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	<title>Irfan Syed &#187; Pakistan</title>
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		<title>Technology gap &#8211; Pakistan and smart power meters</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2009/07/23/technology-gap-pakistan-and-smart-power-meters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Electricity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the world is working on technologies which allow smart power meters to tweet or publish electricity usage via internet, country of my birth -Pakistan- can&#8217;t even produce enough electricity. Let alone efficiently bill it. Last I heard, people still queue up hours in bank lines to pay monthly utility bills. And of course there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musharraf looking for PML-Q</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/03/06/musharraf-looking-for-pml-q/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With apologies to those who don&#8217;t read Urdu, wanted to share the following. This is basically a satirical advertisement by Pakistani president Musharraf to find where PML-Q (ex-ruling party and his allies) have gone? Well they have all lost their parliament seats!]]></description>
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		<title>Do you do &#8220;wasi zafar&#8221; ?</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2007/11/21/do-you-do-wasi-zafar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[scratch balls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[hehe, do you do &#8220;wasi zafar&#8221; (a.k.a. &#8220;scratch your balls&#8221;)? Well, Pakistani Law Minister Wasi Zafar does!]]></description>
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		<title>Long live democracy and freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2007/11/21/long-live-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An old man protesting against imposition of emergency in Pakistan]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan declares state of emergency &#8211; but what does it mean?</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2007/11/04/pakistan-declares-states-of-emergency-but-what-does-it-mean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan yesterday night state of emergency in country for whatever reason. It is nothing new for Pakistanis as it happens at least twice a decade. The question is what does it mean? Article 9 of Pakistan&#8217;s constitution safeguarding life and liberty has been suspended. Several opposition lawmakers and activists have been detained. People can be [...]]]></description>
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