Month: July 2014

IT & Telecom

PTCL Launched 36Mbps CharJi Evo Wireless Internet but with unrealistic data limits

Recently PTCL have launched its next evo wireless device and claimed 36Mbps data transfer speed. Devices include normal EVO Dongle as well as Wifi cloud device to which different devices can connect using WiFi. Things are very much good till that point, after all we are getting unmatched wireless internet speed which none other have offered yet, but real problem arises when we look at data plans and their tariff which are as follows. They are offering two packages at the moment, both are available in Prepaid/Postpaid plans CharJi Gold – 50 GB Data Volume/Month – Charges: Rs. 3500/Month CharJi Chrome – 25 GB Data Volume/Month – Charges: Rs. 2000/Month After looking at two of these data planes anyone would […]

Basic Needs

No CNG Load Shedding on Eid Days in Punjab

Punjab govt have announced no CNG Load Shedding on days of Eid al-Fitr 2014. CNG will remain continuously open from 6 am Monday 28 july to 6 am Friday 2 July. According to Punjab government this special schedule for CNG load shedding on eid days is devised to facilitate people traveling to their hometowns inside Pakistan. Let me remind you, in Ramadan CNG was only available for 18 hours in whole week, it was Monday and Thursday, from 6 am to 3 pm on both days. So due to this very short window of CNG opening for people of Punjab, majority of people didn’t even bothered getting the Gas during Ramadan. It is also most likely that same 18 hours […]

Basic Needs

People hit roads after PML-N Led Govt fails to Control Electricity Load Shedding

People all over Punjab and Pakistan have started hitting the roads for protests against electricity load shedding. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is a ruling political party, which before 2013 general elections had claimed that they will resolve all the issues people of Pakistan are facing. Among them all they had specific claims about electricity, their leaders Nawaz and Specially Shehbaz Sharif had different claims of dealing with electricity problem once and for all within duration of 6 months to 2 years, as claimed in different speeches. Now after more than one year passed with PML-N in power, electricity load shedding issue only gone worse. People in rural areas are facing load shedding of 18 to 22 hours daily and in […]

IT & Telecom

No mobile service in Karachi on Sunday 20th July

Current government continues the tradition to suspend the mobile phone services on occasions of special importance. On Sunday Youm-e-Ali will be observed as its 21st of Ramadan. Current government have again came up with excuse of security threat and will be depriving people of Karachi from mobile phone service for whole day. Mobile services will be suspended in Karachi on Sunday at 4am in morning and will be resumed back on 11pm late night. Lately, governments in Pakistan have been unable to tackle security issues using affective intelligence and they resort to mobile service suspension to tackle a security threat, which is counter affective and results in lack of communication means for general public. Plus people get unable to make […]

Daily Life Info

2014 Ramadan CNG Load Shedding Schedule for Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Rest of Potohar Region

CNG load shedding problem for Potohar region worsened in Holy month of Ramadan when government intervene to open CNG only two days, that also only for 9 hours each day. Also these two days are not consecutive. Schedule for Potohar region is as follows, Opening Days and  Hours Monday (6am to 3pm) Thursday (6am to 3pm) CNG will remain close on all other days and hours other than mentioned above. This schedule have worsened things for common man, this cheap fuel is now out of reach of working class because they can not get their fuel tanks filled by leaving offices and getting in queues for hours. Also for transporters things are not too good. For Monday’s CNG opening hours […]