COLABS will host the second episode of its Creator Labs series, titled From Homegrown to World-class, at its DHA Phase 5 space in Karachi on Thursday, 22 October 2026, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. The episode is a branding masterclass led by Abdullah Tariq, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Colish Fragrances, and it is held in association with Colish. Founders and professionals who want to attend can register through the registration link.
The masterclass focuses on building powerful brands, creating a lasting identity and taking a homegrown business to the next level. Attendees will hear firsthand from an entrepreneur who has built a premium fragrance brand and expanded it globally. For founders of small consumer businesses in Pakistan, branding is often the main difference between a product that sells on price and one that holds a premium, and a talk from someone who has made that shift offers lessons that are hard to find in textbooks.
Colish is a Karachi-based fragrance house founded by Abdullah Tariq and Mahwish, which makes perfumes, scented candles, reed diffusers and room sprays that are handmade and built around natural essences. The brand has opened a flagship boutique in DHA Phase 6, Karachi, that combines perfume, a coffee counter and community events such as fragrance and candle making workshops, and it has recently taken part in the Dubai Shopping Festival, which shows its move beyond the local market.
COLABS is a Pakistani flexible workspace company founded in 2019 by twin brothers Omar Shah and Ali Shah, with locations in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad and a first international campus in Riyadh that opened in April 2026. Its Creator Labs series brings founders and creators together to learn from people who have built businesses, and the Karachi session adds to the community events that the company runs for its members and for the wider startup community in the city.
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