Pakistan’s Battle of Bandwidth Rates

Posted on October 3, 2006
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Guest Post by Babar Bhatti With some luck the Pakistani Internet user base may get a long overdue and much deserved break. That is, if the recent bandwidth rate cuts proposed by PTA are implemented and that’s where the battle is. Here’s a bit of history of the PTA vs. PTCL bandwidth rates controversy. PTA […]

Who is giving Pakistan a bad name?

Posted on September 30, 2006
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Adil Najam They seem to be at it again (here). Is this another case of super-patriots and our unintelligent intelligence types trying to control and direct free speech and use of the internet? This morning my email box contains four different messages saying that ‘pkblogs‘ — the technology being used by bloggers in Pakistan to […]

Picture of the Day: Andhair Nagri

Posted on September 25, 2006
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Adil Najam I have felt a feeling of guilt all day today for having focussed on the ‘coup’ rumors that were triggered by the national power breakdown instead of directing focus on what that breakdown meant for ordinary Pakistanis; why it happened, and what should now be done? The journalistic instinct to pounce on the […]

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