Tweet The IT industry in Pakistan was pretty miffed about the 15% GST imposition that was part of the previous budget, and talk of having it removed picked up the volume right after the budget was passed. Then, during the caretaker government’s tenure, Abdullah Riar, the then IT minister, promised that the GST would be [...]
Tweet The New York Times reports on an interesting twist to the BPO/Call center outsourcing saga. Apparently, instead of selling products or offering technical support services, Indian call centers are increasingly focused on debt collection from out-of-work Americans. I suppose the trend makes sense in the midst of an economic downturn, and there’s no denying [...]
Tweet And I don’t think you can afford to exhibit the bravado Axl Rose once did when he said, “They’re outta get me, they won’t catch me…”. Rest assured, the Business Software Alliance means business and they WILL catch you. The BSA has made some strides in the last few years and increasingly, smaller IT [...]
Tweet Chalk this one up to being a little KA-RAY-ZEEEE! Fedup with thieves and other scum-of-the-earth bugging him and his neighbours, Hanif Molavizadeh, decided to solve the problem with a robotic AK-47. The ingenious device calls him up when it detects someone outside his door. Hanif then threatens the would-be perpetrator over the cell phone. [...]
Tweet One of the things we’ve always loved and cherished about Pakistan is how close families are in our culture. Generally, we’re there for each other regardless of what the occasion or the severity of the problem! We’re also thrilled to see that younger parents are spending an ever increasing amount of time with their [...]
Tweet The Daily DAWN carries syndicated content from an eye opening Wall Street Journal article about the Karachi Stock Exchange and prospects for the economy in Pakistan. The headline screams, “Pakistan a cash magnet”. That’s right, baby. They’re finally coming around to what we’ve known for years: The KSE will make you rich! Even today, [...]
Tweet Yay! We made it this far. The previous post on Emirates’ in-flight entertainment system was our 100th published post. To celebrate the occasion we decided to share with you some of our personal favourites from the past few months – hope you enjoy reading them as much we enjoyed writing them: The fools at [...]
Tweet I was recently flying Emirates on a long intercontinental flight. I was up in business class and managed to explore the in-flight entertainment system quite a bit… figured I’d share my findings here. First off, the Emirates system is the most advanced I have seen on any airline. We’ve covered it previously and our [...]
Tweet This press release from Etisalat’s Ufone got me thinking, if they’re adding roaming partners in Russia, then Ufone customers must be going over to Russia enough to justify the partnership. At this point, I would hazard a guess that Russia is probably not a favourite tourist destination for Pakistanis travelling outside the country. That [...]
Tweet Before I get any further, I just have to say I love the way this Irani journalist spells Tehmina Daultana’s name – Tahmineh Doulataneh – makes it sound almost poetic. But what else can you expect from the land of Haafez and Saadi? But we digress. The scoop is that Iran’s minister for Science, [...]
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