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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

how to quickly install the Oracle Database Client product on 32-bit Windows

This guide describes how to quickly install the Oracle Database Client product on 32-bit Windows systems. It includes information about the following:
  1. Review Information About this Guide
  2. Log In to the System with Administrator Privileges
  3. Check the Hardware Requirements
  4. Check the Software Requirements
  5. Install the Oracle Database Software
  6. Install Products from the Oracle Database Companion CD
  7. What to Do Next
  8. Additional Information
  9. Documentation Accessibility


1 Review Information About this Guide

This guide describes how to install Oracle Database using the default installation options into a new Oracle home.

Tasks Described in this Guide
The procedures in this guide describe how to:
  • Configure your system to support Oracle Database.
  • Install the Oracle Database software on a local file system.
  • Configure a general-purpose Oracle database that uses the local file system for database file storage.
  • Install software from the Oracle Database Companion CD, which improves the performance of Oracle Database on your system.

Results of a Successful Installation
After you successfully install Oracle Database:
  • The database that you created and the default Oracle Net listener process are running on the system.
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control and iSQL*Plus are running and can be accessed using a Web browser.
  • A single-node version of the Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services (CSS) daemon is running and is configured to start automatically when your system boots.

Tasks Not Described in this Guide
This guide does not describe how to complete the following tasks:
  • Installing the software on a system that has an existing Oracle software installation.
  • Installing Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC).
  • Installing Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
  • Cloning an Oracle home
  • Enabling Enterprise Manager e-mail notifications or automated backups.
  • Using alternative storage options such as Automatic Storage Management (ASM) or raw devices for database storage.

Where to Get Additional Installation Information
For more detailed information about installing Oracle Database components, including information about the tasks not described in this guide, see one of the following guides:
  • If you are installing the software on a single system or if you want to install Automatic Storage Management (ASM), see Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit).
  • If you are installing Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), see Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide for your platform.
    This guide also describes how to install Oracle Clusterware, which is a prerequisite for RAC installations.You can use Oracle Clusterware with single-instance Oracle Database installations as well.
Both of these guides are available on the Oracle Database installation media. To access them, use a Web browser to open the welcome.htm file in the database directory of the DVD, then select the Documentation tab.
For more information about installing Oracle Database Companion CD components, see one of the following guides:
  • Oracle Database Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)
  • Oracle Database Companion CD Quick Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)
These guides are available in the companion directory on the Oracle Database installation media.


2 Log In to the System with Administrator Privileges

Log on as a member of the Administrators group to the computer on which to install Oracle components. If you are installing on a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or a Backup Domain Controller (BDC), log on as a member of the Domain Administrators group.


3 Check the Hardware Requirements

The following hardware components are required for Oracle Database:

Table 1 Hardware Requirements
Requirement Minimum Value
Physical memory (RAM) 256 MB minimum, 512 MB recommended
Virtual memory Double the amount of RAM
Disk space Basic Installation Type total: 2.04 GB
Advanced Installation Types total: 1.94 GB
See Table 2 for details.
Video adapter 256 colors
Processor 550 MHz minimum


3.1 Hard Disk Space Requirements

Table 2 lists the space requirements for NTFS. The starter database requires 1.03 GB of disk space. The figures in this table include the starter database. FAT32 space requirements are slightly larger.

Table 2 Disk Space Requirements for NTFS
Installation Type TEMP Space C:\Program Files\Oracle Oracle Home Datafiles * Total
Basic Installation 125 MB 3.1 MB 905 MB 1.03 GB 2.04 GB
Advanced Installation: Enterprise Edition 125 MB 3.1 MB 905 MB ** 950 MB ** 1.94 GB **
Advanced Installation: Standard Edition 125 MB 3.1 MB 905 MB ** 950 MB ** 1.94 GB **
Advanced Installation: Personal Edition 125 MB 3.1 MB 905 MB ** 950 MB ** 1.94 GB **

* Refers to the contents of the admin, flash_recovery_area, and oradata directories in the ORACLE_BASE directory.
** This size can be higher depending on the installation options selected, such as languages or additional components. If you choose to install Oracle Database with automated backups enabled, include at least 2 GB extra for datafile disk space.

See Also:
"About NTFS File System and Windows Registry Permissions" in Oracle Database Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)

To ensure that the system meets these requirements, follow these steps:
  1. Determine the physical RAM size. For a computer using Windows 2003, for example, open System in the Windows Control Panel and select the General tab. If the size of the physical RAM installed in the system is less than the required size, then you must install more memory before continuing.
  2. Determine the size of the configured virtual memory (also known as paging file size). For a computer using Windows 2003, for example, open System in the Control Panel, select the Advanced tab, and click Settings in the Performance section. Then select the Advanced tab. The virtual memory is listed in the Virtual Memory section.
    If necessary, see your operating system documentation for information about how to configure additional virtual memory.
  3. Determine the amount of free disk space on the system. For a computer using Windows 2003, for example, open My Computer, right-click the drive where the Oracle software is to be installed, and choose Properties.
  4. Determine the amount of disk space available in the temp directory. This is equivalent to the total amount of free disk space, minus what will be needed for the Oracle software to be installed.
    If there is less than 125 MB of disk space available in the temp directory, then first delete all unnecessary files. If the temp disk space is still less than 125 MB, then set the TEMP or TMP environment variable to point to a different hard drive. For a computer using Windows 2003, for example, open System in the Control Panel, select the Advanced tab, and click Environment Variables.


4 Check the Software Requirements

Table 3 lists the software requirements for Oracle Database.

Table 3 Software Requirements
Requirement Value
System Architecture Processor: Intel (x86), AMD64, and Intel EM64T
Note: Oracle provides 32-bit (x86), 64-bit (Itanium), and 64-bit (x64) versions of Oracle Database for Windows. The 32-bit database version, which this installation guide describes, runs on the 32-bit version of Windows on either x86 or x64 hardware. Oracle provides limited certification for 32-bit Oracle Database on 64-bit Windows (x64). For additional information, visit OracleMetaLink at:
http://metalink.oracle.com
Operating System Oracle Database for Windows is supported on the following operating systems:
  • Windows 2000 with service pack 1 or later. All editions, including Terminal Services and Microsoft Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Edition (MLE), are supported.
  • Windows Server 2003 - all editions
  • Windows XP Professional
Windows NT is not supported.
Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack is supported on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional.
Compiler Pro*Cobol has been tested and certified with the following two compilers:
  • ACUCOBOL-GT version 6.2
  • Micro Focus Net Express 4.0
Object Oriented COBOL (OOCOBOL) specifications are not supported.
The following components are supported with the Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2002 7.0 and Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 7.1 compilers:
  • Oracle C++ Call Interface
  • Oracle Call Interface
  • GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
  • External callouts
  • PL/SQL native compilation
  • XDK
Note: If you plan to use GNU Compiler Collection as your primary compiler, see "Configuring GNU Compiler Collection as the Primary Compiler" in Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit) for configuration instructions.
Network Protocol The Oracle Net foundation layer uses Oracle protocol support to communicate with the following industry-standard network protocols:
  • TCP/IP
  • TCP/IP with SSL
  • Named Pipes



5 Install the Oracle Database Software

To install the Oracle Database software:
  1. If you are installing Oracle Database on a multihomed computer or a computer that uses multiple aliases, use the System in the Control Panel to create the ORACLE_HOSTNAME system environment variable. Set this variable to point to the host name of the computer on which you are installing Oracle Database.
  2. Insert Oracle Database installation media and navigate to the database directory. Alternatively, navigate to the directory where you downloaded or copied the installation files.
    Use the same installation media to install Oracle Database on all supported Windows platforms.
  3. Double-click setup.exe to start Oracle Universal Installer.
  4. In the Welcome window, select either Basic Installation or Advanced Installation, and then answer the prompts as needed.

    See Also:
    Chapter 1 in Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit) for more information on the Basic and Advanced installation methods

    The subsequent windows that appear, which are listed in Table 4, depend on the installation method you have chosen. The order in which the windows appear depends on the options you select.
  5. Follow these guidelines to complete the installation:
    • Do not install Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) software into an existing Oracle home that contains Oracle9i or earlier software.
    • If you install Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) in an Oracle home directory that already contains Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) client software, the listener is not created. To create the listener, install and run Oracle Net Configuration Assistant after the installation. If the Administrator client is installed before Oracle Database, Oracle Net Configuration Assistant is already installed.
    • Follow the instructions displayed in the Oracle Universal Installer windows. If you need additional information, click Help.
    • When prompted for a password, follow these guidelines:
      Make the password be between 4 and 30 characters long.
      Use the database character set for the password's characters, which can include the underscore (_), dollar ($), and pound sign (#) characters.
      Do not start passwords with a numeral.
      Do not use a user name for a password.
      Do no use Oracle reserved words for the password.
      Do not use change_on_install for the SYS account password.
      Do not use manager for the SYSTEM account password.
      Do not use sysman for the SYSMAN account password.
      Do not use dbsnmp for the DBSNMP account password.
      If you choose to use the same password for all the accounts, do not use change_on_install, manager, sysman, or dbsnmp as a password.
      Have the password include at least 1 alphabetic, 1 numeric, and 1 punctuation mark character
      Do not use simple or obvious words, such as welcome, account, database, and user for the password.

      Note:
      You must remember the passwords that you specify.

    • Do not modify the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) except by using a patch provided by Oracle Support Services. Oracle Universal Installer automatically installs the Oracle-supplied version of the JRE. This version is required to run Oracle Universal Installer and several Oracle assistants.
    • If you encounter errors while installing or linking the software, see Appendix G in Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit) for information about troubleshooting.
    • If you chose an installation type that runs Database Configuration Assistant and Oracle Net Configuration Assistant in interactive mode, you must provide detailed information about configuring your database and network.
      If you need assistance when using the Database Configuration Assistant or Oracle Net Configuration Assistant in interactive mode, click Help on any window.

      Note:
      If you chose a default installation, Database Configuration Assistant and Oracle Net Configuration Assistant run non-interactively.

  6. When the configuration tools finish, click Exit, then click Yes to exit from Oracle Universal Installer.
  7. When Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control opens a Web browser, enter the username and password you created during the installation.
    You can log in as SYS, SYSTEM, or SYSMAN. If you log in as SYS, then you must connect AS SYSDBA. Enter the password you specified for the account during installation.
  8. Optionally, delete the OraInstalldate_time directory if you want to remove the temporary files that were created during the installation process. The OraInstalldate_time directory holds about 45 MB of files. This directory is created in the location set by the TEMP environment variable setting.
    Restarting your computer also removes the OraInstalldate_time directory.
  9. See Chapter 4 in Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit) for information about postinstallation tasks that you must complete after you have installed Oracle Database.

Table 4 Oracle Universal Installer Screens
Screen Recommended Action
Select Installation Method Select one of the following, then click Next:
  • Basic Installation: Lets you quickly install Oracle Database using minimal input. It installs the software and optionally creates a general-purpose database using the information that you specify on this window.
  • Advanced Installation: Lets you perform more complex installations, such as creating individual passwords for different accounts, creating specific types of starter databases (for example, for transaction processing or data warehouse systems), using different language groups, specifying e-mail notifications, and so on.
Select Installation Type Select Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition, Personal Edition, or Custom. Click Next.
Specify Home Details In the Destination section, accept the default values or enter the Oracle home name and directory path in which to install Oracle components. The directory path should not contain spaces.
Click Next.
Available Product Components If you selected Custom for the Installation Type, this window appears. Select from the list and click Next. To learn more about each component, position the mouse over the component's name.
Product-specific Prerequisite Checks This window checks that your system meets the minimum requirements for the installation. Click Next.
Upgrade an Existing Database If you have a previous updatable version of Oracle Database or Automatic Storage Management installed, this window appears. For in-place database installations where Automatic Storage Management is running, ASM is upgraded automatically.
Click Yes if you want to upgrade or No if not. If you click Yes, the Summary window appears next.
For more information on upgrades, refer to Oracle Database Upgrade Guide.
Select Configuration Option Select one of the following:
  • Create a database: Select this option if you are creating a database using the following database types: General purpose, Transaction processing, Data warehousing. The Advanced option starts Database Configuration Assistant for advanced database creation configuration options.
  • Configure Automatic Storage Management (ASM): Select this option to create an Automatic Storage Management instance only. To create an ASM instance, you must provide an ASM SYS Password. After you provide this password, Oracle Universal Installer lets you create an ASM disk group. After you complete this Oracle Universal Installer session, you can run it again to install and configure one or more Oracle databases that will use ASM.
  • Install database Software only: Select this option to install the database software only but not create a database or configure Automatic Storage Management.
Select ASM Management Option If you selected Configure Automatic Storage Management (ASM) from the Select Configuration Option window, and if you have Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control installed, this window appears. Select Yes or No, depending on if you want to use Grid Control to manage Automatic Storage Management. If you select Yes, then select from the list of Enterprise Management agents to use.
Configure Automatic Storage Management Appears if you selected Configure Automatic Storage Management (ASM) from the Select Configuration Option window. Enter the disk group name. The disk group list shows both candidate and member disks; you can click Show Candidates or Show All to filter their display. Then select the disk group's redundancy level and its member disks.
For Redundancy Level, choose one of the following. The default is normal redundancy.
  • High: The contents of the disk group are three-way mirrored by default. To create a disk group with high redundancy, specify at least three failure groups (a minimum of three devices).
  • Normal: By default the datafiles of the disk group are two-way mirrored and the control files are three-way mirrored. You can create certain files that are three-way mirrored or not mirrored. To create a disk group with normal redundancy, specify at least two failure groups (a minimum of two devices) for two-way mirroring.
  • External: ASM does not mirror the contents of the disk group. Choose this option when 1) the disk group contains devices, such as RAID devices, that provide their own data protection; or 2) the database does not require uninterrupted access to data, for example, if you have a suitable backup strategy already in place.
Select Database Configuration Select the database configuration that best meets your needs: General Purpose, Transaction Processing, Data Warehouse; Advanced.
See the online help provided by either Oracle Universal Installer or Database Configuration Assistant for a description of these preconfigured database types.
Click Next.



6 Install Products from the Oracle Database Companion CD

The Oracle Database Companion CD contains products that improve the performance of or complement Oracle Database. For most installations, Oracle recommends that you install Oracle Database 10g Products from the Companion CD.

See Also:
  • Oracle Database Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)
  • Oracle Database Companion CD Quick Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)



7 What to Do Next

To become familiar with this release of Oracle Database, Oracle suggests that you complete the following tasks:
  • Log in to Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control using a Web browser.
    Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control is a Web-based application that you can use to manage a single Oracle database. The default URL for Database Control is:
    http://host.domain:port/em/
    
    
    Log in with the user name SYSMAN. Use the password that you specified for this user during the Oracle Database installation.
  • See Chapter 4 of Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit) for information about required and optional postinstallation tasks, depending on the components that you want to use.
  • Review Chapter 5 of Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit) for information about how to get started using Oracle Database.
  • Read Oracle Database 2 Day DBAOracle Database 2 Day DBA guide, to learn more about using Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control to administer a database.
    This guide, designed for new Oracle DBAs, describes how to use Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control to manage all aspects of an Oracle database installation. It also provides information about how to enable e-mail notifications and automated backups, which you might not have configured during the installation.


8 Additional Information

This section contains information about the following:

Product Licenses
You are welcome to install and evaluate the products included in this media pack for 30 days under the terms of the Trial License Agreement. However, you must purchase a program license if you want to continue using any product after the 30 day evaluation period. See the following section for information about purchasing program licenses.

See Also:
Oracle Database Licensing Information


Purchasing Licenses, Version Updates, and Documentation
You can purchase program licenses, updated versions of Oracle products, and printed versions of Oracle documentation from the Oracle Store Web site:
http://oraclestore.oracle.com/

Contacting Oracle Support Services
If you have purchased Oracle Product Support, you can call Oracle Support Services for assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For information about purchasing Oracle Product Support or contacting Oracle Support Services, go to the Oracle Support Services Web site:
http://www.oracle.com/support/

Locating Product Documentation
Documentation for Oracle products is available in both HTML and Adobe portable document format (PDF) formats from several locations:
  • On disks in the media pack:
    • Platform-specific documentation is available on the installation media. To access the documentation, see the welcome.htm file located in the top-level directory of the DVD.
    • Generic product documentation is available on the Oracle Documentation Library on the DVD.
  • From the Oracle Technology Network Web site:
    http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/
    
    
To view PDF documents, download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Web site, if necessary:
http://www.adobe.com/


9 Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at
http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation
Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Manual Oracle Uninstall (Windows and UNIX)

Manual Oracle Uninstall

A number of people have contacted me regarding problems uninstalling Oracle products. The two methods listed below should only be used as a last resort and will remove all Oracle software allowing a reinstall. If you make any mistakes they can be quite destructive so be careful.

Windows

In the past I've had many problems uninstalling all Oracle products from Windows systems. Here's my last resort method:
  • Uninstall all Oracle components using the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).
  • Run regedit.exe and delete the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE key. This contains registry entires for all Oracle products.
  • Delete any references to Oracle services left behind in the following part of the registry:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/Ora*
    It should be pretty obvious which ones relate to Oracle.
  • Reboot your machine.
  • Delete the "C:\Oracle" directory, or whatever directory is your ORACLE_BASE.
  • Delete the "C:\Program Files\Oracle" directory.
  • Empty the contents of your "c:\temp" directory.
  • Empty your recycle bin.
At this point your machine will be as clean of Oracle components as it can be without a complete OS reinstall. Remember, manually editing your registry can be very destructive and force an OS reinstall so only do it as a last resort.

UNIX

Uninstalling all products from UNIX is a lot more consistent. If you do need to resort to a manual uninstall you should do something like:
  • Uninstall all Oracle components using the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).
  • Stop any outstanding processes using the appropriate utilities:
    # oemctl stop oms user/password
    # agentctl stop
    # lsnrctl stop
    Alternatively you can kill them using the kill -9 pid command as the root user.
  • Delete the files and directories below the $ORACLE_HOME:
    # cd $ORACLE_HOME
    # rm -Rf *
  • With the exception of the product directory, delete directories below the $ORACLE_BASE.
    # cd $ORACLE_BASE
    # rm -Rf admin doc jre o*
  • Delete the /etc/oratab file. If using 9iAS delete the /etc/emtab file also.
    # rm /etc/oratab /etc/emtab

What is the National Character Set ( ORACLE )?

What is the National Character Set?
The National Character set (NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET) is a character set which is defined in addition to the (normal) database character set and is used for data stored in NCHAR, NVARCHAR2 and NCLOB columns. You can find your current value for the NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET with the following select statement:
SQL> select value from NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS where parameter = ‘NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET’;

Saturday, September 26, 2009

The art of swing

Reverse-swing has emerged as a key weapon in a fast bowler’s repertoire, and has grown in prominence with the advent of the limited-overs game. The likes of Brett Lee, Umar Gul and Lasith Malinga have used the art to be lethally effective in the death overs. But what is reverse-swing, how did it evolve and, more generally, what makes the ball move around in the air? SM Arsalan Arif Khan from Pakistan offers a guide to swing bowling.

Many times in international matches we hear commentators use term “reverse swing” through the end of an innings. But most of the people don’t know what it is, except for grasping the fact that the ball somehow tends to reverse in a certain way when it gets old. Reverse swing is essentially an art. It is generally applied when the ball is old and rough with the help of extreme pace, even moderate sometimes (if executed properly), and get it to work lethally.

But before a bowler can think of reverse-swing, he must first go through the basic procedure of tracing his steps toward the root of swing, as the ability to swing is an art in itself.

What is Swing?

When a ball is released from the wrist, it habitually moves in the air and bounces directly proportional, or sometimes vice versa, towards or away from a batsman when a pace bowler is in operation. Swing merely consists of aerodynamics, which I’ll come to later.

It is a known fact that most fast bowlers strive for this sort of variation because it is a serious cause for concern for batsmen. Imagine yourself driving on a lane and encountering a vehicle moving to the left, but suddenly in full speed it decides to move in your direction. The judgment and reflexes then, of you as a batsmen or a natural human being, rely on your instinct; sometimes you survive the variation, sometimes you don’t. Batsmen gradually become accustomed to playing general swing, which is easier to judge and also gets predictable. Such swing is likely to occur in the first ten or 15 overs of a match when the ball is still hard.

However, recently, with the game constantly evolving, new-ball bowlers have discovered a way of swinging the older ball, especially when it’s dusty and scruffy. The movement, in this case, makes it more difficult for the batsmen to judge. But to attain it, there are a number of factors to consider.

The Role of the Cricket Ball

If you see a lot of cricket, or play in clubs, you will realize that fielders continuously shine the ball with their trousers or towels. The cricket ball has two sides across the seam. When players shine the ball, they deliberately leave one side rough while adding glossy sparkle to the other. The rubbing helps one side of the ball smoothen while the opposite is deliberately left to deteriorate through routine wear and tear. This is where aerodynamics come in, because the dual surface enhances a change in rhythm of flight from the bowler’s wrist to the batsman. The aerodynamics mean that the shiny side is prone to travel quicker through the air while the rough side works as a break pushing the ball in its direction.

The Seam Position

The stitching you notice around the cricket ball is called a seam. The seam acts like a helm for fast bowlers. All fast bowlers grip the seam vertically, with the middle and index fingers on either side, with the ball resting in the third finger and thumb. The idea of enhancing your swing is to hold the seam as straight as possible: The straighter the seam is at the point of delivering the ball, the greater the chance to swing it. And if the ball is old with one side shiny, the chances of variation will increase.

What are inswing and outswing?

Most bowlers get confused here. To move a ball in a typical fashion away from a left-handed batsman, the rougher side of the ball will be facing leftwards at point of release: notice the seam should be darting toward second slip. And it is understandably the other way round for an inswinging delivery; the rough side should be on right at point of release and the seam should be darting at an imaginary leg slip.

What is reverse-swing?

Once the ball turns older and more tattered, it will instigate a movement in the opposite route to where it would originally swing, disregarding the change in the bowler’s grip. For example, with the grip for an outswinger, the ball will move towards the batsman in the air while an inswinger will move away from the bat. Such variations usually occur very late after the ball is released, therefore it is extremely difficult for batsmen to judge the deviation in split seconds. Batsmen usually pick the changes in direction while in the air to confront the issue. It is not easy to execute revere swing, as they say bowlers need to be pace it at a minimum of 80 mph or above. Former Pakistan international Sarfraz Nawaz is known to have founded reverse swing during the late 1970s, and he passed his knowledge on to Imran Khan.

Mechanics


There have been plenty of theories about why, but here's the simplest explanation from former England bowling coach Troy Cooley: “Reverse swing is all to do with the deterioration of the ball and the seam position in flight. As the ball becomes rougher, it will take on a different characteristic as it deteriorates. So if you present the ball as an outswinger, the ball has deteriorated so much on the rough side that it takes on the characteristics of the shiny side. Which means a natural outswinger will become an inswinger and conversely, an inswinger into an outswinger."

How does it work?

Considering the fact that reverse swing generally occurs after 40 overs, it is tailor-made for the older ball. However, some of the England bowlers were able to reverse-swing the ball within 20 overs during the 2005 Ashes; Brett Lee managed it in 30 overs at Adelaide. But how can they manage to do this so early in the innings?

One reason could be the ball. In England, Test balls are manufactured by Dukes, while in Australia and parts of the sub-continent the Kookaburra brand is usually used. Like footballs, each manufacturer’s cricket balls are different. Some have more pronounced seams while others deteriorate slower, all of which have an influence on how the ball will move in the air.

Another theory is how some players are able to rough the ball up faster than other teams. In England's some years back, Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff both banged the ball hard into the pitch. Their fielders often threw the ball back to wicket-keeper Geraint Jones on the bounce from the outfield, all of which contribute to the deterioration of the ball. Regardless of all this, batsmen the world over know what to expect when the ball starts to get older.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

How to Optimise Sites To Rank In Search Engines In Four Easy Steps

FIRST STEP : RESEARCH THOSE KEYWORDS

Perhaps one of the most important steps in the whole process. Going in without researching keywords is like going in to battle blindfolded. If you do your keyword research right, you will have a rough idea of the competition that you will be up against. Trust me my friends, don't try to take on a competitor in very fiercely contested area, I have made that mistake and trust me, the effort required is simply not worth the return. The objective is to select a niche that is not fiercely competitive but still has many search queries for it. Remember the flip side to the coin is a highly specific niche that does not generate any search queries. Find the right balance. I use Overtures Free Keyword Suggestion Tool to get a rough idea of good keywords and the number of search queries that might be expected for that keyword.

How To Increase Your Adsense Click Through Rate (CTR) In Three Easy Steps

The basic goal that you have to instil in your head is that YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR ADS LOOK LESS LIKE ADS. “Well what do you mean by that?” I hear you ask.

Well, the sad truth and an adsense publishers nightmare is a phenomenon that I call “banner phobia”. These days surfers tend to automatically overlook anything that even remotely resembles an advertisement because surfers are too used to seeing and being bombarded with adverts. It’s a reflex action, its not that your visitors are not interested in what the ads have to offer, its just a case of “banner phobia”.

This hub will focus on putting ads on your website in such a way so that they are not overlooked by your visitors.
Remember : Get more visitors to notice your ads by placing them in the right place and making them look less like traditional banner advertising and hence get more clicks.

How To Increase Your Adsense Click Through Rate (CTR) In Three Easy Steps

The basic goal that you have to instil in your head is that YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR ADS LOOK LESS LIKE ADS. “Well what do you mean by that?” I hear you ask.

Well, the sad truth and an adsense publishers nightmare is a phenomenon that I call “banner phobia”. These days surfers tend to automatically overlook anything that even remotely resembles an advertisement because surfers are too used to seeing and being bombarded with adverts. It’s a reflex action, its not that your visitors are not interested in what the ads have to offer, its just a case of “banner phobia”.

This hub will focus on putting ads on your website in such a way so that they are not overlooked by your visitors.
Remember : Get more visitors to notice your ads by placing them in the right place and making them look less like traditional banner advertising and hence get more clicks.

Tips to Increase Your Adsense Click Through Rate

Google Adsense is a contextual PPC Network. In other words it grabs the text around your page and serves an ad that is related by keywords to your topic as best as it can. Optimizing your adsense ads will dramatically increase your click through rate. Since you get paid only on clicks, increasing the click through ratio should be your main goal with adsense. Some of what I say below what I researched from reading other peoples opinions, looking at very high ranking bloggers, and based on my experiences with adsense on some of my websites.

Optimal Adsense Banner Ad Size:

The first thing we will talk about is colors and size before I talk about adsense placement optimization. Unfortunately, most novices think “bigger is better” when it comes to ad unit sizes. In some places the opposite is true! As a result, in their articles they will plaster a 250 X 250 ad smack dab in the article. When I start to read something and I see that I usually try to quickly move over it to get to the content. A ad like that just screams advertisement. And that’s the last thing you want to do. What would be a better choice instead, is a smaller 125 X 125 right inside the article. When someone starts reading your content they will see this small ad and will more likely want to focus in and actually read it.

Free Web Money -> Double your Adsense PPC click thru rate pay per click (PPC) advertising

In a previous article, I talked about the importance of tweaking your Google Adsense adverts, specifically issues of size and placement. If you haven't read that yet, I suggest that you start by reading Improving Your Adsense Click-Thru before you proceed with this, the second part of the topic.

You're back now? Great. Let's keep talking about this interesting topic.

And before I go any further, please realize that while the specifics of this discussion are about Google adverts, the general user interface issues are true across the board: if you want someone to see something, you need to move it into their area of consciousness before you can have any success.

That's why it's so common to go to a Web site and stare blankly at the screen, trying to figure out where a given link is located, even though it's on a side navigational bar or similar. Even this site has that problem to some extent: quick, find the link that talks about custom 404 error pages!

Free Web Money -> Improving your Adsense Click-Thru pay per click (PPC) advertising

The leader in the pay per click (or PPC) market is Google, with its Adsense program, but if you're already an Adsense subscriber, with adverts on your own pages, you might not realize the importance of the design of your advert and the placement of the advert on the page.

You probably already noticed that the Adsense ads on this page are slipped inline into the main text, on the left. Further, you have also probably noticed that there isn't some strong color scheme and border lines blocking off and visually distinguishing the Google ads from the rest of the content of the page.

I've experimented and I can tell you that these two steps (putting the ad in the middle of the content and removing any overt border colors) can at least double your click thru rate (or CTR) and that means that you'll be making more money with the same number of visitors. And that's a good thing.

So let's have a look at how to do this.

First off, have a look at the different ad formats. Most people seem to go with the default "banner" format ads, which is too bad: after the last few years of surfing, I think people have been trained to ignore these banner adverts. Even the spiffy new graphical banners, like this:
sample banner from google

Instead, pick out a different size and think about how you can get creative with the placement. Also, if you're going to have an advert, why not offer the most options for your readers and have a layout that has at least four ads, if not five? Really, the one-ad box makes no sense to me: if you're going to have an ad at all, why not maximize the chance it'll have something of interest to your reader?

Anyway, off that soapbox!!

How do I accomplish the layout trick I have on this page? I do something a bit sneaky: I drop the Google ad into a and then use the attributes of the table to shift it left and let the text flow right around it:


Google adsense code goes here


No too hard, is it?

AdSense Click Through Rate (CTR) Advice

Making real money using Google’s AdSense program can be done. The key to making it happen is to increase the AdSense click through rate (ctr) on a site. This means turning your traffic into visitors on advertisers’ web sites.

In theory, creating an increase an AdSense click through rate (ctr) is a fairly easy thing to do. Making that theory work in practice, however, requires a little time and energy. But, if the AdSense click through rate (ctr) is increased on a site, the money making possibilities can be quite surprising. In fact, many people who have mastered the art of working their AdSense click through rate (ctr) to their favor have left their day jobs far behind.

List of Educational Websites

Resources for Teachers
These are sites that provide useful links to educational websites and/or tips regarding curriculum design, integration of technology into the classroom, etc.:

free reading
"Free-Reading is an ongoing, collaborative, teacher-based, curriculum-sharing project. We're looking to provide a reliable forum where teachers can openly and freely share their successful and effective methods for teaching reading in grades K-1 and for at-risk students in later grades." A comprehensive reading program that is collaboratively produced using a wiki.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

http://www.teachers.net
"The Ultimate Teacher Resource"--Teachers.net offers a variety of teacher collaboration tools including chat, discussion boards, lesson plans, articles, links, photo sharing, and job searching.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.html
Blue Web'n is an online library of 1700+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). You can search by grade level (Refined Search), broad subject area (Content Areas), or specific sub-categories (Subject Area).

http://www.lightspan.com/portal/corporate/product_tour/tln.asp
The Lightspan Network® is a suite of online tools for teachers. Besides standards-based learning activities for students and families, it includes a wealth of technology-based professional development resources. Teachers can create lesson plans, search the Web for educator-reviewed content, and connect with other educators—and everything aligns to your state standards.

http://teachnet.com
Teachnet.Com was started in August 1995 by the husband/wife team of Lee Shiney. It offers various resources for teachers and students from free lesson plans to graphics, media kit, etc.

'Best' education blogs:
http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs and http://incsub.org/awards/2006/the-edublog-awards-2006-winners/
Education blog award sites for 2006. A starting point for teachers interested in reading blogs about education. Since most of the sites contain a blogroll linking to other blogs, you will quickly find links to thousands of blogs.

http://www.forum-network.org
Forum Network is an audio and video streaming website providing citizens the ability to watch and listen to lectures given by some of the world's foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policy makers and community leaders. These lecture events are hosted by world-class cultural and educational organizations across the country.
Web Quests

Web quests were designed to help students learn to navigate the Web and locate information in a meaningful way.

http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/month8/index.html
CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM is a collaboration between Thirteen Ed Online and Disney Learning Partnership. This URL featuresCONCEPT TO CLASSROOM's take on webquest.

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web. By pointing to excellent examples and collecting materials developed to communicate the idea, all of us experimenting with WebQuests will be able to learn from each other. A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The model was developed in early 1995 at San Diego State University by Bernie Dodge with Tom March.

http://quest.classroom.com/archive/galapagosquest1999/pg02930.htm
The Quest Channel of Classroom Connect brings adventure reading into the curriculum. The Galapagos Quest featured here is an adventure about ocean ecosystems, the origins of the diverse indigenous species, and the extinction threats to plant and animal species in this volcanic archipelago. Investigate the impact of humans on the environment and determine how to help preserve the natural beauty of our planet.
Content-Based Teaching Sites

http://funbrain.com
In addition to the Quiz Lab, FunBrain.com has educational games designed for learners of all ages. This guide should help teachers find the games that are most useful to their class. They are grouped by title, subject, and grade level.

http://www.exploratorium.edu
Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote museums as educational centers.

http://www.tryscience.com
TryScience.org is your gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide. TryScience is brought to you through a partnership between IBM Corporation, the New York Hall of Science (NYHOS), the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), and science centers worldwide.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge
The NOVA program chronicles the building of the state-of-the-art Clark Bridge over the Mississippi River. On this Web site, you can test your engineering skills by trying to match the right bridge to the right location.

http://www.forum-network.org
Forum Network is an audio and video streaming website providing citizens the ability to watch and listen to lectures given by some of the world's foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policy makers and community leaders. These speaking events are hosted by world-class cultural and educational organizations across the country.

Software Houses in Pakistan

The Software Development Source from Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan 54500

InfiniteVisions is an Information Technology consulting source. Our vision is to provide quality IT solutions to our valuable customers in time and within their budget limits. Our focus is to work on simple, innovative and smart solutions using freeware/non-freeware technologies InfiniteVisions is formed by a group of IT professionals keeping in view to build a platform who can offer quality business solutions to our valuable customers which will satisfy their current business needs and are flexible enough to adjust to the future environmental challenges. InfiniteVisions is focused on the delivery of technology solutions enabled through a strong emphasis on development methodologies and project management. We provide cost effective solutions in, both, freeware/non-freeware environments. We use Microsoft technologies, Eclipse IDE, JDK, Struts Framework, Velocity, PHP, Apache Web Servers, IIS web server, SQL Server, MySQL, PostGreSQL, windows and Red Hat Linux Operating System in our solutions. We also believe to explore other non-freeware technologies if needed for a project. 3 InfiniteVisions provides complete software development lifecycle services, as well as care for systems after implementation.

Offshore Web Development and Offshore Software Development Servi
karachi, Pakistan 75400

GenetechSolutions, Inc. is an Offshore Web Development and Software Development Services Company from Pakistan

A self taught VC++ developer doing a lot. Wah Cantt, Pakistan 092

I am a self taught VC++ programmer. Doing programming as hobby since 2001. Have made real projects, e.g. Video processing, Image processing, and a lot more. Living at Wah Cantt (Rawalpindi). A Govt servent also. I regularly post my VC++ projects to www.codeproject.com , Where I am a Gold member. But now I am thinking to make this hobby my real profession. I work with MFC COM ActiveX.

SigmaTec Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. Lahore, Pakistan 54700
  • Leaders in local ERP solutions
  • Distribution Management System
  • Landslide - Sales Workstyle Mgmt
  • Specializes in Outsourcing Services
  • Product Development Experts
  • Over 70 companies using our ERPs
VisionBird Technologies. Gujrat, Pakistan 50700
  • Web Applications
  • Desktop Applications
  • Products
  • Web Slolutions Provider
  • Outsourcing Partner
Technology Works at ABSM. lahore, Pakistan 45000
  • Software Development
  • Enterprise Application Integration
  • Project Mentoring
  • Portal Services
  • Biz Intelligence Data warehousing
  • Maintenance & Support Integrated Solutio
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Overseas Job Placement / IT Outsourcing
Rising Technologies, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
  • Inventory Control
  • Financial Accounting
  • E-Commerce
  • Online Cataloge System (dynamic website)
  • Website Development
  • Content Management System
  • Real Estate Management
  • Human Resource Management
DataFlat Ltd, Software House. Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Website Development
  • New Product Development
  • Custom Application Development
  • Offshore Development Centre
  • E Marketing
  • Data Hosting and Management
  • Application Migration and Porting
  • Mobile Application Development

List of hospitals in Pakistan

Balochistan
  • Mid East Hospital , Al Gilani Road, Quetta Tel:081-2821103-5
  • Akram Hospital, Quetta
  • Children's Hospital, Quetta
  • Sardar Bahadur Khan TB Sanatorium, Quetta
  • Civil Hospital, Quetta
  • Sahib-uz-Zaman Hospital, Alamdar Road, Quetta
  • Asghar Hospital, Alamdar Road, Quetta
  • Ali Hospital, Toghi Road, Quetta
  • Al-Noor Hospital, Toghi Road, Quetta
  • Saleem Medical Complex, Double Road, Quetta
  • Railway Hospital, Quetta
Islamabad Capital Territory
  • Public institutions
  • Federal Government Services Hospital
  • Golra Welfare Hospital (Ghosia-Mahria Trust)
  • Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS)
  • PAEC Hospital
  • Nescom Hospital
  • KRL Hospital
  • National Institute of Health
  • CDA Hospital
  • Private institutions
  • Dr.Arshad Health Associates-Medical Facilities"Dr Arshad Health Associates". http://www.drarshadhealthassociates.com/.
  • Integrated Health Services (IHS Pakistan)
  • IHS Children's Medical Center
  • Islamic International Medical Complex
  • Dar-ul-Shifa Hospital
  • Shifa International Hospital
  • Ali Medical Centre,, F-8 Markaz
  • Islamabad Specialist Clinic, F-8
  • Aslam Memorial Medicare Hospital
  • Islamabad Private Hospital, Blue Area
  • Chee Chee Hospital
  • Elahi Medical Center, G-9/4
  • Fauji Foundation Hospital, Defence Chowk Near Swan Adda
NWFP
  • Public institutions
  • Lady Reading Hospital
  • Khyber Teaching Hospital
  • Hayatabad Medical Complex
  • Ayub Medical Complex
  • Mardan Medical Complex
  • Saidu Group Hospitals, Swat
  • Mufti Mehmood Complex, Dera Ismail Khan
  • Tank Christian Hospital, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan
  • Dr. Murad Ali Ultrasound Clinic, Dabgari Garden, Peshawar
Punjab
  • Public institutions (government owned and operated)
  • Allama Iqbal Memorial Hospital Sialkot
  • D.H.Q Hospital,Muzaffargarh
  • Data Darbar Hospital, Lahore
  • District Headquarters Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Fatima Memorial Hospital, Shadman-Lahore
  • Gulaab Devi Hospital, Lahore
  • Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • HOPE Rehabilitation Center for disabled, Lahore
  • DAWN REHABILITATION CENTER FOR DISABLED, Lahore
  • www.dawnrehabilitation.com
  • Jinnah Hospital, Lahore
  • Lady Aitchison Hospital, Lahore
  • Lady Willingdon Hospital, Lahore
  • Lahore General Hospital, Lahore
  • Mayo Hospital, Lahore
  • Nisthar Hospital, Multan
  • Psychiatric hospital, Lahore
  • Punjab Institute of Cardiology PIC, Lahore Pakistan
  • Railway Cairns Hospital, Lahore
  • Rawalpindi General Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Military Hospital Rawalpindi
  • Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi
  • Combined Military Hospital Jhelum
  • Sardar Begum Memorial Hospital Sialkot
  • Services Hospital, Lahore
  • Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore
  • Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore
  • Bahawal victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur
  • The Children's Hospital, Lahore
  • Private institutions (privately owned and operated)Note: Most private 'hospitals' are little more than small houses/shops with comparatively less furniture/equipment and a few self-employed doctors that pay fees to the owners of the property to practice there. However, During the past few years, some really sophisticated hospitals in private sector have been started in Punjab, especially its capital city of Lahore such as Doctors Hospital, Umer Hospital and Shoukat Khanum Cancer Hospital. Moreover, There are some regulations of provincial government being applied on private health care services in Punjab.
  • Jabir General Hospital, Bhikhi Sheikhupura
  • Aadil Hospital, Lahore
  • Ali General Hospital, Multan
  • Ali Hospital, Lahore
  • Alle-Hussain Trust Hospital , Lahore
  • Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Ammar Medical Complex, Lahore
  • Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital, Gujrat
  • Aziz Medical Complex, Sialkot
  • Al-Arsalan Clinic, Rawalpindi
  • Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur
  • Bait-Ul-Shifa Trust, Township, Lahore
  • Bakhtawar Amin Memorial Trust Hospital, Multan
  • Chattha Hospital Gujranwala
  • Doctor'S Hospital, Lahore
  • Doctor'S Hospital, Gujrat
  • Faisal Hospital,Multan
  • Family Hospital, Lahore
  • Fatima Medical Centre, Multan
  • Fatima Memorial, Lahore
  • Fauji Foundation Hospital, Lahore
  • Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Fauji Foundation Hospital, Jhelum
  • Fazal Hospital, Jhelum
  • Geo Hospital, Lahore
  • Gujrat Hospital, Gujrat
  • Gulberg Hospital, Lahore
  • Hameed Latif Hospital, Lahore
  • Healers Centre, Rawalpindi
  • Heart And City Scan Hospital, Lahore
  • Hearts International Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Hussain Memorial Hospital, Lahore
  • Ihsan Mumtaz Hospital, Lahore
  • Idrees Hosipital,Sialkot
  • Iqraa Medical Complex, Lahore
  • Irshad Begum Chattha Hospital, Wazirabad
  • Ittefaq Hospital (Trust), Lahore
  • Jaanki Devi Hospital, Lahore
  • Khan Surgecal Center, Ali Pur Road, Muzaffar Garh
  • Kalim Medical Centre and Lahore Diabetes Centre, Lahore
  • Life Medical Complex (Dr. Hafeez-Ur-Rehman), Gujrat
  • Malik Haider Hospital, Lady Dr. Salvi Malik, Gujrat
  • Malik Surgical Hospital, Lahore
  • Margalla Welfare Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Maryam Memorial Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Masood Children'S Clinic, Lahore
  • Masood Hospital,Gardentown, Lahore
  • Medicare Hospital, Multan
  • Mekki Hospital, Faisalabad
  • Memorial Christian Hospital, Paris Road, Sialkot
  • Mian Muhammad Trust Hospital, Faisalabad
  • Muazzam Shaheed Welfare Hospital, Jhelum
  • Mubarik Nursing Home, Rawalpindi
  • Mumtaz Bakhtawar Memorial Trust Hospital, Lahore
  • Nanotech Neurology Psychiatry and Joint Pain Center, Lahore
  • National Hospital, Faisalabad
  • National Hospital and Medical Centre, Lahore
  • Rasheed Hospital, Lahore
  • Razzaq Hospital, Lahore
  • Redo Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Saahil Hospital, Faisalabad
  • Sadiq Hospital, Sargodha
  • Salamat Hospital, Gujranwala
  • Shalimar Hospital, Lahore
  • Sharif Meidcal City Hospital, Lahore
  • Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Lahore
  • Sialkot Medical Complex Sialkot
  • South Asia Institute for Human Sexuality, Rawalpindi
  • Sughra Hospital,Jhelum
  • Suhail Eye Hospital, Lahore
  • Surgimed Hospital, Zafar Ali Road, Lahore
  • Times Hospital, Lahore
  • Turab Hospital Complex, Township, Lahore
  • Umer Hospital, Wah
  • United Christian Hospital, Lahore
  • Valley Clinic, Rawalpindi
  • Wapda Hosital, Lahore
  • Zeenat Clinical Labs, Lahore, Lahore
  • Punjab Hospital, Sialkot
  • Noor Hospital Dr Rizwan Khalid, Lahore
Sindh
  • Public institutions
  • Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi
  • Civil Hospital, Karachi
  • Civil Hospital, Sukkur
  • Civil Hospital - Burns Centre, Karachi
  • Habib Medical Centre, Karachi
  • Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi
  • Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases, Karachi
  • Kunri Christian Hospital, Umarkot
  • Lady Dufferin Hospital, Karachi
  • Leprosy Hospital, Karachi
  • Liaqat University of Health Sciences, Hyderabad
  • Lyari General Hospital, Karachi
  • National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi
  • National Institute of Child Health, Karachi
  • PNS Shifa, Karachi
  • Police Hospital, Karachi
  • Sindh Government Qatar Hospital, Karachi
  • Sindh Government Hospital New Karachi, Karachi
  • Sindh Institute of Skin Diseases, Karachi
  • Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi
  • Sindh Institute of Skin Diseases, Karachi
  • Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Institute of Psychiatry, Hyderabad
  • Sobhraj Maternity Home, Karachi
  • Spencer Eye Hospital, Karachi
  • Private institutions
  • ABM Hospital, Hyderabad
  • Aga Khan Hospital, Hyderabad
  • Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
  • Baqai Hospital,Karachi
  • Bismillah Taqee Institute of Health Sciences & Blood Diseases Centre, Karachi
  • Bantwa Memon Hospital, Karachi
  • Burhani Hospital, Karachi
  • Children Cancer Hospital, Karachi
  • CityCare Hospital, Hyderabad
  • Dar-ul-Sehat Hospital, (Liaquat Medical & Dental College) Karachi
  • Hamdard University Hospital, Karachi
  • Health Care Hospital, Karachi
  • Hilal-e-Ahmar Hospital, Hyderabad
  • Holy Family Hospital, Karachi
  • Al-Ibrahim Eye Hospital, Karachi
  • Ibne-Sina (Avicenna) Hospital, Karachi
  • Imam Clinic and General Hospital, Karachi
  • Indus Hospital, Karachi,
  • Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad
  • Ibrahim hospital Sargodha, Pakistan
  • Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Karachi
  • Karachi Adventist Hospital, Karachi,
  • Kharadar General Hospital, Karachi
  • Kidney Centre Post Graduate Training Institute, Karachi
  • Kiran Hospital for Nuclear Medicine, Karachi
  • Kutiana Memon Hospital, Karachi
  • Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust Eye Hospital, (LRBT) Karachi
  • Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi
  • Majee Hospital, Hyderabad
  • Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre (MALC), Karachi
  • Al-Mehrab Tibbi Imdad, Karachi
  • Masoomeen Hospital, Karachi
  • MidEast Hospital, Karachi
  • MediConnect, Karachi
  • Murshid Hospital and Health Care Center, Karachi
  • National Medical Centre, Karachi
  • OMI Hospital, Karachi
  • Patel Hospital, Karachi
  • Saifee Hospital (Karachi), Karachi
  • Shilokh Mission Hospital, Jalapur Jattan, Gujrat
  • South City Hospital, Karachi
  • Tabba Heart Institute, Karachi
  • Usman Memorial Hospital, Karachi
  • Wapda Hospital, Hyderabad
  • Zainab Punjwani Memorial Hospital, Karachi
  • Zubeda Khaliq Memorial Free Hospital, Skardu
  • Dr Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi
  • Waqas Hospitall, [Karachi]

Educational Intitutes in Quetta

  • Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences
  • Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences, Quetta (Takatoo Campus)
  • Bolan Medical College
  • Command and Staff College
  • Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University
  • Tameer-e-Nau Public College, Quetta
  • University of Balochistan

Educational Intitutes in Peshawar

  • City University of Science and Information Technology
  • Institute of Computer and Management Sciences (ICMS)
  • University of Peshawar
  • NWFP Agricultural University
  • Institute of Management Studies
  • University of Engineering and Technology (NWFP)
  • NU-FAST Peshawar Campus
  • Iqra University (Peshawar Campus)
  • Cecos University
  • Gandhara University
  • City University of Science & Technology
  • Abaysen University.
  • Preston University of Science and Technology
  • Sarhad University of Science and Technology
  • Northern University Nowshera
  • Qurtabah University of Science and Technology
  • Virtual University of Pakistan

Educational Institutes in Multan

  • Bahauddin Zakariya University
  • Nishtar Institute of Dentistry
  • Nishter Medical College
  • Punjab College of Information Technology
Public sector
  • Chenab college of commerce, Dera Adda, Multan. (An Approved VU Campus)PH: 061-4030400.
  • NUML National University of Modern Language Multan Campus
  • NFC Institute Of Engineering & Technological Training Multan
  • Bahauddin Zakariya University (formerly Multan University)
  • Government College Multan
  • Government College for Science
  • Allama Iqbal college of commerce
  • Allama Iqbal technology college
  • Punjab College
  • Punjab College for Women
  • Government Degree College for Women
  • Walait Hussain College
  • Alamdar College
  • Govt Muslim High School Multan
  • Govt Comprehensive School Multan
  • govt.Pilot Scondary school multan
Public Sector
  • Government Post Graduate College of commerce, Qasim Pur Colony Multan
  • University of Southern Punjab
  • Nishat College of science for Boys & Girls
  • Horizon ST. Joseph School System
  • SKANS
  • Allama Iqbal College of Commerce
  • Allama Iqbal Technology College
  • Punjab College of Information Technology
  • Punjab College of Commerce
  • Punjab College for Women
  • Leadership College
  • Superior College
  • Educators College
  • Central College
  • pilot secondary school multan
  • Education Zone Near Joiya Petrol Pump Khanewal Road.
  • muslim public higher secondry school peoples colony mumtazabad multan

Educational Intitutes in Lahore

  • AIMS Science College
  • Aitchison College
  • Muhammad Ajmal
  • Beaconhouse National University
  • Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing
  • Centre for High Energy Physics (University Of the Punjab)
  • COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
  • Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
  • Forman Christian College
  • Government College University
  • Hailey College of Commerce
  • Hajvery University, Lahore
  • Institute of Management Sciences, Lahore
  • Jinnah Hospital, Lahore
  • King Edward Medical University
  • Kinnaird College
  • Lahore College for Women University
  • Lahore School of Economics
  • Lahore University of Management Sciences
  • Minhaj International University
  • National College of Arts
  • National Outreach Programme (LUMS)
  • National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
  • Oriental College, Lahore
  • Pakistan School of Fashion Design
  • Political Science Society
  • Punjab Institute of Computer Science
  • Punjab College of Business Administration
  • University College Lahore
  • University College of Information Technology
  • University of Central Punjab
  • University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
  • University of Lahore
  • University of the Punjab
  • University of Education
  • University of Health Sciences, Lahore
  • University of Management and Technology (Pakistan)
  • University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Educational Institutes in Karachi

Public sector
  • Bahria University Karachi Campus
  • Dawood College of Engineering and Technology
  • Dow University of Health Sciences
  • Federal Urdu University
  • Institute of Business Administration
  • NED University of Engineering & Technology (Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw University)
  • Pakistan Naval Academy
  • University of Karachi
  • Virtual University of Pakistan
Private sector
  • Aga Khan University
  • Baqai Medical University(www.baqai.edu.pk)
  • Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education
  • DHA Suffa University
  • FAST-National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
  • Fatima Jinnah Dental College
  • Greenwich University
  • Hamdard University
  • Indus Institute of Higher Education
  • Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture
  • Institute of Business & Technology BIZTEK, Korangi Creek & Shahrah-e-Faisal.
  • Institute of Business Management
  • Iqra University
  • Jinnah University for Women
  • Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
  • Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Institute of Technology (KASB)
  • Meharban Jogari University
  • Mid asia Institute of Science & Technology
  • Mohammad Ali Jinnah University
  • Nazeer Hussain University
  • Newports Institute of Communications and Economics , P.E.C.H.S. & Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
  • Pakistan Navy Engineering College, a constituent college of the National University of ciences and Technology
  • Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST)
  • Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
  • Textile Institute of Pakistan
  • Ziauddin Medical University
Other institutions
  • Sir Syed University of Engineering and Tecnology (Gulshan-e-Iqbal)
  • Al-Khair University (Karachi Campus)
  • Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC)
  • Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology
  • College of Accounting and Management Sciences (CAMS)
  • College of Business Management (CBM)
  • College Of Digital Sciences (CDS)
  • College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan
  • COMMECS Institute of Business and Emerging Sciences, Block-13, Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
  • COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
  • Griffith college Dublin Ireland, Karachi
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)
  • Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP)
  • Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering (PCSIR)
  • Institute of Textile Technology and Management Foundation, Near S.I.T.E. Stadium, S.I.T.E..
  • Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
  • Karachi Institute of Information Technology
  • Karachi University Business School
  • Karachi School of Art
  • KASBIT
  • National Institute of Public Administration (Karachi)
  • National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (Karachi Campus)
  • PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
  • Pakistan Institute of Management
  • Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants , PIA Society, Block-9, Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
  • Pakistan Marine Academy
  • Plastics Technology Centre - Pakistan
  • Synthetic Fibre Development & Application Centre
  • Usman Institute of Technology, Abul-Hasan Isphahani Road, Gulshan Town.

Educational Intitutes in Islamabad

  • Air University (Pakistan)
  • Al-Huda University
  • Allama Iqbal Open University
  • Bahria University
  • Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering
  • COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
  • Federal Urdu University
  • Foundation University Institute of Management & Computer Sciences (FUIMCS)
  • Foundation University, Islamabad
  • Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts
  • International Islamic University, Islamabad
  • Islamabad Model College
  • Mohammad Ali Jinnah University
  • National University of Modern Languages
  • National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
  • Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Punjab College of Commerce
  • Quaid-i-Azam University
  • Riphah International University
  • Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
  • Shifa College of Medicine

Educational Institutes in Faisalabad

  • G C University Faisalabad
  • Government College of Technology, Faisalabad
  • Institute of Engineering & Fertilizer Research
  • National Textile University
  • Punjab Medical College
  • Salafi University
  • University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
  • University of Faisalabad