Cheetay Logistics claims to have raised $7.8m from US investors

Cheetay Logistics (Pvt) Ltd has claimed to have raised $7.8 million in a Series A round from US-based investors. "After securing the amount,...

How Sehat Kahani came out the other side of the funding crunch

In the world of Pakistan’s telehealth space where models are not yet working, Sehat Kahani pushed a story that helped them keep the startup funded and running. What exactly did they do?

SECP, Sindh ink MoU for starting online business registration portal

Murad Ali Shah said the process of automation of all procedures for starting a business via Sindh Business Registration Portal was at its concluding stages

Biggest international home textile exhibition to be held in Frankfurt

KARACHI: Heimtextil, the world biggest textile exhibition for home and contract textiles, will be held from 8 to 11 January 2019 in Frankfurt...

Business community can enable Pakistan to become an economic giant: Mayor Lahore

LAHORE: Mayor Lahore Col (R) Mubashir Javed said on Tuesday that the business community has the ability to turn Pakistan into an economic...

GDPR sets the benchmark for data protection – What can Pakistan learn?

Over the last couple of weeks, you may have received emails from organisations such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TripAdvisor, Medium, Booking.com,...

An economic imperative: Adding women to Pakistan’s workforce in substantive numbers

Working longer hours than the usual nine-to-five, her day starting at 9 am but extended up to 7 pm a little more...

Gwadar Expo 2018 to be held on January 29-30

ISLAMABAD: China Overseas Ports Holding Company (COPHC) and Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) are jointly organising the first ever international exhibition in Gwadar...

Marham wins audience choice award at Google Demo Day

Marham, a Pakistani healthcare startup, has won the audience choice award at the Google Demo Day Asia held in Shanghai on Sunday. The...

Third time lucky

After getting a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Fast University, Khurram Samad decided to use his skills and the best technology available...

Pakistan has high production costs due to expensive energy: Ishrat Hussain

ISLAMABAD: Former Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr Ishrat Hussain said on Thursday that Pakistan has a very high cost of production particularly due...

Data Security – issue of morality, business ethics, or inept governance?

In the murky world of numbers and big data, Pakistan, must not lag behind.

Profit: The year that was

The great land theft By Farooq Tirmizi If there is a single place that can be thought of as the foremost cathedral to free-market...

Tech competition to offer $15,000 cash prize, investment opportunities to women-led startups

LAHORE: She Loves Tech, a women-centric global technology startup competition, is coming to Pakistan for the fourth time, offering women-led startups a...

Careem co-founder shares five secrets to success with KSBL students

KARACHI: "The perceived risk is a lot greater than the actual risk," said Careem co-founder Mudassir Sheikha in a session held at Karachi School of...