Mira Bagwal: Pakistan’s First E-Village

Posted on May 12, 2010
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Babar Bhatti The concept of E-village has been discussed in email groups for a while. Recently, Pakistan’s first actual E-Village was launched, courtesy of various organizations and hard work by a few key passionate people. I guess this makes Mira Bagwal, a village located some 30 km from Islamabad, Pakistan’s first E-village. In practice, this […]

Telecom Pakistan: To Go 3G or Not?

Posted on May 3, 2010
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Babar Bhatti At ATP we have talked about the phenomenal growth of telecommunication industry in Pakistan. After many years of investment and growth, the telecommunication industry is facing economic challenges, price wars and flat revenues. With nearly 100 million subscribers, some think that the market may be close to saturation. Others argue that the country […]

Labor Day: Minimum Wage ‘Raised’ to Rs. 7000

Posted on May 1, 2010
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Adil Najam I write this post on May 1. Labor Day in most of the world. We have written about workers and work, and about labor Day before. It is a good day to celebrate, because every day should be labor day. It is also good that the government made a big deal of this […]

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