Mobile phone companies in Pakistan
WARID TELECOM
Warid Telecom International is an
Abu Dhabi based mobile telecommunication firm providing telephony services in
Bangladesh (launching soon),
Congo(launching soon),
Pakistan and in
Uganda
(launching soon). Warid Telecom is backed by The Abu Dhabi Group, one of the largest groups in the Middle East. The group is led by HH Shaikh Nahyan Mabarak Al Nahayan who is also Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
United Arab Emirates.
In 2004, Warid Telecom International LLC, purchased a lisence for operating a nationwide mobile telephony network, (
WLL) and long distance international (LDI) for $291 million US dollars and was the first venture of Warid Telecom International LLC.
Warid Pakistan launched its services in May
2005. Within 80 days of launch Warid Pakistan attracted more then 1 million users. Currently the network has around 7.6 million subscribers.
MOBILINK
Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited, better known as Mobilink GSM, is a telecommunication service provider in Pakistan. According to Mobilink's official statistics, Mobilink had over 22 million customers at the end of December 2006. Mobilink's Head office is located in
Kulsum Plaza,
Blue Area Islamabad
Mobilink started operations in
1994 as the first
GSM cellular Mobile service in
Pakistan by
MOTOROLA Inc., later it was sold to
ORASCOM, an
Egypt-based multi-national company. Mobilink's corporate postpaid package is sold under the
brand name "Indigo" and prepaid by the name of "Jazz".
UFONE
Ufone GSM is a Pakistani
GSM cellular service provider, Its one of five GSM Mobile companies in Pakistan, and is a subsidiary of
Pakistan Telecommunication Company.
The company commenced its operations, under the brand name of Ufone, from Islamabad on January 29, 2001. Ufone expanded its coverage and has added new cities and highways to its coverage network. After the privatization of PTCL, Ufone is now owned by
Etisalat.
TELENOR
Telenor (
OSE:
TEL,
NASDAQ:
TELN) is the incumbent
telecommunications company in
Norway, with headquarters located at
Fornebu, close to
Oslo. Today, Telenor is mostly an international
wireless carrier with operations in
Scandinavia,
Eastern Europe and
Asia. In addition, it has extensive broadband and TV distribution operations in four
Nordic Countries.
Telenor Pakistan is a wholly owned subsidiary that started operations on the 15th of March
2005 and holds one of six mobile licences in Pakistan. Its also the fastest growing cellular network of Pakistan. Currently telenor holds the second largest GSM and the largest GPRS and EDGE coverage in Pakistan. It has also achieved the second largest retailer network in Pakistan with in the 2 years of its operations.
PAKTEL
Paktel is a mobile telecommunication company in
Pakistan.
It was the first ever company granted license to carry out
cellular phone services in Pakistan. It carried out
AMPS services until
2004,when the company launched GSM services as well. Its main competitor emerged in late
1990s as
Instaphone and soon began to dominate the market. However after the launch and rapid success of
Mobilink in
1998, both services lost market share. In
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Pakistani Architects
HABIB FIDA ALI
British Deputy High Commission (Karachi),
Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lahore),
Commercial Union Assurance Building (Karachi)
AHMED MUKHTAR
SHAAHDIN MANZIL RENOVATION (LAHORE)
ARSHAD SHAHID ABDULLAH (Pvt) Ltd.
MCB Tower (Karachi),
CDC House (Karachi),
Unilever Office(Karachi)
KAUSAR BASHIR AHMED
Bureau of Statistics (Karachi)
ABDUL ADIR MIRZA BAIG
Caltex Terminal Mosque (Karachi)
AMJAD MUKHTAR CHOHAN
The Punjab School (Lahore),
Bab-e-Pakistan (Lahore)
ANJAD ALI
Leaders Inn Hotel (Lahore),
Cadet College Sialkot (Sialkot)
NAYYAR ALI DADA
Al-Hamra Theatre Complex (Lahore),
Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore),
Habib Bank (Lahore),
Saudi-Pak Tower (Islamabad)
M.A.FAOOQI AND COMPANY
Bait-ul Mukarram Mosque (Karachi)
ARIF HASAN
Hasan Square (Karachi), Sports Complex and Stadium (Cairo)
MUKHTAR HUSSAIN
Karachi International Airport - Jinnah Terminal (Karachi)
KASHIRF A. RASHEED
Arabian Sea Country Club (Karachi)
MUHAMMAD WALI ULLAH KHAN
Minar-e-Pakistan (Lahore)
YASMEEN LARI
Naval Officer's Housing (Karachi)
KAMIL KHAN MUMATAZ
Lawrence College Library (Murree)
NAVEED AZHAR SHEIKH
Shaheen Complex (Karachi)
ANJUM PERVAIZ QURESHI
Nacon House (Karachi)
ANWAR SAEED
Ahle Hadith Mosque (Islamabad),
Grindlays Bank (Islamabad)
THAIANI AND COMPANY
Habib Bank (Quetta)
AMJAD ALI
Leaders Inn Hotel (Lahore),
Cadet College Sialkot (Sialkot)
YAWAR ABBAS JILANI
Pearl Continental Hotel Bhurban (Murree)
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National highways and motorways
National highways and motorways link all major cities in
Pakistan and are undergoing rapid expansion to cater to the fast growing surface transportation needs of this rapidly emerging economy.
National Highway Authority
National Highway Authority is responsible for building and maintaining highways and motorways in
Pakistan.
The
National Highway Authority (NHA) was established in 1991, through an Act of the Pakistani Parliament. The NHA plans, develops, operates, repairs and maintains national highways and strategic roads specially entrusted to it by the Federal Government, by a Provincial Government or by another authority. The total length of federalized roads under NHA now stands at 5487.5 miles (8780km): this accounts for 3% of the Pakistani road network and 75% of the commercial road traffic in Pakistan.
N5 - Karachi-
Thatta-
Hyderabad-
Moro-
Multan-
Sahiwal-
Lahore-
Jhelum-
Rawalpindi-
Peshawar-
Torkham (
Grand Trunk Road)
1819 KM
N10 - Lyari-
Gwadar-
Gabd (
Makran Coastal Highway)
653 KM
N15 - Mansehra-
Naran-
Jhalkhand 240 KM
N25 - Karachi-
Bela-
Khuzdar-
Kalat-
Quetta-
Chaman (
RCD Highway)
813 KM
N35 - Hasan Abdal-
Abbottabad-
Thakot-
Gilgit-
Khunjerab (
Karakoram Highway, KKH)
806 KM
N40 - Lakpass-
Naukundi-
Taftan 610 KM
N45 - Nowshera-
Dir-
Chitral 309 KM
N50 - Kuchlack-
Zhob-
Dera Ismail Khan 531 KM
N55 - Kotri-
Shikarpur-
Dera Ghazi Khan-
Kohat-
Peshawar (
Indus Highway)
1264 KM
N65 - Sukkur-
Sibi-
Saryab 385 KM
N70 - Qila Saifullah-
Loralai-
Dera Ghazi Khan-
Multan 447 KM
N75 - Islamabad-
Satra Mile-
Lower Topa (
Murree)-
Kohala (
Murree Expressway)
90 KM
N80 - Tarnol-
Kohat 144 KM
S1 - Gilgit-
Skardu 167 KM
S2 - Kohala-
Muzaffarabad 40 KM
MOTORWAYS IN PAKISTAN
There are ten motorways in Pakistan, out of which only the M2 and M3 have been completed. The M1 and part of the M8 and M10 are under construction and are scheduled to be completed in 2007.
M1 - Islamabad to
Peshawar
M2 - Lahore to Islamabad
M3 - Pindi Bhattian to
Faisalabad
M4 - Faisalabad to
Multan
M5 - Multan to
Dera Ghazi Khan
M6 - Dera Ghazi Khan to
Ratodero
M7 - Kakkar via
Dureji to
Karachi
M8 - Gwadar to Ratodero
M9 - Karachi to
Hyderabad
M10 - Karachi Northern Bypass
M2 - Lahore to
Sialkot
Karakoram Highway
The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects
China and
Pakistan across the
Karakoram mountain range, through the
Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 metres (15,397 feet), by far the highest paved international border crossing in the world. It connects China's
Xinjiang region with Pakistan's
Northern Areas and also serves as a popular
tourist attraction.
Makran Coastal Highway
The Makran Coastal Highway is located primarily in
Balochistan,
Pakistan. It follows the
Arabian Sea coast from
Karachi to
Gwadar.
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Central Superior Services Of Pakistan
Central Superior Services of
Pakistan (commonly known as CSS) is the name given to a group of highly prestigious and powerful Pakistani Federal Government Departments. Recruitment to the officer’s cadre (Basic Pay Scale 17) of these services is extremely competitive and it usually takes a year to complete the written examination and the subsequent psychological tests as well as interviews. Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan or FPSC (
http://www.fpsc.gov.pk/) is entrusted with this task and it is a general perception that it conducts the task of Competitive Examinations with full honesty. The minimum age and educational qualification for appearance in this examination is 21 years and a Bachelors (14 years of education) respectively while the maximum age limit is 28 years.
According to the estimates of FPSC a total of 8,000 – 10,000 candidates apply for an appearance in its annual Competitive Examination. On an average 5,000 – 6,000 actually appear and approximately 250-500 candidates qualify the written portion of CSS Examination. Out of these successful candidates a total of 100-150 (roughly 2% of the actual applicants) make it to this sacred corps of bureaucrats.
Currently CSS includes the following Occupational Groups.
- Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service
- Police Service of Pakistan (PSP)
- District Management Group (DMG)
- Income Tax Group (ITG)
- Customs and Excise Group (CEG)
- Foreign Service of Pakistan (FSP)
- Postal Group (PG)
- Commerce & Trade Group (CTG)
- Railways Group (RG)
- Information Group (IG)
History of Civil Services in Pakistan
Civil Bureaucracy is a colonial legacy in this part of the world. British used to rule the native population through
Indian Civil Service (
ICS) and most of the officers in ICS were British themselves. It was in the early 20th Century that the Indians also started competing against the British and many Indians eventually made it to the ICS. With the partition of
India in
1947, the term 'Central Superior Services' was used in Pakistan and the concept of All-Pakistan Services continued. The latter consisted of the Civil Service of Pakistan and the Police Service of Pakistan, whereas the Central Services included the Pakistan Foreign Service and a broad category of Finance and other services. The Finance category included the Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service, Pakistan Railway Accounts Service, Pakistan Military Accounts Service, Pakistan Taxation Service, and the Pakistan Customs and Excise Service. The Central Services other than these included the Pakistan Postal Service, Pakistan Military Land and Cantonment Service, Central Secretariat Service, and Central Information Service. Each of these services had its own cadre and composition rules, specifying the total cadre strength in terms of its number of positions.
With the Civil Services Reforms of
1973 a new system of Common Training Program or CTP was introduced and all of these occupational groups (12 at that time) were required to go through a mandatory combined training at Civil Services Academy (CSA), Lahore. The batch of officers who attended CSA in 1973 is recognized as “1st Common”. Up till 5th Common the allocation of occupational groups was done after the culmination of Common Training Program but from 6th Common onwards this task has also been assumed by FPSC. Even till this day it is an official procedure that once the Probationary Officers successfully complete their CTP then they undergo some further Specialized Training Program (STP) in their own professional academies.
Armed Forces and Civil Services of Pakistan
Commissioned officers of
Pakistan Army,
Pakistan Air Force, and
Pakistan Navy have their own quota of 10% in District Management Group (DMG), Foreign Service of Pakistan (FSP), and Police Service of Pakistan (PSP). Usually officers of
Captain Rank are short listed by General Head Quarters (GHQ) and selected against this quota after the permission directly by
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Air Bases of Pakistan Air Force
- PAF Bhagtanwala sat
- PAF Chaklala Rawalpindi MOB No.35 (Composite Air Transport) Wing
No. 6 Sqn C-130 14 No.12 Sqn B707, Falcon, F-27 6 No.41 Sqn Cessna, Aero, Beach 3 No.455 Sqn Crotale SAM No.??? Sqn HQ-2B SAM
- PAF Chander sat
- PAF Chuk Jhumra sat
- PAF Faisal Karachi MOB Southern Air Commander HQ
- PAF Gwadar sat
- PAF Kamra [Minhas] Kamra MOB Northern No.33 (Fighter/Multi-Role) Wing
No. 14 Sqn F-7P ~24 No. 15 Sqn F-6, FT-6 ~24
- PAF Kohat sat
- PAF Lahore Lahore FOB
- PAF Masroor Karachi MOB Southern No 32 (Fighter Ground Attack) Wing
No. 2 Sqn F-7P ~24 No. 7 Sqn Mirage 5PA, III 24+45 No. 8 Sqn Mirage 5PA, III 24+45 No. 22 Sqn Mirage 5PA, IIIDP 14 + 2 No. 84 Sqn Alouette III 2 No. 453 Sqn Crotale SAM No.??? Sqn HQ-2B SAM
- PAF Mianwali Mianwali MOB No. 37 (Combat Training) Wing
No. 1 Sqn FT-5 25 No. 19 Sqn F-7P ~24 No. 25 Sqn F-7 & FT-7 ~24 No. 86 Sqn Alouette III 2
- PAF Mirpur Khas FOB
- PAF Multan Multan FOB
- PAF Murid FOB
- PAF Nawabshah FOB
- PAF Ormara sat
- PAF Pasni FOB
- PAF Peshawar Peshawar MOB Northern Air Command HQ
No. 36 (Tactical Attack) Wing No. 16 Sqn A-5 25 No. 26 Sqn A-5 24 No. 81 Sqn Alouette III 2
- PAF Rafiqui Shorkot MOB Central No. 34 (Fighter) Wing
No. 5 Sqn Mirage IIIEP/RP 30 No. 18 Sqn F-7P ~24 No. 20 Sqn F-7P ~24 No. 83 Sqn Alouette III 2
- PAF Rahim Yar Khan sat
- PAF Rajanpur sat
- PAF Risalewala Faisalabad FOB
- PAF Risalpur Risalpur MOB
- PAF Samungli Quetta 30°14'N 66°55'E MOB Southern No. 31 (Fighter) Wing
No. 17 Sqn F-6, F-7P, FT-6 ~24 No. 23 Sqn F-6 ~24 No. 85 Sqn Alouette III 2
- PAF Sargodha Sargodha 32°03'N 72°39'E MOB Central Air Command, HQ
No. 38 (Multi-Role) Wing No. 9 Sqn F-16A 16 No. 11 Sqn F-16 A/B 16 No. 24 Sqn Falcon 20 F/G 2 No. 82 Sqn Alouette III 2 Combat School F-7 ~24 Combat School Mirage 5PA
- PAF Shahbaz Jacobabad FOB
- PAF Sindhri sat
- PAF Sukkur FOB
- PAF Talhar FOB
- PAF Vihari FOB