Will BusCaro be the one to finally say BusCaro to burning VC funding?

Shaking off the ashes of Airlift and Swvl, BusCaro looks to have a crack at the commuting and mobility space with a twist

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...

Women participation in labour force 4.3pc, gender gap wider than before: World Bank

KARACHI: Institute of Business Management's (IoBM) Head of Economics, Shahida Wizarat, says women don’t face gender-based discrimination in effluent classes but the same...

SECP reveals 19 per cent increase in new companies registration

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) in February has registered 1,021 new companies. As compared to the corresponding month...

SECP holds sessions under ease of doing business reforms agenda

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Tuesday organized two sessions with contributors under ease of doing business reforms...

NICON Group of Colleges, ICCI to work for entrepreneurship development in youth

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of NICON Group of Colleges led by its Chairperson Aziz Fatima Naz visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

After Careem and Uber, will the next boost to Pakistan’s ride hailing market come from a women-only service?

Both Paxi and Safr want to create a safe environment for women using this mode of transportation, but it is unclear if both management teams will be able to create businesses that can scale

Closing the year with a bang: 2023 tech funding looks up

After nine long months of a funding drought, startup funding has taken a sharp turn for the better in the fourth quarter of 2023

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

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

Karandaaz Pakistan to invest Rs80 million in women-led financial tech startups

KARACHI: Karandaaz Pakistan on Friday stated it is considering investing Rs80 million in women-led financial technology entities. Its chief executive officer Ali Sarfaraz...

Amazon eyes expansion in Pakistan, eager to capture e-commerce market

Amazon officials have also ensured that every effort would be made to make the process of selling on Amazon easy for Pakistani nationals.

Cheetay mulling shut down, Dastgyr, others look towards layoffs as startups go through another purge  

Hurting macros, global dearth of risk capital lead to massive layoffs, closures in Pakistan’s startup scene. 

ICCI asks govt to provide interest free loans to youth for business startups

ICCI president said that 60 percent of our population was comprised of youth and government should create an enabling environment to engage youth in entrepreneurial activities

Help is here. But will kiryana stores take it?

A league of startups is trying to digitise small retailers. This might change retail altogether in Pakistan

Startups can now apply, participate in Google’s first Asian Demo Day

Google is bringing its Demo Day event to Asia for the first time this September and now the search giant has opened...