Pakistan Inc. - The High Tech. Edition

By: Athar Osama
In the Indian IT Industry, there is a popular saying that goes like this: “IT was the only industry that the Indian government didn’t understand well-enough to intervene in and hence destroy”. In Pakistan as well, public policy, has played a fairly controversial role in the development of IT Industry over the years. […]

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By: Athar Osama (An abridged version of this article series is published in Dawn, EBR, July 4, 2005)
One question that often floats around among Pakistani IT/software entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers alike is whether or not and to what extent does Pakistan today represents an industry dynamic that is similar to India’s from a decade ago? […]

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By: Athar Osama (An abridged version of this article series was published in Dawn, EBR, July 4, 2004)
In this first of this series of two articles, I outlined the primary motivation behind undertaking this analysis. I also laid some ground rules and identified sources for comparing the early performance of India’s software/IT industry with that […]

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