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Reading NADRA's CNIC, NICOP & POC Barcodes

NADRA's CNIC (Computerized National Identity Card), NICOP (National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis) and POC (Pakistan Origin Card) contain a 2D barcode. This 2D barcode contains a lot of information about the card bearer.

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• Receipt number (Parchi Number) which includes timestamp of your visit to NADRA's office
• CNIC Number
• Family Number (Khandan Number)
• Date of Birth

After this there is some gibberish which I was able to decode easily. This encoded information contains following information in Urdu:

• Full Name
• Father's Name
• Full Address with District and Tehsil information

I did this decoding only for research/educational purposes. I am not sure if its legal or not, so I am not publishing decoding details here.

What is the utility?

• Healthcare: Patient comes with his CNIC, receptionist scans the card and all history/lab reports are available immediately.
• Security: We normally see a guard at the entrance of corporate offices or some residential areas sitting with a register in his hand, writing down name/address of all visitors. We can reduce the time and effort of this whole process.
• Anywhere else, where user's information is entered manually.

Update: Removed the barcode standard name.

Most Popular Pakistani Facebook Pages

Note:

1. This list is not 100% accurate. I might have missed some pages.
2. Fan Count changes very frequently. So this list is sorted according to the data available today (24th April, 2012)

Here goes the list:

Where are Pakistani Government websites hosted

Today I did an analysis of more than 1000 Government websites (.g**.pk). Sadly more than 70% of websites are hosted out of Pakistan.

Most of the resellers in Pakistan have their servers abroad and they host sensitive government data there. I noticed a reseller is hosting government websites including one website of a security agency on a server hosted by a US based Indian company. In my opinion all Pakistani government websites or atleast governemnt websites containing sensitive data should be hosted within the boundries of Pakistan.

Here are a few top countries hosting Pakistani Government websites:

• United States (442 websites)
• Pakistan (202 websites)
• Canada (28 websites)
• Singapore (17 websites)
• United Kingdom (12 websites)
• China (6 websites)
• Germany (4 websites)
• Eurpean Union (3 websites)

Some of the top companies hosting Government websites are:
(Note: These are the end host companies, so this list does not include resellers)

• SoftLayer, Inc. (88 websites)
• Hosting Services (52 websites)
• ThePlanet.com (38 websites)
• Server4Sale LLC (36 websites)
• PTCL (34 websites)
• Netriplex LLC (23 websites)
• Go Daddy (22 websites)
• SQUARE BROTHERS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (16 websites)
• Dedicated Services (15 websites)
• Fiberlink (15 websites)
• COMSATS (Commission on Science and Technology (14 websites)
• HostGator (14 websites)
• National Telecom Corporation (13 websites)
• Micronet Broadband (Pvt) Ltd. (11 websites)
• iWeb (10 websites)
• Brain Telecommunication Ltd. (10 websites)
• SingleHop (10 websites)
• Hosting Made Easy (10 websites)

Update: Server4Sale is officially hosting websites on behalf of NTC (http://www.server4sale.com.pk/case-studies-ntc.php)

How Pakistanis name their servers

Today I found some very interesting server names in the glue records of .pk domains. Some are really funny names like bonga, ghori, heer, mishi (server must be dedicated to mishi khan :-P) etc. Most of the server names are related to the planets and space. It seems that the sysadmins love to keep their servers above ground (arsh, chand, dragon, hawk, jannat and even rooftop :P).

Here is a list of all interesting server names:

• arsh (عرش)
• apna (اپنا)
• best
• bonga (بونگا)
• bronze
• chand (چاند)
• calipso
• columbia
• comit
• copper
• dani
• deus
• dinar (دینار)
• dirham (درہم)
• dolphin
• dragon
• duster
• eagle
• edison
• geek
• genius
• ghori (گھوڑی)
• gold
• hawk
• heer (ھیر)
• hubble
• iapetus
• iqbal (اقبال)
• jannat (جنت)
• jinnah (جناح)
• kashmir (کشمیر)
• lahori (لاہوری)
• maximus
• mishi (مشی)
• nelofer (نیلوفر)
• newton
• pathfinder
• pluto
• puma
• ravi (راوی)
• rooftop
• shaheen (شاہین)
• silver
• sirsyed
• sooraj (سورج)
• spine
• sun
• tabuk (تبوک)
• tipu (ٹیپو)
• titan
• turbo
• uqab (عقاب)
• venus
• zeus

Content Management Systems used in .PK websites

Now its time to see what software Pakistanis are using to build their websites.

NOTE: All results are autogenerated. Please feel free to report if you find any error.

Wordpress (737 Sites):
nextbridge.pk, bloodline.pk, readersclub.com.pk, rotary.org.pk, atifaslam.com.pk, brasstacks.pk, hakim-said.com.pk, tribune.com.pk, mobilerates.pk, gcuf.edu.pk, hfl.org.pk, rewaj.pk, witribe.pk, kinnaird.edu.pk, global.edu.pk, pasha.org.pk, iqra.edu.pk, ublfunds.com.pk, telecom.pk, bisegrw.edu.pk, xnews.pk, kims.edu.pk, pepper.pk, entrepreneurs.pk, teabreak.pk, propakistani.pk, lakson.com.pk, iiu.edu.pk, fwbl.com.pk, defence.pk

Joomla (539 sites)
pern.edu.pk, app.com.pk, anp.org.pk, bahriatown.com.pk, nha.gov.pk, ptb.gov.pk, ajk.gov.pk, fwo.com.pk, dmc.gov.pk, iraffles.pk, ahlehadith.com.pk, shaukatkhanum.org.pk, sharif.edu.pk, abbottabadpolice.gov.pk, pakboi.gov.pk, phc.gov.pk, cc.gov.pk, malloflahore.pk, bnu.edu.pk

Drupal (80 Sites)
banuri.edu.pk, sitara.com.pk, kmu.edu.pk, takebackthetech.pk, ppl.com.pk, djuice.com.pk, punjabpolice.gov.pk, daanishschools.edu.pk, pitb.gov.pk, agpunjab.gov.pk, denizen.pk, ffc.com.pk

VirtueMart (46 Sites)
olivia.com.pk, alaqsa.com.pk, myphone.pk, kitchenjewellery.com.pk, hazari.com.pk, laptoplounge.com.pk, hussainenterprises.com.pk, sarwarelectronics.com.pk, yahoocomputer.com.pk, iraffles.pk

Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 (36 Sites):
un.org.pk, unido.org.pk, lcmd.edu.pk, hec.gov.pk

OpenCart (31 Sites)
megamall.com.pk, mediashop.com.pk, niqab.com.pk, itshop.net.pk, fdishop.pk, e-shop.com.pk, etail.com.pk, libasam.com.pk, xtreme.com.pk, pcss.com.pk, healthylife.pk, movie.com.pk,

BigCommerce (30 Sites)
apollo-sports.com.pk, cricketballs.pk, homeshopping.pk, dvdshop.pk, eidqurbani.com.pk, microtech.net.pk, eidqurbani.com.pk

Magento (30 Sites)
myshop.com.pk, theshop.pk, myshirt.com.pk, grababag.pk, royalwatches.pk, borjan.com.pk

DotNetNuke (18 Sites)
riphah.edu.pk, kcci.com.pk, gloriajeans.pk

VBulletin (15 Sites)
pakforums.pk, defence.pk, cssforum.com.pk, sindhagrinfo.gov.pk

Zen Cart (12 Sites)
mariab.pk, gemstone.pk, gtp.com.pk

OSCommerce (11 Sites)
mybookshop.com.pk, gardendecore.pk

phpBB (5 Sites)
biomedical.pk

phpFox (3 sites)
shared.pk, stop.pk

X-Cart (3 Sites)
themall.pk

Javascript/CSS used by .PK websites

Server/Technology analysis of .PK websites

After analyzing Google Page Rank and Alexa Rank of .PK websites, now its time to see what technologies Pakistanis are using to power their websites.

Now the interest part of the analysis:

• ASP.NET is the most famous technology among .PK websites. 6004 .PK websites were detected using ASP.NET.
• 5866 are using PHP.
• 381 were on J2EE.
• 45 .PK sites were developed on Ruby on Rails. (don't be amazed, most of them .PK version of international domains. Only a few Pakistani .PK websites are pdmkhi.pk, ncbae.edu.pk, amazingdeals.pk)
• 23 .PK websites use Adobe ColdFusion
• 17 were built using CodeIgniter (e.g. greenvalley.pk, visitpakistan.com.pk, taanabaana.com.pk, ustaad.com.pk, laysflavourcup.pk, tossdown.pk)
• 8 were build using CakePHP (e.g. businesslist.pk, mcdonalds.com.pk)

I am working on detecting Open Source Softwares being used by these websites. I will share the results in my next post.

Top 35 .PK websites by alexa ranking

High Page Rank (PR) .PK websites

Page Rank 8:

dawn.com.pk
hec.gov.pk
lockheedmartin.com.pk
lockheedmartin.pk
rozee.pk
unfpa.org.pk

Page Rank 7:

aoa.org.pk
bombardier.pk
bosch.com.pk
chabee.pk
cmpunjab.gov.pk
emc2.com.pk
gcu.edu.pk
google.com.pk
google.pk
hyatt.com.pk
ipo.gov.pk
kpmg.com.pk
livescore.pk
lums.edu.pk
moka.gov.pk
most.gov.pk
nabp.com.pk
nation.com.pk
nlp.gov.pk
nust.edu.pk
pakistan.gov.pk
pu.edu.pk
register.pk
register.web.pk
sbp.gov.pk
sbp.org.pk
statistics.gov.pk
syngenta.pk
thyssen-krupp.pk
thyssenkrupp.pk
wdc.com.pk
zte.com.pk

Page Rank 6:

acca.pk
agfa.com.pk
agfa.pk
agp.gov.pk
aiou.edu.pk
airfrance.pk
aku.edu.pk
app.com.pk
azembassy.com.pk
bastee.pk
beautyoftheweb.pk
benq.pk
bramerz.pk
britishcouncil.com.pk
britishcouncil.org.pk
britishcouncil.pk
buitms.edu.pk
bzu.edu.pk
caapakistan.com.pk
cbm.edu.pk
cbr.gov.pk
ciit-atd.edu.pk
ciit-isb.edu.pk
ciit.edu.pk
ciitsahiwal.edu.pk
ciitvehari.edu.pk
clariant.com.pk
commerce.gov.pk
comsats.edu.pk
comsats.org.pk
countrygateway.com.pk
countrygateway.org.pk
csku.edu.pk
debeers.com.pk
deutsche-bank.pk
deutschebank.pk
digitallibrary.edu.pk
djuice.com.pk
djuice.pk
e-government.gov.pk
eaton.pk
ecp.gov.pk
educationuk.org.pk
europcar.pk
fancyfeast.pk
fbr.gov.pk
finance.gov.pk
fjwu.edu.pk
fpsc.gov.pk
friskies.pk
gsk.com.pk
gsp.gov.pk
hamdard.edu.pk
health.gov.pk
iba.edu.pk
ibm.com.pk
ictrdf.org.pk
iiu.edu.pk
ilo.org.pk
infopak.gov.pk
iqraisb.edu.pk
iub.edu.pk
jang.com.pk
jang.pk
janggroup.pk
kenya-airways.com.pk
khabrain.pk
khan.pk
khyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk
kohler.com.pk
kse.com.pk
kse.net.pk
lahoreschoolofeconomics.edu.pk
lhc.gov.pk
libero.com.pk
libresse.com.pk
libresse.pk
ljcp.gov.pk
lundbeck.com.pk
lundbeck.pk
max.com.pk
mecglobal.pk
merlin.org.pk
minorities.gov.pk
moe.gov.pk
moenv.gov.pk
mofa.gov.pk
moit.gov.pk
moitt.gov.pk
mpnr.gov.pk
muet.edu.pk
na.gov.pk
nadeemmalik.pk
nadra.gov.pk
naksha.pk
nana.pk
nawaiwaqt.com.pk
nbp.com.pk
ncuk.edu.pk
neduet.edu.pk
nokia.pk
norway.org.pk
nu.edu.pk
nucss.edu.pk
nwfp.gov.pk
pakboi.gov.pk
pakmet.com.pk
pakpost.gov.pk
parc.gov.pk
pbc.gov.pk
pec.org.pk
pemra.gov.pk
pern.edu.pk
piac.com.pk
pide.org.pk
pjms.com.pk
pmn.org.pk
ppp.org.pk
president.gov.pk
presidentofpakistan.gov.pk
privatisation.gov.pk
proplan.pk
pseb.gov.pk
pseb.org.pk
psf.gov.pk
pta.gov.pk
ptcl.com.pk
ptv.com.pk
pulibrary.edu.pk
purina.pk
qau.edu.pk
radio.gov.pk
sandoz.com.pk
sau.edu.pk
secp.gov.pk
senate.gov.pk
serena.com.pk
shimano.com.pk
siemens.com.pk
smeda.org.pk
spider.net.pk
ssuet.edu.pk
statpak.gov.pk
suparco.gov.pk
supremecourt.gov.pk
szabist.edu.pk
szabist.pk
telenor.com.pk
telenor.pk
tempo.com.pk
tempo.pk
tena.pk
thefrontierpost.com.pk
thenews.com.pk
tomra.com.pk
tomra.pk
tork.com.pk
tourism.gov.pk
tribune.com.pk
uaf.edu.pk
uet.edu.pk
un.org.pk
undp.org.pk
unesco.org.pk
uok.edu.pk
upesh.edu.pk
usf.org.pk
uvas.edu.pk
victorinox.com.pk
volvo.com.pk
vu.edu.pk
wapda.gov.pk
websitedesign.com.pk
windowsvista.com.pk
yalwa.com.pk

Piayala Lake, Jalkhad

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