Aly Fahd, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Paklaunch, met with Asad Gabol, Board Member of Sindh Information Technology Company, during a visit from San Francisco, bringing together perspectives from Pakistan’s global startup diaspora network and the provincial body responsible for advancing Sindh’s technology sector. The meeting focused on discussing the success of Pakistani founders behind global unicorns and how those lessons might translate into strengthening Sindh’s own startup ecosystem.
The discussion centred on connecting Sindh’s entrepreneurs with international investment and mentorship, reflecting Paklaunch’s continued role as a bridge between Pakistan’s domestic startup community and its broader global diaspora network of founders and investors. Fahd’s visit from San Francisco, a city closely associated with global technology and venture capital activity, positioned the meeting as an opportunity to bring international perspective directly into conversations about Sindh’s ecosystem development.
Both parties expressed an aim to build the next generation of unicorns emerging from Sindh, while working to establish Karachi specifically as the technology capital of Pakistan. This framing positions Karachi’s continued development as a technology hub as a specific policy and ecosystem building goal, one that requires coordinated effort between government backed bodies such as SITC and diaspora focused organisations such as Paklaunch.
Sindh Information Technology Company has continued to play a role in supporting the province’s broader digital and technology sector development, with Gabol’s involvement in this meeting reflecting the organisation’s interest in engaging directly with global Pakistani founders who have built successful international networks. This kind of engagement gives SITC direct access to perspectives and connections that could inform how the province approaches technology sector development going forward.
The meeting adds to Paklaunch’s continued pattern of engagement across both Pakistan’s domestic institutions and its international diaspora network, following a series of meetups and conferences the organisation has organised in cities including Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, and Riyadh. Fahd’s direct engagement with SITC reflects an effort to translate these broader diaspora connections into concrete institutional relationships capable of supporting Sindh’s specific startup ecosystem development goals.
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