Pakistan first Google Adwords Certified Partner

An online marketing professional from Islamabad, Mudassar Saeed Khan, has become Google’s first certified advertising partner in Pakistan. Badar Khushnood, country manager of Google-Pakistan confirmed the information. This Google AdWords Certified Partner status is awarded by Google to an individual or company which has individually passed a minimum of two Google certification exams or have an employee who has passed this exam illustrating practical expertise in managing accounts. In addition to this, individual or company must have managed at least $10,000 advertising spend over 90 days period. Mudassar Saeed Khan, who works for an IT firm, told Dawn: “I am very happy to achieve this status and am looking forward to help other Pakistani individuals and companies to get them recognised in this specialised area of online marketing.”