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  Tea Break

• Game of Love

  Tea Host

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:04 am

  It’s been a while since I wrote. Not sure why I haven’t. I could say that my life has become busier and that’s not very far from the truth. But my life’s always been a little busy and I always did find some time to write. I could say that I don’t like writing anymore but [...]

• Tere Labon Pe – Azal

  Tea Host

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:06 am

  Song: Tere Labon Pe Band: Azal Album: Road To Infinity Download: here Listen: Lyrics: Tere labon pe.. naam ho mera.. Khuwabon ko.. bunna kaam ho mera.. Tere labon pe.. naam ho mera.. Khuwabon ko.. bunna kaam ho mera.. Tham liya tha jo haath.. Soya nahi mein sari raat.. Tere labon pe.. naam ho mera.. Khuwabon ko.. bunna kaam ho mera.. Aisa phele kabhi jo na howa yeh Dil kion dharkay [...]

• The India-Afghanistan-Pakistan Conundrum – Tariq Tufail

  Tea Host

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:39 am

  Mujahideen Fighters in Afghanistan, 1984. As the war in Afghanistan continues, so does the purported regional chess game between India and Pakistan. Below, Tariq Tufail, from Karachi, presents his views on Pakistan’s evolving policy in Afghanistan: A huge shift in the U.S. Afghanistan policy is reportedly taking place.  The London conference and the meeting in Turkey indicate [...]

• The Truth about US Justice

  Tea Host

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:29 am

  [Left: Dr Aafia Siddiqui, photographed at the graduation ceremony as she is awarded the Ph.D. in neurosciences from Brandeis, one of America’s top ten universities]. Yvonne Ridley Many of us are still in a state of shock over the guilty verdict returned on Dr Aafia Siddiqui. The response from the people of Pakistan was predictable and overwhelming and [...]

• Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate

  Tea Host

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:05 am

  The Release Candidate of the next generation Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 is available for download (starting from today, 9th February 2010) for the MSDN subscribers and will be available for download for everyone else from February 10, 2010. The VS 2010 RC comes with .NET framework 4 and a bundle of improvements from the previous [...]

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  State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan

• Mobile Telecom Industry of Bangladesh. What’s Common with Pakistan?

  Have you noticed the common elements between the telecom industry of Pakistan and Bangladesh? Three of the top 4 telecom companies in Bangladesh are also doing business in Pakistan. Telenor is present in all of sub-continent. Regulatory authorities in Bangladesh (BRTC) and Pakistan (PTA) have also worked together and shared ...

• Results From Limited Time Offer Poll

  About two weeks ago we asked our readers about their opinion on the "limited time offers" by telecom companies. You can view that post here.  An overwhelming majority of 92% responded with dissatisfaction over how companies handle these offers. I think this presents a good opportunity for these companies to ...

• Wateen Sets Motorola Aside

  Wateen, during its recent expansion in southern region, have successfully put RAN sites on-air by sweeping Motorola aside. Internal sources informed us. Wateen haves a total of 973 RAN sites in Pakistan, of which 243 are in Karachi. The on-going expansion project by the vendor, Motorola, is supposed to add 66 ...

• Updated – Youtube Restriction?

  Youtube's been working great all day today but for past an hour or so, when I hit youtube.com, it says "This Site is Restricted" and the title of the page says "Access Denied". Are you guys facing anything similar? Note: Youtube is opening fine from all other ISPs. Update: Youtube is now ...

• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-06

  Warid Denies Sellout of Stakes: Earlier this week, The National, a news paper from Abu Dhabi… http://goo.gl/fb/x2pZ # Shopping time: Bashir Tahir, CEO of Abu Dhabi Group reportedly said that PTCL has shown keen interest in Warid Telecom # What is the Return on 4G Investment?: The discussions on 3G and 4G ...

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  Desi Back to desh

• Working with Promethean boards

  Jawwad

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:15 pm

  So it was an interesting transition to go from a conventional white board to a promethean white board at the training academy the other day. My first reaction was this is to coarse and slow for it to be honored by my presence and my pen, but after twenty minute of usage I was sold. And this was before I started playing with the color palette. I think the reason why I liked them most was the ability to store and export board images and the ease with which I could create new flip charts and navigate between what was on the board and the work that had been done earlier.

• On the road between Abu Dhabi and Dubai

  Jawwad

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:33 am

  I spent the last two days on the road between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Nasr closed a training engagement with a forward looking bank in Abu Dhabi and off we went to teach a treasury team. For an outsider, Abu Dhabi is a lovely city with tremendous potential. During our last two trips we had stuck to the Corniche and large ring roads to get to our client site and traffic wasn’t that bad. Then last night we took a wrong turn onto the main inner city and after trying for a couple of hours to get to our hotel, had a change of heart. Then this evening after finishing the first day of training we…

• Oil Insights – Oil Prices, Peak Oil debate and drivers for those who have never looked at oil before

  Jawwad

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:33 am

  I am not a trader, nor an analyst. Technically speaking, I have only worked for an Investment Bank once in my life and that too on the margin trading and risk management desk. I am good with numbers and while I have done well with Excel, Lotus 123 and Symphony, I am not the distinguished looking dude on national television you see being asked about his opinion about Oil. I don’t move markets and I am terrible at trading stocks, options, futures and other exotic contracts. Irrespective of the commodity or the market involved the one thing I have been really good at is losing money. So…

• Crude Oil Update – June 2009

  Jawwad

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:37 am

  (Analyst Note: Once again a dated note but with very relevant product, consumption and trends data) The spot price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil remained in the neighborhood of $70 / bbl through most of June peaking at $72.69 / bbl. World oil consumption compared with the prior year was down an average of 3.0 million bbl / day from Q4′ 2008 through Q2′ 2009. According to the ElA, however, the consumption decline rate for the remainder of 2009 is expected to moderate due to expectation of a gradual global economic recovery. Current EIA forecast reflects higher expected…

• Karachi city update

  Jawwad

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:50 am

  Was at work all day and then went from Baloch Colony bridge to Khayaban-e-Bahria to pick up the kids (5pm) and then took Kalapul, Shahrae-Faisal and Karsaz to head home to Gulshan (5:30 pm). Roads are open, traffic is thin, lots of security being deployed and petrol stations are closed. Two blasts in the city. One at Nursery, one at Jinnah Hospital. The first one was loud enough to be heard at my office on Shaheed Millat.

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  TheNews RSS Feeds - Top Stories

• Indian forces to halt Kashmir rally outside UN office

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  HELD SRINAGAR: The held Kashmir authorities deployed thousands of police and troops on Monday to prevent a protest outside the UN office here over the

• Punjab-Sindh water row Centre’s intervention sought

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  ISLAMABAD: Tension between Punjab and Sindh over opening of the Chashma-Jhelum and Taunsa-Punjnad link canals has touched a new high as the former has

• Avalanche kills 17 Indian soldiers in held Kashmir

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  HELD SRINAGAR: Seventeen Indian soldiers were killed on Monday in an avalanche that slammed into a group of 70 combat troops at a high-altitude warfar

• French, Dutch fight over giving LNG to Pakistan

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin and his team is all set to thwart the attempt of an unscrupulous combine of oil industry heavyweights and so

• Govt taking court for a ride

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  ISLAMABAD: She fought her case in the media. She won her battle in the judicial forum too. But still the government is bent on making an example out o

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• شیخ رشید کے تحفظات دور کریں گے، وزیراعلی پنجاب

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:30 am

  شیخ رشید کے تحفظات دور کریں گے، وزیراعلی پنجاب

• نواز لیگ اوچھے ہتھکنڈوں پر اتر آئی، سلمان تاثیر

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:19 am

  نواز لیگ اوچھے ہتھکنڈوں پر اتر آئی، سلمان تاثیر

• لاہور ہائی کورٹ نے پتنگ بازی متعلق درخواست خارج کر دی

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:15 am

  لاہور ہائی کورٹ نے پتنگ بازی متعلق درخواست خارج کر دی

• بعض عناصر حکومت کیلئے مشکلات پیدا کر نا چاہتے ہیں، شخصیات کے بجائے اداروں کے استحکام پر یقین رکھتے ہیں 1973کے آئین پر لگ جانے والے دھبے صاف کئے جائیں گے، وزیر اعظم ، دہشتگردوں کا خاتمہ کر کے ہی دم لینگے، ملک کی خودمختاری اور سلامتی پر کوئی آنچ نہیں آنے دیں گے،گڈ گورننس میں پیش رفت کیلئے عوام کے اجتماعی رویے میں تبدیلی ضروری ہے، پیپلزپارٹی کی پارلیمانی کمیٹی کے اجلاس سے خطاب

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:26 am

  بعض عناصر حکومت کیلئے مشکلات پیدا کر نا چاہتے ہیں، شخصیات کے بجائے اداروں کے استحکام پر یقین رکھتے ہیں 1973کے آئین پر لگ جانے والے دھبے صاف کئے جائیں گے، وزیر اعظم ، دہشتگردوں کا خاتمہ کر کے ہی دم لینگے، ملک کی خودمختاری اور سلامتی پر کوئی آنچ نہیں آنے دیں گے،گڈ گورننس میں پیش رفت کیلئے عوام کے اجتماعی رویے میں تبدیلی ضروری ہے،…

• پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ کے چیئرمین اعجاز بٹ کو ان کے عہدے سے ہٹائے جانے کا اصولی فیصلہ کرلیا گیا

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:26 am

  پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ کے چیئرمین اعجاز بٹ کو ان کے عہدے سے ہٹائے جانے کا اصولی فیصلہ کرلیا گیا

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  Pakistan News

• Lil Wayne Goes to Jail today

  Gulraiz

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:21 am

  Lil Wayne Goes to Jail today, So, hearing the words “The State Vs. Dwayne Carter” aren’t that odd as Wayne has caught a laundry list of cases the past couple of years. Yet, the Martian is due in court today for DNA testing. Not for paternity, but to establish his connection to a gun case in NY. Yeah, deny that gun belongs to you and we’ll CSI that ass to determine if it is/isn’t, you little rapper you. Now, we all know NY doesn’t bar pistol play, word to Plax doing time behind bars, and Weezer could face 3 ½ years in the pokey (||) if he’s convicted. Not wishing ill will on the…

• Sri Lankan parliament dissolved

  Asif Jah

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:05 am

  Sri Lankan president sacks parliament , Sri Lanka’s president Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday sacked the national parliament, clearing the way for a national election two months ahead of schedule, his spokesman said. Rajapakse, who won re-election in presidential polls last month, signed a decree dissolving the national assembly with effect from midnight Tuesday, spokesman Lucien Rajakarunanayake said. “It is now up to the elections commissioner to decide on the dates for the parliamentary election,” he said. The legislature elected in 2004 could have continued till April but…

• Miss Me Yet Billboard

  Gulraiz

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:04 am

  Miss Me Yet Billboard, Bush Billboard, Miss me yet?: The Billboard of former President George W. Bush is real with the words “Miss me yet?”. The Miss me yet? Billboard sign has been the talk of the internet as to whether it was real or not. The Miss e yet? Billboard located along I-35 near Wyoming Minnesota, where it was and who paid for it? tha is still a mystery. hey guys, do you Miss him yet? Miss Me Yet Billboard was first posted on February 9, 2010 at 10:04 pm.

• Jackie Collins New Release

  Gulraiz

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:08 am

  Jackie Collins New Release, Jacqueline Jill “Jackie” Collins (born 4 October 1937) is an English novelist and former actress. She is the younger sister of actress Joan Collins. To date, she has written 26 novels, all of which have been on the New York Times bestsellers list and have sold over 400 million copies worldwide. Jackie Collins New Release was first posted on February 9, 2010 at 9:08 pm.

• Brooklyn Decker Sports Illustrated 2010

  Gulraiz

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:36 am

  Brooklyn Decker Sports Illustrated 2010, Here are more pictures of the 2010 SI Swimsuit Issue Cover girl Brooklyn Decker. Yes, remember you heard it here first. Brooklyn has the most perfect natural breasts I’ve ever seen and they deserve to be on the cover of every magazine, not just SI! So I guess this is the beginning of my Brooklyn Decker SI Cover Girl campaign. You’re welcome Brooklyn. I’ll make you just as big as I made Marisa Miller. Hopefully you’ll thank me though. Brooklyn Decker Sports Illustrated 2010 was first posted on February 9, 2010 at 7:36 pm.

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  T2F

• Science Ka Adda: Hacking the Planet

  admin

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:17 am

  Join us at T2F for a talk and discussion featuring Mason Inman on radical ideas to cool our planet Wednesday, 17th February 2010 | 6:30 pm Artificial volcanoes? Ships creating clouds over the oceans? Forests covering the Sahara Desert? These sound like crazy ideas, but they are actual proposals from top scientists for cooling Earth – approaches known as geoengineering. The planet’s temperature keeps rising, driven by humanity’s increasing emissions of greenhouse gases. But the world isn’t making much progress on tackling the root problem – emissions from power…

• A Celebration of Post Colonial Fiction

  admin

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:09 am

  Join us at T2F for a rare evening of readings and conversation with four Pakistani writers and the judges of the regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – ahead of the shortlist announcement on February 18 2010 Sunday, 14th February 2010 | 6:00 pm Mohammed Hanif, author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes, will introduce the authors after which H.M. Naqvi, Kamila Shamsie, Musharraf Ali Farooqi, and Nafisa Rizvi will read from their works. The readings will be followed by a discussion led by the regional judges of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010; Muneeza Shamsie (Regional…

• Fever Dreams

  admin

  26 Jan 2010 | 9:36 pm

  Join us at Faraar for an exhibition of works by Reem Khurshid Opening Date: Thursday, 4th Feb 2010 | 5:30 pm “Based in part on my experiences living in Karachi, Fever Dreams is a non linear narrative of the imprints this city has left on me, from monsoon power cuts to winter riots. It is the tale of a sojourn through deep waters, a subterranean world where fantasy and memory, myth and reality combine, and the possibility of escape, of finally coming up for air. Reem Khurshid Reem Khurshid was born in 1986. A self-taught artist, she divides her time between painting and creating…

• In Their Own Voice: Zehra Nigah

  admin

  26 Jan 2010 | 7:26 am

  Join us for an evening of poetry and story-telling featuring Zehra Nigah Sunday, 31st January 2010 | 6:00 pm Zehra Nigah is one of Pakistan’s most prominent and loved poets. She burst onto the literary horizon as a child prodigy in the 1950s and has consistently been hailed as the one voice worth listening to on the mushaeraa circuit. In an interview conducted by Aasim Akhtar, Zehra Nigah says: A great poet is one who can form his own school of thought and inspire younger people. Political acumen is essential to great literature. How can a sensitive writer be oblivious to his surroundings?

• A Novel Experience

  admin

  26 Jan 2010 | 5:58 am

  Join us at T2F for an evening of readings and conversation with the authors of Pakistan’s first collaborative novel Saturday, 30th January 2010 | 6:30 pm Shades of Prey, a 52-chapter murder mystery set in Karachi, is the culmination of the project, A Novel Experience, which began at Generation’s School, Karachi, in 2005, with the intention of enhancing the writing skills of young people. Its authors are currently at college at a variety of institutions in Karachi, Lahore, and New York. Four of the six authors will be present at the book reading. “Shades of Prey’s universal…

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  Hammad Rajjoub's Musings On Technology

• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Tech-Ed Middle East 2010 (Part 2 of X)

  Hammad

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:08 am

  So here's the second part of the Tech-Ed Middle East Series. I have some really exciting updates for all of you.Great Speakers:-In my last post i shared an exciting speaker lineup with you. Guess what, the best just got better. Now we have added Eric Rudder, Somasegar and Scott Hanselman's to make this a stellar lineup for first ever Tech Ed Middle East event.Eric, Soma and Scott all are big names and I expect their sessions to be jam packed. If you are coming to the event (and why shouldn't you) then you should be looking at the agenda and organizing your sessions as soon as possible.You can…

• Speaking at Tech-Ed Middle East

  Hammad

  3 Feb 2010 | 5:54 am

  I am glad to share this with you all that I will be speaking at this year's edition of Tech-Ed Middle East in Dubai, UAE. More details on the event itself are available at http://www.teched.ae/My first session is confirmed I will be talking about 'Combating Software Entropy with Design Patterns and Principals '.My second session is still in the pipe-line and hopefully its going to be a panel discussion on 'Agile Architecture', more along the lines of my current discussion listed in this blog post

• Agile Discussion - Part 2 of X [Role of An Architect in an Agile World]

  Hammad

  26 Jan 2010 | 12:45 pm

  So here i am writing this second blog post in series on Agile Posts (read the first one here).As promised in my last post, and after reading my friend Ron's post I am going to try and answer the following important question. :-Whats the role of an Architect in an Agile team?Contrary to the common believe that Agile doesn't need architecture (or an Architect role for that matter), Agile (or specifically XP) doesn't imply Design Is Dead(as Martin Fowler puts it).Since Agile doesn't believe in BDUF (Big Design Up Front Paradigm), its opponents tend to claim that Agile doesn't require architects…

• Agile Discussion - Part 1 of X

  Hammad

  25 Jan 2010 | 10:48 am

  Last week I was invited by @RolfEleveld to participate in an Agile development discussion for his user group (TechiesUG) event. It was fun sitting with a bunch of geeks and having an open discussion on what is Agile development and how to convince stake holders (including customers/senior managers) to adapt to it. During the discussion following questions were raised (specially by ZubairDotNet)...- Which one is the best Agile APPROACH?- How often should we do Code Reviews, Does it slow you down?- How does Agile work for Consultancy scenarios?- What if the client is not part of the team, who…

• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Tech-Ed Middle East 2010 (Part 1 of X)

  Hammad

  16 Jan 2010 | 5:09 am

  So those of you who follow me on twitter already know the updates that i have been pushing through on the biggest IT event in the Middle East, yes, you guessed it right, I am talking about Microsoft's TechEd Middle East 2010.I thought i should write a series of posts that would highlight the exciting developments and the build up right up to the event it self, scheduled for 1-3 of March 2010 in Dubai, UAE.In the first post i am going to highlight the most important aspects of the event i.e. the content and the speakers.Content:Sessions at Tech-Ed ME is divied into following…

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  Chowk Articles

• Tweet to Indian Foreign Ministry: Talk to Pakistan stupid

  It is difficult to imagine a less imaginative foreign affairs policy than is apparently being conducted by SM Krishna and Nearly-UN-Secretary-General Tharoor.

• The Curious Case of the Pakistani Liberal

  Faced with the choice of being either secular or anti-war, liberals have overwhelmingly opted for the former. Their fundamental error has been their perception...

• Cricket Transparency

  Is there any link between performance of the team and selection committee’s pays? Is there any evaluation procedure for the selection committee, for the indiv...

• No Rain, No Grain

  If we enter into agricultural drought, the third and final stage, it would affect thousands of small farmers all over Pakistan who would not only lose their inv...

• Creating a Meaningful Life

  "It is never too late to become what you might have been."

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  Karachi Metblogs

• Protest Rally & Demonstration

  Raja Islam

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:32 am

  It is to inform you that the leadership of Shiya Ullema Council, Jafferia Alliance and ISO have announced that they will take out a protest rally today at 1600 hrs from Karachi Press Club to Chief Minister House to protest against the bomb blasts during Ashoora and Chehlum at Karachi. Disruption of traffic is expected on Dr. Zia Uddin Ahmed Road, Club Road and near PIDC house between 1600 to 1800 hrs. Everyone are advised to avoid the above mentioned areas during the stated timing.

• Humvee on Super Highway

  Raja Islam

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:46 am

• Kia Cheez Hay ?

  Raja Islam

  6 Feb 2010 | 3:41 am

  I find this billboard very disgraceful way of marketing new products by McDonald. I wonder if the product is either on the right or left :)

• Chappals not allowed.

  Raheel Lakhani

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:19 pm

  Now RR is a club for elite in Defence and no one with chappals are allowed. If you want your drivers to eat at your party for which you have paid yourself, beware they will be asked NOT to enter by the management if they are wearing chappals. On this someone at the party which I attended said, rules are rules and I was like yeah how rude. Finally the hosts managed to get their drivers in but that left me thinking that it is so easy to humiliate others and create class divide. Quaid ka Pakistan – no unity, pride and indiscipline!

• The bus from the 1st bomb attack on Sh.faisal

  Farrukh Ahmed

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:58 am

  Click the image to enlarge

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  A Pakistani Tech forum

• Pakistan: ‘Our Voice’ Cell Phone Social Networking on #7111

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:38 am

  frenz i joined a group named "Light" on 7111 our voice couple of weeks ago and have been receiving 10 to 20 sms daily , and subscription didnt cost me even a paisa ... and its just like email groups on internet ... after 2 days of subscription i received my frist sms from 7111 ... so please be patient , you will start revceive msgs after a little time . to unsubscribe the service just type "STOP" without quotes and send it to 7111 ...

• Advise me on spending 7000 Rs.

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:20 am

  [quote=wampyr][quote=alirezvi]I am sooooo glad, thanx i fllowed wampyrs advise! I opened PLS a/c wid HBL today and i think that was the best thing i've done in my life yet. My parents are happy too! :) :P[/quote] Remember that "Caliph Farooq turned off the oil lamp when private conversation started because oil in that lamp purchased using government money". [/quote] A little correction, this particular incidence is of Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz, not the 2nd Caliph Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA).

• How can the Pakistani Film Industry be revived?

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:14 am

  What makes you think that people would be willing to be strip searched to watch a Pakistani movie? Or leave their mobile phones? Thats never going to happen. Even the few people who'll go to watch the movie will return from the entrance after finding out these ridiculous security measures.

• What was the last movie you watched?

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:10 am

  Chocolate 6/10.

• Advanced Electron Forum!

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:03 am

  [quote] The full name of AEF is Advanced Electron Forum. This bulletin board software is free software. It is written in PHP and MySQL. AEF has a very simple and easy to use Administration Panel and installing this software is a piece of cake! You can install new themes, customize themes the way you want. The User Control Panel has a simple yet beautiful interface where users can set their preferences for the board. This Bulletin board or forum software has all the general features that a forum software should have. It also includes features such as : - UTF-8 Supported - Search Engine…

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  Netxpress Online

• Links for 2010-02-08 [Digg]

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  Can Pakistan's Fastest Go Viral? Pakistan's Naseem Akhtar created history on Monday by becoming the fastest woman of the region when she won the 100-meter sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games 2010!!

• Links for 2009-12-02 [Digg]

  3 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am

  Logical Solutions with Logistical Expertise!! TCS excels in operational efficiency in Pakistan!

• Links for 2009-12-01 [Digg]

  2 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am

  The Kualitatem Video Ad: A Perspective The average person makes up their mind in less than 10 seconds whether or not they want to continue watching something online. Kualitatem's 35 second ad is great!

• Links for 2009-11-26 [Digg]

  27 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am

  Pak Crunch: Imran and Jadoon Doing Blogging FAQs in Urdu Blogging and revenue generation FAQs answered in Urdu! Say No To PECO 2009 “Say NO to PECO” or the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance was the clear message outlined on a wall poster behind the speakers at the conference.

• Links for 2009-11-25 [Digg]

  26 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am

  C-Startups: Ammar Akhtar, CEO of Logikana.com Listen to Ammar Akhtar's story about how his first venture failed, enabling him to come back and start another entrepreneurial venture!

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  Cricinfo news from Cricinfo

• Nabi's allround brilliance gives Afghanistan victory

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:18 am

  Afghanistan continued their fairytale rise in international cricket with a tense victory over tournament favourites Ireland in the World Twenty20 Qualifier in Dubai

• Batsmen lead UAE to victory

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:59 am

  The UAE batsmen continued a day of upsets at the World Twenty20 Qualifiers, by setting up an unlikely victory against Kenya in Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi

• Raina called up, Sreesanth and Karthik back

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:44 am

  Suresh Raina, who made his international debut in 2005 and has played 87 ODIs, has been called up for the second Test

• 'We were outplayed' - Dhoni

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:14 am

  MS Dhoni, the India captain, has said his team was completely outplayed by South Africa

• Harris and Steyn consign India to innings defeat

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:42 am

  Thanks to Paul Harris, South Africa's fast bowlers didn't need to bust their gut in consigning India to their third innings defeat at home in the last 10 years

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  Pakistan news from Cricinfo

• Hafeez plunders unbeaten 99

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:28 am

  Pakistan A prepared for their matches against England Lions with a crushing 119-run victory against UAE A at Sharjah

• Speculation over Intikhab future intensifies

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am

  A day after it was announced that Intikhab Alam will not be accompanying the Pakistan side that takes on England in two Twenty20 internationals in Dubai, speculation over the fate of the coach intensifies

• Malik named captain to keep stability

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:12 am

  Despite the return of regular captain Shahid Afridi, the PCB does not want to change leaders in the middle of tours

• PCB 'forgot' about hosting series - Miandad

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am

  Javed Miandad has said his country lost an opportunity to host its first series since last year's attack on the touring Sri Lankan side because PCB officials 'forgot' about it

• Kamran Akmal axed for UAE series

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:57 pm

  Kamran Akmal has paid the price for his fumbles in Australia by being dropped from Pakistan's Twenty20 squad to take on England in Dubai

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• Avalanche kills 8 soldiers in Siachen glacier

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:03 pm

  SIACHEN: Eight soldiers embraced martyrdom when an avalanche hit a military camp at Siachin glacier. According to sources, the soldiers were discharging their duties according to the schedule when an avalanche struck a military post at Bevan sector. The bodies of the martyred soldiers were pulled out of the avalanche. They will be laid to rest in their respective areas with complete military honor.

• PEMRA directs FM network to air Kaira program

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:20 pm

  ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has directed the FM radio network to air a radio program of Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira. According to the authority, Kaira will take part in an hour-long Radio Pakistan program ‘Naye Ufaq’ every Tuesday. The PEMRA has asked the FM radio network also to air Kaira’s program. When contacted, the PEMRA authorities said the FM radio network has been requested, not directed, to air Kaira’s program. Year 2010 has been declared a year of Radio and this program is a part of this announcement. The radio owners have…

• Rashid defied schedule given to administration: Shahbaz

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm

  LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid was not acting upon the schedule he himself had provided to the administration. Addressing a news conference here, he said that one DSP and dozens of policemen were deployed for Rashid’s security. No other candidate was given that much security, he added. However, the chief minister said that security of Rashid had been further stepped up. The government was already aware of the threat, due to which complete security was provided to the AML chief, said Shahbaz. The chief minister said…

• Attack on Rashid plot against democracy: Taseer

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm

  RAWALPINDI: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer described the shameful attack on Sheikh Rashid, chief of the Awami Muslim League, as a conspiracy against democracy. Speaking to newsmen after inquiring the health of Sheikh Rashid, he said that such attacks against the democracy could not deter the courage of politicians. He said Sheikh Rashid is an experienced politician.

• Defence ministry asked to explain in missing persons’ case

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:55 pm

  PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has sought explanations from the defence ministry about the missing persons’ case. The PHC heard the writ petitions filed about recovery of missing persons today (Tuesday). Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Justice Afzal Khan told the court that Muhammad Ali and Hafiz-ur-Rehman of Peshawar and Kurram Agency’s Noor Syed were picked up by secret agencies. Deputy Attorney General Iqbal Mohmand provided details of the missing persons. The court, issuing notice to the defence ministry, asked it to clarity.

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  Islamabad Metblogs

• Siyasiyaat with Ejaz Haider on Samaa tv

  hashriani

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:22 am

  I don’t claim to be much of a fan of political talk shows or shows on news channels related to politics, but one show I love to watch is Siyasiyaat. I recently came across their Facebook fan page and thought I’d share it. “Siyasiyaat with Ejaz Haider is a news discussion, debate and analysis show. Airs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm Pakistan time on Samaa TV, and streamed live at www.samaa.tv Past shows will be posted on the fanpage regularly.” Siyasiyaat Page on Facebook Ejaz Haider is a veteran journalist and is also a consulting editor for:- The Friday…

• And so it rains..

  hashriani

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:14 pm

• Assault of a Professor at the National University of Modern Languages

  Rehmat Yazdani

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:31 am

  Across the world, Universities are a place where anything can be debated at length and professors are respected due to their scholarship and grasp of the subject matter. But is it the case with the Pakistani universities? On February 4, 2010 in Islamabad, the registrar of the National University of Modern Languages beat-up a university Professor Tahir Malik at a students’ reception ceremony organized by the International Relations Department of the university. The registrar of the university is an ex-military serviceman who got maddened after hearing the criticism on General Musharaf’s…

• Superstitious Zardari

  Rehmat Yazdani

  27 Jan 2010 | 6:24 am

  I read a hilarious news report in today’s Dawn. The news report pronounces President Zardari’s superstition and the adopted measures to protect Mr. President from ‘black magic’ and evil eyes’. According to the news report, the measure taken to protect our dear President from black magic is an everyday slaughter of a ‘black’ goat. Sure, currently, our President is confronting some harsh criticism from political parties particularly PML-N, nevertheless, I really wonder if Zardari is really taking this criticism as ‘black magic’? But this news item really shows how progressive…

• Golden…

  Talha Masood

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:12 am

  This year, Islamabad turned 50. Islamabad has been through ups and downs of her life, but she has always managed to emerge as a beautiful and a lovable place to live. May Almighty bless our city with the peace and stability that she was once popular for. Amen!

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  Lahore Metblogs

• Lahore School Debate 2010

  S A J Shirazi

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:58 am

  The flagship parliamentary debating competition of the Lahore School of Economics Association of Debaters, the Lahore School Debate, has started at the Lahore School of Economics (February 5 -8,2010). The Lahore School Debate shall be following the All-Asian Parliamentary Style of Debates, which employs the 3-on-3 debating format, with reply speeches. The Lahore School Debate shall consist of six preliminary rounds (2 closed and one custom free-speech), followed by the knockout stages of the knockout stages of the quarterfinals (8 breaks), semi-finals (4 breaks) and the grand final (2…

• Boom Boom disgrace!!!

  tperacha

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:11 pm

  In an another embarrassing episode of Pakistan cricket Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi, a veteran of 293 ODIs, was caught tampering the the ball in the last ODI against Australia on Sunday. This is the second time in his career that Afridi is charged with ball tampering, the first being in 2005. What’s even more astonishing is that Afridi seems to justify his horrendous act: “There is no team in the world that doesn’t tamper with the ball. My methods were wrong. I am embarrassed, I shouldn’t have done it. I just wanted to win us a game but this was the wrong way to do…

• Wind? Check. Rain?

  Mars

  29 Jan 2010 | 2:58 am

  I took a stroll a few minutes ago  to determine what the weather is like on the last Friday of January twenty ten. And the verdict? Fantastic! We finally have a breeze in Lahore, and not some weak  ‘ruffle-some-papers’ breeze,  a true-blue winter breeze that demands sweaters and makes trees physically sway side-to-side. Now, a humble request to the Weather Department in the sky; what us Lahoris would really appreciate is some rain showers. To be specific, as I am aware there were some parts that received some drizzle action last night–we would like some proper downpour. …

• Shalamar Interchange

  S A J Shirazi

  26 Jan 2010 | 10:31 pm

  Lahore – the heart of Pakistan is known for its built heritage – historic buildings and splendid structures. For centuries the successive regimes have been enriching the city with love and determination. The construction of each successive era; Mughal, Victorian and the modern, has added tremendously to the grandeur of the city. Shalimar Interchange is a useful addition in the landmark constructions of the metropolis. Constructed on the road to historic Shalimar Gardens, it is a link with our rich heritage and continuation of the artistic vision and the superb building skills that…

• The Fog Follow-up (for the lack of a better title)

  Mars

  25 Jan 2010 | 1:02 pm

  Watch your step! Resistance is Futile--You are completely surrounded! Well dear readers, these are some of the clearer photos I was able to capture for you earlier this morning.  I hope they get the point across–as they say–’a picture is worth a thousand words’.   :) (the fine print: All photos taken by myself  with the aid of my trusty cellphone camera)

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  P@SHA Online

• Nutshell hosts 2nd Talent Management Forum

  admin

  19 Jan 2010 | 5:41 pm

  Nutshell Forum, in collaboration with Asian HRM Network, Lahore HR Forum, GEO News, Learning Minds and Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA), is hosting the 2nd Talent Management Forum on Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 0900 to 1700 hours at Marriott Hotel, Karachi. The conference will discuss strategies and ideas to ensure a strong talent management process within your organization. Hear from a panel of CEOs and HR practitioners and experts on the unique challenges facing organizations in 2010-11 and how best to ensure that your biggest resource is creating the…

• Google & P@SHA announce workshop on Online Marketing

  admin

  10 Jan 2010 | 3:52 am

  Google Pakistan, in partnership with P@SHA, is holding a workshop on Online Marketing on Wednesday January 13, 2010 at T2F in Karachi from 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. followed by a quick lunch. This talk, which will be facilitated by Badar Khushnood, Pakistan Consultant for Google, will help Pakistani technology companies to harness the power of the internet for promoting their products and services to potential local & global customers most economically. This course will also explore various tools and applications that are available online, for marketers. All P@SHA members, startups and…

• ASOCIO launches Vision 2020

  admin

  8 Jan 2010 | 1:34 am

  The Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO), in partnership with KPMG India, launched a new report into the  future of the regional IT services industry: Asia-Oceania Vision 2020: Enabling IT Leadership through Collaboration at the ASOCIO General Assembly & ASOCIO ICT Summit in Melbourne recently. The report provides an analysis of current and projected IT services and outsourcing markets across the Asia Pacific. According to the Asia-Oceania Vision 20-20, the Asia Pacific region is set to become the largest regional economy in the world by 2020, rising from 35 to 43…

• iP@SHA - Do you?

  admin

  29 Dec 2009 | 10:31 pm

  When Yusuf Jan took over as Chairman of P@SHA, one of the first things he wanted was to have a P@SHA Community channel where IT Member Companies and professionals could put up news, pictures & videos  regarding events, product launches and initiatives they had started – in fact anything that they thought was worth sharing. And so was born the idea of iP@SHA. We didn’t have to go far to implement the idea. Dr. Umar Saif and Adil Saleem, two members of the SeenReport team, were visiting Karachi so I asked them what it would take to add a P@SHA community channel to SeenReport. This is…

• MediConnect & Cricket Revolution win at APICTA 2009

  admin

  29 Dec 2009 | 10:25 pm

  The Pakistan contingent at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) 2009 in Melbourne did the industry and the country proud by presenting ICT solutions of the highest standard yet again this year. They were able to benchmark their products against 158 other products from around the Asia Pacific region. As Stephen Lau, the outgoing Chairman of APICTA, said in his speech at the Awards dinner “All 158 entries were winners because they were recognized by their countries as being the best of the best, and were therefore showcased as the most innovative solutions from the region.” P@SHA…

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  Ali's Vantage

• Children Growing up

  Ali Syed

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:58 pm

  A major milestone for any parent. First day of school for their child!I've just had mine start a few weeks ago, and its a life changer. From waking up early in the morning (I own up to pressing the snooze button on a daily basis and hence the reason for being late to office) to getting the child to do their homework.But contrary to my expectations of "miserable school days", I'm actually loving it! Nothing beats seeing a child take up on learning and be excited about it. The only unfortunate taint to all this is the rat race that we set for ourselves. I need to keep reminding myself that I…

• iPhone and market creation

  Ali Syed

  28 Jul 2009 | 7:36 am

  So its old news now, but I got mine! Or was that a month ago, time does fly when you're having fun!An iphone is no engineering revolution, the technologies used in it were not founded by Apple, they've existed prior to the iphone coming out. What apple was able to do was think out side the box and create something that created a market for its own, or how my business partner lovingly refers to his recently read book 'blue ocean strategy'. No sales person at nokia (the current king of cell phones) was screaming for such a device, or if he was then it wasnt loud enough.Nokia's high-end phones…

• In pursuit of perfection

  Ali Syed

  10 Jul 2009 | 11:12 am

  Why do some men go the extra mile and make sure their work is picture perfect? Thats a question thats kept me from sleeping tonight as I write this blog laying in bed. The related question being why do other men work as mules, requiring a whipping to complete and just barely makes the mark?It is obvious that motivation plays a role, but something makes me doubt it as the key role. I've had work done by entrepreneurial mechanics (who own their shop, and I assume that should be motivation enough) and have been left pulling my hair at the outcome. Just recently did I get my 5KVa Enpower…

• I'm back!

  Ali Syed

  14 Jun 2009 | 4:39 am

  Its been some time since i last blogged. The last few weeks being hectic would be an understatement. Getting involved in projects in a more tactical manner, children getting sick with flu and all sorts of things I never heard of before, hosting visitors, car accident ..... (and the list goes on).But life is good and even when things seem to be getting a little too hectic, its important to appreciate the moment. From the Internally Displaced People (IDP's) of Swat/norther areas to those who have lost their jobs in the ongoing recession, its unnerving to know how easily one can be unemployed or…

• Doing OnLine Business

  Ali Syed

  22 Feb 2009 | 3:29 am

  Recently I had to setup an online business for someone, and I was blown away with how much can be done for free and with minimal technical expertise. The days when an online business setup required USD 30,000 or so are over. Today's the age of USD $20 businesses!An online business is like any other form of business. There is a service or good thats sold, and customers that line up to consume them. For the brick and mortar business, the sayings goes "location, location and location" on the ability for it to be successful. Thats because most goods that are even half good can be sold if there…

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  In the Line of Wire

• Connecting with an old friend on Facebook

  Jehan

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:23 am

  I don’t remember exactly when I first met Adrian Batten. I know it was during the 1978 – 1981 timeframe. He was a marketeer who came to sell media space in international trade publications to GESL, a shipping company for which I worked. I remember thinking, even in those days, that Adrian was a born salesman and could possibly talk eskimos into buying bikinis if he wanted to. The company I worked for in Hong Kong was not in a mood to advertise at that point in time so I really didn’t see that much of him. In fact I evaded him as much as I could. Then I moved to the UAE for…

• Reba Shahid of Spider Magazine connects with P@SHA Chairman Yusuf Jan

  Jehan

  2 Feb 2010 | 6:49 am

  “I think everything about our IT industry is positive. I don’t see anything negative about it and I stand by my claim. I am not saying this because I am biased. I don’t think of flags when it comes to business,” says Yusuf Jan, Chairman of P@SHA and Co-Founder of Mixit Technologies.

• Umair Javed of TkXel speaks to me on ITLoW

  Jehan

  1 Feb 2010 | 11:15 pm

  Umair Javed is a very passionate, talented and focused young man who knows exactly what he wants and has put all his efforts into making it happen. He is the CEO of TkXel, a company based in Lahore with a staff strength of 35. Umair says they are still 10 people short but there is only a certain type of individual that he is prepared to hire and that kind of individual is not that easily available. In this interview with Umair on ITLoW, I tried to capture the essence of what Umair has been doing in the technology space, where he feels the stumbling blocks are and what he is doing to counter…

• Google workshop in Lahore goes off like a breeze

  Jehan

  1 Feb 2010 | 11:30 am

  The success of the P@SHA-Google workshop in Karachi hadn’t quite prepared me for the turnout in Lahore on January 30, 2010. 148 people showed up at The Mall of Lahore for the event even though some, who had committed to be there, were held up at work and weren’t able to put in an appearance. Fariha Akhtar had accompanied me to Lahore to make a presentation on the Takebackthetech campaign at the VAW & ICT seminar for the legal community, so of course she attended the P@SHA-Google Internet Marketing workshop too, and there was no way that anyone could stop our fantastic…

• B4A and P@SHA host VAW & ICT event for legal community

  Jehan

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:30 am

  As Policy Advocacy is a key component of P@SHA’s mandate, we have partnered with Bytes for All, a South Asia wide regional ICT network of professionals and practitioners (of which I too am a member), on a two year project entitled “Strengthening Women’s Strategic Use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to combat Violence against Women (VAW) and girls. The basic goal of the project is to help create a global community of women from diverse professions and fields of expertise who  will then critically take up ICT tools and use them to combat violence against…

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  ALL THINGS PAKISTAN

• Terrorism: Starting a Search for Solutions

  Owais Mughal

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:20 pm

  Deeda-e-Beena The menace is growing to awesome proportions while efforts for finding solutions are miniscule. How could we ever win this fight? The Nation is at war and needs to act at war footing as a whole. Post-factum izhar-e-muzzamat is all one hears from those who are responsible to deal with it! You and I can [...]

• Gul Hameed Bhatti (1947-2010): Pakistan’s Encyclopaedia of Cricket

  Owais Mughal

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm

  Owais Mughal I never met Gul Hameed Bhatti. But when the news of his sad demise came on February 4, 2010 it made me sad. He was 63 years old. While I never met him, I knew him from my childhood and always regarded him as the one who was a walking encyclopaedia on Pakistani Cricket. He [...]

• ‘Find Heaven’: Daniyal Noorani’s Search For Answers

  Adil Najam

  6 Feb 2010 | 11:01 pm

  Adil Najam Daniyal Noorani’s song and video - Find Heaven - has a thought-provoking but eerily disturbing quality to it. Anything that makes you think hard is bound to be disturbing. And for that reason alone this is worth a very careful listen, and an even more careful watch. WPvideo 1.10 Given the news and events of the [...]

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  TechLahore

• Pakistan Emerging – Part I

  TechLahore

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:52 am

  South Asia's most modern city, Islamabad, Pakistan. It’s been a while since I wrote about how I see Pakistan’s macro situation developing. Even though the noise in the media about Pakistan has died down considerably over the past year or so, you still come across oddities now and then that make you wonder how mainstream publications can put across nonsense that couldn’t be further removed from ground realities. Well, I suppose they count on the fact that their readers won’t take the flight over to confirm things for themselves, and selling the image of…

• CBR’s National Tax Number verification service creates privacy nightmare

  TechLahore

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:46 am

  CBR's NTN verification service is full of security holes Electronic government initiatives are excellent, in general. They increase efficiency, make information more accessible to the public, prevent people from standing in long lines and wasting their entire day with the most mundane of things, and generally lead to a happier populace. But when they aren’t thought through properly, they can also result in some really disastrous outcomes. This case in point was brought to our attention by a watchful reader, Shehzad A. Shehzad came across the online NTN verification service deployed…

• Mobile game development in Pakistan: An interview with Umair Javed, CEO of TkXel

  TechLahore

  31 Jan 2010 | 6:50 pm

  Run Razzle Run is one of TkXel's gaming titles developed in partnership with Sunstorm Interactive I’m pretty bullish on this move towards product development in the Pakistani software industry. We’ve recently covered a number of up and coming startups that are working on exciting technology, going direct to the end customer and trying to  move beyond the sometimes-boring “software thaykaydaari”… Just recently, we had Hassan Baig from Islamabad based Facebook app developer, White Rabbit, tell us how he’s building teams and motivating key contributors.

• Job opportunities for ex-pat hardware engineers in Lahore, Pakistan

  TechLahore

  28 Jan 2010 | 2:56 pm

  The Sirius Handheld Computer (Prototype shown) was designed and built from scratch... in Lahore, Pakistan I often get emails from readers that I try to respond to as quickly as possible. A couple of weeks ago, my Inbox binged with an interesting question from an un-named Pakistani hardware engineer (aka Batman). Batman is originally from Lahore but is presently working in Austin, Texas. I thanked Batman for his email and told him that since I had received several similar queries, I would respond via a blog post rather than via email. But that was two weeks ago. With so much else happening, I…

• Pakistan and Turkey to collaborate on $20B rail link. Pakistan to connect to the EU via train.

  TechLahore

  25 Jan 2010 | 5:24 pm

  Turkish hi speed trains. Coming soon to Pakistan! For all the negative crap in the media about Pakistan, you wouldn’t know news from reality until you kept your eye on the massive economic and infrastructure deals Pakistan’s been busy inking! Pakistan and Turkey, in particular, have really stepped up joint projects in the recent past. I’ve been trying to keep up with various civil and military initiatives that the two countries are undertaking and it’s getting to be quite a list. For example, the upgradation of Pakistan Air Force F-16 jets in Turkey and the…

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  Teeth Maestro

• PTA blocks Asif Ali Zardari’s ‘Shut-up’ Youtube Video

  Teeth Maestro

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:26 pm

  Sunday evening Youtube.com started facing intermittent reports of inaccessibility. It initially started off with a simple white page saying “This Site is Accessible” subsequent reports were submitted on Herdict Web shows the inaccessibility lasted for about an hour but then everything recovered back to normal. It was then later reported that the crackdown by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority was on one particular video which is of Mr. Asif Ali Zardari saying a very forceful Shut Up to an audience member while he is busy delivering his speech at a rally. Link to the Blocked…

• Brigadier thrashes Professor over Musharraf-NRO brawl

  Teeth Maestro

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:53 pm

  Umar Cheema reports in The News of an incident in Islamabad where a retired brigadier, the registrar of the Army-run National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Brig (retd) Obaidullah Ranjh assaulted his respected professor colleague, Prof Tahir Malik, when the latter questioned the role of General Musharraf in brokering a deal with the PPP through the NRO. The assault was so ravish the the brigadier started hitting the professor like a punching bag, leaving the latter virtually unconscious. After the incident, instead of regretting his act, said he wouldn’t care in case an FIR was…

• HUMOR: Pakistani Ambassador rejected because his name is NSFW in Arabic

  Teeth Maestro

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:10 pm

  This news story is just too hilarious too pass up. I have just read this on Cafe Pyala where Ambassador Miangul Akbar Zeb reportedly cannot receive accreditation as Pakistan’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The reason, apparently, has nothing to do with his credentials, and everything to do with his name — which, in Arabic, translates to “biggest dick” reportedly Pakistan had previously floated Zeb’s name as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, only to have him rejected for the same reason Akbar Zib is no newcomer to politics, this long-ranging high…

• Terrorists are the American Agents: Shia Scholars

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:02 pm

  Guest Blog by Farhan Janjua In the aftermath of today’s deadly twin bomb blasts at the Shia pilgrims, the scholars of Jafarria Alliance notably Allama Hasan Zafar Naqvi has blasted the United States of America in strong words stating that these terrorists pretend to be Anti-American and in fact are working on the very own agenda of the US and that very agenda is to destabilize and disintegrate Pakistan. Allama Naqvi said that there was no chance of sectarian crises because the examplary religious harmony can be seen in the Shia-Sunni community of Pakistan. He said that these attacks are…

• Aafia Siddiqui’s Indictment Court Order

  Teeth Maestro

  4 Feb 2010 | 2:43 pm

  I’m sharing with our readers, the actual court order issued by the District Court in the case US Government vs Aafia Siddiqui – if one might notice, there is no reference regarding the abduction of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui from Pakistan in collaboration of General Pervaiz Musharraf and the US Governmental Agencies, the case immediately jumps to her alleged arrest in August 2008 and the alleged tussle she had with the federal officers who had her in for questioning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Teeth Maestro has been nominated in the Pakistan Blog Awards, show your support by voting on this…

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  PakPositive

• Pakistani Mobile Phones Improve Literacy via SMS Messaging

  pakpositive

  25 Jan 2010 | 5:23 am

  A UNESCO sustainable literacy pilot programme using Mobile Phone SMS text...

• Pakistani Astronomers Bring Spectacular Science To Rural Masses

  pakpositive

  4 Jan 2010 | 5:03 am

  A grass-roots scientific association called the Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS)...

• Pakistani Fashion Boutiques Create a Buzz in Toronto

  pakpositive

  27 Nov 2009 | 4:46 am

  Pakistani fashion boutiques are springing up in and around Toronto bringing...

• Colourful Pakistani Beetle Takes Frenchman on Road Trip to Paris

  pakpositive

  9 Nov 2009 | 11:39 am

  A French doctor, Vincent Loos, is taking "Foxy Shahzadi" — a 25-year-old...

• Pakistan Fashion Extravaganza Glitters Karachi

  pakpositive

  6 Nov 2009 | 1:17 pm

  Karachi is abuzz with fashionistas, designers, spunky models and stylish...

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  Green & White

• Rasta.pk : An Innovative solution for traffic updates

  Qazi

  2 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am

  When i read looked through how rasta.pk solved the issue of finding out traffic congestions immediately in my mind I remembered the saying “focus on the solution instead of focusing on the problem”. The problem was to identify sources of traffic congestions, providing blocked road info to any medium to road users, solution “Get the traffic police personal deputed at signals to report congestions through sms”  Rasta is result of a public private partner ship between UTNT (I guess the Screens we see around the city belong to them) and  City Traffic Police Lahore, the budgeting…

• P@SHA-Google workshop on online marketing

  Basit

  29 Jan 2010 | 7:27 pm

  I just returned from an online marketing workshop arranged by P@SHA and Google here in Lahore. A similar session was conducted earlier in Karachi and one is due in Islamabad. Badar Khushnood was the speaker and I don’t remember where those 3 hours went when it all started. The focus of the workshop was obviously on the online marketing and both paid and free methods of promoting a product online were discussed. The environment was set great right from the beginning like most of the other P@SHA events and there were more than a hundred participants including members of tech and non tech…

• ‘Innovation’ a SAMAA TV Production named Brand of the Year 2009

  Qazi

  27 Jan 2010 | 11:59 am

  Innovation a program aired on SAMAA TV which covers innovation across Pakistan has been awarded brand of the year award for 2009 in a category recognizing products and services that sharpen public focus on processes of innovation and competitiveness in Pakistan. The series beat out more than 500 competitors from various industries in a nationwide judging that included a consumer survey and an expert panel analysis. Innovation is a result of collaboration between  Vinnova Stanford Research Center of  Innovation Journalism and SAMAA TV. As mentioned by report on Stanford news channel…

• Green and White enhanced experience on Facebook and Twitter

  Qazi

  26 Jan 2010 | 12:23 pm

  Hi I have worked on few things for making it easy for our users to track and read us across multiple social platforms. I will list those things down and would like your feedback on this be candid in your opinion. First some basic details Our Twitter Account is greenwhite you can follow us on twitter and each blog post appears on twitter and your reply to it appears in the main blog as comments (This feature is currently in beta so bear with me while I iron out the issues) Our facebook account is Green N. White and you can request your account to be added if you are not in the friends list, it…

• Reboot by Jawwad Farid : A must read for aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs

  Qazi

  23 Jan 2010 | 10:55 pm

  I am not a regular reader, I used to be but recently my span of attention and time constraints does not allow me the luxury and pleasure of going through a book in one sitting. However my recent trip and the long 14 hour Emirates Flight plus the fact that Imran Zia had gifted me a free copy of Reboot allowed me a chance to read it. If you are in any way been interested in startup scene in local IT and Tech Industry you must have come across Jawwad Farid. His blog http://blog.alchemya.com/ has been my first web page daily for some years now. His company Alchemya more than a successful venture…

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  Pak Tea House

• The Pakistan Military Proves its Mettle

  bciv

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:57 am

  Source: Institute of South Asian Studies, an autonomous research institute at the National University of Singapore By Ishtiaq Ahmed[1] It is argued in this brief that the recent London conference on the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan was a major success for the Pakistani military in convincing the international community that its cooperation is vital to resolving the [...]

• Wolf is still at the door

  Raza Rumi

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:50 am

  Dr. Tahir Rauf New sexual harassment legislation, an amendment to the Criminal Law was passed in the National Assembly and later signed by the president Asif Ali Zardai this week. The bill provides protection to “working women at workplace” against harassment and intimidation. The offence is punishable with either three years imprisonment, Rs.500, 000 fine or [...]

• Soviet Lessons from Afghanistan

  adnannzee

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:02 pm

  By MIKHAIL GORBACHEV Published: February 4, 2010 Cross Post from The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/opinion/05iht-edgorbachev.html?pagewanted=1 Afghanistan is in turmoil, with tensions rising and people dying every day. Many of them — including women, children and the elderly — have nothing in common with terrorists or militants. The government is losing control of its territory: of the 34 provinces, the Taliban [...]

• Robert Gates’ Visit to Pakistan

  bciv

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:41 am

  By Bilal Qureshi During his Pakistan visit, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote an article for an English daily in which he basically stressed the need to work together. On the other hand, while in India, Mr. Gates implied that had India not acted sensibly (I am paraphrasing) after the Mumbai attacked, there was a real [...]

• Drone attacks and US reputation —Farhat Taj

  bciv

  7 Feb 2010 | 4:18 am

   In terms of the drone attacks, the US must not make any distinction between al Qaeda and the Taliban. They both have internalised a global ideology that is anti-civilisation and anti-human There is news coming up in the media that al Qaeda in Waziristan may run away to Yemen in the face of growing drone attacks. [...]

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  NaiTazi.com

• Meray Mutabiq 7 February 2010

  salmanit

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:52 am

  Meray Mutabiq 7 February 2010   Watch Another interesting episode of Meray Mutabiq with Shahid Masood.Meray Mutabiq 7 February 2010.Watch Video

• Hasb-e-Haal 6th February 2010 Dunya News

  salmanit

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:56 am

  Hasb-e-Haal 6th February 2010 Dunya News Hasbe Hal Dunya TV Watch fresh episode of Hasb e Haal with Sohail Ahmed , Aftab Iqbal and Najia Baig., Comments on News & Much More.Watch Video

• Meray Mutabiq 6 February 2010

  salmanit

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:46 am

  Meray Mutabiq 6 February 2010 Another Episode which showed that How PPP ( So Called democracy ) had Spent Billion of Rupee of Pakistani people . How Corrupt this Government.Watch Video

• APPRECIATION TO PRESIDENT ASIF ALI ZARDARI

  sumsma2006

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:32 am

  Thanks once again to  President Mr. Asif Ali Zardari for issuance of reinstatement ordinance of poor service men. All the nation will remember this popular act of kindness for the ruined service men. This act of president is true policy of shaheed ZULFIQARALI BHUTO and Shaheed BENAZIR BHUTO. I am sure today the soul of [...]

• CCTV Footage Karachi Blast at Shahrah-e-Faisal At least 11 killed

  salmanit

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:07 am

  Karachi Blast Exclusive CCTV Footage at Shahra-e-Faisal near Nursery Karachi Blast Exclusive CCTV Footage at Shahra-e-Faisal near NurseryA local TV channel of Pakistan has released a new TV footage in which they claimed that the bomb was planted in a box placed along the road side.Watch Video

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  Buzzvines.com - Have your say about Pakistan!

• 6 Ways Our Minds Love to Fool Us

  HassanJ

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:48 pm

  Click on the link below to read about 6 ways our minds love to play aroundf with us.   http://www.cracked.com/article/222_6-ways-your-body-loves-to-screw-you-e...

• Captain No More….But Why?

  HassanJ

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:31 pm

  Chelsea FC Captain John Terry has been in the spotlight of late not for being an incompetent player on the football field, but for cheating on his wife with his teammates’ ex-girlfriend and then being stripped of the England National team captaincy.  Though what Terry did is unquestionably wrong and repulsive, blame the media for blowing it out of proportion.  This is another classic case of a read more

• Slackistan

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  8 Feb 2010 | 11:31 pm

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• And the Best Internet Broswer Is.......

  Ali1

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:21 pm

  In a recent article, it is argued that Google Chrome is currently the best browser out there, beating out Firefox and Internet Explorer. http://www.slate.com/id/2243727/  

• Man Made Puzzle....

  Ali1

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  One of the hardest things that one might come across in the near future is trying to exit Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore.  Being as busy as it is, people should be notified which roads lead to  dead ends and which ones will result in you driving in the wrong lane.  Being an International Airport, they should have at least one board in English to guide the people towards the exit, read more

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  The Nation : Breaking News

• Congress backs dialogue with Pakistan

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Congress on Monday gave a qualified thumbs up to a fresh round of Indo-Pak talks by insisting that terror would have to be the central. "Our priority remains to ensure that South Asia must be a region without terror footprints," Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari said at a media briefing. Against the backdrop of the proposed Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan, Congress said the dialogue process should be allowed to unfold.

• Iran starts higher uranium enrichment: TV

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Iran on Tuesday began enriching uranium to 20 per cent purity level at its Natanz plant in defiance of world powers but under the supervision of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog, state media said. Al-Alam television quoted a source from Iran's atomic body as telling the state-owned channel that “Iran has started enriching uranium to 20 per cent in the presence of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) inspectors at Natanz.” The United States and France said on Monday they

• US wants Iran sanctions within weeks: Gates

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  US Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in "weeks, not months." Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters Tuesday that Gates "clearly thinks time is of the essence." Gates is returning to Washington after spending a week in Europe. In Paris on Monday he met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Gates also met with NATO officials in Istanbul to discuss Afghanistan, including ways to address a shortfall of 4,000 military trainers.

• Nine killed as rain plays havoc in NWFP

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Torrential rain and snowfall played havoc in upper parts of the Frontier province as nine people were killed and at least six injured in Shangla, Battagram and Kohistan districts. Separately, a plane of a private airline with 119 passengers and crew members on board skidded off the runaway at the Peshawar airport due to heavy rains. All passengers and crew remained unhurt and were offloaded safely, said Farooq Nasir, spokesman for Shaheen Airline. Shaheen Air’s Boeing-737 coming from

• IAEA says inspectors in place in Iran

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  The UN nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that a team of its inspectors was in place in Iran to monitor Tehran's plans to start enriching uranium to higher levels. "I can confirm that officials are there in Natanz today," said a spokesman for the International Atomic Energy Agency. "What they find and assess will be reported to the board," the spokesman added. Iran said earlier it has started the process of producing 20 percent enriched uranium at a plant in the central city of Natanz,

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  The Dawn Blog

• Returning to Aafia

  Sana Saleem

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:57 am

  Of all the stories about alleged Al Qaeda members, perhaps none has been more peculiar than that of Aafia Siddiqui. Due to its peculiar nature, I would like to go back to where it all began. Here’s a summary of incidents as they were reported in chronological order, for better understanding: The US-educated Pakistani neuroscientist first appeared on the news radar in March 2003. According to her family, Aafia left her home on March 30 with her three children in a Metro-Cab to catch a flight to Rawalpindi. She then disappeared, and her family alleges that she was kidnapped by Pakistani…

• Tears and terrorism

  White Star

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:55 am

  This image captures the grief of relatives of those who fell victim to two bomb blasts in Karachi on February 5. In deepest sorrow, they mourn their loved ones during the funeral procession. Their misery, as it is captured here, reveals the harsh reality of terrorism as it currently prevails in Pakistan. So much is lost to satisfy the desires of so few.  – Syed Mohammed Adil /White Star The following reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Dawn Media Group.

• Snapshots from Kabul

  Fatima Mujtaba

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:09 am

  In London, after a week-long trip to Kabul, I passed by an advertisement for an Andy Warhol exhibition at the Tate Modern. The Taliban, with their AK-47s and black turbans, have in the frenzy after 9/11 become like the subjects of Warhol’s iconic Coca-Cola and Marilyn Monroe posters: notoriously consumed in mass-produced images around the world. In the weeks leading up to my trip to Kabul, I had been apprehensive owing to the impression of the city that I had been sold through pictures – moving and still – of the Afghan capital. Through encounters with people in the fragile city,…

• Separating the yolks from the whites

  Amber Rahim Shamsi

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:02 am

  Asim just wanted a nice romantic dinner with his wife. It was their ninth wedding anniversary and a new Japanese restaurant had opened in the Diplomatic Enclave. Run by a former Marriott chef Terry, whom Asim knew well, Kampai was where the couple wanted to wine and dine. Chef Terry insists on reservations for the weekends, so Asim made his. And to make sure the evening would not run afoul of security personnel, he asked the chef and owner what kind of numbers he had to provide to get in. Asim is no stranger to the Diplomatic Enclave and knew that a cheery smile and nice suit wouldn’t get…

• Evergreen logic

  Nadeem F. Paracha

  3 Feb 2010 | 11:57 pm

  When ‘Islamic’ televangelist, Aamir Liaquat, traveled to Saudi Arabia to perform (his umpteenth) Hajj late last year, intelligent, sensitive and rational Pakistanis let out a sigh of relief. The more mischievous ones among us even prayed to the Almighty to let the Saudis fall in love with this eminent ‘Islamic scholar’ and fund his outlandish theories. The whole idea behind this sincere pray was for Liaquat to stay put in Saudia Arabia playing the Saudi faith’s Dr. Frankenstein (remember Dr. Maurice Bucaille?), leaving television viewers in Pakistan ever so grateful to the Saudis…

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  CIOPakistan.com - Business Technology Leadership

• Can Pakistan’s Fastest Go Viral?

  Rabia Garib

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:13 am

  Dawn writes, “Pakistan’s Naseem Akhtar created history on Monday by becoming the fastest woman of the region when she won the 100-meter sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games.” And beyond the pride and excitement I feel for this young woman, I feel a greater sense of excitement for the rest of us because [...]

• IT & Telecom News Update 8th Feb 2010

  News

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:20 am

  Warid not selling its stakes Amid all speculations in the market about Warid Telecom Pakistan planning to sell off the operations due to the shrinking interest in Pakistani Market, the mobile telecom has categorically and unequivocally denies such reports and impressions. Warid Telecom Pakistan is not being sold off; rather is on course with its expansion [...]

• Tips on Domain Ownership

  Rabia Garib

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:20 pm

  We’re still receiving a number of blog entries into the Pakistan Blog Awards that are disqualified because the domain ownership when we run the WHOIS, just doesn’t match. Remember, in order to eliminate (or minimize, at least) confusion over who really owns the domain, we’ve asked domain owners to verify that they actually DO maintain [...]

• Update #1 on the BlogAwards

  Rabia Garib

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:52 am

  And so the Pakistan Blog Awards are still getting some great entries and experiencing some fiercely passionate bloggers promoting not only their own blogs, but letting their audiences know who their favorites are. From the time since the awards were formally opened for submissions until today, there have been about 165 entries from bloggers who [...]

• Tech Evanglists Collaborate to Map Pakistan!

  farooq.abbasi

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:23 am

  Map-o-fying Pakistan! All around the world, Google Map Makers have been in high-gear over the past six weeks, becoming Map Maker Ambassadors by organizing local events to spread the word about how people can “map” the places they know and love. Supported by Google, these dedicated mappers have secured event locations at local universities, translated presentations [...]

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  Global Voices Online » South Asia

• Sri Lanka: Another Blunder

  Rezwan

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:37 am

  A Voice In Colombo thinks that the victorious Mahinda Rajapaksa's government had “created another chance for opposition to gain public sympathy” by arresting general Sarath Fonseka.

• India: The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival Blog

  Rezwan

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:05 am

  An interesting panel discussion on the delicious variety of ‘Food Writing' took place at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai, India. Read this and much more in The Kala Ghoda Gazette, the official blog of the festival.

• Bangladesh: How To Minimize Risk In Stock Trading

  Rezwan

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:03 pm

  Kabir Ahmed at Bangladesh Corporate Blog discusses how to minimize risk in investing in the stock market.

• Sri Lanka: On Fonseka's Arrest

  Rezwan

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:46 pm

  Libertad blog reacts to the hammering of “the final nail in the coffin of democracy” of Sri Lanka - the arrest of General Sarath Fonseka: “adieu Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka and welcome the Totalitarian State of Sri Lanka for now.”

• Sri Lanka Presidential Elections: Sarath Fonseka arrested

  Aparna Ray

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:21 pm

  General Sarath Fonseka in a press conference. Image from Flickr by Indi.ca - used under a Creative Commons License News is just coming in that Sarath Fonseka, the opposition candidate who lost to the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the recently concluded 6th Presidential Election in Sri Lanka, has been arrested by the military police. The charges against him are military offences, conspiring to topple the government through a coup, creating divisions within the Sri Lankan army when he was at its helm etc. Twitter is abuzz with the story and opinions, some of which have been captured…

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  CIOPakistan.com - Business Technology Leadership

• Can Pakistan’s Fastest Go Viral?

  Rabia Garib

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:13 am

  Dawn writes, “Pakistan’s Naseem Akhtar created history on Monday by becoming the fastest woman of the region when she won the 100-meter sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games.” And beyond the pride and excitement I feel for this young woman, I feel a greater sense of excitement for the rest of us because [...]

• IT & Telecom News Update 8th Feb 2010

  News

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:20 am

  Warid not selling its stakes Amid all speculations in the market about Warid Telecom Pakistan planning to sell off the operations due to the shrinking interest in Pakistani Market, the mobile telecom has categorically and unequivocally denies such reports and impressions. Warid Telecom Pakistan is not being sold off; rather is on course with its expansion [...]

• Tips on Domain Ownership

  Rabia Garib

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:20 pm

  We’re still receiving a number of blog entries into the Pakistan Blog Awards that are disqualified because the domain ownership when we run the WHOIS, just doesn’t match. Remember, in order to eliminate (or minimize, at least) confusion over who really owns the domain, we’ve asked domain owners to verify that they actually DO maintain [...]

• Update #1 on the BlogAwards

  Rabia Garib

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:52 am

  And so the Pakistan Blog Awards are still getting some great entries and experiencing some fiercely passionate bloggers promoting not only their own blogs, but letting their audiences know who their favorites are. From the time since the awards were formally opened for submissions until today, there have been about 165 entries from bloggers who [...]

• Tech Evanglists Collaborate to Map Pakistan!

  farooq.abbasi

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:23 am

  Map-o-fying Pakistan! All around the world, Google Map Makers have been in high-gear over the past six weeks, becoming Map Maker Ambassadors by organizing local events to spread the word about how people can “map” the places they know and love. Supported by Google, these dedicated mappers have secured event locations at local universities, translated presentations [...]

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  Jobs in Pakistan

• National Contingency Planning Expert-NIM SC

  10 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  National Contingency Planning Expert-NIM SC (One UN DRM Program) - Islamabad (with travel to other parts of Pakistan) Background   Pakistan continues to suffer from a plethora of natural and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• GEOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

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• Deputy District Development Officer

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

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• GEOPHYSICS TECHNICIAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

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• Field IT Assistant

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

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  Pakistan News Watch

• Four injured in Quetta explosion

  Dawn - Pakistan News

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  The two injured men were shifted to Bolan Medical Complex Hospital Quetta for treatment.

• Sri Lankan president dissolves parliament: spokesman

  Dawn - Pakistan News

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Sri Lanka’s president Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday sacked the national parliament and cleared the way for a national election two months ahead of schedule, his spokesman said.

• Force India unveil new F1 car with optimism

  Dawn - Pakistan News

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Force India unveiled their new car on Tuesday, saying greater stability than other Formula One teams would boost their chances this season.

• ‘Attack on Sheikh Rashid plot to delay by-elections’

  Dawn - Pakistan News

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Tuesday said that the attack on the Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed was a conspiracy to postpone the…

• India call-in Raina, Karthik for second Test

  Dawn - Pakistan News

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Batsmen Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik were on Tuesday named in India’s squad for the crucial second and final Test against South Africa beginning in Kolkata on February 14.

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  Aleem Bawany

• Jang News: Advertising vs User Experience

  Aleem

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:45 am

  The Jang News website is one that just keeps getting worse with each passing day. When I wrote a review of Dawn.com Beta website launch, I highlighted their technical and interface shortcomings but the Jang News’ website is not worthy of even that. It’s lacklustre and shows absolutely no concern for its readers or the news that it serves. The website is a big hoarding with no less than 20 advertisements on the front page while at the same time carries less than 100 words of actual news. And it looks really ugly. This is what happens when you just don’t care about the…

• Online Strategy & Development in a Nutshell

  Aleem

  28 Jan 2010 | 1:24 am

  Microsoft Innovation Center hosted the Microsoft Web Days session today where I gave a talk about online strategy and development (in a nutshell). Even thought it was in a nutshell, I slipped in some details which meant skimming over a lot of other things during latter part of the brief 30 minute presentation. The presentation covered frameworks, interaction design, business models, strategies, tools, trends and user experience among other things. There are some valuable lessons in this for all budding web developers and web entrepreneurs. Download PowerPoint: Online Strategy and Development…

• Tr.im Goes Open – Bad Move or Marketing Ploy?

  Aleem

  17 Aug 2009 | 4:25 pm

  Tr.im is a URL shortening services that converts your URL from http://aleembawany.com/2009/08/17/tr-im-goes-open-bad-move-or-marketing-ploy/ to something like http://tr.im/wzz0. It’s useful for services like Twitter where the length of posts is restricted to around 140 letters. In a seemingly abrupt move, tr.im recently announced the decision to shut down at the end of this year blaming the bit.ly and Twitter partnership for driving them out of business. I have not used either service other than for test driving so I don’t have a bias either way but it makes sense for Twitter to…

• Earnings Season

  Aleem

  23 Jul 2009 | 4:25 pm

  Earnings season is upon us. Today the DOW touched it’s highest annual level of 9000 while the Nasdaq jumped 2.9%, it’s twelfth daily consecutive gain. Following is a summary of interesting earnings highlights in the tech sector to show just where things stand. Microsoft’s (MSFT) fourth-quarter net income dropped 29% to $3.05 billion and revenue fell 17% to $13.10 billion. It was hurt by a global slump in demand for PCs and servers. Sales in the client division which produces Window OS, fell 29% and earnings fell 33%. Google will be introducing the Chrome OS soon while…

• JSON Serializers In .NET

  Aleem

  22 May 2009 | 9:22 am

  I was introduced to the various serialization options in .NET while trying to build the JSON and XML filter for ASP.NET MVC. In this post I’ll take a look at the different JSON serializers in .NET and the reasons to pick one over the other. JavaScriptSerializer The JavaScriptSerializer lives in the System.Web.Script.Serialization namespace and the usage is fairly straight forward for serialization: JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer(); String json = serializer.Serialize(data); For deserialization however, there is a minor annoyance in that the deserializer…

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  Gruvr.com: Pakistan Concerts

• Saturday 13th: Wippenberg at Touch Club Hyderabad

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:40 am

  at Touch Club Hyderabad on 2010-02-13

• Tuesday Mar 2nd: Hannibal Hildorf at Studenterhuset - arrangement af quot;BLUSquot; København

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:37 am

  at Studenterhuset - arrangement af quot;BLUSquot; Købmagergade 52. 1150 København K. København on 2010-03-02

• Saturday Mar 6th: Collaps Machines at La Fontaine +STINKY BOLLOCKS +HEROES DIE FIRST St Péran (35)

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:34 am

  at La Fontaine +STINKY BOLLOCKS +HEROES DIE FIRST St Péran (35) on 2010-03-06

• Saturday Mar 6th: Oz Noy Trio at W/Dave Weckl James Genus Vicchio

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:30 am

  at W/Dave Weckl James Genus Vicchio on 2010-03-06

• Friday Mar 19th: Eva Hillered at Lögdö Bruk Timrå

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:27 am

  at Lögdö Bruk Timrå Timrå on 2010-03-19

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  Pro-Pakistan

• Yvonne Ridley Vs American Ambassador Anne Patterson

  Crackerpotato

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:28 pm

  I just came across this article written by Yvonne Ridley to share her views on the way American Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson has been acting and how her behavior has resulted in bringing down the image of America in Pakistan. She is the worst enemy of Americans since she is leading the campaign to [...]

• Life is A Paradox

  Sakina Younus

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:57 pm

  A friend of mine had her dholki on Friday night. Right before I left, my mother told me that there had been 2 bomb blasts in Karachi. Some people were stepping into a new and wonderful life together, while others had had their lives so prematurely and barbarically ended. Families were irrevocably torn apart for [...]

• Pakistani skier qualifies for Vancouver 2010-Picture Post

  Mansoor Ehsan

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:26 am

  Photo Courtesy: APP A good news: Pakistani skier Mohammad Abbas became the first man in the country’s history to qualify for the the Winter Olympics, to be held from Feb 12 in Vancouver, Canada. Abbas hails from the Northern Areas of Pakistan which is the home to the country’s top ski resort at Nalter, near Gilgit. Abbas [...]

• Life in Denmark-As seen by an Expat Pakistani Woman

  Guest Writer

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:34 am

  When i first arrived here in Copenhagen in the spring of 2003, I was taken aback by how cold it was even in April. Coming from Karachi where the warm sun keeps us relaxed and at ease, the cold here made me cringe. Its no doubt that Copenhagen is a beautiful city and that I [...]

• Audio Cinema by Mobilink Jazz

  Mansoor Ehsan

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:14 am

  [Telecom] Blockbuster Movies on your Mobile-that’s what Audio Cinema by Mobilink Jazz promises to bring in. Mobilink Jazz brings blockbuster movies, with original dialogues & songs to their subscribers’ very own mobile phones! All movies will be available in 60-90 minute duration through an IVR streaming. Subscription process: User can subscribe to this service by dialing IVR [...]

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  Pro Pakistani

• Ufone Brings Awaz Email

  ProPakistani

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:38 am

  Ufone brings a new and interesting service named Ufone Awaz Email, with this service, you can record a voice message, song or any thing you might find interesting and send it directly to someone’s email. You can do this without a hi-fi phone or even with no mobile internet, simply call Awaz Email IVR and you will be greeted with a Welcome Message. How to do Awaz Email? Dial 4412 you will then be given instructions on how to use Awaz Email. You can then record your voice or whoever’s. Once the voice is recorded and you hang up, you will receive an SMS. Reply to the SMS with the email…

• TeleCON 2010 to be held in Lahore on April 24

  ProPakistani

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:33 am

  The 3RD Global Telecommunication Congress 2010 (TeleCON 2010) with a special emphasis on “Taking Pakistan to the Next Level of Technology Frontiers” is being organized on April 24 at the Pearl Continental Hotel-Lahore. This high profiled forum is held annually, under the patronage of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). TeleCON-2010 is the third in a successful series of Telecom conferences designed to assemble the Industry-Specialists, Regulators, Technologists, Speakers and investors from national and global institutions, including the Government and Private sectors. These…

• Samsung Announces 2TB Eco-friendly Hard Drives

  ProPakistani

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:51 am

  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., has announced the F3EG, its new high-performance environmentally-friendly HDD (hard disk drive) for the desktop market. The EcoGreen™ F3EG, has a higher capacity than the previous Samsung model F2EG. It features 2 Terra-Bites (TB) storage capacity, with 500 Giga-Bites (GB) per disk that is capable of storing up to 880 hours of DVD video or 500,000 or more songs in MP3 format. With increased recording density, the EcoGreen F3 drive saves electric-power by supporting a capacity up to 2TB with four disks. Mr. Steve Han, Managing Director, Samsung…

• Backup Your Gmail, Hotmail, Facebook, Wordpress, Twitter and More, Fore FREE

  ProPakistani

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:58 pm

  Just seconds ago, Dr. Awab tweeted that he took backup of his blog, and downloaded almost 1 GB of files on local computer. Just that moment, a co-incidence maybe, I was reading this post by CyberDera about taking online backups of almost every online activity that we usually do – for FREE. Yes, this very amazing service Backupify, is offering backups for Wordpress, Gmail, Hotmail, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Google Docs and what not. Essentially, for every internet user – they are offering something to backup – and for expats, this is a one stop platform to backup all…

• PTA Determines 2014 as Depletion time of IPv4 for Pakistan

  ProPakistani

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:13 pm

  PTA’s in its latest research has predicted 2014 as estimated depletion time for IPv4 for Pakistan. Authority has recommended the industry to adopt IPv6 before the bread limit is reached. IPs are used in networks for computers, devices and applications to connect with each other. IP version 4 or IPv4 only provided for approximately 4 billion addresses with a current primary allocation granularity of /8 blocks, a limit that is estimated to be reached before 2012. The transition of the Internet to IPv6 is the only practical and readily available long-term solution to IPv4 address exhaustion.

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  Get IT.pk

• LG Electronics posts highest fourth quarter earnings in its history

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:01 am

  LG has reported record revenues and operating profits in the fourth quarter of 2009, reflecting the results of the company’s...

• NetSol Revenues rise by 105% in 2nd Quarter of current Fiscal

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:56 am

  NetSol Technologies Ltd revenues have increased by 105% in 2nd quarter of 2009-10 comparing with the corresponding period.

• New Ovi Maps with free navigation races past 1 million downloads in a week

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:53 am

  Nokia has announced that since the launch of the new version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation...

• Fujitsu and Symantec to Expand Global Strategic Partnership

  2 Feb 2010 | 5:53 am

  Fujitsu and Symantec Corporation have announced that they intend to expand their global strategic partnership and better serve their customers...

• Sony Ericsson Aspen™ - Business Partner with a Conscience

  2 Feb 2010 | 5:50 am

  The latest addition to GreenHeart™ portfolio now allows consumers and companies to make a green choice on their Windows Phone....