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  TERMS OF SERVICE, FORUMS POLICY
AND GUIDELINES
Through registering for membership at this web site (hereinafter called the Forums) and through your use of these Forums, you accept these TERMS OF SERVICE, FORUMS POLICY AND GUIDELINES and agree that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, nor any links to commercial sites, commercial blogs, inline advertising links, links to pornography and hate sites, links to sites in a language other than English. You also agree not to create multiple accounts.


You agree and commit not to post any adult material, or any other text, image, graphic, clip art or video, audio or a link thereto which is otherwise in violation of any International or Pakistan Federal or Provincial law or prohibited by the Site Management.


Violations of the above guidelines attract an IMMEDIATE BAN without any warning or notice.


You also agree NOT to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material.


These Forums have zero tolerance for Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations. Those found indulging in any of the activities mentioned herein will be banned forthwith, without any warning.


All material falling within the definition of any categories detailed above shall be removed as soon as it comes to the attention of Site Management. Individuals posting such material shall be treated as delinquents and banned forthwith. Site Management  may, if they deem it necessary, take any other action, including institution civil or criminal proceedings against delinquents as they may deem fit.


Members may please note that it is impossible for the Staff or the owners of these Forums to confirm the validity of any posts made herein. Site Management do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information posted at these Forums. The posted messages express the views of the respective authors, and not necessarily the views of these Forums, of the subsidiaries and or affiliates and associates of these Forums, the Staff, or the owner of these Forums. All posts made at these Forums shall be deemed to express the views of the respective authors and posted without prejudice to the rights of the Forums, the owner of these Forums, their associate and subsidiary companies, hosting companies, software providers, vendors and suppliers to the owners and/or associates of any other description whatsoever. It should be clearly understood that by posting at these Forums, members hold the Forums, the owner of these Forums, their associate and subsidiary companies, hosting companies, software providers, vendors and suppliers to the owners and/or associates of any other description whatsoever completely harmless as to any liability explicit or implied that may arise out of such posting.


Site Management cannot actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained therein.


Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of these Forums immediately. The Staff and the owner of these Forums reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that Site Management may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.


YOU remain solely responsible for the content of messages you post at these Forums. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of these Forums, any and all websites related to these Forums, their subsidiaries, and or affiliates and associates of these Forums, and the Staff hereof. The owners of these Forums also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of these Forums.


You also agree to NEVER give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason.  We also HIGHLY recommend that you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.


We also STRONGLY ADVISE that:


1. Members do NOT use their real name, nor their own photograph as an avatar at these Forums.


2. Select a user name that is appropriate, decent, NOT OFFENSIVE and or  OBJECTIONABLE in any manner whatsoever. 


3. Although the detailed user profile page has provision for Members to enter their ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and AIM messenger handles, we STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you DO NOT place them in the profile.


4. We also STRONGLY ADVISE that you HIDE your email address from public view.


5. In case a Member needs to share personal information with another Member, we STRONGLY RECOMMEND use of the PM facility and the email contact system available at these Forums and NOT PLACE your email or other personal information in a message on an open, public board.


Having completed the registration process and having logged on to these Forums, Members are able to fill out a detailed user profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the Forums owner or Staff determine to be inaccurate, vulgar or otherwise inappropriate in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable.


Please note that with each post, the posting Member's IP address is recorded, for the eventuality that these Forums need to ban a Member from these Forums or to contact a Member's  ISP. This will be likely to happen mostly in the event of a violation of this agreement.


Also note that the Forums software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as user name and password), in the cache of the Member's browser. This is ONLY used to keep Members logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to or from Members' computers.


New joiners must make a minimum of three (3) posts within seventy two (72) hours of joining.


All Members are required to log in at least once every ninety(90)  days and make at least one substantive post. Posts such as “true”, “I agree”, “LOL”, “Hello”, “Hi” and other such inanities are not considered substantive. Accounts in which there has been no activity for over 90 days are deemed inactive and may be deleted at the sole discretion of Staff.


Please note that your clicking the register button and having created an account at these Forums is an acknowledgment and affirmation that you have read, understood, accepted and agreed to abide by these TERMS OF SERVICE, FORUMS POLICY AND GUIDELINES.


Please also note that it is your responsibility to keep yourself aware and updated of any amendments, alterations or additions that Site Management may make to the these TERMS OF SERVICE, FORUMS POLICY AND GUIDELINES from time to time. We strongly recommend that you keep reviewing these TERMS OF SERVICE, FORUMS POLICY & GUIDELINES at frequent intervals. Site management will, of course, inform members about any alterations, amendments or additions to these TERMS OF SERVICE, FORUMS POLICY & GUIDELINES as and when such alterations, amendments or additions occur.


Please also read the FAQs which can be found at:

http://commissionedwriting.com/imforums/index.php?topic=2.0

If any Member finds it necessary to discuss any or all provisions contained herein, they are most welcome to create topics about their concerns.

Welcome to the Forums. We hope you will enjoy the fare presented here.

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