‘For Hire’ is an urdu book from a taxi driver Asif Hussain Shah. He has tried the new way of attracting people by advertising his Taxi Business with the Google on his Taxi body. See image below to get a better understanding.

You can call and contact Asif Hussain for the book ‘For Hire’ or even for a taxi cab.

Google is for every one, so as for the Taxi Drivers. Even in a not so tech-savvy country, Pakistan where people advertise their business only with the local or national newspapers. This is the quite unique idea from the driver of taxi cab, Asif Hussain Shah. By doing so he has already gathered the attraction of many online blogs for his taxi business.

Google Pakistan, in partnership with P@SHA, is holding a workshop on Online Marketing on Wednesday January 13, 2010 at T2F in Karachi from 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. followed by a quick lunch.

This talk, which will be facilitated by Badar Khushnood, Pakistan Consultant for Google, will help Pakistani technology companies to harness the power of the internet for promoting their products and services to potential local & global customers most economically. This course will also explore various tools and applications that are available online, for marketers.

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Pictures: Badar Khushnood – http://bit.ly/badar

HYDERABAD: Tens of thousand devotees of great Sufi Saint Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai started arriving at Bhit Shah Town from different parts of the country to pay tribute to him on his 266th annual Urs celebrations.

Bhit Shah Town, located some 50 kilometres away from here in district Matiari has been decorated with ceremonial gates right from the main entrance of the town to the mausoleum of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai.

Vendors have established makeshift shops for selling Quranic verses inscribed ‘Chaddars’, flowers and floral wreaths, rose petals, sweets, dry fruits, garments, artificial jewellery, footwear and traditional handicrafts and handlooms of Sindh. Shops would also be selling cassettes, CDs and VCDs of music laced with the grandeur of Shah’s poetic philosophy.

Besides establishing tents for temporary accommodation of the flocking devotees, the local people would be providing the same by converting their houses into boarding and lodging places on the occasion of the urs.

Horse racing and dog fighting shows would also be featured as part of the celebrations.
The people would not only frolic from the aforesaid arrangements, but the traditional wrestling events, called in the local vernacular as ‘Malha’, would be organised to enthral the visiting devotees.

The auditorium, centre of excellence, museum and rest houses have also been renovated for organising of official functions and accommodations.

Heavy contingent of Police reached the town from different districts of the province to help the local police in maintaining law and order.

Sindh Government has declared holiday in the province on Jan 30 and all learning institutions would be closed on the day.

Secretary Culture Department Shams Jafrani had announced earlier that Governor Sindh Dr. Ishratul Ebad would inaugurate the urs celebrations on Jan 30 by laying floral wreath and offering fateha at the Mazar of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, while the Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah would be the chief guest at Shah Abdul Latif Awards distribution ceremony on the concluding day of the urs on Feb 1.

Karachi shopkeepers were not involved in blast
Help those who lost their loved ones & assets yesterday

After the aftermath of Yesterday 28th December 2009,Karachi ASHURA Suicide Bomb blast, some miscreant had burned down 2000 Shops causing Billion of Rupees Loss. These markets are the Oldest Whole-sale markets where from Chemical to other imported goods being whole-sales through out Pakistan.

The loss is bigger then the loss the SUCIDE BOMBER did, We ask every responsible Pakistani to come up & support our Karachi Shopkeeper who had served our Community since years of hardships and now its Our time to help our Brethren Shopkeeper to find them a way out of their Today`s Misery.

We also need to support our Trade-Community with Moral & Financial Help, the Bomber had affected 40-Families, and the angry mob had caused dogmatic losses to more than 2000 Families.

They need our Support Financially, please join us so we can support our suffering Trade-Community out of this Crises.

We request Youth & other Social Organization to step up and gather @ Bolton Market so we can access the losses they`ve countered, Bring Cameras with you if you have.

Gathering Point: KFC PIDC

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220996567970

Contact Persons:
Abid Beli: 0321-9204942
Ali Shaikh: 0321-2025508

Following 2 photos are the scenes of 2 more cowardly attacks by the enemies of Pakistan in my Lahore and my Peshawar. Very sad and our prayers go to the innocents who got martyred. If anything, these cowardly acts are going to make our resolve stronger against the terrorists. Dawn coverage here and here.