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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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- Reading, travel, blogging, community service.
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- 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Long Tail, Wikinomics, Blue Oceans Strategy, The Buffet Way
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- 60 Minutes, The Simpsons, Aaj with Kamran Khan,Pak Music on Geo & ARY, CNBC Squawk Box.
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Has Pakistan Destroyed India's S-400 Air Defense System at Adampur?
Pakistan claims its air force (PAF) has destroyed India's high-value Russian-made S-400 air defense system (ADS) located at the Indian Air Force (IAF) Adampur air base. India has rejected this claim and posted pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi posing in front of its S-400 rocket launchers in Adampur. Meanwhile, there are reports that an Indian S-400 operator, named Rambabu Kumar Singh, was killed at about the time Pakistan claims to have hit it. Pakistan is believed to have targeted…
ContinuePosted on May 21, 2025 at 4:00pm
Pakistan Downs India's French Rafale Fighter Jets in History's Largest Aerial Battle
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilots flying Chinese-made J10C fighter jets shot down at least two Indian Air Force's French-made Rafale jets in history's largest ever aerial battle involving over 100 combat aircraft on both sides, according to multiple media reports. India had 72 warplanes on the attack and Pakistan responded with 42 of its own, according to Pakistani military. The Indian government has not yet acknowledged its losses but senior French and US intelligence officials have …
ContinuePosted on May 9, 2025 at 11:00am — 32 Comments
Pahalgam Attack: Why is the Indian Media Not Asking Hard Questions?
A recent terrorist attack on April 22 in Kashmir has killed 26 Indian tourists. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu Nationalist government took no time to blame Pakistan for the attack and vowed to "punish" the neighbor for it. Indian media, also derisively known as "Godi media", immediately went into overdrive to demand action against Pakistan. New Delhi followed up with suspending the Indus Basin Water treaty from the 1960s which guarantees 80% of the water from the three western rivers…
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Earth Day: Pakistan's Progress Toward Low-Carbon Economy
Pakistan celebrates Earth Day on April 22 every year by organizing various events sponsored by the government and non-government organizations to raise awareness of the issues faced by the earth. Today it is being observed with a range of initiatives, including pledges for zero waste, commitments to sustainable practices, and community-based actions to protect the planet. Pakistan contributes less than 1% of global carbon emissions, but it is among the countries considered most vulnerable to…
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International Schools: Pakistan Ranks Among Top 5 Countries in the World
Pakistan ranks among the top 5 nations in terms of international schools offering schooling based on International Baccalaureate (IB) and IGCSE (Cambridge) curricula. China leads with 1,000 international schools, followed by India (900), UAE (784), Pakistan (598) and Brazil (415). The medium of instruction in these schools is English. …
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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,
- 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,
- Inshallah very soon, I need a recent potrait made.
- At 8:50pm on January 18, 2008,
- Thanks sir...what are your plans for de long weekend?
- At 9:49pm on January 18, 2008,
- 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..
- At 5:10pm on February 24, 2008,
- Thanks
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Has Pakistan Destroyed India's S-400 Air Defense System at Adampur?
Pakistan claims its air force (PAF) has destroyed India's high-value Russian-made S-400 air defense system (ADS) located at the Indian Air Force (IAF) Adampur air base. India has rejected this claim and posted pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi posing in front of its S-400 rocket launchers in Adampur. Meanwhile, there are reports that an Indian S-400 operator, named Rambabu Kumar Singh, was killed at about the time Pakistan claims to have hit it. Pakistan is believed to have targeted…
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Pakistan Downs India's French Rafale Fighter Jets in History's Largest Aerial Battle
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilots flying Chinese-made J10C fighter jets shot down at least two Indian Air Force's French-made Rafale jets in history's largest ever aerial battle involving over 100 combat aircraft on both sides, according to multiple media reports. India had 72 warplanes on the attack and Pakistan responded with 42 of its own, according to Pakistani military. The Indian government has not yet acknowledged its losses but senior French and US intelligence officials have …
ContinuePosted by Riaz Haq on May 9, 2025 at 11:00am — 32 Comments
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