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Pakistan's Mobile Broadband Speeds Faster Than India's

Even  before 3G and 4G roll-outs, Pakistan's mobile data users enjoy an average bandwidth of 1.5 Mbits/sec and peak bandwidth of 14.7 Mbits/sec, according to a report published by Akamai Technologies, Inc. The Akamai data includes usage from smartphones, tablets, computers, and other devices that connect to the Internet through mobile network providers. The only mobile broadband option available to…

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Added by Riaz Haq on July 3, 2014 at 10:15am — 2 Comments

Brazilian Football Team Favored in Karachi's Lyari Slum

Pakistan-made Brazuca soccer ball is believed to have started high football fever in cricket-crazy Pakistan. The most fanatic among Pakistani soccer fans are the Sheedis of the Karachi slum of Lyari. Since Pakistani football team does not qualify to play in the World Cup, the sheedis' favorites are the Brazilians with…

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Added by Riaz Haq on July 2, 2014 at 10:00pm — 10 Comments

Riaz Haq's Ramzan Speech

Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. Al-Quran 13:11



Muslims around the world have welcomed the holy month of Ramadan once again this year. Mosques and the Muslim mass media are resonating with the usual exhortations to fasting and extra prayers to earn maximum reward during the most blessed… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on July 1, 2014 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

1800 Km Long Gwadar-Karachi-Islamabad-China Rail Line Planned

China has funded a study to build an international rail link from the city of Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Western China to Pakistan's deep-sea Gwadar Port on the Arabian Sea, according to Zhang Chunlin, director of Xinjiang's regional development and reform commission.

"The 1,800-kilometer China-Pakistan railway is planned to also pass through Pakistan's capital of…

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Added by Riaz Haq on June 28, 2014 at 10:30am — 12 Comments

India Loves Pakistan Tandoori Meat

"When Delhi's Press Club organised an evening of Pakistani food and music, flying in chefs from Islamabad, the racks of richly-spiced meat on the grill quickly ran out as hundreds of Indian journalists brought their families, equipped with "tiffin" boxes to take away extra supplies"  BBC Report 26 June 2014…

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Added by Riaz Haq on June 27, 2014 at 10:30am — 26 Comments

Pakistan Beats India to Associate Membership of CERN

"It would be embarrassing if Pakistan becomes an associate member of CERN before India", said eminent Indian scientist and Homi Bhabha Professor Bikash Sinha in early June, 2014. Well, it has happened this week. Pakistan is now an associate member of CERN, the world's… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on June 22, 2014 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

Ten Pakistani Universities Rank Among Asia's Top 300 in 2014

QS World University Rankings 2014 announcement lists 10 Pakistani universities among Asia's top 300.

South Asian institutions featuring on this list include 17 from India, 10 from Pakistan and 1 each from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The list is topped by Singapore with its National University at #1 and includes Singapore's…

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Added by Riaz Haq on June 21, 2014 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

The Physics of Pakistan-made Brazzuca Soccer Ball Design for World Cup 2014

Pakistan is manufacturing and supplying footballs for use in all 64 matches of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. In addition, most European football leagues have place huge orders to buy Brazuca balls designed by Adidas and made in Pakistan.…

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Added by Riaz Haq on June 15, 2014 at 2:00pm — 6 Comments

World Bank Revised Estimates Show Sharp Reduction in Pakistan Poverty

Oops! The World Bank made a big mistake. The number of Pakistanis living below the 2005 $1.25 poverty line (set at $1.44 for 2011) is 4.8 million, less than one-seventh of the 35.1 million reported earlier.  It is a huge drop from about 20% of the population to 3% of the population living below the international poverty line.…

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Added by Riaz Haq on June 13, 2014 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

Pakistan is a Rising Star Among Frontier Markets For Multinational Corporations

#Pakistan is a rising star for multi-nationals in frontier markets along with #Nigeria, #Argentina, #Vietnam http://on.wsj.com/1p2g16O

After a recent survey by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) showing…

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Added by Riaz Haq on June 7, 2014 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Yet Another Lost Decade Under Democracy in Pakistan?

Meager 4.1% GDP growth reported by Pakistan for 2013-14 caps sixth consecutive year of disappointing economic performance under "democratic" governments in the country. This slow growth brings back bitter memories of the last lost decade of 1990s when economic growth plummeted to between 3% and 4%, poverty rose to 33%, inflation was in double digits and the foreign debt mounted to nearly the entire GDP of…

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Added by Riaz Haq on June 2, 2014 at 11:57pm — 1 Comment

Pakistan's Jang Group Suffers Major Losses of Viewers and Advertisers

Geo TV has lost 80% of its viewers and billions of rupees in advertising revenue since it accused Pakistan's ISI of attempting to assassinate its anchor Hamid Mir last April, according to credible reports in the mainstream media.

Pakistan's once…

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Added by Riaz Haq on May 31, 2014 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Pakistan's Shadow Entrepreneurs

Pakistan has 109 informal entrepreneurs for every formally documented entrepreneur, ranking the country 4th in the world for the size of its shadow economy, according to a study published by Professor Erkko Autio and Dr. Kun Fu of the Business School of London's Imperial College.

Pakistan's 109 shadow entrepreneurs for every officially registered one rank it 4th…

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Added by Riaz Haq on May 27, 2014 at 11:00pm — 5 Comments

Impact of Modi's Rise on India-Pakistan Relations

BJP leader Narendra Modi has made history as the first low-caste Hindu to be elected prime minister of India. Modi's spectacular rise from being a chai-walla to a major world leader is sure to inspire the world's largest population of poor who call India home.  Before discussing how Modi's rise will impact India-Pakistan ties, let's briefly examine the new man at the helm of affairs of the world's second most… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on May 21, 2014 at 1:30pm — 9 Comments

Ex Attorney General of Pakistan Munir Malik Vs Riaz Haq Debate in Silicon Valley

Viewpoint From Overseas team invited former Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and former Attorney General of Pakistan Mr.… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on May 20, 2014 at 8:45am — 2 Comments

Pakistani Steel Mill Engineer-Turned-Oligarch Shapes Ukrainian Politics

Oligarchs have shaped politics in post-Soviet Russia and other former Soviet republics including The Ukraine since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. One such oligarch is Karachi-born Pakistani Ukrainian Mohammad Zahoor, a member of growing Pakistani diaspora which is already the world's 7th largest. He owns Kyiv Post… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on May 18, 2014 at 10:29pm — 4 Comments

Pakistan Economy Ranks 23rd in the World

With an estimated $788 billion PPP GDP for 2011, Pakistan's economy is the 23rd largest in the world, according to the World Bank's International Comparison Program (ICP) 2011. Other surprises in the report include the…
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Added by Riaz Haq on May 14, 2014 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

Pakistani Economy Suffers From Sharp Decline in FDI and Savings Rate

Pakistan needs investment of 20% of GDP to achieve 5% economic growth, a capital-to-output ratio (COR) of four, according to Mohsin Mushtaq Chandna, economic minister at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, DC.



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In a wide-ranging presentation to the Pakistan Club at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Mr. Chandna,… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on May 13, 2014 at 10:00am — 7 Comments

Pakistanis Enabling 2nd Machine Age in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is home to 12,000 to 15,000 Pakistani Americans. Thousands of them are working at Apple, Cisco, Google, Intel, Oracle and hundreds of other high-tech companies from small start-ups to large Fortune 500 corporations. Pakistani-Americans are contributing to what Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee describe as… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on May 4, 2014 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

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    Biden's Gaza Ceasefire Veto Defies American Public Opinion

    Aaron Bushnell, an active serviceman in the United States Air Force, burned himself to death in front of the Israeli Embassy in protest against the US policy in Gaza. Before setting himself on fire in what he called an "extreme act of protest", he said he would "no longer be complicit in genocide". Polls show that the vast majority (63%) of Americans want an immediate end to the carnage being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza.  …

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    Pakistan Elections: Imran Khan's Supporters Skillfully Used Tech to Defy Powerful Military

    Independent candidates backed by the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) party emerged as the largest single block with 93 seats in the nation's parliament in the general elections held on February 8, 2024.  This feat was accomplished in spite of huge obstacles thrown in front of the PTI's top leader Imran Khan and his party leaders and supporters by Pakistan's powerful military…

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