Pakistan Exports Talent: Nokia Top Brass Promoted to Regional Heads

Pakistan is considered as highly potential country for its talented human resource; this is particularly valid for telecom sector.

This is also evident from the fact that top level professionals at Nokia Pakistan were recently promoted and shifted to different key level positions in various regions.

Haseeb Ihtisham, Marketing Head of Nokia Pakistan has been promoted to region’s head to look after company’ business in four countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq.

Reza Burney, Head of Care at Nokia Pakistan has been designated as Head of Care Near East Region with countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran and Iraq.

Shoaib Kadri has been elevated to Business Controllers Nokia for Near East Region, who also served Nokia in Pakistan under the same capacity.

All these officials were previously working in Pakistan but they were also looking after commercial affairs of Afghanistan through distribution channels.

Arif Shafique, was elevated to the position of Country Manager Pakistan Afghanistan earlier this year, after Khalid Alvi left regional charge of Nokia for personal reasons.

Shafique is also a local talent and has been promoted as head of the organization for his successful performance at Nokia in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Besides, Imran Khalid, who was transferred to Saudi Arabia from Pakistan as Country Manger in June 2011, has also been promoted. He is now Vice President of Near East Region.

Overall, the key officials of Nokia Pakistan and Afghanistan have been recognized as professionally sound and unmatchable in the entire region.

News Details : ProPakistani

PACPAD: An Android Tablet by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex

You might have already heard by now. Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) has manufactured the (not really) first Android tablet in Pakistan – the PACPAD 1. Not just this product, Pakistan’s air force complex has also launched their own version of a netbook and an e-book reader.

PACPAD is a joint venture between PAC and Chinese manufacturers to boost the local economy and provide low-cost solutions to consumers. These tablets are manufactured at an air force base in Kamra in northern Pakistan.

The product has received mixed reviews. Apart from appreciations to PAC on launching a local product, many have objected on why is PAC making consumer electronics where as it should be defending our air spaces.

We haven’t tried out the PACPAD yet, so can’t really comment on the performance and usability of the tablet. Hoping if Pakistan Air Force would send us a unit so we can bring you videos and more photos of this Android tablet!

PACPAD 1 Price and Specifications

PACPAD 1 costs Rs. 15,500 ($170) and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. A complete specifications list can be found below:

You can buy this tablet from a shop in Rawalpindi or order it online from PAC’s website.

PACPAD Display Centers

Kamra
PAC Commissary, ARF PAC Kamra

Rawalpindi
Mobile Plus: Shop No. 15, Singapore Plaza, Bank Road, Saddar, Rawalpindi.
Phone: +92 (51) 5110 007

NOTE: Currently, PACPAD is being displayed and sold at Rawalpindi and Kamra offices only.

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Mobilink Partners with DIL for Literacy Initiative

Mobilink has partnered with Developments in Literacy (DIL) to set up a Computer Lab at the DIL Model School in the Khuda ki Basti community in Kala Shah Kaku near Sheikhupura.

As part of the partnership, DIL will provide the IT curriculum and teacher training, while Mobilink has provided the hardware and equipment for this.

Mobilink has sponsored a total of ten computer systems, one printer, twenty audio headsets and ten webcams for online lessons. This hardware was handed over to the school management by Mobilink Torchbearers during a brief ceremony, with the Torchbearers also utilizing the opportunity to interact with students and emphasize the importance of IT literacy.

On the occasion, Omar Manzur, Director Public Relations and CSR Mobilink highlighted, “As Pakistan’s premier cellular services provider, we are fully cognizant of the importance of IT literacy for the economic development of the country and bridging the digital divide. It is indeed an honor to provide this support for IT education at the very basic level, where it is needed the most.”

The DIL Model School is located in Khuda Ki Basti, which is a community housing project of “Saiban” a local NGO. The housing scheme is for the low income group of Sheikhpura, located in Kala Shah Kako. DIL establishes, adopts and manages primary and secondary schools for underprivileged children in partnership with non-governmental organizations in all four provinces of Pakistan.

The Mobilink Foundation remains committed towards leading social responsibility in Pakistan, with a history of helping the deserving across the country. The Mobilink Foundation has a dedicated and efficient team of Torchbearers; trained employee volunteers who enable the Foundation in the various causes it identifies for the relief of the underprivileged across Pakistan. Each Mobilink Foundation Torchbearer is empowered to clock an average of five (5) dedicated hours per month during official working hours.

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wi-tribe Sponsors Islamabad Deaf Cricket Association

In an effort to continue building community blocks, wi-tribe Pakistan shares its latest CSR initiative that is comprised of a partnership with the Islamabad Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA).

The IDCA will be participating in the 1stNational Deaf Cricket Tournament, with 32 Deaf Cricket teams representing different cities throughout Pakistan. wi-tribe is supporting the team members’ uniforms, travel, accommodation and sports kits for two major gaming events, among others.

The team has played one game as hosts in Islamabad and is currently participating in the 2012 National Championship Tournament, being held in Lahore.

“At wi-tribe, we hold an unequivocal belief that each member of the society should be given equal opportunities and platforms to discover and build upon their strengths. We remind ourselves that each and every human is special in their own way, and our nation will prosper only if we focus on enriching strengths and helping our communities realize their dreams. This is a continuing philosophy for all of us at wi-tribe and we wish our team great success and sporting satisfaction in all their future games,” said Zohare Haider,

Manager of Corporate & Digital Communications at wi-tribe Pakistan.

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PTCL Celebrates 1 Million Broadband Customers

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)  announced that it has achieved one million broadband customers in the country, that is over or around 50 percent of broadband market share.

A messages by Mr. Walid Irshaid, President and CEO PTCL, published on its official website says: With over 3 million fixed line users and 1 million Broadband customers in over 1000 cities, PTCL is reaching the country’s furthest areas where others have not.

We are fueling the Broadband revolution in Pakistan with our EVO 3G Wireless Broadband offering true mobility and fastest wireless Internet within the reach of every citizen of Pakistan.

PTCL claims that its DSL broadband services are offered in 1,000 cities countrywide while company’s wireless broadband service namely EVO is stretched to over 180 cities and Nitro in 70 cities.

PTCL has been aggressively pushing its DSL and EVO/Nitro since it started offering DSL broadband services in 2007 and EVO in 2009.

According to recently reported PTA stats, Pakistan had 1.9 million broadband customers till February 2012.

News Details: ProPakistani.PK

Mobilink Torchbearers renovate Pehli Kiran School

 
Karachi: Mobilink Torchbearers, the volunteer wing of the Mobilink Foundation, participated in renovating JAQ Trust’s Pehli Kiran School No. 8 in Islamabad. The activity aimed at providing a safe and child-friendly environment in the school that provides education to children from the katchi abadis surrounding Islamabad.

Mobilink Torchbearers worked alongside students, teachers and community members to construct a wall around the school to protect the children from cold winds and distractions. In addition to the renovation, the Torchbearers spent time engaging the children with fun activities such as face-painting and cricket. Mobilink Torchbearers also utilized the opportunity to emphasize the importance of education and its benefits for the children and the country as a whole.

Omar Manzur, Director PR and CSR, Mobilink highlighted, “The Mobilink Foundation and its Torchbearers remain committed to the betterment of lives across Pakistan. These children are willing to brave the elements because they have a passion to learn, and we are honored to have been able to play a part in providing them with suitable protection from natural elements. This is but a token of Mobilink’s support and continued effort to give back to Pakistan’s children, who are the future of the nation.”

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Djuice Awards High Achieving Students

Youth brand Djuice recognized the students’ efforts at ‘breaking the silence – Khamoshi ka Boycott’.

All the students are poor and belong to far-flung areas but had secured more than 90% marks in their Matriculation examination by instilling in themselves a drive for a better tomorrow.

Each student was awarded a handset along with a Djuice SIM with free airtime and Internet access. The aim is to empower them with a tool that can help them activate their communities.

Picture shows chairman Punjab Education Foundation Raja Anwar (center) with a group of high achieving students and djuice team at the PEF office in Rawalpindi.

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