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Technical and Vocational Training in Pakistan

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Pakistan Second Strike Capability and Nuclear Triad.
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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post State Bank: Pakistan IT Exports Surge Past Billion Dollars in 2018

"Pakistan’s IT exports hit record $342mn in March 2025 - Profit by Pakistan Todayhttps://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/04/17/pakistans-it-exports-hit-record-342mn-in-march-2025/KARACHI: Pakistan’s technology sector continues to build…"

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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post Pakistan Tech Exports Continue to Soar: Up 40% in last 6 Months Amid COVID19 Pandemic

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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post Pakistan Tech Exports Soar 69% in February 2021

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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. Aitchison College, Lahore, PakistanThe international schools in…See More

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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post Pakistan Navy Plans Modernization, Indigenization

"Pakistan Navy inducts 4th Damen-built OPV 'PNS Yamama' - Naval Newshttps://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/04/pakistan-navy-commissions-4th-damen-built-opv-pns-yamama/The OPV 2600 is the largest member of four new second-generation…"

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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post Karachi Shipbuilding Boom Expected With Pakistan Navy Modernization

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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post Investors Celebrate Pakistan's Continuing Economic Recovery

"Arif Habib Limited@ArifHabibLtdCountry posted monthly Current Account surplus of USD 349mn (surplus for 3rd consecutive month) in Oct’24The country posted a Current Account surplus of USD 349mn for the month of Oct’24 compared to a…"

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Riaz Haq commented on Riaz Haq's blog post Pakistan Stock Market Among World's Best Performers in 2024

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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

Any professional affiliations? Memberships in professional orgs?: 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.

Tell us about you:: 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

What are your hobbies?: Reading, travel, blogging, community service.

Your favorite books?: 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Long Tail, Wikinomics, Blue Oceans Strategy, The Buffet Way

Website:: http://southasiainvestor.blogspot.com

Favorite Music:: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, U2, Cat Stevens, Ghazals, Nusrat Fateh Ali

Favorite TV Shows:: 60 Minutes, The Simpsons, Aaj with Kamran Khan,Pak Music on Geo & ARY, CNBC Squawk Box.

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International Schools: Pakistan Ranks Among Top 5 Countries in the World

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Posted on April 19, 2025 at 8:00am

Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum Draws Interest of Global Investors

Pakistan's mineral resources, estimated to be over $6 trillion, attracted global investor interest at the Pakistan Minerals Investors Forum 2025 (PMIF2025) held recently in Islamabad on April 8th and 9th. It was attended by major international companies and government officials from Australia, Canada, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, the US and other nations. …

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Posted on April 12, 2025 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Pakistan to Explore Legalization of Cryptocurrency

Islamabad is establishing the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC) to look into regulating and legalizing the use of cryptocurrencies, according to media reports. Cryptocurrency refers to digital currencies that can be used to make purchases or investments using encryption algorithms. US President Donald Trump's endorsement of cryptocurrencies and creation of a "bitcoin reserve" has boosted investors’…

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Posted on March 28, 2025 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments

World Happiness Report 2025: Poor Ranking Makes Indians Very Unhappy

Pakistan has outranked India yet again on the World Happiness Index, making Indians very very unhappy. Indian media commentators' strong negative emotional reaction to their nation's poor ranking betrays how unhappy they are even as they insist they are happier than their neighbors. Coming from the privileged upper castes, these commentators call the report "…

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Posted on March 22, 2025 at 10:30am — 7 Comments

Pakistan Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) Points to Growth in Manufacturing

Pakistan Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), jointly launched by Habib Bank (HBL) and S&P Global, is showing sustained growth in manufacturing for the last several months. It has been consistently above 50, indicating expansion. This indicator disagrees with contraction reported by Pakistan Bureau and Statistics (PBS) Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) indicator. What accounts for this discrepancy? Is it because the LSM tracks only a subset of industries tracked by PMI? Is there a difference…

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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, Ameer Alam said…: 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, Ameer Alam said…: Inshallah very soon, I need a recent potrait made.

At 8:50pm on January 18, 2008, Sohail Sarwar Tahir said…: Thanks sir...what are your plans for de long weekend?

At 9:49pm on January 18, 2008, Sohail Sarwar Tahir said…: 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..