We will remain off for couple of days, for Eid Vacations… and will get back On Thursday – December 11th, 2008. Meanwhile, new commentators may not see their comments appearing, due to moderation. Wishing you all very Happy Eid – May Allah give us all pleasures and treasures of Life…!

Petition powered by ThePetitionSite.com We achieved a lot when we started the Google is Biased issue, couple of months ago. We had a simple proposal to Google to start making Doodle’s for Islamic Festivals, like it do for other days. It was widely discussed on many high profile blogs and even on Global Voices Online. Majority of people and even Non-Muslims liked the idea that [...]

Undoubtedly, the largest job portal of Pakistan, Rozee.pk has stopped offering free job postings for employers. Now, employers need to pay Rs. 850 per job to view all CVs that they receive for a specific job, or otherwise they will be allowed to view maximum of 5 CVs per job post. It must be noted that applying for job is free like it was before. [...]

“What we loose with a less secure website?” I am asked this question by many people, today, in this article I will try to cover those core reasons, which make it essential for everyone to secure his/her web server. We will try to measure necessary security threats for all scale of websites, ranging from personal blogs to community websites, small sized company website to corporations’ [...]

PTCL has added a Network Operations Center or NOC to efficiently resolve countrywide network issues centrally from a single place. The central NOC facility of PTCL is located in Islamabad, while there are 3 regional NOC’s in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi respectively. Disaster Recovery would be done in Karachi. Company’s press release said that the purpose of NOC is to control, monitor and manage the [...]

Ufone has revised its GPRS/EDGE packages for its prepaid customers. Now Ufone users can subscribe for three available packages, depending on their usage to enjoy in-expensive GPRS for their internet needs while on the go. Procedure is simple, you subscribe to one of three available packages, which will deduct balance from your account according to package and you will be allotted with certain amount of [...]

We remember that PTCL offered its Free Unlimited Internet almost a month and half ago. The move by PTCL disfigured dial-up ISP businesses in the country, and they had no other option but to seek PTA for any solution. It is told that there went plenty of hearings and discussions over the issue. After detailed discussions and deliberations, a new model for dialup ISPs is [...]

A dedicated job portal for disabled person has been launched by BrightSpyre in collaboration with STEP (Special Talent Exchange Program). This is first of its kind job portal, globally, which will specifically serve disabled people to get job opportunities, available in various sectors of country. Job Board URL: http://step.jobboard.com.pk Job board was launched at a colorful event being organized to mark the International Day of [...]

Guest Post by Naeem Pani Wala In my last two columns, I discussed the worsening situation of advertising industry in Pakistan which is facing financial crises after years of Musharraf regime’s stability. So what I had been warning was, is now turning into reality now with two early shocks as MPL’s closure and PTV’s financial crises. Let’s discussed them one by one..! In one of [...]

As time has been changing, so are the media trends in Pakistan. Now online media in Pakistan that includes blogs, forums, online news websites and other online resources, have been aggressively, vigilantly and timely reporting for variety of topics; ranging from politics, business, stocks, technology, telecom, culture, education and this list goes on…! Lately, It has been observed and reported by various journalists too that [...]

We have started a new poll to evaluate our reader’s feedback regarding their satisfaction over after sale and support services from cellular companies. [poll id="3"] So, those silent readers who read updates from RSS feed or through Daily Emails please visit ProPaksitani.com and let us know about the company that offers you best Customer Care Services (which includes, help line, service center and email correspondence). [...]

I cannot forget that day in my life, when my brother bought me 486 computer for Rs. 45,000/- and soon I started to explore windows 3.1 & Windows 95 on this expensive machine. Today after almost 10 years, things have changed a lot, and so are the prices for computers. But unfortunately, we, as a nation are still immature in terms of using computers and [...]

In the world of advertising image building is one aspect of any campaign, which shows a shining picture of any product or organization. Creative writers craft all qualities and feature of that product in dynamic and sizzling words to catch attraction; when such advertising campaigns come to the public, they give the same impression and leave a lasting impact on consumers. For example, if you [...]

I am glad that my previous post about Cyber War between India and Pakistan got tremendous response, not only through fellow commenter’s, but it was escalated in main stream media, and was carried by Geo TV, Dawn TV, Express TV, Daily Jang, The News and others, but at the same time, some people took the whole story in wrong sense. I was just reporting on [...]

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) awarded five Wireless Local Loop (WLL) licenses valuing Rs 26 million to successful bidders for providing telecom services in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Northern Areas (NAs). Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL), Wateen, Direct Link and Telenor Pakistan participated in the bidding process. In 3.5 GHz spectrum, bidding for Mirpur (TR-1), one block was awarded to Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) [...]