Where Do Our CIOs Stand?

We interviewed a 100 CIOs and IT Heads across various industries in Pakistan and here’s what we came up with. You can preview the PDF of our December 2008 Cover Story, but we’d like you to share your insights as to the accuracy or relevance of the data we have collected.

Industry: Textile

Majid Noor, IT Manager
Gul Ahmed Textile Mills (Ltd)
About Gul Ahmed: Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Ltd was incorporated as a private limited company, in 1953. Since then the company has been making rapid progress and is one of the best composite textile houses in the world. The mill is presently a composite unit with an installed [...]

Industry: Airline

Shahid Sarwar, Director IT,
Pakistan International Airlines
About PIA: Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIA) is the flag carrier of Pakistan, whose government owns 85 percent of its shares. PIA’s route network stretches to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North America. It connects 35 cities within Pakistan. Six million people flew the airline in 2000, when [...]

The Branded Proposition

It is important to realize that a country or a city is also at its core, a product that is available for sale or promotion in the global market. When we say it is ‘available for sale’, we mean that it is present in a global market place competing with different cities and countries; each [...]

Know Thy Customer

Nauman Shaikh tells you why it’s important to know your customer!

If there were 10 commandments issued for a corporation, Know Thy Customer would definitely have been the first commandment. While this century old adage always seems to be dominant in all marketing material, an organization that lives by this principle is not very easily built. [...]