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June 01, 2008

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Atif Sultan Ali Khan said…

Isn't it Great!

10:10 PM

Careless, cross that, criminal negligence in Pakistan's Doctor fraternity

The events and characters covered in this article are real. No synonyms or pseudo names are used, its the real deal. If you believe I'm being unfair, I don't care. In Pakistan we're blessed with more than a decent share of black sheep, and what I'm about to narrate is something that will render most individuals speechless.
Preface My wife has had two Caesareans at the National Hospital in DHA, Lahore. The first Caesarean was unnecessary as the labor was artificially induced even when the term hadn't been completed; we'll classify this as incompetence on the Doctors part. Now incompetence beats criminal neglect, since incompetence mixed with dedication yields successful, although non-optimal outcomes. Having your first kid and some painfull stitches isn't the kind of experience that does justice to parenthood.
Moving on - we were on our third child pregnancy and my wife insisted she wanted a normal birth. We read a lot on the internet, by that I mean my wif…

Graduating from a B-Grade School and Want a Job?

"I wish I had graduated from a Tier 1 university so I could land a job.....", if you've had such thoughts after not hearing back from employers for your first job, its time to stop, reflect and come up with an action plan.

As an employer and advisor to individuals who've just graduated, my advise is simple. Stand out and be prepared to roll up your sleeves. Since I work in the Software Development industry, I am confident this advise holds up for this vertical and perhaps others too, where its an 'employees market' (employers are desperate to hire and generally are unable to find individuals with the needed skill-sets). Easier said than done, so I've put an action plan for those interested:

(Re)Take all basic courses from Udacity, Coursera etc. You want your basics to be rock solid. Tier 2 universities generally don't have good faculty, and its your basics that really give you away in an interview. So be solidParticipate in programming competitions. D…

Mobilink - Horrible Customer Relationship Management

Mobilink is the largest mobile service provider in Pakistan, although its quickly been loosing its market share to its competitors (Ufone, Warid, Telenor and Zong). If I were to analyze mobilink, here are my thoughts:

1. Slow mover. They've been around for the longest time. They were successful in out smarting Paktel and some other company - but it was an easy win given the lack of decent management in any one of those firms.
But even with this advantage, they've been caught with their pants down ever since the new telco's arrived in Pakistan. Their customer base was just itching to jump ship and couldnt be more glad with competition arriving
2. Good enterprise penetration. This is probably the only plus for mobilink as they've managed to hold on to the enterprise market. But slowly and surely, their higher rates and lack of good customer service will catch up
3. Quality and Coverage. Their call quality and coverage isnt all that great, but hey neither is that of the other…

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