The blogging movement in Pakistan has been gaining a lot of ground in the recent years, and we have a number of excellent blogs out there that are worth regular visiting (will be updating my blog-roll soon). The good thing is that Pakistan is finding a voice in the World Wide Web, and it’s beginning to be a voice that’s worth listening to.

 

As a further boost for the bloggers, CIO Pakistan and Google Pakistan recently caused a stir by holding Bloggers Meet-up Events in Lahore (at LUMS) and in Karachi (at the Royal Rodale). Both events were resounding successes, and more than a hundred bloggers attended (loads more had registered) the Karachi gathering. The events were excellent opportunities for networking and exchanging of ideas within the blogging community. For people new to blogging, it also afforded an excellent introduction into the area (presented by Badar Khushnood of Google Pakistan) and how to potentially make money from it (as illustrated by two of the speakers, Haris and Saad). Sabeen Mehmud and TeethMaestro were also present in the earlier discussion which was masterfully moderated by CIO Pakistan’s Rabia Garib.

 

All in all, it was a great get-together, and leaves one looking forward to the next one!