Pakistan - News and Discussion -7

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<b>Beautiful Bangalore</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The rapid growth and development of the booming IT business has brought with it its strange contrasts. <b>Local people are thin in structure and short in stature. Some are darker than their taller healthier fellow nationals from further north.</b> There are many clothing styles; and <b>even those who are dressed in the unisexed jeans and shirts do not transcend the language and accent groupings that set apart the different communities within the workforce</b>. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Females drive their scooters, ride buses, travel from city to city and walk about town dressed in smart casual clothes, without a single suggestive remark, obvious ogle or lecherous leer directed at them, and this in a largely non-Muslim society. Food for thought indeed.
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What are we up against as we try to emulate the Indian formula in the IT sector? Last year, Indian BPO revenue was six billion dollars, from a base of 400,000 employees.<b> The IT industry earned a total of 26 billion dollars. Set that against the 72 million dollars that the IT industry earned last year in Pakistan</b>. But more importantly, set that against the expectation in one newspaper this week that by 2009-10 Pakistan’s IT revenues would be nine billion dollars. Once we come down to earth and set ourselves realistic targets we may not rival the Indian industry but we can still earn a healthy share of the IT pie. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

As one rickshaw driver summarised his city’s progress for me, <b>“Ten years ago the Airport Road where modern office blocks now dominate, was home to shanty dwellers, and 10 years from now this place will be America.”</b> Perish the thought. Just give us the first 10 years<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Paki will remain Paki. Now India is a different country or Pakistan is a rotten Islamic country.