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NED's Professor Nauman has passed away! My dear friend and NED EE professor Mohammad Nauman passed away earlier today. Alas, my meeting with him in July this year at NEDUET wil... Started by Riaz Haq in NEDians Community News	16	Nov 22 Reply by Mahmood Hasan
T20 Cricket Wins----A Metaphor For Life in Pakistan Pakistanis are often characterized by stories of "individual excellence" and "collective failures" on the world stage. And there is some ... Started by Riaz Haq in Cricket Lovers	0	Nov 14
Facts and Myths in Globalization Debate It is becoming increasingly important for nations to build knowledge-based economies to effectively compete and win in a globalized world... Started by Riaz Haq in Science and Technology Education in Pakistan	0	Nov 10
Pakistan Maintains Lead in Teledensity in South Asia Here is the latest teledensity data from ITU : Both Pakistan (50/100) and Bhutan (37/100) are ahead of India (29/100) in mobile. India m... Started by Riaz Haq in Contemporary Pakistani Society	0	Oct 29
Tellabs Acquires NEDian Rehan Jalil's Wichorus For $165 million In today's M&A news involving NEDian and Wichorus founder Rehan Jalil, U.S. network equipment maker Tellabs Inc (TLAB.O) said on Thur... Started by Riaz Haq in NEDians Community News	0	Oct 22
NED Alumni Convention 2009 by Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Reunions are emotional occasions: they are about plunging in nostalgia, about cherishing a shared past, about loo... Started by Riaz Haq in NEDians Community News	0	Aug 6
Quality of Higher Education in India A few Indian schools in top tier, such as the elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), can be reasonably compared to world-class sch... Started by Riaz Haq in Science and Technology Education in Pakistan	0	Jun 18
NEDUET SPEC 2009 Students' Project Exhibition and Competition (SPEC) is a yearly event organized by students of Electronics Engineering Department at NED ... Started by Riaz Haq in NEDians Community News	0	May 8
Full Scholarships For Graduate Program at King Fahd University of Petroleum in Saudi Arabia King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Team is coming to Pakistan for conducting interviews for fully funded graduate stu... Started by Riaz Haq in Mentoring Forum	0	Mar 18
Koshish Foundation Helps Pakistani Student Om Prakash Koshish Foundation is a non-profit foundation focused on education and funded by many NEDians and other Pakistanis in Silicon Valley. It... Started by Riaz Haq in NEDians Community News	1	Feb 25 Reply by Riaz Haq

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Volunteer Programmers Contribute to Google Maps For Pakistan

After painfully watching the heartbreaking scenes of carnage in Pakistani provincial capital of NWFP on TV screens, it came as a pleasant surprise to see the New York Times mention Peshawar in a different context; volunteer cartographers contributing to digital maps "from Petaluma to Peshawar". It particularly caught my attention because I have had the pleasure of visiting both of these fine cities, and I currently live not t… Continue

Posted by Riaz Haq on November 22nd, 2009 at 10:45pm — No Comments (Add)

Remembering Professor Nauman 1951-2009

My good friend and NED University Professor Mohammad Nauman passed away last Sunday. He was a dedicated teacher at NED Engineering University in Karachi. Born on December 19, 1951 in Bahawalpur, Nauman attended Cadet College, Petaro, and then graduated from NED University in electrical engineering in 1974. He attended North Carolina State University for his graduate work. Nauman was a soft-spoken academic and a left-leaning intellectual of high caliber. He was loved by his friends, colleagues a… Continue

Posted by Riaz Haq on November 16th, 2009 at 8:08pm — No Comments (Add)

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