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Archive for February, 2010
EasyPaisa Mobile Account
72 years ago
by Ammar
in blogging, Mobile Banking, My thoughts, Pakistan, People, Product Reviews, Technology, Telecom
‘Meet the Product’ they called it and had invited several bloggers from Karachi. It was to be the launch of EasyPaisa ‘Mobile Account’, a service that brings the convenience of mobile banking to the household. It enables users to Pay Utility Bills, Transfer Money, Check Account Balance and View Mini-Statement. Let me share an event timeline and how it unfolded yesterday:
7:10 PM – Recitation of the holy quran by Mr. Omair Ahmed
7:15 PM – Telenor Manager Corporate Communication, Mr. Affan Haider, starts his talk about the EasyPaisa Idea and its potential. He highlighted that EasyPaisa had processed more than 420,000 bill payment transactions and 120,000 Money transfer transactions. By far the highest number of bills payed on an electronic channel. He also spoke about the contribution of the telecom industry to Pakistans growth and how Easy Paisa is actually making a contribution to Pakistans economy.
Strength we are all proud of!
82 years ago
The biggest terrorist network of the world – the United States, Britain, Israel, India and the likes – has been tracing the shadow of Osama Bin Laden for more than a decade now. Yesterday’s arrest of US run Jundullah leader, Abdolmalek Al-Rigi, is a testimony of the growing strength of Iran and the professionalism of its security agencies.
He was arrested while he was on-board a plane flying from the United Arab Emirates to Kyrgyzstan, apparently carrying a forged Afghan passport. I am surprised at how freely he has been able to move across the world and his presence in a public plane just shows the confidence he has had in his supporters.
Rigi was Iran’s most wanted man. One of the Muslim Ummah’s most wanted men. He had openly accepted responsibility for a deadly attack on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that had killed over 40 people last year. (more…)
Millions of Iranians mark victory of Islamic Revolution
22 years ago
[ PressTV Report ] Millions of Iranians across the country have taken to the streets to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
On this day back in 1979, the Iranian nation toppled the US backed Pahlavi regime, ending Iranian monarchy.
The Islamic Revolution, under the guidance of its founder late Imam Khomeini, brought a new political system based on Islam and democracy.
Huge demonstrations were held all across the nation on Thursday in commemoration of the occasion.
In the capital Tehran, an extraordinarily high number of people from all walks of life marched across the city and gathered at Azadi (Freedom) Square to take part in the festivities. They were carrying banners denouncing the enemies of the country.
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Street Style – Worldwide Soccer Contest
12 years ago
Sunday 31st January 2010 it was where the National Finals of this worldwide soccer contest took place.
The RedBull/Telenor sponsored event attracted a large number of the Karachi youth to witness who would be heading to South Africa for the worldwide finals of the event.
“Areeb Iqbal” having won the contest will be flying to South Africa!
The Powerful Testimony of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
62 years ago
Aafia Siddiqui – a daughter, a sister, a mother of three, committed Muslim, social scientist, hafiz of Qur’an – needed to be heard. For years she had suffered in virtual silence…aching to be heard, to be understood, to have certain malicious untruths corrected and exposed for the lies they were. That day finally came on Thursday, January 28, 2010!
The high drama of that day’s proceedings revolved around the question of whether or not U.S. District Judge Richard Berman would grant Aafia’s repeated demand to take the stand in her own defense.
Aafia’s lawyers appeared to be animate in their opposition to her taking the stand, while the prosecution appeared (on the surface) to be in favor of Aafia being entitled to her Fifth Amendment right. Her brother (Muhammad) was apprehensive about her taking the stand, leaning more in favor of her following the advice of her lawyers. Even Pakistani Ambassador Hussain Haqqani became involved. During a short visit he was allowed with the defendant, he reportedly advised Aafia to follow the advice of her lawyers.
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