Thanks to a tip from a friend (thanks Altamash!) I logged on to the PTCL website to check out their DSL packages..and click the “more link” to see what left my jaws open Read more…
…well..like it was done from a website template! a template?! blasphemy! I visited the site after sometime, so this redesign might be old anyway…so, guys, Im wrong arent I? I suspect Im right…and if so, why, oh why is our “representative” government body buying cheap templates off the web to serve as a website? hmmmm. you’re not right?
Here is an example of what I mean :
http://coolhomepages.com/store/cart.php?target=category&category_id=3
So I have resolved to start profiling and gathering as much data on Pakistani IT companies as I can in one place, my blog. I have introduced a new category “Mohtashim’s TechIndex” and starting this week I’ll start adding companies. You will also notice a new page on top titled “Company Index” which will link to a list for the same. Again, as always, this is stuff done on my time, with insight gained from various sources in the Industry, and hence is my, independant view of things. Hope you guys find it useful.
Also, one more thing. For a ‘real’ research paper on the Industry, you can call up PASHA (pasha.org) and ask them what is happening on that front. I believe there is a new study in the works on the industry, that builds on and updates the last, now obsolete one.
I think Mr Zamir Haider is having a sort of culture shock of a first time US – living experience. Having studied, lived and worked in the US for 6 odd years I can understand if he is going through such an experience. But even then, he apparently doesnt seem to know many people in his town of Islamabad, since he actually seems to think people in Pakistan dont use iPods…And he thinks his fellow countrymen are backward when it comes to tech. I apologize in advance for the rhetoric that follows but his CNET article has just pissed me off big time. OK, so parts of what he says is true , but really, come on, Mr Zamir, you really need to re-examine the approach to your first ever cnet article. You dont have to put Pakistan down to make SF look good, I mean, really. tut tut. Also, for Mr Haiders reference, we do have monthly plans (financing) on almost all kids of tech stuff, not just cars.
Link to his article is below:
Now, the following is for anyone who keeps griping about how we dont have tech in this country : We have 3 Apple stores here, with everything from Apple. And we are all waiting for the iPhone just like most people are in SF. Read more…
…that is, if you want to keep that new PC in working condition. Due to Wapda/KESC ’s incompetence and the overall morbid electricity situation in the country, you now need a UPS and a decent stabilizer along with your super new home PC, to keep it from blowing up due to the infinite flutuations and supply issues. That brings the bill more or less upto about 35,000 rupees for a new machine without the 15% GST that you are supposed to be paying. Basic laptop prices have now fallen to as low as 40,000 rupees for a new machine. Read more…
