Tuesday, December 19, 2006

PSEB Official Press Release

Update on Cogilent Solution Crisis

Issue No: 5/12 December 2006

Dear Colleagues,

Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), is working hard for the release of Mr. Faisal Chohan, CEO Cogilent Solutions, an Islamabad based company located at ETP Complex. He was wrongly arrested on the suspicion that his company was involved in illegal use of VoIP on commercial basis. Cogilent Solutions has been popular in industry for its leading HR portal of Pakistan with the name of BrightSpyre.

PSEB officials attended the Session Court hearing on Monday, 18th December 2006, along with a few industry representatives. Although, documents supporting the bail of Mr. Faisal Khan were provided to the court by FIA and PTA, bail of the CEO has not been accepted on technical grounds as per the Cogilent lawyer.
Now a bail application will be filed on Saturday 23rd December 2006 in Session Court and we hope and expect that Mr. Faisal will be released soon after.

PSEB officials also visited Mr. Chohan at Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi and his family in Islamabad. They assured their continued support on behalf of Ministry of Information Technology. PSEB seeks a high level inquiry into the circumstances leading to the arrest, in order to ensure that the rights of IT industry are protected and such an incident is not repeated again.

Best Regards,
Aon Rana
Director International Marketing
Pakistan Software Export Board
2nd Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex,
F-5, Agha Khan Road, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tele: +92-51-9211124
Fax: +92-51-9204075
URL: www.pseb.org.pk

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