Paypal Pakistan - ? ? ?

Posted on February 28, 2007 | This post has 3,088 views

What is taking Paypal so long to introduce their services for Pakistan? Online Banking has started already here and there have been laws too regarding Internet and what not. We do need Paypal’s payment services since it’s reliable and affordable too. Everyone can easily use the said service.

Sending money to someone abroad or someone abroad sending money to Pakistan is always pain. I remember ordering a USB kit from a shop in China, I had no other choice but a TT and that was costly. I had to pay a fee equal to the amount I was sending… Other options for sending money to Pakistan are through Western Union and Money Gram. Never tried International Money order. UBL also offers sending money to Pakistan from abroad, they have very little presence in other countries though. There are other Private Companies working too, like Maliks Exchange but it was no use for me and yeah the “DESI” style of sending money is always there. You pay someone in Dubai, that someone calls his brother back home and gives the said amount to the person for whom it is meant.

I really am wondering what is taking Paypal so long to arrive here. We have got Online Banking now, not all banks but a few, UBL - I have personally used their netBanking and it’s “AWESOME”. They offer managing multiple Bank accounts, debit cards, transfering funds to any UBL Account holder in Pakistan - I hope they offer this for all Banks very soon, if you want to send money to someone in Pakistan who does not have a UBL Account then you can send them an eCheque, just write their name and address, set an amount and send it. The person will be sent a Cheque on their name through Courier. Plus I feel it is very secure, you will know that the moment you try to login there.

I tried to see if Paypal has registered any domains for Pakistan. I hit a few results, paypal.pk is registered by Paypal! Bad news for Paypal though, not really bad since they can WIN over the guys owning “THEIR” domain names. Yes, paypal.com.pk is registered to “Mr.Tanveer Aslam of Bahawalpur!” and paypal.net.pk is registered to “CyberCottage of Lahore”. I guess these guys were thinking of selling off their domain name to Paypal when it wanted to arrive in Pakistan? or something else perhaps. They will be either paid by Paypal or own3d by them. I am listing paypal.pk ONLY. The said domain was registered in January 2006. A year now, c’mon Paypal!!!

Domain Name:
paypal.pk

Registrant:
PayPal International Limited
eBay Admin
Dublin

Create Date:
2006-01-20

Expire Date:
2008-01-20

Agent Organization:
VeriSign, Inc.

Technical Contact:
eBay Inc.
eBay Hostmaster
San Jose, CA95125

Billing Contact:
VeriSign, Inc.
DBMS VeriSign
Mt View, CA94043

Nameservers:
sjc-dns1.ebaydns.com
smf-dns1.ebaydns.com
sjc-dns2.ebaydns.com
smf-dns2.ebaydns.com

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