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Internet and e-mail providers in Pakistan:

If you're looking for ISP's in Pakistan, you may want to start at The List - the biggest list of ISP's around the world. If you are an ISP in Pakistan, you may want to get your service listed there. In the meantime, I've listed what services I am aware of here on my page.

IMRAN-Net offers Internet and e-mail services for Pakistan:
IMRAN-Net serves the Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Sialkot, and Peshawar areas.

COMSATS offers full Internet access through dailup and leased lines, and serves the +92-021, +92-042, and +92-051 area codes.

BrainNet is an ISP in Pakistan with one of the best designed websites of a Pakistani ISP that I've seen so far. It's wonderfully user-friendly had a lovely intro commemorating the 50th anniversary of Pakistan's Independance. They can be contacted at: info@brain.com.pk.

PAKNET, covers 16 cites in Pakistan. PAKNET2 is is PAKNET's Islamabad server.

Domains and BBS's

The following list of Domains and BBS's was adapted from a USENET post in 1994 by:

Sustainable Development Networking Programme
POB 3099, 22 Bazar Road
G-6/4, Islamabad 44000
Phone: 051-212640, 210239
Fax: 051-216909
email: root@sdnpk.undp.org

Note: The following information may be seriously out of date. I've deleted those that I know don't exist anymore, or that have turned into full-fledged ISPs. Contact the above address for more current information.

People on scp frequently ask about email service providers in Pakistan. Here is a list of all the existing service domains and BBSs in the country. The list of BBSs is not exhaustive as a number of other, mostly hobbyist BBSs have sprung up in the recent past.
Service Domains
  • Domain: imran.pk, Sysop: Dr. Usman Anwar, email: usman@lhe.imran.pk
  • Domain: sdnpk.undp.org, Sysop: Hasan Rizvi, email: root@sdnpk.undp.org
  • Domain: erum.com.pk, Sysop: Nasir Ghazi, email: ghazi@nelofer.erum.com.pk
  • Domain: infolink.net.pk, Sysop: Tahir Mufti, email: system@infolink.net.pk
  • Domain: psl.com, Sysop: Shabbir Damani, email: shabbir.damani@psl.com
BBSs
  • 786 Information Base, Karachi. Tel: 0092-21-2429051 (Ext. 225) +05 GMT, sysop: Abbas Ali Damani
    email: aad@786ib.com
  • Paknet BBS, Karachi. Tel.: 021-479717, 4967063, sysop: Javed Ghani
    email: javed.ghani%paknetbbs@sdnpk.undp.org
  • HYCU BBS, Hyderabad. Tel.: 0221-781063, sysop: Zakarya Mandhro
    email: zakarya.mandhro%786bbs@sdnpk.undp.org
  • EDUNET BBS, Lahore. Tel.: 042-5411051-70 (20 lines), sysop: Syed Amir Hussain
    email: amir%edunet@sdnpk.undp.org
  • Compucraze BBS, Islamabad. Tel.: 051-292096, sysop: Suhail Iqbal
    email: suhail%compucraze@sdnpk.undp.org
  • Microsolve BBS, Islamabad. Tel.: 051-820907, sysop: Zahid H. Khan
    email: zahid.khan%microsolve@sdnpk.undp.org
  • Rabita BBS, Islamabad. Tel.: 051-224439, sysop: Saif-ur-Rehman
    email: saif%rabita@sdnpk.undp.org
  • Premier BBS, Islamabad. Tel.: 051-263560, sysop: Shabbir Damani
    email: shabbir.damani@psl.com
You may want to check out a Time Line and the Hall of Fame that is attempting to put together a history of the Internet in Pakistan.

Software!

Another popular question is "where can I find an Urdu word processor". Here's some of the sites I've found so far:

Home Interactive Corporation is releasing a series of curriculum based CD-ROM software, all in the Arabic language. These titles runs on Macs and Windows and do NOT require Arabic Support.

A free copy of Urdu PageComposer for Windows is available for download at CompCorp.

The Adobe Middle Eastern Software Center offers Arabic software programs, including:
Adobe Arabic PageMaker 5.5-ME
Adobe Arabic PhotoShop 4.0-ME
For detailed information, program specifications and graphic illustrations, visit the extensive Arabic software website at: http://www.fontworld.com/adobepm.html

SilverSoft offers Urdu data processing software.

Gamma Productions, Inc. is a commercial site that develops foreign language products. They have an Urdu word processor amoung many others.


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