Loading ...Believe it or not, Adnan Haider is not only a brilliant young man and the co-founder of Lootmaar.com, but also has more than one t-shirt! Jehan Ara, President of P@SHA talks to Adnan about entreprenuership and his perspective on what the good, bad and ugly is of operating a dotcom, for Pakistan’s market.
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@Rafiq,
Thanks for stopping in. I am hardly the official response to the contents of your comment, but I wanted to give it a try anyhows.
Bringing Adnan or anyone else onto the WebStudio was not to pry into their personal lives and hold them accountable for it – it was to share the knowledge and experience he has. Our youth, perhaps yourself included, is a keen reservoir of knowledge and skill which is so often not given the credit it deserves. The fact that Jehan Ara would have ensured that Adnan came onto the show, is what was important. Each of us has personal commitments and sacrifices to make and I cannot comment for what he has or doesn’t done, but whatever the reason may be, I think it is commendable that he took the plunge.
As for P@SHA, I’m sure Jehan Ara or someone will also reply, but here’s my take on your perspective:
any platform is only as good or aggressive as the companies it serves. There are actually a number of local companies that stand out. If you take a few moments and visit pasha.org or pashanews.org or look for SAAS, IAAS, Software Development in Pakistan, you’ll see an increasing number of stories coming up in the search results. It’s not the few billion dollars of success, but they are there.
I actually can’t blame P@SHA or anyone else for not projecting the few successes we have. I do, however, have to take a long, hard look at the media and the feel-good stories it doesn’t know about. Companies are bright and chirpy because the media is not interested in YET one more industry crying the woes of instability. They need happy moods and inspiration – that’s what we have a lot of in the industry. Is that really a bad thing?
Please remember that IT is an enabling industry. Unlike textiles or food export, you can’t evaluate its precise worth or weight until it has a requisite ROI with the vertical or industry it supports – All of this, takes a lot of time. We’ve only SERIOUSLY been at it for less than a decade. Surely its going to take a little while longer for the returns to be visible.
The fact that you are asking the tough question is actually a good sign – you, the consumers, are finally waking up and trying to hold people accountable. Progress in technology has finally empowered you.
Sure we need strategies and we need ideas – but we also need everyone to identify the problems we already know less and focus more on possible solutions. Focus more on working together and letting people know what is good amongst all the ill.
On a personal note, I have known Jehan Ara for almost a decade and have had the privilege of interacting with her in and outside of her position at P@SHA. It takes a lot to run an association regardless of the gender. The reason you probably see that one person running around everywhere is because she has the passion to drive the industry – and the rest trust her instinct. When you have someone who works 24×7 for a cause she so completely believes in, you don’t belittle it with humor – You stand up and do what you can to help.
Thanks for stopping by again!
This is quite the tragedy. I wish I could say something along the lines of “if weh had more people like adnan, Pakistan would have had a whole different kind of feel to it” but I can’t. As smart as this chappie is, he chooses to build a business and wait for people to come, rather than use his mettle and make something out of it. Doing a job elsewhere, what your profile on the web says, isn’t quite living the hard life as these businesses make you. Maybe that’s why the site is just up and not really doing anyting substantial, despite haivng the potential to.
Secondly, I have now seen sevearl of these shows here – Madam Jahanara and the rest of Pasha – my question to you is this – name one success that you have actually been able to inspire, motivate or createE. Your companies are bright and chirpy only on television interviews and talk so big, but when it comes down to it – what has pasha actually been able to do in the past few years? I am certain theprogress is better than its government counterpart that can no longer even ACT like its working, but it woudl be interesting to see how much work or success you have been able to inspire.
Last episide or the one before, the CHairman of PASHa spoke. Said so much and yet nothing substantial. Great examples and strategies. But where is the substance to prove it? If we say lots and get nowhere, there is something wrong with the engine under the hood. It’s just too inefficient.
I don’t mean to put your efforts down. I think you are doing a lot of work. But how can you continue to justify it if you see absolutely no return? I see one person running around, and a woman at that. A woman running the country’s software association. (So much for beard-er-ization!) what do the other people do? Do they even DO antyhing?
@rabia you need to be more selective. Some of us are more lovable than others.
@Jehan ara – We love our host! We love all our hosts! Wait.. We love everyone! I’m starting to sound REALLY lame!!
@Farhan thank you thank you thank you … finally someone noticed the host too
. Seriously though, it is always such a pleasure interviewing bright young awesome individuals from our industry.
Awesome episode !! Awesome guest !! and ofcourse the Awesome host !!
then we have FAST :S