End world hunger through Free Rice
When I first read about it, chain letters came to my mind. Like the one about Bill Gates donating his wealth as […]
Speeding up websites
Though still under testing, Nginx (or Lighttpd) could soon replace Apache as the web server for at least some of my sites. […]
Gas supply turned off in Islamabad and Rawalpindi
In case you live in the twin-city area and haven’t heard about it, the gas supplies really are down. From what I […]
PTCL allowed to layoff 29000 employees
From the Dawn article: The government on Thursday formally allowed the management of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to lay off […]
Greetings and condolences
Belated Eid greetings to all. Though the holidays were over on Wednesday, I had been busy with moving house (will finally have […]
Second Quake anniversary
It was 2 years ago that the dreadful Kashmir earthquake struck here. I pray for the souls of the almost 80,000 lives […]
Pakistan rated least stable emerging market
According to this article on the Economist (thanks Victor), Pakistan has been rated the least stable of 24 emerging markets, behind Iran […]
Benefits and side effects of fasting
Ramadan, the fasting month is going strong and we’re more than half-way through it. Amidst all the blessings of this month, there […]
Suspension from hosting service
My blog was down for the last few days and the reason was pretty silly. Apparently, somebody had misused one of the […]
Scrybe – Another Internet success story
Who says we Pakistanis don’t have what it takes to play at the global level? There seem to be more and more […]