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Google Pakistan domain challenged as illegal
NEW DELHI: Even as a complaint has been filed against Google for running the domain name .pk without registering the trademark and without having an office in Pakistan, it is learnt that several multi-national companies refuse to open offices in the country as the government refuses to give any guarantee for safety of employees.
The Intellectual Property Rights Organisation in Pakistan has sent notices to central ministries and security agencies following the complaint against Google, according to an American-based Pakistani website.
ce has been sent to the Information and Technology Ministry, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, the Security and Exchange Commission and Google.
The complaint was filed by Information Technology industry’s Dr Kamal Muzaffar who said Google was generating illegal revenue from Pakistan without getting registered in the country.
He alleged that Google had not been paying taxes in Pakistan, thus generating illegal money.
Interestingly, multi-national technology companies such as Microsoft, Samsung, and Google do not have any regional office in the country and all of them only have representative offices which do not have the power for taking decisions.
All these companies want the Pakistan government to provide for security for their employees as a pre-requisite before setting up offices in the country.
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Airtel names Aritra Mukherjee head of marketing
Former Vodafone executive to lead Airtel’s marketing push
PUNE: Bharti Airtel has elevated Aritra Mukherjee to head of marketing, promoting an internal leader who has played a key role in expanding the company’s prepaid business over the past four years.
Mukherjee, based in Pune, most recently served as general manager – prepaid growth, where he was instrumental in driving portfolio expansion, sharpening consumer strategy and supporting revenue growth. He joined Airtel as senior manager – business planning and consumer insights and rose through the ranks as the company strengthened its data-led approach to customer acquisition and retention.
Before joining Airtel, Mukherjee held marketing roles at Vodafone Idea and Vodafone, and earlier worked with Idea Cellular. His career also includes stints at Capgemini and Tata Consultancy Services.
With experience spanning telecom marketing, prepaid growth strategy, enterprise accounts and business planning, Mukherjee brings a blend of analytics-driven insight and commercial leadership to Airtel’s top marketing role, as competition intensifies across India’s telecom market.
