KASB Securities revived, plans to connect global capital with local growth companies

KARACHI: Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari (KASB) Securities Private Limited organised a Technology Investment Conference in Karachi to mark the launch of their brokerage...

Update: Bazaar denies report of raising $15m in seed round

LAHORE: B2B e-commerce marketplace Bazaar has denied an earlier story by Profit that it is currently in an active process to raise $15...

CPEC digital information channel fully connected

'On July 13, the 2,950-kilometer-long China-Pakistan optical cable from Urumqi to Rawalpindi was fully connected and tested well.' BEIJING: The 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)...

Why does Daraz have a DarazMall?

Better quality control might be what is stopping ecommerce from really taking off in Pakistan

Digitalisation to help achieve economic growth target of 6 pc this year: Sindh governor

KARACHI: Pakistan has done a massive job at deploying digital technology which significantly supports the acceleration of economic growth to the set...

Amazon contemplating entering financial sector with a checking-account like product

NEW YORK: Amazon.com Inc, the world’s largest online retailer, is in talks to create a checking-account-like product with big banks such as...
Tajir

Lahore-based B2B marketplace gets Y Combinator’s backing

Tajir, a Lahore-based B2B marketplace for mom and pop stores, has finally made it to Y Combinator to capture local market. The new...

Karachi vs Lahore: Where is Pakistan’s Silicon Gali?

Pakistan’s startup culture and ecosystem is still nascent, but which metropolitan area has a head start?

Alibaba in talks with Rocket Internet to acquire Daraz: Report

LAHORE: Alibaba, amongst the world’s leading e-commerce players is contemplating to purchase Rocket Internet’s online retail unit Daraz in Pakistan. According to a...

Tania Aidrus’s big bet on creating a Digital Pakistan

It started, as things often do in Pakistan, with a WhatsApp forward. On Thursday, December 5, a group of Pakistanis living in...

Could private labelling work inside an app?

From a grocery delivery startup to an FMCG manufacturer: what is Krave Mart up to?

A bridge between restaurants and patrons

‘’With the app, it takes just 30 to 40 seconds to place an order,’’ said Nauman Sikandar Mirza, CEO EatOye and Foodpanda,...

Arif Habib invests in eCommerce startup InstaMall

LAHORE: InstaMall, an eCommerce marketplace, has successfully managed to secure pre-seed investment from Pakistani business magnate and Arif Habib Group, Chairman, Arif...

Pakistan General Cosmetics Authority bill approved to regulate cosmetics industry

Global cosmetic market currently valued at $341b

Alibaba’s Jack Ma to step down in one year, Zhang to become chairman

Ma, who co-founded Alibaba in 1999, is one of China’s richest people with a net worth of $36.6 billion, according to Forbes