Guest Post by Babar Bhatti Pakistan’s telecommunication industry – mobile communication in particular – has made impressive strides in the last few years after deregulation. However broadband growth in the country has been very disappointing – there are less than 100,000 broadband users in Pakistan. The open competition observed in mobile industry has not been […]

Owais Mughal I found this photograph at Metroblogging Islamabad where it was posted by A for [Pine]Apple and found it too interesting. Please suggest a title. A title that immediately comes to my mind is actually a verse from an Indian movie song which goes like this: ‘naukri sau ki hazaar ki, qeemat nahi hoti […]

Owais Mughal Few days ago ATP had a post on police (see here) where we highlighted the need of improving police infrastructure. Following story is on the same theme. Today I read in bewilderment in Jang newspaper that police in Rawalpindi is forcing businesses to have security guards. As if this was not enough, businesses […]