NIC Faisalabad's Gather and Grow community event featured Umar Qamar, founder of elo, who shared how he built one of Pakistan's fastest-growing e-commerce fashion brands from export leftovers into a nationwide digital movement.

Cohort 5 at NIC Islamabad wrapped up a two-day Design Thinking workshop led by Imran Khattak, pushing startup founders to move from assumption-based building to real user validation and evidence-driven direction.

IBA CED's I-Incubate Program has been awarded the top W category rating in the Higher Education Commission Annual Business Incubation Centre Self-Assessment Scorecard for Financial Year 2024-25, ranking among only 8 out of 40 business incubation centres nationwide.

SAWIE Ecosystems, an agritech startup incubated at National Incubation Center Faisalabad, has been featured by the Adaptation Community, an international platform for climate solutions, recognising its work in resource efficiency, artificial intelligence driven analytics, and farmer development.

Blainy, an artificial intelligence powered academic writing and research assistant incubated at National Incubation Center Lahore, has been selected for the globally renowned Plug and Play Tech Center in Silicon Valley, supported by the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication and Ignite.

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Standing Committee on Startup and Business Incubation has called a meeting on May 20, 2026, at Founders Hall LCCI, to discuss startup and small and medium enterprise ecosystem development in Pakistan.

EMRChains, a Pakistani AI-powered healthcare startup incubated at National Incubation Center Islamabad, has qualified among the top 50 globally at the Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab Hackathon 2026, advancing from over 1,800 applications worldwide.

The IBA Sindh Acceleration Program 2026 has introduced its latest cohort of startups spanning artificial intelligence, clean energy, logistics, edtech, e-commerce, and agritech, marking a new chapter in Sindh's growing startup ecosystem.

NIC Karachi Women Led Curriculum Track hosted a session with Mahwish Saad Khan, Chief Business Officer at Premier PayFast, focusing on founder identity, personal branding, storytelling, and leadership presence for women entrepreneurs in Pakistan.

NIC Islamabad Cohort 4 acceleration program announces winning startups including APRUS Technologies, EKKO, ezGeyser, Sky Technology & Innovations, and 3Musafir International across healthcare, mobility, sustainability, UAV and social impact sectors.

An Agentic AI session for Ignite under Ministry of IT and Telecommunication Pakistan provided hands on exposure to no code AI tools and real world applications, focusing on collaboration, efficiency and AI powered organizational workflows.

Bioniks, a Pakistani startup developing prosthetics and assistive technology innovations, is set to showcase its products at OTWorld during Leipziger Messe in Germany from May 19 to 22, 2026.