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- Where do you live?
- Karachi
- Your real name? (No pseudonyms, please)
- Haad-Bin-Tariq
- Which college or university?
- NED
- Any fellow Pakistani Alumni living near you?
- No.
- Your graduation date?
- I haven't graduated yet
- Your major?
- Electrical Engineering
- What do you do for a living?
- I ma a student as yet. Though I keep my elbow up by giving tuitions.
- Any professional affiliations? Memberships in professional orgs?
- No.
- What have you done for your alma mater lately?
- It has not become my alma mater yet. However, I have been working for the annual official amgazine of the department, The Watt, via which I have endeavored to promote the university. Also, I have been a part of the team that has recently organized an-all Karachi Science-fair, SENTEC was its name.
- Tell us about you:
- I am an ardent bibliophile and anglophile. I fancy myself to be quite a good marketing-manager as I have been bringing in sponsors for the magazine and the event, alike, at a strecth.
- What are your hobbies?
- Poring books and only books.
- Your favorite books?
- Ninteen Eighty Four-George Orwell.
- Favorite Music:
- I am afraid, I would rather be non-commital in this genre.
- Favorite TV Shows:
- The Weakest Link- BBC World.
Nigella Feasts- BBC Food.
Myth-Busters- Discovery Channel.
Haad-Bin-Tariq's Blog
A missive for Sir. Riaz Haq
Your prompt response reflected your ruly, kempt and neat disposition. It indeed gives me an alloyed emotion of pride and mirth to have earned the honour of interviewing a man of your stature. Certainly, it would add a new moon to our magazine. Thank you for granting us the access.
Afterwards, I would like to brief to you a little about the magazine I have been working for, for the last four years.
Sir, in my mail prior to this, I mentioned… Continue
Posted on June 6, 2008 at 2:15am
A message for SIr. Riaz Haq
I hope to make my acquaintanceship with you won't be a breach of manner. Sir, I am a Final year student at NED University, graduating under the discipline of Electrical Enfgineering, which, I gather, is the same faculty that has engendered an emerald like you.
Sir, I have heard a lot about you and all in good words, that I assure you. I had been intending to join this Alumnus for sometime, but alas! levity and lethargy kept me from doing so.
I… Continue
Posted on June 4, 2008 at 9:20am
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