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Day: March 24, 2008

Adnan – Our Pixsense host for SI 1 and SI 7

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jawwad

Adnan and I have this secret deal. The day I will put a half decent picture of his on my blog, I will get a few shares of Pix sense at the series A valuation. I have also successfully cut the same deal with Dr. Umar Saif at LUMS and BumpIn (but sadly enough Jehan…

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How to catch a bad pitch – SI 7 – Karachi – one

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jawwad

Just follow FQ’s reaction as Yusuf Jan, Jawwad Farid, Owais Zaidi pitch their wares at the role playing session on pitching and trip miserably. Faisal played the rude and rough customer role, riding all over our combined egos and our pitches on Saturday. Luckily we were only able to get Mr. Zaidi’s plight on camera….

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I luv Roasters

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jawwad

The I love Roasters sub-committee at PASHA caught in action at the new Roasters outlet at Sindhi Muslim. There is a God in the heavens…. Not visible – Owais Zaidi since he volunteered to catch the guilty parties in the act. (The fat guy in blue is Jawwad (moa), followed by Zia, Jehan and Yusuf…

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Ease of doing business in Pakistan

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Jawwad

I saw this World bank report a few months ago for the first time when it confirmed something that I had suspected all along. We don’t know how good we have it here in this country. If you are too busy being negative here is what you need to know: We are ranked at number…

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