[Air-L] PayPal.com and Ebay Inc. still denying access to PayPal services to 5111 Pakistanis!

[Fouad Bajwa]

We have experienced that PayPal.com services can help Pakistani Youth
and Women to engage in the global knowledge economy and advance a
region like Pakistan both socially and economically!

Source Link: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/

PayPal Authorize Pakistan Now! Campaign

5111 Pakistanis have gotten together on in Facebook hosted cause at
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/266093 or simply at
http://www.causes.com/paypal_authorize_pakistan_now_campaign pledging
PayPal.com and Ebay Inc. to launch the PayPal.com payment services in
Pakistan. Many likeminded Pakistani Knowledge Workers, Freelancers and
Webmaster’s have joined the campaign extensively from all across the
country and the world.

This campaign was initiated when a considerable pressure built up
online by Pakistanis for the need of PayPal.com E-Payment services in
Pakistan, despite the Paypal.com/Ebay Inc. ignoring this region on
purpose while giving service to India and China, we launched a cause
page on Facebook titled the “PayPal Authorize Pakistan Now Campaign”.

The fact remains that Pakistan contributes massively to the global
Knowledge Economy through Information Technology as the region has
millions of knowledge workers that require PayPal

PayPal authorizes China and India; does it have a grudge against
Pakistan? Why can’t Pakistan be authorized even though we have so many
Foreign Banks? Companies and Businessmen do not outsource their work
to Pakistani Knowledge Workers because we don’t have PayPal Accounts!

Another interesting fact of this campaign is that it seeks an
explanation to why PayPal.com's global expansion includes India, China
and UAE but not the country Pakistan which is located at the heart of
this region. During various communications by members of the campaign
with PayPal.com, their reply usually is: PayPal.com's Email Reply:

"We are having a high volume of emails right now. Writer, we sincerely
appreciate your interest in becoming a PayPal member. Unfortunately,
we are not yet providing services for Pakistan. Establishing our
service in each new country or region involves complex changes due to
different regulations. We are always looking to expand our
availability; however, due to the complexities of global expansion, we
cannot provide a specific time frame. We are working hard and look
forward to expanding our services to additional countries and regions
in the future."

Despite this hypocritic statement, Ebay Inc/PayPal continues to offer
PayPal.com services including payments of goods and services as well
as funds transfer to India, China and UAE. We as Pakistani knowledge
workers must continue our campaign to convince Ebay Inc and PayPal.com
to lauch their services for Pakistani citizens that are today
connected to an international banking network and have all the
requirements for banking regulation and telecom/technology
infrastructure to support PayPal.com services in Pakistan.

Once again, I request all Pakistani knowledge workers to Write an
email with the title: "PayPal.com Authorize Pakistan Now!" to the
following email address of the Owner and CEO of Ebay.com and
PayPal.com:

jdonahoe at ebay.com
john.donahoe at ebay.com
sthompson at paypal.com

Again, if over 5111 members blog about this - spread the word – on
your blogs and websites – the more activists and lobbyist effort we
can garner! This is about us, this is for Pakistan! Help Pakistan,
Help Blog and Email out this message to PayPal.com!!!!

Facebook PayPal Authorize Pakistan Now! Campaign link to
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/266093 or simply
http://www.causes.com/paypal_authorize_pakistan_now_campaign!


--
Regards.
--------------------------
Fouad Bajwa
Advisor & Researcher
ICT4D & Internet Governance
Member Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF)
Member Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC)
My Blog: Internet's Governance
http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
Follow my Tweets:
http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa
MAG Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA