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Pakistan to roll out ‘Prime Minister’s Cloud Program for Startups’

Published 23 Dec, 2025 12:31pm

Applications to join program as an expert open until December 31, 2025

K-Electric turns to startups to help solve Pakistan’s energy woes—will it work?

Updated 03 Apr, 2025 11:38pm

In the world of big businesses, innovation often takes a backseat. Large corporations, with their rigid hierarchies...

PodVare generates Rs35m revenue in first year

Published 30 Jan, 2025 07:25am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Startup PodVare - soundproof meeting pods and workstation provider based out of Karachi - has...

COLABS announces raising $2mn in pre-Series A funding

Published 24 Oct, 2024 09:00am

Pakistan’s workplace platform COLABS announced on Thursday that it has raised $2 million in a pre-Series A round led...

Pakistani venture Sarmayacar says Green Climate Fund pledges $15 million

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:00pm

KARACHI: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has committed $15 million to Pakistani venture capital firm Sarmayacar, the...

Pakistan’s Abhi secures $15mn in credit financing to expand financial inclusion in UAE

Updated 16 Oct, 2024 06:56pm

DUBAI: Pakistan’s fintech Abhi has secured $15 million in credit financing led by Shorooq Partners and Amplify...

Gitex Global 2024 begins as Dubai highlights push to diversify economy

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 01:46pm

DUBAI: The 44th edition of GITEX GLOBAL 2024 — one of the world’s largest technology and startup events — commenced...

PostEx announces $7.3mn pre-series A funding for expansion in Pakistan, GCC

Updated 20 Aug, 2024 10:51pm

PostEx, a prominent player in Pakistan’s financial technology sector, announced on Tuesday the completion of a $7.3...

NetSol Technologies, IGNITE to establish startup incubation center in Lahore

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 10:24pm

NetSol Technologies has signed a contract with IGNITE - National Technology Fund, a company under the Ministry of IT...

Pakistan’s healthcare sector struggling with R&D deficiencies, medicine shortages

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 09:53am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s healthcare sector is facing severe challenges due to a lack of research and development...

Electric motorcycles: Zyp Technologies announces $1.5mn Series Pre-A funding

Updated 23 Jul, 2024 02:18pm

Zyp Technologies, which operates in the energy and electric motorcycle assembly space, announced on Tuesday that it...

Pakistani, Chinese cos reach preliminary agreement to introduce solar e-bikes

Updated 15 Jul, 2024 09:22am

ISLAMABAD: Chinese and Pakistani companies have reached a preliminary cooperation agreement to introduce...

Dubai’s AI blueprint can be ‘roadmap for wider region’

Updated 16 May, 2024 07:05am

Dubai has recently unveiled a strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI), an annual initiative aimed at leveraging...

‘Startup and Entrepreneurial Boot Camp’ organised

Published 26 Feb, 2024 05:07am

PESHAWAR: KUBIC, the business incubation center of KMU, collaborated with 3Majors Pvt Ltd organised a dynamic...

Pakistan Startup Fund launched

Updated 10 Jan, 2024 08:59am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday launched the first-ever “Pakistan Startup Fund” (PSF) aimed at catalyzing venture...

CodeNinja secures $1.6mn investment led by sAi Venture Capital

Updated 05 Dec, 2023 10:10pm

LAHORE: CodeNinja, a technology solutions provider, has secured an investment of $1.6 million led by sAi Venture...

Too big to ignore: this partner at Dubai-based VC firm has a ‘long-term view’ on markets like Pakistan

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 10:28am

Sacha Haider, who sees 5-10 pitchdecks a week from different markets, believes UAE and Dubai’s B2G model is perfectly viable for Pakistan as well

Startup founders: why this Pakistani couple moved to Dubai after setting up Metric

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 10:23am

Meenah Tariq and Omar Parvez Khan set up Metric in 2022 - an app that simplifies accounting and finance for...

Pakistan Startup Fund: DCO will help expand investor network: Minister

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

ISLAMABAD: The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) will help expand the investor network for the upcoming ...

Pakistani ecommerce logistics startup Rider looking to acquire BlueEx

Updated 05 Oct, 2023 04:17pm

KARACHI: Pakistani ecommerce logistics startup Rider, backed by YCombinator, is looking into acquiring BlueEx, the...

Sehrish Raza wins ‘She Loves Tech Pakistan 2023’ competition

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am

KARACHI: The leading non-profit tech startup CIRCLE, in collaboration with HBL, proudly announces the victor of the...

Startups crucial to keeping economy on investors’ radar: Paismo co-founder Rebecka Zavaleta

Published 21 Sep, 2023 06:50am

KARACHI: Startups across the world may be struggling, but in Pakistan’s case, there is an added trouble – its...

With aim to enable electric motorcycles in Pakistan, Zyp Technologies announces $1.2mn seed round

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 05:01pm

Startup’s assembly plant is based in Lahore where it has capacity to produce 8,000 electric motorcycles a year

'She Loves Tech' competition empowers women entrepreneurs

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:58am

LAHORE: ‘She Loves Tech’, a global startup and tech competition dedicated to empowering women entrepreneurs, was...

Looking to tackle outdated HR functions, Pakistan’s Paismo announces raising $1.3mn in seed round

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 09:42am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s HR tech startup Paismo on Tuesday announced it has raised $1.3 million in a seed round, which...

‘Asset-light’: startup Jugnu, after raising $22.5mn in 2022, scales back operations

Updated 19 Jul, 2023 07:37pm

Jugnu, which pitched itself as a B2B ecommerce startup and announced a fund-raise of $22.5 million in March 2022,...

After raising $11.5mn last year, MedznMore says it has shut operations

Updated 15 Jul, 2023 05:19pm

Co-founder says company in talks 'with a few large players who have shown interest in buying its technology and brand, Tabiyat.pk'

‘Pakistan needs to adopt global approach towards building startups’

At around mid-day on Tuesday, Bykea users received two unfortunate notifications

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 30	278.36
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 30	278.16
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 2	162.43
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 2	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 2	1.33
Euro to USD / Jul 2	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 1	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 1	7,483.23
Nasdaq / Jul 1	26,040.03
FTSE 100 / Jul 1	10,478.34
Dow Jones / Jul 1	52,305.24
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 1	25,040.28
France CAC40 / Jul 1	8,337.29
India Sensex / Jul 2	77,230.95
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 2	69,591.75
Hang Seng / Jul 2	23,031.90

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 1	17,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 1	359,770
Petrol/Litre / Jul 2	299.50
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 2	67.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 2	4,061.83
Diesel/Litre / Jul 2	311.47
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 2	77.48

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Paramount Mod / Jul 2 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	15.48 ▲ 1.41 (10.02%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jul 2 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	26.70 ▲ 2.43 (10.01%)
S.G.Power / Jul 2 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	96.97 ▲ 8.82 (10.01%)
AN Textile Mills / Jul 2 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	41.21 ▲ 3.75 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Jul 2 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	28.27 ▲ 2.57 (10%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jul 2 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	95.17 ▲ 8.65 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 2 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	162.94 ▲ 14.81 (10%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Jul 2 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	222.22 ▲ 20.2 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 2 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	45.74 ▲ 4.16 (10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 2 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	104.50 ▲ 9.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
Husein Industries / Jul 2 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55.66 ▼ -6.18 (-9.99%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 2 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	142.55 ▼ -12.19 (-7.88%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jul 2 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	10.28 ▼ -0.83 (-7.47%)
Shahtaj Textile / Jul 2 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	138.10 ▼ -9.79 (-6.62%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jul 2 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	202.02 ▼ -13.9 (-6.44%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 2 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	42 ▼ -2.62 (-5.87%)
Crescent Fib. / Jul 2 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	56.50 ▼ -2.83 (-4.77%)
Next Capital / Jul 2 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	13.07 ▼ -0.6 (-4.39%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jul 2 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	7.42 ▼ -0.32 (-4.13%)
Kohat Textile / Jul 2 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	155 ▼ -6.43 (-3.98%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jul 2 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	52,155,178 ▲ 0.88
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jul 2 Blue-Ex Limited(BLUEX)	14,763,573 ▲ 0.09
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 2 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	10,955,502 ▲ 0.63
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 2 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	8,179,171 ▲ 1.85
Dewan Cement / Jul 2 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	7,219,253 ▲ 0.37
B.O.Punjab / Jul 2 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	6,767,677 ▲ 0.31
Pak Int.Bulk / Jul 2 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	6,367,620 ▲ 0.28
P.T.C.L. / Jul 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	6,243,809 ▲ 1.32
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	4,953,168 ▲ 0.04
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 2 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	4,857,517 ▲ 0.42

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