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Adnan Haider is the Co-Founder of Lootmaar, an online marketplace for Pakistan. In the 19th episode of ITLoW, he talks with Madam Jehan Ara about entrepreneurship, where Lootmaar is today, what their plans are, and some of the challenges that he and his partner Noman Turab have faced along the way.

Adnan Haider is a graduate of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), worked in Pakistan as a technical specialist for IBM - focusing on computer storage solutions, before proceeding for his Masters in Engineering Management (MEM) from the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering under a Fulbright Scholarship. While at Duke, Adnan was part of the ImaGyn team that won a US$100,000 prize to develop a device to facilitate cervical cancer prevention in the developing world.

At the end of the interview, he also discussed the Engineering Schools in Pakistan and only his one gesture “And then we have FAST” says everything about the current state of affairs at NUCES Campuses. I already raised the same concerns like Lack of Incubation Centers and Experienced Faculty as well as recommendation of inter-disciplinary work in one of my previous blog posts “FAST-NU Engineering Fiasco.” Good to find somebody who thinks the same way :)

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When i wrote the first version in 15 minutes and posted it, I didn't anticipate such a wonderful response. Fahad Liaqat pointed out a technical mistake on Facebook, after which i am publishing this modified version.


Dastoor-e-FAST

Dastoor Jis Dars Gah Ka Badalta Rahey
Chand Logon Ki Khushiyon Ko Ley Kar Chaley
Woh Jo Sa'iye Mein Har Doctor Ke Paley
Aisey Dastoor Ko, Aisey Muntazim Ko
Mein Nahin Maanta, Mein Nahin Jaanta

Mein Bhi Kha'if Nahin Takhta-e-Daar Sey
Mein Bhi Student Hoon Keh Do Director Sahib Sey
Kyoon Darratey Ho DC Ki Talwaar Sey
Zulm Ki Baat Ko, Aisey Ehtesaab Ko
Mein Nahin Maanta, Mein Nahin Jaanta

Daad Rassi Student Ke Hone Laggay, Tum Kaho
Graduation Waqt Par Hone Laggay, Tum Kaho
Nokri University Lagwane Laggay, Tum Kaho
Is Khulley Jhoot Ko, Zehan Ke Loot Ko
Mein Nahin Maanta, Mein Nahin Jaanta

Tum Ney Loota Hey Har Semester Hamara Sakoon
Ab Na Hum Par Chaley Ga Tumhara Qanoon
Chaaragar Hum Sabke Bantey Ho Kyun
Tum Nahin Chaaragar, Koi Maney Magar
Mein Nahin Maanta, Mein Nahin Jaanta

It's almost 5:30 in the morning and i thought of modifying Mr. Habib Jalib's famous poem "DASTOOR" as follows.

Dedicated to all FAST Family. :)


Dastoor-e-FAST

Dastoor Jis Dars Gah Ka Badalta Rahey
Chand Logon Ki Khushiyon Ko Ley Kar Chaley
Woh Jo Sa'iye Mein Har Doctor Ke Paley
Aisey Dastoor Ko, Aisey Muntazim Ko
Mein Nahin Maanta, Mein Nahin Jaanta

Mein Bhi Kha'if Nahin Takhta-e-Daar Sey
Mein Bhi Student Hoon Keh Do Director Sahib Sey
Kyoon Darratey Ho DC Ki Talwaar Sey
Zulm Ki Baat Ko, Aisey Ehtesaab Ko
Mein Nahin Maanta, Mein Nahin Jaanta

"F" Theethon Ko Milne Laggein, Tum Kaho
Course Chailon Ko Milne Laggein, Tum Kaho
Pre-Req Courses Ke Roz Badalne Laggein, Tum Kaho
Is Khulley Jhoot Ko, Paison Ke Loot Ko
Mein Nahin Maanta, Mein Nahin Jaanta

Tum Ney Loota Hey Har Semester Hamara Sakoon
Ab Na Hum Par Chaley Ga Tumhara Qanoon
Chaaragar Hum Sabke Bantey Ho Kyun
Tum Nahin Chaaragar, Koi Maney Magar
Mein Nahin Maanta, Mein Nahin Jaanta

A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?"

"Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.


Finally he put prayed to God who would surely know the answer.

When God responded he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said: "When I made the woman she had to be made special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And lastly, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers and only hers exclusively to use whenever she needs it. She needs no reason, no explanation, its hers."

"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

I am conducting a mobile services survey. I'll be grateful, if people from different walks of life can fill in the following form and submit it to me.