The Pakistani Spectator

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Posts Tagged ‘Pakistan Call Centers’

Ethnicity and Linguistic Imperialism

By Saadi Agha • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There has been a recurring debate in last week’s papers about the power of language in shaping the trends and environment in a nation. Renowned linguistic science professor, Tariq Rehman explained the permeation of English in our society, he used the example of call centers.
He has explained the relevance of shaping employee ideas and thoughts [...]



Exclusive: Pakistan Call-Centre Odyssey

By Dil Nawaz • Jan 10th, 2010 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

Mirpur city of Kashmir is often called the ‘eastern most city of United Kingdom’ due to big population of British Kashmiris (Pakistanis or just Muslims, whatever they want to be known as).Jars of Marmite(a British peculiarity which I have never tasted) and tins of tuna fish and ‘baked beans in tomato sauce’ are easily available [...]