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Inside Shark Tank Pakistan: The Producer’s Playbook Behind a Record-Breaking Deal Engine

Shark Tank Producer Usman on the two-year Sony negotiation, the casting calculus, the off-camera valuation coaching, and the production mechanics that turned a skeptical market into the site of the biggest deal in the franchise's global history.
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Building a Data-Driven Future: Highlights from “Growth Hacks for Data-Driven Decisions”

NICAT, in partnership with DEMO Pakistan (SPIN-IDG), hosted a session on data-driven decision-making, exploring how digitization, analytics, and innovation are shaping Pakistan’s economic and enterprise future.
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Telenor Velocity x Google Hackathon: Empowering Women and Startups in Pakistan

Industry leaders discuss how fintech, agritech, and edtech are enabling women’s economic empowerment in Pakistan, while startups leverage technology, partnerships, and community engagement to scale solutions.
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Exclusive Interview with DEMO Turns The Spotlight on Paklaunch Conference “Pakistani Startups The Next Big Thing”

Exclusive interview with DEMO highlighting PakLaunch’s conference “Pakistani Startups The Next Big Thing.” Founder Aly Fahd shares insights on building a global Pakistani startup community and showcasing local innovation to the world.

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Paklaunch UNConference 26.2 Heads to New York City in October

Paklaunch UNConference 26.2 is coming to New York City on October 21 and 22, 2026, bringing together a deliberately limited room of 100 founders, investors, and startup decision-makers for high-signal conversations and intentional networking.
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Plouton AI Cofounders Sarfraz Shahid Hussain and Furqan Karim Make Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026

Pakistani cofounders Sarfraz Shahid Hussain and Muhammad Furqan Karim Kidwai of Singapore-based Plouton AI have been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 list under the Finance and Venture Capital category for their agentic automation platform.
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NICAT Hosts Rapid Mentor Gala for Aerospace Startup Founders 

National Incubation Center for Aerospace Technologies hosted a Rapid Mentor Gala bringing together 12 aerospace startup founders with mentors from National University of Technology and Quaid-i-Azam University for focused sessions on idea refinement, progress review, and strategic guidance.
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NIC Karachi Startup Bioniks Joins MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Cohort 2026

Bioniks, a medtech startup from Karachi incubated at National Incubation Center Karachi Cohort 1, has been selected among 20 companies worldwide for the 2026 MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Accelerator Program after a competitive review of over 680 applications.