17.7.09 - PTCL EVO – the essential accessory for traveling entrepreneurs
PTCL’s wireless broadband solution, PTCL Evo, offers faster connectivity than most DSL connections here in Pakistan can offer.
Here’s what the official website says:
Evo Wireless Broadband offers up to 3.1 Mbps downlink and up to 1.8Mbps uplink. Average speeds vary from 300Kbps to 500Kbps for downlink and 200 Kbps to 400Kbps for uplink. However it [...]
27.11.08 - Pakistani Bloggers
The Pakistani online community are a curious bunch. The IRC / forum / gaming vets stay underground, leading true double lives on and off line. The lone entrepreneurs plough on relentlessly, wondering when they will meet a fellow Pakistani entrepreneur while at the same time choosing to work instead of reaching out to other souls. [...]
9.10.08 - Living in a Terrorised World
Thursday, 9 October 2008.
Another bomb went off in Islamabad today, this time hitting the Anti-Terrorism Wing in the Police Headquarters. Where was everyone? The other end of the city, providing security for a 2-day briefing session on Anti-Terrorism.
It would be a laughing matter if a bomb going off in Pakistan wasn’t such a common affair. [...]
18.8.08 - Pervez Musharraf resigns, what now, dear politicians?
Pervez Musharraf is on TV right now, giving a speech in which he’s resigned from office. I won’t go into details of what he’s saying because it’s not important. However, what’s important is where Pakistan will go from here, and the signs have been very discouraging.
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22.2.08 - YouTube Blocked In Pakistan
Update: The offending video has since been removed and Youtube has now been unblocked. Good work all around.
Youtube.com is inaccessible from several ISPs here in Pakistan and there are reports that all ISPs have been directed by the Pakistani government to block www.youtube.com for containing blasphemous web content.
This ban has reportedly been placed because of [...]
