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FOSSFP would like to request a confirmed travel plan/arrival information before making any arrangements as meeting with the govt. officials (State Governors & Ministers) and higher authorities require prior approval/confirmation.
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 * FOSSFP will coordinate and invite all related companies, Dr.M.A.Pasha, Chairman FOSSFP will engage Mr.Mark with all related key dignitaries and higher officials including the Ministries and IT related people  *
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 * Honorable Governor of Punjab, Lt. General (Retd.) Khalid Maqbool (Dr. M. A. Pasha, Chairman FOSSFP will be assissting during the visit.)
 * Mr. Nasir Afridi, Director Projects & Mr. Osman Haq, Project Manager Open Source Resource Centre, Pakistan Software Export Board, Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
 * Punjab Information Technology Board, Government of the Punjab, Lahore
  
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 * Dr. M.A. Pasha (Founder) Chairman & Mr. Fouad Riaz Bajwa (Co-Founder) General Secretary FOSSFP: Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan, Lahore.

 * LinuxPakistan.net is in Karachi.

 * Ubuntu LoCoTeam Pakistan is hosted by FOSSFP in Lahore, we will be there with you.
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 * Meeting with the honorable Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. Arshad Mahmood (accompanied by Dr. M.A. Pasha) of Pakistan's largest University i.e. University of the Punjab
 
 * Visit of Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT), University of the Punjab (PU), Allama Iqbal Old Campus, The Mall, Lahore. (Pakistan's largest information technology university college of PU) with Dr. M.A. Pasha, Principal PUCIT. 		 *
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 * FOSSFP Chairman Dr. M.A. Pasha will make arrangements for meetings with key dignitaries and higher officials including the Ministries and IT related people. You should fly in to Lahore, the capital of Province of Punjab.
 * If you can fly to Lahore, FOSSFP will be assisting your stay and hosting your security with the Government of Pakistan. Best place to stay in Lahore is the Pearl Continental Hotel. Their website is: http://www.pchotels.com/
 * FOSSFP can assist in organizing a dinner or breakfast with key owners of Technology Companies in the region at the same hotel.
 * FOSSFP will provide contact with all major IT business owners.

 * well-wired (i.e, broadband!) Yeup you have all that in Lahore.
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As part of the AsiaBusinessTour, Canonical representatives plan to visit Islamabad, Pakistan on 18 January 2006. If you have information or contacts to help us plan this trip, please fill in the relevant sections below, or contact us at asia2006@canonical.com

Who to Meet

FOSSFP would like to request a confirmed travel plan/arrival information before making any arrangements as meeting with the govt. officials (State Governors & Ministers) and higher authorities require prior approval/confirmation.

Technology Companies (e.g., contacts at OEMs, system builders, etc.)

Government (e.g., contacts in ministries of education, culture, information technology)

Linux User Groups (LUG) (e.g., we would love to meet with members of the community, so let us know if there are any meetings while we are there)

Universities (e.g., contacts in computer science/information technology departments)

Volunteers

If you would like to help us navigate during our stay in Islamabad, please let us know by signing up below or sending us an email to the address at the top of this page.

Where to Stay

Last but not least, any suggestions of decent hotels/accomodation would be extremely helpful! We are particularly looking for someplace

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