Customers report increasing incidents with fraudulent sellers on Daraz.pk
LAHORE: Incidents of customers becoming victims of frauds done by sellers on Daraz.pk have increased amid the lack of regulation pertaining to...
Alibaba’s entrance to enhance Pakistan’s digital economy
Analysts often cite the absence of PayPal as among the impediments to the growth of e-commerce in Pakistan.
Pakistani e-commerce platform PriceOye announces six-figure funding in recent round
LAHORE: E-commerce platform PriceOye on Saturday announced that it has raised six-figure funding in its ongoing pre Series-A round led by a...
Alibaba CEO rules out layoffs this year
This week reports circulated in Chinese media that e-commerce site and Alibaba rival JD.com Inc would lay off 10 percent of its senior executives. The company declined to comment directly on the cuts
E-commerce sales disappoint on occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr
As per a rough estimate, around Rs50-60 billion was spent by consumers in Karachi on Eid shopping, the city constituting 10 percent of Pakistan’s population of 207 million
SMEDA identifies 45 high potential products for exports under CPEC
LAHORE: An exploratory study conducted by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has identified 45 high-potential products to explore the...
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?
Deceitful online vendors posing grave threat to e-commerce growth in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: With the inception of modern technology in Pakistan, e-commerce has boomed in the country within a short span of time, but...
Dukan Clocks 100,000 E-Commerce Stores Created by Local Sellers on its App
Lahore - Dukan.pk, an e-commerce startup that lets anyone with a smartphone build a web store, announced today that 100,000 small businesses...
PTA actively pursuing broader targets for telecom services development
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) – dynamically engaged in changing telecom landscape of Pakistan – has tackled every new challenge with determination,...
Saudi Arabia says has ‘nothing to do’ with Bezos-AMI dispute
AMI said on Friday it's reporting on Bezos was lawful and it would investigate his claims
Brokerages predict Amazon market cap could cross $1 trillion in value
*Investors have been debating for months which of the United States’ tech sector heavyweights - Alphabet Inc, Apple Inc and Amazon - would be first to top a $1 trillion
Creating a niche from nowhere
Still smarting from the loss of what was not long ago a small shoe business, Jawed Yasin handed over, whatever was remaining...
SBP allows pilot operation of e-commerce payment gateway
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has given approval to the e-commerce payment gateway “PayFast” to start its operations.
The product is...
All you wanted to know about how to build your own Pakistani e-commerce business (but didn’t know who to ask)
A top executive at one of the leading e-commerce companies in Pakistan breaks down the contours and possible future path of the industry