NIC Hyderabad met MUET Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Tauha Hussain Ali to discuss renewing their partnership, outreach for upcoming cohorts, and a joint calendar of student and faculty activities.
NIC Sialkot Cohort 1 startups attended the GLOBE Summit in Islamabad, meeting TDAP, DHL, TCS, Pakistan Single Window, and Pakistan Post to explore cross-border e-commerce and export compliance.
IBA CEDIR hosted a discussion with Wille Eerola of the Finland Pakistan Business Council on expanding collaboration across education, research, innovation, entrepreneurship and industry engagement.
Over 230 NUST SEECS Freshman students visited NSTP, meeting Cube 8 founders from OfficeFlowAi and Fusion Tech and touring the Park's startup community.
CEGA is bringing Karachi Frames, The Animation Meetup, to CEGA Karachi on October 27, following the success of Lahore Frames, gathering animators, game creators and studio heads.
NIC Faisalabad held a meeting with the Islamic Development Bank's Country Field Representative for Pakistan to explore collaboration on technical assistance, grants and equity financing for startups.
dekord, an NIC Peshawar startup, was featured on Discover Pakistan, sharing the idea behind the venture and its entrepreneurial journey with a national audience.
NIC Islamabad held its Cohort 4 Graduation Ceremony, celebrating 18 startups including Dakia.ai, Scoutrex and Horizon Preps as they complete the Acceleration Program.
GameJamPlus 26/27, the world's largest game development marathon, is coming to CEGA Lahore and CEGA Karachi from October 16 to 18, offering developers a path from a 48-hour jam to a global final.
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.
Pakistan’s tech and startup ecosystem is evolving through AI, fintech, and global expansion opportunities, with investors highlighting challenges and pathways for founders to build scalable technology companies.
The Business Incubation Center at the University of Peshawar will host the final pitch of the KP Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2026 on November 2, with prizes up to Rs 1 million.
IBA CEDIR will host the pitching and closing ceremony for its Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Certificate in Tech Entrepreneurship cohort on October 31, with nine judges from the startup community.
Participants in the CIE and CITE programs at IBA CEDIR attended weekend sessions on legal, intellectual property and tax essentials and on pitch design, storytelling and investor outreach.