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 [...]
[March 17, 2010: Karachi, Pakistan] The CIO-P@SHA Campus Conversations took place at the main campus of FAST today. Attended by more than 80 students, the 2-hour session was the first of a nation-wide initiative to bridge the gap between the industry and the academia. The panelists from the industry were: Jehan Ara, President P@SHA; Ashar [...]
Measuring up in a Downturn
“The Best Marketers Fish where the Fish are” was the quote part of the workshop named “Marketing Your Software Online” organized by Google Pakistan, in partnership with P@SHA, on January 13 2010 at T2F. Badar Khushnood, Pakistan Consultant for Google, made a presentation on the topic which will help Pakistani [...]
“Say NO to PECO” or the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance was the clear message outlined on a wall poster behind the speakers at the conference. The press conference constituted of four influential members of the society namely Jehan Ara, President P@SHA, Sabeen Mahmud, President TiEcon, Barrister Zahid Jameel and Mr. Nadeem, Spokesperson ISPAK.
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What’s on the mind of one of the most networked professionals of
Pakistan’s IT Industy? Jehan Ara, President of P@SHA,
shares her insights!
Why do you feel so passionate about promoting the local industry?
The Pakistan IT and ITES industry is such a vibrant and exciting industry. There is a lot of cutting edge work being done here and [...]
Session 1: Business Technology Challenges
The first session, about Business Technology Challenges, had Parvez Iftikhar give his opening remarks about what the Universal Service Fund was all about and the role it played in the enablement of business in the underserved areas of Pakistan. The USF is essentially a fund for providing the expansion of telecom [...]
Wateen hosted a Bloggers Meetup managed by Rabia Garib of CIO Pakistan and Badar Khushnood of Google Pakistan. I was available in the country and although I had a crazy schedule, there was no way that I was going to miss it. So off I went to Royal Rodale at 4 pm to meet up [...]
The emergence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) during the past ten years as a critical driving force in every kind of economy across the world, has been striking. The original impetus was business, and commercial opportunities still do continue to drive business and new technology development. However, increasing affordability and capabilities within the genre [...]
On January 29, 2009, CSO Pakistan organized a closed door, Round Table event on Disaster Management and Business Continuity. Experts from a number of fields and verticals were invited and only a limited number of registered participants were granted access to the event.
The event was moderated by Faisal Khan, CEO of NetAccess Communications (Pvt) Limited, [...]
Tackling Emerging Threats & Challenges (Cyberspace)
[February 19th 2009: Karachi, Pakistan] Karachi – Terrabiz with the help CIO as Media tech partner Pakistan invited, to a provocative deliberate discussion on Tackling Emerging Threats and Challenges in Cyberspace. It was held on Thursday February 19, 2009 in Pearl Continental.
Jehan Ara, President of the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA), talks strategy, looks into the future and wishes everyone a new year!
Title: Seminar on Entreprenuership
Location: Avari Towers, Karachi
Link out: Click here
Description: P@SHA & MITEFP are hosting a seminar on Entrepreneurship & Technologies for the Hospitality/Travel Industry with Idris Kothari, Faraz Hoodbhoy and Azhar Rizvi on December 29th, 2008 from 5:30-8:30pm, at the Avari Hotel Karachi.
Start Time: 17:00
Date: 2008-12-29
End Time: 08:00
For those you following the story of the P@SHA ICT Awards, the winners traveled to Jakarta where the APICTA award winners were announced about an hour ago. Thanks to photographs taken courtesy Chairman P@SHA Imran Zia and P@SHA President, along with Jehan Ara’s blog, Pakistan bagged 3 of the 16 awards!
PixSense PSP won the award [...]
Jehan Ara, President of P@SHA gives a first hand account…
Photographs can never truly reflect the horror of what happened on September 20 in Islamabad. The explosive device that went off in front of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, with such immense force, impacted severely on the neighboring office block which was washed through by a [...]
What does Jehan Ara have to say about the P@SHA event, its role in supporting the industry and what it means for Pakistan’s IT and ITeS sector to be working as hard as it has! Here’s her video clip!
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