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Mobile Financial Services in Pakistan

Posted on January 4, 2010
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Babar Bhatti
Growth of Pakistan telecom industry took a hit in recent months because of economy and regulation of SIMs. Even though the number of new subscribers slowed down and the revenues per user remained low, Pakistan telecom industry has shifted to a whole new set of services which provide value and convenience in ways [...]

Cancelled for Now: Tax on SMS Messages?

Posted on June 22, 2009
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Babar Bhatti
After many years of growth and foreign investment, Pakistan’s telecom industry has become one of the major contributors to Pakistan’s economy. Telecom industry pays taxes to the government in the form of GST/CED, Activation tax (Rs. 500 per activation), withholding tax (CBR collects withholding tax on prepaid calling cards), regulatory fee and Universal Service [...]

End of PTCL Monopoly in Broadband

Posted on May 23, 2009
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Babar Bhatti
It used to be that the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and DSL operators had to buy Internet bandwidth from PTCL. For the last 2 years this has been a matter of contention whereby ISPs wanted the option to buy from other providers (such as TWA) who have entered the telecom backbone bandwidth market.

ADO And Multan College Of Arts

Posted on March 31, 2009
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Babar Bhatti
Multan College Of Arts (Bahauddin Zakaria University) held its first art exhibition on the 21st of Feb 2009.

Ammajee Development Organization was one of the primary sponsors of the thesis show . The primary guests and general participants praised and appreciated the young artists for their spontaneous creativity and expression.

Books: ‘Three Cups of Tea’ for Education

Posted on January 10, 2009
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Babar Bhatti
I discovered the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin in my local library. Once I started reading it was hard to put it down.
The book is about a bohemian American mountain climber Greg Mortensen whose life was saved in a remote northern village of Pakistan in the 1990s. [...]

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