Operating On IBA’s Revised CS Curricula

As the discussion proceeded, the faculty at IBA presented a revised CS curricula to the ‘CEO Forum’, highlighting enhancements open to the floor for evaluation and suggestions in terms of relevance and rigor.
Representing the CS Department, Dr. Sayeed Ghani and Dr.Zaheeruddin Asif displayed the refurbished CS curricula that was redesigned keeping in mind the International [...]

IBA Hosts its First CEO Forum

Most people usually associate ‘business’ when they think of IBA. And though the institution’s Business program is very competitive and industry-friendly, the disciplines of MIS and CS are probably less known. And that’s why, when the MIS and CS program heads contacted CIO and P@SHA to help organize an industry-academia alignment session in the shape [...]

Campus Conversations Goes to IBA!

Trailblazing through NED and FAST, CIO Pakistan landed at IBA today to bring the budding youth of yet another institution at crossroads with the industry. At the event representing the industry, we had Kumail Dehradunwala, CIO at UBL; Adnan Siddiqui, Country Sales Manager from IBM Pakistan; Jehan Ara, President of P@SHA; Shahida Saleem, Chairperson of [...]

Usability: A Paradigm Shift in Solution Value

There is a science behind usability. It has to make sense, be practical and comfortable enough to use at the same time. User Interface cannot be created in isolation of the user, hence unless the Software Engineer knows what the user’s wants and needs are, he or she will never be able to satisfy those [...]

Making It Work: Monis Rahman

Consider the following: Pakistan’s Biggest online job website, the Internet’s largest online Muslim social network and the country’s first online venture to attract VC funding and you get one name behind all this success – Monis Rahman. The CEO and Chairman of Naseeb Networks quickly turned his dream venture into the leading provider of online [...]

The Eternal Optimist

Sajjad Syed is the Managing Director for SAP in Pakistan. In a time when one would think companies have to cut costs, Sajjad talks about how smart investment in technology and infrastructure and how it will help Pakistani companies grow in the longrun. “Companies have to invest today so they are prepared for the growth [...]

Perceived, real risks of Mobile Payments

By Farzal Dojki
The world is never going to be perfect, either on- or offline; so let’s not set impossibly high standards for online – Esther Dyson

The society, in general, has always been cautious of new technology. Imagine how unfortunate had it been if in the 90s, electronic commerce over the public internet had been resisted [...]