Dr. Javaid Laghari led an HEC delegation alongside Citadel Pathfinder's Farhan Ahmed to review DUET's Research Product Development Unit, meeting seven incubated startups and touring its Drilling Simulation Lab.
Students from the Precision Medicine Lab visited NIC Peshawar for an outreach session exploring entrepreneurship and the support available to aspiring founders.
Episode ten of Perfect Pitch saw five startups pitch inclusion, wellness and innovation to a jury of investors, with Eco Foods winning PKR 1 million and Khas Foods Kitchen finishing as runner-up.
Episode nine of Perfect Pitch saw five startups pitch smart and innovative solutions to a jury of investors, with Class Notes winning PKR 1 million and Homism finishing as runner-up.
Allied Bank Limited has reaffirmed its support for Pakistan's technology and startup ecosystem, framing youth, technology and entrepreneurship as central to building a globally competitive Pakistan by 2047.
NIC Peshawar startups HostyAI and PQC Labs presented their ventures at Orbit Demo Day in Karachi, sharing their solutions with investors and ecosystem leaders.
Ignite's National Incubation Centers initiative has won the 1st Prize Digital Policy and Regulatory Excellence Award at the CTO Digital Excellence Awards 2026 in London.
Abdul Samad, Founder and CEO of NanoDrop, has received the Prime Minister's National Innovation Award for his work on affordable, energy-efficient water filtration using nanotechnology.
SEIC welcomed Agha Sohail, Secretary of the Science and IT Department, for a visit exploring the facility's entrepreneurial ecosystem and the initiatives supporting emerging startups.
Brig. Muhammad Saleem, Regional Director of NUML Faisalabad, led a delegation to NIC Faisalabad to discuss building closer ties between academia and the startup ecosystem.
NIC Faisalabad startup Zarai Mandi has signed an MoU with the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences to build closer industry-academia ties in agriculture technology.
NICAT, in collaboration with Daaira, has launched Women in the Ecosystem, a new standing community bringing together women from 18+ sectors across Pakistan's professional, entrepreneurial and technology landscape.
SEIC, in collaboration with IBA CED, is hosting a session on Business Model Canvas and Revenue Design with Irfan A. Khan, Founder of DVAGO and Cutera Aesthetics, on October 7.
NIC Hyderabad will host Behind the Payment, a session with Muhammad Ali of Swich unpacking how digital payment gateways, transactions and integrations actually work for founders.
FAO and NIC Hyderabad are hosting FoodPreneurs 2026 for World Food Day, bringing together food entrepreneurs, innovators, students and farmers to celebrate food innovation and sustainability.
ITU's Faculty of Science, with Compliance Experts and Corporate Plus, will host a six-hour Startup Failure Risks training on October 7 and 14 at ITU Barki Campus, Lahore, led by Muhammad Nuaman Ahmed.