This is very sad... God knows when the change will come to Pakistan..
Friday, November 07, 2008 Rulers, Baboos seek share in foreign investment: Microsoft official
News Desk
This was the reason that meetings of Bill Gates with former president Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Shaukat Aziz remained unsuccessful, said speakers at a daylong workshop under the aegis of Microsoft in Islamabad.
In the workshop, the journalists were informed about the software piracy. Microsoft Citizenship Manager Afzal Mirza, Genuine Software Manager Salman Siddiqui, Oxford University Press Managing Director Amina Syed and Jibran from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) presented papers on the subject matter and answered to the questions of participants.
Afzal Mirza said that international firms want to make huge investments in the IT sector in Pakistan but when they discuss their development plans with bureaucrats and office holders, first of all they are asked as to how much share of funds would be offered to them. He said sometimes 90 per cent of total funding is demanded and thus foreign investors run away whereas there is no such trend in India.
** The Microsoft official recalled that Microsoft Chief Bill Gates had held meetings with president Musharraf and former prime minister Shaukat Aziz in China but no progress could be made because Pakistani officials talked keeping in view their personal gains.**
I just read that from one other media and its soo disgusting!!! Thanks God this report is not presented by Ansar Abbasi!!!
That makes every pakistani speechless!