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3 Day Web Expo to be Held at Bahria Univ, Islamabad is a post from: ProPakistani

Blogging has taken the world by storm. It is increasingly becoming the most popular method to express one’s thoughts and feelings on the internet, as well as an effective medium to earn a respectable living. These days, all the business around the world, and specifically the technology industry maintains at least one official web log to announce its latest developments and interact with the consumers.

Pakistan doesn’t lag behind in this field as well. In fact, many top bloggers of the world are Pakistanis who have been featured in a lot of international media outlets.

In an effort to further boost the bloggers, online entrepreneurs, online marketing professionals, and for enhancing the knowledge and technical skills of the students IEEE BUI (Bahria University Islamabad IEEE Student Branch) and BACSAP (Bahrian’s Association of Computer Students and Professionals) are collaborating in organizing the largest The Web Expo in Pakistan.

Following is the plan of The WebX 2010:

The Bloggers Workshop (Intro and Blog setup)

The first part of the bloggers workshop will focus on a small introduction to blogging, microblogging and online social media. The attendees will be presented with a case-study about blogging and along with that it will be taught how to setup your blog using the Wordpress platform.

The Bloggers Workshop (Revenue and Marketing)

This part of the bloggers workshop will focus on how to bring in revenue through your blog using various online advertising options and how to market your blog and bring in more traffic.

Bloggers Meetup and Success Stories

Top bloggers from all over Pakistan will be asked to share their success stories along with top brands who have managed to market their brands on blogs and have been successful in this strategy. A question/answer session will be held where the audience will be able to ask questions to the bloggers.

Webware Exhibition

The exhibition will focus on bloggers and engineers showcasing the best of their web creations.

Web Design Competition

All the web-heads out there will be given a chance to compete against each other in a bare-bones web development competition on the spot.

Entrepreneurship Talk

A group of top media, business professionals will share their stories and inspire the audience with when and how they managed to start their own business and how it helped them.

Workshop on Internet Marketing by Google Pakistan

Internet marketing serves as a wonderful tool to those net savvy businessmen who exploit the tool to maximize the profit. This workshop will help you learn the tips & tricks of how effectively you can use World Wide Web to market your business or products.

For Online registration visit: http://thewebx.org/register-online/

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LAHORE: At least 11 people were injured in a powerful blast in Lahore area of Model Town, which seemed to have targeted a government office, . According to police sources, the security guard intercepted a man entering the building of a secret agency, who blew him up destroying the entire building.

This Taxi Driver wants you to Search Him on Google is a post from: ProPakistani

Search Engines are vital for any business. This is valid not only for the online businesses and entrepreneurs but a Taxi Driver from Rawalpindi is also well known to the benefits a search engine can bring to him.

Asif Ali Shah running a full fledge PR, branding, online marketing and lead generation campaign for his book “For Hire” with no budget in hands at all. For instance, he is using un-used space of his car to show a message for generating leads, supported by media coverage – that’s PR, and then he is using search engine for online marketing and branding.

This guy is one of those enthusiasts who don’t want to grow up, marry, have kids, get them married and die and not to be remembered by any one when their kids or their die.

Asif Ali Shah is truly an inspiration for many, particularly for those who live with limited resources.

I am not sure if he was taught these strategies in his pre-school, but this is an extra-ordinary example of running a business using internet and conventional media, effectively.

Via ijafri and labnol

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Ambreen made Pakistani history by becoming one of the country's first female fighter pilots, but yesterday she was due to swap her flight schedule in one of the world's most dangerous countries for an arranged marriage with a stranger.

KARACHI, Pakistan-Pakistani intelligence agents have arrested Adam Gadahn, the American-born spokesman for al-Qaida, in an operation in the southern city of Karachi, two officers and a government official said Sunday.

Adil Najam Pakistan is set to impose a ban on the import of used computers into Pakistan. Reportedly, President Zardari has asked the Ministry of Information Technology to draft such a law and the Ministry has now sought public opinion on the matter. Indeed, there can be good reasons to consider such a ban since trade in [...]

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday said that Pakistan wants result-oriented talks with India and 'We have given India the roadmap for Composite Dialogue process.' Talking to media in Multan, Qureshi said, 'Pakistan wants to resolve all outstanding disputes with India.

Saturday, March 06, 2010 By our correspondent Karachi The Accountability Court acquitted former Pakistan Steel Mills chairman Usman Farooqui in corruption case.

Ban Proposed on Sale of Used Computers is a post from: ProPakistani

The ministry of information technology has been asked to draft a proposal for a ban on the import of used computers and IT accessories, on directions of President Asif Ali Zardari.

Earlier, LCCI had requested the president to ban the sale of used/old computers.

If ban imposed, no vendor/seller will be able to sell used/computers in the market, eventually causing computer prices go high by 4 times at least.

Computer manufacturers are terming used computers:

• high energy consumption devices
• dumping ground of electronic wastage for developed countries, causing environmental and social damage
• A hit on economy

While those opposing the ban on sale of used/old computer opine:

• High PC penetration due to availability of used/old computers in market
• Low priced computers
• Cost saving through in-expensive (internet) communication
• Increased awareness
• Boost in economy for multiple domains, such as, ISPs, vendors, FMCGs, advertising, media etc

Clearly computer manufacturers, Intel being the leader, are grouping up to run this on-media and off-media campaign for ban on sale of old/used computers to capture their share – instead of investing into country for setting up a manufacturing plant in the country, like they have in India.

If a computer manufacturing plant is deployed in the country, it will not only serve local economy but will also bring down the prices for new computers.

Before any conclusion on this and imposing ban, Government must realize all aspects and that a common man may not afford to buy a reasonable new computer costing well over 20,000.

As per estimates, there are total of 14,00,000 computers in Pakistan, out of which 60 percent are used/old computers, 24 percent internationally assembled new computers while 16 percent locally assembled new computers.

More discussion on same topic is found here and here

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