Picture of the Day: How Rumours Spread

Posted on May 28, 2007
Filed Under >> Owais Mughal, Society
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Owais Mughal

A month or so ago there was a widespread rumor in Pakistan that some virus is getting spread around via mobile calls. So much so that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had to give above clarification. The english translation goes like this: “There is no anti-health virus in the mobile phone”.

Credits: Photo by Raja Islam

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  1. December 19th, 2007 2:57 am

    When some people in my city hear this news they will frighten.

  2. A.K. says:
    August 18th, 2007 10:54 am

    The number was

    8888-8888

  3. June 5th, 2007 4:03 am

    Actually this rumour is not only limited to Pakistan. Recently, in UAE I saw a leading news paper explaining that “Mobile Phone Virus Scare” is a hoax on its Main Page.

  4. ali says:
    June 2nd, 2007 12:21 pm

    when the transmission of frequency through a mobile phone can open infra-red controlled based car locks, can make damage to lcd screens, can make disturbance in radio broadcasting, can be a reason of disorderness in heart arteries functionality (when u keep mobile on heart-side pocket), then why not the frequency transmitted from the other end was to boost the signals in brain which could be a reason to kill someone.

  5. Asma says:
    May 30th, 2007 3:54 am

    at least the horror en masse was :>

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