KARACHI:
After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his free content access service Internet.org in Pakistan, a man chose to show how thankful he was in the form of a billboard, which has been put up on one of the busiest intersections in Karachi, reportedly.
Rehan Allahwala, an entrepreneur and chief executive officer of software company Super Technologies Inc, put up a billboard on the cross section of Shahrah-e-Faisal and Rafiiqi HJ Road, right opposite Regent Plaza while heading towards Metropole. The road is one of the key arteries connecting the city to the main business district on II Chundrigar road.
Allahwala claimed,while talking to a private media outlet, that the billboard served more than the obvious purpose of appreciating Facebook for its effort to bring internet to the masses in Pakistan.
Allahwala added that the billboard, which costs nearly Rs0.1 million a month, is what he calls his ‘offline social media’ – something he would be using a lot more to raise awareness about other positive developments and people in the country.
His message was that Pakistani people put up billboards for people they need something from, but never appreciate people who are doing good work. His message was to use the billboard for spreading better and more positive messages.
Internet.org would allow Pakistanis to log on to a host of websites free of charge. The websites included are: Accuweather; BBC; BabyCenter &MAMA; Malaria No More; Unicef Facts for Life; Bing.com; ESPN Cricinfo; Mustakbil; ilmkidunya; Telenor News; Urdupoint Cooking; OLX, Facebook; Messenger and Wikipedia, reportedly.
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