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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post CPEC is Transforming The Least Developed Parts of Pakistan

"392 Km long 6-lane #Multan-#Sukkur #Motorway M5 to open in August 2019. #CPEC #Pakistan #China https://nation.com.pk/16-Jul-2019/multan-sukkur-motorway-from-next-month-murad Federal Minister for Communications Murad Saeed on Monday revealed that the…"

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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post Drought-Stricken Pakistan Receives Heaviest Snowfall in 48 Years

"More than 150 killed as #monsoon floods sweep away homes and people in #SouthAsia. Death toll: #Nepal 67, #India 50, #Bangladesh 34, #Pakistan 23…"

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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post Pakistan's Insatiable Appetite For Energy

"Powering #Pakistan. There is enough #coal at #Thar to cater for the #energy needs of the nation for two centuries. Imported #LNG #gas costs about 40% higher than Synthetic Natural Gas (#SNG) produced from Thar Coal. #power #electricity…"

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Algorithm: Origins of Artificial Intelligence in Islamic Golden Age

When Gmail completes your sentences or Netflix offers you recommendations for movies to watch, do you wonder where it all came from? Do you know how airplanes fly or autonomous vehicles drive on auto-pilot? What algorithms are used to make it happen? Who made these possible? Where did the word "algorithm" come from? Have you heard of Mohammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi?Al-Khwarizmi:The word algorithm comes from Muhammad al-Khwarizmi, the name of a Muslim mathematician and scientist who developed the…See More

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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post 700,000 Indian Soldiers Versus 10 Million Kashmiris

"#India-#Pakistan track 2 diplomacy in #Islamabad. The civil society dialogue calls for more #trade, #people contacts. The dialogue comes ahead of a meeting on Sunday between the officials of both sides at #Wagah on the #KartarpurCorridor…"

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Where do you live?: Silicon Valley, CA, USA

Your real name? (No pseudonyms, please): Riaz Haq

Which college or university?: NED University and New Jersey Institute of Technology

Any fellow Pakistani Alumni living near you?: Yes, many.

Your graduation date?: 1974

Your major?: Electrical Engineering

What do you do for a living?: Start-up business consulting

Any professional affiliations? Memberships in professional orgs?: TIE Charter member, NED Alumni Association of Silicon Valley

What have you done for your alma mater lately?: Organized NEDians Convention 2007. Started NEDians Worldwide.

Tell us about you:: I am the Founder & President of PaAlumni . In addition to being a high-tech executive, I am an entrepreneur, an investor, and an avid watcher of South Asia and financial markets, I have more than 25 years experience in the hi-tech industry. I have co-founded two high-tech startups and managed multi-million dollar business. I am a pioneer of the PC and mobile businesses and I have held senior management positions in hardware and software development of Intel’s microprocessor product line from 8086 to Pentium processors. My experience includes senior roles in marketing, engineering and business management. I was recognized as “Person of the Year” by PC Magazine for my contribution to 80386 program. I have an MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. I have two blogs: http://riazhaq.blogspot.com, http://southasiainvestor.blogspot.com

What are your hobbies?: Reading, travel, blogging, community service.

Your favorite books?: 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Long Tail, Wikinomics, Blue Oceans Strategy, The Buffet Way

Website:: http://southasiainvestor.blogspot.com

Favorite Music:: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, U2, Cat Stevens, Ghazals, Nusrat Fateh Ali

Favorite TV Shows:: 60 Minutes, The Simpsons, Aaj with Kamran Khan,Pak Music on Geo & ARY, CNBC Squawk Box.

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Algorithm: Origins of Artificial Intelligence in Islamic Golden Age

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Posted on July 15, 2019 at 9:00pm

PM Imran Khan Meets President Trump Amid Improving US-Pakistan Ties

How much have US-Pakistan ties improved since President Trump's "lies and deceit" tweet on Pakistan? Has Trump completely abandoned the tough Pakistan policy recommended by the 2017 Husain Haqqani-Lisa Curtis paper? What do the US actions such as backing Pakistan's IMF bailout and BLA terror…

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Posted on July 14, 2019 at 8:40pm — 1 Comment

Pakistan Digital Media Advertising Growth Among World's Fastest

Rapid growth of broadband access in Pakistan is changing the country's media landscape. Digital advertising revenue is forecast to grow by 32% in 2019 to Rs. 10.8 billion ($103 million), 12% of total national advertising revenue (NAR), according to Magna Advertising. Digital marketing expert Lars Anthonisen believes Pakistan is quickly becoming a "…

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Posted on July 11, 2019 at 7:31pm

Pakistan Ramps Up Nuclear Power to Boost Low-Carbon Electric Power

Construction of 1,100 MW nuclear power reactor K2 unit in Karachi has been completed by China National Nuclear Corporation, according to media reports. A similar reactor unit K3 will add another 1,100 MW of nuclear power to the grid, bringing the total nuclear power installed capacity of…

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Posted on July 6, 2019 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

More Pakistanis Migrating to Non-English Speaking Rich Industrialized Nations

Migration data for 2016 released by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the club of rich industrialized nations of Europe, North America and East Asia, shows that a growing number of Pakistanis are migrating to its non-English Speaking member countries. Traditionally, most Pakistanis migrating to rich industrialized nations have preferred to go to English-Speaking nations. The biggest factor driving such migrations appears to be the growing labor shortages caused by aging…

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At 7:08pm on October 30, 2007, Sohail Sarwar Tahir said…: Thanks for your comments, certainly you have experienced these kinda forumns more closely.....but let me share couple of points...

1) we have couple of mailing lists for NEDians to say in touch but most of the students are not aware of dat

2) web is the most effective way to share our thoughts (scholarship program: transactions can be made onlilne etc, mentoring forum: detailed profile of alumni with search capabilities and students can contact us)

3) online books, resources that can be added later....in fact that should be done by NED Admin but I dont think daz gonna happen in next decade

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So, my point is if we can create a web its easy to share with students and they can get any info they want from there (just one platform)

I know its a lot of effort and you are right you wanna figure out if its worthit.....which is perfectly alright BUT I THINK its worth trying

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Solution::: Can we suggest the web development as final year project for NED students?? Do you think this can do??

When I had time, I worked on that but I was depending on folks in karachi to register NGO / NPO but no one really wanted to do all the paper work and therefore I almost had to quit the idea....

Couple of students contacted me for scholarship but I really didnt have any good answer for them

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Bottomline::: These ideas are not new, all we need is a proper representation, that is accessible to students [we dont need to depend on any mailing lists, any other mode of communication, like notice board :) etc......just one single platform]

Looking forward to hear from you more on this

Take care,

Regards,

At 11:21am on November 12, 2007, Syed Qasim Bukhari said…: thnx for the informative links sir !! they r really of my great interest & i would give some thoughtful time in reading those articles butttttttt actually they are not related to the problem em facing....... em having difficulties regarding the stereo vision algorithms ... 8 point algorithm n others.. how to aply them.. what if I ve a pair of images what to do next ?? what problem i might face when working underwater . etc

At 9:47pm on December 13, 2007, Riaz Qamar said…: Thanks for your appreciation. Sadly, I don't see revival of cricket in Pakistan :'(

At 10:35pm on December 18, 2007, Syed Zulfiqar Yezdan said…: Thanks. I will try to get the source files and upload again

At 5:12pm on December 29, 2007, Dilara Hafiz said…: Thanks Riaz Bhai - this looks like a great website. I always enjoy your opinions in Pakistan Link - keep up the thoughtful, analytical writing - we need it!

At 12:33pm on January 17, 2008, Ameer Alam said…: Thanks Riaz Bhai. I will post more material as soon as I can find some time. Allah Hafiz

At 12:42pm on January 17, 2008, Ameer Alam said…: Inshallah very soon, I need a recent potrait made.

At 8:50pm on January 18, 2008, Sohail Sarwar Tahir said…: Thanks sir...what are your plans for de long weekend?

At 9:49pm on January 18, 2008, Sohail Sarwar Tahir said…: i will relax ...daz all i want...might look into office stuff on sunday and monday though....tried to implement something, somehow it didnt work as expected, have a deadline to meet (feb mid)....daz about it..