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You just lost my vote, Mr. President…

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Jawwad

Oh sorry, my mistake, I don’t have one anymore… One step forward, ten years backwards and the sorriest speech I have never heard… In essence, here is the deal and the rationale. Since the Judiciary went Rambo, and the media got out of hand and the investors were leaving in droves, it was thought prudent…

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PASHA ICT Awards Winner 2007

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Jawwad

PASHA ICT Awards 2007 Winners. Best Brand, Best Growth and Best Employer will be announced on Awards night in December. Financial Applications: Winner: Kolachi Advanced Technologies – Product: XTreme Merit: Netsol Technologies – Product: LeaseSoft Communication Applications: Winner: PixSense – Product: Pixsense PSP General Applications: Winner: Core Digital Frameworks Pvt Ltd – Product: CDF Snip…

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Alchemy in the MIT Final Five

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Jawwad

MIT Enterprise Forum’s Business Acceleration Plan (BAP for short) has been doing the rounds since late July this year. From 25 companies we came down to 17, from 17 to 11, from 11 to 5 over three rounds. Yesterday the MIT Enterprise Forum Pakistan announced the eagerly awaited list of final five. We made it….

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Live from Singapore

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Jawwad

Now teaching live in Singapore at the SP Jain Campus. And yes I have finally switched to Blog Jet.

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Sami Mustafa and the Nishtar School project update

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Jawwad

Since the initial post went out, we have now raised Rupees 2.45 million in ten days. The computer lab is now taken care of courtesy of a benefactor from Canada. Another 9.55 million to go. Keep them coming.

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PASHA ICT Awards 2007 submission deadline…

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Jawwad

Now extended to 18:00 hours on the evening of 21st October 2007 on popular demand… Make the additional hours count.

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I hate windows

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Jawwad

Yup, it is not your imagination… The sidebars are gone again  

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The PASHA ICT Awards 2007 / APICTA ICT Awards 2007

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Jawwad

The PASHA ICT Awards are now open for nomination.  Category winners represent Pakistan at the APICTA ICT Awards 2007 in Singapore. As a participant in the 2005 awards in Thailand as well as a judge in the 2006 awards in Macau here are some of my thoughts on why a Pakistani company should look at participation at…

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The Nishtar School Project – What can you do to help?

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Jawwad

We need money primarily to make a point. Even with the same raw materials, the same teachers, the same students, the same community, you can dramatically turnaround a school. The money is needed to: Renovate the school building, clean up the grounds, rebuild the bathrooms, fix the plumbing and the wiring To build well equipped…

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Sami Mustafa – Fatima Jinnah Girls School, Nishtar Road, Karachi

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Jawwad

Four experiments down the road, Sami is now on his fifth. This time he is not doing it alone. He is aiming at something much larger and visible and he has put everything he has learnt in the last 12 years to work. Fatima Jinnah Girls School, Nishtar Road, Karachi is home to an entire…

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