Salman Taseer Dead, Jang, Geo, Dawn Websites Go Down: ProPakistani

Salman Taseer Dead, Jang, Geo, Dawn Websites Go Down
Warid GLOW Organizes Atif Aslam Concert for LUMS
PTA and UET Sign MoU for Mutual Cooperation
Mobilink Indigo Brings BlackBerry Bundle Offers!
COMSATS Internet Services Gets New CEO

Salman Taseer Dead, Jang, Geo, Dawn Websites Go Down

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 AM PST

Salman Taseer Dead, Jang, Geo, Dawn Websites Go Down is a post from: ProPakistani

Local TV Channels are reporting that Salman Taseer, Governor Punjab, has been shot down in Islamabad. The news has spread like a fire across the country.

Resultantly, those in offices are pointing their web browsers to news websites to know more about Salman Taseer’s assassination. But evidently, due to sudden traffic spike, websites of Geo, Jang and The News have crippled down.

A closer at server indicates that machines are up and running, however, web server is unable to serve the requests.

Geo.TV Salman Taseer Dead, Jang, Geo, Dawn Websites Go Down

It is told that Mr. Salman Taseer was shot 27 bullets by one of his own body guards in F 6/3, Islamabad.

More details on Salman Taseer's assassination can be found here (Google News)

Update:

Dawn.com has stopped responding as well.

Update 2:

Geo/Jang websites are recovering. They have added a security shield to avoid un-wanted attacks/bots.

Update 3:

Dawn is back as well.

However, both the publications need to re-consider their hosting architecture, which needs an immediate re-shape. Usually, news websites escape such traffic spikes due to their TV channels. However, this time news broke during work hours (4:15 PM) and hence news seekers had no option but to go to their websites – resulting into down times.

Warid GLOW Organizes Atif Aslam Concert for LUMS

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:58 AM PST

Warid GLOW Organizes Atif Aslam Concert for LUMS is a post from: ProPakistani

With a sonorous yet soulful style of singing, Atif (Warid's Brand Ambassador) rocked LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) with his thrilling performance.

Over 1500 LUMS students/alumni attended the concert and danced the night away.

Attendees appreciated efforts of Warid Telecom for organizing series of Atif concerts for the entertainment hungry Pakistani youth at a time when nothing is happening around due to security concerns.

Glow and Atif, will be heading to Karachi next week for another exciting concert.

PTA and UET Sign MoU for Mutual Cooperation

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:39 AM PST

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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Taxila have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote telecom related research that would be beneficial for both the organizations, the telecom industry as well as for the country.

This MoU would also boost mutual cooperation in the relevant fields and would enhance the industry academia linkage.

Chairman PTA Dr. Mohammed Yaseen and Vice Chancellor UET Professor Dr. Muhammed Abbas Choudhary were present while representatives of PTA and UET signed the MoU in a ceremony held at UET today.

This MoU would be valid for (five) 5 years and would be renewed on completion.

Main objectives of this collaboration are to support research activities and to equip future leadership with theoretical and practical training in policy and regulatory issues of telecom sector.

It is expected that the related organizations would benefit from this collaboration as young experts would be conducting research in the relevant fields of telecom with guidance of the faculty and PTA.

On this occasion, Chairman PTA Dr. Mohammed Yaseen said that PTA would provide data on telecom sector and expertise to UET Taxila, reciprocally the University would encourage its students to undertake research in different areas of telecom sector. He said that under the MoU, PTA would help UET in identification of research areas. Similarly, UET would cooperate with PTA on different issues of trade, business and economy related to telecom sector. The VC said that we are looking for possibility to set up a Chair on Telecommunications at UET. We have also plans to start masters and doctorate programmes in telecom regulations. We want to establish an institution for telecom research as well, he added.

This is the third MoU signed between PTA and any university. Similar understanding exists with COMSATS and NUST. PTA has been working continuously towards encouragement of research activities in telecom sector. Being an academia friendly organization it has taken initiatives to establish strong linkages with educational institutions for the promotion of telecom research. Research on regulatory issues, challenges and transfer of new technologies in local sector is likely to help the regulator and the policy makers. To this end PTA has taken significant steps that have received an positive response from all the stakeholders. These initiatives include PTA Gold Medal Scheme, Essay Competition on World Telecom Day and cash prizes for best research project competition and SMS-based Information System for educational institutions.

Mobilink Indigo Brings BlackBerry Bundle Offers!

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:43 PM PST

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With recent launches of HTC HD7 and Samsung Galaxy Tab, Mobilink has not relieved its focus towards Blackberry yet.

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COMSATS Internet Services Gets New CEO

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 09:54 PM PST

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COMSATS Internet Services (CIS) announced today that it has appointed Mr. Asim Shahryar Husain as its Chief Executive Officer.

He will be taking over the charge from Mr. Pervez Butt, former Director General and founder of CIS.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Butt said "This is really an exciting moment in the history of CIS. We have brought in a young and passionate executive to turn around the ISP. Asim brings with him a wealth of experience in marketing and sales of technical products and services. He has been head of marketing for many technology firms and is capable of leading CIS successfully."

The new CEO thanked the former DG and stated that "CIS is the pioneer ISP of Pakistan and is known for the quality of its customer support. Keeping our tradition of being the pioneers, I am proud to announce that CIS is the first ISP to offer on-demand broadband in Pakistan. Customers can now pay on a per-event basis. I will use my technology marketing experience to breathe new energy and passion into CIS."

Asim has a BSc in Engineering from Stanford University, California and an MBA in Marketing from Duke University, North Carolina. He has 18 years of professional experience in both technical and marketing management positions with firms such as Siemens, Oracle, IBM, Transworld, and wi-tribe.

He joined CIS as Chief Operating Officer in May 2010 and has launched six new brands and services since then. These include Wi-Fi DSL, wireless P2P links, on-demand broadband, domain and hosting, training, and video conferencing.