How Pakistan is a Great Outsourcing Destination?

By Aamir Attaa · Friday, Jan 16, 2009 0 Comments

Pakistan is emerging as the destination of choice for IT outsourcing in Pakistan for the following reasons: An IT workforce of 133,000 with good English language and people skills growing at a phenomenal rate of almost 20,000 a year. A hundred and ten ISO-certified IT companies, with over 25 undergoing CMMI rating. A reliable digital telecommunications...

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Marriott Blast Jolted IT Companies as Well

By Aamir Attaa · Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 0 Comments

Unfortunately, Pakistanis had to bear Marriott’s blast on Saturday evening, which not only left physiological impact on Pakistani, but it affected our economy as well. This mishap also arose various questions pointing towards the flaws that our system has within it. In this post, I may not discuss all of them, but my focal point would encircle only...

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40,000 Call Centers Go Down in Pakistan, 1 Million Jobless

By Aamir Attaa · Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008 0 Comments

My God, what this news is saying…around 40,000 call centers were shut down in Pakistan on directions of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. I was able to get couple of evidences of this news on “Daily Post” and “Online News Agency” I had to double check the number of closed call centers, and also the date; but alas everything seems fine...

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