Haq's Musings

Riaz Haq writes this data-driven blog to provide information, express his opinions and make comments on many topics. Subjects include personal activities, education, South Asia, South Asian community, regional and international affairs and US politics to financial markets. For investors interested in South Asia, Riaz has another blog called South Asia Investor at http://www.southasiainvestor.com and a YouTube video channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkrIDyFbC9N9evXYb9cA_gQ

Monday, July 13, 2026

Is Rapid Electrification Stimulating Pakistan's Economy?

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Pakistan's electricity demand has soared 21% in just two years . Rapid electrification is positively impacting all sectors of Pakistan...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Pakistan Needs to Address Its Significant Data Quality Challenges

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Policy-makers need data to formulate good policies. Good data produced by government agencies can be expected to lead to good policies and d...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Pakistan Electricity Consumption Up 21% in Just Two Years

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Pakistan is experiencing soaring demand for electricity across all of the sectors of its economy. The new demand is being met by rapidly gro...
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Friday, June 26, 2026

Pakistani-American Professor Publishes Landmark Genomic Research on Pakistanis

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Dr. Danish Saleheen, a  Pakistani-American  professor at Columbia University, and his fellow researchers have published a comprehensive anal...
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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Does Pakistan's Real GDP Exceed One Trillion US Dollars?

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A 2024 joint study of the International Labor Organization and the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority  (SMEDA) estimated Paki...
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Friday, June 12, 2026

Quantum Computing IPO Makes A British Pakistani Billionaire

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Ilyas Khan, the British Pakistan founder of Quantinuum, became a billionaire in the company’s IPO on NASDAQ last week. Khan is a pioneer in ...
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Monday, June 8, 2026

Ten Pakistanis Among Unicorn Founders in America

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There are ten Pakistani immigrants included among founders or co-founders of unicorns in America, according to  a recent study by the Nation...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Growing Fan Base of Cockroach Janata Party in India

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"Indians live like cockroaches and die like cockroaches", argued Jayant Bhandari in an  X post  in April this year. "They vot...
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Monday, May 25, 2026

Iron Brothers China and Pakistan Celebrate 75 Years of "Unbreakable" Friendship

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President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have met today in Beijing to reaffirm the "unbreakable" bond between their ...
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Monday, May 18, 2026

Pakistani-American Franchisee Joins Bid to Acquire Papa John's Pizza

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A Pakistan-American franchisee has joined a Qatari-backed investor group's bid to buy out the US-based Papa John's Pizza restaurants...
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Riaz Haq
I am the Founder and President of PakAlumni Worldwide, a global social network for Pakistanis, South Asians and their friends. I also served as Chairman of the NEDians Convention 2007. In addition to being a South Asia watcher, an investor, business consultant and avid follower of the world financial markets, I have more than 25 years experience in the hi-tech industry. I have been on the faculties of Rutgers University and NED Engineering University and cofounded two high-tech startups, Cautella, Inc. and DynArray Corp and managed multi-million dollar P&Ls. I am a pioneer of the PC and mobile businesses and I have held senior management positions in hardware and software development of Intel’s microprocessor product line from 8086 to Pentium processors. My experience includes senior roles in marketing, engineering and business management. I was recognized as “Person of the Year” by PC Magazine for my contribution to 80386 program. I have an MS degree in Electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. www.pakalumni.com http://www.riazhaq.com http://southasiainvestor.blogspot.com
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