Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 8, 2008 at 9:39 PM
PASHA is saying that they are in effort to couple ICT industry of Pakistan and jobseekers to develop a better match for both the groups. For the purpose they are organizing a series of Job fair in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore. Venues and dates are mentioned below
Marriott, Karachi July 20, 2008
PC Hotel, Rawalpindi Aug 2, 2008
Lahore Venue TBA August 9, 2008
So if you are looking for a job in ICT sector, you must give this expo a try, where you can
- Apply for Job Openings posted by participating companies
- Appear for on-the-spot interviews
- Listen to eminent speakers
- Interact with CEOs, CIOs and HR heads of ICT companies and organizations with large IT departments regarding career opportunities
- Learn about the different career tracks in various segments of the ICT sector
- Participate in Interactive Workshops
- Listen to company presentations
- Attend Career Counseling sessions
PASHA website has no details till now about the sponsors or the companies that will offer jobs in this expo, however, we should expect some halla gulla around while eying their previous annual expos.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 8, 2008 at 9:17 PM
PTCL in an email has notified all Internet Service Providers that PTCL’s ITI International connectivity with SMW-4 is down due to cable cut in Segment 2.2, 18 km from SMW-4 Karachi Cable Station.
Consequently, all International Internet Traffic has been shifted to SMW-3. Due to this shifting internet users will experience some latency or delay in accessing sites via the Internet.
No deadline was told by the authorities for clearing the cut and restoration of SMW-4.
Please visit back for More details
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 8, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Google has announced added security features for Gmail that will enable its users to find out if their Gmail account is logged in at any other computer or not. For example, if you checked your Gmail account at your campus library and you moved away without signing out of your account then you may find this new feature very handy through which you can sign out of your Google account from that computer even remotely from your home.
Additionally, you can track your recent sessions, IP addresses of recent sessions and ability to signout of any previous open sessions remotely.
Google is saying that they are in process of integrating this feature in Gmail’s latest version, and will be online soon.
At the bottom of your inbox, you’ll see information about the time of the last activity on your account and whether it’s still open in another location:
You will be allowed to see more details about your recent activity by clicking on the Details link.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 8, 2008 at 6:42 AM
Pakistan has seen lots of development going on in banking sector in previous decade, with many new banks emerging into scene and offering quality services. They have not only bettered our life standards but also given us more opportunities to expand our businesses locally and globally. Even then, we are still lacking behind when it comes to standards set by developed countries, with missing elements such as e-commerce and mobile commerce.
Corporate entities in Pakistan are well aware of the importance of new era commerce solutions; that is why 
Mobilink has come up with Mobile Commerce also termed as mCommerce with its brand name of Mobilink Genie.
In this post we will discuss what Mobilink Genie is? Its benefits and how it is activated on your Mobilink connection.
What is Mobilink Genie
Introduced back in December 2007 by Mobilink CEO, Zuhair A. Khalique, Mobilink Genie was marketed as a mobile commerce solution to pay utility bills, buying scratch cards and doing other light weight commerce activates through mobile phone.
Mobilink Genie, through a secure process, ties your Credit Card and Bank Account to your Mobilink connection. Hence, allowing you to use your supported credit card or debit account with your mobile phone to pay bills. Unfortunately, you can not shop with Mobilink Genie; however, we may innovations in this in coming months.
Mobilink Genie Charges
- Free introductory offer for all Mobilink customers.
- Application download: Standard GPRS charges apply. (Rs. 18/- per MB for prepaid – for postpaid as per package plan)
- Standard SMS rates apply to all SMS sent to 1610.
- Data Usage: Standard GPRS charges apply. (Rs. 18/- per MB for prepaid – for postpaid as per package plan)
- Utility bill payments will have a service fee of Rs. 20/-
How to Activate Mobilink Genie on your phone?
As it’s clear, this service is for only Mobilink customers (both prepaid and postpaid ones), so get yourself ready for a step by step guide for activating Mobilink Genie.
Getting Prepared; what will you need?
Mobilink Genie is a JAVA application that is installed in your mobile phone. So obviously you will require a handset that supports third party JAVA applications (see here the list of supported phones) and that has GPRS/EDGE enabled on it.
So make sure that
- Your mobile Phone has GRPS enabled on it
- Support Java applications.
- You should have an active Mobilink connection, Jazz or Indigo
- You should have account in one of following banks…This list will grow with time, but currently they are
- CityBank Pakistan
- KASB Bank
- Atlas Bank
So you have got all these 3 things? Great, so now you are ready to move to next step that includes subscribing to Mobilink Genie account.
Subscribing to Mobilink Genie
You will have to subscribe to Mobilink Genie, be careful during this, as the process is very delicate and involves exact procedures to be followed. Process is different for both Indigo and Jazz users, so follow the below steps as per your package type.
For Indigo (postpaid) Users
If you have Indigo connection, then
- Send an SMS with Complete name to 1610 (Aamir Attaa-> send to 1610)
- You will shortly receive a reply informing you of your new Genie Login and Personal Identification Number (PIN) and a URL for JAVA application to download.
- When you receive your login information, Genie service charges are deducted and billed to you. These charges will be added to your monthly indigo bills
- So here you have subscribed to Mobilink Genie, now you need to integrate your Credit Card and banking info with Your Mobilink Connection. Please follow next step for this.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 7, 2008 at 4:35 AM
Through NetExpress, we have learned about this development competition, organized by Google in which any one can participate and earn fame, name and money too.
Primarily, Google Code Jam is a coding competition for those who enjoy solving critical and challenging coding problems, specifically for those youngsters who have got the craze and passion for development. So if you think you are the one, then don’t delay and get your self registered here…!
I hope that lot of Pakistani coders would be jumping into the pool and would outshine everyone.
Mind you that registrations are open till July 17th 2008 only.
About Google Code Jam
is a coding competition in which professional and student programmers are asked to solve complex algorithmic challenges in a limited amount of time. The contest is all-inclusive: Google Code Jam lets you program in the coding language and development environment of your choice.
Google Code Jam begins in July and continues in August, when you will compete in online rounds against contestants from around the world. The Top 500 participants will advance to onsite competitions at a local Google office to compete against those in their region (Asia Pacific; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and the Americas). The Top 100 will participate in the final round at the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California on Friday, November 14.
Don’t be left out! Make sure to register between June 17 and July 17, and show your coding creativity in Google Code Jam.
Yes there is money in the game too, top 100 finalists will divide over $80,000 in prize money:
| Competitor(s) |
Prize |
| 1st Place |
$10,000 |
| 2nd Place |
$5000 |
| 3rd Place |
$2500 |
| 4th – 10th Place |
$1500 |
| 11th – 30th Place |
$1000 |
| 31st – 50th Place |
$750 |
| 51st – 75th Place |
$500 |
| 76th – 100th Place |
$250 |
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 3, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Few days back, Mr. Adnan Saeed, Project Manager, MoITT sent an email to a public forum, in which he put forward a message that read like below
Government of Pakistan has initiated a broad based consultative process to formulate National IT Policy for the next five years. In order to make a realistic and practical policy the Government intends to involve all the stakeholders in this consultative process.
Kindly send your comments to asaeed@moitt.gov.pk latest by 31st of July 2008. You can post your comments as well on virtual group at http://www.nidu.gov.pk/forum
Adnan Saeed
Project Manager (NIDU), MoITT
Ph: 9209269
asaeed@moitt.gov.pk
For Information
Syed Muhammad Anwer
Project Director
National IT Development & Promotion Unit(NIDU)
Director Legal, MoITT
Ph: 051-9218967, Fax: 051-9201012
Email: smanwer@moitt.gov.pk
So now you are not in any position to complain that the Ministry of IT and Telecom hasn’t asked the opinion of private sector while revamping IT policy. They did their job; now Gurus are requested to come forward with your feedback and let’s dictate the fate of Pakistan’s IT industry for at-least coming five years.
To read out current IT policy, please point your browsers to this document (National-IT-Policy-2000) Right Click and Select “Save Target As” - File Size: 1.05 MB
Call Centers, IT industry, investments, taxes on businesses, role of PTCL and broadband in the country are few of many elements which should be addresses in new IT Policy
Read it out, and have your say. I will also come up with another post in few days with suggestions from the people I know.
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 3, 2008 at 7:10 AM
If you are running a blog or a website that caters to Pakistani audience, like mine, then you must be missing lots of potential revenues despite you are using ADSENSE, AdBright, eTology or any of other available ad networks.
The main reason for very low CTR (Click Through Rate, the rate at which ads are being clicked) is because ads being displayed by AdSense or other ad networks are of no interest to our local visitors. Let’s look into this snapshot (from ProPakistani.com) that displayed 4 ads and I see all of them are of no use for a visitor from Lahore; who is actually more of interested in products and services offered in Pakistan.
I personally had been badly missing a localized ad network, which could bring in local publishers and advertisers. There is no doubt that, in Pakistan, online advertising is not that popular, but the potential is there. As the trends are changing we can expect huge online media buying in coming days, specifically from large multi nationals and eventually the local service providers.
Led by Mr. Aamir Sarfraz, Bramerz (Pvt) Ltd launched this Pakistan’s first ad serving network, named as clickClick, with an aim to bridge the gap between the local advertisers and web publishers;
Process for signing up and other procedures seem quite similar to other ad networks, however the edge that clickClick can get you local advertisers is going to make some difference for publishers and website owners in Pakistan. They have taken aboard few publishers and advertisers already; however my application is still pending. Hope they are going to process it soon.
“In addition to our own tweaks that make our solution better than anything out there, we’re promoting local content. Local advertisers and local publishers. After all, it’s all about who and how you network. That’s the kind of support we’re extending to the local industries” read a PR from Bramerz.
As I am not signed up with them yet, so no words about CPC or CPM rates, but my expectations are high.
For more details for publishers click here
For details regarding advertisers click here
Signup for clickClick account here
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Posted by: Aamir Attaa on July 2, 2008 at 9:16 PM
Chinese Company Huawei says that it has been selected by Mobilink, Pakistan’s largest GSM operator, to deploy a commercial WiMAX 16e network. Huawei will cover central Pakistan and hot spots in the country’s six major cities, including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Sialkot, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi.
Under the terms of the contract, Huawei will provide Mobilink with a complete WiMAX solution including distributed base stations, an access service network-Gateway and a network management system.
No financial or rollout details were provided.
It merits Mentioning here that Mobilink is already in contract with Motorola and Alcatel-Lucent for its WiMAX network in Pakistan
[Via Cellular News]
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