Historically, majority of women in Pakistan have had no form of savings other than their jewelry. Culturally, they have kept their money in gold or cash and if the latter, are often tempted to spend it. In addition, many have not kept it in banks for fear of interest (riba) and/or they have lost money in the past through fraudulent schemes. For this reason, LADIESFUND™ is available in Shariah-compliant investment advisory services as well as capital protected structures.
LADIESFUND™ is Dawood Capital Management Ltd.’s way of enabling women to have a financial savings plan in which they make routine payments, where they can slowly but surely build a nest egg for themselves. Some LADIESFUND™ investors have for the first time in their life been able to buy a substantial purchase for themselves or a gift for their spouse with their own money because routine savings adds up.

LADIESFUND™ Women’s Entrepreneurship Awards builds on this concept and honors women who are making a difference with their lives, both for themselves and for others. This unique forum provides like-minded individuals with the great opportunity for them to network, and more importantly find kindred spirits.

The 2nd LADIESFUND™ Women’s Entrepreneurship Awards are to be held on 12th March 2010, at the Mohatta Palace Museum to celebrate the excellence of outstanding women entrepreneurs of Pakistan. The awards will be attended by leading women from all walks of life.

The chief guests at this year’s awards ceremony will be Ms. Nasreen Jalil & Ms. Khushbakht Shujat.Elite panel of judges for the awards includes Barrister Shahida Jamil, Ms. Frieha Altaf, Ms. Ameena Saiyid, Ms. Sameera Raja and Ms. Rehana Saigol, who will be selecting exceptional Pakistani women. These special women will be honored with prizes for their outstanding achievements and vision as entrepreneurs.

The 2010 Award categories and their respective criteria can be viewed here.

For live coverage of the awards ceremony, check out this space on Friday 12th March, 3:15 PM PST (Pakistan Standard Time GMT +5)

Like wire less network and televisions control by a remote control why not it is possible that we can charge our notebooks and PDA devices I did not know may be there will be some solution or some company have already done it if it is done then please tell if you know any company who have introduce this technology. Or if it is not done then this technology must be introduced by some Pakistani I really like that this technology will be introduced by our brother.

And I know the company which will introduce it will be multinational company like Acer, HP etc and no Pakistani company is working on notebooks or on PDAs but it can be done by some our engineer who can sell this technology to those companies

Why

Because now a days Twitter is most of the time remains with people. Even on the go. So people should be notified if they got any email. So that they can check. And didnt miss any thing.

Right now there is not even a single localized payment gateway from Pakistan or for Pakistani E-Commerce market.I personally know, freelancers face many difficulties to accept money from foreign countries.If we have own payment gateway in Pakistan, that directly deals with PKR currency, our ECommerce market can grow rapidly.

Why is it needed
For E-Commerce development.

Emerging (competing) social SFM/CRM packages fall short by neglecting voice channels, for which there are decades of established processes and procedures, including metrics and reporting. But the social media industry appears unfamiliar with voice and blended voice/non-voice work.

Why is it needed:

Within four or five years, all businesses will be engaged in social media and will be using social media for marketing and customer relationship management (CRM). Social marketing and social CRM will extend across multiple contact channels — often for the same help ticket.

No CRM platform exists today that can properly manage CRM and sales force management (SFM) across multiple social media platforms and communication types. Management would include tracking, interaction monitoring, task-prompting and metrics collection. It would also archive interactions and assign marketing and CRM responsibilities.

Where is the money:

The platform could be marketed on a subscription model similar to RightNow for CRM and SalesForce.com for SFM.

With a technology platform in place, the developer would be in a position to offer services such as outsourced CRM/SFM.

Customer service is a multi-billion dollar industry. A company that develops a strong technology platform ahead of its competitors should be able to grow quickly and establish unique competitive advantages. I hope that I can help.

Artistes and the music companies should look for some out-of-the-box solutions rather than means to herald the end of the free-download era.

For instance, they could offer high-quality downloads, for free, on their own websites. Revenues could be generated by inserting 10-second long advertisement-jingles in the mp3’s (or files of a similar digital format) before or after the piece of music that a user wishes to download, in addition to the advertisements displayed on the site.

More at: http://sidhusaaheb.blogspot.com/2006/10/innovative-solutions-for-preventing.html

Why is it needed

Artistes and music companies lose a lot of revenues on account of online music piracy.

Where is the money

In the advertising revenues earned through the ’spots’ inserted in free music downloads, in addition to the money earned through online advertising.

Being able to print single and multiple SMS text messages from phones is needed too, along with the ability add date/time stamps and other transmission data associated with each message.

Why is it needed

Many people do not need a computer very often. Mobile devices are evolving quickly and are now able to deliver almost everything — email, ecommerce and document management. But not printing.

Unlike conventional computers, we are not able to make a permanent record directly from mobile devices. Or print emails, attachments and other documents. Even SMS messages can have value — as receipts, permissions and records of formal interactions.

Retail and B2B sales will bring in revenue. Another source of revenue can be from manufacturers of printers, who would bundle mobile-printing applications in with their printer products. Printer manufacturers generally sell their hardware at a loss, with revenue earned on the sale of ink. The more that people use their printers, the more money the printer manufacturer earns.

The number of mobile devices vastly exceeds the number of computers. By distributing applications that allow printing from mobile devices, printer manufacturers would greatly expand their market size, especially for portable and lower-end printers.

Where is the money

A printing service could be offered on a per-use or subscription basis. Mobile device users could forward important documents to the printer service, which would print documents and bill against senders’ cellular accounts. This service could be offered by phone stores, Internet cafes and even by cellular carriers themselves.

Perhaps print functions (or portions thereof) could be pre-loaded onto SIM cards, memory cards and USB jump drives to speed distribution.

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is the next generation IP protocol. It will enable everyday appliances to have their own IP addresses — including printers. Ipv6 will make it easier for users of mobile devices to send documents and transaction records to printers and to control how those items are printed.

A premium feature could be print-to-archive or print-to-file for mobile devices, largely utilizing cloud storage. Cell phones have limited capabilities to store (and no capability to archive) SMS messages. This forces cell phone users to delete SMS messages and SMS exchanges that may be needed later.

What is it
There already are mechanisms & machines used for the detection of explosives at places like airports but their use is limited and much act like scans. We need to extend the functionality and introduce a system rather acts like a radar.

Why is it needed
Considering today’s security conditions, the device should be able to prevent bombings including suicide bombings by detecting the suicide bomber.

Where is the money
An innocent life saved is worth more than a zillion dollars.

As the title suggests twitter based prayer reminder. This server is in offer by my site http://www.namaz.asia but would like someone to join in with myself and help me increase user base etc.

Why is it needed

To promote Islam and Islamic activities

Where is the money

In the hereafter :)

Disclaimer: Some of the points mentioned in the live blog below might not correctly express the speakers’ point of view and hence should be considered as general discussion points only and not be used to evaluate the position of any individual or any organization in any regard.

I want a Bloggers meet-up or a session on Blogging-How tos to be held at Hyderabad  (and other smaller cities) of Pakistan.

Why is it needed

I’ve observed no one still knows What a Blog or Blogging is when it comes to smaller cities of Pakistan. So, to spread Blogging in Hyderabad and other such cities, introduce to people ways of Earning Online through blogging etc, blogger meet-ups or sessions about blogging should be conducted in smaller cities other than Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad too.

Where is the money

Sponsorship I guess?

This system will help the people of Pakistan to pay their bills (Electricity, Sui Gas, Water, Telephone) avoiding the huge number of Queues in the public banks. Although Pakistan have created so many credit card services to pay the utility bills easily but these facilities are not in appraoch of all citizen’s. Our AUTOMATED BILL PAYMENT SYSTEM will take the bills from the distinguished frenchises without getting in the queues, And will pay directly to the relevant government department through exclusive account.

Why is it needed

This system will save the precious time of the people of Pakistan. They are paying the amount to the Government by getting in the long Queues and wasted so much time. The application of the Automated Bill payment system will help them to save their time and utilize it in some productive work. Following are the points why Pakistan need it:

1- Savings of Time
2- No need to get in long queues on the DUE DATES of Payments.
3- Employement oppurtunities
4- Software industry flourished
5- Huge Taxes could be removed from the utilities

Where is the money

This Project requires huge amount of investment. But if somebody interested to invest in this business, We can start it as prototype like applying the system in a specific area only, If the result is good we will proceed. But the chances of success if very much higher because people got so panic at the time of due dates while paying their utility bills as I have seen them myself.

Why is it needed?

Entertainment in Pakistan is food, but as a person who loves cooking and good food, I have realized that Pakistani cuisine is quite static in development and creativity. In order to introduce people to new foods and tastes, we need the skill to make those kind of cuisines. All over the world there are Culinary Institutes that train people in this art. Why shouldn’t Pakistan?

How can it generate money?

The hotel and restaurant industry in Pakistan is booming, with the peoples only entertainment a meal with family and friends. Professional chefs can earn a lot of money in this industry where I feel there is a dire need for some innovation and difference. An institute like that could make a lot of money in this industry.

An electronic electoral voting system, catering to revolutionize the way we vote. Although this cannot be directly adopted, due to lack of infrastructure, it can be adopted for those areas that can utilize it best.

We have the capability to have such a solution developed, and there are many ways to make it fool proof and the results tamper proof. Though those at the helm of leadership won’t appreciate it :)

Why is it needed

Though a manual electoral voting system prevails globally, there is open opportunity to revolutionize the way we do it by adding technology to the equation.

There is a large scale tampering with votes and the opinions of the citizens of the country, leading to the election of such personalities which are never good for us. Time and again, we have faced this, and it is time to change this.

Where is the money

In the development and resale to other countries or agencies. My view, sell it to such bodies, as it is worth the effort. The concept of rolling the idea out here is to see what kind of response comes through.

History reveals that during the Khilafat era everyone used to give the charity, the state was never short of money and it was hard to find people in need of financial help.
Today the scenario is quite the opposite and the reasons could be:
- Either People are no more interested in charity
- Or the charity does not reach the needy
- Or both
There are many people around us who may need our help but unfortunately we don’t know that they exist and they don’t know where to find us.

A website can be developed to track the ones in need. It can have different categories providing information about all bodies in need of charity.The categories may include:

1) Individuals: Students/Patients/Families.
2) Organizations: Schools/Hospitals/Darul Amans/Old Homes/Orphanages etc
3) Others

Through this website contacts of the needy can be shared through posts. Any one can post about any category they know about.

A database can be maintained to store the contacts so that people interested in charity are able to search where to donate there money, category or area wise.

It can also help charitable orgnisations to promote themselves.

Why is it needed

The main purpose is equal distribution of money and to develop a sense of responsibility among people. To let them understand that someone is waiting for their help. There would be no money collection involved. The idea is not to transfer some money in a charitable account but to find people in need , go for their help and let others know about it.

Where is the money

Non-profit.

To develop a website to promote sports in Pakistan and professionally organise tournaments between various clubs in the city.
How:
- Teams can register their interest on-line.
- Organise sponsors
- Arrange matches
- Allocate proper referee and match results
- Possibly copy style of various other leagues in Football such as EPL.

The sports can include Football, Athletics and other Olympics sports.

Why is it needed

To get going in various sports and eventually increase number of Pakistanis in 2012 or 2016 Olympics

Where is the money

Sponsors for creating awareness
- Use of Google Adware and Adsense
- Website charges are nominal. I can support it.

I am based in UK however, I can definitely support the website development.

Our whole region is living in an ongoing state of terrorism. Any terror attack in big cities like Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore results in chaos, panic and terror.

So we ‘the IT ppl’ need to come up with a website which can help the whole community. The website will consist of the following sections:

1) Emergency numbers of hospitals, Edhi House or any other concerned departments; where people can inquire about their loved ones.

2) Hospital staff should be in touch with this website, so that if they require blood or anything else from the public; they can request or post for help.

3) Live Twit Section:

a) A live twit section where people can report useful information they have regarding what city routes to follow and what routes not to follow in case of riots.

b) Cell phone and Land line phone network usually jams when such incidents happens in the city, but usually people stuck in the offices have access to the internet. So this section can also serve as a message board for relatives or loved ones.

4) Phone numbers of Transport services for example; Red Cab, Star cab etc. So that if one is stuck at a place where no public transport is available. They can hire their services.

5) News ticker of Geo, Aaj, Dawn etc. To get in depth coverage of whats actually happening in the city.

6) Google Map application indicating the areas that are suffering from the incident to provide a clear picture.

Why is it needed

We should always prepare for the worst and pray to the Almighty for the safety of our Country, City and loved ones.

Where is the money

There are things that we do for the community and no money can buy that.

The Idea is all about the creation of the system to maintain the health of any project as easily as possible.
I am talking about a web based “Issue / bug / Suggestion / Change Request / Requirement / Wish” reporting system which can be used for any running project, like most of you must be familiar with Microsoft Team Foundation System which is just released in 2008, TFS is about the same thing, a web based system where issues can be reported to respective people under relevant projects.

I would like to give my own example here, for instance i am working on three projects and and regularly i am asked to solve issues or i get a change request from client to change something in the website, and this all is happening manually, so i can ask my client to report all the issues, Change Requests, Requirements on that site under relative project and assign that issue to me, after the issue is assigned to me, i will fix it and tell the client about the resolution (through the same system). This way a history is also maintained about “number of issues found in any project”. ” time spent to resolve those issues.” and so on.

Why is it needed

Actually I used TFS, and i am impressed, but i can not use that for my own projects because for that i will have to install the servers and I will also have to host TFS so that i can get access to it from any where any time. This is the only reason i wanted to create this system so that not only me but any body including companies / organizations / software houses, could log on and see their relative projects and their work items (i.e. Issue / bug / Suggestion / Change Request / Requirement / Wish etc.)

Where is the money

As I was talking about companies / software houses, so we can ask them to get registered on the system first and charge them for registration. For single users like myself, it should be free to an extent but after that they must be charged as well.

A specific frequency in FM band is allocated to a radio station. Suppose, a radio station is broadcasting at 100 Mhz. That radio station can offer a paid service to subscribers, that will require authentication too, and allows them to play their selected songs.

Take this example: The user registers for account and using the web-based control panel, he creates a playlist of his favorite songs. When he’s driving, he can tune to that particular broadcaster using a special digital audio tuner (or a radio). He gets connected to the broadcaster’s server and he can then play his selected songs, shuffle them or select songs from his created playlist to be played in his car.

Why is it needed

Just like we have Video-on-demand through mediums of cable, fibre optics or satellite, I think there must be a way to offer Audio-on-demand on FM frequency. We can compare it with VOD offers by a DTH service. Satellite signal in DTH will be replaces by FM frequency and the digital receiver/decoder will be replaced by the digital tuner/radio.

When we are limited to our music selection on a few CD’s or IPod when traveling on car, using this idea we will have access to even tens of thousands of songs. The good things is that all the songs will be on server and only play lists will be saved in each user account. So, no extra storage for each user will be needed except to save the play list.

It will be just like a virtual IPod connected in car with no storage limit.

Where is the money

About the revenue, it will be from two of the sources:

1. Subscribers, who will be paying to avail this service.

2. Advertisers, whose ads can be inserted automatically in the playlist of the users).

The attractive thing for the advertisers is that the users can be targeted according to their demographics (just like web surfers or cell phone users).

It’s about popular Blogging Platform Wordpress, and What i love to do is Replying to comments on Blog but going to front and leaving control panel is very difficult and unpleasant for me. So What i was thinking of developing such a plugin for wordpress that allows users to Post reply to Visitors comments without leaving CP.

Why is it needed

For better blogging. Building a connection and building a community is first step toward better blogging and this can be done by replying and communicating with your visitors…Although you can post comments but having such a plugin can increase blogger communication with there community and we can build a better Relationship with our readers.

Where is the money

Money is not a problem here, it only requires a programming skill and Passion to contribute some thing to wordpress and blogger community. As wordpress is opensource, plugin should be build open source.