Amazon officially enters Pakistan with web services
SINGAPORE: Having registered a local office under the name Amazon Data Services Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd, Amazon is forming a team for Amazon...
Karachi restaurants suspend delivery through Foodpanda
KARACHI: Citing "unfair practices" as reasons, the All Pakistan Restaurant Association (APRA) has announced suspension of business with mobile food delivery marketplace...
Uber, Careem drivers making more than bankers’ average salary
Employment opportunities broaden as Uber, Careem expand footprint in Karachi
Forget long, tedious nine-to-five jobs; driving a cab is the new darling for...
Pakistan’s first ‘electric bike sharing service’ launched in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Roamer Technologies, a NIC Islamabad startup, has launched “ezBike”, Pakistan’s first electric bike sharing service powered by Jazz sims for connectivity,...
Airlift announces complete shutdown. Profit explains why
That’s all folks. After three years of operating in Pakistan, Airlift Technologies has announced a complete shutdown of its operations from tomorrow...
In its ambition to buy a bank, has Pakistan’s fintech poster-child killed itself?
In trying to make TAG the only fintech company with a full banking licence, Talal Ahmad Gondal may have made the worst mistake of his life. Profit looks at the entire TAG saga.
Fact check: Google is not suspending Play Store in Pakistan but users won’t be able to pay for apps using mobile balance
Mobile phone users would still be able to download apps from Google Play Store but would not be able to pay for...
Fact check: PayPal is not coming to Pakistan
Contrary to IT minister Umar Saif’s claims, PayPal and Payoneer are just entering into a partnership to add PayPal as a payment method on Payoneer
Ever wonder how WhatsApp makes money? Here’s how.
With a reported user base of more than 1.5 billion by February 2018, WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging applications...
Airlift pulls out of South Africa, smaller cities in Pakistan amidst global downturn
Quick commerce startup Airlift has announced closing down operations in South Africa as well as some cities in Pakistan as the global...
Amazon does not have a Pakistan presence. These Pakistani entrepreneurs are selling on it anyway
The global e-commerce giant has ignored Pakistan, but many enterprising individuals and companies have found ways to use the platform to their advantage by getting around the legal hurdles
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.
After a stellar entrepreneurial run, TRG is Zia Chishti’s swan song
The first thing you notice when you walk into Zia Chishti’s office in Washington DC is that you can see the White...
Turkish fintech unicorn Papara set to acquire SadaPay in possible $50mn deal
Papara commits to invest $10mn further to solidify SadaPay’s position as banking challenger
Rabeel Warraich’s $30 million bet on Pakistani entrepreneurship
How a 33-year-old middle-class Pindi boy became the first professional venture capitalist in Pakistani history