
- Organization: Caltech Alumni Association. Pasadena, California
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- Copyright 1993,1994
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- Pakistan News Service (Pakistan@Asuacad.Bitnet) &
- Asim Mughal (mughal@caltech.edu)
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- ***** ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS *********
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- READ THIS BEFORE YOU POST A QUERY.
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- This message is automatically posted once a month to provide
- answers to commonly asked questions on this forum.
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- Asim Mughal (mughal@alumni.caltech.edu)
- bit.listserv.pakistan FAQ Maintainer
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-
- Contents:
-
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- 1) About bit.listserv.pakistan (PNS).
- 2) Welcome to Pakistan News Service (PNS)
- 3) History & Data on PNS
- 4) Introduction to PNS Forums.
- 5) Pictures of Pakistan on FTP site
- 6) Services Offered by PNS
- 7) List of files on the Listserv
- 8) Pakistan News Service Reference Guide
- 9) Where to Send Contributions
- 10) PNS Staff & how to contact them
- 11) This FAQ- Archive Info, History & Credits.
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- Subject: 1) About bit.listserv.pakistan (PNS).
-
- The newsgroup 'bit.listserv.pakistan' is distribution of
- BITnet LISTs "PAKISTAN@ASUACAD" & "PAKISTAN@PSUVM" called
- "The Pakistan News Service."
-
- The gateway established at American Univ. is bi-directioal.
- This allows digest/newsletter posted by the editors on LISTSERV
- to appear on USENET 'bit.listserv.pakistan.'
-
- Any submission sent to 'bit.listserv.pakistan' is routed to the
- editors of PNS automatically.
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- Subject: 2) Welcome to Pakistan News Service (PNS)
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- In the name of ALLAH, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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- P A K I S T A N N E W S S E R V I C E
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- Founded on: 3 Safar 1412 Hijri, Wednesday, 14 August 1991
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- | I M P O R T A N T |
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- | Newsletter contents may be copyright protected. The |
- | person contributing the news is the only one responsible |
- | for copyright violations, if any. No legal responsibility |
- | accepted by List-Owners, Editors, founders and Sponsors. |
- | Please, avoid reproduction on a public forum without prior |
- | permission from the List Owners/Editors. |
- | |
- | Please forward all contributions to: |
- | "PAKISTAN@ASUACAD.BITNET" |
- | or "PAKISTAN@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU" |
- | |
- | Founders : Muhammad Javed Shaikh, Asim Mughal, |
- | Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Kamran Aftab, |
- | Syed Irfan Ashraf, Syed Asim Ali, |
- | Nauman Kassim Mysorewala |
- |_________________________________________________________________|
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-
-
- Salaam o Alaekum,(Greetings)
-
- We are pleased to announce the commencement of Pakistan News Service. Its
- first official posting was on 14th August 1991.
-
- The Pakistan News Service is a community based volunteer group. The goal is
- to share the information concerning or regarding Pakistan with the rest of
- the network community in general & with Pakistani community in particular.
-
- The Pakistan News Service thrives on contributions, in terms of news, info
- & articles from its readers. All the information gathered is made available
- free of charge to the readers/subscribers.
-
- The Pakistan News Service provides news from various sources and info on a
- variety of topic, this includes but is not limited to the following:
-
-
- 1. Radio Pakistan News
- 2. News Clips from Pakistani Newpapers
- 3. News about Pakistan from internation News Agencies.
- 4. Exchange rates for Pakistani Ruppee
- 5. Radio Pakistan Frequency Chart & Timings
- 6. Pakistan- U.S. Tax Treaty: Filing Income Tax Return in the U.S.
- 7. Info on Travel Agents dealing with travel arrangements to Pakistan
- 8. Info on remitting money to Pakistan.
- 9. Articles, news briefs, receipies, miscellaneous info etc
- 10. Moderated discussions on Pakistan
- 11. Discussion on Computer Technology
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- Subject: 3) History & Data on PNS
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- PNS HISTORY:
-
- August 14, 1991. Pakistan News Service (PAKISTAN @ ASUACAD) commences
- March 30, 1992. An automonous subsidiary of Pakistan News Service,
- "Muslim News Network (MNN)" (MUSLIMS @ ASUACAD) established.
- April 30, 1992. Pakistan News Service reaches 1,000 direct subscribers.
- May 2, 1992. Pakistan News Service (PNS) Peers on PSUVM.(PAKISTAN @ PSUVM)
- August 10, 1992. Muslim News Network (MNN) Peers on PSUVM. (MUSLIMS @ PSUVM)
- August 14, 1992. MNN renames to IINN (Islamic Information & News Network).
- Sept. 1, 1992. Independent SuperComputing Forum (SCF) formed.
- Feb. 1, 1993. SCF formally linked to PNS.
- July 20, 1993. Internet Relay Chat Bot for PNS Headlines: /msg PakNews Help
- Sept 1, 1993. PNS FTP Site - Major Reorganization
- Sept 15, 1993. PNS Mailing List established for difficult email addresses.
- Oct 1, 1993. PNS-L @ PSUVM Pakistan News Service Discussion Opens.
- Dec 15, 1993. PNS, PNS-L & IINN gatewayed to USENET.
- Feb 1, 1994. PNS-L Archives available from 'listserv@psuvm'
- March 1, 1994. SCF renamed to CTF (Computer Technology Forum) & revitalized.
- April 1, 1994. CTF moved to site: gnu.ai.mit.edu.
- May 15, 1994. Frequently Asked Questions Document Approved for IINN.
- June 15, 1994. Frequently Asked Questions Documents Approved for PNS & PNS-L
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- Subject: 4) Introduction to PNS Forums.
-
- The Pakistan News Service Group enjoys four feathers in its cap. Ranging
- from mainstream NewsLetter to digest on computer technology in Pakistan.
- Two of those forums, namely, IINN & CTF are considered "sister forums"
- or "independent subsidiary of Pakistan News Service."
-
- The following is a list of Pakistan News Service Forums:
-
- PNS (Pakistan News Service Newsletter)
-
- Provides almost daily coverage of news on Pakistan & events in
- Pakistan. Contact Address: Pakistan@asuacad.bitnet.
-
-
- PNS-L (Pakistan News Service Discussions)
-
- A moderated discussion forum on topics related to Pakistan. It
- also covers special events e.g. elections. Publication is put
- out once a week. Contact Address: pns-l@psuvm.bitnet
-
-
- IINN (Islamic Information & News Network)
-
- A weekly digest covering news & events in Islamic World. Articles
- & info on Islam in non-political & academic environment.
- Contact Address: muslims@asuacad.bitnet
-
-
- CTF (Computer Technology Forum)
-
- Monthly digest covering Computer Technology as it relates to
- Pakistan. Contact Address: ctf-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu
-
- The administrative tasks & public relations for all four forums is
- combined. The resources & information gathered is shared. However, the
- editorial boards are independent have different policies.
-
- The in-house developed resources available include two sets of scripts,
-
- 1) 'Publish' - Strips off the headers/minor format
- 2) 'Nebula' - A newsletter generation package.
-
-
- LISTSERV/USENET GATEWAYS:
-
- List: PAKISTAN <--> USENET: bit.listserv.pakistan
- List: PNS-L <--> USENET: bit.listserv.pns-l
- List: MUSLIMS <--> USENET: bit.listserv.muslims
-
-
- WORLD WIDE WEB URLs for PNS Forums:
-
- Pakistan News Service:(PNS)
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/bit-pakistan-faq/faq.html
-
- Pakistan News Service Discussions:(PNS-L)
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/bit-pns-l-faq/faq.html
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- Islamic Information & News Network:(IINN)
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/bit-pns-l-faq/faq.html
-
-
- SUBSCRIPTION: Free
-
- Readership: Listservs - 2,500
- USENET - 14,000 estimated
- (May '94 statistics)
-
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- Subject: 5) Pictures of Pakistan on FTP site
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-
-
- Pictures of Pakistan in '.gif' format are available thru Pakistan
- News Service. These files are on 'listserv@asuacad' and most of
- them are on anonymous FTP site.
-
- Anonymous FTP Site:
- ____________________________________________________________________
- This site hosts .gifs on Pakistan gathered from the net
- for free distribution.
-
- host: ftp.ugcs.caltech.edu
- login: anonymous
- password: <your email address>
- dir : /pub/gifs/Pakistan
-
- Information on the files is listed in ...
-
- images.doc
-
- P.S. Please use BINARY format to retrieve files.
-
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- Subject: 6) Services Offered by PNS
-
- The following is a concise list, please also see 'Introduction
- to PNS Forums' and 'Welcome to Pakistan News Service.'
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- o Files on Listserv
- o Old publications on Listserv
- o Pictures of Pakistan thru FTP
- o Moderated discussion on Pakistan
- o Database of Pakistani Students
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- Subject: 7) List of files on the Listserv
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- T H E P A K I S T A N N E W S S E R V I C E
- __________________________________________________________________
-
- As a continued effort to provide information on Pakistan,
- Pakistan News Service manages number of files open for anyone to
- retrieve from the LISTSERV. We encourage our readers to send us
- files on any other subject which they think will be beneficial to
- the Pakistani community.The following is a summary of how to access
- these files and a list of info files currently available.
-
- -Asim Mughal
- PNS Spokesman
- updated: April 4, 1993
- ###########################################################################
-
- FOR BITnet Subscribers:
- For interactive access: $ SEND/NOP LISTSERV @ ASUACAD
-
- FOR EVERYONE (BITnet,INTERnet etc) Subscribers:
- 1. Send an electronic mail message to either
-
- LISTSERV @ ASUACAD.BITnet or LISTSERV @ ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU
-
- 2. The COMMANDS should be the text of the message.
-
- COMMANDS:
- To get a latest listing of available files: INDEX PAKISTAN
- To retreive a file from the server : GET PAKISTAN filename
- (example) : GET PAKISTAN INFO
- ____________________________________________________________________________
- LISTING OF FILES:
-
- As of Sept 23, 1994
-
- * PAKISTAN FILELIST for LISTSERV@ASUACAD.
- *
- * PAKISTAN Newsletter available from LISTSERV
- *
- * :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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- * filename filetype date time File description
- * -------- -------- --------------- ----------------
- PAKISTAN INFO 92/09/13 23:18:45 What is Pakistan Listserv
- PAKISTAN RADIO_FR 92/09/14 01:20:48 Radio Pakistan Frequencies (Javed)
- PAKISTAN EXCH_RAT 92/09/14 01:24:21 Foreign Exchange Rates in Rupees
- PAKISTAN HISTORY 91/08/22 13:38:17 A Brief History of Pakistan
- PAKISTAN NAT_ATHM 92/09/13 23:19:19 Pakistan's National Anthem
- PAKISTAN RECIPE_A 94/03/03 20:04:22 Pakistani recipes of Main Dishes
- PAKISTAN RECIPE_B 92/09/13 23:19:14 Pakistani recipes of Sweet Dishes
- PAKISTAN KKH_GIF 91/09/01 15:59:06 Gif of Karakoram Valley (uuencoded IBM)
- PAKISTAN K2_GIF 91/09/01 15:59:24 Gif of K2 peak (uuenoded IBM)
- PAKISTAN EMBASSY 92/09/14 01:24:16 Listing of Phone Numbers of Embassy
- PAKISTAN INFOTAX 92/09/14 00:23:02 US-Pak TAX Treaty
- PAKISTAN INFOINS 92/09/14 01:22:29 US Immigration laws for Students & other
- PAKISTAN URDUFONT 91/11/15 01:29:22 Urdu font for Sun Work Station
- PAKISTAN SHLMR_GI 92/02/16 18:50:51 Shalimar Garden Gif file (uuencoded IBM)
- PAKISTAN TOMB_GIF 92/02/16 18:49:33 Gif of a tomb in Pakistan(uuencoded IBM)
- PAKISTAN HALA_GIF 92/02/24 10:51:39 Hala Mosque Gif file(uuencoded IBM)
- PAKISTAN IQBALGIF 92/02/24 10:52:23 Iqbal poem Gif file(uuencoded IBM)
- PAKISTAN BALUCHGF 92/02/24 11:04:55 Picture of scenery in Baluchistan
- PAKISTAN INDUSGIF 92/02/24 11:04:22 Picture of the Indus River
- PAKISTAN DCOD_BAS 92/02/24 11:13:34 XXdecode.bas file to generate
- UUDECODE.COM file for IBM PC
- PAKISTAN AL_QURAN 92/09/14 01:20:42 Translation of Ayats of Quran
- PAKISTAN MINARET 92/09/14 01:24:04 Macintosh program to calculate prayer
- timing, Qibla direction, etc.
- PAKISTAN FREEDOM 93/03/18 01:23:04 PIA Diary on Freedom Fighters of
- the Independence
- PAKISTAN EDITORS 93/05/25 07:02:08 Addresses of Editors of various
- publications in Pakistan
- PAKISTAN NAMAZFOR 94/02/12 10:47:29 Fortran Source Code for SALAT Time
- Calculator.
- PAKISTAN PNSFAQ 94/09/10 15:19:04 Pakistan News Service (PAKISTAN)
- Frequently Asked Questions
- PAKISTAN PNS-LFAQ 94/09/10 15:19:04 Pakistan News Service Discussions
- (PNS-L) Frequently Asked Questions
- PAKISTAN IINNFAQ 94/09/10 15:18:59 Islamic Information and News Network
- (IINN) Frequent Asked Questions
-
- ___________________________________________________________________________
- Note: LOG files of previous issues can be retrieved in a similar manner.
-
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- Subject: 8) Pakistan News Service Reference Guide
-
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- T H E P A K I S T A N N E W S S E R V I C E
- __________________________________________________________________
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- A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
- _______________________
-
-
- BASIC CONCEPTS:
-
- a. Email addresses of Pakistan News Service are:
-
- PAKISTAN@ASUACAD.BITnet
- pakistan@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
-
- PAKISTAN@PSUVM.BITnet
- pakistan@psuvm.psu.edu
-
- Any contributions of News/Articles/comments may be sent to any
- of the above email addresses.
-
- b. A number of services are handled automagically by the LISTSERV.
-
- c. These services include:
-
- SUB PAKISTAN name - Subscribe to Pakistan News Service (PNS)
- SIGNOFF PAKISTAN - Cancel Subscription to PNS
- SET PAKISTAN NOMAIL - Put subscription on hold
- SET PAKISTAN MAIL - Re-activate subscription
- INDEX PAKISTAN - Get listing of files available thorough PNS
- GET PAKISTAN filename - Get a copy of available file named 'filename'
-
- d. To use the LISTSERV services:
-
- Step 1: Send email to: LISTSERV@ASUACAD.BITnet
- Step 2: 'Subject' field is optional (can be left blank)
- Step 3: List the appropriate service (listed in 'c') as text of
- your email.
-
- e. Example: To subscribe from a unix machine my screen should look as
- follows:
-
- __________________________________________________________________
-
- % mail listserv@asuacad.bitnet
- Subject: subscription to PNS
-
- SUB PAKISTAN Asim Mughal
-
- <CTRL-D>
- %
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- f. Accessing Pakistan News Service forums thru USENET.
-
- As of Oct 1, '93. PNS forums are available thru usenet as:
-
- bit.listserv.pakistan
- bit.listserv.pns-l
- bit.listserv.muslims
-
- To access: On Unix machines: type: 'rn' or 'trn'
- go <name>
-
- On VAX/VMS : type: 'VNEWS'
-
- If USENET is not available on your site or your site doesn't get PNS
- forums, please contact your system administrator and request for PNS
- forums to be available.
-
-
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- Subject: 9) Where to Send Contributions
-
- Please send your contributions to any of the following addresses:
-
- A- PAKISTAN @ PSUVM.BITNET
- PAKISTAN @ PSUVM.PSU.EDU
-
- B- PAKISTAN @ ASUACAD.BITNET
- PAKISTAN @ ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU
-
- C- bit-listserv-pakistan@uunet.uu.net
-
- D- USENET: % Pnews bit.listserv.pakistan
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- Subject: 10) PNS Staff & how to contact them
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- STAFF:
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- | Pakistan News Service - Executive Board |
- | ------------------------------------------ |
- | Syed Mohammad Irfan Ashraf, Syed Asim Ali, |
- | Nauman Kassim Mysorewala, Asim Mughal |
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- ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
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- CONTACT: Email Address: Pakistan @ Asuacad.Bitnet
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- Subject: 11) This FAQ- Archive Info, History & Credits.
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- ARCHIVE INFO:
-
- This FAQ is archived & availble thru anonymous FTP & world-wide web.
-
- Anonymous FTP:
-
- 1. SITE: rtfm.mit.edu
- Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/bit-pakistan-faq.Z
-
- 2. SITE: ftp.uu.net
- Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/bit-pakistan-faq.Z
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- Word-Wide Web:
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- URL for USENET FAQs:
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- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html
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- URL for this FAQ:
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- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/bit-pakistan-faq/faq.html
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- HISTORY:
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- Version 1.0 Released June 26, 1994
- Version 1.2 Released July 04, 1994 Distribution to scp & s.answers.
- Version 1.3 Released Aug 14, 1994 Copyright Info Included
- Version 1.4 Released Oct 12, 1994 Item #7 updated. Files List of Listserv
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- CREDITS: Pakistan News Service Staff
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- End of Bit.Listserv.Pakistan FAQ
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