PSEB gets Imran Zia as New MD

By Mehwish Khan · Friday, Jan 29, 2010 2 Comments

PSEB gets Imran Zia as New MD

Imran Zia, the former chairman of Pakistan Software House Association (PASHA) and CEO of Vahzay Inc, has been recently appointed as the new Managing Director of Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB). Imran Zia has over 17 years experience working in senior managerial positions in sales, consulting, product management and product development at Oracle,...

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Where PSEB and the Pakistan IT Industry Lacks – Part 2

By Fouad Bajwa · Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 0 Comments

Continued from Part 1 There are many mis-perceptions of what the Knowledge Economy is despite the phrase tends to be used interchangeably through all walks of life that refer to economics or productivity. Two phrases, Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Based Economy are a key to the confusion that arises around the new forms of economic productivity. The...

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PSEB and the Pakistan IT Industry – Falling Apart Already? – Part 1

By Fouad Bajwa · Tuesday, Jul 21, 2009 0 Comments

Producing technology, developing new products, new services and breakthrough ideas is definitely part of the innovation process but it can’t be of any use without coordinated marketing thrust. Somehow, there has been significant rhetoric around promoting and marketing Pakistani IT products and ITeS offerings but there has never been any news or...

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Submit Your Company Now to the Pakistan IT Industry Year Book 2008-2009 – Update

By Fouad Bajwa · Friday, Jul 17, 2009 0 Comments

News is that the Pakistan Software Export Board PSEB is publishing a revised edition of IT Industry Year Book 07-08. PSEB uses this publication in its international marketing activities where the year book documents the profiles of PSEB member IT companies in order to provide an accurate and detailed picture of the Pakistan IT Industry and its multifold...

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Another Software IT Park in Lahore, Converts Shaheen Complex.

By Fouad Bajwa · Thursday, Jul 9, 2009 0 Comments

Another Software IT Park in Lahore, Converts Shaheen Complex.

Todate, Pakistan Software Export Board PSEB has converted nine possibly suitable public and private sector buildings into IT parks across the country by investing in telecom and related infrastructure. PSEB has now announced the opening of a Software IT Park in Lahore where PSEB converted Shaheen Complex in to an IT enabled office space. According to...

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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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IPs Carrying Illegal Voice Traffic will be Blocked Automatically: PTA

By Aamir Attaa · Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 0 Comments

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is now capable of automated blocking of Internet Protocol Addresses (IPs), that carry illegal voice traffic that is termination and/or origination of voice packets in a bid to check grey traffic flowing into the country, as reported in ‘The News’ PTA says that the facility will be operational within the...

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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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