Jan 20, 2010
NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) 2007 – Detailed Judgement
The Supreme Court of Pakistan released the NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) 2007 Detailed Judgement in which it struck down the controversial NRO law. The complete judgement can be downloaded from here (NRO Detailed Judgement) [6.2MB - PDF... read more
Aug 4, 2009
The State of the Courier & Shipping Companies in Pakistan.
I’ve always advocated, that the progress of any nation can be gauged by the efficiency and adaptation of technology by its shipping and courier companies. With the mobile / Internet age now at high-noon, how are our shipping companies fairing up? Let me start reverse, the best out there is TCS, then perhaps OCS and then everyone else. But that is unfortunately where the good of it all ends. Even in... read more
Jan 28, 2009
Bad Loans – The Second Wave Cometh
While so much emphasis has been stressed on the bad mortgages and home-loans, another wave of bad loans is coming. Before I elaborate, let me quickly summarize. There was excess liquidity in the market, money was made available to almost anyone, people started getting 2nd and 3rd mortgages (when they really could not afford more than one). As everyone was out hunting for properties to invest, home prices... read more
Jan 21, 2009
Data Center Nomenclature.
As we plan to have (InshahAllah) various small data-center locations all over Pakistan, there arose a question as to what to name them? In the West, datacenters have a very tech name associated with them, like Digital Realty, Equinix’s IBX (Internet Business Exchange), Datamart, Databank, etc. We wanted to be different. Not just for the sake of being different, but different as in authentic and... read more
Jan 20, 2009
Why I love FedEx
Every now and then – I like to buy ‘things’ from abroad. Sometimes it is books, but most of the time it is hobby or computer parts related. Of late we have been sourcing equipment for the data center. Having servers, routers, parts, accessories, cables, drives, processors, switches, firewalls, power plugs, etc. picked up from various countries and cities across the world. The ONLY company worth... read more
I'm an Internet addict - no other way to describe me. CEO of a Web Hosting & Datacenter, Entrepreneur, Motivator-Mentor, Internet Marketer, Digital Thinker and with that comes digital tinkering. Love life! Engineer by education. Passionate about making a living on the Internet and all that it has to offer. Blunt and in your face. Practical joker. Love books, music (all types of music, but especially vintage jazz), 4x4, movies, humor, gourmet food, cigars, fine wine and martinis! :)
