Things to do on Pakistan Day

Posted by BA on Mar 23, 2012 in Pakistan | 0 comments

Wishing you all a very happy Pakistan Day. It is important that we spend this day doing something positive for the country, even a small thing?

Things you can do today:

Sachin finally makes his 100th century in international cricket

Posted by BA on Mar 16, 2012 in Cricket, Pakistan, Sports | 0 comments

Sachin Tendulkar from India finally completes his record braking hundredth century in international cricket. No soul has done that before. All I can say is “RESPECT!”.

This 100 centuries set contains 51 test centuries and today’s 49th ODI century that he completes in 188 test and 462 ODI matches. And he’s done that in a tenure of 23 years. I’ve not even watched cricket for that long, and he’s been playing it and he’s always been in top 10 batsmen. What a player he is.

While I keep supporting Pakistan cricket and will continue to do that, all I can have for Sachin is admiration and respect. I don’t think I’ll see such a player again in my life time at least.

Sachin’s cricket profile.

Google Maps for Android upgraded. Now supports indoor maps.

Posted by BA on Mar 11, 2012 in Google, Google Maps, GPS, Mobile Apps, Pakistan | 0 comments

Google maps for Android has been updated and it now supports the indoor maps. Now you can search for places within malls, plazas, airports and stadiums. Checkout a screen shot of Lahore Airport

Karachi Emergency Numbers

Posted by BA on Feb 24, 2012 in General, Pakistan | 0 comments

If you are in Karachi and are looking fro emergency numbers, here they are in no particular order:

Police Emergency: 15

Ambulance: 115

Fire Brigade Center: 16

Edhi Blood Bank: +92 21 445105, +92 21 452815

St.John Ambulance: +92 21 7210600 / 500

Civil Hospital (Casualties): +92 21 7729719

Bomb Disposal: +92 21 2416626

Edhi Emergency. Center: +92 21 2310066, +92 21 2310077

Edhi Trust: +92 21 2310066

Hilal-e-Ahmar: +92 21 721359

Edhi Head Office: +92 21 2413232, +92 21 2413158

Red Crescent: +92 21 7213259, +92 21 5833973, +92 21 5836281

In charge Bomb Disposal Squad: +92 21 77226455

Central Fire Station: +92 21 9215007, +92 21 9215008

Geo.tv is down

Posted by BA on Jan 17, 2012 in Pakistan | 0 comments

Geo.tv is a popular Pakistani news website. The site is found to be down with a message saying “Service not available”.

** Edit: 1:30pm local time (+5GMT)

We found Geo.tv to be down around 1pm and it’s been half an hour the website is down on web, on mobile and all other feeds.

Will PTCL slash Internet prices this 14th August?

Posted by BA on Aug 14, 2011 in Pakistan, Telecommunication | 0 comments

Here it is again, 14th August, Pakistan’s independence day. PTCL historically has been slashing Internet bandwidth prices on 14th August. I really wish they do it this time as well especially when they’re offering a 50 Mbps connection, it’ll be great to pay half the price. While their customer support and technical support has usually been a nightmare, their service just works. Just pray that you don’t get a problem in your connection and then your nightmare begins

Come on PTCL, let’s go 50% on bandwidth prices.

Happy Independence Day Pakistan!

Posted by BA on Aug 14, 2011 in Google, Pakistan | 0 comments

Happy independence day to all my Pakistani brothers and sisters, and Google goes green on this 14th August. I am so excited about it. Thanks to all those who made it happen. Long live Pakistan, Pakistan Zindabad!

Get a 50 Mbps Broadband Connection on PTCL today

Posted by BA on Aug 12, 2011 in Communication, Pakistan, Telecommunication | 1 comment

No, PTCL doesn’t pay me for this but its out of sheer excitement, I just came across the least advertised but certainly available broadband connection by PTCL. We did hear about it earlier in April but now the connections are silently available. No ads, no hype and no big buzz. May be this launch is like that by design (not a home/consumer product yet?)

What do you need?

Ok, so here’s the deal. If you want a whopping 50 Mbps connection at home or at office, all you need is a pair of copper PTCL connections ( yes you need two lines), a modem/transceiver that does the magic and those PTCL guys helping you connect through the big bandwidth.

How does it work?

They call it VDSL2 Bonding technology. It’s a few steps ahead of the normal ADSL we’ve been using with additional bonding and aggregation of two copper line bandwidth to attain more than double the bandwidth. You can read more about the technology here.

How much does it cost?

There are three packages available with speeds 10 Mbps, 20Mbps and 50 Mbps and cost Rs. 9,999 , Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 20,000 respectively per month. There’s an additional (one time) installation cost of Rs. 10,000 when you get a new connection. Yes, that’s costly for a home user but may be very much affordable for small/medium businesses and corporates.

What next?

I’m looking around for anyone who has signed up for the service and will get back to you guys with a review, so stay tuned. If you or anyone you know is using this service, please do let me know.

How to get it?

Call 1236 and figure it out