TechLahore

While it is true that Lahore is the coolest city on the planet, this post proves that good work is happening elsewhere as well The University of Sindh at Hyderabad recently unveiled a number of interesting projects developed by its faculty and students. The projects were showcased at an exhibition inaugurated by Dr. Rabia Sheikh, [...]

Forbes published an annual list of the 100 most influential VCs in the world. This year, they have recognized Asad Jamal, Partner at ePlanet Ventures, on their top 10 list. Yeah, one of the world’s 10 best venture capitalists is a Pakistani. You can find out more about Asad Jamal by reading this interview he [...]

Foreign exchange inflows to Pakistan have hit a new high of $3.06BN for the first half of the year. This is a 20% increase over the same period last year. I mean, really! One wonders about all the press Pakistan has been getting in the western media – particularly Newsweek and the Economist. These two [...]

Back in the ’60s and ’70s, Pakistan and China cooperated to build the Karakoram Highway, or the “Friendship Road”, which is the world’s highest highway, linking Pakistan with the Chinese mainland, traversing the mountains of the Hindukush. Now, Pakistan and China have announced a joint venture worth $327M dollars that will significantly upgrade the highway [...]

Since this sales tax was imposed last year, the general IT industry in Pakistan, local PC/Server manufacturers and IT retailers, have strongly advocated its removal. The 15% General Sales Tax, or GST, is currently applicable to all IT purchases. Critics of the tax argue that it is too soon to impose any inhibitors on the growth of [...]

Unique Pakistan carries an in-depth interview with Yusuf Husain, Managing Director of the Pakistan Software Export Board. Among other things, Yusuf discusses the rationale behind the $2BN IT market size estimates PSEB uses, the growth rate for the IT sector in Pakistan – pegged at 50% YoY, and the potential for explosive growth in software [...]

2007 was a great year for Acer Pakistan. The company achieved 335% growth, with its laptop line doing particularly well. Acer has been present in Pakistan for many years now and is seeking to solidify its position in Asia as it challenges Lenovo for the #3 spot. Acer’s acquisitions this past year, of Gateway and [...]

As we reported a while back, a delegation led by the PSEB is going to be touring the US in January. The delegates are being hosted by the Texas Secretary of State, Mr. Phil Wilson. They stop by in Austin, Texas on the 16th of January. I’ll let the actual announcement do the rest of [...]

A survey article covering the IT industry in Pakistan appeared in the Business Recorder on January 6th, 2008. Among other interesting factoids, this article talks about a growth target of $11 BN by 2011 for Pakistani IT exports. Somewhat cryptically, the article mentions that the “Global Community” has placed Pakistan in ‘First Category’ IT destinations [...]

I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the launch of Naqsha.net, a GIS website that promises to provide driving direction and accurate route mapping for major Pakistani cities. Because Google and Yahoo don’t really have good street map coverage outside the US and some parts of Europe, this new site could potentially be a boon [...]