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2012 is going to be a very interesting year. Elections are coming up in two very important countries, Pakistan (in early 2013) and the United States (2012). The US’ confrontation with Iran has both countries making threats and accusations and heading in a direction that seems to be escalatory. Further, the US has retreated from [...]

We’ve been publishing since 2007 and TechLahore is hence not exactly a “new” blog. As institutions age, they accrue tradition, and TechLahore is no different. Our December evaluations of the past year’s predictions have been happening now for the past several years. In January, we’ll follow-up with a new set of predictions for 2012. Here [...]

I just have a good feeling about 2011. I think it’s going to be a great year. I’ve thought a lot about where the optimism is coming from, and I don’t think it’s all subjective. Very important things happened in 2010, such as the incredibly pivotal visit by the Chinese Premier to Pakistan, Pakistan’s establishment [...]

Back in December 2009, I had come up with a list of predictions for 2010. I may have gotten a little lucky this year, because many of these predictions were spot-on to an uncanny degree. Here’s how I fared: Political predictions I don’t see Asif Zardari making it through 2010. I think he will be [...]

I recently evaluated the predictions from last year. In a nutshell, I was about 80% correct. 2009 has certainly been filled with unique challenges, both at a global and national level. We’re all hopeful the future holds better things, and on that subject, I’ll share with you what I think will go down in 2010. Once [...]

We don’t quite know yet who the telco is, but if it was THE largest (mobilink), they would have probably said so. That leaves Telenor, Ufone, Warid and Zong. Your guess is as good as mine. But more important than identifying the customer here is the fact that NetSol appears to be diversifying into the [...]

Ah, it’s that time of year again! And how quickly it comes. It seems like yesterday that I wrote the predictions reproduced below, but look, three hundred and sixty five days have passed already. We must continue the tradition we started in 2007 and built upon in 2008… so here we go! I was right [...]

I threw out a hypothetical question a few months ago. At the time, Netsol had a greatly diminished $24M market cap and I was wondering why a private company like Systems Ltd. wouldn’t just buy Netsol, consolidate, streamline, take it private and grow the business. If I was casually wondering then, I’m keenly curious now! [...]

Going public can be a knife that cuts both ways. Sure, you get immediate access to lots of capital and liquidity. And yes, as a management team, frankly, you get to tell people you’re the cat’s whiskers for having led your company through an IPO. But, in times when fear is the domninant sentiment and [...]

Pakistan’s Netsol has been doing quite well recently. Year-to-date the stock, which is traded on the US NASDAQ bourse, is up almost 40%. This is now expected to head even higher as Aeur growth, an analyst firm, has just put a BUY recommendation on NTWK. Netsol is considered a microcap with quite a lot of [...]