The ‘green revolution’

the vast majority of our people still get their news from the radio and the television, as well as by word of mouth. There’s a mobile phone revolution underway in Pakistan at the moment, but again, our literacy rate is too low to truly take advantage of the social media revolution which is largely visual and text-based. This could change in the future, but for now, we have yet another example of how our poor education levels restrain us when it comes to ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 4, 2009 - 8:23 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Aug 4, 2009 - 8:23 AM PDT

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Aug. 4, 2009

Twitter lacks Pakistani content, according to popular blogger Dr Awab Alvi, and there are many Twitter folk who believe that this is the best way of bringing about a ... More »

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Emma Asomba
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by Emma Asomba - Aug. 4, 2009

Really interesting! well written, reality always bites back and the author sets the right tone into the context.

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